Edited: OddManOut
Chapter 947: The Tragedy

What kind of spell was Lin Feng using that made the power of the seven snowy peaks condense like that?

Apart from that, six of the seven Tian Chi snowy peaks were wrapped up in abstruse Qi and had turned into holy cultivation places.

Tian Shu hadn"t obtained the same treasures as the other peaks either. Oddly enough, each time the enemies attacked and no matter which peak they attacked, the energies were pushed towards Tian Shu. It seemed that Tian Shu was being used as a s.h.i.+eld.

Lin Feng had probably done that on purpose. He wanted to destroy Tian Shu.

"Lin Feng!" he couldn"t hold it anymore.

Lin Feng turned around, looked at Tian Shu Zi and said indifferently, "With that kind of spell, one peak must receive all the damage. Four of the peaks are standing at the front so I could only choose from the three peaks in the back. And as you, Tian Shu Zi, want to defend Tian Chi and its reputation with all your heart, and because you hate me, always wanting to expel me and steal my treasures, I thought that you wouldn"t mind receiving the damages for everybody else. Your sacrifice shows how much you love Tian Chi."

Lin Feng was making fun of Tian Shu Zi. Lin Feng was taking his revenge.

Tian Shu Zi was speechless and terribly annoyed as he glared at Lin Feng.

n.o.body said anything about what Lin Feng had just said. Apart from Tian Shu, the other peaks kept releasing their energies and attacking the enemies.

"We"re all fighting against the enemies anyways. We"re protecting Tian Chi, our empire, how come you"re not fighting with us. It seems you still have time to chat?" added Lin Feng.

Tian Shu Zi was incredibly furious. His blood was boiling and he started releasing energies too. He would settle accounts with Lin Feng later.

Lin Feng smiled indifferently and stopped looking in Tian Shu"s direction. He looked at the snow Zun cultivator and the others and said, "Teachers, please take care of the leaders."

"Alright. That"s what we wanted to do anyways." said the snow Zun cultivator nodding.

He looked at the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect, the organizer of the great sect meeting. He was also the one who had invited the G.o.dly Xiao Yao Sect to destroy Tian Chi. The first person he wanted to kill was the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect.

As if he had sensed something, the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect looked in Tian Xuan"s direction and noticed the snow Zun cultivator staring at him.

At the same time, the sword Zun cultivator and the fire Zun cultivator looked at King Dragon and Duan Mu. They were getting ready to attack as well.

"Let"s attack the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect together. No need to attack alone. Let"s do this right" said the snow Zun cultivator.

The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect and his friends were incredibly strong cultivators in Gan Yu. They wouldn"t be easy to kill. If the killed the leaders first, the remaining cultivators could all be killed with one strike.

"Alright, alright." the sword Zun cultivator and the fire Zun cultivator nodded. Then, they looked at the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect who suddenly turned deathly pale. He was strong, but he couldn"t defeat three Zun cultivators alone.

"Everybody block that attack, otherwise, you"ll die next!" shouted the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect furiously at his allies. He needed help.

"Right, if anyone tries to escape, they"ll die!"

"Die!" shouted the enemies, one after the other. They gathered again. At the same time, the three Tian Xuan Zun cultivators were bathing in abstruse energies, readying their attack.

The three cultivators condensed their energies which turned into a single beam of light. It was dazzling and sharp as it shot towards the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect. It was so bright that it hurt people"s eyes.

"If you don"t want to die, block that attack!" shouted the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect.

"Boom, boom boom boom!" the crowd joined hands to block the attack. However, when they collided with the lightbeam, they all instantly disappeared.

At the same time, the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect hadn"t blocked the attack with the others, he had used his Xiao Yao agility technique to escape.

"Slash, slash…" in the distance, people could hear the corpses being mowed down by that light beam. A crater had appeared below them and was quickly filling with corpses.

After crus.h.i.+ng so many people, the light beam was starting to fade. The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was still running but that terrifying strength was oppressing his speed. It looked like he wasn"t going to make it.

"No!" shouted the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect furiously. How? The great and wonderful patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was going to die! How could he die that way?

No, he couldn"t die!

With no other way out, the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect used a cloning technique and a myriad of clones appeared. One couldn"t know which one he really was. At the same time, he released a terrifying Qi.

No, he couldn"t die!

"Ah…" he shouted loudly. The world seemed like it was collapsing around him. He was slowing down. No matter what he did, the light beam had found him and had finally reached him. He was surrounded by a dazzling light beam.

Some people who were running away stopped, turned around and looked at him. Was the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect dead? Had one of the most prominent figures of Gan Yu just died?

