novelraw Chapter 359 : The Twelve Holy Sons of the Cang Blood Tribe!
Chapter 359 : The Twelve Holy Sons of the Cang Blood Tribe!
Chapter 359: The Twelve Holy Sons of the Cang Blood Tribe!
Xiyao City, a small city located at the far western edge.
Gu Fan and Fang Xue had already been here for three whole days.
During this period, Gu Fan had tried using his sect token to contact the disciples of Holy Son Peak, but unfortunately, there had been no response at all.
Clearly, the distance between the two sides had already exceeded the communication limit of the token.
After entering the city, the two also made some inquiries and confirmed that their current location was indeed at the far western edge.
Here, vast deserts stretched endlessly, making it nearly impossible for mortals to survive. Almost everyone inside the city was a cultivator.
And this Xiyao City was also the largest among the nearby small cities, the only one that possessed a medium-sized Immortal Boat.
If the two wanted to return to the Brahma God Sect quickly, they had to take an Immortal Boat to cross domains and then make transfers along the way.
Otherwise, if they relied on flying on their own, although the speed would be a little faster, the consumption of supplies would become a serious problem.
“I went out today to ask around. The next batch of Immortal Boats will depart in half a month. During this time, we can only wait here in Xiyao City.”
“So long?”
Gu Fan shook his head helplessly.
“No other way. The far western edge is too desolate and harsh. Without necessity, almost no cultivator is willing to come here. Immortal Boats only depart once every ten-plus days, just so they can gather as many passengers as possible.”
Fang Xue nodded, also understanding the reasoning.
“No choice then, we’ll just have to wait.”
“Mm, but today I also heard another interesting piece of news in the city. Interested in hearing it?”
Gu Fan smiled as he spoke, his whole body relaxed as he leaned against the chair.
His words immediately caught Fang Xue’s attention. News that Gu Fan found interesting must be something unusual, and she was naturally curious.
Fang Xue looked toward Gu Fan. Without saying a word, her gaze alone conveyed the meaning of “Hurry and speak.”
Seeing this, Gu Fan shrugged and said:
“Do you know of the Cang Blood Tribe in the far western edge?”
Fang Xue frowned and muttered:
“Cang Blood Tribe… such a familiar name… I must have heard it somewhere before.”
Gu Fan was not in a hurry. After a moment, Fang Xue suddenly raised her head.
“I remember now. The only first-class power in the far western edge that possesses overwhelming strength!”
“Oh? I really didn’t know that. So it’s actually a first-class power?”
Gu Fan’s words made Fang Xue nod.
“The Four Major Sects of Destiny Continent are the peak forces, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t forces close to them.”
“Beneath the Four Major Sects are quite a few first-class sect powers, and some of them are even strong enough to contend with the Four Major Sects!”
This truly surprised Gu Fan.
It seemed he still knew too little about the continent. Normally, it was either cultivation… or cultivation.
“There are such strong existences? The Four Major Sects would still allow such powers to exist?”
Fang Xue nodded.
“Of course they wouldn’t allow it—or rather, they wouldn’t want such a threat to exist. But those first-class powers are clever. They form alliances in secret. Everyone knows they mustn’t allow themselves to be defeated one by one by the Four Major Sects. So once one of them is attacked, the others will all lend support, whether openly or covertly.”
“Furthermore, the Four Major Sects also have external enemies to deal with. The looming threat of the Void Sacred Realm drains much of their energy. Over time, those powers grew into a force of their own, and now it has become difficult to eradicate them.”
Hearing this, Gu Fan rubbed his chin thoughtfully. So in this way, the Four Major Sects’ position was actually rather precarious.
Below them were many forces eyeing them covetously, waiting for a chance to attack together.
Above them loomed the crisis of the Void Sacred Realm.
“Speaking of which, there’s another interesting fact. The Gu Family within the Four Major Sects had originally been only a first-class power. Later, it’s said that a secret and brutal war broke out, and finally, one of the previous generation’s Four Major Sects was replaced. The Gu Family succeeded in rising up. Although they now claim to be of ancient origin, in truth, their foundation is the weakest.”
Hearing this, Gu Fan clicked his tongue a few times.
“No wonder I always felt the other three families look down a bit on the Gu Family. So this is the reason.”
Fang Xue nodded. She looked out the window and said:
“Survival of the fittest. For the Gu Family to rise, they must have fought their way out of bloody battles. But this also means the Four Major Sects are not irreplaceable. Brahma God Sect, Pure Radiance God Sect, and Sacred Land Yaochi—all of them could be replaced.”
“We digressed a bit. Let’s get back to the matter of the Cang Blood Tribe.”
Gu Fan did not mind hearing more. Sometimes such matters could not be found in classics at all.
“Why don’t you tell me what you know about the Cang Blood Tribe first?”
Fang Xue immediately understood Gu Fan’s intention. Rolling her eyes helplessly, she finally spoke:
“The far western edge is desolate, with few cultivators willing to establish sects here.”
“But few does not mean none. It’s said that the predecessor of the Cang Blood Tribe was twelve small tribes. But cultivators entering from outside treated them as they pleased, trampling them at will.”
“Later, it’s said that twelve geniuses arose from those twelve small tribes. Contrary to outsiders’ expectations, instead of fighting and devouring one another, they formed an alliance of twelve houses, which eventually evolved into the present-day Cang Blood Tribe.”
“But one thing is quite strange. It was as if those twelve geniuses appeared out of thin air, without leaving any trace.”
“And though many years have passed, today’s Cang Blood Tribe is indeed very powerful, one of the very top among first-class powers. Yet internally, they remain divided into twelve branches. Rumors have even spread that there might be divisions within…”
After hearing this, Gu Fan chuckled.
“Divisions are unlikely to happen now.”
“Hm? Why do you say that?”
Fang Xue was puzzled by Gu Fan’s certainty.
How could he be so sure about the internal affairs of the Cang Blood Tribe?
“The interesting news I mentioned earlier is precisely this matter.”
As he spoke, Gu Fan stood up, looked out the window, and smiled.
“Just a few days ago, the Cang Blood Tribe once again gave birth to so-called twelve prodigies… no, what they themselves proclaimed to the outside world as the Twelve Holy Sons!”
Fang Xue’s face changed slightly upon hearing this.
“Twelve Holy Sons? Such ambition! Are they planning to replace one of the Four Major Sects?”
Gu Fan did not seem very interested. He shook his head.
“That’s not important. What’s important is—didn’t you just say that in the past twelve geniuses emerged out of nowhere, merging the tribes into the Cang Blood Tribe?”
“Now, doesn’t this situation… feel like history repeating itself?”
Fang Xue did not speak. She herself also found this news rather unsettling.
Back then, twelve geniuses appeared and transformed the twelve humiliated tribes of the far western edge into today’s first-class power.
It could be said that apart from the Four Major Sects, they had no rivals.
So now that the Twelve Holy Sons had appeared, what kind of change would this bring?
The meaning hidden within this was enough to make one think deeper and deeper.
At this moment, Fang Xue came back to her senses and said:
“So the interesting news you mentioned… what exactly is it?”