CSMCDB - Chapter 67
Chapter 67
"Kid, you're just a Star Master 1… Tell me, what did you get in that secret chamber?" As soon as Wen Yuncheng walked out of the secret chamber, one of the men who had previously rushed over and crashed into the protective barrier blocked her way and began to threaten her.
"None of your damn business," Wen Yuncheng shot back directly. "If you want my things, come and fight for them."
"You—" Wen Yuncheng's brazen behavior actually made the man a little wary. Could it be that this kid had a powerful background? But he was alone right now, so killing him here wouldn't be a problem… No, he couldn't do it here, there were too many people. The man's expression flickered, and in the end, he silently backed away.
Wen Yuncheng didn't dare to keep up the act for long and immediately used her Mechanical Wings to fly away.
"…This kid, I need to investigate his background." He was only a Star Master 1. If he ran into him alone again, it wasn't impossible to…
Outside the secret chamber, a similar thought flashed through the minds of many who were waiting. If this person was always alone, with his strength of a mere Star Master 1, so what if he had a powerful background? In a secret realm… anything could happen.
Wen Yuncheng slipped away quickly.
Seeing that the red dots in the upper-right corner of her vision weren't following her, she breathed a sigh of relief and canceled the effect of the X-6 Monitor. That man had been so confrontational; Wen Yuncheng had thought he would secretly tail her to kill her and steal her loot. Could it be that the kingly aura she accidentally exuded had scared him off? Damn it, was her secret of being the protagonist finally about to be exposed!
[He just saw that you were fearless, had reached Star Master 1 at such a young age, and had strange methods. He was just afraid you had a powerful background and would be difficult to deal with,] 1947 said helplessly. [If you meet again, or if he finds out you're just an S-Class student from Star Academy with no background, I'm afraid he would…]
"Who says I don't have a background?" Wen Yuncheng was displeased. "Doesn't the First Princess of the imperial family count? Doesn't the future Flowing Cloud Sect count? And the Star Auction House isn't to be trifled with either!" Although, among these three powers, the First Princess hadn't fully supported her, merely tried to win her over. Lin Jinyu was still a long way from becoming the Sect Master, and as for her teacher… she herself was far from being able to support the auction house. But these were all future backers.
1947 fell silent again. It could never win against Wen Yuncheng in this kind of unreasonable quibbling.
Wen Yuncheng didn't delay any longer and continued heading deeper inside. She really wanted to get some rare ores!
"Lei Feng? What kind of sect is that? Is there a sect or mountain called 'Lei Feng' on the Starry Sky Continent?" The escaped Kun Yi finally found the members of the Blood Fiend Sect and began to complain tearfully. The Blood Fiend Sect had sent their head disciple, a third-layer Star Lord, to lead them this time. He frowned and listened patiently to Kun Yi's grievances, hearing about some Luoyan Sect and a strange Star Master 1 kid. When he heard about "Lei Feng" and the "red scarf," he just felt a headache coming on. He couldn't be bothered to think about it anymore and just waved his hand. "If we run into him in the depths of the tomb, we'll teach him a lesson then. Our mission this time is to obtain the inheritance of the Xuanhuang Tomb's predecessors. Let's not get sidetracked from our main objective."
"Senior Brother, I heard many sects are participating this time, including many major ones," another disciple, a second-layer Star Lord, couldn't help but say. "The Flowing Cloud Sect even sent three third-layer Star Lords as escorts."
"It's no matter. The Flowing Cloud Sect is here because the Sect Master's daughter is also in the secret realm, and we have no intention of moving against them. As for the inheritance… the Flowing Cloud Sect is accustomed to using swords, so their goals don't conflict with ours." The head disciple waved his hand, not taking it to heart. The Blood Fiend Sect had a bad reputation because their techniques were overly sinister and vicious, and its disciples often bullied the weak outside the sect. They were just ostracized by the righteous sects. In any case, they also looked down on that bunch of hypocrites.
But as for starting a war? …The Blood Fiend Sect had no intention of rebelling against the Empire; at most, they were just troublemakers within it.
In this secret realm, as long as they were sects from within the Empire, they would more or less exercise some restraint, unless they were confident that no news would leak out. On the contrary, some rogue cultivators or those with no background, the rebels, would act lawlessly.
[It seems… someone is following you.] 1947 became alert. The monitor gave no feedback, which meant it wasn't the person who had been the most aggressive earlier.
Hmm? Wen Yuncheng landed on the ground. This happened to be an open, empty area with no one passing by. She let out a low chuckle and, feigning composure, turned around and stood still. "You've been following for so long. Aren't you going to show yourself?" While smiling, she casually touched the storage ring hanging around her neck.
"A little interesting." The person revealed himself, displaying the strength of a first-layer Star Lord. He sneered, "You must have obtained a Yellow-rank Spirit Treasure, right? Hand it over, and I'll spare your life."
A first-layer Star Lord against a first-layer Star Master. Anyone would think this fight was unnecessary. There was no suspense at all.
"If you want it, come and take it yourself!" Wen Yuncheng took a deep breath, used her Mechanical Wings to lift herself into the air, and then immediately released all her C-02 Enemy-Annihilators! She didn't intend for the Enemy-Annihilators to use their Star Power cannons. Instead, she spent 54 points to equip each one with freeze rounds and immediately began bombarding the man to pin him down!
