Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 110 - Fog Hole

Two days later, news spread that Jing Tian had joined the Heavenly Star Sect!

No one knew what benefits the Heavenly Star Sect had promised to Black Water Hall, but the Big Palace Master of Black Water Hall came along smiling broadly, showing no signs of being upset about losing a talented disciple.

It was later known that although Jing Tian agreed to join the Heavenly Star Sect, he still retained his identity as a disciple of Black Water Hall.

This seemingly unreasonable demand was readily agreed to by the Heavenly Star Sect, which showed just how strong Jing Tian’s qualifications were for the Heavenly Star Sect to recruit him at all costs.

Ten Stars Earth Spirit Body!

There are no walls that do not leak.

On the last day before the opening of the Dayan Sect’s relic, Jing Tian’s secret was revealed to the world.

Everyone was shocked!

Although no one knew how many stars Princess Shuiyue’s Earth Spirit Body had, at most it could only be on par with Jing Tian, and there was a great likelihood that it was not as good as Jing Tian’s!

No wonder the Heavenly Star Sect was so willing to recruit Jing Tian at any cost—he truly was a genius of the millennium!

After the news spread, no one cared that Jing Tian had once lost to Zhou Heng, because the deeper the Bloodline Power, the greater its effect in higher realms.

Zhou Heng could still keep up with Jing Tian’s pace for now, but he would only get farther behind Jing Tian!

Perhaps by the time Zhou Heng reached the Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven, Jing Tian would already be in the Land Cleaving Realm or even the Heaven-Opening Realm!

—Princess Shuiyue is a clear example; she entered the Initial Separation Realm at the age of seventeen.

Jing Tian is probably a late bloomer, or perhaps his background was too ordinary, preventing him from receiving comprehensive training from a young age.

It is said that the Heavenly Star Sect treasures Jing Tian enormously and even advised him not to enter the Dayan Sect’s relic in order to stay safe—after all, they would provide any cultivation resources he needed!

Meanwhile, the Nangong Imperial Family also intended to marry Princess Shuiyue to Jing Tian, partly to recruit him and partly because the combination of two Earth Spirit Bodies might produce descendants who could inherit this powerful Bloodline Power.

Overall, Jing Tian is undoubtedly the most celebrated person at present; not only does Zhou Heng not compare, even Princess Shuiyue is overshadowed by him.

On the first day of the first month, a major celebration for the entire empire, the young Martial Artists of Cold Blue Country gathered at the foot of a large mountain thousands of miles away from the Imperial Capital, where the relic of the Dayan Sect was located, guarded by a military troop that allowed no one to enter.

Triggering the restriction meant certain death!

The entire mountain was shrouded in endless mist, and even Zhou Heng, with his Third Layer Heaven Gathering Spirit vision, could not penetrate it, and his Divine Sense, when released, was immediately repelled as if it had hit a wall.

The Dayan Conference, which occurred only once every eighteen years, was naturally quite grand, with the current Emperor, Nangong Hong, personally making an appearance, flanked by his three favored consorts, each a stunning beauty.

“Which one is Nangong Yuerong’s mother?” Lin Fuxiang and An Yumei, bored, began to use the three highest-status women of the realm as a topic of conversation.

Nangong Hong had never declared an Empress; the three favored consorts were Concubine Yin, Rain Concubine, and Orchid Concubine.

It was said that Nangong Yuerong was the daughter of Orchid Concubine.

The three consorts, vying for the position of Empress, stirred up intense conflicts that were hardly less fierce than the struggles between the major sects.

“I think it’s the one in the blue dress.

Aren’t people calling her Orchid Concubine?”

“It should be the one on the left in the yellow dress; she looks more like Nangong Yuerong!”

The two women argued over this trivial issue.

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“No need to argue, it’s the woman in the yellow dress!” Zhou Heng interjected.

“Why?” the two women asked in unison.

“Killing intent!” Zhou Heng grinned, “She has killing intent towards me!

Probably angry about being worth only a thousand Spirit Stones!”

An Yumei rolled her eyes.

If it were her, she would be infuriated too.

Being one of the Emperor’s three favored consorts, a candidate for the position of Empress, and then being appraised at a thousand Spirit Stones would definitely evoke killing intent!

Soon, Nangong Hong gave a brief motivational speech, admonishing the crowd to help each other in the relic and absolutely not to harm one another.

As the ruler of a nation, imposing and dignified, and also possessing Land Cleaving Cultivation, he commanded even more authority, making everyone else feel subdued.

But everyone knew these were mere words.

People in the relic were there to fight for treasures.

Under normal circumstances, they might just smile and walk past each other, but if someone were known to have obtained a treasure, a battle would inevitably ensue!

At that time, life and death would be unpredictable.

“Help each other?

Lie to ghosts!”

“Everyone, begin!” At noon, Nangong Hong nodded.

