361 Reentering the Residence of Supremes! (1/2)
It was Venerable Lord Sword who had woken up. Once he regained consciousness, he immediately swore an oath of absolute determination.
Venerable Lord Snow frowned, saying, ”Of course we can’t forgo the chance for vengeance, but the source of this issue relates to the survivor of the Nine Supremes. There’s a high chance it was instigated by Supreme Wind…Doubts still remain, though…”
”When we catch Lei Dongtian, everything will be made clear!”
Venerable Lord Frost gritted his teeth. ”Today is truly…”
He wanted to say it was truly depressing, but knowing that the source of his depression, Venerable Lord Sword, was just beside him, he swallowed his words.
”Where are our people?” Venerable Lord Snow asked uncomfortably.
”We fought for so long, why aren’t they here yet?”
”Your people?” A cold voice rang out clearly. ”You have the face to ask this? Your people? If you all weren’t so impatient and attacked only when everyone was present, things would have turned out differently! How could you all have done something so ridiculous?”
”Lord!”
Ice, Frost, and Snow stood up immediately while Venerable Lord Sword who was laying on the ground tried to show his respect through his expression.
No one came in from the outside, but the unhurried voice still drifted in, ”I will no longer be in charge of this. Since you’ve made a promise to them, you have to follow through. If you need help, go to the Hall of Latria yourselves. However, if there are any more mistakes, you shall bear the consequences on your own.”
Inside, all four people hung their heads, with shame on their faces.
Venerable Lord Snow said, ”Lord, Lei Dongtian has proven the strength of his family. If his family experts come, we might…”
There was a long silence as if the person outside was pondering the matter. After a while, four small jade bottles hovered in.
”These are Quantum Leap Pills.”
The unhurried voice wafter in again. ”You all are still a step behind in your cultivation bases to consume it. If you take it now, it might be damaging to your deity status in the future. However, since you are all determined to seek revenge, I shall give them to you first. Decide for yourselves what you’re going to do with it!”
There was no more sounds or noise coming from the outside. This time, Mr. Nian had really left!
The Four Venerable Lords were all indescribably ashamed. It was an extreme humiliation to manage something so likely to succeed and have it turn out this way. It was basically due to their capabilities, luck, and characters!
Could they take offense at Mr. Nian’s mocking tone? No, they had no basis to argue about this.
Looking at the Quantum Leap Pills on the ground, Venerable Lord Snow heaved a long sigh. The long sought-after pill that they were thinking about, even when dreaming, seemed to lose its usual temptation.
”Let’s speak of the serious matters first. Lord is very disappointed in us right now. We have to do something.”
”Forget it. It’s better if we correct our attitudes and face the truth! The obvious fact right now is that we’ve exited Tiantang City. Whether it was us or our opponent who knows this, this is still a situation out of compelled mutual compromise. We, who have relatively higher prowess, are instead forced to stay in a foreign land with the eldest and ol’Fourth severely wounded. Insisting to stay in Tiantang City will undoubtedly bring us a lot of unneeded threats. It’s better to temporarily take shelter here, leaving one to take care of the eldest while another two return directly to take action in secret.”
Venerable Lord Snow said, ”My thought is that Ice will stay to look after the eldest. Frost and I will go back to Tiantang City to assemble our men, then send two to you so they can take care of you fellows for a carefree recuperation and recovery.”
”Although the Residence of Heavenly Clouds has been destroyed, I believe that Yun Yang will rebuild it since both sides have reached an understanding. It’ll still need some time though, so they’ll still find somewhere else to stay for the time being. This is something we can utilize. It’s also the crux focal point right now. Lei Dongtian’s capability is astonishing and he even has a servant of similar prowess with him. It’s entirely possible that they appeared out of nowhere.”
”Due to the restraints of our promise to Yun Yang, we can’t attack the Residence of Yun and kill this varlet but… perhaps we can use this point instead to make him let his guard down. When he leaves, we shall track him and wipe everything out, annihilating even his family in uprooting everything. This will save us troubles in the future or else there will always be a lurking threat!”
”Considering this, our unsuccessful attack wasn't exactly the worst of all. Knowing oneself and the enemy guarantees that we will emerge victorious in every battle. A victory that leaves no snake in the grass is the only real victory!”
”Besides, judging by Lei Dongtian’s individual ability, I believe his family or the school he’s come from must be significant and possess an unwavering authority. Our powers may not be sufficient to tackle them. To be safe, we might need to go to the Hall of Latria.”
”Of course, everything must be confirmed first before we find the Hall of Latria. If we reveal any incorrect information, not only will it be embarrassing, it would be a futile waste of resources.”
”Therefore, we need to completely understand Lei Dongtian’s background and strengths before informing lord and the Hall of Latria. We can’t act impulsively again. Missing this once is already one too many, we won't have a second time! Otherwise, we really won’t have any more dignity to face lord with.”
Venerable Lord Ice said, ”Second brother, has the lord really left?”
Venerable Lord Snow smiled faintly and replied, ”Who can guess the Lord's thoughts? Since we can’t figure it out, there’s no need to make assumptions. It would only be futile and a waste of effort!”
