Chapter 659: 587: Harassing Green Shadow? The Alien Race Representative Says No

Chapter 659: Chapter 587: Harassing Green Shadow? The Alien Race Representative Says No

“Transmission Array?!”

“You, Green Shadow, have mastered the lost technology of the Transmission Array from the Second Epoch?!”

The Ancient Spirit Emperor couldn’t remain calm.

The Origin Star, in those years, ruled many planets, and their transmission technology was highly advanced; they even constructed several “Star Roads.” In the Fourth Epoch, their Ancient Spirit rank discovered some relics related to the Transmission Array.

Now that Source Qi is reviving, countless Secret Realms and sealed places reemerge, and there are several Transmission Array sites in the hands of the Ancient Spirit Royal Family.

However, the relevant technology was missing!

The Holy City… also lacked it.

Could it be that Green Shadow had found it?

The Ancient Heavenly Venerate cast his eyes over.

Tang Yu smiled without a word, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

Though the Transmission Array technology… had records in the Holy City Cultivator Academy, the suspicions of the Ancient Spirit Emperor weren’t entirely wrong, just not comprehensive. The study of this technology is still ongoing.

“As long as a Transmission Array is constructed in the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital, with just a light touch, one can cross thousands of mountains and rivers to provide support easily, right? After all, we can’t stay here forever.”

The Ancient Spirit Emperor nodded, but he knew too well that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Support meant uniting against a common foe – the Alien Race – and constructing a Transmission Array was far from cheap.

“City Lord Tang, please speak freely if you have any conditions.”

“Three conditions.”

Tang Yu held up three fingers, “First, the Ancient Spirit will pay half the cost for the construction of the Transmission Array; that’s acceptable, right?”

The Ancient Heavenly Venerate had no objection, “That’s reasonable.”

“Secondly, I need to own a piece of land within the Imperial Capital and station a team of Awakeners to protect and maintain the Transmission Array. Of course, the number of Transcendents stationed will not exceed two.”

The Ancient Heavenly Venerate thought it over, “That’s also acceptable.”

“The last point, about our Green Shadow’s ‘Extreme Martial Arts Hall’ and ‘Trading House,’ I don’t know how much you understand, but my condition is to open Martial Arts Halls and Trading Houses in the Ancient Spirit.”

The Ancient Heavenly Venerate slightly frowned.

Of course, he was well-aware of Green Shadow, having reviewed countless pieces of relevant intelligence.

Had Tang Yu proposed to open an ‘adventurer guild,’ he might have flatly refused without hesitation as it would touch upon core interests, indirectly contesting the control of non-governmental Awakeners.

But Martial Arts Halls and Trading Houses…

One was to impart elementary Cultivation Skills and provide training grounds, and the other, to sell rune Equipment.

There would surely be an impact on the Ancient Spirit, but it would only carve out some market share.

The Ancient Heavenly Venerate thought for a moment before agreeing, as without Green Shadow’s support, the Ancient Spirit would have to forfeit the four Satellite Cities.

…

In a desolate Secret Realm.

Upon the round platform,

swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, beams of light lit up, transforming into various Alien Race phantoms.

Leading them was the Devil Race Envoy, Mo Ke, with two other surviving second-tier Transcendents by his side. Arranged in order were representatives of over a hundred different Alien Races present in the Origin Star.

Even though it was only their phantasms that had descended, the willpower and pressure stirred the Secret Realm, causing the sky to change color.

This was a routine assembly of the Alien Races.

To avoid being eradicated by humans in one fell swoop, the major Alien Races scattered across the world, with each race unclear of the others’ exact locations, assigning tasks through projected images for communication.

One after another, the Alien Race representatives began reporting on their tasks.

“The defensive pattern of the second fortress in Beiting has been figured out.”

“In Myriad Buddha Valley, a Saint once comprehended the Tao Rhythm, which lingers to this day.”

“The Mage Alliance… uh, the exact location of that small town has not yet been discovered.”

“As for the Ancient Spirit Royal Family, we have deployed Transcendents to harass them; success should be soon…”

“Wait, your news is outdated. Green Shadow came to the aid of the Ancient Spirit, and all their Transcendents perished in battle!”

