Chapter 978 - Secret of the Portrait (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Happy fought for half an hour, and sometimes, he exchanged blows with Empress Yin, at other times, he dodged her attacks. He stalled for time by trying to wear Empress Yin down and tried his best to make sure that Tendon Changing Classic could restore his internal injuries as well as qi. Meanwhile, he also continuously accumulated even more injuries on Empress Yin’s body.

Gradually, Empress Yin finally noticed that the situation was not right.

This was a Shaolin Temple disciple at Moksha Realm. He had already been struck for more than five hundred times by her palms, but he had not died yet. If any of the sect masters of the seven great sects were in his place, they might already be at the end of their life, but this boy was still as lively as a dragon, even though he was reduced to a rather pathetic state because of her attacks.

Whoosh!

Empress Yin finally stopped attacking. She moved more than thirty feet back and stared at Happy with her expression constantly changing. “Are you Mad Monk’s disciple, the man who is trapped at Punishment Mount?”

“…Indeed.”

Happy knew that he could not hide the truth from Empress Yin for too long. While he remained wary of Empress Yin’s subsequent attacks, he answered, “I’m practicing Tendon Changing Classic.”

Empress Yin instantly had her questions answered.

Even though Mad Monk had not appeared in the world for years, when he was still around, that had been the time when the evil cult had been at its greatest glory.

He used his own strength to defeat the top-class elites from the righteous and evil paths and slaughtered countless people. He was known as a vicious and fierce fiend in the Chinese plains. His qi realm had already reached One with the World, and he was an existence to whom someone like her, who was only at Myth Realm, could not hope to compare.

It was no longer an embarrassment that the successor of someone who was One with the World could last so long in her hands.

Empress Yin knew that even though Happy had not reached the point where his tendons were changed, his marrows cleansed, and his periosteum was fully formed. However, Tendon Changing Classic was in itself a peerless classic. If she wanted to defeat him alone, it was something incredibly difficult to do.

“Alright, since you are the successor of a senior of ours in the holy order, I will give you another chance. I will trade our peerless ultimate technique, Sky Demon Slip, with the portrait in your hands, are you willing to accept the trade?”

When he heard Empress Yin’s words, Happy instantly knew that she was now willing to reach a compromise.

At that moment, a system notification sounded in his head again.

“Ding!

“Activated quest. Use Madam Wang’s portrait in exchange for Nine Sky Demon Styles, an ultimate technique from Sky Demon Slip, which Empress Yin currently holds.

“If you agree to it, you will automatically give up on Madam Wang’s quest, but you will then become enemies with Mantuo Villa and the Murong Clan. Your Righteous Points will also be reduced by one hundred thousand points.

“If you reject it, you will gain ten thousand Righteous Points. At the same time, you will gain ten thousand Reputation Points and Chivalry Points. Your relationship with Mantuo Villa will also be upgraded to Friendly.”

Happy did not even need to think about making a choice. Even if he did not gain an increase in Righteous Points and Reputation Points, Happy will absolutely not choose to walk together with Yin Weed Faction.

No matter what, he was a Shaolin Temple disciple, not someone of the evil cult. If he made a deal with Empress Yin, it would be the same as him falling into the evil path.

Also, since the portrait in his hands was so attractive, did that not prove that the value of the portrait was even greater than Nine Sky Demon Styles?

“I’m sorry, Faction Master Zhu, if you want the portrait, you’re going to have to get it from me yourself.”

Empress Yin fell silent when even her cordial offer was rejected. A hint of anger flashed in her eyes. “You’d better think about this clearly. If you only have the portrait but no one to tell you the secret, it’ll just be a piece of scrap paper in your hands.”

The fierce killing intent in her words was incredibly clear.

Happy laughed. “Faction Master Zhu, are you threatening me?

“But do you actually think that Madam Wang will do nothing during the long duration of time we were here? If you want to continue staying at Mantuo Villa, I don’t mind continuing to experience the greatest of your Great Sky Demon Art. However, if you’re alone, you’ll be facing three elites from the Murong Clan yourself. At that time, I’m afraid it’ll be very difficult for you to escape from Mantuo Villa unscathed.”

Empress Yin’s expression turned dark once more.

Indeed, she had been lured by Happy to fight in this place for a long time, and there was no one keeping an eye on Madam Wang. The people at Mantuo Villa might have already sent word to the Murong Clan.

Even though there was no need for her to fear Mantuo Villa’s strength, those matchless old monsters from the Murong Clan had extraordinary strength, and they were incredibly difficult to deal with.

Her gaze moved back and forth between Happy and the direction where Mantuo Villa’s inner villa was. Her expression changed a few times before Empress Yin finally chose to leave with a cold snort.

“Today, I’ll show my respect to Mad Monk, but next time, if I see you interfering with my business again, I will definitely make you die being reduced to ashes!” She tossed some words for show before she dashed thirty-two feet away from Happy without a single sign.

“Senior Zhu, have a safe journey. Please allow me to send you off.”

At the same time Zhu Yuyan fled, Happy also activated Illusory Cave Steps to follow closely behind her.

“Hmph, you’re just a youngster. Are you actually worried that I would go back on my word?”

“Faction Master Zhu, you’re too oversensitive.”

While Happy said those things, he did not offer any additional explanation. He just followed Zhu Yuyan closely to the port. No matter what, he did not find himself at ease with how Yin Weed Faction conducted themselves.