Chapter 164
"The night before last, Sunblaze Peak was invaded. Every disciple on the entire peak was annihilated. Master Vincent was also murdered."
"Right now, our Divine Blade Sect is busy trying to catch those who invaded. The entire sect has entered a state of martial law. Strictly investigating any suspicious persons."
"If I didn’t see that your cultivation was so low, merely at the Nascent Soul Realm, I would have already arrested you and taken you to the Law Enforcement Division for interrogation!"
"If you don’t want to die, hurry back to wherever you came from. Do not pester us here."
With that, the female sword cultivator turned and left. Fundamentally too lazy to pay Knox any more attention.
Leaving Knox standing frozen in place for a long time. Utterly dumbfounded in shock.
What the fuck... is going on?!
He had traveled thousands of miles to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains this time. Bringing Aurelia’s handwritten letter. Preparing to seek refuge with Master Vincent.
Yet upon arriving, he learns that Sunblaze Peak was annihilated and Master Vincent was murdered.
My luck... is just too fucking terrible, right?!
Knox’s initial thought was to quickly leave this place of trouble.
After all, with the Divine Blade Sect being targeted by attackers, it was highly likely that he would be caught up in the crossfire.
The strength of this group was so great that they could even annihilate Sunblaze Peak, the head of the Ten Great Main Peaks.
If he was unlucky enough to encounter them, he would definitely die without a doubt.
However, Knox had spent a full half a month and traveled thousands of miles to reach the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
If he were to return in disgrace just like this, he would truly be far too unwilling.
Coupled with his various harvests along the way, it made Knox firmly believe that he was the Heaven-Chosen Son.
Therefore, after careful consideration, he ultimately decided to take a risk and make a gamble.
After leaving Sunblaze Peak, he headed straight in the direction of Heaven-Turning Peak. Before coming here, Aurelia had told him that Master Vincent’s closest relationship within the Divine Blade Sect was with Master Rorin.
Right now, although Master Vincent was already dead, the friendship still existed.
If he brought the letter to seek refuge with Master Rorin, the man might not necessarily refuse to accept him.
However, after arriving at Heaven-Turning Peak, before Knox could even ascend the mountain, he was once again shut out by a treasured sword descending from the sky.
"Halt!" The one guarding Heaven-Turning Peak was a male disciple with a rather explosive temper. He shouted sternly. "Who are you?!"
"This big brother, this lowly one... this lowly one is Knox, coming from the Heavenly Flame Capital." Knox smiled sheepishly.
"I have a handwritten letter from the Heavenly Flame Empress here. I originally wanted to seek refuge with Master Vincent."
"But I just learned that Sunblaze Peak was annihilated by attackers, so I had no choice but to come here to pay my respects to Master Rorin..."
"Brat, are you deliberately looking for trouble?" The burly man narrowed his eyes, his voice cold.
"Two nights before Sunblaze Peak was annihilated, Heaven-Turning Peak had already suffered the attackers’ slaughter first."
"Not a single one of the entire peak’s twenty thousand disciples survived. The Peak Master, Elder Rorin, died an incredibly tragic death."
"Seeing you acting so sneakily and suspiciously, could it be you are casing the joint for that group of attackers?"
"Come back to the Law Enforcement Division with me and explain yourself properly!"
The burly man was clearly not as easy to talk to as the female disciple from before.
He directly drew his sword and launched an attack. Knox hurriedly dodged. Fundamentally not daring to fight back. He casually tossed out a thick smoke bomb, greased his soles, and fled for his life.
"Heavens, so it turns out Sunblaze Peak wasn’t the only one slaughtered by attackers."
"Just who exactly has the Divine Blade Sect been targeted by, to actually encounter such an unexpected disaster?"
"No, I definitely have to find someone and ask clearly..."
Over the next few hours, Knox successively went to Radiant Sun Peak, Venomscale Peak, and Falling Dust Peak.
Yet he was completely shut out by swords every single time. Unable to even enter the main gates.
Finally, just as he was almost in absolute despair, he arrived at Myriad Transformations Peak. He wasn’t stopped by a sword at the foot of the peak and was able to make it all the way to the summit.
The guard disciples outside the gate revealed themselves from the shadows. "Who are you? What brings you to my Myriad Transformations Peak?"
"Big brothers and big sisters, I beg you to make an announcement for me." Knox was already near despair.
He clasped his fists. "This lowly one is Knox, here on the orders of the Heavenly Flame Empress to acknowledge a master at the Divine Blade Sect. Here is her letter..."
"My apologies, but our Divine Blade Sect has recently experienced major events and is not accepting new disciples."
The leading disciple said faintly. "Please go back first and come again another day."
"I fucking..." The corner of Knox’s mouth twitched slightly. So angry he even had the heart to kill someone.
But on someone else’s territory, he didn’t dare to be too arrogant.
He had no choice but to sigh with profound desolation. Helplessly nodding his head.
However, just as Knox prepared to leave, a shout came from behind him. "Wait a moment!"
Knox froze, turned around, and focused his gaze.
He saw an old man with completely white hair and beard. Leaning on a crutch. Floating over from afar riding on a cloud.
Seeing this old man, the crowd of disciples immediately nodded respectfully. "Greetings, Elder Sylra!"
Master Sylra arrived in front of Knox. "Where is this letter you spoke of? Take it out and let this old man see."
Knox froze, then hurriedly took out Aurelia’s letter. Presented it respectfully with both hands.
Master Sylra took the letter, read through it, and nodded slightly.
"Not bad. It is indeed the Heavenly Flame Empress’s handwriting."
"Our Divine Blade Sect has received quite a few favors from the Heavenly Flame Dynasty. The Heavenly Flame Empress is an old and dear friend of Senior Brother Vincent."
"We cannot not give face to her."