by Shian Jeen
Ch.794
“Eldest Apprentice-brother,” Huwang Xiao turned his head to look at Liu Yun, throwing the blood contract through the air over to him.
Liu Yun was jolted to his senses, clumsy as he hurried to catch the blood contract. Looking at the blood contract in his hand, Liu Yun’s hand gripped tightly over it and joy flickered in his eyes.
“Let’s leave.” Huwang Xiao then added, not bothering with the Zhu Family as he leaped into the air and sped away. Liu Yun quickly followed after Huwang Xiao.
As Huwang Xiao and Liu Yun left, no one from the Zhu Family dared to block their way. They could only watch the two figures speed away, growing smaller in the air, finally disappearing.
“Junior Apprentice-brother, thank you!” After leaving the New Stone World transmission array, all the tension left Liu Yun’s body. He looked gratefully at Huwang Xiao, thanking him.
Huwang Xiao waved his hand, smiling as he said, “It’s only a small matter, you can thank me when you and Third Apprentice-sister get married.”
Small matter?
Liu Yun smiled a bitter smile inside, probably only Huwang Xiao could claim it as a small matter. How many people in the galaxy could defeat a peak mid-First Order Highgod Realm master with just one palm strike?
Only masters whose names were on the God Ranking List could have done that. Thinking of this, Liu Yun had a strange expression on his face as he looked at Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao naturally had no idea what thoughts were running through Liu Yun’s mind. Thinking back, he felt it was odd that when he and Zhu Family Patriarch were facing each other, and even after Zhu Chu was wounded, the Zhu Family Ancestor still didn't appear.
Could it be that the Zhu Family Ancestor was absent? The Zhu Family Ancestor’s absence reduced a significant amount of trouble for Huwang Xiao. After all, the Zhu Family Ancestor was a peak late-First Order Highgod Realm master, moreover, there were rumors saying that he had broken through to Second Order Highgod Realm.
Then again, Huwang Xiao wasn’t worried that Zhu Family Ancestor would look for him later to make trouble. Even if that Zhu Family Ancestor really broke through to Second Order Highgod Realm, with his current strength, Huwang Xiao wasn’t afraid.
A few hours later, Huwang Xiao and Liu Yun arrived back in the Black Warrior Institute. He then stayed for a couple of days at Liu Yun’s place before departing for the Martial Spirit World.
While Huwang Xiao was traveling back to the Martial Spirit World, news of him defeating the Zhu Family’s Patriarch in a single strike spread over the galaxy like a hurricane. Soon, the entire Black Tortoise Galaxy knew about the incident.
Many world surfaces were left in astonishment. Prominent families, big and small sects, they were all struck speechless.
“What?! Huwang Xiao defeated the Zhu Family Patriarch with a single strike!”
“Impossible! The Zhu Family Patriarch is a peak mid-First Order Highgod Realm master, absolutely impossible!”
“Impossible? This was leaked directly from the mouths of some Zhu Family Elders and disciples!”
“That Huwang Xiao’s immense talent is heaven-defying! He merely cultivated for slightly over a hundred years ah, but I heard he’s already a perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm. Even more unfathomable is the fact that the Zhu Family Patriarch actually failed to withstand one strike from him! Doesn’t this mean that Huwang Xiao’s current strength stands equal to a Second Order Highgod Realm master’s?!”
Everywhere, similar discussions were taking place. Exclamations of disbelief, shock, apprehension, terror, lament, and even admiration sounded from all corners of the galaxy.
Within the Black Warrior Institute’s WuHuwang Peak, when Wang Na heard the news, her first reaction was to ask if it was true. The people below must have wrongly reported the content, it must be Zhu Family Patriarch Zhu Chu who defeated Huwang Xiao in one move, forcing him to retreat.
However, when she ordered her subordinates to investigate the matter, the result did not change: Huwang Xiao defeated the Zhu Family Patriarch with one palm strike!
“Ridiculous!!” Wang Na shrieked, her hand waved in anger, sending all the tables and chairs in the hall flying.
