Chapter 1871: "Resounding Face Slap (4)"
Several bolts of black light shot out so fast they could not be seen clearly, but they just heard a series of crisp and clear crashes.
Elder Yue suddenly fell to the floor!
"ARRGH!" A mournful wail reverberated within the vast palace hall.
Elder Yue's four limbs systematically broken off, the garish white bones sticking out from his wounds, pierced through his flesh. Bright red blood flowed onto the floor in a wide pool, the stench of blood spreading through the entire palace hall.
Ye Gu stood just a step's distance away behind Elder Yue. No one had been able to even see clearly how he had struck and it was all already over.
That scene before their eyes made the palace hall fall eerily silent.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord's eyes stared wide as he looked at Ye Gu, unable to believe that under the Heavens, such a tyrannical power existed which did not even need the summoning of any spirit power to dismember all four limbs of a Silver Spirit.
Jun Wu Xie raised a foot, slowly walking to go stand right before Elder Yue. Seeing Elder Yue fallen within the pool of blood and howling in pain, there wasn't a trace of pity in her eyes as the image of that secret chamber rose within her mind, with its countless number of brocade boxes holding aggrieved souls trapped and buried within those hidden brocade boxes, which had already turned Elder Yue lying within his blood into a unforgivable demon.
"Don't..... Don't kill me..... Don't kill me....." Elder Yue was both shocked and terrified, the pain in his body forcing his teeth to clench up tightly. He stared at the pair of shoes standing right in front of his nose, his eyes filled with abject fear.
He who had once been able to cover the skies with just one hand in the Shadow Moon Palace, would never have once thought that he would one fine day be tormented so wretchedly and pitifully by people.....
Terror spread throughout his body, so terrified that tears and mucus fell all over the floor from his face, his mouth begging incessantly for mercy.
"I will not kill you, at least I won't for now." Jun Wu Xie's cold voice sounded from above Elder Yue's head.
That voice was like crushed ice, but it allowed Elder Yue to feel a sliver of hope.
"Killing you, will be too easy for you." This last statement from Jun Wu Xie, quickly crushed out the last vestiges of hope that Elder Yue held.
The tip of Jun Wu Xie's shoe dug in under Elder Yue's chin, forcibly forcing him to raise his head. With a twist of the tip of his foot, it lodged straight at Elder Yue's throat, the intense pain causing Elder Yue to wail mournfully.
At the moment that he opened his mouth, Jun Wu Xie then slowly threw in an elixir into Elder Yue's mouth."This thing, has not been used for a rather long time already and I hope you'll like it." Jun Wu Xie said with her eyes narrowed, looking down from a higher vantage point at Elder Yue, his face fearful.
"What..... What did you make me eat....." Elder Yue was trembling as he looked at Jun Wu Xie.
"Something that won't kill you, nor let you live." Jun Wu Xie cold voice announced Elder Yue's fate.
"What....." Elder Yue's eyes glared widely.
"Rotting Bones. It's Rotting Bones." Yue Ye's voice sounded suddenly.
Yue Ye took a step forward, standing behind Jun Wu Xie as she looked into Elder Yue's terrified gaze, slowly opening her mouth to torment Elder Yue's fragile nerves.
"Rotting Bones is a poison my Master concocted. Anyone who ingests it if not given the antidote, all the flesh upon his body will quickly rot, till only the skeleton remains but the person will not die as. After all the rotted flesh has finished falling, new flesh will grow back, an endless cycle, Unable to die, unable to live." Yue Ye's voice which still sounded a little childlike, but sounded just like a nightmare on Elder Yue's ears.
"Master is right. Just killing you off will be too easy for you. An animal like you, even if you died, you will dirty the road leading to Hell." Yue Ye said furiously.
" Don't..... Don't....." Elder Yue was overcome with terror. He had never heard of such a poison, but the words pushed him further into pure and utter hopelessness and despair.
Chapter 1872: "Resounding Face Slap (5)"
Elder Yue's howling did not receive any kind of response and the only thing that awaited him was just the agonizing torment of being rendered unable to beg for death and not given the chance to plead to live.
Jun Wu Xie treaded over the floor that was stained with Elder Yue's blood as she passed, the blood fresh and red as it stuck under her feet. With every step she took, she would then leave a garishly scarlet footprint upon the shiny marble floor.
Within the grand palace hall, only Elder Yue's gradually weakening wails continued to sound.
Everyone else, had all been so overcome with shock that their bodies had turned cold, by Jun Wu Xie's "Rotting Bones".
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord quivered as an icy chill shot through him, staring at the stunningly beautiful young lady standing there within the palace hall, unable to imagine that such a sensationally terrifying poison was actually concocted by such a flawless young beauty.
