Chapter 732: Who Is It?
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
A great heaven master could do whatever he wanted in Wu Wen City, while someone who could instantly kill an earth level tertiary stage cultivator was no ordinary great heaven master.
"So you wanted to capture me?" Ye Mo suddenly looked at that half step great heaven and asked.
"No, no, qianbei, it's because-" the half step great heaven shivered. He knew that one wrong word and he would be killed too.
Ye Mo's continued in his plain tone, "Because I killed someone from the Taiyi Sect? Well you see, I like killing Taiyi Sect members. So which of you are from Taiyi, tell me your names."
"No, none of us are from Taiyi, other than-" the half step great heaven said shakily.
"Then why are you still standing here, p*ss off. I need to buy something in Wu Wen City, and if I see you blind idiots again, I won't be repeating myself." Ye Mo turned and left.
Seeing Ye Mo leave, the five heaved a sigh of relief.
"City Lord…"
"Ignore him, we need to go back and report this to Taiyi immediately."
…
Ye Mo gave almost all his gold cheques to Mu Xiaoyun. Even with the loose change on him, he only had about 70k gold coins left.
But that was enough to buy a lot of things, not every herb was as expensive as blood cherries.
News of what Ye Mo did spread quickly and so everywhere he went, no one dared look at him for long. Even glances were done in secret.
When Ye Mo bought herbs at shops, the shop owners even sold it to him cheaper than the import price in fear of offending this killing god.
Ye Mo was speechless. He was only targeting the Taiyi Sect. But since they reduced the price, he wouldn't be kind enough to give them more than they asked.
Ye Mo bought a lot of things in Wu Wen City, and most of the herbs were fresh.
Half a month later, Ye Mo finally left Wu Wen City, leaving under everyone's worried eyes. Actually though, many people stood on Ye Mo's side for killing the Taiyi Sect members who were usually so oppressive.
….
Taiyi Sect members had been targeted and killed in Wu Wen City - this alerted Taiyi Sect's great heaven master, and even other sects hurried to Wu Wen City at first notice. Who could be this bold?
Not too long before, someone had dared to set up and kill Gemini Sword Sect and Forgery Hall members and now someone dared to kill Taiyi Sect members overtly in Wu Wen City - there sure were a lot of bold people nowadays.
Hearing this news, Yun Ziyi stood in front of a balcony for a long time before saying to the green-dressed girl next to her, "Xiao Ling, pack our things, I'm going to Ice Lake to see Elder Feng."
She didn't want to see Elder Feng but wanted to see that Mo Ying. She immediately thought of Mo Ying upon hearing the news of what happened in Wu Wen City, because she knew Mo Ying had been interested in Wu Wen Mountain.
A few days later, in a secret room in Ice Lake, Elder Feng who was getting older and older sat on a soft mattress. Ji Yilan, and Miao Lian were both there too.
"Mo Ying left?" Elder Feng's tone was very calm.
Ji Yilan stood up and said, "Yes grandma, I persuaded him to go. He said that he knew he would be hindering Xiaoyun by staying, so he left."
"Why do I feel like you're hiding something? Are you hiding something from me?" Grandma's tone was very calm, but there was a clear feeling of authority.
"Sorry, grandma. Euhm, that Mo Ying might be a herbal doctor." Ji Yilan was reminded that she couldn't hide anything from Grandma Feng.
"What?" Elder Feng's eyes suddenly shot out rays, and she got up, but a moment later, she sat back down with her hands still shaking.
After a long time she said, "Why didn't you tell me? Were you scared that I would coerce him?"
Ji Yilan looked down. Grandma knew her well, but she also knew grandma well. She was a very cut throat person. If she knew that Mo Ying was a herbal doctor, Mo Ying would never be able to see the living daylight again. Not only would he have to spill all his techniques, he would be made to stay at Ice Lake to make pills and medicine for the rest of his life.
Her grandma would rather imprison a herbal doctor or kill him than let him serve another sect.
Elder Feng's face was green, and her eyes were dodgy.
Ji Yilan suddenly knelt down, "Grandma, please don't do anything to Xiaoyun, she didn't know this at all. She doesn't even know her husband. She only met her husband two months ago."
"You were scared that I would trouble that Mo Ying and end up making Mu Xiaoyun want to leave, that's why you hid it from me right?" grandma had regained her composure.
"Yes, and I'm actually only guessing. That Mo Ying might not be a herbal doctor. I just heard Xiaoyun say that he likes to put herbs into food and that it had a lot of benefits when he does," Ji Yilan said carefully.
