The First Immortal of Destiny

Looking at Manager Kong’s affable smile, Shen Mo always inexplicably thought of Qian Xiaofeng’s father, Qian Xingji.

Perhaps because they were both merchants, their temperaments were remarkably similar!

It’s just that, decades ago, Qian Xingji, along with Jiyun Town, was swallowed by the Soaring Serpent and Bizarre Dragon, and Shen Mo’s enterprises, including the Spirit Talisman Hall and Myriad Immortal Warrior Tower, also turned to nothing, the loss was considerable.

"Manager Kong, I’ve come today intending to buy a suitable treasured sword for my Senior Sister. Additionally, I’d like to purchase detailed intelligence about the Godslayer Palace!"

Shen Mo relied on his strength, not concealing much.

The use of an alias was actually to prevent his real name from being known by the Deities, using various extraordinary means to plot against him.

"All the sword artifacts in this shop are here, every piece is top quality, the lady can choose freely. If assistance is needed, just call a shop assistant!" Manager Kong guided the two to the area where weapons and armors were displayed and cheerfully said to Chen Mengze.

Then, he took Shen Mo alone into the adjacent room, carefully closed the window before inquiring, "Mo Brothers want to inquire about which aspect of the Godslayer Palace’s intelligence? The price varies greatly depending on the details, timeliness, and reliability of the information!"

"I, Mo, want to know where to find members of the Godslayer Palace? Don’t talk about outdated, unreliable information."

"That would be ten taels of gold!"

Shen Mo took out a piece of gold and placed it on the table, Manager Kong then smiled and spoke, "Godslayer Palace has been an underground force for millions of years, due to its rebellious purpose, not even the Righteous God can tolerate them. They have always been hunted down by god disciples."

"This makes members of the Godslayer Palace never reveal their true identities when going out, their whereabouts are incredibly mysterious!"

"However, based on recent intelligence, two hundred miles away at Thorn Mountain, there seem to be signs of activity by Godslayer Palace members. It is said there are about a hundred people, residing there like a village in the mountains..."

After drinking the tea, Manager Kong finished sharing his intelligence, opened the window, and left the room with Shen Mo.

At this time, Chen Mengze had selected a three-foot treasured sword. The sword’s body glowed with cold light and had an impressive appearance. More importantly, this sword was not tainted by any Deity’s aura.

In the cultivation world, it might not even surpass a profound-level low-grade magic sword, but among mundane weapons, it certainly stands as top-grade, comparable to but not inferior to the Hundred Refined Steel sword of the scarred general!

The swordplay Shen Mo practiced also favored swords, despite the Hundred Refined Steel sword being sharp, always felt that a sword was more fitting;

Thinking over, he took off the steel sword at his waist, directly tossing it to Manager Kong: "See how much gold and silver this treasured sword is worth, I’ll choose another sword artifact, and we’ll settle the account together."

"Alright!"

In a few breaths, Shen Mo, relying on [Method Eye Candle Wisp], chose a heavy iron sword. Although it was neither sharp nor extremely heavy, the material was outstanding, far more durable than ordinary treasured swords.

Given Shen Mo’s physique, no matter how heavy or dull the sword artifact is, it is nothing. Even when a single slash could crush a mountain, his weapon would still shatter. This heavy iron sword effectively compensated for this flaw, more suitable than the Hundred Refined Steel sword!

"How much gold and silver in total?" Shen Mo picked up the heavy sword and matching scabbard, weighed them, then turned to ask.

"The Mo Brothers’ steel sword is worth seven taels of gold, the value of two sword artifacts is forty taels, you should pay thirty-three taels of gold to the shop. But you have traded excellent goods with me multiple times, I’ll give you a discount, pay only thirty taels of gold." Manager Kong quickly calculated and responded with a smile.

"Good!"

Shen Mo placed three pieces of gold on the counter.

Manager Kong was about to reach for them, when suddenly a sword light flashed, an arm flew up amid a spray of blood.

"In consideration of the few pleasant months of cooperation, I, Mo, give you a discount, only severing one arm!" Shen Mo shook the heavy iron sword, shaking off the blood before sheathing it at his waist.

After a brief dead silence, Manager Kong let out a chilling wail like a slaughtered pig.

Witnessing this.

Chen Mengze stood aside, as if having expected it, with calm and indifferent expression, showing no surprise.

Manager Kong, now missing an arm, clutched the wound tightly, his face full of pain and terror, tremblingly asking, "I have always made fair transactions, never deceived you, why harm me like this?"

"The transactions are indeed fair, but outside the dealings, Manager Kong wasn’t this honest... Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many god disciples surrounding the shop!" Shen Mo calmly stated.

Upon hearing this, Manager Kong closed his mouth instantly, only letting out painful whines while his face turned as pale as can be, uncertain whether it was from pain or fear.

It’s no exaggeration to say that in the cultivation world, almost ninety-nine percent of the Human Race would worship one or multiple Deities;

The influence of Deities has penetrated all aspects of the mortal world, whether pursuing wealth, power, authority, health, peace, harvest, offspring, etc., all have corresponding Deities, as long as one offers sacrifices of oneself, they will certainly "receive" rewards!

Logically speaking, Manager Kong as a merchant would naturally worship a Deity related to wealth, but he doesn’t have any residual aura of Deities’ power, proving he hasn’t worshiped any Deities.

Thus, Shen Mo chose him to inquire about the intelligence concerning Godslayer Palace!

The result is obvious, Manager Kong ultimately betrayed Shen Mo and Chen, using the action of opening and closing the window to transmit their information to the Outer Realm.

He might have been pressured by other god disciples, might have wanted to earn some gold and silver, or perhaps other reasons, but regardless of the motivations, making a mistake entails corresponding consequences, hence why Shen Mo severed an arm!

The god disciples around the shop, upon witnessing this, understood their cover was blown, one after another brandishing arms.

Before long, they began chanting, offering sacrifices of themselves, borrowing extraordinary power from the Deities they worship...

"Roar!"

"Die for me!"

"Kill, kill, kill..."

The Deities they worship might differ, and the myriad of mutations on them was bizarre, diverse.

Some resembled the scarred general, their bodies began to swell intensely; some had dragon scale-like thick shells covering their surfaces, shimmering with golden iron luster; some had teeth and nails growing rapidly, becoming horrifically fierce; some spewed sparks and smoke from their mouths, unleashing fierce flames...

"Die!"

Chen Mengze let out a soft shout and beheaded a scale-armored man attacking her with a single strike, while she danced lightly as a willow, diving into the crowd of god disciples.