Chapter 1371: Clash
Tang Xiu glanced at Sablefiend Scorpio indifferently and said, “I don’t care about your private affairs, but don’t cause me troubles. You should be aware that I have many things at hand already. Do you want to know what kind of punishment you will suffer for bringing me troubles?”
“This subordinate understands, Lord.” Sablefiend Scorpio hurriedly nodded.
Tang Xiu nodded and shifted the topic. “Anyway, this Argent guy should have now realized the problem, so carry out the next plan.”
Standing nearby the duo, a shocked look filled Jing Xian’er’s smart and beautiful eyes. She didn’t expect that the super-powerhouse she admired, Sablefiend Scorpio, would address this mysterious young man as Master.
She had heard of the exploits of Sablefiend Scorpio ever since she was a child. Oftentimes she felt so intense and thrilled whenever she heard the exciting story, making her wish to experience such tumultuous moments, tasting such chances to frequent the edge of life-and-death, both to survive and get stronger unceasingly.
Who’s this man? Is he stronger than Sablefiend Scorpio?
She was a bit curious about Tang Xiu. She made up her mind to figure this man out should she find the chance. Certainly, she was also confident since the other party was a man. She was sure that she could captivate his heart and make him confess to her.
“And you, you are to enter the Heavenly Abode artifact. Keep in mind to not disturb the two Perfected Golden Immortals who are recuperating inside.” Tang Xiu shifted to Jing Xian’er and ordered in a deep voice.
“Understood!”
Seeing that Sablefiend Scorpio had gone away, Jing Xian’er could only follow Tang Xiu’s order to immediately enter the Heavenly Abode artifact. However, she trembled the moment she entered the artifact.
“What did he say? Don’t disturb the two Perfected Golden Immortals who are recuperating here. There are still two other Perfected Golden Immortals in this Heavenly Abode artifact?”
The shock was too much. In the past, encountering Perfected Golden Immortals was not that rare of an occasion to her. After all, her father was also a Perfected Golden Immortal. But what shocked her was that Sablefiend Scorpio was not the only Perfected Golden Immortal under him. It turned out that he had three of them.
“Don’t tell me he’s… a Supremacy Stage powerhouse?”
Outside.
Tang Xiu turned into an azure smoke and instantly vanished. At the next moment, he appeared in the alley just over 200 meters away from Argent Martial Hale. He quickly stunned a shoemaker nearby, stuffed an Immortal Crystal to his hand, and put him into the Heavenly Abode artifact before occupying the man’s position.
“Shoe repair… shoe repair…”
The deep voice echoed in the alley.
Outside the restroom, Argent Martial Hale had waited for a long time, yet he hadn’t seen Jing Xian’er come out of the restroom. He immediately frowned slightly and thought for a moment. Afterward, he quickly released his spiritual sense and shrouded the area towards the restroom. His expression drastically changed the moment he found out that nobody was in the restroom. Where could Jing Xian’er be?
“Is there someone else?”
Argent Martial Hale frantically unleashed his spiritual sense and immediately covered the few hundreds of kilometers radius. To his fury, not even the shadows of Jing Xian’er could be seen within hundreds of kilometers.
“Did she… run away?”
His facial muscles twitched and an intense murderous intent seemed to materialize and burst out in all directions. Bad premonitions kept growing inside him as he finally realized that he had fallen into a trap some people had laid out for him.
He lost his wealth and now the person he bought was gone. This was… simply… losing everything!
Unleashing his spiritual sense and killing intent, he scoured the area within a few hundred kilometers. But what followed was torrential angry roars from all corners. Among them were two terrifyingly powerful spiritual senses which directly bombarded Argent Martial Hale’s spiritual sense, causing him to shriek painfully and retract his spiritual sense.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Tens of figures flashed like lightning bolts and appeared around Argent Martial Hale one after another, surrounding him. One of them, a golden-robed old man glared at him with boiling killing intent and eyes that seemingly were able to release flame. “Damn asshole! You dare to release your spiritual sense and spy so outrageously in the Floating Snow City? You’re dead!”
“Please, it’s a misunderstanding, everyone.”
