Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Not only was Wei Shenglong stunned, but even the wise and experienced Tiger Honored Warrior Xia was taken back by this inconceivable scene. Such form of divine skill was something he had never seen before.
He didn’t even see the person unleash this skill.
He looked around and saw absolutely nothing. Regardless of how far he spread his spiritual perception to search, there was no one else besides the Stargaze disciples in front of him.
Tiger Honored Warrior Xia felt his blood run cold and instantly beads of cold sweat emerged on his spine. He realized that today’s situation seemed to be anything but reassuring.
Wei Shenglong was a perspicacious person. As this move had failed he knew that something was wrong, so he withdrew his stance and did not unleash the second attack. Instead, he took two steps back in preparation to defend himself.
However, Huang Qinghu was unaware that Wei Shenglong had hit a snag and did not realize the situation as clearly. Upon seeing Wei Shenglong stop his attack, he could not refrain himself from asking, “Senior Brother Wei, why did you stop?”
“Don’t talk, step back.” Wei Shenglong dragged Huang Qinghu and retreated.
The disciples of the Stargaze Palace looked at each other in dismay for they had no idea what had happened.
“Xia Tianming, I haven’t seen you for a few years, your gut has grown.”
An indifferent tone had emerged from the sky.
When Tiger Honored Warrior Xia heard someone call his name directly, his blood ran cold. How could this voice sound so familiar?
Then, he thought again and the entire body of Tiger Honored Warrior Xia shivered. He could not help but to tremble while his expression had changed drastically. Suddenly, he remembered someone. An extremely terrifying name ran through his head.
Qin Wushuang?
Overwhelmed with shock, Tiger Honored Warrior Xia looked around with a pale expression. The expression on his face made it seem as if he had seen a ghost as it was full of panic and fear.
When Wei Shenglong and Huang Qinghu saw the expression on Tiger Honored Warrior Xia, they knew that something was wrong. They immediately scuttled to the left and right of Tiger Honored Warrior Xia and asked gently, “Second Tiger Honored Warrior Xia, who is this person?”
“Who is this person? Did you guys not recognize him?” The voice of Tiger Honored Warrior Xia was also somewhat trembling.
Wei Shenglong and Huang Qinghu looked at each other for they also felt this voice sounded familiar. Suddenly, they had come to the realization and almost at the same time, they spoke in unison, “Qin Wushuang?”
As soon as they called out this name, these two had also become ashen-faced. The lights that once shone from their eyes were also full of fear. Although they were the blessed disciples at the Dragon and Tiger Sect and had received a rare fortuitous opportunity recently that allowed them to upgrade to the Advanced Spiritual Martial Force, to the human countries, the name Qin Wushuang was known as an imperishable master. It was a height they could never achieve!
Not to mention the violent reaction from the people of the Dragon and Tiger Sect, even those disciples of the Stargaze Palace were astonished. Qin Wushuang? Don’t be joking?
In the air, a figure floated into appearance like the air rising in spirals. From emptiness to a solid state, it seemed that he had changed from air into his tangible form.
Qin Wushuang did not even want to speak superfluous words with Tiger Honored Warrior Xia. He looked at Tiger Honored Warrior Xia with a pair of cold eyes and said, “Xia Tianming, you seem very confused. With your current stance, it appears you come to drop the hammer on these people.”
Tiger Honored Warrior Xia said stammeringly, “Qin… Qin Wushuang? Don’t misunderstand, we have come today to check in on the situation. We want to examine the Stargaze Palace and see how the state of the eastern part will go, now…”
As he listened to himself speak, even he did not feel his own conviction.
Qin Wushuang listened with a cold smile and waved his hand. “I don’t want to listen to your rubbish words. I heard that you and the Dragon and Tiger Sect have killed many of the Stargaze disciples, is this true?”
“That… Certainly that’s a misunderstanding!” Cold sweat kept dripping down Tiger Honored Warrior Xia’s body.
“A misunderstanding?” A coldness flashed across Qin Wushuang’s eyes as he asked with a ruthless tone, “Then just a moment ago, who was hooting here? Of course that was not you?”