"Ah…" a horrible shriek spread in the air. An explosion sounded as they watched the light fading. There was blood everywhere now.

It was the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect, but at that moment, he was soaked in blood and his body was covered in gaping wounds. He had even lost his forearm.

Other people s.h.i.+vered when they looked at him. They were scared because if the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect couldn"t help them anymore, what would happen to them?

Chapter 948: Hou Qing Lin"s goal

The blood of the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was spinning and rolling. The strength of his blood was even emitting whistling sounds.

He was a Zun cultivator so his blood was turning into a blood spirit!

At that moment, he was trying to use his blood strength to reconstruct his arm. However, it didn"t work. Even with blood strength, his injury was too serious.

"Ah…" the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect couldn"t recover so he shouted in frustrating. He had lost a forearm.

"Let"s go, hurry!" the crowd was terrified. They all wanted to leave Tian Chi. It was too dangerous to stay and fight. The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect had even lost a forearm. If they stayed there, they would surely die.

The leaders were the fastest to run away. They went to the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect.

"Patriarch, let"s leave and see what we can do in the future." said King Dragon. The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was feeling cold and weak because of the injury. He was furious but couldn"t do much. He hated Tian Chi.

"They"re leaving." people from Tian Chi were relieved. Lin Feng"s spell was really incredible. The enemies couldn"t do anything against them now.

The crowd looked at Lin Feng. Even though those people had attacked them because of Lin Feng, Lin Feng had defended them honorably. Besides, Tian Chi had just become the most powerful group in Gan Yu. n.o.body could challenge them anymore.

However, Lin Feng looked at Yu Xiao and smiled coldly. "You said that destroying Tian Chi would be easy? Do you still want to try?"

"You"re satisfied, aren"t you?" said Yu Xiao. Yu Xiao couldn"t withstand another one of Tian Chi"s star attacks.

"I"m not satisfied. I want to see how you can act that arrogantly. It seems I overestimated you at the beginning. All you do is talk but your words are empty. You"re not using your a.s.s to fart but your mouth. That"s why your mouth is so stinky. I really admire you for not being ashamed." said Lin Feng indifferently.

"You don"t need to stay here and show us how useless you are, so just p.i.s.s off!" said Lin Feng.

"You"re telling me to p.i.s.s off!?" said Yu Xiao coldly.

Lin Feng smiled coldly and waved. He didn"t feel like wasting his breath on Yu Xiao. As if they had understood what Lin Feng meant, the leaders of the snowy peaks condensed their energies.

"If I ever see you again, I"ll slaughter you!" said Yu Xiao. Then, he turned around and started leaving.

"When you leave, don"t forget to say a few words concerning the fact that you"re a… "genius", said Lin Feng mockingly. Yu Xiao was furious.

"People from the Tian Chi Empire, very good." thought the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect. He jumped forwards and released energies which surrounded those people.

The crowd was afraid.

"Mister, we are ordinary citizens, you can"t be mad at us because of your problems with Tian Chi." Those people weren"t strong cultivators, they were ordinary citizens. Attacking them was really inhumane.

"You are citizens of the Tian Chi Empire and besides, you care about Tian Chi." said the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect in an evil way. "Therefore, you"re going to pay for Tian Chi"s mistakes."

"Mister, if cultivators attack ordinary people, it will be the end of Gan Yu." said that person pulling a long face. Strong cultivators usually fought against strong cultivators, not ordinary people, otherwise, regions wouldn"t exist anymore.

The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect had gone insane, he didn"t care about anything anymore.

"Stop." said someone furiously in the distance.

"Patriarch, how can you be so shameless to attack ordinary people?" said Mister Tian Ji.

When the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect heard Mister Tian Ji, he looked even more evil.

"All you can do is hide in your mountains, let"s see if your religion will protect your people." said the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect while releasing terrifying energies and killing those people one after the other. The strongest one was a lower leveled cultivator of the Tian Qi layer..

"How shameless!" said the Zun cultivators of the seven peaks. The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was an evil man.

"Hehe." King Dragon was laughing. They had failed to make the strong cultivators of Tian Chi come out but now it seemed like the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect had found a way.

Even though they had lost many people during the battle, there were still plenty left. If Tian Chi didn"t have that spell in its mountains, the enemies would have had the advantage this entire time.

The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect smiled evilly and said, "While I slaughter ordinary citizens, you can keep hiding in your deployment spell. I will tell ordinary citizens of the Tian Chi Empire that their religion and its followers are killing them." said the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect who voice rolled in the air to the seven snowy peaks.

