Chapter 356 (1/2)
”Elder Jingyi, glad to have you with us. How was the competition?”
”Boring as always but there was one promising disciple. On any other occasion, this would be a joyous moment but how things stand…”
Elder Jingyi that was used as a ticket into the inner sect walked into a closed-off room. In it, there were many elders and seniors from the Thunderball hall. It seemed that all the leaders from each of the halls had gathered here and this probably without the knowledge of the outer sect.
”Yes, the future is shaky…”
”How is the Patriarch?”
”Not good, his cultivation is slowly declining and we have discovered new evidence of a spy.”
”A spy? So it really someone from our sect that had poisoned the Patriarch during his ascension?”
”Yes, the evidence points to… Zheng Ting!”
”Zheng Ting? How could that be? She is the Patriarch's granddaughter…”
”Yes, she vanished the moment we discovered that there was foul play involved. She is also trusted by the Patriarch, it would be easy for her to slip in the poison into his food…”
”But why would she do it? What would she gain from weakening the sect?”
Elder Jingyi asked as he was clearly out of the loop. Due to the outer sect competition, he was forced to remain in that part for a whole day.
”We fear that the Blood Poison Cult is involved, the poison that was used is also one that they are famous for…”
”The Blood Poison Cult?”
”Yes, our brothers found letters coming from that cult hidden away in Zheng Ting's quarters. It would seem that she was romantically involved with one of their members which might have caused this…”
”Romantically involved? Does this mean that the Blood Poison Cult could attack us?”
”Yes, we fear for the worst. Normally our patriarch would be able to combat their cult leader but in his weakened state he will not be his match… this might also not be the only problem…”
”There is more?”
Elder Jingyi's face went pale as the people started listing other problems. Apparently, their spies detected movement in other evil sects and cults that were situated close to their Thunderball hall.
The spot this Thunderball hall occupied was quite sought after. The concentration of lightning energies was not the only profitable resource. Deep inside the mountain range, there was a pocket of dark crystals. These crystals could be used by demonic cultivators to hasten their progress.
This was of course a big secret that the sect was hiding away from the other powers. With the betrayal of Zheng Ting, who was part of the inner circle, the secret might have been found out. It would not be strange if the demonic sects united to take care of them and to take away these dark crystals.
”This… Did our spies find out more?”
”No, It seems that our spies have been silenced.”
”This doesn't bode well, can the patriarch recover in time? Should we contact the other righteous sects in the area and ask for help?”
”The other sects…”
'Hm, this place doesn't look that well-protected. Are they that sure that no one will attack them or are their forces somewhere else?'
Unbeknownst to him all the strongest elders and their disciples were gathered at one location all the way up the tower. While they were busy going through the sect's existential crisis Zhang Dong slipped past everyone.
'This thing looks a lot bigger from close up…'
He had to strain his neck to look at the giant blocky tower. The lightning storm was circling around this building and discharging lightning bolts into it. If he had the ability to fly he could just charge into the eye of this storm and absorb all of this energy.
His current cultivation realm was that of foundation establishment middle stage. With the help of this energy, he was hoping to enter the core formation level. Maybe if he was lucky enough he could even push it to the middle stage. There was quite the amount of lightning elements here that possibly could boost him further.
'There are some guards.'
He could see five men being stationed in front of one of the doors that led into this large tower. One of them was clearly the commander while the other four were just part of his unit.
'It would be better if I didn't just charge through here like a maniac…'
Zhang Dong felt that these five would not be a problem to beat but this would just put everyone inside on alert. Five guards just vanishing from their post would be quickly seen through. He at least wanted to give himself some time before they figured out that he invaded their tower.
'This calls for the honey pot trap approach.'
His appearance started to change, from a young and handsome young master to something paler. Two large lumps of flesh started protruding from his c.h.e.s.t as his body shrunk down. His h.i.p.s started getting wider and his highs were now pleasantly plump. His skin was white as a jade as he took the appearance of a once-in-a-lifetime beauty.
'This disguising technique is scary, at least it doesn't make my little guy vanish along with it.'
Zhang Dong changed into some short fairy-like robes that showed off his legs and c.h.e.s.t area the most. He had to pick a robe on the more flowy side, as from close up his large little brother would be clearly bulging it out.
”Who goes there!”