Chapter 94 - 93: Unknown Undercurrents

Chapter 94 - 93: Unknown Undercurrents

"Okay," Prince Zhen accepted Wei Wuyin’s stance. While others considered him as an aggressive person, he was actually quite reasonable. Not to mention, he was perceptive. He could determine that Wei Wuyin was not only not ordinary, but was filled with exhaustion at this type of request, as if it was already something he’d heard a thousand times before.

Considering this, he wasn’t forceful or angry. Instead, he clasped his hands respectfully, ignoring his status, as he greeted Su Mei and Wei Wuyin. "My name’s Wu Zhen, Third Prince of Wu Country. I would like to extend my congratulations for your ascension." for new novels

His tone was delicate, humble, and filled with grace; completely unlike his burly, tall, and domineering appearance would suggest. He carried himself like a prince charming of legends. His words carried an eloquent air that only royalty and nobility could have birthed.

Wei Wuyin was taken aback. He had heard stories of this Third Prince, the Bloodaxe Prince. He had gotten this name by slaughtering his enemies and was often portrayed by the public as violent, arrogant, and unreasonably difficult to deal with.

When he arrived, he gave off this aura as well. However, looking at him now, Wei Wuyin felt like he was seeing two different people.

Prince Zhen noticed Wei Wuyin’s peculiar gaze and knowingly smiled, "To my enemies, I am who I must be. To the public, I am who I must seem. To those I have no enmity and only respect, I am who I am." His words were profoundly thought-provoking and told many untold struggles of the requirements regarding perception.

A hint of admiration entered Wei Wuyin’s eyes as he found those words very agreeable. To his enemies, he was ruthless, icy-cold and capable of slaughtering an entire force, pulling out all roots, without question. To the public, he came off as an underdog to the people, a success story of talent and hardwork. To those he was friends with, he was warm and thoughtful.

Despite all this, when he was in the Scarlet Solaris Sect, perception was very important and there were so many invisible walls to leap over or avoid that he became tired. Just tired of it all.

Now that he had strength alongside a deadline of life, he would only be himself. All else be damned.

"Wei Wuyin." He decided to introduce himself as well. Su Mei looked towards him and saw him nod slightly.

She said, "Su Mei."

Prince Zhen observed this small interaction and he knowingly smiled. He realized the relationship between the two was special, but Wei Wuyin was the dominant dynamic of the duo. In that case, Wei Wuyin was definitely a Mortal God level character.

"God Wei, God Su, greetings." As he said those words, the twins bowed respectfully and introduced themselves as well. They were Li Tian and Li Di, the female and male respectively.

"Heaven and earth?" Wei Wuyin and Su Mei both smiled, finding the name quite on-the-nose, but creative for a set of twins.

"It seems it was fate that I met you, God Wei. How about you join us? I’m participating in an auction within the Inner Area, and I’ve just returned from outside the city. There will be a few interesting items. If you have any items to sell, you can do that as well, make a little extra profit along the way. What do you say?" Prince Zhen offered.

Auction?

Wei Wuyin’s eyes grew bright with interest. One of the things he wanted to do in the city was going to an auction. While he had gone to a few before, this was when he didn’t even have an essence stone to his name. Now that he had sixth-grade alchemical products and the entire wealth of the Beast-Taming Sect in his wallet, he could definitely let loose.

He didn’t bother consulting Su Mei as she would agree with him regardless. Not to mention, he found this Third Prince of Wu quite pleasing. He also didn’t feel like he had any ulterior motives, at least those with ill-intent. This made him feel a little more comfortable with this prince.

"Guess it’s true what they say about not judging a book by its cover, only by its contents," he laughed inwardly as he agreed to the prince’s proposal.

Prince Zhen was elated. Having two Mortal God’s traveling with him, and two with names he knew nothing about, meant he had a chance to establish a friendship.

When they left the restaurant, Bai Lin examined Prince Zhen, Li Tian, and Li Di with a cautious eye. It seems she heard what Prince Zhen implied when he asked for the owner of her, and she was somewhat suspicious. After all, she had been taken recently by people desiring her.

Wei Wuyin hastily assured her that Prince Zhen meant no harm, and that they were now acquainted. This caused her personality to immediately take a shift as she played around with them a little. Only after they saddled on their large eagle-like mount capable of rivaling Bai Lin in size, did she stop.

