Chapter 340: Chapter 337: Imperial City Turmoil

Influenced by the Nether Soul Flame Yin Fire, Huangfu Jun was completely powerless to resist and told Mo Qi everything he knew.

"Eleven years ago, our clan’s Saint Ancestor issued a decree, ordering us to conduct a blanket search of the Mortal District for unusual energy fluctuations."

"They said it was a supreme treasure, something that even the great Saint Ancestors coveted."

"In the end, however, we came back empty-handed, and the matter was dropped."

"Later, at the Imperial Academy, we encountered a fifteen-year-old fatty who was in the Vajra Realm, and a young man with the Dragon Blood Talent. Geniuses like that shouldn’t appear in the Mortal District."

"That’s why my older brother, Huangfu Yu, speculated that the supreme treasure was likely located in the Mountain and Sea Empire’s Wailing Abyss."

"Then, when you and Liu Ruyan appeared, we started to suspect that you were the one who had obtained it."

"As for why we came this time, it was because of a joint decree issued by the Saint Ancestors in the Immortal Realm."

"The Saint Ancestors are hosting a grand celebration for the entire continent. They’ve ordered us to select one hundred of the most exceptionally talented people from each empire in the Mortal District and take them to the Demon Spirit Battlefield to be tempered for fifty years."

"After fifty years, those who survive will be the main event of this grand celebration!"

After listening to Huangfu Jun’s account, Mo Qi fiddled with the ring hanging around his neck, a suspicion forming in his mind.

’Could it be this thing?’

Mo Qi didn’t actually care about some supreme treasure. What he cared about most was his mother’s whereabouts.

He quickly asked, "Do you know the origin of that treasure?"

Huangfu Jun shook his head. "I was still young back then, so I’m not very clear on the details. But Shi Hao should know something. He was the one who led the team that came to the Mountain and Sea Empire all those years ago."

’Shi Hao?’

An image flashed through Mo Qi’s mind: the middle-aged man who had caused a ruckus in the Imperial City, the one whose arm had been cut off by Li Shimu.

’It’s him!’

With a single thought, the Power of the Dragon Vein overturned the wreckage of the Flying Magical Artifact, yanking out a one-armed figure who was grievously wounded and on the brink of death.

It was Shi Hao!

Mo Qi showed Shi Hao no such courtesy. He slammed a palm onto his skull, obliterating his physical body with overwhelming ease and ripping his soul right out.

Mo Qi remembered clearly that the Soul-Draining Mother Spider on Qian Duoduo was this man’s doing.

Furthermore, he was the one who had recently guarded Niu Kexin and delivered her to Huangfu Jun.

Mo Qi could find no reason to treat him with kindness.

Shi Hao, now in soul form, quickly regained consciousness.

He was aghast when he realized his situation, but then his gaze fell upon Huangfu Jun, pinned under Mo Qi’s foot.

"Young Master, you...?"

Shi Hao couldn’t believe it. His Young Master, who stood so high above others and held the power of life and death over countless people, had been brought so low.

"How dare you treat our Young Master this way! The Huangfu Family will not let you get away with this!" Shi Hao’s soul roared, glaring at Mo Qi.

Mo Qi sneered. His Power of the Soul surged, forcefully invading Shi Hao as he began a brutal Soul Search.

A sea of memories flooded into Mo Qi’s mind. Streaks of green light churned up from the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, expanding and strengthening his Power of the Soul.

Innumerable messages were sorted and categorized in an instant.

This information included all the secrets and inside details of what had happened in the Mountain and Sea Empire eleven years ago, as well as some confidential news from the Immortal Realm.

Although Mo Qi still hadn’t learned his mother’s exact whereabouts, he had obtained a crucial piece of information.

’Interesting. So the Mountain and Sea Empire actually has a traitor, and one who betrayed it so completely!’

’The Immortal Realm, the Saint Ancestors, a grand celebration... Hmph. Just you wait. You’d all better pray my mother is safe, or I will turn your world upside down!’

