Chapter 916: Night Attacks (2)
As the people from the Pill Tower were all worrying about how to survive in a collective attack which was led by people who wanted to take over the legacy of the tower, those who were in the darkness were waiting for their prey to arrive. Finally, the first group to arrive is someone from Zan Clan. The Zan Clan is one of the merchant families in the Inner Haven. But compared to the Si Clan, they cannot be compared at all. The Si Clan is much wealthier with better connections on the other hand, the Zan Clan handles reselling immortal herbs all over the Immortal World. Moreover, their best supplier was actually the Hanging Herb Garden, Evergreen. The problem is the Evergreen Garden is not an ordinary place that supplies herbs, the herbs sold in this place are based on the willingness of the garden’s lord, Shi Chuan.
If Lord Shi Chuan is happy with you, you will be able to receive more resources of herbs for each transaction. The Zan Clan’s relationship with Lord Shi Chuan is simply ordinary thus the herbs the Zan Clan can buy was limited compared to the other clients of the Evergreen Garden. Moreover, compared to what the Pill Tower is receiving, the Zan Clan’s part simply cannot be compared at all. Due to this jealousy, the Zan Clan agreed with the plan of the Yun Clan who had approached them for one single plan which is the extermination of the Pill Tower.
The Zan Clan had brought five members. Though compared to the other group, this team is only made up of God King cultivators. Now these five God King Cultivators hover above the Pill Tower. Meeting the gaze of the Pill Tower Master, Han Siyu, and the Grand Elder, Li Houye while in mid air. This group of five God Kings were now smirking at the people from the Pill Tower looking down on them from the sky above.
"What is this Pill Tower Master Han? Did your tower lose too many people when they’ve started purging people?"
"It seems there are more or less a dozen people in your tower. Did you truly kill all of the spies?"
"That’s quite... A choice. You have just uprooted the population of your Pill Tower."
"How foolish~"
"You are simply not thinking things properly."
The Grand Elder Su Kan who had just returned to the Han Siyu’s office happened to hear these words as soon as he returned, his hot tempered nature made him retorted towards these five men who were gloating at their Pill Tower.
"Is it wrong to purge the spies you bastards had placed in our tower? Making up the number of the people in the tower by more than just a half, is this Pill Tower still ours if we let your damn spies continue to exist? Oh~ by the way, all of them were killed on the same day, why else would you come over here being sarcastic about something that is not even yours." Grand Elder Su Kan said. "Are you still angry that the resources you can buy from the Evergreen Garden never surpass what we can receive?"
The five Godking cultivators from the Zan Clan were all offended by the poisoned tongue of Grand Elder Su Kan. They were now all glaring at him after what was said just now. They especially hated mentioning that they were only second to the Pill Tower when it comes from the resources from the Evergreen Garden. After all, this is what gave them the reason to help the Yun Clan loot the Pill Tower. If they wanted to soar they needed to drag one to replace them.
"You truly have such a mean mouth."
"You keep talking fearlessly! Once we are done with you, maybe the Evergreen Green will be the next one to fall!"
"They’ve dared to look down on us. Just because he possessed the bloodline of an Elf."
"That Hanging Herb Garden will be ours sooner or later!"
"Stop wasting time! Attack them!"
The moment the Zan Clan ordered the attack, the people from the Pill Tower started defending their territory. The people from the Evernight Manor didn’t make a move right away. After all, five Godking cultivators are still nothing to the remaining people in the Pill Tower. Under the leadership of Grand Elder Su Kan, the remaining elders had come out of the tower with him and fought against these five God King realm cultivators. Even though Grand Elder Su Kan’s realm isn’t at Peak God King realm like the Pill Tower Master, fighting against other God Kings of the same realm is not hard for him. He is the kind of alchemist who can fight truly well. Moreover, most of the pills he makes were made for offense. Like an Explosive Pill, a Poison Mist Pill and all kinds of pills that can kill people.
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu and Grand Elder Li Houye didn’t join the battle lead by Grand Elder Su Kan. Maybe because of what happened in the tower this morning, the mind of Grand Elder Su Kan is especially merciless towards these intruders. If not for that purging, he would have never expected that more than half of the people in the tower were all spies. He was devastated learning about the truth that the people who smiled at him greeting him every morning had hidden malice in their hearts. It is completely contrast to what he had been believing all these years.
The truth hurts more now that even one of their sworn brothers was also a traitor that wanted to take over the Pill Tower from the inside. This brother had died even before he could make a move. He didn’t even have a time or chance to question him as he was killed during the purge without hesitation. The battle lead by Grand Elder Su Kan was able to overwhelm these groups of five godking cultivators making them nervous as the battle prolonged. Three from the Zan Clan were already killed and two were wounded. They actually never expected for Grand Elder Su Kan to be this ruthless against them.
"Dammit! How can they be this powerful!?"
"Retreat! We should have waited for others before coming here!"
"Su Kan has gone insane!"
"I heard it’s because they found out Lin Ze had betrayed them!"
"Stop talking! Use the flare! There are only two of us left!"
Upon hearing the conversation between the two survivors from the Zan Clan, Grand Elder Su Kan knows what they are planning to do and that is to call in reinforcements which is something he will not allow.
Grand Elder Su Kan commanded, "Kill them without mercy!"
The mentioned flare had not been used and the five Godking Cultivators from the Zan Clan were all killed by Grand Elder Su Kan and the group of elders from the tower. After taking the storage rings of these men, the elders had used a concoction to melt their corpses into a puddle of dirty water and returned to the tower to rest. The elders had suffered a few wounds as well and Grand Elder Li Houye provided them with healing pills that instantly healed their wounds as they meditated.
The first round of attacks ended in the victory of the Pill Tower. However, before they could have a proper rest, the beast race had arrived. Both those from the Tiger and Black Crow Tribe had arrived at the area. At first, no one from the tower had noticed it until a huge black crow was resting on the veranda staring at them with its black eyes. What made it worse is that it can even speak human.
"Are these the targets? No one seems powerful enough to play with?" The black crow had spoken.
When the voice was heard everyone in the tower had turned vigilant. After all, no ordinary animal can speak clearly and straight like what this crow had just done. Moreover, that human-like reaction made it look like a monster instead of just being a bird. This is clearly someone from the beastmen race, the kind that can transform into had come to them. Moreover this kind of beast was a part of the Divine Beast Race Tribe and they were also under their protection as well.
Grand Elder Li Houye narrowed his eyes dangerously and didn’t expect that even the Divine Beast Race would get involved with their Pill Tower. It seems that there is something about the power that has attracted them to attack their Pill Tower. Moreover, the presence he is feeling is not just one person. There are at least two more nearby and two more coming over.
"Why is the Divine Beast Race attacking our Pill Tower? There shouldn’t be anything we own that attracts the people from the Divine Beast Land!" Li Houye said.
The crow had transformed in his human form. Even after turning into their human forms, the Black Crow Tribe’s black wings and beak remains. Another two from the same tribe had transformed and landed on the veranda. Now three people from the Black Crow Tribe had arrived.
"No~, the legacy of the last Divine Doctor is extremely important even for beast tribe like us?" Someone from the Black Crow Tribe had responded to Grand Elder Li Houye’s question.