by Fang Xiang
After some thought, Zuo Mo understood. Qing Xiao was strong, but he did not have a great understanding of nether shen power. These youths were not old, but they had a base in cultivating nether shen power. Being forced to cultivate another shen methodology greatly diminished any effect.
He clapped his hand. "Stop for a second."
Qing Xiao and the Wu Clan members stopped. Zuo Mo pointed randomly at one of the Wu Clan members. "Demonstrate what you usually cultivate for me."
When this Wu Family disciple heard this, he started to demonstrate the Wu Clan's [Wu Ge Shen Methodology]. It could be seen that this disciple worked hard on his cultivation, and he was practiced in his demonstration.
Zuo Mo watched for a while before indicating for the demonstration to stop.
Then he started to move, each action extremely slow and without shen power. However, each move and action was filled with terrifying power. The Wu Clan disciples mouths gaped and eyes wide. They hadn't thought that the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] would have such power!
As Zuo Mo demonstrated, he explained.
Every Wu Clan disciple focused with the utmost concentration in fear of missing a word. They found that the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] that Daren spoke on was not the same as what they were cultivating
Had Daren cultivated [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] in the past?
Old Man Wu was completely stunned where he stood. He had cultivated [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] the longest. The Wu Clan leader who had created this shen methodology had passed away, and Old Man Wu was the person with the greatest skill at [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] in the clan.
The explanations by Daren seemed to clear his mind. Many places he had been puzzled by were cleared up. He was overjoyed, but he did not dare to be careless. He opened his ears and listened carefully.
Zuo Mo spoke for about two hours on the entire [Wu Ge Shen Methodology]. He spoke from beginning to end and changed many places.
The new [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] was completely transformed, their cultivation efficiency and power greatly increasing. Old Man Wu had been immersed in it for many years and knew that this new [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] would be able to make it into the top class of shen methodologies in the Nether Realm!
With this completely new [Wu Ge Shen Methodology], the Wu Family would definitely prosper!
Old Man Wu's face was covered in tears. He couldn't help but cry at having his dream of many years come true.
When Zuo Mo finished his lecture, Old Man Wu prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed. He sobbed, "The Wu Family will follow Daren for your grace of recreating us!"
Zuo Mo jumped in fright and helped the other back up. "Just a minor matter, there is no need for this."
The creator of the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] had been limited by their own cultivation. The fundamentals of this shen methodology were very weak. Zuo Mo had changed many places, but the core of the shen methodology had not changed.
If even the core was changed, then this shen methodology would not be the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology]. It would then be better to give them a new methodology.
Zuo Mo had just leveled up the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] to use it to its full potential. Something like this was not a matter that Zuo Mo thought too much of.
Zuo Mo did not conceal this and honestly told all of this to Old Man Wu.
Old Man Wu shook his head and said, "The Wu Clan is not a large clan. If we have an extremely good shen methodology, it will not bring prosperity to the Wu Family but calamity. The [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] that Daren has remade is the best shen methodology for the Wu Family."
Zuo Mo had a new opinion of Old Man Wu. Old Man Wu was not strong, but his foresight was great, he was perceptive. This was a talented person. [1]
Zuo Mo always desired talent.
"It is good that you can think like this," Zuo Mo said with a smile. He then thought of another question. "Where can I buy materials like the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood?"
If he could have more of those materials, Zuo Mo's problem of repairing his body would drastically shorten in time.
Old Man Wu shook his head. "This subordinate accidentally obtained that Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood. It is hard to buy a material like that on the market. If someone has it, they would carefully keep it hidden away."
"Is there not a market for high level materials?" Zuo Mo asked.
He had a lot of things that were valuable, but these things were not valuable to repairing his body so he did not urgently need them. If he could trade them for things like the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood, it would be good for Zuo Mo.
Old Man Wu had a thoughtful expression. "This jie does not have one, but this subordinate heard that in Nether Insect Jie, there is a place called the Peerless Market which only does high level material business. Maybe Daren could go there to see."
