Momo was speechless. She gracefully stood where she was.
'What a cold girl.' Happy sighed in his heart before he wrapped his fist in his palm and said, "Alright, since the matter is settled now, I should get going. Let's split up here. We'll meet again one day."
"Wait." Momo finally spoke again. Happy could sense her gaze from behind the white veil, and her voice seemed to have returned to its usual cold and airiness. "The six great system-allocated sects will surround and attack Light Summit six days later. Do you want to go together later? At least we'll have a companion on our way."
'This girl isn't completely unreasonable.' Naturally, Happy did not say that out loud. He pondered it in his heart before nodding. "Alright, we'll gather here at that time."
"It's a promise." After saying that, Momo summoned her Hoof Shadow.
Happy was rendered speechless. He did not expect that the girl would be so straightforward. He thought that she had something else to say.
"Wait," Happy called out to Momo while she was about to flip on her horse. He then reminded her with a grave tone, "Wind God Technique should be a set of martial art techniques. You will probably take a long time to practice them, so try to practice Throw Spirit Sphere over the next couple days.
"This martial art should be very powerful, so you'll have plenty of places where you can use it. The weapons will be blind when we fight against Light Summit. We should be able to use it."
Momo nodded before saying, "I will pay attention to it. Let's meet again in the future."
She then quickly struck her horse and left. She did not stay for even a moment.
Happy watched Momo leave, then turned his head around and looked at Black Willow Mountain Manor, which had been destroyed. He summoned his Hood Shadow, and he jumped out through a gap in the broken wall to head back to Vast Martial City.
Some time after he left, players realized that the formerly infamous Black Willow Mountain Manor had been reduced to an abandoned and dilapidated manor at some unknown point in time. There was no one inside it anymore.
When Happy returned to Vast Martial City, he immediately sent Silver Wolf the manual for Freezing Palm. As he went over what had happened, he thought about many things. Freezing Palm was a very powerful high-tier martial art, but only especially powerful people would be able to bring out its essence.
Silver Wolf once relied on a set of killing techniques to challenge people with higher qi realms in Happy's previous life. The parting hooks had to be one of his methods to kill, but his main strength came from his barehanded techniques. Even though Happy wanted to practice them himself, it was a pity that he did not have any suitable weapons. Besides, he would need at least three months to push Red Flame Palm to Grandmaster Realm. That time requirement was too big, and it did not fit his situation.
The current Silver Wolf, however, did not actually have many high-tier martial arts.
If Happy gave Freezing Palms to someone else in Mu Clan, perhaps he would help create a rather decent top-tier fighter, but if he gave that manual to Silver Wolf, it would be the same as him getting an ultimate technique. If he practiced Red Flame Palm, he would have absolute certainty in winning against Blood Robes who had Star S.u.c.k.i.n.g Great Skill.
[Thanks,] Silver Wolf quickly replied. It was clear that he liked the gift very much.
Happy also had a few other high-tier martial arts. Life-stealing Golden Silver Hoop and Golden Silver Hoop could be considered to be special skills. Since they were a unique martial art and weapon, they had both offense and defense. The weapon also had astonishing starting stat of more than seven hundred points in damage. The defense of the weapon itself was also more than four hundred points.
It had a certain chance of being able to tear through defense, and to most players, that was not that much inferior to Red Flame Palm. Happy sent it to Thunderous Battle and asked him to put it in the clan storage. The contribution points required to get it were nearly as high as an ultimate technique.
That was why he did not expect that once Life-stealing Golden Silver Hoop and the weapon were placed in the clan storage, they would immediately be bought by someone.
When Happy received news of it, he frowned.
"You set the contribution point to be worth five million taels of silver, right?"
"That's right." Thunderous Battle's answer left Happy dazed. "The person who bought it is Black Rose Clan's master, Black Rose."
"Her?"
"Is there a problem?"
Happy shook his head when he was faced with Thunderous Battle's question. "No, it's fine. Since she wants it, she can have it."
That martial art was unique and the skill required to control it was rather great, so it was not something that a normal person could master. Black Rose could be considered to be a professional player, so she should be able to master it. The skill would be able to show off its radiance.
Happy put in the other loot he obtained from Black Willow Mountain Manor, and when he did some calculations, he noticed that he had obtained a total profit of more than six million, and that was if he did not count in the two unique palm techniques.
However, his greatest gain was his Shadowless Knife increasing by one realm. It allowed him to head straight into Life and Death Realm. Even though he still needed to continue practicing to increase his qi, he had managed to break free of the awkward situation where he would drop to Mystical Realm the moment he activated Life and Death Realm when he headed to Light Summit.
Once Happy put all the items into the bank, he cast his gaze on the box he had placed at the top of his personal storage.
It was a brocade box!
More than two months had passed since the emperor's birthday was over.
He had set it aside and ignored it. Now, since the battle at Light Summit was about to occur, it was time for him to open it.
He brought out the brocade box and placed it into his Universe Bag. Then, he quickly headed to an inn nearby, booked a room, closed the door, and placed the brocade box on the table.
