294 Isnst It Merely Ten Years of Service? (1/2)

Such havoc!

This was the two words that hung at the lips of the practitioners of Tianxuan Continent’s martial world at this time.

Legend had it that when the Four Seasons Tower had had just come into being back in the day, a man had brought his three subordinates to assault the martial arts world; wherever they had gone, even the mightiest among the opposed would have succumbed. They were invincible!

After some time, the Four Seasons Tower was officially established and began spreading its name; this was where the legendary litany 'subdue the world by force' came from.

Later, the Four Seasons Tower had successfully wiped out three of the nine top sects – a true period of bloodshed in the martial world. It was also then that the Four Seasons Tower’s infamous reputation was earned.

After several hundred years, it seemed that these people had been replaced by another batch of leaders who poised to take the martial arts world by storm.

Then, it was called the Twelve-Year Bloodbath of the Martial World! Within the twelve years, the Four Season Tower’s experts had subdued the world by force once again, causing massive losses in the martial arts world.

The peerless expert of the martial world had been annihilated by the Four Seasons Tower’s big boss himself.

Anyone and everyone, forces who were dissatisfied, had an opinion against or conflict with the Four Seasons Tower was completely uprooted.

For that twelve years, the entire martial arts world was terrorized, petrified the moment they heard of the Four Seasons Tower’s name.

For the next three hundred years, no one dared call themselves the Unrivaled Expert.

It was only until Dugu Chou’s rise that a new legend graced the martial world – there was a new ‘unrivaled’, a new ‘top one in the world’!

Somewhere along the way, the Four Seasons Tower had begun to work in secrecy; no one knew if there were any more battles… However, Dugu Chou had also gone into seclusion once he had triumphed in the world, halting before ascending to the heavens.

Then along came Ling Xiaozui, the acknowledged Unrivaled Expert who had even gone against the Four Seasons Tower head to head. They had fought for over a hundred years, give or take a few years; despite the fact that the Four Seasons Tower seemed to be at a disadvantage, no resolution to the conflict was ever revealed. There was no saying whether the Four Seasons Tower had lost or Ling Xiaozui had won.

Things had finally come to a head.

The legend of the Four Seasons Tower and its intimidating might seemed to have faded from everyone’s sight but at this point in time, this mysterious organization that had long lurked in the dark and had almost been forgotten by the world had reemerged once more without warning. It came at the entire martial arts world forcefully, baring its fangs.

No one knew the reason behind the Four Seasons Tower’s reappearance but everyone chose to, wisely, avoid it.

It was simply because the words that were being bandied around, 'subduing the world by force' and 'bloodshed of the martial world' were too terrifying to accept.

There was only one Dugu Chou, there was also only one Ling Xiaozui; there were a lot of overconfident people in the martial arts world but there was truly none who dared to say that they could compare with these two.

…

Yun Yang cultivated every day. The news of current events was being sent to him incessantly as well.

Once Shui Wuyin received the information, he came in search of Yun Yang immediately.

”Young master, the Four Seasons Tower has started its grand machinations.”

”Are you prepared?”

”I am always ready.”

”Good! Leave at once.”

”Yes.”

Shui Wuyin had disappeared from the Residence of Yun from that day onwards.

This was a plan both of them had come up with a long time ago.

Before the Four Seasons Tower decided to lash out, the Nine Heavens Dictum could still be of use and operate in its current state. Once the Four Seasons Tower executed their revenge, the Nine Heavens Dictum would have to immediately go from operating in the dark to entirely being obscured underground!

Other than urgent situations, the Nine Heavens Dictum would not have any activities in this short period of time! Any form of carelessness could bring about grave consequences.

Shui Wuyin had been making preparations for a long time.

Any Nine Heavens Dictum member who could be contacted were put into obscurity; waiting for new assignments; those members who could not be contacted were put aside for now.

All the strings and codes related to them, in addition to contacts from all aspects, were chopped off to ensure their safety.

Aside from that, Yun Yang had one more request for Shui Wuyin.

”Wuyin, it is my hope that you can build the world’s top underground intelligence organization using this opportunity. I don’t mind the title, in particular, being used for this intel organization but the complete control must be in our hands – it cannot be passed to anyone else!”

”I will do so.”

Shui Wuyin then vanished.

…

Bai Yixue pushed Yun Yang’s door open with a loud bang.

His face was pale and his lips quivered when he looked at Yun Yang; his gaze was fixed.