Chapter 900 - 335: Rendezvous, Broken Masks! (Three Updates)
After being sent out of the Divine Tomb, Mu Qingge opened her eyes again to find herself already outside the city of Sky City.
Sky City, seemingly floating amidst the clouds, stands upon a massive rising stone. The city appears surrounded by vast wilderness, but in reality, reaching the edge reveals a sheer cliff that would shatter anyone to pieces if fallen from.
There was no one else around her.
She stood alone on the ground, with tender grass underfoot and a gentle breeze at her fingertips. In the distance, the contours of Sky City’s walls were faintly visible without any signs of obstruction.
Mu Qingge flicked away some grass froth accidentally clinging to her robe and raised her eyes to look around.
Not a single person was in sight.
’Qingge, where are you?’ Bai Xi’s voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
Having long formed a contract between them, bearing names of master and servant, they could communicate through Spiritual Sense as long as they weren’t too far apart.
’Bai Xi!’ Mu Qingge instantly responded with a stir in her heart.
Before entering the Divine Tomb, she instructed Gu Ya to return to Luoxing City and send Bai Xi and Hou to her aid. It seemed they had arrived.
Where is she?
Mu Qingge looked around and replied in her heart, "I’ve already left the Divine Tomb, now I should be outside Sky City."
At this moment, the setting sun slowly descended, its afterglow shining on her, as if coating her with an orange-golden layer. She raised her eyes to see the sunset gradually dropping towards the horizon.
’I’m in the west.’ Mu Qingge provided an accurate location.
’Okay, wait for us, we’ll be there soon,’ Bai Xi quickly replied.
Ending the exchange, Mu Qingge stood with her hands behind her back, enjoying the rare tranquility and appreciating the beautiful sunset scenery. The trip to the Divine Tomb ended swiftly, with unforeseen occurrences throughout.
Fortunately, her goals were ultimately achieved.
But...
’Why did I not find the Mu Clan ancestor’s Divine Status in the Divine Tomb? Was it not found, or does it truly not exist?’ A trace of doubt flashed through Mu Qingge’s heart.
This doubt did not linger long before she set it aside.
She wondered whether Long Sheng would find the Seven-Colored Divine Status. Whether Huangfu Huan and his group had safely returned to the Demon Tomb and could find suitable Demon Spirits.
Separated from Ji Yaohua and others, where might they be now?
The grass under her feet reached her knees, dense and lush. With a breeze passing by, the grass bent neatly, layer upon layer, like waves on the sea, rising and falling.
The golden light of the sunset bathed everything here, coating it with a layer of gold, radiant and beautiful, a feast for the eyes.
Mu Qingge’s mood also grew increasingly tranquil with the undulations on this grassy land.
Suddenly, she seemed to enter a state of ethereal enlightenment, perceiving the direction of the wind, the patterns on the grass, the Earth’s veins, the rhythm of the sunset...
This sensation was profoundly mysterious, making her feel as if she had forgotten herself, becoming a cloud, a gust of wind, a blade of grass, or a ray of sunlight, blending into the surrounding scene.
She was immersed in this mystical state, attempting to comprehend the growth, movement, and cycles of all things.
However, suddenly, an intrusion shattered this mystical feeling.
Originally, Mu Qingge had a look of comfort and ease between her brows, with a slight smile, merging herself into it. Those forces inconsistent with this state suddenly intruded, causing her cheeks to slightly furrow, curving lips faintly to tense, and her exquisitely striking features gradually became cold and harsh.
Her clear eyes slowly retreated from the ethereal state, enveloped by a coldness.
She gently parted her red lips: "Since you’ve come, why bother being so furtive?" Her voice, like ripples in water, advanced layer by layer to reach the farthest regions.
After her words fell, figures abruptly sprang up from the grass in the distance.
They were clad in pitch black, with black cloaks draped over their shoulders, wearing half eagle-mask faces that appeared rather fierce. They tightly gripped long knives in their hands, raised to shoulder level, with the knife’s edge emitting a chilling gleam that even the sunset could not dispel.
There were three to four hundred of them, surrounded by pure golden light, astonishingly all high-ranked experts of the Golden Realm! They surrounded her from all directions, blocking off all her escape routes.
Behind the three to four hundred people stood one person from each direction. Those four remained motionless as mountains, their presence equally commanding or even more so than the hundred Golden Realm experts.
Their faces adorned with half-masks different from the previous, engraved with mysterious and exquisite patterns, appeared even more refined.
’Transcendance Tribulation Stage experts!’ Mu Qingge’s gaze sharpened as the Lotus Seal on her forehead flashed with a demonic shimmer, enhancing her enchanting allure.
Three to four hundred high-ranked Golden Realm individuals, with four Transcendance Tribulation Stage elders joining in the final pursuit.
Mu Qingge coldly chuckled in her heart, ’The Divine Hall’s persistence in pursuit this time, investing more and more heavily!’
