Chapter 633 - 580: Rakshasa Order
Green Ripples Dock Market is located at the intersection of the Seven Stars River and Eight Immortals River. Further upstream, the Seven Stars River is rapid, winding, and has a significantly high drop.
This region originally had five major sects side by side, but now only the Heavenly Star Sect remains dominant, occupying the entire western shore of the Seven Stars River basin and all its resources.
Of the remaining four sects, two were destroyed, one merged with the Heavenly Star Sect, and there’s the Yuquan Sect, barely able to contend with the Heavenly Star Sect.
The main reason is that the Yuquan Sect has united over half of the small sects and forces in the Seven Stars River basin, supporting each other from within the Yunping Mountain Range on the east shore of the Seven Stars River, thus preventing the Heavenly Star Sect from gradually consuming them.
The Qianji Tower, supported by the Zhuge Family, is among them. Jiang Yuebai suspects that Yuquan Sect’s ability to persist until now is likely due to assistance from the Zhuge Family.
While Jiang Yuebai was searching for a place to stay with Bai Jiuyou, he heard many things about the Heavenly Star Sect and the Chenzhou Wanderer from the passersby.
Recently, in the past six months, 90% of those annihilated by the Fake Chenzhou were small sects and families under the Yuquan Sect.
This has led to widespread panic, and some small sects have begun to leave Yuquan Sect to defect to the Heavenly Star Sect, whose territory on the east shore is expanding larger, approaching Yunping Mountain nearby.
Half a month ago, the Fake Chenzhou led a group to annihilate a small family that had defected to the Heavenly Star Sect and stole that family’s treasure. Many from the Heavenly Star Sect were also killed or injured in that battle.
Because of this incident, people’s suspicion toward the Heavenly Star Sect diminished somewhat.
While searching around the market, Jiang Yuebai surprisingly couldn’t find any vacant guest rooms to stay, as the shopkeeper explained that many loose cultivators have recently arrived in the Seven Stars River basin, all attracted by the bounty on the Chenzhou Wanderer, so the market is fully occupied, and other places are the same.
Jiang Yuebai and Bai Jiuyou stared at each other, and in the end, they could only sit temporarily in a teahouse, waiting for Yann Hongyu to finish gathering information before deciding where to go next.
With nothing else to do while waiting, Jiang Yuebai shared the experience of locating the Nine Netherworld Gate over the past six months with Bai Jiuyou, allowing her to first comprehend it. Who knows, she might find the Nine Netherworld Gate without any auxiliary help!
After all, Bai Jiuyou has always learned faster than Jiang Yuebai.
Jiang Yuebai closed her eyes to rest, once again reviewing the cultivation method of the Fourth Layer of "Dragon God Transformation," preparing to absorb the Candle Dragon Essence Blood.
If successful, her existing Winged Dragon Power would be upgraded to Candle Dragon Power, leading undoubtedly to a substantial enhancement in various aspects.
The next time she meets Ao Juan, it would have to call her boss, instead of treating her as its nurtured Little Immortal Ganoderma.
Yann Hongyu returned quickly with information, taking only half a day. As soon as she came back, she stood before Jiang Yuebai, holding her hands and waiting for Jiang Yuebai to set up a Sound Insulation Barrier before reporting the information she gathered.
"You say the Fake Chenzhou’s next target is Qianji Tower for annihilation?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Yann Hongyu nodded eagerly, "That’s correct. That damn impostor, daring to impersonate the master, is utterly arrogant. Just a few days ago, they nailed a ’Rakshasa Order’ to the plaque of the Qianji Tower’s main building at Guan Nanbao. It’s widely rumored that when the Rakshasa Order appears, the whole clan will be slaughtered, without error."
"Did they say when?"
Yann Hongyu pondered, "I’ve calculated the forces annihilated before. From receiving the Rakshasa Order to being annihilated, it’s basically around seven days. It’s already been five days now, even if we set off immediately, we can’t reach Guan Nanbao in time."
Jiang Yuebai tapped her fingers on the table, their mission this time was to capture the Fake Chenzhou, protecting Qianji Tower being more important than the former. In a time crunch, what should they do?
