Chapter 1600: Reason
Half an hour ago.
Because of an important being’s coming, all the evil beings in Yin and Yang Palace stopped comprehending the pictures of the Way of Truth or stopped doing whatever they were doing, heading toward the most towering Senwei Palace.
There were hundreds of great beings gathering in Senwei Palace.
The weakest ones were absolute saints, and some were powerful saint kings who represented the best of their large fields. They were all wild and intractable, but now, they were all sitting in their seats, behaving themselves.
The leaders of Yin and Yang Palace, ‘Queen Lian’ and ‘King Flame,’ the leader of Black Demon Field, ‘Qiong Ling’ and the leader of Thousand Devil Field, ‘Xie Cheng,’ sat in the main seats. Above them sat a silver-haired man wearing three-colored armor.
That man looked twenty years old, wearing a three-feather crimson hat, looking regal, contrary to the hostile evil beings in the palace.
If Zhang Ruochen were here, he would’ve recognized him, Shang Ziyan, the leader of Merits Godly Palace.
Behind Shang Ziyan were ‘Fire Soul Girl,’ ‘Wood Soul Girl’ and ‘Mud Soul Girl,’ looking like three maidens walking out of a beautiful scroll.
Wang Xu, who was ranked the seventh on the ‘Saints Merits Rank,’ was sitting near Shang Ziyan with a smiley face, tasting a saint wine called ‘Heavenly Nobility.’
‘Qiong Ling,’ the leader of Black Demon, stood up, looked around the devils and said, “Ziyan’s coming to Yin and Yang Palace is top secret. If anyone dares say a word to others, I’ll make his life a living hell.”
Qiong Ling was known to be ruthless and cruel. That assertion intimidated all the evil beings sitting down there.
Shang Ziyan said, smiling, “Don’t be so serious, Qiong Ling. I came here to meet them myself. Even if someone else learns about it, it’ll be my fault, not theirs.
The beings from the evil way weren’t stupid. They knew that it would end horribly for them if someone exposed the secret, even though Shang Ziyan had claimed all the responsibility.
Shang Ziyan then said, “Actually, I came to Yin and Yang Palace because I heard a calamity is coming, so I accepted Qiong Ling’s invitation to help you with it.”
Boom!
Shang Ziyan had just dropped a bomb on Senwei Palace.
“A calamity? What does he mean? Why didn’t I know?”
“Yin and Yang Palace has been in Heavenly Capital Saint Market for tens of thousands of years, and there were enemies attacking it once in a while, but they all failed. We did run into some grave dangers before, but we survived all of them.”
“Yin and Yang Palace is prominent with a great many powerful beings. We even have ‘Massive Heavenly Net Formation’ to protect us. How are we going to suffer from a calamity?”
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All the evil beings were discussing, only prominent beings like Queen Lian, King Flame, and Xie Cheng remained calm, as they’d figured what calamity Shang Ziyan meant.
Qiong Ling stood up and said, “About twenty days ago, I received news from a spy from Black Demon Field that Zhang Ruochen arrived in Heavenly Capital Saint Market.”
“Zhang Ruochen? The person from Guanghan Field who’s ranked first on the ‘Saints Merits Rank’?” a half-step saint king with a crocodile head asked.
“Correct.”
Hearing Qiong Ling’s answers, the monks from the evil way who hadn’t received the news beforehand were all nervous.
Zhang Ruochen’s reputation preceded him now. He took back Jingxiang Cliff Dojo right after he came to Truth Heavenly Domain, killing dozens of great beings from Cloud Field, including Bai Ran who had complete body constitution, and King Yi, who was a fourth-step saint king.
Almost everyone was intimidated by Zhang Ruochen.
Now that Zhang Ruochen had arrived in Heavenly Capital Saint Market, he would definitely aim at attacking Yin and Yang Palace as the priest of the Moon Goddess.
Some of the powerful beings from the evil way had known beforehand, so they still looked chill.
Blue Fang, who was ranked seventy-third on the ‘Saints Merits Rank,’ sneered, “Are you trying to scare us, Lord Ziyan? Zhang Ruochen’s indeed a force to be reckoned with, but how can he himself bring a calamity to Yin and Yang Palace?”
A saint king from the evil way followed. “Even if Zhang Ruochen has the godly power from Moon Goddess, after ‘All Lives Equal,’ there’re still many powerful beings who can take him down themselves.”
“Besides, there’s Massive Heavenly Net Formation in Yin and Yang Palace. Even a seventh-step saint king will be trapped here, not to mention a half-step saint king like him.”
All the monks from the evil way nodded.
If they were only half-step saint kings, they would have a legit reason to fear Zhang Ruochen.
However, they were saint kings who had refined much longer than Zhang Ruochen. Even if their cultivation was only at half-step-saint-king level, their saint spells and comprehension of the Way of Truth far surpassed Zhang Ruochen’s. They didn’t need to be intimidated by Zhang Ruochen at all.
A fourth-step-saint-king creature from the Scorpion Race grimaced and said, “I heard Zhang Ruochen killed King Yi from Cloud Field because of the help of a powerful sword warrior. After ‘All Lives Equal’, Zhang Ruochen’s just as powerful as King Yi. I’m able to suppress him myself.”
“If he actually arrives at Yin and Yang Palace, I’ll take care of him. Leave him to me.”
Shang Ziyan didn’t keep talking after the discussion of all the monks from the evil way. “Sounds like you don’t know the power of a Time and Space Manipulator.”
