Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty – The Master of Cloud Sea
No one had expected that the battle ended in this kind of manner.
When Lil' Miss received Zuo Mo's paper crane, he did not have any hesitation and led his troops directly towards the Cloud Sea Jie's jie river. No one knew that Turtle Island had achieved victory over the mo army. There were large numbers of xiuzhe gathered at the jie river and were preparing to flee Cloud Sea Jie.
When Lil' Miss appeared with the troops, he instantly caused panic in these xiuzhe. Even the xiuzhe that occupied the gathering points on the jie river assumed that Turtle Island had been defeated. In panic, they instantly abandoned their bases to flee Cloud Sea Jie.
Lil' Miss easily took over the bases on the jie river. There wasn't any conflict involved.
Those xiuzhe that had been running away quickly reacted when they saw Lil' Miss take over the gathering places.
Turtle Island had defeated the mo !
As expected, the news of their victory was quickly proven. Everyone was overjoyed!
At this time, control of Cloud Sea Jie landed completely in Zuo Mo's hands.
They had become the true masters of Cloud Sea Jie.
The xiuzhe that had been planning to escape returned to their homes. Without the mo army threat, who was willing to leave their homeland?
Turtle Island's strength astounded everyone!
At this time, which faction did not know of Zuo Mo's ambitions? But the situation had formed and they could not do a thing. Fight? The other could defeat the mo army. Wouldn't killing them be as easy as waving their hand?
The factions that were not willing to be subordinate to Turtle Island left Cloud Sea Jie. However, many families that had deep local roots decided to stay in Cloud Sea Jie.
Unexpected to Zuo Mo and Lil' Miss, the great majority of people decided to stay.
Zuo Mo later learned that most of the people in Cloud Sea Jie did not care who ruled them. Turtle Island's strength was also enough to protect them and for them to feel safe.
With the Sky-Splitting Calamity, war was spreading everywhere. These days, the sound tablet continuously broadcasted areas that had become battlefields, which areas had been turned into a patch of scorched earth, or was filled with mountains of corpses. It seemed that within the span of one night, the xiuzhe world really entered a troubled era!
In a troubled era, preserving their lives was enough to satisfy most people.
But for Zuo Mo, this was just the beginning. He was extremely busy every day.
The enormous Cloud Sea Jie was the largest piece of territory he had ever controlled. The responsibilities as master of a jie were novel and puzzling for Zuo Mo, an ignorant country bumpkin with unorthodox origins. The complex matters were piled up like mountains and caused him a headache. He did not know where to start.
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Out of helplessness, he could only ask Pu Yao and Wei.
"Hm, now you see, I guessed this would happen long ago." Pu Yao did not reserve his disdain as a scornful smile hung on his face. "This guy is just a country bumpkin. He can manage some business that doesn't require long term investment. But to be a small time landlord, ha, he doesn't have the skill!"
Wei did not pay attention to Pu Yao's disdain. He had a warm and friendly smile on his face. "Did you encounter some trouble?"
Neither of these two were good people!
In all of this, Zuo Mo was clear on this one point. Nothing more needed to be said about Pu Yao. He was an ungenerous person but Wei wasn't much better. He might look harmless and friendly, but his level of danger wasn't any lower than Pu Yao.
He did not respond to Wei.
He had to cause conflict between these two ... ...
Zuo Mo's eyes turned and he suddenly asked, "Pu Yao, how is your yao army?"
Pu Yao's expression instantly darkened. The anger in his bloody pupil roiled. Those damned talentless trash, idiots, garbage! Even when he used all his methods, the foundations of these people were too weak and they could not satisfy Pu Yao even now.
"Yao army?" Wei gave an interested smile. No wonder Pu Yao had been absent in this past while. So he had been working on a yao army.
It seemed this guy still held a grudge over him stealing away Guard Camp!
Zuo Mo disregarded Pu Yao's dark expression and said to himself, "No matter how powerful Ten Finger Prison is, it is only the Ten Finger Prison. It cannot solve all training problems."
"Useless words!" Pu Yao's voice was glacial and his expression was unfriendly. He knew that Zuo Mo was right. Ten Finger Prison was very effective but it also had its limitations. It could not replace true combat. At the beginning, Nan Yue and the others had improved quickly, but recently the effects of lacking combat training had started to show. Their rate of advancement had slowed down.
But damn it, was the great Pu Yao Daren someone this boy could laugh at?
