On the way, Mu Lingshi told Zhang Ruochen one more thing, that after he faked his death, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint had taken Huang Yichen as his disciple.
Zhang Ruochen knew very well that the reason why his master did that was, in fact, to help him shelter Huang Yichen.
In this way, Huang Yichen had a Sword Saint as her backer, and no one in the Eastern Region Saint King’s Mansion would dare to touch her easily even if they were quite dissatisfied with her as the heir.
Regarding this favour from his master, Zhang Ruochen only silently remembered it in his heart.
“Since Smoke and Dust has come to the Two Element Sect, Master Teacher should have arrived as well!”Zhang Ruochen secretly thought.
Zhang Ruochen also wanted to go and meet his master, after all, his master had helped him a lot, as a disciple, how could he not go and pay his respects?
The outer sect area of the Two Element Sect was not just a place for outer sect disciples to cultivate, but dozens of cities and pools had been built.
Each city was a mutual market.
Among them, five of the cities had the longest history, and also covered a vast area with an abundance of spiritual qi, and were no less prosperous than the royal city of a county. Therefore, the Two Element Sect dispatched a large amount of manpower to vacate the five cities, specifically to receive guests.
There were still two months to go before the Sword Discussion Conference. The five cities were already quite prosperous and lively right now, and on the streets, with the traffic flowing, cultivators from all the major powers could be seen everywhere.
Although it was the Sword Discussion Conference, but in addition to the Sword Dao cultivators, there were also quite a few other cultivators rushed to join in the fun.
Cultivators from all the major forces in the Eastern Region were housed in Divine Platform City.
The Sword Discussion Conference invited all the sword cultivators in the world, including the martial arts market money makers, the black market, the demonic cults, and the imperial court …… There were already a lot of contradictions and hatred between the major forces, and even though the Two Element Sect had already dispatched saints to sit in the five major cities, there were still fights that could happen at any time.
“Sister Dust and the talented juniors from the Eastern Region Saint King’s House are the ones residing at the Lan Yu Stage House.”
Suddenly, Mu Lingshi stopped her steps and said, “I …… won’t accompany you there ……”
“Swish!”
Mu Lingshi’s figure flickered, transforming into a slender silhouette as she rushed into an alleyway and disappeared.
“Lan Yu Stage House.”
Zhang Ruochen walked forward and came to the centre of the street, glancing towards the post house on the left and hesitating for a moment before ultimately not walking in.
“Senior brother, senior brother, tea? Elder brother, I just picked the Misty Hidden Tip back from the Thousand Miles Mountain, would you like a bowl?”
Next to the street, an Inner Sect disciple wearing a blue dao robe had set up a tea stall and was staring at Zhang Ruochen with a smiling face.
Zhang Ruochen walked over, found a table and sat down, saying, “Inner Sect disciples also come out to set up stalls?”
That Inner Sect disciple’s skin was quite tanned, he looked to be twenty-seven or eight years old, and his cultivation had already reached the middle stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm.
He brought up a bowl of tea soup and placed it in front of Zhang Ruochen, smiling, “Senior brother, you are a Sacred Transmission Disciple, to you, the Sword Discussion Conference is naturally an event where the wind and clouds gather. However, for us ordinary inner disciples, we are simply unable to participate in the Sword Discussion Conference, so of course, we can only take advantage of this opportunity to earn a sum of Spirit Crystals.”
On Zhang Ruochen’s body, he was wearing a green-coloured dao robe, and it was obvious that he was a Sacred Transmission Disciple of the Two Element Sect.
Truly so, that inner disciple was quite respectful to Zhang Ruochen, not daring to be the slightest bit slow.
“It is said that the Misty Hidden Tip can enhance a cultivator’s spiritual power, it is a rare and good tea. How many spirit crystals?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“I don’t dare to charge senior brother.”That inner disciple laughed.
Zhang Ruochen smiled, but still took out a top grade spirit crystal and handed it to him.
Next, Zhang Ruochen drank tea while looking towards the Lan Yu Post across the street.
