Chapter 85: Multi-Party Target, Dao-1 Mountain

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Multi-Party Target, Dao-1 Mountain

"Yun Shouxuan!"

Upon hearing the name "Yun Shouxuan," Peacock suddenly trembled all over, her eyes revealing a look of immense hatred.

"Sister Shangguan, did you encounter that Demon Queen?"

"Hm?"

Shangguan Qing looked at Peacock in surprise. "Seeing your reaction... do you have a grudge against her?"

Young Master Qing was silent for a moment before speaking. "Peacock’s mother was the Saintess of the Western Celestial Fragrance Sect. She was killed by Yun Shouxuan many years ago. I was traveling through the Western Domain back then and saved Peacock, who had unexpectedly survived. I’ve kept her by my side all these years..."

"The Saintess of the Celestial Fragrance Sect..." Shangguan Qing seemed lost in thought. Without needing Young Master Qing to say more, she muttered to herself:

’Is this because of Chen Canxuan again?’

She had heard some things about it.

Chen Canxuan, the former number one in the world, had lovers everywhere.

The most formidable among them was the Celestial Demon Sect Master, Yun Shouxuan.

Back then, the Demon Queen Yun Shouxuan had hunted down women connected to Chen Canxuan all across the land. The number of rivals who died by her hand was at least five, if not six.

If Chen Canxuan hadn’t come down from the mountain in time to stop her, even more women would have been killed by Yun Shouxuan...

Peacock was utterly crestfallen.

"Even you, Sister Shangguan, don’t have a chance of winning against that madwoman...?"

’On my own, I’ll probably never have any hope of avenging my mother in this lifetime.’

"Don’t you still have me?"

Young Master Qing’s voice came from the side, comforting Peacock. He spoke in a calm and confident tone:

"I’ve told you, I will get this revenge for you. As long as I can cure my ’blood decay’ malady, I will definitely enter the First Grade Realm. What’s the Demon Queen Yun Shouxuan then? I will make her kneel before your mother’s grave and kowtow until she’s dead!"

Peacock bit her lip and looked at Young Master Qing, then lowered her head in silence. But her trembling shoulders showed she was fighting back the urge to cry.

However, Shangguan Qing tactlessly interrupted the two of them. "Gu Qing," she said, "out with it. What do you want me to do for you this time?"

Hearing this, Young Master Qing first smiled faintly.

Then, he said something shocking:

"I want to ask you... to attack Dao Yi Mountain for me!"

After Young Master Qing uttered a sentence that would make any martial artist’s expression change, Peacock watched Shangguan Qing’s reaction.

She knew this Miss Shangguan had promised to do three things for the Young Master, but attacking a major sect like Dao Yi Mountain... she had no idea what Miss Shangguan’s attitude would be.

Shangguan Qing raised her eyelids slightly. "I can do that."

Peacock couldn’t help but be astonished.

Young Master Qing couldn’t help but smile. "You heard me correctly. I said attack Dao Yi Mountain."

Shangguan Qing also smiled faintly. "I heard you perfectly clearly. I know it’s to attack Dao Yi Mountain."

Young Master Qing asked, "Are you that confident? Or do you simply not see Dao Yi Mountain as a threat?"

Shangguan Qing crossed her arms, looking at the Iron Sword in her embrace, and said slowly:

"I know that after Chen Canxuan died, the world stopped seeing Dao Yi Mountain as a threat. However, since you specifically need to ask *me* to attack it, it means you’ve already tested the waters once before. I surmise that even after Chen Canxuan’s death, Dao Yi Mountain still has a First-Grade Great Innate master in residence. That’s why you need me to make a move, am I right?"

Young Master Qing took a slow breath. "Indeed. I’ve already sent people to test Dao Yi Mountain once. Nine Grandmasters, all wiped out. Before they died, they sent a message back via falcon, saying that a master of your caliber is still in residence on Dao Yi Mountain."

Shangguan Qing smiled faintly. "So there really is one? Then it’s no wonder you’re asking me to intervene."

She asked, "When?"

Young Master Qing said, "Before you returned, I had already made all the preparations. I was just waiting for you, my strongest reinforcement. Since you agree, we can set out anytime."

Shangguan Qing nodded. "I agree."

Young Master Qing looked at her, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Aren’t you going to ask me my reason for attacking Dao Yi Mountain?"

Shangguan Qing held her sword and said, "When you saved my life from that person from the Queen Mother Sect, I told you: you saved my life once, and in the future, I will repay you with three lives!"

