Translator: Tim Editor: GlobeGlotter
"Has Wang Lenchan already come after you? Did you kill him?" Zeng Zhengxia couldnât believe it, but why else would Ye Mo be asking where the Wang family was?
It wasnât rare. The hidden sects code was to either not attack, or attack and kill them all.
Ye Mo smiled, "Thatâs right. He wanted to kill me so I had to kill him first, but I didnât leave anyone alive. Iâve never heard of this Nan Mountain and I thought, since youâre all a part of the hidden sects, someone would know where it is."
Zeng Zhengxia was even more shocked that Ye Mo could admit it. It seemed that it was true what they said about Ye Mo annihilating the He Liu and Dian Cang.
He had thought that Ye Mo wasnât bad, but a little worse than him. Now, he didnât dare think like that. Although he was earth level tertiary stage, Wang Lenchan perhaps only would have needed a few moves to kill him. Yet, Ye Mo had managed to kill Wang Lenchan and all of his men. Had he really reached the legendary great heaven?
"Are you great heaven state?" Zeng Zhengxia was upright and straight forward, but he wasnât dumb. It was shocking just to say it. A twenty year old great heaven master?
Ye Mo hummed for a moment. He thought of Tan Jiao. Since he could defeat Tan Jiao, he should be counted as great heaven, right? But then he thought of Wang Lenchan and Wu Dao. If great heaven meant to be only a bit stronger than halfway great heaven, it couldnât be called great heaven. Moreover, Tan Jiao was far weaker than those two.
Thinking about this, Ye Mo shook his head, "I probably still have some way to go before great heaven. I donât know how much exactly, but Iâm not afraid of great heaven levels."
Ye Mo wasnât bluffing. He could fly on the flying sword and control it telekinetically. Even if he had to face a great heaven, he would only need to be careful. If he couldnât win, he could always run away. But he had never met a real great heaven master, so he didnât know how big the difference was.
Zeng Zhengxia exhaled and calmed down. After a long while, he said, "No wonder youâre not scared of Xiang Mingwang. Xiang Mingwang is at most as strong as Wang Lenchan, and even a bit weaker than Feng Wu. Brother Ye, you really are the genius of the millennium."
Ye Mo smiled. He knew his own business. If he hadnât cultivated ancient martial arts, he might have not even reached black level by then. The reason he was that strong was because he was a dao cultivator, it meant that he was cultivating the immortal path. Which ancient martial art could be stronger than the immortal path?
Zeng Zhengxia continued, "Itâs impossible to find the Wang family. Even the Wang family members themselves donât know where it is, much less others. I suspect that Xiang Mingwang and the others wouldnât know either. The Wang family always keeps a low profile and only brought two members for the tournament this time."
Ye Mo sighed.
"Doesnât Brother Zeng live here?" Ye Mo couldnât find Zeng Zhengxia with his spirit sense that night, so he asked.
Zeng Zhengxia nodded, "None of the six great sects live here. They live at a government provided place. Brother Ye, the tournament starts at 9 a.m. I came to see you mainly. Now I need to go back and prepare. This time, our 36 Rivers Sect has four disciples participating. Itâs my honour to meet someone like you, Brother Ye."
Ye Mo immediately said, "Brother Zeng is a truthful person. No one dared to speak up for me, but you did. Brother Zeng, I take you as a real good friend."
"Alright. My 36 Rivers is at the Duan Heng Region, youâre welcome to go there," Zeng Zhengxia said happily.
Ye Mo nodded and said, "But the reason I invited Brother Zeng over is because of your internal injuries. If Iâm not wrong, your internal injuries are very serious. If itâs left untreated, you can only last three to five years."
"Brother Ye, you can tell I have internal injuries?" Zeng Zhengxia stood up in shock. He wasnât afraid of death but he was afraid that there was no one strong enough to take over the 36 Rivers. If he died, they would fall from the 5th spot.
Ye Mo smiled and took out a pill, "This is a lotus life pill. Your injuries will be cured after you eat it."
