by Fang Xiang
This caused Li Xian Er to feel very uncomfortable, but when she thought of her captive state, she had to admit this was true.
Deep in thought, Zuo Mo was exceptionally focused. He seemed to have forgotten the terrible environment of the Abyss Fined Jail.
The [Weaving Girl’s Shuttle] seemed to have opened a new window for Zuo Mo.
Tian Huan had survived for thousands of years, and naturally had their unique traits. In Zuo Mo's eyes, Chief Elder was a true grandmaster. If Kun Lun's shen power was said to be influenced by Zuo Mo, Tian Huan's shen power was a completely new system.
Chief Elder's focused study of shen glyphs for decades had developed a completely new system on top of Tian Huan's original system.
This system was extremely valuable as reference.
A long time later, Zuo Mo finally broke free of the sea of seal formations. His face had a rare expression of tiredness. The packed seal formations, and the core shen glyphs were exquisite and clever. Zuo Mo spent great energy to understand them.
Even as powerful as he was, he felt tired.
However, his eyes were as bright as stars as they flashed with a bright light. He finally understood the secret of the [Weaving Girl’s Shuttle].
He was filled with respect towards by the Chief Elder of Tian Huan who he had never met before.
Shen glyph!
Tian Huan cultivated using shen glyphs. He had heard this before, but he had never understood how their system worked. Only after seeing the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle did he completely understand.
Tian Huan's shen power came from shen glyphs.
A shen glyph that could produce shen power!
There was such a shen glyph on the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle that would constantly produce shen power. One portion of the shen power was stored, and another seemed to be used for Li Xian Er's daily cultivation. Li Xian Er definitely had a similar shen glyph inside her body. The two glyphs resonated with each other, and could create wondrous effects.
Of course, the construction of Weaving Girl’s Shuttle was more clever than stated, but there was nothing different in terms of the fundamental principle.
Zuo Mo suddenly went forward and grabbed Li Xian Er's hand.
Li Xian Er was startled. Her expression changed slightly. Was he … …
A smile suddenly rose on Zuo Mo's lips. The smile grew and grew until it turned into roaring laughter.
"So it's like this … … so it's like this … …"
Hearing Zuo Mo's words to himself, Li Xian Er's heart landed back on ground yet she seemed to realize the meaning of Zuo Mo's words and her expression changed!
No, it was not so simple, Li Xian Er comforted herself.
Gradually, she gradually calmed down. It was not so easy. There were so many disciples in the sect, but how many saw the meaning? Even she who was peerless in talent spent so much time to understand shen glyphs.
When she thought of Chief Elder, she immediately calmed.
Chief Elder would definitely have a solution!
Zuo Mo sank into ecstasy. He didn't just finally understand why Li Xian Er's shen power was stronger than his, this completely new system created by Chief Elder gave him sparks of inspiration.
He even had quite a few good ideas that he could use in further forging.
More importantly, he thought of a wondrous idea.
This shen glyph was not something that average materials could withstand. It could be seen from the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle that all of it was made up of valuable materials.
Also, the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle only had this one shen glyph. It could not hold a second one. Also, the reason that a portion of shen power was channeled into Li Xian Er's body wasn't just to help Li Xian Er cultivate but because the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle could not tolerate the full amount of shen power that the shen glyph produced.
But Zuo Mo had a perfect medium -the sun crystal seed!
It could definitely hold this shen glyph. Zuo Mo suspected that there could be similar shen glyph inside the sun crystal seed, but he had just not discovered it yet.
But no matter what, Zuo Mo was excited by today's discoveries.
Coming out of the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle, Zuo Mo did not continue to study it. This was not a good place to study.
He carefully put the Weaving Girl’s Shuttle back into his ring. A treasure like this could not be lost.
He started to inspect his other spoils of war.
Li Xian Er was the first of the four seats and what she had was naturally valuable. Zuo Mo was kept in a state of excitement.
Treasures flowed through his hand, each one causing his eyes to flash with the light of jingshi.
Suddenly, something at the corner of the ring attracted Zuo Mo's attention.
