"Brother Stone, this is Mangcang Mountain. The spiritual bamboo grown here is quite tasty. Once we take over, I’ll bring you to pick some to try!"
"Little Hu, don’t forget what the old man instructed."
"Oh my dear Brother Stone, to speak frankly, even if we count back a few hundred years, the Mangcang Sect never produced a True Self Realm cultivator. The old man’s words don’t apply here... Besides, we’re just picking a few bamboos to taste. To be blunt, even in ordinary times, when we brothers visit Mangcang Mountain, shouldn’t the whole sect treat us like ancestors? Nowadays, just for picking a few bamboos to eat, we don’t even need to speak up. Merely a slight indication from us, and those wanting to join our Iron Sword Sect would voluntarily bring them to us!"
"Better to be cautious, Huzi, don’t let anything go wrong. Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain it to Sister Yue’er."
"Fine, fine, Brother Stone, you’re using my sister to pressure me again, huh? I just want to pick some bamboo!"
The young speaker seemed displeased.
After all, he was kindly offering his future brother-in-law a little extra income, but it felt like this brother-in-law was as stubborn as a rock, unwilling to indulge him!
"Don’t worry about me, you don’t need to explain anything to my sister. I’ll speak to her myself later. As for the ancestor, handle it on your own!"
With a bit of defiance, Huzi bade farewell to his ’Brother Stone’ and led his companions into Mangcang Mountain.
Shi Hao: "..."
Did he say something wrong?
Why did Ji Yue’er’s brother react like a lit firecracker!
Then Shi Hao opened his Spiritual Eye and looked at Mangcang Mountain again.
"This place seems alright. The spiritual energy here is a bit denser than the previous small sect we annexed. Is that spiritual energy node the Moon Lake Huzi mentioned?"
As soon as he mentioned Moon Lake, Shi Hao’s expression froze. Then, as if seeing something amusing, he took a few steps forward, appearing to stride forward almost like he was Shrinking Inches, reaching the edge of Moon Lake.
"Sorry to disturb, host."
...
"Steward Fengg, people from the Iron Sword Sect have arrived."
"They’ve arrived? So soon?"
"They didn’t notify us beforehand. They just ascended the mountain directly. It was only after Li Liu saw them halfway up the mountain that he came back to report."
"These bastards! What do they think of our Mangcang Sect!"
"..." The disciple reporting back didn’t dare to reply. After today, this Mangcang Sect might no longer exist, and he dared not follow Steward Fengg in cursing the Iron Sword Sect people.
Steward Fengg noticed this as well.
His face darkened at first, then as if holding something back, his face gradually reddened. After a while, he sighed and asked, "Who’s leading the Iron Sword Sect’s delegation?"
"It’s Master Ji, Ji Hu."
"Master? Ji Hu?" Steward Fengg sneered, "He deserves that title?"
"..... Steward, in our Gan State, a True Self Realm is just a Master." The disciple seemed a bit aggrieved too, and his tone gradually became more impolite. True, he was also a Void Transformation Realm cultivator, just one realm below Steward Fengg at the Divinity Communication Realm, and right now, he didn’t care whether he offended him.
Steward Fengg’s smile grew colder as he listened.
"Alright, since Lord Ji Hu has come, what are you waiting for? Hurry and follow me to greet them!"
Mangcang Sect disciple: "???"
...
"Reporting to Elder Guo, the Iron Sword Sect people are climbing the mountain, led by the Divine Sword Elder’s Direct Disciple, Ji Hu."
"Alright, you go ahead and greet them. Elder Huang and I will join you shortly."
"Then... disciple takes his leave."
"Go on."
Once the reporting disciple finally left, Guo Li, one of the three Divine Travel pillars of the Mangcang Sect, finally stepped out of his courtyard. Contrary to what he had said before, he did not go to Elder Huang. Instead, he headed directly to Moon Lake in the back mountain.
A few minutes later.
In front of Moon Lake.
Elder Guo and Elder Huang arrived here almost simultaneously.
The two exchanged glances and saw the determination in each other’s eyes.
Elder Huang, who was slightly older by a decade or so, spoke first: "Old Guo, what do you think?"
Elder Guo stroked his beard and said with a light smile, "There’s only one good opportunity like this. Since Hee Qiang is unwilling to open the Moon Lake Secret Realm for us to take a look, if we want to advance further in the Iron Sword Sect, we’ll have to force our way in and take a look."
"Very well," Elder Huang nodded with a smile as well.
They had made up their minds that they must ’take a look’ inside the Mangcang Mountain Moon Lake Secret Realm, which the Hee Family had kept secret for over a hundred years.
Regardless of whether there are any heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the Secret Realm, the treasures accumulated by the Mangcang Sect over the past hundred years should include a share for the two of them.
You see, Elder Huang had been with Mangcang for over seventy years! Even if there was no merit, there was hard work! Why should they, after spending half their lives in the Mangcang Sect, be handed a dilapidated sect warehouse by Hee Qiang as compensation now that the sect was splitting?
They wanted the real treasures of the Mangcang Sect!
Even if the Moon Bamboo Mother Plant wasn’t part of their share, shouldn’t they be entitled to part of the Moon Bamboo accumulated over the years?
"In that case, Brother Huang, allow me, Old Guo, to go first?"
"Please!"
With that, the two almost in tandem, snuck into the Moon Lake in front of them.
...
Is there really a Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands hidden within the sect?
To be honest, Wang Hao didn’t quite believe this.
After all, since his master Hee Qiang brought him back to this Mangcang Mountain, it’s been nearly forty years now.