A thumb-sized jade dan bottle, the Sword Heart Dan was contained in the bottle.
Zhang Ruochen opened the lid of the dan bottle, and with a clatter, a white sword of light, from the bottle, shot out.
It wasn’t really a sword of light, but a wisp of Dan Qi.
Zhang Ruochen immediately closed the lid back up and squeezed the Dan bottle tightly in his hand.
“I’ve already reached Sword Heart Passage, the Sword Heart Dan is no longer very useful to me, so who exactly should I give it to?”
Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi did not follow the path of the Sword Dao, so the only people to give it to would be Huang Yicun and Duanmu Xingling.
Duanmu Xingling was the Holy Daughter of the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, if she wanted an elixir of the level of the Sword Heart Pill, it would be an easy task.
Huang Yichen’s mother, was a Sword Dao Half-Saint, and with the Half-Saint’s ability, I’m afraid it wouldn’t be difficult to obtain a Sword Heart Pill. Only, Huang Yichen’s mother must also have some considerations, and would not give the Sword Heart Pill to Huang Yichen to take right now.
Because, Huang Yichen was still very far away from the realm of Sword Heart Passage, even if he took the Sword Heart Pill, the effect would not be good, and it would be impossible for him to break through to Sword Heart Passage.
After some thought, Zhang Ruochen finally decided to give the Sword Heart Pill to Huang Yichen.
Even if it couldn’t allow her to break through to Sword Heart Passage, it would definitely be able to raise her Sword Dao Realm by a large margin.
With the Sword Heart Pill in hand, Zhang Ruochen left the Martial Market Stage House and headed to the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion.
The Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion was not as simple as just one mansion, but consisted of 360 mansions, large and small, spread throughout the entire Eastern Domain Sacred City.
Legend had it that at the bottom of each Saint King’s Mansion was an ancient formation platform, and activating all three hundred and sixty platforms would be able to activate a Circumstantial Formation that covered the entire Eastern Domain Sacred City.
In the seventh city district of the Golden Rainbow Continent, there was also a Sacred King’s Mansion located at the Border Moon Lake.
One could find it with a little enquiry.
There were an unknown number of tens of thousands of people in the younger generation of the Chen Clan, and among them, the most outstanding batch of talented sons and daughters almost all resided in the Sacred King’s Mansion at Border Moon Lake.
The Border Moon Lake was very vast and sprawling, and it was said to be eight hundred miles at its widest point.
In the lake, there was a star-dotted island, on top of the island, there were glorious buildings, temples, towers, martial arts fields, at a glance, it looked like a place where the immortals lived.
The gate of the Sacred King’s Mansion was ten feet high, and on the left and right sides each stood a huge stone carving of a Qilin, which looked as fierce as a living creature.
The soldiers guarding the Holy King’s Mansion were sixteen in total, eight on the left and eight on the right.
The eight on the left, all of them were as tall as three metres, with sturdy bodies, growing a human body, but above their necks was a huge wolf’s head.
They belonged to the Fire Wolf half-human race, and each of them was at the cultivation level of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
The eight people on the right, although they had human looks, their bodies were even more lanky, all of them were over four metres tall, and they possessed the bloodline of the Giant Race in their bodies, and they were born with godly strength, and they were able to tear apart barbarian elephants with their hands.
With such powerful sixteen soldiers, guarding the Holy King’s Mansion, who would dare to take a step closer to the gate?
“What people?”
A Fire Wolf Demi-human whose cultivation had reached the late stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm looked towards Zhang Ruochen in the distance, carrying his battle soldier and taking a step forwards, letting out a loud roar, spitting out waves of sound that shook the ground and caused the ground to fly away.
Zhang Ruochen appeared calm as he marched forward and walked outside the main gate, saying, “My name is Zhang Ruochen, I have come to pay a visit to Huang Smoky Dust, please pass on the message, Your Excellency.”
That one Fire Wolf Half-Human Race sergeant sized Zhang Ruochen up, his voice rough as he said, “Do you have a token from the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion?”