After the brutal Soul Search, Shi Hao’s soul disintegrated, vanishing from the world.

As for Huangfu Jun, Mo Qi had planned to kill him and be done with it, but the Pig Emperor stopped him just in time.

"Kid Mo, don’t forget your Ancient Ice Ants. This boy from the Huangfu Family might not be much, but if you use him correctly, he’ll save you a lot of trouble in the future. At the very least, when you go to the Hall of Envoys, or even the Immortal Realm, he’ll make things much more convenient for you."

In the end, Mo Qi "gifted" Huangfu Jun an Ancient Ice Ant egg and brought him under control.

"The Young Master is incredible!"

"The Young Master is invincible!"

The women of the Women’s Corps didn’t hold back, openly showering him with praise and adoration.

This made Mo Qi feel a bit awkward under Niu Kexin’s strange gaze.

"Um, Sister Kexin, let me explain."

...

Back in the Imperial City of the Mountain and Sea Empire, when Mo Qi used the Teleportation Array to move the Flying Magical Artifact Within the Pass, a group of people hiding in the shadows grew restless.

"Young Clan Leader, what do we do?"

"Retreat!"

The speaker was a handsome young man with the air of a refined scholar.

"Retreat? We’re just going to give up on years of planning?" someone asked, unwilling to accept it.

The young man’s expression was indifferent. His words were simple and to the point: "Stay and we die. Retreat and we live. To hesitate is to invite disaster."

With that, the young man was the first to turn and leave.

As he left, he glanced at the spot where the Flying Magical Artifact had vanished, a smirk playing on his lips. "Qin Daye—oh, no, Mo Qi. An interesting opponent. I, Zhuge Boqing, will be waiting for you in the Immortal Realm!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Of course, that’s assuming you can even live that long. Heh."

At the same time, the expression of Zhang Shao, the Sect Leader of the Wolf Fang Sect who was also hiding in the shadows, turned incredibly ugly.

He had never imagined that the Blessed Qin Daye, the man he had been relying on, was merely one of Mo Qi’s clones!

Every time he remembered kneeling like a dog before Qin Daye and begging to be taken in, Zhang Shao was filled with a burning desire to slice Mo Qi into a thousand pieces.

It was easy to deduce that the Qin Daye he and Li Yuanhao had hosted at the Wolf Fang Sect must have been Mo Qi in person!

And the destruction of the Wolf Fang Sect was clearly Mo Qi’s doing!

A simple death would have been one thing, but Mo Qi’s actions had insulted not only Zhang Shao the man, but his very character and principles.

Just over a month ago, Mo Qi had been a minor figure from the Void Sect who had to look up to him, an ant who needed the Ni Brothers just to have the right to speak with him.

But now, Zhang Shao couldn’t possibly imagine what Mo Qi had gone through in such a short time.

Not only did he have the entire Mountain and Sea Empire revolving around him, but he had also defeated a supreme prodigy from the Hall of Envoys and even used some unknown method to move a Flying Magical Artifact that possessed Immortal Level Combat Power!

Even though Zhang Shao had seen it with his own eyes, he still found it unbelievable.

’Is that something a human is capable of doing?’

"Damn it!"

Zhang Shao cursed under his breath and fled the Imperial City without hesitation.

Although he wanted to kill Mo Qi more than anything, he knew that based on the power Mo Qi had just displayed, he was no longer an opponent Zhang Shao could hope to challenge.

To remain here was to court death.

Mu Xue had the same idea.

She had no doubt that Niu Kexin would tell Mo Qi what had happened, and she was even more certain that Mo Qi would never forgive her.

After comparing herself to Liu Ruyan, Mu Xue had given up all thought of competing with her for a man.

A fifteen-year-old in the Void Realm who was also caught up in the affairs of the Hall of Envoys—it was all just too terrifying!

The only thing on her mind now was how to save her own life!