Luo Shuihan took a step out, his legs lending their strength as he landed on top of the Pilgrimage Heavenly Stairs.
“Wow–”
A greenish-coloured true qi glow emanated from his body, striking out in all directions.
The powerful force separated the two sides that were fighting.
“Everyone stop.”Luo Shuihan said.
Luo Shuihan’s powerful strength deterred all those talented trainees of the Xu Sheng Sect Valve from continuing their attacks.
Xu Yuanzhi recognised Luo Shuihan, knowing that she was that Saint Body of the Luo Sacred Sect Valve, and didn’t dare to offend her easily, so he said, “Miss Luo, please don’t intervene in this matter, we, the Xu Sacred Sect Valve, will surely teach this group of dirtbags who don’t know the heights of heaven and the depths of the earth a lesson.”
“Says who’s a turd?”
Chang Qi Qi’s face flushed red, her fists clenched, about to rush up and fight with Xu Yuanzhi.
Xu Yuanzhi laughed coldly, “A martial artist who comes out of a remote and barbaric land like the Heavenly Demon Ridge is inherently short-sighted and self-righteous, like a frog at the bottom of a well. What is such a person if not a turd?”
Hearing this, Luo Shuihan frowned slightly.
Originally, in the beginning, it was Chang Qi Qi who had struck first, and there was indeed something wrong, Luo Shuihan was eager to help resolve this feud.
After all, with Chang Qi Qi’s cultivation and background, offending a Saint Sect would definitely not end well.
Hearing Xu Yuanzhi’s words, Luo Shuihan realised that the most fundamental conflict between the two sides was not who started the fight, but rather the conflict between the Sacred Sect and the Cold Sect, which could not be resolved at all.
Luo Shuihan said, “I’m also a student who came out of the Heavenly Demon Ridge Martial City Academy, could it be that I’m also a frog in the bottom of a well in your eyes?”
“Miss Luo is also a cadet of the Heavenly Demon Ridge?”Xu Yuanzhi was slightly startled.
Although he had heard that the Luo Sacred Sect Valve had produced a Sacred Body, he didn’t know that that Sacred Body had previously trained at the Heavenly Demon Ridge Martial City School Palace.
Luo Shuihan said, “Today is the day of the Sacred Academy’s examination, why do we need to make the conflict bigger and bigger, can’t we all just turn our differences into peace?”
Including Xu Yuanzhi and Xu Su, those genius trainees of the Xu Sheng Clan all hesitated, after all, the other party was a Saint Body, even if they were all added together, they were probably not a match for her.
It would indeed be the best outcome if the conflict was resolved over this.
However, some people were unwilling.
The Xu Sheng Sect Valve’s number one expert of the younger generation, Xu Qing, also walked down from above and stood on top of the thirtieth step of the heavenly ladder, saying in a cold voice, ”No wonder the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s trainees dared to be so arrogant, so it turns out that they have the backing of a Sacred Body. Miss Luo, you heard what they said earlier, it’s nothing short of an insult to our Xu Sheng Sect Valve, if we don’t waste them today, where is the face of our Xu Sheng Sect Valve?”
Luo Shuihan said, “Why do you have to be so ruthless, is there no other way to resolve this?”
Xu Qing carried his hands behind his back and laughed, “Of course, our Xu Sheng Sect Valve is a Ten Thousand Years Sacred Sect, and we will not do anything to drive them to extinction. As long as Zhang Ruochen comes forward and kneels and apologises to all of our Xu Sheng Sect Valve’s trainees, I will let the three of them go, and in the future, I will not pursue this matter any further.”
Xu Qing had fallen in love with Huang Yichen at first sight, so naturally, she had already secretly enquired about Huang Yichen long ago, knowing that Huang Yichen had once trained at the Heavenly Demon Ridge Martial City Academy Palace.
What’s more, she knew that Huang Yichen’s fiancé was called Zhang Ruochen, who was also a student of the Heavenly Demon Ridge Martial Palace.
The reason why he made this condition was of course because he wanted Zhang Ruochen to make a fool of himself in front of the trainees of the entire Eastern Region, and in the future, let’s see what face he still has to marry Huang Yichen.
Xu Qing’s gaze, sized up Si Xingkong and Chang Qi Qi, trying to see who exactly was Zhang Ruochen?
