Stranger Danger

“Sixty years have passed. The Heaven’s Gate shall open…”

Jiang Yunlai said while watching the Sexagenary Dragon Koi swimming here and there inside the Heavenly Pond.

As if on cue, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi in the Heavenly Pond leaped into the air, its mountain-sized tail so big that it actually blotted out the sky and cast a shadow upon the entire peak for an instant.

The next moment, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi’s tail shattered the sky like glass and opened what looked like a portal into the void. Then, it crashed back into the lake.

Rumble…

The noise was absolutely deafening, and the entire Heavenly Pond Peak shook as if it was threatening to collapse. The Sexagenary Dragon Koi’s descent had caused such a flash that it looked as if the lake water was flowing in reverse, shooting into the air and blotting out the sky once more.

Cries of shock and astonishment filled the peak for a time. Without exaggeration, some of them would suffer serious injuries if the lake water fell back to the ground and hit them.

Of course, their worries were completely unfounded. Instead of falling back to the ground, the lake water briefly circled the sky before condensing into nine water dragons.

Dancing and roaring from time to time, the nine water dragons then joined together to form a gate.

The gate was massive, tall, and mysterious. Embedded in the sky, it made everyone on Heavenly Pond Peak feel as small and powerless as an ant.

So that’s the Heavenly Gate…

The same thought crossed everyone’s mind.

“It is noon, so what else are you waiting for?”

When the sun finally reached the zenith, Jiang Yunlai suddenly shouted, “Leap the Heaven’s Gate!”

At the same time, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi in the Heavenly Pond swam faster and faster. It eventually got to the point where a gigantic whirlpool had taken form in the lake water in the Heavenly Pond[1].

As soon as Jiang Yunlai shouted, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi leaped out of the water while its whirlpool followed closely behind like guards.

As the Sexagenary Dragon Koi soared through the air, its body grew longer and longer as if it was transforming into a divine dragon.

By the time it got close to the Heaven’s Gate, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi looked like the spitting image of a divine dragon except for the fact that it had no claws and no horns. Its power was great, and the world quaked in fear.

The next moment, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi struck the Heaven’s Gate with the weight of many mountains.

There was no sound, but the clouds were rolling madly like tidal waves. At the same time, everyone on the peak was struck by a wave of dizziness. Their vigor churned as if they had just been struck by lightning.

The Heaven’s Gate… did not budge even a little. It was the Sexagenary Dragon Koi who was sent flying, its head split open as blood and scales rained all over the peak.

“ROAR!!!”

Unwilling to give up, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi let out another long roar that sounded like an amalgamation of a fish and a dragon’s cry. Then, it slammed the Heaven’s Gate once more.

THUMP!!!

Once again, an invisible yet impossibly powerful soundwave washed across the peak, and this time, the Heaven’s Gate wobbled just a little. Unfortunately, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi was sent flying a second time, and this time it fell in a straight line, limp and seemingly motionless, before crashing into the Heavenly Pond.

The crystal clear water was instantly dyed as red as blood.

Did it… fail?

The spectators all couldn’t help but think. They were disappointed that the grand event had ended in an anti-climatic fashion, but they felt even more hidden delight and Schadenfreude. ꞦÀNȫβÊṥ

The Sexagenary Dragon Koi was a koi of fortune. If it had successfully leaped over the Heaven’s Gate and transformed into a dragon, then West Kunlun’s fortune and power would surely increase by leaps and bounds. Most of the audience did not want this to happen as a matter of course.

Jiang Yunlai sitting on his golden throne looked very calm though. He seemed confident that the Sexagenary Dragon Koi would succeed.

“Look!”

Someone shouted, and the people instinctively obeyed. They immediately noticed that their surroundings had become colorful and bubbly before they knew it.

The next moment, the colorful, bubbly clouds surged upward like an endless wave.

“What an unbelievable amount of fortune…”

The audience was astonished. Some of them were even standing on their feet before they knew it.

It was because the cloudy gas was no cloud or vapor. It was fortune; West Kunlun’s fortune.

Fortune was normally invisible, but there was so much of them that they condensed into a visible, cloud-like form. That was why they could see it, and why this spectacle was so magnificent.

The clouds of fortune converged above the Heavenly Pond Peak before slowly descending into the Kunlun Heavenly Pond. All of it.

The lake was gorgeous to begin with, but the addition of the colorful clouds of fortune made it look positively dreamy—and demonic, as the lake was currently blood red because of the Sexagenary Dragon Koi’s blood.

