by Fang Xiang
“Who are you? Why are you following us?” Xie Shan asked.
Rong Wei bowed and said, “We are disciples from Sky Water Jie’s House of Marquis Wu, and have come with an order to investigate the Stars in Daytime in Little Mountain Jie. Is it possible to travel with your division? It is for safety. This is a small token of our appreciation, please take it.”
She took out some pieces of fourth-grade jingshi.
Xie Shan looked at the jingshi on her hands but did not take them. He nodded and said, “I’ll report the request for you.”
Finishing, he turned and went back to the troop.
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“To travel with us?” Gongsun Cha was slightly surprised.
“Or does she want to pursue one of us?” Lei Peng snickered. At the side, Nian Lu shook his bangs, and followed up, “Who else other than me?”
Everyone ignored them. Even Zong Ru couldn’t bear to look at them. How had he been on the same team as these two clowns before? So embarrassing.
“That’s what she said, and they are from Sky Water Jie’s House of Marquis Wu,” Xie Shan continued.
“Which of you have heard of them?” asked Gongsun Cha.
“We are all country people, who’s been to Sky Water Jie,” Ma Fan mocked.
“What do you want to do?” Xie Shan gazed at Gongsun Cha.
“We don’t have the time to tangle with them.” Gongsun Cha shook his head.
“Such a pity, that is a great beauty.” Xie Shan’s tone was slightly teasing.
Gongsun Cha glanced at him and Xie Shan instantly shut up. Do not provoke Lil’ Miss, otherwise, their outcome would be very tragic
A paper crane suddenly flew out of the sky and landed in Gongsun Cha’s hand. Opening the paper crane and taking a quick look, Gongsun Cha’s expression changed slightly. The paper crane was passed quickly onto the hands of other people. Everyone’s faces became grave.
No one joked, no one wasted words. The mood instantly became tense. The Vermillion Bird Camp instantly organized their ranks and raced with their fastest speed to Sky Star Peak.
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Rong Wei looked with astonishment at the troop that disappeared at the horizon. What was this?
The compound guards all released a breath. They had been scared half to death. A compound guard carefully said to Rong Wei, “Miss, they’ve gone away.”
Rong Wei woke from her trance, and responded, “Follow them.”
The compound guards that had just released a breath instantly grimaced. Rong Wei ignored them and flew out first. The other people could only follow helplessly.
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Zuo Mo opened his hand, and a lightning bullet twirled in his hand. This was the [Yang Fiendish Hard Lightning] that he was so familiar. Yang Fiendish Hard Lightning required using the consciousness to manipulate the sparse lightning power in the air to form hard lightning. Due to the unique method, the hard lightning created was both extremely yang and hard.
Zuo Mo was extremely familiar with this move now. With one thought, the hard lightning would form.
He continued to gather hard lightning, and then beat it to smithereens. He was experimenting. The process of forging the Sonic Lightning Walnuts was very successful. He had comprehended some methods for hard lightning, and hoped to merge these understandings into the spells that he knew.
[Yang Fiendish Hard Lightning] was his primary attack move. It was faster than [Sky Wave Fist], and was extremely powerful. The only flaw was that there was a lack of variation. When Zuo Mo had comprehended those hard lightning formations, the first thing he thought of was [Yang Fiendish Hard Lightning.]
Continuously adding comprehensions to spells was something every xiuzhe had to do. This was also why disciples of the same sect would practice the same spells, but the results were different. Each person had different comprehensions, and the road they walked was naturally different.
The lightning bullet continued to change in his palm. Suddenly, a net with a small mesh size covered all of Zuo Mo’s palm, and then it suddenly turned into a lightning arrow. The lightning arrow suddenly dissipated and turned to countless tiny lightning snakes. The snakes suddenly gathered and turned to a lightning bird … …
Gradually, Zuo Mo felt he had gained greater control. The hard lightning on his hand seemed like a part of his body and could change according to his thoughts.
