Chapter 387: Obtaining the Third Profound Iron Order

Chapter 387: Chapter 387: Obtaining the Third Profound Iron Order

"If I’m not mistaken, the White Wolf King is real. But for some reason, his current strength has been greatly diminished."

"What do you mean?"

"The White Wolf King probably needs the Profound Iron Orders to regain his Peak strength. So, we have two choices now. One is to continue following the White Wolf King, help him gather all the Profound Iron Orders, and restore his power. The other choice is to help the Qinke Race fight against the White Wolf King."

"Janael, do you have any idea what you’re saying? We are descendants of the White Wolf King! How can we betray him?"

"But Enke has already chosen to betray the White Wolf King," Janael said.

"So you believe those rumors?"

"They aren’t rumors, they’re facts. The White Wolf King appearing in Hanhai City is also true, and it’s also true that Enke wants to kill the White Wolf King’s Envoy. That’s why I just asked if you’ve given any thought to the Cage Race’s future over these years."

"But Janael, you’re Enke’s grand-uncle. You’re also a son of the Cage Race. Do you really want to abandon the Cage Race?"

"No, Lano, you’re wrong. I never said I wanted to abandon the Cage Race. Rather, I don’t want to see the Cage Race head toward destruction under Enke’s leadership. Do you understand what I mean?"

"But doing this will throw the entire Blue Sea into chaos. Many people will die."

"It won’t. Daru might be a good choice. Enke’s actions over the years have made him extremely unpopular, but because we four old men are here, no one dares to say anything. This has only fueled his arrogance. Have you ever considered how long we’ve been stuck at this Realm? If we help the Qinke Race fight the White Wolf King, we’ll gain nothing even if we win. But if we help the White Wolf King recover his strength, we might be able to take another step forward."

"Doing this wouldn’t be a betrayal of our origins, because everyone on the Grassland is a descendant of the White Wolf King."

After hearing Janael’s words, Lano was silent for a long time before saying, "But the other two old men won’t be so easy to persuade."

"As long as I have your support, that’s enough!" Janael said.

Chu Fan, Invisible nearby, heard not only the words they spoke aloud but also their true thoughts.

The Saint Realm. For Cultivators, the desire for a higher Realm was their Achilles’ heel.

This was true even for undying old fossils who had lived for centuries.

Perhaps because they had lived for so long, they had grown indifferent to worldly affairs, but when it came to their own Cultivation, they would never be satisfied.

’Enke is a dead man.’ Chu Fan knew Daru’s plan was already halfway to success.

Only then did Chu Fan realize that perhaps everyone had underestimated Daru, a man who seemed so low-key and devoid of any ambition.

Enke’s bedroom—though calling it a bedroom was an understatement. It was more like a royal chamber.

It was enormous, with cashmere carpets covering the entire floor.

Looking at the patterns on the carpet, Chu Fan knew that this one rug alone was worth at least half a year’s living expenses for all the disciples of the Lingyun Sect. And that was to say nothing of everything else.

’And all of this was wrung from the common people!’

It was even paid for with the blood and lives of the people from the Northern and Central Domains.

Chu Fan knew that in the past few decades, whenever the Dahar Khan Kingdom raided Hua Xu to the south, the Cage Race was always at the forefront.

At that moment, Enke was soaking in a pool over ten feet wide, attended by four girls who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old.

The pool wasn’t filled with clear, hot water, but with milky-white fluid.

Chu Fan sniffed the air and his expression changed instantly. It wasn’t cow’s milk or goat’s milk, but a woman’s...

If not for his fear of implicating the four young girls, Chu Fan would have drawn his Juntian Sword and slain the bastard on the spot.

’I’ll let you live a few more hours.’ Chu Fan suppressed the rage in his heart.

But he wouldn’t let Enke enjoy those last few hours.

With that, Chu Fan spoke: "Enke, you unworthy descendant."

"Who’s there!"

SPLASH...

Hearing the voice, Enke leaped out of the pool. With a flick of his hand, he pulled a fur Great Cloak from a nearby rack and wrapped it around himself, his eyes scanning his surroundings warily.

The four Maids crouched down in fear, covering their heads with their hands.

"Just look at the fine mess you’ve made over the years! You’ve utterly disgraced the Cage Race. And now you even dare to defy the White Wolf King and have even lost your ancestral Profound Iron Order."

The Invisible Chu Fan circled the room quickly, even using the time-slowing effect of his Sword of Time, making it seem as if his voice was coming from all directions at once.

"No! I hid the Profound Iron Order somewhere. It can’t be lost. Who the hell are you? What kind of hero hides and plays tricks?"

"Who am I? I am your ancestor, you unworthy descendant! Liao Yidat passing the position of Patriarch to you was the greatest mistake he ever made. In three days at the latest, go and repent before the White Wolf King!"

The voice grew fainter and more distant.

But Enke, clutching a blade, was still swinging it wildly. "Who the hell are you?! Show yourself to this king!"

In truth, Chu Fan had already left.

Just as Chu Fan departed, three Half-Saints appeared in the room. Two of them were Janael and Lano, whose conversation Chu Fan had just overheard.

"Enke, what happened?" Janael asked.

"Someone... someone was here! But I couldn’t see them!" Enke was now both furious and bewildered.

Chu Fan had left for two reasons. First, he had sensed three powerful auras rushing toward the room. Second, when he mentioned that Enke had lost the Profound Iron Order, Enke’s mind had indeed flashed to where he had hidden it.

Since he now knew the hiding place of the Profound Iron Order, and he had conveniently lured the three Half-Saints over, wouldn’t it be a waste of a golden opportunity not to go and retrieve it?

On the west side of the Blue Sea, there was a large construction site.

In fact, Chu Fan had noticed it the day he arrived in the Blue Sea, but he hadn’t expected it to be a mausoleum being built for Enke.

It was late at night. The laborers and slaves were all asleep, with only a few soldiers on patrol.

Besides the soldiers, deep within the half-finished mausoleum, Chu Fan sensed an aura. It had to be the fourth Half-Saint of the Cage Race.

A few days ago, with a Half-Saint guarding the place, he might not have dared to come. But now that he was a Spiritual Power Half-Saint, as long as he maintained his Invisibility, a Body Cultivator at the Half-Saint Realm truly wouldn’t be able to detect him.

He followed the tomb’s passage deep into its chambers. In a side chamber, he saw an old man who looked much more ancient than Janael and Lano, sitting cross-legged on the floor with his eyes closed.

Chu Fan, of course, had no intention of provoking him. He headed straight for the main burial chamber. Although Enke was not yet dead, the stone door to the main chamber was sealed shut.

Chu Fan passed directly through the stone door. He then phased his hand through the Stone Wall of the Stone Coffin and, just as he expected, felt the Profound Iron Order.

"Ghost!"

This was the word on the back of the Cage Race’s Profound Iron Order.

This made Chu Fan even more confused. The Profound Iron Orders of the Hanmo Clan and the Lindi Clan had the characters "Zhang" and "Liu" on them, which Chu Fan had assumed were surnames. But the Cage Race’s was the character for "Ghost."

However, after thinking it over, Chu Fan recalled that there actually was a surname, "Gui," written with the very same character.

’Could they all really be surnames?’

Pushing the doubt to the back of his mind, Chu Fan tossed the Profound Iron Order into the Jun Tianjian World and left the tomb chamber directly.

From beginning to end, the Half-Saint never sensed that the very thing he was guarding had been stolen.