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“Sister Yuezhuo, are we really not going into the central regions?”
Jiang Kui was in the middle of researching the Origin Binding Stele. From the perspective of her Sequel to the Treatise on Calligraphy, this tablet was simply a boon, significantly adding to the essentials. Jiang Yuezhuo was increasingly confident she could complete the Sequel before the Literary Excellence Convention.
Hearing Mi Ji’s question, the girl’s gaze turned to the misty depths of the Connecting Valley.
That was the direction that Chen Mo and Huang Tingjian departed towards together.
“Let’s stay outside. This time, there is danger everywhere, and we might really not be able to help him at all if we go.” Jiang Yuezhuo was not at all repulsed that Huang Tingjian labeled them meat shields. When their strength was so lacking, there was no choice.
Mi Ji shook her head and sighed. She dusted off her completely dusty lotus flower skirt.
They were Star Generals, too. For them to surprisingly become burdens to a Star Warrior, the Unknown Literati’s heart was exceedingly unreconciled, but she had no choice but to accept this cruel fact.
“But will Chen Mo be able to come back unscathed? There are so many Star Generals over there.” Mi Ji furrowed her brow.
“Let’s worry about ourselves first.” Jiang Yuezhuo faintly smiled. The howls of frightening beasts echoed out of the barren gorge. Even if they were not in the central regions, the Fierce Beasts around them were still very menacing.
“Then I’ll have to do my best to paint a portrait for him to admire…I, Mi Fu, am not deadweight.”
Mi Fu nodded her head. The Water Carp Inkstone and the Fire Wolf Brush appeared in her hands.
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Chen Mo and Drizzle Sojourner Huang Tingjian were swiftly making their way towards the central regions. According to the clues of the certificates, after obtaining the Fire Origin Pearl, everyone would meet at a certain place in the interior.
“Since there are four certificates, doesn’t this mean there will be three other pearls like it?” Chen Mo thought of this questions.
“This should be the case.”
“Since there’s such a good clue, why doesn’t the Thousand Gold Pavilion go themselves? They should have enough strength to do so.” Chen Mo muttered.
Huang Tingjian also thought that this was indeed strange. Upon careful thought, the Drizzle Sojourner surmised that: “The Connecting Valley is an important location in the Cangwu Star Field, after all. Every year when it is opened, various forces turn out in full strength. If the Thousand Gold Pavilion wished to do anything, how could they possibly conceal it.”
“There’s another reason.” Chen Mo said.
“Another?” Huang Tingjian creased her brow.
“Most likely, the trail to Li Si’s True Work will appear when these four pearls activate. The Thousand Gold Pavilion wants to use the hands of others to take the first step.” Recalling that Lady Wei led twelve White Horse Cavalry at the end into Connecting Valley, Chen Mo felt increasingly suspicious.
“If this is the case, then we must hurry.”
The two of them increased their speed.
…
The Langya War Chariot entered into dark clouds. Lightning flashed, and a thunder dragon coiled in the clouds.
The Wang Clan of Langya aboard the chariot stopped when they saw this scene.
“Yuanji, is that it?” Wang Xianzhi asked.
“Yes.” The Commandery Princess Of Lanling looked at the certificate. The clue pointed straight into the thunderclouds, “The array eye object is hidden inside there. It will suffice for us to acquire it.”
“That thunder dragon is the ‘Tengguang Thunder Dragon,’1 a type of Primeval Chaos Fierce Beast.” Looking at that thunder dragon, Wang Xianzhi felt her head ache.
“We cannot shrink back.” Wang Dun wiped her mouth and brought out her Star Weapon. This was a large, two-handed battle axe, its edges like crescent moons, biting cold. It was called “Edge Breaker.”2 Engraved on it were generations of the Wang Clan’s characters, making this fearsome axe also appear quite scholarly.
“Yuanji, be careful.” Wang Xianzhi ordred the girl. Among the three of them, her cultivation was the lowest, not even Heavenly Star. “For the time being, control of the Langya War Chariot is passed to you.”
Wang Yuanji nodded, her eyes still apathetic towards that ancient Tengguang Thunder Dragon.
Wang Xianzhi took “Pill Cave Phoenix Dance”3 and “Clear Spring Dragon Leap”4 into her hands and began to write in the air.