The Lan Yu Stage Station was magnificently constructed and quite expansive, with cultivators coming in and out at all times, and among them, there were quite a number of them who were heirs of Saint Sect Clans.
“Rumble!”
The stone slabs on the street shook slightly.
A moment later, a blazing flame rushed over from the end of the street, and a heat wave emanated out in all directions.
“Ga!”
In the flames, there was a more than ten-metre-long Blood Golden Crow, which was pulling a palace-sized ornate carriage that was parked outside the Lan Yu Stage Station.
The Blood Golden Crow was a sixth-rank inferior savage bird, capable of erupting into a first-rank Half-Saint level of battle power. When it landed outside the Lan Yu Stage Station, the aura it emitted caused all the surrounding cultivators, all of them, to be incomparably terrified.
Zhang Ruochen was also a little moved, glancing towards the frame and saying, “To actually use a Blood Golden Crow as a mount, I wonder what kind of person is in the frame?”
In the teepee, that inner disciple’s entire body was trembling, not daring to utter a single breath as he said in a low voice, “Senior brother, you don’t know, the person inside the carriage is quite a remarkable big shot.”
“Also here to participate in the Sword Discussion Conference?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“That’s right.”
That inner disciple nodded vigorously and added, “Moreover, he can definitely become the number one person in the Sword Discussion Conference, no one can compare to him.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “Not necessarily! The Kunlun Realm hides crouching dragons and crouching tigers, and there are many geniuses and men, so who dares to say that he will definitely be the number one in the world?”
“Others may not dare to claim first place, but he definitely can. Because, he is the young lord of Ten Thousand Fragrant City, the descendant of the Sword Emperor, Xue Wuyi.”That inner disciple said.
“So it’s him.”Zhang Ruochen recited.
Of the four sacred places of the Sword Dao in the Kunlun Realm, Ten Thousand Fragrant City was one of them.
Eight hundred years ago, the Lord of Ten Thousand Fragrant City, Xue Hongduan, was the best in the world in terms of swordsmanship and was known as the ‘Sword Emperor’.
Eight hundred years later, the young lord of Wan Xiang City, Xue Wuyi appeared out of nowhere, the sword dao talent directly catching up with the former Sword Emperor, known as the first sword dao wizards in the Kunlun realm in the past five hundred years.
It was really unexpected that before even arriving at the Sword Discussion Conference, he would first meet up with this person.
At that moment, Zhang Ruochen had some expectations for this Xue Wuyi, and wondered who would be stronger when he was compared to the young Sword Emperor.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze condensed as he looked towards the gate of the Lan Yu Stage.
Huang Yichen walked out from the Lan Yu Stage Station, wearing a goose-yellow robe, revealing a snow-white and slender neck, her long, precious blue hair hanging straight down from the top of her head, like an iceberg, her entire body emitting a faintly chilly aura.
Seeing Huang Yichen, Zhang Ruochen’s eyes revealed a bright light, and it had to be said that after only a few months of not seeing her, she had indeed slimmed down a lot.
“Smoke Dust ……” Zhang Ruochen’s heart was rather bitter.
If it wasn’t for a royal decree from Empress Chi Yao, perhaps, he and Huang Yichen would already be married. And how could there have been so many twists and turns?
On the frame of the Blood Golden Crow, a young girl in white with a clear appearance walked down.
Her hair was pulled back in a bun on her head, she was carrying a thin sword, and she looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, which made her look very beautiful.
The white-clothed girl walked up to Huang Yichen, bowed, and said, “Miss Yichen, my family’s young city master invites you to tour God’s Terrace City together.”
Huang Yichen glanced towards the white-clothed girl and said, “Not interested.”
With that, she carried her hands behind her back and marched towards the streets, still as cold as ice, and it seemed that she couldn’t see the slightest bit of human kindness in her body.
“Swish!”