"A lotus life seed? Is that the lotus life pill sold at the Xi Xia Temple that cured Miao Quanâs internal injuries?" Zeng Zhengxia said in shock.
Ye Mo nodded, "Thatâs right."
Zeng Zhengxia took the pill solemnly and said slowly, "Brother Ye, it really is my luck that we can be friends. I know that Miao Quan searched everywhere for the source of the pill, but the Yu Association didnât dare say it. I really didnât expect it came from you. I know this pill is very expensive and it canât be found in the market. Iâll take it. If thereâs anything Brother Ye needs, just tell me, Iâll do it at all costs."
Ye Mo patted Zeng Zhengxiaâs shoulder and said, "Since weâre friends, thereâs no need to say such things. Brother Zeng still needs to bring your sect disciples to Broken Top Mountain. I wonât delay you anymore, weâll meet up there."
Ye Mo didnât need to use the lotus life pill to cure Zeng Zhengxiaâs injuries. But firstly, it would cost too much time and chi, secondly, since they were friends, one pill didnât matter.
After Zeng Zhengxia left, Han Yan finished washing herself and they walked downstairs. When they went to the 8th floor, there were already a lot of sect leaders and elders coming out.
Many were obviously surprised to see Ye Mo come out unscathed. Those who knew Ye Mo still came up to greet him. Xia Changtian and Yu Tao were even more shocked, but they didnât show it at all.
Han Yan sighed. If she had come by herself or with her master, they wouldnât have had a place to talk and they would have had to let others enter the elevator first. It was a different story following Ye Mo. No one dared to go in first. It was only Ye Mo and her who entered the first elevator.
This was power. Society was all about power.
Ye Mo didnât mind at all, he was too used to it. When he had been at Luo Yue before, he needed to be like that too.
When Ye Mo and Han Yan walked into the main hall, Wang Xiyue was already there waiting for them. He quickly brought them to a special dining room and told Ye Mo that the car was ready.
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The previous night, Broken Top Mountain had been bleak and cold, but now it was vibrant and boisterous. Cars kept coming to the bottom of the mountain, as people in different clothes from various sects headed to the mountain.
Other than some who had special connections with the hidden sects, most people couldnât come.
The top of the mountain was around a quarter square kilometer. It had already been cleared out. In the centre there were two huge fighting stages. Seats had already been placed around it. There were around seven to eight thousand people there. Ye Mo estimated that most of the mortal people there were those who helped the hidden sects do business.
Although there were squads to maintain order, the guests were obviously well-mannered and werenât fussy with their seats. The scene wasnât chaotic at all.
Guang Han Sectâs status was very low. They only had two seats and they were at the back. When Ye Mo brought Han Yan to the site, they were brought into the 36 Rivers region by Zeng Zhengxia, who had been waiting for them.
"Brother Ye, you can sit here. Iâll have someone take Ms Han to sign up, also, Iâll help you get a conductor position for the tournament," Zeng Zhengxia said.
Ye Mo smiled, "If I conducted the tournament, that old fart Xiang Mingwang would definitely not agree. Moreover, Iâm not interested in that. Iâll just sit here. Han Yan, go sign up first, Iâll have a look around here."
After Han Yan left, Zeng Zhengxia had to leave, because he needed to conduct the tournament. But Ye Mo obviously had high quality service in that area, constantly having a waiter by his side.
Ye Mo saw that the place to sign up was quite chaotic and it would take an hour to settle things, but he wasnât worried. He had two main goals there: one was to bring Han Yan to the tournament, the second was to see where that spirit well was.
In order to not make things hard for Zeng Zhengxia, he didnât ask him.
In that same moment, Xiang Mingwang had a bleak expression on his face as he asked, "How come Sect Leader Wang still isnât here?"
His tone was obviously unhappy, since Wang Lenchan obviously had taken everything for himself the previous night. Despite knowing that Wang Lenchan would share something when he arrived that day, he still wasnât very happy.