The Langya War Chariot let out a ferocious noice and charged into the thunder clouds. The “Tengguang” sensed enemies. Its hundred zhang body rolled out from the clouds. It opened its mouth and breathed an enormous bolt of lightning.
The lightning struck the ground, blasting a deep hole into it.
“Hè.” Wang Dun hefted “Edge Breaker” and jumped down.
The characters that Wang Xianzhi wrote were raised. Several hundred characters immediately wrapped around Wang Dun’s body. This extremely beautiful calligraphy characters each became charms that immediately bolstered Wang Dun’s power.
Wang Xianzhi had the nickname “Little Sage Buried In Books.” The power of her calligraphy did not lose out to Wang Xizhi. Her every brush stroke all carried magical powers that could greatly augment and magnify a Star General’s martial arts.
The Pill Cave Phoenix Dance and Clear Spring Dragon Leap combined, and Wang Xianzhi herself dove into the thunder clouds.
The “Tengguang” Thunder Dragon let out a screech. Its long body was immediately swathed in lightning, illuminating the heavens.
Powerful thunder force nearly blew over the war chariot.
Wang Yuanji stood in the chariot. Seeing her two older sisters entangle the Thunder Dragon, she immediately drove the war chariot. This treasure of the Wang Clan was awe-inspiring, completely beating back the ominpresent thunder and lightning.
Wang Xianzhi and Wang Dun wrapped around this Thunder Dragon. A Thunder Dragon was close to a dragon,5 and it was insufferably arrogant as it breathed lightning and thunder.
Breaking apart the layers of lightning, a pearl floated amidst the thunder clouds. It was wrapped in thunderbolts, each flash of the pearl emitting frightening booms of thunder. Countless tiny bugs floated around this Thunder Origin Pearl. They were like wingless mosquitoes and wreathed in lightning.
Seeing someone approach the Thunder Origin Pearl, these bugs immediately crackled with electricity and thunder, and they charged towards the war chariot.
A dozen darts appeared in Wang Yuanji’s palms. These darts were like black ice, and in the ice were characters. This Star Weapon was known as the “Winding Stream Dragonfly.”6 Her hands tossed them, and purple qi surrounded the darts. They descended like a shower, and all of the incoming bugs were completely exterminated by the purple rain of darts.
This was Dark Rank, “Purple Cloud Shower!”7
The Thunder Dragon’s body flickered. Seeing Wang Yuanji was about to seize the Thunder Origin Pearl, its dragonscale body’s lightning surged. The thunder clouds in the surrounding dozen li billowed frantically, and countless thunderbolts formed a hurricane. Surprisingly, there was the level of a formation of chaos, the beginnings of thunder.
“Oh, no.” Wang Dun had a bad feeling and immediately initiated her Earth Rank.
“Little Sister, you mustn’t, you cannot waste too much Star Energy.” Wang Xianzhi stopped her. Her Star Energy was to be saved for later.
“But.”
“Little Sage Buried In Books” Wang Xianzhi sneered and yelled at the Thunder Dragon: “You beast, do you think an insignificant dragon like you can kill my Wang Clan on your own?” A tiny tablet activated from her Astral Bag.
This tablet was a piece of the True Work that was the Orchid Pavilion Preface. It was an heirloom of the Wang Clan, and it contained Ancient Star Energy. Its power was inexpressible.
The Orchid Pavilion Preface True Work emerged and smashed into the Tengguang’s head.
The Thunder Dragon’s entire body thrashed in agony. The thunderbolt ability concentrated on its body all vanished at once. Wang Dun saw that the True Work had blown apart the Thunder Dragon’s defenses. “Edge Breaker” spun, and the axehead hacked at the Thunder Dragon.
“Phoenix Dark Rank: Qilin Horntip!!”8
Wang Xianzhi similarly used Yellow Rank “Ink Dot”9 for a pincer attack, like paper gushing ink.
The Thunder Dragon suffered the attacks from two Heavenly Stars, and its vitality was severely debilitated.
Wang Yuanji pierced through the thunder, finally obtaining the Thunder Origin Pearl with success.
The thunderclaps and dark clouds in the surrounding dozen li instantly vanished all at once, returning to clear skies.
That Thunder Dragon was slain by Wang Dun in the end. Every piece of this Primeval Chaos-type’s body was a treasure, and Wang Xianzhi wasted no time collecting it. “Since there are four certificates, there are three more. The Thousand Gold Pavilion definitely will not be willing to relinquish Li Si’s personal work. There is perhaps a feint inside. We must quickly reach the location first.” Wang Xianzhi urgently said.
