Chapter 262 (1/2)

Zhang Dong opened up his eyes and could see a uniform ceiling made from steel. There were various small gem light orbs embedded in it that shone in a dim yellow light. He rolled over to the side, what he witnessed was the sleeping face of his lovely wife right next to him.

He just remained there, not moving while staring at the wife of his children. She still placed importance on her face, the makeup that she wore only got more intricate with the years. He had tried to tell her that it was fine to go with a more 'natural' look. Whenever he mentioned that he could feel the daggers stabbing into him from her menacing stare.

He moved his hand over to her cheek, with the back of his hand he caressed it. He could feel Liena's breath on his skin and she started to wiggle around. Before he could wake her up, he heard someone call out from the side.

”Patriarch, we will be arriving at our destination within an hour's time.”

The voice was a bit choppy, it was coming from a console from the side that was connected to the Argonauts control room. He recognized the voice, it was the ship's captain doing his report. This abrupt call out also caused his wife to finally wake up.

”Is that so, I'll be with you in a moment.”

Zhang Dong called out to the disembodied voice of the ship's captain while sitting up. He was still in bed, the only thing covering his n.a.k.e.d body the silky bed sheets.

”We should get ready and prepare for battle.”

Liena rubbed her sleepy eyes for a moment, she could see Zhang Dong standing up and grabbing his robe that was on the side. The two started to redress themselves while looking at the mirror at the side.

Zhang Dong checked if he had all of his spatial rings present along with the weapons that he usually used. While doing this Zhang Liena moved over and straightened up his robe along with his disheveled hair.

”Give me a moment, I need to freshen up.”

”You look fine...Uh… nevermind.”

She gave him that face again so he decided to just let her redo her makeup. Something like that could take from a couple of minutes to even an hour. After leaving the room he headed to the ship's operating room where all the important people should be gathered.

”Greetings Patriarch!”

”Welcome Master.”

His two disciples were here as well but they were missing a certain Huo Qiang.

'He never liked this type of gathering, he is probably on the bridge getting prepared for the coming battle.'

He nodded at the people that were greeting him while moving further inside. He remembered everyone in this room all thanks to his almost perfect memory. Being a cultivator at his level brought some perks with them. Knowing their faces was the only thing that he did, what their private lives looked like was something he wasn't interested in. There was a certain barrier that wouldn't be crossed.

He was the Patriarch and they were under him, having a personal relationship with them would be quite hard. The people here treated him like some kind of king, some even close to a divine being. They would perform any task he would give them. What they wanted in return was prestige and a chance for improving their cultivation. Everyone was aiming for the very top here, they all wished to ascend to immortality in one way or another.

”How does it look, Captain? Are there any dangers ahead of us?”

Zhang Dong asked while sitting down, he had a special seat prepared for just his use. All the other people were standing up straight not daring to do anything out of place in front of the sect leader.

”Reporting to the Patriarch! The trip has been smooth, the monsters that lurk in the fog are unable to pierce through our barrier. There were fewer of them left than we expected. We believe that most of the monsters from these lands were slain during the defense of the Divine Fist Sect.”

Zhang Dong rubbed his chin while listening. Apparently, the monster's numbers weren't unlimited. There were swarms of them back there, it was possible that the army was now thinned out.

”Mmm, prepare for battle either way. Even though the monsters aren't appearing now, they could be lurking at the ruins to defend their master.”

It would be a good idea for the beast to pull back its armies to its lair. He wasn't sure if the monster had a direct connection with its minions. After most of them were killed by him and his elders it would be smart for the demonic being to bunker up. They would probably experience heavy resistance at these ruins when they arrived.

”Is the radar picking them up?”

”This mist is blocking our devices, we can't pierce through them beyond a kilometer. I'm afraid we will only know if the beasts are waiting for us after we arrive at our destination, my lord.”

He nodded while looking at the screen. There were a few red dots here and there which represented some flying monsters. There weren't that many around, whenever they flew by the monsters would try to attack them. But they would disintegrate into particles whenever they slammed themselves into the Argonauts shield.

There were two large green dots in front of his ship which represented the two sh.i.p.s from the Divine Fist Sect. They had guided them towards this area, even in the mist, their navigators were able to traverse their land without a hitch. They weren't going that fast but within a day they were not close to the previously found ruins.

Zhang Dong found it a bit strange that these ruins were only found recently. They weren't that far away from the main sect city. They also weren't in a particularly dangerous area from what he had heard.