Chapter 498 - 252: Buried History, Star-Picking Tower (2)

It’s unclear how much time has passed.

Buzz~ The void behind Wang Zhuoqun rippled slightly.

From the void emerged Xuanyi, dressed in a green Daoist robe.

Wang Zhuoqun sensed something, turned lightly, and bowed to Xuanyi: "Thank you, Master!"

"Thank me for what?" Xuanyi was indifferent, not giving Wang Zhuoqun a pleasant face in response to his gratitude but rather sneering.

"With the Thousand Mechanism Sword, yet you’ve been imprisoned for over twenty years, this is all the promise you have."

Wang Zhuoqun remained unaffected, a smile still gracing his face, seeming accustomed to Xuanyi’s tone.

After another bow, Wang Zhuoqun raised his bright and shining eyes, looking straight at Xuanyi and asked: "Master, may your disciple go out?"

"I have never bound you; staying or leaving is your choice alone." Xuanyi lifted his eyelids, showing no emotion on the surface.

This was the line Wang Zhuoqun needed to hear, he stood up abruptly and said loudly: "Disciple understands."

"Just as well." Xuanyi’s voice paused, like an old fox with a calculated plan, gently guiding his inner disciple.

"You’ve rested long enough. It’s time to stretch your muscles."

"This time, leaving the mountain, there’s a mission for you, and I want to see if the Thousand Mechanism Sword in your hand is still sharp."

"Disciple accepts!" Wang Zhuoqun agreed without even asking what the mission was from Xuanyi.

This made Xuanyi’s smile even more profound.

However, the next words made Xuanyi’s expression turn icy cold.

"Liou Hexuan has fled to Moon Burial Valley; this you should know."

"This time, head to Linlang Domain and bring Liou Hexuan’s head back to me."

Wang Zhuoqun and Liou Hexuan, were two most favored by the three Supreme Elders of Five Extremes Mountain including Sect Leader Xuanyi, seen as likely to achieve the position of Golden Core True Master.

Now Xuanyi is actually letting Wang Zhuoqun go after the renowned prodigy on par with him.

Yet Wang Zhuoqun felt no fear, instead he stood upright, a smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "As you command."

As he spoke, Wang Zhuoqun thought of something and tentatively asked Xuanyi: "Master, she has also been sent to Linlang Domain, may your disciple protect her on the way?"

"I only want Liou Hexuan’s head; you can do anything during the process as long as you don’t delay the main task."

Xuanyi seemed to know Wang Zhuoqun would ask this, and casually said: "If you can’t kill Liou Hexuan, don’t come back."

Having said that, Xuanyi whipped his sleeves and vanished from Wenda Tower.

Leaving Wang Zhuoqun, whose aura was growing sharper, he slowly stood up, gazing toward Linlang Domain, and softly murmured Liou Hexuan’s name: "We will eventually settle who is superior."

Inside Wenda Tower.

Xuanyi’s figure had just settled, and Heling strode elegantly out from beneath the painting in the study hall.

With crimson eyes looking at Xuanyi, the depths of its rebellious and unruly pupils showed undisguised disdain.

It was apparent that it knew the dialogue between Xuanyi and Wang Zhuoqun, and also knew what Xuanyi was plotting.

"You ruined Wang Zhuoqun yourself back then, now you bring him up again, being both the good and bad guy; being your disciple is truly a misfortune."

"Achieving Golden Core isn’t that easy; to be reborn from desperate situations, how else can one realize the Golden Core Dao." Xuanyi seemed indifferent, even very satisfied with his methods.

"These over twenty years were a grinding of his will, a tempering of the Thousand Mechanism Sword."

"Whether he can climb the Golden Core Dao, it all depends on these twenty years. Am I not qualified to be his master?"

Xuanyi’s rhetorical question left Heling speechless, pursing its lips, and it looked again at the Dark Prison Seal hidden within Xuanyi’s sleeve.

"Have you gone mad? That thing isn’t easy to deal with, don’t drag me into it."

Heling was speaking of the Dark Prison Ship; of course, Xuanyi knew its troublesome nature.

But he had his own calculations, laughing lightly: "If you’re afraid, leave, there’s still time to find another master."

Heling walked over, looked at the position of Xuanyi’s sleeve, then at Xuanyi’s calm demeanor, muttering: "I know what you’re thinking, there’s a great opportunity within the Dark Prison Ship directly pointing to Nascent Soul."

"But don’t forget, the once colossal ’Star-Picking Tower’ was buried in the Dark Prison Ship."

"During its peak, they had seven Golden Cores, surpassing Five Extremes Mountain. The entire sect entered the Dark Prison Ship and none survived; the whole sect was buried inside, are you trying to take Five Extremes Mountain with you?"

It was clear Heling was truly afraid.

Xuanyi, however, seemed fearless, hands clasped behind his back, standing at the window of Wenda Tower, gazing toward the horizon.

His not-so-tall silhouette seemed majestic and grand in the setting sun’s pull.

"Five thousand years has passed, Cyan Feather Realm should have a Nascent Soul. Though broken, I will try."

"Die as you please, just don’t drag me along." Heling scolded.

"It won’t be that soon, I can feel it." Xuanyi touched the seal on his wrist and brushed over the matters regarding the Dark Prison Ship.

He then talked about the mission sent out to Linlang Domain involving Liou Yuan’s group and Wang Zhuoqun.

"I won’t go in until the Linlang Domain side is dealt with."

"Is it necessary to be so careful? Just slaughter them, cut down those Five Masters, you did it back then."

"Isn’t it just age making you increasingly cautious."

"Fifty years, five Golden Cores, did you really not see the trick behind it, or do you not understand what Golden Core means to human cultivators?"

Xuanyi glanced at Heling, rare to see a gravely serious expression.