Chapter 115: Zitong, I’m Here!
As soon as the words left his mouth, the bustling grand hall fell utterly silent.
Especially the elders from the Jade Pool Sacred Land, including Wei Yuan, whose faces turned serious despite already knowing. Yet, it was hard not to feel tense in such a moment.
Challenge the Eternal Emperor? Who in the Nine States cultivation realm would dare?
Even in the past, some emperors had thrown down the gauntlet, but they had all been crushed to pieces. It had been over two thousand years since someone even thought of attempting it!
Plus, after the recent battle in the Heavenly Storm Realm, many cultivators realized that the true strength of the Eternal Emperor had long surpassed any emperor’s limit!
His feat of repelling celestial beings from the Celestial Realm with a single punch was utterly jaw-dropping!
As Wei Yuan snapped out of his daze, his gaze landed on the Eternal Emperor, raising a spark of anticipation.
What tier of power could the strongest in the Nine States be in the Celestial Mansion?
Yuan Ruoyu’s eyes also fell on Lin Feng, filled with curiosity.
“Hehe!”
Lin Feng smirked, casting a nonchalant glance at Xiao Jing, and declared, “Challenge? I accept!”
“But, I want to battle your strongest in the Celestial Mansion. Just you? Not even close!”
With just a glance, he could assess Xiao Jing’s abilities. This guy was barely at the early phase of tribulation crossing; solid foundation or not, he still fell a tad short compared to Yuan Ruoyu, thanks to the more refined Dao in the Celestial Mansion.
This was the biggest problem the Nine States faced right now!
An incomplete Dao capped their potential. To break that limit, they needed to fill the gaps in the Dao on the mainland as soon as possible.
Xiao Jing, furious, darkened his face: “That’s some bold talk! But not everyone wearing a headpiece is invincible!”
“To challenge me, the strongest of the Purple Origin Celestial Mansion? You’re still not worthy!”
Lin Feng said nothing. The next instant, his figure vanished.
Everyone gasped!
Boom!
Then, a loud crash echoed, and when everyone regained their senses, Lin Feng was back in his original spot.
However, Xiao Jing had been sent flying, crashing into a giant bronze pillar before crashing down heavily.
“Cough cough—”
Xiao Jing, disheveled, struggled to rise from the ground, choking and coughing as he glanced at Lin Feng with terror in his eyes.
While he wasn’t severely injured, that fleeting moment filled him with an overwhelming sense of despair and powerlessness, leaving him deeply frightened.
Xiao Jing realized that if Lin Feng truly intended to k*ll him, he would already be a dead man.
Gone without a trace.
Not a glimmer of a chance; this man was simply too terrifying.
“There are actually such powerful beings in the Nine States…”
The more Xiao Jing thought, the more panicked he became; a person of this caliber was far beyond his league.
He would need a surefire plan to win!
The entire hall was engulfed in silence.
Xiao Ziling and the others looked at Lin Feng, their faces awash with shock they couldn’t conceal.
They didn’t even notice how Lin Feng had made his move.
On the other hand, Yuan Ruoyu and Wei Yuan appeared unfazed. If Lin Feng couldn’t handle this bunch, that would be more surprising.
After all, Xiao Jing was little more than a messenger at most; he could hardly claim to be the top powerhouse in the Purple Origin Celestial Mansion.
At that moment, Xiao Jing wiped the disdain from his face, stepped up to Lin Feng, and said respectfully, “Thank you for going easy on me, I was reckless just now!”
Pausing for a moment, he raised his head, seriousness returning: “This time, I will find you a worthy opponent!”
“In a month.”
“Then it will be the time when the Purple Origin Celestial Mansion fully returns to the Nine States, and we can compete then!”
Yuan Ruoyu’s eyes sparkled with intrigue; she caught that Xiao Jing was talking about returning!
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Return of the Purple Origin Celestial Mansion?
Could it be that these so-called Celestial Mansion relics were once part of the Nine States in ancient times?
Not like now, where they exist as isolated little worlds.
Lin Feng shook his head, saying, “I agree to your challenge, and I don’t care who you send to fight!”
“But I have a condition…”
Xiao Jing frowned instinctively, “What condition?”
Lin Feng’s big mouth split into a grin and announced, “If I win, you have to let me enter your Purple Origin Secret Realm!”
At this statement, Xiao Jing and Xiao Ziling’s faces paled all at once.
Their gazes toward Lin Feng had changed dramatically.
Xiao Jing exclaimed, “You even know about the Purple Origin Secret Realm?”
Lin Feng smirked and kept silent.
He thought to himself, “Knowing is one thing; I’ve been there! Just couldn’t access the core before.”
Sneaking in now would take quite a bit of time, and with time running short, it was best to just lay it out as a condition.
If they disagreed, he’d figure out a way later.
There were six major mansions in the Purple Origin Celestial Mansion, and only by simultaneously invoking secret arts with their unique key could they unlock the Purple Origin Secret Realm.
Xiao Jing contemplated for a moment, gritting his teeth, and said, “Alright, but I can’t agree to that right now; it has to be decided by the mansion!”
“Fine!”
Lin Feng waved his hand, knowing that would be the response.
Then, Xiao Jing led his group to take their leave, having achieved their goal anyway.
At the entrance, Xiao Jing stopped and turned back, saying seriously, “From what I know, not just our Purple Origin Celestial Mansion, other Celestial Mansion relics will also be returning!”
Everyone was a bit puzzled; why was he suddenly saying this?
Xiao Ziling chuckled and added, “Not all Celestial Mansions come with good intentions, you know.”
“You Nine States better prepare yourselves quickly.”
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ruoyu’s expression turned graver as she glanced at Xiao Ziling and thanked her, “Thank you for the reminder, my friend!”
She sighed internally; everything was gradually shifting in unpredictable directions.
If all these changes stemmed from the integration of the Three Realms, then this upheaval was downright terrifying.
If all the Celestial Mansion relics began to emerge one after another, it would undoubtedly bring massive shifts to the Nine States cultivation realm.
Even a storm beyond imagination!
Yuan Ruoyu, as the Supreme of the Sacred Land, had an intimate grasp of these principles.
The emergence of new powers would inevitably lead to a major cleansing.
Any time, competition for resources was unavoidable.
“This is just the various Celestial Mansions!”
Yuan Ruoyu silently repeated in her heart: “What worries me most is the Celestial Realm!”
The Jade Pool Sacred Land was a giant in the Nine States.
But to the Celestial Mansions and the Celestial Realm, what did it really count for?
Leaving the grand hall, Lin Feng chatted a bit more with Yuan Ruoyu, then left the sacred land once again.
He still had a much more pressing matter to attend to.
As night fell, a crescent moon hung in the sky, with stars dotting the expanse.
Before long, Lin Feng arrived in the vast mountains of the Central State, moving at lightning speed.
Finally, he stopped before a summit.
Lin Feng gazed somewhere, a soft glimmer in his eyes, whispering, “Zitong, I’m here!”
As his voice faded, an eerie silence hung in the air, only the chirping of insects in the wild could be heard.
Moments later, the mountain peak erupted with a booming sound.
A stream of black fog poured out, transforming into a dark cloud that floated before Lin Feng.
Within the black mist, a figure flickered in and out, with faint purple eyes burning intensely as they stared at the person before them.
