Chapter 223: Scheming to obtain the Ancient Treasure (1/2)
Chapter 223: Scheming to obtain the Ancient Treasure
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Extreme north ice field, Dragon Thunder Palace.
In front of the large palace door, Thunder Dragon Venerable and the golden-robed man stood shoulder to shoulder, their eyes closed, and their faces tilted slightly trying to sense something. After a long while, the golden-robed man said, ”Venerable, how is it?”
”That magic weapon's spirit has already vanished. Looks like it has been completely suppressed!”
”The method to be able to suppress a magic weapon like the Clear Glass Jade Bottle is indeed extraordinary.” Thunder Dragon Venerable softly sighed.
”Actually, it is nothing much. Ma Tianchang's background is mysterious. I suspect that he's a disciple of the Five Manor View,” the golden-robed man said plainly.
”Five Manor View?” Thunder Dragon Venerable furrowed his eyebrows. He seemed surprised. ”The Five Manor View has not been active in the world for a long time. How could there be disciples running around?”
”Dragon Thunder Palace has been like this for a long time. Why would there be a hero that emerged 10,000 years ago to unify the prairies?” The golden-robed man laughed coldly. ”Venerable, don't think that the others are fools. You groomed a disciple to unify the prairies, and then the others groomed a disciple to destroy the Northern Yuan. This can be considered an interaction.”
”My Dragon Thunder Palace has no feuds with the Five Manor View. There isn't a need for them to take action 10,000 years later. Old turtle, don't try to spoil the relationship between our two parties.”
”Oh, I'm not inciting anything. I merely spoke my views. As for how you think, that is beyond my control. In this world, if there's really a method to easily suppress the Clear Glass Jade Bottle, it'll only be the Five Manor View's Heaven and Earth in Sleeves.”
”Heaven and Earth in Sleeves?” Thunder Dragon Venerable was stunned and said, ”If he really is a forsaken disciple of the Five Manor View, do you think that he can master the Heaven and Earth in Sleeves?”
”Who knows, just like 10,000 years ago, a forsaken disciple of Dragon Thunder Palace had that kind of strength? Wasn't that way beyond people's expectations?”
”Don't dwell on the past. The Northern Yuan is finished. Your objective here is completed as well. Isn't it time for you to leave? My Dragon Thunder Palace is too small to accommodate you, old turtle.”
”Aye aye aye. I know where the limits are. I shouldn't stay around to make you angry, old fella. I know that you feel like slapping me to death right now. I should leave as soon as possible!” Still, he made no movement. Instead, his body turned into a ray of golden light, broke through the heavens, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye in front of the vision of the Thunder Dragon Venerable.
”That damned old turtle!” Seeing the direction that the Mysterious Turtle Sage disappeared, Thunder Dragon Venerable scolded in a low voice. He seemed helpless. The Dragon Thunder Palace was a special existence like the legendary Five Manor View. As the owner of the palace, he might have omnipotent abilities; yet, he couldn't interfere in the matters of the world. Even if Northern Yuan was destroyed, he could only play some tricks. This time, these tricks were thwarted by the appearance of the Mysterious Turtle Sage. He could only give Ba Siba the Heavenly Dragon Divine Elixir. Who knew that Ma Tianchang's camp actually possessed a heaven-defying treasure like the Clear Glass Jade Bottle. Even if Ba Siba ate the Heavenly Dragon Divine Elixir and pushed his cultivation through to the Metaphysic Realm, in front of the ancient treasure, it had no use at all. He was absorbed in an instant. This caused the Thunder Dragon Venerable to be extremely depressed.
Now that things had progressed to such a stage, he also had no solutions.
”Palace Leader, from where you see it, should we...?”
”We don't do anything, and we don't care about anything. The world is changing. All sorts of changes will happen. The Dragon Thunder Palace shall wait silently and watch the changes.” Thunder Dragon Venerable waved his hands and entered the palace. Two huge palace doors slowly closed and completely sealed the palace from the outside world. There was no longer any liveliness nor activity.
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”What? Robbing the Clear Glass Jade Bottle?” Junior Leopard exclaimed jumping up from his chair. Following that, he violently sat down again and covered his mouth. He stared at Golden Rooster in front of him with a strange expression. ”Are you crazy? The Golden Goose Cup hasn't been settled, and now you're hitting on this ancient treasure!”
He was frightened to see Golden Rooster's appearance.
Ever since they had parted ways in South Yuezhou State, Junior Leopard hadn't seen this fellow. He thought that he went into hiding. Who knew that he would suddenly appear in front of him?
