“Chief disciple Jin Zhang, why not bring the others and withdraw while I try to scout the situation.” Suggested Zhou Yuan. He could clearly tell that Jin Zhang was extremely wary of Fan Yao, and thus did not plan on forcing the former to come along.
Although Zhou Yuan prefered to have their company, there were after all three chief disciples from the Sacred Palace here, a formidable line-up that surpassed his expectations even with Ning Mo basically crippled by him.
It would undoubtedly be much better and safer if Jin Zhang could come along.
Jin Zhang was silent for a while, before he gritted his teeth and said, “You ran all the way here to save us, so how can we possibly leave you behind in response. *Sigh*, since you have your eyes on the treasure locations, we’ll come along and lend you our strength.”
If he allowed Zhou Yuan to go without them, he would surely be in a more vulnerable position against the Sacred Palace side. In Jin Zhang’s view, that would be rather ungrateful of him.
Zhou Yuan was a little stunned, evidently somewhat surprised by Jin Zhang’s answer.
Jin Zhang slowly said, “Ning Mo was gravely injured by you, and even if they manage to save him, he’ll likely be incapable of fighting. As such, the Sacred Palace side will be left with two chief disciples, Fan Yao and Wang Yuan, making our forces quite equal overall.”
Since he could not persuade Zhou Yuan out of this, Jin Zhang would have to follow along.
Jin Zhang looked towards the other disciples behind him and asked, “What about you guys?”
The disciples looked at each other, before ultimately gritting their teeth. “If chief disciple Zhou Yuan is confident, we will naturally be unafraid of taking this risk. Moreover, they’ve already killed so many of our fellow disciples, so how can we let this matter drop so easily?!”
In the end, no one was afraid of the Sacred Palace. After all, they had their pride as Cangxuan Sect disciples.
Jin Zhang was quite gratified by their response. He looked towards Zhou Yuan and said, “If chief disciple Zhou Yuan does not find us to be a burden, we will follow you and help you seize that treasure location.”
“After all, I would be lying if I were to say we aren’t interested as well.”
Zhou Yuan chuckled. This was the good thing about being part of a sect. Although there were many conflicts within the sect, they were at the very least able to work together against outsiders in times of need.
“Since that is the case, let’s work together once more.” He extended a hand towards Jin Zhang.
Jin Zhang also chuckled and likewise reached out to grasp Zhou Yuan’s hand.
“I hope that we’ll be able to regain face after fleeing in defeat earlier…”
Chapter 573 Fan Yao
In a certain bamboo house.
A figure was lying on the bed in a lifeless manner, his face deathly pale, and breathing extremely weak. A significant portion of his chest was caved in, a clear sign that he had been gravely injured. It was the chief disciple of the Sacred Palace, Ning Mo.
“Two chief disciples sent to chase one Jin Zhang, and you managed to return in such a miserable fashion?” Laughter rang out beside the bed. Although it was certainly laughter, the chilling and sinister aura that emanated from it caused Wang Yuan’s face to tremble faintly for a moment.
He lifted his head and looked towards the left, where a thin young man was standing. The man’s skin was exceedingly pale, while a smile currently hung from the corners of his mouth. His most peculiar feature, however, were his slightly scarlet pupils.
His long fingers clasped together as he looked at Wang Yuan and Ning Mo with a smile.
This person was the chief disciple of Sacred Palace’s Sacred Blood Hall, Fan Yao!
Wang Yuan said, “A chief disciple from the Cangxuan Sect came to Jin Zhang’s aid. Ning Mo was gravely injured by this individual.”
“Oh?” Fan Yao smiled faintly. “Was it Tang Muxin from the Cangxuan Peak?”
Wang Yuan’s expression turned a little rigid. After what felt like a long silence, he said, “It was the newly promoted chief disciple of Saint Genesis Peak. He’s called Zhou Yuan.”
When he said this, he could feel Fan Yao’s gaze paused on his body, before a somewhat amused voice sounded, “Saint Genesis Peak? You’re talking about the most pathetic Saint Genesis Peak in the Cangxuan Sect?”