Elder Feng sighed, "Yilan, get up, you're too soft-hearted. I really don't know if it's the right decision to let you manage Ice Lake. Sigh-"
Elder Feng paused for a moment and said, "Do you know what a herbal doctor means for a sect? If that Mo Ying can mix herbs into food, he's a herbal doctor for sure, and a rather capable one at that. Yet you let him go."
"Elder, that Mo Ying is just an ordinary person-" However, Elder Feng waved her hand.
She said plainly, "Yilan, do you think a herbal doctor would be a normal person?"
She then said, "I just got news that five days ago, someone killed Taiyi Sect members in Wu Wen City, and he proclaimed that he was targeting the Taiyi Sect. He killed them for a herb called the blood cherry, and that Mo Ying is a herbal doctor, so..."
Ji Yilan said in shock, "Elder, how is that possible, Mo Ying left in the morning only five days ago. Even if he can fly, he can't have appeared in Wu Wen City five days ago and killed those people."
Hearing this, Elder Feng frowned and murmured to herself, "That is impossible indeed. Not to mention, he's at most in his twenties. No matter what, he can't have the strength to instantly kill an earth level tertiary stage cultivator. I was thinking too much."
Then Elder Feng asked, "How is Mu Xiaoyun's progress?"
Ji Yilan said happily, "She's very talented, it's only been five days and she reached level two of the Star Rain cultivation method and has reached the yellow level middle stage."
"That fast, she's a level one talent indeed!" Even Elder Feng was completely shocked.
At this moment, someone said at the door, "Grandma, Sect Leader Yilan, Magic Merchant Association's Goddess Zi Hua is here."
Elder Feng and Ji Yilan were both dazed. Why would the acting leader of such a big power come visit Ice Lake?
"Goddess Zi Hua, please come in," Elder Feng said.
Zi Hua walked in with a smile.
Ji Yilan quickly got up, "It's an honour to see Goddess Zi Hua in Ice Lake, please have a seat."
"Thank you."
Miao Lian quickly poured a cup of tea.
Ji Yilan smiled, "Sister Zihua is very busy with the merchant association, how did you find the time to come to Ice Lake?"
Zi Hua smiled, "I've met Mu Xiaoyun and her husband in Hang Shui before and I happened to be nearby, so I came to see them."
Ji Yilan didn't believe that Zi Hua came to see Mo Ying - she probably came for Mu Xiaoyun. This immediately made Ji Yilan vigilant, "Xiaoyun is working hard cultivating Ice Lake's cultivation method, and Mo Ying has left Ice Lake."
"What?" Yun Ziyi was so shook that she spilled her cup of tea. Was it really him?
Chapter 733: Wu Wen Mountain
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Although he had left Wu Wen City five days before already, Ye Mo hadn't gone into Wu Wen Mountain yet. He was searching the outskirts according to the map the woman gave him and also testing his anti-poison pills.
After the testing, Ye Mo felt they weren't bad, but the corrosive power of the poison at the entrance to the mountain was too strong, and it would only get stronger when he properly went into the mountain. So to be safe, Ye Mo used some materials to make an armour that covered him from head to toe.
This armor was just a low grade magic artefact, yet it wasted half of Ye Mo's Geng Metal Essence and some of his Five Element Rock and other ores.
On the morning of the next day, Ye Mo was standing at the entrance to Wu Wen Mountain. The mist with a putrid stench seeped out from it, and even though Ye Mo had taken an anti-poison pill, he still felt dizzy.
Ye Mo slowly walked in nonetheless. Even if the poison was fatal, he would still give it a try.
As soon as Ye Mo stepped in, the poison mist seemed to be alive as it rushed over and surrounded him.
Crack crack- There was the sound of corrosion, and Ye Mo saw the clothes outside his armor soon dissipate into nothing.
"So powerful!" Ye Mo was shook.
Since the poison in here was so strong, how could there be herbs? Ye Mo sent his spirit sense out and saw there were trees resistant to the corrosion, but there were no spirit herbs.
Ye Mo frowned. He got up on his flying sword and wanted to fly into the sky but soon, he was disappointed. There were anti-air restrictions on the mountain! Even if he somehow managed to fly, it would have to be near the ground.
This restriction signified the presence of cultivators.
Ye Mo decided to just start running, but even then he still felt a strong opposition force. An hour later, Ye Mo ran out of the poison mist and finally understood why there were herbs there.
This place was a haven of spirit chi! It was boundless, and there was no poison mist past that point. As long as you got through the poison mist layer, you could harvest herbs as you pleased.
Ye Mo noticed one more thing. The putrid kind of poison mist layer was only in the outer 10 kms. Between that and the spirit herbs was a layer of normal poison mist. There was already some vegetation in this layer and even some animals.
