Chapter 4732
Seeing this, Hua Zhangweng’s eyes lit up. He quickly stepped forward and said to Kai, “Fellow Daoist Chen, I have a dual cultivation partner. She’s a bit older and not as strong as me, but…”
Hua Zhangweng had seen Mo Shaying enlist his father to earn fairy stones, so he immediately thought of his own wife!
“Alright, let her come,” Kai agreed before Hua Zhangweng could even finish.
“Great, great!” Hua Zhangweng was thrilled, then hesitated before adding, “I also have a sister-in-law who—”
Before he could finish, Mo Shaying eagerly jumped in. “I also have a third aunt who—”
“Enough! As long as they are ninth-rank cultivators in the Mahayana Realm, they can come!”
Kai waved his hand, cutting them off.
At this rate, they’d introduce every aunt and uncle in their family tree, and he didn’t have time to listen to their life stories.
What mattered was that ninth-rank Mahayana cultivators would be a great help to him, and these people desperately needed fairy stones.
Excited, Mo Shaying and Hua Zhangweng hurried off to contact their family members.
Meanwhile, Lin Kefan’s face darkened with frustration, but there was nothing he could do.
After all, Mo Shaying and Hua Zhangweng weren’t betraying him—they were simply bringing their relatives to follow Kai!
Kai glanced at Lin Kefan and smirked. “Fourth Uncle, it seems life in Sun Moon City isn’t exactly easy for you…”
Lin Kefan’s expression grew awkward. “Indeed… Our resources have been running low lately.”
If Sun Moon City hadn’t been struggling with shortages, Lin Kedong wouldn’t have accepted the Ten Palaces’ assassination order against Kai.
And Lin Kefan certainly wouldn’t have resorted to hiding his identity just to trick Kai for a few resources.
After all, they were princes—men of status. Stooping to such schemes was humiliating.
But with resources scarce, they had no choice but to search for them however they could.
The Ten Palaces…
Huo Qing lay in his room, idly toying with an object in his hand. Only upon closer inspection would one realize—it was a child’s severed head!
From years of handling, the head’s surface had developed a strange, polished sheen, reflecting an eerie glow.
At that moment, the thin old man pushed open the door. He was the only person allowed to enter Huo Qing’s room unannounced—even the Ten Palace Masters had to knock.
“What is it?” Huo Qing asked lazily, barely lifting his eyelids.
“The fairy stones were given to Lin Kedong, and he launched an attack on Kai. But Lin Kedong was beaten nearly to death…” the old man reported.
“Nearly to death? Why didn’t he die? What happened?”
Now intrigued, Huo Qing sat up, his gaze sharp.
“Just as Kai was about to finish him off, the Fourth Prince of Sun Moon City, Lin Kefan, arrived and rescued him,” the old man explained.
“That damn Lin Kefan! Always ruining things!”
Huo Qing spat on the ground in frustration. If Kai had killed Lin Kedong, it would have sparked a major conflict.
Sun Moon City would never let such an incident slide. They would have sought revenge, and the ensuing chaos would have been entertaining to watch—letting them sit back and watch Sun Moon City do their dirty work for them.
“After Lin Kedong was saved, Kai used fairy stones to bribe several ninth-rank Mahayana experts,” the old man continued in a hushed tone.
“It seems he’s expanding his forces… perhaps even preparing to go against our Temple.”
“Hah! That little second-rank Mahayana cultivator thinks he can challenge the Temple?” Huo Qing sneered. “Even if he rallies every cultivator in the Heavenly Realm, he wouldn’t stand a chance.”
“At best, they might be able to take on the Ten Palaces. But if they dream of taking on the entire Temple, they’re delusional…”
Among the Temple’s forces, the Ten Palaces were the weakest—yet even they ranked among the top powers in the Heavenly Realm.
One could only imagine the overwhelming might of the halls above them.
For a mere cultivator from the Heavenly Realm to challenge the Temple?
It was nothing more than a fool’s dream.