"Miss Jun, although you are not a disciple of my Shadow Moon Palace, but since you are on familiar terms with our Elder Ying, then you are also a friend of the Shadow Moon Palace. Now that you have eradicated this treacherous criminal on behalf of our Shadow Moon Palace, the Shadow Moon Palace will naturally owe you a debt. I would like to invite Miss Jun to stay here in the Shadow Moon Palace for a short period, to allow me to express gratitude." The chill the Shadow Moon Palace Lord had felt in his heart, had now been cleanly swept aside by Jun Wu Xie's mesmerizing looks.
That poison might sound highly terrifying, but it might just be something Yue Ye, the little lass had made up to scare Elder Yue in revenge.
"My Lord, Elder Yue has been taken care of, but with the atrocities done upon the Zhan Family, don't you think you need to say something about it to me?" Elder Ying took a deep breath before he said. After admiring the wretched state Elder Yue had been reduced to, he turned himself around to stare at the Shadow Moon Palace Lord seated high up upon the elevated principal seat. Having been in the Shadow Moon Palace for so many years, how could he not be able to detect that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord was trying to win Jun Wu Xie over.
But just how despicable and shameless would the Shadow Moon Palace Lord need to be for the Palace Lord to still be able to use his relations with Jun Wu Xie to rope in Jun Wu Xie, even after Elder Yue had exposed the truth behind his son's death.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord's expression then stiffened, his face immediately showing a trace of helplessness.
"Elder Ying, how can you believe Elder Yue's words? How I've treated you ever since you joined the Shadow Moon Palace, hasn't it been clear to you? If I was truly just seeking to make use of you, why would I give you so much authourity, to allow you to become one among the two most prominent Elders in the Shadow Moon Palace? Elder Yue's words were obviously an attempt to drive a wedge between the two of us. He had a venomous mind and I do not know of the kind of things he did. Haven't I very nearly been killed by him as well?"
Elder Ying laughed with cold derison. "The Lord bestowed power upon me just because you were ill and was unable to control the Shadow Moon Palace, and was afraid that Elder Yue's lone authourity would grow. Hence you supported me to go against him. This old man might not be all that quick witted, but I am not that dumb."
The colour of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord's face turned uglier and uglier, cursing at the wretched Elder Yue a countless number of times. If Elder Yue had not blabbed out those words, he would then be able to use the friendly relations between Jun Wu Xie and Elder Ying to pull Jun Wu Xie into the Shadow Moon Palace.
The level of gift Jun Wu Xie was endowed with could only be termed as unmatchable among the younger generation and with these looks that could throw the world in shock, it greatly moved the Shadow Moon Palace Lord's heart.
Moreover, after having witnessed Ye Gu's powers, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord just couldn't wait to pull those few people into the Shadow Moon Palace. He could tell that the two black robed men behind Jun Wu Xie acted on her orders.
If he could possess such tyrannical power that was able to kill a Silver Spirit instantly, then the Shadow Moon Palace's position among the Twelve Palaces would be completely different in future.
The calculations in the Shadow Moon Palace Lord's mind were so attractive, but the words Elder Yue said earlier spoilt it all for him.
"Elder Ying, I have treated you with a sincere heart, and I hope that you will not allow yourself to be incited by treacherous traitors."
Chapter 1873: "Resounding Face Slap (6)"
Elder Ying's face creased up in a sneer.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord saw that Elder Ying could not be convinced and he had no choice but to say to Jun Wu Xie directly: "Miss Jun has done the Shadow Moon Palace a favour. There is some misunderstanding between Elder Ying and me but I think Miss Jun being a wise person should be able to differentiate accordingly. I have always treated the disciples and Elders in the palace with cordiality or otherwise, it would not have indulged Elder Yue into seeking to stage a rebellion like that."
Jun Wu Xie looked at the Shadow Moon Palace Lord expressionlessly, and towards his explanation, she showed no reaction.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord felt a little awkward but when he saw Ye Gu standing just behind Jun Wu Xie, he forced himself to perk up and continued to lobby.
Till Jun Wu Xie's patience ran out, and she finally opened her mouth.
"You're done speaking?"
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord face lit up with joy, and he immediately nodded.
"Is there anything that Miss Jun would like to lend her advise?"
"You want to rope me into the Shadow Moon Palace?" Jun Wu Xie asked, with an eyebrow raised slightly.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was completely stumped against Jun Wu Xie's blunt and direct words and it was quite a while before he was able to readjust himself back to say with a laugh: "Miss Jun is highly nimble minded and possesses extraordinary gift, truly a rare talent among men under the Heavens. If you are interested in joining my Shadow Moon Palace, it would naturally be the Shadow Moon Palace's fortune and I give my word to welcome you with the position of an Elder."
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord repeated the same old trick, reusing the method he employed to cajole Elder Ying in the past to try to convince Jun Wu Xie.
Suddenly, the corners of Jun Wu Xie's mouth curled up with the faint tinge of a smile.
The smile was extremely faint, seemingly almost unnoticeable, but it was exactly that highly slight arc that made Jun Wu Xie's entire face turn even more mesmerizing, which entranced the Shadow Moon Palace Lord so much he stared in a daze, unable to recover his senses.