Zuo Mo curiously picked it up.
It was a very common-looking paper crane, a pink little thousand paper crane. Paper cranes like this were commonly used for wishes, however … …
Zuo Mo suddenly felt that this paper crane seemed familiar to the eye. He was puzzled. Why would he have this strange sense of familiarity?
So strange!
Zuo Mo muttered inside as he unconsciously unfolded the thousand paper crane.
Three twisted words entered his eyes.
"Ye'll wait for you!"
Zuo Mo immediately turned to stone. He finally remembered why he found this thing familiar.
Little Mo Ge froze where he stood. The three words made him feel unusually awkward. A distant memory floated out of his mind. He had never thought that he, and that horrid paper crane girl would meet once again!
And that malicious and spoiled paper crane girl was Li Xian Er!
His expression became strange.
"Hey! How can you touch other people's things?" Li Xian Er's expression became slightly panicked. For the first time, she was not calm.
Seeing Zuo Mo motionless as though he was focused, Li Xian Er suppress her panic and said with deliberate calmness, "It is a private message, there is nothing secret there."
Private message? Whose private message!
Thinking of what he endured in the past, Zuo Mo was actually not angry. While the paper crane girl had been horrid and he had been very unhappy back then, he had experienced many things since and forgotten this minor matter. It was just the prank of a bored little girl.
If he hadn't seen this paper crane from the past, he would not have remembered at all.
But it was still very awkward!
Editor's note:
Shi Zi Ming
- Sage of Great Peace City. First mentioned in chapter 568, Shi Zi Ming is a sage from an ancient era that helped advance mo society. Great Peace City was built as tribute to him.
Translator Ramblings: The great reveal!
Chapter 827: Yang Yuan Hao's Decision
Zuo Mo turned around with a serious expression. After a moment of silence, he said a sentence.
"Cough, so my writing was this ugly before!"
Puh, he didn't say this well, ge's presence was weak … …
Zuo Mo mocked himself, but his words did cause his awkwardness to reduce greatly.
Li Xian Er suddenly froze. She looked in disbelief at Zuo Mo as though she saw a ghost.
"In the past, you really tormented me terribly. Cough, and now karma turns back to haunt you. I hadn't ever thought that you would actually end up in ye's hands, mwhahahaha… …"
After his embarrassment faded, Zuo Mo immediately became smug as though he had achieved a great victory over Li Xian Er. However, he did not have any hateful feelings towards Li Xian Er, but had some warm feelings instead. His time at Wu Kong Sword Mountain was probably one of the most carefree times in his life.
Li Xian Er wa still gaping with wide eyes as she stared at Zuo Mo. She couldn't speak for a while.
Zuo Mo laughed while gesturing to the crane. "Don't worry, just based on our past relationship, I will not do anything to you. When your Tian Huan envoys come, I will release you after we negotiate."
Then he turned and said to A Gui. "A Gui, take her. We're leaving."
A Gui nodded and then carried Li Xian Er. Zuo Mo brought Shi Pei as they left the Abyss Fiend Jail.
They met up with Zhong De. Everyone had expressions of joy when they saw Li Xian Er. Now they had more bargaining chips. Their strategic plan had a higher chance of success.
Zhong De's plan was full of temptation. But there were so many problems it was hair-raising to think about. For Zuo Mo, taking so many jie at once was an enormous task in times of peace, much less times of war.
If they were the slightest bit careless, they could lose it all.
After everyone was happy for a while, Zhong De bid farewell. He had much work to do. The death of the sect leader needed an explanation. At this moment, what was most important was the stability of Xi Xuan. No matter how strong Zhong De was, he just had one battalion. If Xi Xuan fell into chaos, then the situation would become terrible.
And the families that were willing to follow him or Gu Liang Dao had to be arranged for their move into their new boundaries.
This was a vast and complex process.
———
Mo Cloud Sea.
When Zuo Mo's message was received, all of the higher ranks in Mo Cloud Sea erupted. Heavens, that was three hundred jie! Everyone was astounded by this plan. Everyone was filled with respect towards Zuo Mo.
