Chapter 743: Magnificent Fiend Hall’s Sinister Plot
This situation helped to explain why Situ Lei and Liu Chen had Astral Coins. These two Clan Heads probably had dealings with Fiend cultivators.
However, Xiao Chen did not know how much a hundred thousand Astral Coins were worth.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Chen asked, How many Spirit Stones is one Astral Coin?
Ao Jiao muttered to herself doubtfully before answering, During Sang Mu’s time, millennia ago, I think one Astral Coin was worth a thousand Superior Grade Spirit Stones. However, the rates were not fixed. For example, if you made the exchange in the Fiend Domain, you would be able to get more than in the Tianwu Domain.
I don’t think it would be much different now. It should be worth between a thousand to two thousand Superior Grade Spirit Stones.
When Xiao Chen heard this, his heart could not help but palpitate in excitement. Going by this exchange rate, a hundred thousand Astral Coins were equal to a hundred million Superior Grade Spirit Stones.
How could the two clans’ savings for a hundred years be only ten million Superior Grade Spirit Stones? That was simply impossible.
Now, everything made sense. This news placed Xiao Chen in a good mood. Revealing a smile, he tossed an Astral Coin on the table and called out loudly, “Waiter! Bill, please!”
However, Ao Jiao laughed in her heart. While a hundred thousand Astral Coins might look like a lot, if one casually bought one or two high-quality Superior Grade Secret Treasures, there would be nothing left.
The expenditure of high-leveled cultivators was far from what Xiao Chen imagined.
When the shop’s waiter heard Xiao Chen calling for the bill, he quickly came over. However, when he looked around, he discovered that Xiao Chen had already disappeared.
Just as the waiter was about to burst out in expletives, he suddenly noticed the purple Astral Coin on the table. His eyes instantly lit up.
After carefully inspecting the Astral Coin in his hand, he smiled with wild joy and exclaimed, “Astral Coin, it really is an Astral Coin. I have not seen such a generous cultivator in a long time.”
As Hunluo Province neighbored the Fiend Domain, Astral Coins were not rare here. Hence, the shop’s waiter immediately recognized the Astral Coin with one glance.
Knowing the value of an Astral Coin, the shop’s waiter nearly leaped in joy.
Outside the city gates, Xiao Chen shed his black hooded cloak. Finally, he gave Azure Peak City one last glance before continuing on his way.
During the past three days, Xiao Chen had completely recovered from the fatigue of traveling in the Savage Beast Forest for more than a month. His destination remained the same. It was still the forbidden land where the Thunder Emperor had comprehended his will in the Fiend Domain.
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Currently, everyone in the Liu Clan’s residence at Azure Peak City was dispirited and downcast. After Liu Chen died, the clan no longer had a half-Sage to protect them.
It was easy to anticipate what kind of disaster the Liu Clan would encounter in Azure Peak City in the future. It would have difficulty maintaining its prestige.
If not for fear of the Liu Clan’s accumulations over its long history, the clan’s enemies would have already come killing over. However, the peace would not last for long unless the succeeding Clan Head, Liu Enze, was willing to give up most of the clan businesses.
“Young Master Liu, what are your thoughts so far? With just your word that you will leave the Eternal Heavenly Sword School, our Magnificent Fiend Hall will immediately be able to help you eliminate that brat,” a stout man in yellow robes with coarse and ferocious looks said to the uncertain Liu Enze in the Liu Clan’s brightly lit great hall.
Although Azure Peak City was a midsize city, it was ideally located close to the Savage Beast Forest—which made it highly attractive to Hunluo Province’s factions and thus hotly contested all this time.
Ostensibly, the Situ Clan and Liu Clan controlled Azure Peak City, but everyone knew who its true master was.
The Eternal Heavenly Sword School backed the two clans. They even encouraged the conflict between them, not letting either one grow too strong.
The situation was easy to understand. Given Situ Lei’s and Liu Chen’s half-Sage cultivations, without a strong backer, all it would take was one Martial Sage to subdue the place.
However, such a scenario never happened. Everyone knew that anyone who touched the two clans risked offending the Eternal Heavenly Sword School. Doing so would not end well for them.
Clearly, the yellow-robed man felt very confident. He smiled and said, “I believe that you already informed the Eternal Heavenly Sword School of this situation. However, they could not offend the Supreme Sky Sect over two small clans. Furthermore, they fear that if they kill this genius, they will suffer reprisals from the Martial God Palace.
“However, our Fiend Race’s cultivators do not have such concerns. If we kill him, that will be it. As long as we don’t violate the mutual understanding between us Fiend cultivators, it will be fine.”
Liu Enze’s expression slowly relaxed. He had indeed informed the Eternal Heavenly Sword School of everything that happened already.
The Eternal Heavenly Sword School’s reaction was exactly as the yellow-robed man had guessed. They only placated him and said that they would send experts to manage the Liu Clan temporarily.
Then, the Eternal Heavenly Sword School would accept Liu Enze as a true inheritor. After he became accomplished, he could exact revenge on his own. They never mentioned doing anything to that brat.
However, he still hesitated. After all, as a human, he found it hard to accept relying on a Fiend Race faction.
Nevertheless, when Liu Enze remembered how Xiao Chen had smashed his father, Liu Chen, into a paste, overweening hatred filled his head. He clenched his teeth and made his decision.
“Alright, I agree. As long as your Magnificent Fiend Hall can kill that brat, I will help you gain control over Azure Peak City.”
The yellow-robed man stood up and laughed loudly, “Great! In less than a month, this brat’s head will appear before you.”
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Where the Tianwu Domain bordered the Fiend Domain in Hunluo Province, humans and Fiends already trespassed into each other’s lands, resulting in general lawlessness.
