Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Hearing the voice, Wang Xiong looked around. He was floating above the fog covered mountain and knew that the person who he had come for had already detected him.

"Can't I come to visit the venerated Guardian Yun without asking? After all, you do the same to me." Wang Xiong stated.

For a few seconds, nothing was heard, but then a hole appeared in the dense fog.

"Enter!" The voice spoke.

Wang Xiong flew in through the hole, which then closed behind his back. He kept going down and saw the scenery change. From the previous foggy appearance, it changed and became like a normal mountain.

Even when someone looked up, they would see normal sky and clouds above it.

'The formation array here is far superior to all other formations in the sect…' Wang Xiong thought to himself. 

He landed on the ground and soon spotted what looked like an idyllic looking house in the distance. It was nothing too fancy and looked like something that a hermit would build. There was a pond on its side and a garden on the other.

There were even some farm fields on its back, and various crops were planted in it. Then at the side of the farm, one could even see a few other buildings like a chicken coop and a duck coop. 

The ducks could be seen waddling down the side all the way into the pond. In the pond, several fishes swam and looked as if they were dancing. Multiple trees were also planted all along the area.

These trees were different from the natural forest trees in that they were flowering and even had some spirit fruits hanging on their branches.

Seeing the things in the area, Wang Xiong couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Thousand feather chickens, Grey beak ducks, and silver scale carps? The guardian certainly likes some luxury goods, huh…" Wang Xiong muttered to himself.

Each of these was actually spirit beasts that were valued for their components and products. They were also considered to be delicacies that even strong cultivators that might be at the Dao Shell realm might not get to enjoy that often.

And yet, here there were hundreds of them walking around freely as if they were common farm animals. Wang Xiong stayed alert when walking around the beasts, as he knew that if any harm came to the beast it might prove to be a costly affair.

He ignored the beasts and made his way to the door of the house.

~knock~knock~knock~

He knocked on the door and it opened almost immediately. There was no one behind the door, but Wang Xiong knew this was his invitation to enter. He thus entered and saw the man in the white fox mask sitting at a low table.

There was a white sheet spread on the table and the man held an ink brush in his hand. He paid no attention to Wang Xiong who had just entered and focused on his task. Wang Xiong could feel a powerful aura lingering around the man and thus he kept silent as well.

He had come here to ask for help and thus didn't want to displease the man over nothing. The house was silent for a few minutes until when the masked man finally used the ink brush.

Strong and dominating characters were written on the papers. They read, 'See Life In Obscurity.' 

Wang Xiong read them but couldn't fully understand the intentions behind these words. The meaning was understandable to him, but comprehending them was not something he wanted to do right now.

"So what are really here for?" the fox masked man questioned without moving his gaze from his sheet of paper.

"I want to ask you something." Wang Xiong stated.

"And what is that?" The masked man asked.

"I want to know where the secret exit passageway is in the sect." Wang Xiong replied.

But the masked man did not reply to his query.

"Come on, I know it exists. Even the patriarch has said that I am to come to you if I have problems during his absence." Wang Xiong added.

"Hmmm, fine. But know this that I don't do repeat favors like these." The masked man replied.

"Just this once should be enough." Wang Xiong replied.

"Very well… the secret exit is near the old library. You need to leave through the back exit of the library and get to the small garden behind it. From there you just need to find a tree with the character 'Run' carved on it.

That tree will be the exit point you desire." The fox masked man explained.

"Alright, thank you for your help." Wang Xiong replied before taking his leave. 

Once he was gone, the Fox masked man stood up and looked in the direction of the pond.

"Follow him and keep an eye on him. I don't know if things will go well or not." The masked man said.

~shua~

In the next second, a small ball of silvery mist flew out of the pond and chased after Wang Xiong.

~Sigh~

"Just what was the patriarch thinking when he decided that I should take care of this child… this old fox just can't get any rest…" the man said before going back to his house.

Wang Xiong didn't notice that something else had flown out behind him and that it was following him. The ball of silvery mist had turned invisible once it left the foggy mountain, and no one could perceive it. 

The ball soon sped up and latched onto Wang Xiong's back. 

"Huh?" Wang Xiong stopped in mid air and looked around. He touched his back as he felt something touch it for a second there.

But upon finding nothing, he wrinkled his brows.

"Weird… what was that?" Wang Xiong said before going to his residence.

His next task was to wait for the next report about the situation of the mission and, once it was confirmed that the disciples were heading out, he would leave.

"Now to just wait…"