Chapter 333 - Returning to the Immortals League (1/2)
Chapter 333 Returning to the Immortals’ LeagueIt was just beginning to darken when Xiao Chen and his groupmates returned to the Burg of the Feral Phoenix but there wasn’t even a hint of artificial light. Most citizens had their windows closed, ready to rest for the night. Complete stillness and silence shrouded the city.
When the Three Friends of Winter saw them return to the City Master’s Manor, they impatiently went up to ask about the fruits of their trip. Xiao Chen replied, “Rest assured, Elders. We have a clear answer about the origin of the Devil Qi. Tomorrow at dawn, we will return to the Immortals’ League and inform the Elders to come and deal with the matters here.”
Noticing their dispirited expressions and two missing members, Elder Plum asked, “Where are two more of your friends?”
The group shook their heads, sighed, or kept silent. Those two must have perished in the Abyss of Devil’s Aura, the three Elders thought. So they asked no further and immediately ordered the servants to prepare tea and a feast.
But no one was in the mood to eat and took just a quick bath. When dawn arrived the next day, they immediately set out on their journey back to Tianyuan City. Before they left, however, Xiao Chen bade the three Elders, Ye Lingfeng, Ye Mulian, and the rest farewell. “Three Elders, City Master Ye, Miss Ye, let us meet again someday!” He was fairly sure that he wouldn’t return to this tiny land after leaving today.
The rest of his group was rather solemn as well. Xiaoyue was the only one who looked unperturbed. She ought to be the happiest person to learn that the Abyss of Devil’s Aura had nothing to do with the Valley of God and Devil. The death of her two groupmates was of no consequence; she wasn’t the leader, after all.
After bidding farewell, the group flew on the Flying-cloud Stone in the direction that they had come in. The sea of clouds stretched for miles and miles and the view of mountains and creeks remained unchanged, but this time, there was no more banter and laughter.
Finally, after a long silence, Qin Shaoyang asked the question that they must confront. “What do we say when we get back?”
No one had an answer. It took two hours for them to come up with a conclusion. They decided to report truthfully to the Immortals’ League what had happened in the Abyss of Devil’s Aura. They would request the league to invite some experts that had secluded themselves to seal the place off completely.
The group had also discussed the death of Qi Feng and Zhong Buhui. Just like Xiao Chen and his group’s journey to Wuwang Wind Cloud City, they would say that the duo had unfortunately died trying to get them out. They would try their best to turn the duo into heroes. That was, after all, how heroes were made, was it not?
They finally made it back to Tianyuan City two days later. Even though their trip took less than ten days, all of them felt as if they had suffered out in the wild for half a year. Now that they were back, they felt every blade of grass and every stalk of flower in the city all that lovelier to them. They felt like they were reborn and would no longer dare to venture to such dangerous and wicked places.
While they were away, even more cultivators had arrived in the city. When they were near the Jade Terrace Mountain, a group of Immortal’s Swords or magic treasures fashioned into flying mounts stopped their Flying-cloud Stone.
There were probably almost two hundred of them, with their cultivation ranging from the Core Forming Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm. Even more flew up from the ground, all of them with their own questions. “You’re finally back! What’s going on in the Abyss of Devil’s Aura? What did you see there? Is it the Valley of God and Devil? The Devil Clan has been coveting the Human World for thousands of years; are they staging a comeback?”
The countless people and unceasing torrent of questions crowding the Flying-cloud Stone made it impossible for the stone to fly away. This time, the leader Xiao Chen must step forward to answer. “Everyone, please remain calm. Please allow us to return and inform the Elders at the Immortals’ League. The league will have its arrangements. You can all rest assured…”
“Bullsh*t!”
Before Xiao Chen could finish his sentence, a hot-tempered burly man yelled at him. The man had a beard covering almost his entire face and holding two double-sided axes in both hands. His feet rested on two wheels of fire. With reddened cheeks and eyes wide open in fury, he yelled, “Don’t take Grandpa Cheng for a fool! Stop spouting bullsh*t here! Hurry up and explain what’s going on over there!”
“That’s right! Don’t try to trick us! Did you think the League would tell us the truth?” Several people in the crowd echoed the man’s thoughts.
Ling Fei sneered when he saw how fired-up the crowd was. He walked up to them and yelled, “Remain calm, everyone! We did find traces of the devils there, and…” He cast a glance at Xiao Chen. “We even discovered the existence of spies from Devil’s sects hidden in our orthodox sects!”
“What?! Spies from Devil’s sects?!”
His words instantly riled up the crowd of hundreds. Some even immediately relayed this piece of information via Faraway-voice Transfer, spreading the news to every corner of the city.
The situation went out of control. Qingluan glared at Ling Fei. The desire to murder flitted across her expression as she said coldly, “Don’t babble nonsense here to stir up the crowd!”
Ling Fei sneered. “I didn’t say who it is. Why are you so agitated?”