Chapter 531 - 230: Who on Earth is the Golden Light Wanderer?
Chapter 531: Chapter 230: Who on Earth is the Golden Light Wanderer?
The Walking Elder finally understood the ’truth’ and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
’Alas, to think I initially wanted to act as a mediator. I was clearly getting ahead of myself.’
’Thank goodness nothing disastrous happened.’
When she heard True Monarch Zhiqin reveal the contents of the sound transmission, Wen Suruo felt as if she’d been struck over the head. A chill rose from the depths of her heart.
’I can’t believe our Supreme Elder is so spineless.’
Thankfully, Golden Light Taoist had his own plans and made a clean getaway, which finally allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief.
’He actually managed to escape?’
The Left Protector of the Fu Bing Sect froze for a moment, then became ecstatic. ’This is perfect!’
He had been certain the man was going to die. He never expected such a turn of events.
As long as Xiao Chen wasn’t caught right away, he would have a chance to notify his Sect Leader to come and secretly rescue the man.
This was a great opportunity to recruit a Half-Step Nascent Soul cultivator.
As long as they could secretly save him, it wouldn’t take long for the Fu Bing Sect to gain another top-tier combatant.
He quickly put on a stern expression, hiding his inner turmoil.
Inwardly, however, he was frantic, desperate to leave and find a place to activate a Sound Transmission Spirit Sword.
In truth, the Left Protector wasn’t certain that Fu Bing True Monarch would agree to intervene in this matter.
But it didn’t matter. As long as there was a chance to cause trouble for the Yin Corpse Sect, it was worth a try.
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"Remember to add another Defensive Array. We’re dealing with a Half-Step Nascent Soul."
"Why are there still a few old Detection Array Plates here? Where are the new Array Plates?"
"Stop those people! From now on, no one is allowed to leave!"
"You’re from the Huo Family? I don’t care who you are. By order of the True Monarch, no one is to enter or exit from this moment on."
Large numbers of Yin Corpse Sect cultivators appeared along all the safe shipping lanes near the Sea of Darkness, stopping every Spirit Ship that came and went.
This sudden move immediately alarmed a great number of cultivators.
The major Commerce Associations and the various powers, large and small, around the Sea of Darkness were especially bewildered, and they scrambled to find out what was going on.
In fact, it wasn’t just them who were confused; even the Yin Corpse Sect disciples carrying out the operation were somewhat in the dark.
They’d been going about their business in the sect when they were suddenly assigned an emergency mission.
Everyone was deployed at a moment’s notice, and they only learned fragments of the mission details while en route.
All they knew was that they were supposed to capture a cultivator named Golden Light Wanderer, who was a Half-Step Nascent Soul.
Beyond that, they were just as confused, secretly using their connections to ask around and figure out what could have happened to cause the sect to deploy nearly all of its Golden Core cultivators.
Soon, several rumors began to circulate.
Over the next three days, they not only spread throughout the Sea of Darkness but also rapidly swept across the entire Storm Sea.
"Did you hear? That young master from the Dai Family was killed."
"Something that great happened? I wonder which hero was responsible?"
"They say the one who did it is called Golden Light Wanderer. Elder Dai himself tried to catch him and failed to even hold him back."
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"Did you hear? Golden Light Wanderer killed Young Master Dai, even exchanged a blow with Elder Dai, and left completely unharmed."
"What? Is that true?"
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"Did you hear? Golden Light Wanderer killed over ten members of the Dai Family, fought Elder Dai to a standstill, and then just waltzed away."
"Huh? For real? What’s the story with this True Monarch Golden Light?"
"Of course it’s true. Why else do you think the Yin Corpse Sect has been making such a huge fuss these past few days?"
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Although the rumors had deviated slightly from the truth, the main gist was more or less accurate.
Everyone soon learned that on the seventeenth of the seventh month, a cultivator named Golden Light Wanderer had not only killed a member of the Dai Family but had also escaped capture by the Yin Corpse Sect.
According to some of the wilder rumors, he had even held his own against three Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
It wasn’t that no one questioned the authenticity of the stories, but the tellers would solemnly swear that their friend’s older brother had seen it with his own eyes.
They could even rattle off the time, place, and the Dharma Names of the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs, making it all sound quite plausible.
At the same time, other insiders claimed that Golden Light Wanderer hailed from a mysterious Hidden Dao Lineage.
They speculated he likely held a blood feud against the Dai Family, and perhaps even the Yin Corpse Sect, and that this was an act of vengeance.
On top of that, the matter involved the Celestial Sound Sect and was rumored to be connected to Fairy Suruo.
Some said the Dai Family wanted to arrange a marriage for Dai Tianrui, and True Monarch Zhiqin had come to finalize the engagement.
Others claimed that Fairy Suruo had already secretly pledged herself to Golden Light Wanderer, making this a crime of passion.
They even claimed to have proof: after emerging from the relic, Fairy Suruo had used her Divine Sense to plead with her sect’s Supreme Elder on his behalf.
A new relic, Nascent Soul True Monarchs, a Hidden Dao Lineage, a generational blood feud, a fairy from the Celestial Sound Sect, and a crime of passion.
Any one of these elements alone would have been enough to get countless cultivators talking for days.
The combination of these factors created an unprecedentedly explosive story that swept through the entire Storm Sea like a hurricane.
From there, it followed the trade routes, rapidly spreading throughout the entire Inner Sea.
Many cultivators who had previously been oppressed by the Yin Corpse Sect, especially those who held a grudge against the Dai Family, secretly prayed for the hero’s safety.
However, other cultivators were preparing to search the surrounding deserted islands for clues, hoping to earn the bounty.
The Dai Family had already posted a high price of two million Spirit Stones for Golden Light Wanderer, and the Yin Corpse Sect had added another two million.
Even providing a valid clue that led to his capture was worth one-tenth of the bounty—a full four hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
Such a high price was enough to tempt many Golden Core Loose Cultivators.