Chapter 329: Meng Chong Takes Action, Tang Jinyan's Movements

Chapter 329: Meng Chong Takes Action, Tang Jinyan's Movements

Leaving Dachuan State behind, Meng Chong ventured through the Spirit Domain until he reached Shengzhou's Dazhou Kingdom. Remembering his old acquaintance Zi Yun from the Inner Domain, he decided to pay her a visit.

"Even with the Jade Token, I wonder if I'll face rejection from the Dazhou royalty, just like with the Spirit Sect?" Meng Chong muttered to himself. Zi Yun was someone he considered a close friend, and if things didn't work out, he could always go to Evergreen Pavilion.

He was also familiar with his junior sister, and their relationship was quite good.

'Working at Evergreen Pavilion would still be better than being ostracized by the Dazhou royalty,' he thought to himself.

With that in mind, Meng Chong quickened his pace, but he still didn't soar into the sky, instead opting to continue his journey on foot.

Boom!

Suddenly, not far to his left, a fierce battle erupted between cultivators. The combatants were powerful, their strength almost comparable to those who had refined a wisp of the world's spiritual essence.

"How dare you! Who are you people?" A furious roar echoed, followed by an outburst of power akin to that of a cultivator who had refined a wisp of the world's spiritual essence.

The battle intensified in an instant. Suddenly, another surge of power erupted, this time from one of the attackers.

"Hmm? Is that a death warrior?" Meng Chong was taken aback. This surge of power contained traces of death energy, similar to the old fellows of the Thousand Martial Hall.

"Now this is getting interesting. Are they trying to kill that cultivator who's refined the world's spiritual essence?" Meng Chong shook his head. He wasn't in the mood to spectate. Encounters like these—assassination attempts and vengeful killings—were all too common in the Spirit Domain. He had already come across several such incidents during his travels.

However, this was the first time he had encountered such a powerful assassination attempt.

"Not good!" The cultivator who had refined the world's spiritual essence exclaimed gravely, their power erupting to its peak.

"Princess Ziyun, run!"

Suddenly, this cultivator unleashed a fierce attack, breaking through the enemy's encirclement and propelling one person out of the kill zone. They then exerted all their strength to hold off the attackers, buying time for their companion to escape.

"Ah Qiu!"

A startled cry rang out, followed by the appearance of a graceful purple figure fleeing at full speed.

"You won't escape! Those marked for death by the Alliance of Myriad Ages cannot escape their fate!" A cold voice resounded, and an elderly figure blocked the purple-clad woman's path.

"You..." Princess Ziyun's face paled in shock. She never expected to encounter an ambush on her way to Evergreen Pavilion.

It seemed that this had been a well-planned trap!

Even someone as strong as Ah Qiu, her butler, would be hard-pressed to survive!

Though she knew she was no match for them, Princess Ziyun refused to meekly accept her fate. Just as she prepared to fight with all her might, a massive fist suddenly smashed into the assailants from below.

"Who dares?!"

The elderly figure blocking Princess Ziyun's path changed his expression, his power erupting as he attempted to flee. However, the incoming fist was too powerful and too fast, leaving him no time to dodge or resist.

Boom!

He was blasted to pieces, his body reduced to ashes.

Princess Ziyun was stunned. This ferocious fist reminded her of someone.

"Meng Chong!" She exclaimed, her eyes widening in disbelief as she looked toward the source of the attack.

The burly, bald figure could only belong to one person—Meng Chong!

Meng Chong hadn't intended to meddle in other people's business, but when he heard the name 'Ziyun,' his heart stirred, and he wondered if it could be the person he knew.

And indeed, it turned out to be Princess Ziyun being pursued.

Without hesitation, he took action, obliterating the elderly attacker with a single blow.

Moreover, the assailants had pretended to be members of the Alliance of Myriad Ages, clearly intending to frame the alliance for the attack.

Although he wasn't a member of the alliance himself, his junior brother, Fang Hao, was the Young Alliance Master and the future Alliance Master.

He had deep ties to the Alliance of Myriad Ages.

Princess Ziyun was overcome with excitement and emotion, rushing forward and throwing herself into Meng Chong's embrace.

"Meng Chong, it's really you! I thought I'd never see you again!" She sobbed, her face buried in his chest.

Meng Chong wore a helpless expression. Why was she always hanging off him like this?