In the end, Xu Qing’s gaze was fixed on Si Xingkong’s body. Whether it was his temperament or cultivation, Si Xingkong was a step higher than Chang Qiqi, and he was even more outstanding.
Perhaps, he was Zhang Ruochen.
Huang Yichen snorted coldly and said, ”On what grounds do you want Zhang Ruochen to kneel down and apologise? Don’t you know that Zhang Ruochen is my fiancé, so if he kneels and apologises to you, can you afford it?”
Xu Qing’s face remained unchanged as she said, “As long as he kneels, I can afford it.”
Just as the two sides were arguing, Zhang Ruochen had already walked up the Pilgrimage Heavenly Staircase step by step, coming to Huang Yichen’s side, standing on his feet and glancing towards Xu Qing, saying, “What if I don’t kneel down and apologise to you guys?”
“You are Zhang Ruochen? It’s a bit different from what I imagined.”
Xu Qing turned his gaze and stared at Zhang Ruochen’s body, not even hiding the hostility on his body.
“I’m also curious, how did you know my name?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Xu Qing said, “It is said that you have obtained the Dragon Relic and have become an heir to the Buddha Emperor, and I don’t know if it is true or not?”
The Xu Sheng Sect Valve was a ten-thousand year old Sacred Sect, and in the Eastern Region, if there was the slightest breeze anywhere, it could be known immediately.
As the number one person in the younger generation of the Xu Sage Sect Valve, Xu Qing had naturally heard a little about Zhang Ruochen’s matter.
“How about the real one? How about fake?”Zhang Ruochen calmly said.
“Haha! Since you won’t say anything, I’ll have to do it myself, so I’d like to see just how strong you, the heir to the Buddha Emperor, are?”
The sinews and bones of Xu Qing’s entire body emitted a “crackling” sound, and his entire flesh and blood became silver, as if he had transformed into a metallic iron man, and in the blink of an eye, he had rushed to Zhang Ruochen’s face and punched out.
Xu Qing cultivated the Ghost Grade Upper Grade technique, the Small Multiplied Vajra Martial Code, and moreover, it was the metallic Divine Martial Seal that was opened, so as long as he fully operated his true qi, his body would be transformed into a silver iron, his strength increasing wildly, and he could tear apart a Barbarian Elephant with his bare hands.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen shifted a step sideways, dodging Xu Qing’s punch.
“Thousand Hand Vajra.”
Xu Qing’s martial arts attainments had reached a state of exaltation, and just as Zhang Ruochen moved out horizontally, his body turned violently, and he threw another punch, striking Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
In an instant, Xu Qing looked like he had turned into a god of war with a thousand arms and hands, seemingly only throwing out a single punch, but it looked like there were fist shadows in all directions.
“Elephant Power Nine Stacks.”
Zhang Ruochen struck out nine palm seals in a row, erupting nine times the power of his palm, and fought hard against Xu Qing.
With a loud boom, the two of them separated at the same time and retreated backwards.
Zhang Ruochen only felt pain in his arm as drops of blood overflowed from his palm, blood red, and his entire arm was almost dislocated.
“Worthy of being an heir of a Saint Clan, Xuxu Qing is probably not much weaker than a Saint Body even if he isn’t.”
Zhang Ruochen immediately operated the Green Void True Qi in his body, and almost instantly, the pain in his arm disappeared, and even the blood bead in his palm was refined into a blood mist and reabsorbed back into his body.
The cultivation of the opponent had reached the peak of the Small Extreme Position of the Heavenly Extreme Realm, a full two realms higher than Zhang Ruochen. It was not an easy task for Zhang Ruochen to win.
While Zhang Ruochen was surprised, Xu Qing’s heart was even more surprised that his own punch, which he had thrown out with all his might, was actually caught by that kid and was even countered by the other party’s palm force that made his arm numb.
One must know that the technique he cultivated was originally powerful and had amazing defence, which gave him quite an advantage when fighting with fists and feet.
According to the information he had received, Zhang Ruochen was not the strongest in palmistry, but rather had extremely high attainments in swordplay. It was said that he had already reached the Sword Mind, and he didn’t know if it was true or not.