They boarded the Langya War Chariot and went deeper in.
At the same time, the Lü Clan followed their clues to reach the location of a gale.
Inside the gale was a large tree that reached the sky, and hundreds of Primeval Chaos Fierce Beast birds known as “Scythe Stupas” were perched on it. These birds spread their wings. The gusts they loosed cut everything like blades. A Lü Clan disciple was sucked into the storm in a moment of carelessness. Skin, flesh, mucle, and bone were all ground apart, yet a Primordial Spirit was actually able to escape.
But immediately afterwards, it was shredded completely by another Scythe Stupa’s gale.
“All of you, form a protective array, do not advance.” Lü Meng sternly commanded.
The Lü Clan’s disciples promptly gathered their Flying Swords into an array that stopped the incoming squall.
“Demon Beasts like these are best used to kill enemies.” Lord Of Heaven Lü Yu’s Exploding Flame True Thunder blasted, completely destroying the gale. The Scythe Stupas activated a whirlwind ability, and a twisting storm formed a vortex, sucking in all Flying Swords.
Lü Meng’s weapon was a large lance, one that was extremely heavy. She stuck it into the ground, and the wind was completely unable to move her.
“Lü Yu, protect the Lü Clan disciples.”
“My Lady, will you face them alone?” Lü asked.
Lü Meng smirked, treating this question very frivolously. The woman clenched her large lance and threw herself into the wind. The mad gale rolled, and killing intent flooded the heavens. The Lü Clan disciples heard the screeches of the Scythe birds in the wind.
Fresh blood spurted out in the storm but were subsequently blown away by the wind.
Lü Meng’s body techniques moved free and unfettered through the squall. Her large lance was like a blade, its attacks letting out deep and low noises like a drumstrike.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
The berserk storm suddenly weakened. A fair figure walked out from the wind; the Lü Clan disciples did not dare be careless.
Lü Meng’s face and body were covered in blood and feathers. In her hand was a green pearl while her right carried that heavy lance of hers.
The gale extinguished.
The Lü Clan disciples saw that the ground was littered with the corpses of the Scythe Stupas. They were in the trees, on the ground, on the mountain, they were everywhere.
“Hail Lady Lü Meng’s might.”
The Lü Clan disciples deferentially saluted.
“This wind array is already broken. Don’t the rest of you come in vain, there are still some to kill.” Lü Meng said in a low voice. The remaining disciples promptly stepped forward.
“What is this?” Lü Yu asked.
“Lü Guang, can you recognize this?” Lü Meng handed it to the other Star General.
The girl inspected it, “This is the Wind Origin Pearl, one of the Four Spirit Pearls of Primeval Chaos.”
“Primeval Chaos Four Spirit Pearls?”
“Yes, Primeval Chaos begins, refining earth, thunder, water, and fire, creating all things.” Lü Guang, with her experience and knowledge, recognized the background of this treasure. This Wind Origin Pearl could terrifically augment wind element formations and was very exceptional.
“This means the other three certificates are the Fire, Water, and Thunder Origin Pearls?” Lü Yu was intrigued.
“En. Pity that this is not a genuine Wind Spirit Pearl, otherwise, it would be even stronger.” Lü Guang could see there was another difference between the genuine and natural Wind, Thunder, Water, and Fire Pearls.
“That Li Si is truly formidable, to have refined primordial chaos and used four Origin Pearls to stand guard.” Lü Meng thought this was only natural.
“If the four Origin Pearls are the key to opening the door, then the Thousand Gold Pavilion should also be moving.” Lü Yu’s expression changed.
“We must hurry! Lü Guang, you stay here and train with the other disciples.”
Lü Meng issued orders and immediately went deeper into the valley with Lü Yu.
At an enormous lake in the Connecting Valley, the water rippled, and a white waved overflowed the heavens. From time to time, a battle against a large fish was revealed. A beautiful woman lowered her hood and sat beside the lake. The young woman was like the sky of early morning yet also like the evening colors of twilight as she quietly watched.
“If the one battling the Infant Dragon Carp is a man, then isn’t it romantic that I’m watching like this.”
The girl’s hands propped up her chin as she muttered to herself.
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