Chapter 00330: Teng Mo's Backer
# Teng Mo's Backer
Chapter 330
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 330: Teng Mo's Backer
"Old Zhao, let's head to the Star Ascension Immortal Court together. Teng Mo is my brother, and he can't afford to have anything happen to him," Lan Xiaobu said.
Teng Mo wasn't just his brother.
If Lan Xiaobu were to leave the Star Ascension Immortal Court, Teng Mo absolutely couldn't be in trouble.
If something happened to Teng Mo, his friends, the Forbidden Immortal Bureau, and even Liu Li would all suffer.
Zhao Gongming understood Lan Xiaobu's thoughts and laughed heartily, "Let's go. Didn't you say that being with me brings great fortune? I have a feeling we're about to strike it rich again."
As soon as Zhao Gongming finished speaking, a man rushed over in a panic.
The moment he reached the entrance of the Forbidden Immortal Bureau, he collapsed to the ground.
Lan Xiaobu looked at the man in surprise.
He was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The man was filthy, his spirit was broken, and his body was so emaciated that he looked like a walking skeleton.
The most horrifying part was that his legs were completely gone, all the way up to his hips.
If Lan Xiaobu hadn't seen the man walk here with his own eyes, he would have doubted that a legless Foundation Establishment cultivator could make it this far.
"My village, Gu Feng, has been wronged! I beg the Forbidden Immortal Bureau to uphold justice..."
The man managed to say just one sentence before pulling out a crystal ball.
However, he had no spiritual energy left to activate it.
Lan Xiaobu reached out and took the crystal ball.
It was crudely made, likely crafted by someone with only a faint trace of spiritual energy.
When Lan Xiaobu activated it, he couldn't help but sigh in frustration and anger.
The images showed vast stretches of land so dry they seemed ready to burst into flames.
Corpses were scattered everywhere, and the few survivors were like withered sticks, crawling on the ground or kneeling, begging for a drop of rain.
As for crops, there were none to be seen.
A skinny girl with lifeless eyes leaned against a dried-up bamboo stalk, staring at the clear sky.
Slowly, she closed her eyes and collapsed to the ground.
Despite the clear sky, the scene felt overwhelmingly bleak.
"Only half of the thousands of people in Gu Feng village remain. I beg the Forbidden Immortal Bureau to save them..." the man said mournfully.
Qi Yunshu, who was standing nearby, sighed, "Your news is already half a year old. Now, not just Gu Feng village, but over a dozen surrounding villages have been sealed off by the Rain Control Bureau. Tens of thousands have likely died by now."
Hearing this, the man trembled violently and fainted on the spot.
Lan Xiaobu took out a pill and placed it in the man's mouth.
Within moments, the man woke up, and his missing legs had completely regrown.
A fifth-grade immortal pill was nothing short of a miracle for an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.
While the man was still in shock, Lan Xiaobu said, "Qi Yunshu, take ten high-level immortal officers and head to Gu Feng. Kill everyone involved in this. Go now, and you lead the way."
The last sentence was directed at the man, who finally snapped out of his daze and kowtowed repeatedly.
Lan Xiaobu didn't even ask for details because he didn't need to know the reason.
If someone wronged you, taking revenge on that person was one thing, but tormenting an entire region to death was inexcusable.
"Thank you, Immortal Official. Qi He will never forget this. I will definitely tell the Goddess about this..."
The man kowtowed repeatedly.
He didn't dare ask for Lan Xiaobu's name directly, but he memorized his appearance.
When he returned to Gu Feng with the other officer, he would make sure to ask for Lan Xiaobu's name and rank.
"Understood," Qi Yunshu replied without hesitation.
He immediately left with Qi He, preparing to head to Gu Feng.
"How did you get here to the Forbidden Immortal Bureau?" Lan Xiaobu asked finally.
He could tell that Qi He's legs had been destroyed from using a long-distance movement talisman.
It was sheer willpower that had brought him to the entrance of the Forbidden Immortal Bureau.
Without the talisman, his legs would have disintegrated long before he arrived.
Qi He quickly explained, "The Goddess gave me a teleportation talisman and a location crystal ball. I used the talisman to teleport near the Star Ascension Immortal Court, then used a speed talisman to travel for half a year to get here."
Lan Xiaobu nodded and handed Qi He a ring.
"Take this ring as a gift. Good luck."
A man like this deserved a stroke of fortune.
"Thank you, thank you, Immortal Official," Qi He said, clutching the ring tightly.
He had come here with no hope, but he never expected to encounter such an immortal official.
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The Star Ascension Immortal Court.
Among the four major immortal courts of the Mysterious Profound Realm, it ranked second in power, just behind the Luo Yun Immortal Court.
Hanxing City was the capital of the Star Ascension Immortal Court and also its largest city.
In the entire Mysterious Profound Realm, Hanxing City was among the top three.
As the Immortal Court King of the Star Ascension Immortal Court, Teng Jilou held supreme authority.
Even though Teng Mo had the least support and was the weakest, after the alchemy competition, thanks to Lan Xiaobu, Teng Mo was still designated as the successor by Teng Jilou.
As Zhao Gongming had guessed, Teng Jilou had reached the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm and was half a step into the semi-divine realm.
Because of this, Teng Jilou was preparing to leave the Mysterious Profound Realm at any moment.
With his departure imminent, he naturally had to appoint a successor.
