Star Gate

Chapter 504: The Skies Are Vast Enough for the Birds to Soar Through (II)

Chapter 504: The Skies Are Vast Enough for the Birds to Soar Through (II)

Ying Hongyue thought for a while before continuing, “Those of Red Moon shall not come in too much contact with these people in the short term. I also need some time to prepare. Share the news that the sword of the Lis and the blade of the Zhangs is in the respective hands of Li Hao and Yuan Shuo. Those two weapons have exceedingly special uses, particularly the blade of the Lis. It might be the key to some of the important ruins of the dynasty.

“As for the royal family... tell them that the sword of the Lis may be able to fully unseal the Skystar ruins. They need to stop playing dead. If the Skystar King wishes to become the Human King of our era, he won’t achieve it through staying behind the curtains. He needs to fight for it!

“There’s never been a Human King who won through playing dead,” Ying Hongyue laughed with a sarcastic bent to his voice. “That has ever been the case since the ancient times. Someone like Li Hao is hard to handle as, instead of dying at the last possible moment, he grows stronger in return. They’ll understand from the information they have, they can determine themselves what they want to do next!”

Indigo Moon nodded and couldn’t help but ask, “Then why doesn’t leader...” Personally take action and capture Li Hao? As dangerous as Silver Moon was, the leader could manage those Silver Moon powerhouses, couldn’t he? The opportunity was right in front of them now that Hou Xiaochen was gone!

“We... should not go to Silver Moon if we can help it!” Ying Hongyue responded without looking back. “The province has begun to awaken. When I visited, Hou Xiaochen was much weaker than me, but still killed the second generation Violet Moon. Some of Silver Moon’s existences no longer wish for me to set foot on their land and keep me away. It will be difficult to visit again!”

He vanished with another soft sigh. Indigo Moon looked down at the crowd and snorted, “Keep a watchful eye on Hou Xiaochen’s group! Although our leader has said not to move against them for now, keep them under close surveillance!”

“Understood!” The Ghostfaces below responded haphazardly and didn’t really care what the woman was saying. What was the point of her acting tough when their leader had already spoken? However, since the favored Indigo Moon was one of the few Seven Moons left, they weren’t at liberty to say anything out loud.

......

On this day, some news began to circulate as Hou Xiaochen’s group left Silver Moon. The first to receive it was the Steadfast Duke’s household.

A magnificent complex was situated in the east of the central region.

Inside a large hall.

An old man with graying hair coughed gently. As the fourth Steadfast Duke, he’d reached an advanced age. He sighed as he looked at the middle-aged men standing beneath him. “It is ever a tragedy for those with white hair to send off those with black hair. Little Feng has died in Silver Moon. There are no further spectacular talents among the younger generation of supernaturals of the family.”

As he shook his head, a middle-aged man looking very similar to Xu Feng intoned, “Father, Hou Xiaochen must have something to do with Little Feng’s death in Silver Moon. Now that he has left the province and is in the capital, it’s possible to eliminate him even if he is strong! On the Night Watcher side, Yellow Dragon probably won’t let him find his footing, so why don’t we...”

“Let’s leave Hou Xiaochen alone for now!” coughed the old man. “Light Sword should be returning soon. Is there news of her?”

“Ah, yes.” The old man was about to leave when another thought struck him. “Send some men to Silver Moon and test Li Hao’s mettle after we’re done with Light Sword. There’s news from Red Moon that Li Hao might be behind Little Feng’s death. He might also wield the divine sword of the Lis!”

Xu Feng was already dead, so there was no need to expend the effort of sending people to Silver Moon to investigate Li Hao. But if it involved the divine sword of the Lis... that was different.

Regular people were hard pressed to understand just how incredible the treasures of the eight guardian clans were. But as the Xus possessed the Windchaser Boots, they knew a thing or two. The boots had belonged to the Liu family and were marvelous!

It was partially due to these boots that the Steadfast Duke had been able to render aid to the royal family when the dynasty was first established. The first generation of the duke had been a Dominator hailed as a walking god.

Dominators of present day were a far cry from Dominators back in the day. Other than Silver Moon, there were very few martial masters anywhere in the land. Dominators were mysterious personages that one could not catch sight of. Such a heavyweight had sat in residence at the Xus.

Ferocious beyond compare, that Dominator had been the key figure to the royal family securing supremacy over the land. He had been exceptionally fast and able to kill fellow Dominators due to the Windchaser Boots.

It wasn’t until several ancient tomes were discovered in recent years through more excavations that the Xus learned their boots was the family heritage of one of the eight families. They hadn’t known much about the eight families at first, but as Ying Hongyue’s scheme in Silver City was uncovered, the insignificant border city immediately became the center of attention to some.

So the eight families were located in that miserable backwater... No one would have expected that!

Before anyone could respond or set up plans, drastic changes occurred in Silver Moon. Solars died, then large sums of Novas died. Even the Xus were at a loss of how to respond. The divine sword of the Lis was ranked first among the eight family weapons. It went without saying that it must have marvelous effects.

Red Moon was sharing all this news simply because it was wary of Silver Moon’s martial world and characters like Hou Xiaochen. Everyone knew what Ying Hongyue had in mind, but who wasn’t tempted when treasure was set in front of them?

The old man said nothing else before leaving. Light Sword... What a pity! They’d finally recruited a premier Silver Moon martial master to enhance the family’s strength. Now look at the situation—he had to pray that nothing went wrong in the process of taking her down.

......

All sorts of news spread throughout various powerhouses and senior executives in a short day. It was a repeat of when Hou Xiaochen shared the effectiveness of the blood pearls and caused significant losses to Red Moon in a short period of time. It wasn’t until Red Moon killed quite a few powerhouses in warning did that stem the bleeding.

Rumors of the divine sword of the Lis spread by mouth. The premier powerhouses didn’t care about blood pearls as they knew that unless there was a very large number of these items, those weak pills wouldn’t be of much help to them.

Thus, not that many elite heavyweights had been tempted by that news, but they were very much so by the divine weapons of the eight families.