Chapter 1643: United Opinions (IV)

In a fissure underground.

The Sword Sovereign was seated in meditation when he suddenly opened his eyes. “That kid... seems to want to convene with us. He’s just been in touch with the Orchid Forest master... What, is he about to make a move?”

He smiled, not with disappointment. It was just that he’d been wondering if the guy could bring about some surprises. It now looked like Li Hao was out of ideas. Were they about to work together against the Orchid Forest master and take the world for themselves?

That was just as well, it was about time. They’d been waiting for almost a month and the Sword Sovereign was growing anxious that they still hadn’t made a move.

“Very well!” Void opened his eyes as well. Let them convene!

They’d been hiding here for an entire month, it was getting boring.

The two quickly disappeared.

......

Moments later.

“Are you going to attack now?” The Sword Sovereign’s voice rang in Li Hao’s ears. The young man hadn’t detected the other’s arrival—a clear sign of how strong the man was.

“No... Uncle Li doesn’t need to show yourself now, I’m looking for Void! We can be in touch when there is need.”

“You aren’t going to attack yet?” blinked the Sword Sovereign. “But it’s about time. I think that the Orchid Forest master is about to ascend. He’ll be a tough opponent once he advances!”

Killing the other and seizing Orchid Forest would essentially put him at seventh rank, if not fully a seventh rank. This was a rare opportunity. Red Moon would hardly be able to keep themselves in check for much longer if New Martial didn’t make a move now.

“We won’t attack for now... and won’t even attack Orchid Forest in the time to come. I’d like to help their world master set foot into seventh rank!”

“......” The Sword Sovereign paused.

What the hell? Do I have a hearing problem?

“The Orchid Forest master will absolutely run for it if he has a chance to. He won’t stay at Red Moon if he can help it. Therefore, I’d like to... clean out Red Moon!”

“......” Ringing silence!

The Sword Sovereign had sunk deep into contemplation. Am I mishearing things, or has someone gone crazy?

Something like this had happened once in the past. When the Human King was weak, he often raided someone’s home. But that was before he became an exalted emperor. After he advanced and ruled over an eighth rank world, he no longer conducted such actions.

It was too risky!

Robbing an eighth rank blind in their own home... was terribly difficult. Extremely difficult.

“Orchid Forest alone won’t satisfy our needs,” rang Li Hao’s voice. “Whether it is me, the senior, or Void, the three of us are not typical cultivators. How much will we get from a sixth rank world even if we really do take it?

“There must be countless dao crystals, mid and small worlds within Red Moon. Its world master will not possibly carry them around with him. Even if we take only a portion of an eighth rank’s fortune, it will rival a wealthy seventh rank world!

“I also suspect that Orchid Forest is giving us all of the dao crystals they have in order to help their world master break through! So senior, do you want to give it a try?”

“......” The Sword Sovereign was still thinking. He thought himself wild enough and the Human King an extremely brazen person. Li Hao and Void were comparatively more refined.

As a result, the Sword Sovereign felt that New Martial exalted emperors were bandits, highwaymen, and utterly fearless...

While these two were also bold, strictly speaking, he felt them less than the Human King. But when fourth rank Li Hao spoke of wanting to rob an eighth rank major world... the Sword Sovereign felt that he’d gravely misjudged the young man!

So we’re not the only crazies to exist. Not even Ole Zhang has ever considered robbing Red Moon!

While Li Hao wasn’t that strong, now that the Sword Sovereign thought about it, the young man had much to do with Clarity’s death. He’d also heard a bit about some of the situation at Skyward.

If it wasn’t for Fog Mountain making a move, then the Human King would not have brashly taken a stand either. So this meant to say that Li Hao was highly involved with the deaths of three Red Moon seventh ranks.

New Martial hadn’t been able to kill any Red Moon seventh ranks in all these years, but they’d executed three at once this time!

Of course, it had much to do with the Sword Sovereign’s own strength, as well as the Human King’s. The feat wouldn’t have been possible without them. They’d also acted with a high degree of practice and coordinated in absentia to complete the three kills.

Of that, the Sword Sovereign was well aware of.

“That’d be pretty exciting... I thought killing Clarity would be the most exciting thing in recent days. I’m game since you’ve brought this up!” was the Sword Sovereign’s response. “But you should be more aware of the dangers within than I am!”

“Yes, however, the profits will be great as well!”

“I have no opinions otherwise if you do not. What do you think, little fella Void?”

The quiet Void had a shifting look in his eyes. He took a while to transmit, “My... my thoughts are... is this too... risky? That’s not good... I’m very familiar with eighth rank worlds...

“Why don’t we... give it a try?” Void continued with hesitation before the Sword Sovereign or Li Hao could speak. “In addition, we’ll probably need to access the Skyward dao universe if we wish to lure the Red Moon master away. Hao Moon, why don’t I... ask my father... to preoccupy the Red Moon master for a while?