Zuo Mo quickly judged the quality of each change.
Hard lightning heavily leaned towards offense and seemed to have almost no defensive power when it turned to a lightning shield. When it became a lightning arrow or spear, it was unstoppable. The other attribute of hard lightning was that it was extremely quick. It probably was one of the fastest of all the spells.
Hard lightning was hard and ferocious, and extremely hard to compress. Zuo Mo had tried all he could, but could not condense the lightning power even more. It was possible to see the value of Sonic Lightning Walnuts from this. The amount of lightning power contained in Sonic Lightning Walnuts was so much one couldn’t imagine it.
After forging, the power of the Sonic Lightning Walnuts had increased. Zuo Mo was full of anticipation about its power, but he didn’t test it as he couldn’t bear the loss.
Zuo Mo suddenly opened his eyes. Looking into the distance, a cold smile came onto his face.
He controlled the lucky cloud to slowly land in Golden Crow City. Once he landed, he stored away the lucky cloud. Zuo Mo’s calm and unflustered state resolved some of the nervousness of the xiuzhe in the two camps.
“Everyone, pay attention. They have come,” Zuo Mo shouted out.
Everyone’s hearts jumped. However, they had already prepared for battle, and lined up neatly. The lights of the formation battle watchtowers started to light up one after the other.
The city gates slowly closed. All of the noise inside the city instantly disappeared.
The xiuzhe behind Golden Crow City also noticed it and started to shift.
“The Outer Hall has come! The Outer Hall has come! It’s going to begin!”
“Everyone, careful! If you see the situation isn’t right, start running!”
“Haha! I’ve never seen something as big as this, this is really broadening my vision.”
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The noise of the surroundings passed around. The middle aged person, the large male, and their group also flew into the sky. Infected by the others around him, burning desire for battle lit up suddenly in the eyes of the large male, and a slight blush came onto the face of the middle-aged man.
Who had ever seen such a large-scale battle before?
“You have to watch closely. This is a rare chance. Just a little bit will be enough to greatly benefit you,” the middle-aged man lectured the guards around him.
The large male knew the middle-aged man was actually reminding him. However, he was staring fixedly at the distant horizon.
A large dense patch of black dots appeared on the horizon like a black cloud, and slowly flew over.
The noisy xiuzhe all simultaneously inhaled sharply, the sky completely silent.
As the Outer Hall neared, everyone’s faces couldn’t help but pale.
Seven thousand xiuzhe gathered in the sky like a flood that could not be stopped as it rolled forward. It was not very fast, but the pressure that came with it made the people feel suffocated. It seemed to be using this method to show its power to destroy everything!
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Translator Ramblings: Normal people have prelude and then action. We have prelude, follow up to prelude , a chapter on fun ways to (unknowingly) torment your newborn pet, and finally, more outside perspectives before … … introducing … … Lil’ Cliffy!
Chapter 287: Cloud Formation Silk
As the army came closer, the xiuzhe on the formation battle watchtowers shifted, but quickly calmed down.
The sun disappeared into the thick clouds, the sky darkened, and the air filled with the scent of death.
Zuo Mo shook hi
s head. In the end, the Eastern and Western Camps were too inexperienced. Gongsun Shidi hadn’t put his focus on these two camps. The two camps lacked greatly compared to Vermillion Bird Camp.
He raised his hand and threw out the Buddha Sound Hoop.
As the golden Buddha Sound Hoop flew, it rose into the sky above Golden Crow City and turned into a shining sun with numerous golden threads that dangling down tied onto the thirty six formation battle watchtowers. Upon the golden thread were countless golden rings!
The Buddha Sound Hoop had been tempered by Golden Crow Fire and hard lightning. At this time, its attributes matched with Golden Crow City and the formation battle watchtower. As it rose, the scene was far more extraordinary than when he used it at Desolate Wood Reef. Zuo Mo had put much effort into the placement of the thirty six formation battle watchtowers. Other than being able to form [Skyring Moon Chime Formation] with the Buddha Sound Hoop, they could form a formation on their own.
