Chapter 2158: Arriving at Flying Ghost City

Long Xiang calmly flew forward, but his heart was in turmoil. He was annoyed, not because of Zhao Hai. Although Zhao Hai was impolite to him, Long Xiang wasn’t angry. Long Xiang felt that Zhao Hai was correct. If Long Xiang was leading the people of the Long Clan, he would have agreed to Zhao Hai’s suggestion long ago.

Unfortunately, Long Xiang was leading a group from the Great Sects. It’s impossible for these people to agree to one person’s idea. After all, the Long Clan was no longer the huge clan that ruled the True Spirit Realm. Long Xiang had to consider the opinion of these people.

What Long Xiang was angry about was being used as a tool by the Sword Hegemon Sect. In the underground world, they were in danger of being wiped out at any time. Any mistake would cause them to suffer huge losses. But at this critical time, they still used Long Xiang to deal with Zhao Hai. Long Xiang wouldn’t just let this matter off.

However, Long Xiang didn’t show his annoyance in his face. He was grateful to Zhao Hai for reminding him. He was indeed going too far in dealing with Zhao Hai. Not only did Zhao Hai not get angry, but he also sent a signal to Long Xiang. 

While Long Xiang was feeling grateful to Zhao Hai, he felt disgusted at the Sword Hegemon Sect. Long Xiang was now formulating a plan on how to deal with the Sword Hegemon Sect, Imperial Beast Sect, and the Matchless Sword School.

Long Xiang discovered that these three sects had formed their own group. Therefore, if he wanted to retaliate, he needed the three of them to suffer.

The people from the other sects were also following behind Long Xiang. n.o.body was making a noise. Everyone felt that something was going on, but they didn’t say anything.

After walking for an hour, Long Xiang led everyone to a dense forest to rest. Once everyone was settled, Long Xiang called the team leaders to his side. He looked at the team leaders and said, “Now is our chance. With the Tyrant Blade Sect and the True Dao Sect leaving, they would certainly use portable transmission formations. This will alert the Ghost Cultivators. As long as the Ghost Cultivators are distracted by them, we can make our move.”

As soon as they heard Long Xiang say this, everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but light up. Long Xiang looked at these people and sneered inside. Naturally, he didn’t think that Zhao Hai and the others would leave. Long Xiang and Zhao Hai had a secret communication, so Zhao Hai definitely wouldn’t leave the underground world at this time. Since they didn’t leave, the Ghost Cultivators wouldn’t place their attention on them. If it was really like what Zhao Hai said, then the Ghost Cultivators might have already discovered the group. They were just waiting to run into the trap.

However, this was also good. Long Xiang could use Ghost Cultivators to teach people a lesson, especially the Sword Hegemon Sect, the Imperial Beast Sect, and the Matchless Sword School.

At this moment, a cultivator opened their mouth and said, “Elder Long, have you considered when we should leave the underground world?”

Long Xiang turned his head and saw that it was the Elder from the Imperial Beast Sect. Long Xiang’s expression couldn’t help but change upon hearing this. These people were truly shameless. After using him to challenge Zhao Hai and offending him, they asked him when they would leave. 

However, Long Xiang maintained his composure, “Don’t worry. Just like Elder Lei said, the underground world is in chaos. It’s a good time for us to attack. Now that Zhao Hai’s group has left, they have attracted the attention of the Ghost Cultivators. If we don’t seize this opportunity, how can we face the people on the surface?”

Upon hearing Long Xiang, the Imperial Beast Sect Elder’s complexion changed. He didn’t expect Long Xiang to use their words against them. They also couldn’t refute it now even if they wanted to. They didn’t make a sound when Zhao Hai argued with Lei Jian. If they did it now, it would be equivalent to saying that they were refuting Zhao Hai because of personal reasons. Moreover, they would admit that they used Long Xiang as a tool. This would offend Long Xiang. When the time comes, they won’t live for long.

The Elder from the Sword Hegemon Sect also had an ugly expression. They planned to oppose Zhao Hai to make him offend Long Xiang. After both sides had a conflict, then they would propose to leave. When the time comes, they would gain without any loss.

They never expected Zhao Hai to be formidable. He blatantly resisted Long Xiang and didn’t give Lei Jian face. Deng Wen even supported Zhao Hai with his strength. In the end, the Tyrant Blade Sect had to leave while taking the True Dao Sect with them. If the three sects insist on returning to the surface at this moment, not just Long Xiang, everyone would look down on them.

