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Chapter Five Hundred and Sixty – Departure
Zuo Mo glanced at the guards crowded around Ceng Lian’er and was slightly surprised. There wasn’t a large number of guards, but their average skill level was not low. There were seven brigadier mo. The others were colonel, but they were each very close to brigadier level. It was clear that this was an elite force.
Remembering that the other’s father was a jie master, Zuo Mo felt this was very normal.
However, the other guarded Ceng Lian’er constantly and didn’t even move a step away. It looked as though they would not accept his orders. Zuo Mo did not care. He wanted Ceng Lian’er as far away from him as possible. He was strangely wary of this beautiful woman whose personality he could not understand.
A Gui was much better.
Zuo Mo thought this as his gaze landed on A Gui, softening his expression. However, when he recalled how A Gui had not shown any improvement even after consuming the Water Cloud Embryos, Zuo Mo’s mood sank again. The mist people and Turtle Island had set up a transportation formation between Cloud Sea Jie and the mo territories so it was easier to travel through. Shu Long had coincidentally come to reinforce Zuo Mo after the mist people had delivered Water Cloud Embryos to Turtle Island, so he had brought them along. The mist people had special methods to preserve the harvested Water Cloud Embryos and so they would not lose their effectiveness.
But after A Gui used them, there was nothing else except slightly more vitality in her eyes. The shen power inside her body was strange and malicious, almost completely sealing off A Gui’s soul. It had consumed the Water Cloud Embryo.
A Gui’s shen power actually grew a fraction.
He could not keep dragging this on.
“Have you all recovered?” Zuo Mo asked Shu Long.
“All recovered!” Shu Long’s face held joy. “Six hardship guards leveled up and also a flower yao. Additionally, Miss Nan Yue has leveled up.”
These hardship guards had been the elite of the elite he had picked from Guard Camp. The journey this time had been dangerous but since they made it through, they benefited greatly from their gains. Zuo Mo had taught Nan Yue the longest, and she was the strongest of the group. Adding on that she was stubborn and hardworking, she had only lacked real combat experience before. This long journey and the hundreds of small and large battles along the way had caused her to quickly break through and cultivate beyond yin spirit, stepping in the realm of Rahula yao.
Zuo Mo also had a happy expression. Every bit of strength meant they had a better chance.
In Guard Camp, only Shu Long and A Wen had been in brigadier level. Now there were six more. Ye Ling had originally been a brigadier, adding on the flower yao and Nan Yue that leveled up, there were eleven people of at least the brigadier level in Zuo Mo’s troop.
There were eleven brigadier, and one general level in a troop of one hundred people. The rest were also experienced fighters. This troop could be called a powerful one.
Shou Ping was observing this famed battalion, Butcher Guard Camp, maybe it was more accurate to call them infamous. As the commander of Celestial Planet Guard, Shou Ping was a silver battle general and Ceng Yi’s left and right hand. However, every time, Shou Ping observed this battalion, he couldn’t help but feel a part of his soul tremble.
Before this, he had been very confident in the skill level of the troop he commanded. It had been through his hard effort and energy that they had created the present Celestial Planet Guard. Not just in Shattered Stone Jie, even in the nearby jie, Celestial Planet Guard was considered the top battalion.
But with something to compare to, the top battalion in his eyes were like a group of idiots wearing glittering clothing in front of other people. Previously, he had suspected the truthfulness of the rumors that one hundred had killed three thousand, but after he met this battalion, he didn’t doubt the rumors anymore. With a battalion like this, not just three thousand, even five thousand might be possible.
The other’s regulations were so strict and they were shockingly well trained.
He had never heard of a battalion maintaining their formation even while at rest. They would each cultivate of their own accord when they had any spare time. It was the complete opposite of himself who had to stand guard every day and supervise Celestial Plant Guard’s training.
There were like a pack of insatiable beasts that never knew rest nor exhaustion.
Shou Ping was frightened. He wasn’t the only one. The members of Celestial Planet Guard who were usually very proud were frightened. In the beginning, they had been rebellious when Shou Ping told them to not make any trouble. But after two days they had seen Guard Camp’s group of crazy people that didn’t seem like mo, they didn’t have a temper.
They had a kind of killing energy where even a glance caused fear.
But Ceng Lian’er was extremely calm as she cultivated on a regular schedule. She would idly drink tea, and eat pastries as though she was on a sight-seeing tour.
Shou Ping felt admiration for Miss. As expected as the daughter of Daren. In the future, Daren’s role might have to be passed onto Miss’ hands.
Zuo Mo didn’t pay too much attention to the Celestial Planet Guards. His standards had been raised up high by Lil’ Miss and the others. He really did not think too highly of Celestial Planet Guard’s skill level.
