Chapter 128: The ghost king (1/2)
Zhen Lingxi turned around when she heard her name.
A gray-robed elderly man was standing at the door.
Alex finally understood what the colors of the robe indicated.
'White robes are for disciples, gray robes are for Elders, and black robes are for the man they call Martial Grandfather,' He had deduced this.
Accordingly, Guanyu and Xuefeng greeted the man with a deep bow.
”Martial Uncle!”
The man looked at Guanyu, and remarked, ”I think you should come, Guanyu, your older brother came back.”
”Hong gege is back!?” Guanyu cheerfully exclaimed.
”Yes, we need to move fast, get a move on.”
The elder then cast a questioning look at the other two, and asked, ”Who are you two?”
”I'm Ma Xuefeng.”
”Ma Xuefeng? You brought the ghost mother, then you should definitely come with us.”
The elder halted his words and then resumed, ”You should be Sir Alex, then? Could you come too to provide information on your encounter with the ghost general?”
”That's alright.”
Following that, the five of them left the apothecary center and flew towards the pagoda uphill.
The two elders and Guanyu flew on flying swords, whereas Alex flew with his wings and held on to Ma Xuefeng.
”Wings?” The two elders had an intrigued look.
They soon reached the pagoda and immediately entered.
There was a large circular staircase similar to the one in Athena's tower, which they climbed until they reached the top floor.
This floor had a hexagonal table in the center, and a relatively large group of people gathered here.
Most of them had gray robes, except the black-robed elderly man and a handsome young man who wore colorful yellow-and-red robes.
”You should still be tir-
”Hong gege!” Guanyu uncharacteristically exclaimed and ran towards the colorfully dressed young man.
”Guanyu didi!” The man named Zhen Hong chuckled and exclaimed.
”When did you come back?!” Guanyu asked with bright eyes.
”I departed from the Kingdom of Pure Felicity a month ago and I just reached the sect today...”
An elder laughed loudly from the sidelines, and exclaimed, ”That's the pride of our sect, Zhen Hong! Already at the sacred kingdom, what stage of cultivation have you reached?”
Zhen Hong pondered for a bit, and then calmly replied, ”I'm at the peak of Soul Formation, I'm confident in reaching Copper Immortality by the end of the year.”
”Oooooooh!” The crowd unanimously gloated.
The black-robed elderly man chuckled and remarked, ”Today's youths are so talented...It took me a century to reach your stage, you only reached it in a meager 3 decades...”
”Martial Grandfather, don't underestimate yourself, most people wouldn't reach your level in ten millennia, and they'd be dead by then anyway...”
The elders all burst into laughter.
”Hehehehe...” The black-robed man was satisfied with the praise.
”Anyways, you had some bad news, you said?”
Zhen Hong gulped, and replied, ”As I was crossing the eastern mountain ranges into the plateau, I found an extremely strong source of yin qi, not as strong as that of the legendary ghost emperor, but far stronger than any ghost general.”
The black-robed man rubbed his beard and commented, ”This is concerning when we add onto it yesterday's happenings...”
”Huh?” Zhen Hong asked confusingly.
”Two junior disciples and a foreign guest have brought in a ghost mother, that according to Liuxian, has been created artificially.”