Chapter 2106: News
In the Yu Clan…
Lin Feng was in his spirit world, seated cross-legged. In front of him, someone was running around at lightning speed unceasingly.
Suddenly, the silhouette exploded into fighting, booms accompanying every movement. Qi rolled as the air shook. Qi condensed into a punch and turned into a vortex. Cosmic energies dance and blew apart. That punch was pure strength!
"Dancing Windy Clouds," said a giant next to Lin Feng. The silhouette changed. Energies pulsed continuously. A hand streaked across the sky, leaving a beautiful trail behind. Many silhouettes appeared, the wind moaned and condensed, energies continued pulsing. The energies didn't completely condense, they dispersed and the silhouette fell back to the ground.
"It's still not enough. When your Nine Dancing Windy Clouds are better, you'll be able to control that body. But to control the full strength of that body, you'll need to study much more," said the giant. That silhouette looked at the giant and nodded.
Lin Feng controlled the Saint's body with his soul, it didn't have a consciousness so he could control it easily. He needed to "drive" it, though, and for that he needed to learn how to move it quickly and how to use its full strength. But his soul wasn't strong enough. He did his best, though, and tried to get more familiar with it. After all, a Saint's punch was much more powerful than his own!
"I'll continue practicing cultivation." said the Saint nodding. Then he continued running and getting familiar with that body. A thread of Lin Feng's soul came out of the body and moved back into his body. His real body opened his eyes.
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In the Jing Clan…
People were still furious. Jing Yan's injuries were much better. At his cultivation level, as long as someone's physical body wasn't completely destroyed, they could recover. However, they couldn't have the same strength as before for a long time when their injuries were too serious, especially in Jing Yan's case, after all, Jian Mang's sword attack contained Light Dao.
"What should we do, master?" Many people were looking at an old man at that moment. He was one of the two Saint Emperors of the Jing Clan.
"Jing Yan, how many resources does your teacher have?" the old man asked Jing Yan.
"He has a lot of resources, he wants to create a deployment spell clan. But first we have to give him one third of the deployment mine," replied Jing Yan.
When the crowd heard him, they were stupefied. One-third of the deployment mine?! Did they want to destroy the Jing Clan?
"That's too much! Hand Mu Chen over! Even if we lose face, at least we won't need to lose one-third of the deployment mine!" said someone angrily. One-third was too much!
"Uncle, you're wrong. He wants to create a clan. He'll definitely make the Jing Clan happy," replied Jing Yan carefully.
His uncle frowned and said, "What you mean is that he'll destroy the three other clans?"
"Of course! Then we'll share equally. The Jing Clan won't lose anything that way!" said Jing Yan icily. He had suffered a crushing defeat. He didn't want the Jing Clan to give in and release Mu Chen.
"Can we keep the situation under control?"
"My teacher is greedy, but he won't go too far. Besides, he won't open a clan of deployment spell casters in Qing Shan City, he just needs resources," Jing Yan promised.
"If your teacher gets involved, can he definitely defeat those people? After all, they are extremely strong."
"Don't worry. All my fellow disciples are extremely strong. Those people won't be able to escape from them. Besides, many of their people have already fought. They must have, at most, one or two people who are strong as that blind sword cultivator. Regarding Yu Lin, none of my fellow disciples is weaker than him. One of my friends is even getting ready for the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds," Jing Yan said calmly.
He knew how strong his fellow disciples were. He couldn't invite his fellow disciples who were getting ready for the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds even if they were good friends, only his teacher could do that.
When the members of the Jing Clan heard Jing Yan, they all remained silent. One middle-aged man asked, "Jing Yan, what about your sister?"
"After that, we'll kill Mu Chen. Prevent her from leaving for a while, then after some time she'll forget about him and we'll introduce a nice and outstanding man to her." said Jing Yan. Everybody remained silent again. They all looked at the old leader of the Jing Clan. He was the only one who could make the final decisions.
Finally, his eyes glittered and he said to Jing Yan, "Tell your teacher about this. If he promises he won't open a Clan in Qing Shan City, and if he accepts sharing the deployment mines with us, invite him to come."
"Alright." Jing Yan's eyes glittered and he nodded. "Leave it to me!"
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The Yu, Wen, and Feng clans didn't know about this agreement. Lin Feng and Hou Qing Lin didn't know, either. They were calmly waiting for the three days to pass.
