Chapter 845: Chapter 329: Celestial Master Tang Standing the Last Watch (Double-Length Chapter) (Part 2)
Yueyao: "What do you want?"
Shuiyao: "I want something called the Soul Exhausting Stone."
Yueyao pondered slightly: "I’ve heard of it, but I don’t have it at the moment..."
Regarding the Soul Exhausting Stone, I do have it... Lei Jun thought to himself.
That was one of the spoils he acquired after taking down Fu Dongsen and seizing his Taoist Miniature Bag.
Among the items left by Fu Dongsen, what Lei Jun and others from the Celestial Master Mansion were most concerned about were those talisman decrees concerning the Mortal Tao Country.
Besides that, Fu Dongsen left some other things, the Soul Exhausting Stone being one of them.
It’s indeed a spiritual object, but of no use to Taoist sect cultivators.
Fu Dongsen might have left it for future artifact refining and treasure crafting needs.
This item was not something he took with him when he left the Mount Shu Sect, probably accumulated by himself.
Regarding this, the first time Lei Jun, in the guise of Chen Donglou, returned to the Summit, Zhang Dongyuan and others had specially counted the losses caused when Fu Dongsen and Hong Jie split and left, providing a list to Chen Donglou, as clues to track down Fu Dongsen and others.
Therefore, Lei Jun taking out this Soul Exhausting Stone for trading now wouldn’t risk exposing the truth that he was the one who eliminated Fu Dongsen.
"Jinyao, let’s negotiate."
Yueyao, standing aside, said: "I am also very eager for information related to the Netherworld. I don’t have the Soul Exhausting Stone that Shuiyao needs, but I have some other information about the Mortal World that I can offer to you both. Can this deal allow me to have a hand in it as well?"
Lei Jun: "I don’t mind."
Shuiyao: "As long as the Soul Exhausting Stone is available, I don’t mind either."
Yueyao: "Thank you both, then let me start with the information I have to show my sincerity.
The information I’ve heard is related to the Solitary Eagle Khanate that appeared previously in the Northwest.
It can now be confirmed that the region where the Solitary Eagle Khanate is located is another vast world akin to our present Mortal World.
In that Mortal World, not only does the Solitary Eagle Khanate exist, but as far as I know, the orthodox dynasty there is called the Great Song.
However, the current state of the Song Imperial Family is in doubt, with previous signs indicating a fragmented and devastated realm under the Song Emperor’s rule."
Back at the time at the Great Black Mountain, was the fragmented Foreign Lands accessed via the Void Gateway linked to that Great Song Mortal World... Lei Jun pondered in his heart.
"In the Ming Mortal Realm, time passes approximately two thousand four hundred years more than in the Great Tang Mortal Realm."
He thoughtfully asked: "What about the Great Song Mortal World?"
Yueyao: "On this point, there is no conclusive information yet."
Lei Jun: "I hope you’ll inform me if there are any further discoveries."
Yueyao: "No problem."
Lei Jun: "Then the deal is reached; I am willing to give the Soul Exhausting Stone to Shuiyao."
Shuiyao: "Alright, then today, I’ll sell my goods to two sides this time.
The Netherworld previously surged backward into the Mortal World at the Mount Shu Sect’s Summit, which is true, but it’s not the only spring of such existence.
At least, in the Southern Wilderness, there’s a new possibility.
The ’Ghost King’ Zonghan from the Golden City Stronghold, the two of you might want to pay more attention."
Yueyao: "Zonghan, huh?"
Shuiyao: "That’s correct, as far as I know, he’s involved with the Netherworld, but whether he has already severed ties with those from the Inner Mount Shu is currently uncertain; the information is absolutely true, and I will investigate further details."
The "Ghost King" Zonghan is the Holy Master of the Golden City Stronghold, the sacred ground of the Southern Witch Sect’s Ghost Tao lineage.
The Golden City Stronghold has been plagued by misfortune for years, not much better off than the Blood River.
Zonghan himself was severely wounded by Tang Xiaotang a few years ago, almost losing all evil souls and walking corpses, barely escaping with his life.
Since then, he has hidden himself, with no news for a long time.
Unexpectedly, he is now involved with the Netherworld?
"I originally thought Zonghan was linked to Luo Yuan." Yueyao said.
Luo Yuan, like the Netherworld, Earth Sea, and Avici, is among the Ten Lands of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and essentially part of the triadic realm of life and death with the Netherworld and Avici.
Legend has it that before the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths severed contact with the Mortal World, Luo Yuan was connected with the Witchcraft Sect.
For a Great Witch practicing the Ghost Tao lineage, that place would be a Land of Bliss.
"Whether Zonghan is related to Luo Yuan, I’m uncertain." Shuiyao: "But he’s definitely entangled with the Netherworld, just a matter of how deep."
Yueyao: "I naturally trust what you say."
Lei Jun: "I trust it too."
Next, he privately discussed with Shuiyao, agreeing on the time, place, and details of the Soul Exhausting Stone transaction in the real world.
Meanwhile, Riyao and Yueyao were also talking privately.
Yueyao sighed: "As one wave subsides, another rises; the cultivation practices of the Inner Mount Shu Sect are extremely sinister, if rampant, they would pose great harm to all living beings."
Riyao: "Now that signs have appeared, changes might happen again in a short time."
Yueyao: "Shall I come over in person to report to you now?"
Riyao: "Come over."
......
Over the vast Northern Sea, the sea wind howls.
A man and a woman, both Taoists, stood solemnly side by side.
Suddenly, in the mid-air before them, a light flickered.
Amidst the flickering cold light, a female figure emerged from within.
The man and woman waiting there were Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi from the Ming Mortal Realm.
They both saluted simultaneously: "Greetings, Emperor."
"No need for formalities."
The woman’s attire was relatively simple, somewhat resembling Xue Xingzi, with a distinct Mount Shu style.
However, she was entirely shrouded in white light, commanding awe and dignity.
She came from the Ming Mortal Realm, through Penglai, into the Great Tang Mortal Realm.
In the Daoist Nation of the Ming Mortal Realm, people called her Emperor.
As for the people from the Great Tang Mortal Realm’s Taoist Nation like Fu Dongsen previously, they habitually referred to her as the Western White Emperor.
"Is Taoist Brother Huang still in seclusion?" she asked.
Shang Nan: "With the demise of Taoist Friend Fu Dongsen, the Northern Black Emperor has never revealed himself, and affected by this, the people of the Taoist Nation on the Great Tang side have also vanished, not daring to show themselves."
