by Fang Xiang
Countless streams rampaged and charged in Zuo Mo's body like a flood.
The invisible pressure pushing down on him disappeared with a pop.
Zuo Mo felt his body lighten. His breathing started again. The powers inside of his body lost their target and gradually calmed.
From beginning to end, Zuo Mo did not move. No one knew of such a violent change inside of his body.
Ceng Yi's eyes were thoughtful and then he smiled slightly. "This one has a favour to ask of Mister Zuo."
———
Ka Zhuo carefully inspected the unconscious young female on the bed. The features of the young female were similar to Ceng Yi and should be Ceng Yi's daughter or someone close. The young female's features were exquisite, the warm and soft red lips slightly open, the delicate brow slightly creased as though she was enduring pain.
A short time later, Ka Zhuo started to sweat. It had taken him a long time to understand what had happened after he was woke up. After the initial panic, he quickly calmed down. If he encountered something as dangerous as this by himself, he would have started trembling long ago, but since his teacher was behind him, he didn't worry so much.
Zuo Mo's endless bag of tricks had completely persuaded Ka Zhuo. Ka Zhuo even felt that if it was about mo matrixes, there was nothing that would be a problem for Teacher.
As Ka Zhuo continued his inspection, the mo matrix on the young females body gradually floated to the surface.
The ivory white mo matrix was hard to detect on the pale skin if one did not look closely. Zuo Mo was slightly surprised. This was the first time he saw ivory-colored mo matrixes.
"This isn't simple." Wei's expression was grave. "The white fang snake mo's greatest barrier in life is breaking through to general level. If they can, they will form the white fang mo physique, if they fail, they will end up like this. Ivory white mo matrixes is an immature mo matrix."
"An immature mo matrix?" It was the first time Zuo Mo heard this term.
Wei flicked a look at Pu Yao. Pu Yao snorted and then spoke, "The mo matrix on the body is not unchanging. When you reach a new level, the mo matrix on your body will change as well, and becomes more mature, more perfect, this is what maturation is. However, if something happens during the process and the mo matrix's maturation is interrupted, it will become like this."
"So that is how it is!" Zuo Mo's understanding of mo matrixes increased by the day. He instantly understood when Pu Yao pointed it out.
He quickly found this was a troublesome problem.
This kind of problem was not easy to solve.
As expected, Wei said helplessly, "This kind of state, in the mo world, is incurable!"
Pu Yao was also silent. He might study mo matrixes but this kind of state wasn't in the scope of his study.
Zuo Mo felt his head swell.
Ka Zhuo finished his last test and retreated with his forehead full of sweat. He looked hopefully at Zuo Mo. He felt there wasn't anything that could stop Teacher.
"Mister Zuo, how is it?" Ceng Yi asked. His almond-yellow snake pupils looked coldly at Zuo Mo.
Zuo Mo felt his scalp prickle. He knew if he didn't have anything, he would not be able to walk alive out of here today.
"Jie Master is a White Fang Snake mo!" Zuo Mo suddenly said.
"Mister Zuo is knowledgeable." A hint of surprise flashed across Ceng Yi's eyes. White Fang Snake mo was a rare kind of mo and not many people knew of them. Ceng Yi felt some hope that the other was able to recognize it at a glance and the implied skill and knowledge behind it.
"White Fang Snake mo will reach the White Fang mo physique when they enter general level. I had thought it was a rumor and not that it is actually so." As Zuo Mo talked, his mind whirled furiously.
Ka Zhuo's mouth was gaping widely. For him, this was extremely new.
Ceng Yi's eyes narrowed slightly and then he laughed lightly. "Mister Zuo is very knowledgeable, this one feels respect. Then Mister Zuo should have some explanation about Daughter's situation. Mister Zuo, please explain."
Zuo Mo said indifferently, "Honored Miss has failed in the breakthrough, the maturation of her mo physique has been interrupted. Right now, her body is probably in chaos, and her life in danger."
