NABC Chapter 9 The Myriad Sounds Gate
Chapter 9 The Myriad Sounds Gate
Before long, Wen Tianren and his companion arrived at the Miaoyin Sect's base in Tianxing City.
The Myriad Sounds Sect can conduct business on other islands in the inner and outer star seas, so it certainly doesn't just have this one base.
However, after the death of Wang Heng, who was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, the sect leader Zhou Yuan led the main figures of the Miaoyin Sect back to Tianxing City in an attempt to stabilize the situation.
As soon as the two landed, a pretty maidservant came up to them at the door and said in a clear voice to Zhuo Ruting, "Right Envoy Zhuo, Miss ordered me to wait for you here. The Sect Master and Miss are already waiting inside."
The woman was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and although she looked like a girl in her early teens, she possessed a grandeur that did not match her age.
She possessed a mature, womanly charm; her face was as warm as jade, her skin as white as snow, and a captivating, subtle fragrance emanated from her.
"Alright, Siyue, I will take Senior Xiao to see the sect leader. Junior sister also asked you to check the accounts, so you can go ahead and do your work." After saying that, Zhuo Ruting led Wen Tianren into Miaoyin Sect.
Upon hearing Zhuo Ruting's words, Wen Tianren thought to himself: So this woman is the "Grape Fairy" Wen Siyue. No wonder the Miaoyin Sect has such a beautiful woman. As for the young lady she mentioned, she must be Ziling.
This woman was the daughter of Wen Qiang, an old acquaintance of Han Li, and later had some connection with Han Li.
Not only did she help Han Li find the great philanthropist Feng hope, but her daughter turned out to be the reincarnation of Han Li's friend Xin Ruyin, which is why Han Li took her as his disciple.
The girl responded and turned to leave.
Wen Tianren followed Zhuo Ruting to the entrance of a bamboo garden. Zhuo Ruting took out a token, lifted the outer restrictions, and then led Wen Tianren into the bamboo garden.
Then, Wen Tianren met Zhou Yuan at a stone table in a lush bamboo grove, with a woman in purple palace attire beside her.
This woman was tall and slender with a graceful and light figure, but her face was covered by a faint purple veil, which was some kind of magical artifact, making it impossible to see her true appearance.
Zhou Yuan stood up and looked at Wen Tianren who was coming towards her with a joyful expression.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao!" Zhou Yuan saw him enter and forced herself to stand up, but her eyes betrayed her exhaustion.
Wen Tianren, with his keen eyes, noticed that Zhou Yuan was pale and listless, a stark contrast to her appearance a few months ago in front of the Beidou Pavilion, looking as if she had lost all her vitality.
Seeing Zhou Yuan's appearance, Wen Tianren frowned slightly and quickly stepped forward, saying, "It's been several months since we last met. Why do you look so exhausted, Fellow Daoist Zhou? Did you encounter some powerful demonic beast outside?"
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Fellow Daoist Xiao. Please have a seat." The woman in purple poured two cups of spiritual tea.
Wen Tianren did not refuse and sat down directly opposite Zhou Yuan, picked up a cup of spiritual tea, took a small sip, and waited for what was to come.
Zhou Yuan gave a wry smile and said in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, what kind of demon beast is this? In this Chaotic Star Sea, cultivators are much harder to guard against than those demon beasts."
Not long after our last parting, I received a huge business deal. This deal is so large that our Miaoyin Sect won't need to take on any other business for the next ten years. Overjoyed, I finally managed to gather this large quantity of goods and personally escorted its delivery.
She paused, a hint of pain flashing in her eyes: "I never expected to be attacked by a group of masked cultivators on the way. There were five or six Core Formation stage cultivators among them, and each of them was highly skilled in evil arts. The rest of them were also very good at teamwork."
Elders Zhao and Fu each faced off against a Core Formation cultivator and several Foundation Establishment cultivators. The remaining Core Formation cultivators then ganged up on me. In the chaos of fighting back, they even snatched the storage bag containing my goods.
