Chapter 1212: Are You Looking for Me?

“Oh no, this Witchcraft Soul is trying to possess Master Zhang!”“Stop it now!”Sensing the Witchcraft Soul hurtling directly towards Zhang Xuan, Master Wu and the others’ pupils contracted, and they all made their move.

Despite having survived the lightning tribulation, Emperor Qingtian’s Witchcraft Soul still carried a chilling aura, making it easy to detect with divine sense.

Power rained down.

“Hmph!”After taking several consecutive blows, Emperor Qingtian’s eyes narrowed.

He had been passively enduring the attacks earlier because the opponent had possessed his physical body, making him hesitate to use his strongest attacks. Although this group of master teachers was not weak, they couldn’t stop him if he merely wanted to escape.

“Confinement!”While in mid-air, he pointed forward.

A ripple swept outwards, and the space within the underground palace seemed to be fixed by an immense force. In the blink of an eye, everyone felt as if they were trapped in a swamp; their movements and attacks were severely restricted.

“It’s a Nascent Divinity realm expert…”Zhang Jiuxiao’s face changed as he anxiously shouted.To be able to unleash such powerful force, confining the attacks of so many people, this Witchcraft Soul must have truly reached the Nascent Divinity realm, having already undergone the lightning tribulation!Such an expert could not be defeated by sheer numbers alone.

“Roiling Dragon Formation!”Knowing that the opponent before them was formidable, Master Wu shouted loudly.

The Roiling Dragon Formation was a formation cultivated by every master teacher in the Qingyuan Empire’s Master Teacher Pavilion, used to deal with danger.

As soon as the shout ended, the formation was already complete. With over twenty master teachers forming the array, the entire underground palace was immediately filled with a powerful aura. With a gentle tremor, the previously encompassing confinement shattered like ice.

The confinement of a Nascent Divinity realm expert wasn’t a true spatial lock but a powerful sealing of the surroundings. When the force exceeded its limit, it naturally couldn’t hold.

Emperor Qingtian didn’t expect this group of master teachers to react so quickly, forming a formation and breaking through the confinement in the blink of an eye. He dared not hesitate. His Witchcraft Soul surged forward, reaching Zhang Xuan, and drilled into his body through his glabella!

“Hahaha!”As soon as he entered the opponent’s body, Emperor Qingtian couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Didn’t you want to kill me? Now that I’m inside your body, let’s see how you’ll do it!”

“Master Zhang…”Master Wu and the others’ eyes all turned red with urgency, unable to believe that this Witchcraft Soul had truly possessed Zhang Xuan.

Although they didn’t know much about the Witchcraft Soul profession, they understood that once possessed, one’s soul would be obliterated, effectively resulting in complete death!

Master Zhang was cultivating, and with so many of them guarding him, such a huge mishap still occurred—it was unforgivable!

In an instant, they surrounded him, each radiating killing intent.

“What? You want to fight? Come on! Go ahead and beat your genius master teacher to death first…”Controlling Zhang Xuan’s physical body, Emperor Qingtian shouted excitedly. However, before he finished speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted as if he had seen a ghost: “Ah… What is this? No…”

He fell to the ground, twitching uncontrollably, his agonizing screams piercing the sky.

“Huh?”Master Wu and the others, who had been attacking, exchanged bewildered glances, unsure what to do.He had been incredibly arrogant just moments ago; how had he become like this in the blink of an eye?

“No, I won’t possess him anymore! Let me go… Let me go!”With a shrill cry of agony, Emperor Qingtian’s Witchcraft Soul struggled frantically, trying to escape Zhang Xuan’s body, but found all the acupoints sealed, making escape impossible.

“Don’t kill me! I don’t want to hurt anyone anymore, really! Can’t you just let me go? Please…”

Sizzling sounds intensified, and the screams grew louder, as if Emperor Qingtian had encountered the most terrifying thing imaginable. The cries then diminished, gradually fading away.

The altar flashed, and Zhang Xuan appeared.

Emperor Qingtian was incredibly powerful; if he caused any trouble, it would be a huge mess!As soon as he appeared, he was about to search for Emperor Qingtian, when he saw the area filled with master teachers.

“Another one! Beat him to death!”Someone shouted, though it was unclear who.

Before he could react, Zhang Xuan felt a torrential downpour of power raining down on him.

Although the Witchcraft Soul cultivated with Heavenly Dao Art didn’t emit a chilling aura and its form was invisible to others, it could still be detected by divine sense.Normally, divine sense wasn’t constantly active, so secretly leaving and arriving wouldn’t be noticed. However, with the altar operating again and the previous incident with a witchcraft soul master, everyone’s divine sense was already focused there, so he was caught red-handed the moment he appeared!

Frenzied attacks swept towards him, making Zhang Xuan’s scalp tingle.

“What’s going on?”“I was only gone for a moment; why are there so many master teachers here?”“And why are they attacking me so fiercely?”“Are they… crazy?”“Where’s Emperor Qingtian?”

Crucially, he couldn’t explain himself now. If he did, his identity as a witchcraft soul master would be exposed, inevitably causing an uproar in the Master Teacher Pavilion and leading to a lot of trouble.

Frustrated to the point of nearly spitting blood, Zhang Xuan’s body flickered, shrinking once more, narrowly dodging the group’s attacks.

With a sudden leap, he swiftly rushed towards his physical body.

“Still coming? You’re asking for death!”“Kill him…”Everyone had gone mad.