This was not a result she could readily accept.
Huwang Xiao, that stray dog, had grown to this extent!
Her current strength was neither weaker nor stronger than the Zhu Family Patriarch!
In short, she wouldn't be able to withstand one palm strike from that stray dog Huwang Xiao either?!
Alarm and fear filled her.
Based on Huwang Xiao’s current overwhelming strength, after he broke through to the Highgod Realm, wouldn't killing her be as easy as turning his palm?
“I cannot allow that stray dog to get any stronger!” Wang Na paced back and forth in the hall, repeating the same sentences to herself under her breath as if she had gone insane.
“Institute Principal, in my opinion, we should report this matter immediately to the Great Lord.” Grand Elder Zhang Yijia who had been standing at the side cautiously reminded.
“Right, right, right! We must report this matter to the Great Lord immediately!” Wang Na regained her senses, nodding her head. She quickly took out a sound transmission jade slip to report this matter to the mysterious Great Lord.
Almost instantly, the space above the hall space rippled as a shadow emerged from the void, exuding a domineering aura. A bright light enveloped the shadow, obscuring its features.
Both Wang Na and Zhang Yijia immediately knelt respectfully on the ground, “Greetings, Great Lord! Great Lord’s divine might is unparalleled!”
“I already know about the incident related to Huwang Xiao, even I did not imagine this kid’s talent to be this terrifying. In a few days, I’ll send the Mirage King over to deal with him. All you need to do now is to find his whereabouts and lend your support to the Mirage King.”
From the light sphere, a majestic voice sounded.
“Yes, Great Lord!” Wang Na and Zhang Yijia were elated, respectfully acknowledging the order given. Although they didn't know how powerful that Mirage King was, they knew there were six great kings under their Great Lord, and this Mirage King was one of them.
Each one of the Great Lord’s six kings possessed unfathomable strength.
According to Wang Na’s estimation, not even Feng Yang was a match for this Mirage King.
The bright sphere in the air gradually dimmed and disappeared. The hall was quiet once more.
About the sensation he caused over the galaxy by defeating the Zhu Chu, Huwang Xiao who was returning to the Martial Spirit World had no idea at all.
Half a day later, Huwang Xiao stepped out from the Iron Radix World’s transmission array. From there, he flew through space to get to Martial Spirit World.
‘It seems there’s a need to build a transmission array in Martial Spirit World.’ Huwang Xiao thought to himself.
Because there was no transmission array in Martial Spirit World, he could only transfer to the Iron Radix World and fly the rest of the journey, which was troublesome.
If there was a transmission array in the Martial Spirit World, transferring all the way back would definitely be much more convenient and faster.
Exiting the Iron Radix World, Huwang Xiao flew on his sword at a rapid speed, reaching Martial Spirit World in half an hour’s time, then he tore open the barrier and entered. Once inside, Huwang Xiao felt abundant spiritual energy envelop his body.
In the past ten years Huwang Xiao wasn’t here, Martial Spirit World’s spiritual energy had once again increased in quality. And, to Huwang Xiao’s surprise, Martial Spirit World’s current level of spiritual energy slightly exceeded even the Cloudsea Mainland’s.
He was ecstatic. In another hundred years or so, he believed that the Martial Spirit World would be the world surface with the richest spiritual energy in the galaxy. He could already imagine how, not too far into the future, more and more cultivators would rush to se
ttle down in Martial Spirit World to cultivate. A light flickered in his eyes.
Ten minutes later, he was back in the Huwang Clan Manor.
Many things had changed in the Huwang Clan Manor compared to ten years ago. Through multiple expansions and renovations over the decade, it literally resembled an empire’s imperial city.
With Huwang Xiao back home, cheers could be heard from top to bottom. Although noisy, the atmosphere instantly became lively.
The Huwang Family members surrounded Huwang Xiao, talking to him all at the same time, competing for attention. Huwang Xiao was dizzied by the bustle around him. Shi Xiaofei stood a few feet away. Watching Huwang Xiao, there was only bliss and happiness in her eyes.
