Chapter 0146

Chapter 146: Central Continent Joyous Union Sect, Mu Rong Ya’s Ancestor

Whispers swept through the hall as someone said: “Do you mean that guest elder looks a lot like Zhou Tong?”

Another voice followed at once: “Right, that nameless one… could he be Zhou Tong himself?”

A third snorted: “Does that make any sense?”

Doubt broke out everywhere. The nameless one announced by the Heavenly Dao was a figure beyond belief: he crushed the three devils, then slew a saint. He was terrifyingly strong. Zhou Tong was only a discarded disciple of the Jade Purity Sect. How could he compare?

An elder still frowned and muttered: “It’s true they look too similar. There might be some hidden link.”

That line drew many eyes. The Hall Master of Heaven’s Secrets Hall spoke calmly: “I judge they are two similar flowers.”

The other elders stared, unsure. Two flowers alike in looks, yet one withers while the other blooms; one grows strong while the other grows weak. If the nameless one was that fierce, then Zhou Tong, the look alike, would surely start to decline…

Faces darkened around the room. Since Zhou Tong left, the upper ranks of the Jade Purity Sect had split into two camps. One camp wanted to find him and bring him back. They were led by Immortal Maiden White Crane and had treated Zhou Tong fairly in the past. The other camp was dead set against him. They even pushed to settle accounts and cut him off for good. Their reason was simple: because of Zhou Tong, the sect had suffered huge losses.

Not only had they lost almost half their foundation, even the Law Hall’s hall master and the vice sect master had been killed by the Enforcer. They did not dare seek revenge on the Enforcer, so they pinned all the blame on Zhou Tong.

An elder let out a cold breath and said: “Looks like Zhou Tong is finished. If the stronger flower is that dominant, then by rise and fall he will only grow more useless and never recover.”

Most nodded.

A Supreme Elder slapped the table and declared: “Then our dispute ends here. From now on, no one is allowed to bring up welcoming Zhou Tong back. Whoever dares to defy this, do not blame me for harsh punishment!”

At that, Immortal Maiden White Crane and her supporters lowered their heads. Powerless, they kept silent.

Another Supreme Elder’s eyes glinted as he said with a sneer: “That is too easy on that waste. Better to kill him directly. We might even win the friendship of that guest elder.”

A string of sharp inhales sounded. Some thought it over and then brightened.

The old Daoist Supreme Elder who spoke first added in a low voice: “That guest elder surely wants Zhou Tong dead, but because of karma taboos he will not act himself. If we do it for him…”

The idea tempted many. The radicals spoke up at once: “If we befriend that guest elder, we will not need to fear that old geezer Cold Night anymore.”

Someone else went further: “After that, we alone can dominate. We could even rename the Three Pure Region to the Jade Purity Region.”

The speech was highly persuasive, and in an instant most voices agreed.

The Supreme Elder’s eyes filled with a bloody gleam as he concluded coldly: “Since we are agreed, then it is decided. When the Joyous Union Sect returns, we will…”

At the very same time, the center of the world, the Central Continent, bustled with news. After nearly three hundred years, word had spread again that a saint had been slain, shocking every great sect here.

The Central Continent also had a Joyous Union Sect, known as the sect’s main lineage. Compared with the branch on Red Dust Mountain, this Joyous Union Sect was the true towering giant, one of the top sects even across the Central Continent.

Its ruler was a white haired beauty. Time could no longer leave marks on her face, yet her eyes held deep years of experience. Her white hair was neither natural nor from age. She had driven the Joyous Union Heavenly Art to a very high level and held the Jade Devil Body as her constant state, keeping her battle power at its peak at all times.

A small Dao boy pushed the door open and rushed in, calling: “Ancestor!”

He gasped out the news: “A huge event just happened in the Eastern Continent. Four saint slayers were born. Together, they killed three Devil Kings!”

The ancestor opened her eyes, a trace of surprise in her gaze: “I did not expect such people to arise in that barren land.”

The Dao boy grinned, bold before her majesty: “Hehe, you guessed wrong. You actually know some of them!”

She sat up and clicked her tongue: “Feeling itchy, are you? Stop teasing me and talk.”

He answered at once: “They include the Sword Saint and the Supreme Elder of the Celestial Masters Clan. They are in the Eastern Continent now, receiving the baptism.”

She waved, already losing interest: “So it’s that prickly kid and that old geezer. With those two, it’s not strange. The other two must not be ordinary either, right?”

“You are right. The third is the disciple our grand master took in a hundred years ago.”

She cut in: “And the fourth?”

His voice grew bright: “The last one is even more amazing. He earned the title Supreme Saint Slayer. The Heavenly Dao announced he is a guest elder of the Ling Xiao Empire, called the Nameless One.”

The ancestor’s brows lifted: “A hero from a small corner… hm? Wait!”

Always steady, she suddenly jumped to her feet like she had been shocked: “What did you just say?”

He blinked: “A guest elder of the Ling Xiao Empire…”

She snapped: “Not that, the one before!”

He stiffened a little and answered: “The disciple our grand master accepted a hundred years ago.”

Her eyes shone: “You mean the disciple of my rebel disciple? My grand disciple has become a saint slayer!”

Before the last word fell, she had already flashed out of the hall to confirm it herself. Looking toward the east with her inner sight, four Heavenly Dao portraits formed in her mind. Mu Rong Ya’s face overlapped with the little girl in her memory. A hundred years had passed. Her looks and bearing had changed a lot, but there was no way the ancestor would mistake her.

She smiled wider and murmured: “It is indeed my grand disciple, and she looks a bit like me when I was young.”

Joy rose into a thick wall of resentment: “That bold rebel insisted on going to the Eastern Continent to find some so called legendary seed. She said that after planting it, seven heaven’s chosen would sprout. [She must have been possessed.”

Her voice cooled: “If this outstanding grand disciple had been given to me to teach myself, she would have broken through to the reincarnation realm long ago!”

She opened her Heavenly Eye and huffed: “Let me see my grand disciple’s level. If it is below the Seventh Layer, I will blow my top.”

Twin rays shot from her eyes into Mu Rong Ya’s portrait. A moment later she withdrew her gaze and rubbed her eyes. She muttered: “I must be opening it wrong. Let me check again.”

She peeked once more, then quickly took out a Demon Subduing Pill and swallowed it on the spot. She shouted: “Someone come! I have entered qi deviation. I am seeing things!”