Everyone immediately became speechless after Shang Ziyan started to talk.
Shang Ziyan said, “You guys all think it’s only been a month since Zhang Ruochen’s last battle, but to Zhang Ruochen, who has the time power, he might’ve refined for several months, or even several years already. Even I can’t figure out his power now.”
Being reminded of Zhang Ruochen’s identity as a ‘Time and Sapce Manipulator,’ the monks from the evil way who were fearless all stopped laughing.
Shang Ziyan said, “It’s only a matter of time before Zhang Ruochen comes attack Yin and Yang Palace. Perhaps he’s not strong enough to conquer Yin and Yang Palace now, but what about in the future? If he refines in Truth Heavenly Domain for another three to five years, even I can’t guarantee I could suppress him, not to mention you. Will you still be so light-hearted then?”
“Zhang Ruochen’s ruthless. He killed countless saints from the Shatuo Seven Fields in Zuling Field, and he annihilated all the monks from Cloud Field in Jingxiang Cliff Dojo. I heard he even killed the previous heir of Guanghan Field, Wu Hao, to be the leader of his generation.
“If he has his eyes on you guys, he’ll definitely slay you all.”
All the monks felt a great pressure hearing what Shang Ziyan said, sweating.
The pressure came from Zhang Ruochen.
Queen Lian, King Flame and Xie Cheng were still very calm. They were perceptive enough to see that Shang Ziyan wanted to team up with Yin and Yang Palace to get rid of Zhang Ruochen.
Which was mutually beneficial, so they kept quiet and saw what Shang Ziyan’s next plan was.
“We need to get rid of him now. We can’t risk him getting stronger.
“Heavenly Capital Saint Market is enormous. It’s not easy to find him.
“Zhang Ruochen is great at transforming his look, and he masters space transportation. It’s easier to catch a seventh-step saint king than him.”
Qiong Ling said, “I’ve lost contact with the spy from Black Demon Field. He’s probably exposed himself and gotten killed, otherwise, he could’ve told us where Zhang Ruochen is.”
Shang Ziyan smiled. “We can force him to show up.”
“What plan do you have?”
Whoosh!
Shang Ziyan waved his sleeves, and a cluster of saint light was released. More than ten bloody human heads were put on the desk.
“I came to Yin and Yang Palace bringing gifts for Zhang Ruochen. Let’s see whether he’s going to claim them or not.”
Shang Ziyan stroked his nose, and he couldn’t stand the smell coming out of the human heads. Everyone could tell that he was smiling smugly.
Shang Ziyan spent a lot of energy and time trying to ambush Zhang Ruochen. However, not only did he fail, but also he got King Hun, Golden Soul Girl, and Water Soul Girl killed by Zhang Ruochen.
After that, he spent a great amount of money hiring Heavenly Kill, the most prominent assassination organization in Heaven World, to kill any monk related to Zhang Ruochen.
Although those monks all stayed in Shatuo Heavenly Domain and we’re protected by supreme saints from Kunlun’s Field, the assassins from Heavenly Kill spread everywhere. Even Gods weren’t able to kill them.
At the start, the seniors from Kunlun’s Field didn’t have any defense, so Heaven Kill easily killed several saints. Even saint kings and supreme saints were hit, some of them being severely injured.
Which alerted Empress Chi Yao, antagonizing her.
She killed more than fifty assassins from Heavenly Kill in one day by herself, including a supreme saint.
Gods could do whatever they wanted to assassins from Heavenly Kill in their own fields.
However, they couldn’t take actions after leaving the saint domain of their own fields.
The counteraction intimidated Heavenly Kill, stalling their actions.
However, Heavenly Kill was an organization that had assassinated a God before, so instead of giving up, they became more careful. They stopped sending supreme saints and saint kings, and instead, they sent out half saints and saints to sneak into Shatuo Heavenly Domain to carry out their mission. Their forces were feeble enough not to alert a God.
The assassination went from killing in public to being underground.
The monks from Kunlun’s Field also became very cautious, so the assassins from Heavenly Kill found it way harder to succeed.
Blackie, Nine Heavenly Maiden, and Qing Xiao told Zhang Ruochen all of this three days later in Jingxiang Cliff Dojo.
Three days ago, Zhang Ruochen got so furious that he almost lost his mind seeing the heads hanging outside Yin and Yang Palace.
Before Zhang Ruochen took actions, Blackie sealed all his meridians and took him back to Jingiang Cliff Dojo.
Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground, bound by a Saint-binding Chain, and said as calmly as possible, “Let me go.”
Blackie shook its cat head and said, “I can’t. The side effects of Joy and Anger Pill in your body haven’t gone yet. Who knows that you’re going to do if I let you go?”
“You’re not letting me go either, brother?” Zhang Ruochen looked to Qing Xiao.
The news that ‘more than ten heads were hung outside Yin and Yang Palace and beaten’ had been spread to the entire Truth Heavenly Domain, not to mention there were saint souls screaming inside the heads.
Expecting Zhang Ruochen to go insane, Qing Xiao and Nine Heavenly Maiden rushed to Jingxiang Cliff Dojo, trying to stop him from doing something stupid.
Even Ling Feiyu, who was completing tasks, came back as soon as possible.
Ling Feiyu was sitting a short distance away, polishing her Heaven-Burier Sword. She was as furious as Zhang Ruochen.
She received news that her father, Ling Xiu, was also attacked, getting severely injured.
