“How’s that? This Emperor stepped in and not only helped you kill a strong enemy, but also saved your life, isn’t that very strong?”Little Black laughed.
“Sparrow Nine was already seriously injured, otherwise, with her cultivation, how could she have been killed by one of your moves?”
Zhang Ruochen sat on Little Black’s back and looked behind him, only to see that dozens of miles away, a two-hundred-metre-long Thousand-Legged Centipede, with black poisonous mist gushing out from its entire body, was rapidly catching up.
Only, Xiao Hei’s flying speed was much faster than that of the thousand-footed centipede, and soon left it far behind.
“The strength of Centipede Eight is above that of Sparrow Nine, but its speed is a bit worse, so it is not enough to be feared.”
Just as Zhang Ruochen gave a sigh of relief, suddenly, in the sky above the dome of heaven, a crimson cloud appeared. From that cloud, a dragon’s roar resounded, and then, unexpectedly, a seventh-stage Savage Beast level Red Fire Winged Dragon flew out.
That Red Fire Winged Dragon, still in its juvenile stage, was far from being able to compare to a true seventh rank savage beast.
However, its body was still very huge, like a small crimson mountain, as it unfurled a pair of scaly dragon wings and swooped down, chasing after Zhang Ruochen and Xiao Hei above.
The dragon wings flapped, creating a huge wind force that emitted a whimpering hurricane sound.
“That devil son of the Devil Sect actually raised a dragon.”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows tightened as he cupped the Thunder Bead in both hands and began to mobilise his spiritual energy. Although, his physical body was severely injured, he was still able to use his spiritual power to attack.
“A mere Red Flame Winged Dragon, let this Emperor have a good time with it.”
Little Black’s cultivation, which was clearly inferior to the Red Flame Winged Dragon, was instead quite excited.
Xiao Hei took the initiative to attack the Red Flame Winged Dragon, spitting out a black ball of electricity from his mouth that struck the top of its head, knocking down a dragon scale next to the dragon’s eye.
“Ow!”
The Red Fire Winged Dragon roared, very annoyed, its eyes glaring at Xiao Hei.
A mere fat cat actually dared to provoke the noble dragon clan?
Was it tired of living?
“A winged dragon with an impure bloodline, how dare you shout at this emperor free of charge, believe it or not this emperor will eat you alive?”
Xiao Hei raised his two furry ears, revealing two sharp teeth, even more arrogant than the Red Fire Winged Dragon.
The Red Flame Winged Dragon was enraged and spat out a mouthful of flames, transforming into a crimson fiery waterfall that poured down from the sky.
Xiao Hei’s entire body emitted a dark light, and his speed increased by quite a bit.
“Thunder and Lightning Domain.”
Under Zhang Ruochen’s control, from the Thunder Bead, a streak of purple electricity emanated, forming a spherical lightning field that wrapped him and Little Black.
They impacted on top of the fiery waterfall and pierced through, flying rapidly into the sky.
The Red Flame Winged Dragon chased them to a position only a thousand miles away from the Two Yi Sect, and only when it heard Ouyang Huan’s voice transmission did it stop chasing them and immediately turned around and flew back.
“If, this Emperor’s cultivation recovers, he will definitely capture it and roast it for dragon meat.”Little Black sighed with some disappointment as he looked at the Red Fire Winged Dragon that flew away.
“Tonight, making such a big commotion, it must have already alerted the Half-Saints of the Two Element Sect. We’d better be careful and return to the Sect as soon as possible.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Ruochen landed on the ground, put on his Meteor Invisibility Clothes, and brought Little Black with him, entering the Two Yi Sect unnoticed and reentering the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain.
Only, Zhang Ruochen had just walked into the small courtyard where he lived when he saw Gai Tianjiao walk out of the house.
Her pair of eyes gleamed as she stared at the masked Zhang Ruochen, saying, “You came back too slowly, didn’t you?”