“I’ve heard that the chief disciple of Saint Genesis Peak has always been last amongst the seven peaks, and yet he actually managed to defeat Ning Mo? Hehe, are you guys too lousy, or is our information too outdated?”
Wang Yuan’s expression turned somewhat ugly due to the mockery in Fan Yao’s tone. With a snort, he said, “His Genesis Qi stars have also surpassed ten thousand, and is no simple individual.”
However, he soon composed himself and asked, “What do we do about Ning Mo?”
Fan Yao cast an indifferent glance at the figure on the bed. “Given the current conditions, it’s impossible for him to make a full recovery here. In addition, even if we try to patch him up, he won’t have much battle power, and will be even less useful than an ordinary disciple.”
Wang Yuan frowned. If this was the case, Ning Mo was basically a burden.
Fan Yao’s slightly scarlet pupils swept across the figure lying on the bed, as blood-light flashed in his eyes. Soon after, he took a step forward, bent down and softly said, “Ning Mo, since you no longer have any power, it’s time for you to make one final contribution to our Sacred palace…”
The deathly pale Ning Mo abruptly opened his eyes, and stared at Fan Yao as he said in a hoarse voice, “What do you plan on doing?!”
Fan Yao chuckled softly, his smile appearing even icier than usual as his hand slowly moved to Ning Mo’s abdomen. “Hand the four-color Divine Establishing Treasure you’ve so painstakingly created over to me for safekeeping.”
His hand suddenly grasped as blood light surged from his palm. Four-color light emerged from Ning Mo’s body, as a bundle of light slowly rose from within.
Ning Mo’s body shook violently, as his expression turned extremely twisted and sinister. He reached out and grabbed Fan Yao’s neck, but because he was unable to use any Genesis Qi, the latter merely ignored his actions.
Fan Yao smiled as he gazed upon the four-color ball of light that was rising from Ning Mo’s body. In the end, he grabbed it. It felt solid in his hand, and four different colored lights swirled around it.
It was the four-color Divine Establishing Treasure that Ning Mo had worked very hard to condense.
After having the Divine Establishing Treasure in his body forcibly removed, Ning Mo’s body twisted in pain. His eyes were filled with resentment as he gave a death glare to Fan Yao, but in the end, his body fell limp as his lifeforce faded.
The already seriously injured Ning Mo had been tormented to death by Fan Yao.
“Fan Yao, you!” Wang Yuan was also quite shocked. He never imagined that Fan Yao would be so vicious, and actually take advantage of Ning Mo’s grave injuries to seize his Divine Establishing Treasure.
Fan Yao cast a glance at Wang Yuan, before sending his hand slicing downwards at the Divine Establishing Treasure. The four-color Divine Establishing Treasure was cut into two pieces, and Fan Yao nudged the forty percent share towards Wang Yuan.
Fan Yao nonchalantly said, “He made our Sacred Palace lose face due to his incompetence, and should naturally be punished. Moreover, he will merely be a burden if he were to follow us in that state, or do you feel that we have any surplus resources to constantly take care of him?”
Wang Yuan gazed at the four-color light that floated in front of him. The concentrated Mythic Genesis essence contained within it made him feel a rush of excitement inside.
“You should be more than aware about our goal. It’s the six color treasure location I managed to pry out from the mouth of chief disciple from the Little Thunder Gate. If we cooperate, no one in this district will be able to stand against us.”
“With one less Ning Mo, we will now have a bigger share.” Fan Yao’s tone was completely emotionless.
The expression in Wang Yuan’s eyes fluctuated indeterminately.
“What’s more the main culprit was that chief disciple of Saint Genesis Peak. I promise you that if he dares to linger in this district, I will extract all of his blood to avenge Ning Mo.”
Fan Yao stared at Wang Yuan, as he lifted the ball of concentrated four-color light, and placed it in front of the latter. An emotionless gleam swirled in the former’s scarlet pupils as he asked, “Wang Yuan, you won’t become hostile towards me for a dead person, right?”
