The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 243 - 242: Heaven Worship Ceremony (5th Update)

Chapter 243: Chapter 242: Heaven Worship Ceremony (5th Update)

Leaving from the Spirit Sword Sect’s separate courtyard, stepping out from Qianlong Villa, the group was incidentally joined by the teams from the Canghai Yuntai Palace, Raging Fire Hall, and Edgeless Sect.

"Aren’t these our friends from the Spirit Sword Sect?" One of the warriors from the Canghai Yuntai Palace troop looked at Lin Bai, Zhang Lingdao, and others with a smirk.

"What? Is your Spirit Sword Sect out of members? Why do you only have three disciples?"

"Yeah, why only three."

"If your Spirit Sword Sect can’t continue, why not merge with our Canghai Yuntai Palace and become the Spirit Swords Hall under our sect, what do you think?"

"Brother Huang Yi, it’s a good idea."

"Warriors of the Spirit Sword Sect, consider it."

"Hahaha, if the Spirit Sword Sect really became the Spirit Swords Hall, that would be ridiculous."

"Haha."

A group of warriors from the Canghai Yuntai Palace moved along, laughing.

Zhang Lingdao bellowed with a face full of humiliation: "Humph, shut your dirty mouths! If you don’t speak, nobody thinks you’re mute!"

"Oh, oh, oh, this loser is angry."

"Hehe, the 100,000 spirit stones seem to be within our grasp."

"Brothers of the Canghai Yuntai Palace, these 100,000 spirit stones are probably going to be ours from the Raging Fire Hall."

The warriors of the Raging Fire Hall on the other side also mocked the Spirit Sword Sect without showing weakness.

Lin Bai asked curiously, "What 100,000 spirit stones?"

Huang Yi, a warrior from the Canghai Yuntai Palace, laughed and said, "You probably didn’t know. We at the Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Raging Fire Hall have agreed that whoever kills one of you will be rewarded with 100,000 spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai’s face immediately showed a hint of a smile: "Is that so, I am quite curious, on what basis do you think you are capable enough to kill us?"

Huang Yi sneered, "Because we are warriors from the Canghai Yuntai Palace, symbolizing power and strength!"

Lin Bai chuckled, "Are warriors from the Canghai Yuntai Palace very impressive? I remember a warrior named Lin Zi’er in your sect."

"You know our Saintess?" Huang Yi asked with confusion.

"Just a defeated opponent." Lin Bai scoffed dismissively.

Hearing this, the leading elders suddenly turned their heads to look at Lin Bai.

Especially the leading elder from the Canghai Sky Palace, when looking at Lin Bai, his eyes revealed a deep murderous intention.

Huang Yi laughed wildly, "Hahaha, ridiculous, you actually said that the Saintess is your defeated opponent, I tell you, just one of the Saintess’s toes could easily crush you to death."

"How could you possibly be the Saintess’s opponent!"

Huang Yi, disbelieving, spoke dismissively as he looked at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai chuckled, "If you don’t believe me, you can ask Elder Murong Qi."

"What do you think, Elder Murong Qi?"

"It’s been more than half a year since we parted in Lingxi City, hasn’t it, Elder Murong Qi?"

Lin Bai sneered at the leading elder from the Canghai Yuntai Palace.

This elder was none other than Murong Qi, who had taken Lin Zi’er away from Lingxi City.

Huang Yi looked at Murong Qi and asked, "Elder Murong, is what Lin Bai said true?"

Murong Qi laughed, "It’s just exploiting an enemy’s weakness and can’t be counted as a true victory or defeat. Lin Bai, I remember you saying you would challenge the Saintess at the Four Major Sects Martial Arts Competition a year later. I hope you won’t lose too miserably."

"Oh, wait, you should be considering how to get out of the Imperial Hunting Garden alive."

Murong Qi spoke coldly.

At this moment, Yi Han and Wan Xia were both looking at Lin Bai with cold faces.

"Heh heh."

Lin Bai smirked noncommittally.

Hearing that Lin Bai had defeated Lin Zi’er, warriors from the Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Raging Fire Hall were all so frightened that they dared not to continue provoking the Spirit Sword Sect.