He turned and looked into the distance. That direction was the direction of Shattered Stone Town. He had the considered taking along Ka Zhuo and Dong Zi, but after thinking about it, he ended this notion. One was a simple youth, the other was a matrix awakening master without any skill to protect himself.
“Depart,” Zuo Mo said indifferently.
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“Fei Lei, are you really going to leave?” The youths looked yearningly at the other.
Fei Lei reached out his hand covered in scars and rubbed the head of one of the youths. He said with a smile, “I have my fate.”
“Fate?” the youths’ tender faces were puzzled.
“En, something that I have to do, that is fate.” Fei Lei explained with a smile. His body was extremely broad and well-built, his features sharp and weathered. His short dense beard was peppered and his eyes were a faint grey that was unusually deep.
“Will you come back and teach me?” the youth spoke in a stuffed voice.
“No.” Fei Lei still smiled as he narrowed his eyes. He showed some hints of age. “You need to work hard on your cultivation, do not slack off. This way, you can enter the battalions early. Everyone, I am leaving.”
Finishing, Fei Lei turned and charged forward taking two steps and shot up into the air. His long windbreaker was like the wings of a bat as he flew into the sky.
He did not turn his head.
His deep light grey eyes looked towards the distance, filled the weariness of having seen the world. A burning flame shot out and silently pulsed.
There was a vicious looking blood dragon script on his tightly clasped palm.
The battle horn that had been sealed for thousands of years seemed to have been blown in his ear.
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Zuo Mo’s jie map had been obtained from Ceng Yi. The collections of the master of a jie was pretty good. Through this jie map, Zuo Mo was able to easily locate Nether Spring Jie.
This was a journey that was even longer than Shu Long’s journey from Little Savage Jie.
Little Savage Jie and Shattered Stone Jie both belonged to Hundred Savage Realm, but Nether Spring Jie belonged to the deepest part of Dark Realm. The distance between them almost crossed the entire mo territories.
The factions along the way were many and their territories criss-crossed. The the majority of faction territories on their journey were not labelled, barely a tenth were.
Zuo Mo understood upon further thought. Ceng Yi was pretty powerful but he clearly had no ambitions to expand. The jie map only labeled the areas near Shattered Stone Jie.
Zuo Mo knew that this was not going to be an easy matter but he had no thoughts of retreat. He also planned on trying to buy Reverse Shadow Spirit Silkgrass along the way.
Fortunately, the mo had the blood pools.
It was the first time Zuo Mo saw a blood pool. The blood pool was like an enormous pond that was filled with a bubbling liquid that appeared similar to fresh blood. However, Zuo Mo knew that the “blood” was not actual blood, but a solution called Crimson Blood Solution. Its composition was extremely complex.
Just like the xiuzhe that were able to set up transportation formations in the xiuzhe territories, the mo that were capable of making Crimson Blood Solutions had high status.
Shu Long and the others were experienced and jumped into the blood pool in an organized manner.
Zuo Mo picked up A Gui and jumped unhesitatingly into the blood pool.
A Gui would only remain unaffected towards one person’s actions, Zuo Mo.
When Shou Ping saw this, he stole a look at Miss. Miss appeared unaffected. He couldn’t help but release a breath. It seemed that Miss was not attracted to this boy. Then he felt a slight regret. This boy wasn’t tall, handsome, or rich, but he was fierce, influential, and strong!
Our mo traditions value fierce men, Miss!
It is the first time Old Shou has seen such a fierce man … …
Such a pity … … such a pity … …
Shou Ping muttered inside as he daydreamed. How powerful would it be if the two married.
However, none of this could be seen from his face. He calmly followed behind Miss into the blood pool.
When he jumped into the blood pool, Zuo Mo felt his vision turn blood red. A strange sweet scent came into his nose. Strangely, the Crimson Blood Solution would not enter his nose like water, but glued onto his skin like a cool membrane.
Suddenly, an enormous suction force came from underneath them.
Before they could struggle, they were pulled down by this force and disappeared.
When the force disappeared, Zuo Mo opened his eyes. He saw Shu Long and the others floating in the Crimson Blood Solution nearby. The blood red Crimson Blood Solution was clear like a red crystal. Zuo Mo could clearly see everyone’s figures.
Without any orders or being directed, several of the hardship guards floated up.
Moments later, they signalled that it was safe so everyone floated up.
The blood pool was not a always a safe place. It had been alright before the war started. None of the large powers would allow any safety issues to arise at their blood pools. This was related to the stability and infrastructure of their territories, they had maintained their trade routes. However, the war was increasing in intensity, and many places were restricted. Some blood pools, because they were in areas that lacked a ruler, became places that bandits liked to lie in ambush.
Shu Long had encountered this kind of situation along the road so they were very familiar with the safety measures.
Walking out of the blood pool, what entered their eyes was a desolate scene that caused Zuo Mo to show wariness.
