If it weren't for Chen Hua getting injured now, Zhou Ruanxian would have given this guy two punches first to let him know his mistake.
"There's nothing much, just accidentally ambushed and suffered some minor injuries."
Under the pressing gaze of Liang Yi and Su Youyi, Chen Hua laughed and spoke as if nothing had happened.
"You can forget it, it was truly an accident, however, this injury is far more severe than all the injuries you've received in the past few hundred years combined."
The one exposing Chen Hua was naturally his good buddy Fang Zhi the Sect Master, and Zhou Yuzhi next to him also nodded, ruthlessly revealing Chen Hua's lie.
"Hey! You two, if it weren't for the two good disciples still here, I would definitely drag you guys to train."
Chen Hua was so provoked by these two annoying people that he wanted to pick up the Taoist Collection right then and there to let them know the consequences of their words.
He originally didn't want the two good disciples to worry, and now they made his condition sound so serious.
"Hmph!"
Fang Zhi snorted disdainfully, he might never have won a fight, but he was never afraid.
"Don't move recklessly!"
Gu Sheng, with an unhappy face, heavily slapped Chen Hua's arm.
As a Cultivator of the Eighth Realm, Gu Sheng did not hold back much, causing Chen Hua's mouth to twitch in pain, forcing him to sit quietly.
"Master mother, how did master father get injured? Could it be that some top Cultivator from the Abyss used some secret treasure?"
Su Youyi frowned in puzzlement, thinking that with her master father's ability, even if ambushed, he should have been able to escape unharmed.
In the jade tube, master mother mentioned that master father was ambushed by the Abyss, Liang Yi and Su Youyi naturally concluded that master father was injured by an Abyss Cultivator.
"It's not the Abyss Cultivator, but the Abyss itself that took action!"
Zhou Ruanxian sighed and slowly shook his head.
"The Abyss... took action itself!?"
Liang Yi's eyes widened in disbelief.
And after mentioning the Abyss, whether it was Fang Zhi, Zhou Yuzhi, or on the other side, the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits and Elder Jute, all had serious expressions, and the atmosphere instantly fell to freezing point.
Chen Hua sighed, his eyes downcast, his expression somewhat gloomy.
"How could the Abyss take action personally? What about Mystic Mechanism Heavenly Dao?"
Su Youyi asked urgently, filled with confusion.
Previously, master father blocked the entrance of the Abyss and slaughtered wildly, and the Abyss did not take action. In the battlefield, when master father suppressed the top Great Cultivators of the Abyss to the extent that they could not lift their heads, the Abyss also did not take action.
So why did it act now?
And since the Abyss could take action, what about our own Heavenly Dao?
In everyone's subconscious, neither the Abyss nor Heavenly Dao had personally interfered with the battlefield, as they were restraining each other.
Any side breaking the rules would allow the other side to also break the rules.
"Heavenly Dao did indeed take action, and if it weren't for Heavenly Dao, we would be offering incense to this guy now!"
Though Fang Zhi's words were harsh, the relief in his tone was evident to everyone, his face also showing concern.
"Master father... went to the Abyss??"
Liang Yi astutely picked up on a point in Fang Zhi's words, looking surprisedly at his master father whose expression was awkward.
Master father, you are... really bold, aren't you?
Liang Yi smacked his lips, feeling extremely conflicted inside, not knowing how to even begin talking about his master father.
His mastery and daring weren't even enough to describe him, only the phrase "recklessly bold" barely summed it up.
"Nonsense, otherwise why would they come over from the Abyss to attack him?"
Elder Jute walked over with catlike steps, also looking frustrated.
The Abyss has its own territory, and even in these few battlefields, it couldn't fully commit, let alone on Mystic Mechanism's side.
Chen Hua directly crossed the battlefield and went to Desert North, which had been completely occupied by the Abyss, hence he was caught off guard and they tried to eliminate him.
"Why is this so?"
Liang Yi recalled that before, master father said he had something to do and needed to leave for a while, but at that time he was with master mother, and it seemed some things happened afterwards.
