“What’s wrong? You’ve even made it onto the East Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper, being named the most outstanding ‘Junior Heavenly Pride’ of the Sky Demon Ridge after Luo Xu.”
Chang Qi Qi was red-faced and excited.
He unfolded the newspaper in his hand, pointed his finger at a paragraph on it, and read, “Zhang Ruochen, the ninth son of the Yunwu County King, at only eighteen years old, defeated the Yan Clan’s first genius, ‘Yan Light Dance’, and was ranked as the ninety-eighth on the ‘Earth Ranking’. Before the age of sixteen, he could not cultivate martial arts. At the age of sixteen, he opened the Divine Martial Seal, and from then on, he soared into the sky, becoming the most outstanding ‘juvenile heavenly pride’ of the Heavenly Demon Ridge after Luo Xu.”
Further on, there was a narrative about Zhang Ruochen’s major battle achievements.
Zhang Ruochen glanced at it and smiled faintly, “It’s only on the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper, and it’s also ranked on the 18th page, which can only be considered as the end page edition, nothing great.”
“This is still not impressive? You have to know that it has been more than a decade since our Heavenly Demon Ridge’s martial artists have been on the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper. Do you even know what this represents? You’ve become famous, truly famous! Not only are you famous in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, but even in the entire Eastern Region, you are considered a minor celebrity, enough to enter the vision of those Half-Saint Families and Saint Sectors.” Chang Qi Qi said.
The East Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper, a newspaper issued by the Wu City Money Bank, was issued once a month, with eighteen pages in each issue, mainly containing the big events that happened in the entire East Region in the previous month.
The more significant the event, the more it was ranked.
For example, in this issue, the County King of the Skywing County Kingdom, who had broken through to the Half-Saint realm, was on the second page. It was considered news in the entire Eastern Region, and it was even more of an explosive event in the Skywing County Kingdom, and even those counties surrounding the Skywing County Kingdom were also affected by it.
It was estimated that those county kings around the Skywing County Kingdom had already prepared a large number of gifts and went to the Skywing County Kingdom to congratulate them.
Of course, the Heavenly Demon Ridge is a million miles away from the Heavenly Wing County, and those martial artists just talked about it and didn’t set off too many waves.
As for the front page of this issue, it was dominated by another shocking news:
A young mysterious expert from the Black Market’s One Piece Hall defeated the number one on the Earth Ranking, Bu Qianfan, with just three swords. Some Half-Saint level powerhouses speculated that the young mysterious expert from the Black Market had already reached the supreme extreme realm of the Earth Extreme Realm.
Even the news of the Skywing County King’s breakthrough to Half-Saint was squeezed off the front page, thus showing the shocking nature of this piece of news.
Bu Qianfan, in the Eastern Domain, was originally hailed as a heavenly pride that would be hard to come by in a hundred years, reaching the level of the Seven Extremities and a half, dominating the first place of the Earth Ranking for three years, with no one being able to catch a single move from him.
Such a heavenly pride, but was defeated by a young expert from the Black Market’s One Piece Hall with three swords, how could it not be shocking?
If, that one young mysterious expert of the Black Market really reached the supreme extreme realm of the Earth Extremity Realm, then the shock caused would be even greater, and it was estimated that even the Imperial Hub of the First Central Empire would send an expert to investigate.
Such a character, if he grew up, who would be his opponent a hundred years later?
Compared to that one young expert from the Black Market First Class Hall, Zhang Ruochen’s battle record of defeating Yan Qingdao seemed worthless and could only be ranked in the end page version.
Of course, even so, Zhang Ruochen still caused a huge stir in the Sky Demon Ridge.
It had been many years since anyone from the Heavenly Demon Ridge had been able to enter the top 1,000 of the Earth Ranking, not to mention that Zhang Ruochen had also entered the top 100 of the Earth Ranking, which was definitely something that added to the glory of the Heavenly Demon Ridge.
This issue of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper and the Earth Ranking could be said to have sold like crazy, with many people queuing up outside the Martial Market Money Bank to buy them.
To be able to enter the East Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper was a great honour.
“Have you guys read this issue of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper? Yunwu County Kingdom’s Ninth Prince, Zhang Ruochen, was published in the newspaper!”
“Really? What kind of person has been born in our Heavenly Demon Ridge?”
“Bull, right? Zhang Ruochen defeated the Yan Clan’s first genius and entered the top one hundred of the Earth Ranking, becoming the most outstanding person in the Heavenly Demon Ridge after Luo Xu.”
“It’s too much glory for our Heavenly Demon Ridge, I must go buy a copy of this issue of the East Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper and the Earth Ranking!”
……
Almost every city in the 36 counties of the entire Heavenly Devil Ridge was having such an incident, and everyone was talking about “Zhang Ruochen”.
This teenager, who was once only a minor celebrity, could now be said to be a household name.
Those martial artists from the Yunwu County Kingdom were even more frantic, snapping up the East Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper and the Earth Rankings from the Martial Market Chambers. Those teenage martial artists, almost everyone aspired to become the next Zhang Ruochen and began to bury their heads in hard training.
Before dawn, a copy of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper was sent into the royal palace of the Yunwu County Kingdom and placed in front of the Yunwu County King.
When the Yunwu County King saw Zhang Ruochen’s name, he was instantly overjoyed, ”This king has been cultivating for his entire life, but he has never had the chance to enter the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper. This Jiu’er, who is only eighteen years old, has already entered the top one hundred of the Earth Ranking, he is too competitive for this king. Good! Good! Good!”
While the Yunwu County King was praising Zhang Ruochen, the Queen was annoyed, “If I had known that this little bast*rd would be able to grow up to this point, I should have gotten rid of him at all costs. Now that he has grown, even Gui’er has been compared to him. No, he must die.”