Zuo Mo had a jie map of the Nether Realm. The Nether Insect Jie was not far from Wu Ge City. He noted it down.
Just at this time, the ground under his feet trembled minutely. Zuo Mo suddenly raised his head, a cold smirk at the corner of his mouth.
[1] Editor's note: … he just went through this with the mine. I'm not sure he is perceptive as much as he is experienced.
Translator Ramblings: Lil' Pagoda and the others are at least twenty … … but sentient objects probably don't have the same maturity rate as people.
Chapter 858: Qing Xiao
"This is Wu Ge City?" Tuoba Yu raised his head to look at the nearby city and asked expressionlessly. He carried a black broadsword on his back. The three-eyed metal spiked beast under him growled. Its three red eyes flashed with a vicious light, the armor that covered it shimmered with a metallic sheen. Its short and strong legs meant it was extremely steady even when it was sprinting.
"Yes!" The subordinate hurriedly said.
Tuoba Yu's guards were all strong and brave. They had aloof expressions as they sat on moving on the mo steeds. With a glance, it could be seen that they were battle-hardened elites.
Tuoba Yu had personally chosen these five hundred guards. His personality was fiery, bloodthirsty and battle-hungry. These five hundred guards were the same as him. They never feared battle. Whenever the offensive forces encountered a setback, it would be their turn to arrive onto the stage.
"Do not leave even one of the Wu Clan alive," Tuoba Yu said coldly.
No one spoke but the eyes of the guards immediately flashed a bloodthirsty red. Once Tuoba Daren gave the order for a massacre, it meant that they could start to kill in large numbers.
Tuoba Yu lightly urged on the three-eyed spiked beast under him. The three-eyed spiked beast suddenly bent down low and then sprinted out.
Almost at the same time, five hundred mo steeds advanced.
The three-eyed spike beast was enormous and heavy like a small mountain. The noise it made when it sprinted was astounding. The five hundred mo steeds were all Nightmare Fire Nether Horses. They had strong legs, metal hooves. Their gallop was fast, and when their hooves hit the ground, it was like the rumbling of a thunderstorm.
The earth trembled.
The booming rumble seemed to come from the ground, deep and with a heart-shaking power.
The sharp alarms of Wu Ge City tore through the sky.
The five hundred mo steeds were like an unstoppable iron flood. They were extremely fast and the packed rattle of the hooves seemed to be striking at people's hearts and minds. It was suffocating!
The battle general at the front suddenly raised the black broadsword.
Great murderousness gathered on that upraised black broadsword. A layer of grey suddenly shrouded the black broadsword. The murderousness suddenly disappeared but the strange feeling of emptiness was the calm before the storm.
The black sword swung down!
Hiss!
A grey sword energy charged in front of the city guards at a speed hard for the naked eye to catch. It reflected on the shocked expressions of the guards.
Boom!
The city gates and walls
of Wu Ge City shattered under the sword energy!
An enormous gap the width of twenty zhang suddenly appeared.
The mo steed flood charged in with an unstoppable momentum.
The mo steeds did not slow down when they entered the city. They were like a sharp sword that penetrated directly. The three-eyed spiked beast and the Nightmare Fire Nether Beasts were astoundingly powerful. The hard and regular stone brick paths shattered like a crisp biscuit under their hooves. Rubble flew everywhere.
The ground was ploughed up wherever they passed. All of Wu Ge City trembled.
The killing intent that Tuoba Yu felt reached a peak after continuously accumulating all this time. He suddenly shouted, "Kill!"
"Kill!" The five hundred guards shouted angrily. The tangible killing intent swept outwards like a storm that lost control. In front of such savage killing intent, the residents of Wu Ge City were miniscule. They were pale and trembled as their minds turned blank.
The city master's mansion entered their view.
That was their goal!
