My Sexy CEO Wife-Chapter 193 - 191: Messenger of Ninefold Mountain

The sealed chamber was steeped in the stench of blood.

Two bodies lay sprawled on the ground, their heads crushed, their dead expressions a harrowing sight. These two were Tang Shitian and Xiong Batian.

In truth, both Tang Shitian and Xiong Batian were exceptional individuals, remarkably shrewd, yet they died such ignoble deaths, a fact that truly elicited a sigh.

With the Treasure Dagger, Dongfang Jian slit open Tang Shitian's abdomen and then extracted a shimmering bead, "Is this the Golden Core?" Dongfang Jian murmured to himself, "It does look extraordinary. The question is whether it can enhance my cultivation..."

"That's right!"

"Xiong Batian seemed to have said... that Tang Shitian also had a Treasure, and it was of a very high level..."

"Search the body!"

...

"Nothing?"

Dongfang Jian meticulously searched Tang Shitian's body from top to bottom but failed to find any Treasure.

"Could it be hidden elsewhere?"

Dongfang Jian stood up and began to search the sealed chamber.

"Still nothing?"

After searching the chamber several times over, the Treasure was still nowhere to be found.

"Where on earth is it hidden?" Dongfang Jian felt quite frustrated, "I'm such an idiot! At such a crucial time, I forgot! I should have first extracted the location of the Treasure before killing Tang Shitian."

Regret!

Just a short while ago, Dongfang Jian mocked Xiong Batian for his futile regrets, as there was no medicine for hindsight in the world. And now, in no time at all, it was Dongfang Jian's turn to feel remorse; karma really worked fast.

Unable to find it meant just that. All the brooding served no purpose.

"It seems... that Treasure wasn't meant for me," sighed Dongfang Jian.

After calming his emotions, Dongfang Jian began to study the Golden Core...

Several hours later.

"It really works!" Dongfang Jian shouted excitedly, "I can absorb the spiritual energy contained within the Golden Core! Hahaha... The accounts of ancient texts are actually true! This is fantastic, absolutely fantastic! Just when I was worried about the slow speed of my cultivation, the heavens have bestowed upon me a Golden Core..."

"The spiritual energy stored within the Golden Core is immense. After absorbing it all, my cultivation should reach the tenth level of the Qi Gathering Stage, right?"

"If I'm lucky, I might even enter the Inedia Stage."

"Gao Fei! You never imagined I would encounter such an opportunity! You just wait for me. Once my cultivation has improved, I will come to kill you!"

"Let's first regenerate the severed arm... Within the Merciless Decision, there's a spell that allows a severed arm to regrow, although the process is somewhat painful..."

"No matter how painful, I must endure it!"

"I absolutely cannot remain crippled!"

...

With the Golden Core in one hand, Dongfang Jian closed his eyes and silently recited the spell...

Waves of abundant spiritual energy emanated from the Golden Core, flowing into his body through Dongfang Jian's arm.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The area of Dongfang Jian's severed arm began to squirm and gradually elongate... Several hours later, a complete arm had regrown.

"Phew..."

Dongfang Jian opened his eyes and slowly exhaled, "It's finally over. The pain I just endured was truly unbearable."

Dongfang Jian raised his hand and moved it around. It felt okay, though it had just grown back and the sensitivity was not quite up to par yet. He knew he needed to slowly adapt.

"This place is well hidden, others should not be able to find it. I should perform Closed-door Cultivation here."

Dongfang Jian made the decision in an instant.

And so, Dongfang Jian stayed in the sealed chamber for Closed-door Cultivation. Before he began, he did one thing: he took the bodies of Xiong Batian and Tang Shitian outside to bury. After tidying up, he returned to the chamber to cultivate.

...

The Sun rose and set, and before long, more than ten days had passed.

Gao Fei's patience was nearly at its limit.

"These two bastards are still not coming out!"

"It's infuriating!"

"I can't possibly keep waiting here forever, can I?"

With hands clasped behind his back, Gao Fei paced back and forth in the main hall, clearly agitated.

"...Fellow Daoist..." A voice from an elder came from the entrance.

"What is it?" Gao Fei stopped walking, turned his head, and looked towards Sima Shangyue, who was at the door.

"The messenger from the Ninefold Mountain Sect has arrived... they say... they want to meet the Sect Leader... but the Sect Leader has already... disappeared... so...

so I... had to come find you..." Sima Shangyue explained.

After Gao Fei took over the Yin Yang Sect, he didn't make things difficult for Sima Shangyue. Instead, he even made him the Great Elder. Ultimately, there was no personal enmity between Gao Fei and Sima Shangyue, so Gao Fei acted magnanimously.

Sima Shangyue was also tactful, treating Gao Fei with the utmost respect and obedience, virtually becoming Gao Fei's lackey. There was no helping it; Gao Fei was too powerful, leaving Sima Shangyue no capacity to resist. To survive and live more comfortably, he could only bow his head and act as Gao Fei's lackey.

Now in Yin Yang Sect, all matters, big or small, are handled by Sima Shangyue.

"An envoy from Ninefold Mountain?" Gao Fei was startled. "What Ninefold Mountain? What envoy? What are you talking about? I don't understand at all."