The Queen’s heart was filled with regret, once upon a time, Zhang Ruochen was just a sickly waste of space in front of her, and she could press Zhang Ruochen to death with just one finger.
Now, it was already difficult as hell for her to still want to kill Zhang Ruochen.
At the same time, a copy of the Eastern Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper was sent to Zhang Tiangui’s hands.
When Zhang Tian Gui saw the comments on Zhang Ruochen in the newspaper, his hands trembled and his pupils looked like they were able to spit out flames. His heart was also incomparably regretful, had he known that Zhang Ruochen would become a climatic figure, he should have personally taken action and wiped him out in the cradle in the first place.
Zhang Ruochen had already entered the top 100 of the Earth Ranking, while he was still ranked in the thousands, all the halos that once belonged to him now all fell on Zhang Ruochen.
How could this be?
Only a few months had passed, how could it have become like this?
What was even more incomprehensible to Zhang Tian Gui was that in the last two months, the Patriarch hadn’t summoned him, and even Han Chu was nowhere to be seen. Every time he went to Han Chu, he was also turned away.
Before, it wasn’t like this at all.
Lin Chenyu stood behind Zhang Tiangui and stared at him with some pity, a hint of unseen coldness in his eyes.
Zhang Ruochen had grown up now, and Zhang Tiangui’s good days should come to an end!
“Whether it’s in the Yunwu County Kingdom or in the Yuntai Zongfu, Zhang Tiangui will no longer be able to gain a foothold.” Lin Chenyu smiled even more grimly.
Zhang Tiangui struggled to regain his composure and said in a cold voice, “Lin Chenyu, do you know what people the Patriarch and Senior Sister Han have been in contact with lately? Why has their attitude towards me suddenly changed drastically?”
Lin Chenyu walked to Zhang Tiangui’s body and respectfully said, “Reporting back to master, I heard that Senior Sister Han sent someone to the Yunwu County Kingdom to investigate you.”
Zhang Tiangui’s eyes sank as he stood up boldly and said, “How long has it been?”
“It was after the last time Senior Sister Han came back from outside……. I remember that Senior Sister Han had previously fought against the Black Market and the Four Directions County Kingdom’s pursuers with Zhang Ruochen, so I guess Zhang Ruochen had spoken ill of Master in front of her.” Lin Chenyu said.
Zhang Tiangui clenched his fists tightly, his eyes icy cold, “It’s Zhang Ruochen again!”
Lin Chenyu lowered his head and carefully said, “I also heard that Senior Sister Han seems to be quite fond of Zhang Ruochen, and had travelled to the Martial City Academy Palace three times to try to pay her respects to Zhang Ruochen, only that Zhang Ruochen was in seclusion all of the time, and she didn’t see anyone.”
Hearing this, Zhang Tianwei’s heart shook even more, and he angrily said, “These things, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Outside the room, a woman’s voice rang out, “I was the one who told him to hide it from you first.”
As the words fell, Han Qiu carried a white jade battle sword and walked in through the door.
As soon as Han Chu entered, Lin Chenyu immediately took several steps backward and fled the room.
Since Han Chu had appeared, he couldn’t hide his betrayal of Zhang Tian Gui anymore. He naturally had to flee immediately and wait for the next developments.
It was expected that Han Chu could not help but turn on Zhang Tian Gui, and with Han Chu’s current strength, he was already no weaker than Zhang Tian Gui. Moreover, Han Chu was also the daughter of the Patriarch, so what could Zhang Tian Gui do to fight with her?
Seeing Han Chu and the escaped Lin Chen Yu, how could Zhang Tian Gui not understand what had happened?
He let out a long laugh and said, “Good Zhang Ruochen, good Lin Chenyu, it seems that I really underestimated them. Senior sister, you wouldn’t even believe their words, right?”
Han Qiu held the white jade battle sword and stood five paces away from Zhang Tianwei, saying, “Why don’t you believe them? Eldest brother, honestly, you’ve always been a role model for me to learn from. It’s just a pity that some of your doings really don’t deserve to be my role model.”
“What exactly did Zhang Ruochen say in front of you?” Zhang Tiangui said.
“Zhang Ruochen didn’t say anything, everything was the result of me personally sending people to find out.” Han Chu said, “Zhang Tian Gui, you even snatched the woman your own brother liked, I really admire your character. For you to even assassinate your own brother, I really doubt if you have any humanity left at all.”
“Haha! Senior sister, you’ve brought it to this point, so it seems like there’s no use for me to say anything?”
Zhang Tiangui let out a loud laugh and said, “Is there no longer a place for me in the Yuntai Sect Mansion?”
“You haven’t done anything detrimental to the division, how could the Yuntai Clan House not have room for you?” Han Chu said.
Zhang Tiangui said, “Since you and the Patriarch have both believed the words of the villain and started to guard against me, treating me as an unscrupulous villain. I’m afraid that even if I continue to stay in the Yuntai Zongfu, I won’t be able to learn more profound martial arts. Since this is the case, what is the point of me staying in the Yuntai Sect House? Don’t worry guys, I won’t make things difficult for you, I’ll leave on my own.”
Without taking any of the items, Zhang Tiangui walked past Han Qiu and down a long stone staircase, walking out of the mountain gate of the Yuntai Zongfu.
He glanced back, his eyes gradually turning ice-cold as he secretly said in his heart, “Han Chu, Yuntai Zongfu, today, you let me leave, in the future, I will definitely make you regret it.”
In front of Han Chu, the reason why Zhang Tian Gui acted so miserably was purely because he wanted to gain Han Chu’s sympathy.
Only then would he be able to walk out of the Yuntai Zongfu.
Otherwise, today would be the day of his death.
