allonlinenovel Chapter 1233 The Five-Day Incident, the Order of the Mo Family Leader
Chapter 1233 The Five-Day Incident, the Order of the Mo Family Leader
Five days is as short as morning dew for ordinary people, and for cultivators, it is even more so in the blink of an eye.
But sometimes, five days can change a lot.
At least.
Wuwei City underwent a dramatic transformation in the past five days.
The Ghostly Crafting Sphere of Shattered Stars has been successfully forged, and the small white flower symbolizing the core of Holy Light has also been successfully integrated into the Ghostly Crafting Sphere with the help of Zhao Jijiu.
This temporarily relieved Wuwei City's immediate crisis.
Because of the success of the Ghost Craft Ball, the status of Shattered Star in the Mo Family Temple has risen by leaps and bounds.
As a result, the members of the Mohist sect spent their days either worshipping the statues or circling around Suixing. With just a little guidance from Suixing, these pure artisans would regard it as gospel.
Even though Gu Xiu occupied the craftsmen's quarters of the Mo Family Temple, no one objected. In fact, they were all very welcoming and couldn't wait for Gu Xiu to cultivate here for a longer period of time.
The only impact was that the Mo Family Temple had been closed to visitors ever since Gu Xiu entered the Daoist path. Some worshippers in the city were somewhat dissatisfied, but the impact was not too great.
The city of Wuwei has undergone the most significant changes.
The lord of Wuwei City implemented a series of sweeping reforms.
Because of the betrayal of the loyal and brave general, Wuwei City fell into several days of chaos and war. Therefore, the city lord of Wuwei City immediately began to clean up the various bloated institutions in the city.
Some cumbersome processes were eliminated, some useless positions were merged, and a comprehensive reform was carried out from the military to the domestic affairs.
Later on, this reform was not only carried out by various power institutions, but the Lord of Wuwei City also re-divided the entire Wuwei City according to regions and conducted several drills.
The drills mainly covered two scenarios.
The first scenario involves a full-scale siege by monstrous demons. How should the city's troops be deployed, and how should the city's residents coordinate their evacuation to support the battlefield?
The second option is to abandon Wuwei City, with its 50 million inhabitants divided into tens of thousands of squads and hundreds of thousands of detachments, and evacuate in an orderly manner from Wuwei City, fleeing in three separate routes.
Many people felt this was unnecessary, and there were quite a few complainers.
But only a few people knew that the City Lord of Wuwei was preparing for the complete failure of the Holy Light. After all, even if the Shattered Star technique succeeded, it would only allow the core of the Holy Light to prolong its existence for a few more days.
To truly extend the timeframe, we still need Lingxi Ice Ivory.
No one dared to make any promises, even though the Mo Family Temple had already sent people to contact Jubao City five days ago to retrieve the Spirit Rhinoceros Ice Ivory. But since it concerned the lives of the entire city, no one dared to place all their hopes on it.
and so.
To be more prepared, to plan for the worst.
The Lord of Wuwei City dispatched nearly 50,000 soldiers out of the city and into the gray fog in an attempt to find traces of the Spirit Rhinoceros Ice Elephant.
It is worth mentioning that the group of young noblemen who originally came to Wuwei City to offer their birthday wishes had already left in a hurry the day after the rebellion of General Zhongyong, and no one mentioned recruiting Wuwei City again.
Perhaps in their eyes, Wuwei City was already a city doomed to perish.
Before leaving, Fang Suming went to find Gu Xiu. However, they missed each other, so he left a message at the yamen, telling Gu Xiu that he had to return to Yunxiang City immediately to complete his mission, and that Gu Xiu could find him in Yunxiang City if anything happened.
In just five days, everything in Wuwei City has changed.
It seems that only Gu Xiu, who has been in a state of enlightenment, has not changed.
But actually.
Only a few people who could get close to Gu Xiu understood that Gu Xiu's changes were actually greater than the changes in the entire Wuwei City.
To put it more directly, it was the mountain of spirit stones beside Gu Xiu that consumed the majority of it. These were top-grade spirit stones, each one extremely pure, enough for a cultivator to use for a period of time. However, Gu Xiu's path to enlightenment consumed most of them, and the key was that all of them were attempts he made to test his skills.
Besides the changes in Spirit Stone Mountain, Gu Xiu's own aura was also constantly changing. If someone were next to him, they would be able to feel that Gu Xiu's aura was changing almost every moment.
At times, his spiritual energy was abundant; at other times, his spirit was stirred; and at still other times, his blood energy surged. Moreover, upon closer observation, one could see that Gu Xiu's emotions seemed to be constantly changing, shifting between joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
him at the moment.
It's like a volcano that's constantly accumulating power and could erupt at any moment.
This situation seemed to worry even Zhao Jijiu: "Master Suixing, isn't Fellow Daoist Gu's condition a bit off? It's been five days and he's still not better. Could something unexpected have happened?"
"Don't worry, with Gu's talent, there's definitely no problem." Sui Xing wasn't worried at all.
He had gone through a lot with Gu Xiu and understood Gu Xiu's comprehension very well. Although he was surprised that Gu Xiu would be stuck on a problem for so long, and even in his state of enlightenment, he could not figure it out quickly.
But he remains confident.
Zhao Jijiu breathed a sigh of relief, and just then, a disciple of the Mo family rushed in, bringing with him a message.
"Chancellor Zhao, Jubao City has replied!"
"Oh?" Zhao Jijiu's eyes lit up, but when he saw his disciple's troubled expression, his heart skipped a beat: "What did the letter say?"