The guards' presence continued to rise. They hunched over on their mounts, their speed increasing again. They needed to use this unstoppable charge to smash this mansion into dust!
At this time, Tuoba Yu's pupils suddenly contracted.
A youth stood in front of the gates of the mansion. The youth was surrounded by empty space. He was alone.
For some reason, Tuoba Yu suddenly had a strong feeling of danger. His instincts that had formed through numerous life-and-death battle caused his to instinctively raised the black broadsword.
"Kill!"
His voice like thunder, the sword fell down!
"Kill!"
The guards shouted together, their shen power vibrating at the same time. Countless energies gathered towards Tuoba Yu's falling black broadsword at a speed impossible to catch with the naked eye!
A strange grey energy appeared on the black broadsword.
Tuoba Yu's unique [Three Nether Shen Sword]!
The grey sword energy howled as it charged towards the youth standing in front of the gates. A layer of red appeared on the outside of the grey sword-energy as though there were countless wraiths screaming and wailing inside the sword energy.
The people who were watching this battle from the distance paled. This grey sword energy seemed to have an eerie attraction. When one looked, they felt as through their mind was about to be pulled into this sword energy.
Most of them had heard of Tuoba Yu's name in the past. When they saw him today, their feeling was multiple times as strong!
The middle-aged man and the androgynous male were ashen. The two of them represented the two prominent families of Wu Ge City. They had their plans, but when they saw such an astounding sword strike, they found that their thoughts were so laughable in front of such absolute power!
The Yin Tomb Guards were too strong!
Tuoba Yu with his five hundred soldiers were enough to flatten Wu Ge City.
During their shock, a green light suddenly lit up in their view.
Qing Xiao's eyes flashed with excitement. He didn't feel any fear as he stared down the raging flood in front of him. It caused his blood to boil, and his fighting spirit to rise!
Qing Xiao had witnessed the battle between Chief Elder against Big Brother and the others.
That battle could be considered the greatest battle in ten thousand years. Its effect on Qing Xiao would last through his entire life. When he struggled alongside Zuo Mo in the endless void Qing Xiao had progressed astounding fast. Zuo Mo's unreserved teaching in addition to the harsh conditions of the endless voice made for optimal training conditions.
However, in the endless void, Qing Xiao did not have anyone else to spar with or compete with. Qing Xiao was at a spirited age. Adding on that Black Gold, the Ghost Mist Child and the others frequently regaled him of Zuo Mo and Wei Sheng's accomplishments in their younger days, Qing Xiao yearned to experience something like it.
A newborn calf did not fear the tiger. Qing Xiao was undoubtedly the newborn calf. He didn't feel any fear at all.
Old Man Wu said Tuoba Yu was a famed expert.
Qing Xiao wanted to be like Big Brother and Teacher Wei, his idols.
Qing Xiao's thought was simple and modest.
Defeat Tuoba Yu!
The Green Pulse String stretched comfortably in the air. Qing Xiao's expression was solemn and attentive. He stared closely at the mo steed flood that was racing towards him. His expression was unmoving like granite.
When Tuoba Yu swung his sword with the momentum of five hundred mo steeds, Qing Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.
His left leg moved forward, his legs moving into an arch as he sank down, his hands pushing forward slightly.
"Green green thin vine, tens of thousands of hearts united together, protect my clansmen."
In a light murmur, the song of the Greenvine Clan seemed to revive, stepping out of that ancient era.
The Green Pulse String in the sky seemed to hear a summons and flew rapidly towards Qing Xiao's hand. The hair-thin Green String Vine immediately wove into a wall of vines.
Green light flowed from Qing Xiao's hands and quickly shrouded the vine wall. The flowing green light did not stop after completely covering the wall of vines. The wall seemed to be nourished, sprouting new buds. The buds grew and spread.
In a blink, a verdant green wall of vines formed.
Inside the mansion of the city master.
Zuo Mo fell into a slight daze after hearing Qing Xiao's murmur.
