25 Sikong Hongyue
The Demon Lord scratched his head, then no longer pondered about it. What exactly is the ten word chant? He roughly had a feeling that the ten word chant is something extraordinary. However, he had already scrapped it away. He regretfully looked at the ancient monument, revealing a fearful expression on his face.
The person that left behind the ancient monument must be an extraordinary supreme expert.
The Demon Lord looked at the ancient monument and pondered for a moment before leaving. He understands that he's not fated to know the ten word chant.
Itachi was out of the illusion and laughed while thinking 'that guy is really funny, he just looked down on Emperor Kong Ming and even gave up the chant! What an idiot! Hehe demon lord huh? Well time will come when I meet that fool.'
That Demon Lord actually has no memory of the ten word chant after scraping them off. From there, one can see how powerful the intent of Emperor Kong Ming really is.
The ones who can remember the ten word chant are naturally those inheritors sought after by Emperor Kong Ming.
Between the five inheritors, only one can emerge victorious.
When Itachi silently said the ten word chant, he could feel his soul realm surging. This resulted in a mysterious bud growing in his soul realm.
It's like a seed, growing as Itachi's soul realm gets stronger.
Itachi could feel that this thing has been hiding in the depths of his soul realm. When he comprehended some of the ten word chant, this bud started to grow.
Itachi was happy beyond words, he turned around and hugged all them at once and kissed them on their cheeks and said "My wives are really my lucky stars, sigh what will I ever do without you!"
The girls looked at Itachi as if seeing an idiot, they didn't know what he got but they were pretty happy from his compliment.
Ning'er asked "So what did you find out?"
"It's a secret. And it's also better if you girls didn't know about it. In future it may lead you to danger. So I won't be telling you." Itachi said strictly. He didn't mind sharing it with them, but he knew there were still other four inheritors, so he didn't want to put his girls lives in danger.
Seeing the always playful Itachi being serious, they didn't ask anything further. They trusted him unconditionally, he would never joke or lie regarding their safety and well being.
The group continued moving towards the distant mountain.
Gradually, they reached the foot of the mountain. The lights that were halfway up the mountain are very close to them now.
"Let's go have a look." Itachi said and walked forward. The girls followed behind him.
It's just as Itachi thought, this is a village. However, what makes this village different from others is that the houses here are built on top of the towering trees. Some places were open platforms, with huge Thunderbird demon beasts quietly standing there.
On the head of the Thunderbirds, there's a crown-like item glowing in the darkness.
The light that shot into the sky must have come from these Thunderbirds.
This place should be a huge village with tens of thousands of residents living here. Furthermore, from the location that he's standing, there are even more lights in the mountains. Seems like the settlements here are not only one.
Some of the grey leather armour guards were holding sharp spears, standing on the branches of some of the huge trees. Not far from his current location, knocking sounds could be heard on top of the mountainside, they seem to be digging something.
"You dare slack off?! You're simply seeking death!" One of the guards spoke in the Woodland Empire's language. He's mercilessly whipping the miners.
Some of the miners couldn't withstand the chores and fell to the ground. The guards seem to have no compassion and continued whipping them, until one of the miners stopped breathing, he then coldly barked, "Drag him away and clean the area!"
The ore that they are mining is the raw stone of the Blood Crystal!
The usage of the Blood Crystal is doubtless. Although only one Blood Crystal could be refined from a few hundred pounds of the raw stone, it's already significant.
Just when Itachi and the girls were preparing to move further, he suddenly felt a killing intent. He immediately turned and cautiously looked at the grass at his side.
The grass moved, a figure slowly appeared before his eyes.
"Who are you people?" A tribal girl, wielding on a long sword appeared from the grass. She was warily looking at Itachi and the girls, filled with hostility.
Itachi took a look at her. She looked different from an ordinary human. She has a pair of silver coloured wings growing from her back. These wings are not from merging with a demon spirit, but something that is growing on her body. She's wearing silver armour, and those green eyes of hers were emitting a faint light in the darkness.
Itachi knew who she was, this is the Silver Winged tribe from the Woodland Empire era!
The first generation Patriarch of the Silver Winged tribe implanted the wings of a Silver Winged Thunderbird into his body and passed to his direct descendents. Only the most noble descendents are able to have the silver wings in the Silver Winged Family.
She's at least a 5-star Gold rank expert!
Itachi was slightly angered due to her releasing her killing intent, he released his own intent and asked coldly in Woodland Empire's language "Silver Winged Family?"
Seeing that her intent was being crushed and a pressure falling upon her, along with hearing Itachi speak with the standard Woodland Empire's language, a hint of doubt flashed within this girl's eyes and she asked with fear, "Who are you, which family do you belong to?"
Itachi increased his pressure and asked again "Silver Winged Family?"
The girl struggled to stay on her feet and knelt down, and answered with a shaky voice "Yes."
Itachi removed his intent and pressure and asked "What's your name?"
"I'm called Sikong Hongyue." She said with fear still evident in her voice.
"Don't you know that you shouldn't release your killing intent towards others expect your enemies?" asked Itachi.
Hongyue was first stunned and immediately apologized saying "I'm sorry young master, this is our family's mine, since I didn't recognize you and your people, I thought other family had invaded."
"Hmmm we've come here from the outside world, take us to your patriarch." Itachi ordered.
Hongyue nodded her head, even though she was curious about the outside world, she didn't dare speak in front of him again. She didn't know what this boy wanted, but her instincts told her he was very dangerous.
Itachi and the girls followed behind the Hongyue, walking inwards.
Hongyue wore silver armour, her entire body was emitting an able and vigorous aura. Her slender long legs were filled with power. Itachi could feel that although she's a girl, her physical power is extremely powerful than his girls.
"Itachi was it necessary to treat her like that?" asked Ziyun while walking.
Itachi turned towards her and smiled, he said "You'll understand when we reach their palace. Whatever I do, there's a meaning behind and calculated, except for the things related to you girls."
The girls looked at Itachi and smiled. They felt blessed to be with him. Hongyue couldn't understand what they were saying, so she just lead the way, worrying inside.
After a moment later, a magnificent palace attracted Itachi's attention.
This palace is held up by several huge trees. The walls of the palace reached a height of dozens of meters, the towering structure gave off a heavy pressure.
Itachi and the girls followed behind Sikong Hongyue and entered the palace. After passing through many corridors, they finally entered into one of the spacious halls.
