“Being able to see you here does surprise me quite a bit.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Shi Ren’s appearance gradually suppressed the opposing voices among the clansmen of the Ancient Clan of Prison Suppression.
They could all tell that the relationship between the Young Clan Chief and Zhang Ruochen seemed to be extraordinary, so even if they were no longer dissatisfied with Zhang Ruochen, they had to at least give the Young Clan Chief some face.
“Young Patriarch, this person Zhang Ruochen has to be guarded against, otherwise, I’m afraid that there will be endless troubles.”
Xiang Zhengfeng did not have any goodwill towards Zhang Ruochen, speaking these words, his entire body surged with sword intent, turning into a white stream of light and flying into the Underworld Sword Mound.
Shi Ren laughed, “Brother Zhang need not pay any attention to his words, since you are the heir to the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, you are also the most honourable guest of the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan. The Patriarch is already waiting for you at the Sword Tomb Palace, would you like to go over together?”
“Please.”
Zhang Ruochen extended a hand and guided it forwards.
Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren walked side by side and entered the gate between the two stone mountains. As for those Half-Saints from the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan, they followed closely behind the two of them and also rushed towards the Sword Tomb Palace.
The Sword Tomb Palace was made of huge stones piled up in the form of a pyramid-like tomb, reaching a height of 800 metres and covering an area of tens of miles.
Walking in the centre of the square outside the Sword Tomb Palace, the bodies of the crowd were even smaller than ants.
It was said that the Sword Tomb Palace was a rather powerful Saint Artifact, and once activated, it could erupt with a heaven-destroying Saint Might.
The Sword Tomb Palace, was arranged with an ancient Spirit Gathering Array, and when one walked through the gate, one could immediately feel a rich heaven and earth aura coming out, just like entering a heavenly paradise.
The patriarch of the ancient clan of the Zhen Prison, sitting high above, with sixty-four aura of holy qi shrouding the whole body, like an immovable divine mountain, giving people a lofty, sacred feeling, so that people can only look up.
“Greetings, Patriarch.”
Zhang Ruochen, along with Shi Ren, clasped their hands and bowed forward to salute.
Immediately after, those Half-Saints of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan also saluted, paying respect to the Clan Chief downwards.
“No need to be polite, everyone sit down!”
The voice of the Patriarch of the Prison Suppressor Ancient Clan carried a mellow force, and the invisible aura of majesty that emanated from it also caused all the cultivators present to feel an enormous pressure.
Zhang Ruochen was no exception, only feeling that, the other party’s cultivation was like a vast ocean, while he was a leaf on the surface. The other party could crush him into pieces with just a thought.
Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren simultaneously retreated to the right, sitting in the first and second seats on the right respectively.
It was not until this time that Zhang Ruochen began to secretly observe the Ancient Clan’s Patriarch of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan, only that, unfortunately, the other party’s cultivation level, was simply too high, and there were sixty-four auras of Sacred Qi shrouding his body.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen could only see the outline of a silhouette, and could judge that the Patriarch of the Prison Town Ancient Clan wasn’t really old, and was probably only in his forties or fifties.
Apart from the Patriarch of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan, in the Sword Tomb Palace, there were also several other Saint Shadows, sitting amidst a white cloud of Saint Qi, appearing to be extremely profound and inscrutable, making people feel in awe.
The owner of the Heaven Execution Sword, Xiang Zhengfeng, however, was sitting in the first seat on the left side, his spine straight, with a righteous aura.
The gaze of the Ancient Clan Leader of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan was fixed on Zhang Ruochen as he asked, “Zhang Ruochen, is your master, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, alright?”?Zhang Ruochen stood up and said, “Reporting back to the Clan Chief, after his master’s experience with this Death Tribulation, his cultivation has already risen to a higher level, only that, his old man had to go and do a very important errand, which is why he dispatched his disciple to the Underworld Sword Mound.”
Zhang Ruochen’s words naturally caused quite a shock.
Everyone knew that the cultivation level of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint had already reached the extreme realm of a Saint, and if he took a step further, wouldn’t he be able to seal the King of the Holy Dao?
A king amongst saints.
On the left side of the first seat, a strange colour flashed in Xiang Zhengfeng’s eyes.
The patriarch of the Ancient Prison Suppressor Clan was also silent for a moment, but he did not ask the Xuan Gui Sword Saint what he had gone to do, and instead asked, “Do you know why the Xuan Gui Sword Saint asked you to come to the Underworld King Sword Graveyard with the Monstrous Heavenly Sword?”
“I don’t know.”Zhang Ruochen shook his head.
The Ancient Clan’s Patriarch of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan said, “In fact, the Sword Saint of Xuan Gui has already passed on the Monstrous Heavenly Sword to you, and from the moment you stepped into the Stygian Sword Graveyard, it also means that, you’ll be the seventeenth generation of the Stygian Sword Graveyard’s Sword Bearer.”?”Once you become a sword bearer, it also means that you will be shouldering a heavy responsibility. Of course, the responsibility of a sword bearer is not to guard the Ancient Clan of the Suppressor Prison, but to guard the Sword Graveyard of the Underworld King.”
The Town and Hell Ancient Clan did not mean that it was the Underworld King’s Sword Mound.
In fact, the responsibility of the Town and Prison Ancient Clan, like the six sword bearers, was to guard the Underworld King’s Sword Mound.
The clan leader of the Town Prison Ancient Clan, added, “While you are carrying the responsibility, you will naturally be treated in a way that others are not, from now on, as long as you are still at the Underworld King’s Sword Mound for one day, anyone who makes an enemy of you is also making an enemy of the entire Town Prison Ancient Clan.”