“If the New Martial Human King isn’t at Skyward... and he’s said to often get lost... Perhaps we can borrow my father to obstruct him!” He spoke hesitantly, even timidly, but his words caused both Li Hao and the Sword Sovereign to fall silent.

Hot damn! When did Void turn into this? He... wanted to give it a try and also have his old man take the field!

Rich second gens were so headstrong!

“Some changes need to occur at Skyward,” Void continued in a timid tone. “Fog Mountain needs to break free of Skycloud, that will preoccupy the Skycloud master. If the Human King does not appear... then my father can obstruct the Red Moon master.

“In addition, Red Moon has another seventh rank. He will not leave their world. The Orchid Forest master will not dare attack him even once he’s a seventh rank. It’ll be up to us. The key us, Red Moon has many mid ranks. Should I ask Uncle Flare Sun to come?

“But if he does... we might need to cut him in for a portion of the spoils. If he disappears though, that might cause some ripples. We can give it a try ourselves if you’re confident, Hao Moon!”

Li Hao didn’t say anything, whereas the Sword Sovereign was speechless. These guys spoke slowly and tenderly—they were more womanly than New Martial women!

But the content of their speech, oh the content!

He was just saying to give it a try, but these two were already discussing how to obstruct the Red Moon and what precisely to do!

How was this giving it a try?

This was absolutely taking action!

If you don’t do it, Sword Sovereign, then I’m going to summon my powerful backers!

How exciting!

Do you dare rob an eighth rank world? I’ll get a seventh rank out here if you don’t have the balls to!

“Let’s wait and see,” Li Hao couldn’t help but laugh. “If we can come in contact with the Human King on Skyward or can confirm that he’s still there, we won’t need the Light master to do anything. But if he’s gone, then we might need your father to help.”

“Alright!” Void responded crisply. It was just some simple obstruction to seize the Skyward dao universe. It was a natural part of the process that they’d have to engage the Red Moon master!

It wasn’t like they were doing this on purpose.

While Li Hao hadn’t spoken of opening the Skyward dao universe, Void had outright guessed at it. Clearly, the man had either considered this matter before or was extremely intelligent. Li Hao severely suspected that Void had thought through all of this before!

Li Hao didn’t even need to mention certain things before the enthused Void suggested it himself. Now

that

was exciting! The Light master had likely never fathomed that his son would change so quickly.

The plan had been decided upon. Although the most carefully laid arrangements never survived the first engagement, the general direction was set. If anything unexpected happened in the middle... then they would have to adjust on the fly.

Li Hao, the new king of Silver Moon.

Void, the crown prince of Light.

The Sword Sovereign had found it strange, even inappropriate, at first that the two were friends. Now he realized that it was a case of like drawing to like. Both of them appeared genteel and refined, but were unable to stay out of the limelight at their core.

It was no surprise at all that the two had met and struck up a friendship in the chaos.

“Since it is so decided, I have no other opinions,” transmitted the Sword Sovereign. “But there’s a few details that we need to be sure of in advance. The slightest misstep in stealing from an eighth rank world will lead to death! Although we are unafraid of death, no one really wishes to die.

“For example, what if the Orchid Forest master betrays us...”

They were already considering the possibility of betrayal. One needed to be on guard against it!

The Sword Sovereign felt that there were some holes still in Li Hao’s plan.

Are you sure that the Orchid Forest master will still be wary of us when he becomes a seventh rank? What if he sells us out to the enemy instead?

“I know your concerns, be at ease, Uncle Li!” transmitted Li Hao. “We’ll need you to go to some effort in this matter as well. If he wishes to betray us, he’ll do so when he ascends. If the Red Moon master comes here, we’ll be the first ones to be turned over. Otherwise, the Red Moon master will not be happy if he finds out about us later.

“If the Orchid Forest master really does think about handing us over... we’ll kill him!” Li Hao’s tones hardened. “I can lock onto his dao universe, for one! Another point is that he’ll just have broken through. I’ll force reverse time and make his cultivation decline, if only for a split second! That will do the deed!

“Seventh rank is completely different from sixth rank! It’s very hard for us to take on a seventh rank, but when he falls out of that cultivation level as soon as he enters it, his mentality will be shot!

“Uncle Li, you can kill a peak sixth rank with one blow!”

The Sword Sovereign’s heart quailed when these words were spoken!

That was right!

It was very difficult for the three of them to take on a seventh rank master of the world when their opponent was ready. But what if... their opponent spontaneously lost that level of strength?

The Orchid Forest master might suffer a mental breakdown. He’ll be a sixth rank then with a weak focus. It wouldn’t be too hard for the Sword Sovereign to kill him with one blow of his sword then. The caveat was that he was able to lock onto the Orchid Forest dao universe.

How could Li Hao be certain?

But since the young man had spoken, the Sword Sovereign believed him. All the same, the latter was puzzled. It was very hard to lock onto a dao universe.