Wang Yuan lifted his head and looked at Fan Yao. In the end, he wordlessly received the four-color light ball, a trace of greed flitting across his eyes as he kept it without any hesitation.
“Smart choice.” Fan Yao grinned.
Wang Yuan icily snorted. He looked at Ning Mo’s cold lifeless corpse and said, “I will tell the other disciples that Ning Mo’s death was caused by Zhou Yuan. We tried our best to save him, but were unsuccessful.”
Fan Yao nodded in approval.
“Keep his body. I still have use for such strong flesh…” He smiled as he turned around and left the bamboo house.
Numerous Sacred Palace disciples were waiting outside the bamboo house. Fan Yao grasped the jade strip in his hand as a map floated in front of him. His pupils stared at a certain spot, as a greedy smile emerged on his face.
The six color treasure location.
A six-color Divine Establishing Treasure was something that even the Chosens of Sacred Palace would drool over. He never imagined that it would appear in the outer regions of the Mythic Utopia...
This was a blessing that belonged to him.
While Fan Yao’s heart was churning in anticipation, a glowing figure suddenly flew over and landed in front of him. “Chief disciple Fan Yao, we’ve received news that a team from the Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace has also entered this district.”
“Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace?” Fan Yao frowned a little. His ten fingers interlaced as he muttered, “Do they also know about the six color treasure location?”
“There’s more…” The disciple before him paused for a moment, before continuing, “It seems that the group from the Cangxuan Sect have not left the area, and are instead heading towards the east.”
Fan Yao was immediately taken aback, his gaze quickly turning back to the six color treasure location on the map, before an amused smile rose from the corners of his mouth. The sinister iciness in his eyes caused the surrounding temperature to plummet.
“The tongues of those bastards from the Little Thunder Gate are even looser than waistbands. It seems as if the whole world knows about this secret…”
“What a group of fools.” He smiled.
“But this is good as well, I’ll get to help my good brother Ning Mo take revenge as a memorial service of sorts towards him…”
Chapter 574 Encountering Hundred Flowers
“Is this the six color treasure location you spoke of?”
On a certain mountain peak, Gu Hongyi cupped her hands over her eyes as she gazed at the continuous ancient mountain range to her front. Mist enveloped the mountain range, faint but gorgeous colors glowing from within.
Numerous hisses and roars constantly rang out from the mountain range, accompanied by violent eruptions of Genesis Qi.
Gu Hongyi’s bright eyes looked towards Zhou Yuan in inquiry. After saving Jin Zhang and his team, they had been led east by Zhou Yuan and ultimately ended up here.
According to Zhou Yuan, this was the six color treasure location.
“This place is very dangerous indeed.” By the side, Jin Zhang wore a slightly grave expression as he observed the misty mountain range. Due to his proficiency in Genesis Runes, his Spirit was pretty strong, giving him superior senses. Hence, he could faintly detect several dangerous Genesis Qi undulations from the mountain range.
“How can a place that is home to a six color treasure location be ordinary.” Zhou Yuan was not surprised by this observation. He stared at the mist as he frowned and said, “However, this mist is rather strange, To think that it can obstruct one’s Spirit senses…”
This was indeed a troublesome matter. With one’s senses obstructed, recklessly entering would turn one into blind person inside. This would be extremely unfavorable for them.
Jin Zhang also concentrated on the gorgeously glowing mist. A long while later, he suddenly said, “It seems as if the mist is thinning.”
Zhou Yuan gave a slight nod of agreement, evidently having also made the same observation.
He said, “We’ll continue observing a while, before making further plans.”
He did not opt to recklessly charge in. After all, he was currently not alone. Since he had brought two teams here, he naturally needed to be responsible for their safety.
Moreover, the ancient mountain range gave even Zhou Yuan a somewhat dangerous feeling.
Gu Hongyi nodded in acknowledgement, before proceeding to pass on the instructions to the rest.
With two Cangxuan Sect teams currently gathered together, their total numbers swelled past a hundred. Hence, the mountaintop became rather busy for a time as they scattered and spread out.
Zhou Yuan and Jin Zhang were stationed on the highest point, as they carefully observed the minute changes of the mist.
