Chapter 503: Worse than a Hell on Earth (part 1)

Chapter 503: Worse than a Hell on Earth (part 1)

Upon hearing the patriarch’s words, the Captain immediately felt a bit excited. He turned to look at Sir Bloodsmelter, his eyes brimming with glittering tears. To him, Sir Bloodsmelter was a towering and mighty figure who also overflowed with warmth and kindness. The truth was that he really was the subject of a lot of malevolent gazes from millions of cultivators from two prefectures. For the patriarch to forthrightly speak up for him went to show how much the patriarch approved of him. It instantly turned all of the Captain’s feelings of humiliation into pride. All of a sudden, he realized that there really was such a thing as truth and warmth in the world. It was his Grand-Master that had always loved him the most. And he had always been the most beloved of the grand-apprentices. With that, he forced his eyelids up, causing his head to tilt slightly so he could give Xu Qing a look.

Xu Qing’s face remained expressionless as he lifted the Captain’s head up high so he could see what was going on. Then Xu Qing turned to the grand elders from Emperor-Receiving Prefecture and Injustice Prefecture and said, “Based on the Secretariat Division’s Summary Intelligence Report #A-379, I found out that the chaos in the two prefectures was caused by the Holytides. Then, Classified Dossier 214 confirmed that they were trying to awaken Forbidden by the Garment.

“In addition to that, the sealing in Injustice Prefecture was clearly going more smoothly than in Emperor-Receiving Prefecture. By combining information I received from both prefectures, I confirmed that backup wasn’t immediately required in Injustice Prefecture. All Injustice Prefecture required was about a month to complete the work. Emperor-Receiving Prefecture needed more.

“I had my suspicions about what was really going on, even when I was back in the Secretariat Division. Originally, I thought that sealing the godly door in Forbidden by the Zombie was simply a more difficult task. But now, thanks to Chen Erniu’s efforts in Forbidden by the Garment, I can see that the two events are actually connected.”

The Captain was getting even more excited. He nodded vigorously. That, combined with his haggard complexion and scraggly beard, made him seem unusually tragic, and as a result, quite convincing. However, the most convincing voice came from some distance away.

“The chaos in Forbidden by the Garment has nothing to do with this human child. In fact, he’s been of immense help to my people.”

Everyone turned to see a host of garments flying out from atop the giant shroud. Once in the air, they transformed, becoming extremely colorful. They were, of course, Garmentfolk. However, there were clearly much fewer living Garmentfolk than there were dead ones. The person who had just spoken was a garment that resembled the robe of an empress. Behind her were a host of garments that looked like those of an imperial guard.

The local cultivators all clasped hands respectfully. The Garmentfolk had paid the steepest price to carry out this sealing of Forbidden by the Garment, and the words spoken by this empress’ robe clearly carried a lot of weight.

When the Garmentfolk appeared, the Captain suddenly made something of a retching sound. Looking somewhat uncomfortable, he said, “Little Ah Qing, help me out.”

Face completely expressionless, Xu Qing pulled open the Captain’s mouth, fiddled around for a moment, then pulled a glove out.

It was hard to say how the Captain had managed to hide that glove in his mouth. It was all crumpled up into a ball, and was very wrinkled. But after it was out in the open, the Captain exhaled sharply into the glove, causing it to expand to its normal shape.

It was none other than Lady Fivefingers. Having just awoken, she looked around, seemingly confused. Then she flew a few unsteady circles around the Captain’s head. After sending out some emotional fluctuations of joy, she waved to the Captain and flew back to her people.

Xu Qing noted the way the Captain looked at the glove, and something about it seemed suspicious. His gaze seemed too warm. It was a look Xu Qing had never seen in the Captain’s eyes before. Knowing that now wasn’t the time to pry, he said nothing.

The sealing of Forbidden by the Garment was essentially complete at this point. The black funerary garment was completely covered by the white shroud.

Things had gone according to plan. Two hours later, Injustice Prefecture’s Swordsage Court had already organized the human cultivators to join the forces of Emperor-Receiving Prefecture to head to the front lines of the war.

In majestic fashion, the armies began the process of leaving Forbidden by the Garment via the teleportation portal. The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Even the god’s finger in his D-132 heavenly palace stirred because of it.

Xu Qing was visibly moved. “What is this?”

“Ahem. Want to know why I said that fellow in Forbidden by the Garment is a moron?” The Captain grinned enigmatically, then winked at Xu Qing. Raising his tiny little hand, he pointed at the crystal. “That’s why.”

Xu Qing inhaled sharply and looked at the Captain with disbelief in his eyes.

“What else did you eat, Eldest Brother?”

“Nothing! Really, nothing! That’s just a tiny fraction of the half-god body that fellow was trying to make. With a lot of difficulty, I should add.” The Captain burped haughtily, then looked at Xu Qing in the hopes of getting an envious reaction.

“Half-god?” Xu Qing asked.

“Of course. Ai. Better than nothing, I suppose. It’s not like it was that amazing. You know, little Ah Qing, you showed up just a tad too late. If you’d come earlier, I might not have ended up so stuffed, and you could have had some more for yourself.” The Captain cleared his throat. Though his tone of voice came across as sounding modest, his facial expression made it seem obvious that he was very pleased with himself. “Come on, show a bit of envy for your Elder Brother.”

Xu Qing nodded in agreement, then opened his eyes wide and let his jaw drop as if in astonishment. After, he put the green crystal away to absorb later.

The Captain didn’t look very pleased, though. “Ai, little Ah Qing. That expression wasn’t very good. Come, come. You need to click your tongue in admiration, and add in a gasp too.”

Xu Qing had to admit that it made sense, so he gave it a shot. In the end, it didn’t seem to add much to the effect, though.

The Captain was pleased to see Xu Qing cooperating in this way, but he still shook his head. “Oh, you! You need to practice more!”

With that, he and Xu Qing got off the ship and started walking toward the teleportation portal. As the Captain walked along, he stretched lazily.

“By the way, little Ah Qing, what sort of things have you acquired lately?” The Captain stepped onto the portal.

“Oh, not much,” Xu Qing said coolly, also stepping onto the portal. “I did get a god body, though.”

As the teleportation portal rumbled to life, the Captain spun and said something, except Xu Qing couldn’t hear him clearly. However, the Captain had clearly gasped, and his eyes were wide. What was more, after his gasp, he apparently bit his tongue.

Oh, is that what he means by clicking the tongue? Xu Qing thought about it for a moment.

The light of teleportation flared, covering them and the cultivators from two prefectures.