On the very same day, the Huwang Clan Manor held a banquet to celebrate Huwang Xiao’s return and his success in inheriting Saint Mother Yao Chi’s legacy.
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The banquet lasted for a whole day.
During the banquet, Huwang Xiao briefly recounted the events on Yaochi Mountain and he asked about the Huwang Clan Manor’s situation these past years.
Everyone was excited, each trying to get a word in.
Half an hour later, Huwang Xiao had more or less understood the events that happened in Martial Spirit World while he was away.
It could be said that Martial Spirit World had been progressing well, no catastrophic events happened despite suffering several small-scale attacks over the years. But with Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and the other Highgod Realm masters around, these attackers were unable to harm the Huwang Clan Manor.
“Small-scale attacks?” Huwang Xiao turned to look at Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi.
The old dragon explained, “They were people from the Azure Dragon Institute. Other than them, there were the Vermilion Bird Institute, White Tiger Institute, as well as a few other super forces. However, those people were all small shrimps, three batches in all, there were no further attacks after I obliterated all of them.”
At the mention of the Azure Dragon Institute, a cold light glinted in Huwang Xiao’s eyes.
The Azure Dragon Institute came attacking the Huwang Clan Manor, Huwang Xiao knew what they were plotting without needing to think.
Years ago, on the Yaochi Mountain battle stage, he took out twenty thousand high divine grade spirit stones to bet with the Azure Dragon Institute Principal, this much wealth had attracted various people’s greed.
Soon, the banquet ended.
Huwang Xiao returned to his yard, but unlike usual, he didn’t plan to spend the night in cultivation. Instead, he took out the Yaochi Furnace to refine a batch of Amethyst Water Droplet Divine Pills.
Even though Saint Mother Yao Chi left some Amethyst Water Droplet Divine Pills to him before ascending to the Divine World, it wasn’t much. Moreover, Huwang Xiao didn’t have the time to refine any before this, therefore he decided to refine a big batch for his family and the others in the Huwang Clan Manor.
Moreover, he would be leaving soon to search for the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head and legs. At that time, he wouldn’t have time to refine pills.
In the blink of an eye, Huwang Xiao had been refining for two months straight.
Due to Huwang Xiao’s alchemy speed, he was able to refine two batches a day. Moreover, there was a hundred percent success rate, each and every pellet was of top grade. If other Alchemist Masters found out about this, their jaws would drop to the floor dumbstruck.
It was common knowledge that refining sacred grade divine pellets had a low success rate. Even if it was a low sacred grade divine pellet, one could hardly say for sure that there would be one success in ten attempts, what’s more a legendary sacred grade divine pellet like the Amethyst Water Droplet Divine Pill.
Not even the Ascending Moon Old Man could achieve a hundred percent success rate like Huwang Xiao. After all, he possessed neither the Black Tortoise Divine Fire nor the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.
Two months later, Huwang Xiao had his family and close confidants over, giving each of them two bottles of Amethyst Water Droplet Divine Pills.
Although two bottles for each person wasn't a lot, based on their cultivation speed it was sufficient to last them twenty to thirty years. When they finished them, he would just refine more.
While Huwang Xiao was refining batches of Amethyst Water Droplet Divine Pills for the last two months, Shi Xiaofei came to his yard every day. After she arrived, she didn't disturb Huwang Xiao, she would stand at the side, watching him.
For her, being able to stay by Huwang Xiao’s side, accompanying him, watching him, filled her with happiness.
Every time Huwang Xiao successfully refined a batch, Shi Xiaofei would bring tea and dab off the sweat on his face.
After spending two months refining the Amethyst Water Droplet Divine Pills for his family, Huwang Xiao was in no hurry to leave again and search for the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head and legs just yet, as he rarely had time to accompany his parents or Shi Xiaofei. This time around, Huwang Xiao, his family, and Shi Xiaofei traveled around Martial Spirit World. At the same time, they were inspecting Martial Spirit World’s overall situation.
Huwang Xiao also gave the Phoenix Clan Ancestor one hundred thousand high divine grade spirit stones and had him as well as the other Highgod Realm masters construct a transmission array in Martial Spirit World.
