Chapter 919: Yi Tuo!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ten or more experts circled around Qiu Mengcheng’s corpse with confusion scrawled over their faces.
The cause of death could not be ascertained.
How did this old man die?
All of his wounds seemed to be inflicted at the same time. Either he was decapitated first then torn from limb to limb, or vice versa, or he might have been heavily wounded from the onset…
“It still doesn’t seem right, unless Qiu Mengsheng was tired of life and out of his mind, coming all the way here just to seek death! The way he died and his injuries seem to point towards one thing — this fellow here did not put up a fight at all…”
“No matter how we see it, this fellow wasn’t here to seek revenge, he looked like he was here to kill himself.”
This might sound absolutely ridiculous, but it seemed like the only plausible explanation when the people were presented with such a scene before them!
“How strange!”
“It’s really weird, truly perplexing!”
…
The four men dashed into their pre-scouted cave hideout like a whirlwind at the same time, with Yun Yang being the last to arrive. Just as they touched down, the power of the Earth and power of the Wood were activated at the same time.
Bits of soil fell from the ceiling of the cave while the earth layers on ground swirled upwards rapidly; countless vines and various plants also started to grow at an unusually fast speed. Within the blink of an eye, the entrance to the cave was completely obscured!
If one were to look from the outside, they might not even be able to tell that something was out of place even if they were to lean directly against the walls of the mountain. They would never expect that there was a cave hidden right here.
“Whoosh…”
In the cave, the four men collapsed onto the ground, having spent their entire energy reserve to flee the scene. Heavily ragged breaths, all of them were tired to the point of suffocation.
Although Qiu Mengcheng had been seriously wounded in the battle earlier before the fight which had reduced his combat abilities and strength, subsequently leading to his demise with one strike, Yun Yang and the rest were more concerned about Qiu Mengcheng’s Saint-Level-Three, powerful protective mystical Qi and his almost invincible body. The four of them had really expended all the energy they had during that short altercation!
Although that fight ended in just the blink of an eye, the four men managed to unleash the ultimate potential that was required to break through their limits!
Additionally, with the exhaustion of their escape stacked atop of it, the fatigue they were feeling now was as if their bodies were completely drained of energy.
However, their hearts were filled with an invigorating sense of victory!
Saint Level Three!
It was equivalent to the central members of low-tier Celestial Luck Banners!
Although they might not be commanding disciples of a sect, they would at least be an Elder-ranked expert. Those with the highest cultivation bases in the last few black Celestial Luck Banners were, at most, only at Saint Level Four!
To Yun Yang and the rest, the physical outcome from killing Qiu Mengcheng was not as satisfying as the morale boost they derived from their endeavors!
“Although we used deceptive techniques to finish off Qiu Mengcheng, but… that also proved that as long as we push forward with hard work, we still stand a chance to slay our way through the matrix of low-grade Celestial Luck Banners with our current strength!”
s.h.i.+ Wuchen was tired to the point where his face had a pale, yellow sheen. However, he was still very motivated. “Boss, do you plan on doing this?”
Yun Yang breathed in a shallow, long breath, calming down his heart which was thumping quickly like a drum. In a serious tone, he replied, “Naturally, of course, I do, but we’re lacking the numbers by quite a fair — we still have a long way to go.”
s.h.i.+ Wuchen and Lan Ruojun nodded at the same time.
A proper Battle for Celestial Luck consisted of three matches.
This included a match to determine the sect with the highest strength, then a battle of the commandeers between two parties; the last match was a battle of essential formations. Generally, the battle formation was usually proposed by the side playing on defense.
To most sects, the first two battles to determine the highest strength and the battle of the commandeers were considered as one match split into two. Most probably, the top first and second experts from the two biggest sects will take turns to take the stage!
The third match, however… was the hardest test of all for the Residence of Nine Supremes.
Currently, the Residence of Nine Supremes only consisted of four members. If they really took on the challenge while the opponent proposed the inclusion of a nine-man team…
They would not even have to fight by then, for they would be disqualified immediately due to the lack of partic.i.p.ants…
“We need to come up with a plan for that quickly. Perhaps we can ask the rest of our brothers to join us.” s.h.i.+ Wuchen suggested enthusiastically.
Lan Ruojun rolled his eyes. “Yi Tuo (一坨yī tuó– means a pile of), you’re definitely the man for it.”
s.h.i.+ Wuchen was enraged. “I’ll cut all ties with you if you call me Yi Tuo one more time!”
Yun Yang and Ren Qingkuang stifled their laughter, their tears almost coming out of their eyes.
As s.h.i.+Wuchen’s surname was s.h.i.+, and due to the fact that Ren Qingkuang and Lan Ruojun were deeply envious of him being the second Supreme while the both of them had no t.i.tles bestowed upon them, they had given him a nickname called “Yi Tuo”. (s.h.i.+ Wuchen’s family name s.h.i.+(史) is h.o.m.ophone to feces (屎shǐ). The nickname he was given, Yi Tuo (a pile of), combined with his surname s.h.i.+ (h.o.m.ophone to feces) makes him ‘A Pile of s.h.i.+t’.)
s.h.i.+ Wuchen had been angry about this matter on a separate number of occasions already, but it seemed to have no effect. He was one lone man after all — Lan Ruojun and Ren Qingkuang joining forces and talking about it were enough to anger him, but now, Yun Yang seemed to take an interest in this new nickname of his as well.
Additionally, s.h.i.+ Wuchen had the habit of curling up when he slept. That strange, curled-up form of his did certainly resemble a pile of…
“Hey, hey, we’re all brothers. We’re just teasing you, what’re you so angry about?” Yun Yang attempted to make peace. “Yi Tuo, truthfully speaking though, you must put in a little more effort when it comes to this. Our forces are weak. We need more men.”
s.h.i.+ Wuchen was exasperated. “Boss, even you are calling me that now? You’re really making me sad…”
“Why’re you so worked up over this small matter? Yi Tuo!” Yun Yang worded sternly.
s.h.i.+ Wuchen laid on the ground, arms and legs akimbo as he lamented, “I need allies! I need allies in league with me desperately…”
The other three burst into laughter.
…
“While we rest, let’s take this time to do a stock count on this time’s haul.”
“It seems like we took quite a lot this time. At least we gained something.”
The four men counted the items they each seized and reported the sum.
The results of Yun Yang’s tabulations went as follows; first, Yun Yang; second, Ren Qingkuang; third, s.h.i.+ Wuchen. Lan Ruojun was the last.
“The number of top-grade spiritual jade pieces we seized this time is too little; we didn’t even manage to get a thousand pieces… twenty-thousand middle-grade spiritual jade pieces, and low-grade spiritual jade… three million pieces… and just a handful of various precious materials and stones. As for various uncommon metals — there are only ten pieces of those.”
Yun Yang was deeply unsatisfied with this haul. “It still doesn’t amount to much, even if every single piece of junk is added to it, weapons and whatever else included… What can we even get with a haul like that…”
“Sect leader, we still haven’t looked into Qiu Mengcheng’s ring, have we?” s.h.i.+ Wuchen reminded him.
Yun Yang sighed. “There’s nothing here in this piece of trash’s ring. Two swords, five-hundred top-grade spiritual jade pieces, three stashes of Fire Fungus, a few bottles of pills, a small lump of Stellar Steel Jade… and there are also women’s undergarments… a few of them, what the h.e.l.l? What’s he playing at?”