Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Not long after, a group of people set out from the exit of the God of Hell’s Realm. It could have been a dangerous journey, but because of the presence of Mo Junchen, the situation had completely changed.
None of the people in this group dared to tell the truth to Mo Junchen. After all, Mo Junchen had sworn to join the Exploding Heavens Faction. Nobody dared to speak up. Even if they wanted to expose them, how were they going to go about doing it? They couldn’t simply say, Sect Leader Mo, you had been deceived. The Exploding Heavens Faction was a mysterious force. In the past few years, they had robbed the Steal Sect and looted all the refinery materials from the Equipment Refining Tower. Then they had initiated and created a conflict with the Equipment Refining Sect. They were a group of scoundrels. If they told Mo Junchen, they weren’t sure whether he would kill anyone. But they believed that they would be the first target of Mo Junchen’s anger. He would question their rationale of not telling him earlier.
However, there was another thing to note, which was that in the minds of all the people of the Equipment Refining Sect, the Exploding Heavens Faction wasn’t that useless. It was rumored that the members of the faction were all geniuses. Many people had also quietly enquired about how to join the Exploding Heavens Faction, and in fact they were pretty envious of Mo Junchen. Hence, all of the cultivators from the Equipment Refining Sect kept their mouths shut. They pretended that they knew nothing, as if they were totally uninformed.
The three King Refiners of the Inferior Artifact were extremely obedient. They had been leading the way with their heads down. They took Xu Que and Mo Junchen to the headquarters of the Equipment Refining Sect, where the Deputy Sect Leader and the Sect Leader were located. Although the Equipment Refining Sect’s influence was widespread in the Six Major Celestial Realms, the Xuanyi Celestial Realm was their base, because this was where they had originated. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to send out three King Refiners of the Inferior Artifact to hunt down Xu Que and his group at once.
Mo Junchen had been their Sect Leader thousands of years ago. According to the rules, when a new Sect Leader was appointed, Mo Junchen could no longer be regarded as a Sect Leader. But sometimes the rules weren’t enough to encompass everything. Mo Junchen had a high prestige during his reign in the Equipment Refining Sect, and there were countless disciples under him. Those disciples were now the core strength of the Equipment Refining Sect. Of course, the most important thing was that the current Sect Leader of the Equipment Refining Sect had also been a disciple learning directly under Mo Junchen. Mo Junchen was bound to have a say in the Equipment Refining Sect today.
As for the Deputy Sect Leader who had taken advantage of the Sect Leader who was in Secluded Meditation, he took the opportunity to extend his power into various forces. Everyone knew very well that the Deputy Sect Leader would never dare to confront Mo Junchen. After all, who dared to provoke Mo Junchen? Even if the current Sect Leader wasn’t a disciple learning directly under Mo Junchen, no one dared to confront him anyway. This was a world that worshipped a person’s prowess, and whoever was stronger had the say!
Along the way, the three King Refiners of the Inferior Artifact were quiet and well-behaved. Buttface and Duan Jiude didn’t punish them. Their excuse was they were sparing them because of Mo Junchen. But in fact, they wanted them to owe the Exploding Heavens Faction a favor so that they could get some benefits and precious materials after arriving at the headquarters of the Equipment Refining Sect.
The ethical Mo Junchen never had a notion that he had been hornswoggled. He was still chatting with Xu Que at the moment, and inquiring about the achievements of the Exploding Heavens Faction. Xu Que had been boasting all the way and singing praises of the Exploding Heavens Faction, but he had never talked about anything substantive. Mo Junchen was suspicious of him at first, but at last Xu Que glanced at him calmly and asked, “Do you know the Heavenly Tripod List? Well, to tell you the truth, the top 20 of the Half-List and Human List of the Heavenly Tripod List are members of the Exploding Heavens Faction. If you don’t believe it, you can ask those from the Equipment Refining Sect.” As soon as Mo Junchen heard that, he was astounded! He looked at some cultivators from the Equipment Refining Sect, and they nodded one after the other to indicate that Xu Que was telling the truth this time. The Heavenly Tripod List was indeed dominated by those from the Exploding Heavens Faction. Even after more than two years, no one could break their top 20 records on the Half-List and Human List of the Heavenly Tripod List.
“Sure enough, most of the heroes are the youths. The Exploding Heavens Faction is full of elites!” Mo Junchen was overjoyed and increasingly felt that he had made the right decision to join the Exploding Heavens Faction. As a Sect Leader in the past, he clearly knew the most important aspect for a force was to be powerful. With so many geniuses, the future of the Exploding Heavens Faction would be extraordinary.