Shou Ping became nervous and signaled the Celestial Planet Guard to instantly encircle Ceng Lian’er.
Shou Ping said in a low voice, “Miss, the situation is not right.”
Ceng Lian’er glanced at Zuo Mo and asked, “Not right?”
“En, this subordinate came here a few months ago. Previously, there had been a market here,” Shou Ping said in a low voice as he looked around warily.
Shou Ping did not deliberately keep his voice down. Everyone had good hearing and naturally could hear him clearly.
The mood suddenly became tense.
Translator Ramblings: After all that, the water embryo is a dud … … and we have to keep going.
Thanks for the chapter!
first!!! LOL!! I win. VINCO!
Not first… but thanks for the chapter
How did having your dreams crushed feel?
A Gui was much better.
yeah! until she lift her skirt and show ge that dem white jade long sexy leg
i repeat! that dem white jade long sexy leg
thx 4d ch
Ceng Lian’er jealous also lifts her skirt. Zuo Mo look and say:
“Snake legs? Denied!” XD
Thanks for the translation!
Lamia is fine for me.
Well, you dont have a foot fetish XD.
it seem we need to invite leg enthusiast , Dungeon master Kehma toward ge
Important question: does chinese distinguish between legs and feet? Some languages don’t, and it makes translating fetishes weird.
Im not chinese, so I dont know about them, but I had a friend who had foot fetish. This friend was the boss of a company, legend says that when he interviewed woman who were looking for a job, he would ask the woman to show her feet to him XD
@aantia
Yes.
Lemme guess… There’s mo batallion which pledged allegiance to Zuo Mo.
Thanks for the chapter.
Will the romance blossom between the two?
Stay tuned for the next few hundreds chapter.
And the author just barely mentions Nan Yue. This is supposed to be their first meeting in real life isn’t it? They didn’t even speak to each other. Kind of a let down. The chapter feels more factual and emotionless than the previous ones. Maybe it’s just me.
They’ve met before this. Right after he took over the jie, but before he ween looking for Water Cloud Embryo. It just wasn’t mentioned in any degree of detail, which was indeed, disappointing.
Tell me, why that woman still follow ZM?? Urghhh…I hate her
Assuming she’s being honest, its because she’ll die if he does, so she’d prefer to have some influence over him not dying.
It’s funny really. When Wei pretended to be his former master everyone went berserk because they didn’t get a powerful female character. Now one shows up and everyone is either apathetic or hate her. I really don’t even get the hate; she hasn’t done anything to warrant it. I know her dad was dick, but that wasn’t anything she had control over.
I think it has more to do with shipping than anything. That and the fact that she forced herself into the party. At least for haters anyway. I’m more in the apathetic camp since I’m not really expecting much from her. I’ll be happy to be proven wrong though.
Cuz she just happened to be cultivating Shen power which is supposed to be a long lost and forgotten art, they just happened to meet cuz her dad was a dick, and she just happened to resonate with Zuo Mo. It sounds really forced and improbable, she came out of left field and with no cause or reason.
That’s pretty much par for the course with xianxia.
Yeah but that’s called bad writing normally.
Not in China apparently. Either that, or web novelists there pretty much all have the same bad habit. I chalk it up to cultural differences and drop the series where it gets so bad I can’t ignore it anymore.
She has to or her cultivation will collapse. And the ‘bomb’ in Zuo Mo’s hand will explode once he can no longer drain enough energy out of it.
She can also teach Zuo Mo more about shen power.
I totally agree, this new character has been forced in, in a retarded and stupid way.
Thanks for the new chapter!
Much thanks.
>However, when he recalled how A Gui had not shown any improvement even after consuming the Water Cloud Embryos
wait what? she never consumed them in the first place!
She did it between chapters, as was explained in the sentences following that one.
ah, right. i see
Thank you muchly. Wasn’t the response chapter I was hoping for but still a good read.
thanks for the chapter!
Shipper on Deck it would seem 😉
Yeah, I honestly would have been more surprised if it had worked. Its not time yet for Zuo Mo to get answers to his questions. Though I was hoping it would have a positive effect, and I’m not sure if her shen power growing can be counted as such.
Sadly, Shu Long seems to have failed to expand Daren’s empire on his journey 😉
I wonder if we’ll see the yao followers that were called next chapter, or if they’ll keep going with the mo.
Thanks!
Thank you.
So not only do we not get a reunion scene with the Yao disciples, the water embryo driving the plot for so long are a dud. Off screen. But super conveniently, we already had this Shadow Silk Reverse Grass (or whatever) plot ready to go!
Lame.
The water cloud embryo was always to treat the symptoms rather than the cause.
When was the last time a chapter didn’t have at least two point of view? I feel like at least 20-30 chapter. I think that cause the rhythm to be really slower, I find it strange that every chapters are cut in two or three parts, as I feel some parts not neccesary.
