Chapter 402 – Lin Jinghong, please show yourself

    "Meng Fan, you''re Lin Bianyun''s precious disciple. How could I let you face danger? This is a Space Transfer Talisman. If you encounter a powerful attack, it will automatically activate and teleport you back to the Shu Mountain Sword Sect!"

    Hearing this, Meng Fan quickly took the talisman.

    This was a life-saving talisman!

    A great item!

    And if he didn''t use it this time, he definitely wouldn''t return it to Yang Ling.

    Next time he encountered danger, it would still be a life-saving talisman.

    "Thank you, Elder Yang!" Meng Fan said with a cheerful smile.

    He had felt a bit helpless before, thinking he was being dragged into this.

    Now it seemed like he was making a huge profit!

    Yang Ling shook her head, her face still cold as she said, "Take care of yourself."

    With that, she no longer paid attention to Meng Fan and focused on the lake in front of her.

    Logically, the woman polluted by demon energy couldn''t have lied to her.

    There was a high probability that something was wrong with this lake!

    But after releasing her Divine Sense, she didn''t sense a trace of demon energy from the lake.

    This was unusual.

    She took a deep breath and then took out an item.

    It was a jug-like object.

    The jug hovered above the lake, its mouth facing downward.

    With a wave of Yang Ling''s hand, the lake water surged upward and flowed into the mouth of the jug.

    The small jug seemed endless, no matter how much lake water poured in, it never filled up!

    Meng Fan couldn''t help but look envious. This was definitely a top-tier storage treasure.

    Its capacity was absolutely extraordinary. By taking out this jug, Yang Ling proved that its internal space was enough to store the entire lake''s water.

    Obviously, Elder Yang''s intention was simple: to absorb all the lake water into the jug''s space.

    Once the lake was empty, whatever demons or monsters were at the bottom would have to reveal themselves!

    Meng Fan estimated that before the lake was fully drained, the demons at the bottom would already be unable to resist and would come out.

    But Meng Fan was wrong.

    The jug absorbed the lake water quickly, and even when the lake was drained, nothing happened.

    Under Meng Fan''s watchful eyes, the lake water was completely drained, exposing the muddy bottom.

    The fish and shrimp in the lake were also sucked into Yang Ling''s jug.

    There was no anomaly at all?

    Not only was Meng Fan surprised, but Yang Ling also showed a look of astonishment.

    This shouldn''t be happening!

    Yang Ling frowned, then flashed and landed at the bottom of the lake.

    Though the lakebed was muddy, she walked as if on solid ground, without any sign of sinking.

    Well, for someone of her realm, this was basic and not worth mentioning.

    Just as Meng Fan was about to explore the lakebed himself, a sudden demonic wind rose from the bottom.

    Intense demon energy exploded like a nuclear bomb, extremely terrifying.

    Meng Fan''s senses and Divine Sense were momentarily blocked.

    And this terrifying demon energy appeared only for an instant.

    The next second, it vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

    Too eerie!

    As Meng Fan was in shock, he noticed something even more bizarre.

    With the disappearance of the demon energy, Yang Ling was also gone!

    This Elder of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, a top-tier cultivator, had vanished into thin air.

    It was clear that this disappearance was not voluntary on Yang Ling''s part.

    It was a forced disappearance!

    To put it plainly, this terrifying demon energy had "abducted" Elder Yang Ling.

    This... was beyond belief!

    It was as if Yang Ling hadn''t even had a moment to react and was "instantly killed."

    Meng Fan thought that even if the Sect Master were here, it wouldn''t be this extreme, right?

    Of course, it was also possible that he was ignorant and underestimated the Sect Master''s power.

    But in any case, the lake bottom was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

    Even more terrifying than Yang Ling had imagined!

    Meng Fan was utterly horrified. Without any hesitation, he turned and flew away on his sword, transforming into a streak of light, faster than lightning.

    Fortunately, the eerie presence at the lake bottom didn''t follow him.

    It seemed that stepping into the lake bottom triggered the strange occurrence.

    Meng Fan held his breath, not daring to exhale, and flew back to the Shu Mountain Sword Sect in one go.

    It wasn''t that he was cowardly, but the terror of the situation was beyond his tolerance, even his imagination.

    Even Elder Yang Ling had vanished without a trace, her life or death unknown.

    This... was a great terror!

    Meng Fan couldn''t describe it in words.

    The last time he felt such terror was in the Demon Realm, when he encountered those coffins in the underground palace.

    "Elder Yang Ling shouldn''t be in mortal danger, right?" Meng Fan thought about this only after returning to the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.

    But this was not something he could concern himself with.

    Upon landing back at the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, Meng Fan immediately shouted into the air, "Sect Master, Elder Yang is in trouble and might be in mortal danger. Please, Sect Master, show yourself and save Elder Yang from this peril!"

    He remembered Elder Yang saying that in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, as long as you called for the Sect Master, the Sect Master could sense it.

    After shouting, Meng Fan waited for a moment, but there was no response.

    This made him frown.

    He knew clearly that every second of delay could mean mortal danger for Elder Yang.

    "Elder Yang seemed to have said that you have to call the Sect Master''s name for him to sense it," Meng Fan recalled.

    Though calling the Sect Master by name felt disrespectful, in such a critical moment, he couldn''t care about that.

    Thinking of this, Meng Fan didn''t hesitate and shouted into the air again:

    "Lin Jinghong, Sect Master!!!"

    "Elder Yang is in trouble and might be in mortal danger. Please, Sect Master, show yourself and save Elder Yang from this peril!"

    He called the Sect Master''s name but added "Sect Master" afterward to show respect.

    This time, almost a second later, a figure in a black robe appeared before Meng Fan.

    The Sect Master of Shu Mountain.

    Lin Jinghong.

    He had arrived!

    "Explain clearly, what happened to Elder Yang?" Lin Jinghong asked Meng Fan.

    Every Elder of Shu Mountain was a precious asset to the Shu Mountain Sword Sect. The loss of even one would be a tremendous blow.

    Whether true or false, he had to verify it and couldn''t ignore it.

    So when Meng Fan mentioned that Elder Yang might be in mortal danger, Lin Jinghong appeared before him immediately to understand the situation.

    Meng Fan concisely described what had happened, from encountering the demon-energized woman in Lion Mountain Town to the terrifying demon energy explosion at the lake bottom and Elder Yang''s sudden disappearance.

    "Lion Mountain Town, Qingtian Lake?" Lin Jinghong asked.

    "Yes," Meng Fan replied.

    Lin Jinghong grabbed Meng Fan''s shoulder, and in a flash, they disappeared.

    Meng Fan felt a moment of darkness, and when he blinked, he found himself back at the shore of Qingtian Lake.

    "Is this the place?" Lin Jinghong asked.

    "Yes," Meng Fan answered again.

    He wasn''t surprised that the Sect Master had teleportation abilities, but he was surprised that the Sect Master knew the location of Qingtian Lake.

    Had the Sect Master been here before?

    Lin Jinghong glanced at the lake bottom, frowning, his face slightly grim.

    This indicated that the lake bottom was indeed extraordinary, even making the Sect Master frown.

    In Meng Fan''s impression, the Sect Master was the strongest existence.

    Now, seeing him frown at the lake bottom, it was clearly a tricky situation.

    The danger level of this lake was evident!

    Meng Fan felt fortunate to have survived such a dangerous place.

    "Sect Master, what exactly is so strange about this lake bottom?"