Chapter 363: Breaking the Seal
The others from the Drunken Immortal Tower all looked ashen-faced.
They had originally planned to cooperate with Su Mo and seize the opportunity to rise, but instead, they ended up offending several major powers. There was no medicine for regret.
Even Huang Yanchen silently lowered her head.
"Don’t worry. I’ll beat them all to the ground."
Su Mo patted the Ninth Floor Master on the shoulder.
The Ninth Floor Master nodded with a bitter smile.
He knew Su Mo was strong, but he couldn’t stand up against their sheer numbers. What if they surrounded and killed Su Mo?
"Look! The people from Purple Cloud Palace are here."
A shout suddenly came from the crowd.
Everyone turned at the sound and saw the Purple Cloud Palace Master, Luo Fenghua, arriving with a large contingent, all clad in brocade robes.
Standing beside him was Fu Tianbo.
When he saw Su Mo and Huang Yanchen standing together, with Huang Yanchen even holding Su Mo’s arm, Fu Tianbo’s anger instantly flared.
After all, Huang Yanchen was the woman he had his sights on.
And now Su Mo had gotten his hands on her.
’Damn it, I have to kill this bastard.’
Fu Tianbo added fuel to the fire, saying to Luo Fenghua, "Master, that’s the brat who humiliated our Purple Cloud Palace at the Drunken Immortal Tower a few days ago."
Luo Fenghua glanced casually at Su Mo and said disdainfully, "Just a piece of trash. We can just find a chance to kill him. As for the Drunken Immortal Tower... Hmph. How dare they openly disrespect our Purple Cloud Palace. We must find an opportunity to destroy them."
"Yes, Master!"
Fu Tianbo shot a smug look at Su Mo.
’I’ll let this brat live a little longer,’ he thought.
’Once we’re inside Emperor Heaven Valley, I’ll stomp him to the ground right in front of Huang Yanchen, torture him, and grind him into dust.’
Just then, Su Mo suddenly turned to Huang Yanchen and said, "Hold me tight!"
"Ah..."
Huang Yanchen was completely baffled.
Su Mo said, "Fu Tianbo is jealous. Hold on to me tight. Let’s piss him off together."
Blushing furiously, Huang Yanchen hugged Su Mo tightly.
Fu Tianbo’s face turned green with rage.
’This shameless pair! To think they’d put on a show right in front of me! It’s enough to kill me with rage!’
"Heh."
Su Mo gave Fu Tianbo a cold smile.
If the Ninth Floor Master hadn’t stopped him, he would have slapped Fu Tianbo to death long ago.
Still, angering Fu Tianbo to death wasn’t a bad alternative.
Seeing Fu Tianbo’s furious expression, Huang Yanchen worked up her courage and asked, "Should I... k-kiss you?"
"Uh... let’s not."
Su Mo shook his head, refusing.
’I have a wife, after all.’
Huang Yanchen lowered her head in disappointment, but she hugged him even tighter. This enraged Fu Tianbo so much his face turned dark and the veins on his forehead bulged.
Before long, the other powers arrived.
Luo Fenghua said, "Since everyone is here, let’s prepare to open Emperor Heaven Valley. Everyone, please take out your Tokens."
With that, Luo Fenghua took out a Black Jade Token.
The Black Jade Token was engraved with ancient runes that were remarkably similar to the sealing runes on the Ancient Stele, and the two seemed to faintly resonate with each other.
The others also took out their Black Jade Tokens!
"Offer up the tokens!"
Luo Fenghua bellowed, and everyone sent their Black Jade Tokens flying.
BOOM!
Nine black tokens formed a massive Array in the sky, frantically absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi to open the seal on the Ancient Stele.
The seal on the Ancient Stele began to peel away, but it stopped just as quickly.
Hmm?
Luo Fenghua couldn’t help but frown.
It hadn’t even broken one percent of the seal.
He Tianteng said, "Palace Master Luo, hurry up and take out the Spirit Stones you prepared. Otherwise, we won’t be able to open the seal."
"Fine!"
Luo Fenghua threw out a billion Spirit Stones.