Having served Mr. Nian for so many years, Venerable Lord Snow understood the unspoken implications very well.
Usually, when they messed things up and made compromises to this extent, it would be inevitable that an earth-shattering rage would be incurred and an even more serious punishment might await them. Now though, Mr. Nian was very displeased but he did not say much and had even given them the right to use the Hall of Latria.
He had even handed over the Quantum Leap Pills!
This was a treatment that they would never be enjoying in the past!
It had already been proven that their lord must have something else on his mind. This, in itself, warranted their careful contemplation. If they had completed the lord’s hidden goal simultaneously, it would be a real achievement!
”There is something equally important. Since the lord allowed us to utilize the divine hall, it also implies that the force behind Lei Dongtian may really be hard to handle. No, in fact, Lei Dongtian’s individual skill was already terrifying – especially that strange hand-seal arcane he used. Now that I think about it, I still feel the lingering fear.”
Venerable Lord Snow said seriously, ”When we meet him again, we must use our strongest and effective techniques at once! To jump into the fight with our fiefs.”
Venerable Lord Frost nodded faintly. ”That fellow's capability is indeed above ours, but as long as we cast frost and snow in a joint fief first, we can easily subdue him.”
Venerable Lord Snow was still cautious, discussing combat tactics with Venerable Lord Frost for a good amount of time while Venerable Lord Sword and Venerable Lord Ice gave ideas from the side.
The four of them did not regard their failure this time too highly. Victory and defeat were common in the martial world battles; as long as the physical and cultivation base remained, anything could be brought back. It meant nothing to them.
What truly upset the four of them was actually Venerable Lord Sword’s injury.
It was not some ordinary wound that could easily recover. The brothers did not utter their concerns aloud, but they were worried sick internally.
As for Venerable Lord Sword himself who was the direct litigant, he was even more anxious but did not show it on his face. Only his gaze grew grimmer.
”This Quantum Leap Pill…” Venerable Lord Frost spoke hesitantly.
”Keep it first.” Venerable Lord Snow said, ”If things come to a head, it’s not too late for us to consume it when we flee using our fiefs!”
”Alright!”
…
On the other side, Yun Yang, the splendid actor, left the inn alone quietly after placating Lei Dongtian and headed towards the Residence of Nine Supremes!
It had been some time since Yun Yang had gone there. Firstly, it was to avoid the attention of people with ulterior motives; secondly, it was also to prevent him from the grief he knew he would suffer. He had been keeping the grievance of his brothers at the bottom of his heart; if he could avoid it, it was better to evade the entire matter altogether.
However, it seemed that entering the Residence of Nine Supremes today was imminent!
Yun Yang had simultaneously cultivated the methods of thunder, cloud, wind, flame, and blood for the period being and had rapid improvement in all the five methods. It was even much faster than when his brothers were cultivating. In spite of this, when Yun Yang wanted to cultivate the sixth cultivation method that was fourth brother’s Holy Water Charm, he could not even go through the first stage of the introduction method.
It was obviously not a question of talent. In fact, since Yun Yang had gotten the gift from Kirin Fish, the water element in him surged and his meridians had exceeded the ordinary definition of being a water physique genius! Among the various manifestation methods of the Nine Supremes, including Yun Yang’s original cultivated cloud method, nothing was more compatible with him than the Holy Water Charm. On the contrary, what was supposed to be most matching and improved the fastest could not even get past the initial stage no matter how hard he worked.
Only when Yun Yang was helped by Lei Dongtian did he leap through his improvements in addition to absorbing the hundred years of cultivation base from the ruby fruits. Only then did he experience a breakthrough and cultivated the first stage of Holy Water Charm after his deific consciousness increased by several folds.
When he was cultivating previously – cultivating wind, flame, thunder, and blood in one go, he did not feel much; he only knew that time was tight. The earlier he could cultivate each cultivation method, the more it would help in his plan. However, cultivating the first stage of Holy Water Charm actually gave way to a violent sense of need in Yun Yang.
It was as if the moment the water attribute in his body was triggered, it could no longer be contained, raging in turbulence and urging Yun Yang to continue cultivating to achieve the next method.
Yun Yang was astounded by the feeling, bewildered. The feeling even grew more intense and was harder to suppress after the battle with Venerable Lord Ice.
If it was not so, Yun Yang would never be willing to step foot into the Residence of Nine Supremes again. As long as he was inside, he felt terribly inadequate, like he had no dignity to face his brothers!
…
”Sometimes, I wonder if you all are ever coming back when I finish learning everything? If it’s so, I’d rather all my cultivation methods go to waste and be left with not one bit of mystical Qi cultivation base!”
Standing amidst the familiar fog of the residence, Yun Yang asked softly, facing Supreme Water’s door.
”Are you all waiting for the arrival of this day?”
Yun Yang murmured softly.
Only silence answered him.
”Actually, the situation today has been your intention all the while. All of you purposely hid from afar, so that I could pick up all nine manifestation methods, right?”
Yun Yang scoffed and said, ”I know that all of you aren’t dead. You’re all watching me from afar!”