Master Changsheng

Chapter 145, Section 142: Three Years

The Kingdom of Shak.

Donglin is in seclusion today, and his mind is always unsettled.

He stood up and summoned the King of the Kingdom of Shak.

After careful questioning, all I got were responses like, "It's normal, there's nothing unexpected, Lord, don't worry!"

Despite receiving affirmation from his subordinates, Donglin still couldn't calm his mind.

Consequently, he couldn't even calm down and focus on his own cultivation.

"Where exactly did things go wrong?"

Unable to figure it out, Donglin sat down on the spot, closed his eyes, and kept calculating in his mind...

...

The location where the Kingdom of Shak borders the desert.

There is a city called "Lin".

The group that came from the desert traveled for about a day.

They had already arrived in front of this deserted city.

The warrior class comes first, followed by the mage class.

At the back of the group, Ankai turned to Will Buklin beside him and asked, "Are you sure this is the Town of the Dead?"

Will Bucklin nodded with absolute certainty: "Sir, this is how I used to enter and exit the Town of the Dead!"

"My lord, how should we search after entering the city? Or should I let my Assassin's Guild make a move first..."

Ankai waved his hand, stopping Malken, who was eager to show off because he hadn't found the town of the dead...

He discovered that Malken was increasingly showing signs of becoming mentally impaired.

With so many powerful henchmen, why would he risk entering the city?

An Kai's eyes turned cold. He took out the [Brute Force Staff] and used [Beast Taming] to issue orders to the twenty-eighth prince of the orcs in the palace...

"Let's do it!"

In an instant, a soft shout rang out from inside the palace: "Destroy the city!"

As soon as the words were spoken, this group, who had come from the desert to attack Donglin, immediately raised their weapons...

The masters chanted incantations rapidly…

In the blink of an eye.

The spell that covered the sky crashed down with a loud shout of "Release!"

Fire, water, earth, and other spells spread towards the city!

The warriors immediately split into two teams: one to protect the members of the Mage Guild, and the other to guard against any unexpected events in the city…

The scenario that Ankai had envisioned—the town of the dead launching a desperate counterattack—did not materialize.

Until an empty city was blasted into ruins by magic, not only was there no town of the dead, but not even a single bone was found.

Something's not right...

Even with his slow reaction time, An Kai could tell something was wrong.

Will Bucklin, standing beside him, frowned on one side of his face, wondering why he hadn't found any trace of the town of the dead.

Just then, An Kai sensed an aura rising from the ruins!

"Hmm? Donglin?"

"No...it's a bit weak..."

Amidst the ruins, a figure clad in a black robe slowly emerged.

Holding a skull staff, he faced so many enemies without flinching.

"Do you know who you are making an enemy of?"

"Now surrender to me, and I will plead with the Lord to forgive your sins, so that you may be reformed by the Lord and given eternal life!"

At this point, Ankai was confirmed.

There is no town of the dead here, nor is there Donglin.

All he had was a lackey of Donglin...

A henchman with the power of spirit empowerment...

While the power of spiritual empowerment is strong, it depends on who it's compared to...

It's no exaggeration to say that Ankai could easily crush a bunch of newly minted spirit-enchanting professionals like this...

With a thought, the [Fireball] and [Wind Blade] spells instantly coalesced.

It flew towards the ill-informed henchman of Fuling Donglin...

In the blink of an eye, two spells arrived in front of Donglin's henchman...

boom!

Before the Donglin henchman could react, his body, except for his head, was blasted apart by the [Wind Blade Technique] and [Fireball Technique]...

"You...you...you dare to defy the Lord!"

Only the head remained, shouting loudly, oblivious to the situation…

Ankai activated his [Freezing Technique] to envelop himself and step out of Malken's Domain.

Several figures flashed and arrived in front of the head that was shouting incessantly.

Holding the [Strength Staff], he shoved around a few times, revealing his head and face before him.

"It really is him!"

"No wonder it sounded familiar..."

Ankai hid within the aura of [Frozen Spell], manifesting the [Magic Armor] armor.

A thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

The owner of the head before him was none other than, in fact, An Kai should address him as "Senior Brother"...

It was in this nameless town that Donglin was one of the eleven formal Dharma Masters in the Dharma Master Association managed by Donglin…

This is the first time An Kai has met his "senior brother" since they parted ways in the nameless town...

