<h4>Chapter 682 - 677: Delivered To An Ascended Beauty</h4>


    "Move it!" An aggressive voice filled with rancor spat out, grunting out a forceful shove. Its target: Wei Wuyin. His hands and feet were bound with ck rings that glowed with a restrictive spiritual power, runic markings sparkled from time to time. If a normal Gravity Emission Phase expert were ced in these restrictive bindings, they would find their Spirit of Cultivation suppressed to its limits, while their innate energies were in chaos.


    The chaos would cause the body to experience jolting pain sporadically. Wei Wuyin felt therge hand press against his shoulders as he was ushered forward by three figures, two of which were unified guards in gray half-masks that covered the upper portion of their faces. The masks had a strange symbol at their be, an emblem designating their organization.


    It was a three dimensional image of a slender hand with its palm upwards, its fingers facing up, and as if being grasped, a ringly crimson sphere at its center. One of the strange thoughts that would surge into one''s mind was how neatly trimmed the nails were, distinctively giving it a feminine charm.


    The four were moving through the voidship''s halls. With both guards in front, there was a short, portly middle-aged man with a heavy ck beard. He didn''t wear a mask, but had a bracer with the symbol, alongside a strange character that Wei Wuyin couldn''t recognize.


    Wei Wuyin nced at the masks, his eyes recalling the memories of that young-looking cultivator. When he did, he kept a steady pace and walked as they did. They were currently docked in some building, likely a pce or castle within the Dark Void. It had ample shielding measures, both concealment and defensive.


    It seemed heavily fortified. Just walking off the voidship, he was weed by arge docking area that housed several other voidships of simr design as the one he left. He knew the design of this voidship was high-end, something that requires sufficient resources and ingenuity to create. The one he possessed was archaic byparison,cking in means, efficiency, and quality.


    Wei Wuyin first saw numerous men and women walking about, performing duties and en route to other areas of this buildingplex.


    "Ayo! Settle down, beast!" A voice resounded behind him, followed by a light buzz of lightning energies ring. Wei Wuyin nced behind him to see Bai Lin being brought forward by a trolley with wheels. Her muzzle and chains were reced, fixed after her nearly shattering them by ident.


    There were seven guards surrounding her, with strange pole-like armaments that emitted lightning energies. The strength of such could incapacitate ordinary Light Reflection Phase cultivators with ease or those with fragile bodies. To them, it was enough as Bai Lin put on an act of whining pain with each jolt.


    She nced at Wei Wuyin, and he could see her wink at him. Inwardly smiling, he was pushed again by the impatient guard. "Sh*t! Do you not have ears? MOVE!"


    Being shoved wasn''t that unpleasant. The unpleasant feeling was having to react to it deliberately. Even if he stood perfectly still, this guard wouldn''t even be able to move a strand of his hair.


    The one leading them turned to the seven guards, "The beast likely consumed a Golden Phoenix Fruit, so take it to the Beast Extraction Room and take its essence blood."


    "Yes, sir!" The guards shouted in acknowledgement. They took a different route as they pulled Bai Lin elsewhere. Wei Wuyin gave her onest nce before they separated. The path he walked was long, filled with cultivators with half-masks and uniformed attires. They were certainly of the same organization.


    Recalling the details of the young-looking cultivator''s memories, he inspected the location. This buildingplex was not stationary. Its location was constantly moving throughout the vast Ninestar Starfield. An elusive legend, some might say.


    The headquarters of an organization said to operate in the shadows and have certain deals with certain cultivators. For example, the Darksword Starlord was in contact with this organization, trading vigorous men for certain resources. With his authority and strength, it would be easy to have some individuals just disappear, especially if they have no backing.


    ''It''s a little unfortunate that oaths are so airtight and invible, or else organizations like these would copse instantly. In fact,'' Wei Wuyin thought as he traversed down a long, expansive corridor, ''If cultivators could investigate the mind effectively, organizations that hide in the shadows would vanish at the first transgression. Chaos would probably reign, though.''


    The ability to infiltrate the memories of others wasn''t just due to Eden, but thebination of his alchemical properties alongside Eden''s specific mental energies. However, if others had ess to this ability, there would be no secrets that could be kept, neither through sheer will or oath.


    That being said, if it becamemonce, cultivators were certain to create defensive wards to protect themselves. Especially if it was something as valuable as their memories and mind.


    Wei Wuyin''s Celestial Eyes were in full effect as he searched. His eyes searched relentlessly, but to no avail. He slightly furrowed his brows, but remained incredibly patient. He had spent a month just to get here, what was a little longer?


    As for Bai Lin, he didn''t worry that she would grow restless. As for extracting her essence blood? That wasughable. Still, he knew this organization dealt in exotic animals with unique properties. To think that the Golden Phoenix Fruit was an item even in this ster region.


