Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ye Mo had fallen under complete control of his opponent as he slowly walked towards the woman.
A sinister grin appeared on the woman’s face. From behind her, a large snake tail stretched out and twisted around Ye Mo.
“Haha, what a young flesh. Xiaoyao Langzi is indeed unreliable. I still need to count on myself,” muttered the woman as a snake tongue stretched out her mouth.
“Snake demon, die!” Suddenly, a sword light streaked out and split the woman into two. Instantly, Ye Mo regained his consciousness. He cried out in astonishment, “What happened?”
“You have nearly fallen by that woman’s hands. She is a snake demon, one that can devour the essence of men,” said Cai Ling who while sheathing her sword.
“Snake demon?”
“Yes. The snake demon is a type of demon, and they rely on devouring the essence of men to advance their cultivation. It is of similar concept to Xiaoyao Meiqi’s Conjoint Training,” Cai Ling said flatly.
“That Xiaoyao Langzi sure knows to enjoy his life, hiding a snake demon like this.”
“This snake demon is a decent conjoint training partner. Unfortunately, she is too weak. Otherwise, that Xiaoyao Langzi would have reached the Heaven’s Gate Realm.”
“Um, let me see if there are any other treasures hidden here.”
There were many hidden compartments on the wall of this hidden room. Ye Mo searched around and found some jade scriptures containing some cultivation methods and martial technique. The cultivation methods were all conjoint training methods. Thus, Ye Mo destroyed them without much thought.
“What martial technique is this?” In the room, there was a table with some cosmetic items on top. Also on the table was a certain jade scripture.
“A mid-grade mortal level movement technique, Technique of Interchangeability! Upon mastery of this technique, one would be able to create 100 phantom images and switch position with the afterimages, moving in a fluid and unpredictable manner.”
The 100 phantom images were in fact a afterimages created after a person’s speed reached a certain level. From this, one could see how terrifying this martial technique was.
Those were the words Ye Mo saw when he opened the jade scripture. But at the back of the scripture, it was written that this was merely half the scripture.
“Let me have a look,” Cai Ling said. It was rare for her to take interest in any material possessions.
Ye Mo passed the jade scripture to Cai Ling.
“This jade scripture seems like it was created from precious stones. Look at the overflowing color on its surface. it is indeed an extraordinary item. Worthy of being a mortal level martial technique. For that Xiaoyao Langzi to leave something so precious out here, it is probably because he knew it is incomplete and had not bothered cultivating it,” Cai Ling said before giving the jade scripture back to Ye Mo. With the jade scripture being incomplete, it was pointless even if one could cultivate everything listed in this half of the scripture.
“I’ll take what I get. All is good as long as I get to cultivate,” Ye Mo said as he kept the jade scripture into his dimensional bracelet.
Since his Dragon Power had the ability to create an imitation of a martial technique so long as the lost part was not more than half.
What Ye Mo lacked currently was speed.
“Ye Mo, although this martial technique is good, it’s incomplete. You won’t be able to master it, and might even sustain a cultivation backlash from it,” Cai Ling reminded.
“Don’t worry. I know what to do.” After looting everything they could, they left the mansion.
Bing Bing had already arranged people to collect the chests of cultivation resources onto the carriage. The many women were also arranged into a row, with half of them being women from the Pleasure Society.
“Mister Ye Mo, the cultivation resources have all been loaded onto the carriage. Those who disobey the orders have been killed off as well. What should we do with these women?” Bing Bing asked.
“Your Frozen Palace can take all the resources. As for these women, both me and Castellan Cai Ling will escort them back to the City of Daughters,” Ye Mo said.
Bing Bing nibbled on her lips and asked, “Are we separating here?”
Ye Mo smiled helplessly and stepped forth. He rubbed Bing Bing’s head and said, “I have an important matter to deal with at the City of Daughters. After I am done with that, I will head towards the Unbreakable Mountain. We will get the chance to meet in the future again.”
After saying their goodbyes, they separated into two groups, with Bing Bing returning to the Frozen Palace.
With over 200 women in tow, Ye Mo had no choice but to take the long way back. The journey might be longer because of this, but it was still within his expectation.
Naturally, he was not letting the over 200 women to walk on foot. He had hired 10 high-tier carriages with beasts instead of horses pulling the carriages. And thus, these carriages were quite fast.
As for Ye Mo and Cai Ling, they sat on a unique carriage, and there were only the two of them on it.
“Castellan Cai Ling, there might be dangers on our way back. You will have to take note of our surroundings. I will focus on this jade scripture for now,” Ye Mo said before taking the jade scripture out. He crushed it and a spirit seal entered the Mortal Gate in his brain. Instantly, the Technique of Interchangeability appeared in his brain.”
“Splendid! Indeed a splendid technique!” Ye Mo smiled. Then, he sighed, “The entirety of the Technique of Interchangeability must be present for it to work. A person cultivating only half of it would not be able to use it. I need to reach the Energy Shaping Realm for the Mortal Gate in my brain to have sufficient Dragon Power to imitate this martial technique in its entirety.” At present, Ye Mo was at Spirit Cultivating Seventh Realm, and was not too far from Energy Shaping Realm. When he reached Energy Shaping Realm, his strength would increase greatly. With that, the strength of his Mortal Gate would increase as well, gaining the ability to accept even more Dragon Power.
“Ye Mo, what do you want to do with this Goddess’ Teardrop?” Cai Ling asked.
“It is very useful for me. I hope I can reach the City of Daughters as soon as possible so as to get the Goddess’ Teardrop.” Cai Ling could feel that Ye Mo did not want to speak about it much. As such, she did not ask much. Suddenly, the carriages stopped.
“What’s the matter? Let me take a look,” Ye Mo leapt off the carriage. Then, he saw a group in military uniform heading towards them. The soldiers had oppressive aura, and that was especially pronounced on one of the who was wearing a golden armor with an ice crystal symbol on his helmet.
“What do you have in your carriages?” questioned a general holding a spear.
“This army looks so impressive. Each of them are probably in the Energy Shaping Realm. And that general leading them is at least in the Energy Shaping Seventh Realm.”
This was the first time Ye Mo had witnessed such display of power. He was inwardly startled. After stepping forth, he said, “General, we only have some female family members and some valuables. We are moving our house.”
“That spear!” The general locked his gaze on the Sky Blood Spear on Ye Mo’s back before shaking his head. How could someone like Ye Mo possess a Spirit Weapon?
“Moving? Where are you going? This road leads to the City of Daughters. Are you going to the City of Daughters? The City of Daughters is one of the strongest cities of the Tianwu Kingdom, and no men are allowed entry,” questioned the general.
Since Cai Ling’s strength had reached the Spirit Devour Realm, a strength that was the top three among all castellans, the city she ruled was extremely powerful.
“What do you want, then?”
“We are of the Chen Clan Army. We have the right to inspect your carriage. We will allow passage after the inspection.” They were the soldiers under command of the Kingdom Stabilizing Marshal, Chen Yihan.
Chen Yihan, the only man who had participated in The Battle of Yidao alongside Ye Qing. During the battle, Ye Qing had his cultivation crippled, while Chen Yihan was able to return safe and sound. He was even appointed as the Kingdom Stabilizing Marshall, giving him an illustrious reputation.
