Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 677: Chapter 275: Pirate Ship_2

”Of course.”

After receiving an affirmative answer, the Great Elder Wang Kan from the Tianyang Star Hall bowed respectfully and then exited the grand hall.

minutes later, the Great Elder of the Tianyang Star Hall, accompanied by five individuals all at the Ninth Layer Peak of Fifth Tier, arrived on the second floor of the Star-picking Tower within the Tianyang Star Hall.

Upon entering, they immediately surprised Fifth Young Master Qiao from the Sumeru Palace.

He was somewhat unclear about Wang Kan’s intentions.

Wang Kan glanced at the temporary star gate that Fifth Young Master Qiao had helped open earlier, and the color drained from the face of the Fifth Young Master from Sumeru Palace.

He was a clever man and immediately understood Wang Kan’s intention.

Wang Kan planned to continue sending people into this star domain.

In recent days, Fifth Young Master Qiao had come to realize this.

At the juncture of the Lougong Battle, when Wang Kan asked him to open a temporary star gate for a star domain, the matter was definitely related to the Lougong Battle.

It was very likely cheating.

Because it was a newly opened temporary star gate, the experts Wang Kan sent over could very likely increase the difficulty for other factions in the star domain or even cause disruption.

Initially, since Wang Kan had only sent one person, Fifth Young Master Qiao agreed.

One person could not influence the overall situation too much.

Moreover, his second senior brother had also instructed him earlier to handle requests from the Tianyang Star Hall with discretion, not to be too rigid, but also not too lax.

Thus, he had reluctantly agreed to the Tianyang Star Hall’s actions earlier.

One person.

Even if discovered, there would be excuses.

But now, it seemed that the Great Elder Wang Kan intended to send five people?

Five people would create much larger disturbances.

If handled carelessly, and if Dahong obtained leverage, their Sumeru Palace could end up embarrassed, and he, being in charge of this matter, might end up being stripped of his cultivation level and expelled from the Sumeru Palace.

The risks were now too significant.

Fifth Young Master Qiao concluded that the Tianyang Star Hall intended to sabotage Dachen because he had also heard about the score rankings.

Previously, Dahong and Tianyang Star Hall were ranked first, but this time they were firmly suppressed by Dachen, with scores more than double.

The Tianyang Star Hall must have been desperate.

Thus, they had taken the current actions.

In the next instant, Fifth Young Master Qiao quickly moved and blocked the front of the temporary star gate, simultaneously activating his Star Skill to directly seal the temporary star gate.

”Great Elder, this is too much, it violates the rules, and once anything leaks, neither you nor I could bear the consequences,” said Fifth Young Master Qiao.

Both being wise to the world, there was no need for further explanations, as everything was understood.

Yet, Great Elder Wang Kan merely smiled and said, ”Fifth Young Master, rest assured, these five individuals are all utterly loyal to our Tianyang Star Hall, they will not cause any trouble.”

During the conversation, Great Elder Wang Kan presented a Jade, saying, ”This is a list of gifts, I hope the Fifth Young Master will kindly accept.”

This time, Wang Kan had brought significant gifts.

Aside from the basic 10,000 strands of Starlight, there were ten Fifth Order Star Jade Tablets, one Sixth Rank Star Jade, a box of various precious jewels and ornaments, three properties, and fifteen beauties.

However, facing the gifts presented by Wang Kan, Fifth Young Master gave a bitter smile full of regret without even looking at it, ”Great Elder, it’s not about the gifts anymore, this involves too great a risk, and once there’s an issue, my future...”

”This matter is of great importance to our Tianyang Star Hall, I implore Fifth Young Master Qiao to facilitate this,” Tianyang Star Hall’s Great Elder, Wang Kan, again presented a list of gifts.

It was double the usual gifts.

Seeing this, Fifth Young Master Qiao still refused without even looking and directly declined.

In the next instant, Wang Kan’s expression abruptly darkened.

”Fifth Young Master, please help me with this, and it will be good for both of us. Otherwise, it might not look good for either of us,” Wang Kan said with a cold laugh.

”Great Elder, what do you mean?” sensing something, the complexion of Fifth Young Master Qiao instantly turned ashen.

”Fifth Young Master, you are a smart man.

As I said, this matter is crucial for our Tianyang Star Hall.

If Young Master Qiao refuses, then I will have to take this matter to my master and seek justice.

It isn’t right to only help halfway,” Wang Kan pointed out once more.

The complexion of Fifth Young Master Qiao instantly turned miserable.

Suddenly, he fully understood.

Given his master’s temperament, if the Tianyang Star Hall took this matter up, they would likely suppress it forcefully due to the loss of face for Sumeru Palace.

They might even acquiesce to Tianyang Star Hall’s demands.

But for him, that would be disastrous.

It was very possible that his teacher would deal with him secretly.

His life would be completely ruined.

Just as Fifth Young Master Qiao’s thoughts were turbulent, Great Elder Wang Kan pushed two lists of gifts toward Fifth Young Master Qiao.

”Fifth Young Master, rest assured, they will definitely not cause any issues. Divine prohibitions have been placed in their Divine Souls, they won’t reveal their identities.

They absolutely will not bring trouble to Fifth Young Master,” Wang Kan assured.

”Ah!”

Fifth Young Master Qiao sighed deeply.

Suddenly, he felt somewhat resentful towards his second senior brother.

If it hadn’t been for the second senior brother’s guidance, he would not have gotten on board with Tianyang Star Hall.

It’s easy to get on a ship, hard to get off.

From today onwards, his relationship with Tianyang Star Hall could probably never be severed.

But now, accepting the gifts proved better than refusing.

He could only silently accept the list of gifts and then reopened the star gate, quietly moving to the side.

”Fifth Young Master’s nobility will be repaid by Tianyang Star Hall in the future.”

Following a slight bowing gesture by Wang Kan, in the next instant, Wang Kan’s companions led by Zhang Yucheng, a group of five, quickly stepped into the temporary star gate and then disappeared.

*****

In the Fifth Tier Spirit Martial Star Domain, Xu Jin casually killed a captive stuck in a Warm Dream from the Fifth Tier Early Period, extracted the Star Core, and then quickly left.