The three to four hundred people closed in on Mu Qingge instantly, encircling her at a distance of twenty or so feet.
A dense crowd obstructed her view, but she sensed the rapid approach of those four Transcendance Tribulation Stage elders.
Four shadowy figures suddenly appeared, arranging themselves in four positions, standing within the encirclement, facing Mu Qingge directly.
"Mu Qingge, hand over the Heaven-Burning Furnace, and maybe you can still keep your life." One of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monsters spoke. He went straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth.
Mu Qingge sneered coldly, mocking, "Divine Hall, you truly are shameless to the extreme."
Originally, she planned to settle the score with the Divine Hall for their repeated attempts on her life after leaving the Divine Tomb. Now that they had come to her door, how could she continue to play along?
"Five Spirit Roots!" Suddenly, from her right side, came an exclamation.
The Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monster standing on her right noticed the Lotus Seal at Mu Qingge’s brow and his expression changed dramatically.
His inadvertent reminder made everyone notice the faint yet extraordinarily enchanting Lotus Seal at Mu Qingge’s brow.
Indeed, the perfect fusion of the five Spirit Roots on it shocked them to the core!
In this world, there actually exists a heaven-defying prodigy with five Spirit Roots, perfectly fused together?!
They found it really hard to believe!
Greed and desire began to emanate from the eyes behind many masks.
"Hahahaha—! Truly heaven helps me! On this mission, I didn’t expect an additional gain. Among these five Spirit Roots, I’m not greedy; I only want one!" The Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monster on Mu Qingge’s left spoke with a sinister laugh.
He was frank, blatantly expressing his greed.
The one behind Mu Qingge also smiled lightly and said, "In that case, I won’t be polite. I also want one of these five Spirit Roots."
"Since you both want one, how can I leave empty-handed?" The Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monster who first discovered her five Spirit Roots also grinned maliciously.
In their words, they had already casually divided up Mu Qingge’s Spirit Roots.
Mu Qingge sneered coldly in her heart, watching these people with teasing eyes as they talked on and on. In her heart, she was communicating with Bai Xi, asking where they were currently.
Upon learning that they were almost there, the corners of Mu Qingge’s mouth curled up. She said to the five people, "Shut up, all of you. I will not hand over the Heaven-Burning Furnace, and my Spirit Roots are not yours to share."
Her words instantly froze their expressions, and their laughter stopped.
Four sets of eyes looked at her with darkness.
"Hmph, what a big mouth," one of them said.
"So young and yet so arrogant. Such arrogance will only lead to self-destruction in the end," another immediately mocked.
"Ignorant fool, courting death!" One laughed coldly, mocking her.
"A mere ant, dreaming of overturning the heavens? A joke!"
The four Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monsters, as if they had agreed, took turns mocking Mu Qingge. If words could be transformed into sharp blades, they would have eagerly stabbed holes in her with these words.
Mu Qingge slightly raised her chin, maintaining a calm demeanor despite their verbal assaults.
She spoke slowly, "I used to think the Divine Hall represented the most sacred place in the Middle Ancient Realm. But I’ve come to find the Divine Hall represents the most filthy region. It breeds a bunch of greedy, selfish, vicious, dirty rats, who commit petty thefts in the shadows of sunlight. Such a Divine Hall is unworthy of respect, unworthy of reverence, unworthy of submission!"
Her resounding and powerful words articulated her defiance.
Instantly, Mu Qingge’s image grew lofty, her proud spine towering against the sky, disregarding the boundaries of the world, wishing to break through.
Amidst her aura, the three to four hundred Golden Realm practitioners felt a bit intimidated and took a step back.
Seeing this, the four Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monsters exchanged glances and simultaneously stepped forward, using their force to resist Mu Qingge’s naturally emanating aura.
Mu Qingge retracted her gaze, her clear eyes resting on them, offering a disdainful smile.
"You really won’t hand it over!" one of them said sternly.
"I won’t!" Mu Qingge refused without hesitation.
"Hmph, if that’s your choice, don’t blame us for taking action." The old monster waved his hand, seemingly about to order the Golden Realm assassins to charge.
"Wait." Mu Qingge suddenly spoke up.
The hundreds of restless individuals were halted.
One of the old monsters sneered, "What? Afraid now?"
Mu Qingge, however, smiled faintly, the curve at the corner of her mouth carrying an intermittent smile. "Since we’ve already torn off our masks, shouldn’t you at least announce your names? Or, have you muddled along in the Divine Hall without even earning a name?"
"Don’t provoke us!" one shouted sternly.
Another said, "You’re clever, but you should know the consequences of tearing off our mask. Nevertheless, it doesn’t matter. Today, you are destined to die here. There’s no need for you to know our names."
"Who dares harm her—!" Suddenly, a thunderous shout came from afar, like a clap of thunder in the sky, deafening!