Read Novel Full Chapter 2093: Struggle at the Gorge Entrance
Chapter 2093: Chapter 2093: Struggle at the Gorge Entrance
Before heading to the teleportation array, Mu Fusheng deliberately hid his figure and returned to his cave abode. Inside, he took off the talisman Black Robe that concealed his presence, then put on a show of casually inscribing a few talismans and taking them away.
After all, every time Mu Fusheng finished inscribing talismans, he stored them in his interspatial ring. How could he possibly leave them lying outside!
At this moment, in the Supervisory Temple’s spatial teleportation portal.
When everyone saw Mu Fusheng arrive, Yang Shao smiled wryly and said, "Brother Mu, what took you so long? The task over there is a race against time!"
Mu Fusheng smiled, took out the talismans he had just inscribed from his interspatial ring, and said with a laugh, "Precisely because that mission is important, I temporarily inscribed a few talismans to ensure we complete it properly. I didn’t expect it to take two hours."
Yang Shao was startled when he heard this. Looking at the few talismans in Mu Fusheng’s hand, he said, "All of these talismans have reached Creation Level. Brother Mu, you inscribed them in just two hours?"
Mu Fusheng froze.
Oh no.
He hadn’t timed it properly! He should have lowered the grade and quantity of the talismans!
Now that it had come to this, Mu Fusheng nodded calmly without his face flushing or heartbeat quickening, and said, "These talismans are ones I inscribe often. I’m already very familiar with them."
Only then did Yang Shao nod.
But on the side, Jiu Bailu, Ye Qiubai and the others all let out a silent "heh heh" in their hearts.
As if we’d believe you!
"Alright, let’s hurry on our way. Even using the spatial teleportation portal, we’ll only reach the outer perimeter of the Nether River Abyss by tomorrow morning." As Yang Shao spoke, he held up the Heaven Observation Order for the guard beside the teleportation array to see.
The guard nodded at the sight and activated the teleportation array.
The group stepped into it.
After passing through four teleportations.
They finally arrived in a city.
Yang Shao explained, "Where we are now is the city closest to the Nether River Abyss, Nether River City. This is also where the Supervisory Temple has established a Sub-Palace."
As he was explaining, a woman walked up to greet them.
"Brother Yang, over here!"
She had a slender figure, her brows and eyes lightly painted with red makeup, and her gaze was like autumn water, making one unconsciously sink into it.
Yang Shao stepped forward and asked, "How’s the situation now?"
The woman shook her head, her willow brows furrowing slightly. "Although several elders from the Sub-Palace have already stepped in, things have become a mess in the shadows. Every day there are people trying to sneak in to seize resources, and many factions have gone to war for a single patch of resources."
Now that the seals were loosening, the aura of the evil beings in the abyss had begun to leak out. The natural treasures in the Nether River Abyss were originally nurtured while tainted by the aura of these evil beings, and are now growing even more exuberantly!
This has driven the nearby factions and rogue cultivators into a frenzy.
While the woman spoke, her gaze would occasionally drift toward Ye Qiubai and the others.
Yang Shao came to his senses and introduced, "They’re the few new disciples the Supervisory Temple just accepted." Then he pointed at the woman and said, "She’s Luo Ke, the Sub-Palace Hall Master’s daughter."
Before Ye Qiubai and the others could speak, Luo Ke’s eyes lit up and she said, "They’re the newcomers whose talent is even higher than yours?"
Yang Shao’s eye twitched. "If you’re going to talk, at least think about what you’re saying..."
Luo Ke dragged Yang Shao aside in one tug, leaned in front of Mu Fusheng, and grabbed his hand of her own accord. "I’ve heard about you all. Pretty impressive, huh? You just joined the Supervisory Temple and already managed to complete such a difficult mission. Brother Yang and that Qin Zhao can’t compare to you!"
Mu Fusheng glanced at Yang Shao, who was shaking with anger, then smiled and said, "We just happened to catch the timing, that’s all. Our luck was good. And I didn’t participate, it was them."
Suddenly, he felt a chill from the side, as if a cold gaze was about to skewer him.
