Chapter 4066: Having His Own Preparations To Do
Chapter 4066: Having His Own Preparations To Do
Silence descended upon the gathering.
The Grand Elder stared at the place where Zhenyu had disappeared. For several breaths, he said nothing.
Then he slowly turned toward the Clarity Peak Head. "Did he just..."
"Yes," she answered quietly.
The Sword Peak Head narrowed his eyes. "He tore open space?"
The Clarity Peak Head nodded. "And entered the void."
The Grand Elder’s expression became increasingly strange. He had already accepted Mengli Zhenyu’s identity and extraordinary cultivation, but this was something entirely unexpected.
According to the historical records, Mengli Zhenyu had been an exceptionally powerful body cultivator who specialized in Earth and Water elemental techniques. His Shifting Earth, Churning Seas, Dual Refinement Art had been famous for its overwhelming destructive power. Yet there had been no mention of spatial abilities.
The Clarity Peak Head looked toward the Grand Elder. "Was Senior Zhenyu known for Spatial Skills as well?"
The Grand Elder slowly shook his head. "None that I know of."
The woman frowned. "Then how..."
"I do not know," the Grand Elder admitted.
He looked toward the place where Zhenyu had vanished. "Perhaps he developed those abilities during his time in the Mad Demon Depths."
The Sword Peak Head remained silent. As someone who had cultivated Sword Intent to the Sword Heart stage, he understood how difficult it was to manipulate space through sheer force.
Powerful cultivators could sometimes fracture space with sufficiently destructive attacks, but deliberately opening a stable passage and entering the void required a different level of control.
The ease with which Zhenyu had accomplished it was particularly astonishing. Daoist Bone Ruler, meanwhile, watched their reactions with a peculiar expression. For the first time that day, he felt something resembling amusement.
He had already witnessed Mengli Zhenyu tearing through space earlier, along with several other extraordinary displays of power. At the time, he had been the one struggling to comprehend what he was seeing.
Now the Grand Elder, the Clarity Peak Head, and the Sword Peak Head were experiencing the same bewilderment.
And Daoist Bone Ruler found it strangely satisfying.
"Oh, he has far more than just that," he remarked.
The Grand Elder turned toward him. "What do you mean?"
Daoist Bone Ruler gave a faint smile. "Senior Zhenyu has demonstrated several abilities that are rather difficult to explain."
The Clarity Peak Head narrowed her eyes. "Such as?"
Daoist Bone Ruler stroked his beard. "Well, there was the matter of his Dual Disaster technique. Then there was the way he broke through the Mad Demon Depths, and of course, his rather unusual methods of dealing with restrictions."
The Grand Elder looked increasingly curious. "Restrictions?"
Daoist Bone Ruler nodded. "Indeed."
The Sword Peak Head frowned. "Why didn’t you mention these things earlier?"
Daoist Bone Ruler looked at him. "Would you have believed me?"
The Sword Peak Head opened his mouth, then paused.
Daoist Bone Ruler’s smile widened slightly. "Exactly."
He felt an unfamiliar sense of satisfaction. After enduring an entire day of shocks, insults, and unexpected developments, it was rather pleasant to watch others experience the same confusion.
’Let them suffer a little,’ he thought.
It was a petty sentiment, especially for someone who had spent thousands of years enforcing the sect’s laws with absolute seriousness. Yet Daoist Bone Ruler found that he no longer cared.
Mengli Zhenyu had already tested his patience beyond anything he had experienced in recent memory.
Perhaps a little pettiness was acceptable.
The Grand Elder looked at him suspiciously. "Daoist Bone Ruler, is there something amusing about this?"
"Nothing at all, Grand Elder." The Law Division Head answered with a perfectly straight face.
The Clarity Peak Head did not seem convinced.
Daoist Bone Ruler continued, "I merely suggest that everyone prepare themselves for further surprises."
The Sword Peak Head frowned. "What sort of surprises?"
Daoist Bone Ruler shook his head. "That is difficult to say."
He glanced toward the teleportation facility where the Wild Peak cultivators were beginning to gather. "With Senior Zhenyu, I’ve learned that making predictions is rather pointless."
The Grand Elder let out a long sigh as he was beginning to understand what Daoist Bone Ruler meant. Meanwhile, High Elder Shatter Peak had already begun leading the Wild Peak cultivators toward the teleportation array.
"Move it, everyone! Senior Zhenyu will be waiting for us!"
The disciples responded enthusiastically. "YES, HIGH ELDER!"
The Grand Elder looked toward the departing group. "Very well. We should proceed as well."
The Clarity Peak Head nodded. The Sword Peak Head followed reluctantly, while Daoist Bone Ruler began walking alongside them.
The nearby teleportation array was large enough to accommodate several hundred cultivators at once, allowing the group to travel to the intermediate transportation facility without much difficulty.
However, the destination array was considerably smaller as it could only receive fifty people at a time. As such, the Wild Peak elders divided their members into batches, with High Elder Shatter Peak and High Elder Palm Saber overseeing the arrangements.
The Grand Elder and the other senior experts joined the first group. As the teleportation formation activated, bright spatial runes illuminated the platform.
WENG!
A column of light rose around the cultivators and the surrounding scenery blurred. A moment later, they disappeared. Far away, within the depths of the Core Court’s wilderness, another teleportation array began to glow.
The first batch of cultivators emerged upon a stone platform surrounded by ancient trees and rugged mountains. The air was filled with dense Immortal Qi, while several concealed formations monitored the surrounding region.
High Elder Shatter Peak immediately looked around. "Senior Zhenyu isn’t here yet?"
High Elder Palm Saber shook his head. "Perhaps he’s still handling whatever matter it was that required his attention."
The Grand Elder examined the surroundings.
The Vault Division’s main facility was approximately a hundred and fifty kilometers away. For cultivators of their strength, that distance was insignificant. Yet the Grand Elder could not help wondering what Mengli Zhenyu had gone to do.
The man had entered the void so casually that it almost seemed like an ordinary method of travel.
’Just what did he experience during those hundred thousand years?’ the Grand Elder wondered.
Daoist Bone Ruler noticed his expression and he gave another faint smile.
The Grand Elder turned toward him. "Something amusing again?"
"Nothing, Grand Elder." Daoist Bone Ruler calmly folded his hands behind his back. "I was merely wondering what Senior Zhenyu will do when he arrives at the Vault Division."
The Grand Elder frowned. "Hopefully, he will conduct a proper investigation."
Daoist Bone Ruler nodded solemnly. "Hopefully."
Yet inwardly, he had already begun preparing himself for the worst.
After all, the last time Mengli Zhenyu had decided to investigate something, he had ended up fighting the Head of the Law Division, freeing a High Elder from prison, declaring himself Interim Peak Head, and nearly provoking a confrontation with the Grand Hall.
And that had all happened within a single day.
’Heavenly Dao,’ Daoist Bone Ruler silently prayed, ’please let the Vault Division survive this investigation.’
Unfortunately, considering everything he had witnessed so far, he was beginning to suspect that even the Heavenly Dao might have difficulty granting that particular wish.