Argent Martial Hale also realized his recklessness. Recklessly releasing spiritual sense in large cities of some Immortal Domains to find others and using it to check everyone there was considered a capital crime. It was seen as quite a provocation. He just momentarily lost his mind and did such reckless action, resulting in the ire of these several Golden Immortals and Perfected Golden Immortals.
The golden-robed old man was furious. He just forgot to activate Soul Obstruction Array at his residence, thus the scene of his double cultivation with his woman had been clearly seen by this damn voyeur. It was still fine if it was him alone that had been seen, but seeing his woman was absolutely unforgivable.
“Everyone, this damn bastard dared to peep at our privacy. That’s a blatant provocation to us! Let’s get rid of him!” the golden-robed old man shouted loudly.
“Kill…”
The tens of people released their respective immortal weapons one after another.
Argent Martial Hale’s expression changed and he shouted fiercely, “I’m Argent Martial Hale, a subordinate of Cambrian Venerable from the Everlasting Palace. Do you dare to kill me? Do you not fear that the Everlasting Palace will seek revenge from you?”
Everlasting Palace?
The expressions of the several Golden Immortals and Perfected Golden Immortals changed and a look of dread immediately appeared on their faces. The golden-robed old man was shaken inwardly and his boiling killing intent instantly dissipated. He squeezed out a smile and then cupped his fist. “Ah, it turns out that you’re a Fellow Immortal from the Everlasting Palace. I wondered how could anyone dare to release his spiritual sense in the Floating Snow City. Is Fellow Immortal Argent Martial Hale currently chasing an enemy? Please forgive me and the rest since we had no idea before.”
Argent Martial Hale secretly sneered inwardly though he kept his composure on the outside. “You’re not to blame for having no idea about it. Quickly leave and don’t intervene in our Everlasting Palace’s matter.”
“Understood!”
The tens of people were immediately at ease after hearing it. It wasn’t like they couldn’t kill Argent Martial Hale. Rather, they didn’t want to provoke troublesome issues for themselves. Being able to resolve the conflict directly, these people then apologized and left directly, leaving only Argent martial Hale in the alley.
Who the hell is this Jing Xian’er? Who has set me up? Argent Martial Hale’s eyes glittered as he pondered about the whole thing back and forth. Finally, he realized that someone who had laid out this farce was definitely the obese woman. And that young man who bought a bulk of his artifacts was definitely related to her.
As he thought up to this point, he immediately rushed back to the Lithe Plume Mansion and stormed inside with great force. Looking at the lively and extraordinary scene inside, he suddenly felt furious and released a huge aura, causing a lot of guests and prostitutes around to exclaim and flee in panic. Then, he shouted, “ROLL OUT! Fat hag who presided over the auction and that punk who tricked me of my artifacts! Both you come out!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several figures flashed and appeared inside the hall and looked at Argent Martial Hale. A stout man then strode down the staircase and shouted fiercely, “I remember you, Argent Martial Hale. Daring to cause trouble at my Lithe Plume Mansion, are you that impatient to die?”
Argent Martial Hale angrily shouted back, “Your Lithe Plume Mansion is the one who messed with me. I demand an explanation. Otherwise, the matters between us won’t be over just like this. Hand over that fat old hag and that punk who tricked me of my artifacts! Else, don’t blame me for tearing all decorum with you!”
The stout man took out his immortal weapon and coldly said, “What an asshole! Still daring to provoke my Lithe Plume Mansion, huh? You won’t get away from this place without paying a price today. Activate the array and we’ll make him realize that our Lithe Plume Mansion is not some clown he can provoke easily.”
Immediately, a layer of rippling wave appeared out of thin air at the center of the hall and then spread out in all directions. In just a flash, it had spread throughout the hall and finally formed a layer of transparent energy shield. Inside the array, the stout man and a dozen guards of Lithe Plume Mansion fixedly stared at Argent Martial Hale with boiling murderous intent.
