World of Cultivation Chapter 294
Advertisement
World of Cultivation Chapter 294
This chapter has been brought to you by me, WanderingGummiOfDoom and warlord212.
Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety Four – The Return of Lil’ Miss
The spoils from two thousand and five hundred people was astounding.
Other than large amounts of normal third-grade talismans, there were also twelve fourth-grade talismans. The elders had been very rich. Of course, that Cloud Formation Silk naturally wouldn’t have been lost. The number of materials and jingshi were also very astounding. The spoils this time filled all of the date seed ship.
This was an astonishing amount of wealth.
So when Zuo Mo saw the inventory list Bao Yi gave him, he was turned dumb by such enormous wealth. However, upon further thought, he felt it was normal. The Outer Hall xiuzhe were wealthier than the average xiuzhe to start with, and since it was two thousand and five hundred people at once, the amount could be imagined.
In the next few days, Zuo Mo was immersed in great happiness.
———
Hong Jun Xuan did not dare to act rashly. He had personally saw the Guard Camp destroy one thousand people with the flick of a finger. He was especially wary of the deathly black energy that could ignore ling shields.
He sank into a situation where he could not retreat.
“What good ideas do you have?” He Jun Xuan’s eyes were bloodshot and his voice hoarse.
The other shidi looked at each other. After a while, a shidi said, “There’s so many xiuzhe behind Golden Crow City. Why doesn’t Shixiong recruit them? I saw that the state of those heavy armor xiuzhe wasn’t so well after the battle. Golden Crow City may not be as strong as we imagine. If we can recruit more people, our chances of victory would increase.”
Hong Jun Xuan shook his head. “If we win and order them to submit to us, none of them would disobey. But now that victory is undecided, they will only watch. They would only obey if Master came.”
Everyone sank into silence again.
They had been hoping to get some achievements this time. Looking at it now, there was no hope left. It was a disappointment that they would not get any achievements, but it was much better than losing their life. The strength of Golden Crow City was beyond their imagination. Unless Master personally came, they didn’t feel that any faction in Little Mountain Jie would be able to conquer this little city.
Hong Jun Xuan knew what the shidi were all thinking, but he didn’t have a solution at this time. It was a great misstep to have come this time. The authority that he had managed to accumulate would probably be lost this time.
But he was a decisive person. He understood the only solution now was to ask for aid from Master.
Before Master came, if he could preserve the power of the present Outer Hall, even if he did not earn any great accomplishments, he would be noted for his work. After thinking it through, he instantly made his response. “Let’s stay on the defensive. I’ll trouble one shidi to go make a trip and send a letter to Master for me.”
Several shidi instantly jumped out. They all wanted to leave this nightmarish place faster.
Seventh Shidi happily put away the jade scroll that Hong Jun Xuan handed over, and made his farewells. He quickly flew into the air and left on his sword. The other shidi were all discontent, but they didn’t have any way around it. Seventh Shidi flew the fastest among them all.
Advertisement
Just as everyone was grumbling, a sword light flew at astounding speed towards the camp.
“Hm, why has Seventh Shidi come back?” one of the people remarked in puzzlement.
They saw Seventh Shidi land in the camp with a terrified expression. The moment he stepped on the ground, he stumbled, his face full of panic. “Second Shixiong! Second Shixiong! Not good! People are coming over … …”
Boom, the camp instantly became a mess. All of the Clear Sky Sect disciples had expressions of anger. Had Clear Sky Sect really become a softy for anyone to squeeze? Any random person could run and shit over their heads? Hong Jun Xuan, who had lost at Golden Crow City, instantly became angry!
“Hmph! They really dare to rebel against the heavens! After this Golden Crow City, they all think that they are Golden Crow City!”
The Clear Sky Sect disciples hurriedly agreed. With a rumble, everyone rose into the sky.
———
After resting from battle for a few days, the xiuzhe in the surroundings had become slightly bored. Seeing the Outer Hall fly into the sky once again, they instantly became alert.
Were they going to continue to attack Golden Crow City?
Many people secretly shook their heads. Many of them had been thinking, out of boredom, these days on how to attack Golden Crow City, but they found that this little Golden Crow City wasn’t something they could swallow. Only two of Golden Crow City’s cards had been revealed, and they destroyed two thousand and five hundred people from the Outer Hall. Who knew how many more tricks did they have up their sleeves?
