Chapter 397: Lively Night

"What do you mean Second Brother Ba's marriage ties are something I cannot suppress?! What is a backlash?!"

Qiu Jin'an suddenly felt that things were amiss, realizing there seemed to be a secret about this fist technique that he still did not know.

Meng Jingzhou's scalp tingled, feeling that he had gotten himself into massive trouble, and explained: "Taking myself as an example, I can use the Single Curse Fist against Golden Core cultivators, and depending on the situation, against Nascent Soul cultivators, but I cannot use it against Soul Formation cultivators. Why? Because Soul Formation is stronger than me; I can neither defeat nor suppress them."

"Furthermore, if I use the fist technique on a Golden Core cultivator, but the other end of his marriage is connected to a Soul Formation cultivator, I still cannot use it. This is equivalent to me using the fist technique on a Soul Formation cultivator!

Meng Jingzhou thought of Li Haoran. The other end of Li Haoran's connection was Su Yiren, a mighty Combination Stage cultivator. If he used the fist technique on Li Haoran, the result would definitely be that nothing happened to Li Haoran, while he himself suffered a backlash!

Qiu Jin'an glared: "Nonsense! I am the dignified master of an immortal sect, how could I fail to suppress a mere Second Brother Ba?!"

Meng Jingzhou fell silent. Seeing Meng Jingzhou's gaze, Qiu Jin'an felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, understanding his meaning—he could suppress Second Brother Ba, but he could not suppress the other end connected to Second Brother Ba's marriage!

Qiu Jin'an had seen his fair share of great storms as well. Suppressing the restlessness in his heart, he forced himself to calm down and asked: "Then what is a backlash?"

"A backlash means that for a period of time in the future, one will lose all karma with women, becoming unable to contact any women. Through various coincidences, one will stay far away from women, or perhaps through various coincidences, women will stay far away from him.

"You ought to know about the compass, right? Opposite poles repel each other.

Qiu Jin'an was shocked to hear this; this backlash effect was simply too ruthless.

"Have you ever been backlashed?

"No.

"Then how can you judge whether the effect of the backlash is true or false?"

"The Eldest Senior Sister said so."

Qiu Jin'an extinguished his last shred of wishful hope.

Old Man Ba's experience in the martial world was not much less than Qiu Jin'an's. Do not mind that he was now spending his days living a retired life early at the entrance of the medicine garden; when he was young, he had also carved out a grand reputation roaming the martial world.

He quickly reacted to Meng Jingzhou's situation.

"The Five Elements Rotation Possession Method of the Five Elements Sect? The only one who could use this method to utilize Martial Nephew Meng against me is Qiu Jin'an!"

In the past, he felt that Shangguan Yu was with Qiu Jin'an all day, and no matter how he looked at Qiu Jin'an, he found him disagreeable.

Now, the more he looked at Qiu Jin'an, the more agreeable he seemed.

"Little Qiu, why have such great hostility toward me? I misunderstood you in the past, but now that the misunderstanding between us is cleared, we should get along in harmony."

"Furthermore, the five great immortal sects move as one. As the sect master of the Five Elements Sect, your departure represents the will of the Five Elements Sect. Treating me like this could easily make outsiders think that our Dao Asking Sect and your Five Elements Sect have a poor relationship."

Old Man Ba seemed like a kind old father breaking the ice with a rebellious son.

"Second Brother Ba, go to hell!

Qiu Jin'an flew into a rage, drilling out from Meng Jingzhou's body, tossing him aside, and rolling up his sleeves to fight.

Old Man Ba brought his hands together, rotating both palms half a turn in opposite directions, and countless dark black vines spread out beneath his feet. These vines would suck a cultivator's spiritual energy; once entangled, a cultivator's spiritual energy would rapidly vanish, leaving their whole body weak and devoid of any ability to resist.

"The Wood Element Enemy-Trapping Array?"

Qiu Jin'an recognized the origin of the array beneath his feet at a glance, giving a disdainful smile.

He had been ambushed by this array since he was a child; how could he let Second Brother Ba succeed again today?

"Come!