“I’ve long heard that the background of Lithe Plume Mansion is extraordinary. I’ve long been wanting to witness it, and you do have some capital to boot. But I forgot to tell you, I’m from the Everlasting Palace, so I’ll clean you all up first before dragging your Master out to apologize to me,” Argent Martial Hal shouted fiercely.
Everlasting Palace?!
A look of dread flashed in the eyes of the stout man, the leader of these men. But shortly after, he seemed to recall something and sneered. “Heh, even if you’re from the Everlasting Palace, so what? The Master behind the Lithe Plume Mansion will never be afraid. Everyone, let’s kill him…”
Deep inside the Lithe Plume Mansion.
Inside a magnificent palace were four long tables on both sides of the hall, each filled with delicacies, extravagant dishes, and Jade Dew fine liquor. A red-robed man, Venerable Wandering Slayer, who sat cross-legged, looked at the four distinguished guests and smilingly said, “The four of you bravely entered the Secret Palace. Though you didn’t obtain the inheritance of Drunken Immortal Supreme, your trip should have been very rewarding, yes?”
At the first long table on the left, Goldenray old freak uproariously laughed and said, “Damn right. It’s been a fruitful trip indeed. Drunken Immortal Supreme is truly worthy of being the richest Supreme 80,000 years ago. You could find treasures literally everywhere in his Secret Palace. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the Lightflow Wing you need, Lord Wandering Slayer. We’re really ashamed!”
“It’s okay,” replied Venerable Wandering Slayer. “I read on the ancient record that Drunken Immortal Supreme obtained the Lightflow Wing about 80,000 years ago, but I have no idea whether he left it in the Secret Palace, so it’s fine if you didn’t get it! Anyway, let’s have a toast, old friends!”
“Cheers…”
The four of them were all open-minded people. They didn’t care much even though they weren’t able to accomplish Venerable Wandering Slayer’s entrustment. They just noted it down. Should they happen to obtain that object in the future, they would give it to him.
“Huh?”
As the five people emptied their cups, all of them wore strange expressions and shifted their attention to the Lithe Plume Mansion in front. In that instant, they released their spiritual sense to envelop the hall in the mansion in front. The array obstructed them, but their spiritual senses easily penetrated it and they were able to see the scene clearly.
Chapter 1372: Being Humiliated
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Goldenray old freak slapped the long table and grinned. “Now, now, Lord Wandering Slayer, you’re the strongest Perfected Golden Immortal in Floating Snow City, yet this man seems to not fear you! Those little guys are the guards of your Lithe Plume Mansion, right? Hehe… they’re so soft and pitiful.”
The smile on Wandering Slayer’s face receded like a tide and was replaced by chagrin, wishing he could slap that bastard troublemaker to death. He even had the impulse to kill those several useless subordinates of his. It must be noted that this was the visit of his four old friends after 700+ years. Unexpectedly, they had to encounter such shameful things.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “Old friends, I’m ashamed to let you see such a farce. I’m going to slaughter that punk and then have a few cups with you.”
Goldenray old freak quickly raised his hand and said, “No need to hurry, Lord Wandering Slayer. Don’t you know who this brat is?”
Venerable Wandering Slayer froze for a moment. Then, he deeply frowned and a look of disgust was cast on his face. He forced a wry smile and said, “Heh, it turns out to be the traitor of the Vermillion Bird Holy Sect. Star Cultivation Great Emperor was a powerful and brilliant man. The five of us once visited him and obtained his pointers. Yet, I never thought that one of his disciples would be such a coward inside out and a turncoat. This damned boy has ruined the reputation of Star Cultivation Great Emperor!”
Goldenray old freak shook his head. “He should be damned and be killed, that I know. But he’s a member of the Everlasting Palace now. Don’t forget that we may end up being persecuted and suffer in the hands of the Everlasting Palace. The people of this sect may not let us go should we kill that punk now.”
“He came to my place to make trouble, do you think I should just let him do whatever he wants to harass me just because he’s now a member of the Everlasting Palace?” retorted Venerable Wandering Slayer coldly.
Goldenray old freak raised his hand and stroked his chin. Then, he grinned. “Hehehe, killing that punk now would be too easy and cheap for him. We’re all old friends, so I suggest we humiliate this brat so heavily that it will drag the Everlasting Palace to shame as well. No matter what, this boy came to your place to make trouble, so let’s just deal with it!”
