Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 250 - 238: Reunion with Nangong Yuerong (2/3)

Chapter 250: Chapter 238: Reunion with Nangong Yuerong (2/3)

According to Feng Lianqing, she grew up as a wild child in the mountains, but she became enlightened with humanity and wisdom after encountering some same-age children playing in the mountains when she was younger. Later on, she even sneaked into the town at the foot of the mountain to learn how to read and write.

When she was fourteen, she found a cave dwelling in the mountains, ate some unknown pill, practiced some cultivation technique, and then mysteriously embarked on the path of cultivation.

However, the reason she was able to survive in the mountains was that she was born with the ability to communicate with wild beasts, having a natural affinity with them.

After she started cultivating, the scope of her communication abilities expanded to include demon beasts. As long as the creature’s realm didn’t surpass her own by one Great Realm, she could communicate with them and gain their absolute trust.

Of course, this ability had its limits, which was that she could only control up to ten demon beasts—the number would increase as her realm improved. In the beginning, she could only control one demon beast.

What a miraculous ability!

Bloodline Power, perhaps?

Feng Lianqing was completely unguarded with others, answering whatever was asked of her, her candidness evoking sympathy. Such an innocent girl, if she were to encounter bad people, what kind of tragic experiences would she have?

Zhou Heng wasn’t worried about this at all. This wild girl was obviously not foolish—her eyes were sharp and cunning!

Sure enough, as she continued her story, after getting bored of the mountain forests, she brought "Little Grey," the Mountains and Rivers Realm brown bear, to see the world. Due to her financial embarrassment and ignorance of the concept of "robbery," she often went without regular meals.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t encountered bad people—who, seeing her beauty, wanted to take advantage of her. But although she was naive, she had an inexplicable sharpness in discerning people’s hearts. It was an innate intuition, knowing who meant well and who harbored ill intentions towards her!

Thus, those with evil intentions were thoroughly beaten by her, and sometimes Little Grey exerted a bit too much force and killed someone. But then, there was nothing that could be done about it.

For a girl who had grown up in the wild, the law of the jungle was only natural. She didn’t want to harm others intentionally, but if she did kill someone, she wouldn’t dwell on it too much.

All in all, this wild girl was still an uncut gem, naturally mischievous, who knows how troublesome she would become once influenced by the world!

Zhou Heng initially had no intention of taking along these two burdens, a big and a small one. But Feng Lianqing, having finally found a meal ticket, refused to leave obediently. She kept using her pitiful act to attract Xiao Huoshui’s attention, while Little Grey shamelessly pretended to be a cute little bear, constantly rolling on the ground to charm everyone!

Shameless!

After all, one of you is an Open Heaven Realm expert, and the other is a Mountains and Rivers Realm demon beast, can’t you show some dignity!?

Xiao Huoshui, on the other hand, was making advances towards Zhou Heng, even offering to serve him in bed with new positions to bargain. In the end, he gave in with reluctant acceptance, and the woman and bear joined their group.

Feng Lianqing could sense Zhou Heng’s displeasure and often made faces at him to disgust him. If it weren’t for the fact that Zhou Heng was the one paying, she might have commanded Little Grey to slap him away with one swift paw.

They found an inn to stay in, where Little Grey maintained the guise of a little cute bear, not only appearing smaller in size but also suppressing its aura. Unless it took action, experts below the Spirit Sea Realm wouldn’t be able to detect it.

Zhou Heng was eager to try out new positions with Xiao Huoshui, but to his surprise, the seductive woman was monopolized by Feng Lianqing. Seeing him enter the room, she threw pillows wildly, driving him out.

"Master, come to this servant’s room!" The barely noticeable Orchid Concubine quickly acted invitingly, sticking out her plump buttocks, beckoning him to dive in.

Zhou Heng immediately gave her a glare, and she retracted in fright.

The next day, they set off for the Wind Howl Sect.

Arriving at Phoenix Cry Mountain, it was said that in the Ancient Times, a phoenix built its nest here, and the cries of the phoenix could be heard throughout the world, hence the name Phoenix Cry Mountain.

The mountain range stretched on, running ten thousand miles from north to south, and spanning more than three thousand miles from east to west, covering a vast area, so large that mortals could not walk around it in their lifetime.

Green mountains and clear waters displayed the magnificent beauty of nature.

Located on the doorstep of Qianhe City, the Wind Howl Sect naturally wouldn’t build its gate too far away. It sat near the edge of the city, only a little over three hundred miles away. From afar, one could see flags high in the air on all four sides, each flag bearing the words "Wind Howl," fluttering in the mountain breeze.

Zhou Heng and his group, accompanied by the bear, arrived at the foot of the mountain. Just as they were about to ask the gatekeeper for information, before they could speak, they heard, "You guys are quite late, but good, it hasn’t started yet, hurry up!"

The person pointed in a direction.

All four of them were quite puzzled, yet that person was extremely enthusiastic, directing them with ceaseless explanations. Such enthusiasm was rare among martial artists, and this fellow seemed to be a natural chatterbox, eventually driving Zhou Heng’s group to escape from his relentless babble.

Following that person’s guidance, they quickly arrived at a spacious platform where at least ten thousand people were gathered. Despite the large number of attendees, there was no chaos—everyone behaved with considerable self-discipline.

The arrival of Zhou Heng’s group didn’t attract much attention, but the beauty of the three women couldn’t be ignored, drawing looks from those nearby. Some self-assured youths and adults continuously tried to strike up conversations.

