The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 262 (Patreon)

Chapter 262

Upon seeing them turn around, Qi'an waved at them cheerily, while Yun Su slightly moved his wrist.

"Close the gate!" Qi'an hastily commanded, and as he ordered, the city gate slammed shut.

Ling Chunann chuckled at Yun Su, "Let's go."

After the gate was closed, Qi'an patted his chest, "How come even a minor True Immortal can beat me now? Could it be that I've been secluded in cultivation for too long and am out of touch with the times?"

"The lord, those immortals have been captured. I apologize for my failure, two immortals from the Jing Tian Sect managed to escape."

Qi'an frowned, his expression turning serious, "Wait, I'll go and check."

The Wan Beast Mountain is known as the most dangerous mountain range in this world, filled with countless spirit beasts and plants. Rarely does any immortal who steps into it comes out alive. However, despite the danger, the spiritual aura of this mountain is unparalleled by any other place.

After leaving Qi'an City, Ling Chunann and Yun Su settled down here.

With sufficient spiritual aura and occasional dual cultivation, Ling Chunann's realm advanced by leaps and bounds, ascending from the second level of Heavenly Immortal to the third level of True Immortal within a hundred years—a pace of cultivation unheard of in the Immortal World. Yun Su's cultivation advanced even faster, reaching the eighth level of Golden Immortal by now.

Somehow, Qi'an managed to locate them. Over the years, he would visit them now and then, always steering the conversation towards making Ling Chunann the lord's wife. Yun Su, facing increasingly higher cultivation from Yun Su, reduced his visits, joking that he needed to cultivate harder. If Yun Su surpassed him, he would lose any chance of making Ling Chunann his wife.

One day, after Ling Chunann emerged from seclusion, he received a message from Qi'an, which read:

"Beauty, I'm going into seclusion. When I emerge, I'll fetch you back to the city in grand style. If you don't want to be the lord's wife, I can give you the lordship, and I'll be the lord's wife instead!"

Yun Su, seeing the words displayed in mid-air, emanated an increasingly dangerous aura, seemingly having not learned his lesson over the years.

After the message finally disappeared, Ling Chunann, with a mischievous smile, wrapped his arms around Yun Su's neck, pressing his weight onto him, "Master, I've hit a bottleneck. Let's go out for a walk."

Immediately, Yun Su's mood cleared, forgetting all about the lordship, "Alright, my treasure, where do you want to go?"

The two roamed wherever danger lurked, boosting Ling Chunann's cultivation with countless battles. After their travels, they went into seclusion again. Under Yun Su's insistence, Ling Chunann's place of cultivation was tens of thousands of miles away from Qi'an City, not even in the same realm.

During the seclusion, Ling Chunann reached the pinnacle of the ninth level of Immortal Monarch, just a step away from becoming an Immortal Emperor. By then, Yun Su had been waiting at this level for over a hundred years, with less than a year left to meet the five-hundred-year deadline set by Ling Chunann's mission.

By this time, Ling Chunann had a vague understanding of what the Spirit Controlling Realm was, and why Yun Su mentioned bringing him there once he reached the Immortal Emperor realm. Above the Immortal Monarch, just like cultivators, was ascension, and the world of ascension was known as the Spirit Controlling Realm.

Understanding this, Ling Chunann also realized why there were no Immortal Emperors in the Immortal World.

"Darling, Qingyun has ascended recently. Do you want to visit him?" Yun Su asked after an intimate moment.

"Sure," Ling Chunann replied.

When they found Zhang Zhifeng, he was being chased by several third-level celestial beasts.

In the end, it was Ling Chunann who rescued him.

Wiping the sweat off his forehead with his torn sleeve, Zhang Zhifeng gave Ling Chunann a surprised and delighted smile, "Junior brother!"

Seeing Zhang Zhifeng's disheveled appearance, Ling Chunann asked, "How did you end up like this?"

Having ascended at a young age of just over five hundred, Zhang Zhifeng was considered a genius in the mortal world. Therefore, upon arriving in the Immortal World, numerous sects vied to recruit him. Unfamiliar with the new environment and unsure of what to do, he eventually decided to flee.

Sighing as he spoke, Zhang Zhifeng realized, "Then I found out this world is too unfriendly towards me, even dogs can chase me with nowhere to hide."

"By the way, junior brother, when did you ascend? I've heard there are over a thousand realms in the Immortal World. How did you and Uncle Master meet? And have you seen Brother Qinghan?"

"Brother Qinghan is now at the Jing Tian Sect," Ling Chunann replied.

As the protagonist, Yun Zehan naturally succeeded in escaping from Qi'an City. Qi'an, who dislikes trouble, simply let the few people from Jing Tian Sect go, so the protagonist is still alive and well.

