Alchemy Sovereign Against the Heaven-Chapter 705 - 696: Zhang Hao’s Encounter

"You..."

The old man’s face underwent a drastic change, his heart filled with extreme horror.

In that instant just now, he had felt an intensely terrifying killing intent.

He had no doubt that if, in that moment, Mo Wangchen had truly intended to kill him,

he would have already been utterly annihilated, body and soul, under that sword!

Who exactly was this young man in white who had suddenly appeared?

His presence wasn’t strong, yet he possessed such a frightening power. He knew that he himself was a master at the fifth peak of the Emperor Realm.

However, in Mo Wangchen’s hands, the old man was very clear that if a confrontation really occurred, he feared he wouldn’t even be able to withstand a single sword strike from Mo Wangchen.

Between his brows, a trickle of fresh blood flowed out as Mo Wangchen’s sword tip delicately touched it, creating a finely detailed wound.

"Let’s go!"

The elder didn’t dare linger any longer, realizing that the young man before him was far too terrifying and simply not someone he could handle.

What’s more, Cao Tianle was accompanying him, and if something were to happen to the young master, the Family Head certainly wouldn’t let it slide.

Yet, to dare to make a move against a member of the Cao Family within Tianyao City, the Cao Family would not let this matter rest easily today, no matter what.

After all, this was a matter of face for an Ancient Family!

Without hesitation, the elder shot forward, grabbing the still-stunned Cao Tianle, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the distant horizon.

"How interesting, he actually dared to make a move on the Cao Family’s second young master!"

"Who is this young man in white? Even a high-level master at the fifth peak of the Emperor Realm was frightened away by him. His strength must be extraordinary. And he should know that this is the Cao Family’s territory, yet he still dared to act. Could he also have some noteworthy background?"

"Could it be that he is a Divine Son from some Sacred Land? Otherwise, how would he dare to attack a member of the Cao Family in public?"

Around them, many people had already been drawn by the scene just now. After the elder took away Cao Tianle, the crowd didn’t disperse but wholly surrounded the area where Mo Wangchen was, with everyone discussing animatedly.

"Clang!"

Mo Wangchen casually sheathed the Youlong into Zhang Hao’s sword scabbard on his waist, then turned his gaze towards the middle-aged vendor who was still standing there, looking astonished.

Seeing that the man seemed yet to regain his senses, Mo Wangchen, not wanting to waste words, directly threw him a Storage Bag containing four million Spirit Stones, then took the Treasure Sword from the vendor’s hands.

He looked at Zhang Hao, "Let’s leave this place for now."

"Okay!"

Zhang Hao nodded. Only when Mo Wangchen spoke to him did he fully come back to his senses and confirmed that he wasn’t dreaming.

He had not expected to meet Mo Wangchen under such circumstances.

He didn’t overthink it, especially since the Cao Family was an Ancient Family – this was not a matter to take lightly. Cao Tianle’s departure would surely mean that the family would be informed about what happened here.

If the Cao Family’s powerful members were to come, that would be troublesome.

Soon, under Mo Wangchen’s lead, Zhang Hao and he disappeared into the crowd.

They didn’t leave the city directly but instead sat down inside a tavern within Tianyao City.

"Here’s the sword for you."

Mo Wangchen passed the Spiritless Sword he had just used over to Zhang Hao.

"Thank you," Zhang Hao said gravely to Mo Wangchen, then turned his gaze to the Treasure Sword in his hand, his eyes radiating keenness.

Although the sword lacked spiritual essence, its sharpness was extraordinary, if he could nurture it over a long period of time, it might regain its spirituality, and then the sword would be able to shine with the light of former years again.

With such an Ancient Emperor Weapon in hand, Zhang Hao’s strength would naturally see a great enhancement.

"I hear that originally, you and Aotian took a different Ancient Road?"

The food and wine were served, and Mo Wangchen poured himself a full cup of wine, took a small sip, and then asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao nodded, but his expression became somewhat grave.

"Aotian insisted on taking the second Ancient Road, and I was worried, so I followed him. After all, Yao Wuliang and Zhou Tong chose this path as well."

"After you left, Aotian progressed remarkably. Before we left Canglan, his strength had already matched Yao Wuliang, and after entering the Ancient Road, I fully understood why Aotian was so adamant on taking this particular path..."

Zhang Hao began to elaborate in detail for Mo Wangchen, who listened silently, not uttering a word.

It turned out that after the second Ancient Road opened, a peculiar light streaked out from it, the nature of which was unknown to all.

Later, once Zhang Hao followed Aotian inside, they discovered that the light was actually from an essence blood of an Ancient King.

The reason Yao Wuliang chose the second Ancient Road as well was, naturally, because he perceived this fact from the light that streaked out.

Subsequently, they indeed found that droplet of essence blood within the Ancient Road, which led to a battle between the two sides.

Aotian eventually seized the essence blood. However, because the stability of the Ancient Road had been compromised after such a fierce battle, it soon collapsed.

The four of them were scattered by a powerful storm, and when Zhang Hao awoke, he found himself above Central State.

"So you mean, even you don’t know where Aotian ended up?"

After hearing Zhang Hao’s account, Mo Wangchen’s brow furrowed deeply. The collapse of an Ancient Road was no small matter.

For Zhang Hao to have safely arrived at Heavenly Gang was already a stroke of luck.

As for the whereabouts of Aotian, Yao Wuliang, and Zhou Tong, their fates were currently uncertain.

"When I woke up, I was in a desolate mountain range, where Fierce Beasts roamed at night. I was fortunate not to have become their food while I was unconscious."

Remembering the experience, Zhang Hao still wore an expression of lingering fear. He continued, "I had no direction and wandered aimlessly. It took me a whole month to make my way out of the desolate range, killing some weaker Fierce Beasts and consuming their flesh and blood as sustenance."

As it turned out, the more than one million Spirit Stones he had on him came from a stroke of good fortune, having obtained a few Demon Cores after killing those Monster Beasts. He consumed one to enhance his strength.

But the energy in the Demon Core was too volatile, Zhang Hao didn’t dare to ingest a second one, so he sold the remaining ones, thus acquiring over one million two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

"A blessing in disguise indeed, you swallowed a Demon Core and now your Cultivation is at the peak of the first layer of the Emperor Realm, you must be on the verge of challenging the second layer." Mo Wangchen said with a light smile.

No wonder Zhang Hao’s Cultivation had progressed so rapidly. Wu Lingfeng, possessing a True Dragon Body, had only been attacking the Emperor Realm for a short time, and yet Zhang Hao had already caught up with him.

Demon Cores were items that one could only stumble upon by chance and could not be sought after deliberately. It was simply Zhang Hao’s extraordinary luck that landed him such treasure. In the past, many Cultivators entered the desolate mountains to hunt those Ancient Fierce Beasts, all for a chance to obtain a single Demon Core.

However, after months of effort, they all ended up empty-handed.

Considering that Zhang Hao sold the few Demon Cores for just over a million Spirit Stones, Mo Wangchen knew without a doubt.

He must have been swindled at the start in Heavenly Gang, having no concept of the true value of Spirit Stones.

Those Demon Cores, if all added up, were most likely worth at least tens of millions of Spirit Stones!