Mu Jinyu looked up and saw Xiang Mantang approaching slowly with a sorrowful expression.
"Mourn and move on."
Xiang Mantang walked over and patted Mu Jinyu on the shoulder, his voice choked with emotion.
The body of the Old Dragon King had been found by Xiang Mantang the night before, who then had it sent back to the Su Family in Capital City and had called Mu Jinyu several times.
But he couldn't reach him.
In fact, when Fallen Splendor frequently made moves, Xiang Mantang sensed something was wrong. While proceeding alone to quell disturbances outside the city, he had called Mu Jinyu several times.
However, he simply couldn't reach him because Mu Jinyu had already ventured deep into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, where there was no cell signal.
And even if there had been a signal, his phone's battery had long been dead by then. Not to mention, during the final fight with the great python, the phone and other items had been destroyed.
When Mu Jinyu returned to River City that night, exhausted, he went to sleep early and hurried to Capital City the next day without bothering to get a new phone or SIM card. Thus, it was only after arriving at Capital City that he learned of the Old Dragon King's death.
"Why did this happen? It wasn't supposed to be like this,"
Mu Jinyu said in a bewildered tone, murmuring, "I had already retrieved the Spring of Life and the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core from the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, which could have revitalized him and given him a second life! Why was I just one day late... just one day..."
Mu Jinyu's voice was filled with frustration!
Then, with red eyes, he looked at Xiang Mantang and asked, "Who did it? Are they still alive?"
If the killer of the Old Dragon King was still alive, even though Mu Jinyu had no blood relation with the Old Dragon King, considering the countless efforts the old man had made for Huaxia, Mu Jinyu would still stand up to seek revenge!
"It was someone from Fallen Splendor, but their Demon Lord 'Cain' has also died at the hands of the Dragon Master,"
Xiang Mantang said softly, informing Mu Jinyu of the previous night's battle.
After finding the body of the Old Dragon King, Xiang Mantang had deduced from various clues nearby that Cain had died at the hands of the Old Dragon King, his body obliterated, not that the Old Dragon King had been ambushed and killed by Cain before he could escape!
Thus, they did not immediately seek wild revenge against Fallen Splendor but planned to first handle the Old Dragon King's funeral rites before settling scores with Fallen Splendor.
Although in this probe, Fallen Splendor lost far more top-tier fighters than did Dragon King Hall...
But since they dared to probe, they had to be ready for Dragon King Hall's revenge!
And Dragon King Hall's new Tiance True Dragon and other related succession procedures had already been arranged by the Old Dragon King for Mu Jinyu. However, Mu Jinyu was emotionally distressed and once again permanently lost a loved one, so he might not accept this for a while.
Therefore, Xiang Mantang did not tell him about these.
"Fallen Splendor? What kind of shitty organization is that?!"
Mu Jinyu frowned upon hearing Xiang Mantang's words and asked about it.
Xiang Mantang then informed Mu Jinyu that, besides Withered Tree Quest for Spring, there were several other organizations on Earth nearly as powerful as Dragon King Hall, and Fallen Splendor was one of them.
Along with this, there was also Brilliant Divine Authority!
"How many such organizations exist?" Mu Jinyu asked frowningly.
"Not many, just nine, and with Dragon King Hall, that makes ten," Xiang Mantang explained, "These nine great organizations are: Heavenly Palace, Dragon King Hall, Paradise Lost, Withered Tree Quest for Spring, Fallen Splendor, Brilliant Divine Authority, Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere, Way of Nature, Slaughter Redemption, Omniscient!"
"Introduce them one by one," Mu Jinyu said.
If it had been before, Mu Jinyu wouldn't have bothered to care about how many organizations there were in the world. What did it matter to him?
But after the Old Dragon King's death, he seemed to have grown, and he began to realize the heavy responsibility he would have to take on. Thus, he forced himself to understand these matters.
Xiang Mantang also realized this point and was very pleased to introduce, "Heavenly Palace is a powerful organization active in Kunlun Ruins, not active on Earth. Its power is very terrifying. It can be said that the combined forces of the other nine organizations are needed to contend with it!"
"The sect of Shen Cangsheng, for instance, is a small sect under the jurisdiction of Heavenly Palace."
As Xiang Mantang spoke, his tone became more solemn, and a hint of apprehension appeared in his eyes. "However, we will not be in conflict with them for the time being, so there's no need to focus all our forces on Heavenly Palace."
"As for Withered Tree Quest for Spring, Fallen Splendor, Brilliant Divine Authority, and others, I have already told you about them, no need to mention them again;
Paradise Lost is an organization formed by a group of madmen and geniuses. Its purpose is still unclear, but for now, it doesn't conflict with Dragon King Hall, so let's set that aside as well."
"As for 'Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere,' just from the name, you can tell what kind of organization it is.
It is a Buddhist organization, not merely a single temple or monastery, but involves monks from around the world, including our Huaxia, those from Dongying, and even demon monks from Southeast Asia..."
"'Way of Nature' is a similar organization, an alliance built by all Cultivators across the world."
"And 'Slaughter Redemption' can be termed the Assassin Alliance. It contains various assassin organizations from different countries, very cumbersome and large.
Originally, this organization did not exist, but decades ago, a super assassin upon hearing of 'Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere' and 'Way of Nature,' single-handedly defeated all assassin organizations in the world, forcing the leaders of various assassin organizations to join the alliance he created, 'Slaughter Redemption,' thus it emerged out of nowhere.
Born amidst slaughter and redeemed through death, that's the motto of Slaughter Redemption!"
"And 'Omniscient,' is an intelligence organization, spread across the globe, trading all kinds of information. It is said they possess the Heavenly Eye, nothing in this world can be hidden from them."
"Our Dragon King Hall often cooperates with them as well."
After saying all this in one breath, Xiang Mantang let Mu Jinyu digest the information slowly.
"Omniscient…" Mu Jinyu muttered the name of the last organization, then he thought of Lin Qingxue and the others.
It seemed… they had received guidance from a Fengshui Practitioner, and then they headed to Miao Zombie in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
Without the guidance of that Feng Shui Master, it's likely they wouldn't have gone to Miao Zombie, and perhaps when he hurried back, he would not have been just one day late, forever separated by heaven and man…
Was that Feng Shui Master, possibly acting specifically on behalf of 'Omniscient' to prevent him from saving the Old Dragon King?!
Mu Jinyu speculated in his heart but wasn't quite sure.
Then, Mu Jinyu didn't keep it to himself but chose to ask Xiang Mantang directly.
After listening, Xiang Mantang furrowed his brows, murmuring, "There's that too?!"
After thinking for a long time, Xiang Mantang slowly shook his head and said, "I can't be sure if it definitely involves 'Omniscient', might just be a coincidence. I will investigate in a few days."
"Okay," Mu Jinyu nodded.