Zhang Ruochen appeared calm and unhurried as he removed the mask from his face and smiled faintly, “Since I was discovered by Eldest Sister, there’s nothing to hide, Lin Yue thanks Eldest Sister for saving his life.”
“Wow!”
Red-coloured flames surged out of Gai Tianjiao’s palms, winding their way towards Zhang Ruochen as she said in a cold voice, “I’ve never heard of you having such high attainments above spiritual power. A forty-fourth ranked Thunder and Lightning Mental Power Master, it really impresses me a bit.”
Zhang Ruochen knew that Gai Tianjiao must have already begun to suspect his identity, but nevertheless, he still appeared quite calm as he said, “Anyone would have a bottom card, so naturally, I won’t reveal all of my means. Could it be that Eldest Senior Sister even wants to care about this?”
Gai Tianjiao’s eyes narrowed as she said, “Tonight, why did you leave the sect? And how did you mess with the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect?”
Zhang Ruochen locked eyes with her and said, “And why did Eldest Sister leave the sect? And how did she appear there? Whatever reason you are, that’s what I am.”
When Gai Tianjiao saw that Zhang Ruochen’s eyes didn’t have a hint of a different colour, she frowned and gathered the flame in her hand back, saying, “Xu Changsheng was investigating Qi Fayu, and I traced the mark he left behind to find there. What about you?”
Zhang Ruochen carried his hands behind his back and said, “I also chased after Qi Fayu and found there. When I arrived, Senior Brother Xu had already been killed by the Demon Sect’s people. They wanted to kill and silence him, so that’s why they struck out at me.”
Gai Tianjiao’s eyes glared as she said, “You saw Qi Fayu making contact with the people of the Devil Sect?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “I didn’t see it.”
Adding another sentence, he said, “Perhaps, she had already left by the time I arrived.”
It was true that Zhang Ruochen hadn’t seen Qi Fayu with his own eyes, but since both he and Gai Tianjiao had chased after her before spotting the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect’s cultivators, it was certainly not a coincidence.
The expression on Gai Tianjiao’s face, constantly changing, was clearly pondering something extremely important.
Only after a long time did she resume staring at Zhang Ruochen, saying, “You can pretend that you don’t know anything about tonight’s matter. Understand?”
“Why? What if Qi Fayu is really a spy of the Devil Cult?”Zhang Ruochen was quite puzzled.
Gai Tianjiao snorted coldly, “What do you know? In the absence of solid evidence, whoever mentions this will die. What kind of person is Qi Fayu? She is the heir of the Qi Family, if you say that she is a member of the Devil Cult, aren’t you saying that the entire Qi Family is also a force of the Devil Cult?”
“The Qi family is a medieval family and has a close relationship with the Two Element Sect. Do you know how much power the Qi Family has in the Two Yi Sect? Do you know how many Half-Saints and Saints in the Two Yi Sect are from the Qi Family?”
“Kid, if you want to live, you better shut your mouth. For someone with no background like you, before you became a Half-Saint, even if your talent was even higher, it would be easy for the Qi Family to kill you.”
After saying that, Gai Tianjiao left straight away, heading in the direction of the Ancient God Mountain.
This matter, no matter what, he had to report to the Burial Moon Sword Saint first.
As for Lin Yue, actually, Gai Tianjiao didn’t suspect him too much. Firstly, Lin Yue was the person chosen by Grandmaster Taiyi, and with Grandmaster Taiyi’s cultivation and ability to recognise people, he shouldn’t be able to look away.
Secondly, Lin Yue and the Demon Sect were in a hostile relationship, if she hadn’t arrived in time, Lin Yue might have been killed.
“Qi Fayu actually has such a huge amount of energy in the Two Element Sect.”Zhang Ruochen’s eyes revealed a deep colour of worry.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen thought that with Qi Fayu’s handle, he would be able to keep her in check.
Only after hearing Gai Tianjiao’s words did Zhang Ruochen realise that he had been too naive before. The Qi Family’s power in the Two Element Sect was too huge, and if Qi Fayu truly wanted to deal with him, she only needed to use some random means to make him disappear forever.