"It's okay if you don't understand. I'll explain it to you right away." Sima Shangyue smiled and said, "Ninefold Mountain is a great mountain, and on its peak is a Cultivate Immortality Sect with formidable strength. At present, the Ninefold Mountain Sect is the strongest among all sects, boasting three Golden Core masters and over twenty masters at the Inedia Stage.

They have more than a thousand ordinary disciples."

"Go on," Gao Fei nodded.

"Because of their formidable strength, the Ninefold Mountain Sect's actions tend to be quite domineering. Decades ago, the Ninefold Mountain Sect issued a declaration asking other sects to submit to them, and those who didn't agree faced suppression."

"What was the result?"

"A few sects disagreed, and in the end, they were suppressed by the Ninefold Mountain Sect, almost to the point of annihilation."

"Truly domineering they are."

"With no other choice, all the Cultivate Immortality Sects had to bow their heads and follow the orders of Ninefold Mountain..."

"What does the envoy from Ninefold Mountain want here?" asked Gao Fei.

"I have no idea." Sima Shangyue shook his head. "The envoy from Ninefold Mountain is arrogant and he doesn't take me seriously... He said he wanted to see the Sect Leader of Yin Yang Sect, only the Sect Leader is qualified to speak with him..."

"The Sect Leader?" Gao Fei touched his bare chin. "Xiong Batian was driven away by me and won't dare to return for a while..."

Sima Shangyue glanced at Gao Fei. "Fellow Daoist, actually... you could become the Sect Leader."

"Me?" Gao Fei was taken aback.

"Right." Sima Shangyue nodded. "Within the Yin Yang Sect, you have the strongest power, so it's only right that you take the position of Sect Leader."

"I'm not interested in the position of Sect Leader..."

"Don't you want to know the purpose of the Ninefold Mountain envoy?"

"..."

"You could meet him as the Sect Leader and hear what he has to say."

"..."

...

Under Sima Shangyue's persuasion, Gao Fei finally decided... to temporarily impersonate the Sect Leader of Yin Yang Sect and meet with that haughty Ninefold Mountain envoy to see what he had to say. After all, Gao Fei was just curious, and it was this curiosity that drove him to pretend to be the Sect Leader of Yin Yang Sect.

"Fine, bring that envoy to me," Gao Fei waved his hand and said.

"Uh..." Sima Shangyue twitched the corner of his mouth. "Fellow Daoist, oh, no! I should address you as Sect Leader now. I think it's better if you come with me."

"Why!" Gao Fei raised an eyebrow.

"As I said before, that envoy from Ninefold Mountain... has quite a temper, a strange personality, and he's also rather arrogant. Asking him to come see you... He probably won't come," Sima Shangyue said with as much tact as possible.

"Damn!"

Gao Fei cursed. "What's so great about an envoy!"

"Keep your voice down, Sect Leader. If the envoy hears you, he will get angry."

"Let him be angry. Am I supposed to be afraid of him? If he really annoys me, I'll smash him with a hammer!"

"Sect Leader, please just bear with it and come see the envoy. A true man can bend and stretch. It's okay to endure a minor loss occasionally; we can always get back at him later."

"I won't go."

"Why does that envoy dare to be so presumptuous? It's because the Ninefold Mountain Sect is overwhelmingly powerful. To put it bluntly, if Ninefold Mountain Sect wanted to annihilate Yin Yang Sect, it would be far too easy." Sima Shangyue paused here. "Sect Leader, offending a powerful sect over a little pride is really not worth it."

It must be said that Sima Shangyue was really good at persuading people.

"Alright, I'll give you face and go and meet that arrogant envoy."

"Let's go, I'll take you to him right now."

Seeing Gao Fei agree, Sima Shangyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

...

A few minutes later.

Gao Fei met the Ninefold Mountain envoy in a guest room.

The man looked ordinary, but dressed in extravagant clothing, held his head up high, and snorted through his nostrils, really carrying an air of superiority. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Greetings, Envoy," Gao Fei greeted. "My name is Gao Fei, the Sect Leader of Yin Yang Sect. What is it that you wanted to see me for?"

"You're the Sect Leader?" The envoy was taken aback, scanning Gao Fei from head to toe. "I remember that the Sect Leader of Yin Yang Sect was someone named... Tang Shitian... How did it change to you now?"

"Oh, it's like this," Gao Fei started to make up a story on the spot. "Sect Leader Tang went into closed-door cultivation and won't be able to come out for a while, so he passed on the position of Sect Leader to me to manage the sect's affairs."

"Is that really the case?" The envoy asked with a frown.

"I can vouch for it." Sima Shangyue stepped forward. "Everything High Sect Leader says is true!"

The envoy knew Sima Shangyue, aware that he was the Great Elder of Yin Yang Sect. Now seeing Sima Shangyue vouching for Gao Fei, he believed him: "Yin Yang Sect is really in decline, to think they would choose a cultivator at the Inedia Stage as Sect Leader, really..."

"By the tone of the envoy, it seems you look down on cultivators at the Inedia Stage?" Gao Fei said with a smirk. "If I'm not mistaken, you too are at the Inedia Stage, right?"

"What's with your tone!" The envoy didn't like what he heard. "You dare speak to me in such a manner, it seems you're tired of living!"

Gao Fei inwardly sighed. Sima Shangyue was completely right; this darned envoy really was full of himself!