Chapter 23: CH14: Strange Mystery
Chapter 14: Strange Mystery
[Second Floor of an Inn at the Táng Village]
[Narrative of Māo Tóu Yīng]
I drop the tea cup, it disappeared in an instant before it could hit the floor, I figured that it was Mr. Zhang's doing. Although he is only in the peak of the cultivation of the lower realm, he possess such boundless abilities which never failed to entertain me each time, minus his cooking and brewing skills. According to my companion, this man right behind me killed more than a hundred men in an instant, there were no traces of the bodies, although those men were just puppets, their shells were still bodies of those blessed moon child who are supposed to possess a godly body and abilities regardless of their cultivation, just their aura should've been enough to kill someone like Mr. Zhang. It's chilling to imagine how strong the Moon Emperor truly was, I guess that is one of the many reasons why my master cherished his friend so much that he chose to die despite the truth behind of the death of the Moon Emperor. His respect for his friend and his guilt would've driven him into madness if he remained alive.
If I were to gauge the strength that he could currently use despite his low cultivation, I could say that he could almost match my strength that he would be able to harm me in a duel, but should not be enough to be able to kill me.
I believe I should take the existence of this man as a sign from my master to cultivate further, after all I cannot go far in the future just being in Pseudo God Realm, I believe that my master even reached a higher cultivation than the Grand Transcendence Realm, but then I do not like to rush. There is no need to rush, although I am already more than 1000 years old, there is no point in rushing when I have eternal time to spend. Maybe if I spent some time to exchange blows with this man, I could finally pass through the bottleneck, one more reason why I should certainly bring this man with me.
Master would've been elated to see the face of his friend.
I turned my back on the man named, Qi Fei and walked to the terrace, I spoke some words towards my men before disappearing with the leaves that flew with the cold wind, "Guard them carefully."
But before I actually left, Mr. Zhang pulled out a black crystal from his sleeves. I could feel strange power from it, but it isn't something evil.
I could feel a subtle killing aura around the area, it's very strong. I believe that aura should belong to another Emperor.
Why is this guy always in trouble? How could he attract the attention of the Shadow Emperor?
[Second Floor of the Inn, Qi Fei's narrative]
I stared at the object which
Unable to contain my curiosity, I asked him about the item, he paused for a moment before explaining. "What is that? Is it a cultivating stone?"
He stared at the object in his hands, he looks like he's contemplating. Maybe he's deciding what to do with it.
He sighed and shook his head, as he was talking about the item, loud screams errupted around the village. "This is called the heart of Anubis, it shouldn't exist here, but for some reason here it is. This should help us all on our travels, we won't have any problem in crossing realms anymore--..."
Xi'er stopped and cautiously peered outside the Inn, we all immediately followed. The scene before our eyes was gruesome.
This is bad. Father had found us...
As we stood quietly for a moment, Xi'er pulled out his flute and played the same imposing tune which I heard him play earlier, the song was longer and the tune gave me chills as we
watch hundreds of moths covered in white and blue Qi surround the whole inn, all the plants and objects became wrapped with ice in an instant, the temperature around us dropped significantly, luckily the Inn was spared from being eaten by ice.
Is this abusive employer planning to fight my imperial father? Is he asking for death to knock on his door already? The last time I was with father, he was already in the Celestial Guardian Realm, father is also from the higher realm, but his intention for descending is bullshit! How could he blindly follow that Snake Emperor?
Xi'er spoke before he forced the Heart of Anubis into his chest area, his skin paled for a while before it returned to normal.
Has he refined it forcefully into his body? That might come bite him later on, I should keep an eye out for this guy. He's really so impulsive sometimes...
I stood closer to him and placed my hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright?"
He took several deep breaths before nodding his head, he spoke as if he was upset, but I could tell that he was only trying to lighten the mood "Yes, don't worry. I still have plenty more energy to punish you for talking shit about my cooking and tea."
He's alright indeed. I should ask Lord Māo how to disappear with the leaves next time.
He stood straight and looked around, he jumped from one tree to another and instantly appeared in a far distance with some of the moths. He's done this before, is this teleportation? But it seems strange.
As he stood in a tall branch of a bamboo tree with the moths surrounding him, I couldn't help but feel reverence towards him and the power that he is exuding. It almost feels as if, I'm in front of a cultivator of the Pseudo God Realm, I could only stand and watch him, I'm unable to make any further movement.
[East of the Táng Village, Zhang Xi Yin's Narrative]
The village has succumbed to a destructive fire and brute attacks from our unwelcomed visitors, I spotted a herd of uniformed Imperial Guards in the distance of the east within the village. It seems that the Imperial Emperor had finally found us, but he is nowhere to be found among the group of cultivators from the palace, there is only one person with the title of liutenant above her head. I guess this situation is to be expected, even if it had only been less than a day since we had run away from the capital, a powerful figure wouldn't have much trouble in achieving such a meager task.
As I stood in a branch surrounded by the moths, silver leaves started to accumulate beside me, it was Lord Māo.
He stared straight into my eyes with a calmed expression, he spoke to me, "Had you been hiding your real strength all this time?"
I sighed in annoyance. Why did he have to interrupt now? Can't he see we have a bigger problem...?
I answered, "I don't know what you are talking about, am I supposed to use my abilities all the time? And did you even ask me about it? No, you didn't, so don't try to make me sound suspicious."
The group of Imperial Guards immediately surrounded the bamboo tree where I stood, thanks to this guy beside me, my plan of catching them off guard is now gone.
Typical for what I would expect of an underling of the enemy, the leader of the Imperial Guards confronted me with a question without any introduction. Maybe I should call her with her name? But won't I appear polite? Maybe I should give her a nickname instead.
She spoke with an uninterested yet commanding tone, "You must be the thief, come with us quietly, or I would surely make sure that your soul would not be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation."
I don't think talking with this woman would settle in anything that I would prefer.
Immediately, I directed the moths to attack all the Imperial Guards, there is no use for me to take so long in dealing with a small pebble on my way, we have to leave soon. The effect of bypassing the countdown of the refinement and fusing feature at once would start to affect me soon.
The Lieutenant named Li Xiu, immediately attempted to launch an attack, but was interrupted with moths wrapping around her body, the moths flocked on her before dispersing, leaving a completely intact body but devoid of any soul.
I forgot to mention that the moths retained its natural ability to devour the soul of its target, but only if the body that is housing the soul is still weaker than them.
I teleported beside her body before focusing my gaze on the frozen figures of the Imperial Soldiers, I played an ear-piercing tune with the flute, the frozen figures immediately shattered with the bodies of the Imperial Guards, the ground shined as the sunlight reflected from it. Lord Māo made a quiet sound of amusement as he knelt and picked up the shattered ice, which wounded and froze the blood from his fingers. He remained unfazed, rather he appeared to be expecting the result.
Dragging Lord Māo by his arm, we returned to the Inn and immediately prepared to leave for the higher realm with the help of the abilities granted by the Heart of Anubis.
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