A piercing light appeared in his palm, so bright that people could not open their eyes. When Meng Jingzhou regained his vision, he saw Sect Master Qiu holding a five-colored light wheel, gently sweeping the surroundings. The dark black vines looked as if they had been bitten back, losing their vitality and falling limp to the ground as they withered to death.

"The Five-Colored Light Wheel!

Old Man Ba found things tricky. He excelled in the wood attribute and arrays, but how could he compare to Qiu Jin'an's attainments in five-element spells? This was equivalent to cutting off one of his arms.

For Qiu Jin'an to become the master of an immortal sect, he relied on absolute strength!

"Second Brother Ba, take this!

The five-colored light wheel spun rapidly, hurling straight toward Old Man Ba. Old Man Ba's arms transformed into thick tree branches, clamping the light wheel as sparks flew in all directions.

"Qiu Jin'an, you actually sneaked into my Dao Asking Sect and even kidnapped my disciple!" The Third Elder's voice came from afar, like a Buddhist lion's roar, shaking heaven and earth, allowing the nine peaks of the Dao Asking Sect to hear it clearly.

Countless disciples heard the Third Elder's voice, their faces full of excitement; there was entertainment to watch.

"Give me twenty skewers of barbecue, to go!"

"I'll take thirty beef skewers, put plenty of chili, to go as well!"

Clutching all kinds of food in both hands, the disciples rushed toward the medicine garden.

Lu Yang sat with his five centers facing heaven, the two swords, Qingfeng and Mingyue, hovering on both sides like true guardian deities protecting their master's safety.

He emerged from his secluded cultivation state, his eyes filled with doubt: "What happened? Someone has invaded the Dao Asking Sect?"

Lu Yang was puzzled. Who could be so bold as to dare come to the Dao Asking Sect to stir up trouble? Could they have had too much to drink?

"Wait, the opponent actually dares to sneak into the Dao Asking Sect, which means they have a trump card up their sleeve. Perhaps they want to coordinate from within and without to break through the sect's defensive line in one fell swoop!" Lu Yang came to his senses, realizing that matters were by no means this simple, and the Eldest Senior Sister happened to not be in the sect.

"Is this a crisis of sect annihilation!?"

A picture emerged in Lu Yang's mind: the Dao Asking Sect was breached, the disciples were displaced, and he led the remaining disciples to flee using false identities to preserve the final sparks of the Dao Asking Sect, with enemy spell bombardments overhead, surviving by a hair's breadth...

He lifted the Qingfeng Sword and went down the mountain, only to see his senior brothers and sisters strolling past leisurely with food in hand. Halting his steps, he felt that he had probably cultivated for too long, and his brain was no longer working well.

"I should go find something to eat too."

The Third Elder stood righteously high in the air, looking down at Qiu Jin'an and Old Man Ba.

With the Third Elder's arrival, the other elders who were still in the sect flew out one after another—the Fourth Elder, the Seventh Elder, the Eighth Elder...

"What's the situation? Why did Qiu Jin'an come over?" The Seventh Elder was utterly baffled. He had been studying a pill recipe when he was called out by the Third Elder's shout.

"These two have been fighting since they were children, it's not the first time, what does it matter?" The Fourth Elder curled his lip, speaking with indifference.

"Whom should we help?" The Seventh Elder looked at Old Man Ba and Qiu Jin'an fighting fiercely below, falling into a dilemma.

Reasonably speaking, they should help Second Senior Brother fight the outsider Qiu Jin'an, but Second Senior Brother was shamelessly pursuing Shangguan Yu, which also made him quite asking for a beating.

The Third Elder was still the wise one, making the decision.

He said in a deep voice: "Since we don't know which side to help, let's beat them both together!"

"Good idea!

!" The four elders instantly reached a consensus, unleashing their full cultivation and charging straight down.

Qiu Jin'an's expression changed. The opponents were numerous and powerful; staying any longer would not yield a good result. It was better to escape first!

Old Man Ba's expression changed as well. The expressions of these four junior brothers did not seem quite right; they did not look like they were targeting Qiu Jin'an.

At the entrance of the Dao Asking Sect, deep within the bamboo forest, the River Spirit looked toward the brightly lit depths of the Dao Asking Sect with an expression of watching a lively show.