Chapter Eighteen

Following Luo Feng’s message, Moluosa and Moyu Qingyan quickly hurried towards the cave manor.

“Master, your seclusion this time was too short,” Moluosa said upon his earlier return. He landed nearby, looking somewhat unwilling, as his leisurely and comfortable days had been far too brief.

Luo Feng glanced at him. “The duration of seclusion naturally varies. Do you still have enough Cosmos Sand?”

“Master understands me,” Moluosa replied with a simple smile. “Indeed, it’s almost used up.”

“Use it sparingly,” Luo Feng said, tossing over a black jade bottle.

Moluosa took the black jade bottle. Upon sensing over a hundred Cosmos Sands and several piles of Chaos Crystals inside, his smile brightened considerably. “Master is truly benevolent. There’s no one more benevolent than Master in the entire Huyang City.”

“Alright, alright, stop praising me,” Luo Feng chuckled.

He had forbidden Moluosa from causing trouble, and since Moluosa had no income, he had to give him some pocket money.

At this moment, Moyu Qingyan also returned, piloting a small flying vessel. After putting away the vessel, he quickly flew close to Luo Feng and respectfully saluted. “Master.”

“You’ve also had a good time recently, haven’t you?” Moluosa next to him said. “Many factions proactively sought to befriend me; they must have also approached you.”

“Yes.”

Moyu Qingyan respectfully replied, “During Master’s seclusion, some factions in Huyang City, unable to visit Master directly, came to befriend me. I rejected and ignored many, but I dared not refuse thirteen major factions, so I accepted their gifts. The total value of these gifts accumulated to approximately 300 Cosmos Sands!”

After all, he was just a servant. The gifts from each faction wouldn’t be too valuable when befriending him, but considering Luo Feng’s prestige, those major factions would offer at least 10 Cosmos Sands.

“Qingyan received so much; you must have received even more, right?” Luo Feng looked at Moluosa. “Just now, you said you were almost out.”

Moluosa gave a simple smile. He had accepted all the gifts, but as for any requests for help, he had completely brushed them off. “Master, you know, expenses in Huyang City are quite high.”

“Did they make any requests when giving you gifts?” Luo Feng asked.

“No,” Moluosa said. “I just gave them a communication token imprint so they can contact me if they have anything, and I can help report it to Master.”

“I didn’t promise anything either, just provided a way to communicate,” Moyu Qingyan added. “However, my elder brother’s master, Zhuyou, an Eternal True God from the Zhu Clan, asked me to convey an invitation to Master for a banquet.”

Luo Feng nodded. “The Zhu Clan is indeed the largest local family in Huyang City. It’s fine to meet them.”

“Shall I notify God-Monarch Zhuyou then?” Moyu Qingyan asked.

“Yes,” Luo Feng nodded.

Moyu Qingyan immediately contacted him via communication token and quickly reported, “Master, God-Monarch Zhuyou invites you to meet tonight at Dreamflower Tower.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve been to Dreamflower Tower,” Luo Feng nodded. “Agree to it.”

As Luo Feng emerged from seclusion, Gao Wushui went to the Moli Clan to visit his master, ‘Moli Xiao’.

“How far have you comprehended the ‘Three Swords Sky-Rending Beast’?” Moli Xiao asked, looking at his favorite disciple.

“The Three Swords Sky-Rending Beast is truly worthy of being an Eternal-level mechanical secret treasure,” Gao Wushui replied. “After all my comprehension so far, I can only barely unleash all of its techniques.”

Moli Xiao nodded upon hearing this. “Your will is extraordinary, and you excel at formations. To have fully mastered all the techniques of the ‘Three Swords Sky-Rending Beast’ so soon after becoming an Eternal True God, I truly did not misjudge you!”

“Master, as a newly advanced Eternal True God, I’ve been promoted to one of the ten commanders of the Huyang Guard, and many Eternal True Gods are displeased,” Gao Wushui whispered.

The ten generals of the Huyang Legion and the ten commanders of the Huyang Guard are all capable of commanding legion-type mechanical treasures. Moreover, Moli Xiao himself commands one of these legions.

This left only nineteen highly coveted positions.

Strength represents power and resources. Competition for these nineteen lucrative positions was fierce.

With over a hundred Eternal True Gods from the five great families themselves, plus those affiliated with them, the intensity of the competition was evident. As a newly advanced Eternal True God, Gao Wushui taking one of these positions naturally caused dissatisfaction among many other Eternal True Gods.

“Ignore those useless ones,” Moli Xiao said indifferently. “Legion-type mechanical treasures also depend on who is wielding them! For instance, I, commanding one legion, can suppress the combined forces of the other nine legions!”

