Chapter 274: Escort Mission
Chapter 274: Escort Mission
Chapter 274: Escort Mission
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Slowly, the sky brightened up. However, the rays of light failed to enter the Skywolf Mountain Range. Therefore, the mountain range still looked rather sinister. The two of them woke up at the same time.
“Okay, we can return to Ancient Martial City now.” Since Sima Liang had the ruined map with him, he probably wouldn’t bother trying to hunt them down anymore. They returned the same way they came. When they passed by the battlefield from yesterday, they saw two corpses. These were the corpses of Old Mo and Old Zhao. Within the crater, an additional arm could be found. Based on the design of the sleeve, this was Sima Liang’s arm.
“What exactly happened here? With Sima Liang’s strength, it is impossible for him to lose his arm,” Hu Fei said in astonishment when he saw this.
When Ye Mo saw this, he started guessing what had happened yesterday. The expert of Qi Clan must have made a move as well. Sima Liang must have took out his other half of the ruined map to combine it with the half of the map he had just gotten. The Qi Clan expert saw that and immediately started fighting.
Of course, Ye Mo did not say much to Hu Fei. Rather, he said, “Senior Hu, look at the surroundings. The destruction dealt to the environment is too scary. It is incomparable to what we did in the battle yesterday. I reckon Sima Liang must have encountered some other martial art genius and lost his arm as a result.”
“That is the only explanation. After losing one arm, even if he is still alive, his strength would have dropped considerably.”
The two returned to Ancient Martial City. After bidding each other farewell, Ye Mo headed towards the Treasure Inspection Guild. After entering the rear hall of Treasure Inspection Guild, the first thing Ye Mo did was look for Senior Ying.
“Haha, congratulations for your return, our great benefactor.” Senior Ying had a smile on his face.
Their plan had proceeded smoothly. Ye Mo first fled with the ruined map. Because he wasn’t a match for Sima Liang, he dropped the ruined map to escape. After killing two True Energy Realm experts, Sima Liang grew excited and took out his half of the map to combine them together, checking and see if the map was the real deal.
On the other hand, if Sima Liang had obtained the ruined map from the auction instead, he would probably be very careful and only studied it after he was hidden and secure.
“What exactly happened?” Ye Mo asked.
“After that Sima Liang killed the two True Energy Realm experts and got the ruined map, he took his other half of the map and combined them into a completed map. He started howling with laughter then and there. Next, the Heaven’s Strength Realm of our Qi Clan sliced his arm off. That Sima Liang immediately abandoned his arm and fled without thinking twice,” Senior Ying explained.
“Sure enough.” Ye Mo was alarmed inwardly. He then said, “Where’s the map?”
“We will naturally let you see the map. However, we have a little trouble on our hands,” Senior Ying said with a solemn look on his face.
“What’s going on?”
“After we got the map, we attracted the attention of another huge clan. Therefore, it will be quite difficult for us to safely bring the map back to Heaven’s Wall City,” Senior Ying said.
“Someone dares to rob your Qi Clan?” Ye Mo asked in astonishment.
The Qi Clan was related to the imperial family. The young lady of Qi Clan was the second ever Imperial Concubine. Who would dare to make an enemy of the Qi Clan?
“Hehe. Although Qi Clan is the number one clan, we are, after all, a merchant clan. Our foundation in the martial domain is still too lacking. The one making trouble for us is the Cao Clan,” Senior Ying said.
The Cao Clan was the close aid of the emperor. Their clan leader was the commander of the imperial guards. He had the opportunity to be by the emperor’s side all the time. As for his sister, Cao Xueyin, she was the empress. This clan was also quite powerful when it came to their combat prowess.
Ye Mo knew about the Cao Clan. They were one of the influential families of the Heaven’s Wall City. The offspring of the younger generations would not be sent to the Qingyun League for cultivation. Rather, they would be sent to the imperial guards, and each of them were decently talented as well.
“Are they going to rob you outright?” Ye Mo asked.
“Exactly. To avoid this, we will be issuing a secret mission. We are planning to hand the entire mission to the Qingyun League members. However, only one league member has accepted this mission. Because of that, I went to several sects and invited a few Energy Shaping Realm experts to help us with the escort,” Senior Ying said.
“I suppose the sole league member is me?” Ye Mo said with a helpless smile.
“It’s you? Oh, I have nearly forgotten that you’re also a Qingyun League member. But this mission is very dangerous. Based on the information the clan sent me, the geniuses from Cao Clan are at a similar level to our Qi Clan experts. Therefore, I am planning to split the group into two. The True Energy Realm experts will travel in one group while the caravan will travel in a different group. You guys only need to focus on protecting Xiao Cao,” Senior Ying said.
Ye Mo raised his brow when he heard that. Senior Ying must still be hiding something. Perhaps the map was hidden on Xiao Cao.
“No problem. As long as no True Energy Realm experts appear, even if I am no match for the enemies, I will still be able to escape with Xiao Cao.”
“Good. As long as we can bring the map to Heaven’s Wall City, we will definitely let you have a look at the map. Xiao Cao is still making the arrangements for the caravan with the servants. I will bring you to the storehouse now. The Energy Shaping Realm experts are all there waiting.”
“Okay.”
Ye Mo followed Senior Ying and arrived at a huge attic. The entrance was guarded by two warriors. The attic was very spacious, and over 10 chests sat inside of it. These were probably the goods of their caravan.
There were also more than 10 people inside, all of them sitting cross-legged while cultivating.
There were a lot of goods here. Even storage rings wouldn’t be able to contain all of them. The space within a storage ring was after all quite small. It could only contain a few weapons, some pills, and a cauldron at most.
These chests were very big and not even one of them could be fit into a storage ring.
“This is the storage of our Treasure Inspection Guild. This will also be your gathering point. This time, all the experts gathered here are uniquely skilled. Due to your special relationship with Xiao Cao, you will be the captain of the escort. Xiao Cao’s safety will lie on your hands.”
Ye Mo nodded. Then, he scanned the room. These people were quite strong. The strongest of them had already reached Energy Shaping Eight Realm while the weakest one was at Energy Shaping Sixth Realm.
When Ye Mo and Senior Ying entered, many of them opened their eyes at the same time. When their gazes landed on Ye Mo, a look of disdain appeared on their faces. Most of them focused on Senior Ying.
“Senior Ying, is everyone not here yet? We will be escorting Qi Clan’s goods and protecting Miss Xiao Cao’s safety this time. When will we be setting off?” A sturdy man in gray leather armor stood up and asked.
“We will be setting off immediately. The caravan is almost ready.” Senior Ying then pointed at Ye Mo and said, “All of you are experts we have gathered from the various sects. Your goal is to escort the goods of Qi Clan to Heaven’s Wall City. Since the city is quite far away, it is unavoidable that you will meet some bandits along the way. The safety of the goods will rely on you guys. This person here will be the captain of this escort party.”
Then, Senior Ying started introducing Ye Mo, “He is Ye Mo, a Qingyun League member. He is extremely talented. During this escort mission, all of you must listen to him. The moment you successfully reach Heaven’s Wall City with the goods, the Qi Clan will throw a feast for all of you. Rich rewards will also be waiting you all.”
“What? An Energy Shaping Fifth Realm as our captain?”