They were all furious. They wouldn"t have thought that the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect could be so cruel. He couldn"t defeat them directly so he attacked ordinary people.

"Patriarch, as a patriarch, as a leader, saying such things is really shameless."

"So what?" shouted the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect furiously. "Stop talking bulls.h.i.+t. Your people"s fate is in your hands."

"What a sad person." said someone, their voice scared the crowd.

"Who said that? Come out!" shouted the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect furiously. Someone was flying above them in the sky.

"Hou Qing Lin." the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was aghast. Just looking at Hou Qing Lin"s silver eyes made him wet himself.

"Killing you would just make my sword dirty." said Hou Qing Lin indifferently, glancing at the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect.

"You haven"t left!" said Yu Xiao.

"Yu Xiao, I won"t intervene in Gan Yu"s affairs anymore. If I leave, you will come with me." said Hou Qing Lin indifferently.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You can choose to stay, but in that case, you"ll have a taste of my sword." said Hou Qing Lin calmly. Yu Xiao didn"t know what to do, Hou Qing Lin was threatening him.

"Why did you come to Gan Yu?" asked Yu Xiao. Everybody wanted to know.

"I was coming to that. When I finish explaining, you will have to come with me." said Hou Qing Lin. He then added, sounding indifferent, "In six months, the Emperor s.h.i.+ and the Emperor Yu, in Ba Huan will recruit their first batch of imperial cultivation disciples!"

Chapter 949: See You in Ba Huang

"The Emperor s.h.i.+ and the Emperor Yu, in Ba Huan will recruit their first batch of imperial cultivation disciples!" said Hou Qing Lin to Yu Xiao. Did Yu Xiao want to become one of their imperial cultivation disciples?

The Continent of the Nine Clouds was huge. The Holy City was the most famous city of all. Ba Huang was a gigantic territory itself, with eight provinces and ten regions. Each region was gigantic, much larger than Gan Yu. There were many sects there. Empires were rising together and competing for supremacy.

Jiu You was a mysterious and incredible territory.

In Jiu You, there were twelve empires and those twelve empires were incredible. They were all high-level empires. Ba Huang also had many empires, including a few high-level empires, but they were far from being as strong as the empires in Jiu You.

Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu were two strong cultivators from the northern part of Ba Huang who had risen a few hundred years before. They were best friends and they were monstrously strong. Because of this, they were very famous in Ba Huang. After all, two strong emperors being best friends, that was rare in the cultivation world.

Besides, Emperor Yu and Emperor s.h.i.+ were extremely famous for another reason. They weren"t like many of the other emperors. Before becoming emperors, they had never been imperial cultivation disciples. They had just received the teachings of normal teachers. Now, they were extremely famous and had followers like Hou Qing Lin!

The disciples invited by Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu were all incredible heroes. Many people admired them. However, Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu had never had imperial cultivation disciples.

This time, Hou Qing Lin had come to Gan Yu to tell everyone that Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu were recruiting imperial cultivation disciples.

They were recruiting their first batch. Those disciples couldn"t be any ordinary imperial cultivation disciple, they would personally receive the teachings of the two emperors. In the history of Ba Huang, each time emperors recruited imperial cultivation disciples for the first time, incredible things happened. Many people wanted to become their imperial cultivation disciples. If they succeeded, their futures would be incredible.

"Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu are recruiting imperial cultivation disciples for the first time… Great wars will start up in Ba Huang." whispered Yu Xiao. This time, two incredible emperors were recruiting disciples.

However, Yu Xiao didn"t understand why the emperors had sent Hou Qing Lin to Gan Yu. Ba Huang was incredibly vast, there were many, many incredible cultivators there. Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu could find their disciples there. Why send Hou Qing Lin to Gan Yu?

Were they looking for foreign geniuses?

Maybe that they wanted to do something original. That was Yu Xiao"s only explanation, otherwise, he couldn"t think of anything which would explain why they had sent Hou Qing Lin to Gan Yu. On top of that, he even caused troubles at the great sect meeting.

Yu Xiao wasn"t the only one who was surprised. Everybody was surprised, especially the younger people.

Even though they didn"t really understand what it meant to be an imperial cultivation disciple, when they saw how proud Prince Tian Lin and the others were, they wished they could be the same. Imperial cultivation disciples were infinitely stronger than them. Prince Tian Lin and the others could humiliate the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect.

On top of that, the name itself sounded glorious, imperial cultivation disciples…

The expression "imperial cultivation disciple" was making their hearts pound. They had already forgotten about Tian Chi, they were lost in thought, daydreaming about becoming imperial cultivation disciples.

