Otherworldly Desert Dust

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At the Longevity Wine House, the short-clad guards routinely patrolled the streets.

Those of the Lower Seed People were not allowed to gather here on this street.

Suddenly, an object wrapped in brightly colored leather appeared without warning at the top of the stairs, leaking copious amounts of pus and blood.

The guards opened the leather, only to find a corpse tucked inside, its eyes wide open in shock and horror.

"Yan Chao, young master!!!"

A guard recognized him at first glance and immediately cried out in alarm.

This shout disturbed the peaceful slumber of the entire Longevity Wine House, thinking it was an enemy attack, the guards were extremely nervous and deployed in full force, arranging themselves into a martial formation in front of the mansion’s gates.

"Young master Yan Chao is dead… his heart has been gouged out!"

"Who could be so audacious, showing no regard for us Longevity Envoys at all?"

"This is a declaration of war to our entire Longevity Mansion!"

The corpse was carried into the courtyard, and Envoy Yan Yang came out from the house.

Yan Yang’s face was a deathly pale, seeing his own son murdered even caused him to feel nauseated, and he immediately ordered the corpse to be covered with the most expensive brocade.

"This is too much!! Too much!!"

Yan Yang’s whole body trembled, he could never have imagined that the opponent would dare to kill his own son.

In Yan Yang’s view, whether the matter of the Poison Sub-humans was exposed or not, his son Yan Chao simply brought a few Poison Sub-humans into the Nuwa God End, such an act was not deserving of death.

The higher-ups of the human side, if they caught his son, would have surely informed him first, either to gain some leverage in negotiations or to take the opportunity to curry favor with him. In any case, they would never have just slaughtered him like livestock.

They were ones to weigh pros and cons, killing his son would most certainly ignite his endless fury. The Nuwa lineage and their Longevity Sect were still in a phase of peaceful coexistence; they would not dare commit such an act.

But today, early in the morning, what he saw proved the contrary, Yan Yang then realized that one man’s actions were impossible to understand by ordinary human reasoning!

That man, had never considered the interests of all humanity, acting entirely on whim to do whatever he wanted, without caring at all whether humanity and the Longevity Sect could coexist peacefully.

Previously when Yue Yongqing and his disciples brought this matter to his attention, Yan Yang was skeptical, always feeling that the humans in the Nuwa God End naturally had a subservient streak, and a strong admiration for strength...

It wasn’t until Wu Hen first killed Yue Yongqing before his own eyes, and then proceeded to execute his son without leaving any room for negotiation, that Yan Yang realized if he continued to endure, he would have no future in both the Longevity Sect and Red Port!

"Envoy Yan, perhaps we should report this matter..." A female Taoist quietly suggested at his side.

"Shut up!" Yan Yang’s expression was incredibly dark.

Report??

Now, the person responsible for handling these filthy humans was handmaid Chu Zhi. Chu Zhi had full negotiating power between the Longevity Sect and the Nuwa lineage, and even if his own son was dead, she would only carry out what she calls a fair trial.

Yan Yang did not need any fair trial from the Longevity Sect; he wished for that man to be dismembered immediately!

"The Poison Sub-humans are all wiped out, yet we still underestimated this human Old Faction leader. His awakening is the largest variable in our plans," the female Taoist said.

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"And what of that? Can’t we still kill him with our methods?" Yan Yang’s gaze grew cold, his facial muscles trembling, "The Poison Sub-humans surely disclosed some matters. If they passed this information to Chu Zhi, or to the Right Monarch, we might even face punishment."

The female Taoist fell silent.

The Poison Sub-humans truly were like rats in a sewer, never sufficient in success but only in failure.

That such a simple matter could still go wrong, and not only did it go wrong, but it ended in death within the Nuwa God End, complicating matters even further for the son of the Longevity Envoy.

Despite the fact that Longevity Envoy Yan Yang had the Left Monarch above him, the Left Monarch would have been equally furious had he known the matter had unfolded this way.

As of now, their biggest obstacle was actually this leader of the Human Clan’s Old Faction.

If they could eliminate him, the previous plans could still proceed smoothly.

"Has that Master from the Holy Sect accepted our generous gift?" Yan Yang asked.

"They indicated that if we could provide this number every month, they would introduce us to the Marquis of the Red Port... Envoy Yan, do you mean to have the Holy Sect intervene?" the female Taoist said in surprise.

"Why not?" Yan Yang countered.

"It is indeed a good idea, the Holy Sect could easily crush the Lower Seed People, and considering the Holy Sect holds a certain status within the Divine Realms of all major Human Clans, even the Marquis of Infinite Red Port pays them some respect. If they were to intervene, Chu Zhi would have no right to object," the female Taoist said.

"There’s no time to delay, start preparing ample amounts of Longevity Wine now, and attend to Master Cai Huang of the Holy Sect afterward."

"Yes!"

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Red Port Inn.

When Wu Hen woke up, he found himself surrounded by many people, including a number of delicate-looking women, their bright eyes filled with eagerness.

This made Wu Hen feel like he was back in the days when he was the young prince of Li City, always the object of unknown sisters casting affectionate glances his way.

Alas, Wu Hen was no longer the playboy he once was.

Wu Hen, who had no taste for worldly desires, opened up a QR code, allowing the girls to scan it themselves.

After recording their "features," Wu Hen then headed towards the location of Chief Li.

Chief Li was unusually not in his tent, but was outside at a stone dining table, eating some strange food from Red Port.

Wu Hen approached, said nothing, but took some food and began to eat as well.

"I have taken care of what comes after for you," Chief Li said.

"With that tone, it’s as if you want to outcast me from the human group, like some major troublemaker," Wu Hen said.

"That’s not something to say lightly: you could banish me, but I dare not banish you. After all, in the Otherworldly Dust exists too much contamination, including contamination of thoughts. Perhaps one day, I will pursue what is called the great human path and gradually lose my humanity, but you won’t. What you believe in is fundamentally different from mine, so you are the most orthodox of humans, unaffected by the outside, with soul and emotion as your highest creed," Chief Li explained.

"What a mess, I can’t be bothered to listen," Wu Hen remarked.

"Yan Yang has decided not to make use of the Longevity Sect’s power to deal with you anymore," Chief Li said.

"He’s cowering in his mansion, unwilling to come out even after his son’s death?" Wu Hen said, somewhat regretfully. @@novelbin@@

"They have started to collaborate with the Holy Sect," Chief Li said, as if he knew every move of Yan Yang.

"The Holy Sect?" Wu Hen was stunned.

"Yes, the very Holy Sect of the Purple Robed Master, and the Holy Sect Master stationed here at Infinite Red Port has a significant karmic connection with you…" Chief Li revealed.

"What karmic connection?"

"The man is named Cai Huang, and you are his seventh son."