Chapter 381 – 7th Onyx Hall Master Tu Zi Shan (1/2)
Chapter 381 – 7th Onyx Hall Master Tu Zi Shan
Translated by: Berrrybunz
Edited by: XRCO and DeAndreR
The Fire Scythe Ghost Claw pierced through her chest.
Even at the brink of death, Ji Xiao Ya still did not understand how a crazy individual, with blood drenched across his face and clothes, was still able to smile hysterically.
She slowly sunk into the mud as the light drained out from her eyes.
Tang Tian gathered all the energy he had left and dashed to where Ling Xu and Crane was. When he appeared in front of them drenched in fresh blood, Ling Xu and Crane were taken aback.
All 3 of them locked eyes.
“I am now a Golden rank martial artist!” Tang Tian shouted in excitement as blood continued rolling down his cheeks.
“I told you I will kill him with one move.” Ling Xu replied as he cringed in pain from the open wounds inflicted during the battle.
Plomp, Plomp..
The 2 of them slowly fade into unconsciousness and fell onto the floor from the exhaustion.
Crane: “….”
Suddenly, Crane was alert: “Who is that?”
Two men appeared from the corner of Crane’s sight.
“We mean no harm.”
A bald buff man raised both his hands high up: “We are from Onyx Soul. I know that we used to have a misunderstanding. But it is now over and we do not have any animosity against you all.”
The scrawny man gave out a soft gasp as he fixated his gazed the unconscious Ling Xu and Tang Tian.
Crane did not drop his defence, but his face portrayed calmness: “That’s right. We do not have any animosity between us.”
The bald man let out a soft smile: “I will get straight to the point. I want to invite the 3 of you to the Onyx Soul. I am Tu Zi Shan, Hall Master of the 7th Onyx Hall of Onyx Soul.”
“Onyx Hall!” Crane made his surprise known. Onyx Hall was similar to the Gold Branch of the Honorable Martial Group. The only difference was that there were 13 Gold Branches while there were 9 Onyx Hall.
The structures of both the Honorable Martial Group and the Onyx Soul were similar.
The biggest and strongest authoritative figures were the Hall Master’s groups who possessed the largest power over the organization. Honorable Martial Group had 13 Hall Masters that comprised the Hall Masters’ Panel while the Onyx Soul had 7 Onyx Hall Masters that comprised the Onyx Soul’s Panel.
The Gold Branches were part of the Hall Masters’ Panel while the Onyx Halls were part of the Onyx Soul’s Panel. Both the Gold Branches and Onyx Halls held absolute power, and were answerable only to their respective panels and no one else. All decision making and strategic planning resided in Masters of the Branch or Halls.
Even though the Gold Branches and Onyx Hall had immense authority, they couldn’t go about executing orders without first having the permissions or orders from the Hall Master who was in charge of the task. The benefits and rewards were divided equally across the groups.
As Crane was born from a prestigious family, he had all this knowledge and knew much more than both Tang Tian and Ling Xu. He did not expect the bald muscular man to be one of the Master from the Onyx Hall.
Tu Zi Shan let out a soft smile and stated: “So how is it? The atmosphere in the 7th Onyx Hall is very positive and absent of politics. Our hall possesses more than 100 unique skills and there are bound to be a few that are suitable for your training. Even if there isn’t a skill that fits you, you can change to another Onyx Hall instead. Do not fret about this.”
“I am very sorry but I cannot make the decision.” Crane said politely.
Tu Zi Shan only reacted after a while, he patted his bald head and replied: “Yes I understand where you are coming from.”
The scrawny man was void of expression but was surprised by the reaction. It was rare for the Hall Master to look up to anyone in respect. These 3 men were definitely good but for Hall Master to be amazed and respect them, it was quite a sight.
Crane turned his attention to the doorway where a line of men appeared in his sight.
The leader, who a teen who had a gold hair, was dazzling. The line of men looked like they were battle hardened, with scars across their bodies and face. Angelina was also inside the crowd.
The red hair Qian Xin blurted out: “We have wasted our trip. Hall Master Tu is here.”
The scrawny man’s face turned cold, killer instinct was building up within him. Qian Xin was a member of the 5th Onyx Hall. As a mere member, how dare he address the hall master in such a condescending tone!
Qian Xin was taken aback and immediately waved his hand: “Hey hey hey, Hall Master The 5th and 7th Onyx Hall are great allied halls ok!”
Tu Zi Shan signalled to the scrawny man to calm down. It was Qian Xin’s nature to be like that. It was not worth it to get into a fight due to such a trivial matter. He turned towards Angelina to greet her: “Tu Zi Shan prostrates himself before your majesty.”
Angelina was also taken aback by Tu Zi Shan’s presence. An Onyx Soul’s Hall Master was similar to the rank of commander in the Leo’s Constellation. Angelina was very respectful to be able to have the presence of an Hall Master: “I am honoured to be able to meet you Hall Master!”
Tu Zi Shan smiled: “Your majesty employed a good strategy. The Honorable Martial Group has suffered a great loss this time. A casualty of 5 Gold Ranked Martial Artists will be painful for them.
(DeandreR: Only 4 are said to have died. I think the 5th escaped. The author really didn’t make what happened to the 5th one clear.)
Angelina replied: “Without the help of Hall Master I do not think there would have been such a favourable result.”
Once he came in, he immediately saw Lu Hai who laid motionless on the floor.
Tu Zi Shan let out a laugh: “Your majesty guessed wrong. I was not the one who did this.”