Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 142 - 137 One Word Worth Nine Sacred Tripods (3/3)

Chapter 142: Chapter 137 One Word Worth Nine Sacred Tripods (3/3)

This old fellow’s indulgence in his son has reached an unreasonable extent, he asks not for the intricacy of matters nor distinguishes right from wrong, all he does is protect his own calf.

Zhou Heng burst into laughter and said, "Old man, if you have so much spare time, you should go and properly discipline your own son! I, on the other hand, don’t need your concern!"

As soon as these words were uttered, everyone present revealed a look of astonishment!

Who is Liu Qingxuan? He is an exceptional expert of the Heaven-Opening Realm, one of the very few standing at the pinnacle of the Cold Blue Country, with only a handful able to sit at his level, not to mention those in the Initial Separation Realm, even Land Cleaving Realm experts would have to act anxiously and carefully in his presence!

Is he courting death?

"Indeed a sharp-tongued brat lacking in manners!" Liu Qingxuan snorted coldly and with a raise of his hand, a palm strike flew towards Zhou Heng. He remained still, but a gust of wind from his palm stirred fiercely, rapidly slapping towards Zhou Heng.

He had not used his full strength with this palm strike, but it was enough to severely injure Zhou Heng!

Of course, this was because of An Luochen, but it wasn’t that he was afraid of An Luochen; it was merely some reservations, after all, if a Heaven-Opening Realm expert wished to secretly slay his son, he truly wouldn’t be able to protect him, definitely unable to be by Liu Yue’s side at all times.

However, severely injuring Zhou Heng was a matter of little concern, He had ascended to the First Layer Heaven of the Heaven-Opening Realm over three hundred years ago, and had already reached the peak of the First Layer Heaven, more than capable of defeating An Luochen. As long as he didn’t kill Zhou Heng, would An Luochen really dare to trouble him?

Executing Swift Cloud Radiant Step to its limit in an instant, Zhou Heng’s figure shifted, dodging the palm strike.

"Old man, I’m warning you just once!" Zhou Heng’s face was as cold as ice, "If you dare attack me again, I will break one of your son’s limbs, and after all four are broken, I’ll ensure he can no longer be a man, then I’ll snap his neck. Just try it!"

To actually dare threaten an expert of the Heaven-Opening Realm!

The few people in the courtyard felt as if they were about to faint; was this young man too audacious, not even putting the Heaven-Opening Realm in his eyes!

"Impudent youth!" Liu Qingxuan scolded angrily, yet he truly did not dare to strike recklessly. His palm strike just now may not have been his full strength, but it was still an attack from the Heaven-Opening Realm, even a Land Cleaving Realm would not be able to easily dodge it!

This youngster, he’s defying the natural order!

With such speed, it was truly troubling. Liu Qingxuan naturally did not believe he couldn’t protect his son, but the key was that it was impossible for him to be by his son’s side all the time! Since that’s the case, then he would simply have to impair the youngster!

A flash of murderous intent in Liu Qingxuan’s eyes, how could a Heaven-Opening Realm expert be threatened by an ant, it was utterly humiliating!

"Youngster, do you truly think you can contend with the Heaven-Opening Realm?" he said coldly, and with another palm strike, nature’s spiritual energy suddenly surged violently, enveloping Zhou Heng within it. He intended to use nature itself as a prison to restrain Zhou Heng, leaving him with no place to hide or escape!

Zuo Hongchen, who was of the Land Cleaving Realm, had once used this move, and now with a Heaven-Opening Realm expert performing it, it was even more solid and unbreakable. Even if Zhou Heng had advanced a Great Realm since then, it was all in vain!

Such action would greatly deplete one’s spiritual power, but to deal with a junior at the Initial Separation Realm, even having just one thousandth of his power left was more than enough!

Liu Qingxuan acted without concern, displaying his spiritual power, drawing lines to imprison, and confining Zhou Heng within a confinement cage smaller than a cubic zhang.

"Youngster, how about now?" he cackled with a strange laugh.