"Really sorry." Jun Wu Xie said as she lifted her head slightly.
"I have no interest in joining your Shadow Moon Palace. But towards obliterating the Shadow Moon Palace, I am instead highly interested."
Jun Wu Xie's words struck the Shadow Moon Palace Lord who was entranced by beauty like a bolt. His eyes stared widely at Jun Wu Xie, unable to believe what he just heard.
"Miss Jun, could you be telling a joke? It is not in the least bit funny." The expression on the Shadow Moon Palace Lord's face was looking rather ugly.
Jun Wu Xie shrugged her shoulders, and then raised a hand to give a light wave.
Ye Sha who was standing outside the palace hall suddenly shut the hall's doors!
The heavy boom of the door closing reverberated inside the vast hall, the sound striking at the hearts of everyone within.
"A joke? Think of it as you like." Jun Wu Xie said casually.
Even if the Shadow Moon Palace Lord was a complete idiot, he should still be able to see that the situation didn't seem right anymore.
"Miss Jun, there is no grudge between our Shadow Moon Palace and you nor have we offended you. Throughout the time you were here in our Shadow Moon Palace impersonating Chang Huan, I have been nothing but polite to you. So what is this you are doing here?" The Shadow Moon Palace Lord's voice had somehow sunken at that moment.
"Doing as I please." Jun Wu Xie casually threw out that "vomit blood" inducing statement.
As she please? !
Just because it pleased her, she could just say she wanted to obliterate the Shadow Moon Palace of the Twelve Palaces? !
Everyone within the palace hall almost vomited blood in indignant rage upon hearing Jun Wu Xie's reply.
There couldn't possibly be all that many people under the Heavens that dared to say such words to the Twelve Palaces.
"Jun Wu Xie, you are serious?" The Shadow Moon Palace Lord narrowed up his eyes, staring straight at the so arrogant Jun Wu Xie that she made people turn purple.
"I am." Jun Wu Xie replied with a raised eyebrow.
Jun Wu Xie's words turned all that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord did before become one big joke. He had been so eager to recruit her but she had actually come here fully intent on obliterating the entire Shadow Moon Palace. Everything that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord said before suddenly sounded so much a complete irony.
Chapter 1874: "Resounding Face Slap (7)"
The Shadow Moon Palace disciples in the palace immediately looked upon the situation sternly and spirit powers emitting light of different colours manifested in the Shadow Moon Palace grand hall.
But if one looked closely, they would be able to see that the faces of the disciples were pale and were all forcing a calm front upon their faces, their terror filled eyes revealing the fear they felt in their hearts.
Resistance?
How were they going to resist?
They had already been rather nervous when they were facing Elder Yue and what they had to face now was a demon that had been able able to take down Elder Yue in an instant!
Right at that moment, the image of Ye Gu executing an instant take down of Elder Yue rooted deeply into the minds and fear had already crushed their fighting will.
"Alright, I would like to see how all of you are going to resist." Jun Wu Xie lifted up her chin, almost arrogant as she stared at the Shadow Moon Palace Lord.
In the instant that Jun Wu Xie's voice fell, the figures of Ye Sha and Ye Gu had already leapt to come in front of Jun Wu Xie, black mist swirling around their bodies at almost the same instant!
When that black mist that almost felt like spirit glow surrounded the bodies of Ye Sha and Ye Gu, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord who had still wanted to give it one last fight immediately froze in his spot, to stare at Ye Sha and Ye Gu in utter shock like he had been turned to stone.
"Black spirit powers..... Devil Spirit..... Devil Spirit..... You men are from the Dark Regions! You people are actually from the Dark Regions! ! !" The Shadow Moon Palace Lord's face looked like he had seen a ghost, the pitch of his voice almost turned into a scream.
The piercing sound reached the ears of everyone, almost bursting their eardrums.
It was just one glance and it made the Shadow Moon Palace Lord feel as if he had lost his soul, hopelessly terrified as he fell back into his chair like he had been possessed, to shiver uncontrollably.
The Dark Regions.
The supreme existence in the hearts of everyone in the Middle Realm. Even though the Dark Regions had gone into seclusion for close to a thousand years, the awe accorded to them still remained.
To the knowledge of the people in the world, spirit power starts with the initial seven colours of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple, followed by the Silver Spirit and Gold Spirit. And outside of these spirit powers, there was one more type. A type of black power, similar to spirit powers, but at the same time completely different.
And throughout the entire Middle Realm, the only place that was able to utilize such a power was just people of the Dark Regions alone!
How many years ago had it been when the Dark Regions unified the Middle Realm, and how many Silver Spirits and Gold Spirits had been crushed by that black coloured power, having buried how many of the most elite fighters of the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Temples.
That power which had seemingly stemmed from nightmares, was termed as the devil spirit.....
Power that was derived from the devil.
