Some cultivators wasted no time in spreading out and continuing their search whilst the sect masters, clan heads and even the Bureau members stayed behind.
They all turned to Ru Lianfeng and his elders, with family head Huo at the forefront. The family head sneered. "Sect master Ru, your Duoluo sect is truly too good. No one can compare. You said your disciple did not own any divine level cultivation manual? Fine. We believed you and let you be, what do you have to say about this hm?"
There were varying expressions of dissatisfaction and anger on the faces of everyone present. The secret dimension was much more precious than some divine level cultivation manual. With the manual, it would still depend on a cultivator's comprehension abilities to advance but with the secret dimension, they were lots of good stuff that could directly advance one's cultivation level without any comprehension or enlightenment needed!
Run Lianfeng was tight lipped with a focused frown on his face. He was torn. It was a good thing for the Duoluo sect that Mo Jiu had absorbed the inheritance. The Duoluo sect would be the renowned base of the Dao ancestor. Every other sect and even the Bureau would come to them in order to gain access.
This would place the Duoluo sect in a very high position of respect and regard. No other sect clan or the Bureau would be willing to go against them so casually. It was really a good thing for the Duoluo sect. The only problem here was,
Mo Jiu was a very selfish person!
That Mo Jiu didn't know how to share and was very arrogant. Ru Lianfeng felt really torn. What if Mo Jiu didn't withhold the secret dimension this time? Who knew, the youngster might have escaped not because he was trying to keep the dimension to himself but because that crazy woman had been trying to kill him for whatever reason.
That must be it. Mo Jiu had always been the best disciple in the Duoluo sect. He wouldn't be so stupid as to keep the secret dimension from them. Ru Lianfeng looked around and finally sighed. He had to look for a way that would bring the most benefit to the Duoluo sect. "What if my Duoluo sect disciple didn't actually absorb the inheritance and it was someone else?"
"That's bullshit!" Shen Hei spat. Mu Qingqing was a disciple of his Tianmo sect and he had heard from her that Mo Jiu had absorbed the inheritance. Not just that, a lot of people had seen Mu Qingqing down the hole with Mo Jiu by her side, absorbing the inheritance.
Therefore, her words were very credible. Even that demonic cultivator Xing Mei, another one of Mo Jiu's lovers, had claimed she was present and confirmed the same thing! Both women had run off searching for Mo Jiu with so much happiness. Such strong emotion could not be faked!
In fact, why would they fake it? They were Mo Jiu's lovers and wouldn't do anything that would put the man they held up on such high pedestal in trouble!
Everyone else was thinking the exact same thing as Shen Hei and they all crowded around Ru Lianfeng. They all sneered in their minds. This Ru Lianfeng was so greedy. He was probably doing this so his Duoluo sect could claim monopoly over the secret dimension!
"Ru Lianfeng," One of the Bureau board members began. He had long black hair reaching past his waist and a very clean and graceful appearance. Although he looked so young, everyone present knew that he was one of the deadliest of the Bureau board. "Are your words a blatant declaration that you want to go against the board?"
Ru Lianfeng's eyes shook and he shuddered in fear. Going against the Bureau was basically suicide. "N-" He was about to say no and reject Mo Jiu but then he thought, 'What if Mo Jiu brought the secret dimension to the Duoluo sect? Then even the Bureau would have to bow to him!' He hardened his heart and shook his head firmly. "I'm very sure Mo Jiu did not absorb the inheritance!"
"Sect master?!" Ru Lianfeng's elders all looked at him in shock and horror. What was the sect master saying?!
The Bureau board member, on the other hand, raised a brow before smiling sweetly. "Okay then." And then he left with the few other members present beside him.
The sect masters and clan heads around all looked at Ru Lianfeng in shock and disgust. He would put his own greed over the welfare of his sect?
What a fool.