One day was left. Some news spread that the Jing Clan accepted the challenge. Also, they wanted to change the place of the battles to the central battlefield of Qing Shan City. They seemed to be conveying a hidden message: if we can't protect the deployment mine, it doesn't matter, nobody will be able to take it from us anyway!
The news spread everywhere in Qing Shan City. People in Qing Shan City were talking about it everywhere. Everybody knew and took delight in talking about the battle which had taken place two days before. Everybody knew what had happened and who Mu Chen was. They also knew that Mu Chen's disciples were terrifying. Now the Jing Clan had surprisingly accepted their challenge… did they have other trump cards?
Everybody was impatient and couldn't wait to see the battle. Some people had seen how strong Jian Mang and the others were, and they couldn't wait to see those who hadn't fought yet. Some of them had missed the battles, and they didn't want to miss them this time. Maybe this time the battles were going to be even better than two days before!
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In the Yu Clan, Yu Xin saw Lin Feng, and told him the news. Lin Feng frowned. He hoped to rescue Mu Chen without a fight. However, the Jing Clan wouldn't give them such an opportunity.
"Does the Jing Clan have other trump cards?" asked Lin Feng to Yu Xin.
"No. The Jing Clan's strongest cultivator is Jing Yan and he suffered a crushing defeat. In any case, he can't fight again. The only trump card they have would cost them a lot: they'd need to ask someone outside for help. However, your friends are all so strong, asking for help would be useless. In Qing Shan City, there aren't such terrifying cultivators, unless…"
Yu Xin looked pensive and frowned.
"Unless what?" asked Lin Feng.
"You know that Jing Yan and Yu Lin are from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry. They have some contacts. Unless they ask the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry for help, they can't do much, and I don't think Jing Yan can get them to help. He needs some extremely strong cultivators for that." said Yu Xin.
Lin Feng was suddenly a bit worried. It was indeed a resource the Jing Clan could mine…
"That bunch of bastards," said Tantai icily. "We should have destroyed them on that day and stolen their deployment mine."
"Things aren't that easy. The Jing Clan said they needed time, do you think the three clans could have started a war against them?" Yu Xin said to Tantai. The answer was obvious.
"Hmph! Even if they invite people from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, so what? I'll crush them with one punch!" said Tantai. He hadn't fought the previous time. He was ready to fight now!
Yu Xin's beautiful eyes twinkled and she smiled at Tantai. "Big boy, how strong are you?"
"Eh, I think I should be able to defeat Jing Yan easily," said Tantai smiled and scratched his head. Yu Xin was stupefied and speechless. Jing Yan was the strongest cultivator of Qing Shan City in his generation. This guy dared say he could defeat him easily?
"What about him?" asked Yu Xin, smiling at Tantai and pointing at Lin Feng. Tantai listened to Lin Feng all the time, so if he could defeat Jing Yan easily, what about Lin Feng?…
Tantai shook his head and smiled, "I'm not sure either, to be honest."
Silly boy, thought Yu Xin looking at Tantai.
"Lin Feng, Yu Xin!" said someone at that moment. They turned around, to see Yu Ye and Su Mu arrived.
"Sister Ye!" said Yu Xin politely. After all, Yu Ye had a high position in the Clan, so she had to be polite. She couldn't act as naturally as she could when she was with Lin Feng and Tantai.
Yu Ye nodded and didn't look at her, turning and saying to Lin Feng, "Lin Feng, the Jing Clan doesn't intend to give up their deployment mine. It will be a deadly fight. It has nothing to do with you, however, there will be some dangerous fights. If you want, we can go and watch together."
"Alright, good," said Lin Feng, smiling and nodding. Of course he was going to go!
"The Jing Clan will regret everything!" said Tantai icily.
When Su Mu heard Tantai, he looked at him disdainfully and asked, "You think the Jing Clan will lose?"
"Of course!" said Tantai.
Su Mu shook his head and left with Yu Ye. He said indifferently, "This time, the Jing Clan accepted the challenge, it means that they will pay the full price and invite people from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry to come and help. With the strong cultivators of the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, they can't lose."
Su Mu was also from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, he knew them quite well. If the Jing Clan invited people from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, the Jing Clan couldn't possibly lose. The Jing Clan was able to oppress three clans alone before, and if Hou Qing Lin hadn't gotten involved, they could have taken all three mines themselves!