The truth is, constructing a transmission array didn't need such a large amount of high divine grade spirit stones. Generally, medium-sized transmission arrays required about a thousand high divine grade spirit stones.
One could imagine the grandeur of a transmission array constructed using one hundred thousand high divine grade spirit stones, thus, the several Highgod Realm masters shuddered hearing that.
According to their knowledge, even the Cloudsea Mainland’s grand scale transmission array construction merely cost thirty thousand high divine grade spirit stones. The Cloudsea Mainland’s transmission array was already the Black Tortoise Galaxy’s largest transmission array.
Not to mention the fact that constructing a transmission array was a laborious and complicated task. Despite having the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, the three Peng Brothers, and Nine-Tailed White Fox, it would still take more than a year’s time to complete.
Huwang Xiao didn’t mind the amount of time it would take, he wasn’t in a hurry to use the transmission array anyway.
He accompanied his family and Shi Xiaofei in touring the Martial Spirit World’s three big continents and the Bedlam Lands. By the time they finished, three months had passed.
After making a round of inspection, Huwang Xiao was inwardly satisfied with the current progress.
In the last few decades, with the various spirit pellets that Huwang Xiao rewarded them, and due to the improvement of Martial Spirit World’s spiritual energy, the number of people breaking into the Saint realm had steadily increased.
Just in the last ten years or so, the Martial Spirit World’s Saint realm experts had almost increased by tenfold!
Huwang Xiao remembered that there used to be merely two to three thousand Saint Realm experts, but now that number had surpassed twenty thousand.
On this day, Huwang Xiao summoned all the Highgod Realm masters.
“Master wants to recruit a batch of Highgod Realm masters?” Listening to Huwang Xiao’s words, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others were stunned.
They had heard about recruiting some super forces’ masters as their own family’s Guest Elders, but they had never heard of recruiting Highgod Realm masters as Guest Elders!
A Highgod Realm master stood at the pinnacle of strength in the galaxy, each one was an existence that could call the wind and summon rain. Who would be willing to be ordered by orders?
Watching the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others’ expressions, Huwang Xiao could guess what was going through their minds, saying, “Release an announcement saying that First Order Highgod Realm masters who are willing will be given one
hundred high divine grade spirit stones on an annual basis. Second Order Highgod Realm will receive two hundred high divine grade spirit stones annually, Third Order Highgod Realm masters three hundred a year, and so forth!”
The six Highgd Realm masters before Huwang Xiao were awestruck.
One year, one hundred high divine grade spirit stones!
One high divine grade spirit stone was valued at 80 million Xuanwu coins. A hundred pieces, 800 million?!
In ten years, that was 800 billion?!
800 billion!
How many years did a super force need in order to accumulate such an astronomical wealth of 800 billion? Yet, being hired by for Huwang Xiao for ten years, one could gain that much in ten years.
No Highgod Realm master could resist this temptation.
The six of them could already envision the scene of numerous Highgod Realm masters that secluded themselves inside mysterious spaces rushing into Martial Spirit World after this matter was announced.
Although Martial Spirit World currently had Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and the others watching over it, Huwang Xiao still felt that Martial Spirit World’s overall defenses were on the weaker side.
That mysterious Great Lord gave Huwang Xiao a nagging sense of unease. This was why he decided to use high divine grade spirit stones to recruit some Highgod Realm masters, to strengthen Martial Spirit World’s line of defense.
With his current strength and soul force, there was no difficulty for him to control Highgod Realm masters using a soul mark. Unfortunately, these Highgod Realm masters were scattered all over the galaxy. Moreover, there were those that secluded themselves in mysterious places. It was troublesome to go looking for them one by one.
Now, using the method of recruiting, having these Highgod Realm masters coming right to his doorstep, things would be much simpler.
“That is all, go and handle it.” Huwang Xiao spoke.
“Yes, Master!” Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others respectfully complied and retreated from the hall, instructing their subordinates to announce the matter to the outside world.