Tiger Honored Warrior Xia never had the intention to die. Now, he did not even care about his pride or respect. If he were not to deal with this well, most likely they would be completely wiped out.
With the divine skills of Qin Wushuang, it would be a piece of a cake for him to exterminate them. Immediately, he smiled apologetically. “It’s me who is being foolish, I wanted to show off before these juniors, in fact…”
“Stop with this rubbish, Xia Tianming. It would be as easy as killing a dog if I am to kill you. Today, I will not kill you and I am not afraid of letting you go. However, you must remember, in a month, everyone from the Dragon and Tiger Sect must gather before the mountain gate of the Stargaze Palace. You must kneel three times and kowtow nine times until you reach my mountain gate. By that time, it will be a different matter whether the five Palace Masters were to forgive you or not. Don’t forget, for the murderers who killed the disciples of the Stargaze Palace, regardless of who they are, you must hand them over. Or else, what happened to the Archaic Mysterious Sect yesterday will be the tomorrow of the Dragon and Tiger Sect.”
Tiger Honored Warrior Xia’s entire body shivered and extreme fear was displayed from his eyes. He knew that Qin Wushuang was not speaking words to frighten him. He had heard and witnessed Qin Wushuang’s methods.
Whether he was dealing with the Great Wu Country, or the Archaic Mysterious Sect, he was ruthless.
At this moment, they had no option to continue their argument, so they nodded to agree. He took a group of the subordinates to the Dragon and Tiger Sect and scurried away like scared rats.
Tong Yan and Xi Men Xing walked up. Upon seeing people of the Dragon and Tiger Sect leaving unscathed, they were more or less confused.
“Did you guys want to ask, why I let them go?”
Tong Yan and Xi Men Xing revealed a forced smile, yet they did not utter a word. Qin Wushuang gave a long sigh. “Now, I am already part of the Heavenly Emperor Qin Clan and belong to the Xuan Yuan Mound. I cannot get involved with the conflicts inside the human countries anymore. If I do, I will leave behind misunderstanding caused by gossip. If I am alone, it would not have mattered. I am afraid that the enemies of the Qin Clan would use this as an excuse to attack the Qin Clan. Never mind this Dragon and Tiger Sect will not get far, in the future the five major Palace Masters will settle the score with them.”
Now, Tong Yan and Xi Men Xing understood. The other eight disciples also walked up to crowd before Qin Wushuang. Clearly, they wanted to see Senior Brother Qin Wushuang’s grandeur.
Qin Wushuang said to Tong Yan and Xi Men Xing, “Go and call all the disciples to the Stargaze Palace. There is no need to hide anymore.”
Tong Yan and Xi Men Xing were all incredibly excited. The return of Qin Wushuang meant that the backbone of the Stargaze Palace was placed. The spine of the Stargaze Palace was set up once again.
This made them feel incredibly excited. Soon, the disciples who were hiding at the Virtuous Cloud Main Mountain Range returned to the Stargaze Palace.
Naturally, the mood of these disciples were the same as Tong Yan and the others: they were abnormally excited. Initially, they had been slowly falling into despair and felt that it would be impossible for the Stargaze Palace to revive itself. They were all prepared to die for the Stargaze Palace. Now, seeing Qin Wushuang’s return, they knew that their savior was here. How could they not be overjoyed by this turn of events?
Tong Yan said loudly, “Fellow disciples, the evil powerhouse at the Forbidden Spiritual Zone is called the Heavenly Luo Daoist Sect. They were driving a wedge between us and said that they had lashed out evil deeds to the Stargaze Palace due to Senior Brother Qin Wushuang. Everyone, you must not fall for their bewitched tricks. The Heavenly Luo Daoist Sect is the supporter behind the scene to the Nine Palace Faction. The reason they made their move to the Stargaze Palace was because of the Nine Palace Faction. It was never because of personal grudge with Senior Brother Qin Wushuang. Besides, the conflicts inside the Forbidden Spiritual Zone should not have gotten the human countries involved. The Heavenly Luo Daoist Sect has defied the natural order and sooner or later, they will suffer the wrath of heaven.”