A light flashed across Ceng Yi's eyes. Zuo Mo felt as though Ceng Yi suddenly turn into a giant, the great pressure almost making him unable to breathe.
This time, the chaotic turbulence inside his body did not move.
Ceng Yi instantly realized that this reaction was not beneficial and restrained his presence. Zuo Mo felt his body relax and he could breathe again.
General level and having a mo physique, the power was terrifying!
Zuo Mo was shocked inside. He heard Ceng Yi say in a low voice, "This one has found more than one hundred matrix awakening masters and only Mister Zuo could identify the ailment. This one feels admiration. Since Mister Zuo can correctly diagnose it, then Mister Zuo must have a solution."
Zuo Mo said through his teeth, "Truthfully, it is the first time this one has seen such a situation. Even though the cause is known, this one doesn't have a good grasp on the solution."
Ceng Yi gave a smile, "Mister Zuo is too modest."
Even though Ceng Yi had a smile on his face, Zuo Mo felt that smile was glacial.
Zuo Mo knew that he could not refuse. His mind whirled furiously and he continued, "This one is not being modest. Even though it is the first time this one has seen such an ailment, but this one has heard that it is incurable from many sources."
"Incurable!" Ceng Yi stilled. A hint of grief shone in his eyes but he quickly recovered.
Zuo Mo's heart shook. This mo's ability to control his emotions was astounding!
"This one believes Mister Zuo would have a way," Ceng Yi said slowly.
Zuo Mo knew the crucial time has come. He said calmly, "This one has some ideas but will only know if they are plausible after trying. However, this one will first say if Jie Master wants this one to do this, you need to have enough patience. Life is important. This one's ideas needs to carry out a lot of experimentation."
Hearing this, Ceng Yi smiled and said, "That is to be expected. I will give the order to fully cooperate with Mister Zuo. However, in order for Mister Zuo to have better results, Mister Zuo will have to temporarily reside in Stone City."
Zuo Mo had expected this. He nodded and said, "Alright."
Ceng Yi was very satisfied with Zuo Mo's perceptiveness. He believed that if Zuo Mo was restricted to this place, Zuo Mo wouldn't dare to play any tricks.
Then Zuo Mo was taken to a nearby compound. There were two brigadier mo guarding at the door.
Only now did Zuo Mo release a breath.
He had never experienced the power suppression of higher levels on lower levels. If his mind was not this strong, he would have lost his mind facing Ceng Yi.
However, when he thought of the two brigadier mo outside the door, Zuo Mo grimaced. This time, they wouldn't be able to escape.
Even if his power recovered, there wouldn't be any hope.
Ceng Yi had general level strength and the White Fang mo physique, that was enough to suppress Zuo Mo.
His gaze landed on A Gui's expressionless face. For some unknown reason, Zuo Mo suddenly thought of A Gui's beautiful and stunning bare feet that he saw through the strands of hair blown up by the wind.
On the rough rock, the beautiful and exquisite bare feet were flawless and tempting. But this pair of feet trembled from the burden with every step in the wind and sand.
There was no stopping as she carried him step by step.
His line of sight was mostly occluded but these short glimpses made the situation clear.
Zuo Mo's eyes flashed. The low mood flew away. He felt full of energy. He was not demotivated by the situation in front of him. He believed he could overcome this obstacle.
A Gui … … I'll definitely take you and leave here!
Zuo Mo said to himself.
He started to ponder his present situatio
n. Even though he was in a cage, he had a chance to breathe. In the short term, he didn't need to worry about his safety.
This amount of time was enough for him to do something.
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Ba La looked at the inventory list and felt great pain. Ever since that strange matrix awakening master came, countless materials had been taken from his place. Ba La was the housekeeper of the Jie Master. Every time, he had to give his permission for these lists. Even though the Jie Master had already ordered him to do his best to satisfy what the other needed, he still felt pain.
However, he didn't dare to do anything about the requests. Everyone knew the love Jie Master had towards Miss. If he provoked the Jie Master because of this, it was a road leading to death.
He gritted his teeth and agreed to hand over the materials.
