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Chapter 626
The old sect master hovered in mid-air, robes fluttering in the high mountain wind, his jaw slack as he stared down at the transformed peak. Li Qingxue floated beside him. “It is still Thousand Herb Peak, Master. Only… improved.”Improved? The word felt like mockery. Where once a humble wooden hall had stood—three stories of weathered timber, roof tiles cracked by centuries of rain and snow—now rose a forest of towering structures.Twenty buildings at least, each fifty stories high, their walls gleaming with metal and polished stone and something smooth and transparent like frozen water.No thatch. No carved beams. No familiar scent of aged pine and herbal smoke. Just cold, hard lines that screamed of foreign craft.“These materials,” he rasped, pointing a trembling finger. “Wood has always served us. It breathes with the mountain. These… these things are metal and stone and… whatever that clear substance is. They feel wrong. Cold. Dead.”Li Qingxue’s voice stayed gentle. “They are f
Chapter 625
The old sect master stood frozen on the mountain peak, his mind reeling from the unbelievable scenes unfolding in the courtyard below.Drones buzzed through the air, carrying items back and forth like busy transport vehicles. In the distance, a disciple was even piloting something that could fly. None of it made any sense.Before he could gather his thoughts, soft footsteps approached. Li Qingxue appeared at the edge of the peak and dropped into a deep, respectful bow.“Congratulations, Master,” she said, voice steady and warm. “Your closed-door cultivation is complete.”“Qingxue.” The old man’s words came out in a rush. “Tell me what in the nine heavens is happening here.”He swept his arm toward the entire Wudang Mountain, his voice cracking with disbelief. “Are we under attack? Has Xia fallen to Prussia? Is this… their doing?”Li Qingxue straightened slowly, meeting his wild gaze with calm certainty. “No, Master. None of this belongs to the Prussians. Every piece was crafted by Jun
Chapter 624
One full month. That was how long it had taken—thirty grueling days of relentless production, sleepless nights, and quiet victories measured in exponential growth.The swarm had multiplied beyond counting. The Mother AI now pulsed at the heart of the building like a living heartbeat.And the first finished product rested in his small palm: a thin, transparent strip no larger than a band-aid, shimmering faintly under the lantern light.He had chosen Lu Piao for this moment—the sharp-eyed young man from Thousand Herb’s Peak and the circle of trusted disciples who had followed him since the beginning.They were the ones who understood loyalty and hungered for strength.“Lu Piao,” Alex called, his voice steady and low.The disciple stepped forward, robes whispering across the polished floor. Alex extended his hand, offering the small device.“You will use this technology.”Lu Piao took the strip between two fingers and turned it over, brow furrowed. “What is this?”“It is artificial intel
Chapter 623
Alex sat alone in the sect master’s office, the vast chamber silent except for the faint creak of ancient wooden beams overhead. Sunlight slanted through paper windows, catching dust motes that drifted like lazy spirits.The room was empty. Every elder and senior disciple who might have challenged his authority had already come and gone, each one slipping away with a handful of the precise movements he had demonstrated.They had taken what they needed and vanished into closed-door cultivation, sealing themselves away for months or years.Even the proudest among them had bowed their heads when he spoke, because they all knew the truth: he was ranked number one across all peaks and had only a five-year contract as the sect master. Now, one felt threatened by him.He leaned back in the heavy carved chair and his small fingers drummed once against the armrest. The silence felt like victory, but it also felt heavy.Alex let his gaze wander across the room—the faded scrolls on the walls, th
Chapter 622
Alex had never pretended to be a good man, but he wasn’t a villain either.He understood the Wudang Sect had its own plans, ones that didn’t always match his own.Over the years he had gained plenty from them—skills, respect, a place at their table. Yet those gains had never been enough to chain him here forever.“I need to leave this place,” he said.He had unfinished business waiting in Estoria.The Sect Master studied him for a long moment, then gave a slow nod. “When you become the young successor of the Sect Master, you will be free to go anywhere you wish.”Alex hadn’t expected that offer. For a heartbeat the idea hung in the air like an open door he had never noticed.“I don’t want to become the Wudang Sect Master,” he said, flat and honest.The Sect Master’s brows drew together. “Why?”“This place is too small for me.”A ripple of outrage swept the elders. One of them shot to his feet. “How can you speak so lightly of your own sect?”Even the Sect Master looked startled. He le
Chapter 621
Another elder shot him a cold glare. “Do you honestly believe you could have dragged him here if he didn’t want to come?”The elders fell suddenly silent.Elder Tong’s humiliating defeat still hung fresh in everyone’s mind—a hard, painful lesson none of them could ignore. Dragging Jun Jiu anywhere against his will would not be simple. It would almost certainly cause far more trouble than any of them wanted to handle.The Sect Master nodded once, calm and unhurried. “Then tomorrow, I will go meet him myself.”Shock rippled through every elder in the room. The rule had always been ironclad: when the Sect Master called, disciples came running and bowed low. Never— not once in the long history of the sect—had the Sect Master gone to a disciple after being refused.“That damn disciple,” one elder snarled. “Why don’t we punish him and force him to come?”“That is also an option,” the Sect Master said evenly. “But to do it, you would need to take your own disciples and go there yourselves. Re
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