Unexpectedly, the other party had already become a newly initiated spirit...

"Submit to me now, and I will plead with the Lord!"

"We warn you! To oppose our Immortal Town is to oppose the gods!"

"Can you afford the price?"

Beneath the [Brute Force Staff], An Kai, this "senior brother," mumbled his words.

"Is it still him?"

"Did the spirit lose its own brain?"

With a wave of his hand, the fifth-tier [Assassin] Malken came to Ankai's side.

Without Ankai saying anything more, Malken picked up Ankai's "senior brother's" head and walked to the side.

Malken was prepared to use his own methods to pry open Ankai's "senior brother's" mouth in order to get more information.

...

Half an hour later.

When Malken returned, he shook his head, a helpless expression on his face.

Just as Ankai had thought, Malken also believed that this guy was mentally challenged and had become an uncommunicative person.

Undeterred, Ankai continued his experiments with meditation and contracts.

It was confirmed that his "senior brother" was uncommunicative.

Even Ankai used the [Beast Taming] skill, but unfortunately, his "senior brother" wasn't a beastman.

Finally, Ankai slammed down with the [Brute Force Staff].

In an instant, "senior brother" vanished into thin air...

As Ankai's "senior brother" disappeared, a "magic stone" radiating magical energy fell from his head...

[Fragment of Donglin Spirit Empowerment Technique: No. 8]

[Note: This Enchantment Technique consists of 12 fragments. Collecting all of them will grant you the Donglin Heart's Blood: Complete Enchantment Technique.]

"Fragments of the Spirit Empowerment Technique?"

Ankai picked up the magic stone from the ground.

...

The town of the dead, inside the castle.

Donglin, who was in a bad mood, suddenly sensed that "Number 8" was dead!

"Damn it!"

At this point, he finally understood why he was so restless.

The Spirit Imbuing Technique was his brainchild. In order to avoid being discovered by others, Donglin divided it into 12 parts and placed them on 12 puppets.

Among them, 11 puppets were the 11 nameless town mage association brothers of Ankai.

"You bastard!"

"I won't let you get away with this!"

Inside the castle, Donglin, who believed he had calculated everything perfectly, was furious.

He discovered that his luck had been declining ever since a passage was blasted open in the [Cage of the Dead].

Now, even the [Spirit Empowerment Technique] that I had hidden away has been taken by someone else.

What was lost was not only the [Spirit Empowerment Fragment], but also a puppet with spirit empowerment capabilities.

"Soon! Six more years!"

"Wait for me!"

Inside the castle, Donglin understood the reason for his unease, and his mind returned to calm.

I felt somewhat angry...

Who were the ones who did it? In the entire Seven Desert Kingdoms, there were only two people.

One is a spirit-enchanted beastman.

The other is the person who blasted open the [Cage of the Dead].

The Spirit Beastman lacked the intelligence to locate the city where Donglin's puppets were located, and he also had no one to guide him.

This can be seen.

The spirit beastman entered the desert and was either killed or defeated by that guy in the desert.

That bastard Will Bucklin gave up his location in the town of the dead in order to repay a debt of gratitude.

Donglin guessed correctly, except for one thing he didn't guess right.

The one who did it was An Kai!

He also originally planned to transform it into one of the puppets that would store the [Spirit Empowerment Fragments]!

...

Standing in front of the ruined city.

Ankai always felt like he was using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

With a swift movement, he activated the [Swiftness] spell, and in a few flashes, he passed through the bewildered group of Good People.

He went to Will Bucklin, who was still confused.

Do you know the entrances and exits of other towns for the dead?

Upon hearing Ankai's question, Will nodded...

"I know two more."

"lead the way!"

...

night.

With a gentle slap of his [Brute Force Staff], An Kai smashed the head of one of his "senior brothers" who was about to move away.

A new fragment of [Donglin Enchanting Technique: No. 4] has been dropped.

This is the third fragment he has collected.

They are number 8, number 1, and number 4 respectively.

The three senior brothers were of similar strength, all having just entered the Spirit Gathering stage.

And they also have some similarities.

He lost his "reason"!

The senior brother who possessed fragment number 8 was like an idiot, the senior brother number 1 only knew how to kill, and as for the senior brother number 4 who was preparing to escape, he was dumbfounded and knew nothing when asked.

The answer was completely irrelevant.

An Kai still remembers that his fourth senior brother was described as "talkative" in the nameless town...

