Chapter 452: Feeding Oneself to a Tiger

Chapter 452: Chapter 452: Feeding Oneself to a Tiger

Ah Er returned to Mi Mountain in high spirits and promptly stuffed a booklet into Bai Mo’s hands.

Inside, the performance of the disciples who took the Pills was recorded.

Bai Mo flipped through it briefly. A slip of paper fell out, and he caught it. On it was written the name and price of a Flying Ship.

It wasn’t expensive—fifteen hundred Spirit Stones—which was considered a very low-end configuration.

"Why did you pick this model? It’s not a very good one."

Hearing this, Ah Er’s heart subconsciously tightened. Its eyes widened, and it stared anxiously at Bai Mo.

It had heard from some of its companions.

Many Cultivators loved using all sorts of verbal tricks. No matter what they said, they would always stall and never fulfill the promises they casually made.

’Absolutely despicable.’

By now, many of its companions had grown used to it.

Whenever their masters made a promise, they would just act excited and work hard.

In reality, they were just playing along, cooperating with the person. It was all for survival.

Bai Mo, of course, would never do something so heart-wrenching.

"I’ve heard that among the sect’s Flying Ships, those from Kongliu Valley are the best."

Bai Mo’s own Flying Ship was from Kongliu Valley, and he’d never had a single problem with it.

"But with your limited perspective, you probably wouldn’t know to be so particular."

"Did you go and show it off to everyone?"

Bai Mo glanced at Ah Er with a half-smile, causing the latter to shrink back guiltily.

"Fine, we’ll go with your choice. When I have a free day, I’ll go with you to buy this ship..."

Ignoring Ah Er’s cheers, Bai Mo finished reading the booklet and sighed softly.

"This isn’t the path of the Outer Pill, it’s just the Dao’s power within the Pills showing its might. This path is so difficult!"

...

In the end, he didn’t drag his feet on his promise to Ah Er.

After a few days, he had Li Wuji help watch over the black prison, and Bai Mo went out and bought the unremarkable Flying Ship.

Brimming with determination, Ah Er practiced piloting it in front of the mountain.

It took a full half-month before it could clumsily lift off, the badger getting so banged up it looked swollen all over.

It was just like the old saying: to shine in public, one must suffer in private.

During that half-month, Bai Mo experimented with several more batches of Pills, but he didn’t dare use expensive ingredients, only practicing his technique with restraint.

All the refined Pills were sent to Immortal Arrival City.

A month later, a reply came from Immortal Arrival City. It included messages from the staff, mentioning that a small sect wanted to purchase Pills in bulk from the shop.

Bai Mo didn’t have any strong opinions on this. He just thought they shouldn’t let themselves be tied down by the other party and left the rest for Wei An to handle.

What concerned Bai Mo more was the page Lanshan had added to the letter.

His sister, Lan Ru, had grown restless and left the mountain with some close fellow disciples, apparently making some moves.

Lanshan rarely contacted Bai Mo directly.

In the letter, the man begged Bai Mo to help look after her a little if he got the chance.

Bai Mo replied to each letter, then immersed himself in the Alchemy Dao.

「Time flew by in a flash.」

In the blink of an eye, it was the seventh month. The Fire Star was setting, and the weather was sweltering. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

On this day, Bai Mo threw open the main gate of Mi Mountain to receive new prisoners.

Over ten people were sent over today. They were a group of Demon Cultivators, completely wiped out by the sect, not even a single root left behind.

Seven disciples from the War Hall swaggered over, handed Bai Mo a command token, and escorted the prisoners into the black prison.

The merit from wiping out a small Demon Cultivator sect, when divided among them, was enough for them to live lavishly for two years without working.

It was quite impressive.

Demon Cultivators were treacherous. Normally, an opportunity to wipe them out completely like this was rare.

Bai Mo only learned the reason after asking.

"The Divine Kingdom collapsed, and countless opportunities appeared. A crowd of Cultivators went crazy scrambling for them. We brothers have sharp eyes and noticed this group."

