Chapter 1368: The Origin Immortal Mountain! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Wait a moment! Alliance Lord…” Ji Andu suddenly called out, his face brimming with unwillingness. But before he could continue making trouble for Wang Chong…
”Reporting!”
Dust churned as a voice yelled out of the darkness. Everyone turned to look and saw three figures rushing as fast as horses toward the summit.
A nearby elder with sharp eyes immediately recognized them. ”It's the scouts we sent out.”
After being so suddenly interrupted, Ji Andu immediately lost his chance to speak.
A few moments later, the Righteous Alliance disciples had rushed from the base of the mountain to the summit, getting down on one knee in front of Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting.
”Reporting! Milords, traces of the Origin Immortal Mountain have been discovered. Many people are gathering over there. It seems like the Origin Immortal Mountain will fully appear tomorrow at the latest.”
Buzz!
This news instantly grabbed everyone's attention, and even Wang Chong felt his heart thump as he turned to those disciples.
If the Origin Immortal Mountain is appearing, Master and the Village Chief will definitely be there. Perhaps they're going there now, Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
He had heard the Origin Immortal Mountain mentioned moments after arriving in the northwest, but even now, he still had no idea what it was.
”Everyone, disperse and get ready,” Song Yuanyi suddenly said, his eyes erupting with cold and dazzling light. ”After some rest, we will set out for the Origin Immortal Mountain. The innate flaw of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art is that the more one cultivates it, the higher the chance of cultivation defect becomes. Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu has appeared in the northwest this time undoubtedly to obtain the Origin Immortal Art. As long as we stand guard around the Origin Immortal Mountain, we should be able to surround him and wipe him out together with his helpers.”
Righteous Alliance Vice Lord Xie Guangting stepped forward and declared, ”Alliance Lord is right. Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu has killed far too many and is public enemy number one of the righteous sects. We weren't able to finish the job last time, so this time, we have to kill this demon and exterminate this problem once and for all.”
”Yes!”
Everyone sounded off in agreement, lowering their heads.
……
The people on the summit quickly withdrew, including Wang Chong and Ji Andu. Only Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting were left.
Without any outsiders present, Xie Guangting now turned to the alliance lord and asked, ”What in the world happened? Was it not him?”
”I'm not sure myself.”
Song Yuanyi's brow deeply furrowed in extreme confusion.
”Perhaps my guess was wrong.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Guangting's brows subtly twitched. This response caught him completely by surprise. In all the years he had known Song Yuanyi, Song Yuanyi's intuition had always been very accurate and was rarely wrong. If he felt that there was a problem with this 'Young Master Qingyang', then there definitely had to be one.
But this time, Song Yuanyi actually said that he wasn't sure—a simply unprecedented statement.
”What's going on? Could it really not be him?”
Xie Guangting was incredibly confused. But Xie Guangting could not offer any argument. After all, Song Yuanyi had already placed his hand on Young Master Qingyang and done a thorough inspection of his body. There was no way someone of Song Yuanyi's cultivation would have failed to detect a problem.
Anything has a chance of happening. Perhaps Yuanyi really was wrong this time, Xie Guangting said to himself, and his creased brows began to slowly relax.
……
The night was silent. On the southeast face of the mountain, Wang Chong was seated on a crumbled rock, his robes gently swaying in the wind.
Whew!
Now that no one was around, Wang Chong could finally relax, letting out a long breath.
It had been incredibly close, but in the end, he had still managed to escape.
Just what's going on with this 'Controller of Destiny'?
In his calm state, Wang Chong could now ponder what had just happened.
'Exemption from the energy of the world' was something that had never happened before. Apparently, this was one of the abilities of the title granted by the Stone of Destiny.
After defeating the Arabian Empire in the Battle of Talas and killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Wang Chong had had his Stone of Destiny title upgraded, but Wang Chong had never known what this title did, all the way until that most perilous moment.
With a thought, Wang Chong communicated with the Stone of Destiny. Next to the five reward categories, he discovered something new. This was a golden wheel firmly grasped by a golden hand. Through the openings between the spokes of the wheel, Wang Chong could see several words written on the palm of the golden hand.
Controller of Destiny!
Golden mist emerged from the hand and wheel, imbuing them with an air of mystery.