    If so, Bai Lin was definitely not the only phoenix-transformed avian. However, with their relevance reduced due to technological developments, perhaps only niche forces and unique cultivators nurtured or required essence blood. He heard from Wu Yu that there was a specific mystic-tier force in the Aeternal Sky Starfield, one of the eight Noble ns—Liu n—that specialized in beast breeding, mining, and farming.


    They were supposedly a powerful n that was relegated to a lower standard after their Earthly Saint was defeated, so they took up these arduous tasks and redefined themselves, bringing themselves back up.


    After several minutes, Wei Wuyin was escorted through what seemed like a maze to a hallway which led to a five meter high double door at the end that was constructed from some unique oak wood variant. The wood energies within were quite pure, and even Wei Wuyin had to give it another nce.


    The tall, portly middle-aged man looked back, his sharp eyes narrowed further into a sinister sneer. "You should be happy; you''ll experience utter bliss in a bit." The man gestured to the guards who copsed the link that bound Wei Wuyin''s arms and legs together. While the restrictive shackles around his ankle and wrists remained, he was given full mobility.


    Wei Wuyin lifted his left eyebrow a little.


    Seeing the curious expression from Wei Wuyin, the manughed and added: "Enough to die for." Then he pressed against the door. It lit up in brilliant runes. The man''s spatial ring released spiritual light that emitted a unique fluctuation. Wei Wuyin noticed this.


    ''A key?''


    A series of runes shed briefly across the door''s surface. Then, the middle-aged man stepped aside gingerly, his expression dignified. The doors proceeded to open with a brisk sound, pushing inward to reveal the beige walls and a portion of the opulent decor within.


    "Go," the middle-aged man gestured. Wei Wuyin''s curiosity was stoked. He walked forward and gave the man a nce, which was only met with an expression filled with schadenfreude. Such an expression was quite unsightly.


    Ignoring that, he entered the doors.


    BAM!


    When he crossedpletely, the doors mmed shut with a heavy thud, menacing and forceful. Unbothered by the abrupt act, Wei Wuyin unhurriedly inspected the room to see the beige-colored walls adorned with exquisite paintings detailing thrilling environments. The most notable was one that seemed to depict a forest aze. At the center was a woman with a willowy figure dressed in white holding a ck umbre, her back facing the observer while she watched the forest burn.


    There were other paintings with strange, thrilling environments. Such as a drained, heat-ridden ocean floor. There were marine lifeying t or flopping in midair, struggling to live. That location will certainly be scorched, drynd or a desert in the future.


    Wei Wuyin felt that he needed to obtain these two paintings. He brushed his messy hair aside, getting a closer look at the paintings. He was thoroughly enchanted by them. It was as if he was experiencing cmities captured forever in these images.


    "Quite impressive, aren''t they?" A lovely, music-like voice as smooth and soothing as silk on one''s skin resounded. Wei Wuyin turned, taken aback by the figure that had avoided his senses.


    When he saw the figure, his eyes widened and his heart raced.


    He saw a woman. And what a woman she was. She was fair-skinned, with light-pink irises, as enchanting as a peony in bloom, pink lips with a cupid''s bow, full and soft as water, thin eyshes, sharp nose, and an hourss figure that defined every curve as if meticulously designed by the divine.


    The most notable feature, an impossible to miss for anyone with eyes, was those two mounds of proud flesh at her chest that were outrageouslyrge, firmly ced on her upper torso, and seemingly as soft and delicious as marshmallows. Just those two weapons were lethal to the sane mind of any man.


    She was dressed in a tight-fitting, deep cleavage revealing ck dress that revealed her long, smooth legs, slender waist, and bare feet with white-painted toenails, standing with her head slightly tilted as if to inspect Wei Wuyin''s everything.


    Wei Wuyin''s eyes were absent-minded as if thoroughly entranced, but his thoughts were circting swiftly. ''She''s an Ascended!''


    The woman smiled, bright and enchanting as a full moon. She slowly walked towards Wei Wuyin, her steps were gentle yet seemed to cause the heart to beat ording to her movements. When she arrived beside Wei Wuyin, she swiftly circled him with her eyes tracing him up and down, ending on his face.


    "I must say, I''ve never seen a man as handsome as you. I wonder what else you have," she nced down teasingly.


    "…" Wei Wuyin stayed absent-minded, at a loss for words as his eyes followed her movements.


    "Let''s see, shall we? Take them off," she walked back to her bed, sat and looked at Wei Wuyin expectantly.


    Wei Wuyin asked with a lifted brow, "Off?"


    The beautiful woman nodded slightly, twirling her finger while tracing Wei Wuyin from bottom to top. She said: "Your clothes."


    Wei Wuyin thought for a moment, seriously considering this scenario, and his eyes lit.