Chapter 505: Curse Backlash

Curses are but a manifestation of cause and effect.

When ordinary people cast a curse, the prerequisite is that they must pay a corresponding price.

For instance, the Single-for-Life Curse Fist that Meng Jingzhou had mastered without a teacher required him to keep his primal yang from leaking before achieving immortality.

The National Master, having grasped the embryonic form of the Fruit of Karma, naturally did not need to pay any price.

The Seven Calamities and Eight Sufferings, a concept proposed by Buddhism, encompassed all the miseries of the mortal world; they could be called curses of the highest specifications, and Meng Jingzhou's Single-for-Life Curse Fist could not even compare to them.

After a series of blows, the National Master had completely seen through the situation—with the Immortal Fairy present, and with Yun Zhi who could interrupt his desperate moves, it was absolutely impossible for him to escape.

Since escape was impossible, he would drag one down with him even if it killed him!

Among all his enemies, Lu Yang had the lowest cultivation, and the arrival of their Great Yu cultivators at the Wendao Sect had all originated from Lu Yang.

Every time their plans failed, Lu Yang's figure was involved.

The capture of the Black and White Venerable meant that the other subordinates who had sneaked into the Wendao Sect had also been captured.

A total annihilation!

Rather than saying the Wendao Sect had stopped the restoration of Great Yu, it was more accurate to say that Lu Yang, this stumbling block, had stopped it!

It did not matter that he was captured; Great Yu still had his Master, and there were still cultivators from the middle and late periods of the Great Yu era sleeping, so there was always hope for a rise.

Then he would clear out Lu Yang!

He placed the most painful and cruel curse upon Lu Yang; never mind that Lu Yang was only in the Golden Core Stage, even if he were in the Tribulation Transmutation Stage, it would mean death!

In the eyes of the National Master, shackles descended from the sky one after another, assembling themselves with blood and punishment as they came down to the mortal realm, bringing the most painful chastisement to the world.

These shackles represented curses, a manifestation of the curse itself; even those proficient in karmic spells could not see them, and only a half-immortal like the National Master, who delved into karma and had condensed the embryonic form of the Fruit of Karma, could see all of this!

The shackles were heavy, emitting a clashing and shaking sound that resembled the voice of the Dao.

To dare stand so close to me, it is too late to regret now!

The National Master observed the expressions of these people with great interest, wanting to see their faces full of regret and sorrow—regret for underestimating him, and sorrow that Lu Yang was beyond saving.

He saw Lu Yang's expression remain unchanged, he saw the Immortal Fairy looking bewildered, and he saw Yun Zhi expressionless.

There was simply none of the regret and sorrow he wanted to see.

The shackles approached Lu Yang, but unexpectedly, Lu Yang's entire body glowed with golden light, revealing two lines representing karma; two extremely thick lines wrapped around his body, one line connecting to the Immortal Fairy, and one line connecting to Yun Zhi.

The moment the shackles touched Lu Yang, they bounced off instantly and landed upon the National Master.

The National Master watched helplessly as the curse backfired, letting out an unwilling roar: "No!!!"

What was going on with the karma on this kid?

It was just two lines of karma, yet it blocked the curse he was so proud of?!

The one who slapped him was an immortal; how could an immortal have such a heavy karmic bond with a mortal!

And the other one who interrupted his spellcasting, her karma with Lu Yang had also blocked the curse!

To block a curse purely by karma meant that the other party was also an immortal!

Both of these people, who were too beautiful for words, were immortals!

What kind of joke was this? How could a tiny sect have two immortals!

The National Master had lived for twenty thousand years, yet he had never heard of any sect having two immortals.

Never mind a sect; even their Great Yu Dynasty did not have that.

What exactly was this Wendao Sect? A dragon's den or a tiger's lair was not enough to describe the danger here.

Even attacking the imperial palace would be safer than coming to the Wendao Sect.

The National Master felt a ball of fire burning in his heart, making him roll all over the ground in pain, and it also felt as if a sphere of water was covering his head, reducing him to a mortal and causing him to suffocate.

