21: Chapter 21 Xie Wushang's Scheme

An Aura of a Saint permeated from Jiang Mo's body.

The nine iron guards by his side all possessed the Aura of a half-step Saint.

"It's a Saint Realm powerhouse!" Xie Jingde's gaze flickered as he looked at Jiang Mo and the others who suddenly appeared in the air.

"People from the Jiang Clan!" With just a glance, Xie Jingde could tell that the newcomers were Saints of the Jiang Clan.

Because back then, it was also people exuding the exact same Aura who had taken Xie Tianxing away.

"Have they come so quickly?" Worry filled his heart.

Xie Wushang turned around. Standing proudly in the void, he calmly looked at the red-armored man who had appeared high in the air.

"Jiang Mo... a secret guard of the Jiang Clan's Saint Lord!" Xie Wushang murmured. From Jiang Zhen's memories, he had seen this newcomer before.

He also knew a lot of information regarding Jiang Mo.

"My lord, there is lingering Saint Aura..." Behind Jiang Mo, an iron guard said with a solemn expression.

"It should be Jiang Zhen who came!" Jiang Mo murmured.

"Then where is he?" The iron guard asked with a surprised expression.

The remaining eight iron guards had blazing gazes, immediately scanning all directions with high vigilance.

Jiang Mo did not speak. He leaped down from the single-horned qilin beast and looked at Xie Wushang ahead.

"This subordinate, Jiang Mo, pays respects to the Young Lord!" Jiang Mo stood in the void, knelt on one knee, and saluted Xie Wushang.

The nine iron guards behind him leaped down from the single-horned qilin beasts together, lined up neatly, and followed suit by kneeling on one knee to salute.

"The Jiang Clan's secret guards pay respects to the Young Lord!" The high-pitched voice resounded through the Void Realm.

"Young Lord? Aren't they here to question Wushang's crimes?" Xie Jingde was stunned, then immediately looked at Xie Wushang.

Xie Wushang took two steps forward. He calmly looked at Jiang Mo and said, "Did Jiang Daoran send you to see me?"

"This subordinate obeys the Saint Lord's command and has specially come to welcome the Young Lord back to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan." Jiang Mo said with quite an Aura.

"Hmph, acknowledge ancestors and return to the clan?" Xie Wushang let out a cold snort.

"I'm afraid it's actually to use the Emperor's blood within my body to help his grandson expel the Evil Spirit Qi, right?" He sneered in his heart.

From Jiang Zhen's memories, Xie Wushang already knew the current situation of the Jiang Clan.

His cheap grandfather, Jiang Daoran's grandson Jiang Yaoyang, went to experience a Disaster Battlefield half a year ago and was eroded by the Disaster King's Qi. Now, his Primordial Spirit was damaged, and medicines were ineffective unless they used an Immortal Divine Herb or the Emperor's blood of a quasi-emperor powerhouse.

Otherwise, it would be utterly impossible to expel the Evil Spirit Qi.

An Immortal Divine Herb...

Even Great Emperors would find it hard to find such a medicine, how could they give it to this junior?

A quasi-emperor's essential blood was incomparably precious; losing even a single drop would affect their Dao Foundation, making it difficult to attain the Dao and become an Emperor.

Unless it were their own biological child, how many people would be willing to gift it away?

Therefore.

Even if it was Jiang Yaoyang, the contemporary Clan Chief of the Jiang Clan and grandson of the Saint Lord, who was afflicted by the Disaster King-level Evil Spirit Qi, they were still helpless.

From Jiang Zhen's memories, there was still another method.

That was to extract the ancient ancestral Emperor's blood passed down within the body of a mighty figure possessing the Sun Holy Body.

Stimulate a wisp of the Great Emperor's Dao charm within it.

Relying on this, the Disaster King's evil Qi could be burned into nothingness.

Furthermore, it could even cleanse the marrow and wash the tendons, allowing them to advance further.

Years ago, Jiang Tianxing was lured into the Jiang Clan precisely for this reason.

And now, history was repeating itself.

Xie Wushang had just stimulated the Sun Holy Body phenomenon when he was tracked down by the Jiang Clan.

He naturally knew why Jiang Zhen had come here.

As for Jiang Mo...

He did not speak much with him, nor did he reveal any signs that he already knew about this matter.

He wanted to see what kind of ugly faces those people would show once he went to the Jiang Clan.

"Young Lord, years ago Young Master Tianxing went to the Outer Realm Battlefield and disappeared without a trace. The Saint Lord himself did not know that he had fathered a son."

Jiang Mo raised his head and said.

"This time, as soon as you awakened the phenomenon and your identity was confirmed, the Saint Lord immediately ordered me to come and welcome you back to the clan."

Xie Wushang maintained a calm expression, reached out his hand, and said, "Everyone, please rise and speak."

"Thank you, Young Lord!" Jiang Mo and the nine iron guards behind him stood up.