At that moment, all the experts from various sects who had come to escort them stepped forward, pushing their spiritual power towards a circular stone disk.

Hum!

The stone disk immediately started spinning, and the fog at the foot of the mountain suddenly whirled about, forming a tunnel through the fog that led into the mountain, eerily mysterious.

“Enter swiftly!” Nangong Hong barked.

They could only open this passage once during the weakening period of the formation, which occurred every eighteen years and lasted only one month.

When the time was up, they would open it again to let those inside come out.

Those who missed this timing would have to stay inside forever, as no one had ever survived eighteen years in there until the next period of weakness.

“Zhou Heng—” Nangong Yuerong, walking with an enchantingly graceful stride, arrived.

Every move of this royal daughter was filled with poise, breathtakingly beautiful.

She was walking alongside Jing Tian, looking quite intimate, seemingly confirming the rumors that they indeed might make a good match.

She whispered something to Jing Tian and walked over alone, her face breaking into a beautiful smile, yet her tone was chilling as she said, “If you don’t want to die, it’s best not to go in, otherwise, I will show no mercy!”

Then, she lightly turned around and walked over to Jing Tian’s side.

The two of them walked shoulder to shoulder into the fog tunnel and quickly vanished without a trace.

“This damned woman!” Lin Fuxiang, infuriated, wanted to chase after her and throw stones, but Zhou Heng grabbed her, glared at her and said, “Do you still want to go in?” She then stuck out her tongue, went behind a large rock, and was taken by Zhou Heng into the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

Zhou Heng could not trust leaving her in the inn; such a scoundrel as Nangong Lin could likely strike at Lin Fuxiang the moment he left!

Since keeping someone in the Nine Mystic Trial Tower wouldn’t affect the stability of the formation, Zhou Heng naturally wanted to keep her close.

If not for Lin Fuxiang truly unable to bear the solitude, he would have taken her in before they even set off.

“Let’s go!” Zhou Heng came back and said to Gu Zi and An Yumei.

The three were the last ones, with Zhou Heng escorting the two women from behind.

As he too entered the fog tunnel, it suddenly shuddered violently, whirling and showing signs of collapse.

“Pfft—” The experts operating the stone disk all spat out blood simultaneously, looking drained, as the entrance of the fog tunnel began to collapse!

“Run!” Zhou Heng hurriedly shouted.

This fog was part of the Mountain Protection Array formed by Dayan Sect, capable of annihilating even those in the Heaven-Opening Realm.

He certainly didn’t want to test the might of this formation!

Even then, he didn’t forget to glance back only to see Orchid Concubine revealing a chilling smile on the platform!

It was her, it must have been her doing!

Zhou Heng, finding Gu Zi and An Yumei too slow, scooped up the two women and initiated Swift Cloud Radiant Step, swooshing past others like lightning, and in a mere two or three seconds, emerged from the other side of the mist.

Boom!

The fog tunnel almost simultaneously collapsed completely behind him, merging back into the vast fog as if nothing had happened.

However, those left behind could no longer come out alive.

An Yumei, still in shock, pressed against Zhou Heng for a long while before asking, “Could it be that we brought in one extra person, exceeding the limit?”

The capacity of one hundred and fifty people was an estimate made by Nine Fox, the master of formations.

No one doubted his expertise in the art of formations.

“No!” Zhou Heng shook his head, his face filled with murderous intent, “It was Orchid Concubine!”

“What?” Both An Yumei and Gu Zi exclaimed, An Yumei’s voice filled with surprise while Gu Zi was much calmer.

“How could she do that?” An Yumei pressed further.

“Among those who broke the formation and opened the fog tunnel, there must have been her confidants, deliberately weakening the spiritual power as we entered the tunnel, or maybe they outright sabotaged it, naturally causing the tunnel to collapse!” Zhou Heng said coolly.

He had no proof, but from the chilling yet unalarmed look on Orchid Concubine’s face, he inferred it must be highly probable!

“That woman, just because of a single remark, wanted to harm us?

And it resulted in several innocent people being involved?” An Yumei’s beautiful eyes widened, incredulous.

Was there such a deep hatred between them?

“The maliciousness of some people cannot be reasoned with common logic!” Zhou Heng calmly stated.

“She really deserves to die!” An Yumei was infuriated.

Actually, even if Zhou Heng didn’t have the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, he would not have died, because he still had the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

How could a mere Mountains and Rivers level formation threaten an artifact at least of the Divinity Transformation Realm?

“Don’t worry, since she targeted me, I definitely won’t let her off easily!” Zhou Heng stared into the mist as if he could see through it, straight at the exceedingly venomous Orchid Concubine, “This day won’t be too far off!”

“Let’s go!”

After entering, no one lingered; each was eager to find their own opportunities.

Zhou Heng turned back, nodding at the two women.

“Let’s go!”