Chapter 402 - Opened the Brocade Box! Demon Vessel Appeared
A layer of black light shone from the brocade box…
Clatter!
The valuable brocade box imploded. It shattered on the ground, and then, a recondite steel bow that was dark blue and had the pattern of waves on it appeared on the table.
The sight of it left Happy dumbfounded.
It was actually a bow, and it was even longer than the table!
Happy was slightly disappointed. He picked it up and casually drew it, but it did not budge at all. It slightly stunned him, but a faint sparkle shone in his eyes, and he instinctively transferred qi into it.
A few seconds later, the bow shuddered like a wave and looked as if it had become alive. The bow curved, and a loud crash similar to a wave instantly rose in the house! Booming sounds traveled everywhere.
When qi was transferred into the bow, three invisible arrows manifested and fixed themselves to the three notches on the bow. The sounds of the loud waves also quickly vanished once the arrows formed. However, an intimidating presence fixed itself in Happy's hands, and the air in the whole room froze.
"This is good."
Delight appeared on Happy's face. He could not help but size up his weapon again.
[North Sea Chain Bow (high grade demon vessel):
[The great creation of Forgemaster North Sea. He used Deep Sea Recondite Steel to create the bow, and the essence from the Whale King's heart as the string. He soaked it for one thousand and one days in the undercurrent of North Sea before it took its form. If you kill countless living beings with this bow, this divine weapon will fall from grace, and a demon vessel will be born!
[Increase attack by 600 points. Can create countless arrows through qi. One arrow can be created with one qi point, and it can injure a person without being seen. The bow can release three arrows at most in one go. If the user obtains North Sea Chain Bow Technique, once qi is transferred into the bow, th
e user can shoot nine arrows in one go. The user can injure multiple people in a go, and they can continue firing arrows nonstop until the enemies die. This is the great North Sea's ultimate technique, and it is an unparalleled technique.]
Happy was stunned speechless. He was dumbfounded.
He was incredibly delighted, but also very gloomy.
He had held back for two months, and he had managed to get an incredibly valuable high-grade demon vessel when he opened his brocade box. It was even a demon vessel that needed only a small amount of his qi to release an astonishing might, so he had not waited in vain.
It was an ultimate technique that had no equal in the world, so there was no way that Happy would not be tempted.
North Sea Chain Bow Technique…
In truth, when he transferred his qi into the bow, he felt that the activation—with all the sounds of tidal waves as sound effects—was a little too slow. This should mean that the bow was resisting the way he handled it. If he could draw the bow and notch the arrows with North Sea's technique, its might and speed should be something that the current method could not hope to compare.
He could even imagine the sight of North Sea drawing North Sea Chain Bow to fire nine arrows in one go. The invisible arrows that filled the air would strike down the enemy, which would definitely be a majestic and awe-inspiring sight.
But unfortunately for Happy, North Sea Chain Bow did not give him any sort of hint. By the looks of it, he could only wait for a fortuitous event to occur. He would have to see whether there was a possibility for him to find some hints later or whether there was some information around.
Besides, as of then, Happy had not learned a bow technique before, so there was not even a possibility that he could use North Sea Chain Bow. He could not simply rely on the 600 damage of the weapon to kill his enemy.
Filled with gloom because of that, he could only put the North Sea Chain Bow into the bank again.
He then left and asked about the situation in regards to Heartless Iron's attempt to create fourth-echelon weapons.
Thunderous Battle replied that Heartless Iron had stayed in the forging room for most of the day, but there was still no news from him.
He cast a glance at the Divine Weapon Rank.
But the first fourth-echelon weapon had not appeared on it, and he felt slightly dejected.
That was not a good sign.
A lot of time had passed since then. Could it be that Heartless Iron failed in his attempt? Did he fail in one or two weapons? Even though Happy was already prepared for it, when he truly had to face failure, he was still a little restless.
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There was a very famous manor in Beijing, and it was known as Universe Secrets Manor.
Even though it was shut all the time and there were no guests who came to visit it, everyone knew that it was Wandering Know-it-all's manor. He was a person who should wander about instead of staying in seclusion in a paradise, but he had become the first to buy a manor in Beijing in a very flashy manner.
He was also a person who always wore a long white gown and whom people always mocked as someone who pretended to be sanctimonious and solemn.
But Wandering Know-it-all just focused on writing World of Martial Arts Secret News Log day after day. He did not join the conflicts between sects and people, and he truly behaved morally and ethically. Slowly, he got rid of the scorn aimed his way, and an increasing number of people began referring to him respectfully as Mister Wandering Know-it-all. Some people even began to worship him on the official website in hopes that he would put them in the Famous People Rank.
"Master." A girl without any makeup held a Chinese zither while she was in the pavilion within the manor. She rushed to the middle-aged man who pushed open the door with delight on her face. "I learned another song. Listen to it."