It seemed that it had been too long since the boy was straightened out. This guy was becoming outrageous!
Pu Yao was irritated. Just as he was going to punish Zuo Mo, Zuo Mo suddenly spoke, "I have a good solution."
"Haha!" Pu Yao seemed to have heard a great joke and roared with laughter. He did not disguise his look full of disdain. "You, the country bumpkin, has a solution! This is too funny!"
Immune to Pu Yao's disdain since long ago, Zuo Mo's expression was unconcerned. "You can listen first and then laugh."
Pu Yao's laughter suddenly stopped. He stared hard at Zuo Mo and a moment later, he squeezed out between his teeth, "You better have a solution. Otherwise, hee hee!"
Zuo Mo said solemnly, "Many chaos rifts have appeared in the Sky-Splitting Calamity. These chaos rifts have connected the worlds of yaomo and xiuzhe. It is correct for me to say so."
"Don't waste words!" Pu Yao said coldly.
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There was a faint smile on Wei's face. He sat motionlessly and listened carefully.
"The yaomo and xiuzhe territories can be connected through the chaos rifts rather than travelling through Bloody Sky Metropolis Jie like in the past. The distance between the two sides has shortened!"
Just as Pu Yao was running out of patience, Zuo Mo suddenly said, "Maybe we can create a transportation formation and transport Nan Yue and the others over here!"
"Transportation formation?" Pu Yao paused and then had a thoughtful expression. A moment later, he shook his head. "Impossible! We cannot determine their location!"
"You know that some transportation formations are composed of a yin and a yang component. What if we get Nan Yue and the others to set up the yin formation?" Zuo Mo asked in response.
Pu Yao's eyes suddenly lit up. He was an extremely smart person and instantly understood what Zuo Mo was thinking.
These transportation formations were divided up into yin and yang formations with the two situated in different places. This way, the two formations could still connect and so there would be a passage. If Nan Yue and the others could set up a yin formation in the yao world, a yang formation set up here, that meant ... ...
The chaos rifts formed from the Sky-Splitting Calamity were actually natural transportation formations.
Pu Yao quickly thought of the difficulty involved. He shook his head and said, "The transportation formations are too complex. None of the others understand formations."
"We have sun seeds," Zuo Mo said proudly. "The sun seeds can enter the Ten Finger Prison and be taken out. We can engrave the transportation formation onto the sun seed and use the Ten Finger Prison to pass it to Nan Yue. Wouldn't that work?"
"Hm, this idea is interesting!" Pu Yao stilled and then had a pondering expression. A beat later, he said, "We need to try and find out."
Zuo Mo's idea was very daring.
"I can supply sun seeds to you. You can find Gu Ming Gong for the transportation formation. That guy is very clever," Zuo Mo said generously.
"Hmph!" Pu Yao snorted, he did not respond to Zuo Mo. "You only have to assign the daily affairs of Cloud Sea Jie to those local powers and get them to take care of it. If they do it well, reward them. If they don't, they get punished. Gather their powerful xiuzhe and make a battalion with your people as the leaders. Adding on your own battalions, who can rebel?"
Zuo Mo slapped his head and understood.
Pu Yao just used a few words and smoothed everything out, pointing straight at the crux of the matter!
Zuo Mo wasn't stupid. He had been bewilderment because he never had experience dealing with these matters before. After being guided today, he instantly understood!
He left the sea of consciousness with excitement.
From beginning to end, there was a faint smile on Wei's face. It was unknown what he was thinking.
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Shi Dong looked coldly at Ye Ling.
Ye Ling was unaffected. "Does Shi Dong Daren have any questions?"
"What you say is true?" Shi Dong coldly spat out, his hand on the mantis blade at his waist.
"Completely true!" Ye Ling said sincerely. "All of my subordinates saw Daren's Great Day mo physique. If Shi Dong Daren has any questions, you can ask any one of them."
Shi Dong's expression did not change. "His subordinates are xiuzhe!"
"There are xiuzhe!" Ye Ling corrected the mistake in Shi Dong's words, "Guard Camp, which is the camp that my superior, Shu Long Daren commands, cultivates mo skills. Shi Dong Daren might have heard of the skill, [Hardship Guard]!
"[Hardship Guard!]" Shi Dong's pupils suddenly contracted. Of course he had heard of this name. This mo skill was something usually cultivated by the guards of mo generals and had an extremely high in reputation.