Zuo Mo was full of confidence for this battle.
This confidence was not in anything else but Golden Crow City. No one knew just how much effort and thought he had put into this city that he had built with his own hands.
The dignified and stern Buddha Sound Formation seemed to be chanting into one’s ear, yet almost imperceptible at moments. The terror in the hearts of the xiuzhe in the city lessened.
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“What is this formation?” Shock flashed across the eyes of the large male that was watching from far away. This formation’s presence was not normal.
The middle-aged person narrowed his eyes. “From what this subordinate sees, this formation should originate from [Skyring Moon Chime Formation] but its attributes are exactly the opposite. Domineering, hard and fierce, primarily for killing! This person’s formations interlock together and are very strong!”
“How so?” The large male asked for guidance.
The middle-aged person explained, “Daren please look. That golden hoop should be a Buddha Sound Hoop.”
“Buddha Sound Hoop?” The large male had not heard of it before. “Is it powerful?”
“It’s just a normal third-grade sound type talisman, but this Buddha Sound Hoop clearly has been specially tempered. If this subordinate has not guess wrong, it should have been processed in fire and lightning. This hoop has risen to fourth-grade already.”
“Oh, fourth-grade.” The large male didn’t seem to care. Fourth-grade talismans were rare, but were not much to him.
“This city master’s thoughts are extremely clever. The power of the [Skyring Moon Chime Formation] might be large, but setting up the formation is complex. This person used the formation battle watchtowers as the base. This way, he only needs this Buddha Sound Hoop to set up the formation at any time. Since this hoop has been process by fire and lightning, it is hard and fierce. This city can also continuously provide fire and lightning. With this formation and the formation battle watchtowers, Golden Crow City has become one body, and the power has been multiplied many times.” The middle-aged person could not disguise the admiration.
At this time, the large male finally understood, anticipation growing on his face.
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Listening to the Buddha sounds, Zuo Mo looked at the army that had already entered twenty li of Golden Crow City with a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.
Other than jindan, no one had ever heard of ningmai xiuzhe that could attack outside of twenty li. The sword energies of ningmai sword xiu was not effective outside of three li. In other words, if the other wanted to attack Golden Crow City, it must come within three li of the city.
But the attacking range of formation battle watchtowers was ten li. The hard lightning formation battle watchtowers that Zuo Mo constructed had an astounding attack range of fifteen li.
Why were formation battle watchtowers still essential constructs for a city even though they were so expensive and hard to build? Because of its great power. When Zuo Mo first constructed Golden Crow City, all of his setup was for battle.
He had used almost any kind of attacking move he could think of on Golden Crow City.
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When He Xiang and the rest of the Outer Hall elders saw Golden Crow City from a distance, their faces were filled with amazement!
“I hadn’t really expected someone built a city!”
“Really hadn’t expected it!”
Greed was in every elder’s eyes. When a person first saw such an exquisite and beautiful Golden Crow City, their first idea was to take it for themselves.
“Only us Outer Hall has the qualifications to live in such a good place!” He Xiang said firmly. He couldn’t wait for one second.
If they could take down this city, and make it the headquarters for the Outer Hall, how grand would it be. Even Old Forefather wouldn’t be able to calmly face such a city! He also heard there were piles of valuable materials and talismans inside. This was a treasure city!
The other elders all gave their agreement. Each person’s eyes were heated. The struggles they had previously encountered were thrown to the back of their minds. At this moment, there was only this city in their eyes, a city of the sun!
“Who is going first?” He Xiang turned and asked.
The elders all closed their mouths. They were not stupid. The presence of Golden Crow City was heavy. The light coming from the large formation made all of their hearts shake slightly. In their view, it was time to harvest. If they could take down Golden Crow City, they would definitely be on the achievements list. However, if they died at this last step, it wasn’t worth it.
