Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 168 - Heartbreak

Zi Xing wanted to say something else, but was hindered by the arrival of a man who was walking hurriedly over. This man was commonly called Elder Shi. Zi Xing paused the intention to reprimand one of the elders of this sect after seeing the pale and sweaty face of Elder Shi.

"Greetings Patriarch, Elders, and Brother Yao. Forgive my impolite arrival." Elder Shi gave his greetings after arriving near Zi Xing and Yao Han. His breathing was a little regular.

"What's wrong with you, Elder Shi?" asked Zi Xing who was starting to feel a sense of foreboding was not good.

"Patriark, I have just returned from the Jade Treasure Shop of the Snow Fox City branch. From their side I heard shocking news that could affect our sect. Ah, no, not just our sect but the entire sect that is at the same level as us is even a bigger sect."

"Don't be convoluted, Elder Shi. Tell me straight to the point."

"Please calm down, Elder Shi." Yao Han approached Elder Shi and touched his right shoulder, then drained Qi. There was a warm air that calmed the heart and mind of Elder Shi.

"Thank you, Brother Yao." Yao Han nodded slowly.

"Now speak clearly, Elder Shi."

Elder Shi gulped, somewhat nervously, "Patriark, there will soon be a great war."

"Well?!"

"What?!"

Now it's the turn of the people there who have lost their composure. Yao Han frowned deeply.

The contents of the sect head elder instantly spun rapidly. Great war had indeed always been bad for middle sects like them. Not a few small and medium sects were destroyed, although they were not directly involved in the war.

"Are you sure you didn't hear wrong, Elder Shi? We've been through a period of calm for at least twenty years. And you just said there's gonna be a big war soon?"

The world of cultivators was no stranger to war, be it small or large scale. However, what was most feared was the large-scale war that was often the main trigger was the infighting between the two big sects. Often between ten or nine-star sects.

"My voice still works fine, Patriarch. The next piece of information I heard was that the great war this time involved the entire ten-star sect of a white and neutral stream with one of the ten-star sects of a black stream."

"What is the name of that black-flow sect?"

"The Moon Cloud Sect."

The faces of Zi Xing and the sect higher-ups paled. The name of the Moon Cloud Sect became very famous over the past decades defeating the name of the Poison Heart Valley. The Moon Cloud Sect was also the strongest black flow sect at the moment.

World cultivators knew, the name of the current Moon Cloud Sect was even greater than the Poison Heart Valley which had once been the number one strongest sect of the black stream while still having She Yutian Poison Gate.

Yao Han's frown deepened hearing the sect's name. His focus was slightly distracted by the conversation of the Dimensional Pagoda dwellers.

"Your hunch is proven true, Rongrong." Yutian tapped lightly.

Meirong glanced at Yutian who was beside him, "It's going to end badly."

"Of course it's bad. No war ends well, except for the victor of war. Of the number of parties involved, in the future there will be many innocent victims falling."

Yao Han was seen pondering and then came to think of one name, that of his first teacher, Feng Xian. Yao Han let out a long sigh, his head suddenly ached. His heart was agitated at the thought that war was about to take place and was known to his teacher.

"Right, but the Jade Treasure Shop branch of Snow Fox City also only knew the outline. Not as detailed as you think, Brother Yao."

"No problem, for a while it was more than enough."

Elder Shi then continued the story he heard. The war that is expected to happen soon is due to the conflict in the Jade Treasure City. As a result of this conflict, some of the best young generations of the white and neutral sect were injured, while those from the Moon Cloud Sect managed to escape.

"The Jade Treasure City and the younger generation... Unmistakably, it must be related to the Young Cultivator Meeting. It seems like the small entourage of the Moon Cloud Sect you've met before is throwing a tantrum there, Han'er." Meirong.

Yao Han snorted in annoyance, not because of his teacher's remark, but because his pretty teacher's opinion could be sure it was true about the Moon Cloud Sect being the culprit of trouble.

'The Moon Cloud Sect...'

Yao Han then moved on from his seat, "Patriark, I say back to my room."

"A-ah, b-well." Little stuttered Zi Xing retorted as it was still shaken with the news delivered.

"It seems like something Brother Yao was thinking about. His face looks bad." One of the elders interrupted.

Zi Dan said, "There are people who don't look bad when they hear about the great war. Brother Yao became a part of the world of cultivators in the quiet past twenty years. Of course war was a burden on his mind."

"Hm, is it too much to expect Senior East Wind to stop a great war like twenty years ago?" All views point to the Great Elder.

"Fortunately you said so after Brother Yao left here." Zi Xing let out a long sigh, "One time is a coincidence, the second time is not necessarily the case. Regardless of whether Senior East Wind will intervene again or not, we should still raise our vigilance and get ready."

Zi Xing then ordered all the sect members who were outside, be it on a mission or not to return immediately.

Meanwhile, Yao Han did not walk towards his room. Her steps turned towards where Hua Feng was. Sooner or later, all of the sect members would learn of this great news, so there was no harm in Yao Han sharing the information he had just heard.

Though the past few days Yao Han's mood was being good for successfully turning all of the pill qualities into perfection and completing the pill order for the Purple Star Sect. Then get a big paycheck that adds to his coffers.

The news of the war made his mood bad and his mind became unsettled as it kept on thinking about the actions Feng Xian was going to take in the future.

"Why you, Brother Han? Your face is so tense."

"There's bad news you need to hear, Feng-gege. It's..."

Hua Feng had intended to joke around with Yao Han, but hearing Yao Han's submission the intent disappeared completely. Face paled. The atmosphere when the war happened was not the same as the atmosphere when carrying out heavy missions from the sect, because it was much worse than that.

"I'd like to spend one more day talking to you, but I think I'd better get out of here."

"Where are you going?"

"Come on, after coming from the City of Flower Hill I headed straight here. Before hearing the news of the war, I had not thought of a definite purpose, but now I want to go Snow Fox City."

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