Chapter 161: Yanyu Jiangnan, No Hope for Revenge
Chapter 161: Yanyu Jiangnan, No Hope for Revenge
After easily killing the White-Faced Scholar, no more experts seemed to come out from Misty Rain Island to stop them. Graceful Dream Butterfly and Ye Rong flew right over the island, bold and unrestrained, turning into two tiny points of light and disappearing. They left behind a scene of chaos below.
“It’s bad! Lord Haoshou was killed! Quickly inform our leader to come back!”
“Patrol teams, keep patrolling, don’t panic!”
“Hurry and investigate the identities of those two players, especially that woman!”
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Misty Rain Tower truly lived up to being the large Player Organization with the best chance of successfully founding a guild. Even after a Core Member was killed, the chaos was only temporary. They quickly restored normal order and resumed efficient operations.
Half an hour later, Haoshou Qiongjing rushed back, his face full of anger. But those two were long gone without a trace. Even if he wanted to rely on superior numbers to get revenge, it was impossible.
“Who is she? It’s been so long, and there’s still no news about that woman?”
Haoshou Qiongjing’s eyes were red. He angrily kicked a small raft, his rage having no outlet.
Being killed almost instantly, and by a woman no less, was a blow he simply could not accept.
He was the Third Core Member of Misty Rain Tower, ranked 71st on the Heavenly Ranking. He believed that even if he faced Ni Shui Han or Windlike Man, he could hold his own for a while; there was absolutely no way he should have been instantly killed.
“Impossible! I let my guard down earlier! I hadn’t even used my two Sect Magic Treasures yet! Otherwise, how could that woman be my match? There’s no way I could have lost!”
In the world of Far Shore, while female super experts were rare, they weren’t nonexistent. There were a total of nine female players on the Heavenly Ranking, less than one-tenth of the total.
Female players were already a precious resource in the game, let alone those who played so exceptionally well and possessed such formidable strength. Each one was very famous and had large groups of ardent followers.
In terms of renown, many male players ranked far above these female players on the list might still be less famous than them.
But the woman who killed Haoshou Qiongjing was clearly not on the Heavenly Ranking. Otherwise, with Misty Rain Tower’s efficiency, they wouldn’t have found no clues or leads after nearly half an hour of investigation. It was as if she had appeared out of thin air.
“Lord Haoshou! We found something! We found something!”
Someone excitedly rushed over, shouting loudly.
“Who? Who is that woman?”
“Uh… We still haven’t identified the female player. But we identified the man beside her. He is called Yijian Kurong, the Qingcheng Top Disciple. His highest ranking on the Heavenly Ranking was 102nd, and he is currently not on the list.”
“Who wants to hear about some Yijian Kurong! I want information on that woman!”
Haoshou Qiongjing’s spit almost flew onto the player’s face. After roaring for a bit, he calmed down slightly and said,
“Fine. Keep this person’s information as well. Continue gathering information on that woman.”
Haoshou Qiongjing picked up the information regarding Yijian Kurong. It clearly recorded Ye Rong’s details, though of course it couldn’t uncover all his hidden cards. But the skills he had used publicly, along with some of his main exploits, were basically all listed there.
“Haoshou! What happened?”
A golden Sword Light cut across the sky and landed on Misty Rain Island. It was a burly, large man.
Players on the island saw him and respectfully saluted, addressing him as ‘Guild Leader’. This was Yanyu Jiangnan, the First Core Member of Misty Rain Tower, currently ranked 9th on the Heavenly Ranking, a super expert.
“Jiangnan, I was killed! I’m trying to track down her information now!”
Haoshou Qiongjing said bitterly. Being killed as a Core Member was absolutely a huge loss of face. He estimated his standing in the eyes of the guild members would drop significantly, and it would take a long time to recover.
“This happened? Tell me the details.”
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After listening to Haoshou Qiongjing’s account, Yanyu Jiangnan fell silent, as if pondering something.
“So, Jiangnan, you’ve been stationed at Taihu Lake. Do you know of such a female player?”
“Haoshou, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get your revenge for now.”
“What! I…”
“Don’t rush. Hear me out.”
Yanyu Jiangnan waved his hand. It was clear he held high authority, as even the furious Haoshou Qiongjing was subdued.
“You’ve been training at the Southern Ridge Academy, not here at Taihu Lake, so you don’t know the situation here. In these waters, any Heavenly Ranking expert, any Raft Gang or Swallow’s Nest, are all like trash in front of our Misty Rain Tower, completely worthless! The only force we need to be wary of, the only one we must yield to, is—”
Yanyu Jiangnan looked towards the direction of Dongting Mountain, thoughtful, his gaze complicated.
“West Dongting Mountain’s Miaozhen Temple!”
“Yan Yingmu!”
Haoshou Qiongjing was greatly shocked. Even though he hadn’t been in the Taihu Lake area before, he had definitely heard of this super big shot, a powerful figure who almost solidly held the title of the number one female cultivator in Far Shore.
