Chapter 1412: When Killing Someone, Why Fuss About the Timing? |
The yellow dog raised its paw into the air, and a jade box floated up.
“My mistress heard that you’re about to prove your Dao and step onto the Path of Transcendence. Thus, she sent me to deliver you this treasure to aid your breakthrough. Please accept it,” the dog said with reserved dignity.
Mo Qingchou’s eyes shone with a strange light, and her heart coursed with emotion. Indeed, Celestial Red Cloud and Su Yi have an extraordinary relationship. She actually sent Xing Que to deliver this treasure!
“You hold onto it for now, Illuminating Emptiness,” ordered Su Yi.
Illuminating Emptiness obsequiously rushed over to collect the box.
The yellow dog glanced at Su Yi, as if saying, “You sure know how to put on airs, kid. You couldn’t even be bothered to accept this treasure yourself? And you couldn’t even be bothered to say a single sentence of thanks?”
But when the dog recalled that terrifying power that had appeared on Su Yi, it wholeheartedly decided against holding him accountable.
“Want to drink with us?” asked Su Yi. He remembered that the dog had an extreme fondness for wine.
But against all expectations, the dog refused. “I must return and report to my mistress as soon as possible.”
Su Yi suddenly said, “Wait. I’d like to ask you about something.”
The dog stopped in its tracks. “What is it?”
“What’s the current situation in the Starjade Forbidden Zone?” asked Su Yi.
The Starjade Forbidden Zone, one of the seven great forbidden zones of the stars.
In recent years, it too had changed. Numerous strange, inauspicious powers had arisen, and all who entered perished!
After returning to Universal Emptiness Temple, Su Yi asked the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha and Sword Immortal Qingsih about it too. However, neither top Cloud Soaring expert knew the Starjade Forbidden Zone’s current situation.
This only made Su Yi even more curious.
The Tailor had told him the Antique Dealer had gotten trapped in the Starjade Forbidden Zone a long time ago. Apparently, he’d entered a divine palace shrouded in mist, and he hadn’t returned since.
“The Starjade Forbidden Zone? I actually know a bit about it.” Before the dog could answer, Mo Qingchou said, “I heard my seniors bring it up. During the End of the Dharma, the Starjade Forbidden Zone was the primary battleground of the immortals’ fight for deliverance!
“They say that there was a path to life in the Starjade Forbidden Zone, and that those who found the entrance could avoid catastrophe during the End of the Dharma.
“But in the end… It seems no one ever found that path to life. As a result, countless immortals perished in the Starjade Forbidden Zone, their hearts full of bitterness!”
The primary battlegrounds of the immortals’ fight for deliverance! A path to life!
Su Yi exclaimed, “Does that mean that there are likely numerous immortal revenants in the Starjade Forbidden Grounds?”
Mo Qingchou shook her head. “I can’t say.”
“There aren’t any immortal revenants there. Instead, it’s home to even more terrifying monstrosities. This isn’t a good time to go; anyone who tries is doomed, no exceptions,” said the yellow dog somberly. “Not even my mistress would go there lightly now.”
The crowd was stunned, especially Mo Qingchou, who gasped inwardly. She knew better than the others just how extraordinary Celestial Red Cloud’s origins were.
But even Celestial Red Cloud dared not venture into the Starjade Forbidden Grounds lightly. It was easy to imagine how terrifying they were!
The dog continued, a bit confused, “Why ask about that?”
Su Yi didn’t hide it. “A friend of mine entered the Starjade Forbidden Grounds a long time ago, and he’s apparently trapped inside a temple.”
Illuminating Emptiness couldn’t help but ask, “Who is it?”
“The Antique Dealer.”
“No, that can’t be right. Didn’t he fall into the eye of that copper coin?” exclaimed Illuminating Emptiness.
“You don’t know the full story.”
After hearing Su Yi’s conversation with Illuminating Emptiness, Xing Que understood what Su Yi was planning.
The dog said, “Whether your friend is alive or dead, I urge you not to go. At least, don’t go yet!”
Its tone was decisive, leaving no room for doubt.
“When should I go, then?” Su Yi said thoughtfully.
The dog’s gaze was strange. “Didn’t my mistress give you the Nebula Talisman? And didn’t you agree to travel with her to a hidden immortal ruin when the time was right? Just go with her then.”
Su Yi froze. “The place she wants to explore is…”
“Shhh!” The dog hurriedly stopped him. “Don’t divulge it!”
Su Yi irritably waved the dog away. “Enough! You can leave.”
He’d already grasped that the immortal ruin Daoist Master Red Cloud had invited him to explore with her was located in the Starjade Forbidden Zone!
The dog spat disdainfully. “What a mouth you’ve got on you! When you need me to resolve your doubts, you’re like an earnest student requesting my wisdom. When you don’t need me, you’re as rude as can be! You’re the type to burn a bridge after crossing it and kill a donkey after riding it, huh? Shameless!”
Su Yi rose and was just about to rub the dog’s head, only for the dog to flee in terror first.
Mo Qingchou took all of this in, and for a long time, she couldn’t calm down. Celestial Red Cloud invited Su Yi to explore the Starjade Forbidden Zone with her?? This is big news!
After the banquet ended, Mo Qingchou and Li Zhong bade farewell and left.
Meanwhile, Su Yi brought Qing Tang back to his room.
“Going forward, you can just cultivate quietly on Mount Clearmoon. I’ll help you investigate the Jiang Family’s destruction,” Su Yi said warmly.
Qing Tang’s surname was Jiang, and her family of origin was once one of the Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao!
But when she was little, the Jiang Family met with disaster, and they’d long since ceased to exist. After that, the Seven Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao were reduced to six.