He Yuan calmly rode on the lotus artifact in the direction of the Sword mountain. He had a very angry expression on his face. It couldn't be helped. He had realized that without his system present, he could not convert some goods and take them away from this realm with him.
His heart ached. He really liked Xiatian and he would've loved to study that pebble more but there was no other option. He couldn't take them away from this realm.
As he rode past a quaint town, his eyes caught sight of something. It was a sword tassel. What caught his eye wasn't the design but the colour. It had a beautiful cerulean blue colour. Just like 888's eyes.
He Yuan's mind drifted.
He wondered how his system was faring. He tried not to let his mind wander all this while but now that his task was done, there was nothing occupying his thoughts. Was 888 okay? Even if he didn't say it, the state he had left the silver haired man in was unsettling and the fact that 888 had been punished due to his stupid decision made him feel even worse.
He Yuan had no idea when he descended and bought the cerulean blue tassel.
The boss of the roadside stall looked down at the high grade spirit stone in pure shock. Was this really what he thought it was? Even if he was a mere mortal, he was familiar with spirit stones. He couldn't accept this! He looked up quickly to protest but the handsome, long haired practitioner was nowhere to be found.
He Yuan toyed with the tassel absentmindedly as he continued on his journey. It was a good thing he was done. He would finally see 888 with his eyes once more and be reassured.
When He Yuan finally arrived at the Sword mountain, he slowly made his way to the top. Since he couldn't take Xiatian with him, he couldn't think of a better place to keep the sword. Mo Sheng would have no use of it as he had Bing and he didn't want Xiatian to be locked away in some place, collecting dust.
This way, the saber could receive nourishment on the mountain alongside other weapons and continue to be in its peak state. If someone in the future manages to grab Xiatian's attention then great. As long as the saber would still return here after all was done.
By the time He Yuan left the Sword mountain, an obsidian saber with red runes was planted firmly in the ground at the peak of the mountain with a tiny white pebble buried beside it and a cerulean blue tassel attached to its hilt -fluttering in the cool mountain breeze.
He Yuan used a lot of teleportation talismans to arrive in Mo Sheng's courtyard on the Converging peak. Once he was settled on Mo Sheng's bed, he removed his soul imprint on the storage ring so Mo Sheng could gain access to it. There were tons of treasures within -including the precious items he'd managed to grab as he tore down the walls of the maze and fought off the monsters within.
He had no use for them so Mo Sheng could as well enjoy. The leaser deserved it. His past life was honestly too pathetic. He Yuan wasn't worried about elder Mo standing up for Mo Jiu once he got out of seclusion.
Mo Jiu's harem members that had passes were all present in the secret dimension so He Yuan was sure Mo Jiu had gotten the dimension pass through unscrupulous means. That was enough.
He Yuan stared at the prompt.
[Test Task Complete. Leave Task Realm Yes/No]
He clicked on Yes and closed his eyes.
At the Tianmo sect,
WHIP!
"AAAAHH!"
Mu Qingqing held her face and scrambled away as Shen Mianmian's whip left a bloody gash across her face.
Shen Mianmian sneered. "Running away would not save you." She was very angry. She could take a lot of things but this Mu Qingqing had crossed her bottomline again and again.
First, she had dared to lay her hands on Jiu-ge and now... Now this evil woman was receiving the attention and admiration of everyone in the Tianmo sect because of Jiu-ge!
Since Mu Qingqing was the one who had been at Mo Jiu's side when he absorbed the inheritance, the other Tianmo disciples were fawning over her saying that if there was anyone Mo Jiu would let into the secret dimension first, it would be Mu Qingqing!
She, Shen Mianmian, was the fairy of the Tianmo sect. She was also Mo Jiu's first woman and the Tianmo sect master's only child. What right did this Mu Qingqing have to steal her spotlight? Why would Jiu-ge do such a thing to her?!
Mu Qingqing breathed heavily as tears and blood ran down her face "Jiejie, you've gone too far!"