The white-clothed girl’s cultivation was very good, her footsteps gently shifted horizontally for a step, and she transformed into a series of white silhouettes, once again appearing in front of Huang Yichen, saying, “My home’s young city master is inviting me in good faith, if the girl continues to refuse, I’m afraid that the young city master will be very sad.”
A cold light appeared in Huang Yichen’s two ghostly blue pupils as he said, “You go and tell Xue Wuyi, if he dares to continue to mess with me, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
In the teepee.
That inner disciple said, “Senior brother, do you think it’s strange, what a flamboyant man the Young City Lord of Ten Thousand Fragrant City is, with his natural talent, with his family lineage, with his looks, I’m afraid it would be difficult for even the most high-spirited and arrogant woman in the world to resist his charms.”
“Yet, he has fallen for the same woman three times in a row, I really don’t know how that Smokey Girl could be so unkind?”
“Besides, Snowless Night is surrounded by beautiful women, but why did he have to mess with her? Strange, precisely strange.”
Not far away, on the face of the white-clothed girl, a cold colour appeared as she said, “There has never been a woman who would reject the Young City Lord three times in a row, Huang Yichen, you are giving face to face.”
“Swish!”
The white-clothed girl’s two fingers pinched into a sword trick, and the sword on her back, whirled out of its sheath and flew out, dragging out a long sword light, and then stabbed towards Huang Yichen.
It had to be said that Xue Wuyi was indeed formidable, even if it was just a maid by her side, she was still a first-rate sword dao expert, having already cultivated to the realm of Sword Mind.
“I really didn’t expect that the people of Ten Thousand Fragrant City are also so brutal and unreasonable.”
Huang Yichen’s face remained unchanged, but a cold light shone in her eyes as she pinched out a sword technique even as she merged her two fingers together, conjuring out a holy sword.
At the same time, in the centre of her brow, a dense holy qi surged out, flowing around her petite body, forming a holy qi domain.
“Stop.”
In the frame, a magnetic young man’s voice rang out, “Ningshen, who allowed you to be rude to Miss Smokey? Why don’t you immediately make amends to Miss Smoke Dust.”
“Young City Lord ……”
The white-clothed girl stared at Huang Yichen with cold eyes and had no intention of going forward to apologise.
“If you are so disobedient, you don’t have to follow me in the future.”In the frame, a faint voice rang out.
A look of uncertainty appeared on the white-clothed girl’s face, knowing that the young city lord was already angry, so she hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Huang Yichen, “I’m sorry, Ningxin shouldn’t have offended Miss Yichen just now, please forgive me, Miss.”
“Hmph!”
Huang Yichen snorted coldly and put her sword away, then she turned around and left, disappearing into the crowd on the street.
On the carriage, a handsome young man, sitting on top of a white fox fur carpet, lifted a glazed wine glass and savoured the wine.
On his left and right sides, each stood four beautiful women of heavenly colours, each carrying a sword, all of them at the cultivation level of the Fish Dragon Realm. Among them, two of them had even reached the cultivation level of the ninth change of the Fish Dragon.
The white-clothed girl called Congealed Heart was merely standing at the end of the left side.
On the left side, the closest sword servant to Xue Wuyi, holding a jade xiao, said with bright eyes and white teeth, “Young City Lord, why would you make a fool of yourself by messing with the disciple of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint?”
Xue Wuyi smiled faintly and said, “She’s not just the disciple of Elder Xuan Gui, she has other identities as well. Anyway, I have my own deep intentions …… You guys won’t be jealous, right?”
“You guys should be clear that this male doesn’t like jealous women, if, whoever can’t accept that this male is too nice to other women, please leave now so as not to be sad in the future.”
Xue Wuyi looked over towards the eight Sword Servants, but he saw that they were still standing in place, not leaving.
At that moment, he let out a sigh, clearly a little disappointed.
Afterwards, the Blood Golden Crow pulled the carriage and left the Lan Yu Post.
“Senior brother, the tea is good.”
Zhang Ruochen stood up and walked out of the teepee, chasing after Huang Yichen in the direction he left.
