Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Hu Shui took another sip from her cup before speaking.

"Yes." Hu Shui replied. "The report has also been sent to the elders."

"And what did the report mention? Did you happen to see it, junior sister?" Hu Peiliang questioned, his face as calm as ever.

"The initial suspicions of the elders turned out to be true… the report by junior brother Hu Dagao confirmed the existence of a being that is able to traverse the space. The disappearances of the people living there as well as our own people were caused due to this." Hu Shui answered.

"Mmm… Still it is a bit unexpected the junior brother was able to confirm all this." Hu Peiliang said, a hint of intrigue in his voice.

"Why do you say so, Elder Brother?" Hu Shui inquired.

"As capable as Junior brother Hu Dagao is, I still don't think it is to the extent where he'll be able to decipher the existence of a being that can traverse space. Even the elders would have a hard time doing this, even with specialized tools." Hu Peiliang replied, expressing his doubt.

"That is… indeed, a bit strange." Hu Shui could see the disparity.

After all, even for the Hu clan, traversing the space and void was something that was quite far from them. It was hard to say if even their ancestors would be confident in being able to do that, or if they even had the ability to do it.

"As for the being… it surely isn't human, so we can only assume it is a beast. Do you really think a beast of that level is something that our junior brother will be able to deal with?" he asked next.

"Not at all." Hu Shui shook her head. "But if he didn't encounter it, I don't see any reason for him to have any trouble." She added.

"That's true… but it doesn't have to be." Hu Peiliang replied, surprising Hu Shui.

"What do you mean, elder brother?" Hu Shui questioned.

"Junior brother's actions are quite suspicious. Even if they are not, we will make them be." Hu Peiliang spoke. "Think of it this way… Hu Dagao, returns from a mission, gives a detailed report about there being a being that can traverse space.

Then he goes to second light city and makes several collaborations with the six branches.

He even invests a significant amount of wealth in their projects, wealth which we both know is not from the clan." Hu Peiliang elaborated.

Hearing all this, Hu Shui finally understood and nodded her head.

"Elder Brother surely is capable. With a play like this, I wonder how long Junior brother will be able to last." Hu Shui chuckled.

"We'll see how it goes. For now, we just need to make sure that people learn about his sudden rise in capabilities. It would be best if the elders think there is someone external supporting him too." Hu Peiliang fleshed out his scheme.

Hu Shui continued to listen and felt quite pleased with it all. She couldn't help but think that her elder brother was too smart.

'No wonder he's the first ranked heir among us all… it was the best decision for me to ally with him.' Hu Shui thought to herself.

But if someone else were to find out about this, they would be stunned.

After all, on the surface, Hu Peiliang and Hu Shui were both in competition. They were first and second ranked among all the direct heirs!

It would be fine if the other heirs did this, but Hu Shui was just below Hu Peiliang. She had no reason to ally herself with him and yet she had done that very thing.

Though the most shocking thing was the fact that this was a secret that no one knew. One could even call it a clever play, as everyone would be caught off guard by this alliance.

The schemes of the two top heirs ran deep as they weaved their plot.

Hu Dagao though was unaware of this and was busy carrying out Lin Wu's orders. Though even if he did know, he wouldn't care much. In fact, he would simply scoff at his siblings and pity their fate.

Lin Wu too wouldn't bother with all this and trusted Hu Dagao more. After all, with the support that he had provided the man, there was no need for him to assist him faro mere two Dao Treading realm experts.

Instead of that, Lin Wu was busy finishing up his relay project.

"Phew! Finally it is done!" Lin Wu looked at the notification window.

~DING~

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NOTIFICATION: Teleportation Relay has been completed!

ARRAYS LINKED: 23

STATUS: Online

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Seeing the window, Lin Wu was pleased.

"Time to head back for a bit, and initiate the third step of the plan…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before sending a few messages to his subordinates.

It had been a while since he had sent them any message and had only been receiving reports.

And since there was nothing problematic mentioned in the reports, he didn't need to interfere either. It was actually a bit surprising to Lin Wu that everything was progressing smoothly in the Long Continent.

"Alright system, activate the array and initiate the rest of the relay as well." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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TELEPORTATION ARRAY: Activated fre𝑒𝘸𝚎𝚋n૦ѵℯl.c𝒐𝘮

TELEPORTATION RELAY: Initialized

STATUS: 3 arrays synced, 20 unsynchronized

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"That's good enough, they should be done by the time I reach there…" Lin Wu said before moving into the teleportation circle.

~SHUA~

His large body disappeared in a flash of light, leaving behind a small cloud of dust.

Thankfully, it was all done deep underground, otherwise there might have been a huge commotion from this.

Lin Wu was traveling through a Teleportation Channel at this moment, the lesser void zooming past his vision.

'It's always intriguing to see the void… does the unknown beast feel the same?' Lin Wu wondered.

His time in the Teleportation Chanel was short though and he soon appeared on an abandoned island that was filled with ruins.

~SHUA~

Within a few seconds of his appearance, the second teleportation array activated and sent him into a teleportation Channel again. Lin Wu repeated this several times, jumping through array after array until finally he was in the very south of the Long Continent.

~DENG~

His large body made a depression on the ground and crushed several unfortunate trees and beasts around him.

"Hmm… need to improve the accuracy here. Making a proper junction will help." Lin Wu muttered.

The place he had appeared, actually didn't have a teleportation array. Instead, it had made use of the Tombs' array and teleported him at the closest place that could be linked up with the other arrays.

"System, get that sorted since we're here." Lin Wu ordered the system that quickly got to making another teleportation array.

Since this teleportation array was built within the Long Continent and was simply meant to be a junction between the tomb's teleportation array and other relays, it was fast. The system finished it in less than five minutes, leaving the array buried in the ground.

Even if some cultivator passed by here, they wouldn't be able to tell that this place held a teleportation array that could potentially take them to the Hu continent!

Of course, even if they did find out, there was little chance they would even be able to operate it. After all, the amount of spirit Qi needed to run it was simply massive. Only someone with colossal stores of spirit Qi could run multiple teleportation arrays in a relay like this.

And even for Lin Wu, the drain was actually significant.

It was almost the same as using a very powerful attack that could injure an Immortal Ascension realm being.

"Alright, next step; the Taiji celestial's tomb!" Lin Wu activated the newly built array, shooting away to the tomb within seconds.

The great hall of the Taiji celestial's tomb had been empty for over a year now, but its owner had finally returned.

~HUMM~

The teleportation circle lit up as Lin Wu's crystalline body appeared.

"Welcome Master!"

"Welcome Master!"

"Welcome Master!"

"Welcome Master!"

Four greetings were heard the moment Lin Wu had returned.

'They surely are quite prompt…' Lin Wu gazed at four of his subordinates.

The ones who had greeted him were none other than the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape, The Head Emeraldine Monkey, Cang Ci and The Club Tailed Lizard.

It was evident that they had rushed here after receiving Lin Wu's message that he was returning.

"Mmm, it's pleasing to see you all here." Lin Wu replied.

"It is our pleasure to see you after this time, master." Cang Ci was the most enthusiastic of them all.

Lin Wu nodded his head before speaking, "I'm guessing you all must have questions as to where I was all this time?"

"Yes… we knew from Cang Ci that you went to the south, but didn't know what happened after that." The 'monk'ey beast questioned.