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A few hours later, they arrived in an Ancient City. They took a Teleportation Device and alighted in the central region of the Xuanyi Celestial Realm. The headquarters of the Equipment Refining Sect was here.
As soon as the crowd landed, Buttface and Duan Jiude rushed ahead, smashed on doors, thud-thud-thud, and shouted, “Fellow townsmen, open the door, open the door, the Exploding Heavens Faction is here to spread warmth!”
Many of the cultivators of the Equipment Refining Sect heard them with a twitch of their lips. That scene was too familiar. The most popular phrase in the Zhen Yuan Celestial Realm was fellow townsmen, open the door, and now even those from the Xuanyi Celestial Realm were aware of it. However, Mo Junchen didn’t understand it. On the contrary, he thought that Buttface and Duan Jiude were pretty nice. They must be doing this because of his presence, addressing those from the Equipment Refining Sect as fellow townsmen.
Xu Que glanced at Mo Junchen and said with a faint smile, “Guardian Mo, hide your presence. Don’t expose your identity first.” Mo Junchen was startled for a second, but he collected himself and nodded. He understood Xu Que’s intention. Since he wanted to clean up the corrupted, he must know what the situation of the Equipment Refining Sect now was. If he revealed his identity, he wouldn’t be able to see the real Equipment Refining Sect!
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At the same time, inside the headquarters of the Equipment Refining Sect, in a spacious Alchemy Room, there was a pungent smell of medicine pervading the room. In the center of the Alchemy Room was a huge iron barrel, with a fire burning fiercely under it. The barrel of traditional Chinese medicine was boiling. There was a person sitting inside the barrel who was pale, but, with several people beside it who were continuously adding medicinal herbs into the barrel, the complexion of the man in the barrel was gradually recovering.
Suddenly, the man in the barrel opened his eyes and his gaze swept to the outside. His murderous aura erupted, “Exploding Heavens Faction? Humph, have they finally been captured by the Equipment Refining Sect?”
Apparently, the man in the barrel was King Equipment Refiner Liu. After being injured by Xu Que’s spell at the edge of the Waste Realm, only his upper body managed to escape. He went through various hardships to rush back to the Xuanyi Celestial Realm. He had recovered his lower body after more than two years of treatment. However, his strength was seriously damaged, and he had to consume a lot of precious herbs every day.
However, during those days, he had never forgotten about revenge. He had been sending people to track down the news of Xu Que and the Exploding Heavens Faction. He heard that Xu Que was back a few days ago and he had arrived in the Xuanyi Celestial Realm with his people. He was instantly delighted. He felt that it was his time for revenge. He had to vent his anger, if not it would turn into his Inner Demons in the future. Hence, he sent out three King Refiners of the Inferior Artifact to capture Xu Que and he even gave a Death Order. If they couldn’t catch him alive, they had to bring Xu Que’s corpse back.
Now when he heard the knocking and shouting outside, a grim smile appeared on King Equipment Refiner Liu’s face. He had already captured the familiar presence of Xu Que. He was very pleased with the three King Refiners of the Inferior Artifact. They were truly capable and reliable to be able to capture him alive.
“Someone, bring that little b*tch to my room. After I’ve settled accounts with that little scoundrel Xu Que, I’ll pamper her!” King Equipment Refiner Liu had a tinge of viciousness on his face. He laughed coldly and stood up from the barrel of medicine at once. He had recuperated for more than two years before he recouped his lower body. After all, he was badly injured after being bombarded by the Terrain Obliterating Spell. His injuries were beyond and incomparable to any other ordinary physical injuries; he almost couldn’t stand up when his legs were recovered.
Now that his body had been fully restored, he wanted to try to see if his masculinity was affected, so he had secretly captured a woman and detained her till now. His subordinates heard him and dared not say more. They immediately followed his orders and left the room. Subsequently, King Equipment Refiner Liu put on his robe and stepped directly into the Void to get to the gate of the Equipment Refining Sect. He couldn’t wait to go out and torture Xu Que, to kill that young man who had seriously injured him. After all, Xu Que was a great humiliation to him. Moreover, as far as he knew, the captured woman was acquainted with Xu Que!
At the thought of that, a sensational thought suddenly flashed through his mind. “Someone, bring that little b*tch out. I want that scoundrel Xu Que to witness the scene with his own eyes and let him die in agony!” King Equipment Refiner Liu shouted at his subordinates, and then a ruthless smile rose from the corners of his mouth.
