Gate of God

Chapter 628: Strange, The Activation Of The Rebirth Plate

“That’s not true, isn’t Chi Guyan supposed to be at the Heavenly Dao Pavilion?” Fang Zhengzhi felt a sharp pain in his brain as the sound of a string instrument came into his ear.

It sounded very gentle, like a small flowing river. Slowly, the white dress lady in front of him became blurry, and the whole earth started vibrating.

…

Yun Qingwu’s fingers were strumming gently on the Guqin. She was not playing at a fast speed, in fact, it was slow and firm.

It looked elegant to be playing the string instrument.

It wasn’t too tiring.

But Yun Qingwu spent a very long time to play this song. Ever since Fang Zhengzhi had slumbered into his “sleep”, she had yet to stop. She did not sleep for five days and five nights continuously.

That made her use up much of her energy. As such, while her fingers were still playing fervently, her eyes were slowly shutting down.

However just at that moment…

A strange fluctuation seemed to force her eyes open.

It like something was about to protrude from the ground, and the earth had a slight tremble at the same time. It was a small one, but the “dimension” was no longer calm and peaceful anymore.

“Eh?” Yun Qingwu switched her attention to where Fang Zhengzhi was standing at.

She was clearly aware of the stability of the “dimension” created by 13 pieces of the Heavenly Dao Sage Tablets. It shouldn’t be easily disrupted by the outside dimension.

Unless….

This disruption happened inside this “dimension”.

“Rumble!” The earth quivered again.

Then, a giant tree branch emerged from the ground. The crystal clear leaves glowed under the brilliant sunlight, emitting a fresh green ambience.

That wasn’t the end.

After the first branch, came the second and third branches…

Very quickly, a fifty feet tall huge tree appeared in front of Yun Qingwu. And that huge tree was just directly behind of Fang Zhengzhi.

It was a strange sight.

Yun Qingwu stopped playing immediately.

The strumming of the strings paused.

And just as the sound of the Guqin stopped, Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes opened slowly. It was a pair of crystal clear eyes, yet it was dull and soulless.

But a gigantic tree can be seen faintly in his eyes. It identical to the tree erected behind him.

“Yun Qingwu?” Fang Zhengzhi voice sounded shaky, and the fact was that he was still feeling a little groggy. But he managed to recover fast.

Returned?

Or rather, has he awoken?

A dream?

Fang Zhengzhi wasn’t sure. After all, if it was really a dream, this dream seemed too real to be one. It was definitely too genuine to be a dream.

“You’re awake?” Yun Qingwu attempted to sit up, but her legs felt numb. She fidgeted and let her body slant towards one side, with one hand pressing on the ground.

Just as she pressed her hand on the ground, she felt a surge of warm feeling overwhelming her hand. Just then, a figure covered the sunlight above her.

“That was so fast!” Yun Qingwu was taken aback, as she knew that that was Fang Zhengzhi grabbing her, but she did not expect it to be so fast.

Yun Qingwu tried to dodge it, but she realised that his hand wasn’t trying to grab onto anything else. He was slowly helping her up and supporting her.

Then…

Along with the strength from his hands, Yun Qingwu stood up.

“Have you been sitting down for a very long time?” Fang Zhengzhi gave Yun Qingwu a look. He saw Yun Qingwu’s exhausted look, which was a very rare sight.

“Ummmm.” Yun Qingwu nodded her head gently.

Then, she seemed to come into her sense.

In an instant, she retreated backwards, out of Fang Zhengzhi’s grip.

“Hehe…” Fang Zhengzhi smiled gently, as he was not shocked from her actions. Instead, he looked at his hands doubtfully.

He actually grabbed it?

It seemed like he actually gave up on another “opportunity”?

Fang Zhengzhi had no idea how long he had slept, but he was aware that he had tried countless times doing so before his sleep.

But he had never grabbed onto Yun Qingwu before, not even a gentle touch on the edge of her dress.

“You…..solved it?” Yun Qingwu took five steps back and paused. She glanced at Fang Zhengzhi, who had no intention to attack her again, looking surprised.

She was aware that she had accidentally exposed her weakness earlier.

After sitting quietly for five days continuously, she couldn’t endure any longer. Coincidentally, that was when Fang Zhengzhi had just woken up, hence he was able to catch her weakness.

But surprisingly…

Fang Zhengzhi did not seize the opportunity to take advantage of her. In fact, it seemed like he had intended to let her “escape” peacefully. That had really taken her aback.

“I don’t know.” Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.

The truth was, he wasn’t sure if he had successfully solved it or whether he had stepped into the Rebirth State from the Supernatural State. Because all these happened in his “dream”.

“Understood.” Yun Qingwu did not ask any further, and she stood up and wiped away the grass sticking on her dress.

That was a casual and normal reaction.

But as Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes caught that action, his eyes twitched a little. The image of a white figure seemed to flash past his mind.

“A seed, a seed!” Fang Zhengzhi mumbled as his eyes sparkled instantly. “Seed is the start of everything. Beginning of everything and then rebirth!”

“Seed?” Yun Qingwu asked curiously when she heard the words coming out from Fang Zhengzhi.

However, her curiosity quickly turned into a surprise.

Because Fang Zhengzhi’s hand suddenly had a light shining out from it.

But of course…

That little bit of light wasn’t enough to impress Yun Qingwu. What truly surprised her was how the light seemed to be “growing”, just like how a seed would grow eventually.

It was rapid, very very rapid.

What’s even more strange was that when the ray of light had grown into a big tree, rays and rays of light cascaded down from the tree.

Just like dropping leaves.

And following the cascading rays of light, a new tree appeared on his palm again. Or so to say, his hand no longer contained just trees.

There were mountains, stones, flowers and grass and stars…

All these things seemed to be created from the rays of light.

“Weng!” Suddenly, all the big trees, rocks, flowers, and moon and stars have disappeared, leaving only a light that was swirling constantly.

The light wheel was separated into six sections.

Each section was round, with six round shapes, swirling in the middle of Fang Zhengzhi’s palm. It kept spinning in a circle.

At that moment, Yun Qingwu had a strange feeling.

She felt that whatever Fang Zhengzhi was holding did not seem to be a light wheel. In fact, it was like a world, a world that contained thousands of matter and things, but only that it has yet to be formed.

Just a round shape.

A round-shaped word.

“What is that?” Yun Qingwu might have explored all the encyclopedia books since young, but she had never encountered such a scene. Then something strange happened again.

The light wheel that was swirling earlier stopped immediately.

Just then, the whole world shuddered again.

“Rumble!”

Yun Qingwu looked up instantly and saw a ray of light. It was a ray of blue light falling down from the horizon. It was as clear as the blue sky, pure and clean, without a tinge of dirt.

“Boom!” The blue light fell onto the six light wheels that Fang Zhengzhi was holding onto.

Then it disappeared at the next moment.

But after the blue light had disappeared, one of the six light wheels surrounding it lit up, as if it was being activated by the blue light.

It transformed from white to blue.

Furthermore, there was also a very complex golden character symbol lighting up slowly, emitting a dazzling light in the middle of the light wheel.

“Could it be…” Yun Qingwu eyes were wide open as she looked at the golden words. A word flashed past in her mind, a word that she had only seen once before.

Yun Qingwu’s face turned pale immediately after the word surfaced in her mind.

Overwhelmed.

This was the first time that Yun Qingwu had felt so overwhelmed.

What’s more shocking was, when the blue light lit up, the trembling ground vibrated even more vigorously, as though it was about to break apart.

Cracks started to appear on the ground, and the big tree swayed vigorously.

“How could this happen?” Yun Qingwu observed the surrounding, as she looked at the unbelievably strange light way. The spell formed by 13 pieces of the Heavenly Dao Sage Tablets, was actually disturbed?

She had never expected any of this to happen.

Although it was the reality?

Yun Qingwu’s mouth moved a little, attempting to say something. However before she managed to open her mouth, another light ray began crushing down from the horizon.

“Rumble!”

This time round, the light was green. It was emerald green and crystal clear, and it had a calming effect on the surroundings.

The green light ray landed on the light wheel on Fang Zhengzhi’s hand.

Disappearing instantly.

Then, a ray of green light lit up once again, and another one of the six light wheels seemed to be activated, turning green.

Similarly….

Another golden character symbol floated up in the green light again.

“Crash!”

Numerous gravels flew up from the cracked ground, and a huge crack quickly devoured the tall tree, as countless branches broke and scattered around on the ground.

“It’s……the Rebirth Plate!” Realising the trembling surroundings, Yun Qingwu’s face expression changed instantly. She was still uncertain when she saw the 6 light wheels, but when she saw the second light ray lit up once again, she was fully certain that it was.

The Rebirth Plate.

It was an “imaginary” name.

Yun Qingwu could remember vividly that she had read about it in the Demon Race’s records. It was a set of very antique and old sentences and words.

It was described in a simple way.

In short, it was about rebirth, also known as the Six Rebirth Maps, or the Wheel of Life and Death.

Indeed, the Rebirth Plate would never have the same concept as the Rebirth State.

