Chapter 142 - Returning to the Mansion

Somewhere in the ruined landscape spanning a thousand li...

Not long after Gu Hai and his team left, the Divine Battalion's flying s.h.i.+p, along with Long Wanqing and Grandmaster Liunian, also departed, leaving behind a crowd of cultivators reeling from the shock, digesting everything that had happened before.

In a hidden corner not far away, Meng Tai was leaning behind a giant rock as Feng Ling helped him apply a concoction to his injuries.

Gazing in the direction Gu Hai had left, Meng Tai's face turned gloomy. "Gu Hai, you are truly monstrous! Far stronger and more terrifying than the last time we met! If you decided to fight for the dragon vein, it would have been a headache! But you gave up on it yourself? Well, I guess that's good!"

Turning his head, Meng Tai turned his gaze in the direction the Divine Battalion's flying s.h.i.+p had taken.

"Peony Clan, huh? I should have thought of it! Unfortunately, the Peony Clan had always been a closed clan, refusing to see any guests. Hmph, this time, you will be unable to close your gates!" Meng Tai let out a cold harrumph.

"Hus...Husband, your wounds are already dressed!" Feng Ling said in a quivering voice as she nibbled her lips.

"Why? Are you afraid of me?" Meng Tai's eyebrow twitched as he gazed at Feng Ling.

"Not...not afraid!" There was a bit of fear apparent in Feng Ling's eyes.

Meng Tai heaved a slight sigh as he hugged Feng Ling and said, "Alright, everything will pa.s.s. When I have gotten the dragon vein, I will found a kingdom and you will be my queen, I will take a good care of you!"

Feng Ling just bit her lips. She didn't utter another word.

"Let's go, let's go to the Peony Clan, the last sect of Nine-Five Island!" Meng Tai proposed in a calm and poised manner.

Gu Hai, along with his subordinates, stopped at a secluded, collapsed mountain valley.

Gu Hai waited patiently as he stored the b.l.o.o.d.y saber into the storage s.p.a.ce of the token.

From a nearby mound, Gu Qin ran over and said, "Father, the Divine Battalion's flying s.h.i.+p has already left!"

Gu Hai nodded to Gu Qin.

"Father, are we really not going to the Peony Clan where the earth dragon vein is at?" Gu Qin asked, piqued.

Gu Hai shook his head, and replied calmly, "If we go now, we won't have any advantage! Instead, I will be under everyone else's control, what's the use?"

"Father, should we prepare to fight for the dragon vein?"

Gu Hai shook his head yet again as he replied, "I have still not decided. If there is an opportunity, we will give it a try. If there is no opportunity, if we forcefully try to take part in it, we will only hurt ourselves instead!"

"Yeah!"

"My Lord, we have brought Ding Rui's corpse!" announced Shangguan Hen. Not far away from the group, a few ex-convicts were carrying Ding Rui's corpse over.

Ding Rui's corpse was already in a horrendous state at this moment, too ghastly to look at.

"Father, what do you want to do with this corpse? Ah, search for the Fire Throne Master Token!" Gu Qin asked and answered his own question.

Shangguan Hen handed the Fire Throne Token to Gu Hai. The Fire Throne Token bore a striking resemblance to the Water Throne Token and Earth Throne Token. The only difference was the flame pattern engraved on it.

Gu Hai, looking at Ding Rui's corpse, spoke in a deep voice, "Sure, Ding Rui deserved to die, but after all, she knew how Long Wanqing's mother died. She may be dead, but her corpse is still here, isn't it? Maybe we can't get anything, but when Wei Shengren returns later, perhaps he can find her human soul with the help of her corpse!"

"Human soul?" Gu Qin asked, puzzled.

"That's right! Bury her, let's hope that it's enough to keep her human soul around and can help Long Wanqing in the future!" Gu Hai nodded in acknowledgment.

"My Lord, I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news!" Shangguan Hen said, smiling wryly.

"Oh?"

"Li Haoran's attack might have seemed arbitrary, but his palm hit Ding Rui on her crown, and  must have borne some kind of soul-eliminating power, Ding Rui's three souls should have been completely annihilated by Li Haoran!" Shangguan Hen reported in a heavy voice.

"Three souls have been destroyed?" Gu Hai's face fell promptly upon hearing this.

Shangguan Hen nodded in affirmation; he did not explain how he saw all that.

