Rise of Humanity

Chapter 267 - The Mystery Man In Black Robe

Hall Master Zuo of the outer hall Cloudless Hall?

Qiu Jin’er was stunned, she quickly hid away the token and thought in her heart, Hall Master Zuo is in the outer hall, located at the foot of Swords Gate Mountain, that might just be one of the most useless hall ever. So why did headmaster ask me to look for him?

The Cloudless Hall was located in the outer hall lower house, the outer hall was divided into upper and lower house; hence, the lower house Cloudless Hall could be said as the smaller and weakest hall of all in Swords Gate.

The old man didn’t ask Qiu Jin’er to look for the other hall masters and instead, instructed her to go for the weakest Cloudless Hall, it was utterly bizarre.

Logically speaking, Tian Myriad Mother was a big issue and to look for help from the weakest and smallest Cloudless Hall, Qiu Jin’er couldn’t understand what was the old man thinking at all.

Not long after, Qiu Jin’er left, but she didn’t rush over right away; she went back to the Yang God Palace, had a casual conversation with her mother, then went to the Hundred Treasure Hall in Swords Gate, requesting the hall master to craft a new wooden wheelchair for her and paid for the deposit before heading back to the Seal Suppression Hall and stayed in.

While in the Yang God Palace not long after she left, Madam Qiu headed over to Elder Lei Shan to pay him a visit. After a long time, Grandmother Lu then sneaked out of the Yang God Palace, went straight down to the foot of the mountain in search of Hall Master Zuo in the outer hall lower house Cloudless Hall.

“This token…”

Zuo Xiangsheng received the token, rays flashed in his eyes and he said, “Grandmother Lu, please wait for a moment.”

He turned and left, when he has returned, there was a mysterious man fully covered in a black robe, concealing his identity away from the world.

Zuo Xiangsheng took out a wristband and swirled it softly, the mystery man was sucked into the wristband after which Zuo Xiangsheng passed the wristband over to Grandmother Lu, he said, “The dimensional space in this secret realm is not big, there aren’t much air in it. Go quickly and don’t tarry, to do so otherwise will suffocate our man.”

Grandmother Lu’s heart stiffened up, she thought, Missy only asked me to bring the token to this Zuo Qiu Clan member, she only stressed on its importance but never told me what to do. And this Zuo Qiu Clan member is asking me to transport a man?

Grandmother Lu wore the wristband and left; soon, she arrived at the Seal Suppression Hall and Qiu Jin’er quickly took over the wristband, asking Grandmother Lu to return, Qiu Jin’er then turned and looked for Zhong Yue.

“A wristband for me? With a black robed mysterious man in it?”

Zhong Yue eas stunned, he opened the Seal Suppression Hall and walked in together with Qiu Jin’er.

Surging his psyche out, he placed his hands gently on the wristband and opened the secret realm within — a black robed mystery man walked out of it, his face shadowed in the robe as he glanced at the surrounding, he had an old and hoarse voice, “This is the Seal Suppression Hall? Where is Tian Myriad Mother’s spirit?”

Zhong Yue cast out the jade seal and opened the copper hall that contained Tian Myriad Mother’s spirit.

The mystery man praised as he saw the hovering demon spirit in the copper palace, “Impressive, what an incredible child! You’ve acted so quickly and really succeeded in killing a demon god! How did you kill her soul? One have to know, even the first headmaster of Swords Gate couldn’t have done so and her atman eventually escaped.”

Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er looked carefully at the mystery man donned in black robe, but they still couldn’t see through his identity; Zhong Yue faked a cough and probed, “Senior, have we met before?”

The mystery man avoided his direct question and replied, “I’ve once said, you have too many secrets, way more than Tian Myriad Mother, which was why you were more suspicious than her.”

Zhong Yue was stunned, he heaved a long breath.

“I’ve prepared a few measures to take down Tian Myriad Mother, but it seems like they are now useless as you’ve taken care of her. Very well, it works better this way, Tian Myriad is dead and only you and I knows about it, while her compliances are completely unaware of it.”