WHOOSH!
The billion Spirit Stones were absorbed by the Ancient Stele’s seal, but it only managed to break a tiny fraction of it.
Tianbei said, "Palace Master Luo, is this all the Spirit Stones you prepared? If we can’t open the seal because of this, we won’t be returning the Treasures you gave us."
"Heh, Tianbei Sect Master, rest assured. I, of course, came prepared." Luo Fenghua gave a calm smile and took out another billion Spirit Stones, feeding them into the seal.
He Tianteng said with dissatisfaction, "Palace Master Luo, just take out all the Spirit Stones you’ve prepared. Don’t be so stingy, unless you don’t want to open Emperor Heaven Valley."
Next, Luo Fenghua directly injected ten billion Spirit Stones, but it still only broke a small portion of the seal.
Seeing this, Luo Fenghua’s face darkened.
The seal on the Ancient Stele had consumed a total of twelve billion Spirit Stones, yet not even a tenth of it was broken.
’Dammit!’
’This thing is a bottomless pit.’
He Tianteng’s brows furrowed tightly. "Palace Master Luo, do you have any more Spirit Stones? Hurry and take them out, or all our previous efforts will be for nothing."
"I still have a thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones!"
Luo Fenghua flipped his hand, producing a thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, and fed them into the seal with a pained expression.
However, it only managed to break through two-tenths of the seal.
Luo Fenghua’s face was ashen as he said, "Everyone, my sincerest apologies. This seal is much stronger than any of us imagined. We cannot break it."
"Palace Master Luo, is this all your Purple Cloud Palace has to its name?"
Tianbei asked, displeased.
Luo Fenghua shot Tianbei a speechless glance.
’All of Purple Cloud Palace’s Treasures were swindled away by this bunch of bastards. We have nothing left.’
Luo Fenghua said, "How about this? Everyone pools some Spirit Stones together. Consider it a debt from our Purple Cloud Palace, which we will certainly repay double in the future."
"I’m afraid that won’t work!"
Tianbei objected.
He Tianteng said, "If it were a small amount, that might be fine. But eighty percent of this seal remains unbroken. The amount of Spirit Stones required must be astronomical. Even if we wanted to pool our resources, we couldn’t possibly gather enough."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
To break the rest of the seal, they would need at least a hundred billion Spirit Stones. Even for them, it was impossible to produce such a sum on short notice.
"Is failure the only option?"
Luo Fenghua said in disappointment.
Fu Tianbo clenched his fists, his face a mask of unwillingness.
’This is my only chance to advance to the Martial Emperor realm! Otherwise, I’ll have to wait a whole year.’
The people in the crowd also grew anxious.
They had paid a high price to purchase the right to enter Emperor Heaven Valley. Now, the valley was right in front of them, but there was no way in.
It was too frustrating to accept.
"Dammit! I traveled thousands of miles to come to Emperor Heaven Valley for treasure, and you can’t even open the entrance? Refund our money!"
"Not just a refund, you need to pay us back double!"
"What a waste of my time!"
The crowd roared in dissatisfaction.
A middle-aged man cursed loudly, "Purple Cloud Palace is bullshit! Luo Fenghua, if you don’t give me a proper explanation today, I’ll dedicate the rest of my life to fighting your Purple Cloud Palace!"
BANG!
With a flick of his sleeve, Luo Fenghua sent the middle-aged man flying.
"You..."
The middle-aged man glared at Luo Fenghua, grinding his teeth.
"With your pathetic level of strength, you think you’re worthy of fighting our Purple Cloud Palace to the death? Utter one more word of insult against us, and I will kill you."
Luo Fenghua swept his disdainful gaze over the middle-aged man, then turned to the crowd and said, "Everyone, rest assured. Purple Cloud Palace will definitely return the Treasures we received from you. For now, I can only ask that you all return home."
"Sigh..."
The crowd had no choice but to accept reality and prepared to turn and leave.
Just as everyone was about to give up, a grumbling voice suddenly reached their ears, "A pathetic seal like this is enough to stump all of you?"