Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms - Chapter 247
Chapter 247: Visiting the Moon Monastery
“You have found his background? Speak!” Huang Lingyue coldly ordered.
“Hurry up, Manager Huang. Our Huang Clan won’t let this matter slide!” Huang Hao rubbed his forehead while bellowing.
The cultivators who were planning to leave halted their footsteps. They looked at Manager Huang with curious eyes, wanting to know Fang Chen’s background too.
“…”Manager Huang revealed a bitter smile. “Patriarch, that sword cultivator is in deep trouble.”
“What are you saying?” Huang Lingyue frowned.
The crowd was baffled. Deep trouble? Is he talking about what happened here?
“I heard that he landed on the Bai Clan’s port…” Manager Huang said.
Before Manager Huang could finish his story, Huang Hao furiously interjected, “Did the Bai Clan send him here?! They must be tired of living!”
Huang Lingyue’s face further darkened. The Liu Clan’s patriarch narrowed his eyes.
That explained why the sword cultivator suddenly knocked on their doors. The Bai Clan must have told him about the Jadegreen Lotus… or was that just an excuse to humiliate their clans?
“Hmph! The Bai Clan can’t wait anymore, huh?” Huang Lingyue sneered.
Manager Huang stuttered, “N-no, it isn’t the Bai Clan. The Bai Clan has no right to order him around…”
Not the Bai Clan? Huang Lingyue spoke with a tinge of rage in his voice, “Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.”
I would have finished the story if Huang Hao hadn’t disrupted me! Manager Huang was irked, though he dared not let it show. He cleared his throat before continuing, “That sword cultivator killed the Sea Dragon Sect’s young sect master and several of their twelfth stage Ki Refinement cultivators before landing on shore.
“The Sea Dragon Sect’s Blue Mountain Island Master rushed to the Bai Clan’s port to hunt that sword cultivator down, but shortly after, the sword cultivator appeared in the Bai Clan. This hints that the sword cultivator might have killed the Blue Mountain Island Master…”
The crowd fell silent.
Huang Lingyue’s face warped in shock.
The Sea Dragon Sect’s young sect master was killed? The Blue Mountain Island Master, Xue Fenggui, was killed too?
“Heavens! That sword cultivator has the means to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator?”
“No wonder… No wonder he was so composed! He doesn’t fear the Huang Clan’s and the Liu Clan’s Foundation Establishment old ancestors at all!”
The crowd gasped.
“Is your news reliable?” Huang Lingyue asked.
“It came from the eyes we planted in the Bai Clan. It is reliable,” Manager Huang replied.
Huang Lingyue fell silent.
Huang Hao hung his head, not daring to face his father. His recklessness nearly brought a calamity upon the Huang Clan.
“A sword cultivator who doesn’t fear the Sea Dragon Sect…” The Liu Clan’s patriarch turned to Huang Lingyue. “Brother Huang, I fear that he has a strong background. We shouldn’t provoke him any further.”
Huang Lingyue nodded in agreement.
He turned to Huang Hao and said, “You’re still too young and hot-blooded. You shouldn’t go out anymore. Spend your next ten years cultivating in the clan.”
Ten years… Huang Hao’s face looked bitter. “Understood, father.”
“As for the sword cultivator…” Huang Lingyue said. “We have business ties with the Sea Dragon Sect. There’s no way to conceal this matter, so send someone to inform them.”
“Let’s go with that for now.” The Liu Clan’s patriarch nodded.
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“Infernoblaze is indeed vast. The climate here isn’t as extreme as Great Xia too; it feels like spring all year long. Liu Mu, look at their people. Their physiques are taller and bigger than our Great Xia’s civilians. They seem to be overflowing with vitality.
“That’s the difference between our Great Xia and a grade-6 state. The food they eat and the water they drink carry a tinge of spirit ki. Our Great Xia can’t match that,” Fang Chen remarked.
Great Xia was slowly becoming stronger, but it would take more than one person’s effort and a great deal of time to develop it to Infernoblaze’s level.
He had sown the seeds. Perhaps, many years from now, Great Xia might become as strong as Infernoblaze.
However, the wind was so furious that Liu Mu couldn’t even open his eyes, let alone hear any of Fang Chen’s words.
“Don’t worry, we’re reaching.” Fang Chen chuckled upon seeing his state.
Five minutes later, the two of them landed on a mountain.
Fang Chen dissipated his sword intent before looking at the plaque in front of him—Moon Monastery.
“The Qing Province Sword Sect has sent someone here!”
Ten nuns suddenly rushed out and surrounded the two of them. The leading nun assessed Fang Chen with a grim frown.
Liu Mu was taken aback. Isn’t the Moon Monastery a friend of young master Fang? Why are they treating their guests like that?
“Is this the Moon Monastery?” Fang Chen asked with a polite smile.
“Cut your act! We don’t welcome cultivators from the Qing Province Sword Sect here. Please leave right away!” the leading nun bellowed.
Her aura was around the level of a sixth stage Ki Refinement cultivator.
Someone of her strength, in a sect where the strongest cultivator was at early Foundation Establishment, should be the big senior. Beyond that would be the managers and the elders.
“We aren’t from the Qing Province Sword Sect,” Fang Chen said.
“You’re lying! I sensed your sword intent!” a little nun roared.
“Is Abbess Clearlotus or Abbess Moonchaser here? They know who I am,” Fang Chen said.
The leading nun frowned. She eyed Fang Chen in skepticism as she asked, “Are you really not from the Qing Province Sword Sect?”
“Do I look like I’m from there?” Fang Chen chuckled.
The leading nun glanced at Liu Mu and thought that the cultivators of the Qing Province Sword Sect wouldn’t have brought such a young boy with them. Thus, her complexion improved a little.
“Are you acquainted with Junior Clearlotus and our head abbess?” the leading nun asked.
Fang Chen nodded. “Please announce my arrival. Tell them an old friend from Great Xia is here.”
“Great Xia? Ah! You must be Great Xia’s young master Fang! Junior Clearlotus often mentions you.” The eyes of the leading nun lit up.
The other nuns already breathed a sigh of relief before curiously assessing Fang Chen. Knowing that Great Xia was a remote grade-9 state, they understood that Fang Chen must possess exceptional means to be able to travel all the way here.
Some time later, Abbess Clearlotus walked out. Her eyes lit up in joy when she saw Fang Chen. “Young master Fang, what brings you here?”
Now that Fang Chen’s identity had been verified, the other nuns finally put down their guard.
“I happened to be passing by the area, so I dropped by to pay a visit. I hope I am not disturbing you,” Fang Chen said.
Abbess Clearlotus quickly waved her hands. “Not at all, but…”
Hesitation flickered across her eyes. “I fear that our Moon Monastery isn’t in a good position to be receiving guests.”
“What happened? Is it related to the Qing Province Sword Sect?” Fang Chen casually asked.
“It is my fault,” Abbess Clearlotus said in self-reproach.
Before she could finish her sentence, Abbess Moonchaser suddenly arrived at the scene too. The crowd quickly bowed to her.
“Abbess Moonchaser.” Fang Chen clasped his fist.
Abbess Moonchaser looked at Fang Chen and nodded. “Young master Fang, this way please.”