Chapter 236
The scruffy Daoist’s face twitched uncontrollably.
If I had known, I would have played the pity card earlier! "Little Friend Adam, um, about that... could you perhaps go a little cheap..."
"One hundred thousand!"
"Never mind, Little Friend Adam! I’ll pay up right now!"
The scruffy Daoist hurriedly pulled out two storage bags, both brimming with spirit stones.
"Hehe, a pleasure doing business with you!" Adam accepted the storage bags, confirmed the amount was correct, and a wide smile spread across his face, he had made a massive fortune off this deal.
"Alright, goodbye! Looking forward to our next collaboration!" After speaking, Adam’s figure vanished instantly.
"No, wait a minute! At least give me my storage bags back!" The scruffy Daoist shouted into the void, but no response came.
Adam returned to the formation.
He layered a deception formation over the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map.
The tracking formation was still fully functional, but it would now continuously broadcast fake location data.
As for why he didn’t just erase it, Adam wanted to prepare a massive surprise for the Demon Race, given ample time to prepare, a formation master was practically invincible.
It all depended on whether the Demon Race would take the bait.
Adam and Cecilia quickly returned to the Silver Willow capital.
After meticulously wiping away every trace of their presence in the mansion, he had Cecilia go purchase necessary supplies while he made a trip to the Imperial Palace.
Oswin’s grip on the throne was completely secured, although the Nova Clan and Ash Clan had applied a few waves of pressure midway through, since Adam hadn’t contacted him again after helping him ascend, the two Imperial Clans couldn’t find a justifiable excuse to directly assassinate a mortal Emperor.
This was actually exactly why Adam hadn’t wanted to involve himself in the royal court’s affairs afterward.
If his ties to Silver Willow Dynasty were too deep, it would only implicate the innocent commoners.
During this visit to the palace, he only met with Oswin alone.
They located the hidden secret treasury of the previous Silver Willow royal family.
Adam took all the books stored within, as well as those Oswin had collected during this period, and packed them away, then he left the palace.
Oswin deeply wanted him to stay, but as Emperor of the Silver Willow dynasty, for the sake of his entire nation, he didn’t dare associate too closely with Adam, he could only watch as Adam departed.
Adam rendezvoused with Cecilia, who had finished purchasing supplies, and the two immediately set off toward the ocean.
...
The Coast of the East Sea.
The scruffy Daoist laid the Demon corpses out on the ground.
The area atop the tower wasn’t large enough to lay them all flat, he had to stack them on top of each other, creating a rather spectacular macabre display.
Despite the gruesome sight, he felt a deep sense of joy, although he had lost six hundred thousand spirit stones and two storage bags, this many Deity-level Demon corpses was enough to earn him a massive wave of merit points.
With this batch of merit, he was just about ready to permanently return to the Heavenly Court.
The old Daoist stretched out a withered finger and knocked twice upon the blood-red vermilion door, he then quickly knelt on the ground, his posture filled with devout reverence and profound awe.
Very quickly, a majestic voice echoed from behind the door. "Why do you knock upon the Heaven Gate?"
The scruffy Daoist’s body trembled slightly. "Reporting to the True Lord, I have obtained the corpses of numerous Demon Deities!"
"Numerous?" The person behind the door seemed momentarily surprised, and then the vermilion doors creaked open.
As always, it only opened a narrow crack.
Instantly, countless rays of auspicious, multicolored light spilled out from the gap, painting the top of the tower in an aura of divine benevolence.
But for some inexplicable reason, the scruffy Daoist felt as if he saw a sickening blood-red hue swirling within that auspicious light, he even caught the faint, coppery stench of fresh blood.
However, the scent vanished almost as quickly as it appeared, leaving him thinking his senses had played a trick on him.
"This many... excellent!" The voice behind the door sounded incredibly pleased.
The stacked corpses all simultaneously levitated into the air, flying one by one through the crack in the vermilion doors.
All twenty-something corpses eventually vanished through the doorway.
"You have done exceptionally well this time, how did you manage to obtain so many Demon corpses?" This time, the entity inside didn’t immediately leave, but instead asked a question.
"True Lord, I was just about to report this matter." The scruffy Daoist remained kneeling, not daring to rise.
"While patrolling the Mysterious Yellow Great World, I discovered an elite Demon squad, they seemed to be searching for someone..." He recounted everything truthfully and meticulously, leaving no detail out, he didn’t dare speak a single lie before this entity.
"Adam? The fellow who killed the Double-Pupil Holy Body? Interesting. Alright, you are dismissed!" The voice carried a trace of amusement.
"Um... True Lord, with the Demon Race dispatching such an elite squad to infiltrate the Eastern Region, shouldn’t we formulate a response, or perhaps warn the Demon Extermination Alliance?" Seeing the entity didn’t mention this, the scruffy Daoist couldn’t help but ask.
"There is no need!" The voice from within replied firmly.
The scruffy Daoist was taken aback, but didn’t dwell on it, perhaps the Heavenly Court already has countermeasures in place, he changed the subject.
"True Lord, my merit points should be almost full now, when can I return to the Heavenly Court?"
"Do not be anxious, you will be notified." With those final words, the crack in the vermilion doors closed shut.
"True Lord..." The scruffy Daoist abruptly raised his head, a bitter expression washing over his face.
...
The Heavenly Void Mystic Realm, the Nova Imperial Clan.
Several streaks of light, having just returned from the Heavenly Court, flew directly into the most magnificent building at the very center of the city.
"Notify all clan elders! Assemble for a meeting!" The moment the streaks of light landed, a commanding voice rang out.
"Yes, sir!" The others didn’t waste a second, rapidly dispersing to notify the clan elders.
Very quickly, all the higher-ups of the Nova Clan had gathered, sitting at the seat of honor, Damion’s face was terrifyingly gloomy.
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