The mystery man walked toward the broken copper palace crushed by Zhong Yue’s golden feathery Peng sword; he sat down in the lotus position before it and right away, blazing fire burned in the air and melted the copper palace away; he then slowly mold it and recovered the halved copper palace into an identically new copper palace.

Then, he reconnected the broken metal chains and repaired them.

He placed everything back to their usual positions, even the totem patterns and seals were all recovered, the mystery man did it very cautious and meticulously, trying to erase the battle marks and revert it back to its usual state.

After a long time, when he has finished erasing the aftermath of the battle, he then approached Tian Myriad Mother’s severed body parts and reconnected them back together before placing it back to her copper palace; he clapped his hands and said, “Does everything look like how it was before?”

Zhong Yue glanced around, he nodded and answered, “Yes.”

The mystery man heaved a breath of relief, he walked into the copper palace, stood before Tian Myriad Mother’s spirit and said, “Seal the palace.”

Rays flashed in Zhong Yue’s eyes, he asked a question in attempt to verify the mystery man;s identity, “Where’s the token I’ve given to you?”

The mystery man waved his hand in the air with a token, it was engraved with the sun and moon Tai Chi patterns.

Zhong Yue’s heart thumped in joy, he suddenly flicked his fingers and a ray of light flashed across the air, falling into the copper palace, he laughed as he said, “Your soul weapon!”

It was the Sword Cocoon he plundered from ‘Shui Qingyan’ after Tian Myriad Mother’s death.

Zhong Yue cast out the jade seal and the doors of the copper palace creaked as the copper palace was closed down and sealed away the mystery man together along with Tian Myriad Mother’s spirit. Qiu Jin’er blinked her eyes as she vaguely guessed what was the mystery man planning to do.

If Tian Myriad Mother’s accomplice came forward to rescue her, they would surely be ambushed by the mystery man. But how did senior martial brother and this mystery man know that they will come and rescue Tian Myriad Mother?

She was puzzled, when Tian Myriad Mother was in possession of Shui Qingyan’s mortal body, her cultivation base only at the level of Atman Body, she couldn’t be compared to the magnate cultivators at all, that being said, there aren’t any reasons for them to infiltrate the Seal Suppression Hall just to rescue Tian Myriad Mother.

All of a sudden, a thought crossed her mind and dawned on her as she was glancing around at the copper palaces, Senior martial brother didn’t know whether if they will come for Tian Myriad Mother, but he knew one thing for sure, that is they will surely come to the Seal Suppression Hall to release the sealed entities in here! This is also why Tian Myriad Mother was appointed as a deputy hall master of Seal Suppression Hall, not only that she was here for her previous mortal body, but she was also here to release the sealed entities!

“Zhong Shan Clan member.”

Just when they were about to leave, the mystery man’s voice came from within the sealed copper palace, they stopped down abruptly and turned their gaze at it; the copper palace remained silent for a few moments before the mystery man continued his sentence, “Be careful.”

Zhong Yue nodded and said smilingly, “You too, stay alive and don’t die. The smart ones always die quicker than the others, I’m still waiting for the day where you will use the token I gave you.”

“Little brat…” The mystery man was piqued.

Zhong Yue laughed out loud, he felt relief as a question that always lingered in his mind was answered; suddenly, he thought of something and quickly asked, “Do you know how to get rid of the demonic Qi and demonic aura?”

“No.”

The mystery man answered in an unfriendly manner, “You’ve crushed Tian Myriad Mother’s previous life mortal body and even killed her soul, so how is it that you don’t know how to get rid of the demonic Qi and demonic aura?”

A gust of awkwardness engulfed Zhong Yue as he really didn’t know how to do so.

The Tian Myriad Mother’s mortal body was crushed thanks to the golden feathery Peng sword; while her soul was killed by Xin Huo as he launched out a skill that targeted on her soul — none of these were related to Zhong Yue.

It seems like I can only wait until when Xin Huo have calmed down and slowly ask him by the. Zhong Yue thought to himself.

From the copper palace, the mystery man said again, “One more thing, you and this Qiu Tan Clan’s little girl shouldn’t tarry much in Swords Gate, the two of you should leave as soon as possible, return only at the end of the year. Also, leave down the jade seal, do you understand?”