Tong Yan had said it this way to eliminate any misunderstanding.
Fortunately, disciples of the Stargaze Palace were not brainless people. They all knew what Tong Yan had said was true. All of them said one after another, “Senior Brother Qin, you should never blame yourself. The disciples of the Stargaze Palace all move forward and retreat together. We will never blame you due to outsiders driving a wedge between us.”
“That’s right, everyone has seen what contribution Senior Brother Qin has made to the Stargaze Palace. Whoever blames Senior Brother Qin would be kicking their benefactor in the teeth.”
The disciples of the Stargaze Palace were seeing Qin Wushuang as a god. Especially when they heard how Qin Wushuang had berated the Tiger Honored Warrior Xia of the Dragon and Tiger Sect as if he was scolding his son, causing them to walk away with their tails between their legs. They felt incredibly excited.
In the most recent year, the remaining disciples of the Stargaze Palace had suffered greatly by the force from the Dragon and Tiger Sect. They had been pursued and chased to kill by the Dragon and Tiger Sect throughout this whole time.
Now upon hearing that the Dragon and Tiger Sect were in a deflated state, of course they felt incredibly refreshed.
Qin Wushuang gathered with the disciples for half a day and finally, he said, “Fellow disciples, I still need to take care of some emergency matters. These matters are related to the future of the Stargaze Palace. I must excuse myself for now. Everyone should just remain at the Stargaze Palace for there is no need to hide anymore. If those of the Dragon and Tiger Sect come again, they will die for sure!”
Qin Wushuang left five sealed spiritual beasts. Three were One Horn Mystical Horse, Hissing Sky Phoenix, and Pure Altar Precious Pig of the Profound Void Martial Stage. Along with Sky Pilfered Mole and Moon Palace Jade Hare of the Transformation Void Martial Stage.
These five spiritual beasts were the main force that had ambushed those freelance martial artists for Qin Wushuang at the Dispersed Praying Mountain. With them overseeing the Stargaze Palace, even if the strongest powerhouse of the human countries were to launch an invasion, certainly they would not be returning once they got here.
On the other hand, Qin Wushuang had come to the imperial capital of the Great Luo Empire with Mu Rong Xu.
The imperial capital was flourishing as it did in former times. Yet clearly, due to the impact brought to the Stargaze Palace, it caused the entire outlook of the Great Luo Empire to appear incredibly less spiritual. This aspect was clear at the imperial capital.
It seemed to have realized that the prosperity and glorious times of the Great Luo Empire would become the twilight of the setting sun. Their glorious time was not far from ending.
Like a meteor star, this newly risen Upper Ranking Empire would pass away.
Therefore, the atmosphere of the capital was also extremely oppressed. From the royal families to the ordinary citizens, they carried themselves as though their days were numbered. One could no longer see the youthful energy from each person’s face.
Qin Wushuang took Mu Rong Xu to arrive before a little ally. As Qin Wushuang looked at the green slabs extending to the distant parts of the ally, he mumbled in repetition, “It should be here, right?”
Mu Rong Xu asked curiously, “Brother Qin, who are you seeing here?”
Qin Wushuang nodded and shook his head. “It could be said that if the person is here, I can meet with him. If he is not here, I can just take out the good.”
In the midst of their talking, they already arrived at a little courtyard in the deepest part of the ally. When they opened the door of the year, it was a yard neither big or small in size. Some fruits were planted in the yard and there was a well on the outer part of the yard that was surrounded by the green well fence.
“Is Senior Hu home?”
As soon as Qin Wushuang finished asking, an old man doddering from side to side walked out from the house. He leaned on his walking stick and asked with a hoarse voice, “Young man, who are you looking for?”
Qin Wushuang said, “A sky full of stars hovering over the head.”
The old man was stunned. “A chess game under the foot.”
Qin Wushuang said again, “Picking the stars to be the chess piece.”
The old man also said after him, “Inviting the sun and moon for a game!”
After the two of them had finished speaking, they laughed. Sweeping away the previous senile appearance from beforehand, the old man displayed a highly capable expression and started to size Qin Wushuang from head to toe.