"How many people are under the Fake Chenzhou’s command?" Jiang Yuebai asked again.
"Two to three hundred people. Frankly speaking, in terms of strength, that damn Fake Chenzhou is no match for Qianji Tower. I feel there’s a trick here, the Fake Chenzhou must have ties with the Heavenly Star Sect."
"This is now forcing Qianji Tower to either choose a side or step back. If the Yuquan Sect loses Qianji Tower’s weapon supply, their strength will undoubtedly be greatly diminished."
Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow, looking at Yann Hongyu, "You figured this out?"
Yann Hongyu shyly lowered her head, "Isn’t this obvious? Except for the Chen Family who were annihilated before, all the others annihilated are at odds with the Heavenly Star Sect. The Chen Family must have been annihilated because they couldn’t agree on a price with the Heavenly Star Sect. The Heavenly Star Sect is playing people for fools."
"What’s the Rakshasa Order like?"
"Here, I’ve drawn it. Master, look."
"Don’t call me master; call me True Monarch."
"Alright, alright."
Jiang Yuebai received the Yellow Paper from Yann Hongyu, on which was vividly drawn a Black Armor Bee with a bloody skull pattern on its wings.
This implies the Fake Chenzhou has seen the real Chenzhou act, possibly one of the spectators when she killed Dongyue last time.
However, there were too many people, making screening impossible.
Yann Hongyu continued, "I also found out that the damn Fake Chenzhou has four Golden Cores under his command, two Evil Cultivators controlling Evil Ghosts, one controlling insects, and one Demon Cultivator swordsman. That swordsman is second on the bounty list."
"That damn Fake Chenzhou’s techniques are nothing like the master’s... True Monarch’s. I don’t know if those people are blind, failing to recognize that impostor, tarnishing our True Monarch’s reputation, tch!"
Yann Hongyu stood with hands on her hips, looking indignant. Jiang Yuebai glanced at her, prompting her to quickly clasp her hands and adopt a cautious demeanor.
"The intelligence is well sought. Go and help me with one more task, complete it, and I can let you follow me in the future, handling miscellaneous tasks."
Upon hearing this, Yann Hongyu rejoiced, "True Monarch, feel free to command, Hongyu will do without hesitation."
"You’re already dead."
Yann Hongyu: ......
Jiang Yuebai took out paper and pen and drew a token resembling the Taiyin Fan, inscribing a Demon Text character ’Zhou.’
"Follow this to create a few tokens and distribute one to each shop and force under the Heavenly Star Sect, then spread some words outside, saying they’re impersonating the Chenzhou Wanderer, and the real Chenzhou Wanderer will massacre them within three days. Anyway, transmit it as you see fit, make it ruthless."
Yann Hongyu’s eyes lit up, "True Monarch, this move is brilliant! Also, this token design is high-end and classy, much better than that broken Rakshasa Order."
"I leave Lieque with you. Finish the task and find me at Qianji Tower in Guan Nanbao."
Jiang Yuebai handed the Thunder Beast Lieque inside the Spiritual Beast Bag to Yann Hongyu, called Bai Jiuyou, left a Spirit Stone for the tea money, and left first.
Yann Hongyu held the Spiritual Beast Bag and drawings, feeling she forgot something.
It wasn’t until she reached the shop for custom tokens that she realized True Monarch hadn’t given her money!
Yann Hongyu fretted and paced on the spot, but couldn’t find Jiang Yuebai’s trace anymore. Helpless, she could only tearfully use her private money.
Next time, she must ask True Monarch for reimbursement, otherwise, she’ll cry by True Monarch’s feet, refusing to get up, hmph!
Leaving the market, Jiang Yuebai retrieved the Cloud-Breaking Charge, leaving a clone to operate it, quickly heading to the central Guan Nanbao of Yunping Mountain.
With non-stop effort and disregard for consumption, she could reach there in two days.
Hopefully, everything will come in time; otherwise, if she arrives and the mission target is gone, she’ll be furious!