"Are all 11 senior brothers carriers of the Donglin Spirit Empowerment Method?"

"Then we're still one person short?"

An Kai frowned. He checked himself and confirmed that he was not the twelfth spirit-enhancing vessel of Donglin.

I don't understand, there are no hints about this in the side quests.

If Will Bucklin hadn't led the way, Ankai wouldn't have known that Donglin had divided the Spirit Empowerment Method into 12 parts.

Ankai looked at Will Bookering beside him…

Taking advantage of Will-Bucklin's frown, I used [Meditation] to peer into his body again, but I did not find the same suppressed madness in Will as his three senior brothers.

Looking at the empty city he had destroyed, Ankai felt a sense of unease for the first time.

This trip out of the desert was a real lesson Donglin taught him through his actions.

It's no wonder that the fifth-tier assassin, Malken, couldn't find a single hair in the town of the dead, despite mobilizing so much manpower and resources.

They only found some things related to Donglin because they had an inside contact to guide them.

"My lord... I..."

Will-Bucklin felt somewhat guilty, feeling that he had let Ankai down.

"It's alright, don't blame yourself. That old bastard Donglin is just too cunning!"

Ankai offered a word of comfort and then joined Will Bookerin and the team.

Preparing to return to the desert.

During this trip out of the desert, An Kai also witnessed firsthand the situation of the seven kingdoms.

Corpses lay strewn across the fields; scattered skeletons littered the national highway.

In various places, powerful forces carved out their own territories, and many of these forces actively sought refuge with foreign races, hoping for their protection.

The credibility of the royal family and nobility has declined significantly.

Without a savior, the turmoil in the Seven Kingdoms will continue to worsen.

An Kai originally intended to deal with Donglin and then become the savior of the world.

After all, he has the strength and the manpower.

Unfortunately, Donglin was too well hidden, and An Kai lost interest in being the savior.

In particular, he learned that Donglin had personally participated in the creation of all the cities.

He felt as if he were in one of the seven kingdoms, with his every word and action being monitored by the Donglin Party.

Therefore, after dealing with the three entrances and exits of the town of the dead that Will mentioned, Ankai returned to the desert immediately.

The search for Donglin requires careful consideration...

...

In the castle of the town of the dead.

Today, Donglin stood up and cursed three times.

The reason was that their own spirit-enchanted puppet was killed.

This made Donglin feel that his strength had been trampled on.

And Will Bucklin's betrayal infuriated him.

If he had known this would happen, he would have slapped Will Bucklin to death.

In order to vent his anger, Donglin took the No. 12 fragment of the Spirit Empowerment Technique from the body of the King of the Shak Kingdom and put it into the body of Sally-Buklin.

He wanted to see what Will Bucklin would do after learning about this.

Can you persuade that desert dweller to give up the Spirit Empowerment Technique?

...

Time slipped by little by little.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The position of the good family is unshakeable.

It has become a desert, and is recognized by the seven kingdoms as the last pure land for humankind.

Countless people from the seven kingdoms poured into the desert along the roads built by the orcs.

The good house surrounded 10 cities, and within just three years, it was filled with people.

These three years.

In addition to developing itself, the Good House also mobilized a great deal of resources and manpower to search for the empty city among the seven kingdoms.

No one knows the reason.

However, every time an empty city is discovered, the House of Goodness will destroy it, and the "Lord" of the House of Goodness will personally be present at the scene each time, under the palace carried by the orcs.

For the past three years, the twenty-eighth prince of the orcs, Gulaier, has lived in constant fear and anxiety.

For him, every time he impersonated An Kai and went to the scene, it was a life-or-death crisis...

Of course, the results were quite good.

An Kai spent three years personally killing 11 of his senior brothers.

Only one last fragment remains to complete the [Donglin Spiritual Enlightenment Method].

Today, in the deepest part of the House of Goodness, lies the castle.

An Kai was not in a hurry to find the last fragment of the [Donglin Spirit Empowerment Technique].

Because he just added a newly acquired attribute point to [Strength].

At this point...

His four attributes have reached 2000!

And at this very moment, Ankai's path of spiritual empowerment also arrived on time!

boom!

In the desert where the weather had never changed, a strong wind suddenly arose, and a thunderous roar resounded in the sky!

P.S.: Typos will be corrected after posting.

(End of this chapter)