Princess Baili stayed by Zhang Ruochen’s side because she wanted to reclaim the Memory Source Pearl.
There was no doubt about that.
If it was the case that her cultivation level was far greater than Zhang Ruochen’s, she would definitely use strong-arm tactics to take back the Memory Source Pearl, instead of being as submissive as she was now.
No matter what, keeping Princess Baili by her side was indeed like carrying around a time bomb, there were too many uncertainties.
Little Black rushed up and persuaded Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Hand her over to this Emperor, this Emperor will watch over her.”
Er Sikong folded his hands and recited a Buddhist chant, saying, “Amitabha Buddha! Senior Uncle spare Sister Bai Li for once, the poor monk believes that she is not a devil who does evil. Just now, she indeed didn’t go all out, she should just want to test the strength of power to reach the Paragon realm.”
Princess Baili was a little exasperated, feeling that Zhang Ruochen was unbelievable, saying, “Not even a little bit of human kindness, a man like you, there is simply not a single woman who would like him.”
Zhang Ruochen stared deeply at her, took back the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, and said coldly, “In the future, you’d better be more honest, or else my sword won’t stay half as long.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen turned around and left.
In fact, it wasn’t that Zhang Ruochen was too sensitive, it was mainly because Princess Baili’s strength was too strong.
Now that she had reached the realm of a First Happening Quasi-Saint, she was also considered to have crossed into the sequence of first-tier powerhouses, and even if Zhang Ruochen wanted to win against her, it wouldn’t be an easy task.
In the event that Princess Bai Li went on a killing spree in the Scroll World, the Ming Sect would suffer heavy losses.
This was something that Zhang Ruochen had to carefully guard against, without any negligence.
Of course, in the end, it was mainly because, Zhang Ruochen had never considered Princess Bai Li as one of his own from the beginning to the end.
“What a cold-blooded animal.”
Princess Baili swallowed her tongue and made a face at Zhang Ruochen’s back.
Huang Yichen ended his cultivation and walked down the mountain, saying, “Actually, Zhang Ruochen isn’t cold-blooded, instead, he is a very nice person to be close to, as long as you are nicer to him, he will naturally be doubly nice to you.”
“Is that so?”
Princess Baili was a bit sceptical of Huang Yichen’s words because, she always felt that Zhang Ruochen was not easy to get along with and was a rather eccentric person.
Huang Yichen nodded gently, then, walked towards Zhang Ruochen.
Huang Yichen’s cultivation level had already reached the peak of a Ninth Order Half-Saint, and even if he continued to absorb dan qi, it would be very difficult for him to improve any further. The next period of time would require more accumulation and precipitation.
Huang Yichen caught Zhang Ruochen up and said, ”Princess Bai Li has a very high status in the Nine Dawn Cat Clan, and her own natural talent is also at the peak, if, for example, she can be introduced to the Ming Clan, it would be enough to strengthen the Ming Clan’s power by a large margin. At the same time, it will also be able to befriend the Jiu Li Cat Clan, which will be beneficial to you without any harm.”
“I understand this, only that Princess Bai Li is only so naive now that she has lost her memory. What about recovering her memory?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Huang Yichen said, “As long as she now has a sense of belonging to the Ming Sect, even if she regains her memory, that sense of belonging will still exist.”
“Perhaps there is some truth in what you said.”Zhang Ruochen said.
There were still at least two more days until the pills matured, so Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen arrived at the city where the Ming Sect’s disciples were gathered and began to lecture the crowd.
In fact, the six high-ranking Half-Saints of the Murong Family and Little Black would often explain some cultivation doubts to the Ming Sect’s disciples, but on the contrary, Zhang Ruochen, who was the Sect Leader, seldom showed up.
All the Ming Sect disciples, all of them rushed to listen to the lecture.
Nowadays, Zhang Ruochen, in their hearts, was a god-like existence, and everyone’s hearts were filled with awe.
