Chapter 484 – Swallowtail City

If it was a battle to compete for territory between two organizations belonging to Ten Ultimates Sect, even if one side was completely wiped out, the other side only needed to report what happened and wouldn’t be punished too severely for it. Ten Ultimates Sect wouldn’t intervene in such matters. However, if there were outsiders who wanted to deal with the forces affiliated with Ten Ultimates Sect, then that would be a different situation.

Of course, the information given by the other party also mentioned that there was an Ascendant Realm among the outsiders. Although, whether or not there was a powerhouse of an even higher realm, they hadn’t found out.

Generally speaking, if no one paid attention to the appeal for help, then the destruction of that organization was certain.

At the present time, the Blood Transformation Palace Master’s request written on the decree asked Gongyi Tianheng to go to that place and investigate the specific situation. Supposing that there were no problems with that unacknowledged organization, and it was true that outsiders had violated the dignity of Ten Ultimates Sect, then if Tianheng had the ability, he would eliminate those outsiders. If the strength of those outsiders exceeded expectations, then he would bring back any information.

After Tianheng finished reading, he pondered for a short while.

Currently, Gu Zuo had calmed down, and asked: “Big brother, what should we do?”

Tianheng smiled: “Naturally, I will go and have a look.” He gave a faint pause, and softly said, “If I accumulate and cultivate within the sect the entire time, it would be detrimental to my advancements. Right now, my studies seem to have reached a bottleneck, so I was just about to find an opportunity to go out adventuring. As it turns out, master’s decree arrived, which happens to coincide with the occasion.”

In fact, just like how Tianheng himself wanted to go out, the issuance of this decree might’ve also been because the Blood Transformation Palace Master wanted to give his disciple a chance to go out adventuring.

Listening to this, Gu Zuo felt it was reasonable: “Then, when will we be going out?”

However, Tianheng said: “This time, Ah Zuo will be staying in the sect. We won’t be going together.”

Gu Zuo blanked.

Tianheng continued to speak: “As for this elder brother, after everything is sorted out, I’ll be leaving on my journey tomorrow.” He slowly said, “Since that adherent organization appealed for help, the situation must be somewhat urgent. It would be better if I leave as soon as possible.”

Gu Zuo didn’t care much whether Tianheng left sooner or later. What he cared about right now was — “Big brother, you’re not bringing me along?”

Tianheng smiled: “The situation over there is unknown. In addition, that place doesn’t have any rare medicinal ingredients to collect. If Ah Zuo goes with me, it will definitely be a waste of your time. It would be better to continue cultivating in the sect.”

Gu Zuo was silent.

Actually, he felt that there wouldn’t be any difference if he hastened the journey and refined medicine while following his family’s big brother over there. However, he also understood that the concentration of profound qi within the manor had increased. If he cultivated on the mountain peak, the absorbed ambient profound qi would be much higher than outside the sect. If he had to go…then it might really be a waste.

Thinking of this, Gu Zuo hesitated for a short while before nodding his head: “In that case, the sooner big brother leaves, the sooner you’ll come back.”

Soon after, he felt a little uneasy: “Big brother, you should bring a few more things to defend yourself.”

Tianheng’s gaze softened: “Ah Zuo, don’t worry. I have a trump card bestowed by a Heaven Lord. It can withstand a high Cosmic Realm attack. For this trip, even if the situation exceeds expectations, I’ll definitely be able to escape unscathed.”

Gu Zuo felt a little better, and nodded: “Then, I’ll be waiting for big brother’s safe return at home!”

After he finished speaking, he wasn’t sidetracked by anything else. He squeezed into his medicine refining room, and worked against the clock to refine the medicinal pills he knew how to make throughout the night. Everything that he refined as well as his previous inventory were chosen and thrown into a huge pile, which was later shoved into Tianheng’s spatial bangle. As for his and big brother’s private stash of money, which was originally in his safekeeping, Gu Zuo directly took out one billion profound crystals, and asked Tianheng to put them inside the bangle, too — If there was an auction or a place that required business transactions, and there was something that big brother wanted to get, how could it be done without money?!

While busying away, the time that Tianheng had to go arrived in the blink of an eye.

Tianheng didn’t go alone this time. He directly brought along the shadow cat race’s Celestial Realm powerhouse and forty Tianlong Guards who practiced the path of the asura. Of course, the former was chosen due to sufficiently fast speeds and the convenience of handling matters. The latter was chosen because he wanted to train their capabilities.

However, just in case the situation became urgent, the combined power of these Tianlong Guards would be rather formidable. After mounting a joint attack, it would be easier to find a chance to slip away.

Gu Zuo followed Tianheng’s departure with his eyes, feeling a little disappointed and frustrated at the bottom of his heart.

But he also knew that with the advancement of one’s realms, it would be impossible to be together all the time. The number of times that he had to send off big brother would probably increase…

Having such thoughts, Gu Zuo silently turned around, and came to the qi pocket on the summit that belonged to him.

