webnovelfull Chapter 468 The Wind Rises
Chapter 468 The Wind Rises
Zhongzhou is vast and boundless.
In addition to the four sacred places and seven ancient tribes known to the world, there are also thirty-three immortal sects and thousands of tribes.
Such a vast Zhongsheng State has never lacked grand events that bring together cultivators.
In early spring, the Ruyi Realm under the Nine Swords was at its peak, and the inheritance left by the ancient Ruyi Sect attracted many geniuses and evildoers to visit.
Later, there was the Nanxian's promise of a talisman, Liyan's ladder to immortality, the Yuelian Sect's love meeting, the Huangfu family's longevity ban, and the lonely wild goose secret realm of Lingshou Mountain...
One grand event after another stirs up the whole of Zhongzhou, and every moment there are brilliant geniuses as brilliant as stars who become famous through battle.
In comparison, the great ancestors of the immortal sects who have been in seclusion for decades seem to be unknown and almost forgotten.
They were once the bravest men in the world, able to wield the heavens and earth and move the nebulae - but this world ultimately belongs to the younger generation.
Those younger generations have no worries about their lifespans, and they are still running around in the vast universe for resources, love and hatred, pride, and the search for the truth... They are painting one magnificent picture after another.
Just like the beginning of early winter, the Tianxiang City-Seizing Trial will be held in Zhongzhou, attracting the attention of ninety states in the world and bringing together countless geniuses in Zhongzhou once again.
However, at this critical moment.
A battle formation trial at the Broken Star Holy Land attracted the attention of the entire Zhongzhou.
Messages flooded the sky, spreading from the various veins and towns of Shattered Star to the major immortal sects and ancient clans.
[On the night of the Moon Viewing after the Frost, there will be a grand event at the Star-Glancing Terrace where two sects will perform a formation to meet friends.]
[Distinguished guests from the three sects have come to watch the ceremony: Zhao Qing, the Blood-Robed Walker; Wan Xian, the Holy Son of Lingxi Valley; and Ye Xi, the Young Master of Yuelian…]
[Distinguished guests from the Five Clans also came to watch the ceremony, including Huangfu Ming of the Huangfu Immortal Clan, Cui Ping, the Master of the Nine Swords, and Tang Xuanyao, the Young Master of the Lonely Wild Wings Pavilion...]
"walk!"
"The Bloody Clothes Merchant House's walk!"
"Can this be considered a direct disciple of Yujing?"
"No—according to the rules of the Zhongzhou sect, he should be called the Blood-Robed Saint Son, or the Blood-Robed Young Sect Master."
"The beauties from the Moon Lotus Sect will also be there. I still remember the Love Meeting on summer nights. It was a real feast for the eyes... I wonder how many beauties from the Moon Lotus Sect will be there?"
"Yue Lian has a young master? I think it's the eldest lady in the rumors."
"Huangfu!"
"Why did the Huangfu Clan, one of the Seven Ancients, change to the Immortal Clan in Broken Star's mouth?"
"Hey! Regardless of the immortal clan or ancient clan, there is only that clan Huangfu in Zhongzhou."
"I've heard that the three and five meridians of Shattered Star have always been at odds. I wonder if this Young Master Huangfu will personally demonstrate the formation..."
While the cultivators in the market were still full of novel remarks, many Yujing cultivators had already smelled a hint of blood.
What are you talking about the young master of the Huangfu clan?
That is clearly the eighth walking member of the Nine Swords lineage!
The Huangfu clan may have many young masters, but there is only one walking in each area of Yujing!
The Eight Walkings in Blood Robe and the Eight Walkings in Nine Swords... Don't they know each other?
Why are they divided into the three and five veins that have been in dispute for a long time?
For a time, many rumors were flying everywhere...
The disciples of the three holy places, Zizhu, Jiujian and Nanxian, were originally preparing to go to Tianxiang City. Now they came in groups of three or five to the Shattered Star to watch the ceremony.
In just two days, the Shattered Star Holy Land was already crowded with immortals and its reputation was enormous.
As more and more disciples from the Holy Land gathered, a very obscure piece of news began to spread among the monks in Yujing—
"When the Blood-Robed Eight Walkers emerged from the Dragon Abyss, only nine walking immortal palaces were floating in the Moonless Sea!"
"Among the twelve branches of Yujing, apart from Xueyi and Tianxiang, there is still one branch missing that has not yet gone..."
"It's obvious! The person who was absent from Long Yuan at that time was the man who was in direct confrontation with the Blood Robe Walker—Nine Swords, Huangfu Ming!"