"Young Lord, rest assured. Upon returning to the clan this time, the Saint Lord will definitely compensate you for all these years of absence." Jiang Mo said.

"Compensation?" Xie Wushang had a calm expression. "Can he possibly compensate for it!"

His father had personally extracted his Emperor bone to save the old man's second Young Master.

Could the suffering and psychological wounds he endured be made up for?

Jiang Mo, however, did not know that Xie Wushang was already aware of this matter.

"Indeed, the Young Lord has been drifting outside for over twenty years, and the suffering he endured is indeed hard to make up for," Jiang Mo said. "This time when you return to the clan lineage, you will definitely be given the best resources. Thinking about it, with your Foundation, it won't be difficult to attain the Dao and become a Saint in the future."

In Jiang Mo's eyes, the current Young Lord possessed the Sun Holy Body. If cultivated by the Jiang Clan, he could at the very least become a Saint.

"Attain the Dao and become a Saint?" Xie Wushang's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Jiang Mo with a smile that was not quite a smile.

A Saint?

By now, his Primordial Spirit had long since reached the Perfection of the Great Saint Realm.

It was only a step away from a quasi-emperor.

It was just that his Natural Disaster Dao Body was far too tyrannical.

If he advanced further, his Physical Body would simply be unable to withstand that kind of power.

Therefore, he had to recultivate his Physical Body and forge the Immortal Golden Body. Only then could his Meridians and Dantian withstand the power of that natural disaster.

Otherwise, why would Xie Wushang have shattered his own Dantian?

His purposes for going to the Jiang Clan this time were three:

First: Avenge his father.

Second: Help his Revered Master, the Nine Suns Great Emperor, fuse with the 'Emperor Fire' in the Jiang Clan's Dao arena and true spirit to recover his Emperor Realm cultivation.

Third: Find Emperor-grade refined gold and Cultivate the Immortal Golden Body Formula to Major Achievement.

If the Immortal Golden Body Formula reached Major Achievement, his Physical Body would compare to a Great Emperor, and he would be able to completely withstand the power of the 'Natural Disaster Dao Body'.

By then, vast as heaven and earth were, he would be free to soar wherever he pleased.

No one would be able to suppress the momentum of his rise.

"With the resources of our Jiang Clan, Young Master Wushang should not be weaker than anyone, and by now he should have reached the eighth realm, but right now, his Dantian is shattered..." Jiang Mo inwardly pondered, feeling a sense of pity when looking at Xie Wushang. "His Dantian is shattered... If Young Master Tianxing were here, how could he have ended up like this? Who would dare to bully him?" Pondering further, Jiang Mo let out a series of long sighs in his heart.

His face was filled with regret.

He thought Xie Wushang's smile was out of yearning for joining the Jiang Clan in the future and being able to attain the Dao and become a Saint.

"Wait, his Dantian is shattered, but what about Jiang Zhen? He came here a step ahead of me, he... where did he go?"

While pondering, Jiang Mo's heart skipped a beat, his nerves tightened, and with blazing eyes, he quickly scanned all directions.

Relying on his powerful Primordial Spirit as a half-step Saint King, he clearly captured that Jiang Zhen's Aura still lingered in this place.

This indicated that Jiang Zhen had already been here.

Yet he was nowhere to be seen at this moment.

The Young Lord remained safe and sound.

This matter was truly bizarre.

"Young Lord, this subordinate once received news that a Saint of the Jiang Clan intended to act against you and had already set off. Have the two of you crossed paths?"

Jiang Mo asked.

An hour ago, just as he was about to set off, a sudden change occurred at home. When he returned home, he found out it was just a false alarm.

Jiang Mo immediately sensed something was amiss, investigated right away, and subsequently learned that another branch of the Jiang Clan had also obtained news about the Young Lord.

They intended to act against the Young Lord.

Therefore, Jiang Mo immediately led his men to set off.

Before coming here, his heart was filled with anxiety, fearing that the Young Lord had already been captured.

But the scene before his eyes... clearly exceeded his expectations.

"Could it be that Jiang Zhen noticed we were coming and immediately fled?"

The nine iron guards also looked at Xie Wushang with curious expressions.

Other than that, they simply couldn't imagine why Jiang Zhen had already arrived, yet the Young Lord remained safe and sound.

"Jiang Zhen intended to kill me, and has already been executed by this Young Lord!" Xie Wushang said with a calm expression, yet filled with considerable majesty.

"What! Jiang Zhen was killed by the Young Lord?" Hearing this, Jiang Mo widened his eyes and looked at Xie Wushang in disbelief.

Monstrous waves were churning within his heart.

Jiang Zhen was, after all, in the Major Achievement Realm of a Saint.

Even if he, Jiang Mo, went all out, he would only be able to defeat him, not kill him.

Yet right now, the Young Lord said he had executed Jiang Zhen?