"The people at Jubao City said... since Wuwei City is beyond saving, there's no need to waste any more Spirit Rhinoceros Ice Ivory, and... and..."
Upon hearing only the first half of the sentence, Zhao Jijiu knew he was in trouble. Seeing the disciple's hesitant manner, he immediately pressed, "And what else? Tell me!"
"This..." The disciple didn't answer, but instead stole a glance at Sui Xing. Sui Xing caught this glance, and without hesitation, it glared back at him.
"Little kid, just say what's on your mind. Don't beat around the bush. Do you think your Grandpa Shattered Star is an outsider?"
"Of course not!"
The disciple quickly shook his head. For the past five days, Sui Xing had stayed at the Mo Family Temple and had been sharing his knowledge with the Mo Family disciples there. He had taught them a lot about weapon crafting and had also combined weapon crafting with mechanical arts to give each person corresponding advice, so that weapon crafting and mechanical arts could be combined.
This can be considered a debt of gratitude for spreading the teachings.
Although it was only a short five days, this favor was by no means insignificant. After all, it had given them a completely new path. The Mo family disciples already held Suixing in the highest esteem, and after a slight hesitation, they still said:
"The message from Jubao City is the Grand Master's Decree. The Grand Master's Decree requires us... to bring... to Senior Shattered Star."
Take it with you?
That doesn't sound quite right. If we were being polite, we should have said "please."
As powerful as Shattered Star was, he immediately sensed the problem: "The message you received wasn't so polite, was it? It said 'bring,' but it should really be 'tie,' right?"
"This..." The disciple stammered without answering, but he also did not object, which already explained the situation.
Jubao City actually plans to bring Shattered Star to Jubao City?
Sui Xing laughed in anger, glancing at Zhao Jijiu, who was equally shocked and still in shock beside him: "It seems that you, the leader of the Mohist school, are hostile towards me?"
“Senior Suixing… perhaps… perhaps it’s a misunderstanding. Senior Suixing, please rest for a while, and I will go and confirm it.” Zhao Jijiu was somewhat embarrassed and dared not face Suixing, so he immediately took his leave.
Watching his hurried departure.
The smile in Suixing's eyes gradually turned serious.
"Little Peipei!"
"Boss!" Xiaoyao Pei immediately jumped out of the Mountain and River Remnant Realm.
"Go invisible and check what's going on. I have a bad feeling about this."
"Roger that!"
Xiaoyao Pei responded, and the array patterns on his body flickered. The invisibility array was activated instantly, and Xiaoyao Pei, who was not very conspicuous to begin with, immediately disappeared from the spot.
Seeing that Xiaoyao Pei had a mission, Duxian Sword also popped out: "Boss, boss, do you think they'll harm us?"
"What do you think?" Shattered Star asked in return.
Du Xianjian replied, "It shouldn't be that bad. Haven't we all gotten along quite well these past few days? I think those people have been very respectful towards you; they're practically worshipping you."
“Little Swordsman, this is because you haven’t been around the martial world long enough and don’t understand the intricacies of it all.” Sui Xing shook his head: “Human hearts are complicated. They may indeed be grateful to me for my guidance, but what they just received was the Grand Master’s Token, which is different.”
"What's the difference?"
"Although the Mohist Divine Path is unique to the Three Enclosures and the Sea of Sin, there was once a Mohist sect in the Vast Universe. In the Mohist sect, the Grand Master is the absolute leader. Joining the Mohist sect not only means acknowledging the Mohist ideology, but also requires absolute loyalty to the Grand Master. Once the Grand Master gives an order, the disciples cannot refuse under any circumstances, even if the order costs them their lives."
"How can that leader be so unreasonable? Isn't the Mohist philosophy of divine principles quite good?"
“Ideas are ideas, but a leader is just a person, and I’ve heard that the leader of this generation is not a kind and wise person.”
Upon hearing this, the Immortal-Crossing Sword immediately became anxious: "Does that mean they're going to harm us? Master isn't fully recovered yet, they won't hurt Master, will they?"
"Don't rush, you're fast. Go to the city lord's mansion now and find the city lord of Wuwei. He has already done so much for us. If he doesn't help this time, we'll tear down Wuwei City once Gu finishes his cultivation."
Du Xianjian accepted the order and quickly departed.
Sui Xing wasn't idle either. He immediately entered the Mountain and River Remnant Realm. When he came out again, one magical treasure after another flew out with him, as if they were free, and began to set up a great formation around Gu Xiu.
The reaction of the shattered star was fast enough.
Unexpectedly, before the formation was even complete, a strong gust of wind suddenly rushed towards Gu Xiu. Without any hesitation, Sui Xing immediately transformed into her true form and blocked Gu Xiu's path.
"Dang~!"
With a deafening roar and a tremendous force, Shattered Star was sent flying forward, nearly hitting Gu Xiu. Looking back, he discovered that the attacker was a mechanical beast that resembled a praying mantis.
"Tsk tsk tsk, it spontaneously protects its master, it's full of spirituality."
"Moreover, its physique is strong and flawless. It can easily block even my King Kong Mantis's fatal blow without the slightest damage. It's incredible, truly a treasure!"
"Such a treasure should be used by the Mohist school of thought!"
A figure stepped into the courtyard. It was an old woman dressed in the robes of the Mohist sect. Her face was very gloomy, and her eyes, like those of a venomous snake, were greedily eyeing Sui Xing.
This is not dealing with an equal.
Rather, it's the expression of a powerful cultivator when facing a top-grade magic weapon.
Meanwhile, Xiaoyao Pei, who had just flown out to investigate the situation, was now being held firmly by the other party's hand, which was wearing a strange glove.