In the Pilgrimage Heavenly Staircase, one could not carry blades, so Zhang Ruochen would not be able to use his sword skills.
With such an advantage, it was natural to easily suppress him in order to be considered victorious.
Although, that punch just now didn’t win, it also allowed Xu Qing to test out Zhang Ruochen’s bottom line.
“What you just used was the Dragon Image Prajna Palm of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao, you have indeed obtained the Dragon Relic and become an heir to the Buddha Emperor, no wonder you are already powerful to this extent at such a young age.”Xu Qing said.
“Using the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm proves that I am an heir to the Buddha Emperor? If I use the martial skill of Taiji Dao, wouldn’t that mean that I would have received the inheritance of the Dao Emperor?”
Zhang Ruochen knew very well that the reason why Xu Qing said that was, in fact, to tell everyone present that Zhang Ruochen had obtained the Dragon Shelter and was carrying a supreme treasure as a way of pulling hatred for Zhang Ruochen.
Imagine, who wouldn’t want to obtain a treasure like the Dragon Shell?
Not to mention these young trainees, even Half-Saints would be moved.
Xu Qing attacked again, striking a move called “Vajra Voodoo”, his entire body emitting flames as if transforming into a blazing fire cloud as he swooped down, striking out with both fists at the same time.
This time, Zhang Ruochen no longer dodged, and lightning-like, his left little finger struck out.
“Shao Ze Pulse Sword Wave.”
In an instant, it was as if the surrounding heaven and earth aura had been drained, and all of it condensed into Zhang Ruochen’s fingertip, transforming into a majestic, sharp, and overbearing sword wave.
The sword wave flew out like a meteor breaking through the air, emitting a piercing sound as it struck Xu Qing’s body.
Xu Qing closed his hands together and blocked in front of his chest.
“Boom!”
Under the impact of the sword wave, Xu Qing’s body splashed with fire as he flew backwards, landing back ten feet away.
“Ten Veins Sword Wave!”
“You actually …… really cultivated a martial art of the Taiji Dao.”
Xu Qing’s heart was very surprised, a martial skill like the Ten Veins Sword Wave was not something that even disciples of the Taiji Dao could casually cultivate.
Although the Ten Veins Sword Wave was only a Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial skill, it was a Ghost Grade Lower Grade martial skill when it was cultivated to Ten Veins Mahayana.
With the power that Zhang Ruochen had just displayed, it was clear that it had already been cultivated to the Ten Veins Maharishi level.
“Xu Qing is considered to have met his match, I didn’t expect that the Heavenly Demon Ridge would be so powerful, giving birth to such a powerful human master.”
In the eyes of the crowd, Luo Shuihan, who had cultivated into a Saint Body, was actually even more powerful.
It was only that Luo Shuihan was, after all, the Luo Sacred Sect Valve’s proud daughter of heaven, and even if she had grown up cultivating in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, wouldn’t the Luo Sacred Sect Valve provide her with cultivation resources?
Therefore, no one was surprised by Luo Shuihan’s power.
For someone like Zhang Ruochen, who had no background in the Sacred Sect, to be able to have the achievements he had now, was what truly amazed people.
“He wouldn’t really have obtained the Dragon Shelter?”
An heir of a Saint Sect, said, “I heard an elder in my clan mention that there was indeed news of the Dragon Sheltering Shield coming out in the Heavenly Demon Ridge some time ago, and it was said to be obtained by a young man named Zhang Ruochen. It’s just that the Heavenly Demon Ridge is really too remote and the news is closed, so I don’t know if it’s a deliberate rumour or if it’s really true.”
“If it’s true, that would be too powerful, the Buddha Emperor back then was one of the few most powerful people in the entire Kunlun Realm. Getting his relics would simply be a step to heaven.”
“It’s said that Zhang Ruochen is less than twenty years old, and if he didn’t have the relics, I wouldn’t believe to death that he could cultivate to his current realm by himself.”
……
Hearing the crowd’s murmurings, Xue Ying Rou was a bit stunned, until this moment, she didn’t know that Zhang Ruochen even had the identity of “Successor of the Buddha Emperor”, which was also too shocking.
With such an identity, as long as he wasn’t wiped out in the cradle, in the future, even if he wanted to be ordained as a Saint, it wouldn’t be a difficult task.