When he heard Wind Chimes run to him cheerfully, Wandering Know-it-all's expression stiffened. He quickly stopped moving, turned around 180 degrees, and said in an enlightened tone, "Ah, I forgot that I haven't told the fortune for a few people today. I'm old now, and my memory is becoming weaker…"
He shut the door with a bang.
"Master!" Wind Chimes hugged her zither and stood outside while behaving like a child who had her favorite toy snatched away. "Is my playing really that unpleasant?"
"Who said that?!" The door opened with a creak to reveal Wandering Know-it-all's indignant face. "Who dares say that your playing is bad?! I dare say that your playing is much better than that of Six-fingered Demonic Zither, your other master!"
When he saw that Wind Chimes had sat down on the spot with a proud look and placed a seven-string zither on her knees, he shut the door at an even faster speed.
"Who is it? Who called me at this moment? Ah, Wind Chimes, that's all the time I have in the game today."
Wind Chimes was instantly speechless. She listened for a while, and once she was certain that there was no sound from within, she indignantly patted off the dust on her gown, picked up her zither, and left while she mumbled under her breath, "Stupid master, what's wrong with listening to me for a while? My playing isn't as horrible as last time… Oh well, if you don't want to listen, I'll look for someone who'll listen."
As she spoke, she ran out of the manor.
However, Wind Chimes did not leave from the main gate, because her master had told her before that she was not to leave through the main gate to prevent others from targeting her. Hence, she had trained up quite outstanding anti-reconnaissance skills.
The moment Wind Chimes left, Wandering Know-it-all left his room. He stared at the direction in which she left and released a long sigh.
Over a few months of cultivation, Wind Chimes had finally obtained one hundred Comprehension points half a month ago. She went to her master and used the truth to verify that high Comprehension was something that all famous masters wanted in a student. She gained Six-fingered Demonic Zither's pity and inherited his legacy.
She then verified that having the constitution of Nine Yin Blocked Pulses was indeed extraordinary. She could practice any martial art she wanted several times faster than any other normal person. Even though the sound of her zither was insanely crude even after half a month, no one could compare to the damage she dealt, and that was all the more horrifying!
"Wind Chimes, it's about time that I release you and let you experience the world."
Even though Wandering Know-it-all said that, the worry in his eyes betrayed his thoughts. He turned around and returned to his room to cast a glance at the important information that was revealed on his Universe Secrets Inkstone. He pondered over it for a moment before he resolutely wrote a letter and penned down a name at the back.
Chapter 403 - Ming Cult Appears
The six system-allocated sects were about to surround Light Summit, and a strange bloodshed swiftly stirred up in the world of martial artists!
*****
The storyline quest this time and the Emperor's Birthday were different.
Ming Cult had clearly become much more active. The signs of the disciples from Ming Cult could be seen in Beijing, rural areas, government-made roads, and forests that usually would not catch people's attention. The disciples from the various branches of Ming Cult, the people from Heavenly Eagle Cult, the disciples from Five Banners Division, and also the various powerful elites from Ming Cult showed up in the game. They even appeared in the cities.
When the hero invitations were distributed to the people, many players received related subquests before the main quest itself.
Various rumors could be seen on the official website every day.
Purple-robed Dragon Queen and her disciples chose a female disciple who had pretty good Affinity in the game to enter the headquarters of Ming Cult, which was in West Region.
White-browed Eagle King's son, Yin Yewang, met the Xuanming Elders while he was on his way to Mount Huangshan, and he was ambushed by the Xuanming Elders leading a group of Yuan Dynasty soldiers. Yin Yewang mig
ht have received some players' help, but it was a pity that the powerful evil player Orochimaru passed by, and they fell under the Xuanming Elders' hands. If it were not for White-browed Eagle King appearing in time, Yewang might have died on the spot.
That ambush instantly made clear just who were the righteous martial artists and who were the evil martial artists. Many people realized that they seemed to be able to enter different camps as well.
Monk with the Sack Shuo Bude, Iron Crowned Taoist Zhang Zhong, and Cold Faced Gentleman Leng Qian all showed up with a series of quests with them. They managed to convince a group of pretty good players to help Ming Cult!
However, there were two other things that attracted the people's attention the most!
One of them was that someone had managed to find the most important character in the quest—Zhang Wuji. He was currently still an eighteen-year-old teenager, even though he had Nine Yang Divine Skill.
Countless players went mad because of that.
However, some of the many players who had heard of the rumors and came over in hopes of triggering a quest were instantly killed by someone mysterious, and the rest were so terrified that they left Zhang Wuji's side. Based on the progression of the plot, this powerful martial artist should be Monk with the Sank, whom even Zhang Wuji found troublesome.
The other matter was slightly more hilarious.
Someone conceited had entered Ruyang Mansion and declared that Bitter Hill was Bright Right Messenger Fan Yao right in front of Zhao Min. That person was then killed on the spot by A'da and A'er, who were Zhao Min's subordinates.
Various quests and information allowed many players to understand that the storyline quest set by the system would not change because of the appearance of martial artists.
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