Zhong Yue’s heart stiffened up, he then brough Qiu Jin’er out from the Seal Suppression Hall and sealed it away, standing on the spot contemplating his next moves.

“Senior martial brother…”

Qiu Jin’er was anxious, her hear was unsettled, she whispered softly to him, “Who is that senior? Why is he asking us to leave the Swords Gate?”

Zhong Yue’s face was overcast and gloomy, he took in a deep breath of air and mumbled, “The Seal Suppression Hall will be one of their targets, and our existence is a hindrance they will have to eliminate. Which is why we must leave the Swords Gate and also place down the jade seal so that they can enter the Seal Suppression Hall, giving us the chance to ambush on the strongest of those that came forward.”

However, he didn’t answer Qiu Jin’er’s question on the identity of the mystery man, he thought in his heart, The stability in Swords Gate is now threatened, our foundation and system are corrupted from within; the more you know, the faster you die. As the hall masters of the Seal Suppression Hall, junior martial sister and I must leave Swords Gate as soon as possible! But now, the only question is who should I pass the jade seal to? So that the jade seal will be secured and that the traitors can only get their hands on it right before they are about to galvanize into action … They wouldn’t act before the headmaster’s death and in turn, when the headmaster is gone, that is when they will move! The jade seal can only be passed to the headmaster!

After a few days, Elder Shui Zizheng came to the Seal Suppression Hall, Zhong Yue welcomed him with a warm bright smile and said laughingly, “Elder Zizheng, what special occasion is it that brought the busy elder here?”

“Hall Master Zhong, Qingyan is a deputy hall master under you but she is also my granddaughter, surely I’ll have to come to have a look at her.”

Shui Zizheng laughed and said, “Hall Master Zhong is indeed young and promising, being appointed as a hall master at such a young age, I initially still thought that Qingyan would be the only suitable candidate to take over Nan Qianfang’s position!”

Upon hearing his words, a cold chill was sent down Zhong Yue’s spine, he finally knew who was the one that summoned Shui Qingyan to the mountaintop and allowed her to be possessed by Tian Myriad Mother.

Shui Zizheng was Shui Qingyan’s grandfather and he had just sacrificed her callously as an offering to Tian Myriad Mother!

Offering his own granddaughter away … taking over Elder Shui Zian’s position in the elder council after Elder Shui Zian’s dea … what an expert he is in commiting treacheries to his own family member!

Zhong Yue’s brows raised covertly, he putted up a smile ostensibly and said, “Then Elder Zizheng must be here for Junior Martial Sister Shui? Elder you’ve come at a wrong timing, she is now having a closed-door training in seclusion. Or, if you insist, I can head over and wake her up?”

Shui Zizheng was disappointed, he smiled and said, “It’s fine then. Hall Master Zhong, I’ve other matters to attend to, please excuse me.”

Zhong Yue clasped his hands together, he called Qiu Jin’er over and said, “Let us send elder out. To be honest, Junior Martial Sister Qiu and I are planning a training trip away from Swords Gate, but the Seal Suppression Hall can’t be left unguarded; so I’m planning to head over and pay headmaster a visit, passing the jade seal to him for the moment and then hand it over to Junior Martial Sister Shui when she comes out from her secluded training. Please, may the elder notify Junior Martial Sister Shui when she is available, ask her to find the headmaster and retrieve the jade seal so that she could overlook at the Seal Suppression Hall and ensure its smooth operation.”

Rays flashed furtively in Shui Zizheng’s eyes, he answered down laughingly, “Well done, you are very thoughtful. The two of you, are you two planning to elope?”

The elder guffawed out loud, “The Qiu Tan Clan is not a small clan, you two musn’t act rashly; if the two of you are fine with it, I can head over to the Qiu Tan Clan and speak a few good words for the two of you!”

Qiu Jin’er’s face blushed in crimson red out of embarrassment while Zhong Yue faked a cough and said solemnly, “Elder, you are making fun of us. Junior martial sister, go and collect your new wooden wheelchair, I’ll head over to the golden summit and pass the jade seal to the headmaster.”