Zhou Heng let out a hint of his aura, and these people immediately backed off, none of them surpassing the Gathering Spirit or Initial Separation Realms.

It turned out that the Wind Howl Sect was holding its annual martial arts tournament; every Martial Artist could participate, including those who were not from the Wind Howl Sect. If one could achieve a ranking, not only would there be considerable rewards, but they could also gain the favor of an Expert and become an apprentice under them.

Of course, the rewards were only substantial relative to the ordinary warriors of the Spirit Gathering, Initial Separation, and Land Cleaving Realms. For the disciples of the Wind Howl Sect, using this opportunity to test their strength and gain the attention of the sect’s high-ranking members was far more urgent.

Soon enough, the tournament began.

The competition was straightforward and direct. Ten temporary stages had been set up in the arena, each with a stage champion who continuously welcomed challenges from the crowd. Victory meant they could stay on, while defeat forced them to yield their place.

Each person was limited to one challenge, continuing until no more challengers were left. The top ten would then be decided, and from there, they would pair off and fight to establish the final rankings.

Nangong Yuerong would surely join the battle as well!

Zhou Heng had come here to take this woman away. Since he could see her here, he naturally didn’t bother searching the mountains aimlessly. After all, the Wind Howl Sect was presided over by Spirit Sea Realm Experts, and it was best to keep a low profile.

The sounds of intense battle rose with each contestant’s shout and strike; fierce fights had already broken out on all ten stages.

Those who entered the fray earlier had to fight more rounds and were easy targets for strategizing opponents. Hence, the current contestants were mostly Minor Warriors of the Spirit Gathering Realm, with the occasional Initial Separation Realm contestant leaving their stage unchallenged.

Zhou Heng found it boring to watch. Let alone Spirit Gathering and Initial Separation battles, even those of the Land Cleaving and Open Heaven Realms did not catch his eye, for his Battle Power was simply too strong by comparison.

As time passed, the battles finally started to get interesting. After all, the tournament had to finish that day. By afternoon, more and more warriors from the Initial Separation Realm had started to battle on stage.

"Hmm?" Zhou Heng’s gaze sharpened as he finally spotted a familiar figure.

Nangong Yuerong had appeared.

The Princess was dressed in lavish palace attire, her long hair reaching her waist. She exhibited fewer adornments than before, but her maturity and allure had blossomed—traits forged through trials and tribulations, revealing the essence of womanhood.

Although she was just an ordinary disciple in the Wind Howl Sect, her royal heritage naturally endowed her with a reserved authority and noble air. This was a fatal temptation for men—the sense of achievement in conquering a noble woman was unparalleled.

"Uncle Master Nangong has arrived!"

"Why would Uncle Master Nangong participate in such a duel?"

"Right, Uncle Master Nangong breached the Land Cleaving Realm several months ago, why would she join this throng?"

"Hey, you don’t know? Uncle Master Miao will be coming today!"

"I’ve heard that Uncle Master Miao and Uncle Master Nangong have always been at odds?"

"Of course, they are both top-tier beauties with similar talents, both Five Stars Earth Spirit Bodies. Competition has been fierce between them since Uncle Master Nangong joined the sect! And moreover, it’s rumored that Uncle Master Miao greatly admires Ancestor Master Jing, who happens to fancy Uncle Master Nangong—complex relationships abound!"

The crowd buzzed with gossip, as men too couldn’t resist discussing such matters.

A thought crossed Zhou Heng’s mind. In the ranks of Martial Artists, seniority was determined by one’s Cultivation Realm. If Nangong Yuerong of the Land Cleaving Realm was an "Uncle Master," then "Ancestor Master Jing" must have reached the Open Heaven Realm!

The Jing surname was not common, and the only one connected to Nangong Yuerong in the Open Heaven Realm was Jing Tian!

It was no surprise that Nangong Yuerong had reached the Land Cleaving Realm. Before entering the Dayan Sect’s remains, she’d already been qualified to attack this Realm, but she had forcefully suppressed her breakthrough to explore the ruins.

However, Jing Tian’s progress was extraordinary, his Cultivation speed not much slower than Zhou Heng’s.

Nangong Yuerong leaped onto the stage, her graceful figure and flawless features eliciting admiration from countless men.

Here, the contestants were mainly from the Initial Separation and Spirit Gathering Realms. Once someone of the Land Cleaving Realm stepped up, who could compete? Nangong Yuerong dominated the stage uncontested.

"Grey, let’s go grab a stage. I heard that winning gives lots of money!" Feng Lianqing dragged Grey through the crowd. The little bear had grown a bit larger, about the size of an ordinary bear, big enough for Feng Lianqing to ride but not frighten others.

This Wild Girl’s abilities were indeed impressive!

Having a Demon Beast of a Great Realm above her own so completely obedient was enviable. Furthermore, if this girl could break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, wouldn’t she be able to enslave Divine Infant Realm Demon Beasts?

Even if the limit was only ten such beasts, that was enough to sweep across the entire continent!

When the girl and the bear took to a stage, it only took a moment to blast the current champion off. Although her full aura wasn’t revealed, everyone could guess that the scantily-clad girl, brimming with a primal charm, was undoubtedly an Expert among Experts!

As evening approached, all ten top contenders were identified, but seven were from the Initial Separation Realm and had no chance of vying for the top three ranks. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)