"Li Haoran sure did silence his accomplice in a good way!" Gu Hai said sternly.

"My Lord, what should we do with Ding Rui's corpse?" Shangguan Hen asked.

"Just bury her!" Gu Hai heaved a slight sigh.

"Yes, my Lord!"

A number of men started to quickly bury Ding Rui's corpse.

Gu Qin, on the other hand, took out a ring and waved it lightly.

Right after, a flying s.h.i.+p abruptly appeared before everyone. It was precisely that flying s.h.i.+p of Long Wanqing's, White Cloud!

"Hall Lord's servants lent it to me. Naturally, we can still head back and return it!" Gu Qin said as he broke into laughter.

Taking a look at Gu Qin, a wry smile crossed Gu Hai's face before he spoke, "Forget it! Since you haven't returned it yet, don't bother. She is with Grandmaster Liunian, who also has another one! Let's go, let's return to the mansion!"

Having said that, everyone quickly embarked on the flying s.h.i.+p.

With his subordinates operating it, the flying s.h.i.+p rose into the sky, flying into the distance at an astonis.h.i.+ng speed.

In one of the rooms on the flying s.h.i.+p, Gu Hai inspected Ding Rui's token after changing his dirty clothes.

With Ding Rui already dead, the token was very easy to refine. Very soon, he could sense the internal s.p.a.ce.

To his surprise, there were tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones inside the storage s.p.a.ce. Looking at all of them, Gu Hai could not help but marvel. Aside from the spirit stones, there were some miscellaneous items as well!

There were some books, some exercise scrolls, pills, some life supplies, as well as some swords and sabers!

"Ding Rui doesn't have a flying s.h.i.+p!? Maybe it isn't here?" Gu Hai was feeling slightly regretful.

Apart from the exercises that were somewhat useful to Gu Hai, the rest was nothing new. However, when he was checking the items, he did discover a small box.

"Oh?" Gu Hai took out the box.

The box was rather exquisite. More importantly, it was placed separately inside the storage s.p.a.ce.

Gu Hai's curiosity was piqued. He gently opened the box. Within it was a letter.

Holding the letter, Gu Hai remained silent for a while, like he was pondering. In the end, Gu Hai didn't open the letter, but rather put it back inside the box carefully.

"Grandmaster Liunian wasn't in a hurry to take this token back, but it's not like him to forget about it. Maybe he still wants to drag me into the waters!? Ah!" A complex look showed up on Gu Hai's face.

Gu Hai snapped shut the box before putting it back into the storage s.p.a.ce.

Having changed into clean clothes, Gu Hai walked out of the room and made his way over to the deck, where he stood gazing at the scenery flas.h.i.+ng by.

"Father, the five major sects of Nine-Five Island have six mortal kingdoms under their control! However, now that the four of the five sects have been destroyed, only the Peony Clan remains. In the future, most of these mortal kingdoms will belong to our Gu Mansion, Father, how about we check these mortal kingdoms out a bit?" Gu Qin proposed in antic.i.p.ation.

"Later, when we have the time. The current Nine-Five Island is not calm, let's return first!" Gu Hai shook his head.

"Alright!" agreed Gu Qin, although he was somewhat disappointed.

"Everything should be done step by step. First, it should be the domain in which we live in, and then, the five kingdoms. Anyway, there are many things we have to do after we return!" explained Gu Hai, a smile on his face.

"Yes!"

Aboard the Divine Battalion's flying s.h.i.+p...

There were many living quarters on the flying s.h.i.+p. Standing at the entrance of one of these palaces were Grandmaster Liunian and Long Wanqing. Grandmaster Liunian's hands were placed on Long Wanqing's back, attacking the seal on her body.

Standing on the distant deck was Li Haoran, gazing at Grandmaster Liunian. A dismal look was on his face. He seemed to be in a bad mood.

Standing by his side was an armored young man.

"Gao Liusheng! There is something I would like you to do!" Li Haoran said in a calm voice.

"Gao Liusheng, at your service, Commander!" the young looking man replied solemnly.

"You have reached Nascent Soul Stage not long ago. Lead a team and kill Gu Hai for me!" Commander Li Haoran said calmly.

"Oh? Yes, sir!" Gao Liusheng answered right away, not refusing at all.