“Even as a Void True God, your spiritual will reached the peak of an Eternal True God! And you excel at formations… you are naturally suited to control mechanical treasures. Once you have accumulated more experience, I will find an opportunity to put you in charge of one of Huyang’s Ten Great Legions.”

“Commanding one of the Huyang Legions?” Gao Wushui was surprised and also felt the pressure.

“Huyang’s Ten Great Legions are far more important than the Huyang Guard. The difficulty of operating mechanical secret treasures is also higher. You need to accumulate enough experience, and ideally, your spiritual will should break through to the Chaos Master level. Only then will the entire City Lord’s Mansion not oppose your command of a legion,” Moli Xiao stated.

Gao Wushui nodded. “I understand.”

Even as a Void True God, his spiritual will had reached the peak of an Eternal True God. Gao Wushui harbored determination and desire for his will to break through to the Chaos Master level.

“Go on,” Moli Xiao nodded.

Among the many subordinates and disciples he had cultivated, Gao Wushui was the most suitable for wielding mechanical treasures, which was why Moli Xiao vigorously nurtured him.

Gao Wushui respectfully excused himself.

As he walked through a garden within the Moli Clan’s cave manor, Moli Feiyun and Diao Rongqi, who had been waiting, immediately stopped him.

“Senior Brother Gao Wu,” Moli Feiyun called out.

Gao Wushui had no choice but to stop, feeling a headache coming on.

He had cultivated to the Eternal True God level but had never engaged in romantic relationships. This was because, in the cultivation system of the Origin Continent, flesh-and-blood beings constituted the vast majority, and they could indeed procreate.

However, lives on the Origin Continent typically had very long lifespans; True Gods lived for thirty thousand epochs, and Void True Gods and above had endless lifespans.

They didn’t need to eat or drink; they could simply absorb the power of the heavens and earth to sustain themselves indefinitely! Many cultivators had no intention of seeking a partner.

Gao Wushui was one such person.

Cultivation itself was filled with endless joy. Why would one need to find a wife?

“Feiyun,” Gao Wushui could only force a smile. Due to his master’s nurturing grace, he couldn’t afford to slight Moli Feiyun.

“Since we happened to meet Senior Brother Gao Wu today, how about we go out and enjoy ourselves together?” Moli Feiyun’s full attention was on Gao Wushui at that moment.

“Commander Gao Wu, Feiyun almost mentions your name every day,” Diao Rongqi chuckled from the side. “In my opinion, you might as well move into the Moli residence. That way, you could see each other every day.”

“Yes, yes, yes, move into our home. There are over ten Eternal True Gods residing in our family, so there’s plenty of space,” Moli Feiyun said.

Just as Gao Wushui was about to speak, a young man from the Moli family flew over from a distance, scrutinizing him. “Commander Gao Wushui!”

“Young Master Moli Lian,” Gao Wushui said with a slight smile.

“Moli Lian, what are you doing here?” Moli Feiyun asked discontentedly.

Moli Lian scoffed.

The entire Moli Clan was vast, and Moli Lian was a genius of the younger generation, having received personal guidance from Moli Xiao himself, and was expected to become an Eternal True God within the clan.

However, Gao Wushui was Moli Xiao’s most beloved disciple.

Moli Lian had always regarded Gao Wushui as a rival, and now that Gao Wushui had become an Eternal True God first and was promoted to one of the ten commanders of the Huyang Guard, Moli Lian naturally felt envy and jealousy.

“Commander Gao Wushui hates evil like fire; I truly admire that,” Moli Lian said, flipping his hand to reveal a golden pebble. “This Memory Stone records the evidence of Meiwu Qi’s crimes from the Meiwu Clan. Meiwu Qi’s wickedness… even those dark forces are far inferior to him. I wonder how Commander Gao Wushui will deal with such an atrociously evil person?”

“Moli Lian!” Moli Feiyun scolded angrily. “Meiwu Qi is an Eternal True God of the Meiwu Clan, one of the five great families. If there’s to be a trial, it should be conducted by the five great families. What business does the Huyang Guard have interfering?”

“According to the laws of the Yu Kingdom, the Huyang Guard is responsible for handling illegal matters in Huyang City. I’d like to see if Gao Wushui truly hates evil as much as he claims,” Moli Lian scoffed.

Gao Wushui took the Memory Stone and immediately investigated it with a thought of divine power. The information he uncovered made his expression change slightly.