"Yes, it is the [Hardship Guard] that most mo general's guards cultivate," Ye Ling said with a grave expression. "But the [Hardship Guard] that Shu Long Daren and his group cultivate has been modified by a very powerful daren and is based on the Great Day mo physique. It is called [Great Day Hardship Guard]!"
Shi Dong could not stop himself from showing shock.
"A daren that can use the Great Day mo physique to modify [Hardship Guard], could they possibly be xiuzhe?" Ye Ling asked in response.
Shi Dong was silent.
He knew that Ye Ling was correct. Someone that had the ability to use the Great Day mo physique to modify [Hardship Guard] was a powerful elder who definitely had a profound understanding of mo skills. This kind of powerful person would not likely be a xiuzhe. This didn't just mean they couldn't be xiuzhe, they also could not be yao. There was only one possibility, it was a powerful mo, and an unusually powerful mo!
"Cultivates the Great Day mo physique, has created a mo army, and has a mo elder of immeasurable power, I cannot think of an identity for Daren other than mo." Ye Ling was calm and wise.
Shi Dong was silent for a moment before he asked, "What about those xiuzhe?"
"This is the xiuzhe world! Shi Dong Daren!" Ye Ling reminded Shi Dong. "A purely mo troop cannot survive here. Daren needs xiuzhe!"
Shi Dong gave a bitter smile. He was persuaded.
He sat down dejectedly.
Ye Long looked understandingly at Shi Dong. He said gently, "I know what Shi Dong Daren is feeling. For you, surrendering is hard to accept, but if you look at it from the opposite angle, Shi Dong Daren, isn't this a great opportunity?"
He looked hard at Shi Dong and asked, emphasizing each word, "Shi Dong Daren, how many years has it been since there was a king arose from our Little Savage Jie?"
Shi Dong's body shook. He raised his head, his gaze as sharp as a knife. "You think he can become king?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Ye Ling's tone was indifferent. "But Daren is the mo with the greatest potential to become king that I have ever seen!"
"So you gambled everything?" Shi Dong asked. His tone was filled with disdain.
Ye Ling was unaffected and smiled as usual. "What else do we have? Shi Dong Daren?"
Shi Dong became silent again.
Translator Ramblings: Some days are just not worth getting up for if you knew what was going to happen. Why do people have such a high estimation of their own skills and then not admit their mistakes?
In other news, more comedic banter between Pu Yao and Wei. Zuo Mo has now become a small landlord. Just one jie, not even one percent of the world!
Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty One – Followers
Having solved his problems, Zuo Mo could finally release a breath. He was began thinking about finding water cloud embryo for A Gui.
A Gui's recovery was going well. Even though she was still very wooden, she had more reactions.
"In a few days, we can go to search for water cloud embryo. By that time, you will completely recover!" Zuo Mo was very happy. If they found water cloud embryo, he could heal A Gui.
Zuo Mo didn't feel any distaste for A Gui's ugly appearance. A slight smile was on his face.
His hand felt coldness. A cold little hand grabbed his hand.
A Gui was improving by the day. Every time she found Zuo Mo nearby, she would immediately appear next to Zuo Mo. The thing she liked to do the most was hold Zuo Mo's hand.
Zuo Mo allowed her to grip his hand, his other hand rubbing her head. He said with a smile, "When you have healed, Silly Bird and the others will be very happy."
In the corner, the fat Silly Bird was napping with her eyes closed. She didn't respond.
Looking at the bird nest he created out of A Gui's hair, Zuo Mo couldn't help but roar with laughter.
A Gui still stood silently next to Zuo Mo motionlessly.
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"Why are you sitting here? Do you have something on your mind?"
Ming Jue Zi's voice came from behind Nan Yue. He walked next to Nan Yue and sat down. In this recent while, everyone was training together. The hellish training and shared hardship had caused their friendships to strengthen.
Just now when cultivating in the Ten Finger Prison, Pu Yao had viciously scolded Nan Yue. When Nan Yue left the Ten Finger Prison, she had ran out alone. Everyone was worried and sent Ming Jue Zi, who was most skilled in communication, to comfort Nan Yue.
"Am I too dumb?" Nan Yue's tone was melancholic. The rims of her eyes were red and her expression was sad. "I'm always unable to met Pu Daren's expectations."
Even the persistent Nan Yue had been scolded to such a state. Ming Yue Zi was even more afraid of Pu Yao.
