Wen Chu was the only cultivator from the Yan Clan of the Abyss of Darkness who had passed the divine tribulation in the recent millennium.
After becoming a god, he reverted to a middle-aged appearance, looking considerably younger, and as he walked the streets of the Seven Grievances Sacred City, he held a pipe in his hand, never letting it leave his grasp.
Yan Ting was Yan Wushen’s cousin, with cultivation reaching the peak of the semi-divine level, the strongest below the divine realm in the Yan Clan of the Abyss of Darkness, second only to Yan Wushen.
She appeared to be in her early twenties, dressed in a cyan luan feather robe, with a date-red hooded cloak over it.
Due to years of cultivating the dark path, Yan Ting’s body exuded an extremely cold aura. Although the cultivators on the street saw her curvaceous and alluring figure, none had the courage to approach and lift her hood to glimpse her true face.
Wen Chu and Yan Ting had come to the Life-Death Boundary Star to secretly provide support for Zhang Ruchen.
Suddenly, Wen Chu stopped in his tracks, his pair of weathered and profound eyes looking towards a thousand-zhang tall sacred tree by the side of the street.
The sacred tree resembled ačę¾.
The thickest part of the trunk had a diameter of over a thousand metres.
The sacred tree had been hollowed out, and inside it, a wine pavilion was built, layer upon layer upwards, a famous landmark in the Seven Grievances Sacred City called “One Tree Cloud Smoke Wine Residence”, which could easily accommodate tens of thousands of cultivators.
Yan Ting said: “Why did Uncle Ancestor suddenly stop?”
“Go in and take a look.”
Wen Chu took a draw from his pipe and stepped inside.
Immediately, the laughter of demons, monsters, and ghosts, the sounds of silk and bamboo music, the voices of discussing the earth, the sounds of jesting and cursing… all came flooding in, the inside bustling to the extreme.
Wen Chu’s gaze glanced towards Xue Tu, who was sitting in the main seat, then led Yan Ting to a corner position.
Yan Ting recognised Xue Tu, and said: “That is not…”
Wen Chu nodded to her, and transmitted sound: “The current situation on the Life-Death Boundary Star is full of twists and turns, in this One Tree Cloud Smoke Wine Residence, there are quite a few powerhouses with strong cultivation. There may even be divine spirits hidden among them, it is best if we keep a low profile.”
Yan Ting’s gaze fell on Xue Tu, and she felt considerable interest towards this top figure of the secular world.
Of course, towards Zhang Ruchen, who was called the secular world myth, she was even more extremely curious. What kind of figure was he exactly, to be able to defeat three Yuan Hui level geniuses with a single sword?
In her heart, her cousin Yan Wushen was already a myth.
Xue Tu had to both spread rumours and disseminate messages, which was truly a headache.
But, what kind of wisdom did Xue Tu possess?
Thus, he decided to spread the messages openly and honestly, and use this to create an alibi proof that the rumour-mongering had nothing to do with him.
Relying on his status as a disciple of the Death God Venerable, he easily invited four divine sons and three divine maidens of the Life-Death Boundary Star, as well as five supreme realm great saints of transcendent status, to gather in the One Tree Cloud Smoke Wine Residence.
Over a dozen cultivators lavished Xue Tu with flattery, toasting and complimenting him.
Not long after, Xue Tu was already tipsy from the wine.
Zi Ling Divine Maiden was the daughter of Yu Shen, not particularly beautiful, only of middling to upper quality, her eyes revealed a trace of amusement, and she thought to herself: “Even if you Xue Tu have unparalleled cultivation, after drinking the Three Souls Brew, you will still get drunk.”
While Xue Tu was not yet drunk, Zi Ling Divine Maiden hurriedly asked: “Xue Tu Divine Son is the junior brother of the secular world myth Zhang Ruchen, with a close relationship, do you know what exactly is the relationship between Zhang Ruchen and Prajna Divine Maiden? Why would Prajna Divine Maiden, for his sake, not hesitate to become enemies with the Nether Hall?”
“Yes, Xue Tu Divine Son, quickly tell us.”
“Zhang Ruchen is the secular world myth, Prajna Divine Maiden is already a true god, how can we rashly discuss this? Such taboo matters, Xue Tu must not speak of.” A supreme realm great saint deliberately said this.
