Chapter 430: Waiting for the Blossoms on the Wall
Happy in an Embarrassing Situation!
Although both tasks—searching for the masters of the Six Great Sects and notifying them—had been completed, two new tasks arose: one was to lead the Emei Sect disciples to observe the situation, wait for an opportunity, and rescue the masters of the Six Great Sects, with the Emei disciples under Happy’s command; the other came from the Six Great Sects, demanding that Happy ensure their masters wouldn’t be moved elsewhere during this time!
The first task already made Happy feel like he was leading a bunch of burdens, while the second task completely confined him to the Wan’an County area around Wan’an Temple. For the first time, Happy began to regret taking on this task…
Although, based on the nature of tasks in his past life, this rescue mission required a long time and involved the leaders of the Six Great Sects and their sacred artifacts, making it a rare high-level series of tasks, the key issue was that he really didn’t want to waste time on it now.
Even though the ultimate reward was a peerless martial art—the Heaven-Supporting Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Blade—he still didn’t want to get involved. Conflicts between the Mu Family and the First-Class Hall could occur at any time, and the First-Class Hall might seize the opportunity to take advantage.
Deep in thought, Happy struggled with indecision. He wandered back and forth in the inn for over an hour yet still couldn’t bring himself to give up the task…
On one side was the Mu Family!
On the other were thousands of masters from the Six Great Sects, along with the pitiful Zhou Zhiruo under the stubborn rule of the ruthless Master Erxue. Happy felt reluctant to abandon them.
He sent a message to Lei Zhan via carrier pigeon, explaining the situation, and the latter also looked grave.
“Rescue the masters of the Six Great Sects…”
Lei Zhan carefully identified some key points: “The task will take a long time… But if successful, the leaders of the Six Great Sects will owe you a favor. Huh… Could it be a hidden task related to the Nine Yang Divine Art? Happy! Don’t give up yet! I remember—when the Nine Yang Art of Emei Sect, the Nine Yang Art of Shaolin Sect, and the Nine Yang Art of Wudang Sect are combined, they form the complete Nine Yang Divine Art… It’s very likely this peerless martial art. If we miss such a great opportunity, I’ll never enjoy my meals or sleep well again! If the First-Class Hall finds out they’re stopping you from obtaining the Nine Yang Divine Art, they’ll laugh their heads off!”
“The Nine Yang Divine Art…”
Happy, still confused, listened to Lei Zhan’s analysis and became inspired:
In his past life, each peerless martial art was unique, so there were no strategies to master them, and few people would reveal them to show off.
So, no one knows the exact way to obtain the Nine Yang Divine Skill!
Many martial arts are treasured by players and are never easily revealed.
If it really is the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Happy will have to reconsider carefully.
Lei Zhan is right—abandoning such a great opportunity because of Yipin Hall means he has already lost.
“Has Mo Mo and Gu Feng arrived?”
Happy changed the subject.
Lei Zhan replied quickly, though his words carried a hint of strangeness: “They’ve arrived. By the way, how did you get to know Mo Mo? Xiao Bei went adventuring in Shenlongjia full of enthusiasm yesterday. When he returned, he immediately kept his distance from Mo Mo. Only after asking him did I find out that Mo Mo’s strength seems almost incredible—seemingly on par with Meng Yun.”
Happy laughed immediately.
He naturally knew that Xiao Bei had brought back news about the Life and Death Realm zombie puppet and was currently working hard to cultivate a third one. Although he still couldn’t fight alone against aKings of the ninja world or Shi Dawang, he was not far off. Especially after giving Xiao Bei the “Right Arm of the Thousand-Year Zombie King,” his colorful ghost hands possessed extraordinary power, making everyone keep their distance—even NPCs at the Liberation Realm found them troublesome.
But unfortunately…
Mo Mo’s mobility still surpassed his. “Finger Snap Divine Skill” could precisely counter Xiao Bei, killing silently without a trace; “Wind God Art” was also a rare and extraordinary skill. Combined with his already solid cultivation, these two skills were enough to put Xiao Bei, the puppet master, at a significant disadvantage.
“Is Xiao Bei okay?”
“Hehe, just one less person in his heart.”
Lei Zhan said, “If Mo Mo could stay in our Mu Family, it would relieve us of the embarrassment of lacking top experts… Although we have me, Xiao Bei, Feng Wu Cai Yi, Yu Cha Zhe, the Thirteen Stick Monks, Yi Tong, Xiao P, Bao Long, and other experts, they are all first-rate but not among the absolute best. We lack someone who can stand alone like you… Yin Hu might have a chance to reach the ranks of top experts, but his internal energy is still lacking. He needs to master ‘Frosty Energy’ and develop ‘Red Flame Palm’ first. With Mo Mo here, things will be much easier for me.”
Lei Zhan was still very good at assessing people.
With two peerless martial arts, if Mo Mo took charge of Bao Kang and led a group of first-rate experts, unless Yipin Hall sent everyone they had, the nightmare of Cai Yi Gate could never happen again.
“…”
After pondering for a while, Happy sent a message via carrier pigeon:
“It’s not hard to keep Mo Mo. What do you think of Gu Feng?”
“The sword skills are quite good, with a slight freezing and slowing effect. It’s no problem dealing with a few top experts, but there’s still a gap compared to Mo Mo. It’s at the same level as Xiao Bei…”
“Can we keep Gu Feng?”
“No problem.”
Lei Zhan smiled:
“Gu Feng is also very interested in our Mu Family. Yesterday I had him join the gang temporarily to take a look. He’s quite interested in our large collection of third-stage, first-class legendary weapons.”
Kai Xin said without hesitation:
“Tell him that as long as he contributes enough points, he can choose from third-stage National Guardian Swords and third-stage golden components, or even fourth-stage items.”
He was well aware of the appeal of third-stage, first-class legendary weapons to today’s top experts.
Indeed.
Top experts could indeed obtain first-class legendary weapons by striving on their own to acquire valuable first-class weapons and equipment, or even higher-tier magic and divine artifacts. But…
Forging was not something they could control!
The enormous cost of materials and the terrifying failure rate in forging couldn’t be reversed by one person’s efforts. Just like Kai Xin—if he only had a first-class legendary weapon, he couldn’t exchange it for a third-stage one.
The Snowflake Divine Sword “Gu Feng” certainly had strong skills, but he was also well aware of the Mu Family’s formidable strength, especially after witnessing Kai Xin’s abilities. After Lei Zhan extended the invitation, he was already very tempted, but his friends were still hesitating.
According to Lei Zhan, Gu Feng’s friends also had excellent skills and were all well-known lone wolves. One of them, a strangely dressed Buddhist monk, was no less skilled than Gu Feng.
“The Buddhist monk?” Kai Xin was stunned, then asked in an uncertain tone, “Is he the one called ‘Waiting for the Red Apricot on the Wall’?”
“How do you know?”
“…”
Kai Xin didn’t answer but sighed thoughtfully. How could he not know? That Buddhist monk had been raped three times in a row for the sake of a friend in later generations. His strength dropped to that of an ordinary newcomer three times in a row, but he recovered his strength each time, fought again, and avenged himself. His stubborn nature once caused a sensation throughout the martial world.
“If possible, recruit them.”