The Buddha sounds floated from across the distance. The golden sun above Golden Crow City also reminded them to be careful.
He Xiang knew these people very well. He smiled coldly inside, and said, “The first person to get into the city is the first to pick the spoils, they can pick three pieces.”
The eyes of the elders instantly turned red.
With great rewards, there would always be brave ones!
With Golden Crow City’s wealthy, it was possible to imagine the richness of the spoils. The first to pick, and to pick three items, it would at least be three fourth-grade talismans! No one could remain unmoved by such a rich reward.
“Who first?” He Xiang asked again.
“Me first!”
“Me first!”
The elders instantly leap, their enthusiasm for battle growing. Even Second Elder who was usually at odds with Chief Elder couldn’t resist speaking.
“Then we shall first trouble Second Elder!” He Xiang said without showing his emotions.
Seeing Second Elder take his troops and joyfully prepare to attack, imperceptible smugness flashed across He Xiang’s eyes. He was very devious. When he saw Golden Crow City, he knew this was a tough nut to crack. He was happy to see Second Elder willing to go die.
He Xiang was filled with confidence at taking down Golden Crow City. With this many people, he could just drown the other side. By that time, he was certain he would have the spare energy to plan some other affairs.
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Among the elders, Second Elder’s rank in power was below He Xiang. He naturally understood what He Xiang thought. He had his own confidence of success to dare to speak up.
He picked out one thousand and five hundred people in one go. Going with him were three elders.
When Second Elder took out a talisman, the faces of the other elders, including He Xiang, turned uglier. A faint cloud energy was released from his hand, and swam among the xiuzhe. In moments, a faint thread of earth energy was around every one of the one thousand and five hundred people.
“Cloud Formation Silk!” The middle-aged person watching from afar exclaimed, “He actually possesses Cloud Formation Silk!”
“What is Cloud Formation Silk?” the large male saw the middle-aged person lose his composure and couldn’t help but ask in curiosity.
“Cloud Formation Silk is a very rare talisman.” The expression of
the middle-aged person was grave. “It is not of high grade, just fourth-grade. It is made by the Sky Joy Workshop in Cloud Sea Jie who harvest cloud thread to forge into a talisman. It is rare for it to end up outside. Its purpose is very unique. It can create a cloud energy that can defend.”
“Like a ling shield?” the large male asked.
“Approximately. This cloud energy’s defense is not as strong, but it is extremely hard to disperse. Its strength lies in that it can be used on more than one person. Look at them, all of them have a thread of cloud energy on them. The more people there are for this Cloud Formation Silk, the stronger it is!”
The eyes of the large male flashed. “It really is a waste for such a good treasure like this to end up in this person’s hands.”
The tone of the middle-aged person was grave. “This isn’t good for Golden Crow City!” Seeing the large male was unconcerned, he said, “The cloud energy isn’t strong, but if every person’s defense was slightly strengthened, it is very terrifying when it accumulates.”
The large male thought, and instantly shook. He felt the extraordinariness of the item even more. It really was a great weapon for a large battle. He couldn’t help but say, “Is it possible to buy this Cloud Formation Silk?”
The middle-aged person shook his head. “Cloud Sea Jie is too far from us.”
The large male was slightly regretful.
The public might not know the origins of the Cloud Formation Silk, but the ability of this talisman was easily seen. One thousand and five hundred people with this Cloud Formation Silk, the strength of the troop instantly rose up a stage.
The complexions of the elders were dark. Second Elder possessed such a powerful talisman, but they had never seen it in the many battles before this. Of course, what they cared about the most was that Second Elder could possibly take down Golden Crow City in one attack.
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Zuo Mo was also shocked. The other’s talisman was so strong! In large-scale battles, what was most scary were talismans like Cloud Formation Silk. However, he didn’t have much he could think of to do at this point.