“What? Such rotten luck!”

Mo Ke narrowed his eyes.

The loss of a dozen or so Transcendents wasn’t that big of a deal to him, what irritated him was that his well-devised plan had been foiled by Green Shadow again.

He had specifically chosen the Ancient Spirit with the Holy Artifact as the initial target for retribution out of some apprehension towards the power of Green Shadow, yet…

It was Green Shadow again!

“Since Green Shadow’s reinforcements are in the Ancient Spirit, postpone the harassment of the Ancient Spirit for now. I refuse to believe Green Shadow’s forces can stay in the Ancient Spirit forever!”

Mo Ke said further, “Beiting, the headquarters of the Hero Club, Frostwinter Castle… all other Holy Lands are to proceed with the plan, weaken their strength, and when the time comes, annihilate them all!”

“In addition, regarding Green Shadow, not to mention the Floating Island, there are still five Satellite Cities within the Defense Circle of Green Shadow, and countless Transfer Stations and outposts. Green Shadow’s Transcendents can’t defend so many places. Who would like to take on the task of harassing Green Shadow?”

The Secret Realm space, which had been filled with heated discussion, suddenly fell silent.

Mo Ke was furious; a mere Transfer Station with barely any defensive power could be leveled to the ground by a Transcendent with a flick of the hand. The Green Shadow City Lord would surely be heartbroken!

And yet,

No one was willing to make a move!

As a noble of the Devil Race, he naturally couldn’t risk even the slightest danger!

“The merit for harassing Green Shadow will count as double, and if you can kill a Transcendent of Green Shadow, the merit will be triple!”

Mo Ke scanned the crowd, but all he saw were some Alien Races staring up at the clouds and others counting the cracks in the ground—none agreed.

Merit was all well and good, but one needed to be alive to claim it.

The sealing of world-class Demonized Beasts and the slaying of Saints in a single strike had already terrified them.

This envoy of the Devil Race was truly terrible!

Thus, representatives of the various Alien Races each stated that they would give the chance to earn merit to others, and would only participate in the harassment and encirclement tasks against the Holy Lands of Beiting, the Hero Club, and the like.

They were especially eager.

After all, Green Shadow’s reinforcements were still in Ancient Spirit, and supporting other Holy Lands would always be too late, wouldn’t it?

…

On this front,

Tang Yu had already returned to the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital and continued to drink tea.

Displaying the self-cultivation of an actor, he thoroughly enjoyed his conversation with the Ancient Spirit Emperor.

More than two hours later, the Xing Yue sisters and Kong and others returned, capturing a few Alien Race Transcendents, but no more clues were found.

The Alien Races had abundant experience in anti-Divination, so the Xing Yue sisters had no way to proceed.

Adhering to the principle of friendly exchanges and considering their allies’ interests, except for Grey Blade, who was busy with Intelligence Department work and had been wanting to resign, everyone, including Tang Yu, was prepared to stay in the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital for a few days.

It was practically a vacation.

“How about this area? Nestled by the mountains and water, the environment is beautiful, and more importantly, it is sparsely populated with strong secrecy, making it very suitable for constructing a Transmission Array.”

Tang Yu consciously ignored the latter part of the sentence.

What need was there for secrecy!

His Martial Arts Hall and Trading House needed a huge flow of people, otherwise where would the Source Crystals come from?

Does maintaining such a huge Transmission Array not cost money? Doesn’t the travel of nearly twenty Transcendents over a thousand miles cost money!

But Tang Yu still agreed.

The area demarcated by Ancient Spirit was quite large, and a few kilometers further was the bustling area of the Inner City. After a session of “friendly exchange,” two streets on the edge of the bustling business district of the Inner City were also included under Green Shadow’s name.

Furthermore, under the guise of “Transmission Array construction costs,” he received a significant amount of high-purity Source Crystals from Ancient Spirit.

He took only half of what was offered, not a bit more.

The Ancient Spirit Emperor, who had some understanding of the high cost of Transmission Arrays, was very moved. Green Shadow was truly a good ally.

And so,

The Green Shadow Trading House and the Extreme Martial Arts Hall quietly opened for business in Ancient Spirit.