Zhou Heng remained expressionless; he was not a man without anger. Since he was pushed to this point, even if he had to reveal the secrets of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, he was determined to keep his promise!

When a common man rages, blood shall spatter three feet high!

A true man acts with swift and heartfelt resolution! One lives in this world to follow their true nature!

Boom!

A loud crash sounded, and the confinement cage restraining Zhou Heng instantly shattered into countless rays of light, transforming back into spiritual energy, and merging one by one back into the nature around them.

"Old Monster Xiao, how dare you spoil my affairs!" Liu Qingxuan roared in rage, shouting towards the sky.

"Ah, the shamelessness of this fellow is even more than I can bare!" A somewhat sharp voice sounded, revealing a youngster looking only about ten years of age standing in front of Zhou Heng—the Heavenly Star Sect’s Heaven-Opening Realm expert, Xiao Yuheng.

"Old Monster Xiao, I don’t have the time to tangle with you today!" Liu Qingxuan suppressed his anger, reluctantly ceding ground.

"But I am quite eager to have a fight with you, you old ghost. You spend everyday in seclusion and not even advancing to the Second Layer Heaven; you might as well learn how to conduct yourself as a human being!" Xiao Yuheng said mercilessly.

"You—" Liu Qingxuan’s beard quivered with anger. Although they were both old ancestors of the Heavenly Star Sect, they had never gotten along. Liu Qingxuan had joined the Heavenly Star Sect a good decade and a half earlier than Xiao Yuheng. Since Xiao Yuheng had cultivated a Unique Skill from a young age, his stature remained childlike, and he had been bullied by Liu Qingxuan endlessly, which was how their enmity began.

As both ascended to the Heaven-Opening Realm, they had fewer chances to fight, but that did not mean the enmity had been settled. Instead, their hatred deepened with time.

"If it’s a fight you want, then let’s have it, stop your nagging—it’s not very manly!" Xiao Yuheng let out a long howl and truly launched an attack against Liu Qingxuan.

Bang!

Liu Qingxuan was cornered into retaliating; their vigorous Qi clashed explosively for a moment and forced the onlookers to retreat step by step.

"Stop!" After only a few moves, another authoritative voice rang out, and Nangong Changkong appeared, intervening in the battle and separating the two.

With a third Heaven-Opening Realm expert present, the fight was definitely not going to happen.

"We’ve been friends for hundreds of years; why harm the good relations over such a trivial matter!" Nangong Changkong said in a solemn voice. Although the four old ancestors of the Heavenly Star Sect were all in the First Layer Heaven of the Heaven-Opening Realm, Nangong Changkong was the strongest in battle power, and it was precisely for this reason that the Nangong Clan had the emperor of the Cold Blue Country.

With the same realm, the battle power could differ by a hundredfold. The size of the Dantian Space, the quality of the Martial Arts Techniques, and the grasp of momentum were all keys to victory.

"Let’s get back to the matter of this young man!" Nangong Changkong pointed at Zhou Heng, "According to my nephew Liu Yue, this person has colluded with the Fang Family of Thousand Yuan City and intends to betray the country. If this is confirmed, severe punishment is in order!"

"It’s true!" Liu Yue quickly called out, "I saw it with my own eyes. He was calling the Fang Family’s young master ’brother’, otherwise, how could the Fang Family have let me leave so easily? At that time, the Fang Family had over four hundred Initial Separation Realm experts!"

To solidify the accusation of treason against Zhou Heng, Liu Yue did not hesitate to exaggerate the strength of the Fang Family by tenfold. Had he not known that Thousand Spirit City had no Land Cleaving Realm, he would surely have inflated the Fang Family’s power even more.

"Zhou Heng, how much did the Fang Family give you for you to dare betray your country?" Nangong Changkong asked sternly.

In reality, even if Zhou Heng had truly betrayed his country, there was no need for a Heaven-Opening Realm expert to take action. However, Zhou Heng had An Luochen behind him. Would any Land Cleaving Realm Martial Artist dare to openly attack Zhou Heng without fearing An Luochen’s revenge afterwards?

