“Good! Good! Yes!”
That clan elder of the Yan Clan stared at Zhang Ruochen with spite, “Our Yan Clan won’t let today’s matter go just like that!”
After saying this, that one clan elder of the Yan Clan left the Martial City Academy Palace with Yan Yunyue.
Zhang Ruochen did not take that one clan elder’s threat to heart, he was now a genius student of the Martial City Academic Palace, even if the Yan Clan was more powerful, would they still dare to call the shots with the Martial City Academic Palace?
At least, on the surface, the Yan Clan didn’t dare to deal with Zhang Ruochen.
After the Yan Clan’s elder left, the students who were previously prepared to watch the spectacle were suddenly disinterested and dispersed.
In particular, Qiu Lin, who had earlier touted Yan Yunyi extremely hard, even slipped away early and disappeared, as if he was afraid that Zhang Ruochen would beat him up.
It was estimated that in the future, when Qiu Lin saw Zhang Ruochen, he would only be able to avoid him.
“Even Yan Yunyi was defeated, Senior Brother Zhang’s strength is estimated to have surpassed Senior Brother and Senior Sister Luo, becoming the number one expert of the Martial City Academy.”
“What about Qiu Lin? Didn’t he say earlier that Senior Brother Zhang was seeking his own death when he offended Yan Yunyi. Now, where is he?”
“It’s said that Qiu Lin offended Senior Brother Zhang at the auction, so hey, let’s see how he’ll still be able to mix in the Martial City Academy in the future.”
“If he wants to mix in the Martial City Academic Palace, he’ll probably bring a gift tomorrow and personally rush to Senior Brother Zhang’s residence to beg for forgiveness and ask for Senior Brother Zhang to spare him from his previous offence.”
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To be strong means to be right, to be feared.
Obviously, Zhang Ruochen was now the strong man of the Martial City Academy Palace, and all those other students naturally had to respect him, fear him, and flatter him.
If it wasn’t for the Smoky Dust County Lord who had always stood by Zhang Ruochen’s side with an eye on him, it was estimated that there were many female trainees who took the initiative to throw themselves at him, or even fall back on him.
It was not a falsehood that the strong were honoured.
“Rumble!”
The clan elder of the Yan Clan, driving an ancient vehicle pulled by a fourth-ranked savage bird, the Red Lin Griffin, left the Heavenly Demon Martial City on the same day, bringing Yan Yunyue with him, preparing to return to the Yan Clan.
The ancient vehicle, travelling out of the city gates.
The wings on the Red Phosphorus Griffon’s back unfurled and flapped violently, pulling the carriage up into the sky.
On the ground, there were several groups of people, all staring at them.
Among them, there was the County King of Minshu, who had been offended by Yan Yunyun Fantasy.
Ji Lao was like a pale bamboo pole, tall and thin, yet radiating an icy martial aura.
He stood behind the County King of Minshu, an odd smile appearing on his wrinkled face as he said, “That one, Duke Yan, ran to the Martial City Palace of Learning, wanting to find trouble with Zhang Ruochen, but ended up being beaten up instead, and was said to have been carried out of the Martial City Palace of Learning.”
“Serves him right!”
County King Minshu looked at the departing carriage and laughed coldly, “Thinking that he is the Yan Clan’s heir, he dares to flaunt his power in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, does he really think that the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s martial artists can’t cure him?”
“However, Yan Yunyun Mirage is ranked 375th on the Earth Ranking, and for Zhang Ruochen to actually be able to defeat him is beyond my king’s expectations.”
“The Yunwu County Kingdom first produced a Zhang Tiangui, and then another Zhang Ruochen, in a few decades, when they grow up, won’t the Heavenly Demon Ridge be the world of the Yunwu County Kingdom?”
Elder Ji said, “The County King is overly concerned! As far as I know, Zhang Tian Gui and Zhang Ruochen’s relationship has reached the level of incompatibility, and there will be a battle in the future. With their natural talent, even if it’s County King Yunwu, it’s impossible to suppress them. Perhaps, it won’t be long before civil unrest occurs in the Yunwu County Kingdom, we just need to watch the show.”
County King Minjiu nodded, his gaze looking back in the direction Yan Yunyue had left, saying, “Last night, Yan Yunyue auctioned off two spatial treasures, we can’t let him leave the Heavenly Demon Ridge just like that. Elder Ji, you go and intercept them. Remember, you only need to snatch the spatial treasures, you don’t need to injure Yan Yunyi’s life. Moreover, absolutely no traces should be left behind so that the Yan Clan doesn’t trace them back to us.”
“Old me understands.”
After saying this, Elder Ji retreated.
Half a day later, a piece of news that reached the Heavenly Demon Martial City, “The Yan Clan’s heir, on his way back to the Yan Clan, was robbed by a mysterious expert, and the treasures on his body were looted.”
Hearing this side of the news, Zhang Ruochen only smiled faintly, as if he had already expected it.
Yan Yunyue had offended all the bigwigs of the Heavenly Demon Ridge at the auction house and was carrying heavy treasures on his body, so who would the helmsmen of those big powers rob if not him?
In the martial dao world, there were indeed the kind of people who were broad-minded and didn’t bear grudges, but there were also many people who valued the actual benefits in front of them more.
Two spatial treasures were already worth snatching by any means necessary for them.
However, after laughing, Zhang Ruochen had to face an even more serious problem.
He had already met Chen Xi’er, who had told Zhang Ruochen about her conjecture in its original form.
It had to be said that this woman was indeed very smart, and just from some clues, she was able to guess most of the facts.
Although Zhang Ruochen wasn’t going to that one ancient cave from the Middle Ages, but he was going to the Underwater Dragon Palace, so it didn’t matter where he was going, what mattered was that the news mustn’t leak out.
