Chapter 80 - Temple of the West Barren (2/2)

Another dominant voice followed, "Our ancestor had long noticed the Moon Palace and that ancient array formation. But even the great ancestor could not activate it, its function remained a mystery until today … It was activated twice, and whoever activated it, clearly knew of the secret of our race."

Another pair of voices responded, "Whoever it was, death shall be bestowed upon that person."

"That ancient array, who sensed where it was headed?"

"It seems to be somewhere between the East Barren and the Great Wilderness, the region inhabited by the monsters and humans."

An old and hoarse voice said, "So it's there? The region of monsters and humans … Leave it to our messenger who has infiltrated their defense, the messenger will investigate into this matter and find out who activated the array formation, and how much that person knows of the ancient gods. Then we shall grant that petty bug a glorious death. Other than that, the thing underneath Great Wilderness ... is it time to be reaped?"

"We haven't found it yet. The Swords Gate will be in our way in our quest to retrieve it. The messenger has secured a position among the Swords Gate higher ups, waiting for the right timing to claim it over. All is in our favor, it'll not be long before the Swords Gate falls into our grasp."

….

Falcon Ridge, the land within the radius of five hundred miles belonged exclusively to Zhong Yue, although it couldn't even remotely be described as huge, the human population that was partitioned into a few dozens of tribes still collectively numbered in the tens of thousands.

In the over twenty days of Zhong Yue's absence, the assiduous humans had refurbished the lord's monastery, repaired the walls and the roofs.

When Zhong Yue arrived at the Falcon Ridge Monastery, there was already a new plaque affixed to its facade, the once 'Sun Xiao Manor' was replaced by his 'Long Yue Manor'.

When he walked into the monastery, five human servants quickly came forward and welcomed him, they smiled and said, "Master is back! We welcome the great master's return with our sincerest hearts!"

Zhong Yue casted his gaze over the five servants; one of them was a scrawny, senile man not a day younger than fifty; while the other four were pretty and lovely young ladies, they were purely prepossessing in appearance, exuding an air of elegance and grace. Zhong Yue was baffled and he asked, "These four are?"

"Master Sun's medicinal herbs."

The senile man responded, "If anytime Master Long is hungry, they will be served on the table immediately. Does the master prefer cooked or raw?"

Zhong Yue went speechless, he said, "I've told you, your master dislikes meats, I'm a vegan."

The five servants all heaved a breath of relief, the senile man then took out a red coral, he smile and said in a servile manner, "Master, after Master Sun's death, we buried him and managed to find this treasure."

Zhong Yue took over the red coral and was startled; the red coral was shaped exactly like a tree, there were eighteen exquisite looking branches. He seeped his psyche into it and was shocked to find out that each and every branch contained a surge of Sword Qi in it!

This tiny Coral Tree had eighteen strands of Sword Qi hidden within it!

Even despite all his efforts and hardship, Zhong Yue had only managed gain himself two surges of Sword Qi!

What a tyrannical soul weapon this is! If Sun Xiao had the time to cast it, then I would be the one who dies!

Zhong Yue praised his luck, he had not practiced any form of defense skill; the time he had slain Sun Xiao, he had the element of surprise on his side along with the advantage of the higher ground. It was only due to these serendipitous factors that he was able to kill Sun Xiao in close-quarters combat!

But if Sun Xiao had unleashed the eighteen Sword Qis hidden within this red Coral Tree before Zhong Yue was able to engage, then Zhong Yue would surely be left in pieces by now!

What a strong soul weapon, this must be very precious, Sun Xiao had such an unfortunate death! Zhong Yue kept the Coral Tree as he thought in his heart.

The senile man stepped back and fawned over Zhong Yue, "Is the master getting tired? Your obsequious servant will leave now, Chun'er, Xia'er and the others will serve the great master to bed."

The four young ladies shuddered as they stepped forward and their voices sounded out tremblingly, "Is the master taking a rest? Which of us does the master wish to partake in?"

"What partake with who?" Zhong Yue was playing around with the red Coral Tree, he heard their words and was baffled.

The four young ladies' faces changed drastically, one of them answered in fear, "So the master is going with all four of us…."

A beginning of a migraine struck Zhong Yue upon hearing her words, he quickly said, "Who told you that the your master is going to cop- … the four of you?"

Among the ladies, Qiu'er was the most courageous one, she said, "That's what Uncle Qiu said. He said that the dragons are … En, overly affectionate, and with their strong physical body, they love most to have sex with other races, even with a few of them together at a time. That's why there are so many races having the dragon bloodline in them. For example, the Zhu Po Dragons, which are the descendants of the swines and dragons; the Jiao Dragons, which are the descendants of snakes and dragons; and more like the fish-dragons, ox-dragons … If the master dislikes us, we are also tasked to find out whether if master prefers the other races such as chicks, heifers or the anything like that…."

"Stop!"

Zhong Yue darkened his face, he never thought that simply designating the name of 'dragon' for his alter ego would give rise to such a misunderstanding, what were the chicks and heifers about? Just thinking about it would cause a shudder to run through his spine.

"Your master practices an art that strictly prohibits intercourse, without cultivating to the peak of my art, I will not copulate with anyone … Qiu'er what did you say? Little heifers … Not even little heifers, it'll retard my cultivation!"

Xia'er, Dong'er and the other young ladies could finally set their minds to rest, they thought to themselves, It's not so bad at all serving Master Long, he doesn't eat people and he doesn't ruin the ladies, not even the little heifers, serving him is better than any other monster masters….