The warriors of Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Fire Palace quieted down one after another.

But at this moment, Lin Bai felt a cold, murderous gaze from among the crowd.

Lin Bai looked to his left and spotted a young man from the Edgeless Sect, grinning frightfully with his eyes full of murderous intent, who was laughing at him at that moment.

His grin and gaze were akin to a death’s stare, making one shudder.

"Nice to meet you, Lin Bai, my name is Luo Qixing, Luo Qianqiu’s older brother."

When Lin Bai saw this warrior from the Edgeless Sect, he grinned and introduced himself.

"I believe you are no stranger to the name Luo Qianqiu." Luo Qixing said, smiling.

Lin Bai snickered, "I do know such a person, how is he doing?"

Luo Qianqiu was the Edgeless Sect assassin who ambushed Lin Bai when he left the Relics of the Wind God Sect.

After Lin Bai defeated Luo Qianqiu, he spared his life in exchange for the information from Ye Suxin, but Lin Bai also destroyed his Dantian.

Luo Qixing laughed, "He’s doing okay, apart from his daily moaning about suicide, everything else is fine."

"He knew I was coming to the Imperial Hunting Garden, and he specially asked me if I met you, to use the most brutal and inhumane methods to torture you to death."

Luo Qixing licked his lips excitedly, saying eagerly, "I think this is a fun task so I agreed."

"Freak." Lin Bai rolled his eyes at Luo Qixing and sneered, "If you think you can do it, try it."

Zhang Lingdao also noticed Luo Qixing’s creepy, wicked gaze and got goosebumps all over his body.

Lu Yuan marched with a gloomy face through the team, throwing a glance at the warriors from Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Fire Palace, his face was quite ugly.

The disciples of the Four Major Sects walked through the Imperial Capital for half an hour.

Finally, they arrived at the Heavenly Altar.

The Heavenly Altar was in a vast square.

In the Heavenly Altar, there was a high platform built with a total of ninety-nine steps, all made of precious jade.

Above the ninety-nine steps, a large and atmospheric three-legged cauldron was placed, engraved with the sun, moon, stars, rivers, and other inscriptions. This was the Shanhe Ding.

Behind the Heavenly Altar, a solemn palace was built, containing the spirit tablets of the emperors of the Shenwu Kingdom from all dynasties.

"Please stop here."

The eunuch who brought the Four Major Sects to the scene left after settling the disciples of the Four Major Sects on the east side of the Heavenly Altar.

Lin Bai looked around and found that quite a few warriors had come to attend the ceremony.

On the west side of the Heavenly Altar, a group of generals in armor were watching the Shanhe Ding with solemn expressions.

On the north side, there was a group of middle-aged men and young masters who looked wealthy.

On the south side, there was a group of young masters from official families, some of whom were princes.

When Lin Bai’s gaze fell on the south side, among the young masters from official families, a man in the golden mask slightly sidestepped and met Lin Bai’s gaze.

Lin Bai was surprised, thinking, "Why does this person’s gaze feel so familiar?"

Under the golden mask, Xu Jiangsheng gave a cold grin, muttering in a voice only he could hear, "Long time no see, Lin Bai!"

In the group of generals on the west side, young prince Qi Rui sniggered as he glimpsed at Lin Bai, mocking, "I thought it was some impressive prodigy, turns out it’s just a Yellow Level First Grade waste!"

In just three short days, Qi Rui had thoroughly investigated all of Lin Bai’s background, disregarding Lin Bai’s impressive accomplishments in the Spirit Sword Sect, and instead focused on mocking Lin Bai’s Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit.

An hour later.

An old eunuch with white hair and beard briskly walked to the center of the Heavenly Altar and announced, "The time has come, may Your Majesty lead the civil and military officials in the Heaven Worship Ceremony."

The ritual music began to play, filling the entire Heavenly Altar with a solemn atmosphere.

The Emperor of Shenwu Kingdom, Bai Huatian, walked into the Heavenly Altar with a serious face, wearing a dragon robe and wearing a dragon crown.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

When Bai Huatian appeared, all the warriors present bowed in respect.