Chapter 328: Sacred Roots (1/2)
Chapter 328: Sacred Roots
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”I'm so sorry, Mr. Mo. Ye Qingtian did have something. I have defeated him but was unable to kill him, so I didn't get you the Taiyuan Token.”
Sitting in the armchair and looking at Mo Yinyang, Zhou Bao smiled, as if he was sorry.
”That's too kind of you, Your Excellency. I was just curious about the Taiyuan Token. I didn't mean to take it as my own.” Mo Yinyang smiled, feeling surprised. He had secretly watched the whole battle between Zhou Bao and Ye Qingtian. Obviously, by ”the whole battle”, it meant the beginning and the time when Zhou Bao cut off the Starlight Bridge by his Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword and when Ye Qingtian tore up the void and left with a burst of star-blue mysterious Qi on him. For the rest of the time, the two of them were just covered by starlight, from which the tremendous Qi Power chilled him from the bottom of the heart.
Such power was supreme and invincible even to a Level Eight expert like himself.
He knew that Ye Qingtian was powerful and the same was Zhou Bao, but he had never seen the two fighting each other with all their strength. Now that he had seen it, the conquest of these experts was a matter of state, which would kill any rebellious spirit of anyone who had seen the battle. That was why he acted more respectful to Zhou Bao compared with the first time they met.
”Well, Your Excellency, I have a presumptuous request. I hope you could consider it.”
”Cut to the chase. I owe you a big favor. I'll help you as long as it's within my power.” Zhou Bao nodded and said. No matter what Mo Yinyang was up to, if it wasn't for that man to tip him off, his companion Yan Yunfei would have been in grave danger on the way back to the territory with him, even if he was okay. During the battle, among the one hundred men or so he took, none of them ended up in one piece: a dozen were dead and over a half were badly injured.
”You see, I expect it would be quite easy for you, Your Excellency. If you ever find the Taiyuan Token, please take me into Taiyuan Heaven with you.”
Zhou Bao was confused. He looked at Mo Yinyang and said, ”Ye Qingtian has torn up the void with the Taiyuan Token. Where should I find him?!”
”Oh, that was not the only Taiyuan Token, Your Excellency.” Mo Yinyang smiled with confidence. ”And considering that Taiyuan Heaven is about to open again, with your marvelous power, I believe you can get one. What's more, according to the rules, one Taiyuan Token shall take three men into Taiyuan Heaven. That's why I'm asking you, Your Excellency.”
”Is that so? You mean, there is one in the Jin dynasty?”
”Of course there is. Like in the Li Dynasty, however, the Taiyuan Token was in possession of the most powerful schools. If you really want to enter Taiyuan Heaven, Your Excellency, maybe you should try and find one!” said Mo Yinyang with a glimmer of smile. ”I suppose you have heard about the 33 Heavens, Your Excellency. Then you should know that the Spiritual Qi in there is thousands of times stronger than that of in our world. Not to mention countless long-lost treasures. If you can make your trip there, it will be of an infinite benefit to your power. With your aptitude and power, the chances are that you'll break through Level Nine or even enter the Mysterious Realm!”
”Hehe, it's too soon to talk about that. But if it's true, I wouldn't say no to that!” Zhou Bao nodded. ”Well, now there's still time before the opening of Taiyuan Heaven. What's your plan, Mr. Mo?”
”Although there's a small difference between the Li Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, they each have their unique customs. I want to take a tour in here and see them with my own eyes by this opportunity. I'll come back to you 10 days before the opening of Taiyuan Heaven whether you get the Taiyuan Token or not, Your Excellency!”
”Great, deal!” Zhou Bao stroke his chair and said. ”I'll be waiting for you then, Mr. Mo!”
Mo Yinyang smiled, saluted to Zhou Bao and then turned into a cloud to leave.
Seeing Mo Yinyang leave, Zhou Bao adjusted his expression. ”Come in, Zhu Ba!”
The voice penetrated through the room and reached outside the courtyard. Zhu Ba ran in upon hearing the voice and said, ”Are you calling me, Your Excellency?”
”How about the nine guys? Anything new?” asked Zhou Bao, smiling. All the nine assassins of the Li Dynasty were captured by Zhou Bao, except for Ye Qingtian. They were experts at Level Seven or Eight, but still could not escape from the misery, only because Zhou Bao was in a bad mood.
After capturing them, Zhou Bao did nothing but sealed their acupoints, tendons and meridians and left them to Zhu Ba.
”Your Excellency, they were all tough guys. They fear no common instruments of torture. I had to do it myself to get something from them.” Zhu Ba laughed and thought to himself that his boss was extremely powerful. He fought against the Mingyi School alone and now captured nine experts of Level Seven or Eight, which was really something. He was one of the few people who had the guts and power to do so in Jin, or maybe in the whole world.
”You can save that to yourself. Just tell me who they are and what can I get from them,” said Zhou Bao. Although they all came from the Li Dynasty, these assassins were not quite familiar with each other. Mo Yinyang just knew a few of them.