It was because that the Rebirth Plate was not a type of state. Rather, there were six different levels within it, and each level represented a Dao.

Heavenly Dao, Dao of Asura, Human Dao, Near-Life Dao, Hell Dao, and Ghost Dao.

Those were the Six Rebirth Dao Techniques in the Rebirth Plate.

As long as one had successfully possessed the powers of the Six Rebirth Dao Techniques, the strength from the Six Dao would gather and merge within the body, creating a light wheel around him.

The light wheel represented the Six Dao Powers in him, and each light wheel contained a different character symbol.

And this was for an expert that had mastered the Six Rebirth Dao Techniques. It required a higher level of skill as compared to that of an average Rebirth expert.

Then could it be possible that there was more than one light wheel?

Or six light wheels!

Because it would only be natural since there were Six Dao in the Rebirth State, and so would the light wheels.

But all these were just purely hypothetical, and it was a hypothesis that never happened before. While it had yet to happen before, the report actually had a name for such a hypothesis.

Rebirth Plate!

Rebirth Plate?!

The Rebirth Plate was actually activated, and it seemed to have lit up two light wheels.

Two light wheels?!

If all these were true…..

Yun Qingwu did not think further, because the cracks had already reached the bottom of her feet, and she had no choice but to retreat by flying back rapidly.

But just as she was about to make a step back, a figure appeared in front of her again. HIs blue long sleeves were blowed up, and his eyes were crystal clear.

“Fang Zhengzhi, I will never let you out of here, over my dead body!” Yun Qingwu was aware of Fang Zhengzhi’s plot, but he was too swift for her to react.

It happened almost immediately, and her hands and waist were being grabbed by Fang Zhengzhi.

“Really? Do you really want to lose your virginity here? But, to be honest… The environment is not bad at all. Pale sky, wildland, perfect……Hmmm, if there were some additional red maple trees, and the falling of red maple leaves….” Fang Zhengzhi grinned as he tightened his grip around Yun Qingwu’s arm.

“Shameless!” Yun Qingwu cursed as she disappeared immediately. Then appearing five feet away from Fang Zhengzhi.

But after being groped by Fang Zhengzhi, she looked a little lost, as she blushed and her cheeks turned red and rosy subconsciously.

At the same instant, a figure appeared in front her. He was very close, so close that she could feel his breath.

“Do you really think I will let you go so easily?” Fang Zhengzhi did not want to force his way, but he had no choice.

As he had to leave this place.

Being trapped for half a month, this opportunity…

This could be his last resort.

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Chapter 629: Humiliate My Purity

More importantly, Fang Zhengzhi was well aware of Yun Qingwu’s character.

Negotiation?

That was impossible.

Yun Qingwu never negotiated any conditions, for once she had decided on something, nothing would be able to disrupt her. Her decisive character was a tad terrifying.

So the only way was to use strength.

But Yun Qingwu did not fear death, hence the usual way would no longer work on Yun Qingwu, and thus Fang Zhengzhi felt helpless.

“You……You let go of me!” Yun Qingwu attempted to runaway from him but her arms were locked onto Fang Zhengzhi’s grip, and there was no way to free herself.

And what made her panic even more was that when Fang Zhengzhi had held on her, her body felt entirely motionless, and it seemed as though she was trapped and imprisoned.

Heavenly Dao!

The familiar yet scary term flashed past her mind instantly.

She had been very familiar with Heavenly Dao since young. That was because of her master, Can Yang, who was an expert at controlling the Heavenly Dao. And he had solely used the Heavenly Dao to exist as a half sage.

“Not letting go!” Fang Zhengzhi replied without much thinking.

How could he let go?

If he was to really let go of Yun Qingwu, who knows how long more he would be trapped there. Although his speed had gained an advantage now.

But what if Yun Qingwu really escaped?

Escape from the spell!

Then what’s the fun?

Fang Zhengzhi certainly knew that Yun Qingwu was capable to escape from the spell, hence he did not let go of his grip.

As for the Heavenly Dao…

Truthfully, when the Rebirth Plate was being activated, he knew that the Heavenly Dao was already under his control. Not only that, he was als able to control the Near-Life Dao.

And that explained the “seed”.

It started with a small “seed” growing.

In the past, when Fang Zhengzhi took his first step into the Heavenly Dao, he could understand it, as well as the reason and explanation behind it, but when he had figured out about the way the “seed””grows”.

The experience was definitely different from earlier.

And the same can be applied to the Near-Life Dao.

“Fang Zhengzhi, no matter what you do to me today, I will not let you out of here. You can stop dreaming, as I, Yun Qingwu, will do as I have promised!” Yun Qingwu glared at Fang Zhengzhi, who was approaching her. Her face looked pale, but her expression was still as determined as ever.

“Then don’t blame me.” Fang Zhengzhi pulled her, and Yun Qingwu’s body flew towards him, as a feeling of warmth and smoothness pressed against his chest.

There were heavy breathings at the side of the ears.

It was obvious that Yun Qingwu was looking very nervous. Even though her expression was very calm and stable, but her body was not able to control any longer.

“You dare, if… If you dare to do anything to me, defile me, I……I will kill myself!” Yun Qingwu’s breathing became heavier as she felt Fang Zhengzhi’s breath.

“Kill yourself?” Fang Zhengzhi stopped moving and fixed his eyes on Yun Qingwu’s face. On her face, he could sense her stubborn determination within her.

At that instant, he was suddenly wide awake.

He could definitely use force on Yun Qingwu, as he even had half the confidence that he was able to make her surrender, and release him in the end.

Because Yun Qingwu wasn’t any normal person. She had a huge Demon Race waiting for her leadership, and she had to spare a thought for them.

And that would be Yun Qingwu’s weakness.

However, he was only half-certain of it. After all, the character of Yun Qingwu was just too stubborn and firm.

Is it a must to use Yun Qingwu’s purity, to gamble on this half-certain decision?

Fang Zhengzhi might be shameless,

But he was still aware of his bottom line. How could he neglect her feelings, when he had already guessed Yun Qingwu’s motive behind his imprisonment?

He loosened the grip on Yun Qingwu’s hand and took a step back at the same time.

“Two months, I only ask for two months. I will return in just two months!” Fang Zhengzhi was still unable to cross his bottom line in the end, even though he knew his actions might lead to him being trapped here “forever”.

“Siew!” Yun Qingwu disappeared immediately.

She did not answer Fang Zhengzhi’s question and escaped directly out from the spell area, as she left without even turning her head back.

“Crap…. Omg!” Fang Zhengzhi was a little taken aback.

What happened to receiving good rewards after doing all the good deeds? There, didn’t he just loosen his grip on her only? He was even trying to be sensitive, but he was neglected in the end?

Escaped!

What did that even mean?

Indeed, one should never be the good guy.

Fang Zhengzhi regretted, as he could have gambled the last opportunity. Because doing that would at least make him die peacefully, rather than staying here forever.

“One day, I can only give you a maximum of one day to leave here.” Yun Qingwu’s voice echoed from afar, before appearing momentarily five feet away from him.

Yun Qingwu looked more calm and peaceful as compared to earlier. Her face had recovered its colour and even her tone was as calm as water.

“This girl, did she put all the cold temperament in her bones?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at her.

However…

What could he do in a day?

Could he possibly travel to the Heavenly Dao Pavilion from the Northern Mountain Village in just one day? Then have another round of “showdown” with Chi Guyan, before running back here?

That was just crappy.

Hold on.

That sounded very strange.

One day?

He had already broken the spell by himself, why would he be so silly to come back again? Did Yun Qingwu’s brain experience a short circuit?

“You’re really letting me go for one day?” Fang Zhengzhi still couldn’t believe it.

“Yes.” Yun Qingwu nodded her head, and it seemed as though she had forgotten about the possibility that he might not return.

“Good.” Fang Zhengzhi reacted almost immediately.

Momentarily, the surrounding ground stopped trembling. Everything seemed to have restored its original peace, and it was calm once again, like nothing had happened.

“You may leave.” Yun Qingwu turned her body slowly, as she did not even give Fang Zhengzhi a look, and just disappeared into the thin air.

Fang Zhengzhi was certainly aware that Yun Qingwu would have returned back into the spell area, but he did not understand the reason why Yun Qingwu would let him go.

Did his whole sensitive act really work?

That was impossible.

Fang Zhengzhi knew that his acting skills were good, but he was sure that Yun Qingwu’s intelligence was of an even higher level.

To trick Yun Qingwu?

That would be the most absurd possibility.

Unless…

She was willing to!

“This girl……was really willing to get tricked by me?” Fang Zhengzhi was confused, but he did not think much about it. He slowly turned and looked forward.

Northern Mountain Village, the familiar Northern Mountain Village!

…

…

Bright sunlight cascaded from the sky and shone right into the busy Northern Mountain Village, as a faint golden light glowed around the village.

“Lord Fang? No……it’s Cang King!”

“Cang King is back!”

“What? Cang King is back?!”

As Fang Zhengzhi’s figure appeared in the Northern Mountain Village, the anxious atmosphere in the village turned lively, just like a pack of matchsticks being lit up.