As expected of Boss!
He went out on a stroll, invested nothing and gained three hundred jie!
Even Bie Han's expression became slightly discontent. He had dragged Tang Fei, Ma Fan, and many of the others to fight until even Sin Battalion was crippled to just conquer forty five jie. But Zuo Mo, he went out for a trip, and more than three hundred jie came into his possession.
And it was the other side that was begging him to accept it for next to nothing in return!
The difference between people was so great!
Other than Bie Han who started to reflect on the value of being a battle general versus being a black-hearted business person, all of the higher ranks in Mo Cloud Sea were cheering. Soon, under Gongsun Cha's command, all the departments started to move furiously to prepare to accept more than three hundred jie.
Everyone knew that this would be a mission unprecedented in scale. This would likely be the largest and greatest transfer of territory in the history of the xiuzhe world.
Resources, battalions, manpower, they were quickly gathered.
In a shockingly short amount of time, Mo Cloud Sea had finished its preparations.
———
Other than Zuo Mo and Gu Liang Dao, no one knew of Zhong De's intentions. No one would think that there would be a madman that would hand over three hundred jie for free.
But the movement inside Zuo Mo and Gu Liang Dao's territories still set off the wariness of many factions. The gathering of battalions, the preparations of resources. Officials were constantly being summoned to Cloud Sea Jie.
All the signs pointed to the two having some great action coming up.
If someone was ignorant, they would think that the two were preparing to fight each other, but anyone with common knowledge knew that the alliance between Zuo Mo and Gu Liang Dao was unbreakable. They had not heard of any conflict between the two sides so it was not possible the two were about to start fighting.
Then there was only one possibility, the two sides were going to team up!
Who would be the target?
Kun Lun, Tian Huan, Mo Shen Temple and others immediately became nervous.
If Mo Cloud Sea and Gu Liang Dao allied together, to speak of nothing else, their offensive power could not be dismissed. The probability of Bie Han fighting was low, but one could not forget that Mo Cloud Sea still had Gongsun Lil' Miss that ranked fourth among the ten great battle generals. His Vermillion Bird Camp was also complete and whole. Gu Liang Dao was astounding powerful himself and ranked fifth. [1]
If the two battle generals ranked fourth and fifth teamed up, this would be such a strong pairing that even Kun Lun would feel threatened.
Also nervous was the Nine Great Dhyana Sect. Many people were thinking about whether their recent actions had angered Mo Cloud Sea and now it was time to settle the score.
Yang Yuan Hao was not nervous at all. He was experienced and he had an understanding of Zuo Mo. With this guy's personality, if he planned to wage war on someone, he would definitely not leak anything beforehand.
This one was faithful sneak attacker!
Fighting openly was not his style at all.
While he did not know what Zuo Mo and Gu Liang Dao wanted to do, he was sure that they were not preparing to start a war with someone.
He did not struggle over this question. He knew clearly that as long as the Nine Great Dhyana Sect did not completely side with Kun Lun or Tian Huan, Mo Cloud Sea would not act against the Nine Great Dhyana Sects.
He had been considering the sect leader's words these past days.
Previously, he had assumed that Mo Cloud Sea could not stop Tian Huan's attacks, but now, he suddenly believed that Mo Cloud Sea had reversed the situation.
Something definitely happened.
Yang Yuan Hao perceptively realized Mo Cloud Sea's silent change. If Mo Cloud Sea reversed the situation, then Mo Cloud Sea would undoubtedly be the best to side with.
It was time to make a decision.
Yang Yuan Hao stood up.
———
When Zuo Mo received the paper crane from the sect leader of Thunder Sound Temple, he was astounded.
The sect leader clearly expressed their willingness to join Mo Cloud Sea's territory in the paper crane. Other than the message from Thunder Sound Temple, a letter from Lotus Sutra Temple arrived as well. The two had clearly communicated in secret beforehand.
Zuo Mo was not too surprised by Lotus Sutra Temple's decision. They had burned their bridges with Kun Lun and Tian Huan. If they wanted to survive, they had to side with a large faction.