But Ye Mo also saw that although there were spirit herbs there, they were very young. The old ones had all been picked already. There were also ferocious beasts everywhere. Perhaps due to the spirit chi, they had gotten much stronger than the beasts outside.
As for why there was no poison mist there, Ye Mo knew that there was a huge formation in this mountain range, but he couldn't really see it.
Ye Mo knew that it would be impossible to break this formation with his current power, but he also knew that it must've been left there by someone a long time ago. He didn't need to break it.
After a while, Ye Mo still found some old spirit herbs. After all, this place was too broad. Even with the great picking every five years, it was impossible to pick everything.
Ye Mo didn't have a place to store these herbs, so he decided he would go back and start making pills as soon as he'd collected enough.
Ye Mo sunk into the endless herbs and lost track of time. He didn't know how many herbs he had collected.
"This should be enough, I should get back quickly and make some pills," Ye Mo looked at the fully stacked herbs and said to himself.
After this time, Ye Mo also knew that there was another layer of poison mist deeper into the mountain after all. After passing through that, he would probably reach the core part of Wu Wen Mountain. That was where had Yun Ziyi said the Jia Lan Flower could exist.
But after taking a look there, Ye Mo saw that this layer of poison mist was much stronger and would never weaken. No wonder no one could go in there, how could Yun Ziyi even know that there might be a Jia Lan Flower in there? Perhaps she had been lying.
Ye Mo estimated that he had been there for two or three months already, so in order for Mu Xiaoyun not to worry, he decided to only go in quickly and immediately come out.
Ye Mo dashed in as quickly as he could, but he felt a strong resistance again, this one much stronger than outside. Hence, Ye Mo was as slow as a snail.
One hour later, Ye Mo was sweating. He had been walking for an hour, but all he saw ahead of him was still that endless poison mist. What worried him the most was that his armor started to corrode.
Ye Mo had put a lot of good materials into his armor, yet the more he walked, the faster the armor was being corroded.
Should he leave? Ye Mo thought about it but immediately rejected the idea. He didn't even know if he would be able to still leave that easily, but even if he would, when would he be able to get the Jia Lan Flower if not now? If he left now, his effort to beat that last poison mist layer would have all been for nothing.
An hour later, when Ye Mo felt that his armor was about to be completely dissolved, a large patch of green appeared before his eyes.
Finally! Ye Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and his attention was immediately caught by what was in front if him. This was an ancient spirit herb garden! The herbs in there were all very old. Some had even died naturally. Perhaps the ones alive weren't even the originally planted ones.
Ye Mo noticed the spirit herbs and was completely stunned; Nine Leaf Lotus, Zhou Huan Flower, Double Leaf Luo Lan, Purple Black Blue Carrot.
Ye Mo was absolutely breathless. What was this? Although he had never seen these in real life, he had seen them in books. Ye Mo never had thought he would be able to see the real deal one day.
Ye Mo's hands were shaking. These were herbs used by high level cultivators, by old monsters at the golden core and nascent soul stage.
Ye Mo scanned the outside of the garden and finally saw some Jia Lan Flowers too. They were very precious to him, but they were just a random unimportant grass on the outskirts here. It didn't even have the right to be in the actual herb garden.
Ye Mo carefully approached the entrance of the garden and stood still for a long while. After making sure there was no problem, he bent down and picked up three Jia Lan Flowers. But as soon as he did, he felt a certain strong pressure appear. Ye Mo wanted to retreat, but that strong suction force rendered him unable to move. A black mist then encroached him, and Ye Mo immediately disappeared from the spot.
Chapter 734: Longing for Someone
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ice Lake had fallen from the special grade sect status after the last sect tournament. They had internal conflicts, which rendered them a bordering third grade sect.
But recently, it had become famous again due to the recruitment of a genius disciple, Mu Xiaoyun. The most important reason for their fame was that the responsible person for the Magical Merchant Association, Yun Ziyi, often went to Ice Lake. She had become a friend of Ji Yilan and Mu Xiaoyun.
People were envious that Ice Lake and the Magical Merchant Association were on good terms. Many important resources couldn't be bought with money.
Most people believed that the reason Yun Ziyi was getting closer to Ice Lake was due to Mu Xiaoyun. Because of Mu Xiaoyun, Ice Lake was very lucky.
Mu Xiaoyun was a level one talent and an extremely beautiful woman. As for Mo Ying, who had been with her at Hang Shui, people had long forgotten about him. How could someone like him deserve a goddess-like genius?
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The Ice Lake was the symbol of the sect. At the highest rock next to it, a blue-dressed lady stood looking out into the distance.
