Chapter 3178 — The Eldest Miss Chu's Recent Situation

"What do you mean, 'what'? Do you not know that Wei Zhao can fight above his level? The mid-stage Heaven-rank experts of our Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect all died at Wei Zhao's hands, and I hear that two peak late-stage Heaven-rank experts died at his hands as well. Are you telling us to go and be cannon fodder, or what?" The Sinister Ancestor gave Feng Tianhu no chance to interrupt, and demanded straight out.

"That… but Wei Zhao truly is only an early-stage Heaven-rank expert…" Cold sweat beaded on Feng Tianhu's forehead. So the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect had already sent assassins after Wei Zhao? And failed? And their intelligence network was sharp enough that the moment Wei Zhao cut down two peak late-stage Heaven-rank experts, they knew of it?

He had known, when he told the Eastern family, that word would surely spread—he simply had not expected it to spread so fast. The intelligence apparatus of the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect was not to be underestimated.

"Feng Tianhu, hear me well: we will not take this job. Not only that, you are now an unwelcome man to the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect. Watch your step—best stay quietly at home and do not go out, for if I run into you, I will certainly kill you!" the Sinister Ancestor threatened. "Dare to cheat us? Had you said it was Wei Zhao from the start, never mind one billion—we would not take the job for ten billion!"

"Yes… yes, my deepest apologies, it was my oversight…" Feng Tianhu was sick with frustration. Wei Zhao was not dead, and he had instead offended the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect—all because he had tried to be clever and save a little money. And now the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect wanted him dead!

"Hmph!" The Sinister Ancestor hung up outright. His threat to Feng Tianhu was in truth meant to keep him from going out and scheming against Wei Zhao again, but he could not say so too plainly, and so could only threaten him thus.

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The Palace of the Dark Night.

After Gu Mengyao formally became the Palace Master of the Palace of the Dark Night, she settled upon the Dark Phoenix Mountains—in the very house where Ye Rou'er had once lived.

Because Gu Mengyao had once by a strange twist of fate consumed a dark phoenix, the dark phoenix had already transformed her constitution, making it the same as that of the Palace of the Dark Night's founding ancestor; and so on the very first night she dwelled in the Dark Phoenix Mountains, Gu Mengyao successfully received the inheritance!

That night, golden light blazed over the Dark Phoenix Mountains, illuminating the river of stars, and every disciple of the Palace of the Dark Night felt this marvel; one and all, led by the Supreme Elder, they gathered in the Palace's training grounds to watch the wonder of the Dark Phoenix Mountains.

"She has received the inheritance! Elder Li, Yaoyao's constitution truly is peerless in ten thousand li—to think that on the very first day, she received the inheritance!" The Supreme Elder was overcome with emotion, tears streaming down her aged face. Snobbish and harsh though she was, it must be said that she harbored no selfishness at all; she had devoted her entire life to the sect.

Of course, that did not make it right. Elder Li could not bring himself to agree with the Supreme Elder's character, yet there was nothing to be done—each person had their own way of living and conducting themselves, and he could not demand that the Supreme Elder change.

Fortunately, Gu Mengyao had now received the inheritance, and her position in the Palace of the Dark Night was truly second only to one and above ten thousand. And even that "second only to one" was merely a manner of speaking: given the Eldest Miss's present standing, the Supreme Elder would not necessarily dare to contradict what she said. The two of them in the Palace of the Dark Night might well be called equals.

And Elder Li's standing had risen with the tide. A supporter of Ye Rou'er, he was naturally a supporter of Gu Mengyao as well, and now that the Supreme Elder had reinstated him, his position in the Palace of the Dark Night was second only to the Supreme Elder and Gu Mengyao.

"Supreme Elder, shall we fetch the Palace of the Dark Night's mental cultivation methods and let Yaoyao choose one to cultivate?" Elder Li suggested. Once the inheritance was received, formal cultivation could begin—and the speed of that cultivation was very great indeed.

"Good, let us go at once!" The Supreme Elder nodded, and went with Elder Li to the Scripture Pavilion. In truth, the Palace of the Dark Night possessed two superior metal-attribute mental cultivation methods: one called the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula, and the other the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula. Both the Supreme Elder and Ye Rou'er had cultivated the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula, for the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula could be cultivated only by an inheritor. Ye Rou'er had cultivated while awaiting the inheritance, and so had naturally chosen the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula.

"I wonder whether Yaoyao can cultivate the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula?" Elder Li said hesitantly, looking at the two mental cultivation methods the Supreme Elder had brought out.

"Let us hope so!" The Supreme Elder too hoped that Gu Mengyao would cultivate the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula. That method was stronger than the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula: though both could drive one to the perfection of peak late-stage Heaven-rank power, the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula had the greater benefits.

Only, this mental cultivation method could not be cultivated by just anyone. To date, among all the successive founding ancestors of the Palace of the Dark Night, only the first—the one whose constitution had first been transformed into that of a dark phoenix—had been able to cultivate it. All the others could not.

Gu Mengyao's constitution was the same as that ancestor's, and the manner in which her constitution had been transformed was the same as well; she too was an inheritor. So the Supreme Elder naturally harbored high hopes, hoping that Gu Mengyao might cultivate this First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula.

Once the two had selected the mental cultivation methods, they went up the Dark Phoenix Mountains. By now the golden light over the mountains had begun to dim, and the sky was gradually turning white—dawn was near.

When the golden light had faded completely, the Supreme Elder and Elder Li exchanged a glance, knowing that the inheritance was concluded.

Thereupon the two pushed open the door and entered Gu Mengyao's room, where they saw her sitting cross-legged upon a mat, resting—plainly not yet returned to reality from the visions of the inheritance. The two were in no hurry and did not disturb her, but stood to one side and waited quietly.

About an hour more passed before Gu Mengyao slowly came to. She opened her eyes and saw the Supreme Elder and Elder Li, yet did not rise to greet them. She was, at present, the Palace Master; even before the Supreme Elder she need not observe ceremony.

"Supreme Elder, Elder Li, you have come?" Gu Mengyao said only, "I have already received the inheritance. It felt exactly as it did in my dreams of old, and just as our Palace of the Dark Night's records describe—such a wondrous sensation! May I now begin to cultivate?"

"Indeed!" The Supreme Elder was both startled and delighted. "Elder Li and I have come this time to prepare mental cultivation methods for you. I have two here—choose one!"

With that, the Supreme Elder handed the two volumes of mental cultivation methods to Gu Mengyao.

"Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula? First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula?" Gu Mengyao took the methods and read aloud the names upon them. "What sort of mental cultivation methods are these? Such strange names!"