My Disciples Are All Villains

Over the next few days, Shen Xi imparted his knowledge of the Ten-leaf stage and Birth Chart Beasts to the Nine-leaf cultivators. There was no need for him to teach so many people. After all, once these people returned, words of his teachings will naturally spread.

…

Three days later.

In the eastern pavilion of the Evil Sky Pavilion.

Zhao Yue's problem with the black and white lotus cultivators had been dealt with for now.

With Si Wuya and Mingshi Yin in the red lotus domain, there was nothing for Lu Zhou to worry about. The most important thing for him now was to think of a way to collect life hearts to increase his disciples' cultivation bases.

After a while, Lu Zhou brought out the map of the Birth Charts and placed it in front of him. He muttered to himself, "Where can I find the fifth life heart?"

He had the life heart from the Damask Birth now, but an elementary life heart like that was of no use to him. Apart from that, Zhao Yue, who had regained all her Great Void energy, did not need the life heart for the time being as well. If he wanted to find an intermediate or advanced Birth Chart Beast, he would have to wait to go to the Moonlight Woodland or the Endless Ocean.

Based on Ye Tianxian's description, the Moonlight Woodland was incredibly dangerous.

"Is the Moonlight Woodland more dangerous than the Endless Ocean?' Lu Zhou wondered. Since he had never been to the Moonlight Woodland, he could not answer this question.

Lu Zhou had Di Jiang so he could quickly fly to the Endless Ocean. However, let alone the sea beast king, he might not even be able to encounter the stronger sea beasts that lived in the depths of the ocean. Moreover, even if he could encounter them, he had to prepare himself. After all, even Lu Li had fallen into a miserable state because of the sea beasts.

Lu Zhou shook his head after a moment, dismissing his thoughts. Following that, he used the Heavenly Writing Power to observe Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong.

At this moment, Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong had already arrived in the Southern Kingdom. The environment was slightly gloomy, but the duo did not seem to be in any danger.

Subsequently, he checked on Zhu Honggong. Similar to before, Lu Li was still engrossed in finding ways to activate Birth Charts for someone without a lotus.

…

Lu Zhou would cultivate, draw the lucky draw, and observe his disciples every day. This went on for a month.

Apart from that, he had gained a basic understanding of the black lotus domain from Shen Xi. Similar to what he had seen with the Eye of Truth, Shen Xi confirmed that the black lotus domain was called Great Yuan. Great Yuan unified and ruled the cultivation world in the black lotus domain. In fact, half of the Upper Council members in the Black Tower Council were part of the ruling force in Great Yuan.

Lu Zhou also learned that every three years, the Black Tower Council would recruit talented cultivators from the thousands of sects in Great Yuan.

Shen Xi also told Lu Zhou that the force that did not have a good relationship with the Black Tower Council and the Dark and Light Alliance. The Dark and Light Alliance was like a union that was formed by cultivators from various sects. The members did not only consist of experts, but they consisted of sectless cultivators and weak cultivators as well. This meant that the Dark and Light Alliance had a huge number of members. There were tens of thousands of members at the bottom level alone. All of the members of the Black Tower Council added together did not even have 1,000 people.

Meanwhile, Shen Xi also did his best to recall all information of runic passages that he knew and the method to hide the Great Void Energy before sending them to Si Wuya using the formation in the Evil Sky Pavilion.

Lu Zhou also managed to conceal Zhao Yue and Ye Tianxing's Great Void energy with talismans during this time.

…

Another month passed.

In the eastern pavilion of the Evil Sky Pavilion.

Lu Zhou who was cultivating suddenly sensed movement. He brought out a black talisman and lit it up.

Soon enough, a projection of Yan Zhenluo appeared in front of his eyes.

Yan Zhenluo greeted Lu Zhou as soon as he saw Lu Zhou. "Brother Lu, long time no see."

Lu Zhou looked at Yan Zhenluo and said, "Nothing good happens whenever you contact me…"

A sheepish expression appeared on Yan Zhenluo's face immediately. Lu Zhou had hit the nail on the head.

Lu Zhou said, "Speak."

Yan Zhenluo nodded. "A month-long meeting was held in the Black Tower Council recently. They've agreed to temporarily put their differences aside. I'm afraid they're going to attack the red lotus domain and the golden lotus domain. Brother Lu, you must prepare yourself for this."

Lu Zhou frowned slightly. "How many people will they deploy?"

