chapter 1771: petty

"what a petty, petty man. and those ruthless people capitalized on it all," wei xiaotian pouted and harrumphed. her dissatisfaction was clear for the world to see, and she was well within her rights to be. guo heng, known as the exalted world-saint inversetoxin, the fourth floor tower master of the zenith refinement tower, was deviously scheming, and all because of a rejected invitation.

wei wuyin shook his head. when it came to influential cultivators, those of significant status that could move galactic events, their egos and pride were substantially fragile. he fully understood why guo heng took the opportunity to send sui yuan to the afterlife, ironically on the birthday of her great teacher.

"well, she did disrespect him," wei xiaotian wasn't ignorant to not see all sides, but she still found it quite frustrating to think about. it would be more interesting if he was pursuing her romantically and was curbed at every corner, insulted, and ruined by obsession. it would be a far better tale to hear.

wei wuyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry at wei xiaotian's thought process. before the two of them, kneeling at the edge of the bed was the bow-wielding assassin in spirit of war form. his cultivation base had suffered a great decline due to the transition and transformation, but he still possessed the innate knowledge of a sage bolstered by the law of war infused in the nexus war talisman.

the bow-wielding assassin was obedient and told them everything. as a sage-level assassin, he wasn't low-level and ignorant of the reason for his targeted assassination. he knew every detail about the target. sui yuan was a notoriously disrespectful little witch, and she offended more than just guo heng with her lofty attitude. she was the type to have her nose pointed at the sky with all those beneath her. it was a wonder that she showed disrespect to so many clan leaders and alchemists. perhaps it was her reliance on world-saint azure rain as her alchemic knight, but that was not a good recipe for success. regardless, her attitude led to her enemies gathering together silently to issue a hit on her head.nôv(el)b\\jnn

the bow-wielding sage was a part of an assassination organization—the shadow veil. three dark organizations in the utmost purity galaxy operated on a galactic-wide scale. they were the shadow veil, the arachnids, and the seers of the night. shadow veil conducted assassinations and stealthy protection, and were notorious for protection rackets, earning yearly profit by placing targets on their no-hit list. they extorted organizations without shame.

the arachnids were an intelligence agency with very unique cultivators, known for acquiring information and details that seers, oracles, and fortune tellers were unable to, or were restricted due to the obscenely high level of cultivation or methods deployed by various cultivators. there wasn't a single seer that would carelessly derive information of an original magistrate due to their connection to heaven's gate, and they could sense or wall off divinations through heavenly radiance.

seers of the night was an insidious group of seers that manipulated events, and often assisted individuals in conducting vile business, snatching opportunities or outright denying them from others. they also were an independent seer organization that was far less neutral than the blessed sentinel and would openly fight for resources. they did not hide their dark cultivation methods that relied on the vitality and soul energies of others to assist their divinations or withstand vicious backlashes.

shadow veil would normally target wei wuyin, but they were the type to fear the strong and abuse the weak. according to the assassin, offending wei wuyin wasn't worth it for now. for now.

as for the details of all those involved, the assassin was normally under a heaven-bound mythical oath, but after his transformation, he was no longer bound. this was one of the hidden abilities of the nexus war flag, and only a supreme heavenly treasure used as a medium would prevent the shattering of the oath's planted seed. however, how rare were supreme heavenly treasures? despite wei wuyin fighting multiple sages, even pakhet who used her own bones as material to forge her heavenly treasure, she was unable to create a supreme heavenly treasure.

he spilled everything. and that meant everything. wei wuyin and wei xiaotian learned secrets that shocked them, such as past assassinations that had no answers. sui yuan's situation was bone-chilling. there were at least six sages, three mystic overlords, and seven original magistrates across the entire utmost purity galaxy and eleven worldly saint alchemists of varying levels that had invested in her death, some even paid out of their clan's or organization's funds. she wasn't just disliked. she was hated.

the guo heng event was only the main driving force as he was the initiator of this murderous plot. and the cost was obscenely high.