But Little Mo Ge was very surprised by Thunder Sound Temple's action. Thunder Sound Temple wasn't just the head of the Nine Great Dhyana sects, it possessed a powerful battle general Yang Yuan Hao. Their own strength was not something to be dismissed.
Had his words last time been effective? Zuo Mo muttered inside.
Zuo Mo did not immediately reply but started to think carefully.
He was not completely stunned dumb by what had dropped on his head from the sky. Thunder Sound Temple and Lotus Sutra Temple's allegiance had benefits and detriments.
What was good was that Mo Cloud Sea's strength would increase again. Mo Cloud Sea's strength would undoubtedly reach another peak after adding a top battle general like Yang Yuan Hao.
But there were also detriments. If the news that Thunder Sound Temple and Lotus Sutra Temple siding with Mo Cloud Sea became public, the Nine Great Dhyana Sects would immediately collapse and cease to exist. The sects would quickly divide when they felt a threat to their survival, each of them seeking a route to survival. There were only three choices, Mo Cloud Sea, Tian Huan, and Kun Lun.
Zuo Mo had thought of the Nine Great Dhyana Sects as a barrier, a buffer.
If the situation changed, the alliance of the Nine Great Dhyana Sect's dissolved, then this barrier would also disappear. Mo Cloud Sea would have territory directly bordering Kun Lun and Tian Huan. The pressure would immediately increase.
After thinking for a long time, Zuo Mo replied to the sect leader of Thunder Sound Temple. He expressed that he welcomed them and also promised that Yang Yuan Hao's battalion would receive the same benefits as Vermillion Bird Camp and Sin Battalion. But he told them to temporarily keep it a secret and for Yang Yuan Hao's battalion to prepare.
Zuo Mo thought of the plan he formed in Zhong De's tent.
If Thunder Sound Temple joined Mo Cloud Sea, then it meant that they did not need to find a way to sneak battalions to Tian Huan's rear. Yang Yuan Hao Battalion would only need to attack at an opportune time, and Tian Huan
would immediately panic.
They could easily cleave the wedge-shaped area from Tian Huan's map.
Also, this was not a good time to split up the Nine Great Dhyana Sects.
Zuo Mo was full of spirit. Thunder Sound Temple that had come to him was a great bargaining chip to add to his hand.
He was even more confident.
After taking care of these matters, he threw himself back into his study of the [Weaving Girl’s Shuttle]. Tian Huan's unique system inspired him.
If he could completely study it, it would be of great help to him to perfect Mo Cloud Sea's system.
Tian Huan's study of the shen glyphs were more advanced than Mo Cloud Sea.
He did not avoid Li Xian Er when he studied the [Weaving Girl’s Shuttle]. Right now, Li Xian Er was a treasure in his hand, a crucial piece of his plan, and no accidents were allowed.
Supposedly, Tian Huan's envoy was about to arrive but Zuo Mo knew that Tian Huan would not give up on trying to rescue Li Xian Er. There were countless pairs of eyes staring at them from the shadows.
In order to stop a cooked duck from flying away, Zuo Mo kept Li Xian Er close by. A Gui, Wei Sheng, Ceng Lian'er, Zong Ru and the others formed a perimeter. Zhong De's Abyss Fiend Jail Battalion formed a larger encirclement on the outside.
It was so heavily guarded that not even a fly could go in.
Only now could Zuo Mo have the peace of mind to ponder Tian Huan's shen glyphs.
———
Li Xian Er could not describe her feelings right now.
That paper crane represented her childhood memories. Every time she thought back to it, she would smile. Theoretically, this should have been just a minor incident in her life, however, she always had feelings of reminiscence towards that faraway unknown "victim."
She had not thrown away that paper crane and left it in the ring as a memento.
Maybe it was the other's rebelliousness and hardiness that had left a deep imprint on her. When she had grown up, she would frequently reflect that her prank back then had crossed a line.
It was hard to see such an indescribable presence around her.
Those people around here were elegant and gentle, they were full of talent, their conduct and speech were flawless.