"After Wu Guangping's death, a blackguard named Shen Xi betrayed the Black Tower Council. This is unprecedented in the council. Moreover, there was a skirmish between the Black Tower Council and the White Tower Council recently, and both sides suffered casualties. As a result of that skirmish, the two forces have completely broken off their relationship. Therefore, the White Tower Council might send their people to the red lotus domain or the golden lotus domain as well…"

'Two forces attacking at the same time…'

Lu Zhou thought about letting Si Wuya handle the strategizing.

Since the Black Tower Council and the White Tower Councils were enemies, as the saying went, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'. He wondered if he should provoke them? Whatever it was, it would be bad if the two forces really sent their armies over.

Outwardly, Lu Zhou only nodded and said, "Alright."

"Apart from that, I suspect Lu Li has lost his cultivation base. Otherwise, with his strength, he would've made talismans to contact me. If possible, I'd like to ask for Brother Lu's help to contact him," Yan Zhenluo added.

Lu Zhou replied truthfully, "I'm afraid that'll be difficult. That kind of communication talismans requires one to be a Thousand Realms Whirling cultivator. I'm afraid my disciple isn't at that level yet."

"Alright. We can only wait then. As long as he's safe, it's fine."

"You can rest assured. If anything happens to him, I'll definitely annihilate the family of the person who harmed him," Lu Zhou said.

"I'm grateful for your words, Brother Lu," Yan Zhenluo said before the projection was cut off.

Following that, Lu Zhou looked outside the window.

Suddenly…

"Ding! Killed one Birth Chart Beast. Reward: 6,000 merit points."

"Ding! Killed ten targets. Reward: 5,000 merit points. Domain bonus is increased to 5,000 points."

"Birth Chart Beast?"

Lu Zhou quickly recited the mantra for the Heavenly Writing Power.

Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong stood side by side in what looked to be dark ruins. They looked at the life heart they just obtained and the corpses strewn on the ground.

"I killed five," Yu Zhenghai said.

"I killed five as well," Yu Shangrong said, "However, there's the Birth Chart Beast. The Birth Chart Beast was much stronger than the cultivator."

Yu Zhenghai nodded. "Indeed, it was stronger than the cultivators. However, Second Junior Brother, you might not have seen it, but the killing wound on its body is a wound from a saber."

"There's a killing sword wound as well."

"..."

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

At this moment, the two disciples raised their heads and looked up ahead.

Many jackals and leopards had appeared at the edge of the forest up ahead.

However, since these were low-level fierce beasts, the duo was not interested in them at all.

"Further ahead is the heart of the Southern Kingdom. According to the map that Seventh Junior Brother gave us, it's the former capital of the Southern Kingdom," Yu Zhenghai said.

"What master is looking for is likely in the capital. However, it's like there are powerful enemies there. It's best for us to act cautiously," Yu Shangrong replied.

"I agree," Yu Zhenghai said before he flew toward the capital of the Southern Kingdom.

The duo flew, and before long, they saw a much bigger ruins. Dilapidated buildings with vines climbing all over them, overgrown weed, and wild beasts foraging for food appeared before their eyes.

The duo flew over a dilapidated building and hovered high above the ruins before they looked at the ruins in a radius of a few thousand meters.

The dark sky looked as though it had not seen the sun for a long time, and the air and earth always seemed damp.

After a while, Yu Zhenghai looked at the map and pointed at the capital. "Over here."

The duo searched the ruins for a long time before Yu Shangrong suddenly saw something familiar.

"Stone forest formation!"

Yu Zhenghai followed Yu Shangrong's gaze to the side of the fallen capital and saw a stone forest formation similar to the one they saw when they sprouted their tenth leaf.

Yu Zhenghai said unhappily, "If it weren't for Seventh Junior Brother, I would've destroyed it."

Yu Shangrong's expression remained calm as he said, "The life heart we obtained…"

The Birth Chart Beast the duo killed and the stone forest formation here indicated that someone had already made preparations.

Whoosh!

At this moment, a huge black circle appeared near the stone forest. It flashed with inscriptions as it shot up into the sky.

Yu Shangrong said, "It's a runic passage!"

"Kill or avoid? Second Junior Brother, you decide," Yu Zhenghai said.

Yu Shangrong calmly replied, "In master's absence, Eldest Senior Brother is like the father. It's only right for Eldest Senior Brother to make the decisions."

The runic passage grew brighter and brighter as the energy fluctuations intensified.

At this time, the duo said in unison, "Avoid."

Swoosh! Swoosh!

In just a blink of an eye, the duo vanished into thin air and concealed themselves behind the nearby rubble and debris.

Buzz!

The runic passage buzzed loudly before three black-armored cultivators wielding long halberds appeared.