“Zhengzhi is back!”

“How can you call him Zhengzhi? Address him as the Cang King!”

“Oh yes yes, our Zhengzhi is now the mighty Cang King.”

The villagers were all crowding around, blocking the whole passageway of the Northern Mountain Village, as everyone wanted to go in front to “touch” him.

He could understand the warm excitement from the villagers.

But his eyes were continuously looking for someone, as the person that he had been looking forward most to see, was not among the crowd.

“Where’s my mum and dad?” Fang Zhengzhi asked.

“This…..This….” One of the villagers heard his question, and the expression on his face instantly turned from joyous to sulky and dull.

“It’s our fault, we did not take good care of sister Xuelian, she……she…..”

“WHAT?!” Fang Zhengzhi’s heart skipped a beat as he scanned his surroundings, and he instantly let out a cold sweat.

He made a small turn and leaped over the crowd. He charged towards the Fang family’s house.

“So fast?!”

“What kind of speed is that?”

“Oh my god, Zhengzhi….. is actually that amazing?”

The villagers stared at Fang Zhengzhi, who leaped and disappeared instantly. They were all dumbfounded as Fang Zhengzhi had never showed his power in front of the villagers.

Before that, when Fang Zhengzhi returned to the village, he would behave like a normal human being, but with a lot more strength than the rest.

However…..

When they had seen what was happening, they finally realised how powerful Fang Zhengzhi was. They also figured out how Fang Zhengzhi would become the youngest King in the Great Xia Dynasty.

…

“Pong!” The door in Fang’s family flew open.

A black figure began running in front as soon as the door opened, her face filled with excitement and happiness.

It was Wu Yuer wearing a long black silky dress.

She was also the first one to rush forward after knowing that Fang Zhengzhi had returned.

“Fang Zheng…”

“Wu Yuer, is my mum in trouble? Did you stop caring about my mother after I disappeared?” Fang Zhengzhi asked without waiting for her to finish her sentence.

“I…” Wu Yuer’s excitement disappeared immediately. She saw the expression on Fang Zhengzhi’s face, and swallowed the words that were about to come out from her mouth.

As the leader of Shadow Sect, when was she ever interrogated by anyone?

But when Fang Zhengzhi asked that question, her heart had skipped a beat, as though she were a criminal that had been caught.

It made her felt strange on the inside.

That didn’t seem right? This lad had gone missing for so long, she should be the one who was angry? Why did it seem like she was the one at fault?

She was about to open her mouth.

But all of a sudden, Wu Yuer realised the Fang Zhengzhi who was standing in front of her felt different.

Clearly he looked the same as before.

But it felt completely different.

“Could it be that this lad…” Wu Yuer’s eyes brightened up as a possibility flashed across her mind.

Just at this moment, there was a sound of someone coughing inside the room. Then a voice spoke up.

“Zheng’er……Is Zheng……Is Zheng’er back?” A weak sound came out. It sounded anxious and scared, yet worried at the same time.

“Mother?!” Fang Zhengzhi froze, his dull expression instantly changed to joy, “Mother, you’re not dead? Then is Father dead?”

“You’re the one that is dead!” The same weak sound came out again, but this time round a little more frustrated.

At the same time, a figure wearing a coat appeared in front of the door. While his face looked a tad yellowish, his figure was still looking very well-built.

“…..” Fang Zhengzhi felt that he had misunderstood the situation.

But, he reacted very quickly, as he realised that the villagers meant that both Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde had fallen sick. That explained their guilty and speechless expressions.

That made Fang Zhengzhi realised something.

His disappearance had seriously affected the health of Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde.

“Father!”

“Ummmm…..Glad that you’re back!” Fang Houde waved his hand, covering up the stains of the tears, and turned slightly away. “Next time remember to inform us when you’re out.”

“Yes, father.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded, and he did not explain about the part that he got captured by Yun Qingwu. Instead, he quickly went into the house.

Very quickly, a figure hugged him.

That warmth came out from inside the body.

Obviously, Qin Xuelian was desperate to climb down from the bed, although her body was still feeling weak. Her weak hand grabbed onto Fang Zhengzhi tightly, very very tightly…

“Zhenger, you’re finally back. Mother…..I was very scared, scared that you’re in trouble…..” Qin Xuelian’s body trembled, as tears began swelling up and dropped down from the corner of her eyes.

“Mother, don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”

“Ohh ok….. mother won’t worry, I will be okay. Don’t you go and reprimand Wu Yuer, she had been taking care of us. She went out in the morning to search for you, then accompanied me beside my bed at night. I wouldn’t…. If it’s not for her, I wouldn’t have been able to see you again…..” Qin Xuelian said while rubbing away the tears.

“Is she that good?” Fang Zhengzhi was a little surprised.

He did not think that Wu Yuer would have such a soft and attentive side of her. Every night talking to her beside her bed? Taking care of her attentively?

Indeed, this girl had the best acting skills in the world.

“Yes, Yuer is really nice to mother!” Qin Xuelian let loose of Fang Zhengzhi. Then she pulled him to sit beside the bed. “I’ll be fine as long as you’re back, but there’s one thing….. That I can’t stop letting go.”

“What is it?” Fang Zhengzhi asked.

“Mother would like to have a grandchild!” Qin Xuelian said as she looked at Wu Yuer, who was standing by the door. At the same time, they nodded their heads, as though they knew what each other was thinking.

Chapter 630: Forced Marriage And Consummation

“Huh?” Fang Zhengzhi felt that the situation escalated too quickly.

Wasn’t it a tearful scene of a long-awaited reunion previously? How did it suddenly turn into a grandson topic? Was it time for him to marry a wife and have children?

No, it did not seem so?

He was just 18 years old. Although it was not rare to be married at 18 years old, not doing so would not result in him being cast aside by his family?

“You’re already a Cang King now, Mother is aware, that you’ve already become a king. Things are slowly piling up, and you won’t know when will you be leaving again. Mother heard from Xian King that he wanted to let you marry the Thirteenth Princess? Then, you rejected her marriage?” Qin Xuelian looked at the flabbergasted Fang Zhengzhi, as she explained patiently.

“Yes.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head.

He was not surprised that the Xian King Lin Yun had told Qin Xuelian above this happening. Because Lin Yun still had the thought of getting the Thirteenth Princess in their family, through Qin Xuelian.

“Hmmm, it’s good to reject her. Although I’ve heard that the Thirteenth Princess is a smart and sensible girl, but if she is going to marry to our poor family, it might not be suitable for her. Mother thinks that Yuer is pretty good, why not you get the marriage settled soon?” Qin Xuelian nodded again and winked at Wu Yuer, who was standing against the door.

“Ah?!” Fang Zhengzhi seemed to have figured out how all these had happened. It actually wasn’t his own mother, but the scheming Wu Yuer who had hatched this plan.

“I’m determined, just settle the matter this way!” Qin Xuelian said stubbornly, trying to force her way through, and not caring about what Fang Zhengzhi had in mind.

“Mother……This can’t be it? Are you really going to let me marry Wu Yuer? You really don’t know much about Wu Yuer? She…..is……Hmmm, she is just someone who looks at money. This lady, I can’t marry her!” Fang Zhengzhi looked at Qin Xuelian, and tried to persuade her nicely.

“Fang Zhengzhi, you’re asking for death!” A frustrated sound came out, and thereafter a figure zoomed towards Fang Zhengzhi.

“Mother, look……Didn’t I tell you that I can’t marry her?” Fang Zhengzhi said calmly, with no intention of attacking back as he stood still on the ground.

“You…” Wu Yuer stopped moving, as her expression changed immediately. Looking at the surprised Qin Xuelian, she had to force herself to smile and said, “Aunty, I was just playing with Fang Zhengzhi.”

“Playing? I see……Oh right, dear Yuer, why not you play a song for us?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at the forceful smile from Wu Yuer, as he grinned and flashed a smile.

“Fang Zhengzhi, you…..Hehe, sure, you want to look at me play a song right? Sure, I shall go and prepare. I’ll make sure you’re satisfied.” Wu Yuer sighed but still clenched her teeth and left.

“Remember to stick a big red flower on your head.” Fang Zhengzhi exclaimed as his smile get bigger.

Want to rely on Qin Xuelian to force a marriage?

Game on!

“Zheng’er!” Qin Xuelian’s voice came out again.

“Mother, you rest early, I…” Fang Zhengzhi knew his mother’s character, so he had to escape before waiting for her to finish.

“Zheng’er, Mother is right, just take Yuer. No matter what, please just bring Yuer home for Mother. If not, don’t think of calling my Mother!” Qin Xuelian said, with no intention of letting Fang Zhengzhi leave.

“…” Fang Zhengzhi paused and did not leave. The Fang family’s house was just so small for him to run around.

But this matter really did give him a headache.

All this while,

He had always known about the tradition in the Mountain Village, which is that males and females would marry one another after getting older. He also knew about the matchmaking laws and words that come along with marriage.

But little did he know that…

One fine day he would also become one of the sacrificed in this system.

Forced to get married?!