"But what's the grudge between them? I often stay at Nine Swords, but how come I've never heard any news?"
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In the holy land of Nanxian, the fairy palace is hidden deep in the clouds.
On the top of the Qiongyu Palace, a woman stood quietly, her clothes were extremely charming and beautiful.
Her perky breasts were lightly wrapped in a gorgeous dress, with only a simple feather gauze around her waist. Her enchanting waist and more than half of her legs were not covered at all, and her slender feet were bound with delicate silver chains - fully displaying the charming demeanor of the white jade woman from Guzhou.
At this moment, the woman with a strange lotus mark on her profile was staring at the distant clouds with her brows slightly furrowed.
Nangong Yao also put away her usual smiling attitude and said hesitantly, "I can't go."
"Huangfu Ben and I are old acquaintances, and he's also very close to Qing..."
"Is the grudge between them unresolved?"
Upon hearing this, the Bone Girl smiled coldly but said nothing. She turned her inquiring gaze to the other person... There was also a tall fairy beside the two of them, who was also the last female cultivator in the eighth line of Yujing.
The Southern Fairy walks, Qu Ying'er.
Although this woman often calls herself Ying'er and her gentle voice and laughter make people feel like spring breeze, she looks like a tall and beautiful woman who is cold and aloof.
Qu Ying'er's cheeks were lightly powdered, and the lines of her eyebrows and eyes, as if created by nature, outlined her cold and delicate features. But as soon as she opened her mouth... the men's awe of her would disappear.
In Pi Wuwang's words, Senior Sister Qu sounded soft and weak when she spoke, like a virgin.
Qu Ying'er has been a walking expert for more than 30 years, so people like Bald Nangong, Xiaoji, Gu Nu, etc. often call her Senior Sister.
"Qingrao, what are you looking at me for..."
Qu Ying'er spoke softly and smiled gently, "Yao'er probably can't go. If you want to go, I can accompany you."
The Bone Girl pondered for a moment, then shook her head and whispered, "I'd better go and see for myself. The grudge between Huangfu and Zhao Qing... I was standing in front of Huangfu and confronted him."
"They are walking on their own now, so there shouldn't be any collisions, right?" Qu Ying'er was not very familiar with Zhao Qing, but she was not very familiar with Huangfu either.
Although she has been in the Southern Immortal Holy Land for many years, she is immersed in the practice of talismans and is a true ascetic who is oblivious to the world outside.
Nangong Yao paced back and forth, chuckling, "Maybe... Qing has a pretty good temper."
The Bone Girl suddenly laughed, and with her delicate jade hand gently placed on her white wrist, she said casually: "Qing is indeed not a cruel and vengeful person."
"If Huangfu comes to visit, he doesn't need to apologize or admit his fault... He just needs to make it clear that Liang Qing is a fellow disciple of the Nine Swords and should help him a little."
"After a few drinks and a few words, and with both sides taking a step back, the matter was settled."
Nangong Xiao Loli smiled and took over the conversation, introducing Zhao Qing to Senior Sister Qu: "Zhao Qing is indeed like this. If we can sit down and talk lightly, there will be no knot that cannot be untied."
"After all, Huangfu was only summoned to help, and Senior Sister Zhang even sealed him in the Underworld for a full six months."
As Qingrao listened, she couldn't help but laugh and sigh inwardly.
Zhao Qing was indeed a gentle person, and she and Nangong both felt extremely comfortable getting along with him, but they also knew in their hearts... Qing was actually a donkey that went along with the flow, and if they really annoyed him, nothing would work.
She took out the Feige Fragrance Hall and shook her head, muttering to herself, "Huangfu Zhen sealed the Blood Robe Tower, but he didn't actually overstep his bounds. Besides, with his straightforward personality... he might even feel like he was being bullied by the Blood Robe."
"I'd better go and take a look."
Nangong Yao's almond-shaped eyes moved, and she playfully threw out her own natal mandarin duck jade, and shouted to Qingrao's flying pavilion from a distance, "Remember to communicate with us through video!"
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In the Tianxiang Tower, a repair shop outside the Zizhu Holy Land.
The melodious sound of the piano tugged at the gauze curtains, and the mist rising from the teacup blocked the view.
Ji Meng leaned comfortably on the soft couch, her eyes filled with playful and sinister smile: "Bald has been chased back by them, he will be here soon."
"I said that getting together with three women would not end well."
Brother Hu embraced his junior sister's delicate body, and it was the time for them to express their affection. He only said a few words to Xiao Ji casually: "Beauty is like a knife... Wuwang can't hold it."
"Can you hold it, brother?"