This only made Liang Yi very puzzled, what could be so important that his master was willing to risk so much to venture into the Abyss.
"Wasn't it some time ago I modified the Devouring Spirit Scripture? During the modification, I got some inspiration and figured out a unique way to conceal my aura so that the Abyss couldn't detect me."
Chen Hua closed his eyes, and his aura subtly changed, softly and silently, like the gentle rain moistening everything unnoticed.
The White Tiger lying beside him suddenly bristled, startling the nearby Elder Orange Cat.
A faint sound of Sword Intent emanated from Zhou Yuzhi's body, his eyes filled with doubt and suspicion as he looked towards Chen Hua.
Both Fang Zhi and Grand Saint of Nine Spirits were also taken aback, slightly raising their guard unconsciously.
Gu Sheng, however, was not much afraid; instead, he became more interested and eagerly touched more to try to figure out how Chen Hua managed this.
At this moment, from the perception of his aura, Chen Hua seemed like a standard Abyss Cultivator! That unique, chaotic and sinister aura that erodes everything was unmistakable to them!
Regardless of anyone among them, using any means to investigate, they could draw only one identical conclusion.
But Liang Yi, Su Youyi, and Zhou Ruanxian were different.
The Cliff Sword Intent within Liang Yi showed no reaction at all, and Su Youyi trusted her own sword sense.
As for Zhou Ruanxian, her expression remained unchanged; to her, whether Chen Hua was a Mystical Mechanism Cultivator or an Abyss Cultivator made no difference.
As long as he was Chen Hua, she would still love him!
However, when Chen Hua opened his eyes once again, the sinister Abyssal Aura on him had completely vanished, leaving no trace of its previous state.
"I thought this technique would be foolproof, but it turned out I underestimated it," Chen Hua said, shrugging his shoulders lightly, indicating he also did not anticipate this, and he was helpless.
"You hid it really well; even I couldn't detect any anomaly, I almost thought you were eroded by the Abyss," Zhou Yuzhi said, half-joking, half-serious.
"You're just looking for an excuse to chop me, aren't you aware of that?" Chen Hua scoffed through his nose, knowing that if one day he truly became an Abyss Cultivator, these two before him would be the most eager and active in chopping him.
"So, what exactly were you doing over there, planning to puncture the Abyss alone and play the role of a savior?"
Grand Saint of Nine Spirits was also puzzled; Chen Hua had not mentioned this matter even to them.
"Am I that kind of person? I wish to be celestial lovers with Ruanxian, not a couple divided between yin and yang," Chen Hua retorted in annoyance.
"If it's not to move us, then what for?"
Fang Zhi crossed his arms, pressing for an answer directly. He had done a simple divination when he learned that Fang Zhi was seriously injured, but because this matter involved the Abyss, even he couldn't calculate clearly.
Chen Hua remains silent, not saying a word.
Fang Zhi and the others were not in a hurry, they just quietly waited for Chen Hua to speak.
"That Gu Chengan guy, he wants to defect from the Abyss!"
After a long silence, Chen Hua finally sighed and revealed the truth.
"What???"
As soon as Chen Hua uttered these words, everyone present was shocked.
Gu Chengan was none other than a figure similar to Chen Hua in the Abyss Cultivation Realm, the foremost person.
Both were at the Great Perfection of the Ninth Realm, both exceptional Sword Cultivators; several encounters between Chen Hua and Gu Chengan were witnessed by both Fang Zhi and Zhou Yu.
Those two matched them in realm, but their true strength indeed surpassed theirs and firmly suppressed them.
But the head enforcer among the Abyss's ranks, for Chen Hua to say that he planned to defect from the Abyss...
If anyone other than Chen Hua had said this, Fang Zhi would have gone up and slapped the speaker twice to wake them up.
It's still daytime; it's not even time yet, and you start dreaming?
Senluo Wanxiang Sect wants our Complete Heaven Sect to readily admit defeat and submit, and not even they would dare to think like that!
Have you gone mad, or have I gone mad?
But now that these words came from Chen Hua, while everyone internally was tumultuous with shock, they still prepared to listen to what Chen Hua had to say.