And just by looking at Qin Xuelian’s attitude, there was almost no possibility of her changing her mind.

No choice?

Marrying this Wu Yuer?

Fang Zhengzhi had definitely considered about this matter before, but it was merely just a small thought in his mind.

But he didn’t think that…

Wu Yuer could make Qin Xuelian this determined in just a short span of half a month.

What did this girl do?

“The day after, let’s just settle the marriage the day after tomorrow. Since the Xian King had brought quite a handful of stuff this time round, and that there are so many people in the village, let’s just do the celebration at the field in front of the village.” Qin Xuelian said as she gestured for Fang Houde to come over. “Hey, what are you still waiting for? Go and prepare the wedding gifts?”

“Oh, wedding gifts! Okay, okay… I will go and prepare now.” Fang Houde heard and left the house. He came back shortly after, with a huge wooden box.

“Mother…..Are you being serious?” Fang Zhengzhi stared at the wooden box and let out a bitter smile.

Because he was certainly aware of the things inside.

Other than five more treasures, it included a set of contract…

The contract regarding the ten gold mines in the Southern Region.

It was Fang Zhengzhi’s “collateral”.

Throughout this one year in the Shadow Sect, his knowledge had already reached a flawless leve. As such, his value was already different from the rest.

For more than a year, he had been searching the Shadow Sect for things of important values. Finally, he kept five treasures that were definitely of high value.

When he had returned to the Northern Mountain Village earlier, Fang Zhengzhi had kept the treasures in the wooden box. Only Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde knew about this matter.

Other than them…

Nobody else knew about this matter.

Precisely, Fang Zhengzhi did not tell them about the values of each treasure, as he only explained them that they were some antiques.

That was so as not to let them think too much into the items.

As for why he wanted to keep them at home, the reason was very simple. It was because Fang Zhengzhi had no confidence that he was able to stay alive in the Flame Capital City.

“Of course I’m serious, let’s just give that five items together. Actually, with these five broken antiques, will Wu Yuer treasure them?” Qin Xuelian nodded her head with a generous look on her face.

“Broken antiques? Mother, do you know what are these things?” Fang Zhengzhi felt that his effort and hard work had been humiliated.

“What are they?”

“I won’t talk about the antiques, but you take a look at the contract? Oh, I forgot you don’t recognise the characters in the Southern Region. These are gold mines, ten gold mines!” Fang Zhengzhi lowered down his volume, as he tried not to alert Wu Yuer about financial matters.

“Gold mines?!” Qin Xuelian paused for a while and laughed. “Zheng’er, mother might not have much knowledge or education, but gold mines, I know, those are controlled by the King Dynasty, how could they have given you?”

“Normally it would be that case, but they really are gold mines. Back when I was in the Southern Region, I signed this treaty with the current Princess, Shan Yu. They’re ten gold mines, and the biggest of all in the Southern Region!” Fang Zhengzhi explained patiently.

“You are saying…..that we have ten gold mines?!”

“Yes, and other than these antiques….. Hmmm, let’s see, they’re priceless, which would mean that each antique has the value of a city!”

“We still have five cities?!”

“Not only that, I have some savings on my own, that would add on to be around two million. In addition, I still have the golds awarded to me, there should be two to three boxes of them.”

“Zheng’er, where did you go lately? Did you injure your brain during this trip?” Qin Xuelian looked at Fang Zhengzhi with a worried expression.

“….” Fang Zhengzhi was speechless.

……

Fang Zhengzhi did not care much about Qin Xuelian’s lack of trust in him. It was because, even if she were to trust him completely, her extend of knowledge was limited as well.

Just like how in the previous world, a 18 years old lad would work for two months, before coming home and exclaiming that he had earned a few million.

Who would actually believe that?

Fang Zhengzhi did not explain further, as he took out a stack of two million dollars and placed them gently in front of Qin Xuelian.

It was a huge pile of money, and stacked up to about an inch height. Sunlight shone on the plain fainted white colour, and they looked outstanding even in the day.

Qin Xuelian was shock.

So was Fang Houde who was carrying the box.

There was no point for them to count the money in detail.

“Zheng’er, I have not asked you before, and did not dare to ask you. But today, mother would like to ask you something, what happened….. when you went to the Flame Capital City with the Divine?”

“Nothing much, just that we managed to stop an invasion from the Northern Barbarians.”

“Northern barbarians?!”

“Yes, and also we killed a Demon King.”

“Demon……Demon King?! What…..What is that?” Qin Xuelian’s mouth opened widely as there was also a tinge of suspicion as well as confusion.

“It can be said to be some kind of beast.” Fang Zhengzhi did not want to make Qin Xuelian worry so much, so he made it sound casual.

“Hmmmmm….Even if you have explained it, I wouldn’t have understood.” Qin Xuelian nodded her head and became silent. Then she waved at Fang Houde again, “Since Zheng’er have a few silvers here, but Yuer is really not bad, so we can’t look down on her just because we have a couple of silvers. Why not, we leave the gold mines here, and we pick two out of the five treasures for Wu Yuer. Afterall we can’t neglect her!”

“Yes, yes we can’t neglect Yuer, we can give her more silvers, since we won’t be spending a lot of them.” Fang Houde agreed.

“Let’s just give 80 thousands of them, for good luck.” Qin Xuelian continued.

“Sure.” Fang Houde said without any objections.

“Father, Mother… Did you understand what I have just said?” Fang Zhengzhi opened his eyes widely, as his life’s greatest achievement was about to be brushed off so casually. He felt speechless, but he really had to voice his opinions at this moment.

“Understand, we both do. Mother know that you’re a filial kid, and that you’re afraid that we won’t have enough to spend, but we really have nothing much to spend on, since we’ll just be staying home for the rest of our lives.”

“…” Fang Zhengzhi felt bitter, “Mother, I don’t want to get married so early.”

“But I want to have grandchildren.”

“But I……Actually, I’m not prepared for all these.”

“No worries, I will help you to be prepared. Don’t you worry about it, you don’t have to meddle in anything, just wait till you two get in the room.”

“No rooms for negotiation?”

“No!”

“Mother, actually I really don’t feel like marrying Wu Yuer, why not…..I go out and get one daughter-in-law back for you?”

“Sure, but you need to marry Wu Yuer first.”

“Why?”

“Would I not know about what you’re thinking? You’re already the Cang King, there’s no problem for you to marry two or three wives. But Mother likes Yuer, you might not like her, but still just marry Yuer first, then marry another one!”

“…” Fang Zhengzhi wanted to add on, you’re really my biological mother. But he swallowed that down as soon as it reached his mouth.

How?

Is he really going to marry Wu Yuer?

Fang Zhengzhi felt his head aching in pain. It was not completely due to the fact that he did not want to marry Wu Yuer, but the time he had to reach the Heavenly Dao Pavilion test was already reduced.

If there were to be his wedding in the village, the Heavenly Dao Pavilion test would have ended even before he left the village.

That was one reason.

Secondly, while he might indeed be a little selfish at times, but regarding such an important milestone, he wanted to think more about himself.

He knew that he only had a few more months to live. If he were to really marry Wu Yuer at this time, and consummate their wedding, he was able to leave grandchildren for them, and it sounded like a perfectly suitable move.

But…..

As for Wu Yuer?

She might need to face a life of being a widow four months later.

If it were to be some other woman, Fang Zhengzhi might not care much about it. But to Wu Yuer, he could never do that. He would never marry Wu Yuer, not least before he knew if he was able to continue living or not.

But Qin Xuelian had no idea about all these.

Fang Zhengzhi wouldn’t want Qin Xuelian to know that he had fewer than four months left to live. He could not bring himself to tell Qin Xuelian the truth.

Escape when the night was dark?

That would be the very last resort, but not it was not what Fang Zhengzhi would want to do, as he did not want Qin Xuelian to worry once again, after seeing her weak facial features.

He had to let Qin Xuelian remain happy, and only that could suppress the knot and the burden that had accumulated in her chest for the past half a month. He was afraid that another betrayal of her wishes would result in an untreatable illness.

He cannot reject Qin Xuelian’s “forced marriage”.

But he couldn’t marry Wu Yuer either. Moreover, he had to leave the Northern Mountain Village almost immediately, and yet still keep her happy while he left the village.

It was a seriously difficult question.

What should he do?

Chapter 631: Do Not Burn One’s Bridges

Fang Zhengzhi looked at his mother attentatively, who was seldom this persistent. Her face was tired, yet filled with anticipation.

Finally…

He sighed.

“Zheng’er, you…..You agree to it?” Qin Xuelian’s pale face instantly had a tinge of excitement on it.

“Mother, it doesn’t matter if I agree to it, Wu Yuer did not give her consent on this.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head before shaking it immediately.

“Don’t you worry about this matter, I have talked to Wu Yuer about it, and she agreed!” Qin Xuelian answered as though she had predicted what Fang Zhengzhi had wanted to ask.

Fang Zhengzhi finally understood what had happened during the past 20 days when he was away.

Agreed?

Wu Yuer, that brat, actually agreed to it!