He couldn't help but think of Big Brother Qing Lin. If Big Brother Qing Lin was still alive, he would be comforted if he saw Qing Xiao today.
The clan of the Greenvine would continue in Qing Xiao.
The sword energy filled with destruction smashed into the wall of vines.
The sword energy suddenly split apart.
Boom!
A burning ball of light rose and covered the wall of vines.
How could a blow that carried the power of five hundred people be stopped so easily?
The blinding light penetrated through the cracks in the wall of vines. Qing Xiao felt his hands grow heavy. The verdant green wall seemed to be in danger of collapsing.
He took a deep breath, green light growing in his eyes as the shen power in his body flooded into the wall of vines!
In the endless void, every battle was extremely difficult. With Qin Xiao's cultivation he would not have survived in the endless void, if not for Zuo Mo and Silly Bird's protection. Ten years had passed. While he was still unable to survive in the endless void alone, he could hold his own and participate in the cruel and hard battles.
All of the monsters they encountered in the endless void were stronger than he was. This meant that in every one of his battles, the enemy had the upper hand. He was not the only one that was always at a disadvantage. All of the little ones with the exception of Silly Bird occasionally were at a disadvantage. In these disadvantageous fights, he and the little ones continued to struggle to win. Fighting so hard for so long meant that his ability to resist and endure was astounding.
While he felt enormous pressure, this kind of pressure wasn't on the same level as the fights he encountered in the endless void.
The green energy lighting his eyes aglow, Qing Xiao did not reserve any of his shen power.
The sword energy that had exploded had been furiously cutting at the wall of vines. Countless branches flew around. Just as the wall of vines appeared as though it was about to be penetrated by the sword energy, countless new buds suddenly sprouted where the wall had been cut. The new buds grew furiously.
The sword energy constantly cut at these newborn leaves but the new buds grew so quickly. When the light of the sword energy had grown dim, the heavily damaged wall of vines was still growing and repairing. The marks grew fainter and fainter. The furious growth was not just to stop the sword energy. The wall of vines was spreading into the surroundings.
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p; When the sword energy dissipated, a large wall of vines about fifty zhang wide and one hundred zhang high stood in front of them.
It cast an enormous shadow over a large part of Wu Ge City, and also covered Tuoba Yu and his five hundred guards that were charging over!
Tuoba Yu only felt the light dimming of the light. The enormous shadow completely covered them.
His expression suddenly changed!
They had kicked a wall this time!
He had never encountered someone that could stop his sword strike which gathered the power of five hundred with just their own power!
He had never encountered such a terrifying wall of vines!
How could an expert of this level appear at the little Wu Ge City?
The enormous shadow covered the sun. He suddenly felt the shadow from above was like a bottomless enormous maw that was about to swallow them.
Almost instinctively, he realized the danger.
At this time, a shout came from ahead, "Go!"
That terrifyingly large and tall wall started to press on them. The shadow covered them. Suddenly, they were unable to move as though they were being restrained by countless vines. They could only watch as the wall of vines pressed closer to them.
Trap!
This definitely was a trap!
This was the only thought in Tuoba Yu's mind before he was consumed by darkness.
Translator Ramblings: I feel as though Qing Xiao was a chapter title just recently. Here he is again.
Chapter 859: Lan Bing
In these tense times, any political shifts would be quickly magnified. The secret struggle between the Yin Tomb Guards and the Northern Plains Ice Mansion seemed motionless but there were countless eyes obsterving from the shadows.
Tuoba Yu could not be considered a top expert in the Nether Realm, he might not even be called a top-tier expert. However, he was a strong fighter, and one of the best of the Yin Tomb Guards. Many people had heard of his name.
But such a famed fighter, leading five hundred riders, was defeated in one move by an unknown youth.
Qing Xiao quickly became famous.
Anyone with some knowledge understood just how powerful this youth was to have defeated Tuoba Yu and his five hundred head on!