Zhang Zhifeng didn't notice that Ling Chunann only answered one of his questions but instead showed admiration, "Jing Tian Sect? That's amazing. I've heard it's very difficult to get into."

"If you wish to join a sect, you can go to the Shufeng Realm's Sword Immortal Sect. Just show them the Sword Spirit Sect disciple token, and someone will guide you," Yun Su added.

"Really?! Thank you, Uncle Master, for the guidance!" Zhang Zhifeng's spirits lifted immediately. The Sword Immortal Sect's fame was even greater than that of the Jing Tian Sect, ranking among the top in the Immortal World. "Are Uncle Master and junior brother also in the sect?"

"Yes," Ling Chunann nodded, then asked, "Where's my little fox?"

"Daling has returned to the Demon Realm," Zhang Zhifeng said, "She's the one who told me junior brother came to the Immortal World."

After catching up for a while, Zhang Zhifeng hurried off to report to the sect. Ling Chunann and Yun Su didn't follow but went to Qi'an City instead.

Just like their first visit, the city was still peaceful, and the buildings that had been destroyed were restored to their original state.

Ling Chunann stopped a guard coming out from the lord's mansion, "Where's your lord?"

"The lord, Clear Ripple sir, is still in seclusion," the guard, recognizing Ling Chunann from Qi'an's widespread proclamations about him being the lord's wife, replied.

Although the guard corrected himself in time, Yun Su, with his keen hearing, darkened in expression.

"Since he's in seclusion, we won't disturb him," Ling Chunann said with a smile, "Could you deliver a letter to him for me?"

Hearing this, Yun Su approached, "What do you want to write, darling? I'll help you."

After leaving Qi'an City, the couple headed to the Boundless Sea.

They looked at each other and simultaneously released the suppression of their realms. The sky gradually darkened, and an invisible pressure spread, causing the calm sea to start waving.

Ling Chunann felt a force infusing into his soul, as if his entire soul was being remolded. It was an indescribably wonderful sensation, far more comfortable and marvelous than the pain of bodily reconstitution during ascension. It was a sensation of things falling perfectly into place.

However, Ling Chunann felt something was amiss. Just as he was about to think deeper, everything went dark, and he lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, Ling Chunann was standing on a water surface without ripples, surrounded by swirling immortal qi. This world had no wind, but the fog formed by immortal qi rolled on its own, making it seem not so quiet.

This was the Spirit Controlling Realm.

Ling Chunann's consciousness spread throughout this world, reaching its ends without finding Yun Su. Clearly, Yun Su did not come with him, and Ling Chunann could not sense Yun Su's existence in this mission world.

There was only one possibility—Yun Su was no longer in this world, in other words… he had died.

After a long silence, 098 spoke, "Counterattack value 50%, current counterattack value 100%. Congratulations, host, for completing the mission. Would you like to return to the mission space immediately?"

"No," Ling Chunann replied.

Ling Chunann stood on the water surface, motionless for a long time, his expression calm, his thoughts unknown.

In the previous worlds, the power Ling Chunann gained in the mission worlds was rarely something he could take with him, including the power he cultivated in this world. But now, it was different; he could clearly sense that this power was entirely his. This meant his soul would reach the strength of an Immortal Emperor, a result obviously connected to Yun Su. But now, Ling Chunann had no one to settle accounts with.

After a while, Ling Chunann called out, "098."

"Yes, host," 098's voice sounded somewhat apprehensive.

"What happened?"

"Host, it was the superior who ordered me not to tell you. The Immortal World has a mandatory rule that only one Immortal Emperor can emerge every ten thousand years. The last Immortal Emperor ascended six thousand years ago. If you were to become an Immortal Emperor, it would require the sacrifice of another Immortal Emperor of the same

level, so the superior..."

"Enough, don't say anymore," Ling Chunann interrupted.

Rarely seeing its host this angry, 098 trembled, unable to resist the superior's orders. It was innocent in this matter.

When Qi'an emerged from seclusion, having advanced a realm, he was eager to propose to Ling Chunann again but found their residence empty, not even a letter left behind.

Returning to the lord's mansion disheartened, he encountered his personal guard, "Lord, you have a letter, left by Clear Ripple sir."

"Where is it? Give it to me quickly," Qi'an said eagerly.

The guard handed over a communication jade slip.

Thinking Ling Chunann still remembered him, Qi'an was overjoyed. Seeing the guard hesitating, he waved him off impatiently, "Go on, don't bother me unless it's important."

"Yes." Seeing how happy Qi'an was, the guard hesitated but eventually did not tell him that the letter was actually passed on by Yun Su, though it must have been written by Clear Ripple sir... right?

The guard left uneasily, then heard an earth-shattering roar from behind.

"Yun Su!! I will kill you!!!"

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