“No.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Without a token, why should I help you pass on? Quickly leave this place, this place is not where you should be.”That one Fire Wolf Demi-Human Race sergeant did not have a good face and said in a deep voice.
Being a person from the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion, even if it was just a sergeant guarding the gate, it had an extremely high status. Therefore, that one Fire Wolf Demi-Human Race sergeant was very cold and arrogant, unwilling to say any more to Zhang Ruochen and directly sent Zhang Ruochen away.
Zhang Ruochen frowned slightly, but didn’t get angry because he knew that the more massive the power, the bigger the rules.
If you didn’t have a high enough status, even a mere sergeant watching the gate wouldn’t even look at you, so how could they possibly pass on a message for you?
Just as Zhang Ruochen was planning to leave, in the distance, a group of young sons and daughters walked head on, more than a dozen of them, all of them geniuses of the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion, both handsome and dashing men and beautiful women.
They were holding the latest publication of the Eastern Domain Wind and Cloud Newspaper and were talking about something.
“The person who defeated Bu Qianfan is actually the young master of the Black Market One Piece Hall, and I wonder what kind of person Di Yi is?”
“As powerful as Di Yi is, he still lost to Zhang Ruochen, the heir to the Buddha Emperor.”
“Geniuses come and go, Bu Qianfan, Di Yi, Zhang Ruochen, which one of them isn’t a heaven defying human being, we are too far from them.”
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Suddenly, Chen Tianshu raised his head, his gaze fixed on Zhang Ruochen in the distance, and laughed out loud, “Haha! What a coincidence, isn’t that Zhang Ruochen, aren’t you guys doubting his strength, go and challenge him now. As long as you guys are able to win, you will definitely be able to make it to the next issue of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper.”
Chen Tianshu, probably around twenty years old, was exceptionally handsome, wearing a silver-coloured martial arts robe, looking elegant.
Zhang Ruochen’s ears were so sharp that he still heard Chen Tianshu’s voice despite being tens of feet away, so he glanced towards him.
“Huh! This person, so familiar.”
Zhang Ruochen tried his best to recall and finally remembered that he had a meeting with him two years ago at the Thousand Water County Kingdom’s Sword Contest.
His name should be called Chen Tianshu.
Could it be that he was also a member of the Chen Clan?
In a moment, those ten or so young children of the Chen Family had arrived ten steps away from Zhang Ruochen, all of them staring at him with curious eyes. Among them, most of those male martial artists were full of wariness, with a look of eagerness to try.
On the contrary, Zhang Ruochen was a bit baffled, not knowing what was going on.
Chen Tianshu had a smile on his face as he arched his hand and said, “Brother Zhang, once we parted ways in the Thousand Water County Kingdom, I wonder if you still remember Mister Chen?”
“Of course I remember.”
Zhang Ruochen returned the salute and said, “At that time, I was unaware, however, that Brother Chen was actually a young expert of the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion.”
Chen Tianshu laughed, “Back then, I was ordered by the elders in my family to go to the Thousand Waters County Kingdom on business. It’s a kind of fate that we were able to get acquainted there. I didn’t expect that in just over two years’ time, Brother Zhang has already become a man of renown in the Eastern Region, so it’s really something to be congratulated.”
Right at this moment, behind Chen Tianshu, a man in his twenties with a hawkish nose and sharp eyes stepped out and said, “I am the twelfth ranked son of the Chen Family’s younger generation, Chen Natural. Zhang Ruochen, would you like to accept my challenge?”
Zhang Ruochen was a bit surprised and stared towards Chen Tianshu with a puzzled look.
Chen Tianshu let out a “Haha” and laughed, “This Sixth Brother of mine is a war madman who wants to fight when he encounters a young expert. Just now, he saw the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper and learnt that Brother Zhang had defeated the young master of the Black Market’s First Class Hall, Emperor Yi, and that’s why he couldn’t help but want to challenge Brother Zhang. If Brother Zhang doesn’t mind, just instruct him on a few moves.”
