965 The Arrival of Ku Ji (2/2)
”Temple Leader, the Blood Evil Temple has already fully mobilized and is searching Mo Wen's whereabouts in full force. However, for this past two weeks, we have found nothing,” the white-robed elder said with a sigh.
”Oh, is that the reason why you are reaching out to me?” Xue Chu's expression was somewhat displeased. His injuries were too severe, and he urgently needed to heal in peace. He had anticipated that they would not be able to find Mo Wen. If they had easily found him, he would have been surprised. After all, finding Mo Wen in the huge Qu State was more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.
”Temple Leader, there is another matter that I feel that I should report to you,” the white-robed elder said. He naturally had not disturbed the Temple Leader just for this matter.
”What's the matter?”
”The Huatian Palace is searching for Mo Wen's whereabouts in the entire Qu State. Right now, news from the Huatian Palace is being sent out everywhere. If Mo Wen catches wind of this news, he will certainly head to a Huatian Palace Branch Palace Hall,” the white-robed elder said helplessly. If Mo Wen reached the Huatian Palace, then they couldn't have any chance of getting to him.
”There is such a matter?” Xue Chu had a shocked expression. Although he knew that Mo Wen was a member of the Huatian Palace, there were all sorts of talents in the Huatian Palace. It was intricate inside the Huatian Palace. If such an incident had occurred, the Huatian Palace, by right, would not have been involved. Even the veterans of the Senate were not qualified for the Huatian Palace to search for them on such a large scale.
Leaving aside other things, the Huatian Palace managed the entire world. Every year, countless Primordial Soul Realm cultivators of all ranks died outside. However, Xue Chu had never seen the Huatian Palace search for someone so exaggeratedly.
”Temple Leader, you might not know, but merely two days after Mo Wen escaped, Minister Ku Ji from the Huatian Palace rushed over to Li'an City. Rumor has it that, after Minister Ku Ji knew about this incident, he was very unhappy and was rather displeased with our Blood Evil Temple. The command to search for Mo Wen was given by him,” the white-robed elder said.
”It's that Wise Man Ku Ji.”
Xue Chu's eyelids were throbbing. His expression finally revealed a look of panic. He had heard of the Wise Man Ku Ji before. He was a rather incredible veteran of the Huatian Palace Senate. There were countless veterans in the Huatian Palace Senate. Any cultivator whose cultivation had reached the Primordial Soul Realm and had been in the Huatian Palace for many years could take an assessment to join the Senate.
Once one passed the assessment, they would be members of the Huatian Palace Senate. However, it was not an easy thing to join the Senate. Not only did one need to have the qualifications to take the assessment, but the difficulty of the assessment was also rather hard. Even for Xue Chu, he would most likely not be able to pass the Huatian Palace Senate assessment.
Even so, there were numerous veterans in the Senate. There were still ranks in the Senate, and the situation was complicated as usual, and there was a huge number of senators.
Ku Ji was a rather famous Primordial Soul Realm veteran of the Senate. Rumor had it that countless heretic path cultivators had perished at his hand. Among those that he vanquished, there were most likely more than 10 cultivators with great attainment in the Primordial Soul Realm. He was a truly savage person.
There had always been rumors that the heretic path organizations had tried to assassinate him multiple times. However, all of their attempts had failed.
Against such a person, how could Xue Chu not be afraid? Ku Ji most likely could defeat a cultivator like Xue Chu in two or three moves.
”Ku Ji seems to care a lot about Mo Wen. Will he vent his anger out on our Blood Evil Temple because of this?” The white-robed elder asked with a worried expression. Ku Ji from the Huatian Palace could eradicate the Blood Evil Temple with just a flip of his hand. He was not someone the Blood Evil Temple could mess with.
”Most likely not. If he attacks us openly, it is not good for the name of the Huatian Palace. As for attacking us privately, with Wise Man Ku Ji's personality, he most likely won't,” Xue Chu shook his head. Regardless, this time, the Blood Evil Temple went to deal with Mo Wen in the name of purging evil and defending righteousness. They acted after knowing that Mo Wen had a Ten Thousand Soul Banner and seemed to be a member of the heretic path. In reality, this sort of incident was common in the Peng Lai Immortal Realm. For the sects to render meritorious service for the Huatian Palace, it was common for them to go around killing heretic path cultivators.
If the Huatian Palace considered the Blood Evil Temple guilty in this incident, who would dare serve the Huatian Palace?
”So what do we do now?” The white-robed elder asked uneasily. As the Blood Evil Temple's Sect Grand Elder, he could already sense that the Blood Evil Temple was in danger of being eradicated. Leaving aside Mo Wen's mysterious background, even his personality was enough to make the Blood Evil Temple panic.
”The greatest regret in my life is not resisting temptation and heading over to kill that youth, only to let him escape in the end,” Xue Chu said somewhat decadently. There was a deep look of exhaustion in his eyes. He had brought this situation upon himself. Now that the situation had developed to such an extent, it was completely out of his control. If he had known, no matter what, he would not have fallen for the provocation of his useless son and coveted the treasures of Mo Wen.
”Temple Leader, no one knew that this would be the result,” The white-robed elder lowered his head. Indeed, when they headed for Li'an City, they did not feel that there was any difficulty in this outing at all. Against a mere youth, they had looked down on him completely. It could only be said that back then, they were blinded by their greed and only thought of how to snatch the spiritual treasures of that youth.
”Mo Wen is the heir of that person. Not only did Mo Wen master the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, but I am also sure that the Sacred Fire Sword is with him. That person has quite a few enemies in the Peng Lai Immortal Realm. Spread the news of Mo Wen to every sect that is against that person, and all the sects that are interested in the Sacred Fire Sword. Since our Blood Evil Temple can't handle him, we can only place our hopes on others.”
Xue Chu exhaled a long breath and crumbled on the chair as though his soul had left his body. Five hundred years ago, the legendary Sacred Fire Sword caused great bloodshed in the entire Peng Lai Immortal Realm. Xue Chu had not imagined that, 500 years later, he would be trapped in this big mud pit. If it wasn't because he coveted the Sacred Fire Sword and the secret behind it, he, who was usually careful, wouldn't have decided on his course of action hastily.
The youth had that person's inheritance. Since the youth was now in Peng Lai Immortal Realm, perhaps the entire realm was about to descend into chaos again. Compared to that person 500 years ago, this youth might be lagging in terms of cultivation currently, but his potential far exceeded that person.