Neither the Tianwu Domain’s Martial God Palace nor the Fiend Domain’s Heavenly Fiend Palace could manage this area. Eventually, they gave up on it.
This abandonment left no one in charge, which brought about further chaos.
Six major factions existed in Hunluo Province: the human race’s Eternal Heavenly Sword School, Bone Mausoleum Sect, and Blood Shadow Sect, and the Fiend Race’s Magnificent Fiend Hall, Heavenly Tiger Sect, and Soaring Serpent Mansion.
These six factions were all Rank 8 sects. They all had strong peak Martial Sages ruling them. In terms of accumulations, they were far inferior to Rank 9 sects.
However, among Rank 8 sects, any of these six major factions would rank highly in the Kunlun Realm.
In just one province, there were six peak Rank 8 sects. One could easily imagine the tumult and intensity of the fights in this place.
Furthermore, due to the absence of the Martial God Palace and the Heavenly Fiend Palace, loose cultivators of the Tianwu Domain and the Fiend Domain, who committed great evil and did not want to run to the chaotic domains far away, could come to Hunluo Province to hide, avoiding pursuit and execution.
Loose cultivators of the Tianwu Domain’s Evil Cultivator Ranking, famous bandits, and pirates, or Fiends that committed great evil in the Fiend Domain were frequent sights here.
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On a mountain peak outside Azure Peak City, strong winds continuously blew white clouds everywhere. That yellow-robed man from the Magnificent Fiend Hall stood on this mountain peak, gazing calmly into the distance.
“Sou! Sou! Sou!”
A nimble figure leaped around like a monkey, steadily ascending the mountain. With each leap, he rose five hundred meters.
This person evidently had extremely strong legs. However, when he landed, he seemed as light as a feather. The rocks of the mountain did not crack or suffer from any damage as they rolled down.
In a few breaths, this person arrived at a huge boulder at the summit of this five-kilometer-tall mountain.
This person also wore yellow robes. However, his clothes were disorderly, and he had messy hair. Clearly, he did not care about his looks at all. It was not known how long it had been since he groomed himself.
With one glance, the word sloppy would come to mind, only this person’s eyes were bright and filled with overwhelming Spiritual Energy.
This pair of eyes looked like two bright Night Pearls shining in a garbage heap. The dazzling light made everyone forget about the garbage and focus on these eyes.
As this sloppy youth squatted on the huge boulder, unmindful of his image, he stuck his finger into his ear and asked rather rudely, “First Uncle, why are you looking for me so urgently? I did not come to Hunluo Province for fun and games, you know.”
The yellow-robed stout man turned around and smiled. “Feng, I called you over this time to help my Magnificent Fiend Hall do something. As you know, Azure Peak City in the Tianwu Domain’s Hunluo Province is the nearest city to the Magnificent Fiend Hall. We have long taken an interest in this place.”
This sloppy youth with the single name “Feng” pulled his finger out of his ear and casually flicked off the wax on it. Then he asked lazily, “What does it have to do with me? Ever since you joined the Magnificent Fiend Hall, you no longer had any relation to our Giant Ape Race.”
The yellow-robed stout man felt somewhat frustrated and said, “You little brat. Now that you’ve grown up and your wings are developed, gaining fame with the nickname Little Heavenly Monkey, you forget how this old man raised you.”
Feng pouted and stood up on the boulder. He said helplessly, “Very well. Tell me, then. If it does not get in the way of my matters, I can help you with it in passing.”
The yellow-robed man smiled and said, “Help me kill someone. Of course, if everything goes well, I might not even need you to do anything.”
Feng’s bright eyes stared at the yellow-robed man, and he asked, “Kill someone? With your Inferior Grade Martial Sage cultivation, you still need me to kill someone?”
The yellow-robed man replied softly, “Sometimes, there are unspoken rules you cannot break. With my status, if I were to go and kill a young genius, the Martial God Palace will definitely seek trouble for me. The Heavenly Fiend Palace in the Fiend Domain will do the same as well.”
This matter was easy to understand. Because of the lack of resources, the various major races viewed one another with hostility. However, they still had a certain degree of tacit understanding.
If one side sent out their older-generation experts to kill the young geniuses of the other side, and the other side did the same, both could forget about developing.
They would end up exterminating each other, cutting off their line of descent.
The matters of the younger generation should be dealt with by the younger generation. No one would break this tacit understanding without any substantial benefit in doing so.
“I have already contacted one of Hunluo Province’s Ten Evils, Wu Yuankai. This loose cultivator has never feared anything. If he fails, I will need you to take action,” the yellow-robed man said indifferently.
Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, “As you please. However, I am rather curious. Who are you trying to kill? To think that you are still worried after engaging one of the Ten Evils. Could it be one of the Tianwu Domain’s seven giants?”
“Don’t worry. That person is not on that level. Just wait for my news. If I don’t look for you within ten days, this mission will have ended.”
The yellow-robed Sage leaped off the summit, disappearing from Feng’s sight in one jump.
The messy-haired and loose-robed genius cultivator of the Giant Ape Race, who boasted the nickname Little Heavenly Monkey in the Fiend Domain, smiled. “How disappointing! If it is not one of the seven giants, this mission will be boring.”
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At this moment, Xiao Chen was unaware that trouble had arisen as a result of killing Situ Lei and Liu Chen. He was currently rushing towards his next destination, the provincial capital of Hunluo Province.
After that, he intended to pay the Eternal Heavenly Sword School’s headquarters a visit in passing. He wanted to see if the Eternal Heavenly Sword School had any connection to the Thunder Emperor.
Along the way, Xiao Chen gained a better understanding of Hunluo Province. To his surprise, this Hunluo Province had six Rank 8 sects, far surpassing his expectations.