287 Holy Light Religion (1/2)

Massacring civilians?

Wang Lu was inwardly horrified, but then he thought that the key to the group of immortal tombs was too precious for everyone that, although the elite sects have obviously screened their members who came to the Western Continent, among those second and third-rate sects, there were bound to be crooks among honest folks. Thus, the occurrence of low-quality events was only to be expected.

After all, the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals couldn’t possibly maintain law and order in this foreign Western Continent. Moreover, this place also didn’t have the terror of calamity lightnings from the Ninth Heaven. Thus, killing and burning, the plight of the people and other important matters could be brushed aside. They completely were not affected by the cause and effect of the Nine Regions, no consequences for their actions at all.

Could the Western Continent people also organize a group to go to Nine Regions for revenge?

From the first contact between the eastern and western civilization, similar things have happened, it was just that a massacre of this level was really rare. Even if the Western Continent didn’t have the calamity lightnings, but after they returned to the Nine Regions, were they not afraid of the Demon Heart calamity? Or were there demon sect people that joined the fray?

When he thought about it, Wang Lu couldn’t help but feel that this lowered the limit of where Nine Regions people could stoop to. Although his Spirit Sword Sect has never been an order maintainer in the Nine Regions, after encountering this kind of thing, Wang Lu couldn’t completely stand idly by. But, he needed to clarify things first.

Tsk, massacre, this is something that is rarely seen in Nine Regions, yet this actually happens in Western Continent!

”Therefore, please forgive him for his rudeness. After the Storm Wind City incident, the perception of the people in the nearby cities about the natives of Nine Regions are quite extreme. Thus, their aggressive attitude is really hard to avoid…”

Although the initial exchange with the knights was unpleasant, along the way to Deep Earth City, the Deep Earth Guardian repeatedly apologized to Wang Lu, which made it really hard for him to get angry. Before long, the group returned to Deep Earth City and met the Master of Deep Earth City in a thick fort, Sir Haddock.

Haddock was a standard official knight of the Western Continent. From the several wrinkles that have chiseled in that meticulous face, he looked about forty to fifty years old. Yet, his trim and neat beard, short hair, and sparkling eyes showed that he still had great energy.

When he met them, he only wore casual clothing. In addition to the decorative sword on his waist, there was no armor or other equipment. Yet, Wang Lu still felt that his presence had brought him formidable pressure. This Master of Deep Earth City was at least a high order profession. Moreover, he was also quite strong in that high order profession category. He was even stronger than the whole main guardians combined.

However, this was also the norm among the city-states on the Eastern part of the Western Continent. Most high order professions were inextricably linked with the common people. The Master of the city-state or even the ruler of a country was usually a high order or even legendary profession. This was very different from the separation of immortal cultivation world and mortal world in the Nine Regions. Thus, when he met Sir Haddock, Wang Lu was not surprised at his strength.

But when this knight opened his mouth, Wang Lu was indeed startled.

”Everyone, I already know what happened to you.”

These words were spoken in fluent Nine Regions language. In contrast, even Aya who lived in Nine Regions for decades, still has some accent when speaking.

Seeing the surprised face of Wang Lu and the others, Sir Haddock patiently explained, ”I found out that when dealing with your Nine Regions people, if I speak with some Nine Regions words, I always get unexpected concessions. Your emphasis on cultural identity is much higher than ours. Later on, it turned out that apart from being a knight, I was also gifted with innate talent in language.”

As a trade hub, the matter regarding trade between the two continents was of utmost important to Deep Earth City. Although Sir Haddock was a high order profession, he was also the Master of the City. Thus, he conscientiously studied the language of Nine Regions.

After a moment of digressing, Sir Haddock said, ”I believed that on your way here, my men have told you about the situation. In the recent months, solely on the Deep Earth City territory alone, there have been more than twenty Nine Regions cultivators that have been killed. In fact, only the few of you managed to survive. This situation has seriously affected the order within the Deep Earth City, but Deep Earth City alone is not enough to solve this problem. I will need more help. Of course, I will not let you do things for nothing.”

Sir Haddock went straight to the point, not wasting time for small talks.

That being the case, Wang Lu also cut to the chase and said, ”You are the Master of Deep Earth City, with power controlling a large amount of area, how could you not able to solve the security problem in your own territory?”

Haddock said, ”If this is only a matter within Deep Earth City territory, I naturally can solve it. But there’s a deeper power behind this. I am sure you can also guess that the bloodstained scroll is not something that ordinary people can make.”

Wang Lu replied, ”Yes, it looks like some forces are trying to target our Nine Regions people. Sir, do you know something about this?”