Zi Ling Divine Maiden said: “Xue Tu Divine Son is only one step away from becoming a god, how could he fear these things?”
Xue Tu deliberately pretended to be already drunk, slapped the table with a “pa” sound, glared, and said: “What is there to fear in speaking? I will tell you all, no harm in it, but you must absolutely not spread it outside.”
“Divine Son, speak quickly, this saint has released his path domain, guaranteeing no one can hear your words.” One supreme realm great saint said.
Yan Ting’s lips curved slightly, revealing a disdainful expression.
A mere path domain of a supreme realm great saint, she had secret arts to penetrate it and quietly eavesdrop.
Xue Tu pressed both hands on the table, lowered his waist, and said: “Actually, my senior brother and Prajna Divine Maiden have long ago privately pledged lifelong marriage, and even…”
“And even what?” Zi Ling Divine Maiden asked.
Xue Tu said: “And even the rice has been cooked into cooked rice, heh heh!”
The divine sons, divine maidens, and supreme realm great saints surrounding the table looked at each other in dismay, clearly shocked to no small degree.
Zi Ling Divine Maiden was overjoyed in her heart, obtaining this intelligence was undoubtedly a great merit.
The way she looked at Xue Tu could not help but carry a few more points of contempt.
The so-called Yuan Hui level representative figure was only this much, just a few cups of Three Souls Brew, and he exposed the huge secret between Zhang Ruchen and Prajna.
Xue Tu did not know if it was truly a bit of drunkenness, and continued to embellish: “You all did not expect my senior brother to be so formidable, right? The so-called ice-cold divine maiden, before him, is simply gentle like a little lamb.”
“Even after she broke through to become a true god, upon seeing my senior brother, she takes the initiative to throw herself into his arms and offers herself, calling herself Ruo Ruo.”
“A thousand years ago, on the day of Prajna Divine Maiden’s engagement to Yan Wushen, why did my senior brother have a life-and-death duel with Yan Wushen? It was all because Prajna Divine Maiden was already with child, and my senior brother was forced with no choice but to resort to this desperate measure.”
“What? A thousand years ago, Prajna Divine Maiden was actually pregnant with Zhang Ruchen’s child?” One divine maiden exclaimed in this way.
Xue Tu revealed displeasure, and said: “What is so surprising about that? The pearl of the Yanluo Clan, Yan Zhe Xian, how long was she with my senior brother, and did she not also get a big belly?”
“The Kunlun Realm’s Chi Yao Empress, with enmity towards my senior brother as deep as the sea, still obediently bore him one son and one daughter?”
“Why are you all making such a fuss?”
“The Romantic Sword God is not renowned in vain, what heroic bearing my senior brother has, what cultivation, what charm.”
Zi Ling Divine Maiden furrowed her brows, and questioned: “That does not add up! If Prajna Divine Maiden was pregnant with Zhang Ruchen’s child a thousand years ago, where did the child go?”
“The child…”
Xue Tu was stunned for an instant, then let out a long sigh: “Who could have thought, who could have thought, the one who was supposed to become the Wind Queen of the divine maiden, was suddenly assassinated and killed? In order to succeed to the divine maiden position, Prajna Divine Maiden had no choice but to abort.”
The crowd drew in cold breaths.
Xue Tu said: “Of course, the main reason was still because my senior brother became engaged to Princess Luo Yi, and Prajna Divine Maiden suffered too great a shock, in despair and despondency, she made this extreme decision. Alas! Poor my unborn nephew, who died prematurely in the womb.”
“Because of this matter, my senior brother and Prajna Divine Maiden quarrelled quite a bit. But, the two ultimately have extremely deep feelings, having shared hardships together, reuniting after a millennium, the old affections reignited immediately. Millennial dry firewood meeting millennial wildfire, I simply cannot continue speaking to you all about it.”
One supreme realm great saint said: “I heard that when Zhang Ruchen returned after a millennium, the first one he saw was Prajna Divine Maiden. At that time, the divine imperial son of the Tian Luo God Kingdom went to pay respects, and was refused at the door.”
“He would definitely be refused at the door!”
