Scarlet Heaven Cult
Ink-like clouds covered the bright moon. On the dim ruins, two figures staggered to a stop in front of the manor gates.
"Chairman, are you alright?" Zhong Qi, whose body was covered in blood scabs, supported Mu Chunsheng and asked hoarsely.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes slowly opened.
At this time, Mu Chunsheng had completely shed his originally old and decayed appearance. His whole person seemed to be ten years younger. His originally mottled and ugly skin was as tender and smooth as a baby's. Although his legs were stiff and emaciated, they were enough to support him to walk freely.
"Very good... Never been this good." Mu Chunsheng took a deep breath. A sharp light flashed in his pupils that reflected the ruins.
"This Wuji Domain's method of Immortality is truly miraculous."
"Chairman... Young Master Ruohong, it seems he was impersonated by someone from the Dusk Society."
"Oh? Is he dead?"
"Then it doesn't matter."
"Your private residence was bombed, and several important commercial contracts were also burned down. The Whale Shark Consortium and several other consortiums are restless and have already tried to encroach on our industries."
"Hehe, if they want them, it depends on whether they have the ability."
Looking at the manor in front of him, which was nearly half leveled by the bombing, Mu Chunsheng didn't feel a trace of anger, but was instead incredibly delighted. Compared to regaining his youth and health, this bit of sacrifice was simply nothing. Even the worldly wealth and power he had originally viewed as important as his life were gradually fading in his eyes.
Right now, there was only one goal that could make him go crazy—
Immortality.
Zhong Qi supported Mu Chunsheng and walked slowly into the manor. Although the area around the private residence had been bombed beyond recognition, the gardens and other buildings used as the birthday banquet venue were still intact. At this time, under the housekeeper's command, quite a few people were trying to rebuild the private residence, but they probably wouldn't be able to move in in the short term.
Mu Chunsheng was supported into a guest room used for entertaining. Just as he sat on the bed, Zhong Qi's expression suddenly changed, as if he sensed something!
He abruptly looked up out the pitch-black window!
"Who is it?!"
After a brief pause, three black shadows passed through the wall like ghosts, walking silently from the ink-like night. With their appearance, the originally bright lights gradually dimmed, finally as if covered with a layer of black gauze, making everything in front of them blurry and unclear.
These three people appeared from three different directions, surrounding Mu Chunsheng and Zhong Qi in the room. A bone-piercingly cold sense of oppression swept over.
Zhong Qi's face was extremely gloomy. He vigilantly looked at the three people around him, mobilizing Spiritual Power within his body. Grains of ice crystals began to condense within the water vapor around him...
"Your Excellency, you must be Chairman Mu." One of the Men in Black said in a deep voice. "A few days ago, did two people come looking for you?"
Hearing this sentence, Mu Chunsheng was stunned. He seemed to have realized something, and surprise flashed in his eyes.
He raised his hand to signal Zhong Qi not to act rashly and took the initiative to step forward two paces.
"You three are friends from the Wuji Domain, right?"
"Oh?" Another Man in Black raised his eyebrows slightly. "It seems Chairman Mu has already met them."
"Feijia and Six Claws are my good friends despite our age difference." Mu Chunsheng walked to the table, casually opened an expensive bottle of red wine, and poured it sequentially into several goblets.
He lifted a glass of red wine and raised it toward the three under the dim light. Reflected in the dark red wine, his smile was incredibly bright.
"Allies, my Beidou Consortium... has been waiting for you for a long time."
Hearing this sentence, surprise also flashed in the eyes of the three Men in Black. The fact that Mu Chunsheng knew the names of those two people meant that they had indeed made contact, and looking at Mu Chunsheng's state, they had already reached a preliminary cooperation.
This way, things became much simpler.
"Chairman Mu, what exactly happened in the Red Dust Main City? How were Feijia and the other killed?"
"It's a long story..."
Mu Chunsheng pondered for a moment. "Have you three heard of the Dusk Society's [Six of Hearts]?"