Li Haoran held the railing and gazed into the distance, saying, "Nine-Five Island is a layout left by Elder Guanqi. Earlier, that Weiqi Empyrean Court disciple regarded Gu Hai so highly, Gu Hai must be related to his grand design somehow. Gu Hai may have said that he has no interest in seizing the dragon vein, but unforeseen mishaps are inevitable, and I don't want anything unforeseen to occur. Therefore, Gu Hai needs to be killed! Since I can't do it, that's where you come in!"

"Yes, sir! It's just that this subordinate is worried...!" Gao Liusheng said, as his brow furrowed.

"I know Gu Hai is formidable. Take a thousand Divine Battalion disciples with you. Another thing, don't try to do it yourself! I will give you some treasures, you can use them to buy in some mercenaries, let them kill Gu Hai!" Li Haoran spoke in a calm and poised manner, relieving Gao Liusheng of his worries.

"Yes! It just so happens that this subordinate know a few Nascent Soul cultivators on Nine-Five Island. All of them are fierce bandits of Thousand Islands Seas!" Gao Liusheng nodded in acknowledgment.

"There are treasures inside this ring to buy them, you can go and pick who you wis.h.!.+" Li Haoran handed a ring to Gao Liusheng.

"Yes, sir!" Gao Liusheng obliged immediately, and then hurried away to pick his subordinates.

The flying s.h.i.+p briefly came to a halt at a mountain peak, where a thousand Divine Battalion disciples jumped down the flying s.h.i.+p before heading off in a new direction.

Meanwhile...

Puff! Long Wanqing spewed out a mouthful of blood before a surging power emerged from her body.

"Grandmaster Liunian, the seal is resolved! Thank you very much, Grandmaster!" Long Wanqing looked at her hands excitedly.

"Fu Xue's seal was rather strange, therefore, it took a bit more time!" Grandmaster Liunian stood up, smiling.

"Well?" Long Wanqing's eyebrows started to twitch. She just so happened to have seen a thousand Divine Battalion disciples leaving the flying s.h.i.+p.

At this time, Li Haoran also made his way over from the deck.

"Commander Li, why are they leaving?" Long Wanqing asked him.

"I sent them to do something for me, don't worry!" Li Haoran answered as a smile emerged on his lips.

"Did you?" A rather complex look took over Long Wanqing's face.

After chatting for a bit, Li Haoran returned to his personal quarters.

Long Wanqing was standing over the deck, looking at the distant Divine Battalion disciples, like she was weighed down with cares.

"Grandmaster, do you think those thousand Divine Battalion disciples are sent to deal with Gu Hai?" Long Wanqing turned her gaze to Grandmaster Liunian, looking somewhat worried.

Long Wanqing's social experience may have been shallow, but it didn't mean she was stupid. After having thought a bit about it, she had guessed some things.

"I hope they are!" A smile bloomed on Grandmaster Liunian's face as he replied, gazing into the distance after them.

"Ah?" Long Wanqing was worried.

"Don't worry, that Gu Hai is a tough bone to gnaw. Gao Liusheng should not be strong enough to deal with Gu Hai!" Grandmaster Liunian stated in a calm and poised manner.

"But, what if he was sneak-attacked?" Long Wanqing said, frowning.

"If it's a sneak attack, it could not go any better, it will surely anger Gu Hai the most!" Grandmaster Liunian broke into laughter as he replied confidently.

Long Wanqing was speechless. "...!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to Gu Hai, he is just like a c.o.c.kroach. You, on the other hand, need to be very careful after entering the Peony Clan!" Grandmaster Liunian said calmly.

"Mhmm!"

After flying for only four hours, the White Cloud had already returned to the Gu Mansion!

The entire Gu Mansion was promptly extremely busy. Ever since Gu Hai had issued that order, the majority of the Gu Family managers had finally gotten a peek into Gu Hai's thoughts. Each and every one of them was rus.h.i.+ng about, incomparably excited.

Our Lord wants to unite the world!

No one thought that it was impossible. For many years, they had idolized Gu Hai, all the managers believed it was just a matter of course.

Because he was their Lord!

It wouldn't be long before they wouldn't be managers, it was more than likely that they would become important ministers! How could they not be driven by such dreams?

As the flying s.h.i.+p returned with Gu Hai, countless people came out of Gu Mansion to welcome it. It was extremely lively!

"My Lord, welcome back! Gao Xianzhi's army is already at the front line, attacking the four kingdoms!" Chen Tianshan greeted Gu Hai with a smile.