Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Chapter 496 - A Guardian

The man named Guardian Yun looked at Wang Xiong without speaking anything. He had a mask on his face, thus there was no chance of seeing his appearance anyway. Wang Xiong simply hoped that his words had managed to incite the man.

"Hmm… I guess we'll see Chief disciple Wang Xiong. While I am the guardian, I have no responsibility to ensure all your works go well. At most I'll ensure that they are protected against greater threats." Guardian Yun stated perfunctorily.

"That will be enough. Just having the assurance that some hidden power won't act is good for me." Wang Xiong stated.

The fox masked man nodded his head and disappeared into a mass of fog. Once he was gone, Wang Xiong furrowed his brows and spread his spirit sense around.. Only after he was sure that there was no longer anyone in the area did he take a breath of relief.

"Who would have thought the sect would be hiding a secret like this… no wonder Patriarch doesn't have time to deal with other things." Wang Xiong muttered to himself.

He then returned to his room and continued to go through the documents that were yet to be done reading. The rest of Wang Xiong's time was spent in either cultivation or practicing his skills.

Occasionally he would get some messages on his communication jade slip, but they were mostly updates about how the plans were going. The ones messaging him were either Ye Jin or others that were working under him.

Just like this, about two weeks passed. At this point, several rumors had already spread in the sect about Wang Xiong's fortune and about an ancient tomb that existed within the millennium forest.

It had even reached a point where a mission was also put up in the mission hall about the tomb. Since the matter had now become mainstream, the sect elders had decided to do research on their own and went through several old documents.

They did find some information about the tomb, but most of it was either incomplete or written in a cryptic manner. And none of them mentioned the actual location of the tomb. Only the records that Wang Xiong had found a long time ago were the ones with that information.

On this day, Ye Jin came to Wang Xiong to speak about it.

"Is this all fine? Won't it cause problems for us?" Ye Jin questioned.

"Hmm, it may do that, but in the long term, we will know who our adversaries are. Plus, I don't think they know just what level of danger they are gonna face there in the forest. Even with the help of the Beast inciting powder distracting beasts, it was quite difficult for us to reach the sixth ring of the forest.

I highly doubt most of them will even be able to reach the fourth ring." Wang Xiong answered.

"But what about the Nascent soul realm disciples? I've heard several of them are interested in this now." Ye Jin replied.

"Well… we can't really stop them. Besides, that will just attract the ire of the beasts. I'm sure they won't like the existence of Nascent soul realm humans in their forest; at least not that deep." Wang Xiong stated.

Wang Xiong had heard several things about the forest from Lin Wu and knew that there were five beast kings there, each of which were strong and in the Nascent Soul realm. And they weren't just at the Infant soul stage like most of the Nascent soul realm disciples of his sect, but rather at the child soul stage or above.

'It' will be fun to see how they suffer under the beasts…' Wang Xiong thought to himself.

"But what if despite it all, they manage to find the tomb?" Ye Jin asked.

"Then they find it, nothing else. Don't forget that they can't enter it without an entry talisman. And even if they do find some other way to bypass that requirement, they will still need to face the trials.

And those are no joke… both of us know this." Wang Xiong replied.

"I see…" Ye Jin muttered.

The two of them sat in silence for a few minutes before Ye Jin spoke again.

"Will you be going as well?" She questioned.

"Mmhmm… it won't be any fun if I don't get to see it." Wang Xiong answered.

"But you leaving would cause some issues here, won't it?" Ye Jin asked.

"Yeah, that will be a bit suspicious to them. They might just consider it all a trap." Wang Xiong said as he furrowed his brows.

"Can you sneak out somehow?" Ye Jing questioned.

"Me sneaking out…" Wang Xiong wondered and then the image of a certain fox masked man came into his mind.

He smiled upon remembering it and spoke, "I think I may have a method. I should be able to get out." 

"Do you need me to do anything?" Ye Jin asked.

"Just send a few of our unassuming people to the mission as well. Don't let them know that I am going as well, just tell them to do the mission and keep alert." Wang Xiong stated.

"Alright, I'll inform them. Any requirements on how strong they should be?" Ye Jin inquired.

"Someone in the Core condensation realm is a must of course as for their specific stage, the higher the better." Wang Xiong answered.

"Okay," Ye Jin nodded her head and took her leave.

Once she was gone, Wang Xiong left the residence as well. He went to one of the mountains that was deeper in the sect. This mountain was smaller than the other mountains, but it had a dense forest and fog that covered it all year round.

The fog never dissipated, even if strong winds blew. The disciples never really came here, as it was designated as a forbidden mountain. In fact, many disciples didn't even know that this mountain existed here, and neither did Wang Xiong.

"What have you come here for?"