Chapter 157.1: You Carry On. Ive Taken the Wrong Path
At the Heaven Earth Cave.
Someone with a childish voice said quietly, "That sun has changed again. I wonder if this is a blessing or a calamity?"
Another let out a soft, alluring laugh. "Matters involving a Great Venerable are beyond people like us. Don’t worry about such useless things. More importantly, have you been diligent these past few years? Have you opened another divine aperture?"
"Haa... You're as delightful as ever, Venerable Youqing," someone with an aged voice replied, sighing. "Let's not bring that up again."
They were three Yin Spirits of the Eastern Lands, who were supposed to be the nominal hosts of the Eastern Lands Prodigy Battle. In truth, the event was handled entirely by Venerable Ye Qiong, without the involvement of the other two. Even now, they were simply conversing using their avatars. Their true bodies had long since entered deep slumber, secluded as they refined their divine apertures.
"In half a month, the prodigy battle will end, and the Moonwatch Continent’s gates will open," said the alluring Venerable, with a hint of unspoken sorrow. "I wonder if we’ll even have a place there?"
"The Moluo Clan is far too powerful," lamented the aged Venerable. "Without the help of other Yin Spirits, we don’t stand a chance against them."
The childish Venerable cut in sharply. "Seek help from other Yin Spirits? We’d be handing the Moonwatch Continent to them outright! Absolutely not!"
"But the Moluo clan has experts at Step Two of Heaven-Treading," argued the aged Venerable.
Silence fell. They were merely at First Step, with only a handful of divine apertures opened. It went without saying they were no match for a Step Two Yin Spirit.
Then, the alluring Venerable said again, "I heard that recently, the Blood-Clothed Sword God annihilated the Bright Palace. The remnants that spilled from the void were extraordinary. It suggests a Step Two clash took place there. Could this Blood-Clothed Sword God himself be at Step Two?"
"No," the childish Venerable replied flatly. "He can’t be a Yin Spirit because he doesn’t exude any divinity."