With the Dark Emperor fallen, the Dark Regions had gone into seclusion and the devil spirit had not appeared among the people for several hundred years, where only people who smeared the name of the Dark Emperor would face the wrath of the devil spirit.
Not even in his dreams would the Shadow Moon Palace Lord have thought that he would see the real devil spirit one day.
At that moment, he finally understood the reason why he had not seen the slightest bit of spirit glow showing when Ye Gu struck, because the power Ye Gu employed was the devil spirit, a power that came from the dark depths of Hell. That black coloured devil spirit had blended in with Ye Gu's full black clothes and with the extremely fast speed he had moved at, there was no way of noticing it!
"The Dark Regions! It's the Dark Regions! It's my mistake..... I've made a big mistake....." The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was raining with sweat, curled up upon the chair to tremble in terror, his face turned ashen, so miserable looking like he had had ice cold water thrown upon him.
He could not longer feel the slightest bit of wanting to resist at all in his heart.
Even after the Dark Regions had gone in seclusion for so many years, seeing the people of the Dark Regions appear still meant certain calamity had descended.
An overwhelming power impossible to resist against! No one could possibly survive under an attack from the Dark Regions!
Chapter 1875: "Resounding Face Slap (8)"
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord's wretchedness and terror threw the already fearful disciples into a bigger panic as their hands gripped around their weapons began to shake.
The Dark Regions.....
That was the greatest nightmare entrenched into the minds of everyone there.
This was the kind of awe the Dark Regions commanded that was being displayed before Jun Wu Xie for the first time. Might that dominated over all, astounding Jun Wu Xie.
Ye Sha and Ye Gu had merely revealed their devil spirit powers and it had made the Shadow Moon Palace Lord lose all will to fight, gripped in such great terror that it was hard to imagine.
Standing within the palace hall, Elder Ying stared flabbergasted at everything happening before his eyes. He had heard of the fame of the Dark Regions before, but it had been different from what the Twelve Palaces felt. The impression the various Family Clans had of the Dark Regions was not all that bad but despite that, Elder Ying had never thought that Jun Wu Xie and her men were people from the Dark Regions!
Elder Ying had been astounded by the might of Ye Gu and Ye Sha before but he had not known their real origins as he had not dared to probe.
And when the Shadow Moon Palace Lord screamed out the words "Dark Region", he had been absolutely stunned.
Never had he expected that Jun Wu Xie and her men to have hailed from such a terrifying place of origin!
Jun Wu Xie glanced with an icy gaze upon the petrified Shadow Moon Palace Lord and slowly raised a hand.
Ye Sha and Ye Gu suddenly turned into two black whirlwinds, sweeping straight towards the Shadow Moon Palace's people.
In an instant, red blood splattered in all directions!
The disciples whose had been so badly gripped in terror their souls had left their bodies stood completely defenceless before Ye Sha and Ye Gu's onslaught.
Wails rang out within the Shadow Moon Palace's grand hall.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord remained curled up as he shrank back into the back of his seat, his hands held over the back of his head as he cowered, his eyes tightly shut as the mournful wails of the Shadow Moon Palace disciples filled his ears. The heavy stench of blood pervaded the air within the hall and as he breathed, the smell filled his lungs which drove him into deeper terror.
The entire bunch of disciples had in one short minute been completely massacred by Ye Sha and Ye Gu, their fallen bodies piled up together in the middle of the palace hall, bright blood staining every single corner of the vast hall.
Ye Sha walked up to stand beside the principal seat and raised a hand to pick up the completely petrified Shadow Moon Palace Lord.
Held in Ye Sha's grip, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord waved his hands vehemently, struggling futilely without any meaning. He was finally brought before Jun Wu Xie, to be unceremoniously dumped onto the floor.
The once high and mighty Shadow Moon Palace Lord fell to sit upon the floor, a miserable wretched figure before Jun Wu Xie. Beneath him, was filled with still warm blood, the sticky touch passing right through his clothes onto his skin, causing him to fall further into shock and his teeth to chatter.
"Spare me..... Spare my life..... You want the Shadow Moon Palace, I'll give it to you..... Whether you want to destroy it, or whatever you want..... just spare me my life....." The Shadow Moon Palace Lord's deathly pale face was filled with terror as he lifted his pleading eyes to look at Jun Wu Xie, his life held in the hands of this peerlessly beautiful young lady at that moment.
"Let you off?" Jun Wu Xie arched up an eyebrow. She swept her gaze over the Shadow Moon Palace Lord and she raised up a hand to to beckon Yue Ye and Elder Ying over.
Elder Ying snapped back to his senses from shock and walked over to Jun Wu Xie while Yue Ye was so stunned by everything before her eyes that she stood there completely frozen, unable to react in the slightest for a long while.
"You can ask them whether they are willing to let you off." Jun Wu Xie said coldly.
In order to gain the Zhan Family's treasures, the Shadow Moon Palace had not hesitated to murder Elder Ying's son and daughter in law, and had even kept Yue Yi and Yue Ye with them as playthings and to be used as pawns, so cruel were they that they were subjected to abuse right before their own grandfather's face, all of that a crime the Shadow Moon Palace was undeniably guilty of.