“ROAAAAAARRRRRR!!!”

An angry roar neither fish nor dragon erupted from the bottom of the lake, and the colorful lake water surged straight toward the sky. Clad in water and rainbows, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi once again struck the Heaven’s Gate.

THUMP!!!

It was like a celestial was striking a drum, the sound so deafening that it was all everyone could hear for a time.

It worked. The impact had blown open a huge gap between the Heaven’s Gate.

Of course, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi had split open its head for the third time, but countless gusts of fortune seeped into its body and healed its wounds instantly.

Not only that, as soon as the Heaven’s Gate was blown open a little, some sort of mysterious power descended from above and caused a pair of bulges to swell on its head. Judging from its appearance, it looked like the nascent shape of a pair of horns. The Sexagenary Dragon Koi’s strength was much stronger as well.

Its strength had grown, and it was supported by a vast amount of fortune. Growing even more excited, the Sexagenary Dragon Koi roared and attacked the Heaven’s Gate a fourth time.

For a time, the world kept thumping, and the winds and clouds kept blowing. It was like a scene straight out of a painting.

While everyone was absorbed in the Sexagenary Dragon Koi’ challenge of the Heaven’s Gate and transformation into a divine dragon, a group of uninvited guests had appeared at the normally forgotten Forgotten Peak.

They numbered around twenty people or so, and they were all wearing black[2]. They did not exchange words with each other despite arriving at the foot of Forgotten Peak. They simply slipped inside like phantoms.

After entering the Forgotten Peak, the group split into teams of two and scattered in every direction. They were gone in just the blink of an eye.

Beneath the gigantic stele in front of the Kunlun Tomb, the Elder Tomb Keeper whose seven orifices were sealed looked up all of a sudden. “More intruders, but…”

“Why are there so many?”

The Elder Tomb Keeper’s eyebrows were knitted together tightly. It was because he sensed a lot of intruders within the Forgotten Peak.

“I see. It was premeditated.”

Something clicked in the Elder Tomb Keeper’s mind, and his expression gradually darkened.

He could sense that the group of intruders were quite strong. The weakest of them was a late-stage Spirit Master, and the strongest of them were Truemen or Grandmasters.

If this was any other time, this group would not have posed a threat whatsoever. The Tomb Keepers alone could have slain all of them. However, two days ago, he received word that rumors regarding the Kunlun Ruins had suddenly popped up all over the place. At the same time, countless people were inquiring and looking into the Kunlun Ruins.

The Kunlun Ruins was the West Kunlun’s top secret. No one except the Sacred Lord, the Left and Right Sect Masters, and the Tomb Keepers had the right to know about it. No one else was allowed to know, much less outsiders.

That was why he dispatched the Tomb Keepers to silence those who were looking into the Kunlun Ruins immediately. Unfortunately, they were unable to capture the mastermind despite succeeding.

In any case, the Elder Tomb Keeper did not hesitate to dispatch his Tomb Keepers to investigate the rumors. The problem was that far more people were looking into the Kunlun Ruins than before, and they were scattered all over the place as well. He had no choice but to dispatch more Tomb Keepers to avoid missing a spot or something.

As a result, Forgotten Peak was quite defenseless right now. There were barely a handful of Tomb Keepers left in the Forgotten Peak, and they were no match for the intruders.

It could not be a coincidence that these people had shown up exactly when the Forgotten Peak was at its weakness.

This could only mean that the sudden outbreak of rumors regarding the Kunlun Ruins wasn’t an accident as well. It was a ploy to lure away the bulk of the Tomb Keepers and ensure the success of today’s infiltration.

Not only that, the time the intruders appeared was also the time the Sexagenary Dragon Koi challenged the Heaven’s Gate and transformed into a true dragon. As this matter directly impacted the future and fortune of West Kunlun, the large majority of the sect’s forces were gathered at that location.

Besides that, the fortune of the entire West Kunlun was gathered at the Heavenly Pond Peak in order to assist the Sexagenary Dragon Koi in evolving into a true dragon. The rivers of fate were stirred beyond recognition as a result, making it impossible for anyone to notice what was going on at Forgotten Peak unless he contacted someone.

All things considered, he had to admit that the timing of the infiltration was impeccable.

1. If some of you are like nani, why is there still water in the lake after that stupidly big splash, remember that the lake is inexhaustible. ☜

2.... At noon? I know the Forgotten Peak is situated in an overcast valley or something but come on. ☜

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