"None of us can met Pu Daren's expectations," Ming Jue Zi comforted. "It is not that you are not working hard, it is that Pu Daren's requirements are too high! Really, not even the elites in the top yao art houses can reach what Pu Daren is demanding! It is extremely good that you can do what you have done! Out of all of us, you have improved the quickest!"
Nan Yue's lips were tightly pressed together and she did not speak.
"Pu Daren might be stern but it is for our sake. Look at our present strength. Compared to before, which one of us hasn't multiplied in strength?"
As he spoke, Ming Jue Zi compared his past and present strength and found to his shock that he had improved so much without noticing it!
"I miss Daren." Nan Yue's voice held a sob. "Daren is never like this."
Thinking about the time that Zuo Mo had spent teaching her, Nan Yue missed it.
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"Yes, I wonder what Daren is busy with?" Ming Jue Zi sighed as well. He gazed into the distance. "However, doesn't Pu Daren also work with Daren? Everyone is speculating. Pu Daren might be an elder of Daren's clan. I don't know what Daren's lineage is. But for his clan possess such a powerful elder, it might be one of the legendary great families."
"No matter what Daren's identity is, I am Daren's follower! I will forever follow Daren!" Nan Yue's tone was determined.
"En, same with me." Ming Jue Zi retracted his cheer and showed a serious expression.
Nan Yue suddenly stood up. Her eyes were still red, but her expression became determined again.
"What is it?" Ming Jue Zi was slightly puzzled.
"I am going to cultivate!" Nan Yue said without turning her head.
"I am Daren's follower!"
The figure disappeared with the wind as she threw down the strong oath.
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Gu Ming Gong's eyes were swollen like two ripe peaches. He had not rested for ten days and nights. Even a jindan could not tolerate working conditions like this! Anyone who saw his figure right now would not be able to recognize him as the grandmaster of forging and sealing, Gu Ming Gong.
He stared at the sun seed in front of him.
The first time he saw this, Gu Ming Gong had been so excited his body had been trembling. Treasure! Peerless treasure! When he learned that this was the seed produced by the Sun Shen Tree, a pleasure like that of an orgasm had risen in his body.
Oh, heavens!
Sun Shen Tree, the legendary Sun Shen Tree, hadn't it gone extinct a long time ago?
When he learned he would be able to get a few to study, he felt so happy he almost fainted. There was nothing as powerful as legendary materials to a seal xiu skilled in forging.
Then he learned the other person's intentions. They just wanted him to engrave a transportation formation inside the sun seed.
He almost went crazy!
Transportation formation! What he said was a transportation formation! This kind of priceless treasure was being used for just a transportation formation? He almost threw the other out!
He could not tolerate such frightening waste!
However, the other quickly taught him what the outcome of being uncooperative was.
The great Boss personally ran over to persuade him and motivated him in a meaningful tone before leaving. The pitiful Gu Ming Gong was frightened out of his wits. Even though Boss had not mentioned one word of the Soul Setting Divine Light at all, and did not say what would happen if he did not cooperate, but Gu Ming Gong sank into unprecedented terror.
He didn't dare to slack off in the slightest. So what if it was a waste, he was just the worker ... ...
He quickly found that this guy in black clothing, floated around like a ghost all day, was the strictest and most terrifying supervisor in the world.
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The situation was also more complex than he had imagined. The sun seed was extremely rare. He had never seen one before, and even the forging records had never mentioned the qualities of the sun seed.
Gu Ming Gong had to start from the beginning.
The sun seed was filled with the domineering sun shenpower. The sun shen power had formed through a long time as the Sun Shen Tree grew, and was extremely domineering. Ling power would be consumed by the sun shen power when it was added and it was impossible to carve a formation inside.
He ran to explain to Pu Yao and was verbally slapped and rebuked by Pu Yao.
Pu Yao's viciousness could him that he only needed a result etc etc.
The pitiful Gu Ming Gong had the desire to ram his head into the wall and commit suicide! It was a pity that when one landed in the hands of a demon, one was even unable to seek death.
Gu Ming Gong that was slapped and could only study even more ferociously and try everything he could think of.
"Hahahahahaha! I did it! I did it!"
The insane laughter echoed in the room. Woosh, Pu Yao appeared like a ghost. Without a word, he picked up the sun seed with great carefulness.
To Pu Yao, the sun shen power inside the sun seed was akin to a powerful poison.