Chapter 1876: "Resounding Face Slap (9)"
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord scrambled in a crawl to come beside Elder Ying's foot, tears and mucus smeared all over his face in a mess as he wailed mournfully: "Elder Ying, Elder Ying please let me off! I have not treated you shabbily at all right? The incident with your son was not my doing. It was Elder Yue's idea! He only came to tell me about it after he was done with the deed and I knew nothing about it before that! Elder Ying, I beg you to spare my life! Whatever you want as recompense, I will give it to you!"
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was already frightened out of his wits as he cried and begged.
Elder Ying merely cast a cold gaze upon the weeping and sobbing Shadow Moon Palace Lord, completely unmoved.
"Did you then spare my son at that time?" Elder Ying retorted icily.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord continued to beg for mercy but Elder Ying just brushed him off, not giving him another glance but instead turn to Jun Wu Xie to say: "Miss Jun, I've really troubled your people to exact vengeance on my behalf and I hereby thank you."
Jun Wu Xie nodded slightly. She understood what Elder Ying meant and she raised up a hand in a wave at Ye Gu.
Ye Gu immediately stepped forward and lifted up the Shadow Moon Palace Lord cowering on the floor completely off the ground!
A squeal tore out from the Shadow Moon Palace Lord's mouth and he struggled incessantly, but was not a match for Ye Gu's power. With one hand, Ye Gu picked him up and his other hand clasped upon his throat.
A sharp crack sounded and the Shadow Moon Palace Lord's head drooped limply, twisted at an impossible angle.....
The entire palace hall was filled with the thick stench of blood as Elder Ying stared at the lifeless body of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord that had been tossed onto the floor before turning to look at the numerous corpses littered all over and Elder Yue who had fainted away from pain. He drew in a deep breath and lifted his head up with his eyes closed, two streams of tears falling out from the corners of his eyes.
Jun Wu Xie stood in the middle of the palace hall, the silence in the hall at that moment feeling highly tranquil. She then turned her head, to look upon the stunned and dazed figure of Yue Ye.
Yue Ye's gaze was filled with utter shock as it met the eyes of Jun Wu Xie, and she felt a slight quake shake her entire body.
Everything today, with so many things that happened, to Yue Ye who was merely twelve years of age, overwhelmed her and there was so much that she needed to go think about.
"Miss Jun, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord is dead but there are still quite a number of disciples in the Shadow Moon Palace. What do you intend to do next?" Elder Ying regained his senses from having just exacted revenge as he looked at Jun Wu Xie with a serious expression.
If his memory served him correctly, what Jun Wu Xie said in the beginning was to destroy the entire Shadow Moon Palace and not to just simply kill the Shadow Moon Palace Lord.
"Annihilation." Jun Wu Xie said indifferently.
Elder Ying was rather taken aback. "The disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace in this place number almost ten thousand. Although Miss Jun and your two subordinates possess extraordinary power, but thinking to eliminate everyone in here within a short period of time would still pose some difficulties. If news of it leak out, it might even push the other palaces to take action."
Although the Twelve Palaces were not completely cohesive at heart, but if they knew that someone was challenging the might of the Twelve Palaces, they would still band together against those external forces.
Jun Wu Xie however replied: "They will not even have that opportunity."
Saying that, Ye Sha and Ye Gu had already walked up to the doors of the palace hall, to push the tightly shut doors wide open.
And the scene that was revealed beyond those doors outside, caused Elder Ying to immediately freeze right in his spot!
Within the vast Shadow Moon Palace, two gigantic Spirit Beasts were going about in wanton massacre, killing the Shadow Moon Palace's helpless disciples who were gripped in throes of terror, and within the chaos among the crowds, he seemed to see two human figures weaving through people like Gods of Death, reaping the lives of all those disciples!
Chapter 1877: "Resounding Face Slap (10)"
Elder Ying stared with his mouth agape at the massacre before his eyes. While the palace's doors had been tightly shut, he had not known that the Heavens were already shifting outside.
Lord Meh Meh, the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit, Drunk Lotus and Poppy had embarked on a bloody massacre the moment the huge palace doors were shut!
Ye Sha and Ye Gu turned into two shadowy streaks as they jumped into the battle.
There was no doubt as to the result of this battle. Jun Wu Xie only needed to stand outside the palace hall to quietly admire the scene of blood splattering and it was enough.
At that moment, Elder Ying finally understood why Jun Wu Xie had been able to speak so confidently.
Because, from the moment that she had decided to bring down Elder Yue and the Shadow Moon Palace Lord, she had already arranged all of this.
Yue Ye stood just behind Jun Wu Xie, staring at the bloody massacre right before her eyes as her befuddled eyes turned clear and heated to a fervour!
All of this had been her Master's doing!