Chapter 2107: Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry's Strong Cultivators
"He thinks that the cultivators of the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry are the strongest in the world. They got crushed two days ago, though!" Tantai said icily, watching Su Mu leave. "The Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry isn't the best."
Tantai talked loudly and Su Mu heard him, suddenly turning around and looking at Tantai icily. Even though the Yu Clan might be going to face some cultivators from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, Su Mu was from there too, and he couldn't let anyone humiliate the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry.
"People like you can't understand. You think everyone is as strong as that blind sword cultivator?" said Su Mu smiling icily, then he said to Yu Ye, "Little Ye, how can the Yu Clan have guests like this?"
He left and disappeared into the distance. Yu Ye smiled wryly. She turned around and glanced at Lin Feng. He was a guest in the Yu Clan, but she said nothing. She just left with Su Mu. Even though Lin Feng's teacher was a Great Scholar, Lin Feng's social status wasn't as high as Su Mu's. Su Mu was a member of the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, and he was also trying to get close to her.
"Empty words." said Tantai, watching Su Mu leave. He was furious and explosive Qi began to build around him. "I really want to teach him a good lesson."
"No need," said Lin Feng calmly. At that moment, he was thinking about Mu Chen. If the Jing Clan did that, what could he do on the day after?
Even if he defeated the Jing Clan and obtained their deployment mine, what could he do afterwards? Obtaining a deployment mine wouldn't make them release Mu Chen.
And how would the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry get involved?
He couldn't do anything but wait…
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Time seemed to pass so slowly. The morning of the next day, Lin Feng, Yu Xin, and Tantai gathered together with the other strong cultivators of the Yu Clan. They were getting ready to depart for the fight.
When the strong cultivators of the Yu Clan arrived, they noticed that Lin Feng and Tantai had already arrived. They were surprised. Yu Kun smiled and said, "Lin Feng, my boy, you're really determined."
"He's just very ignorant!" said Su Mu, who was standing next to Yu Kun. Yu Kun was surprised and looked at Yu Ye strangely.
Yu Ye smiled wryly and used telepathy to explain to Yu Kun what had happened the day before. Yu Kun didn't say anything and after that, he didn't say anything else to Lin Feng.
The group of people rose up into the air and flew towards the fight's location. The members of the Wen Clan and the Feng Clan were also heading there. Apart from them, there were many other people gathered there who wanted to watch.
"The Yu Clan is here. Only the Jing Clan hasn't arrived yet," the crowd murmured when they saw the members of the Yu Clan arrive. Their eyes were twinkling. Those who had helped the three clans defeat the Jing Clan three days before were there too, Hou Qing Lin and the others. They had come for Mu Chen, what were they going to do?
"Brother Hou, have you already thought of the people for the five battles today?" a strong Yu Clan cultivator asked Hou Qing Lin, who was with the members of the Feng Clan. Hou Qing Lin was a junior in comparison with him, but he respectfully called him Brother.
"We'll see who can fight on the Jing Clan's side," said Hou Qing Lin calmly. He looked at Lin Feng, a little worried. What could they do if the Jing Clan refused to release Mu Chen?
"Yes, I'm convinced your friends are all extremely strong, we'll win!" said the Yu cultivator, smiling thinly. If the Jing Clan had called people from the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, it would be difficult for Hou Qing Lin and the others to do as they wished…
"People from the Jing Clan are here!" The crowd gazed into the distance. A group of strong cultivators arrived slowly. Even the elder of the Jing Clan had come personally. Jing Yan and Jing Ran were there as well.
They looked confident and at ease as they looked over the crowd. Many people had cold sweats. They had the impression there was something wrong.
"Jing Clan, you came to battle, but are you going to release our teacher?" asked Hou Qing Lin calmly while walking forwards. However, he wasn't calm on the inside.
"Fight!" said a strong cultivator of the Jing Clan indifferently. Hou Qing Lin took a deep breath and said, "Tiantai's disciple will step onto the battle stage to kill today."
A terrifying energy began to fill the air. The sun was shining and it was a warm day, but those energies felt ice-cold. Hou Qing Lin was crazy.
"Kill people?" The strong cultivators of the Jing Clan smiled cruelly and said, "You can try!"