”The matter of the Golden Goose Cup had been settled,” Golden Rooster said.
”Settled?” Junior Leopard was confused. ”I heard that the Golden Goose Cup appeared in Shuzhou a few months ago. The one that held the cup, quite looking like you, was slaughtered. The cup was also stolen.”
”The men were sent out by the Immortal Palace. It was a hoax that the cup was robbed. Everything was just for show,” Golden Rooster said.
Junior Leopard nodded. ”I thought that you wouldn't be satisfied so easily. So that's what it is. The Immortal Palace is very magnanimous to give away a treasure like the cup for free!”
”This wasn't the palace being generous. The cup is a priceless treasure to the common people. To the palace, it has no value. Other than a few outer circle people in the palace, who doesn't have a cultivation of Level Seven and beyond? An extended life of 100 years is not enough for them to risk their lives. As for the intelligence, everybody's cultivation is different. Naturally, they will have different choices. They wouldn't offend me just for a cup!”
”That's true.” Junior Leopard smiled. ”Anyway, that thing can only be used once.”
”Alright, let's cut the nonsense and go straight to what matters. The Clear Glass Jade Bottle is now in Ma Tianchang's camp!”
Junior Leopard interrupted him and said, ”With all due respect, Golden Rooster, I didn't agree to do this.”
”I won't let you do it for nothing.”
”It is not a problem of doing it for free. The problem is the huge risk involved,” Junior Leopard said. ”A monster at the Metaphysic Realm can't even withstand it for one time. You are asking me to die.”
”An ancient treasure like this couldn't be used casually. Each use comes at a great cost,” Jin Yuquan said. ”Last time, it was used by Ma Tianchang to absorb a Metaphysic Realm expert. It's not easy to use it again.”
”So what? Ma Tianchang is not an easy character,” Junior Leopard said coldly. ”You think that this extermination of Northern Yuan was a coincidence?”
”This time, the person asking the Immortal Palace to lend its hand is the Jin Emperor.”
”What?”
”The Great Jin's emperor asked our palace to take action,” Jin Yuquan said. ”Don't worry about Ma Tianchang. There'll naturally be someone handling that. Our task is very simple: to infiltrate the camp, find the Clear Glass Jade Bottle, and then steal it.”
”In other words, we are going to be thieves?”
”If you have to perceive it that way, then I've got nothing to say,” Jin Yuquan smiled bitterly and said. ”This matter's risk is not great as long as we search carefully inside the camp, and that'll be it.”
”What if we can't find it after searching carefully?”
”If we can't find it, then we come back,” Jin Yuquan said. ”It is said that the thing is in the big tent. We only need to search within the big tent. If it's not there, then it's not our problem.”
”Are you sure that you want to be embroiled in this matter?” Junior Leopard asked with some doubts.
”This matter might sound simple, to just search within the tent. However, it is never simple when considering both parties. One side was the Great Jin's emperor, whose merits have long surpassed his predecessors. The other side was the Yunzhou Governor with unfathomable power and background. To get involved in the battle between these two parties is not a simple matter. The repercussions are endless!”
”It is not us but the Immortal Palace getting involved. We're merely following orders. Relax, the palace won't sacrifice us,” Jin Yuquan said.
”I'm still worried,” Junior Leopard said. ”This is too big. Let me consider it for a few days.”
”Are you a coward?”
”It's because I'm a scaredy cat that I could live till today and possess such strength,” Junior Leopard said. He didn't have anything he couldn't say in front of Jin Yuquan. ”If not, I would be like Wang She. He ridiculously went to the prairies. If I hadn't met him accidentally, he would've died there.”
”Wang She's balls are too damn big. However, he benefited a lot from that. After such a battle that risked his life, it had benefits for him entering into the Metaphysic Realm,” Jin Yuquan said. ”People like us, to put it nicely, are to pursue the limits of martial arts and life. To put it badly, it is to defy the way the world works. To defy the world, if we don't have viciousness and bloodlust, we can't possibly progress.”
”That makes sense; however, I still think that the risks are too great.”
”Don't you wish to hear about the rewards?”
”I don't!” Junior Leopard shook his head repeatedly and said, ”Come tomorrow. I'll give you a reply then.”
”Alright, then tomorrow. Kid, you replaced Wang She's position. Now, the two of us are tied together. If you aren't willing to go, I won't go either. I'll have to heap those losses on your head!”
”Alright, who knows maybe I'm saving your life by not going. Who's going to repay this benefactor's deeds?” Junior Leopard asked.