Night of Despair

Chapter 366 - 366 364 if four

?Chapter 366: 364 if four Chapter 366: 364 if four “Hmm…that’s pretty badass…” Yu Hong nodded. He had just sneakily measured with a multimeter and found the Spiritual Fluctuation Value to be over fifty thousand. Yep, definitely a big shot.

For someone like him, whose Spiritual Value is barely over a hundred, all these are top-level powerhouses.

The strongest Spiritual Fluctuation under him right now is Qing Huang, with a strength of just a few thousand. That’s after the Spirit Light made up for the shortcoming in power.

“Let’s not talk about that. Next, we’re going to the Qingxia Palace’s previous Palace Master, Golden Light Taoist. This one is very powerful. In his era, he was considered just second to Predecessor Quan He, but because he was too powerful, he was ambushed by three other powerhouses of the same level, got severely injured, and has been lying here for several years before regaining consciousness.”

“That’s impressive!” Yu Hong nodded.

“After Golden Light is Predecessor Lian Yun, who is equally powerful. Remember to be polite when you get there,” Yu Hen reminded.

“Understood.”

“These three, plus Predecessor Quan He, these four people are the main forces we need to focus on. If they can recover all their strength, then… our Mutual Aid Alliance… can rise to become a formidable force that is only slightly weaker than the Seven Evil Alliance and the Taoist Sect!”

“Predecessor Quan He is on par with Long Qingzi and Heavenly Master Yu. The other three are on the level of the Seven Evils and the Nine Sects’ Sect Masters.

Add on the extensive connections within the Taoist Sect, when the time comes, our Mutual Aid Alliance will definitely have a strong foothold.”

Yu Hen talked about the future with great anticipation.

“Tell me, what are the basics about Predecessor Golden Light and Predecessor Lian Yun?”

Yu Hong asked seriously.

Yu Hen didn’t beat around the bush and immediately recited clearly the information he had prepared the day before.

During this Spirit Light rescue action, Yu Hong and Yu Hen spent over a day at the Qian’an Sanatorium before reluctantly returning.

In this one day, aside from visiting the three former sect leaders, they met with nine other once high-level Xuanmen experts who were now weak and injured.

Out of these nine, four declined their offer, expressing no desire to leave and instead wishing to quietly await the end of their lives here.

The other five, with a try-and-see attitude, agreed to Yu Hong’s Spirit Light integration. And their Spiritual Fluctuation Values were all in the thousands… in other words, at Qing Huang’s Daoist Realm level.

Not to talk about combat effectiveness, after all, that also depends on whether the techniques you master are strong enough, whether you have rich combat experience, etc. But at least just from the standpoint of Daoist Skills.

The people here are all old brands that have completed their Passive Techniques.

Put a few decades back, each of them could easily make the news in the Magician circles.

But now, due to injuries and aging, they can only wait here to die, no longer having half the value they once did.

Fortunately, the initial trials with Spirit Light did not disappoint.

But the integration and restoration take time, and the illnesses and injuries borne by these old comrades are not easy to deal with.

Otherwise, with such status, they wouldn’t just be staying here for retirement…

Seeds were sown quickly, and what follows is waiting, waiting for a few days later for rooting, sprouting, blooming, and bearing fruit.

After spreading the Spirit Light and leaving behind the secret technique, the two quickly returned to Taizhou to officially convene the first Spirit Light Conference.

The conference was declared to be simple: as long as everyone arrived, that was enough.

The location chosen was Taizhou’s largest open-air stadium. The conference proceedings didn’t need Yu Hong’s management; there were plenty of people to organize it below.

He didn’t even need to stay throughout the event; all he had to do was wait for everyone’s Spirit Light to merge and then come back to complete the last step, merging his own before sending out the Spirit Light again.

The next morning.

Within the colossal Taizhou Stadium.

Presiding over the conference was the former Qingchen Temple Master Yu Hen, microphone in hand.

He stood on a circular stage, in a well-fitting, slender Daoist robe, with white hair fluttering and an air of immortal grace, quite imposing.

Surveying his surroundings, he was intently watched by hundreds of eyes yet remained completely unflustered.

“I, Yu Hen, today, here, on behalf of my nephew Zheng Rou, have come to witness with all of you the growth of our Mutual Aid Alliance!” Yu Hen declared loudly.

“According to the mutual discussions of the management layer of the Mutual Aid Alliance, to let everyone directly see how powerful our Spirit Light secret technique is, so…”

He paused for a moment.

“We’ve prepared some demonstrations here in advance, hoping everyone can get a clear understanding of the strength of Spirit Light, and understand where that strength lies.”

This Spirit Light Conference, in addition to Magicians, also had many local officials and civilian magicians who fled from unstable areas.

The instability elsewhere increasingly highlighted the value of peace and security in Taizhou.

These words were also spoken for that part of the audience.

Following that, Yu Hen began inviting various Cultivators who had trained to take the stage.

Then they prepared various weapons and props, beginning their tests.

After more than ten minutes, those Cultivators on stage were subjected to different experiences: some faced a flamethrower firing at them, others directly faced a small sedan charging at full speed, and some were shot at close range with firearms of varying calibers.

Boom!

A loud noise.

The front hood of the sedan had been dented and lifted from the impact.

The car slammed into the magician standing still, flinging him over ten meters away.

But soon, the magician naturally got up, patted himself off, and, incredibly, not even his clothes were torn, completely unharmed.

All the impact force was absorbed by the thin layer of silver Spirit Light on his body.

