Novel Full Chapter 627 - 276: High Priest_3
Chapter 627: Chapter 276: High Priest_3
This is entirely unlike his usual way of conducting affairs.
Su Mo, though always generous and kind towards others, would not hesitate to eradicate any threat once a life was taken.
During the journey to the Five Directions Gathering, there was once a bandit stronghold that refused to relent. Despite being at a disadvantage, they still attempted to ambush and forcefully seize the goods being escorted, using the most despicable means.
Enraged, Su Mo decided to enact a massacre.
He didn’t just exterminate all the robbers, but stormed into their stronghold and slaughtered everyone within, leaving not even a chicken or dog alive.
In the end, he set the place ablaze, reducing it to ashes before he finally stopped.
At the time, in front of Hongyun Temple, Ban Tiankuang sought to cause trouble for Su Mo over this matter.
However, he was ultimately overtaken within the temple grounds.
This incident shows that when Su Mo does act, he is thorough and leaves no room for reprisal.
There is no such thing as half-measures.
Now, recalling that throughout their hurried journey to this place, Baihu City had yet to send a single pursuer.
Even though the Chief Steward was killed by Su Mo with a single palm strike, there still remained a High Priest managing the overall situation.
With such a significant incident having occurred, how could it be dismissed as if nothing happened?
Clearly, there is a deeper Mystical reason behind it.
And this Mystical reason… perhaps it originates from this individual before me.
As these thoughts tumbled through his mind, a voice came from the darkness:
“The Youquan Scripture practiced by the Youquan Sect master is nothing but a patchwork of scraps from the Yin Yang Immortal Order and another Absolute Skill from overseas.
“The founding Youquan Sect master tried to combine these two martial arts, hoping to unlock their Mysteries and innovate.
“But the result… was still nothing but second-hand wisdom. How could it possibly compete with my Emperor Heart Technique?”
As the speaker approached, revealed by the firelight was a woman whose age could not be discerned.
She was holding a Jade Flute, and while her attire was different from the descendants of an old clan Su Mo and his companions had encountered, it was obvious that it too was made by those descendants.
“Oh?”
Su Mo glanced at her, “Unexpectedly, the High Priest of Baihu City, despite her seclusion within her homeland, is well-informed about the affairs of the world?”
“You do not think that throughout these few hundred years, no expert of the Youquan Sect has come to the Southwest, do you?”
The woman spoke indifferently: “Moreover, after the first Youquan Sect master mastered his martial arts, he came to Baihu City to seize the Emperor Heart Technique.
“However, he was thwarted three times by our clan’s High Priest back then, forced to flee disheveled, or else he might have actually perished in Baihu City.”
In her speech, she did not deny Su Mo’s address.
“Such an incident occurred?”
Su Mo was somewhat surprised: “It seems Baihu City is truly extraordinary.”
“Naturally.”
The High Priest of Baihu City said, taking an involuntary glance at Su Mo:
“Since the inception of our old clan, through endless years and changes of fortune,
“Despite the shifts in the external world, only Baihu City has stood firm and unyielding in the mountains.
“Even when Da Xuan Dynasty once ruled the entire martial jianghu, not a brick nor tile in Baihu City was damaged.
“Someone as presumptuous as Su, the Chief of the Escort, is truly unprecedented!”
Yang Xiaoyun arched her eyebrow, sensing that the woman was exaggerating.
And indeed, upon reflection, the explanation was straightforward.
The reason for their unwavering presence was ultimately due to their non-contention.
Having unique Divine Skills to establish themselves, their preference to not leave their lands and dispute with others, and the transmission of their legacy to this day, there must be some trump cards that serve as foundation for their very existence.
Otherwise, it would be purely impossible!
The policy of non-contention implies that overpowering Baihu City would come at greater losses than gains, naturally leading others to leave them be.
This may very well be the foundational reason for their enduring existence.
What’s more, even thus, didn’t the Emperor Heart Technique yield under the pressure of the Da Xuan Dynasty and become the Amber Scripture?
If they were truly so dismissive of kings and ministers, disregarding the people of the world, why would there be a need to change the name?
Su Mo heard this and laughed:
“If so, I, Su, bear no small responsibility.
“However, I cannot fathom why the High Priest, instead of assisting the Chief Steward and confronting me as a united front, unexpectedly made a move in secret, causing him to suffer a complete defeat?”
The Chief Steward was not sent flying by just Su Mo’s profound power.
The arcane and profound Emperor Heart Technique and the exceptional martial prowess of the Chief Steward—Su Mo was delighted to engage with him, wanting to explore how many Divine Skills were hidden within the Emperor Heart Technique.
That palm strike was not initially strong enough to leave the Chief Steward facing life or death; Su Mo meant to force him back, compelling him to use techniques from the Emperor Heart Technique to fight.
To witness the marvels of this Divine Skill.
Unexpectedly, before he could channel more Inner Strength, the White Tiger phantom behind the Chief Steward had already shattered.
With this support gone, the Chief Steward’s Inner Strength quickly dissipated.
In such lopsided conditions, he naturally ended up in an uncertain state between life and death.
When Su mo descended from mid-air, he realized this.
Looking around, he knew someone had intervened in secret, yet could not ascertain who.
He then decided to leave Baihu City with Yang Xiaoyun and the others first, to probe the identity of the person in the shadows.
Indeed, just as Yang Xiaoyun had guessed, no one pursued them all along the way.
Within Baihu City, other than this High Priest who holds power over life and death, no one else could fit the bill.
However, this revelation only increased Su Mo’s curiosity.
The High Priest of Baihu City, not aiding her own Chief Steward, but instead helping an outsider— what for?
“…This brute.”
The High Priest sighed: “He sees but a fraction of the sky from the bottom of the well, and underestimates the people of the world. His rash actions were also beyond my expectations.
“Today I acted not only to save his life, to prevent you from unleashing your Inner Strength and killing him with a palm strike.
“Although he now suffers grave injuries, with the Emperor Heart Technique in him, it is not so easy for him to die.
“Secondly… it is also to make amends with Lord Su, the Chief of the Escort.”