Husband had said he would come back and take her in at most half a year. However, he had been gone for three years already. Why was he not back yet?
Three years ago, she would go there to seek for her husband everyday, but she never found him. If it hadn't been that he had told her to wait for him at Ice Lake and not to leave, she would've left Ice Lake to find him.
"Husband, I'm already at chi gathering stage 3, why are you still not back?" Mu Xiaoyun murmured.
"Martial Sister Xiaoyun, let's go back. Ziyi Siter brought a few invitations for the hidden sects martial arts tournament. Let's go together." Ji Yilan saw Mu Xiaoyun and sighed.
She really couldn't do anything about this. She had tried persuading her many times, but she never listened to her. She would spend a large amount of time each day waiting for her husband there, regardless of the weather. There were even two footprints on the rock.
If she had used all that time to cultivate instead, she would be at earth level already. Even so, she was at black level peak now. She had reached stage 6 in Star Rain cultivation method, and even she was only at stage 5.
Mu Xiaoyun returned to her senses and looked blankly at Ji Yilan. She said slowly to Ji Yilan, "Martial Sister Yilan, I don't want to go to that tournament. You guys can go."
Then, she turned back and headed to her place. Ever since two years ago, she had gone back to the place she had lived with Ye Mo. Although Ji Yilan and Grandma were helpless, Mu Xiaoyun's talent was absolutely perfect. She barely cultivated, yet she had reached black stage peak.
Hence, they could only let her do as she wished.
Hearing this, Ji Yilan said worriedly, "Martial Sister Xiaoyun, you must go! Do you know how hard it is to get an invitation? Our sect only has one, but Sister Ziyi helped us get a few."
Hearing this, Mu Xiaoyun looked back at Ji Yilan in confusion, "Sister Yilan, Husband just told me to wait for him at Ice Lake. What if he can't find me after I leave? And I don't like that sort of events, why would I have to go?"
Ji Yilan said, "Martial Sister Xiaoyun, there's one year left until the sect-ascending Tournament from grade three to grade two. Those who participate must be under 30. You're our main power, you must go."
Mu Xiaoyun nodded, "I know, I will go to the tournament. However, I don't want to go to the hidden sects martial arts tournament. I want to wait for my husband here."
Ji Yilan could only say, "The main purpose of the hidden sects martial arts tournament is for the third grade sects to rise to second grade sect. It's for the contestants to understand each other and learn about your opponents. People also discuss their cultivation experiences there too. Sometimes, you can't just cultivate alone."
Ji Yilan paused for a moment and then said, "Of course, the most important thing is that you have to go to Chan City to sign up for next year's tournament. Even if you don't go to this tournament, you have to go to sign up personally."
"Okay then. But my husband-" Mu Xiaoyun knew she couldn't reject it.
Before she finished, Ji Yilan said, "Don't worry about your husband, I told grandma that if your husband comes back while you're not at Ice Lake, she will immediately notify you through messenger hawks. You can come back to Ice Lake at any time."
"Ih, that's not necessary. You just have to tell me husband where I am. He will come to pick me up," Mu Xiaoyun quickly said.
She was sure that her husband was caught up on something, he wouldn't forget about her.
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Chan City was the biggest city in the hidden sects. It was like the Hang Shui City of the outside. This city was in the centre of the hidden sects.
This martial arts tournament was for the younger generations, so the city had become very busy.
Unlike other cities, Chan City had more than a few great heaven masters guarding it, so no one dared to cause trouble there. No matter who you are or where you came from, Chan City was not a place for you to mess around in.
When Mu Xiaoyun and the rest arrived, it was already full.
It was impossible to find a place to stay and the prices were rather high.
However, Ice Lake disciples already had a place arranged for them. The headquarters of the Magical Merchant Association were in Chan City.
After settling down, Ji Yilan went to Mu Xiaoyun's room. She saw that Mu Xiaoyun was just contemplating and sighed, "Xiaoyun, let's go take a walk. It's better than staying at home all day."
Hearing this, Mu Xiaoyun remembered when she had been to Hang Shui City. Her husband had taken her out to fly at night and bought stuff together.
If only her husband was here, she could go out with him! However, Mu Xiaoyun had no interest in going out with Martial Sister Yilan.
"Sorry, Martial Sister Yilan, I don't want to go out. I'll stay here." Mu Xiaoyun shook her head.
In the next few days, Mu Xiaoyun didn't leave her place other than when she went to sign up.
On the third day, when the hidden sects martial arts tournament was about to start, Yun Ziyi suddenly ran to Mu Xiaoyun and said, "Martial Sister Xiaoyun, I think I saw your husband."