That girl agreed even without knowing what were the betrothal gifts about? That did not seem to match the greedy character of Wu Yuer.

This couldn’t be right, there must be some motives behind it.

Fang Zhengzhi did not think that Wu Yuer would put herself in such a disadvantage. But then again, all these were not that important after all. The crucial part here was that he really couldn’t bring himself to marry Wu Yuer.

“Mother, I know you’re dying to have a grandchild, but certain things……can’t be rushed.” Fang Zhengzhi looked at the door subconsciously and realised Wu Yuer hasn’t yet to return. He couldn’t help but felt strange.

“Why aren’t you rushing? Yu’er has already agreed to it, and I have already settled the gits and marriage vows. Just a few things to settle before everything, I won’t care about the mistresses you want to marry in the future.” Qin Xuelian sounded very unwilling.

“Mother, have you forgotten that I’m already the Cang King now?”

“What do you mean? You will no longer listen to mother now that you have become the King?” Qin Xuelian’s expression sunk when she heard his words, as she started breathing harder.

“I didn’t mean that, mother. What I meant was……I need to send my regards to the Emperor in the Flame Capital City.” Fang Zhengzhi had no intention in lying to Qin Xuelian, but he had only one solution now.

“Send regards?” Qin Xuelian asked.

“Yes, Mother, think carefully. I just rejected an arranged marriage from the heavens, wouldn’t it be rude for me to marry Wu Yuer straightaway?”

“This…” Qin Xuelian froze and remained silent.

“But of course, I can understand how you feel about having a grandchild. How about this, I will get up early tomorrow, travel down to the Flame Capital City and explain all these to the Emperor?” Fang Zhengzhi tried asking.

“Zheng’er has his point, his status is different now, as he’s already a King. It’s only right to ask for permission about his marriage!” Fang Houde nodded his head immediately once he heard that.

“You’re saying that I know nothing about all these basic manners? Of course I know Zhenger’s status is very different now, but…” Qin Xuelian hesitated.

“Mother, I won’t need that long to travel from the Northern Mountain Village to the Flame Capital City. Just a couple months.” Fang Zhengzhi finally saw a ray of hope shining after he heard Fang Houde “helping” at his side.

“Fine, I will agree to you going to the Flame Capital City, but you have to promise me one thing. Marry Wu Yuer once you’re back from there!” Qin Xuelian spoke after thinking for a long time.

“…” Fang Zhengzhi felt bitter but he knew that he had to agree now, in order to prevent her from worrying once he left. “Okay, I agree!”

…

“Since you have agreed to this marriage, aren’t you supposed to settle the dates before you go?” Just as Fang Zhengzhi’s voice died down, a figure holding on to a red silk began walking in.

“Wu Yuer!” Fang Zhengzhi’s expression changed as he saw Wu Yuer walking in.

He did not need expect Wu Yuer to be eavesdropping outside. That was just too unexpected, and what did she mean by settling the marriage first?

Did she not catch his hint of trying to “pacify” Qin Xuelian?

“Yuer is right!” Fang Houde nodded quickly.

“Hmmm, come here quickly, there are some things in this box, come and choose. See if there’s anything that you like, I would like to give to you as your marriage gift.” Qin Xuelian seemed a little surprised that Wu Yuer had suddenly appeared in front of them, but she flashed a smile immediately.

In her heart, she felt that the words Wu Yuer had said earlier meant that Yuer had “loyalty”. She would alway remain loyal and married to Fang Zhengzhi as his wife, hence Qin Xuelian naturally felt very delighted to hear that.

“Thank you aunty.” Wu Yuer heard the words and leaped happily towards the wooden box. Her bright eyes looked into the wooden box as she flashed a smile.

But when Fang Zhenghi saw this, he felt even worse than before.

He finally managed to get these five treasures out of Wu Yuer. While it did not amount to corruption, but he had put in a lot of effort for them.

For every piece, Wu Yuer would suffer from insomnia for half a month.

But now…..

The five treasures were lying right in front of Wu Yuer.

And Wu Yuer had been eavesdropping outside for a very long time. At this point, he knew that Wu Yuer would definitely choose the most precious pieces out of them.

But alas, he had underestimated Wu Yuer.

“Aunty, Yuer love all these five antiques! Thank You Aunty!” Wu Yuer said while she tried to be “sensible” by thanking her.

Fang Zhengzhi froze.

Qin Xuelian had the same expression as well but smiled after that, “Good good, since Yuer likes all of these, then you may have all these as your gift, since Houde and I won’t get to use them. Why not you take all of them, there is also a stack of money…”

“Mother, I would want to have some time alone.” Fang Zhengzhi could feel this bleeding heart. He knew that Wu Yuer had always been very “evil”, but wasn’t that just too much?

He had spent one year to dig out the five treasures from the Shadow Sect, but all these were about to be taken away by Wu Yuer without any effort?

What on earth!

Indeed, that lady was full of motives!

“Go ahead.” Qin Xuelian waved at Fang Zhenghi before pulling Wu Yuer towards her and said, “Yuer, you can stop calling me aunty from today onwards!”

“Yes, mother!” Wu Yuer nodded her head “coyly”.

“Wu Yuer, don’t burn one’s bridges!” Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes seemed a little red.

“Mother, he just bullied me!” Wu Yuer turned towards Qin Xuelian, as if she was “wronged”.

“Zhenger, don’t you be so fierce to Yuer. You think you can be so arrogant now that you become the Cang King. I’m the one who have chosen Yuer, if you do anything bad to her, don’t expect me to be nice!” Qin Xuelian hugged Yuer immediately once she heard that.

“….” Fang Zhengzhi had a look at Qin Xuelian then at Wu Yuer, as well as the quiet Fang Houde. He wanted to say something, but nothing came out in the end.

What happened to the mother-in-law and wife quarrels?

Why did it turn out to be like a war ganged up by them against the son instead?

Hold on!

Something seemed wrong.

Wu Yuer was definitely not his wife.

But…

Crap, Wu Yuer took his five pieces of treasures and even stole his 80 thousand silvers.

No way! I need to get them back!

…

The night was cold as the moon hung up high.

Although the spring night wasn’t cold, but Fang Zhengzhi’s heart felt cold inside, as if he were inside an igloo.

“Are you going to pay the interest for the things you took?” Fang Zhengzhi gave Wu Yuer a black face, who had just changed into a colored silk dress.

Wu Yuer was looking very pretty. Especially with the little red dot on her forehead and her slim waist, as well as a pair of attractive eyes.

But…

Fang Zhengzhi had always known that Wu Yuer was not so easy to deal with. She looked innocent but was skilled in stabbing people from behind.

For example now, he still couldn’t figure out why he had lost to her. Or rather, for the next round, how could he protect himself?

It was impossible to do so!

In just an instant, she had taken his collateral away from him.

Taking advantage of Qin Xuelian by making her feel anxious about having a grandchild, that “stab” was just too superb.

“What kind of interest do you want?” Wu Yuer touched her chin gently as she tilted her head, as her pair of eyes looked at Fang Zhengzhi. She blinking softly to catch his attention.

“When I leave tomorrow, please act well for me.” Fang Zhengzhi, saw her flirtatious moves and told himself that he would never fall into her trap.

“Okay.” Wu Yuer agreed almost immediately.

“Then there’s nothing else.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded as he turned around. But before taking a step forward, he turned back around again, with a serious expression on his face.

“Rest assured, I took back what I’m supposed to, so naturally…”

Wu Yuer stared at Fang Zhengzhi’s serious expression and tried to explain patiently. But she was stopped before she could finish her sentence.

Because she felt something strange on her chest.

She looked down and saw a hand pressing right on her chest. Furthermore, it seemed as though it was aggressively pinching her, causing her eyes to be opened wide in disbelief.

Then…..

She felt as though she was striked by lightning.

The warmth coming out from the hand was so prominent, just like a furnace burning in her heart, causing her body to tremble.

It was an angry tremble.

“This is the interest!”

The initial serious face evoked a smile. And as the sound disappeared, so did the figure that was standing in front of Wu Yuer, leaving only the temperature remaining on her chest.

….

Second day came, it was morning in the Northern Mountain Village.

Driven by the realistic acting skills of Wu Yuer, the Northern Mountain Village villagers’ eyes turned watery instantly.

It was supposed to be a happy and joyous occasion to enter the capital to meet the emperor. Furthermore, the marriage was an even happier event that deserved celebration.

Hence, it shouldn’t be so depressing.

However, Wu Yuer’s reluctant expression and tears-filled eyes looked very sincere, as well as her heart-warming verses and poems.

“…”

“Passionate since ancient times. Parting, what a cold autumn festival!”

“Where can I get drunk tonight? A bank with willow trees, beneath the waning moon and cruel breeze.”

“In the parting year, fine moments and beautiful scenes mean nothing to me.”

“Though I have a thousand amorous feelings to confide, no sympathetic ear can I find.”

Even though the villagers did not understand anything about the poem, everyone started crying when they looked at Wu Yuer crying as she recited the poem.

As for Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde, they were already unable to recognise Wu Yuer.

