Chapter 544 |
Despite the man's cold front, Chui Yim and Kam Chin Kee secretly felt he looked familiar.
The man knelt on the cushion, with his short hair brushed to the back neatly, wearing a clean look. He was ordinary, but his dominant energliph movement made him resemble a god.
It never crossed the boys’ minds that there would be a five-chambered state glipher in Great Wisdom City.
“The world is enormous, of course there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers around; it’s not just those seven,” the man spoke.
TL note: Hidden dragons and crouching tigers means that many talented or extraordinary individuals are hidden among the ordinary.
Kam Chin Kee and Chui Yim did not remain silent. The “seven” from the powerful cultivator’s words were not the seven Cloud Palace disciples, but the seven widely-recognized titans of the world: Southern representatives were Metallic Blood War Gate’s Lung Wai Yuet, Stars Unite Education Centre’s Chan Chung Ching, Great Book Academy’s Elder Man Shu, as well as Evergreen Palace’s Old Ngai who resided in the Heaven Tower; as for the North, they had Blazing Skies Mountain's Yim Yung, Four Seasons Heaven’s Yeung Ha, and Imperial Sunset Palace’s Man Chin Hung. These were the seven titans of cultivation in today’s world.
Many believed that Cloud Palace had a cultivator of a similar state behind them even though Cloud Palace never once confirmed any rumours. It was widely believed that the Cloud Palace master who never showed himself was the only six-chambered state elite of the world, going beyond every single cultivator.
However, commoners cared more about the seven titans as the Cloud Palace master’s information was beyond their reach.
Now, this ordinary yet mysterious man had proven that this world was more than the seven titans.
“I’m Hung Siu, the current clan leader of the Hung Clan.” The man had a deep, echoey voice, just like a bottomless well.
“Welcome to Great Wisdom City, Itinerants from Cloud Palace.”
Chui Yim and Kam Chin Kee nodded, expressing their gratitude. Hung Siu’s energliph movement was so terrifying that it had them feeling extremely pressured, just like the eve of a storm, even if it was not directed towards them.
“Greetings, Clan Leader Hung. Please take good care of us for the time being, Clan Leader Hung.” Kam Chin Kee bowed slightly.
Hung Siu was not handsome, nor did he exert dominance. He looked normal, just like the life he led.
There were no world-shaking stories or legends of his to tell, and surprisingly, Hung Siu had never once left Great Wisdom City.
He was just an ordinary middle-aged man who cultivated his way to the five-chambered state using more than a hundred years.
His lack of life-and-death experiences and seemingly easy path to the five-chambered state had many believing that it was just pure luck and they viewed him with disdain. But in the real world, such a situation was impossible.
Hung Siu became the Hung Clan’s leader after defeating all the elites of Great Wisdom City.
He was less well-known than the seven cultivators he mentioned, but even so, it made sense to Kam Chin Kee and Chui Yim. Great Wisdom City did not have any city walls nor was it protected by gliphism, yet it was able to protect the western part of the South from invaders for a hundred years.
No city would go without defensive incentives unless they were confident.
But nobody would expect their confidence to be in the form of a five-chambered glipher. Nobody other than the three powerful cultivators of the North could break through Great Wisdom City with Hung Siu around.
Hung Siu scanned the teenagers in front of him.
This was his first time interacting with Cloud Palace members, as not all Itinerants would specially visit Great Wisdom City. Seeing that the teens were neither overbearing nor servile, even remaining calm when he made his appearance, he couldn’t help but admire them slightly.
“In Great Wisdom City, we organise the Silver Waterfall Festival yearly,” Hung Siu said all of a sudden. “Cultivators are separated into different levels; one and two-chambered cultivators are allocated to level one. The winner of every level will be allowed to soak in the forbidden area of our clan, the Heavenly Silver Waterfall. I believe that this waterfall is beneficial to all, even Cloud Palace members.
“The both of you will be allowed to participate in the festival, as my way of showing appreciation to you two for specially visiting Great Wisdom City. It can also be considered an exchange with the young talents of our city.”
“Thank you, Clan Leader Hung.” Kam Chin Kee smiled gently, while Hung Siu nodded in response.
“Make good use of this chance.”
The trio rejected the Hung Clan’s invitation to stay over at the Hung Clan and headed back to Man Fai’s house.
“I didn’t expect that clan leader to be so nice.” Lam Ming Sum blinked. She had met many elites and even had a close relationship with Old Ngai. The last thing she expected was to have the leader of the city that was crazy over martial arts and filled with malicious intention towards them to speak to them nicely.
“Ming Sum, you’re too naive.” Chui Yim rolled his eyes. “The Silver Waterfall Festival is most likely a huge event. Their ultimate aim is most likely to defeat us under the eyes of the crowd.”
“Stop calling Ming Sum naive when you’re the one that perceives everyone as evil.” Kam Chin Kee burst out laughing. “Well, even though you make sense. No matter what, the Heavenly Silver Waterfall is indeed beneficial to us now.”
The Heavenly Silver Waterfall was recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The waterfall formed from the remains of an ancient beast, and its pure energliph was greatly useful towards cultivators up till the three-chambered state. It only lost its use when the cultivator broke through the boundary, which happened during the four-chambered state.
Precious sights like this were already taken over by organisations and clans. Even the imperial Lam Clan owned the one and only Citrine Ghost Lake, which helped awaken special body forms in cultivators.
Such places had entry restrictions, unlike the Red Rampart Desert where everyone could enter as they wished. To be able to visit such an area, one would have to fulfill certain criteria or goals to gain permission from the owner. To enter the Heavenly Silver Waterfall, one would have to gain permission from the Hung Clan, who guarded the waterfall.
Being the most outstanding cultivator during the Silver Waterfall Festival was the criterion that needed to be met.
The reason was that the Heavenly Silver Waterfall was no natural waterfall, but a waterfall made of a terrifying beast’s flesh turned into essence. It was finite, meaning that it would disappear someday.
Thus, the Great Wisdom City citizens wouldn’t allow just anyone to waste the energy left behind from the ancient past.
Silver Waterfall Festival…? At night the boys sat on the bamboo chairs, shaking them slowly. The teens exchanged a glance and saw the battle intent in each other’s eyes.
“Time for dinner!” Lam Ming Sum shouted.
“Okay!”
Somewhere else far away in the world, under a clear night sky decorated with stars, there was an extremely comfortable cooling breeze.
A black-haired teen looked up to the skies, unknown what was going through his mind. Behind him stood a middle-aged man, hesitating to speak.
The black-haired teen was only in the two-chambered state, way weaker than the cultivator with extremely powerful energliph movement. But oddly, the powerful cultivator was staring at the teen with sincere respect.
“Speak your mind.” The teenager turned back, the moon in his orbs disappeared, going back to normal.
It was Siu Fu.