’Tsk, tsk. So it was a disaster caused by greed blinding their judgment.’

But compared to the collapse of a Divine Kingdom, these ten-odd Demon Cultivators were nothing special.

Bai Mo asked curiously, "A Divine Kingdom is a Divine Being’s personal domain. I heard their life forces are connected. Could it be..."

"It didn’t die. All the Cultivators present saw that the Divine Being, radiating with myriad golden lights, voluntarily faded away."

"Some well-informed people said that Divine Being went off to be reincarnated..."

After seeing off the disciples from the War Hall, Yin Zhen arrived the next day.

The Core Formation Cultivator he brought was pushed into the black prison by Bai Mo.

Bai Mo knew he had gone to the Divine Kingdom to fight for opportunities and had only just returned now that it had collapsed.

"How did you fare, Brother?" Bai Mo asked.

Outside, Ah Er served tea, inviting Yin Zhen to take a seat.

Bai Mo sat upright at the other end of the table. This meant he wanted to get all the details.

Yin Zhen shook his head.

"The opportunities there weren’t suited for me. Aside from honing my combat techniques, I only gained some material wealth. Not much else."

As they spoke, the conversation turned to the details of the Divine Kingdom’s collapse.

"They say the collapse of the Divine Kingdom was man-made."

Yin Zhen said this after glancing at Bai Mo.

"Because of that, many of the beings in the Divine Kingdom were caught off guard. Those lucky enough to survive are now wandering the outside world."

"Many Cultivators have formed karmic bonds with them and been dragged into trouble. It’s a total mess right now."

"Junior Brother, if you go out or deal with people, you must be extra careful."

Just as Bai Mo was wondering who would plot against a Divine Being, Yin Zhen said directly:

"I heard it was someone who coveted its true divine body, but they never revealed themselves in the end."

And so, the curtain fell on the Divine Kingdom that had caused such an uproar.

In this Cultivation Realm, sects were as numerous as trees in a forest, and behemoths were countless.

The rise and fall of a single ruined Divine Kingdom was truly nothing, merely enough to make one sigh with emotion.

And just three days after getting this news from Yin Zhen, Bai Mo received an invitation.

Ah Er, who was outside practicing how to pilot the Flying Ship, stared blankly at the bright red invitation the disciple handed over.

It had never seen such a thing before.

"It’s free. Take it back to your master and have him look at it. He’ll know what it is."

The disciple delivering the invitation grinned and nudged the invitation into Ah Er’s arms.

Ah Er was a little annoyed but still brought the invitation back to Bai Mo.

"There’s no reason for an invitation like this to be sent out randomly. For one to be delivered to our door, the sender might even be one of our... guests."

Bai Mo said as he unfolded the invitation.

The moment he focused his gaze, the three words ’Wei Xianxing’ leaped into view.

Bai Mo was shocked and quickly read the rest of the invitation.

It was indeed a wedding invitation. The bride’s name was completely unfamiliar.

Wei Xianxing had previously been entrusted with a crucial task by a being from the Divine Kingdom: to find a Cultivator worthy of entrusting its life to.

Looking at it now, it seemed Wei Xianxing had really made good on his earlier boast and was feeding himself to the tiger.

Bai Mo looked at Ah Er beside him and said seriously:

"Since this is Brother Wei’s wedding invitation, we can’t very well refuse. I’ll take you with me when the time comes."

"Agh!"

Ah Er cried out.

Bai Mo comforted it, "Relax, you won’t have to do anything."

"It’ll be a lively scene. You just have to focus on the feast."

These words hit the spot, and Ah Er cried out in excitement.

For some reason, after getting used to messing around outside, the badger seemed to have become wilder.

’This isn’t how an acolyte should behave. If it’s going to serve the Alchemy Dao, it should at least be able to endure loneliness.’

After checking the date on the wedding invitation, Bai Mo shooed Ah Er out the door to practice its Flying Ship piloting skills.

Once it was done playing around this time, it wouldn’t have such carefree days anymore.

As thoughts turned in his mind, Bai Mo had already planned out more than ten days of work for it.