Originally, Teng Jilou planned to gradually transfer his power to Teng Mo, but his plans were cut short when he went missing in the ancient battlefield of the Mysterious Profound Realm.
It was only because Teng Jilou had started grooming Teng Mo that Teng Mo had managed to hold on until now.
Otherwise, Teng Mo wouldn't have lasted three days.
At this moment, Teng Mo was covered in blood, standing in the Golden Rock Palace with a look of despair.
The only people left by his side were Prime Minister Fu and Xie Chuan.
The rest had either died in battle or been imprisoned.
The moment Teng Mo learned that his father, Teng Jilou, had gone missing in the ancient battlefield, he quickly gathered the cultivator army.
Even so, it was too late.
If it weren't for the Golden Rock Palace, his brothers would have already stormed in.
The Golden Rock Palace symbolized the highest authority in the Star Ascension Immortal Court.
Unless Teng Mo's brothers didn't want to succeed Teng Jilou, they wouldn't dare to attack the Golden Rock Palace.
"Prince Mo..."
Xie Chuan had just started speaking when Teng Mo waved his hand, "No need to say more. Even if I die here, I won't hand over the Star Ascension Seal."
The Star Ascension Seal was a top-grade immortal artifact, a supreme defensive and offensive treasure, and the symbol of the Immortal Court King of the Star Ascension Immortal Court.
After meeting Lan Xiaobu, Teng Jilou had passed the seal to Teng Mo.
Teng Mo knew very well that if he handed over the seal, he would lose all claim to the throne of the Star Ascension Immortal Court.
Prime Minister Fu, an Immortal Venerable, said calmly, "Even if Prince Mo hands over the Star Ascension Seal, he will still die."
The implication was clear: as long as Teng Jilou didn't return, Teng Mo had only one path—to cling to his position as the successor to the Immortal Court King.
Otherwise, he wouldn't survive.
"Well said. If Brother Teng hands over the seal, he won't live past a day," a sudden voice interjected.
Teng Mo and the other two were shocked as they looked up at the ceiling of the hall.
How could someone have entered? The Golden Rock Palace was completely sealed off by a large array set up by Teng Mo's brothers.
Even the internal arrays had been activated.
In other words, the Golden Rock Palace was supposed to be impenetrable.
Slowly, two figures materialized in front of them.
Teng Mo immediately exclaimed in joy, "Brother Xiaobu, how did you get here? And who is this?"
Lan Xiaobu stepped forward and patted Teng Mo's shoulder, "This is my master. Your father has met him before."
"Your master?" Teng Mo looked at Zhao Gongming with even more excitement, bowing respectfully, "Teng Mo greets the senior."
Not only Teng Mo, but Xie Chuan and Prime Minister Fu also quickly bowed.
Lan Xiaobu's master was rumored to be a true deity, a powerhouse capable of casually setting up ninth-grade immortal arrays.
Even Teng Jilou had to address him as "senior," let alone them.
"Don't worry. Open the door and step out. I'll help you secure the position of Immortal Court King," Lan Xiaobu said.
After helping Teng Mo secure his position, Lan Xiaobu needed to hurry to the ancient battlefield.
Outside the Golden Rock Palace, five people were pressuring Teng Mo to hand over the Star Ascension Seal.
They were the eldest brother, Teng Zhengfeng; the second brother, Teng Jingsui; the fourth brother, Teng Xiu; the eighth sister, Teng Man'er; and the twelfth brother, Teng Feiqi.
Among them, only Teng Man'er was a woman.
Each of them wanted to become the next Immortal Court King of the Star Ascension Immortal Court, but they knew that they first had to remove the legitimate successor, Teng Mo, before they could compete among themselves.
Teng Jingsui had the deepest grudge against Teng Mo.
He stood at the forefront, flanked by two Immortal Venerables, and spoke with righteous indignation, "Teng Mo, our father has gone missing in the ancient battlefield, yet you cling to the Star Ascension Seal and refuse to let us send the cultivator army to rescue him. Do you really want to kill our father? I'll give you half a day. If you don't open the Golden Rock Palace by then, we'll set up a spatial suppression array outside..."
A spatial suppression array would lock down all life force within its range.
Even an Immortal King or Immortal Venerable trapped in such an array would eventually die.
And Teng Mo wasn't even an Immortal King yet.
The spatial suppression array had to be set up, but the eighth-grade array master, Wu Jiong, hadn't arrived yet.
Once Wu Jiong got here, the array would be activated immediately—not in half a day, as Teng Jingsui claimed.
To the surprise of the other Teng siblings, the Golden Rock Palace, which had been sealed for months, suddenly opened.
Not only that, but the arrays inside and outside seemed to have vanished.
As the Golden Rock Palace opened, five people walked out.
Wait, that wasn't right.
Only Teng Mo, Prime Minister Fu, and Xie Chuan had been locked inside.
Where did these two extra people come from?
"Lan Xiaobu?" Teng Man'er was the first to recognize Lan Xiaobu and cried out in shock.
Lan Xiaobu was here? The champion of the Mysterious Profound Realm's alchemy competition? The other Teng siblings' hearts sank.
Teng Mo had no backers besides the Immortal Court King, but Lan Xiaobu was different.
Lan Xiaobu's master was rumored to be a deity, a being who could casually set up ninth-grade immortal arrays.
Wait, as soon as they thought of this, their eyes fell on Zhao Gongming.
Wasn't this Lan Xiaobu's master? And wasn't Lan Xiaobu Teng Mo's backer?
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