“What about the court?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“Even the imperial court can’t control what happens within the Underworld King Sword Mound. Of course, if you step out of the Underworld King Sword Saint and the court wants to arrest you, the Ancient Clan of the Prison Suppressor will not be able to save you.”The clan leader of the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan said.
Zhang Ruochen nodded, finally understanding somewhat.
Master must have known the rules of the Underworld King’s Sword Mound, and that was why he had allowed him to come here. At least in the Underworld King’s Sword Mound, the forces of the imperial court could not do anything about Zhang Ruochen, and could buy some time for him to grow.
The patriarch of the Zhen Gu Clan, continued, ”Since you have already come to the Underworld King Sword Mound, you should also make a trip to the tombs of the successive generations of sword bearers of the Monstrous Sword Lineage, perhaps there will be unexpected gains. Shi Ren, you will be the one who will be receiving and arranging all the things that Zhang Ruochen will be doing at the Underworld Sword Saint.”
Shi Ren sat in his original position and gently nodded his head with a hmmm, which was considered an agreement.
Zhang Ruochen’s observation was very subtle, with his understanding of Shi Ren, Shi Ren was definitely not someone who was so rude.
But why, was he so cold towards the clan leader?
Coming to the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan, there was truly a bizarre aura everywhere.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had wanted to tell that secret in his heart, but at this moment, he held back for the time being, deciding that it wouldn’t be too late to observe a bit more and see the situation of the Zhenjiaogu Clan before saying it out.
Next, the crowd talked about the Immortal Blood Race.
Cultivators from the warring faction asked the patriarch to fight, to drive the Immortal Blood Clan out of the Yuanfu.
The cultivators of the conservative faction, however, persuaded bitterly, recounting various hidden dangers and concerns. The two sides were arguing so much that if it wasn’t for the Clan Chief sitting above, I’m afraid that they would have already started a huge fight.
Zhang Ruochen did not get involved and remained silent.
With his gaze, he stared towards Shi Ren, only to find that Shi Ren, the young patriarch, was resting with his eyes closed and had no intention of joining in the argument at all.
This argument, in the end, remained inconclusive.
Walking out of the Sword Tomb Palace, Shi Ren led Zhang Ruochen and travelled towards the gathering place of the clansmen of the Ancient Clan of the Prison Suppressor.
The Underworld Sword Tomb was like a huge paradise outside the world, with green mountains and water, beautiful scenery, pavilions and pavilions, and one step at a time.
After an unknown number of thousands of years of development, the clansmen of the three great clans had developed to a rather large number.
The population of each clan was over ten million.
It was only that this piece of heaven and earth was shrouded by a formation from the Middle Ages, and outsiders were unable to break in at all.
As a result, very few people knew that in the depths of this mountainous terrain, there were actually other caves.
Shi Ren looked at the distance, where a group of children, sitting under a tree, were learning about formations. He said meaningfully, “Brother Zhang, do you think the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan should take the initiative to go to war, or continue to shrink their forces and steadily defend the Underworld Sword Mound?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “I’m just new here, and I don’t know a lot of things very well yet, so it’s not very convenient for me to make a comment.”
“Brother Zhang is a supremely intelligent person, so why should he be self-effacing?”
Shi Ren gave a long sigh and added, “Honestly speaking, I am not in favour of taking the initiative to go to war.”
“Why?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Shi Ren said, “First of all, the Undying Blood Race must have been carefully deployed when they gathered at the Yuanfu, and no one knows exactly how many of them have come, nor do they know their specific plans. In such a situation, once the Prison Suppressing Ancient Race goes to war, even if they win, it will be a disastrous victory, and I don’t know how many of their clansmen will die in battle as a result.”
“Secondly, I believe that Brother Zhang should also be able to see that the internal affairs of the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan are not ironclad, and there are even signs of fragmentation already. Once the war starts, there are too many variables, and it is likely that it will really collapse from within, with unimaginable consequences.”
After a pause, Shi Ren’s eyes, became very grave as he said, “Even if the Ancient Clan of Prison Suppression perishes, in fact, it is nothing. However, in the event that the evil people and ferocious beasts, or even the Underworld King, that are imprisoned within the Sword Mound, escape, no one can imagine what a horrific catastrophe will be caused.”
Any cultivators and savage beasts that would be imprisoned in the Underworld King’s Sword Mound were all non-trivial existences, and any one of them escaping out would also create a scourge like a shocking wave.
“Do you really want to hear my insights?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Shi Ren said, “Of course.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “In fact, I’m even more in favour of taking the initiative to launch an attack on the Immortal Blood Race, and repel them first, so as to eliminate any future troubles.”?
“Why?”
Shi Ren frowned, a little surprised, clearly not expecting that Zhang Ruochen was such a radical person.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Because, if we continue to wait, it will only become more and more unfavourable to the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan.”
“Firstly, the Immortal Blood Race is good at disguises and can easily change into another person. Since they came here prepared, I’m sure that there is already an Immortal Blood Race lurking within the clansmen of the Zhen Gui Ancient Clan, and moreover, there is definitely more than one person.”?”Secondly, now that the Ancient Clan of the Zhen Prison is in the process of recalling the elites of the peripheral clans to the Underworld Sword Mound over and over again, wouldn’t the Undying Blood Clan let go of such a perfect opportunity? There will definitely be more Immortal Blood Clans that will infiltrate into the Underworld King’s Sword Mound. In this way, the conflicts within the Ancient Prison Town Clan will become even more intense, and sooner or later, a civil war will break out.”?
“Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it would be better to immediately go to war with the Undying Blood Clan, and even, take this opportunity to uncover the infiltrators.”
Shi Ren’s face, became quite grave.
It had to be said that some of the things Zhang Ruochen mentioned were exactly what he hadn’t considered before.