Therefore, Nangong Changkong had no choice but to take action himself.

If such a young and monstrous talent could not be used by the Nangong Family, then he had to be eradicated quickly. Zhou Heng’s growth rate was incredibly fast. If he could maintain it, he might become a threat to the Heaven-Opening Realm within ten years!

He had originally wanted to use Zhou Heng as a whetstone for Jing Tian, but the more he thought about it, the more inappropriate it seemed. Zhou Heng’s monstrous talent could no longer be measured by an Earth Spirit Body or a Heavenly Spirit Body!

He must be eradicated at once!

By fabricating a charge of treason, even An Luochen would have no choice but to swallow it. If he resisted, Nangong Changkong could ask for assistance from the Bright Moon Country and summon an expert to take An Luochen down!

——Treason is a grave crime, punished by all under heaven!

Zhou Heng smiled indifferently and said, "So I travel thousands of miles to rescue a fool, only to be repaid not with a reward, but with the name of a traitor? Nangong Changkong, can you sink any lower? By the way, it was Nangong Hong who sent me to Thousand Spirit City. So if anyone is guilty of treason, it was under Nangong Hong’s orders!"

"Nonsense!" Nangong Changkong’s expression darkened, "Even with the evidence before you, you still spout such nonsense. Truly incorrigible! Lie down for me!" He violently made a move and struck out at Zhou Heng with a palm.

The attack was the same, but Nangong Changkong’s palm was even faster!

Boom!

A muffled sound echoed, and the powerful surge of energy caused the surrounding walls, unable to withstand such impact, to shatter into debris. Amidst the flying dust, another figure appeared in front of Zhou Heng, having blocked Nangong Changkong’s strike.

Only a Heaven-Opening Realm expert could contend with another of the same realm.

——Tian Junzi!

"Nangong, this young man is my disciple. If you dare to harm a single hair on his head, I shall eradicate your entire family!" Tian Junzi spoke in a calm tone, yet the bloodthirstiness in his words could be sensed from miles away.

A word from a Heaven-Opening Realm expert carries great weight, and is not spoken in jest. An oath represents one’s true intent; without adherence to one’s true intent, where lies the will of the Tao?

Nangong Changkong glared at Tian Junzi with clenched fists.

Among the four great Heaven-Opening Realm experts of the Heavenly Star Sect, Nangong Changkong was the strongest, and Tian Junzi was next, albeit by a slight margin. However, Tian Junzi had no offspring, which made his lineage seem rather lonely.

If they were to truly fight, it would take him at least ten days and nights to defeat Tian Junzi. But the latter had no descendants to worry about. Like a Loose Cultivator, he could fight or flee without any concerns.

Moreover, win or lose, it would be a loss for the Heavenly Star Sect’s strength!

Nangong Changkong had not lost his mind to such an extent. The Heavenly Star Sect was the foundation of the Nangong Family, and only with a strong and enduring Sect could they ensure the Nangong Family’s millennium-long legacy. Therefore, he decided to swallow his anger.

"Ha ha, two against two now, Liu Qingxuan, let’s have another go!" Xiao Yuheng was eager to stir up the battle again, launching an attack on Liu Qingxuan.

"You madman!" Liu Qingxuan roared in anger but had no choice but to fight.

Zhou Heng, however, smiled grimly. Activating the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, even Heaven-Opening Realm experts could not stop him. In an instant, he appeared behind Liu Yue, reaching out with a large hand to grab directly at his head and neck.

In the face of the Realm of Momentum, Liu Yue had no chance of resisting and was hoisted up like a dead dog by Zhou Heng.

"Old fool, I said that if you made a move against me, I would take a limb from your son! I keep my word!" Zhou Heng grabbed Liu Yue’s right arm and with a fierce twist and yank, Liu Yue immediately let out a scream as his entire arm was torn off.

This!

Not just Shi Yuluo and the others were stunned, but even the four great Heaven-Opening Realm experts like Nangong Changkong were taken aback. This young man really dared! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)