In a world where even someone who was a Reaching Heaven state practitioner could fly, logically, geographic location didn’t matter all that much.
Even if a city was built on a cliff, most people could come and go with ease.
The reason that the Heavenly Defense Field had unique advantages was not its location in itself, but the route through which one got to it.
If one was looking at a detailed map of the Middle River area, the Heavenly Defense Field would be in the center, surrounded by all the prosperous, powerful groups. It would be crowded and thriving even without good management.
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In a part of the Heavenly Defense Field, there was a big city called Yin Xing City.
It had been built by the Jet Black Snakes, right on their border with the Heavenly Palace.
In recent days, Yin Xing City had been especially busy. Its streets were packed and brightly lit even at night. This was because Yin Xing City had set up a large teleportation formation.
It allowed two-way teleportation between the city and everywhere else in the Middle River area.
It might not sound like a big deal. But it was.
Not everyone was able to set up a teleportation formation. This one went in two directions, for very long distances, and it was stable. Having such a large and complex teleportation formation was a particular representation of the strength of Yin Xing City and the Jet Black Snakes.
Three groups had helped to deploy teleportation formations everywhere, and then handed them over to other people to manage, taking more than half of the gains that were made. It was quite an easy way to reap profits.
Of course, Yin Xing City wouldn’t be booming like this if it were only because of that.
There was more than one large teleportation formation like this in the Heavenly Defense Field.
The Heavenly Palace also had had one, which had existed for more than two years. However, a little while ago, the teleportation formation in the Heavenly Palace had been vandalized and wouldn’t work anymore.
As a result, Yin Xing City was the only place that had one now. Everyone knew that it had been the Jet Black Snakes who had done the damage in the Heavenly Palace, as they didn’t even try to hide it.
The disciples safeguarding the teleportation formation in the Heavenly Palace had also been captured and imprisoned in Yin Xing City. They were still waiting for the Heavenly Palace to come to bail them out.
“Wow, destroying the teleportation formation at the Heavenly Palace and then demanding that the Heavenly Palace pay a ransom: the Jet Black Snakes are getting bolder and bolder.”
“Circumstances have changed.The Heavenly Palace relied solely on Jiang Chen in reaching their previous position. Of course, they haven’t been able to make any moves now in Jiang Chen’s absence.”
“All the treasures and resources that were possessed by the Heavenly Palace are all going to be gnawed away sooner or later.”
In the center of Yin Xing City, there was a stone statue of a giant snake.
At this moment, a group of men and women wearing ocean-blue long robes were chained up under the statue. It was easy to recognize that the robes were standard issue in the Heavenly Palace.
The Jet Black Snakes were not at all scared by the Heavenly Palace’s fury. They had decided to display the captured disciples in public so everyone could realize how strong they were.
There were more than a dozen disciples of the Heavenly Palace among the captives, even including two of the martial grade. All of them were very young.
The two martial-grade disciples were Lin Shuangyue and Tian Ling, both incredibly beautiful. Their helpless looks prompted many men to stop and stare at them in an obscene fashion.
“The Jet Black Snakes was a branch of the Half-Monsters. Snakes have always been salacious. Why wouldn’t the Jet Black Snakes make a move on these two beauties?” Many people wondered aloud or to themselves.
“You think the Jet Black Snakes don’t want to? I’ve heard that several female disciples from the Heavenly Palace have been violated by the Jet Black Snakes. But these two women are special.”
“Oh? How special?”
“The one on the right is Lin Shuangyue, the darling daughter of the Lin family from the Ancient Clan. Most important, Lin Yueru is her aunt.
“The one on the left is Tian Ling. Nothing is known that is extraordinary about her family, but she’s known Jiang Chen since the Three Middle Realms still existed. She’s probably a part of Jiang Chen’s harem.”
Some people knew the two women’s backgrounds well. Thus, the baffled ones soon learned the reason why those women were left alone after these explanations.
While the crowd was gossiping, a group of Jet Black Snake soldiers rushed up to the statue and pushed back the bystanders.
A lascivious man in his early 30s followed after the soldiers.
Being a Half-Monster, he still shared apparent similarities with his evil kin. His eyes were narrow and long, and his skin was pale. With a delicate face, he gave off a feminine look.
Dressed in flamboyant clothes, his eyes were filled with arrogance.
“Mo Qing! He’s the most prominent young master of the Jet Black Snakes.”
“His father is one of the few Venerable Sovereigns. He’s a Martial Arts Saint himself.”
“It looks as if he wants to do something to those two female disciples from the Heavenly Palace.”
“Not likely. Is he going to do something by force?”
Under the eager eyes of the onlookers, Mo Qing walked up to Tian Ling and Lin Shuangyue.
“Please believe me when I say I don’t agree with treating beautiful women this way.” Mo Qing shrugged and put on an elegant smile. “It’s my father who insisted on this.”
Lin Shuangyue and Tian Ling just snorted and ignored him.
“You don’t have to suffer like this as long as you’re willing to cooperate. I can send you two back home any time you like.” Mo Qing bent down, staring at the two women closely. Eyes cold and piercing, he lowered his voice when speaking to them.
Tian Ling raised her head. Just as she was about to answer, she looked into Mo Qing’s eyes and her mind went blank. Her cherry lips opened and let out a warm breath.
“Tian Ling! Don’t look at his eyes!” At the critical moment, Lin Shuangyue reminded her in a hurry.
Tian Ling came back to her senses. Ashamed and angry, she spat at Mo Qing.
Mo Qing stopped smiling and looked over at Lin Shuangyue.
“Miss Lin, I heard that you were in love with Jiang Chen, yet he doesn’t feel the same way about you. There is really no need for you to be this loyal.”
Mo Qing smirked. “I’m patient enough to play this game with you. You should know that I’m set to walk off with Jiang Chen’s most beautiful lover, better than you two.”
“Then you’d better be prepared,” Tian Ling said coldly.
“Prepared for what?”
“Prepared to die.”
Lin Shuangyue rushed to speak, “You’re not worthy to even touch Jiang Chen’s pressure point.”
Mo Qing was so infuriated that he started to laugh.
“Do you know that every single disciple from the Heavenly Palace I have talked to acts in this way, threatening me that I would die instantly as soon as Jiang Chen comes back. Please, I’m so scared.”
Mo Qing made a dramatic expression, then his eyes turned steely. “Let me teach you about the pleasures of being a woman.”
His patience had been used up. He would never be able to forgive himself if he left these two pretty women alone.
Most important, based on his experience, he was sure that the two in front of him were still virgins.
“Young master, the master has warned you.” An attendant saw Mo Qing’s reaction and hurried to dissuade him.
“What are you afraid of? We have already done quite a lot. So what, even if that Jiang Chen comes back now? You think he would dare to kill me?” Mo Qing was dismissive, insisting on tying up the two women and taking them to his room.
After some hesitation, the attendants didn’t try to stop him. They obviously thought the Heavenly Palace had been rendered powerless.
“Want to know what Jiang Chen would do to you when he comes back?” Just at that moment, an ice-cold voice asked.
A white figure fell from the sky under everyone’s gaze.
In a trance, people thought a goddess had arrived.
It was Ye Xue from the Icy Spirits.
Already impulsive, the blood rushed to Mo Qing’s brain as he realized that Ye Xue was more beautiful than all the pretty women he had ever seen combined.
“I have to have her even if she belongs to a Divine King!” Mo Qing had a crazy thought in his head.
