Chapter 250 - Craving For Power (1/2)
The black figure flashed on the main road for a brief moment before it disappeared into the pine forest.
Although the man in black kept a straight face, he was vaguely feeling mad. The intelligence that was collected by his clan clearly showed that Ou Yangming was traveling together with the convoy, but the young fellow was nowhere to be found when he arrived.
He was not feeling irritated because he did not succeed; he was infuriated that his clan’s intelligence system was negligent.
‘How did they not find out that Ou Yangming traveled alone? Those fellas are too useless.’
“Great Ancestor, you’re back.” An elder walked out from the forest and flashed a flattering smile at the man in black.
The elder was He Defu, the He family’s Yang Grade powerhouse. There was a glimpse of a confused look in his eyes as though he was quite surprised about seeing the man in black returning alone. “Defu, how did you carry out the task?! Ou Yangming left the convoy long ago and entered the capital by himself. Didn’t you receive any information at all?” The man in black scoffed.
“Great Ancestor, please make a clear judgment; we really didn’t receive any information!” He Defu was stunned, and his face took on a ghastly expression. He gritted his teeth and remarked, “Ou Yangming is unusually cunning. Not only did he lie to Young Lady Ni, but he also fooled Eldest Young Master. Perhaps the fella noticed something, so he adopted such a dirty trick.” “Hmph!” The man in black uttered coldly, “A bunch of tras.h.!.+”
“Yes…” He Defu dared not defend himself anymore, thus he lowered his head, but he developed a stronger hatred for Ou Yangming.
‘If it isn’t because of the young fella, why would I be rebuked by the great ancestor?’
Nonetheless, he did not realize that he would not have ended like this if he did not ask for trouble in the first place.
“I heard that Ou Yangming’s the Ni family’s chief tributary?” The man in black asked all of a sudden.
He Defu quickly answered, “Ou Yangming is quite capable indeed, and he’s particularly gifted in appraisal art, but he was only appointed as the Ni family’s chief tributary because he captivated the Ni family’s little princess through sweet talk.” “The Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors couldn’t have made a wrong judgment. Since he’s the Ni family’s tributary, his capability definitely reflects it.” The man in black glanced at him, then he paused and sighed. “Ah, if it isn’t because the beast tide is coming, I wouldn’t want to hurt a bright young man like him.”
“Great Ancestor, a man of great ambition won’t bother about trivialities. For the sake of all living creatures, you mustn’t be soft-hearted!” He Defu raised his eyebrows and commented.
The man in black waved his sleeve and said, “I know what to do. Quickly head to the capital and find out about him.”
He Defu did not have the guts to say anything else, hence he bowed with respect and left in a hurry.
On the other hand, the man in black stood still on the same spot and kept quiet for some time before he mumbled, “Ou Yangming, I don’t care how much the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors value you, but for the sake of the people in the world, I can only sacrifice
you…”
He spoke in a calm tone, but his resolution was irresistible.
It seemed like as long as he decided on something, he must carry it out thoroughly.
SO
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Hu Yicheng’s convoy traveled on the main road. When they pa.s.sed the next town, he surrendered all the captives with his status as an official.
Without the burdens, the convoy traveled faster than before.
Ou Yangming sat in the carriage, where he undulated according to the carriage’s swaying movements.
The undulation seemed to have an extremely wonderful frequency, and it was so subtle that it was almost unnoticeable.
Even though the He family was formidable, it never occurred to the man in black or He Defu that Ou Yangming did not immediately make his way to the capital after he left his original convoy. Instead, he was sitting in one of the carriages which was not far ahead.
Due to the curious coincidence, Ou Yangming somehow stayed out of the He family’s radar and vanished like an invisible man.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming did not realize it at that moment.
He paid full attention to the study of interspatial bags.
It was true that he knew every step to refine an interspatial bag and had suitable materials with him, but it did not mean that he could refine one easily.
Ou Yangming had confirmed through a test that he had a certain talent in the understanding of s.p.a.ce, but it was not easy to transform the talent into usable skills.
He slowly extended both his hands and moved them in front of him.
When this happened, energy waves, which were invisible to the naked eye, flowed around his hands. They were his mental power.
Back then, the usage of Ou Yangming’s mental power was only limited to a fireball’s release and its attachment to martial arts momentum, which were frightening.
He could release a fearsome aura, which was not inferior to a Supreme Great Ancestor’s, by displaying his martial arts power.
On that day, Ou Yangming could scare the drawing and capture him with ease because his mental power unleashed a sufficiently powerful effect.
Despite that, after going through a life-or-death battle with great foreign willpower, Ou Yangming’s control over his mental power improved once more.
In particular, he advanced after he accepted the knowledge in the crystal ball. It was still impossible for him to agglomerate his mental power into substance to attack another person’s sea of consciousness. However, he could attempt to carry out s.p.a.ce Slicing to an extremely small extent by attaching a hint of his mental power to his palm.
As Ou Yangming turned his wrist, he could clearly sense an exceptionally peculiar change in the s.p.a.ce in front of him.
He had entered the integration of Heaven and man, as well as the thoroughly meticulous state. Moreover, the purple l.u.s.ter in his sea of consciousness was vaguely present. Through his eyes, some unique and magical nodes appeared in the world before him.
Ou Yangming needed to slice the dispensable s.p.a.ces with his mental power according to the nodes.
The nodes were not fixed as they seemed to be constantly flowing according to an indescribable rule. As Ou Yangming controlled his mental power, he kept using his hands to cater to them.