She gave a faint smile. "So, forget attacking Dao Yi Mountain. Even if you asked me to go assassinate the Emperor of Yuan Country, Gu Xuanong, right now, or to fight against the world’s top masters like Yuan Ruhua, Wang Zaixiang, Pang Saint, or Long Zaitian, I would still give you the same one-word answer."

"Okay."

But Young Master Qing still explained the reason to Shangguan Qing.

"You know I have a problem with the blood in my body. It’s an incurable malady that requires a blood transfusion. But the only person who can be a donor for me is someone who shares my direct bloodline."

Shangguan Qing said thoughtfully, "But your relatives were all slaughtered during the Primordial Palace uprising, during Gu Xuanong’s Jingnan coup. You have no close blood relatives left in this world."

Young Master Qing said, "No, I still have one close blood relative in this world. That person is called Ancient Transformation Dragon! Thirty years ago, he was captured by Chen Canxuan and has been imprisoned on Dao Yi Mountain ever since."

"Is that so..."

A thoughtful, gentle smile appeared on Shangguan Qing’s face as she said:

"Then you won’t be dying."

Since she had agreed, she would summon the courage to risk her life, to trade her life for that of the First-Grade Great Innate on Dao Yi Mountain.

Three lives to repay one!

If she said it, she would do it.

But Young Master Qing said, "Actually, Shangguan, I had you return just to add to my confidence. Besides you, the First-Grade Hall has recently recruited a new expert. His name is Xie Tangyan. He is the one who can truly trade his life for a First-Grade Great Innate’s!"

Hearing this, Shangguan Qing said, "If I don’t have to risk my life, then that’s even better, of course."

With that said, she turned and walked out of the room. "Since a great battle is coming, I’m going to wash up and bathe. Call for me before we depart."

Young Master Qing watched Shangguan Qing’s departing figure from his bed for a long time before pulling his gaze back, a strange feeling in his heart.

Beside him, Peacock said jealously:

"She’s just repaying a debt of gratitude."

Young Master Qing chuckled. "What does it matter?"

Peacock felt a mix of emotions. She could clearly see a sense of loss in Young Master Qing’s eyes, the kind that comes from wanting something you can’t have.

Young Master Qing said, "You should also go inform the many members in the hall. Tell Yan Kai that in this battle, I don’t just want Ancient Transformation Dragon—I want all of Dao Yi Mountain to belong to me!"

Peacock stared in astonishment at the young man lying on the bed. She never imagined his ambition was so great that he would want to use this opportunity to swallow up Dao Yi Mountain, one of the Four Great Daoist Sects.

Clearly, she had truly underestimated the ambition of a mature man.

It was evident from Young Master Qing’s refusal to take the "Blood-Forming Medicine." To him, while his life was of course paramount, the legacy he wanted to build was equally important.

With two super-powered combatants, Shangguan Qing and Xie Tangyan, under his command, along with seven Grandmasters and dozens more Grandmaster-level fighters, Young Master Qing naturally wasn’t just planning to cure his blood malady. He also wanted to use this opportunity to further expand the power of the First-Grade Hall!

Otherwise, wouldn’t he be wasting this opportunity to command two Innate Level combatants?

Peacock went to issue Young Master Qing’s order for the ’full-scale assault on Dao Yi Mountain,’ but she seemed to have something on her mind. After taking a few steps, she ultimately didn’t say anything.

...

And just as the First-Grade Hall began their massive march toward Dao Yi Mountain...

...

「Southern Border.」

On a mountain path shrouded in a miasma of a hundred poisons, a misty rain was falling.

A figure in red robes, holding an oil-paper umbrella, walked out of Miaojiang’s Holy Insect Valley. She was a peerlessly beautiful woman with a graceful figure, but the brows on her stunning face seemed to be perpetually locked in a cold scowl, as if at odds with the entire world.

It was none other than the First Demon Queen of the Celestial Demon Sect, Yun Shouxuan.

"Sect Leader, we have obtained the Blood Worm. Now, all that’s missing is your esteemed sect’s Holy Blood to open the Asura Treasure Box." The Divine Craftsman Mo Ziming, leaning on a staff, followed silently behind Yun Shouxuan.

"I just don’t know where the Demon Sect’s Holy Blood is now..."

Yun Shouxuan uttered a simple sentence: "On Dao Yi Mountain. With my Sha’Er."