Chapter 268 - Shadow (1/2)

Zhong Yue got to the Golden Summit and he handed over the jade seal in front of everyone before he walked away without saying anything. Qiu Jin'er on his side then took out her wheelchair from a hall and left with him.

Grandmother Lu, who saw Qiu Jin'er from afar, quickly rushed out from the Celestial Sun Palace and Zhong Yue's face darkened when he saw Grandmother Lu who was about to follow Qiu Jin'er again. It was at this moment when Madam Qiu walked out from the Celestial Sun Palace, and said, "Grandmother, come back. I think we should let them off for their happy world for a few days and you should stop following them."

Grandmother Lu looked at Zhong Yue, and she replied, "Madam?"

Madam Qiu summoned her back and said, "Let them go, we can't possibly stop Jin'er from going to the outside world. Besides, it will only serve her well in the long run for her to have exposure to the outside as well. And after all, the Sun and Wood Innate Spirit Body are very compatible as well."

After Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er left, Shui Zhizheng constantly checked on the Seal Suppression Hall and to his dismay, failed to detect any signs of Tian Myriad Mother each time. Time slowly passed, and it was soon two months since the incident involving Tian Myriad Mother. When Shui Zhizheng arrived at the Seal Suppression Hall again only to return disappointed, he began to search around the hall with his psyche in his frustration to location Tian Myriad Mother.

To his horror, after searching through the entire Seal Suppression Hall, he failed to find out anything about Tian Myriad Mother again, and cold sweat started forming on his forehead.

Zhong Yue said that she is in a crucial point of cultivation so she shut herself in but I couldn't even see her in the hall… Could it be that she is cultivating in the Seal Suppression Hall….

Even more cold sweat started dripping down from his cheeks as he was, after all, one of the ten elders of the Elder Council who knew deeply of the Seal Suppression Hall's function. If Tian Myriad Mother were in the Seal Suppression Hall, she would undoubtedly have been sealed away!

How is that possible? Zhong Yue does not possess the ability to overwhelm her! How did she get sealed away? She is in charge of the hall. I have to save her no matter what!

Shui Zhizheng then left hurriedly, and he returned quickly not long after. His shadow then moved vigorously and split into two clones; one of which slithered on the ground and the other climbed the mountain walls opposite him.

Eerily, the two shadows did not belong to Shui Zhizheng as there was another shadow under him! The two shadows then stood at the entrance of the Seal Suppression Hall, but they were blocked outside of the hall as the entrance was sealed.

"So Tian Myriad Mother was sealed in the hall by Zhong Yue?"

Said a seemingly old shadow, "This Zhong Yue has the power to defeat her? It is impossible, even if he has the Innate Sun Spirit Body, it wouldn't be enough to outdo an old timer demon god like Tian Myriad Mother. Shui Qingyan's body that she possessed may only be in the Atman Body level, but the power of her soul is far stronger than that, it is impossible for Zhong Yue to be able to seal her."

The other shadow, which looked younger shook and said, "But if Zhong Yue lured Tian Myriad Mother into the Seal Suppression Hall and worked with the Innate Wood Spirit Body, then it is possible that they could do it."

The two shadows and Shui Zhizheng nodded, and the older shadow said, "The individuals sealed in the hall are extremely powerful, and with the addition of her body in it, Tian Myriad Mother will definitely not have rejected Zhong Yue's invitation into the Seal Suppression Hall. This must've been the opportunity he used to seal her. But Tian Myriad Mother and her true body are way too important as well. However, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er left the Swords Gate and handed over the jade seal to the headmaster. This little brat is surprisingly smart. He must have discovered Tian Myriad Mother's true identity, which made him so determined to exterminate her. With these moves he pulled off, he forced us to divert our attention to the jade seal in the headmaster's hands instead of pursuing the two of them."

A man who had managed to open his five Yuan Shen secret realms in reverse was indeed one not to be underestimated. Their potential is virtually unlimited, and they had a high probability of ascending into a god in the future."

The younger shadow then said, "The old geezer is about to die, and the jade seal will fall into our hands sooner or later. Don't worry; he will definitely pass the jade seal to someone as his son is still in the Seal Suppression Hall. He is very intelligent and wise so he would definitely not allow us to proceed with our plans that easily. He surely has many hidden precautions or some other insidious trap for us to fall into. But he too has his own fatal weakness!"

"His dearest family will be his greatest weakness!"

The older shadow nodded and said, "He will not be able to get through this year so these remaining four months are extremely crucial as he will have to pass his position to someone else soon. I wonder who it will be in the end; Jun, Feng, and Fang are all bright individuals whose power can match magnate Qi Practitioners. Now it all depends on which one of them will break through their limit and achieve the True Spirit level. Whoever ascends to the next level will be appointed the new headmaster of Swords Gate."

The younger shadow laughed and said, "Don't worry, the next headmaster will definitely be you regardless. All I want are those things under the mountain of Swords Gate. Elder Shui, have you contacted the East, South Barrens and the Barrens overseas?"

Shui Zhizheng smiled and said, "The Zhong Li Celestial Race's Xia Tianshi of the South Barren wants back the body of the Wu Dao Celestial Being, and the East Barren's Shi Buyi wants the Barren Celestial Beast, while the Overseas Barren's Yi Laomo wants the spirit of their ancestor returned. At that time, they will each send strong individuals or arrive personally. But they also said that they refused to come before the old geezer's death. After all…."

He didn't need to finish his sentence for the other two shadows to understand what he meant.

The old man may be old, but he was still a Sword God!

As long as he was still alive, no one would be able to touch Swords Gate without paying a huge price!

"His death is inevitable. All the previous headmasters entered the Devil Soul Forbidden Land before their deaths, and none of them managed to return alive. This headmaster's life will also end from this asinine tradition.

The Devil Soul Forbidden Land was just like an active volcano under the Swords Gate, and every headmaster nearing the end of their lives would enter the forbidden land to cull the population of evil beings underneath the Sword's Gate to ensure another temporary period of peace before the next headmaster does the same!