”Ha-ha, Your Excellency, some of them won't tell a word but I managed to get one of them talking. According to him, they were all from the Li Dynasty and came to mess you up by the order of goddamn Third Prince. They came with two other guys. One remains a secret and the other was a guy named Ye Qingtian, the one you defeated. He was the strongest of them all,” said Zhu Ba, rubbing his hands in excitement. ”These guys are incredibly wealthy. They all had celestial devices with them, and some had more than one. I got 19 celestial devices with magical effects in total. Five of them were of the Mysterious Level and 14 of them were of the Psychic Level. I got many materials and medicinal herbs as well!” Upon finishing his words, he looked at Zhou Bao and continued. ”There seemed to be a leader among them. He had this odd ring. I thought it was strange but couldn't tell how. He won't tell me anything about it, so I brought it to you!” Then he handed a sapphire ring to Zhou Bao.
”Oh, a Space Ring!” Zhou Bao was surprised by the ring. It looked like it was made by common materials and perhaps the marvelous and unique spatial fluctuation on the sapphire could fool the eyes of a Level Nine expert, but it was obvious to Zhou Bao's spiritual mind.
”It's a Space Ring. Your current strength and spiritual mind aren't enough to see it through. I suppose you could sense the abnormity only because of your eyes.”
”Yes, exactly, Your Excellency.” Zhu Ba smiled fatuously and agreed.
Zhou Bao glanced at him and reached his divine thoughts into the sapphire ring.
”Aye?”
There was not enough space inside the ring, merely about ten cubic meters, smaller than Zhou Bao's own Space of Segmented Realms. There were not many things in it, either, only some medicinal herbs, weapons, and celestial devices. Judging by their colors, these weapons were Secondary Heavenly Weapons, while the celestial devices were mainly of the Psychic Level, among which only one was of the Mysterious Level. Those things were enough to start a war in Jianghu, but nothing important to Zhou Bao. Actually, there was one thing that interested him – it lay on the corner in the Space Ring and it looked flat, like a willow leaf. He couldn't tell what it was made from – neither gold nor wood. It looked like a piece of rotten wood but with metallic luster. Most importantly, there was an odd formation carving on it.
”Oh, a spaceboat! I thought it no longer exists. How amazing!”
At that moment, Green Spirit showed up and was surprised by it as well.
”Spaceboat! Can it fly?”
”No, I don't think so. It needs a great amount of heaven and earth original energy to make it fly, which is impossible in this world.” Green Spirit answered. ”The magic formation had three functions: First, to absorb the original energy; Second, to transform the original energy into flying power; Third, to control formations. This is the simplest and the least valuable spaceboat, but to be fair, it was perfectly preserved.”
”Does it need the heaven and earth original energy to fly?”
Zhou Bao was disappointed. It was like a small plane, by which even an ordinary people could fly in the air. It was useless to himself but perfect for his families to fly between Yunzhou and the Wuyang Region.
”Unless you can alter the formation and find an object full of the essence of the world as the energy source. Oh, by the way, the Sky-measuring Star Ruler is perfect for it. It contains sufficient star force. If you are willing to make it into the energy source, I'll promise this spaceboat will be faster than you.”
”I'm not stupid!” Zhou Bao cursed in a low voice and took his divine thoughts back from the ring. ”You did well this time, Zhu Ba. We have got 20 celestial devices including the ring. I'll take the ring and another nine celestial devices, and you can have the rest. You can do whatever you want with the ten celestial devices. I don't care. Understand?”
”Thank you, Your Excellency!” Zhu Ba was in a state of euphoria. It was ten celestial devices! If he sold them all, he can afford ten lives of extravagance!
”Don't be glad too soon. You can't practice them all at once. You'd better focus on one of them. Speaking of this, how did it go with the Demon Devil Needles that I gave you?”
”The refining of the Demon Devil Needles was completed, and the Asura's Dark Fiend formation has taken its shape. I believe it won't be long before they function perfectly, Your Excellency.”
”Good!” Zhou Bao nodded. ”The secrets hidden within the Demon Devil Formation deserve your careful apprehension, which will benefit your cultivation as well. Don't neglect your practice on the Demon Devil Needles because of those celestial devices!”
”Yes, I won't, Your Excellency!”
”Now take me to that guy who has revealed his identity!” Zhou Bao stood up and said. ”I want to know if he can be an asset to us or not.”
”Sure, Your Excellency!”
After months of construction, Zhou Bao's Wuyang Region was beginning to take shape. Of course, it was still the same small town, but it was twice the size than before. There were more buildings now and Zhou Bao's mansion was three times bigger than its original size. The circumstances were different, he could get by with only a bed when he was single, but now, he had a wife, the princess of the imperial court. It was a fact that his territory was newly developed, but at least his mansion should not look shabby. No need to be as magnificent as the imperial palace in the capital city, but it had to be decent.