They had failed to protect Master Zhang earlier, allowing a Witchcraft Soul to possess him. Now, this newly arrived one was even more brazen, daring to charge over again – it was simply intolerable!

Various attacks surged forth again, completely blocking the area around Zhang Xuan’s body.

Zhang Xuan was going crazy.Instead of dealing with Emperor Qingtian, why were these guys incessantly bothering him?

“Ding Ding, come here!”He hurriedly called out to the Golden Origin Cauldron nearby in his mind.Since it had submitted to him, they could communicate telepathically.

“Master…”Hearing the call, the Golden Origin Cauldron hastily flew up.

“Quick, get me to the altar!”The crowd’s attacks were too dense; he couldn’t get through them. At this point, he could only rely on it for help.

“Okay!”With a response, the cauldron whooshed and arrived in front of Zhang Xuan’s physical body.

“Everyone, make way…”Amidst a roar, it crashed forward, sending Zhang Xuan’s “corpse” hurtling straight ahead with the impact.

There was the sound of bones breaking.

“…” Zhang Xuan clutched his forehead.“Couldn’t you have been gentler?”“I knew the Golden Origin Cauldron was unreliable, but I didn’t expect it to be this unreliable…”

Filled with frustration, he also knew this wasn’t the time to dwell on it. Seeing his physical body arrive, his Witchcraft Soul moved and swiftly plunged into it.

His true qi circulated within, and his injuries slowly recovered. He opened his eyes and looked at the crowd.

“Emperor Qingtian was just here, did you notice…”Before he could finish, he saw everyone bristling with killing intent, ready to attack at any moment.

“What are you doing?”He narrowed his eyes.

“Who are you? Even if you’ve possessed Master Zhang, do you think you can escape?” Master Wu rebuked.

Under divine sense observation, they had “seen” with their own eyes the newly arrived Witchcraft Soul entering Master Zhang’s body and possessing him. They were all about to explode with rage.One possession might have been acceptable, but two in a row…“Do you think our Master Teacher Pavilion is easily bullied? Are you treating Master Zhang’s body like a playground?”

“I am Zhang Xuan. I was cultivating just now and have just woken up…” Knowing that everyone was worried about him, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

“Do you think we’ll believe that?” Master Wu shook his head.Everyone else also remained unconvinced.

“The Witchcraft Soul just entered, and now you’re opening your eyes… How could you be Master Zhang?”

“You don’t believe me?” Zhang Xuan frowned. “Master Wu, when you attacked me just now, you used the seventh move of the Six Harmonies Sword Art. It has eight flaws: imprecise sword qi, impure aura, improper force, insufficient essence…”

Knowing that any explanation would be futile, Zhang Xuan didn’t bother with further words and directly pointed out the flaws in Master Wu’s technique.This ability was unique to master teachers, making it the perfect way to prove his identity.

“This…”Hearing Zhang Xuan list his flaws one after another without pause, describing them perfectly, Master Wu’s body swayed.

“The last flaw is due to soul damage caused by demonic sounds interfering with you in Qiuwu Palace, which hasn’t fully recovered even now… Am I correct?”

“Uh, yes…” Master Wu paused, then nodded.

“Then… am I Zhang Xuan?” Zhang Xuan raised an eyebrow.

“Yes…” Master Wu nodded hurriedly.

Being able to point out so many of his flaws and mention the events at Qiuwu Palace, it was undoubtedly Master Zhang.

“What happened? Why were you attacking me?”Seeing that everyone had confirmed his identity, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, while also frowning in confusion.He had been careful enough, yet he was discovered as soon as he appeared and nearly beaten to death. What exactly had happened?

“Well, what happened was…” Master Wu quickly recounted the events.

“You’re saying… a Witchcraft Soul entered my body, and then… it just kept screaming?”Zhang Xuan’s eyebrows twitched; he couldn’t believe it.

“Is Emperor Qingtian an idiot? My body is filled with Heavenly Dao True Qi, which is the bane of Witchcraft Souls. Charging straight in, what’s the difference between that and a sheep running into a tiger’s den?I thought he would be difficult to catch once he escaped, but I didn’t expect him to seek his own demise…”

“It seems he saw how well I used his possessed body and wanted to try mine…”He rubbed his forehead.

The dignified Emperor of the Qingtian lineage, a super expert of the Nascent Divinity realm, had actually done something so foolish. Well, now he was probably directly ground into ashes by his own Heavenly Dao True Qi, evaporated from existence.

“I’m fine. I was cultivating a special art just now and was unconscious… If I’m not mistaken, those two Witchcraft Souls that entered my body have been obliterated!”Waving his hand, Zhang Xuan offered no further explanation.

“Understood!” Seeing him say this, the others didn’t ask further questions.

While others were puzzled, Master Wu knew perfectly well.As a Master Teacher recognized by the heavens, if their physical bodies could be so easily possessed, Master Kong would have probably died long ago; how could he have become a Master for all ages?

“Thank you all for guarding me during my cultivation…”Knowing that everyone had been so valiant for his sake, Zhang Xuan clasped his fists in gratitude.

“You’re too kind, Master Zhang!”Everyone nodded.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhang Xuan said no more, instead looking curiously inwards at his body.

Even if Emperor Qingtian had been killed by the Heavenly Dao True Qi after entering his body… such a powerful expert should have left something behind. It couldn’t be absolutely nothing!

“Hehe, are you looking for me?”