Yue Ye's gaze then turned to look at Jun Wu Xie's petite back, her eyes filling with worship at a maniacal level never seen before!
The entire Shadow Moon Palace was completely cleared out within a day and when night fell, there wasn't a single disciple of the Shadow Moon Palace alive anymore. No one would have ever thought that on such a normal and tranquil day like that, the Shadow Moon Palace that was one among the mighty Twelve Palaces had disappeared from the lands so silently.
After having bathed the Shadow Moon Palace with blood, Jun Wu Xie did not leave the place but continued to remain within the Shadow Moon Palace.
The Shadow Moon Palace that had once saw people everywhere one went was now left with Jun Wu Xie and her bloodthirsty bunch of executors.
Elder Yue was imprisoned to let him suffer the torment and agony of Rotting Bones, unable to live, unable to even find solace in death.
With Elder Yue's revelation of the siblings' relationship with Elder Yue, Yue Ye was not able to accept that reality for a long period of time and Elder Ying did not dare to be too anxious to go too close as well, but just tried his best to gently pull the distance between him and Yue Ye a little closer bit by bit.
Yue Yi's condition improved under Jun Wu Xie's care and on the day that he regained consciousness, Yue Ye broke down and cried in his arms for a long while. When Yue Yi came to know that the Shadow Moon Palace had been completely annihilated by Jun Wu Xie while he had been unconscious, he was stunned into a daze and did not recover for a long time.
Towards the fact of finding out that Elder Ying was his grandfather, Yue Yi was able to accept it a little more readily than Yue Ye. It could be due to him being quite a bit older and although it wouldn't be considered to be enthusiastic, he was at least able to occasionally chat with him a little.
All of that, to Elder Ying, was already highly sufficient.
Jun Wu Xie stayed there in the Shadow Moon Palace for a good half year's time. In that half a year, the outside world merely felt that the Shadow Moon Palace had been more withdrawn and kept a low profile, never knowing that the Shadow Moon Palace had already become an almost deserted palace.
In that slightly more than half a year's period, tumultuous changes that shook the Heavens and Earth took place within the Twelve Palaces.
Zhuge Yin's death had brought about a bitter struggle between the Blood Fiend Palace and the Dragon Slayers Palace, with the Pure Grace Palace dragged into the furore. The already tense relations between the Twelve Palaces had become one with daggers drawn and bows bent at ready.
Besides the Blood Fiend Palace, the Dragon Slayers Palace and the Pure Grace Palace, nobody knew what happened but there was a sudden eruption conflicts in many instances among the other palaces. The Twelve Palaces who had always pretended to enjoy a semblance of cordiality had suddenly seemed to shed all pretence and began to go against each other openly, not hesitating to come to blows with each other.
The entire Middle Realm sank into a strange kind of atmosphere from the chaotic fighting that had broken out among the Twelve Palaces, where frequent incidents of slaughter were carried out, throwing many of the people into fear and terror.
Many of the palaces suffered losses throughout the many fights and the number of deaths and injuries suffered by their disciples uncountable, where even powerful pugilists at the Elder levels had lost their lives!
Chapter 1878: "Rumblings of Disorder (1)"
Many of the palaces suffered losses throughout the many fights and the number of deaths and injuries suffered by their disciples uncountable, where even powerful pugilists at the Elder levels had lost their lives!
The fights between themselves grew larger and larger in scale, and in just a half year's time, the count for the dead and injured of their disciples reached highly astounding numbers.
"Master! !" Within the Shadow Moon Palace, Yue Ye came charging straight towards Jun Wu Xie in a whizz while hugging a couple of medical books.
Suddenly seeing Yue Ye appear, Jun Wu Xie raised up her face slightly, her peerlessly beautiful countenance completely unconcealed which made Yue Ye's heart palpitate under that gaze.
"Master, don't look at me like that. I'll be embarrassed." Yue Ye raised up the books in her hands to hide her face, looking highly flustered.
Ever since she saw Jun Wu Xie's real face, Yue Ye had even after having countless interactions with Jun Wu Xie throughout this half a year, still not gotten used to Jun Wu Xie's flawlessly beautiful countenance, and being just casually glanced at by those enchanting eyes, she would feel as if she had received grace from the gods!
Her Master, was definitely the most and "beautifulest" person in the whole wide world!
With none better!
Jun Wu Xie looked at Yue Ye speechlessly. With the annihilation of the Shadow Moon Palace, Yue Ye no longer needed to hide her real personality. Added to that was Elder Ying's and Yue Yi's indulgent doting upon her, it gradually allowed the little girl of many facades who had lived her life repressed, to become jovial.
But that personality that was growing more and more unrestrained had so greatly surprised Jun Wu Xie that she was beginning to suspect if she had immediately met Jun Xian and Jun Qin upon escaping from that place, would she have turned out like Yue Ye from being indulged and doted upon by the two of them.
The little black cat sat cradled within Jun Wu Xie's arms as it licked its paws calmly, to then raise its head to look at its Mistress' expression and it could roughly guess what Jun Wu Xie was thinking.
