Nine Heavenly Star Art - Chapter 110

Chapter 110: 110

Seven days ago, while exploring the Sunken Jade Tower, members of the Stalwart of the Heavenly Stars Sect came across a body floating on magma . The body was sitting in a lake of scorching liquid but the body remained in perfect condition . The clothing disintegrated away over time and only an armguard on the body’s left wrist remained perfectly intact . The armguard had peculiar design and it seemed to contain a concentrated amount of Celestial Chi . Given their lack of knowledge, they could not explore the oddity before them . Besides, their sect leader happened to be deep underground and so was uncontactable for most parts .

Their initial plan was to lift the body away but it was too heavy to be moved, which caused the men to give up their plans . Finally, they spent an arduous amount of energy trying to remove the armguard from the giant though they were spotted by the airborne beasts . Then, they were hunted by various beasts and news traveled to the ears of the Taiyi Sword Sect and Emerald Cloud Sect, complicating the matter further . Following a series of events, the members of the Stalwart of the Heavenly Stars Sect worked hard to reclaim what was theirs, only to have lost it again .

“Don’t worry Dao Kui, I have a plan . ” One of the elders stroked his beard and smiled .

The man who spoke was one of the three elders of the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Star Sect, Xi Li . He had a very composed air as did the other two Earth-Rank Venerable Ones .

The younger-looking man by the name of Dao Kui was taken by surprise by the elder’s words . He suddenly realized that the three elders had always managed to retrieve the item although it had been lost twice .

“Could it be the Stalwart of the Heavenly Stars…” He could not bear to complete his sentence .

The three elders smiled . The Stalwart of the Heavenly Stars Sect had been passing their knowledge down for thousands of years with certain secret arts . These secret arts possessed their purpose and one the arts was to track certain things .

The Heavenly Stars clansmen brought the injured man away and under the instructions of the three Earth-Rank Venerable One elders, they began to put their plans into motion .

The two other major sects which were the Taiyi Sword Sect and the Emerald Cloud Sect too suffered heavy casualties resulting from the battle with the beasts . With the package stolen by the beasts, they had no choice but to disperse and let go of their pursuit .

While Ye Chen tailed the beast along the way, the battles between beasts turned violent . Bodies of Demon Wolves, lions, and rhinoceros sprawled across the floor . Blood was everywhere and there were other species of beasts involved too .

Eventually, the hundreds of Demon Wolves tasked with overseeing the delivery of the package managed to shake loose of their pursuers as they continued to run ahead .

Little Tanuki was right behind the group of Demon Wolves, ready to strike at any given time .

The one that carried the package in its mouth in the group of wolves was a large sanguine Demon Wolf, different from the one before . Under the protection of its Demon Wolf brethren, it ran as fast as it could . Just then, as if it had noticed something, it stopped in its tracks . Its eyes seem to have been entranced and it dropped the package from its mouth .

A white shadow passed by . Like the speed of lightning, it darted in to grab hold of the package and then proceeded to run .

Ye Chen’s heart skipped a beat . That was Little Tanuki! The critter was so quick that the Demon Wolves barely had a chance to react .

Noticing that Little Tanuki had the package, the surrounding Demon Wolves growled and dashed for Little Tanuki .

Of course, Ye Chen would never let the wolves get it . He mustered his breath and directed his Astral Body toward the pack of wolves .

The Demon Wolves shuddered at the sight of Ye Chen’s Astral Body . The well-formed pack scattered, some scampering so hard that they tripped and rolled away, taking a hard fall .

Just the presence of a Daemon King was enough to make hundreds of wolves run for their lives . Neither of them even dared of continuing their pursuit of Little Tanuki .

Under the cover of Ye Chen’s Astral Body, Little Tanuki returned to Ye Chen’s side swiftly . Swoosh, it leaped back onto his shoulder .

Ye Chen placed the package into his Heaven-Earth Pouch . It would not fit . Rarely if ever would a thing not fit into the pouch . There were far too many beasts, Celestial Beasts, and humans around . Beasts and Celestial Beasts did not pose a problem but humans do . If they ran into any humans, that would be a huge problem . Ye Chen did not even bother to check what was inside the package . He quickly placed it close to his chest and ran as fast as he could .

The Raven Hawk, Vermillion Spirit Condor, and Blizzard Leopard followed behind him .

Wherever the Astral Body had detected a human presence, Ye Chen and his team avoided setting foot to those places . When beasts and Celestial Beasts were around, they drove them away . Running along the second level of the Sunken Jade Tower was a risky thing to do . With so many beasts, Celestial Beasts, and humans roaming around, trouble was bound to happen if they made any big, sudden movements . The best course of action was to hide once the package had been retrieved and then see if there was a way to get back to the first level of the tower!

There was a deep pool up ahead of them and there seemed to be some beast lifeforms in it . Without a second thought, Ye Chen leaped into the waters and channeled to his Water God Discourse . Once he had dove about ten meters in, he hid between some rocks .

Countless lifeforms swam around the pool but neither of them dared come near when Ye Chen used his Astral Body to surround him . Little Tanuki, too, grabbed tightly onto Ye Chen’s shoulders, trying not to move .

Meanwhile, the Raven Hawk and the other beasts only showed up when the rest of the beasts had left .

The beasts and Celestial Beasts looked high and low for the package but they could not tell who had taken it . They expanded their search radius in hopes of locating for the item and soon, all of the beings present moved away .

“Once the timing is right, we’ll resurface and head back to the first level of the Sunken Jade Tower . ”

Far ahead, members of Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sects stopped .

“What’s the matter, Xi Li?” a ponytailed-old man with wounds asked . He was the Second Elder of the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect, Xi Yang .

“I don’t know if the thief is a beast or a human but he seems to have stopped and he’s hidden at a place three miles away from here .

“What now then?”

“Since the thief is hiding, we shouldn’t take it now . If a battle breaks out, it’ll draw more beasts and other companies here . Let’s just wait for now . Once the beasts, the Taiyi Sword Sect, and the Emerald Cloud Sect have all dispersed, we can plan for our next move!” Xi Li suggested . That was a safer plan .

The rest of the clansmen agreed with Xi Li . They allowed their men to disperse, hiding at a different spot to corner Ye Chen when he surfaced and cut off his escape route .

Ye Chen remained underwater . His Astral Body rose into the air to scan the surroundings . The beasts and Celestial Beasts had left . The Taiyi Sword Sect and the Emerald Cloud Sect had left too . The only ones left behind were the members of Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect who seemed to be looking for something . There were hundreds of them lying around with three Earth-Rank Venerable Ones!

No matter how powerful these people were, they would never dare to dive into the waters . Maybe the men would leave if Ye Chen did not show up in another thirty minutes .

Ye Chen recalled his Astral Body . He touched the package that tucked in his embrace . He did not know what was inside .

Ye Chen could not contain his curiosity . He took out the wet package . It was difficult to tell what was inside without any light . Ye Chen used his Astral Body to see through it . He unwrapped the package and found an armguard . There was only one and he could not say what it was made from though it was so thin that it was practically translucent . A mysterious faint light covered the its top, giving off a concentrated presence of Celestial Chi . Peculiar words and pictures were stitched onto its sides . The only words that could be vaguely made out were “Sky” and “Fire . ”

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