To say of nothing else, just the city walls that exuded a faint solar aura was already extraordinary. These people had all went inside Golden Crow City to buy Black Processing Meditation mats. The dense and dizzying formations that could be seen everywhere in Golden Crow City made many xiuzhe that thought they were skilled in formations feel embarrassed.
If there wasn’t a jindan expert, such a strong city could only be taken using lives.
However, the direction the Outer Hall was facing … … seemed to be opposite to Golden Crow City.
Everyone watched in astonishment. What was the Outer Hall doing? They saw a seven hundred or so troop appear in their view and understood. The news that the cadet halls of the Outer Hall had been attacked had long spread throughout Little Mountain Jie. Many people speculated this unusually mysterious and strong troop was very likely to be a force from Golden Crow City!
The six divisions of Vermillion Bird Camp silently floated in the air as they faced the Outer Hall.
“Such an elite force!” A bright light suddenly exploded in the eyes of the middle-aged person who couldn’t help but exclaim.
“How so? Their numbers seem too few,” said the large male as he looked with shock at the middle-aged person. It was extremely rare to hear this person praise others usually. He hadn’t expected that Golden Crow City, and now this troop, would receive such high praise in the last few days.
“The only weakness is that there is not enough people!” The middle-aged person said, “Daren, look closely at this troop. The shape of this troop is not as strictly organized as the armor-wearing xiuzhe from two days ago, but in reality, it only appears loose on the outside, but is tight on the inside. This is a quality that would only appear on troops that are experienced at battle. Facing so many enemies, they are not the least bit panicked or rushed. This means that they are confident.”
Advertisement
“If this kind of troop is in our sect, what could it rank?” the large male asked in curiosity.
“It should enter the top ten,” the middle-aged person said gravely.
The large male suddenly changed expression. He finally started to look seriously at this troop that was only seven to eight hundred people. The top ten troops in his sect were all famous in their jie. His dream was to possess a troop that could enter the top ten, but up until now, he was very far from his goal.
People who had keen eyes were not few. The biggest feeling that Vermillion Bird Camp gave everyone was a pressure that blew straight at them.
They just stood there, yet an invisible pressure unconsciously spread out.
———
Gongsun Cha glanced at the naked corpses that covered the mountain, a rock inside his heart landing. Mirth floated at the corner of his mouth. Only Shixiong could create such a spectacular scene. To not leave even one pair of pants behind, that was the classic style of Shixiong.
Narrowing his eyes to look at the other side, Gongsun Cha smiled again. With his present eyes, he could see with a glance that the Outer Hall had been greatly impacted, their morale at a low.
It seemed that Shixiong had been a bit heavy-handed!
When the other people saw the bare corpses under their feet, all of their expressions were extremely strange.
Zuo Mo received a report that Gongsun Shidi and the others had come back. He hurriedly climbed onto the lucky cloud, and took the female xiu as he slowly floated into the sky above Golden Crow City.
Seeing that the expressions of Vermillion Bird Camp were slightly tired, but the morale was high, and there were no fatalities, a rock landed in his chest. He decided to exchange greetings with Shidi, but when the words reached his mouth, they instantly changed flavor.
“Shidi! Don’t let go of any of them!”
Zuo Mo shouted at the top of his lungs. His voice echoed in the mountain valleys.
The spectators realized at this time that this troop of seven hundred people was, as expected, the elite of Golden Crow City. The middle-aged person and the large male’s hypothesis that Zuo Mo came from a hidden sect was reinforced by this call of “Shidi.”
A thought floated on everyone’s minds. It seemed that the master of Golden Crow City was full of confidence towards this elite force. He actually didn’t want any of the enemy to escape. The grievance between Golden Crow City and Clear Sky Sect seemed to grow. Golden Crow City wanted to massacre the Outer Hall.
As expected, this wasn’t an ordinary person. Just this mannerism was extraordinary.
Zuo Mo then gravely added a sentence, “They are all fat sheep! You can’t let any of them go!”
Everyone collectively turned to stone. The praise on the face of the middle-aged person suddenly froze.
———
Hong Jun Xuan felt he would die from embarrassment. When were Clear Sky Sect disciples that led five thousand people called “fat sheep” by others, and also “not let any of them go?”
Humiliation! This was true humiliation!
The faces of the Clear Sky Sect disciples flushed red. They stared hatefully at the procession of Gongsun Cha. They didn’t dare to attack Golden Crow city. However, a troop that wasn’t even eight hundred strong dared to be so arrogant in front of them, and said that they would all be defeated! Even if they went back to the sect now, they could never raise their heads in front of the other disciples.
