Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 818 - 817: Undercurrents Surge

In several residential houses in Horse Hoof Town, there were different reactions.

Master Hai shook his head and sighed without saying a word. This young man’s ambition was larger than he’d imagined, so large that he didn’t even know what its limits were.

Master Xu opened his eyes, and wondered why to offend all the ancestors? What was the purpose?

Master Shi from the Sima Mansion slapped the table and stood up, "Knew it! He’s an ungrateful wolf! We should never have come! We’ve brought disgrace upon ourselves!"

Master Duan smiled slightly, having waited until now, the kid finally lost his ground.

Master Xiao frowned, still can’t forget the Sword Sect! Indeed, how could something ingrained in one’s bones and blood change?

Yu Zhengxing was drinking alcohol, waving his hand impatiently to his friends, "Don’t mention him, that little rascal went mad long ago!"

Li Chuping stood with his hands behind his back, is he finally showing his true colors? Is this aiming to overturn the Quanzhen Sect!

Daoist Zhi gently stroked the qin, neither sad nor joyous...

Bai Qingqian fiddled with flowers with her fair hands, numb and unfeeling...

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Hou Niao returned to that courtyard, once mysterious, now seemingly ordinary.

He was the only one there, with not another soul to accompany him.

Including his closest friends, those he had intimate relations with, even Bai Qingqian had moved out, for everyone knew Senior Brother Hou needed to be alone now, and no one would come to disturb him.

In two months, everything would be revealed.

Inside and outside the city, the flow of people continued, but it had nothing to do with him anymore. As one of the twelve main characters of this drama, the only thing he needed to do was how to adjust his state.

This was a different kind of event from previous Outer Space Spiritual Green descents, a news he had just received from the Heavenly Heart Pavilion.

During previous Outer Space Spiritual Green descents, clouds would gather densely over Sui Mo City, and Constellation True Inheritors and ordinary disciples would leap onto the clouds to receive gifts from the heavens, the process was very peaceful;

The captivating part was that, along with the descent of Spiritual Green, there would be various celestial phenomena, a kind of encrypted aura that required cultivators to clarify with their own knowledge; the entire Spiritual Green descent would not exceed a hundred breaths. If a cultivator failed to solve it due to insufficient personal strength, the Outer Space Spiritual Green would turn into nothing upon touch, signifying a failed reception, which was quite embarrassing in front of onlookers.

If successful, a phenomenon would occur, perhaps a star projection, another cultivation world, or some divine demonstration of Daoist methods, and the like.

This is why everyone was eager for the Outer Space Spiritual Green descent, not because of trying to pick up scraps, but for the insights that the phenomena during its unraveling might bring, driving their own cultivation forward.

Cultivators were mostly full of ideals, as long as they embarked on this path, no matter how low their current realm might be, they couldn’t stop yearning for longevity; especially those with higher realms, often gaining more from it.

Nearly a thousand True Disciples, with a nearly half success rate, could witness hundreds of celestial wonders, among which there was bound to be something suitable, bound to inspire, which is opportunity.

They waited here for opportunities, and celestial ones at that, naturally, desperately jockeying for the best position, which is the densest part above Sui Mo City.

But the latest news from the Heavenly Heart Pavilion said that the rules might change, though exactly how, they couldn’t specify.

The news spread, yet brought greater anticipation to the onlookers, making them realize that there might be changes in the beautiful worlds, with potential links to the outer universe, so what new and unique things would this time bring?

The onlookers were excited, but the participants themselves were very nervous, uncertain about what awaited them, yet subconsciously sensing that it would only be harder, not easier.

Their fortune was good, catching this once-in-a-millennium opportunity; their fortune was also bad, as the peace like previous events seemed unlikely.

Would there be competition amongst them? Highly likely!

Realizing the complexity of change, to those cultivators with clear minds, they couldn’t help but deduce numerous possibilities, though it seemed laughable, it was human nature.

When danger is unknown, they naturally choose to band together for warmth.

Thus, various connections happened silently among major forces of True Disciples, even among Constellation True Inheritors; of course, not direct communication, but through intermediaries.

Historical roots, current alliances, shared benefits, mutual distress; every faction sought many friends while reducing foes, imagining countless competitive scenarios, determining priority of relations based on them, ultimately calculating a mess, impossible to understand thoroughly.

Hou Niao closed doors to all visitors, seeing no one. His demeanor was not unfamiliar, since with his rise, hardly any Constellation True Inheritors wished to ally with him, falling out and not recognizing kin, even killing senior brothers, who would trust him?

The Daoist Sect’s five Constellation True Inheritors formed their own system, needing no allies, others sought to join them, so they wouldn’t look for him.

The Demon Sect’s other Constellation True Inheritor was Heavenly Lonely Star of the Heartless Dao, due to poor relations with the Shan Sect’s Quanzhen, the two Demon Sects were in a state of death without contact, the same now. freēwēbnovel.com

The Buddhist Sect’s three Constellation True Inheritors indeed sought people to counter the Daoist Sect’s pressure, yet preferred focusing energy on the easier Northern and Southern Heavenly Gates rather than provoke that mad dog.

The Northern and Southern Heavenly Gates became highly sought after, numerous lobbyists abounded, what results transpired remained only known to the heavens.

The Constellation True Inheritors were in chaos, even less could be said of the ordinary True Disciples beneath, nearly a thousand of them truly in a mess; sect opposing friendly relations, each belonging to different Daoists, personal grudges entangled unclear, hoping to straighten these complex relations was undoubtedly foolish, fantastical, as difficult as the Great Dao.

The Shan Sect’s Quanzhen tactic was simpler, merely contacting some allied Southwest Demon Sects for mutual offensive and defensive support; with few friends, they were relatively idle, the one benefit.

Hou Niao was not officially a disciple of the Shan Sect, thus even less need to defer to others, since entering Horse Hoof Town, he hadn’t visited any elders, naturally leaving them no right to command him.

In reality, commands were useless, true to his nickname, it’d be strange if he obeyed orders in haste.

North An and Anhe Daoist there remained quiet as due to near rupture with mainstream Daoists, they had no need to heed voices from them; his True Inheritor position was odd too, thus each respected independently.

Master Xiao gave him no expectations throughout, exhibiting a laissez-faire attitude.

This Master was a true foresighted Daoist practitioner.