Swordsman the Wanderer
Ch. 704 - Seeing Hope
Seeing the serious expression on Master Kun's face, Zhang En stopped his chant.
“This issue is related to our Alchemist Society and Boutian Sect.” Master Kun's voice and expression were filled with sadness and anger.
A sharp glint flickered in his eyes as his fingers dug out his palms. A surging killing intent suddenly enveloped him.
Master Kun's sorrow, anger, and killing intent were too strong to be felt, shocking Zhang En.
Master Kun looked at Zhang En, his narrowed eyes turned red, his killing intent increased, continuing, "Actually, my Master, arguably your Ancestral Master, was killed by someone."
Hearing this statement, Zhang En was shocked for a moment.
"Who did it?" Zhang En asked in a low voice.
Master Kun did not immediately give an answer to Zhang En, instead asking, "I heard you have also killed a disciple of the Sky Tower Sect named Xu Lang?"
Zhang En was surprised by the question but nodded confirming.
"Hmmmhhh!!" Master Kun took a deep breath, continuing again, "The Alchemist Society in the Intermediate Realm was only one branch of the Alchemist Union spread among the thousands of Galaxies that existed in this vast Intermediate Realm."
Zhang En's eyes gleamed in shock at having just learned of this.
"The bastard who killed your Ancestor is none other than my Master is a high-level Elder of the Alchemist Union named Mou Li." Master Kun uttered that name with gritted teeth.
"Mou Li!?" Zhang En wrote this name in his mind, but he did not interrupt Master Kun's words, giving the old man as much time as he needed to keep talking.
Calming himself, Master Kun continued, "This Sou Li has another identity, he is the Great Elder of the Sky Tower Sect, and more coincidentally, he is, that the Xu Lang you killed was his disciple."
“The Alchemist Union holds a huge competition once in every year. To be able to take part in the Alchemist competition, participants must be in the Gold God Realm. "
Master Kun's mind began to drift into the past and reminisce.
“At one point, Mou Li challenged your Master Ancestor to compete in the Alchemist Competition that year, and their bet was on life!” Master Kun's face grimaced as if he was in pain.
Seeing Master Kun's sad face, Zhang En knew without asking how the end of the story was . However, there must have been more to this, otherwise, it could not explain the deep hatred coming from the old man just now.
Master Kun took another deep breath to calm himself down, before continuing, "That year, your Ancestral Master lost." Tears threatened to fall from his red-framed eyes, “If your Ancestral Master were to lose to Mou Li because his alchemy skills were lacking, there would be no complaints. However, at the last stage of pill formation, your Ancestral Master Qi was suddenly hampered and drastically reduced!”
Zhang En's brows furrowed upon hearing this.
The inhibition of the Qi energy from the body of an Alchemist at the time of refining a pill would suddenly sever the support for the flames of an Alchemist Master, ending in failure because the pill would not be able to form. More importantly, this matter was rare to high-level Alchemist Masters.
Master Kun's hoarse voice continued, “At that time, your Ancestral Master's cultivation had reached the late 10-star Golden God Peak Stage, so how could such an underlying problem arise? Back then, when my Master lost, I could clearly remember how that Mou Li was skinning every piece of meat from my Master in front of the crowd, torturing him with more sinister methods before killing him....!" Master Kun was describing what he felt back then with his words.
“Then, I looked for Mou Li a few thousand years later, and asked, did she cheat on my Master? Although he did not say what method he used to cause my Master to suffer because his Qi was obstructed at the most crucial moment, he admitted that he was indeed right to do so. Mou Li also attacked and injured me back then, but she didn't kill me. So that my cultivation which at that time could be said to be very high, that is already in the 10 Star Golden God realm early stage, down to 1 Star Gold God, being seriously injured. He also said that he saved my life which was only an animal, waiting for me to avenge my Master in the future.”
Master Kun paused for a moment while enduring his grief, continuing, "For these thousands of years, while re-raising my cultivation even though it was very difficult due to the still-expanding wounds and high level of poison in my body, he said, I thought I'd never have a chance for revenge in this life, but because of you, I'm back to seeing that hope."
Zhang En took a deep breath, his gaze determined yet looking extremely cold, "Old Brother, rest assured, I will definitely kill Mou Li to avenge."
Master Kun slowly nodded, "I hope you can defeat that Mou Li when the Alchemist Competition arrives, also do it with the same match."
Then Zhang En asked Master Kun, the various things about the Alchemy Competition, as detailed as he could for him to know by it, and Master Kun told him everything he knew about it.
Moments after the two of them finished talking and went on their own activities, Zhang En took a walk around the Zhang Clan residence before returning to his special mansion. He then entered seclusion and took out a god crystal which was a gift he had received earlier after the competition.