The other man, a handsome man called Venerable Living Willow who was dressed like a scholar, interjected with a sneer. “It’s said that the Everlasting Palace was hit badly during the immortal fate plundering in the Secret Palace. The number of Perfected Golden Immortals they lost there alone was in the dozen, and they lost a lot more Golden Immortals as well. We adding fire to the flame will make them more infamous and definitely drive them like sitting on pins and needles.”
The other two men did not utter anything, but they nodded in agreement.
Venerable Wandering Slayer hideously grinned. He slapped the long table and laughed aloud. “Well, since four old friends are so interested, let’s pave the way for this punk. We’ll shame this punk to the bottom while dragging some reputation of the Everlasting Palace to the ditch.”
Immediately after, the five men disappeared and appeared in the hall of the mansion in front. In nearly a flash, they appeared in front of Argent Martial Hale.
“I already told you to hand over those two bastards to me! Else, I dare to burn your Lithe Plume Mansion no matter how big your backer is!” After inflicting heavy injuries to several guards of the Lithe Plum Mansion, Argent Martial Hale roared and threatened aggressively with a look of madness.
“Heh, do you think my Lithe Plume Mansion is a place for a traitor who betrayed his Master and Ancestors to behave atrociously? You want to burn this place down, huh? Today, I’ll make you realize how miserable the price of arrogance is.” Venerable Wandering Slayer sneered with squinted eyes.
A large golden seal floated out of his palm and powerfully struck Argent Martial Hale, instantly hitting his chest several times and causing him to cough up some mouthfuls of blood crazily. He was sent flying upside down to the outside towards the direction of Goldenray old freak.
“Dismembering Art…”
Goldenray old freak laughed uproariously as he released a golden thread from his fingers. The golden thread instantly turned into a striking spiral thread. With his sophisticated control, Argent Martial Hale was caught off guard and both his arms were shredded. Then, he was kicked towards Living Willow Venerable.
Living Willow Venerable bashfully smiled and winked at Argent Martial Hale with a playful expression. Thousands of invisible slaps suddenly hit Argent Martial Hale’s face in a flash, causing him to scream. The last slap then hit his chest in a flash and sent him flying towards Venerable Clearnight.
“Ah, how great of you to come to me!”
Venerable Clearnight released a ball of light and directly bombed Argent Martial Hall’s back. It was just one blow, but it was enough to severely injure him internally. The instant after, his body was wrapped with a stream of energy and was sent to Venerable Netherfire.
Venerable Netherfire smacked his lips. Then, he instantly unleashed a ball of extinguishing flame that enveloped Argent Martial Hale in a flash, burning clean all the hairs on his immortal body and his clothes into ashes.
BAM…
Argent Martial Hale’s body crashed to the ground surrounded by the five men. Only now did Argent Martial Hale feel that the earth was so kind. At least, he no longer needed to be attacked by these five fearsome powerhouses.
“Who are you?”
After coughing up some mouthfuls of blood, Argent Martial Hale took a robe from his interspatial ring and put it on his now miserable body. He angrily roared even though fear engulfed him. Even in his wildest dream, the thought that the Lithe Plume Mansion would have so many powerhouses never crossed his mind. Given his present strength, fighting even an early-stage Perfected Golden Immortal was a tall order. Further, he was unable to even fight these five people back, meaning that these five should be at least late-stage Perfected Golden Immortals.
“Who are we, huh?” Venerable Wandering Slayer sneered. “We’re naturally the people of Lithe Plume Mansion. You’re just a despicable traitor who betrayed the Vermillion Bird Holy Sect and smeared the face of Star Cultivation Great Emperor. Abominable! Killing you is letting you off easy!”
Argent Martial Hale angrily fumed. “You… for Master… for the sake of Star Cultivation Great Emperor, you set up a trap and wanted to kill me?”
A strange look flashed in the eyes of Venerable Wandering Slayer. He then shifted to his severely injured subordinate and asked in a deep voice, “What’s happening here?”
