Chapter 28
"What are you doing here?" Cheng stands up and jumps from the big rock. Dong Mai stops and Cheng lands perfectly in front of her.
"I have a bad feeling, so I want to check the soul tablet."
I have been meditating here the whole time. There is no alarm triggered." Cheng shakes his head.
"Maybe you are too engrossed in meditating and miss a few alarms. My disciples did not contact me for a week. The activities at Wu city have been stopped, I am afraid the new Jiangong has caught them."
"The new Jiangong is just Qi refinement brat. How can both of your disciples be unable to deal with her?" Cheng smirks and looks at Dong Mai with disdain.
Dong Mai did not get angry. She controls her emotion and facial expression perfectly. She is one of the elites in the Hao Clan. Controlling one emotion is just a piece of cake, "Just go and take a look. I will not get in. My disciple's name is Hui and Zi You.
Cheng grumbles while opening the Jade Hall's door. The Jade Hall is full of resentment and when it is open a black aura pours out. Cheng noticed that Dong Mai did not try to absorb the resentment, Cheng nodded, 'This Dong Mai is good. Not many that able to resist the temptation of the resentment in here.'
"Get in. I trust you but if you absorb the resentment in there you might overload and explode."
Dong Mai nodded and quickly enters the Jade Hall. The black aura part into two when she walks through the black aura. She goes to the core disciple section to find her disciple's soul tablet.
When she arrives, Dong Mai's perfect facial expression is contorted. Her whole body trembles. Her disciple's soul tablets are nowhere to be seen. Two beautiful black purple fire calmly floats at the place where her disciple's soul tablets should be. The black purple fire feels threatening to her soul. It is just a small fire and it is not strong to injure her but the authority of the small fire is threatening, "Ahh!" A long scream can be heard. It is a spontaneous reaction from Dong Mai because she is scared of the fire.
Cheng enters the hall when he hears the scream. He is rooted at the front of the core disciple section when he sees the black purple fire. Dong Mai runs out from the Jade Hall. Cheng awaked from his daze and quickly take out all the soul tablets in the core disciple section. That fire might burn or influence the disciple's souls. Cheng seals the room and he rings the bell to notify the other elders. Eight black auras fly towards the Jade Hall. Four Gate elders and Four Monitor elders appear in front of the frantic Cheng. He is too absorbed in ringing the bell to notice the elders.
One of the leaders wraps Cheng with a black aura. He throws Cheng into the pond nearby. Noticing he is drowning, Cheng flies upwards and sees the elders, "Esteem elders!" As an ordinary elder, the Gate elders and the Monitor elders are his superior. He cups his fist and bows towards the elders.
"What happens? Why did you ring the bell?" The elder scan the surrounding with his resentment energy but he did not find any intruders.
Trembling, Cheng points towards the Jade Hall, "Fir...Fire. Core...Core...Core disciples... room." He regrets underestimating Jiangong. He never sees a Jiangong and only heard stories from his senior. He thought they are exaggerating but now a mere small fire scared the hell out of him. He still cannot stop shaking.
The elders enter the Jade Hall and go into the core disciple room. They can see two black fires floating calmly on the soul tablet altar. Its imposing authority makes the elders shudder a bit. An elder takes out a fan and wants to distinguish the black purple fire, "Wait! Let's call the ancestors. We only meet and killed an infant Jiangong or a weak one that is still in the growing phase. This Jiangong clearly has awakened the Jiangong body, we better be careful." One of the elders blocks the fan from extinguishing the fire.
"Tch! It is just a small fire." The elder with the fan stores his fan and shoot a murderous glare towards the elder that blocks him.
The elders decided to call the Ancient Ancestors. The Ancient Ancestors is the most loyal follower that still alive. They have been following Master Hao Ren since ten thousand years ago. They are strong and the second in command after Master Hao Ren. They will do anything for their beloved Master Hao Ren. They are the only people that have enough experience when dealing with Jiangong. Most of the new disciples and elders had never seen a Jiangong.
The elders take out their emblems and arrange it in an octagonal shape to activate it and a few seconds later Elder Hui Zhong is the one who answers the call, "What is it?" A deep and distant voice can be heard. His emotionless face calmly looking at the elders.
"Greeting to Ancient Ancestor Hui Zhong!" Eight elders drop down their knees and cup their fists upward their heads. This special salute is reserved only for Ancient Ancestors and Hao Ren. Simultaneously they said, "Ancient Ancestor, please take a look at the fire on the altar."
Ancient Ancestor Hui Zhong take a look at the altar and directly cut the call. The others are dumbfounded. Ermm... Ancient Ancestor where are you? A few minutes later Ancient Ancestor Hui Zhong arrive at the Jade Hall. He strides forwards to the core disciple room.
"Did you do anything to the fire?" Ancient Ancestor Hui Zhong's voice echoes in the room. The elders want to kneel but Ancient Ancestor stops them, "Answer me!"
All the elders shake their heads. The ancestor pressure is so strong, "We did not do anything. We know nothing about the fire since we never fight a real Jiangong.
"Good! If you touch it, the Jiangong can establish a connection with you and trace your whereabouts. If you try to attack the fire, it will burn you and your soul leaving nothing." Ancestor Hui Zhong takes out a small orb and contains the black purple fire in it.
The elder that wanted to attack the fire earlier was relieved that the other elder stops him. He gives a grateful look towards the elder. Ancestor Hui Zhong puts a few seals at the orb and throws it towards the elders.
"I will report this matter to Master Hao Ren. One of you brings that orb far away from here and detonates it. Tell the others to be careful and do not clash with the Jiangong. Just wait for a few years and after that... we can do anything that we want." Ancient Ancestor Hui Zhong disappear from the elder's sight.
The elder that held the orb did not want to carry the task. He is afraid that the orb might explode anytime. He turns around but none of the elders can be seen, "Damn it!" With a gloomy face, the elder uses the teleportation array to go somewhere far.
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It is a week from the new year, Li Zian is browsing documents regarding the slave in the study. At this time, all the training has been stopped. She has given a week for them to rest and after the new year, the test will begin. Based on the training record, all of the slaves did not give up the training and were eligible to take the test next week.
Chu Ju enters the study, Li Zian lifts her head towards him. Chu Ju smile at Li Zian, "There is no new task. Every county has a stable resentment level. The crows just came to report."
"That is great. The aura of the new year is strong. Any resentment usually is buried for a while. What about Wu City?" Any news from Master Ao Tian?"
"Wu City is a bit chaotic with the presence of the artificial body seeds. For now, only one of third of the victims gets the seeds. Master Ao Tian also mentions five of the victims choose suicide to end their misery."
"Sigh!" Li Zian shakes her head, "it seems that we are a bit late."
"It is not we are late, they are not fated to meet with us." Chu Ju console Li Zian.
Li Zian nodded and. She discusses the mountain where the test will be conducted. Chu Ju explains all the demonic beast has been told not to attack the slaves. The demonic plants are ready to act as supervisors. Li Zian wants the demonic beast to frighten the slave, a little bit of chasing or peek a boo is sufficient.
The test is mainly to test the slave's will and endurance because as her assistant they will be exposed to a strong resentment and need to fight off enemies like the Hao Clan. A weak will, will make them easily influence by resentment and a weak body will make a great target for assassination.