Chapter 714: Even the Hidden Ones Are Revealed

Zong Yi was among the three who had been attacking the Qianyuan Xuan Formation. Now, like his two companions, he was being harassed by two Yuan Yuan clones. Each clone’s strength was only 40% of the original’s, and even when combined, their combined attack power did not reach 80%—at most, they could exert about 60% of the original’s strength. Such attacks posed little threat to Zong Yi and his companions, serving only to disrupt them. On the other hand, if they were determined to ignore the clones’ attacks, they could still free up their hands to keep attacking the Qianyuan Xuan Formation. But they didn’t do so because Zong Yi had a better option.

“Gather!”

With just one word, Zong Yi’s two companions immediately understood. They moved swiftly to his side, enduring four heavy blows from the clones each in the process. The clones’ attacks only caused slight tremors and no real damage.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

The two companions protected Zong Yi on either side, using their defensive techniques to prevent his spells from being disrupted.

“Rotate!”

A few moments later, Zong Yi shouted again, and the fully prepared “Great Transformation Art” was unleashed.

Vroom…

A black-and-white Taiji diagram appeared and began to rotate slowly above their three heads. Yin turning to Yang, black turning to white, the sun and moon reversed, heaven and earth spinning… This Taiji diagram indicated that Zong Yi’s mastery of the Great Transformation Art had reached an extremely high level. By Su Che’s skill hierarchy, it should be at the master level. Above master level were grandmaster, legendary, and mythic levels. It was estimated that to master a great art to the grandmaster level, one would need to reach the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Once the Great Transformation Art was activated, the attacking power of the six clones was absorbed by the Taiji diagram and could be transformed into any type of energy under Zong Yi’s control. At the same time, his two accomplices also launched sudden attacks, channeling their own power into the Taiji diagram. In this way, the combined attacking power of the six clones and the three Golden Immortals was focused in Zong Yi’s hands. He only needed to direct this terrifying force toward Su Che…

A huge golden palm suddenly formed, astonishingly long—over ten zhang in size—as soon as it appeared.

Boom!

That massive hand slammed hard onto the Qianyuan Bipolar Mysterious Array. The sound wasn’t particularly loud, but Su Che, who was at the center of the array, trembled violently, as if the blow had struck his chest directly. With a loud crash, the crystal giant, which served as the core of the array, also shook violently. The over a hundred colored crystals making up its body nearly collapsed, with gaps of several inches appearing between them. Visually, it seemed as though the crystal giant’s body suddenly expanded outward, a precursor to an explosion—luckily, it contracted back rapidly. “That was really fierce!” Su Che was shocked inwardly. As soon as he muttered this, another violent tremor occurred with a loud boom—this time caused by the second strike of the Golden Giant Hand. Zong Yi’s goal was simple: to gather all surrounding forces, including the enemy’s attacks, and transform them into shockwaves to shatter him utterly! “That’s why I never dared underestimate them from the start, especially that old fox Zong Yi. If he can pose such a clear threat to me, he must be tough to deal with!” Su Che knew well that he couldn’t withstand such heavy blows for long, and it might even damage the control core of the Qianyuan Bipolar Mysterious Array. It would be a real shame to ruin such a precious top-tier array just because of his own weakness. With the Qianyuan Mysterious Array at his disposal, he could rival Xuanxian in the Human-Immortal realm, and if he reached the Heavenly-Immortal realm, he could even confront Jinxian. Therefore, Su Che was determined not to let it get damaged and wanted to dismiss the array and flee to the Immortal-Demon battlefield via a teleportation portal. At that moment, the worshipper Yuan Yuan sent a message inside the array: “Little boss, don’t worry. With me here, they can’t hurt you! You just need to hide in my personal magic treasure space. Unless they can kill me, they won’t be able to take you away from me.” Indeed, Yuan Yuan’s plan seemed highly effective. Once Su Che entered her personal space, it would be like hiding in her protective embrace. Zong Yi and the other five Jinxian bandits would first have to deal with Yuan Yuan and find a way to break into her space before they could capture Su Che alive. But Yuan Yuan was clearly extremely powerful—far more than just a mid-stage Jinxian as she appeared. Even if those five Jinxian bandits joined forces to kill her, it would be a long and difficult process. Three days? Five days? Half a month? No one could say for sure.

