A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 440

Chapter 440: The Three Great Academies’ Apprehension

“Thank you, Senior, for stepping in to save us!”

Soon, Divine Emperor Tianfeng and the others regained their composure and hurriedly expressed their deepest gratitude to Wu Hao with utmost respect.

However, Wu Hao merely glanced at Divine Emperor Tianfeng and the others before turning to Li Yuping and speaking.

“The matter here has been settled. Since that’s the case, let’s leave.”

“Yes, Master,” Li Yuping nodded. To her now, Wu Hao and Su Qiaoran were the most important. With Wu Hao having already dealt with the Myriad Sword Divine Lord for Tianfeng Academy, as long as the Dean and the Master handled things well, the Three Great Academies wouldn’t dare make a move against Tianfeng Academy again.

Soon, Divine Emperor Tianfeng and the group of powerful figures watched as Wu Hao and the others simply left.

Once Wu Hao and his party departed, everyone present couldn’t help but exhale in relief. Standing beside Wu Hao, they had always sensed an indescribable pressure, even though he hadn’t done anything extravagant.

“Dean, what should we do now?”

A Late Stage God King teacher approached Divine Emperor Tianfeng with a serious expression and asked.

Upon hearing this, Divine Emperor Tianfeng paused in thought briefly and then decisively responded.

“Everything continues as usual. Tianfeng Academy will do whatever it normally does. That senior didn’t say much, which means as long as we don’t spread rumors about their relationship with Tianfeng Academy, the Three Great Academies will likely become wary of us because of the Myriad Sword Divine Lord’s death. As long as we don’t provoke the Three Great Academies, they won’t casually make a move against Tianfeng Academy. As for everything else afterward, we’ll just have to leave it to fate.”

At present, Tianfeng Academy only had a little over ten teachers and just more than a thousand students, so the most important task was to recruit more teachers and students first. As for the death of the Myriad Sword Divine Lord, it wasn’t something to be overly publicized.

After all, only those who don’t know are truly afraid. If Wu Hao doesn’t speak of it, and they themselves keep quiet, then who would know whether the Myriad Sword Divine Lord died at Wu Hao’s hand or at the hands of Tianfeng Academy?

Therefore, their only option was to grow as much as possible before the Three Great Academies fully realized what had happened. Once Wu Hao himself broke through to Divine Emperor Peak, they would no longer need to fear the Three Great Academies.

Meanwhile, inside Wanquing Academy—one of the Three Great Academies in Zhongkong—three Divine Emperor Peak elites had gathered. These were the three Deans who had earlier enlisted the Myriad Sword Divine Lord to attack Tianfeng Academy.

Besides Wanquing Academy, the other two academies were Chang Kong Academy and Lanxiang Academy.

The three Deans’ faces were full of hopeful anticipation, waiting for the good news of the Myriad Sword Divine Lord’s return after destroying Tianfeng Academy. However, their expressions quickly stiffened, frozen in place as they stared in disbelief at a Soul Lamp before them that had already dimmed completely and shattered.

“What? How is this possible? Could something be wrong with the Soul Lamp? How could the Myriad Sword Divine Lord have met with disaster?””He is a God Venerable; the three of us combined might not even be his match. How could he possibly have fallen?” Lanxiang Divine Emperor said, his face filled with shock, his tone one of utter disbelief.

They all knew very well just how powerful the Myriad Sword Divine Lord was—rarely matched even among Early Divine Lords. How could he have fallen?

At first, they wondered if something might be wrong with the Soul Lamp, but that absurd idea was quickly dismissed. Soul Lamps of this grade don’t just break. In other words, the Myriad Sword Divine Lord had truly fallen.

With that thought, the three Deans fell silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

After a long moment, Wanquing Divine Emperor took a deep breath and said with grave seriousness, “The immediate priority is to investigate exactly why the Myriad Sword Divine Lord fell—was it the result of encountering a stronger opponent, or something else…”

He trailed off, unable to finish, but both Lanxiang Divine Emperor and Chang Kong Divine Emperor understood what he meant: if it was truly Tianfeng Academy that had slain the Myriad Sword Divine Lord, then they might need to reconsider their stance toward Tianfeng Academy.

“I understand. I will go to Wanxi Pavilion to conduct an investigation,” Wanquing Divine Emperor said slowly, then, as if recalling something, he looked to the other two Divine Emperors and added,

“But you should also be aware of the amount of Divine Source required to investigate the downfall of a God Venerable at the Early Stage.”

As Wanquing Divine Emperor finished speaking, Chang Kong Divine Emperor and Lanxiang Divine Emperor both wore somewhat unpleasant expressions, but soon they each produced a Storage Ring and handed them over to Wanquing Divine Emperor. Inside was the Divine Source required to investigate the reason behind the Early Divine Lord’s fall—approximately one billion units of Supreme Divine Source.

Even if the three of them split the cost evenly, each would still have to contribute about 330 million units, which was by no means a trivial amount of resources for them. However, the death of the Myriad Sword Divine Lord hung over them like the Sword of Damocles, making them uneasy and anxious.

Soon, Wanquing Divine Emperor set off toward Wanxi Pavilion carrying one billion units of Supreme Divine Source. As the most renowned intelligence agency in the entire Divine Realm, Wanxi Pavilion’s reputation assured that no information remained hidden from them, largely thanks to its Pavilion Master, a powerful God Emperor.

Before long, Wanquing Divine Emperor arrived outside Wanxi Pavilion. Taking a deep breath, he stepped inside. Shortly after entering, he was received by a messenger who escorted him to a private room. Not long after, an intelligence officer from Wanxi Pavilion approached him and politely asked,

“Senior Wanquing, may I ask what kind of information you wish to purchase from Wanxi Pavilion?”

“I want to find out why the Myriad Sword Divine Lord fell,” Wanquing Divine Emperor replied solemnly.

Upon hearing that news, the intelligence officer frowned deeply before speaking,

“Senior Wanquing, Wanxi Pavilion has not yet received any confirmation of the Myriad Sword Divine Lord’s fall. So, as you must be aware, if you want to investigate the cause of the Myriad Sword Divine Lord’s demise, it will likely require a great cost.”

“I am well aware of that. Here is one billion units of Supreme Divine Source.”

Wanquing Divine Emperor pushed out the Storage Ring. Upon seeing this, the intelligence officer stood up and respectfully addressed him.

“Senior Wanquing, in that case, we will send another messenger to receive you.”

Shortly after the officer left, an elder from Wanxi Pavilion, who appeared considerably older, arrived before Wanquing Divine Emperor.

The moment he saw the elder, Wanquing Divine Emperor quickly stood and greeted him with great respect.

“Greetings, Senior Tianyu.”

“Mm.”

The Senior Tianyu that Wanquing Divine Emperor referred to was a formidable God Venerable, an expert in the Path of Causality. Having him investigate the reasons behind the Myriad Sword Divine Lord’s fall was absolutely the most appropriate choice.