Fang Zhengzhi did not stay any longer in front of the village. Instead, he directed a middle finger towards Wu Yuer, “Sad parting? I almost believe her!”

…

Fang Zhengzhi paused for a while after stepping out of the Northern Mountain Village. He stopped at a corner as he looked up in the sky.

The sun rose up slowly.

The golden light shone from the sky and on the spacious road.

Half an hour later…

A figure suddenly appeared at a tree facing towards the Cang Ling Mountain, it was the same as the one outside the Northern Mountain Village, just that it was in an opposite direction.

“I’m here.” Yun Qingwu walked out from behind the big tree, her black hair fell to the waist, as her pair of eyes stared at Fang Zhengzhi.

“Uh, yes I’m here.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head.

“Why are you here?” Yun Qingwu asked.

“Because, one day’s time is up.” Fang Zhengzhi answered.

“I see.” Yun Qingwu stood up and nodded gently as she stared at the sky. Then shook her head again and said, “I didn’t think that you will come back.”

“I also didn’t think that I’ll be back.” Fang Zhengzhi smiled gently.

“Are you sure you won’t regret staying here?”

“Perhaps.”

“The Pavilion test in the Heavenly Sage Pavilion is going to start soon, and it will take up till a month to reach there. Can you make it on time?” Yun Qingwu questioned again.

“I can save up about 3-4 days if I don’t travel down to the Flame Capital City.” Fang Zhengzhi answered casually.

“3-4 days? You’ll still be late even if you can save 5 days. Nobody is allowed to be late in the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, and if I didn’t remember wrongly, you have yet to collect the test token.”

“I have never mentioned about the fact that I’ll be attending the Heavenly Dao Pavilion test.” Fang Zhengzhi chuckled.

“You’re not going to attend it?” Yun Qingwu stopped asking after that, but stared quietly in the sky, looking at the white clouds floating in the sky.

Silence…

It was very long.

When Yun Qingwu finally withdrawn her gaze from the sky.

“I’m going to leave this box under your care temporarily.”

“Box? What’s that?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at the black box with golden edges on Yun Qingwu’s hand, looking doubtful.

“The Heavenly Dao Sage Tablets, all thirteen of them.” Yun Qingwu finished saying and placed the black box on the ground, as she turned and starting leaving.

“Why did you pass me the Heavenly Dao Sage tablets?”

“I said, it’s just temporary, I will come back to retrieve them four months later!”

“Four months later, before I’m dead? That doesn’t sound that bad, but do you really believe that I will return them to you?” Fang Zhengzhi grinned.

“Previously I did not, but I do now.”

“Because I came back here?”

“Probably.”

“Actually, I only came here to inform you that I’m leaving and you don’t have to wait any longer!” Fang Zhengzhi shouted at Yun Qingwu as she walked further away from him.

“Pa da!” Yun Qingwu’s legs bent as her body trembled, as though she had tripped on something, but that did not make her stop.

She disappeared into the forest moments later.

….

The Heavenly Dao Pavilion was built on the Mountains, on top of the sword peak.

The reason why it was referred to as the sword peak was not because of the fact that it had a sword on its peak, but because its cliff resembled a flat and sharp sword.

Other than that, there were countless beasts roaming around in the three-sided mountain forests.

That was a dangerous location. More importantly, there was no path. Be it the three-sided mountain forest or the sword-like cliff, there was not a road in sight.

Let alone the roads…

There was not even a single wooden pillar around.

But today, being an important day in the Heavenly Dao Pavilion due to the biennial event, at the foot of the Mountains, there were naturally many figures, all of whom were dressed very confidently.

Of course, there was a young man who looked the most confident, flying on the back of a soaring beast. His white robe swayed and danced in the air. The sun shone and revealed the Heavenly Dao wordings printed on his chest.

Chapter 632: Forced, From The Start of The Stifling Rod Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

Disciple of the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

This status might not sound as noble in the Heaven Dao Pavilion, but if such a status were to be placed in the Great Xia Dynasty or in front of anybody else.

It was sufficient to garner respect.

The young man leaped from the back of the flying beast and landed on the ground smoothly. He held onto a stack of book. From a glance away, he was looking very confident.

“There are quite a lot of people here.” The young man scanned around, as he said in an arrogant tone.

Following that, three young men, who were dressed in scholarly robes, came down from above, with serious expressions on their faces.

“Brother Kong Qing!” One of them addressed him politely.

“Mmm, master had given us the responsibility to take over this Heaven Dao Pavilion test, thank you all for the hard work.” Kong Qing said and looked away from them.

“We will listen to your commands!” The three of them bowed.

Kong Qing did not continue the conversation with the trio, as he left and walked towards the crowded group of people. His eyes were shining brightly.

The biennial Heaven Dao Pavilion test can be said as the only “big event” that contained interaction between the Heaven Dao Pavilion and the outside world. To be able to take on this responsibility, proved Qing Dao’s capabilities.

Of course, other than his capabilities, there were also his qualifications.

Kong Qing might be young, but it was already six years since he had entered the Heaven Dao Pavilion. From the time he had entered the Supernatural State till the time he had reached the peak of the Rebirth State.

His path to the Heaven Dao Pavilion might not seem that outstanding.

But he had improved tremendously.

Taking on the responsibility wasn’t as easy as it seemed. It involved explaining the rules to the contestants and more importantly, observing the aptitude and potential in each one of them.

Honestly, the purpose was to show them the difficulty of the Heaven Dao Pavilion test. And only in front of these difficulties, that one’s problem solving skills and attitudes can be seen.

Similarly, it was also a way of pointing out one’s potential.

As for encouragement…

It was not needed at all.

These three words “Heaven Dao Pavilion” would be the strongest encouragement to many generations of families, as countless young men would crack their brains trying to enter it. Even princes from different countries would flock over just to contest.

Why would they require more words of encouragement?

“Mmhmm!” Kong Qing coughed as he stopped five steps away from the crowd. His eyes were as bright as a torch, emitting an oppressive feeling.

Over the years, those who could participate in the Heavenly Pavilion selection test were the elites and the talents from all countries. Therefore, the characters of these elites were predictable.

Arrogant, confident.

And Kong Qing’s most important task here would be to let people lose their arrogance, as well as their confidence. To empty themselves and return everything to zero.

…

There were not many facilities at the bottom of the Heaven Mountain.

The luxuries were incomparable to the Capital City as well as the capitals of the various dynasties. In fact, they were even worse than the average small villages. Because there were only five small wooden houses.

Other than that, there were not even an egg in sight.

However the exterior of the five wooden houses looked extravagant, as they were made out of white wood. They looked very clean and tidy.

There was even a piece of land in front of the houses, and little white pebbles were laid out on the ground. They were of the similar sizes and shapes.

But…….

There was a lack of space in between them. With hundreds of people crowding on the piece of land, it looked very packed and squeezy.

The appearance of Kong Qing and three men had successfully drawn the attention of everyone.

It quietened the discussions of the crowd.

However, it was only quiet. To make it soundless would be impossible as there would definitely be breathing sounds.

Moreover, they were all elites, absolute top elites.

Many people were of higher status and it could be differentiated from the patterns printed on their fur coats.

“Why are there so many people here when only 32 tokens are received by the Heaven Dao Pavilion?” Kong Qing asked.

“…” Nobody answered.

There were only eye contacts between one another. Silence prevailed.

“Scram!” Kong Qing said coldly.

“Shaaa…”

Instantly, hundreds of people scattered to the back, leaving behind 32 young men wearing their royal fur coats.

Of course, other than the 32 men, the whole place was filled with the crumbles of fruits and biscuits.

“Great, the unnecessary people are gone, but…..” Kong Qing nodded his head gently as he scanned the whole area, “Why are there still so many rubbish on the floor?”

“…” Silence again.

The 32 young men did not answer once again.

However, dozens of people who had already ran away came running back again, and all of them quickly bent down to collect the rubbish.

“Did I ask you guys to pick them up?” Kong Qing waved his hand as a white colour puff of air blew towards the group of people.

“Pong!”

“Pong, pong…..”

“Ahhhhhh…”

A few crashings sounds could be heard, accompanied by a few screams. Dozens of people who ran over earlier were all being pushed back.

“I understand that the envoy was trying to showcase his authority, but might it be a little too harsh this time round?” At this moment, a voice came out instantly from the 32 young men. Then, a young man dressed in a light blue coat, which was embroidered with an eagle-like beast above his chest area, stood up.

“Your Sixth Highness, please stand back quickly!” A faint sound could be heard just as the young men stepped up.

It was a woman wearing a blue long dress, looking pure and innocent. However, her face was pale and her mouth had a blood trail at the side.

Obviously…

The lady had just been attacked and was hurt terribly.

The young man in blue coat trembled when he heard the woman’s words. He clenched his fists tightly before releasing them.

The young man decided to return back to the crowd.

“What, why did not retreat? You can’t even defend your lady as a man?” Kong Qing gave a cold smile as he looked at the young man returning back to the crowd.

The young man clenched his fists again as he grinded his teeth together loudly. His cold eyes scanned the surrounding, but he endured silently and did not open his mouth to refute.