Jiang Yu's face flushed and her eyes were as charming as silk. She leaned in the man's arms with her slender legs bent... She didn't care that Ji Meng was right next to her. She opened her red lips in a daze with a rather confused and passionate charm.
Strands of tea dripped down from above, flowing along her fair jawline and seeping into her gooseneck shirt, looking lewd and fragrant.
Jiang Yanli laughed heartily: "Junior sister is as gentle as spring water, I'm afraid she will slip away from my fingertips."
"Then Senior Brother must suppress Yu'er to death..."
Ji Meng was distracted by what she heard. She flipped through the communication jade and interrupted casually, "The Bone Girl went to Shattered Star. Are you going with her?"
Jiang Yanli raised his eyes in surprise.
"Why go to Broken Star? No."
"Xiao Qing and Huangfu are always going to have a fight. If they don't meet at Suixing... they'll meet in Tianxiang City. Going there will only cause trouble for them."
Ji Meng thought silently, that's true.
but……
But there was always an impulse in his heart that made him want to stay away from Zhao Qing.
He always felt that Zhao Qing would attack him in Tianxiang City.
"I want to go to Shattered Star and take a look. I always feel that Zhao Qing will do something bad to me in Tianxiang City."
Jiang Yanli raised his eyes with a smile, his expression full of surprise: "Why?"
"I also want to ask, why?" A gentle man's voice came, and Pi Wuwang pushed the door open with a shiny bald head, with some doubts in his clear eyes.
Ji Meng's expression froze. He wanted to explain why Wuwang had come so quickly, but seeing the puzzled looks from the other two, he chuckled and explained to himself, "He and Hong Ning were deceived by me before. According to the Bone Girl... Hong Ning gave her body to him in the secret realm."
Hearing this, Jiang Yanli and Jiang Yu instantly became interested.
Pi Wuwang's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief: "Didn't he give it to me?"
Ji Meng: ...
"Of course I gave it to you."
Upon hearing this, the bald man's clear eyes revealed a hint of curiosity. He took two steps closer and whispered in anticipation: "Did you see it?"
Ji Meng frowned and shook his head helplessly, saying, "The cloud sea illusion caused by the walking authority covers the entire secret realm. It's not an illusion of my own, so how can I see it?"
"Besides...he and Hong Ning have a small boat, and they always stay on it to isolate themselves from their spiritual consciousness."
Jiang Yanli understood what he said and sighed with laughter.
However, Pi Wuwang's eyes were filled with even greater doubts. He spoke hastily in surprise, "Then how do you know Hong Ning gave her body to Zhao Qing...you didn't see it."
Ji Meng: ???
He immediately said angrily, "This is what Hong Ning told Bone Girl herself... and Zhao Qing is very cunning. Doesn't he know whether he has slept with women or not?"
Jiang Yanli smiled and nodded, then said comfortingly, "That's nothing. Perhaps if you hadn't touched the secret realm...the two of them wouldn't have been able to become Taoist couples."
Ji Meng thought it made sense, but he was really scared.
When I get to Tianxiang City... I don't have the power of Yunhai to support me. What should I do if I really run into Zhao Qing?!
"No! I just don't think it's right."
Pi Wuwang was leisurely leaning on a rattan chair, sipping tea, and now he grinned: "What are you afraid of?"
"You always pretend to be me and Yayoi, but we don't care. Zhao Qing is not someone who holds grudges, so don't worry about this."
"By the way—you haven't transformed into Zhao Qing lately and gone out to cheat people, have you?"
Ji Meng frowned, thought for a few breaths, and then shook his head and said, "That's not the case..."
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Zhongzhou, Jian family.
Elegant buildings and pavilions are scattered all over the mountains and rivers, and the spiritual liquid turns into a flowing river.
Deep in the dark and ancient hall, waves of overwhelming pressure made it hard to breathe.
At the meeting of elders of the direct line of the Jian family, not only were there many Nascent Souls and three Gods of Transformation sitting there, but there were also several direct descendants in the Foundation Establishment Dan realm, who were also sitting in high places with peaceful expressions.
"That trial at Shattered Star is going to trick a lot of people again."
"However, Elder Fang from the First Lineage came to the clan a few days ago and didn't care much about these things. He just let the Third and Fifth Lineages do whatever they wanted."
"What is Mr. Fang doing here?"
"Humph, it's all for the sake of the girl from the Fang family, but Qiong'er is also entering Tianxiang City, so how can we give in?"
Hearing the elders' words, Jian Qiong remained calm, smiling faintly as she listened to the elders' arrangements.
"Ting'er."
"The Blood-Robed Eighth Walker has arrived in Zhongzhou. Have they ever told you when they will visit our clan as a guest?"
