NOVEL NEXT Chapter 484 - 343: A man in black with a masked face?
Chapter 484: Chapter 343: A man in black with a masked face?
Qianli Yan was puzzled, with curiosity burning in both of his “beautiful big eyes.” He asked, “Celestial Master Xu, you are the founding patriarch of the Jingming Sect, a Heavenly Master personally appointed by the Heavenly Emperor, and a high-ranking official in the Heavenly Court. Could it be that this junior disciple of yours… has an even greater background than you?”
“He is…”
Celestial Master Xu was just about to explain when he saw those big eyes and immediately held his tongue, shaking his head without saying a word regardless of Qianli Yan’s questions.
Qianli Yan was infuriated, “Celestial Master Xu, you asked for my help in supervising the mortal world, and I came to help you without any hesitation… Now I’m just curious about a junior disciple of your Jingming Sect, and you won’t even tell me?”
Celestial Master Xu still shook his head, “I don’t say it for your sake.”
“Hmph!”
Qianli Yan sneered, “Then don’t say it, I don’t want to hear it either!”
He left angrily with a wave of his sleeve!
Celestial Master Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh of relief. He couldn’t help but mutter, “Luckily, I reacted quickly… Qianli Yan is well-known for being a bigmouth. If I had told him the background, it would probably spread throughout the Heavenly Court within three days…”
He looked down at the mortal world.
All he saw was a hazy view, as he didn’t have Qianli Yan’s divine power to see clearly.
Meanwhile, Qianli Yan…
Fuming, he arrived at a Celestial Palace and called out, “Shunfeng Er, Shunfeng Er…”
Shunfeng Er poked his head out of the palace and said, “Ababa, Ababa?”
Qianli Yan chuckled, “You sure talk a lot for a mute! Don’t I have to have a reason to come visit you?”
Shunfeng Er: “Ababa, Baba, Aa?”
“You’re asking where I’ve been?”
Qianli Yan continued, “I just came back from the residence of the Heavenly Master… Let me tell you, I found something strange.”
He briefly described the situation of Celestial Master Xu and whispered, “Shunfeng Er, there must be something fishy about this… Since you can listen to everything in the three realms, why don’t you listen… What is that guy’s background?”
Shunfeng Er’s ears were like those of Dumbo. He flapped his ears and listened carefully.
Suddenly, Shunfeng Er’s expression changed drastically.
He jumped up, retracted his ears, and shouted, “Ababa, Baba, Baba!!!”
“???”
Qianli Yan was speechless, “What could his background be that it would scare you like this… Don’t worry, I won’t let a second person know!”
Shunfeng Er: “Baba, Baba!”
Qianli Yan slammed his hand on the table and jumped up, cursing, “Fine, don’t tell me, but you don’t have to curse me!”
………
Xu Yang, of course, had no idea what was happening in the heavens.
Ultimately, the promotion ceremony to the rank of Heavenly Master was a success thanks to his “ingenious handling.”
People from various forces in the martial world stepped forward to offer their congratulations.
The envoys of the Ten Halls of Yama presented their gifts one by one.
Even Lord TaiBai brought a gift – a jade talisman. He said, “Celestial Master Xu, within this jade talisman, there are three types of hammer techniques. His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor knew that you are fond of using a hammer, so he specifically sought the Great Emperor of the Celestial Purple Pole and the Northern Dipper to help create this Immortality Skill!”
Lord Cui was astonished, “It’s a peerless technique created by the Great Purple Emperor… The value of these three hammer techniques is probably comparable to that of the highest grade immortal artifacts.”
Xu Yang: “…”
His heart was cursing!
Hammer techniques?
How great it would be if it were three sword techniques?
There should be no shortage of Sword Immortals in the heavens. Finding three sword techniques should be much simpler. Why all the trouble?
Loving hammer techniques…
I use a hammer to scare off ghosts, not because I love hammer techniques, you bastards!
