“Flowing Cloud Sword Song!”
Huang Yixian’s arm swung out, and a sword qi over ten feet long flew out, severing the bodies of more than twenty soldiers in two with just a single stroke, killing and wounding a large number of them.
The shocking power of this sword was extremely strong, subduing all those sergeants, no one dared to take a step forward.
If a Xuan Ranked martial artist was truly angry, he could definitely kill an army of a thousand people cleanly. Having seen how powerful Huang Yicun was, who would dare to rush up and die?
Huang Yichen used his sleeve to dry the blood on his sword, retrieved the scabbard, and said, “Go back and tell the Four Square County King that if you want to avenge Prince Huo Xing, you can come to me, Huang Yichen, at any time.”
Huang Yanduan walked to Zhang Ruochen’s front and stopped slightly, puffing out his not-so-full chest, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, I helped you to take the revenge of the Four Directions County Kingdom as a way to return your favour. However, the last time I saved a life, you haven’t returned my favour yet, so you can consider giving you a spatial treasure, and we’ll be even!”
For spatial treasures, Huang Yicun was unforgettable.
Zhang Ruochen said, “You think that if you killed Prince Huo Xing, the Four Directions County King won’t put the blame on my head? Just wait and see, within half a year, the Four Directions County Kingdom will definitely use this incident as an excuse to start a war against the Yunwu County Kingdom.”
The soldiers of the Four Direction County Kingdom collected General Hongye’s head and Prince Huo Xing’s corpse, and half an hour later, all the soldiers left cleanly.
In the air, the smell of blood still hung in the air.
……
Half a month later.
Four Direction County Kingdom, Royal Palace.
The Four Direction County King stepped down from his throne and looked at Prince Huo Xing’s corpse, his face turning blue, his fists tightly pinched, and a strong aura erupted from his body, shattering the porcelain in the great hall to smithereens.
“Boom boom!”
The broken porcelain splattered all over the ground.
“Damnable! A Xuan Ranking martial artist is so arrogant, daring to kill my son, this king will definitely slaughter her nine clans.”
The Four Directions County King roared, “Immediately go and investigate, make sure to find out for this king, what exactly is the origin of that Huang Yichen. After finding out, kill all of her clansmen, not one of them will be left behind.”
“Great King, it cannot be done.”
An old man with a purple and gold crown walked in quickly from outside the hall and bowed slightly to the Four Square County King.
The Four Directions County King said in a cold voice, “Why?”
The violet-crowned old man’s expression was a bit of an anomaly as he said in a low voice, “Huang Yichen is the Sixth County Lord of the Thousand Waters County Kingdom, her natural talent is extremely high, and she is greatly loved by the Thousand Waters County King.”
“Thousand Water County Kingdom.”
The Four Direction County King’s face stared slightly, as if he had been doused with a pot of cold water, instantly calming down.
The Thousand Water County Kingdom was a superior county, more than ten times stronger than the Four Directions County Kingdom.
Although the Four Direction County Kingdom was dominant in the nine counties of Lingxi, once it offended the Thousand Waters County Kingdom, it would definitely be a dead end.
The purple-crowned old man smiled grimly and said, ”Great King, although we can’t help Yellow Smoke Dust, we can use this opportunity to lash out at Yunwu County Kingdom. We’ll declare to the public that Prince Huo Xing was killed by Zhang Ruochen, and if the Yunwu County King doesn’t hand over the murderer and compensate the Sifang County Kingdom with eighty million silver coins, then the Sifang County Kingdom will have to go to war like the Yunwu County Kingdom.”
A thoughtful look appeared on the Four Directions County King’s face as he began to think about the feasibility of the old man’s words.
As a king, the pain of losing a son was far less important than opening up a territory.
“Will the Yunwu County King hand over Zhang Ruochen? Will the Yunwu County King compensate 80 million silver coins?” The Western County King said as if he was talking to himself.