If they could become imperial cultivation disciples, wouldn"t it be fantastic? The last time an imperial cultivation disciples came to Gan Yu, people had to be servile in front of them.

Hou Qing Lin had shouted so loud that all of Tian Chi"s people had heard him.

The people of the seven snowy peaks were speechless. Two emperors were recruiting imperial cultivation disciples. It was so tempting. Such opportunities were extremely rare, especially for foreigners.

The three Zun cultivators of Tian Xuan and Mister Tian Ji all turned around and looked at Lin Feng.

As soon as they heard Hou Qing Lin, they thought about Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was an incredible genius. He was much more gifted than Tian Lin and the others. If Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu accepted applications from cultivators without a minimum cultivation level, Lin Feng definitely had a chance to be selected.

Everybody was looking at Lin Feng with the same thoughts.

He had always wanted to go abroad and become stronger. He had always dreamt of reaching the clouds. He just thought that he needed more time..

"One question please, does Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu impose a minimum cultivation level?" asked the snow Zun cultivator.

"Only Tian level cultivators or above can apply, so Zun cultivators are welcome. There is no age limit either. Talent is the most important thing." replied Hou Qing Lin. Many people were suddenly terribly excited. No age limit? They only had to have broken through to the Tian Qi layer? Amazing!

"Of course, people have to be self-aware of their talents. If someone weak crosses the world, arrives and gets rejected immediately, that"d be a lot of wasted effort on their part." said Hou Qing Lin, making many people come back to their senses. Indeed, there were many Tian level cultivators, but becoming an imperial cultivation disciple wasn"t easy. Even if there was no age limit, not everyone could apply.

"Thank you!" said the snow Zun cultivator nodding. He looked at Lin Feng again. Lin Feng sighed, he was nervous. With his talent, if Lin Feng stayed in Tian Chi, Tian Chi"s future would be great. However, his teacher wanted him to leave for his own future.

"Alright, Yu Xiao, come with me." said Hou Qing Lin indifferently.

Yu Xiao remained silent and nodded. If he didn"t follow Hou Qing Lin, he would die. He had no choice but to obey.

Hou Qing Lin turned around and left. Yu Xiao looked at the crowd and said, "Good luck with everything."

Then, he turned around and followed Hou Qing Lin. Many people gasped with admiration. Such strong cultivators were amazing. People had admired Yu Xiao since they had first seen him at the great sect meeting. Then, Hou Qing Lin appeared and they had all forgotten about Yu Xiao. Even Yu Xiao was scared of Hou Qing Lin.

"See you in Ba Huang!" said Hou Qing Lin before disappearing in the horizon.

See you in Ba Huang…?

The crowd was astonished. What did he mean? Would everyone go to Ba Huang? Or was he only talking to one person?

Besides, they were still wondering why Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu had were looking for people in Gan Yu? It was the first time that something like that happened.

They understood that Emperor s.h.i.+ and Emperor Yu probably didn"t want to miss some geniuses, however, Hou Qing Lin had gone to Asoka first, and there were many strong cultivators there, why hadn"t he chosen someone there? Why had he come to Tian Chi? And why had Hou Qing Lin first told his purpose in Tian Chi?

They couldn"t understand.

Chapter 950: Responsibilities

When Hou Qing Lin and Yu Xiao left, people suddenly came back to their senses. Many people were grinding their teeth. They wanted to go to Ba Huang and become imperial cultivation disciples, even if they couldn"t, at least they would see extremely strong cultivators and travel the world.

"Die!" shouted someone in the crowd. It was the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect.

Real emperors were recruiting disciples, it was an incredible opportunity for many people. A once in a lifetime opportunity, but now, he had lost an arm and he couldn"t heal it with his blood strength. He was going insane.

Tian Chi would definitely pay the price. He was going to kill ordinary citizens of the Tian Chi Empire.

"Tian Chi"s people, listen carefully, starting from now on, I"m going to slaughter the ordinary citizens of your empire. If you don"t come out, I will slaughter them all in a day. I will keep ma.s.sacring them until you come out. If you want to see your entire people die, then continue hiding behind your spell." said the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect maniacally. n.o.body doubted that the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was insane now.

Tian Chi"s people glanced at each others. Many people also looked at Mister Tian Ji.

"Stay here. I"m going." said Mister Tian Ji coldly.

"No." shouted some people from Tian Ji. "Teacher, there are too many of them, they will join hands and kill you."

"Indeed, that"s why we"re going together."