Chen Tianran was a bit displeased and said in a cold voice, “Tianshu, you are too long on others’ aspirations to destroy your own, no matter what, I am also a top twenty ranked expert of the Chen Clan, with a cultivation level of Heavenly Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position. If I were to go all out, I might not necessarily lose to him. Although he is highly talented, he is still too young.”
Chen Tianshu laughed, “Sixth Brother, Brother Zhang was able to defeat Emperor Yi, who in turn defeated Bu Qianfan. If I remember correctly, back then, you and Bu Qianfan also fought once, and the person was two realms lower than you, and it only took them seven moves to defeat you as well.”
A talented young girl from the Chen Clan with a ponytail let out a silver bell-like laugh, “Sixth Brother, didn’t you just see what the Sacred Book Talent Girl said about Zhang Ruochen in the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper? The Sacred Book Talent Girl evaluated Zhang Ruochen as one of the six young kings of the new generation of the Eastern Region, possessing the qualifications to become a Saint.”
Chen Tianran’s face remained unchanged as he said in a cold voice, “Although the Sacred Book Talent Lady is in charge of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper, and can project heavenly chances and write about the world’s great events, it doesn’t mean that her words are necessarily correct. As long as I can defeat Zhang Ruochen, I will also be able to make it to the next issue of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper.”
That one young girl snorted, “There’s no need for you to win, as long as you are able to catch Zhang Ruochen for ten moves, I’ll give you that Peacock Pill given to me by my eldest uncle.”
A joyful look appeared in Chen Tianran’s eyes as he said, “Sister Jing, the Peacock Pill is refined from peacock’s blood, it’s precious beyond compare, after taking it, it can allow a martial artist to grow a pair of peacock’s wings and fly through the sky and hide from the world. Are you sure you want to take it out for a bet?”
Chen Jingjing laughed, “If you are able to catch ten moves, the Peacock Dan will of course belong to you. If you lose, you have to be my follower for ten days, are you willing?”
“Hmph! How could I possibly lose?”
Natural’s chin raised in some disdain.
If Chen Natural were to defeat Zhang Ruochen, he really wasn’t sure.
But if it was just to catch Zhang Ruochen for ten moves, would it be difficult? Thus, Chen Tianran immediately agreed.
Zhang Ruochen cried and laughed a little as he said, “It seems that I haven’t agreed to accept your challenge.”
“As a powerful martial artist, how could one be afraid of challenges?”
Chen Tianran didn’t care if Zhang Ruochen was willing to do so or not, he roared out, and the true qi in his body was released.
Driven by the True Qi, a black lance that was originally carried on his back flew up and fell into Chen Natural’s hands.
“Tenth rank True Martial Treasure Weapon, Ghost King Lance.”
Chen Natural’s arm shook violently, and the lance drew an arc, emitting a snapping sound. A ball of cold fire, emerged from the tip of the spear, carrying a ghostly cold aura.
“Giggle!”
On the ground, a layer of white frost formed, covering a radius of tens of feet.
“Ghost King Invisible Gun.”
Chen Tianran took the initiative to attack, executing a Ghost Grade Lower Grade spear technique.
The long spear, spinning ceaselessly, carried a cold and chilling aura as it stabbed towards Zhang Ruochen.
As the tip of the spear kept approaching, Zhang Ruochen could vaguely hear a ghostly whistling sound ringing in his ears, and a cold aura came over his face; it was like the entire person had fallen into an ice cave, and the blood in his entire body seemed to be freezing.
To be able to rank in the top 20 of the Chen Family’s younger generation, he was indeed not an ordinary person, he could be called a first class powerhouse, and had actually already cultivated a ghost level martial skill to its great completion.
Zhang Ruochen finally understood what was going on, and it turned out that it was the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper that caused the trouble. In the future, I was afraid that there would be more challenges like this.
Since this was the case, it would be better to strongly suppress the opponents and make a proper display of strength, as well as to avoid continuing to be endlessly challenged.
