Chapter 1629: Entering the Yellow Spring To Find King Taishan

“So this is the place.” Not long after King Taishan disappeared, dozens of silhouettes stepped out of nothingness and appeared above the Yellow Spring. It was the spot where King Taishan had disappeared to.

They were none other than the Chief Libationist, Old Heavenly Master, Dragon Subjugating Zen Master, Haotian Hong and more.

The Chief Libationist asked, “Have you caught his energies, Old Heavenly Master?”

“Naturally. Now, not even the ends of the earth are far enough for him to escape my grasp.”

While stroking his beard, the Old Heavenly Master asked the Chief Libationist curiously, “By the way, when did you collude with the Great Emperor of Fengdu? I can hardly believe that he would support our plan to take out King Taishan.” Forget the Old Heavenly Master, the Dragon Subjugating Zen Master, Ye Qing and more were the same.

A while ago, the group had immediately infiltrated Fengdu after the discussions were complete.

Some matters grew increasingly susceptible to change the longer they took to finish. That was why they weren’t planning to dilly dally.

Fengdu was a forbidden zone to most people, but to the likes of the Chief Libationist, Old Heavenly Master and more, it was easy peasy.

After entering Fengdu, Ye Qing used the wisp of divine intent suppressed by the Earthly Sovereign Bell to find King Taishan’s true body. It was right below this spot of the Yellow Spring.

This process had not been a smooth one, however. It was simply because King Taishan was too cunning. A cunning hare has three burrows, but King Taishan had over a dozen of them.

In order to hide his true hiding location, King Taishan had set up at least a dozen fake hiding spots throughout the city of Fengdu.

Moreover, he had concealed a wisp of consciousness in each and every one of these hiding spots. If any one of them was disturbed, the true body would find out immediately.

If Ye Qing was alone, he would have beaten the bush and alerted King Taishan long ago. Thankfully, the Chief Libationist, Old Heavenly Master, Dragon Subjugating Zen Master and more were wise and powerful enough to sense the trap and prevent him from making a critical mistake.

Finally, they arrived at this place.

But once again, the group was stumped. Although they confirmed that King Taishan’s true body was hidden underneath the Yellow Spring, the river was as vast as an ocean. It was going to take a stupid amount of time to find a single person in this river.

Moreover, the Yellow Spring was the place where the worst filth, taint, yin and darkness were gathered. It naturally possessed the power to isolate all sorts of Magia, and it even cut off the connection between the wisp of consciousness and the original. For a time, no one could come up with a viable plan.

They were one step away from finding King Taishan’s true body, but if they could not accomplish this, then their venture would end in failure. Naturally, they were quite anxious.

It was at this moment the Chief Libationist rose to the occasion and declared that he knew a way. Not long after that, the Great Emperor of Fengdu had forced King Taishan to reveal himself. Later, they tracked down his divine intent and discovered the exact spot where his true body was located.

It was all thanks to the Great Emperor of Fengdu that they were able to complete the final step.

They were curious though. When did the Chief Libationist make contact with the Great Emperor of Fengdu? And why would the emperor assist the Chief Libationist? “Collude? This is not collusion! This is cooperation.”

The Chief Libationist smiled. “As for when, it was only a while ago.” By that, he meant after the incident regarding Emperor Jing Run and before the coronation ceremony began.

The Old Heavenly Master asked, “What did you promise him to get him to help you?”

“His life, and Fengdu.”

The Chief Libationist explained, “You should already know about the grudge between the Great Emperor of Fengdu and King Taishan. The day King Taishan recovers his strength is the day the Great Emperor of Fengdu dies. If the Great Emperor of Fengdu wishes to live, he must either commit himself to King Taishan completely or take him out. Obviously, the Great Emperor of Fengdu would rather kill King Taishan than become his slave. Besides that, the Great Emperor of Fengdu is ambitious enough to dream of taking control of the city of Fengdu completely.”

“That is why I promised him that I would aid him in taking full control of the city of Fengdu and make him a true great emperor of Fengdu if he assists me in eliminating King Taishan.”

“In that case... his assault during the ceremony is just an act?!” Ye Qing asked.

“Correct.” The Chief Libationist chuckled. “This is the only way we can avoid drawing King Taishan’s suspicion while still cooperating with each other to kill him.”

Ye Qing was speechless right now. The two oldies had a great time putting on an act, but he was the one who got his ass kicked during the ceremony!

Someone could not help but ask, “Did you predict that we would not be able to find King Taishan with just the wisp of divine intent? Is that why you made such a preparation?”

“I am not a god. How could I possibly predict such a thing?” The Chief Libationist smiled. “I simply thought there was no harm in overpreparing.”

Xiahou Zun asked worriedly, “Is it possible that you are raising a deadly tiger by assisting the Great Emperor of Fengdu in taking full control over Fengdu?”

“No,” The Chief Libationist declared. “The Great Emperor of Fengdu is not King Taishan. He cannot overcome the heavens, much less threaten the human race. It is simply beyond him.”

“Besides, our world needs a city of Fengdu and a place of rebirth. What do you think will happen if humans and ghosts are forced to live on the same plane? It’s going to be pure chaos, isn’t it?”

“You are right, Chief Libationist.”

Xuanyuan Wang said thoughtfully, “We do need a Fengdu especially considering that the age of chaos is upon us.”

“A Fengdu that benefits us and is under our control is undoubtedly a net gain.”

“That does sound fantastic. Your foresight is as impressive as ever, Yinghu.” The Old Heavenly Master said while stroking his beard, “I was thinking about wiping out Fengdu completely after eliminating King Taishan, but your plan is obviously better.”

The Sages could not help but exchange glances with each other after hearing this. They didn’t think that the old man would still be this bloodthirsty even though it had been decades since he retired to the Heavenly Master Mansion.

“The time is right. We can move now.”

A while later, the Old Heavenly Master declared, “Everyone, follow me.”

The next moment, the Sages dove into the Yellow Spring after the Old Heavenly Master.

As soon as they entered the Yellow Spring, thick, suffocating energies of corruption and darkness as far as the eyes could see assaulted them from every direction. Even more horrifying Strangers were swimming here and there while roaring or wailing endlessly.

If they were a Trueman or a Grandmaster, it would only take them a few moments to be corrupted by the energies or devoured by the Strangers.

However, even the weakest warrior among them was a transcendental Sage, so they were unafraid of this filth as a matter of course. They could also conceal their appearance and energies and prevent themselves from being detected by the Strangers.

No one knew how deep the Yellow Spring was. One thing for certain, the deeper they dove, the worse the waters, and the stronger the Strangers swimming in the Yellow Spring became. Some of them were Ancient-class Strangers.

They saw a gigantic Corpse Kun with wings, a Boundlessly Sinful Buddha with thousands of arms and tens of thousands of faces and mouths, a Sinner of Ten Lifetimes made of countless dead bodies, an Abyssal Ruin with a maw as big as the abyss and devours everything, so on and so forth.

Even powerful Sages like Ye Qing could not help but feel some pressure.