He didn’t really want to refine medicine after big brother left, so accumulating profound qi in the qi pocket and quietly meditating would be better.

This location was at the back of the mountain.

After the initial pillar-like outburst, several restriction arrays were set up around this qi pocket, containing most of the profound qi inside.

Once Gu Zuo entered, his face was awash with surges of profound qi.

He wiped his face in a natural way. After that, he walked against the qi flow, and sat cross-legged next to the qi pocket.

Absorb, absorb…

He strove to let his internal qi break through to the Atomic Realm as soon as possible.

Gongyi Tianheng led the forty Tianlong Guards through the teleportation arrays of many cities within the Ten Ultimates Domain. After several hours passed, they smoothly arrived at the location that requested help.

The territory of the Ten Ultimates Domain was extremely vast. The farther the destination, the more barren it was. This concept was the same regardless of where one went, and the Ten Ultimates Domain was no exception.

Ten Ultimates Domain was partitioned by numerous cities, and this place was called Swallowtail City.

Just listening to the name gave people a sense of subdued grace and elegance. And the facts were indeed as such. Back then, the Ascendant Realm powerhouse who allowed Swallowtail City to become an iron-ranked city was actually a woman who was originally raised in a lady’s boudoir — That’s right. She didn’t even come from a clan with a martial path inheritance. Instead, she was a pretty daughter in a humble family among the common folk.

Later on, she went through all kinds of fortuitous encounters before putting this piece of land on the map. However, in order to practice the path of martial arts, she never married all her life. Fortunately, before her lifespan ended, she brought up another Ascendant Realm from her younger brother’s descendants. It was only a pity that this Ascendant Realm was forcibly elevated by her before she passed away, so the other party’s aptitude still wasn’t enough to continue breaking through. Thus, this person could only find someone among the younger generations and forcibly elevate them, too…

This kind of forced method of advancement was passed down several generations until it finally failed with the last generation.

When Ascendant Realms no longer appeared, Swallowtail City’s rank fell, resources gradually diminished, and talents withered even more. As one could see, this place became more and more impoverished. But in the end, something else happened that only added insult to injury for the present Swallowtail City.

After Tianheng came to Swallowtail City, he went into a restaurant. Before he made any inquiries, he already found out what happened in the city from the casual conversations of the restaurant’s customers.

As it turned out, the city had been plagued by flower thieves for the past two years.

Tianheng: “…”

He considered things carefully several times upon his arrival, but he didn’t expect the situation to be like this.

But if it was only sexual assault, how could this cause the city lord to seek help so anxiously? Was it possible that the Ascendent Realm powerhouse was among the flower thieves?

This matter was a little strange.

In all likelihood, the flower thieves certainly weren’t only “picking flowers.”

There was no more information to glean in the restaurant, so Tianheng led the numerous Tianlong Guards, and proceeded toward the city lord’s mansion.

The imposing aura of this group of people was out of the ordinary, and they attracted lots of attention along the way. However, when all was said and done, everyone restrained their qi emissions. Apart from appearances that made people feel that they were somewhat special, it seemed that they weren’t too eye-catching — This was also the reason why Tianheng only brought several dozen people. If he had brought hundreds or even a thousand subordinates to such a remote place, he would’ve alerted the enemy from the very beginning.

The city lord’s mansion was still quite dignified.

The gates in front of the mansion were guarded tightly. Those guards wore, which made them appear stronger than the lightly-garbed Tianlong Guards. However, if one looked at strength, the majority of these people were Xiantian grade seven or eight. Only a small number of martial artists were at the Immortal Realm.

But for an unacknowledged organization, it would have to spare no effort to produce such a group of people.

It could be seen that the city lord’s mansion had recently imposed emergency measures, and was very vigilant about the current situation.

At the entrance, Tianheng didn’t say much. He only gestured to the shadow cat hidden in the dark.

The shadow cat slightly nodded, and quickly turned into a streak of shadow. In the blink of an eye, the shadow cat vanished, and returned after a few breaths of time.

At this moment, the gates of the city lord’s mansion opened wide. A beautiful woman who appeared to be thirty to forty years old walked out. Her clothes were rather dignified, but her countenance seemed haggard.

Upon seeing Tianheng, the woman stepped forward and eagerly asked: “Are you the honorable sect’s emissary?”

Tianheng had a smile on his face: “Precisely so. I ask for the city lord’s guidance.”

While speaking, he flashed his own identity token.

The woman took a deep breath, and immediately invited him inside without saying much.

In the main hall of the city lord’s mansion, the woman called for someone to prepare tea and other things, and received her guests with great care. However, she appeared to be in a restless mood, and didn’t engage in pleasantries.

Tianheng didn’t have the slightest intention of making things difficult for her, and directly said: “City lord, can you tell me all the details of this matter?”

The woman suppressed her anxiety, adjusted her mood, and explained the matter from start to finish: “I won’t hide it from the honorable sect’s emissary. Because of this strange situation, this old woman hasn’t been able to rest or eat in peace…”

T/N: Thanks for the correction, Charysa.

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