Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 398

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Tang Jie’s words made Mu Yi’s face go stiff.

“Brother Tang, what do you mean?”

Tang Jie sighed. “Although the Seven Absolutions Sect has never known the value of this hidden realm, if it’s a hidden realm that can make Godhead Palace go through so much trouble to search for it, its value can’t be low. With this heaven-sent opportunity before them, I can understand why the Seven Absolutions Sect would take a chance… Didn’t they start following us from the moment we left the academy?”

Mu Yi looked at Tang Jie in shock. After a while, he finally said, “My apologies. I must obey the orders of my sect.”

As he spoke, three figures appeared in the distance.

These three were all wearing green robes. One had his hair bound with a cloud-patterned band, possessed jade-like skin, and held a brush in one hand. Another had a braided beard and a large sword on his back. The last was an old man on a donkey, holding a large gourd in his hand.

These three were walking on the ground, but with their seemingly simple stride, it took only a few blinks of the eye for them to arrive in front of Tang Jie.

The handsome man holding the brush smiled at Tang Jie. “This one is Mei Huaping. I pay my respects to Young Master Tang.”

“So it is True Person Mei.” Tang Jie bowed to the brush-holding man before looking at the other two. “Since True Person Mei is here, these two must be Mad Sword Meng and Elder Qiu.”

The Seven Absolutions Sect’s structure was different from the Basking Moon Sect’s. It was divided into seven greater courts. The External Affairs Court handled external affairs, so its members were somewhat more well-known to the general public. Mei Huaping and company were some of the more famous people of the External Affairs Court.

Mei Huaping was the strongest, at the Spirit Ring Tier of the Celestial Heart Realm, and he was currently an attendant of the External Affairs Court. Mad Sword Meng and Elder Qiu were both at the peak of Mortal Shedding, and they were currently footmen of the External Affairs Court. Mad Sword Meng was the most famous of them. He was an expert in swords, a sword cultivator who took the sword as his Dao. His combat power was impressive, and there were few among his peers who could match him.

While these three didn’t sound as scary as the three True Persons from the Stone Gate Sect, if they had fought against Shi Jingzhai, Liang Xingbang, and Yu Wanniang, Tang Jie was almost certain that it would have been the three Stone Gate Sect elders who died.

People from the six major sects were always half a tier higher than those not from the six major sects.

It wasn’t rare for Hundred Refinement to go against Nine Revolutions, and Nine Revolutions to go against Cognitive Creation, but Cognitive Creation couldn’t beat Celestial Heart. However, two at Cognitive Creation could definitely beat an ordinary Celestial Heart cultivator from a minor sect.

For this reason, for the disciples of major sects, defeating a wandering cultivator one tier higher than them wasn’t called defeating someone above their level, but an even fight. Only if this were a fight between disciples of the six major sects could it be considered fighting above one’s level.

Thus, against a peak Spirit Master from the Seven Absolutions Sect, Tang Jie didn’t have much confidence in a victory.

But Tang Jie didn’t mind. He was actually more curious about something else. “The matter of the hidden realm is so important that I thought that the Seven Absolutions Sect would at least send a True Lord.”

Mad Sword Meng and Elder Qiu both scowled and angrily grunted.

It was hard to blame them for being angry. From Tang Jie’s tone, he apparently didn’t think they were strong enough.

Mei Huaping didn’t seem to mind, saying with a smile, “Considering the value of the hidden realm, sending the three of us truly is somewhat underestimating it. But everything must also be done with consideration for the enemy. If a True Lord were sent out for every small matter, then no matter how many True Lords there were, they would all be overworked.”

He spoke in a polite tone, but he was implying that Tang Jie was too weak to warrant a True Lord.

Tang Jie laughed. “I think you need to add a reason to that: if a True Lord came, then I’m afraid there would be no more room for negotiation between the Basking Moon Sect and the Seven Absolutions Sect.”

This was true. The Seven Absolutions Sect and Basking Moon Sect were not mortal foes. If a True Lord of the Seven Absolutions Sect ran over to the Basking Moon Sect’s territory to kill him, it might make the relationship unsalvageable. But for some reason, Mei Huaping felt an unpleasant sensation when he heard these words.

It was something very normal, but when Tang Jie said it, it sounded like Mei Huaping’s group were like abandoned pieces. It seemed like a True Lord wasn’t participating in such an important matter so that the three of them could be scapegoats in the future, making the situation easier to explain to the Basking Moon Sect.

This thought immediately made Mei Huaping unhappy. His face sinking, he said, “Such insolence from a child! Hand over the Mountain River State Diagram, and for your contributions to the sect, I’ll let you go.”

“‘Let me go’?” Tang Jie cocked his head and began to think. He suddenly laughed and said, “It’s not that you’re letting me go, but your honorable sect wants to let me go and won’t let you kill me, right? Let me take a guess. The person who sent you must have wanted you to say this to me before you attacked. Am I right?”

The faces of Mei Huaping’s group of three froze.

Tang Jie was exactly right. Mei Huaping’s words were something the Seven Absolutions Sect’s True Lords had personally told him to convey before sending them off, ordering him to say those words before attacking no matter what. But how had Tang Jie guessed it?

Tang Jie gave Mei Huaping a sympathetic look. “Have you ever properly thought about this? If you steal the Mountain River State Diagram from me, steal the hidden realm, if you don’t silence me, won’t other people find out that the hidden realm has fallen into the hands of the Seven Absolutions Sect?”

The three of them grimaced at these words.

In truth, it wasn’t like they hadn’t thought about this before. But they had just believed that their superiors were being kindhearted and did not want too many deaths. But now that Tang Jie had spoken, those words had taken on a completely different meaning.

Mad Sword Meng lost his patience. Pointing at Tang Jie, he roared, “Kid, what are you trying to say?”

Tang Jie casually replied. “It’s nothing. It’s just that your honored sect actually doesn’t have much confidence in you, so they made this shoddy excuse about letting me go if I handed over the treasure. In this way, if things didn’t go well, they would have a way out so that they could keep working with me.”

“Bullshit!” Mad Sword Meng was about to explode from anger.

Tang Jie dared to say that one True Person and two peak Spirit Masters couldn’t do anything to him.

Even Mei Huaping’s face flashed with anger.

Tang Jie pointed at the floating Mountain River State Diagram behind him and said, “What’s the point in being angry? I’m just guessing. Didn’t you want to go into the hidden realm? It’s right over there. If you think you can take it from me, then please, go ahead. Right, these are the materials for laying down the teleportation formation to go back.”

He threw out a Mustard Seed Bag and then backed away.

Mei Huaping’s group exchanged glances, not knowing what they should do.

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Their mission was to take away the Mountain River State Diagram and seize the hidden realm, but they were not allowed to kill Tang Jie for fear of causing problems. Killing Tang Jie might be an error that they wouldn’t be able to recover from, and besides, Tang Jie was a recommended student, so killing him would enrage the Basking Moon Sect.

Thus, the three of them were prepared to have Meng and Qiu hold down Tang Jie while Mei Huaping left with the Mountain River State Diagram.

Having two peak Spirit Masters deal with a person who had just entered Nine Revolutions was already too much.

But Tang Jie’s reaction had taken them completely by surprise. He had no intention of stopping them at all.

As the three of them looked at each other, in the end, Mad Sword Meng said, “The hell are you scared of him for? Let me go first!”

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