Despite his inner complaints, Xu Yang showed a grateful expression on his face, “Thank you, Star Lord, and thank you, Heavenly Emperor.”
It was an Immortality Skill, after all!
If he could master it, it would definitely be a tremendous boost to his combat power!
No matter if it was hammer or sword techniques, anything that could kill people was a good thing.
People from all walks of the martial world soon left.
The ordinary people who had come to witness the ceremony at Wanshou Palace also followed suit and left.
Even Wang Hou came over, saluting the “great abilities” like Lord TaiBai and Lord Cui, and said, “Xu Yang, I have other things to attend to, so I’ll leave first. I’ll come to Wu City to have a drink with you later.”
He hurriedly rose into the sky and disappeared into the distance.
Lord TaiBai looked at the direction Wang Hou disappeared in and marveled, “Indeed, chaotic times produce heroes. I didn’t expect there to be someone in the mortal world with such a profound destiny…”
Once Wang Hou left, Grandmaster Chengming couldn’t sit still either.
He got up to excuse himself but was stopped by Lord TaiBai.
Grandmaster Chengming was neither humble nor arrogant, asking, “What are your orders, Star Lord?”
Lord TaiBai smiled, “Now that the heavenly path is about to be reconnected, when do you plan to ascend?”
Grandmaster Chengming shook his head, “I have no interest in the heavens, and I don’t plan to ascend.”
Lord TaiBai sighed, “With your abilities, you would surely achieve great things if you ascended…”
After a moment of silence, Grandmaster Chengming said, “Everyone has their own ambitions” and left Wanshou Palace.
Xu Yang couldn’t help but be surprised when he heard this conversation!
This old Daoist…
Has his cultivation reached such a level?
Whether or not to ascend seems to be just a passing thought for him?
But when he thought about it carefully, it seemed normal!
Without having the cultivation to reach the heavens, how could he hop around the mortal world while others were living in self-contained worlds?
After Grandmaster Chengming left, Venus Taibai smiled and said, “Lord Cui, Celestial Master Xu… I’m busy with official duties in heaven, so I won’t stay in the mortal world any longer.”
Before he left, he said something inexplicable to Xu Yang:
“Celestial Master Xu…”
“I hope you can return to your position soon!”
This sentence left Xu Yang baffled like a confused monk. He watched Venus Taibai ride away on a crane and disappear into the sky, then he came to his senses and whispered, “Brother Cui, it seems that Venus Taibai had a hidden meaning in his words… Could I have another identity?”
“Impossible!”
Lord Cui naturally understood Xu Yang’s meaning and shook his head: “You are the son of the Emperor, and this is acknowledged by the Emperor himself… How could the Emperor allow someone from the Heavenly Court to be reborn as his own son?”
Xu Yang: “…”
That seemed to be the logic.
So what was the meaning of Venus Taibai’s “return to your position”?
“By the way!”
Xu Yang asked again, “Brother Cui, do you know who my biological mother is?”
“Ah?”
With his mouth wide open, Lord Cui muttered, “The Emperor never mentioned this… But with the Emperor’s abilities, I guess he doesn’t need a woman to have a son, right?”
Xu Yang: “???”
The envoys of the Ten Halls of Yama in the Netherworld did not leave.
Xu Yang asked the kitchen to make a few more tables of dishes, and accompanied the old men to eat and drink together.
Among the envoys sent by King Biancheng, Xu Yang and his father knew Wang Defa, who had just been promoted to the “Judge” position in the Netherworld.
At the banquet, Wang Defa came to Xu Yang’s side and whispered, “Celestial Master Xu, where is the thing you promised me?”
Xu Yang was slightly embarrassed and said, “I’m sorry, Elder Wang… I’ve been busy with my cultivation since I came back from Fengdu City, so I forgot… But don’t worry, I’ll burn it down for you within three days!”
Elder Wang was overjoyed and added, “By the way… The envoys from the other halls might ask you the same question later, remember… Don’t rush to promise, take your time!”