WHIP!
"AAAHHH!"
Shen Mianmian struck at her again. "Who's your Jiejie?! You still have the guts to call me your Jiejie? Have you ever put this so called Jiejie in your eyes?!" Before she could lift her whip and strike again,
WHIP!
Mu Qingqing took out her own whip and struck back at Shen Mianmian, who widened her eyes in shock as blood dripped down her arm. Mu Qingqing was angry. She'd had enough. So what if she had been intimate with Jiu-gege? What was wrong with that?! She wasn't the only one so why was Shen Mianmian so focused on her?
Shen Mianmian had destroyed her face, she wouldn't stand it anymore!
WHIP!
WHIP!
WHIP!
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
Mu Qingqing unleashed a torrent of whippings on Shen Mianmian and the latter screamed in pain. Seeing as she had no way out, Shen Mianmian took out her beast satchel and unleashed her spirit beast.
"GGGRRRR!" The sleek medium grade spirit beast barred its teeth at Mu Qingqing.
"Is this all?" Mu Qingqing asked with her face twisted in an eery smile before unleashing her high grade Azure snake on the purple panther. As soon as the Azure snake rushed at the panther, she slowly stalked over to Shen Mianmian.
Shen Mianmian scrambled away on the ground as Mu Qingqing walked closer with a bloody face and a vindictive look in her eyes. "No! Stay away from me!"
Mu Qingqing spat out the blood that had dripped into her mouth. "You want me to stay away from you? But you haven't had enough of whipping me, why don't you come and whip me some more, hm?"
WHIP!
"AAAHHH!"
"Why don't you whip me back, hm?"
WHIP!
"AAAAHHHH!"
Mu Qingqing held her whip tightly and struck down with all the spiritual power she could muster.
WHIP!
WHIP!
WHIP! WHIP! WHIP! WHIP!.....
Mu Qingqing kept on whipping until what was left of Shen Mianmian was a bloody mess of flesh, blood and bones. Shen Mianmian's spirit beast was no better as it was swallowed up by the Azure snake.
"MU QINGQING, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" This part was a secluded part of the Tianmo sect. A bunch of disciples were riding over ahead when they heard the screams so they rushed in. Who knew they would witness such a thing? That was... The sect master's daughter wasn't it?
Mu Qingqing's eyes widened and she quickly struck out her whip to get them out of the way before running away. What had she done?! She hadn't been in her right mind. She had been so angry. It was all Shen Mianmian's fault for whipping her first! What should she do now?!
Her mind drifted to Mo Jiu and hope lit in her heart. Jiu-gege. Jiu-gege would protect her. She hadn't meant to kill her Jiejie. It was a mistake.
Mo Jiu, on the other hand, soon arrived at the Duoluo sect. After taking his spirit beasts, he broke into the sect coffers. Next, he took out all the treasures he could find. They were all out to get him so his own hidden weapons and treasures wouldn't be enough to protect himself. He would go into hiding and let the heat cool down before coming back.
Mo Sheng, Xing Mei, Mu Qingqing, Chu Feng, Chu Leng. One of them had absorbed the inheritance and framed him. He was going to come back and hunt them all!
By the time Ru Lianfeng and his elders arrived at the Duoluo sect mountains, the coffers had been emptied out. They all went crazy, especially the elders. The coffers did not just contain the sect treasures but also some of their personal treasures. They needed explanations.
So they all went to demand answers from Ru Lianfeng. He was the sect master and held the jade key to the coffers, after all.
"Calm down!" Ru Lianfeng shouted at his elders. "We-"
Before he could continue, a Duoluo sect disciple ran in breathing heavily. "Sect master! The Bureau of cultivators, hundreds of prominent sects and even some cultivation clans are right outside the sect gates, declaring war against the Duoluo sect!"
The eyes of Ru Lianfeng and his elders all widened in shock.
It hadn't even been up to five hours!