His consciousness retreated. Pu Yao showed joy and then disappeared soundlessly.
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The fighting in the Grey Clan's council meeting had not stopped since the meeting started.
Cang Ze was silent in the corner. He didn't have any right to speak in this place. A hint of impatience flashed indiscernibly through his eyes at the elder's fighting.
He felt those noisy elders had gone senile with age.
Without Daren, would there be the Grey Clan of the present? In the future? In these trouble times, how many of the small clans like the Grey Clan could survive?
Did they still think that this was the safe rear that the fires of war could not reach? Right now, was there still a rear?
Clans without combat capabilities were like a piece of fat meat. No one would hesitate to leap and take a bite.
Pu Daren had been helping everyone train the battalion. The Grey Clan that only thought about protecting themselves were too stupid!
He was Daren's follower!
Cang Ze's spine was straight as he listened expressionlessly to the discussions of the elders.
The Chief Elder noticed Cang Ze's discontentment. His mind shifted and he suddenly spoke, "A Ze, what do you think about moving the clan?"
An elder said discontentedly, "Chief Elder, A Ze is so young, what does he understand ... ..."
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A cold light flashed through Chief Elder's eyes and he interrupted in a grave voice. "Shut your mouth! A Ze is the future clan leader. When you speak, use your mind!"
The elder retreated with a red face.
Chief Elder was extremely authoritative and influential. Cang Ze was the appointed successor to the Grey Clan so everyone's gaze instantly landed on Cang Ze.
Cang Ze did not shrink back. He did not look at the elders and said directly, "I am Daren's follower. No matter where Daren goes, I will follow!"
Everyone stilled. They finally recalled the matter that A Ze was Xiao Mo Ge's follower.
In the yao world, they put great importance on the oath of a follower. Becoming the follower of someone strong was the dream of many people. Not many would easily go back on their word.
Chief Elder also knew the displeasure A Ze was feeling. He said with a smile, "A Ze, continue."
Cang Ze suddenly swept tall of the elders with his gaze and said gravely, "Elders, are we safe? Is the world safe? Are we strong? Strong enough that no matter what comes, we can protect ourselves?"
The room was silent.
"We do not have a battalion, we do not have battle generals, even with the [Grey Scar Art] we have no ability to protect ourselves. And then? We will be swallowed by other people, our Grey Clan's greatest secret, the [Grey Scar Art] will land in the hands of others. Out enemies would not surrender such a good chance!"
Cang Ze stated this cruel reality without any courtesy.
"Will Daren swallow us? Will Daren need our [Grey Scar Art]? Elders, did you forget where this [Grey Scar Art] came from?"
"What is safer than being under the command of a peerless battle general that could defeat Corps Commander Yu Heng?"
"This is an honor!"
Heat flashed through Cang Ze's eyes.
All of the elders shifted.
After a moment of silence, the Chief Elder did not disguise the praise on his face and said, "I hadn't expected that our group of old people do not see as clearly as the young one, A Ze."
Those elders that had been objecting to moving the clan all had shamed expressions.
"Sky-Splitting Calamity ... ... The Sky-Splitting Calamity!" Chief Elder's heavy sigh echoed in the room. "I don't know how much blood will flow because of this! Everyone, do not dream and be foolishness, troubled times have come!"
Everyone had grave expressions. They digested what Chief Elder was saying.
Chief Elder suddenly stood up. With a serious expression, he said loudly, "In such troubled times, if our Grey Clan is to survive, we need a stronger leader. Due to this, I recommend A Ze as the new clan leader!"
Cang Ze shouted in shock.
Moments later.
"I second this!"
"Seconded!"
"I agree!"
A new era had arrived.
Translator Ramblings: About the Sky-Splitting Calamity vs the chaos rifts, you can think of it as movement of continents vs an earthquake that suddenly jerks the entire continent. Chaos rifts are rare and so most people do not know much about them. However, the phenomenon that is occurring now means that there is an overabundance of chaos rifts opening in places they were not in before. So if there was one rift per one hundred jie before, maybe there is now one jie in every twenty. Also, these rifts have opened simultaneously. You can imagine the problems that occur now that a lot of people have access to other people's territory and the consequences make this a calamity. Personally, I think of it as a natural disaster that has occurred before, which is why they have a name for it, and records of what had happened in the past.
Also, complete recap of what has happened among the yao.
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