Then Wang Defa pulled the old man aside and discussed the “recruitment” of the many ghosts in the “Black Forest.”
As he said, the envoys from the other halls came forward one after another under the guise of toasting, asking about the “weapon” situation. Lord Cui was alarmed and immediately said, “Today is Xu Yang’s promotion ceremony to the rank of Heavenly Master, we will not talk business.”
He also secretly communicated with Xu Yang, saying something similar to what Elder Wang had said.
Xu Yang roughly understood the meaning, the so-called rare goods can be occupied…
Since only he could do this, what he wanted was naturally up to him to decide.
After two more hours of drinking, Lord Cui and Wang Defa finally left. Before leaving, Wang Defa inquired about Ma Long’s situation and asked, “Why didn’t Ma Long come to Wanshou Palace today?”
Xu Yang then remembered and said, “I’ve been too busy lately and forgot to notify him…”
Wang Defa: “…”
Alright!
He said, “This kid is an Extremely Yin Body, and it’s easy to encounter malevolent beings when he is cultivating in the mortal world. I hope Celestial Master Xu can take good care of him.”
The envoys from the other halls, like Lord Cui, left Xu Yang a decree before leaving.
After sending off all the guests, Xu Yang finally sighed and called Li Yuanchang over, saying, “Ask the kitchen to prepare a few more tables of food, let the disciples eat first, and then clean up the Dao Palace later.”
The promotion ceremony to the rank of Heavenly Master was successfully concluded.
However, the inside of Wanshou Palace was a mess, with garbage on the ground, and even a lot of melon and seeds… which made Xu Yang curse…
Did these melon-eating spectators really bring melons?
He stayed at Wanshou Palace for one more day.
Xu Yang planned to return to Wu City on the ninth day of the eighth month.
However, early the next morning, Li Yuanchang rushed over in a hurry.
“Li Yuanchang, you are my Wanshou Palace’s eldest disciple, the role model for all disciples. You need to be calm when you do things… acting frantic doesn’t suit your status.”
Glancing lightly at Li Yuanchang, Xu Yang ate his breakfast, took a sip of soy milk, and asked, “What happened?”
Li Yuanchang took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and said with great effort, “Sect Leader, just now, Baixiao Sheng’s successor Fang Wei posted a message on the martial world forum…”
“The post revealed that… yesterday, on their way back from our Wanshou Palace to the Lu Clan, the ancestral leader of the Fan Yang Lu Clan was attacked by a masked man in black, and the head of the Lu Clan was killed on the spot. The Lu Clan’s ancestral leader had his arm chopped off, suffered severe injuries, fled the scene, was pursued for three hundred miles, and was eventually killed outside the Lu Clan’s ancestral home.”
Xu Yang’s soy milk spurted out of his mouth.
And Li Yuanchang continued, “The post also revealed that… Last night at 11:28 PM, the masked man in black broke into the ancestral home of the Longxi Li Clan and severely injured the Li Clan’s ancestral leader.”
“Didn’t the Li Clan’s ancestor die already?” Xu Yang asked in surprise.
Li Yuanchang said, “According to the post, the Li Clan has another ancestor named Li Tang…”
Xu Yang asked, “Is he dead?”
Li Yuanchang shook his head and said, “According to Fang Wei’s revelation, that Li Clan ancestor is good at escape techniques, and the masked man in black failed to catch up.”
Damn the masked man in black!
Xu Yang cursed in his heart…
If this masked man in black wasn’t Wang Hou himself, he’d twist his own head off and give it to Wang Hou to play with as a urinal!
However, this guy was interesting.
A respected land immortal, the top expert in Da Xia…
He was so idle that he had nothing better to do than to kill people and still open a small account to expose them?
………
PS: Today is our Hui ethnic group’s Eid al-Fitr, I wonder if any bigwigs reading my book are from the Hui ethnic group 0.0.