Taking to the skies, Bai Lin followed behind Prince Zhen’s mount. They flew for several minutes in silence. Despite Prince Zhen’s cheerful introduction, they didn’t engage in further talks. In fact, Wei Wuyin felt something was off the moment they took flight.

"God Wei," Prince Zhen suddenly called out. Wei Wuyin regarded him. He was faintly smiling, but his eyes were oddly calm. A glint of killing intent that was rather well hidden emitted from his eyes.

Bam!

Bang!

While the sounds of battle echoed behind him, Wei Wuyin’s expression was mild and indifferent. This situation was outside of his expectations, and quite frankly, he didn’t want to be involved.

Firstly, this prince wasn’t a friend. He had no reason to help in any capacity. They had literally just met, so taking action to intervene felt unnecessary.

Secondly, fighting would offend a party. He didn’t know who was attacking or why, but hindering or outright slaughtering their members would likely turn their attention to him.

Lastly, but most importantly, he didn’t really care.

Su Mei’s eyes revealed a similar intent. Her gaze looked passively at the epic battle between the Prince, his guardians, and their attackers. This wasn’t the first time she’d witnessed Mortal Gods exert their strength, but it still caused her to be in awe.

She found it surreal that her cultivation had now reached that level.

Shroom!

The immediate sky, a small patch above the sky-rending fight, turned sanguine in color. A bloody sweet smell suffused the air and caused a heavy throbbing of one’s heart and pulsation of the veins. Su Mei found her lungs constrict slightly, causing her to feel shortness of breath.

Wei Wuyin wasn’t affected by this force. He observed the sky above and told Bai Lin to land. His interest was piqued as he witnessed the sky change colors. A storm seemed to be brewing as the winds started to become turbulent and visibly chaotic beneath the patch of sanguine sky.

At the center of these brewing winds was Prince Zhen covered in a sanguine light. He stood upright, looking down on the earth like a God of War.

"Blood Qi!" A material qi that was similar to Scarlet and Jade Qi. Just its aura alone could adversely affect any cultivator. Su Mei was only experiencing a fraction of what those who stood before it would feel.

The fight between the prince and those masked attackers were fierce, with each clash causing violent qi to erupt and explode. Even though he was thousands of meters away, he felt the pressure from each devastating clash.

Li Di and Li Tian worked in synchronized fashion. They struck as one and retreated as one, and they weaved around Prince Zhen whilst doing so. It was beautiful to watch as their blades released powerful wind and earth qi arts. It was like watching heaven and earth move about.

The three were at the Sublime Qi Phase, and were peak Mortal Gods, but their opponents weren’t slouches. Of the eight, six were at the Sublime Qi Phase, while two were at the False Reality Phase. Those two weaker opponents acted as backline support and launched long-range attacks, spiritual spells, and supported their teammates when needed.

Despite their strength being the lowest, they acted with perfect timing, interfering with attacks or disrupting attacks at the right moment with their swift actions.

Wei Wuyin noticed that amongst the eight, one of them hadn’t taken action completely. That person was the only one that was completely concealed. He couldn’t determine their gender or cultivation base very well, but he knew that person was the leader of the eight.

As he focused his attention on this figure, the figure turned towards him as if sensing his gaze.

"..." Wei Wuyin pondered briefly. He had the faint feeling that he was marked. Frowning, he sent his spiritual sense towards Su Mei and Bai Lin to inspect them thoroughly. When he did, he noticed a faint illusory symbol that resembled an eye on Bai Lin’s left wing. It was wedged between her feathers and was the size of a fingerprint.

"It’s a tracking mark? When did that...?" He realized those figures had placed a spiritual tracing mark on Bai Lin from an incredibly long distance. He didn’t know why, but they did. Normally, if he was a Mortal God or even a normal Godlord, he would’ve missed this mark.

Fortunately, he had two Divine Spirits of Qi that amplified his spiritual sense with the inherent qualities of elemental and saber energy. His spiritual sense was several-fold greater and more piercing than normal.

"They don’t intend to let us go? They let us leave so they had three less enemies to deal with..." He muttered softly as he came to this conclusion. There was no reason for such a subtle mark otherwise.

His eyes flashed with all sorts of thoughts.

The leader of the eight noticed Wei Wuyin’s contemplative expression.

"Seventeen!" It called out. One of the Mortal Gods that had acted as support retreated. He turned towards the leader and without speaking, he soon nodded.

With a kick, he raced like a black predator seeking to kill towards Wei Wuyin.