“But what does Miaozhen Temple have to do with our Misty Rain Tower? Of course we wouldn’t provoke them. Even during the Closed Beta, after we passed the First Heavenly Tribulation, we still didn’t have the guts to cross that old woman Yan Yingmu!”
“Yan Yingmu took a player as her disciple, the only player in Miaozhen Temple. This person is named Graceful Dream Butterfly. If I’m not mistaken, she is the female player who almost killed you with one move. Otherwise, in all of Far Shore, there definitely isn’t a female player not on the Heavenly Ranking who also possesses such formidable strength.”
Yanyu Jiangnan explained calmly. Although he had no evidence, his deduction was extremely close to reality.
“How could it be like this! Damn it! I diligently cultivated the Book of Songs from the Nine Classics and had already reached the ‘Da Ya’ realm. I come back and immediately run into such a freak! I’m just unlucky!”
Haoshou Qiongjing sighed helplessly. Graceful Dream Butterfly’s strength far surpassed his. Moreover, with such powerful backing, even if he wanted to use Misty Rain Tower’s influence to pressure her, it was completely impossible.
“Forget it. Since there’s no hope of dealing with that Graceful Dream Butterfly, I’ll vent my anger on that Yijian Kurong beside her! A kid who isn’t even on the Heavenly Ranking, and he witnessed me being instantly killed. I’ll find a chance to kill him three or five times first, to properly vent this anger.”
“Suit yourself. Just be careful. When Xiaolou returns, that Graceful Dream Butterfly might not be unbeatable.”
“Good! I’ll wait for Xiaolou to return!”
Haoshou Qiongjing nodded vigorously, seeming to have full confidence in this Xiaolou that Yanyu Jiangnan mentioned.
Yanyu Jiangnan, Xiaolou Yiye.
The reason Misty Rain Tower was still ranked above Herbal Hall on the Jiuyu Pavilion’s list was partly because they didn’t have many competitors in Jiangnan, but also largely due to the Second Core Member, Xiaolou Yiye.
Xiaolou Yiye had been taken as a disciple by the Giant Wood Deity long ago and brought to the peak east of the Yin Wuzhong Ridge in the Eastern Barren Mountains. He couldn’t return for now; like Graceful Dream Butterfly, he needed to reach a certain cultivation level before he could leave his Sect.
That Giant Wood Deity was a legendary figure from the Immortal Realm, the son of the Green Emperor, who had been banished to the mortal world for breaking celestial laws. Although his power had dropped several levels, his cultivation still remained at the very peak of the mortal world, with few rivals.
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“Dream Butterfly, your Qian Tian Tai Yi Silent Divine Thunder is getting more and more powerful. You basically one-shot that White-Faced Scholar just now.”
Ye Rong wasn’t just giving empty praise. The Long-Legged Lady’s strength was truly terrifying. If that Qian Tian Tai Yi Silent Divine Thunder had been aimed at him, unless he was prepared in advance with all his Defensive Magical Treasures activated, he might have been able to block it.
Of course, against a high-level expert like the Long-Legged Lady, he wouldn’t foolishly stand still waiting for her to blast him with Divine Thunder. He would naturally utilize his swordplay advantages to the limit, forcing her into close combat, clashing Sword Lights.
Using a high-tempo, high-speed onslaught to pressure her, leaving her no time or opening to use her Magic Treasures.
If he could manage that, he would have basically won seventy or eighty percent of the battle.
“Not really. This Qian Tian Tai Yi Silent Divine Thunder is my ultimate weapon; it has a twelve-hour cooldown! If I could fire it continuously, that would be great. I’d just blast anyone who displeases me.”
“That’s normal. If a Divine Thunder like that had only a few minutes cooldown, how would anyone else compete?”
The two chatted happily along the way. Ye Rong casually shared a few interesting stories from his time in the game, making the Long-Legged Lady laugh non-stop.
Miaozhen Temple was located on West Dongting Mountain by Taihu Lake, hundreds of miles away from the earlier Ruan Family Village. Even with their Sword Flight Speed, it took them nearly half an hour to fly there. Of course, as a disciple of Miaozhen Temple, the Long-Legged Lady could directly teleport back to the temple. But Ye Rong didn’t know the way.
Besides, without her leading him, Ye Rong had no means of entering this Miaozhen Temple.
The area of Miaozhen Temple couldn’t compare to major Sects like Emei or Qingcheng that occupied entire famous mountains, but it wasn’t too small either. It could easily accommodate several thousand people.
The temple contained only female disciples, not a single male creature—well, except for Ye Rong at this moment.
Thanks to the Long-Legged Lady’s connections, Ye Rong smoothly entered Miaozhen Temple, ignoring the old female Taoist priests at the gate who glared at him angrily.
Their wrinkled skin, dull yellow complexion, and many spots made them look like very difficult old women, definitely the type that were hard to talk to and hard to deal with.
Moreover, their Levels were quite high. When Ye Rong looked, he saw a series of question marks. Even an old woman sweeping and burning incense was the same.