Ba La understood his master very well. The Jie Master wasn't one that was easily fooled. If that damned matrix awakening master could not save Miss when the time came, he would die terribly!
In the hands of the Jie Master, dying was not an easy matter!
None of the matrix awakening masters that had come before had left alive.
Zuo Mo's little yard was still guarded by two mo. They were only responsible for standing guard and were not concerned with what was happening inside.
"Are you familiar with the mo matrixes I taught you?" Zuo Mo asked Ka Zhuo.
"Familiar." Ka Zhuo nodded.
"Then let's start." Zuo Mo did not chat. Time was extremely important for him.
Ka Zhuo carefully started to engrave the Thousand Layer Iron Cowrie mo matrix on Zuo Mo's right palm. The mo matrix was not complex and Ka Zhuo finished in four hours.
Then Ka Zhuo picked up one of the medicinal fluids that had been prepared. These fluids were made using materials they'd gotten from Ba La with the excuse they were for experiments. Ka Zhuo dipped into the fluid and started to brush it onto the mo matrix.
A burning feeling came from his palm. Zuo Mo was joyed.
Ka Zhuo used the next medicinal fluid and brushed again and again.
The feeling of burning increased. Zuo Mo felt as though his palm was going to burn to ash, his entire palm was red like liquid metal.
Ka Zhuo took out a vial that glowed with a serene blue light, the last medicinal fluid.
The moment the medicinal fluid touched the mo matrix, a feeling of cool comfort formed. Zuo Mo almost groaned in pleasure.
When the serene blue medicinal fluid touched the mo matrix, it quickly permeated into the mo matrix.
The entire mo matrix quickly became serene blue and covered Zuo Mo's entire palm.
When the medicinal fluid entered the last stroke of the mo matrix, something changed!
Translator Ramblings: Zuo Mo must still have his zombie face … … he can bluff like crazy. Really, he should have become a professional gambler.
Chapter 549: The Mountain Dragon Corps
Shu Long's group encountered trouble.
A group of mo was staring at them with malicious intent. The mo that was leading the group arrogantly shouted, "Listen well to ye, hand over half of your things and mo bei, and ye will allow you to live. If any of you don't give ye face, ye won't be polite."
Shu Long looked towards his more experienced companion, Ye Ling. Before this journey, he had never been to the mo world.
Ye Ling's expression was not good. He pressed his voice low and said, "They are bandits. There probably isn't a ruling faction in this area and making it easy for bandits to control the area."
"Bandits?" Shu Long stilled. "There are bandits in the mo world as well?"
Ye Ling's old face flushed. "A lot." His mood then lifted as he said heatedly, "So we need our king. Only our king can once again establish order!"
Shu Long patted Ye Ling heavily on the shoulder. "You are right!"
Immediately after, Shu Long slowly took out his mo weapon and said sternly, "Daren's light has not reached this place, then we will first proceed for Daren!"
On this trip, the majority of his group were the elite of the elite from Guard Camp. In the past while they had been completely loyal to Zuo Mo, they did not have any goals or dreams. But after Ye Ling appeared, this battle maniac had caused Guard Camp to reassess themselves.
A dreams, a drive, for Guard Camp; people who were once xiu slaves and encountered great hardship, this was akin to the light in a dark world.
They naturally thought of other xiu slaves that were still in terrible situations, that Guard Camp was once enslaved like them.
Every hardship guard believed that only Daren could help more xiu slaves escape their tragic fates. Since they joined Daren, no matter where they had gone, as long as it was Zuo Mo's territory, there were no xiu slaves.
Silently, Guard Camp started to form their simple dream.
The only one that detected this transformation was Lil' Miss, but Lil' Miss felt that this kind of change was not bad. It was actually good. A battalion with a dream usually possessed astounding combat abilities because they would focus themselves and motivate themselves.
The mo were shocked that Shu Long and the others were planning on fighting back.
