Chapter 1021 - Stowaways (1/2)
Unbeknownst to Mo Wen and even the Huatian Palace, a few days ago, on a barren mountain in the main space, the surrounding space twisted and a few silhouettes quietly appeared.
“Haha! We finally arrived in the main space. Humph! The Huatian Palace trying to stop us was basically wishful thinking.”
An elder wearing a red robe laughed loudly. This person with long crimson hair appeared ancient, but his countenance did not have the usual features that old people had. Instead, it was exceptionally hideous. His face was covered in crisscrossed scars.
Aside from the elder, six other people were present. Four of them were elders and the other two were middle-aged men.
If Mo Wen was here, he would certainly be able to recognize one of the two middle-aged persons present the Ming Temple’s Temple Leader Shao Yunyang.
“Congratulations, old ancestor. Mo Wen will surely not be able to escape from us this time. The treasures that he carries, hehe, will sooner or later be in your possession, old ancestor,” Shao Yunyang said respectfully while bowing. He was clearly fawning over Shao Tianqi.
Shao Tianqi, the elder with red hair, was none other than the founder of the Ming Temple. In terms of ranking, Shao Yunyang was merely a great-great-great-grandchild of Shao Tianqi. They were at least six to seven generations apart. After all, Shao Tianqi had existed since six hundred years ago — the era in which Zhang Poxiao still existed.
“Humph, Little Yunyang, I am not greedy enough to lay my hands on the Sacred Fire Sword. That is an item that has been reserved by the cult leader of the Petrification Cult. Of course, I will take all the other treasures that the brat Mo Wen has.”
Shao Tianqi laughed out loud. He was in a great mood. All the sects in the Peng Lai Immortal Realm thought that Mo Wen had gone back to the main space. Now that Shao Tianqi had come to the main space, Mo Wen would not be able to escape from Shao Tianqi’s hunt, even if he had wings.
“Rumor has it that Mo Wen owns a long spear spiritual treasure. If Elder Shao can get this item, you will surely be like a tiger that has sprouted wings. You will most likely be on par with intermediate stage Tide Changing Realm cultivators,” an elder in black robes, who was also part of the group, said flatteringly.
Clearly, a few people from the Petrification Cult followed Shao Tianqi’s lead as well.
“Sect nephew Zhang, Mo Wen is but a callow brat. Yet, he has accomplished extraordinary achievements. He definitely has many other treasures with him. This time, since all of you accompanied me here, I will certainly not treat you shabbily.”
Shao Tianqi glanced at the elder in black robes and nodded, seemingly very pleased with the elder’s words. These people did not dare to argue with him over the treasures. In Shao Tianqi’s mind, Mo Wen’s Heavenly Serpent Divine Spear was his personal belonging.
“Humph, your Petrification Cult has promised to share the treasures with Hades Mountain. Don’t you forget about it.” Among the people present, there was one other middle-aged man. His facial expression was indifferent throughout their conversation. Even when faced with Shao Tianqi, his facial expression did not change.
“Of course. That’s right and just. Minister, don’t worry. Not one treasure will be missing from that which our Petrification Cult has promised to share. We dare not trick Hades Mountain.”
Even though the middle-aged man did not have a good attitude, Shao Tianqi talked to him with a smile. It was because this middle-aged man was a minister of Hades Mountain. The Petrification Cult did not dare to offend such a huge organization. Hades Mountain was a strong force that dared to run neck and neck with the Huatian Palace.
This time, to arrive at the main space, the Petrification Cult borrowed the passageway of Hades Mountain. The Huatian Palace did not let them pass; they could only use this backup plan. Aside from the Huatian Palace, only a few large heretic forces and few of the Peng Lai Immortal Realm’s most ancient sects had control over passageways that led to the outside world. Since the Petrification Cult could not use the Huatian Palace’s path, they could only use the heretic forces’ path.
Of course, there were high risks involved in this. If the Huatian Palace managed to attain concrete evidence of them cooperating with the heretic forces, the Petrification Cult would be beyond redemption.
However, it was difficult for the Huatian Palace to get their hands on concrete evidence for a matter like this. The heretic forces and the Huatian Palace were not the only ones who had control over the space passageways of the world. There were still space passageways that had yet to be discovered in the Peng Lai Immortal Realm. If the Huatian Palace really wanted to pin the blame on them, it was undoubtedly very hard to decisively do so. Moreover, it was worth taking some risks to acquire the Sacred Fire Sword and the treasures of that Divine Illusionary Realm Mighty Immortal Cultivator, Zhang Poxiao.