Mu Chunsheng and Zhong Qi truthfully recounted the sequence of events. The eyes of the three grew cold, revealing an expression of "as expected".
"[Six of Hearts], it really was him!"
"But shouldn't the Dusk Society's goal be to destroy the Nine Great Human Realms? Exterminating the Red Dust Domain should also be their goal. In a sense, we should be allies."
"Is there a possibility that they want to destroy the Red Dust Domain, and also want to destroy our Wuji Domain along the way? He deliberately intensified the conflict between us and the Red Dust Domain, and then waited for us to both suffer heavy losses so he could reap the rewards of others' labor?"
"I see, this is indeed the Dusk Society's arrogant and mad style of doing things."
"Hmph, a mere Dusk Society wants to destroy both our domains in one breath? Isn't it afraid that its appetite is too big and it will break its own teeth?"
The three Men in Black conversed in low voices. Actually, the Dusk Society was originally on their list of allies to recruit, but after the [Six of Hearts] incident, they knew this was almost impossible...
"You three, it's not that I don't have confidence in the Wuji Domain, it's just that the current situation within the Red Dust Main City is indeed not very optimistic." Mu Chunsheng said slowly. "[Floating Life Painting] is no different from Divine Beings in the Red Dust Domain. It's as difficult as ascending to heaven for you to destroy [Floating Life Painting] across domains, let alone with the Dusk Society hiding in the shadows... This time, did only three of you come from the Wuji Domain?"
"To deal with the Red Dust Domain, naturally it couldn't be just the three of us. When the time is right, several witch leaders from the Witchcraft Association will naturally intervene in the battlefield... Moreover, we are not without other allies."
The leading Man in Black smiled slightly. The next moment, the lights in the room flickered uncertainly, and the light even took on a hint of eerie red.
Mu Chunsheng looked blankly out the window. He saw that in the darkness where wind and clouds churned, a large group of figures wearing red religious robes had, at some unknown time, stood like ghosts on the ruins, like a shocking scarlet rash breaking out on the earth.
"That is..."
"In today's world, it's not just the Dusk Society that is regarded as a public enemy by the Nine Great Realms." The Man in Black spoke unhurriedly.
"Chairman Mu... Have you ever heard of the Scarlet Heaven Cult?"
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Jinghong Theater.
A figure carrying a medical box slowly walked out of the room.
"Doctor, how is the situation?" Chen Ling asked.
"...Very strange." The Doctor shook his head bitterly. "I've been practicing medicine for so many years, but I've never seen a situation like this... This patient's external injuries have clearly recovered, and his physical condition is also very good, but there is just no sign of him waking up."
"No concussion or anything?"
"No."
"He won't become a vegetative person, right??"
"This... is hard to say. But based on my years of medical experience, his situation might not necessarily be caused by a physiological disease. Perhaps... it's related to some other things." The Doctor deliberated for a long time before still saying, "Has this patient been in contact with anyone special recently? Or suffered some kind of special injury?"
Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng exchanged a glance, their brows unconsciously furrowing.
"You mean..."
"In short, his situation is no longer something an ordinary Doctor can cure. You two, my hands are tied as well."
After the Doctor finished speaking, he bowed apologetically to the two, then carried his medical box and walked down the stairs...
After he walked far away, Chen Ling's brow furrowed tighter and tighter.
"This is troublesome... Could it be that he was sneak-attacked by someone from the Path of the Witch God when he was in the Wuji Domain?"
"It's very possible. I thought it was strange before. Although Senior Bai Ye was heavily injured at the time, it shouldn't have been to the point of being unconscious for months..." Jian Changsheng grabbed his hair in distress. "Hearts, what do we do now??"
"Since these Doctors can't cure him, then there's only one way..."
"You're thinking of..."
Chen Ling patted Jian Changsheng's shoulder,
"Write one of those SOS letters you're best at... Let's go invite Divine Doctor Chu."