In the past, Qi Fayu had only appreciated his natural talent and wanted to draw him in, which was why she had never killed him.
But in the future, it wouldn’t necessarily still be like this.
“If, my cultivation can break through to the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, I will be able to open up three Sacred Veins, and the Sacred Qi in my body will become even thicker, enough to allow the changes to be sustained for a month straight.”
“At that time, I will be able to hide in the Sword Pavilion.”
“Even if the Qi Clan’s power is even stronger, it should still not dare to easily mess with the Burying Moon Sword Saint.”
There was a sense of urgency in Zhang Ruochen’s heart, and he immediately entered the Scroll World, took out the Xuanwu Sacred Blood, and began to refine it, striving to make an early breakthrough to the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
According to Zhang Ruochen’s prediction, he had to at least reach the Half Saint realm before he could fully digest the Xuanwu Sacred Blood.
The Green Flame Xuanwu was a living creature that was comparable to a Saint King, and its corpse was a huge treasure trove. Falling into Zhang Ruochen’s hands was actually a huge waste.
If it were to be obtained by those Saint Sectors, the value it would bring out would be even more extraordinary.
In the blink of an eye, inside the Scroll World, three months passed.
Zhang Ruochen refined three drops of Xuanwu Sacred Blood in a row, and his cultivation broke through once again, reaching the late stage of the Fish Dragon Fifth Transformation.
On this day, the Zixia Half-Saint sent a disciple to deliver a message to Zhang Ruochen, informing him that he would participate in the qualifying round of the Sword Dao Competition.
The so-called qualifying tournament was a battle between the top ten cultivators of the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, and in the end, a sequential ranking was formulated.
The higher the ranking, the higher the cultivator’s status in the Two Elementary Sect would be in the future, and the more famous he would be, the more chances he would have to show his face in the Sword Competition.
Only, Zhang Ruochen only wanted to fully impact the Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation right now, so how could he be in the mood to fight over who was ranked ahead and who was ranked behind?
Zhang Ruochen came out of the gate and personally went to meet with the Violet Cloud Half-Saint, stating the reason clearly to him.
When the Violet Cloud Half-Saint learnt that Zhang Ruochen wanted to go into seclusion to enhance his cultivation, he readily agreed. For young people, it was still cultivation that was the most important, and for Lin Yue to be able to have this kind of realisation, the Violet Cloud Half-Saint naturally had to fully support him.
Of course, the Zixia Half-Saint also told Zhang Ruochen that since he had given up participating in the qualifying tournament, he would only be able to rank tenth at the very bottom of the rankings at the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation level.
Zhang Ruochen naturally wouldn’t mind.
Walking out of the Zixia Half-Saint’s cave, Zhang Ruochen was on his way back to the small courtyard he lived in when, unintentionally, he heard a piece of news:
“The Xuan Gui Sword Saint has given a war letter to the Nine Spectres Sword Saint to have a life and death duel at the Sword Pavilion on the ninth day of the ninth month of September.”
“A life and death duel?”
Zhang Ruochen was slightly stunned, somewhat unsure whether this piece of news was true or false.
Of course, he understood the meaning of “life and death duel”, which meant that it was either you die or I die.
Zhang Ruochen naturally wanted to reconfirm such an important event.
At dusk, Mu Jiji and Xun Hua Liu happily rushed back to the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain, and when they saw Lin Yue sitting in the courtyard, they both looked at each other, looking quite surprised.
Thus, they immediately walked over.
Mu Jiji wasn’t the least bit formal and sat down opposite Zhang Ruochen with a big grin, saying, “Boss Lin Yue, aren’t you in closed-door cultivation? Why did you come out early?”
“It’s not that I’ve come out early, but, rather, I’m specifically waiting for you guys here.”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the two of them, revealing a faint smile as he asked, “What exactly happened, why are the two of you so excited?”
