Chapter 264: Ancient Martial City

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ye Mo was able to guess that this was definitely a test given to him by League Chief Xuan Ji and immediately gave the shortest estimate possible. Sure enough, when Xuan Ji heard Ye Mo’s estimation, astonishment surfaced on her face. Dark attribute beasts were already very rare. To gather 12 dark attribute heart-stones in half a month would be extremely difficult.

“If that’s the case, go do it. If you can’t give me 10 Motionless Hell King Seals in half a month, you know what the consequences will be,” Xuan Ji said before vanishing with a flicker.

“Sh*t, I should have said one month instead. Where am I supposed to go find 10 dark attribute heart-stones?” Ye Mo started cursing after Xuan Ji left. Finding 10 Energy Shaping heart-stones in half a month meant that he had to find 10 Energy Shaping Realm beasts in half a month, with all of them being of the dark attribute.

After leaving the Xuan Ji Sub-League, Ye Mo first go to the League Points Hall to buy a handbook on Tianwu Kingdom’s geography. Then, he returned to his cave and started studying the book.

After deep contemplation, he decided that it was not feasible to go look for dark attribute beasts. Not even the Qingyun League’s League Points Hall had dark attribute heart-stones. It was evident how rare dark attribute heart-stones were. The idea he had was to go look for the major merchant houses of Tianwu Kingdom. They might have dark attribute heart-stones for sale.

After studying the book, Ye Mo found out for the first time that the main merchant houses of Tianwu Kingdom were basically controlled by the Qi Clan. The Qi Clan was the richest clan in Tianwu Kingdom and was also one of the strongest in the kingdom. After all, Qi Ying was the empress. Because of that, the Qi Clan had naturally received the care of the emperor.

According to Qi Ying’s own words, due to her, the Qi Clan would regain their past glory and become the number one clan of Tianwu Kingdom.

“The biggest merchant houses of Tianwu Kingdom are all located in the Ancient Martial City and the capital, Heaven’s Wall City. I will go take a look at Ancient Martial City first.”

Both these cities were the two strongest cities of the kingdom. The merchant houses in both these cities were extremely huge and traded many valuable items. It has been said that even Spirit Weapons surfaced at the trade fairs they held in the past.

The easiest way to leave the Qingyun League was by accepting missions. Ye Mo went to the Martial Training Hall and accepted an escorting mission. This mission turned out to be a mission to escort the Qi Clan’s goods as well. He would need to escort the goods from Ancient Martial City to Heaven’s Wall City. Ye Mo did not need to think twice before accepting this mission.

He planned to first use the Transportation Magical Formation to go to Ancient Martial City. Regardless of whether he could find any dark attribute heart-stones, he still needed to pay Heaven’s Wall City a visit. This escort mission would be very suitable for what he had in mind.

However, this mission was in fact not one suited for an Inner League member. But when the league member in charge of issuing the mission saw that it was Ye Mo, he agreed to let Ye Mo have it without saying much.

After accepting the mission, Ye Mo set off. From the Transportation Magical Formation of Qingyun League, he reached the vicinity of the Ancient Martial City. The Transportation Magical Formation of Ancient Martial City had been placed outside the city as there was a yuanli lode there.

After teleporting there, Ye Mo found that there were four soldiers on guard outside of the city. These were the soldiers of Ancient Martial City, and each of them had decent strength. Ye Mo raised his head and saw an immense city in front of him. The size of this city was tenfold Limestone City’s size.

Ye Mo tried to enter through the front gate. This city had countless number of geniuses within it, and even the guards at the gate were at the Energy Shaping Fourth Realm. The captain of the guards had even reached the level where he could form energy wings.

When they saw Ye Mo approaching, two soldiers immediately raised their weapons and stopped Ye Mo’s advance. “To enter Ancient Martial City, pay 100 Stabilizing Pills.”

Ye Mo was, at first, astonished, but, nevertheless, he took out a Mixed Energy Pill from his Dimensional Bracelet and handed it over. A Mixed Energy Pill was equivalent in value to 100 Stabilizing Pills.

The guards took the Mixed Energy Pill and allowed him passage. After entering the city, Ye Mo found that this Ancient Martial City was indeed incredibly large. This was a flourishing city, and there were huge buildings everywhere. People were everywhere, too; Energy Shaping Realm warriors were plenty. Even True Energy Realm warriors could be seen walking around with arrogant expression on their faces.

“There is a Treasure Inspection Guild in this city that belongs to the Qi Clan, and anything can be sold or bought there. It is rumored that anything one can think of can be bought there.” Ye Mo strolled through the city while muttering and reading from the handbook he was holding.

A place like this would sell even humans and information. While walking around the city, Ye Mo found a huge mansion. This was the mansion of the Hu Clan, where the city lord lived. Hu Batian and Hu Bahu, who had a conflict with him at the Unbreakable Mountain, were members of this Hu Clan.

“Huh?” Ye Mo’s eyes lit up when he saw two people wearing Qingyun League attires walking out of the Hu Clan. These two were Hu Batian and Hu Bahu. They were progressing decently in their cultivation. Hu Batian had already reached Energy Shaping Third Realm while Hu Bahu had already reached Energy Shaping Fourth Realm.

They attracted a lot of attention when they walked out the mansion. After all, they were the young masters of the Hu Clan, were young yet strong, and were Inner League members of the Qingyun League.

Ye Mo merely threw them a casual glance before forgetting about them. As he had accepted an escort mission, he wasn’t dressed in the Qingyun League outfit. Therefore, he did not attract anyone’s attention.

He arrived at a street that was covered with red carpet. Numerous grand-looking buildings were erected around this street, and in the middle of this street, many Energy Shaping Realm warriors could be seen standing guard. A stream of warriors were walking towards the huge building in the middle of the street.

Ordinary Spirit Cultivating Realm martial artists wouldn’t even be allowed to enter this street, let alone the building in the middle of the street. A huge arch was in front of that building, and on it, “Treasure Inspection Guild” was written.

“This Treasure Inspection Guild is quite big. I reckon anyone that can enter is probably the child of a huge clan or the members of some huge sect,” Ye Mo muttered before entering that street. When he reached the arch, an Energy Shaping Realm warrior blocked his path.

Ye Mo was dressed ordinarily and had ordinary looks. Furthermore, he was young, and at a glance, he looked like a nobody. It was understandable why this Energy Shaping Realm guard would block his path.

“What’s going on here?” Ye Mo feigned anger and formed a black miniature dragon on his hand. His aura erupted and he spoke, “I am here to buy something from the Treasure Inspection Guild.”

What Ye Mo did was only something an Energy Shaping Realm could do, and the black dragon he formed was no ordinary feat.

“You don’t seem that bad. At a young age, you’re already at Energy Shaping Sixth Realm.” After sensing Ye Mo’s aura, the warrior smiled. “Sorry, I was blocking you because the minimum requirement to enter the Treasure Inspection Guild is to reach Energy Shaping Realm. Please enter.”

Ye Mo nodded and took out 10 Mixed Energy Pills from his Dimensional Bracelet and handed it to the warrior guarding the entrance. “This is my first time here. Can I trouble you to tell me more about this place?”

“Ten Mixed Energy Pills?” The warrior immediately recognized the pills after receiving them. His expression instantly turned respectful as he spoke, “Brother, what do you need to know? I will tell you anything I know.”

A warrior capable of easily producing 10 Mixed Energy Pills would have no ordinary background. In this city, only the Hu Clan was this rich.

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