“Since that is agreed, please be on your way. We will be sure to honor the agreement of secrecy,” the middle-aged man from Hades Mountain said this and then became a beam of flowing light, disappearing into the distance. The space passageway controlled by Hades Mountain was naturally not in this barren mountain. How could they possibly let others know its exact location? Hades Mountain simply intentionally teleported them here.
“Let’s go! Head towards the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension. Humph, six hundred years. I have been hiding from Zhang Poxiao like a startled bird; every day I have been living in fear. After six hundred years, I want to torture his heir to death, slowly erasing him from this world. Painfully, despairingly, so that he wishes he were dead… Haha…”
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The capital. The center of Hua Xia Country’s politics and culture. Mo Wen, who had been away from this world, finally returned to the urban city. It was dawn and the sky was still dark. Visibility was very low. A mass of smog enveloped the sky above the city, and would probably not dissipate even after a hundred years.
The pollutants in the air would usually disgust practitioners, especially those with high levels of cultivation. The higher their levels of cultivation, the more they disliked it.
Mo Wen strolled around in the streets and frowned slightly. He felt as though he was walking in a cesspit.
“Mo Wen, a while ago, the Dafang Sect was attacked by a mysterious faction. After being unable to withstand them, they retreated from the series of three big mountain ranges and then completely retreated into the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension. Most of their enterprises in the outside world were annexed by other sects.”
Pei Fengwu silently accompanied Mo Wen. As a Vermillion Bird Palace Hall Executor, she regularly came to the main space for missions. Hence, she was quite updated about the situation in the main space. Actually, Pei Fengwu knew the identity of the mysterious faction. Even if she did not say it, Mo Wen had guessed it.
In fact, there were many people in the Huatian Palace who knew about these incidents. Naturally, as the organization that monitored the world, they would always be aware of the movements in various regions. It was impossible for them not to know that such massive events had occurred in the main space.
However, knowing about it was one thing. It was not easy to handle the issue. It could be said that they tried to stop it many times, but the problem persisted.
In reality, the Huatian Palace had helped out Mo Wen a lot. All the stowaways from the Peng Lai Immortal Realm were ancient martial art practitioners with low levels of cultivation. Most of them were kamikaze, not fearing death at all.
“Does that mean that everyone related to me has retreated to the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension?” Mo Wen asked calmly.
Initially, the Dafang Sect had possessed many enterprises in the outside world. In the business world, the sect had controlled a large consortium, including Qin Xiaoyou’s Blue Ocean Group. Right now, all these were in the hands of other sects. The battles in the Jianghu were extremely cruel. There was no rationality to speak of.
Normally, with a powerful figure like Mo Wen around, those sects would not dare to attack even if they had ten lives. But right now, everyone believed that Mo Wen could barely fend for himself. With the Peng Lai Immortal Realm’s large sects backing them, the sects naturally started acting without any scruples.
“The Green Ancient Mystery Dimension is merely a small mystery dimension and is easier to fortify. Even if outsiders wanted to enter it, it would not be easy. The wisest decision for the Dafang Sect was to retreat into the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension,” Pei Fengwu explained.
“It should not be easy for the Peng Lai Immortal Realm ancient martial art practitioners to enter the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, right?” Mo Wen mused out loud. The Green Ancient Mystery Dimension was a small place. If they sealed the space passageways from within the space, it would be impossible for ordinary ancient martial art practitioners to enter.
“In reality, the Huatian Palace immediately issued orders to seal off all passageways to the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension. However, people from Peng Lai Immortal Realm sects have unusual methods. Even with such actions by the Huatian Palace, they cannot possibly be prevented from entering the small mystery dimension.”
With a serious expression, Pei Fengwu said, “I suspect that at least one Primordial Soul Realm cultivator from the Peng Lai Immortal Realm has managed to stowaway to the main space. That person also probably wields a spatial treasure that can easily break through the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension’s spatial barrier.”
The Green Ancient Mystery Dimension was just a small mystery dimension. Even if there was no stable space passageway, a Primordial Soul Realm cultivator wielding a spatial treasure could forcefully breach the mystery dimension. The ordinary sects of the outside world and even the sects from various large mystery dimensions did not have such capabilities, but the sects from the Peng Lai Immortal Realm did.