Chapter 571 - 328: Drawing Out Hatred, Controlling the Ink Crow!_4

Looking again at the Ink Crow Horde’s throne, a black-clad youth appeared.

"Benefactor?!"

The Medicine Maniac, Lix Yan, Jiaang Jing, and a few others immediately recognized the black-clad youth.

"Master."

The Ink Crow Horde Lord’s body trembled slightly, as if in utter fear of the black-clad youth.

How could he not fear, half an hour ago, he was arranging the military deployment when the black-clad youth silently appeared.

With almost no resistance, the black-clad youth pointed in the void, and he felt as if a mountain were pressing down, lying on the ground motionless.

If that were all, dying like that would be good enough, at least it would be swift and relatively painless.

Yet the black-clad youth had no intention of killing him; after suppressing him, he sent an unknown poison into his stomach.

The results were imaginable; suffering beyond description couldn’t even begin to describe the pain, and the black-clad youth refrained from letting him die.

The Ink Crow Horde Lord shuddered at the thought of his previous agony.

He didn’t want to experience it again, so he chose submission.

Master?

The Ink Crow Horde Lord’s utterance of ’Master’ seemed like a bolt of lightning, instantly striking down upon the Medicine Maniac, Lix Yan, Jiaang Jing, and the others.

A Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm expert, calling the benefactor Master?

What horrifying level had the benefactor’s strength reached?

As everyone was deeply shaken, Chu Ming rose and looked down.

His eyes, seemingly calm and harmless to others, appeared to the Ink Crow Horde Lord more chilling than the divine figures recorded in the Horde’s Internal History Book.

"Stand down."

"Yes..." The Ink Crow Horde Lord retreated hurriedly, as though pardoned.

In the hall, only the Medicine Maniac, Lix Yan, Jiaang Jing, Jiaang Yan, and Shen Yi remained.

Chu Ming flicked his fingers, sending out five streams of light, landing right in front of the five.

The streams of light’s essence was a rather fragile Primordial Artifact Material, hiding a Primordial Technique, connecting to the Elemental Technique Star Ring within the Ink Crow Horde Lord.

Touching the Primordial Artifact Material would cause the Ink Crow Horde Lord unbearable pain, and crushing it would directly detonate the Star Ring.

With all five controlling it together, the Ink Crow Horde Horde would essentially be under control.

"Through this, you can control the Ink Crow."

Control the Ink Crow?

The five widened their eyes.

This little item could actually control one in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm?

"What you need to do is expand the Ink Crow’s army, for the Western Expedition to Nine Hordes Kingdom."

Before the five could understand the meaning of these words, Chu Ming’s figure dissipated, vanishing from the hall.

"Benefactor..." The Medicine Maniac, Lix Yan knelt and paid their respects.

Jiaang Jing stared at the empty throne, a touch of disorientation, then turning into determination.

Having resolved the Ink Crow matter handily, Chu Ming returned to Xirong County.

Hidden away in Xirong County’s Black Tower for a day, he didn’t wait for any high-tier practitioners from other nations to arrive.

His master, Ji Wujiang, had gone to Pingzhong County and hadn’t returned, and the agreed time with Second Senior Brother Ming Feng and Third Senior Sister was approaching, he felt something could be wrong.

Otherwise, given Master’s plan, even if it didn’t account for the unexpected early arrival of Ming Feng, Ming Yu, strong practitioners from Nether Witch Horde, and Jingyue Kingdom were all part of the calculation and should certainly have returned before these practitioners.

...

A day prior.

Pingzhong County, Divine Mystery Bureau’s Black Tower.

Below the tower, a person in a black robe sat cross-legged, with black-red flames embroidered on the robe’s chest.

Beside this person, a cyan stone ancient lamp hovered, surrounded by flowing Primordial Qi, gathering in front.

In front of him floated a cyan luminescent object.

The floating object seemed integrated with the Black Tower, and with each influx of Primordial Qi, the Black Tower trembled slightly.

"Almost... almost..."

Luo Mu, his eyes passionate, kept sending more Primordial Qi.

He wasn’t a Divine Envoy of the Divine Mystery Bureau—the Divine Envoy within the Black Tower had been killed when Blood Evil Sect occupied Pingzhong County.

The reason he sat here was that he was refining the object suppressed by the Black Tower, the second Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp.

"Master."

At this moment, the former Divine Envoy of Xirong County’s Divine Mystery Bureau, who had taken the first Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp, Qu Yaan, bowed and entered the Black Tower, his face still joyful.

Luo Mu was Qu Yaan’s master, and Qu Yaan was able to refine the Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp beneath Xirong County’s Black Tower due to Luo Mu’s true teachings.

"Has your father broken through?" Luo Mu didn’t turn.

"Yes," Qu Yaan replied, "Thanks to Master for the Realm-Breaking Elixir."

"Heh, I always keep my word. Since you could bring back the Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp, naturally I would reward you with the Broken Mirror Elixir."

"Thank you, Master."

"Leave now; unless it’s important, don’t disturb me."

"Yes."

Qu Yaan dared not speak further, knowing it was a critical moment in Master’s refining of the Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp and not to be disturbed.

However, as he exited the Black Tower, a massive tremor came from outside.