I like that it gives more worldbuilding. We’re on chapter 560 and the main character is still getting stronger in order to be able to progress in his main plot. I don’t think that the story can get slower in any meaningful sense.
Frequent perspective changes is usually a sign of bad writing in novels, so I agree with you that when it is overused that it takes away from the story, but the format does not lend it self to the same type of writing traditional novels do.
Another detour instead of going home. After all those building planetary defense formations we still couldn’t see it in action. At this rate, those maniacs at Golden Crow Camp will end up transforming the Cloud Sea Jie into a Death Star capable to destroys another Jie, shooting through chaos rifts…
More like Death Stars. They’ll make 10 that each have a function similar to Zuo Mo’s ten sun transformations (or was it nine?)
Thank you for the chapter
As usual all Punch Yao/Wei suggestions not working perfectly.
I don’t think the embryo was needed in the first place as I think the embryo is needed to kindly stabilise the soul and Ah Gui was find and working and not dying like after the first jindan fight.
Right now ZM, really found what really wrong with her and kinda getting back on the right track.
Thanks for the chapter
Thank you for the chapter!
“This long journey and the hundreds of small and large battles along the way had caused her to quickly break through and cultivate to yin spirit, stepping in the realm of Rahula yao.”
Is this correct? In 557 it said that Rahula Yao were yao who opened their yao mansion(yuanying level).
Good catch, the later chapters definitely refer to her as a Rahula Yao. I will correct this to say cultivate past yin spirit
So going update the table of content?
The members of Celestial Plan(e)t Guard who were usually very proud were frightened.
Forget the “e” in planet for this sentence.
So the 11 Jidan and 1 General level wasn’t including Zuo Mo?
It does not, FX does sometimes forgets about characters in his counts. Or counts them in a weird way, like technically their group has 3 generals (and equivalents), dozens of brigadiers (and equivalents), and hundreds of colonel (and equivalents) but he never explicitly states it. Like the Celestial Planet Guard is a battalion but from the way FX writes it it sounds like a small guard troop if a dozen people, until they flat out say they are a battalion.
Thanks for the chapter 😊😊
Also in the cultivation terms and glossary it says Yaofu so going switch between Rahula and Yaofu?
Thanks for the chapter WYHCWE and WanderingGummiOfDoom! Seems like some large faction has a battalion or something similar nearby?
Thanks for the chappy.
“Shou Ping felt admiration for Miss.”
– Shou Ping should reconsider the way he addresses Ceng Lian’er…If he happens to call her near Lil’Miss…*shudders*
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Shou Ping:”Miss! Miss, I have something to report to you.”
*Ceng Lian’er turns gracefully to look at her underling*
*at the same time dark and ominous killing energy starts oozing behind him*
*Shou Ping glances carefully over his shoulder and sees Lil’Miss smiling bashfully*
“Did I hear you calling me ‘Miss’. Surely not, hmmmmmm?” *Lil’Miss’s smile sharpens to a shark like grin*
*Shou Ping faints*
*Ceng Lian’er sips her herb tea*
Lil’Miss tsk’s and frowns:”Coward…”
Pu-chan and Wei-kun are scheming behind Lil’Mo’s back again…Now apparently to gather him an ancient army…Or what remains of it and its descendants. Great, more antiques and weird people…Then again, they will probably feel at home with the Turtle Island folk. As they say ‘birds of the feather flock together’
@wyhcwe are you gonna pick up 5 ways heaven in a year time?
(since 560+1chp/day*1y > total chapter count)
Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
*reads sign* “Market has closed for the week because of Jie’s local holiday, please come back at a later date. -sign head market association”
I… I thought it was closed off due to Meatbuns Invasion.
Meatbun invasion failed.. 😢
My army got bitten off..
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Thanks for the chapter
“A Gui would only remain unaffected towards one person’s actions, Zuo Mo.”
Hm? I never thought about it before, but I don’t remember seeing her even get close to anyone else besides Zuo Mo and the pets. Then, when someone else tries to approach her, she attacks?
It is ridiculous that Nan Yue breaks trough to Rahula Yao (yuanying) so early. Less than a year before she wasn’t even close to Jindan level, and after some harsh training with Pu Yao she breaks trough two levels, even though they say her talent is average, and didn’t go trough any life-death moment? That is a faster rate of improvement than anyone in the story, even greater than Zuo Mo’s and Wei Sheng’s. Don’t like it.
Rahula isn’t yuanying and Nan Yue hasn’t gotten there … …
Thanks for the chapter!
It’s good that Ka Zhuo and Dong Zi stay. They’d be need in the city.
It’s a pity we didn’t see Zuo Mo bid goodbye to Uncle Lizard and everyone tho.
I want to know their reaction seeing the weak ‘A Zuo’ changed so much haha
Thanks for the chapter!🍀