Chapter 930: The Bloody Despair Brotherhood (1/2)

Inside a cabin, Jing Feiyang looked at Nie Tian, who had just returned, and said in a soft voice, “It was the White Rose’s people.”

With a profound magic, he concealed the divine seals he had unleashed, and used them to track Old Shadow Eccentric. Eventually, he saw him meet up with those who were dressed in white robes.

Jing Rou’s expression flickered with astonishment. “The White Rose?! She’s also at the early Saint domain, isn’t she?!”

Jing Feiyang nodded. “It’s indeed a bit tricky now. It’s hard to believe that even the White Rose was bought to do this job.”

“Who’s the White Rose?” Nie Tian asked curiously.

“The White Rose is the nickname of a female Qi warrior from the Domain of Endless Snow,” Jing Feiyang explained. “In fact, she was Patriarch Snowy Peak’s martial sister in the Heavenly Ice Sect. She should have been the current sectmaster of the Heavenly Ice Sect. However, Patriarch Snowy Peak seemed to have set her up during some internal strife, and had her expelled from their sect.

“So she and some of her faithful followers went wandering in the starry river among different powerful domains, and started leading the lives of Hunters.

“Any Qi warrior would have to rely on all kinds of precious materials to progress in their cultivation. After being expelled from the Heavenly Ice Sect, which used to be her strong backer, she could only ambush ancient starships that travel between different domains and plunder their valuables to support her own cultivation.

“Soon, the White Rose became one of the most famous Hunters among the domains in this region.

“However, the White Rose and her subordinates usually adopt mild measures. Normally speaking, as long as their target starships give up their cultivation resources, they will show them a way out, instead of slaughtering them all.

“The White Rose also has Void domain experts among her subordinates. It seems that the reason why she paid Old Shadow Eccentric to do this job for her, instead of sending one of her own, is because she’s also afraid of your backer, the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.”

Brow furrowed, Nie Tian muttered, “The early Saint domain... It’s hard to believe someone with such a high cultivation base would want to lead the life of a Hunter.”

“She had no choice,” Jing Feiyang said. “She hadn’t entered the Saint domain when she first descended to the rank of Hunter. She was only at the middle Void domain back then. At that time, the Domain of Endless Snow, the Domain of Heaven Python, the Domain of Vast Darkness, and the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries all had powerful sects who didn’t want to ruin their relationship with Patriarch Snowy Peak by accepting her.

“Back then, she wasn’t powerful enough to defy any of these sects.

“When she lowered herself to become a Hunter and entered the Saint domain with the help of the cultivation resources she had plundered, she was finally strong enough to set up her own sect in the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries. However, she had also offended too many people due to her line of business.

“Under such circumstances, if she actually established her own sect in the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, which is the weakest of the four domains, it would have become a clear target for her enemies.

“Therefore, she could only remain a Hunter, wander the space between different domains, and make a living by looting cultivation resources.”

Jing Feiyang seemed to be empathetic as he talked about her, as if he felt genuinely sorry for what she had gone through.

“Luckily for us, it was the White Rose’s people, not the Bloody Despair Brotherhood,” Duan Shihu said, looking somewhat relieved. “Back in my hunting days, I only roamed the surroundings of the Domain of Heaven Python. I never dared to hunt in areas between domains. The White Rose has a good name among the Hunters. Back in the day, when I was pursued by the Divine Seal Sect, I even thought of joining her cause.

“But the Bloody Despair Brotherhood is a whole other story.”

Nie Tian just stood there and listened as the three of them explained about the Hunters. From them, he learned that there were two major Hunter forces in this vicinity: the White Rose and the Bloody Despair Brotherhood.

The White Rose’s people had certain moral principles. Normally, they wouldn’t take lives after getting the resources they wanted.

However, that wasn’t the case with the Bloody Despair Brotherhood.

Not only would they loot all of their targets’ valuables, but they would also kill every single one of them.

They were cruel and evil people, who were bereft of any moral principles. It was said that they had even made deals with outsiders, including selling the remains of their own kind to Bonebrutes, in exchange for spiritual materials that could be used to build personal domains.

The human domains in this region had a certain tolerance for the White Rose and her people, but they were all deeply disgusted by the Bloody Despair Brotherhood.

The three major sects in the Domain of Heaven Python had joined the powerful sects from their neighboring domains in the encircling of the Bloody Despair Brotherhood.

However, they had repeatedly failed to trap their leader in their operations, resulting in retaliations that were even more ruthless.

Even among the Hunter organizations, the Bloody Despair Brotherhood had a bad name, and was spit on by other organizations.

As they spoke, their ancient starship continued to sail at full speed through the domain that had been destroyed by the Divine Flame, with the Domain of Endless Snow as their destination.

A few days passed...

Jing Feiyang, who was sitting in the lotus position, meditating and refining his true soul, suddenly opened his eyes.

His soul messages were instantly sent to the cabins Nie Tian, Duan Shihu, and Jing Rou were in, and three of them hastily came to the main cabin.

“Bad news,” Jing Feiyang said with a grim face. “The Bloody Despair Brotherhood’s people are here.”

Jing Rou hastily summoned that prismatic crystal of hers.