Feeling his hand being held by soft jade, Mu Fusheng immediately pulled it back.
Luo Ke chuckled and said, "Alright, let’s head over directly. Another clash just broke out over there."
With that, Luo Ke took the lead and walked ahead.
Yang Shao patted Mu Fusheng’s shoulder, jerked his mouth toward Jiu Bailu’s direction, then followed after her.
Only then did Mu Fusheng look at Jiu Bailu.
Jiu Bailu’s face still wore its gentle smile. In other people’s eyes, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
After looking at her, Mu Fusheng shuddered inwardly.
He was done for...
"What’s wrong?" Jiu Bailu tilted her head and smiled faintly.
Xu Yeming laughed and said, "Senior Brother, who would’ve thought you’re this afraid of your wife." Then he followed after the group.
Ye Qiubai patted Mu Fusheng’s shoulder and said "Good luck" as he walked along.
Hong Ying did the same, saying, "Take care."
Mu Fusheng’s mouth twitched, then he lightly coughed and reached out to take Jiu Bailu’s hand. "So... let’s go too."
Jiu Bailu glanced at him, subtly stepped aside out of reach, and walked forward.
"My hands are too rough. That Luo Ke’s hands look pretty nice, they seem soft. If you want to hold hands, go hold hers."
Mu Fusheng gave a bitter smile.
Truly self-inflicted...
Sure enough, it’s because Master’s realm is high enough that he stays clear-headed.
...
Although Nether River City was on the fringes of the Fuyao Realm, its area was enormous, probably comparable to the Imperial City of Banan Divine Kingdom. The powers here were tangled and complex; it was just that no top faction was seated here.
All of this was because the natural treasures in the Nether River Abyss were abundant enough.
And those top factions felt this place was too dangerous... Moreover, the evil aura seeping out from the abyss, if absorbed in excess, might affect their constitution, so they were unwilling to share this piece of the pie.
This had resulted in the forces here being mostly composed of people desperate for resources, licking blood off their blades just to obtain them.
Among them, there were three powers that were the strongest.
The Nether River Sect, the Yin Spirit Sect, and the Three Treasures Sect.
"And the ones fighting this time are the Nether River Sect and the Yin Spirit Sect." All along the way, Luo Ke continued explaining the situation here.
"They’ve both discovered a valley that mutated due to the leaking evil aura. The natural treasures inside all had their age soar dramatically."
Xu Yeming asked in puzzlement, "But although these natural treasures nourished by evil aura have risen in level, wouldn’t absorbing them cause one to be tainted by evil aura? Wouldn’t that cause side effects instead?"
Luo Ke shook her head helplessly. "There are so many cultivators in the Fuyao Realm, yet ninety percent of the resources are controlled by the top factions. The remaining ten percent is nowhere near enough, so how could they care whether there’s evil aura or not? As long as it’s useful, they’ll take it."
This was also why countless people broke their heads trying to join a top faction.
Without resources, how are you supposed to cultivate?
Where would you find so many children of destiny who always stumble into great opportunities while cultivating alone...
On the outskirts of Nether River City, under Luo Ke’s lead, Ye Qiubai and the others quickly arrived at the outer perimeter of the Nether River Abyss.
Before them stretched a rift valley area with no end in sight. Black mist coiled around the valley mouths, and within, one could vaguely see jagged strange rocks and twisted dead trees.
The air was filled with a stench that mingled blood and decay. Even standing at the mouth of the valley, one could feel a bone-chilling evil aura constantly pouring out from the depths, making the skin prickle slightly.
The ground at the valley entrance was an eerie dark red, as if soaked in blood for countless years, with not a single blade of grass growing.
Looking deeper into the valley, within the black mist faint, dark red glimmers flickered, like ghostly eyes, appearing and disappearing.
Further inside, one could hear faint, shrill winds, mixed with blurred roars and wails, making the heart restless.
Inside the valley mouth, two groups of cultivators were facing off.
Presumably, they were people from the Nether River Sect and the Yin Spirit Sect...