The Temple Master had investigated the Jiang Family’s demise too, but he never found any leads.
“Master, I already know who my enemies are,” Qing Tang whispered.
Su Yi was stunned. “Who?”
Entirely undisguised murderous intent appeared on Qing Tang’s beautiful face as she said slowly and clearly, “The ancient Zhong, Xu, and Wen Families! As well as… the Tailor!”
Su Yi’s brow furrowed. Three Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao and the Tailor? That really does sound entirely possible!
“How’d you find out?” asked Su Yi.
“The Tailor told me,” Qing Tang said with a conflicted, melancholy look on her face. “After he captured me, I wanted to end myself once and for all. But then, the Tailor said that if I agreed to do something for him, he’d tell me the truth of the Jiang Family’s annihilation.”
Su Yi mulled that over. “He really couldn’t have just let you die. Losing you would have meant losing a means of threatening me. Did his request have something to do with the state you were in earlier?”
The Hidden God Guard Zero-One had inserted his soul origin into Qing Tang’s soul. In doing so, he took full control over her!
Of course, Su Yi had already neutralized this latent danger.
“That’s right.” Qing Tang nodded. “It was also then that I learned the truth of my clan’s annihilation.”
According to the Tailor, the primary culprit behind the Jiang Family’s demise was the Wen Family, one of the Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao!
It was the Wen Family who’d initiated contact with the Tailor, the Zhong Family, and the Xu Family. In the end, the Jiang Family was wiped out overnight!
But after learning all this, Su Yi couldn’t help but frown. “To the best of my knowledge, there was no grudge between the Jiang and Wen Families. On the contrary, over the years, there were numerous marriage alliances between the two clans. Given the circumstances, why would the Wen Family be so ruthless?”
Destroying an entire clan! This was unquestionably the most brutal of revenges. Few factions would go to such lengths unless a grudge ran extremely deep.
Besides, back then, the Jiang Family was also an Ancient Guardian Clan of the Dao. Destroying them was no easy task.
Qing Tang sighed. “All the Tailor told me was that their motives involved a stroke of good fortune we’d acquired, but I racked my brains and can’t think of anything of the sort.”
Su Yi’s gaze silently frosted over, but he found this incomparably ludicrous. They destroyed the entire Jiang Family over a stroke of good fortune? The Wen Family are too tyrannical!
“Very well. No need to concern ourselves with their reasons. Just leave this up to me,” said Su Yi.
The Temple Master had spent years searching for the truth of the Jiang Family’s demise, but he never found any leads.
The reasons for this were simple. First, the Tailor had arranged the whole thing. Second, three other Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao were involved. Third, they’d obviously been planning for quite some time, and they annihilated the Jiang Family overnight, leaving no clues behind.
Warmth coursed through Qing Tang’s heart, and the rims of her eyes reddened.
She was an orphan, with no one left in this world besides her master. After the Tailor captured her, she gave in to despair and even planned to kill herself.
Even after learning the truth of her clan’s annihilation, she felt utterly helpless. She knew how terrifying and powerful the Wen, Xu, and Zhong Families were.
Add the Tailor, the man behind the curtain, and who wouldn’t have felt despair?
But things were different now. Now, she had her master with her!
“Let’s go kill them,” said Su Yi, rising to his feet.
“Now?” Qing Tang was obviously caught off guard.
“When killing someone, why fuss about the timing?” Su Yi tousled her hair and said softly, “Don’t be afraid. The Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao have long since ceased to be worthy of my notice.”
His light, airy words were full of utter contemptuous pride!
At the Temple Master’s peak, he could have threatened the Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao, but destroying them would have been difficult.
But things were different now.
He’d undergone rebirth to cultivate anew, and his strength was far beyond the former Temple Master’s. During the battle of Mount Luowu, even without borrowing his sixth incarnation’s power, he defeated Hong Feiguan, an unparalleled expert of the Cloud Soaring Realm!
Cleaning up a few Ancient Guardian Clans of the Dao would be nothing at all.
……
That very night, a treasure ship carried Qing Tang and Su Yi away from Mount Clearmoon.
Su Yi sat on board, taking inventory of the treasures Mo Qingchou had delivered.
There was a small mountain of Transcendent-level treasures, including divine materials, medicinal ingredients, magic treasures, ancient tomes… There was a huge variety, and the massive pile gleamed.
There were even a few damaged immortal treasures!
For instance, Fu Dongli’s Universe in a Bowl was among the spoils.
The combined value of the spoils was completely inestimable. Any Cloud Soaring expert of the present day would drool over them and fight like mad to acquire them!
The Divine Replenishment Furnace sat to the side, joyfully refining the cultivation resources.
Su Yi, meanwhile, opened the jade box to examine the gift Daoist Master Red Cloud had sent Xing Que to deliver.
As soon as the box opened, dense immortal light reminiscent of starlight flowed into the air, dreamlike and ethereal, even holy.
The Divine Replenishment Furnace obviously sensed it. It quivered, then frantically approached.
It looked incomparably worked up and frantic with impatience!
Seth's Thoughts
The Nebula Talisman was introduced in chapter 1357.
... It was carved with intricate, inscrutable markings of the Immortal Dao, and the aura emanating from it made it seem as majestic as a mountain and as deep as an abyss.
On the back, there was a carving of a nebula.
“This talisman can also save your life,” said Daoist Master Red Cloud.
That's also the chapter in which Red Cloud invites Su Yi to travel with her to an immortal ruin.
“In the near future, I plan to visit a hidden immortal ruin. If possible, I hope you can join me,” Daoist Master Red Cloud said suddenly.