The old man laughed quietly, “The Yunwu County Kingdom’s inner circle is not harmonious, many of them support the Seventh Prince Zhang Tiangui, so they don’t want the Ninth Prince Zhang Ruochen to grow up.”
“If the King of Yunwu County hands over Zhang Ruochen and compensates 80 million silver coins, it will prove that the King of Yunwu County is weak and has already succumbed to the Four Directions County Kingdom. At the same time, the compensation of eighty million silver coins is also a huge drain on Yunwu County Kingdom’s national strength. As long as we get eighty million silver coins, under this cancellation, will it be difficult for us to take down the Yunwu County Kingdom?”
“If the King of Yunwu County insists on keeping Zhang Ruochen, then all we need to do is to press in with our army and push across towards Yunwu County Kingdom. Within the Yunwu County Kingdom, we will definitely put all the faults on Zhang Ruochen and the Yunwu County King, believing that they are the ones who brought about the destruction of the Yunwu County Kingdom. At that time, the Yunwu County Kingdom would surely be in internal turmoil. For us to take down the Yunwu County Kingdom, it’ll be as if we’ve taken it in a bag.”
The Four Direction County King nodded and said, “Good, let’s do it. Send a letter of war to the Yunwu County King right now, if he doesn’t hand over the murderer and compensate the silver coins, early next year will be the time when the Yunwu County Kingdom is destroyed.”
……
Zhang Ruochen was able to guess a few things about the turmoil in the Yunwu County Kingdom and the Four Directions County Kingdom, but he did not put it on his mind, and devoted himself to cultivating the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow in the Devil Wind Valley.
The conflict between Yunwu County Kingdom and Sifang County Kingdom had existed for a long time, and Prince Huo Xing’s death was just a fuse. Even if Prince Huo Xing didn’t die, the Four Directions County King would find another excuse to start a war against Yunwu County Kingdom.
Right now, the only thing that mattered was to continuously improve one’s cultivation. Just like Huang Smokey, who was able to scare off a thousand elite troops with just his own strength.
If her cultivation broke through to the Earth Extreme Realm, even if she was surrounded by an army of ten thousand, she would still be able to kill her way out of the siege with complete ease.
Only with great strength could one seize the initiative.
There was still half a month before the quarterly examination, and Zhang Ruochen finally cultivated the Wind Sentry Flying Dragon Shadow to a small level.
A day later, Huang Yichen also cultivated to a small completion.
Five days later, Duanmu Xingling was the last one to cultivate the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to a small completion.
Duanmu Xingling carefully sized up Zhang Ruochen, biting her lips tightly as she coldly said, ”I, Sister Ke Duan, have spent more time than you, moreover, our cultivation levels are also higher than yours, yet you cultivated the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to small success before us. Are you hiding something from us, there must be some trick you haven’t told us?”
“Perhaps it’s because my spiritual power is stronger than yours, that’s why I managed to cultivate it earlier than you.” Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, and after a pause, he said, “Senior Sister Duanmu, after you cultivate the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to a minor level, what is the strongest burst of speed you can reach?”
Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Duanmu Xingling smiled sweetly and said, “The Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow is indeed a terrific martial art, and my current strongest burst speed can reach sixty-seven metres per second. Sister Dust, what about you?”
“Sixty-nine metres per second.”
Huang Yichen gently stroked her chin, revealing a few smiles as she said, “If I can go to the black market and purchase a drop of Holy Liquid, perhaps my speed can reach seventy metres per second. However, it is best for us, the students of the Martial Market Academy, not to stick with the black market. I’ll leave this matter to my father and ask him to go and get a drop of Holy Liquid for me and send it to the Martial Market Academy Palace.”
“Cultivating into the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow, I feel like my strength has risen a whole lot more, I’m going to challenge other Xuan Ranking martial artists and raise my ranking. Sister Dust, are you going?” Duanmu Xingling said.
“Of course I’m going.” Huang Yichen pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, having long been impatient.
To her, the higher the ranking of the Xuan Ranking, the more face she would have.
After Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yichen left, Zhang Ruochen brought Little Black back to the Western Courtyard and called Zhang Shaochu and Liu Xifeng together.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the two men sitting across from him and said, “Now there is something that I need you guys to do for me.”
Not caring what exactly Zhang Ruochen was referring to, Liu Zhanfeng immediately stood up, patted his chest, and said, “Ninth Prince, if there’s anything, just tell me. As long as I, Liu Chengfeng, am able to do so, I will definitely do it for you.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and took out the ten jade bottles containing pills, handing them to Zhang Shaochu and Liu Xifeng.
“These are ten bottles of Three Clear True Qi Pills, a total of three hundred and forty grains, help me sell them to those new students. What do you guys think, how much can I sell one Three Clear True Qi Pill?”
Liu Xifeng looked at the ten bottles of San Qing Zhen Qi Dan with a slight shock, and after calculating for a moment, he said, “Outside, the market price of San Qing Zhen Qi Dan is five thousand silver coins a piece. In the Western Courtyard, one can be exchanged for one by spending four points of Merit Value. If we sell it for three thousand five hundred silver coins a pill, there will definitely be many people coming to buy it.”
Zhang Shaochu said, “The Quarterly Examination is in ten days, and everyone is desperately trying to raise their cultivation. Even if we sell three thousand eight hundred silver coins, they will definitely come to us to buy it.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “No matter how much you guys buy one, I will only charge three thousand silver coins, and all the extra money will go to you. However, you must sell them all within ten days.”
Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Zhang Shaochu and Liu Xifeng were both excited.
This was a profit of over 200,000 silver coins, so of course they were very excited, and they would be grandchildren if they didn’t go and sell them.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness the Ninth Prince, it doesn’t take ten days at all, within three days, I, Liu Xifeng, will definitely sell all the pills.” Liu Yanfeng said.
Zhang Shaochu also swore to guarantee that within three days, he will definitely sell all the pills. A large sum of silver coins is right in front of him, it’s a waste not to earn.
Zhang Ruochen thought about it and took out more than 300 bottles of pills, thousands of pills, all of them were second grade pills and first grade pills, all types of pills, some were cultivation enhancing pills, some were healing pills, and some were antidote pills.
“Sell all of these pills for me as well. How you guys sell them, I don’t care. I won’t treat you guys poorly, and we’ll split the silver coins we buy thirty-seven. Seven for me, three for you guys.”
Seeing the densely packed bottles of pills on the table, Zhang Shaochu is going crazy, his body’s fat meat is trembling, so many pills, how much money must be sold?
Liu Xifeng is much calmer, saying, “The grades of these pills are not high, and all the students in the Western Academy are Xuanji realm experts, there is not much demand for these pills. In the Western Academy, it’s not very good to sell.”
Outside, a woman’s voice rang out, “Zhang Ruochen, I’ll help you sell them.”
Zixi pushed the door open and walked in from outside, giving Zhang Ruochen a wink.
Zhang Ruochen nodded thoughtfully and followed Zixi outside. Only when they came to a deserted place did Zhang Ruochen ask, “What do you have to sell?”
Zixi walked ahead and said without looking back, “The black market.”
Zhang Ruochen remembered Zixi’s identity and said, “Right! How did I forget, you are an assassin in the black market, so you can indeed bring all these pills to sell in the black market.”
Zixi’s slender figure with concave curves and long eyelashes stared at Zhang Ruochen and smiled sweetly, “You’re not afraid that I’ll keep all the silver coins for myself after I sell the pills?”
“If you dare to embezzle my silver coins, even if you chase me to the ends of the earth, I’ll chase the silver coins back.” Zhang Ruochen smiled and added, “What are you doing back in the black market?”
Zhang Ruochen was able to tell that Zixi was meant to be returning to the Black Market, which was why she had stopped by to help him sell pills.
Zi Xi said, “I have finished refining the five drops of Half-Saint True Liquid that I purchased in the black market last time. I plan to purchase another batch, Zhang Ruochen, are you interested?”