The severely injured stout man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and respectfully answered, “Some previously came to us and gave us 500,000 Crystal Essences to borrow our place to auction a certain immortal prostitute. The Manager agreed, thinking that auctioning an immortal prostitute would add excitement to our place. Later on, the other party auctioned that prostitute in our hall, and Argent Martial Hale finally won the bid with a sky-high price. Afterward, he took that immortal prostitute away, so the lively scene came to an end. Who would have thought that he would come back alone half a day later and threatened to kill us? He claimed our Lithe Plume Mansion is in cahoots with those people to trap him.”
Wandering Slayer furrowed his brows and asked in a deep voice, “Do you know who those people are?”
“We have no idea.” The burly man shook his head. “Our Lithe Plum Mansion only provided the palace and collected a fee. We have nothing to do with the rest.”
Venerable Wandering Slayer’s expression turned cold and was about to speak. However, Goldenray old freak was the first to laugh and then sighed. “Who the hell dared to plot against you, Venerable Wandering Slayer? But this Argent shitty guy is indeed unlucky enough to lose everything. Hahaha… to think that he was once a disciple of Star Cultivation Great Emperor. I thought he was an extraordinarily intelligent brat, but I didn’t expect this punk to be nothing but some idiot coward.”
Venerable Wandering Slayer shook his head with a wry smile and sighed. “The scheme of those people was great indeed. But such an auction is something that one side is willing to bid and the other one is willing to suffer. Nothing of it has anything to do with my Lithe Plume Mansion, yet this punk actually stormed my site and did something that crossed my line. Go and notice the Everlasting Palace’s people. Ask them whether they will take responsibility for this brat. If they don’t want to, we’ll kill him.”
“Understood!” The stout man cupped his fists and then quickly left the array.
At the lodging of the Everlasting Palace’s members in the Floating Snow City.
With hands crossed behind his back, Venerable Cambrian quietly stood by the window of the hundreds of meters high pavilion. Killing intent surged out from him. The losses the Everlasting Palace suffered this time were just too great, sapping nearly half of the power of the entire sect all of a sudden. If the sect didn’t have two Supremes, it was likely that the overall power of the entire sect wouldn’t even be on par with those of a second-tier sect.
“What shall we do now, Martial Uncle?” a voluptuous woman behind him frowned and asked.
Venerable Cambrian hummed. “We’ll have to make up for these huge losses somewhere else. The number of treasures and other resources obtained by some disciples of our sect who came out alive from the trip to the Secret Palace can’t be said to be a few. Thus, we’ll send the message to our disciples in other Immortal Domains to find Dao Master Qing Feng and Undemonized Sovereign Mo and kill them on sight.”
“Understood! I’ll send the message at once,” said the voluptuous woman respectfully.
Venerable Cambrian remained silent for a long while afterward. Only after the beautiful woman sent the message did he finally say, “Sigh, the sect’s disciples must be very vexed now. Many forces are not very friendly to our sect and are rather hostile to us. They must be waiting to hit us while we’re down now! At this time, it’s necessary to kill some to warn the rest, to deter those who are about to move and make trouble!”
Buzz…
A message token suddenly shot from a distance and Venerable Cambrian instantly caught it. The moment he read the message contained in it, his complexion suddenly changed and his killing aura instantly skyrocketed as he shouted loudly, “Skypillar, Skymark! Follow me to the Lithe Plume Mansion!”
15 minutes later, Venerable Cambrian arrived at the Lithe Plume Mansion with Skypillar and Skymark, two other Perfected Golden Immortals. Their complexions drastically changed the moment they entered the array in the hall and saw the crowd and the scene inside.
“I didn’t expect I’d run into you here, Venerable Wandering Slayer, Goldenray old freak, Venerable Living Willow, Venerable Clearnight, and Venerable Netherfire. People say that before beating a dog, you must first ask its Master. Yet, the five of you are really unbridled enough to dare to cruelly injure a member of the Everlasting Palace.” Venerable Cambrian unleashed his Innate Natal immortal sword, glaring and shouting murderously at the five people.
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