“You don’t need me to say anything.” Hong Jun Xuan said darkly, “When has us Clear Sky Sect disciples been humiliated so?”
“Don’t worry, Shixiong!” A shidi’s face was filled with killing intent. “Leave none of them standing! We need to let them taste what it is like to leave none of them standing!”
“Yes! At that time, we will also strip their corpses!” another shidi viciously said.
Hong Jun Xuan said gravely, “I won’t say too much. If anyone dares to retreat and fear battle today, I will personally execute them! I believe that even if Master was here, he wouldn’t blame me!”
“Yes!” everyone’s hearts shook as they responded together.
———
Rong Wei along with the two hundred compound guards flew as fast as they could. That troop had been too fast. They had used all their power, and just managed to not lose track of the troop. The other clearly had an emergency and ignored their group, who followed behind.
After flying for several days and nights, she was exhausted. However, she found it was unimaginably queer that the troop did not show any signs of exhaustion.
How was it possible? Were they metal people?
When she saw the mysterious and strong troop up ahead, she released a breath. She hadn’t lost them. After following for so many days, she was finally slightly familiar with this troop. This was a true elite force. Even if they were in a crowd, she could easily find them.
However, she immediately stilled.
Because facing against this troop was a vast troop of approximately five thousand people!
Were … … were … … they going to challenge an enemy who had numbers about six times their own?
How … … how was this possible? Were they crazy? After flying continuously for so many days, how could they still have the energy?
———
Gongsun Cha did not notice this gaze that was filled with disbelief behind him. He gave a shy and bashful smile. The people around him shook simultaneously. These few days, Lil’ Miss’ face had remained cold. Now he was showing his trademark smile, they felt their hair stand up on end.
“Do you all understand what Boss means?”
“Understood!” everyone instinctively replied.
“Then let’s begin.” In the depths of Gongsun Cha’s shy and smiling pupils, a cold blade-like light suddenly ignited.
Translator Ramblings: Warlord is back to edit after taking the month off to focus on graduation.
The chapter title was a spoiler but it wasn’t as if no one didn’t expect Lil’ Miss to come back. Thanks to everyone who commented!
Advertisement
- In Serial43 Chapters
Blood Quest - A LitRPG
Leon's family has been diagnosed with a new type of incurable blood disease. It's an absolute death sentence and when it turns aggressive, you only have a few more years of painful life left to live. His mother has just begun the last years of the disease when a person supposedly comes back from death with supernatural abilities. He talks about a choice you get after death--get an extra chance to come back to life, or die. Even with Leon's diminishing life span, he won't consider the option of going there, until he meets another survivor who had the same goal as him and succeeded. Leon has a choice to make—die now for a chance to save his mother, or die in a few years, where the disease rapidly melts his muscles from his own body. He enters a game-like world, a sort of limbo, where his ultimate goal is to climb the tower of Katastroph before his mother's time runs out. There are a few problems with this though. The tower is almost impossible to beat, if you die you won't revive, and only three people in over twenty years have actually made it back. Leon has two years to climb the tower, with the help of the few people willing to try, while Ai, the tutorial guide, makes things harder for them. ***** The story starts pretty dark but goes onto a lighter tone. Then (more) dark again. Disclaimer: This story is an experimental project and I hope to get any and all feedback you can give me. Warning: First draft. Chapters tend to be between 3400-4100 words long (about 8-11 A4-pages). Mentioning it since I've seen it in other fictions :P Sometimes they're shorter, sometimes they're longer. ******************************** CHAPTER RELEASES UPDATE: As the first "book" in the series is done, I'm going to release coming chapters somewhat sporadically, and when Writathon ends, I'll probably go back to publishing one chapter per weekend. We'll just have to wait and see! I hope you enjoy the story! I really appreciate all comments and feedback, so if you have anything to say, feel free to voice it :) ************ [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
8 195 - In Serial21 Chapters
Luck And Chronomancy