"You really have guts! Know who ye is? Ye is from the famous Mountain Dragon Corps! Hmph hmph, dare to resist? Ye will let you know what a massacre is … …" The leading mo smirked coldly.
Shu Long didn't even blink as his heavy armor formed on his body.
Behind him, the hardship guards manifested their heavy armor. Shu Long held his large halberd in his hand, the beak-like point was red as though it had been soaked in blood.
Shu Long was clear that his talent as a general was average and far from being comparable to Lil' Miss' talent. So no matter what tactic or battle formation that Pu Yao or Wei had trained them in, he would always methodically complete them.
To the strictest and most stringent degree!
Even while travelling normally they maintained a battle formation. Even if they were walking from their camp to the training field, they would maintain their battle formation.
On this long journey, they still maintained their battle formation.
What Pu Yao and Wei demanded of Guard Camp was that they had to be able to activate the battle formation in the span of two breaths. Shu Long felt that he lacked talent and wanted to have even more time to respond to the enemy trained until this was down to half of a breath.
This was a standard that was so high that even Pu Yao and Wei were shocked.
At this time, this high standard was displayed.
Before the other finished speaking, the Crow Fiend Mo Kill Formation had started to move. The Crow Fiend Mo Kill Formation variant that required less than one hundred hardship guards was what they trained the most in.
Threads of black mist left each hardship guard like an arrow and gathered around Shu Long at an astounding rate.
Half a breath!
Shu Long who was shrouded in the black smoke did not hesitate at all. His left foot suddenly stepped forward, as he lunged forward, and the black halberd in his hand suddenly swiped forward!
"Kill!"
The black mist covering his body flooded towards the black halberd. A black energy howled as it flew towards the enemy!
"You dare!" The mo leader was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected the other to really fight back and Shu Long's move had been so fast that they responded only after the black energy formed.
The black energy was lightning fast!
When it flew in front of this group of mo, the black energy that had been a few chi on the halberd had expanded to twenty zhang in length!
The enormous energy was like a sickle!
It cut down the chaff!
Pew pew pew!
Anyone touched by the black energy was sent flying. Blood and flesh sprayed through the air. They didn't even have the time to shout before they disappeared into the furious howl.
The howls dissipated and the black energy disappeared.
The gr
ound was filled with bloodied bodies and broken limbs. The ground that had encountered the black energy was scorched black and was left completely lifeless.
Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them.
There was an enormous section of the mo troop that had disappeared. The mo that had been standing in that space before had all disappeared. The remaining mo all had expressions of hopelessness. When the black energy had came at them, the sky in their eyes had become night!
The rising scent of blood was like terror that could not be restrained and completely filled the air. In the history of Mountain Dragon Corps, they had never faced such a fearsome opponent before.
Was this the elite of some battalion?
Even the most stupid person understood they had hit a hard nut this time. The terrible conditions of their fellows made them realize just how vicious this troop of a hundred people was!
Boom!
All the bandits reacted the same. They turned and scattered!
Shu Long who had been preparing to send a second attack stopped. The enemy's weak resolve received their disdain.
"Mountain Dragon Corps … … no wonder we never heard of them … …" someone muttered.
Guard Camp's display didn't just shock the enemy but also people on their own side. The flower yao were alright as they had seen Vermillion Bird Camp before and that was a place that was just as freakish as Guard Camp.
But Nan Yue, Cang Ze, and the other yao, as well as Ye Ling were stunned!
No inquiries, no announcements, they didn't even wait for the other to finish speaking, without any warning, as fast as lightning, and so aggressive … …
This was a vicious battle machine!
Ye Ling was a mo with knowledge and he had seen the Crow Fiend Mo Kill Formation before. However, it was the first time he had seen such a oppressive and suffocating Crow Fiend Mo Kill Formation.
As expected of his king's core troops!
He was filled with admiration, and when he thought of his own battalion, he was filled with shame. He resolved that he would definitely learn from Shu Long Daren when he returned. Such a vicious and domineering way of fighting was a great weapon! Only by becoming stronger could his minuscule strength contribute to his king's dominion!