“It seems that I was really careless!” Zhang Ruochen’s heart murmured.
What now?
Was it really necessary to bring Chen Xi’er along to the Underwater Dragon Palace?
Honestly speaking, Zhang Ruochen couldn’t trust Chen Xi’er.
That night, Zhang Ruochen called Si Xingkong, Chang Qiqi, Huang Yicun, and Duanmu Xingkong all together and prepared to discuss a plan.
After all, the people were a team and should listen to the team’s opinions.
Si Xingkong revealed a gloomy expression and said, ”Indeed, it is a headache, Senior Sister Chen is the daughter of the Palace Master and Senior Sister Huang’s cousin, so we simply can’t kill and silence her. However, if we don’t kill and silence her, we must bring her along. If we don’t bring her, she will definitely spread the news.”
Chang Qi Qi’s hands held the Swallowing Elephant Rabbit, revealing hawkish eyes as he said, “Should we lock her up temporarily, and let her regain her freedom when we return from the Underwater Dragon Palace.”
“That’s a bad idea on your part!”
Si Xingkong said, “Even if we lock her up, we will have to release her sooner or later. After releasing her, she will still spread the news. Even more, it will be reported to the Palace Master so that the Palace Master can punish us.”
Huang Yixian said, “Chen Xier isn’t bad, she just likes to go against me. As long as it’s for the common good, she shouldn’t be able to make trouble out of it.”
In fact, if he really had to choose, Zhang Ruochen was hoping that Luo Shuihan would join their team of six. However, now that the variable of Chen Xi’er appeared, it made it a little difficult for Zhang Ruochen to choose.
It was really like what Si Xingkong had said, Chen Xi’er’s identity was there, and she could not be killed or moved.
Huang Yichen said, ”If it’s really not possible, I will keep an eye on her. Her cultivation, which is in the middle of the pack with me, will never want to do anything unfavourable to the team under my watch.”
Zhang Ruochen was still a bit uneasy, and his gaze went to Duanmu Xingling, saying, “Senior Sister Duanmu, what do you think?”
Duanmu Xingling’s hands rested on her fragrant cheeks, her eyes blinking as she laughed, “I don’t have any opinion, anyway, entering the Underwater Dragon Palace is a matter of nine deaths, and whether or not she can come back is still an unknown matter. If she wants to go, let her go! At that time, I can also join Sister Dust and spy on her together.”
“Alright! Since everyone is unanimously in favour of her travelling with us, let’s bring her along!”
Zhang Ruochen said, “There are still two months to go, so everyone prepare as soon as possible. If you can raise your cultivation by one point, try to raise it as much as possible. As for Chen Xi’er’s side, it’s up to Senior Sister Huang, so go inform her.”
After ending the discussion, Zhang Ruochen headed back to Tong Sheng Mountain to continue cultivating his palm techniques.
In the Earth Grade Cultivation Chamber, the duration of each cultivation session was half a month.
At the end of each cultivation session, Zhang Ruochen’s palm technique and cultivation would have improved tremendously.
A month later, after two cultivations, Zhang Ruochen finally cultivated the fifth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, the “Nine Stacks of Elephant Power”, to a great success.
The completion of the fifth palm meant that the “Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm” had reached the level of a Spirit Grade Medium Grade Martial Skill. Of course, the power that erupted from the “Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm” was more powerful than many Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial arts.
At the same time, after refining a large number of Bone Quenching and Tendon Refining Pills, Zhang Ruochen’s physical strength reached a level comparable to that of a late stage Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist.
The fastest burst speed reached two hundred and ninety-eight metres per second.
Some of the martial artists in the top ten of the Earth Ranking were almost at this level.
“The martial cultivation has reached the peak of the Earth Extremity Realm’s Great Extremity Position, and it shouldn’t be far from the Earth Extremity Realm’s Great Perfection Realm. Can it reach the supreme extreme realm of the Earth Extreme Realm?”
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and clenched his five fingers, feeling the power coming from his flesh and bones.
“Snap!”
The bones and muscles felt like they were popping.
Even if he didn’t use the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, the power of a punch he threw was enough to resist an average late stage Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist.
With one month left for the next, Zhang Ruochen entered the inner space of the Space-Time Spirit Crystal and continued to cultivate the Ten Veins Sword Wave.
The time in the inner space was three times that of the outside, and after spending three months, Zhang Ruochen cultivated all the Ten Vein Sword Waves to the introductory realm, and among them, the Sun Vein Sword Wave had even reached the minor achievement realm.
“If you want to cultivate the Ten Veins Sword Wave to great completion, you must go to the land of Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang. In the Heavenly Demon Ridge, the Tong Ming River should belong to the land of extreme Yin, and this time, when we travelled to the Underwater Dragon Palace, I hope to be able to cultivate the five Yin-attributed Sword Waves in my right hand to the Great Completion.”
The three-month period had arrived, and it was already time to depart.
After Zhang Ruochen emerged from seclusion, he went to visit Luo Shuihan, wanting to invite her to travel to the Underwater Dragon Palace together. However, he learnt that she was in closed-door cultivation.
“It seems that she has already begun to cultivate the type of martial dao in the Half-Saint Sacred Intent.”
Zhang Ruochen had just left Luo Shuihan’s cultivation mansion when he met Chang Qiqi and Si Xingkong.
Chang Qi Qi’s hand was holding a newspaper, full of excitement, excitedly rushing towards Zhang Ruochen, somewhat incoherently saying, “Senior Brother Zhang, you are also too powerful! No wonder you didn’t put Yan Yunyue in your eyes, so you are so strong that even Yan Yunyue’s sister was defeated by you.”
“What’s wrong?” Zhang Ruochen said.
