Chapter 610: The Tears of Yao Empress (1/2)
It quickly became quiet both inside and outside the wooden cabin. Black and White Elders disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. From the beginning to the end, Elder Tianqing never showed up, but one thing was certain, he would not easily give up until Ye Chuan was captured. In the distance, the torches were still soaring, numerous people were still searching Ye Chuan’s traces throughout the night.
Tomorrow, the grand sacrifice competition would start, but at this time, such a storm occurred, someone has forcibly broken into the sect’s forbidden ground and escaped unscathed, if this news was spread, then they would become a joke. Elder Tianqing naturally couldn’t rest until that intruder was captured. Following the storm of Heavenly Maiden, the sect’s experts were purged many times. With every purge, Elder Tianqing consolidated his power. He took advantage of the situation to insert his trusted subordinates into the key positions of Heavenly Yao Sect.
When Heavenly Empress entered seclusion, the successive deacon elders were in control of the sect. Elder Tianqing was also the same, but as it now seemed, the latter seemed to be unwilling to be below someone else. Perhaps, along with the rise in his cultivation and power, he had greater wild ambition. Perhaps, he was accustomed to the feeling of having the final say of the high position, as a result, he feared that he would lose this power and status someday.
It was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, the name and fame were also like that.
A person, if already accustomed to setting oneself high above the masses, high prestige, and power to summon wind and rain, then it would be worse than death if they fell down from the place high in the clouds. Therefore, when in a high position, they would use all their means to consolidate their position, they would no longer be willing to lose that position. In the secular world, emperors were the typical example, but in fact, the cultivators were also the same. The higher the position, the more cultivation resources they would obtain, the more they got accustomed to the position, the more they would be unwilling to lose that position. These were the sources of the internal and external conflicts of cultivating sects.
After Black and White Elders left, Tianku closed the wooden door and sat cross-legged on the ground, beginning to cultivate. He also wore his clothes and armor to cover up his badly mangled body. In the copper cauldron, Ye Chuan also quietly sat still. No matter Elder Tianqing who had not shown up or Black and White Elders, all were old crafty fellows. They seemed to have left, but they might have secretly left some tricks. If he hastily came out, then he might fall into their crafty plot.
After a long time, when the eastern sky started to brighten, Tianku who was sitting cross-legged on the ground used a technique to open the cauldron and said, “Well, those fellows are all gone, noble son Ye, come out.”
“Many thanks, Your Excellency Tianku!”
Ye Chuan jumped out and respectfully bowed.
This time, thanks to Tianku’s help, he was unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation, otherwise, he might have truly died here even before seeing Heavenly Maiden Hong Zixia and before Heavenly Empress personally made a move. Heavenly Yao Sect, sure enough, was very dangerous. On the surface, Black and White Elders, only two Half Sage realm experts came out, but in secret, there were numerous great experts overseeing in the dark.
From the forceful invasion of Small Yao Lake to now, the most part of the night had already passed, causing a big disturbance throughout Heavenly Yao Sect. It was impossible to completely seal off such a disturbance. But, he had not seen even a trace of Old Demon of Mount Yin, Nan Tiandu and others. There were two possibilities for this; the first possibility was either their status was already exposed or they suffered the attack of Heavenly Yao Sect’s experts when rushing over to rescue him; the other possibility was they were unable to act under the pressure of Heavenly Yao Sect’s experts. Whichever the case, it made Ye Chuan feel restless.
Just after escaping danger, Ye Chuan began to worry about Old Demon of Mount Yin and others. He was impatient to return.
“Noble son Ye, looking at your current appearance, did you disguise as the disciple of a certain sect to sneak in?”
Tianku was clearly able to see the worries and impatience of Ye Chuan and said, “Rest assured, tomorrow is the grand sacrifice ceremony, even if that fellow Tianqing is a bastard, he will also not dare to easily lift his butcher’s knife against the guests of various sects. In other words, you and your companions are safe for the time being. But, it will not be easy to go to Small Yao Lake and Heavenly Yao Cave anymore, especially Heavenly Yao Cave, it is not a place where you can forcibly break-in.”
“Your Excellency Tianku, is Zixia truly locked in Heavenly Yao Cave?” Ye Chuan asked, looking at Tianku.
According to various sources of information, Heavenly Maiden Hong Zixia should be imprisoned in Heavenly Yao Cave. In the vicinity of that cave, Ye Chua also vaguely sensed a familiar aura. But, he didn’t see Heavenly Maiden Hong Zixia, so he had some doubts in his heart.
“Yes.”