“I will give you a chance to defeat me then I will apologize to her!” Kong Qing had no intention in letting go of the young man, as he spoke and pointed at the lady.

The young man remained quiet as his body continued to tremble.

“You, can leave now!” Kong Qing waved his hand at the young man.

“Why?” The young man finally spoke, his expression filled with disbelief, “just because I said that you gave them a heavy blow? If it was really that case, I can apologize!”

“Fine, kneel and apologise to me!” Kong Qing nodded.

“You…” The young man had a change in his expression. He did mention about apologising, but kneeling down to apologise was totally something different.

“Pu Tong!” There was loud thud sound.

The young man did not kneel. Instead, it was the blue long dress lady who had kneeled down. She moved rapidly towards Kong Qing and bowed in front of him.

“Mister Envoy, I beg you, the Sixth Highness is a man with outstanding talents. He had already stepped into the Rebirth State. He was just being foolish earlier to have committed that mistake, please let him go this once, on behalf of the talents of the Sixth Highness as well as the status of the Sixth Prince of the Radiant Moon Empire.” The blue dress lady said as she kowtowed on the ground.

“Rebirth State?” Kong Qing grinned when he heard that. “Looks like that he was really gifted, I only managed to attain the Supernatural State when I first entered the Heaven Dao Pavilion.”

“I beg your forgiveness!” The blue dress lady heard it and her eyes gave out a slight ray of hope.

“Fine then, I will give him another chance. Three strokes, if he can just handle these three strokes, I will not only let him stay, but I will even apologize to you. How’s that?” Kong Qing was still smiling when he said that.

“That’s what you said!” The blue coat young man gave him a cold stare as a ray of blue light lighted up around his body.

“Ummm, I said that.” Kong Qing nodded his head.

The three young men standing around him began taking a few steps back slowly as they gave the blue coat dress a helpless look.

The blue coat young man did not continue any further.

Instead, he had already sprung into action.

In the next moment, there was a water curtain separating Kong Qing and him. It was one heavy downpour of water falling from the horizon, string by string, and as thin as silk.

Then the blue coat young man also started moving.

As fast as lighting, he leaped through the water curtain, and he transcended into a streak of light. He was surrounded with rolls of crystal bright light.

It resembled water droplets.

“The drops of water could pierce through stones. The Radiant Moon Empire’s Waters Droplet Sword looked so beautiful!” Kong Qing smiled casually but he did not move an inch. He only stood there and waited for the blue coat young man to move towards him.

Water Droplets Sword.

Definitely cannot be without a sword.

However, the sword was hiding in the countless droplets of water. It was a camouflaging tactic, yet powerful and vigorous. It was a strange way of attacking.

“Ding!”

The sword emerged out.

It was a blue long crystal clear sword and it was only one inch away from Kong Qing’s body. Then it pierced through the drips of water and towards Kong Qing’s throat.

The strangest thing happened just when the sword pierced through the water.

Kong Qing remained motionless.

But the sword that was flying towards Kong Qing’s throat paused as a sharp scream came out. It felt like the atmosphere was being rubbed in friction and being oppressed.

The expression on blue coat young man instantly changed.

Because he felt like he had been pressed against so tightly. The force was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down against his chest, resulting in his difficulty to breathe.

What just happened?

Was it the Heavenly Dao?

No!

That wasn’t the Heavenly Dao, but it was controlling the atmosphere.

“It was indeed very impressive, but just a little lacking in strength.” Kong Qing squinted as he raised one leg, while the other was down, before kicking the chest of the blue coat young man.

The next moment…

The blue coat young man flew directly back.

That was not the end, and just as Kong Qing had finished that kick, his body disappeared. WHen it had re-appeared, it was already on top of the blue coat young man.

“Pong!” It was a stifling sound.

Then the whole earth began shaking vigorously.

The blue coat young man crashed down heavily on the floor. While he did not shatter the white pebbles on the ground, a pool of blood was spurting out profusely from his mouth.

“What a shame that you chose to defend all the way instead of going forward to attack. There might still have a chance for you to stay, but you failed to withstand the anger building in you.” Kong Qing landed on the ground again and shook his head when he looked at the pale face young man.

“The Sixth Highness of the Radiant Moon Empire, impatient and rashless. Out!”

…

Nobody really understood what was going to happen in the Heaven Dao Pavilion test. Because after announcing the elimination of The Sixth Highness of the Radiant Moon Empire, Kong Qing turned around and entered one of the wooden houses.

As for the rest of the young men, they stayed put and did not say anything.

The afternoon sunlight was shining on the ground, and it was bright red beaming on the flat ground.

“Young Master, the Heaven Dao Pavilion test has already started, looks like Fang Zhengzhi won’t be here.” A soft voice came out from the crowd of 32 men.

“No, he will be here.” Qian Wu, wearing a dress of black coat, scanned at the three young men standing before him. Then looked at a figure from afar.

“Why are you so confident about this, Young Master?” The voice came up again.

“That’s because Yan Xiu is here.” Qian Wu continued staring at the figure standing faraway, giving an unconcerned look.

Yan Xiu was here!

Then where was Fang Zhengzhi?

These thoughts were floating in Qian Wu.

Although Fang Zhengzhi’s name wasn’t in the list for the list, but he still appeared here, he had travelled a far distance from the Holy Barbarian Empire.

His purpose was to get back his stolen “fame”.

As the next heir to the throne of the Hold Barbarian Empire, he had disdained the throne, but that did not mean that he could tolerate the criticism from people.

The strongest, would never accept failures.

Even if it was just once!

The real survivor, would stand up again from where he had failed.

Therefore, there was Qian Wu.

But the current Qian Wu had yet to realise the situation happening inside the small wooden house now.

The energetic Kong Qing was trembling constantly . He could not understand that under the foot of the Heaven Dao Pavilion and under the sight of his three brothers,

Someone would actually dare to sneak up behind him and used the “Stifling Rod” method.

“Bam!” Kong Qing fell on the floor, and his body went soft and strengthless. The moment he entered the house, he was already poisoned.

A man dressed in blue coat also came out from the darkness at the same time, and he stared Kong Qing and said, “Disciple of the Heaven Dao Pavilion? Your strength is only average!”

Chapter 633: Shocking, And Depressing Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

“Average strength?! YOU….” Kong Qing stared at the figure who appeared in front of him. He could not figure out how this person actually poisoned him and sneaked up onto him. Moreover, he was still looking so calm and peaceful after doing all these to him.

That made him felt as though he had been defeated without much difficulty.

How shameless could one be?

Kong Qing was furious, because the person’s words seemed to have insulted him, and at the same time bringing shame to the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

Nonetheless, he still made it a point to observe the figure standing before him. The person looked young, and he guessed that he was just around the age of 17-18 years old. But he was sure that the person was not one of the 32 participants in the Heaven Dao Pavilion selection test.

He appeared, even though he wasn’t part of the selection test?

Who was he?

Was he one of the disciples in the other forces?

Impossible!

The Heaven Dao Pavilion had been established for many years. The other forces would never choose such an important day during the Heaven Dao Pavilion selection test to settle their grudges.

“What are you…..” Kong Qing was aware that he would be killed straight away if he shouted out for help. Hence, he attempted to lower down his volume since he only wanted to know the reason for the person coming here.

The young man did not give him the chance to complete his sentence and struck him at the top of his head using the rod before he could even open his mouth to say anything.

“Dong!”

Then, Kong Qing, though full of willingness, lost consciousness.

It was just like how he had chased the Sixth Prince of the Radiant Moon Empire away earlier, as no matter how unwilling he was, ultimately he had to stumble away with his injuries-filled body.

Little did he know that retribution would come so fast.

“I was expecting a vigorous resistance, but looks like I have overestimated you.” Fang Zhengzhi shook his head and kept the dented steel rod.

He then applied a layer of crystal looking soft product on Kong Qing’s face. He pat and rubbed it. His actions weren’t gentle, yet they were meticulous.

The skill of disguise.

That was indeed an advanced knowledge.

Over the years, Fang Zhengzhi had picked up a few useful techniques in the Shadow Sect. Some of them were poisoning, the skill of disguise, as well as tn the act of camouflaging.

Of course, while poisoning an “expert” such as Kong Qing, a simple fragrance would not suffice. But that was not a problem for him at all, since the Heavenly Oasis Saint was a guru in the medical profession.

And Fang Zhengzhi, who was constantly “active” around the Heavenly Oasis Saint, had naturally more or less “scooped up” some stocks for future use.

There was a good saying.

No matter how strong one was, one would still be afraid of a kitchen knife.

To always be prepared, was never wrong. Moreover, Fang Zhengzhi already had “The Vast World” with him, so he needn’t worry about not having enough storage space.

After a few moments.

Fang Zhengzhi had finished making the human skin mask, before stripping Kong Qing of his clothes. He then wrapped Kong Qing up into a big dumpling and threw him aside.

Everything was a success, as Fang Zhengzhi touched the coat that was worn by the disciples in Heaven Dao Pavilion. The long white coat was very comfortable and even had the words “Heavely Dao” printed on it. It seemed very majestic.