The curse had backfired, unleashing the Fire Calamity and Water Calamity of the Seven Calamities.

"What's the situation?"

Lu Yang was bewildered; first, the National Master had stared at him fiercely and muttered a bunch of words he couldn't even hear clearly, and then he started rolling all over the ground, crying out for life and death, wailing continuously.

"The curse backfired, of course. He wanted to curse you with the Seven Calamities and Eight Sufferings just now, but you have this Immortal shielding you, so you don't need to fear these curses. As the caster, he fell into the curse instead."

The Immortal Fairy looked at the National Master as if looking at a fool; indeed, he was not very bright.

Seeing the National Master's trump cards easily defused time and again, the Black and White Venerable's heart sank to the bottom.

The foundation of the Wendao Sect was unfathomably deep.

"Big Boss, why don't you shield me too?" The Third Boss approached with a sycophantic grin.

The Immortal Fairy glanced at him and waved her hand: "Go away, go away, why should I shield you? If you get hit by a curse, just blow yourself up a few times and the curse will be mostly gone."

The Third Boss left dejectedly and continued to chat with the Black and White Venerable.

"Brother, how were you caught? Did you sneak into the Wendao Sect with this fool rolling on the ground? Didn't you know that the Wendao Sect is my Big Boss's territory?"

"Back then, even the four ancient immortals didn't dare to come to my Big Boss's territory easily, and when they did, they were careful and didn't dare to breathe too loudly."

The Black and White Venerable: "..."

Damn it, stop talking; the more you say, the more I regret it.

"Fortunately, I sought refuge with the Wendao Sect beforehand, otherwise I would be tortured just like you." The Third Boss rejoiced that he had surrendered in time back then; seeing that the Immortal Fairy was his superior, he had surrendered on the spot.

"Then are you currently a guest elder or an elder of the Wendao Sect?"

"A prisoner."

The Black and White Venerable: "..."

"In any case, we've finally caught all the Great Yu cultivators in one net. Congratulations are in order." Lu Yang clapped his hands; his luck had been bad lately, and he always ran into Great Yu cultivators whenever he went out, but this time he finally didn't have to worry about this issue.

"Hehe, isn't this all thanks to this Immortal acting as the acting sect master and managing things well?" The Immortal Fairy put her hands on her hips to claim credit, laughing so hard her mouth couldn't close.

"The Fairy is wise! With the Fairy around, what are the Great Yu cultivators even worth!" Lu Yang continued to clap, pouring out praise and exerting himself to flatter the Immortal Fairy.

"Caught in one net?" Hearing Lu Yang say this, the Black and White Venerable suddenly felt an ill omen.

Lu Yang turned his head and smiled at the Black and White Venerable, saying casually: "You know the sixth Emperor of Great Yu, Wu Youdao, right? He is also here, caught by the Fairy and me together."

"His Majesty was caught by you?!" The Black and White Venerable's eyes tore with rage; after the battle of Hanshui City, Wu Youdao had lost contact, and he had thought Wu Youdao and the others were heavily injured and hiding somewhere to heal, but it turned out they were caught by your Wendao Sect?

This kid named Lu Yang was indeed an obstacle to their Great Yu!

He had thought that in Hanshui City, Lu Yang's impact on the plan was merely exposing Huang Ming's existence, but he hadn't expected that even His Majesty was caught by Lu Yang.

The Eldest Senior Sister did not care about the self-praise of Lu Yang and the Immortal Fairy; she was preparing to interrogate the National Master, who was rolling on the ground and wailing in pain.

"I ask, you answer."

"Aaahhh!"

"How many cultivators does your Great Yu have in total?"

"Aaahhh!"

"After this failure, does Great Yu have any other backup plans?"

"Aaahhh!"

The National Master was not refusing to confess, but the agony of the Seven Tribulations and Eight Sufferings was simply too cruel, wracking him with such severe pain that he could not utter a single word.

Yun Zhi felt somewhat helpless; having interrogated countless individuals, this was the very first time she had ever encountered such a situation.

(End of this chapter)