Two days later, the six high-ranking Half-Saints of the Murong Family returned to the World of Picture Scrolls to report to Zhang Ruochen about the great events that had occurred in the Green Dragon Market Realm in recent times.
“The Immortal Blood Clan’s personnel lurking amongst the savage beasts spread a rumour about Your Highness and Princess Baili, angering the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon and causing it to redirect its spearhead towards Your Highness. Prince Qing Tian and the Immortal Blood Clan of the Qing Tian Clan also fled as a result, and it is said that they have already left the Winning Gemma Desert and entered the borders of the Qing Dragon Dynasty.”Murong Zhanfeng said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, “The Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon isn’t stupid, there’s no way it can fight with the Green Sky Clan. First of all, not to mention whether it can exterminate the Qingtian Clan or not, even if it exterminates the Qingtian Clan, it would be tantamount to offending the entire Immortal Blood Clan.”
“The Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon is already a mortal enemy of the Human Race, and if it were to become a mortal enemy of the Undying Blood Clan, even if its battle prowess were stronger, it probably wouldn’t have a good ending. Going against me is entirely just an excuse for it. In my opinion, the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon would prefer to see the Human Race go against the Qingtian Clan, thus reaping the benefits for itself.”
Murong Zhanfeng nodded and said, “Your Highness the Crown Prince’s analysis makes sense, and my subordinate thinks the same.”
Zhang Ruochen suddenly remembered something, and thus, asked, “What exactly are the rumours being spread in the outside world?”
Murong Zhanfeng’s face was a little odd, and he stared towards Huang Yichen who was standing not far away, before he quietly told Zhang Ruochen about the rumour that had been spreading by means of a voice transmission.
After hearing it, Zhang Ruochen froze slightly, dumbfounded, “Such a rumour …… actually has people believing it.”
Huang Yichen’s pair of beautiful eyes swept over Zhang Ruochen and Murong Zhanfeng’s bodies for a moment, but in the end, she didn’t ask, still standing there quietly.
Murong Zhanfeng said, “This matter will ultimately affect Your Highness’s reputation, does Your Highness want to step forward to clarify?”
“Forget it, the more one explains something like this, the easier it is for people to make associations. Those who are clear are clear and those who are turbid are turbid, let it be!”Zhang Ruochen appeared indifferent, not caring about how outsiders looked at him, just be himself.
Murong Zhanfeng added, “As far as my subordinate knows, in the last few days, the Green Dragon Market Realm has been very unsettled, with several great battles erupting in a row, and some unsung characters have risen to prominence during the battles, stepping into the sequence of first-tier powerhouses.”
At the very least, only beings who were able to kill the Beast King and were not afraid of the Beast King’s dying counterattack could be called first-tier powerhouses.
Such a character could be counted on ten fingers in the entire Human Race. Any first tier powerhouse that came into prominence would also cause a great deal of shock.
This was because, a first tier powerhouse, in the Green Dragon Market Realm, was synonymous with invincibility, and could cause a great deal of destruction, and one person could easily kill a group of half saints.
At the same time, trying to kill a first tier powerhouse was as difficult as climbing into the sky, unless three or four first tier powerhouses attacked together in a siege, only then would there be a chance of success.
A first tier powerhouse was also quite rare, how easy was it to gather three or four first tier powerhouses?
Murong Zhanfeng continued, “It’s mainly because the Green Dragon Market Realm gave birth to some legendary treasures that several more first tier powerhouses were created.”
“It is said that in the eastern waters of the Green Dragon Continent, an upper sixth rank savage beast, from the bottom of the sea, dug out a dead giant clam, and within the interior of the giant clam, found a colourful pearl that had been precipitated for 100,000 years. Swallowing the multicoloured pearl, that sixth rank upper class savage beast directly stepped into the sequence of entering a first tier powerhouse, and battled the Kun Clan’s Imperial Son, who was the sixth in the Semi-Saint List, for two days and one night, and did not lose.”