As soon as everyone heard this, their faces showed a pondering expression. Although they didn’t see any communication between the Sword Hegemon Sect and the Imperial Beast Sect, these two had always been allies. Most importantly, these two sects have a feud with Zhao Hai. As soon as Zhao Hai was sent away, they immediately stepped back and asked Long Xiang when they were leaving. Wasn’t this a clear sign that they had been plotting against Zhao Hai? At the same time, they were using Long Xiang. No wonder Long Xiang was being impolite towards the Imperial Beast Sect.

After looking at the people from the Imperial Beast Sect, Long Xiang said, “Everyone, it’s still early, let’s rest here first. We’ll take action in the evening. This time, our target is the Ghost Hand Sect’s Little Finger Branch Hall.”

Everyone simultaneously complied and then rested with their respective teams. Meanwhile, after sitting down, Long Xiang gave a cold look at the backs of Lei Jian and the others. Then he withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes.

At this time, Long Xiang heard a slight rumbling sound. Long Xiang stared and then he suddenly discovered a small insect drilling out from the earth.

Long Xiang was about to attack before he discovered a piece of jade on the body of the insect. On this jade seemed to be a simple transmission formation.

While Long Xiang was stunned, the insect had already placed the jade down and then disappeared into the ground. Long Xiang was confused as he picked the jade up. Then a white light shone on the jade, revealing a jade slip. Long Xiang knew that this insect belonged to Zhao Hai. He was sure of this because he saw Zhao Hai using these insects to scout. This meant that the jade slip also belonged to Zhao Hai.

Long Xiang took the jade slip and scanned it with his spiritual force. After seeing the contents of the jade slip, a smile bloomed on Long Xiang’s face.

Just as he thought, the jade slip came from Zhao Hai. The contents of the jade slip were also simple. It was simply telling Long Xiang that Zhao Hai and the others would help them in the Flying Ghost City branch.

Long Xiang put the jade slip down. His heart became more convinced of Zhao Hai. Compared to Zhao Hai, Lei Jian and the others simply couldn’t compare.

Although Long Xiang wanted to give an answer, he didn’t have the means to reply. Thinking of this, Long Xiang couldn’t help but sigh. Then he slowly closed his eyes and made calculations.

Meanwhile, Zhao Hai’s group were still flying towards Flying Ghost City. With Zhao Hai guiding the way, their travel was very smooth. The Tyrant Blade Sect and the True Dao Sect’s people numbered a bit more than 80. With such a small group, their progress was quick.

Along the way, Zhao Hai affirmed his own thoughts even more. He encountered several Ghost Cultivators on the road. They seem to be heading towards a certain point. This meant that Zhao Hai’s suspicions were correct. The Ghost Cultivators have found traces and were going to surround them.

It wasn’t only Zhao Hai who had this thought, the others in his team had the same idea. They discovered that they were taking multiple detours along their path. However, n.o.body said anything. Needless to say, Deng Wen fully trusted Zhao Hai. As for the others, they could no longer go back, so they could only follow. Most importantly, Zhao Hai’s detours have been very safe. This increased everyone’s confidence in him.

After nearly five days of hurrying along, Zhao Hai and the others finally arrived at Flying Ghost City. Just as Zhao Hai said, n.o.body was in the city. They could safely take a good rest. The reason Zhao Hai knew was because he mapped the city when they attacked. Because he knew that the city was empty, Zhao Hai decided to take the group here.

In the past five days, Zhao Hai and the others haven’t been traveling all the time. From time to time, Zhao Hai would hunt down one or two Ghost Cultivators to learn about the underground world’s situation.

Sure enough, two days before Zhao Hai and the others arrived at Flying Ghost City, there was news among the Ghost Cultivators that Long Xiang’s group had been discovered. After the two sides clashed, they left dozens of corpses before Long Xiang and the others ran away.

There was also news that Long Xiang and the others had been surrounded and couldn’t escape. When they heard the news, Zhao Hai and the others were a day away from Flying Ghost City. Zhao Hai doesn’t plan on saving Long Xiang and the others. He knows that Long Xiang was far from being in danger. What Zhao Hai and the others needed to do was to prepare an escape route.

Because of this, after arriving at Flying Ghost City, Zhao Hai and the others didn’t rest for long and immediately started to prepare the transmission formation. At the same time, they also prepared stabilizing formations. This was because even if the transmission formation was fixed, violent fluctuations as well as spatial formations could disrupt the transmission formation.