“How can the flower in one’s own home compare to the wild flower, how can one’s own fiancĆ©e compare to another’s fiancĆ©e? Haha!”
…
Just as Wen Chu said, in the One Tree Cloud Smoke Wine Residence, quite a few powerhouses had gathered, not lacking divine spirits among them.
These powerhouses also pricked up their ears to listen.
Each one was stunned!
After all, both Zhang Ruchen and Prajna were currenté£äŗ figures of the world.
If such words came from the mouth of another cultivator, the crowd would not only not believe it, they would not even listen. But, coming from the mouth of the drunken Xue Tu, they deeply believed it without doubt.
Not long before, Xue Tu had just helped Zhang Ruchen collect the Ten Realms.
What closeness in their relationship, what brotherly loyalty.
If Xue Tu were even a bit sober, it would be impossible for him to speak of such a secret detrimental to Zhang Ruchen.
Cold qi erupted from Yan Ting’s body, she trembled with anger, and said: “I truly did not expect that Prajna Divine Maiden is actually such a cheap woman, and Zhang Ruchen is even more beastly than a beast, no wonder my cousin still regards him as a close friend. Poor cousin, he is probably still kept in the dark.”
Wen Chu used divine spirit methods to envelop Yan Ting in his qi field, and said: “We cannot entirely blame them, after all, Zhang Ruchen and Prajna were together first. It can only be said that the good intentions of Fu Lu God Venerable have mismatched the mandarin ducks.”
“No matter what, if this matter is proclaimed, would my cousin not be ridiculed by all the cultivators in the world?” Yan Ting’s favourable impression of Zhang Ruchen and Prajna had already vanished completely.
She added: “This Xue Tu is also one who accomplishes nothing but ruins everything, how can words with such enormous impact be spoken casually?”
At the side of another table sat two cultivators.
They were precisely Gong Nan Feng and Xu Ru Lai of the Fate God Temple’s Tian Yun Division.
Gong Nan Feng was the spirit of the Tian Shu Needle, known as one who knows all things in the world, a mere path domain of a supreme realm great saint naturally could not block his perception.
“Too unbelievable, too inconceivable, how could Chen be so formidable, even conquering a millennial ice mountain like Prajna Divine Maiden.” Gong Nan Feng was shocked to the extreme.
A thousand years ago, he naturally did not perceive whether Prajna Divine Maiden was pregnant or not.
That would be disrespectful to the divine maiden!
Xu Ru Lai sighed instead: “Trouble! If Prajna Divine Maiden and Zhang Ruchen rekindle old affections, with her standing in the middle, what should I do?”
Gong Nan Feng said: “You are just too stubborn, even if Chen’s name appears on the Reverse God Scroll, so what? Feng Du Great Emperor’s name is still at the top of the Reverse God Scroll!”
Xu Ru Lai said: “Any cultivator who appears on the Reverse God Scroll must die. The Tian Yun Division cannot kill Feng Du Great Emperor, so naturally can only compromise. But, I have the strength to kill Zhang Ruchen, yet pretend to see nothing, what qualification do I have left to be a divine spirit of the Tian Yun Division?”
Xu Ru Lai had broken through hundreds of years ago.
Gong Nan Feng said: “But his name also appears on the Heavenly Dao Scroll. What about that? I think you are just bored with nothing to do.”
A trace of confusion appeared in Xu Ru Lai’s eyes.
Those who enter the Reverse God Scroll mean they go against the heavens, against the heavenly dao, against fate, harbouring strong hostility towards fate, cultivators that the Fate God Temple must eliminate.
Those who enter the Heavenly Dao Scroll mean they comply with the heavenly dao and fate, cultivators who are close to fate and guard fate, who need focused cultivation.
Entering both the Reverse God Scroll and the Heavenly Dao Scroll, since ancient times, only Zhang Ruchen alone.
It was precisely with powerful curiosity and boundless doubt that Xu Ru Lai came to the Life-Death Boundary Star.
He still had not decided whether to kill Zhang Ruchen or not.
Gong Nan Feng said in a low voice: “Look, Prajna Divine Maiden and Chen are together, Chen is definitely close to fate. Moreover, he has been removed from the God Storage Scroll, posing no threat at all, why not let him go?”