As for the ordinary disciples, most of them were killed or injured. If it weren't for the Thunderous Talisman and Qian Yuan Array I obtained from Fellow Daoist Xiao, and my repeated escapes using the Wooden Dragon Token at the cost of my life force, I wouldn't have been able to return to the sect. Elders Zhao and Fu also desperately escaped using secret techniques that lowered their cultivation levels.
The woman's face was full of sorrow as she spoke, as if she were about to shed tears, which aroused a protective instinct in people.
Upon hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Wen Tianren suddenly remembered that it seemed that this matter was orchestrated by Jiyin Island. Jiyin's purpose was to frame his disciple who was hiding in the Tongtian Mist Sea, to kill him, obtain the Void Heaven Remnant Map from him, and refine him into a corpse puppet.
Wen Tianren's arrival had a butterfly effect, allowing Zhou Yuan, who was supposed to perish in the robbery, to survive.
Wen Tianren, looking furious, said, "How could this happen? It's utterly despicable! Fellow Daoist Zhou, have you found out who did this?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan smiled wryly and said, "These cultivators are all masked, and we don't know which faction they belong to, so we can't find out."
"However, when I took this batch of goods out, I did something a little trick with them. As a result, the disciples of our sect quickly found out where these cultivators were hiding. They were hiding on an unnamed island in the Tongtian Mist Sea."
However, there were quite a few Core Formation cultivators among these thieves. My wife and the two elders were already weakened, and we couldn't defeat them in a direct confrontation.
"This order from the Six Palaces is huge. If we lose this batch of goods, my Miaoyin Sect will suffer more than just a crippling blow; we'll probably have to close down. That's why I invited Fellow Daoist Xiao here today. I'm asking for your help to get this batch of goods back."
"Of course, besides Fellow Daoist Xiao, I have also invited other Core Formation cultivators with profound cultivation. Once we retrieve these goods, I guarantee that the reward will not disappoint you."
At this moment, Zhou Yuan finally revealed the purpose of her invitation to Wen Tianren.
Although she had never seen Wen Tianren make a move, Zhou Yuan had cultivated a secret technique that allowed her to detect the cultivation level of other cultivators. In her previous investigation, Zhou Yuan discovered that this fellow Daoist Xiao, who stayed in the Beidou Pavilion every day without ever leaving the house, was not only a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, but also had an exceptionally profound cultivation level, far surpassing that of ordinary mid-stage Core Formation cultivators.
Furthermore, even if Wen Tianren is not the kind of cultivator who is good at killing, with his profound array skills that he has shown in the past, dealing with several Core Formation cultivators is not a problem. Therefore, Zhou Yuan sent Zhuo Ruting to invite Wen Tianren to discuss the matter of helping him.
Another reason is that over the years, she has developed a good relationship with Wen Tianren and trusts him.
There was one thing she didn't know how to reward Wen Tianren. Apart from the two Core Formation cultivators invited by Left Envoy Fan, the other cultivators she invited all accepted female disciples of the Namiaoyin Sect as concubines or some rare spiritual materials.
If Wen Tianren were a lustful man, he would have accepted when Wen Tianren offered him a disciple as a concubine.
Furthermore, although all the disciples in his Miaoyin Sect are beauties, the only one whose beauty surpasses that of Qingyu, who is by Wen Tianren's side, is probably his own daughter, Ziling.
As for rare spiritual materials and herbs, many of the rare spiritual items in that batch of goods came from Wen Tianren. He had also given away a lot of spirit stones for the rare Geng Essence without even asking any questions, so there was obviously no shortage of spirit stones and spiritual materials.
Therefore, she was really worried about what kind of reward she should offer Wen Tianren to persuade him to come.
Upon hearing Zhou Yuan's request for his help, Wen Tianren picked up his spirit tea and began to ponder whether he should lend a hand.
Normally, Wen Tianren wouldn't want to get involved in this mess.
After all, he knew that this was all a conspiracy by Ji Yin. Although he was not afraid of offending a cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he was afraid of exposing his identity, which would mean he would have to live a life of hiding.