Jian Ting nodded slowly, frowned, and whispered, "There was a message, probably after the Tianxiang City trial."
"in this way--"
The man who had reached the state of spiritual enlightenment was silent for a moment, then he raised his eyes and spoke seriously to Jian Ting, "You must go to the Broken Star Holy Land and take Qiong'er with you..."
"Then you and Xue Yi will walk into Tianxiang City together."
Jian Ting's eyes showed understanding. He glanced at the woman beside him and said slowly, "That was my original plan."
"When Senior Brother Zhao arrives in Zhongzhou, our Jian family will definitely provide us with our full support."
"But my sister is also entering Tianxiang City, so I won't be able to show any mercy then."
"Who knows, maybe we can make it to the end and still have a chance to continue Long Yuan's unfinished battle."
The man nodded gently, casually took out two items and handed them to Jian Qiong, saying with a gentle smile, "Just do your best."
"It's impossible to always fall into the ancient clan when traveling in the world."
"Take these two small gifts with you."
"One will be given to Miss Baiyu of Guzhou, and one will be left to Tianxiang. I will do my best to be the landlord of the Jian family."
Jian Qiongyan frowned, then smiled sweetly: "No need for your comfort, uncle. Jian Qiong's heart is as clear as a mirror, and I will do my best."
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The heart of Zhongzhou.
Above the towering ancient sword that slanted down from the sky, there was an endless fairyland with numerous palaces.
The various Nine Swords disciples walked together in groups of three or five and had a great time chatting with each other.
What they talked about the most was naturally Huangfu Ming's arrival at the Broken Star Ceremony... and which fairy they each helped in Tianxiang City.
"Junior Sister Jian Qiong is gentle and approachable. She is the Fairy Tianxiang who was personally recommended by the Jian family."
"Junior Sister Yuchan is the most icy and enchanting. Although she didn't receive the Xia Clan's recommendation, she was looked after by the Tianxiang Protector... I think the Tianxiang Clan also thinks Fairy Yuchan is unparalleled in her grace and beauty."
"Junior Sister Ye Xi is quirky when she's making noises, and otherworldly when she's quiet. Occasionally, she's even more flirtatious and straightforward, making people envious."
"Haha, I never thought that Senior Brother would admire such a beauty... Is this Fairy Ye Xi or Young Master Yue Lian?"
"So what if it's Yuelian? The Yuelian Sect was founded by Tianxiang Xingzou back then. It's not a brothel or incense shop that anyone can go to!"
"Fairy Ye Xi is so bold and generous, far superior to those self-righteous and pretentious Heavenly Fragrance Saintess. Even if I can't get close to her, just watching her from afar is pleasing to the eye. How about joining me in seizing the city for Fairy Ye?"
"Hey—Shattered Star's Two-Veins Debate, seems like Junior Sister Ye went to watch the ceremony?"
"Hmm? Why do you think so?"
"Look, didn't you buy Cuiyuan's morning paper jade slip?"
"Uh... three distinguished guests have arrived to watch the ceremony: Zhao Qing, the Blood-Robed Walker, Wan Xian, the Holy Son of Lingxi Valley, and Ye Xi, the Young Master of Yuelian..."
A Nine Swords disciple with a lonely look on his face was walking through the Dharma Transmission Platform with his head lowered.
His long hair was a little messy, his robes were not carefully trimmed, and his dull eyes were full of confusion.
But at this moment, he was suddenly startled when he heard the conversation between his fellow brothers. He hurried forward and asked, "Zhao Qing!?"
The Nine Swords cultivator who was checking the spiritual jade froze in his tracks, and he handed over the spiritual jade with suspicion: "The Blood Robe Walker... Zhao Qing, isn't that right?"
"Junior Brother Miao Jian?"
"Junior Brother Miao Jian!"
"Why, do you recognize this blood-stained walker?"
"We're going to the Broken Star to watch the ceremony. Shall we take you with us?"
Miao Jian stared at the name on the jade slip, feeling a little lost for a moment.
No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't connect the name of the Blood-Cloaked Walker... with the two words Zhao Qing.
"No...I made a mistake."
"Hmm? Junior brother has been feeling down lately, and he's even admitting his mistakes."
"We're going to Shattered Star to watch the ceremony, and then to Tianxiang City to see the beauties..."
In response to this, Miao Jian just shook his head dejectedly and let his fellow brothers leave while chatting and laughing.
He stood alone on the Dharma-teaching platform...
After being hysterical for a full cup of tea.
Then he came to his senses and said in a lost voice: "I'll go!"