World of Cultivation - Chapter 768

Chapter 768
Chapter Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight – A Fatal Temptation

The captive’s mind was stunned but he quickly realized his situation . The people around him had unfriendly expressions and the murderous presences they gave off caused his heart to instinctively tremble . Relating them to the terrifying experts he had fought against before his unconsciousness, he knew that he had been caught this time .

“I am Lao De Guang . ”

Zuo Mo and the others exchanged a look . No one heard of this name before .

“Don’t use this kind of name to fool people . How can someone with your skills be unknown?” Zuo Mo looked sardonically at Lao De Guang .

Lao De Guang knew that there was no chance today, and briskly confessed, “Other people call me the Shadowless Ghost Hand . ”

“Shadowless Ghost Hand!” The eyes of the steward next to Zuo Mo widened, his expression changing as he shouted . He saw Zuo Mo turn around and hurriedly explained, “The Shadowless Ghost Hand is a famous thief around the Nine Great Dhyana Sect territories . They say that he has never failed . The Nine Great Dhyana Sects has a great bounty but no one was able to catch him . We captured a big fish this time!”

Lao De Guang listened to the narration of the steward and a proud expression rose .

Zuo Mo saw the expression on his face and smiled . “Oh? I didn’t see it, you are a famous character!”

Lao De Guang’s expression stilled . Thinking about his captive situation, the pride on his face immediately disappeared .

“What is this?” Zuo Mo picked up the bronze hoop remnant that had been returned to him and waved it . “Do not try to fool us . The Thunder Sound Temple seems to be searching for this . If we give this thing and you to them, other than the bounty, we might get even more benefits from Thunder Sound Temple . ”

Lao De Guang’s expression tensed . He thought about how his fate would be worse than death if he was handed to Thunder Sound Temple . The other’s unfriendly gaze was vicious and experienced . He quickly stopped his other plans, and obediently answered, “Yes, Thunder Sound Temple is searching for this . This is a token for an ancient ruin . ”

“A token for an ancient ruin?” Zuo Mo narrowed his eyes . Everyone familiar with him knew that this expression was when he was interested .

Since he had confessed, Lao De Guang decided to do it to the end . “Yes! An ancient ruin was found in the Nine Great Dhyana Sects but the ruin is shrouded in a strange power field . It is impossible to enter without the token . There are thirteen tokens in total, all of them remnants of shen devices . Not long after the ruins were discovered, divination masters identified the time that the ruin will open, it is in one month . ”

“Thirteen tokens? How come there are so many tokens?” Zuo Mo smiled ambiguously at Lao De Guang .

For some unknown reason, Zuo Mo’s smile caused Lao De Guang’s bones to shiver . He forced himself to remain calm . “I do not know . These shen device remnants were found around the ruin, thirteen total . The Nine Great Dhyana Sects each have one, and the remaining four are in the hands of unknown people . ”

“A token for an ancient ruin is enough to make the Thunder Sound Temple so desperate? I don’t believe it . ” Zuo Mo shook his head .

Lao De Guang immediately panicked . “Some of the information on the ancient ruin has been uncovered . It has other things but there is a treasure that no one is able to refuse . That is why the Thunder Sound Temple is so desperate . ”

“What treasure?” Zuo Mo smiled enchantingly .

Treasure … … oh, this word make one so excited!”

Lao De Guang had a solemn expression . “A completely preserved ancient shen device nucleus!”

Zuo Mo’s eyes suddenly lit up, the smile on his face completely disappearing . He asked in a deep voice, “What did you say?”

Lao De Guang’s face turned ashen pale . He finally knew why this person made him feel an indescribable danger . This person’s power was greater than he had imagined . He was like a deep and unfathomable lake!

The strong pressure and feeling of suffocation rushed at him like a ferocious lion that touched his face . He could even see the threads of blood lingering on the fangs and claws .

“It is a completely preserved ancient shen device nucleus . ” Lao De Guang’s voice trembled . “While I don’t know how it was preserved, this is certain . ”

He instinctively swallowed and forced out, “Each token can only take five people inside . Other than the Nine Great Dhyana Sects who each have a token, four of the tokens have disappeared . They most likely are in the hands of the Nine Great Dhyana Sect . One more token means they can take in five more people . The hopes of getting the treasure is greater . ”

“Why can only five people be taken in?’ Zuo Mo asked in a cold voice .

“I don’t know . Supposedly, it is an ancient jinzhi . Everyone is saying this . ” Lao De Guang shook his head . He was afraid of angering Zuo Mo and hurriedly said, “But this is likely reliable . Otherwise, those large sects would not be so desperately searching for extra tokens . Thunder Sound Temple took this token from someone else, it has passed through the hands of seven owners, they are all dead … …”

He suddenly realized what he was saying, his face turning a few shades whiter . He hurriedly elaborated, “I’m not talking about you … …”

Zuo Mo did not care . From the words that Lao De Guang said, he knew that the other was not speaking lies . Originally, he did not intend to interfere in this matter . Others might be curious in ancient ruins but Zuo Mo had experienced many already .