This lasted for an entire day.
After a day of observation, Zhou Yuan and Jin Zhang were finally able to ascertain that colored mist was indeed becoming sparser. As it thinned, one’s Spirit senses would gradually become effective again.
Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Looks like we only need to wait for a few more days for the best timing to enter.”
Jin Zhang nodded, however, he hesitated slightly for a moment, before he said, “But if we wait, the other factions will soon become aware of our presence…”
“We can’t hide it anyways.” Zhou Yuan was a little more open-minded. He stared at the dark depths of the mountain forest and said, “Moreover, if others enter, it will take some pressure off us.”
There were several dangerous auras inside the ancient mountain range, and Zhou Yuan honestly did not mind drawing others over to split their attention.
Upon hearing this, Jin Zhang nodded with a smile.
While the duo were conversing, Zhou Yuan’s expression suddenly changed as he turned and stared at a certain spot in the sky. “Someone’s coming, and there’s quite a number of them!”
Jin Zhang’s expression also changed, the Spirit between his brows shuddering as in invisible ripple spread.
The Cangxuan Sect disciples in the vicinity hurriedly gathered together upon receiving the Spirit message, and solemnly prepared themselves.
Gu Hongyi, Zhou Tai and Lu Yan hastily arrived at Zhou Yuan’s side and asked, “Is it the Sacred Palace group?”
Zhou Yuan’s expression turned frosty as he said, “Very possible. Judging by the scale of the group and the two extremely powerful Genesis Qi undulations amongst them, they are certainly from no ordinary faction. I’m afraid that only Sacred Palace can possess such a line-up in this area.”
The hearts of Gu Hongyi and the others shivered, and did not ask any further. If a Sacred Palace team appeared here, a terrible battle would most certainly occur.
Over a hundred Cangxuan Sect figures stared at a certain spot in the distance, Genesis Qi surging around them in preparation to act at any moment.
Under their warily watching gazes, a certain spot in space began to ripple as a huge swathe of Genesis Qi clouds descended from the sky with numerous figures atop them.
However, they also sensed the gathered Genesis Qi undulations nearby when they approached, and a shout immediately rang out, “Who?!”
The voice was clear and melodious, as if it had come from a skylark.
Zhou Yuan and the others were stunned for a moment, before waving his hand to stop the numerous ready discipl
es.
The Genesis Qi clouds began to dissipate at this moment, revealing a hundred figures on a mountain top in the distance. When these figures appeared, the eyes of the numerous Cangxuan Sect disciples widened.
Every single member of the group was a ravishing beauty.
The Cangxuan Sect side was mostly made up of male disciples. As such, suddenly seeing so many pretty girls appear before them after a depressing two weeks in this dangerous land naturally made them cry out in surprise.
“It’s the Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace.” Jin Zhang was somewhat stunned as he gazed at these figures. The Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace was the most unique in the Shengzhou Continent, and would also cause quite a commotion wherever they went. But if anyone underestimated them because they were women, he would likely pay an extremely painful price.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace had not relied on good looks to become one of the six overlord sects.
“It appears that the six color treasure location is no amazing secret.” Zhou Yuan sighed. The Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace group must have also obtained information about the six color treasure location.
Meanwhile, numerous gazes were also cast over from the Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace side.
At the very front of the Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace group, a tall beautiful figure coldly looked over and icily snorted, “I was wondering who it was, and it turns out to be the Cangxuan Sect… were you guys planning on attacking us earlier?”
This pretty individual was tall and thin, but also had a very exquisite figure. There were faint traces of pride on her oval face.
“It was a misunderstanding.” Zhou Yuan waved his hands. The young lady before him was very beautiful, but his face remained calm due to his lack of interest in her. He was not overly friendly either due to her appearance.
The lady was likewise able to feel Zhou Yuan’s attitude, causing her to frown a little as she unhappily said, “I’m a chief disciple of the Hundred Flowers Fairy Palace, Zhao Ru. Are there no chief disciples from your Cangxuan Sect present? What is the meaning of sending a seventh layer disciple to talk to me.”
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