When the crowd saw their cold smiles, they knew something strange was going on. In the distance, some Qi began to surge, and the wind roared furiously. A powerful and ferocious Qi swept over.
"What a powerful bestial Qi. What kind of beast is that?" thought the crowd gazing into the distance. In front of the sun, there was a gigantic beast. It had the head of a lion and the body of a bird, with gigantic wings. It looked particularly ferocious, and made the whole crowd shiver.
"What a terrifying beast. It seems extremely strong." The crowd was astonished, especially when they saw a group of five people standing on that beast.
On the edge of the wings, there were two people wearing deployment robes, their Qi looked extraordinary. They also glanced at the watching crowd disdainfully. On the head of the beast was a young man, his robe fluttering in the wind like an aloof king.
"It's him." Yu Lin frowned. His cheek twitched. The Jing Clan had invited him too… and the four other people were strong, too. The three clans were definitely going to lose!
"Phew, he surprisingly came. What price did the Jing Clan pay…?"
Su Mu took a deep breath when he saw that young man. His heart even started pounding. Even though the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry was a powerful group, there weren't many people who were at the very top of the Huang Qi layer there, and the young man on the head of the beast was one of them. He was initially getting ready for the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds, but today he had come to Qing Shan City.
When the Yu Clan's members saw Yu Lin and Su Mu's expressions, they realized something was going on and asked Yu Lin, "Who's that?"
"Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, a cultivator of the top of the Huang Qi layer who has no enemy at the same cultivation level," Yu Lin said solemnly and respectfully.
A cultivator of the top of the Huang Qi layer who had no enemy at the same level. Some people were more talented than some others, some people broke through to the Di Qi layer when they reached such a level, but some people needed more time to make their strength mature. Those people could easily kill ordinary great emperors. Some people who had no enemy at the same level were even stronger than some people who had already broken through. They were rare and powerful.
When Lin Feng heard the words "who has no enemy at the same level", he remembered those cultivators of the very top of the Zun Qi layer who had no enemies at the same level, either. Back then, those people understood cosmic energies already or their force had already been multiplied by a thousand. However, at the level of the Huang Qi layer, it meant only one thing: fighting abilities!
Nobody said that about themselves, not even geniuses. The continent was too big, there couldn't be one person who had no enemy at the same level in the whole world. Therefore, it referred to some people who were getting closer and closer to the literal meaning of that concept. In Godly Clouds, it probably meant that that person was qualified to participate to the Meeting of the Continent of the Nine Clouds.
"A cultivator who has no enemy at the same level." All the members of the Yu Clan were stupefied.
Then they heard Su Mu say, "He's also an emperor. However, Ye Que can kill ordinary emperors of the top of the Huang Qi layer.
"Ye Que is very strong. In the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry, he's like an overlord," said Yu Lin and Su Mu. The faces of the Yu Clan's strong cultivators twitched. The Jing Clan had surprisingly invited such terrifying people. They really wanted to protect their deployment mine!
"What about the four others?"
"They're also extremely strong. I can't participate in that battle. Let them fight," Yu Lin said indifferently. He wanted to give up the Jing Clan's deployment mine already. He was convinced that if Hou Qing Lin and the others fought, they were going to die!
Lin Feng overheard Yu Lin and Su Mu. He frowned, maybe they were afraid not because those people were too strong, but because those people's social status was too high in the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry. The Jing Clan had surprisingly invited such people!
Lin Feng thought about that, the members of the Yu Clan also thought about that. At that moment, they looked pensive. What price had the Jing Clan paid to bring these people here?
I hope that Yu Lin and Su Mu will make friends with those people when they go back to the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry. That way, they will never do anything against the Yu Clan, thought some strong cultivators of the Yu Clan.
The beast landed in front of the members of the Jing Clan. The members of the Jing Clan greeted them politely. Many people from Qing Shan City had now realized there was something wrong.
"Brother Ye Que, I wouldn't have thought you would come to Qing Shan City. If I had known that, I would have come to pick you up," said Su Mu politely, bowing before Ye Que who was on that beast.
"Brother Ye Que, since you came to Qing Shan City, the Yu Clan will do their best to welcome you warmly." said Yu Lin, waving at Ye Que politely. Many people were speechless. Yu Lin and Su Mu were members of the Celestial Remarkable Deployment Ministry too, and they were so polite to that man who was of the same generation as them. It meant that they belonged to different worlds!
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