It felt like saying.....
Its Mistress was just thinking too much. Even if she had grown up in a harmonious and fulfilled family from young, it would not change her cold and indifferent personality at all. Yue Ye had been putting up a false front before and although she was seen to be obedient before people, she was a mischievous rascal once out of sight. But Jun Wu Xie had always shown that face of facial paralysis from beginning to end.
[The core nature of the two people were completely different okay! ?]
"Cough..... You need something?" Jun Wu Xie retracted her thoughts and opened her mouth to ask.
Yue Ye nodded and she tottered over to Jun Wu Xie's side to spread open the book she held in her hand upon the stone table. Pointing to everything upon it, she looked inquiringly at Jun Wu Xie asking for instruction.
In this half year's time, under Jun Wu Xie's guidance, Yue Ye's knowledge of medicine had increased by leaps and bounds. She already possessed the gift for it and with such a Heaven defying Master like Jun Wu Xie guiding her, her medical skills had truly soared to astonishing levels!
Jun Wu Xie explained everything patiently to Yue Ye and after Yue Ye listened attentively to her, she suddenly plopped her chin into both her palms, to stare fixedly at Jun Wu Xie's face.
"Master, you're really very good looking."
"....." Jun Wu Xie could not find any words. How could this little lass' thoughts change direction so quickly?
"Master, I really like you a lot. It would be great if you could be my sister in law." Yue Ye said, her eyes filled with anticipation.
"....." Jun Wu Xie was completely dumbfounded.
Squatting low atop the roof in guard, Ye Sha almost fell off from the roof in shock.
[That little one can really shoot her mouth off can't she?]
[Fortunately those words were said before the Young Miss. If they reached the ears of Lord Jue.....]
Ye Sha could not help but took a big gulp as he looked at Yue Ye mournfully.
[Little girl, you will get your own elder brother killed you know! ! ?]
Chapter 1879: "Rumblings of Disorder (2)"
Ye Sha was still suffering from the remnant quakes from shock when he saw Ye Gu who was standing at the side suddenly turn around to leave, and the direction that he was leaving towards immediately made Ye Sha's scalp crawl!
Ye Sha quickly pounced like a tiger onto Ye Gu's thigh!
"Boss! Where are you going? !"
"Kill Yue Yi." Ye Gu said calmly with a stern face.
"....." Ye Sha shivered from the chill that shot through him.
"That wouldn't really be good would it? Yue Yi is afterall Young Miss' ally." [The bossman is going to slaughter him now, does the Young Miss even know about it?]
Ye Gu creased up his brows as he looked at Ye Sha to say: "Anyone who dares to compete with Lord Jue must die."
As the Dark Regime's Commander in Chief, shouldering the Dark Emperor's woes was the most basic responsibility.
Ye Sha was almost about to weep!
[Yue Yi is completely innocent! There is no way he will dare to compete with Lord Jue at all alright?]
[Can't he see that after Yue Yi saw Jun Wu Xie's real countenance and realized Jun Wu Xie's real gender, he doesn't even dare to cast his glance in Jun Wu Xie's direction, and he even made himself maintain that goddamned seven step distance away from her at all times! That guy has been proper and not strayed out of bounds at all you know! ?]
At that moment, Ye Sha really didn't know whether laugh or cry. One single statement from Yue Ye had verily almost drawn a life threatening calamity upon Yue Yi!
Although Yue Ye was blissfully unaware of the kind of terrifying consequences she could have brought upon her elder brother, but after staring intently at Jun Wu Xie for a while more, she then said: "Nope. Big Brother is so dumb and he is completely unworthy of my Master you. It's better to forget it."
"....." Jun Wu Xie was still at a loss for words.
Ye Sha then patted himself over his heart.
[Luckily..... Luckily..... Yue Yi was just saved.]
Ye Sha then raised his eyes to look at Ye Gu resolutely, his demeanor and expression saying "You don't be rash, a little kid's words must not be taken seriously."
Ye Gu creased up his brows and looked at Yue Ye for a good while before he abandoned the thought of going to have Yue Yi killed.
Yue Yi who was practicing cultivation in his room was completely oblivious to the fact that his tiny life was almost forfeit because of words spoken in tease by his very own little sister.
"Master, Master..... In future, my Master's other half must definitely be of unmatched magnificence and style, or I will never consent to it." Yue Ye's feelings towards Jun Wu Xie had already reached a level of blind worship and in her heart, her own Master was perfection, impossible to find one even among ten thousand and any regular men were completely unworthy of her!
Jun Wu Xie was slightly surprised and the face of Jun Wu Yao's face unconsciously rose up within her mind as she slowly nodded her head.
Unmatched magnificence and style?
That would only be him.
Just as Jun Wu Xie was being helplessly teased by Yue Ye's queer and eccentric personality, the figure of Elder Ying suddenly appeared at the entrance of the yard.