"Hah, a petty trick, and you dare to show it off in front of me—" The man casually waved his hand, blocking the first few bullets. However, in the next second, all the bullets exploded, instantly lowering the temperature around him. A volley of freeze rounds from an Enemy-Annihilator consisted of 60 rounds, and there were a total of 27 Enemy-Annihilators. He had underestimated his opponent for a moment and was instantly covered by the freeze rounds, his entire body blasted into an ice sculpture!
A first-layer Star Lord couldn't possibly be killed so easily. Wen Yuncheng had no intention of looting the man's storage ring just yet. She released all thirty-eight of her turrets, which began to charge up and attack the ice sculpture—
—"You dare, you whelp!"
Another person appeared. Wen Yuncheng took a look and saw it was a third-layer Star Lord?! This guy looked middle-aged; who knows how much older he was than her, yet he had the nerve to attack? …Tch. She summoned a Mechanical Apostle. Number One appeared directly in front of her, and the thirty-eight turrets didn't stop their attack; instead, they charged up even more to increase their power. The man, cloaked in Star Power, charged straight at Wen Yuncheng, but she calmly used the skill of her Yellow-rank Spirit Treasure.
A black, illusory shadow drifted out from her wrist and instantly wrapped itself around the man. The man frowned and unleashed a blast of Star Power, dispersing the shadow. However, the shadow reformed in the next second and lunged at him again.
In that brief moment he was tied down, all thirty-eight turrets fired their charged Star Power cannons at the ice sculpture. The man could no longer bother with killing Wen Yuncheng. He hurriedly turned back and single-handedly blocked most of the Star Power cannons. A massive wave of energy instantly washed over the area. Wen Yuncheng hid behind Number One and was not greatly affected.
The middle-aged man did indeed spit out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with horror. He never expected a mere Star Master 1 kid to be able to unleash such power… As for breaking the protective barrier? They had always assumed that because Wen Yuncheng was only a Star Master 1, the barrier was extremely fragile for her.
—Just what is this kid's background?
"Charge." Controlling Number One to rush directly at the middle-aged man, Wen Yuncheng spent another 54 points to have all the Enemy-Annihilators launch another freeze round attack!
"Wait! Wait… It was our fault, we were blinded by greed!" Seeing that the things in the air were about to launch that strange, person-freezing attack again, the middle-aged man panicked. "We'll leave right now!"
"Leave?" Wen Yuncheng sneered. She had already spent 108 points. Leave just like that? There was no such thing! Others coveted her things and failed to rob her… and she was supposed to be magnanimous and let them go? If these people went around bragging about this later, wouldn't she become a hot commodity that everyone wanted a piece of? "You can leave, but it'll cost you three million Star Stones. No credit."
"You!!—Don't push your luck." The middle-aged man's expression changed drastically, his gaze turning completely cold. "Leave some leeway in your actions, so in the future…"
"I have no desire to see you again." Wen Yuncheng cut him off and had Number One start charging its Star Power cannon, while the Enemy-Annihilators in the air prepared to act again.
"Fine! I'll give it to you!" The man gritted his teeth and threw out a Star Stone card from his ring. He then used his Star Power to shatter the ice on the young man—who was presumably his son or disciple—and took him away.
Wen Yuncheng didn't stop them. She picked up the Star Stone card and transferred the funds to her own. A little over 2.97 million Star Stones… not far off from three million. Wen Yuncheng "tsked," glanced at the two red dots close together on her minimap moving away from her, and only then did she recall Number One, recharge it with her mana, and put it away.
She didn't know what these people were thinking. They always liked to spout nonsense, never played their trump cards, and retreated quickly when the situation turned sour. Wen Yuncheng shook her head, suspecting that she had asked for too little with three million Star Stones. Otherwise, why wouldn't they have hesitated at all?
"I wonder how the seniors are doing… What kind of fortuitous encounter has Lin Jinyu found this time? The Flowing Cloud Sect… they should be able to move through the Xuanhuang Tomb without any opposition, right?" Wen Yuncheng muttered to herself as she recalled her turrets one by one. Finally, she casually tossed away the emptied Star Stone card. She didn't know if the card had been marked. In any case, she had taken everything inside, so she might as well throw it away.
These people who didn't understand her and her abilities, even a third-layer Star Lord, wouldn't gain any advantage by rashly fighting her. After all, they wouldn't take her too seriously at the beginning, and underestimation… Wen Yuncheng thought, the moment they underestimated her would be the beginning of their defeat.
"I need to get out of here quickly." After recalling all her turrets, Wen Yuncheng didn't bother conserving her mana and used her Mechanical Wings to leave the area swiftly. After all, the aftershocks from the battle just now must have been significant. Attracting the attention of others would be troublesome.
Not long after Wen Yuncheng disappeared, several more people arrived. They sensed the Star Power fluctuations in the area and then dispersed, apparently having thought they could come and pick up some spoils. —Just like how Wen Yuncheng would go to watch the excitement wherever others were fighting or having a standoff.
Wen Yuncheng passed through a stone gate and found herself in a strange, empty space. Her Mechanical Wings lifted her into the air, allowing her to easily see the strange array pattern in the center of the vast space—it looked like a bizarre demonic beast relief, and also like a grotesque human face. Even the stone pillars surrounding the array exuded a strange aura.
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