“Are these charges all true?” Gao Wushui looked at Moli Lian. “You’re saying that when the ordinary city of ‘Fangjiu City’ was breached by a horde of exotic beasts, causing countless deaths among its residents, hundreds of millions of True Gods among them were captured by Meiwu Qi and imprisoned in his ‘City of Sins’?”

The Jiujiang Chaos State had three large cities and one hundred and eighty-nine ordinary cities.

The number of Eternal True Gods in ordinary cities was negligible, and their security was much weaker.

“You’ve only just become an Eternal True God; if you had been around longer, you would gradually know,” Moli Lian said, shaking his head. “To show off, Meiwu Qi brought many disciples from the five great families into his secret treasure, the ‘City of Sins’. Many disciples from the five great families witnessed it firsthand! The hundreds of millions of True Gods from Fangjiu City… were merely a portion of the ‘Sinful Citizens’ within the City of Sins.”

“Of course, most of the citizens he captured and brought into the City of Sins had long been tormented and played to death,” Moli Lian scoffed. “What do you intend to do with such a wicked individual, Commander Gao Wushui?”

Gao Wushui said nothing, turned, and left.

“Hates evil like fire? I’d like to see how he shows that hatred when facing Meiwu Qi of the Meiwu Clan!” Moli Lian watched him depart, quite disdainfully.

“Moli Lian, what exactly do you want to do?” Moli Feiyun asked, disbelievingly.

“Don’t you understand? I’m just inciting trouble between Gao Wushui and Meiwu Qi!” Moli Lian said. “I’ll be pleased if either of them meets with misfortune.”

“I’ll tell Father about this,” Moli Feiyun stated.

“As you wish.”

Moli Lian turned and walked away.

Night fell.

Luo Feng, accompanied by Moluosa and Moyu Qingyan, arrived at Dreamflower Tower.

“Brother Luo He,” Zhuyou was already waiting.

“Brother Zhuyou, you arrived quite early,” Luo Feng said.

“Haha, having the opportunity to host Brother Luo He, of course, I had to arrive early. I’ve already arranged the banquet; please come in,” Zhuyou said with a smile. Zhuyou’s hair resembled small snakes, and his face, covered in green secret patterns, bore a radiant smile.

Luo Feng and Zhuyou flew together, with their servants and attendants following behind.

“My Zhu Clan has been rooted in Huyang City for over a million epochs, passed down through generations. There are very few secrets of Huyang City that my Zhu Clan is unaware of,” Zhuyou chuckled. “When it comes to intelligence, the Yanfeng Guild Hall, the City Lord’s Mansion, and the forces of the Food Kingdom… at least within Huyang City, I fear they all fall slightly short of my Zhu Clan.”

Luo Feng nodded; he believed that point.

The Zhu Clan was immensely vast, having long infiltrated all trades and professions within Huyang City, including having experts within the Huyang Legion and Huyang Guard.

“Who in Huyang City hasn’t heard of the Zhu Clan’s prestige?” Luo Feng remarked.

“God-Monarch Luo He, God-Monarch Zhuyou,” the proprietor of Dreamflower Tower greeted them personally. To survive in Huyang City, she dared not offend either of these two.

“Would God-Monarch Luo He like the Dreamflower Tower’s proprietor to play music?” Zhuyou asked, not even looking at the proprietor, but smiling at Luo Feng. “As long as Brother Luo He wishes to hear it, I’m sure the proprietor will be happy to oblige.”

“It depends on whether God-Monarch Luo He wishes to hear it,” the Dreamflower Tower proprietor said with a gentle smile.

Given Zhuyou’s instruction, the Dreamflower Tower proprietor couldn’t refuse.

“No need. Just have A’Luoya come,” Luo Feng said.

The Dreamflower Tower proprietor was slightly taken aback, then chuckled, “God-Monarch Luo He truly favors A’Luoya.”

“It’s because the proprietor’s illusions are too powerful; I can’t handle them,” Luo Feng said with a laugh.

“Then quickly have A’Luoya come over,” Zhuyou said, before leading Luo Feng to continue flying forward.

The Dreamflower Tower proprietor silently watched this scene.

Although Zhuyou was incredibly friendly in front of Luo Feng, as the one responsible for many affairs of the Zhu Clan, he commanded respect from the City Lord’s Mansion and the Food Kingdom’s forces. Even the eighteen great dark forces dared not oppose the Zhu Clan.

“Ever since last time, this Luo He has been unwilling to listen to my illusionary music,” the Dreamflower Tower proprietor felt a touch of disappointment. Compared to Shang Tianyan and Sang Shuiyun, she had hoped to influence Luo He more.