The moment that Yue Ye saw Elder Yue, the brilliant smile on her face immediately faded slightly and her eyes grew a little panicked as she went quietly to hide behind Jun Wu Xie.
Elder Ying noticed Yue Ye's reaction and his eyes filled up with disappointment but he forced himself to perk up as he walked over to go before Jun Wu Xie.
"Miss Jun, there is something I need to tell you." Elder Ying said seriously.
"What's that matter?" Jun Wu Xie said.
"A few days ago, the Flame Demons Palace engaged in talks with the Blood Fiend Palace. Because the fighting between the various palaces has been getting too intense, they intend to invite all the Palace Lords from all the Twelve Palaces to come together to sit down for a good discussion. It seems that they had lost quite a bit of their strength driving some of them to become unable to tolerate it any further and they would like to resolve the fighting once and for all. People from the Flame Demons Palace delivered this invitation to me early this morning and I wonder what Miss Jun intends to do about this?" After the Shadow Moon Palace was destroyed, it was not known by other people. Any interaction with the outside world was fronted by Elder Ying and as Elder Ying was already the Shadow Moon Palace's Elder, he did not draw any suspicion from people being the face of the Shadow Moon Palace.
Chapter 1880: "Rumblings of Disorder (3)"
"Oh?" Jun Wu Xie arched up an eyebrow, and her eyes flashed with a glint.
"They are finally unable to sit back anymore?" Jun Wu Xie said as her eyes narrowed up slightly. With the kind of might the Flame Demons Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace possessed, if things had not reached a stage where it was getting out of hand, they would definitely not lower themselves to do something so demeaning to themselves.
Over the past half year, she had not once stepped out from the Shadow Moon Palace and most of the news were brought in by Elder Ying and the two men from the Night Regime. So, even if she had no interaction with the outside world, she still knew clearly about the chaos within the Twelve Palaces throughout this period.
Looks like Qiao Chu and the others had been very successful with their missions and the nails she buried into the Twelve Palaces were taking effect.
The time to deal with the Twelve Palaces had almost come.
Elder Ying was rather surprised to see Jun Wu Xie's reaction.
Could it be that her objective was not just the Shadow Moon Palace?
"Accept their invitation." Jun Wu Xie said.
"Accept? But.... the Shadow Moon Palace no longer has a Palace Lord....." Elder Ying said with mournful expression.
Jun Wu Xie lifted up an eyebrow as she looked at Elder Ying. "Am I not the Palace Lord?"
She had annihilated the Shadow Moon Palace and who would question what she wanted to do in here?
Elder Ying stared with his eyes widened and looked incredulously at Jun Wu Xie. He had a feeling that Jun Wu Xie was going to do something that would shake the world this time.
"Tell the people of the Twelve Palaces that the Shadow Moon Palace has had a change of regime and as to the identity..... Didn't the late Palace Lord have a younger sister?" Jun Wu Xie asked.
"But the previous Shadow Moon Palace Lord's younger sister died when she was very young..... Ah! I understand!" It suddenly dawned upon Elder Ying what Jun Wu Xie was saying.
Many things in the Twelve Palaces were mostly withheld from others outside the palace and there was no way for other palaces to discern the real truth behind many things that happened.
Jun Wu Xie nodded,
"There is one more problem. There is no one in the Shadow Moon Palace anymore, so are we going there with just the few of us here?" Elder Ying was beginning to feel a little awkward.
The Shadow Moon Palace's direct disciples had all been killed and disciples from the branches were too obviously weak. With the Twelve Palaces congregating this time, all the palaces would surely bring only disciples with sufficient power there to give a show of strength, but they were sorely inadequate in this department to buff up appearances.
Jun Wu Xie raised her hand up slightly.
Ye Sha and Ye Gi instantly appeared behind her.
"Young Miss!" The two men greeted with a knee on the ground.
"Have they arrived?" Jun Wu Xie suddenly asked that question that did not make any sense.
"Almost, two weeks at the most to arrival." Ye Sha said.
Jun Wu Xie nodded her head in satisfaction.
Elder Ying's face was one of puzzlement.
"When did the Flame Demons Palace guys set the time as?" Jun Wu Xie looked at Elder Ying to ask.
"One month later, close to Mount Fu Yao." Elder Ying replied.
"That is adequate. You do not have to worry about the problem with disciples. I'll make arrangements for that." Jun Wu Xie said.
Although Elder Ying was feeling rather befuddled, he did not dare to probe further. As Jun Wu Xie had not strayed with everything that she had done till this point, he similarly chose to trust her.
"Then I'll go send out the reply." Elder Ying then said.
The Flame Demons Palace's invitation, would need a proper reply.
"Alright." Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Elder Ying had just left but just before he stepped out, his steps had hesitated slightly as he looked at Yue Ye expectantly but Yue Ye was a little shy where she lowered her head, unwilling to return the gaze.
Elder Ying sighed slightly, having no choice but to leave feeling despondent.