“Did everyone see that? With our Spirit Light, once cultivated, each can withstand cars, be unafraid of fire, high temperatures, bullets, and deadly poisons,” Yu Hen introduced, extending his hand from the stage.

“In terms of firearms, the armed department has kindly provided us with some weapons. Those who are skeptical can come up now and test it out. See how strong the average Spirit Light intensity is? This is also for safety’s sake!”

Yu Hen raised his hand, loudly declaring.

“We promise, ah, we promise, that every friend who joins our Mutual Aid Alliance will receive Spirit Light protection of the same level! Such a powerful secret technique, such exaggerated safety, who can compare?? Throughout all of Taizhou, our Mutual Aid Alliance’s Spirit Light is one of a kind! Now, next up is the poison gas test. We’ve arranged a gas chamber, it’s fully sealed, airtight, and we will release into it a special chemical poisonous gas from Mid. A normal adult, if they inhale even one breath, will rapidly succumb to nerve decay, lose control of their entire body, and quickly die from physiological dysfunction…”
Yu Hong was among the audience, watching this old Temple Master who was energetically performing, feeling as if he was truly enjoying this, ignited with passion, making it seem like some sort of live prize giveaway.

However, this was also his intention, considering that the more people there were, the stronger the Spirit Light would become. Therefore, he had already decided to devote this secret technique to the government authorities.

In the venue, half of the guests in the VIP seating area were officials from the province and surrounding cities.

At this moment, everyone who saw this spectacle was in a daze, as if believing that Yu Hen was still performing.

Soon after, the volunteer magician who had been in the poison gas chamber emerged.

He walked around several times, confirming he was completely fine, before slightly bowing to Yu Hen and leaving.

Conversations and discussions among the audience grew louder and louder.

Mostly, these were from ordinary people and other magicians watching the conference. Members of the Mutual Aid Alliance who already possessed Spirit Light were not surprised by these tests and sat quietly, eagerly anticipating the merging segment that was to come.

After a while, two men dressed as government department secretaries approached to speak with Yu Hen, but with a casual gesture from him, they were directed to other Mutual Aid Alliance members nearby who were responsible for explaining the details.

Yu Hong observed all this while waiting for the final Spirit Light merging segment.

As he sat in the gym’s backstage resting area awaiting his turn,
His mentor, Yu Mo, the old Taoist, approached with a grave expression and quickly stepped backstage toward him.

“Zheng Rou, disaster has struck!”

“Master, the conference is in session now, no matter the issue, unless it’s extremely severe, we must wait until the conference ends to discuss it,” Yu Hong stood up and said.

“It will not affect the conference, but… we need to heighten our vigilance,” Yu Mo handed over a letter he had just received to Yu Hong.

Yu Hong was taken aback, choosing an ancient form of correspondence over a direct phone call at such a time gave him an ominous feeling.

Standing in the open-air resting area, he took the pale yellow envelope with the letter, pulled out the letter from the torn edge, unfolded it, and began to read.

As he read attentively, his expression turned grave and unsightly.

Whir. The letter was folded back up.

Yu Hong looked up at Yu Mo.

“Teacher, is this message real?”

“Absolutely real. All the phones there are being tapped right now, which is why someone would write the content and send it out discreetly. The situation is terrible!” Yu Mo’s expression was extremely grim as well.

“We’ve always known that there is some corruption inside the Taoist Sect Ancestor Court, but I would never have imagined that, in the face of such a catastrophe, there would be those who dare entertain such thoughts!! They truly deserve to die!!”

His voice was low, filled with the exhaustion that comes after anger and agitation.

Clearly, he had already been enraged upon first receiving the news.

“When did this happen?” Yu Hong asked.

“Yesterday, the day you all went to the sanatorium. At that time, Zihe Palace sought help from the Ancestor Court. They sent an urgent drone message, and the Ancestor Court replied, asking them to hold out for two hours.”

Yu Mo replied solemnly.

“The result was after two hours, there was no support, not one. Zihe Palace sent out another drone for help and was told to hold on for another three hours. Then, they continued to endure…”

“What about Ku Chan?” Yu Hong asked directly.

“Ku Chan is said to have rushed back early, but he has yet to be seen,” Yu Mo shook his head.

“That means… the vast Zihe Palace, with so many Temple Master Level experts, just like that, gone!?” Yu Hong inhaled sharply.

“Yes… It is said that Ghost Bell, one of the Seven Evils of the Seven Evil Alliance, activated two Black Disaster Gates of Despair, then released two Spirit Disasters from the Gate of Ten Thousand Spirits, causing the situation to mutate…” Yu Mo nodded, his expression grave.

“These people…” Yu Hong closed his eyes, seemingly trying to calm his emotions.

Even in Hope City from his previous world, the Eternal Life Association wasn’t this despicable.

“They really deserve to die…”
With four outlets of Source Disaster, such a calamity could clearly be envisioned; the nearby towns and villages are likely now completely devoid of life.

“Now, aside from Zihe Palace, in the entirety of Taizhou yesterday, thirteen Gates of Ten Thousand Spirits were opened. Some parts of the Sky Stabilizing Plate previously sealed were broken open again. We are right next to two Yin Qi Sky Pillars, and the Seven Evil Alliance might decide to send someone here to break the seal, so we must prepare as soon as possible,” Yu Mo stated in a low voice.

He, together with Yu Hen and Qing Huang, are the three Vice Alliance Hierarchs of the entire Mutual Aid Alliance, holding administrative power, which is why this message was relayed to Yu Hong by him.