However, a completely preserved ancient shen device nucleus caused his little heart to jump .

Shen device raiment, the top and best of the world right now!

[City Destroyer] and [Arsonist] had almost bankrupted Mo Cloud Sea, especially when those top ranked materials were all used up . These materials could not be bought with jingshi . Even if Mo Cloud Sea was rich right now, they did not have other avenues to get so many top materials .

Also, most of the top materials were used to forge shen device nuclei . The shen device nuclei made using the Weapon Layering Craftsmanship could be called shen device nuclei but they was still a impassable chasm between those and the true shen device nuclei .

Due to this, no matter how many creative and novel ideas Zuo Mo and the Golden Crow Camp had, they could not forge new shen device raiments . Zuo Mo, the leader of Mo Cloud Sea, didn’t even have a shen device raiment . Little Mo Ge was displeased by this .

Searching for top materials almost became a long-term mission of Mo Cloud Sea . The rewards were high, but the progress at present was still far from the goal .

Little Mo Ge’s shen device raiment naturally was also far away .

Hearing that there was a complete shen device raiment in the ruin, Zuo Mo’s mind immediately became lively . This shen device raiment was a fatal temptation for Zuo Mo .

Even more advantageous was that one token could only take along five people . This meant that those that were able to enter the ruin must be the high level personnel of every faction .

In terms of high level power, Little Mo Ge was full of confidence when he looked at the people around him!

Zuo Mo turned to look at the other people . Everyone had excited expressions . It was clear that everyone knew the value of the shen device nucleus . Just this shen device nucleus would mean that they had not made a wasted trip .

“Where is the ruin?” Zuo Mo asked .

“Territory controlled by the Lotus Sutra Temple, it is called Calm Brightness Jie,” Lao De Guang said obediently .

Zuo Mo turned around . The steward understood and hurriedly said, “The Lotus Sutra Temple does have a Calm brightness Jie . If we go there, we need to hurry . If Thunder Sound Temple closes the transportation information, it will be troublesome . ”

“Close the transportation formation?” Zuo Mo frowned .

The steward explained, “If we go to Lotus Sutra Temple now, we have to pass through a transportation formation . If that transportation formation is closed, we can get there through other paths but it will take far longer than a month, unless … …”

Zuo Mo directly asked, “Unless what?”

“Unless we go the Black Sea Flight Route!” When he said this, the steward had a terrified expression .

Zuo Mo stilled . He noticed out of the corner of his eyes that Lao De Guang also had a similar expression of terror .

“Is there something dangerous about that place?” Zuo Mo asked curiously .

The steward unconsciously showed his terror on his face as though he thought of some scary memory . He said in almost a dream-like fashion, “About a decade ago, I went through the Black Sea Flight Route . At that time, Thunder Sound Temple was in conflict with other sects and closed the transportation formation . Our ship had the Hundred Leaf Heart Cloud that we needed to deliver within a month . No matter what, it only blooms for a month . On the thirty first day, it will wither and have no value at all . In order to buy this Hundred Leaf Heart Cloud, the group had spent almost half of our assets . Our journey had to succeed . Seeing the transportation formation closed, we could only choose the Black Sea Flight Route . ”

“And then?” Ceng Lian’Er asked curiously .

The steward smiled tragically, “At the start, the fleet had more than two hundred people . There were only nineteen alive at the end . ”

Everyone was astounded . No one had expected that less than a tenth had survived .

“We knew that the Black Sea Flight Route is too dangerous but that business was a matter of life and death for the group . Boss spent a great amount to invite a fanxu experts to guard us . ”

The steward’s flat narration caused everyone’s heart to beat rapidly .

“Were even fanxu experts unable to protect you?” Ceng Lian’Er could not resist speaking again . Fanxu was akin to the marshal level of the mo . With a marshal’s protection, the fatality rate was still so astounding, the dangers could be imagined .

“That fanxu expert did not come out alive,” the steward gritted his teeth . His face twisted . The terrifying memories came at him again . His face was ashen pale and his body trembled .

Now, no one was able to maintain their calm, their expressions changing .

A place that could kill fanxu experts was also a great threat to them as well .

Zuo Mo’s eyes lit up . “Speed up! Reach the transportation formation at top speed!”

No one dared to slack off and sped up . The entire group accelerated .

After flying for multiple days, when they reached the transportation formation, the formation was being guarded by battalions . The formation was also dark . It was clearly closed .

Thunder Sound Temple had predicted that they would go on this path and had prepared .

Everyone’s face became ugly!

Damn it!

Translator Ramblings: Zuo Mo is poor, he needs more money .