Chapter 702: Gains and Reports (I)

Chapter 702: Gains and Reports (I)

It was only one day of conversation with these martial masters, yet Li Hao felt that he’d gained quite a bit. Although he was no longer a martial master, it didn’t matter. There were similarities when it came to great dao.

The young man thought that his master might not leave this time, but Yuan Shuo stood up as well.

“I’m going back to Silver Moon! You be careful here. I’m going to converse with those old antiques and possibly change the overall situation for you. I was too weak back in the day and didn’t dare go back. I am no longer weak, so I ought to look in on those existences!”

Li Hao’s eyes widened, but Yuan Shuo waved him off. “There’s no need to say too much. Just remember that you are my disciple, not someone else’s disciple. Remember what is primary and what is secondary, that is all!”

He left with a jaunty air and didn’t look back.

“Your master says that he knows where the rest of the Jadelight sword method is,” Jadelight chuckled and looked at the young man. “I feel quite regretful that I didn’t have time to exchange sword dao reflections with you over these past two days. But the days ahead are long. There will be chances to after my Jadelight sword technique improves!”

“Are you coming or not?” Yuan Shuo called out impatiently.

Jadelight smiled, vanishing as a streak of sword light. That left only a few people in the large room—Li Hao, Hong Yitang, Hou Xiaochen, Yu Luocha, and Light Sword.

“Golden Spear’s gone,” Yu Luocha suddenly said.

“What?”

Manager Yu raised the transmission pendant in her hand. “Golden Spear sent me a message saying that he’s leaving. He didn’t make his farewells to the Silver Moon Guards. He’s regretful that he didn’t participate in the battle, but also felt that he wouldn’t have been able to help much. He said he wants to take a look outside. He won’t come back if he cannot break his internal demons!

“The message concludes with his gratitude toward the director for helping him all those years ago. He also asks that Li Hao takes care of the Silver Moon Guards... and that is all he said.”

The group blinked. Golden Spear... was gone. They were surprised, but it also made sense.

Hou Xiaochen sank into deep thought and sighed softly after a while. “Leaving... is just as well! He should take a look at the rest of the world! It will indeed be hard for him to break the intent that I left behind in him. I didn’t mean to do so, but he is unable to set things aside. He thinks too much and is too upright. If it was He Yong... he wouldn’t think so much... Golden Spear always felt that he owed me something...”

Hou Xiaochen shook his head with some regret. If Golden Spear didn’t return after this parting, that meant he would never return. Or he might find a place to live out the rest of his days. The Three Spears of Silver Moon might become a footnote in history.

But if he could return, then he would be very different from before. That Golden Spear would be once more renowned throughout Silver Moon’s martial world and the head of the Three Spears. He would still be the fifth ranked among the Record, but looking at third place.

“I’ve decided to stay, how about you?” Hong Yitang looked at Light Sword. The woman had been with him all this time. “How about you go to Silver Moon? My wife’s asked a few times why you keep following me...”

Light Sword started, as did the others! They all looked at Hong Yitang.

“She really did ask me!”

“You think too highly of yourself, Hong Yitang!” Light Sword raged! What do you mean by this?!

Hong Yitang didn’t explain further. What he said was the truth, so stop following him! It was one thing when she was a man, and it would have been fine if she was as ugly as before. But now... at the very least, she looked like a middle-aged auntie!

There were too many martial masters and all of them were powerhouses. The rate at which they absorbed energy was frightening.

However, the young man did not lack for money these days. He’d obtained quite a bit from the executions, but this occasion was different. All of the dead were heavyweights and quite a few of them were Arcanus. Li Hao was curious if these people had good treasures on them.

The dog spat up some storage rings—not that many, just approximately two dozen. However, they seemed much more high quality from a single glance.

Li Hao picked one up at random, not knowing whose it was. He sucked in a sharp breath when he sent his consciousness into it. Who’s was this?

It only contained a dozen mysterious power stones, but each of them felt bigger and stronger than the one Hong Yitang had taken out. If Hong Yitang’s was worth three thousand regular pieces, then one of these was worth ten thousand. Incomparably dense energy swayed within, moving like water currents.

Although they were the equivalent of several hundred thousand stones, mysterious power stones of the caliber weren't easily traded for. They were impossible to find on the market and could only come from ruins. It was only the most premier ruins that would contain them.

Powerhouses are certainly different!

There weren’t many mysterious power stones or other items apart from a small flask. Water of Life was almost standard issue for heavyweights of this level. There were ten drops inside. Li Hao truly wondered which poor soul had owned this storage ring that they’d died without using a single drop.

Further investigation revealed one more item that was very conspicuous among the general cultivation resources. He took it out for a closer look. It was a piece of amber that seemed to have a drop of something blood-red flowing inside it. It looked to be a phoenix or a roc bird...

“What is this?” Li Hao looked at it with confusion. Panther’s nose twitched and it merrily lifted its head upward at the young man. Li Hao looked down at it.

“Arf arf arf!” Panther barked urgently. It even drew a small gash on its body to make blood flow...

“Essence blood from a major monster spirit?” A thought struck Li Hao.

“Arf arf arf!” Panther hastily nodded. That’s right, this was blood from a major monster spirit! It didn’t know how it’d come about, or maybe it’d been traded for...

“Sky Roc Mountain or Phoenix Mountain...” Li Hao mused. Those two divine mountains were ruled by flight type monster spirits. There didn’t seem to be particularly strong monster spirits among those of the ground or water. It was the flying types that’d produced two major monster spirits. Was it the land and sea monster spirits keeping a low profile, or was there another reason behind this?

This drop of blood might belong to one of them.

Li Hao was well aware that the blood of monster spirits could strengthen the body. Yuan Shuo had bitten into Panther’s blood last time to extract some blood to fortify his organs.

“Do you want it?”

“Arf!” Panther nodded. Monster spirits hunting others of their kind was their nature since the ancient times. Monster spirit blood contained power that was much more nourishing to the dog than sword energy.

“Here you go!” Li Hao didn’t spend further time wondering who it belonged to. He tossed it to the dog, who swallowed it with one gulp. There were no names written on the storage rings, but judging from the items inside, it might’ve belonged to the North Sea King. Yet if that was the case, the pirate was too poor! He had some treasures, but it paled in comparison to the identity of the greatest pirate of the North Sea!

“Maybe... he traded his treasures for the opportunity to break through to Arcanus?” Li Hao guessed. This was most likely the story. In that case, then the new crop of Aracanus were likely to all be very poor. They would’ve had to pay a price for their newfound strength.

The possibility pained Li Hao. What a shame! Why else would the greatest pirate of the North Sea be so poor?