Not to mention such a long time—just fifteen minutes would be enough for Zhuo Feng to return in time, and even the law enforcement team of Haoyuan Tian Shi would surely arrive at the scene in no time. So, Yuanyuan wasn’t exaggerating. If Su Che were willing to adopt her plan, the robbery attempt by the five members of Zong Yi would definitely end in failure, leaving them no choice but to withdraw in shame. So, would Su Che make such a choice? Of course not! He certainly wouldn’t trust this mysterious Yuanyuan completely. What if she was working with the five members of Zong Yi? If they had just staged this farce together and he hid in Yuanyuan’s personal space, wouldn’t that be throwing himself into a trap? Although Su Che thought this possibility was extremely low, the worst thing in the world is uncertainty—there’s no point risking his life to test her character. Boom! Boom! During this time, Zong Yi controlled that golden giant hand and delivered two more devastating blows. The Qianyuan Xuan Formation was on the verge of collapse. Strangely, all this noise was contained within a radius of a hundred miles by some means; Fei Yun and the others in the reception hall weren’t aware of anything at all. Even the soul connection between the fourth floor of the Immortal Prison and the three celestial slave servants was temporarily blocked. Su Che couldn’t even send soul commands to his three slave subordinates to go to the streets for help. This showed just how ruthless these five Golden Immortal bandits were—far beyond what Su Che could predict at this stage. Coincidentally, just as Su Che tried to enter the teleportation portal for the fourth time to seek refuge on the Immortal-Demon battlefield, another unexpected change occurred. “My heavens, what’s going on here?” The old monkey’s lewd voice suddenly rang out. No one knew when this old man had entered the shop. He was now floating a hundred feet above everyone, shouting down at them, “Kid, is there some trouble?” On the surface, this old man seemed to only possess the cultivation level of an intermediate celestial being. Yet, neither the five members of Zong Yi nor Yuanyuan and Su Che had noticed his presence. If it weren’t for him shouting out, not a single person would have detected him in advance. “This old fellow…” The most surprised ones weren’t the five Golden Immortal bandits but Su Che and Yuanyuan.

First, Su Che, as the controller of the store space, didn’t even know when the old monkey had arrived. This showed that his so-called celestial cultivation was clearly fake—utterly fake!
Yuan Yuan was even more shocked; her astonishment was beyond description: “All these years, I’ve been deceived by this old fellow. Who would have thought such a despicable guy could be an inscrutable master…”
She then couldn’t help but wonder: “Why would such a master hide in the Haoyuan Heavenly Market for tens of millions of years, pretending to be foolish and willing to be despised by everyone?”
As for Su Che, at this moment, besides being shocked by the old monkey’s hidden skills, he also felt a surge of emotion.
This old fellow had hidden for years, and everyone in the Haoyuan Heavenly Market thought he was just a lazy, despicable celestial being—his acting was flawless. But today, seeing Su Che in trouble, he risked revealing his identity to help him. That was truly…
So, through the mystic array, Su Che called out to him, “Brother, I’m indeed in some trouble, but I can handle it myself. I still have a few trump cards left unused.”
“Damn it!”
The old monkey slapped his own forehead. He thought Su Che was at his wits’ end and was about to agree to Yuan Yuan’s request to enter her personal space, which was why he rushed out to stop Su Che.
A few days earlier, the old monkey had visited Su Che for a chat and suddenly saw Yuan Yuan. He recognized her right away—she was the Black Widow from Tianbao Ruixiang.
The Black Widow coming to Tianxuan Treasure Shop to make an offering? Without a doubt, there must be a conspiracy!
He couldn’t just stand by and watch Su Che fall into the Black Widow’s sinister grasp, so he…
Who would have thought Su Che still had a backup plan? He had clearly overstepped his bounds.
Unwilling to give up, the old monkey shouted again, “Ten thousand celestial crystals—how about I help you drive them away?”
“Deal!”
Su Che replied without hesitation.
“Retreat!”
Zong Yi and his four companions weren’t fools either. They immediately realized they had encountered a hidden master. In such a situation, any delay would lead to a tragic outcome.
They acted swiftly!
The five Golden Immortal bandits left without hesitation, each using teleportation or movement spells to instantly leave the battlefield and fly toward the sub-array portal still emitting blue light.
Strangely, neither the old monkey nor Yuan Yuan stopped them, allowing the five bandits to escape easily.
In the blink of an eye, the sub-array portal took Zong Yi and his companions away, transporting them back to the main array thousands of miles away.

Su Che found it strange as well. The old monkey was clearly a highly skilled expert who could surely stop one or two of them, so why didn’t he intervene?
Then he heard the old monkey say on his own: “It’s best if they run away. If you catch or kill them, your shop will be plagued with troubles.”
Su Che immediately understood, probably grasping the situation. Those five Golden Immortal bandits must all have certain backgrounds and statuses. No matter how they were dealt with, it would lead to a series of complicated troubles.
For example, he would inevitably have to negotiate repeatedly with their respective sects. If he couldn’t explain things clearly and prove their crimes, conflicts would surely arise. Or even if their crimes were proven, he would end up in irreconcilable feuds with their relatives and friends.
This was the downside of running a business. Unless it was absolutely necessary, one should try not to make enemies.
If Su Che really wanted to punish those five bandits, he would need to come up with another plan. Even if he killed them, he couldn’t let others tie it to himself.