"really?! that much?!" wei xiaotian was shocked as her eyes widened and her mouth formed an 'o' shape. even wei wuyin was sweating on sui yuan's behalf. the overall cost for her head was approximately eighty-two million mystic-world essence stones, not counting the heavenly treasures forged to specifically counter and kill her. the highest offer for the continent of the first knight was only three million!!

"that's about half the value of a peak-tier arising sage elixir at the peak-quality, which is roughly estimated at one-hundred and eighty million mystic-world essence stones. if those treasures were included, then it'll likely equal that price." wei wuyin mused, but the value of alchemical products was significantly inflated due to scarcity and demand, especially something like the arising sage elixir that every mystic overlord and true sage would go to war over.

when one thought about it, wei wuyin was a little too wealthy after his secluded concoction session. buying the continent of the first night with a few peak-tier, low-quality mystic-world products was excessively high, but it genuinely didn't hurt wei wuyin in any way.

additionally, that wasn't the only cost for sui yuan's assassination attempt; these figures had to move literal mountains by bribing the zenith growth tower to not act or delay any response to sage-level conflict while simultaneously suppressing the news, paying off sages both dark and neutral to hide their villainous scheme. it was hard to measure the exact price they paid.

"and they failed," wei xiaotian shook her head. then, she looked at wei wuyin and knew for certain that he had offended a lot of individuals.

the nascent souls' third level granted a profound meridian that elevated certain energies, but the fourth level granted them soul-affecting properties that could bypass soulguards, and perhaps harm supreme sages to an extent. at least, that's what she deduced.

wei wuyin had determined the same. even now, he had to rely on laws to kill sages consistently. that said, originfire and origindust should achieve similar effects, but he simply hadn't tested them yet.

"you understand that you'd have to abandon your clan?" wei wuyin asked with a solemn intensity. if she served him, she would have to forgo her clan in many ways.

fei linglin hesitated. did she really? there was an emotional light flickering within her eyes, containing reluctance and uncertainty.

wei wuyin sighed and chuckled, "i'm just kidding. you'll serve as a maidservant to my wife for ten thousand years, and then you'll have your freedom. what do you think? i'll ensure your injuries are healed and your cultivation doesn't regress."

fei linglin's eyes brightened. ten thousand years? only? she was ecstatic!

despite cao cuifen already having grey rose, she could have another. she certainly wouldn't reject it. liu suyin would reject a maidservant. additionally, grey rose's deficient cultivation base was being solved, and she could attempt to ascend to the true sage phase with an arising sage elixir any moment now.

two sages should elevate cao cuifen's outward status as his wife.

as for his intentions to invite fei linglin to his bed, he decided to put that on the wayside for now.

"who sent you?" wei wuyin asked.

"i was tasked by grand seer rippledark of the seers of the night through the fei clan. i obtained the resonant qi talisman from him, and i suspect that he obtained it from one of the zenith transformation tower's tower masters. as for why, i recognized the aura before by pure coincidence. i once met the head dao enforcer of the tower and i'm unable to forget her aura."

"..." wei wuyin was taken aback. four of the seven towers and two of the galactic-tier dark organizations had their hands in this operation. how ludicrous was this? whether it was the implicit acceptance of the zenith growth tower, the direct involvement of guo heng of the zenith refinement tower, the resonant qi talisman of the zenith transformation tower, or the interference of the zenith creation tower, this was a multi-zone scheme on a great, costly scale.

and wei wuyin had effectively ruined it all.

wei xiaotian had a smug smile on her face as if enjoying wei wuyin's drama, but the concern in her lovely eyes was unconcealable. "you should be careful of this upcoming game of mystics. i already think a few will try to harm you through it."

"yeah, yeah." wei wuyin waved his hand carelessly about with a silent groan. his eyes looked to the floor of his room. there was a frightening shadow of an eight-legged thousand-eyed spider crawling disgustingly about, twisting across folds of space and hidden within the depths of the void, observing him with its many ocelli.

the arachnids... unfortunately for them, wei wuyin had long since sealed off this strange apparition tethered to the void. it was attempting to observe him on a deeper scale. how could it be so easy?

wei xiaotian and fei linglin were completely unaware of its existence.