"We can"t possibly go together." said Mister Tian Ji while shaking his head. "We have to protect our religion and our empire. I am the leader of Tian Chi so I can"t let Tian Chi"s people die like this. They won"t necessarily defeat me. If we go together, even though those people have lost many of their strong cultivators, they belong to some of the biggest groups of Gan Yu and could kill you. That would mean the end of Tian Chi."

Everybody looked desperate. The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect was so shameless. How could he attack ordinary people?

"You"re deceiving yourself as well as the others." said someone reprimanding Mister Tian Ji. The crowd was astonished because Lin Feng was contradicting their leader.

"Teacher, if you go to save your people alone, then you are expecting to die and expecting to hurt Tian Chi. If we go together, even if we die together, we at least have a chance at surviving" Lin Feng reasoned.

The old man was speechless. Then he shook his head and said, "What can I do, Lin Feng? Don"t forget that I am the leader of Tian Chi, I can"t stay here and watch my people die."

"There is a solution." said Lin Feng. The old man was surprised.

"What solution?" Everybody was looking at Lin Feng. What solution?

"Does anyone have any item to increase speed? The faster the better." said Lin Feng.

"I do." said one of the leaders. "I use wind abstruse energy and can use mysterious marks. I put my energy in a talisman which allows me to move with extreme speed. You can have it if you want."

The leader took out a ring and threw at Lin Feng.

"It"s a very precious item. You can"t find such items in Gan Yu." said the leader of Yao Guang.

Lin Feng nodded and caught the ring. He then bowed, "Thank you, teacher."

Lin Feng inspected the content of the ring with his G.o.dly awareness and found many talismans. He found the right one and then started flying in the sky.

"Little Lin Feng, what are you doing?" said the snow Zun cultivator. Surprisingly, Lin Feng was charging the enemy.

"Teacher, I have to bear the responsibility for what I did. I can"t let Tian Chi"s people die because of me." said Lin Feng calmly. "Don"t worry. Nothing will happen to me."

Very quickly, Lin Feng left Tian Chi and arrived at the entrance of the empire where the enemies had gathered.

Everybody was surprised to see Lin Feng. Why had he come alone? Did he want to commit suicide?

"Old dog." shouted Lin Feng extremely loudly. Everybody was astonished, especially the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect. He turned around and stared at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was alone!

They had almost given up on the idea of capturing Lin Feng and now he was handing himself to them! Did he want to surrender?

Lin Feng had precious items, he had even managed to cast powerful deployment spells.

"Old dog, stay here and kill everybody slowly. I"m going to the Xiao Yao Sect to cast a huge deployment spell, then I"ll go to Jade Heaven and then to the East Sea Dragon Palace and so on. I can"t stay here to play with you guys. See you!"

Lin Feng glanced back at the crowd with a cold smile, grabbed his talisman, and disappeared into the horizon.

"Pfffewww…" Lin Feng left a strong wind behind him as he left. Lin Feng wasn"t going back to Tian Chi, he was going in the opposite direction. Was he going to destroy the Xiao Yao Sect for real?

"Do you think you can leave just like that?" shouted the patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect furiously. He then used his Xiao Yao agility technique and chased after Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was faster than him though, how come? Was that possible?

"Slash." a sword light streaked across the sky. The patriarch of the Nine Cloud Swords Sect followed Lin Feng. He had only come to Tian Chi for Lin Feng.

"Let"s go." shouted Duan Mu furiously. King Dragon, Mie Qing and the patriarch of the Necropolis Sect all followed them.

Lin Feng was escaping. They had to catch up with him and kill him.

Everybody was astonished. Lin Feng was so fast..

"Lin Feng!"

Snowflakes were still floating around Tian Chi. The crowd was gazing into the distance. Many people were surprised. Not only had Lin Feng cast an extremely powerful deployment spell with abstruse energy in Tian Chi, but he was also sacrificing himself to protect Tian Chi now. He a.s.sumed his responsibilities. Tian Chi was lucky to have such a dedicated disciple.

The snow Zun cultivator and Mister Tian Ji glanced at each other. They understood each that they had to leave as well.

"Everybody, stay here." shouted the snow Zun cultivator and Mister Tian Ji. In a flash, they appeared at the entrance of Tian Chi where the enemies were gathered.

"Die!" shouted the two old men. They released their Qi and attacked all the remaining people.

The crowd was astonished. The patriarch of the Xiao Yao Sect and the others were chasing Lin Feng, so n.o.body could withstand those two old men"s attacks.

"Slash, slash…" terrifying energies fell down from the sky, like lightning.

"Escape, hurry up!" the crowd finally understood what was going on. The two strong cultivators were going to kill them all, so they had to escape!