Chapter 735: Chapter 735: Danyang Zi, Dies in Lu Chen’s Arms

Looking at the deathly stillness of Casting Gear Pavilion, Lu Chen’s heart was torn asunder. He ran madly towards the Seventh Peak!

However, inside the cave dwelling, he did not find Zhu Chongjiu’s figure!

"Could he have gone to Ninefold Peak?"

Anxiously worried, Lu Chen asked Chu Zhongtian to check the other peaks while he, sparing no effort, hurried to Ninefold Peak!

This place was originally Zhu Chongjiu’s cave dwelling!

However, apart from the corpses of ordinary disciples, no one else was to be found!

The interior of the cave dwelling was in ruins, and the bodies were too horrific to behold!

Some had been bitten in half by demonic beasts, struggled to hide here, but died in agony.

Others had blood flowing from all seven orifices; clearly, they had been killed by the roar of demonic beasts, shattering their hearts, Dantian, and even their sea of consciousness!

But some had it even worse, dying outside the cave without any chance to hide, their bones reduced to ash!

Although many of the dead were Casting Gear Pavilion disciples he did not recognize.

There were those at the Foundation Establishment and those in Qi Refinement.

But no matter what, what Lu Chen saw at this moment made his heart unavoidably throb with pain.

The key point was, Zhu Chongjiu was nowhere to be found.

"Brother Lu Dao, not a single survivor, and Qin Yaotiao is nowhere in sight either... However, there seems to be a cave dwelling in the back mountain with strong enchantments, I can’t get in," said Chu Zhongtian after flying in; they had agreed to meet here.

"Yaotiao!"

Suddenly, Lu Chen snapped back to attention, reminding himself that he was here to search for Qin Yaotiao!

As a result, he had forgotten about her.

"Maybe... Yaotiao has developed the ability to protect herself?"

Lu Chen muttered quietly, then refocused and asked, "The enchantments you mentioned, are they behind the nine peaks, on another mountain?"

"Yes!"

Chu Zhongtian confirmed with certainty. He was unfamiliar with Casting Gear Pavilion; Lu Chen had only asked him to search the nine peaks and did not dare to trespass into the forbidden area.

"It must belong to the Sect Master. Let’s go there together!"

Now at the Nascent Soul Stage, Lu Chen had temporarily forgotten his own abilities in his frantic state.

In fact, with his Spiritual Sense, covering Casting Gear Pavilion would be effortless.

But, it was on the way to the back mountain with Chu Zhongtian that he realized this.

He let out a wry laugh, finally arriving before the cave dwelling.

Watching the Spiritual Power continuously flashing over the enchantments, Lu Chen sighed and used the Void-Breaking Spiritual Eyes Technique!

After discerning the path of the Spiritual Power, Lu Chen located the gate of the array and then marshaled Spiritual Power to open the broken enchantments.

"Sect Master."

He found Danyang Zi lying on the ground, barely clinging to life, and hurriedly rushed forward to help him up.

If it hadn’t been for his protection back then, he might have died in the conspiracy of the Seventh Elder, Xu Taiping!

That was a debt of gratitude!

"Lu... Lu Chen?"

Danyang Zi, looking as though an aged man nearing the end, slowly lifted his heavy eyelids upon hearing Lu Chen’s voice.

Upon confirming it was Lu Chen, he forced a smile, but made no sound.

"Sect Master, it’s me!"

Lu Chen quickly transferred a streak of Wood Spirit Power over.

"Lu Chen, don’t exert yourself in vain. My lifespan is at its end, and even an abundance of Spiritual Power will be wasted... Eh? You’re at the Nascent Soul Stage now?"

Feeling the intensity of the Spiritual Power within his body, Danyang Zi couldn’t help but be utterly astonished.

When Lu Chen left, he was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

But now, he had returned as a Nascent Soul.

"Sect Master, what exactly happened!"

Feeling his Spiritual Power seemingly having little effect, Lu Chen knew he could not save Danyang Zi!

So he could only do the next best thing, get more information from Danyang Zi.

"Demonic beasts attacked; we couldn’t defeat them."

Danyang Zi spoke just nine words before his life force rapidly faded, and Lu Chen hurriedly increased his output of Spiritual Power, but it was futile.

"Sect Master!"

Lu Chen’s eyes moistened.

"Lu Chen," Danyang Zi said with difficulty, "Qin Yaotiao... should still be alive. Help... Li Yanran... carry on the legacy of Casting Gear Pavilion... Toss me into the fire vein... and let it consume me!"

As his words trailed off, Danyang Zi’s head tilted, and he breathed no more.

Lu Chen collapsed to the ground.

He understood.

Danyang Zi knew his time was short, so he chose to stay behind.

As leaves returning to the root, he wanted to die at Casting Gear Pavilion.

"Sect Master, I owe you a debt; I will fulfill your last wish."

Lu Chen picked up Danyang Zi and stood up, walking over to a nearby fire cave.

He then tossed Danyang Zi into it.

Beneath was the fire vein.

Before the body reached the bottom, it was incinerated to ashes by the fire vein.

Immediately after, a flame burst forth from the fire vein!

Lu Chen vividly recalled the first time he saw the fire vein pit in Ninefold Peak!

But times had changed, and he was now at the Nascent Soul Stage!

"Hmph! It’s high time I advanced my Spiritual Fire," Lu Chen snorted and began to operate the Fire Technique of the Casting Gear Pavilion.

"Invoking fire upon oneself!"

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