“Hehe, Heaven Dao Pavilion, here I come!” Fang Zhengzhi grinned as he looked at Kong Qing who was thrown at a corner.

Fang Zhengzhi had suffered throughout these few days, when he was rushing for the Heaven Dao Pavilion selection test. Those were the days where he had been through the worst.

But in the end he was still late for it.

The “Review and Registration” period was already over as soon as he had reached the foot of the Heaven Dao Pavilion Mountain. The selection test had already begun.

In order not to alarm anyone, he decided to come up with this plan.

Take a nap.

Because, indeed, he had yet to close his eyes for a few days already.

But he did not expect that the moment he entered the small wooden house, Kong Qing would rush inside. Furthermore, it seemed like he was trying to take a shower.

How could Fang Zhengzhi, a proper seven-foot man, tolerate watching someone showering in front of him?

Therefore, he sprung into action.

Then…

There was Kong Qing lying on the ground.

In fact, it was not all Fang Zhengzhi’s fault, as he did not intend to attack Kong Qing.

He was only thinking about knocking one of the participants unconscious.

But there seemed to have a slight change in the situation, although Fang Zhengzhi couldn’t help but feel satisfied with the end result.

It was a selection test.

Isn’t being the “examiner” better than the “candidate”?

Fang Zhengzhi did not regret his decision. He had yet to consider the consequences if the Heaven Dao Pavilion were to know about this matter.

He had never thought about being a disciple of the Heaven Dao Pavilion. After all, they would never “favor” him judging his current situation.

The Heaven Dao Pavilion would never favor him?

Then why would he crack his head just to squeeze into the Heaven Dao Pavilion?

Furthermore, he only had less than four months to live. That meant that it was the most appropriate period for him to take risks.

As the saying goes, who would go to hell, if I don’t?

He was too lazy to consider about the consequences of his actions. He could not even keep his own life, let alone think about offending others.

He would even rob all the precious treasures in the Heaven Dao Pavilion if given a better opportunity. Although, the precondition was not to be killed on the spot.

After the preparations, Fang Zhengzhi was preparing to leave for the Heaven Dao Pavilion selection test as a disciple. But just as he lifted up his leg, a roll of scripture fell off and landed on the ground.

“What is this?” Fang Zhengzhi casually picked up the roll of books and flipped its pages. Very quickly, he flashed a bright smile.

It seemed like Kong Qing had spent a great deal of effort preparing for his hosting of the upcoming selection test. He had collected the previous questions for the past Heavenly Dao selection tests on the book.

Of course….

There were only questions without answers.

In other words, it was almost impossible to get any answers from the questions in the book.

…

As Fang Zhengzhi was reading the scripture in the wooden house, there was a enormous beast flying above the Heaven Dao Pavilion across the sky, making a loud howl in the air.

“The Crown Prince of the Radiant Moon Empire Sage has arrived!” A low deep voice came out from outside the door of the Heaven Dao Pavilion. A disciple wearing the Heaven Dao Pavilion coat took three steps towards the door.

The door of the Heavenly Pavilion was certainly not any ordinary door, as it was a human-shaped statue carved from two white jades.

The statue on the left had long white hair, and was clothed in a broad white long robe, with a green sword on its back.

The statue on the right looked young. He had sharp eyes and an indifferent expression. With a sword tucked at his waist, he was clothed in a white long scholarly robe and seemed extremely elegant.

As the disciple of the Heaven Dao Pavilion took three steps in front of the two statues, two figures leaped from the sky. One had a head full of white hair, dressed in a golden robe while the other figure looked middle-aged.

“Your Highness and the Crown Prince, the Pavilion Leader had been waiting in the Heaven Academic Altar for a long time!”

“Great, please lead the way.” The middle-aged man nodded his head after listening to the disciple’s words. He immediately realised something, “Oh right, has my sixth brother arrived at the Heaven Dao Pavilion? He is slightly more gifted than me, but just a little delicate…”

“Crown Prince, are you asking about the Sixth Highness?” The disciple asked.

“Exactly!”

“I’m so sorry, the Sixth Highness was a little too rash earlier and was already eliminated from the selection test. He was disqualified from participating in the test!”

“This….I’m…..No, my sixth brother has just attained the Rebirth State, his power has long met the conditions of the Heaven Dao Pavilion. Moreover, the selection test hasn’t even started?!”

“Power is one condition for the acceptance of being a disciple in the Heaven Dao Pavilion. But aptitude and potential are the better indicators of measure for this test. Moreover, the selection test had begun the moment one stepped into the mountain of the Heaven Dao Pavilion. Now, Crown Prince, if you have no other questions, please allow me to leave for the Heaven Academic Altar!” The disciple finished his sentence and left, walking towards the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

“Ugh….” The Crown Prince and the Highness of the Radiant Moon Empire made eye contact with one another and heaved a loud sigh at the same time. However, they did not continue the conversation, and they walked quickly to catch up the young man who was already walking towards the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

At this moment, another disciple from the Heaven Dao Pavilion walked out from the two blocks of statue. He looked up, gazing at the black figure above the horizon.

“Your Highness and the Xian King of the Great Xia Dynasty have arrived!”

“Greetings emissary!”

“Your Highness, Xian King, the Pavilion Leader has been waiting at the Heaven Academic Altar, please follow me.”

“Sure, trouble you emissary to bring me there.” Lin Mubai nodded his head as he glanced at Lin Yun, who was behind him, then walked into the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

But Lin Yun turned around to look behind him.

Feeling the cool air at the peak of the mountain, as the strong wind blew across at times. His brows were slightly wrinkled, but he quickly recovered and followed closely behind Lin Mubai to enter the Heavenly Pavilion.

…….

In the Heaven Dao Pavilion, inside the Heaven Academic Altar.

There was a piece of crystal clear black stone monument rooted in front of the gigantic white monument. Numerous dense golden characters flashed on the black stone monument, exuding a touch of brilliance.

Surrounding the white stone monument, there were several Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples standing up straight. They were carrying their long swords, holding onto their scriptures. They kept quiet, looking solemn and cold.

Under the stone chair, the square tables carved by four white jade stones were arranged side by side, and each side of the square table had three chairs carved of white jade.

Lin Mubai and Lin Yun were sitting side by side around the square table. There were also a few other people sitting around the table.

“Pavilion Leader, the Highness and Princes from the states have all arrived. The selection test had already begun, but…” One of the disciples walked down gingerly from the stone chairs and said.

“Guyan is not back yet?”

“Yes…”

“No problem, tomorrow is the day of the arrival of the Heavenly Prophecy. I believe Guyan will be able to reach on time.” The old man shook his head and signalled the Disciples to retreat.

“Yes Your Highness.” The Heavenly Dao Disciples bowed and moved back once they saw his hand sign.

The old man stood up at the same time. He was barefoot, and wearing a long white dress. He scanned around the surroundings and flashed a smile.

“Mu Qingfeng, pardon me for the poor hospitality.”

“You’re being polite, Pavilion Leader.”

“I believe that you all are aware of the changes from the previous Heaven Dao Pavilion. Please stay around after the Heaven Dao Pavilion selection test.”

“May I check if you Pavilion Leader are talking about the arrival of the Heavenly Dao Prophecy?”

“Yes.”

“Although the chosen one, Chi Guyan is a part of the Great Xia Dynasty, but since the Heavenly Dao Prophecy is a big matter for us, it involves the stability of the future of our countries. Therefore, how could we miss this great matter?”

“Hmmmm, indeed it involves the matters of our countries…..” Mu Qinfeng nodded and looked up at the horizon.

….

Fang Zhengzhi had spent 30 minutes reading the whole scripture before walking out of the small wooden house.

It was noon, and the sun was harsh and direct.

Everyone had became more obedient after looking at what had happened to the Sixth Highness of the Radiant Moon Empire.

None of them dared to interrogate “Fang Zhengzhi” as to why he had spent so much time inside the small wooden house.

They only stood up quietly, waiting patiently…….

“Brother Kong Qing!” The three Disciples in the Heaven Dao Pavilion greeted him politely, as Fang Zhengzhi walked out of the wooden house.

“Yes.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head and waved casually. As a “senior”, he should have an attitude of a senior.

He did not continue any further, as he scanned around at the remaining 31 “elites”. Very quickly, he realised that an indifferent Yan Xiu was standing among the crowd of people wearing the uniform.

He was almost determined to go towards Yan Xiu.

But he managed to swallow down the words before they came out from his mouth.

What’s the most important value between friends?

Trust!

Fang Zhengzhi knew that he could trust Yan Xiu, but he did not think that Yan Xiu would need his help to pass the Heavenly Pavilion Selection test. And that would be a lack of trust, if he were to step in to help.

Then…..

What else could he do now?

Fang Zhengzhi would choose to stay low if he were to disguise as a prince participating in the test. But now that he was of a different status, surely he cannot put on a similar act? At least he had to do something shocking or depressing.

Such as, eliminating everyone?

And left with Yan Xiu?

Following this method, it cannot be said that he was trying to help Yan Xiu?