Time Magic is the best magic as everyone knows, although there are lots of unique Talents in the world. Most people only remember Haste because it is hard to get to higher Phases of Chronomancy. That is still enough to make the Talent iconic. A lucky enough Aleatory Talent can position you for greatness or leave you languishing in obscurity. The only true equality in the world is when that glowing message pops up at 8 years old. Even if it doesn't activate until you are an adult at 16 you still know. Sure you can find a new dungeon spawn and get another chance at a rare Talent, even this one, but you have to already be ready to delve into the *Far Wilds*, which is far easier with wealth or family power. This is the story of where my good fortune took me and the difference it made, even among a party of 7 others including an Arcanist. It is a journey of magic and monsters but also math, which some think is actually worse. Luckily I was born with Intelligence and Focus as my personal traits, and my parents were scholars. Of course Chronomancy can also be a frontline combat talent. Versitility well beyond other Elder Talents like Gravity, Abstraction, or Arcana. Might could have worked for me, too. I also met a runaway princess. All the best adventures have a princess. She hated being a noble and we didn't get married but it still counts. Besides she really filled out our front line. All that Leadership training came in handy. I still don't know where she's from. Who cares? How well Haste goes with giant hammers is what's important. I never learned much about anyone in the party, except the one I grew up with. I'm not a people person. I just wanted to optimize dungeon clearing time. *******Story Details******* No romance, politics, or traumatizing content, slice of life, or even dialogue. 1st person narration, like a guide/adventure log. 2000-7000 words a day, maybe 40-60% rpgish combat log with some reasoning on combat decisions, with the rest character Talent discussion and progression stuff. 8 person party with a decent variety in roles. Party members usually have 2 primary functions. Told from the support/control Chronomancer's perspective. Each party member will have 6 Basic/Background Traits, then 3 actual Talents with abilities. Capstone from their Educational Institution, Arbritrary as a gift from the temples, and Aleatory which is decided at birth, revealed at 8, and activated after adulthood at 16. Aleatory Traits ignore requirements and are random why is why they are so important. They'll gain new Talents from finding Dungeons to consume in the *Wilds*. Mature dungeons in cities can provide *Challenges* to raise the Phase of a Talent, up to 3 times from 1 to 4. Each character will get to roughly 8 non-Trait Talents. Attributes come exclusive from Talents, are required by Talents, and provide various effects as well. I designed about 220 Talents with abilities, 4 in each of 4 phases. "Traits" are just Attribute stuff. I'm not sure how many will be detailed in the story, more than 100 for sure. I used Talents because I want to be free of the legacy of tabletop. Half those rules are just because of the limitations inherent in a pre-computer ttrpg. This story mostly uses combat Talents, although like 1/3 of the 220 are for crafting and other society and economy stuff. If you really wanted to be a Thief you might take Intuition, Awarness, and Might for Basic Traits and Deftness, Manipulation, and Trickery for Family/Education. Then you'd pick Acrobatics, and Climbing for Educational Capstone and Arbitrary traits. You Aleatory Trait might be Shadow(Light/Dark) Magic, Umbramancy. A Bard might swap Dexterity for Charisma, Music for Acrobatics, and have gotten Illusion(Shadow/Sound(Air/Force)) for their Aleatory Trait.
8 189 - In Serial26 Chapters
I Am A Hero: In A Silent Way
A utopia endangered. A follow-up to Sheer Heart Attack. Now united, the group of heroes takes a train to travel to their destination in peace. But alas, it is not meant to be. Danger is inevitable, but it is not just contained in this new world of Eden.
8 131 - In Serial25 Chapters
Trumpets |Percabeth AU|
He was a boy with a leather jacket. She was a girl with a camera in her hand. He was in a band. She was a audience member.The first look they exchanged their hearts.Now they can't get them back.
8 125 - In Serial19 Chapters
Wanderer
Space, the last frontier. Or at least it was until the year 3039 when humanity discovered the rift and proved the existance of a multiverse. Those with the ability to move between universes are called wanderers. Jack, a 23 years old otaku and gamer decides to become a wanderer dreaming of power, fortune and women. Hes a egoistical lazy pervert, that loves music and have a dark humor, so what would happen if he ended on a fantasy medieval universe, wielding superior tech, knownledge and mental powers?Chaos, Sweet Sweet Chaos.
8 99 - In Serial73 Chapters
Oh Captain My Captain! (Haikyuu)
5 gorgeous Captains but only 1 of you, how could that be wrong?Y/n is very sexually explorative so if you dont want to see yourself that way dont read! If your a pervert like me though then enjoy!I do not own the artwork.Warnings!!!!!1. Characters are not aged up but reader is aged down, if that bothers you I understand and would suggest you not read. I reference/add to the story line which is why I left them the teen age.2. Lots of lemons, atleast one with every captain, possibly multiple captains at once.
8 194