“A little-known swordsman from the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, not long ago, broke into the tent of the Huangtian Clan, one of the ten major clans of the Immortal Blood Clan, and killed nearly a hundred Immortal Blood Clan Half-Saints in a row, and in the end, it was only when the Huangtian Clan’s Imperial Daughter personally made a move that she was able to force him to retreat.”
“In addition to that, amongst the Qingtian Market Realm natives, the Undying Blood Race, the Undead Ghosts, and the Fae Beings, there are also some nameless people who passed through an earth-shattering battle, thus becoming famous and becoming new tier one powerhouses.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and sighed, “The Green Dragon Market Realm seems to have given birth to quite a few good things, and we can’t continue to stay in the Scrolls World any longer, we must go out and look for opportunities.”
Murong Zhanfeng said, “There is another matter that is quite important, just a short while ago, the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Dragon crossed its first Quasi-Saint Tribulation.”
“When it transited the Quasi-Saint Tribulation, it drew in a calamity cloud that covered more than fifty miles of sky in a radius, with an astonishing destructive power that melted a large area of desert into an ocean of magma. At that time, my subordinate stood a thousand miles away and watched, and also felt the Saint Soul tremble.”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows jumped as he said, “It’s only been a short while since the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Dragon reached the peak of the Ninth Order Half-Saint, and it hasn’t gone through any accumulation or precipitation, so how could it be so impatient to cross its first Quasi-Sacred Tribulation, isn’t it afraid of being struck to death by a lightning tribulation?”
Huang Yichen also revealed a puzzled look, because, she had also reached the peak of the Ninth Order Half-Saint, yet she didn’t dare to go and impact the Quasi-Saint realm, worrying that she hadn’t accumulated enough, and that accidents would happen during the tribulation.
Murong Zhanfeng said, ”It is said that when the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Dragon transited the first Quasi-Saint Tribulation, it was indeed heavily injured and almost died under the tribulation lightning. Later, my subordinate continued to enquire and finally learnt the reason.”
“What reason?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Murong Zhanfeng said, “The Heaven Swallowing Demonic Dragon did not actively attract the Paragon Sacred Tribulation, rather, it encountered a strong enemy and was injured by that strong enemy, and was forced to take the risk of impacting the Paragon Sacred Realm.”
“There are still beings in the Green Dragon Market Realm that can injure the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon?”
Zhang Ruochen was somewhat unconvinced by this piece of news and felt that it was most likely a rumour.
One must know that the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon was ranked third in the Semi-Saint List, and even if the Standing Earth Monk, who was ranked higher than it, wanted to defeat it, it was probably not an easy task.
Forcing the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon to risk its life to cross the Quasi-Saint Tribulation in order to protect itself, did such a being really exist?
Unless …… Monk Lidi and Xue Wuyi joined forces, or the several princes and royal daughters of the Immortal Blood Clan joined forces to surround it, it would be possible to achieve this step.
Murong Zhanfeng had also only heard some wind and did not know the truth, so naturally, he knew even less about who the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon had been injured by.
Of course, no matter what, the fact that the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon had passed through the first Paramount Sacred Tribulation was a heavenly bad news.
Without having passed the first Paramount Sacred Tribulation, the Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon was already an existence that stood at the peak of the Green Dragon Market Realm.
Now, what terrifying level had it reached?
“Wow…”
In the direction of the flaming mountains, dan qi erupted, and a seven-coloured haze rose to the sky, reaching all the way to a thousand miles away.
The rich fragrance of the Dan emanated out, causing all the living beings in this great land to breathe greedily.
“That furnace of Holy Dan is about to become a pill.”
A joyful expression appeared on Zhang Ruochen’s face, and together with Huang Yichen and the six high-ranking Half-Saints of the Murong Family, they transformed into eight beams of light and flew towards the direction where the seven-coloured haze emanated from.
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