"Meng Chong, quick, save Ah Qiu!" Princess Ziyun pleaded, her head still buried in his chest.

"Alright, fine." Meng Chong sighed and took to the skies, instantly arriving at the battlefield.

Ah Qiu, the butler, was badly injured and struggling to hold on.

Boom!

Meng Chong unleashed a fist, the power of wind and thunder swirling around his massive fist as if the forces of nature themselves had converged to form it. With a single punch, he obliterated the attackers.

Ah Qiu stared in shock, turning to see Princess Ziyun clinging to a burly man. He couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Princess Ziyun!"

"I'm fine!" Princess Ziyun exhaled in relief. However, seeing Ah Qiu's severe injuries, she knew that if he didn't receive treatment soon, his foundation might be damaged.

"Meng Chong, do you have any healing pills?" She asked anxiously.

"Here." Meng Chong handed her a bottle of pills, a resigned expression on his face. "Can you please not hang off me like that?"

Princess Ziyun smiled happily and climbed down from Meng Chong's body. She took out a pill and gave it to Ah Qiu. "Ah Qiu, take this and heal your injuries."

"What is this?" Ah Qiu paused, his injuries weighing on his mind. He quickly swallowed the pill and turned to Meng Chong, asking, "Princess Ziyun, who is this?"

"He's a friend of mine!" Princess Ziyun's face flushed with excitement. After giving Ah Qiu the pill, she continued, "Ah Qiu, return to the royal capital and inform my father of what happened. With his protection, I'll be safe on my way to Evergreen Pavilion, and there won't be any more accidents."

Ah Qiu hesitated, but Princess Ziyun urged him, "Go back quickly. He's much stronger than you."

"Very well, Princess Ziyun. Please take care." Ah Qiu relented and left.

After Ah Qiu's departure, Princess Ziyun's excitement bubbled over, and she jumped up to hug Meng Chong again. "Meng Chong, did you come here looking for me?"

"Something like that," Meng Chong replied, smacking his lips. "Seems like you're doing well for yourself."

"It's okay, I guess. I'm now part of the Qing King's lineage in Dazhou. My foster father is the Qing King. The rest of the Dazhou royalty look down on me because I'm from the lower-class Inner Domain, disgracing their noble Dazhou bloodline," Princess Ziyun huffed. "Just wait until I become stronger. I'll crush them underfoot and show them not to underestimate others!"

"If not for your timely appearance, Meng Chong, I would've been in grave danger. That Alliance of Myriad Ages is despicable! They must think the Qing King's lineage is easy prey, targeting me like this!" Princess Ziyun seethed, her anger still fresh from the recent ambush.

"It has nothing to do with the Alliance of Myriad Ages. The methods of that death warrior are more akin to those used by top-tier Sects, or even those beyond." Meng Chong shook his head.

"Where are you headed now?" He asked, looking at Princess Ziyun.

"Evergreen Pavilion, of course. I've missed you, Lingxiu, and the others..." Princess Ziyun replied. Now that Meng Chong had assured her the alliance wasn't involved, she didn't dwell on the matter.

"In that case, let's go together. I was planning to return to Evergreen Pavilion anyway," Meng Chong nodded.

The two of them left the battlefield and set off toward Evergreen Pavilion's current location.

"Meng Chong, you're so amazing! Even here in Dazhou, I've heard of your reputation," Princess Ziyun said, her face filled with admiration.

"It's nothing special. I'm just second-best," Meng Chong replied with a cheeky smile.

In the Dazhou royal capital, within the Qing King's palace...

"Describe the assailants' appearance," King Qing said, his expression dark as he looked at Ah Qiu.

"They claimed to be from the Alliance of Myriad Ages..." Ah Qiu recounted the details of the ambush, his voice grim.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Ah Qiu was startled, wondering if the attackers were sent by the Dazhou royalty.

Xiang Qing took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "What did the person who came to her aid look like? Do you know his identity?"

Ah Qiu pondered for a moment before replying, "Your Highness, I do have someone in mind, but it's hard to believe."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"The Blade Sovereign, Meng Chong!"

With his sturdy and burly build, and his bald head, it was obvious that it was none other than Meng Chong, renowned as the Second Pride of Lingyu.

However, Ah Qiu found it hard to believe.

Was Meng Chong's strength truly that formidable?

That single punch was so powerful that even he, a cultivator who had refined a wisp of the world's spiritual essence, would have been blasted to pieces!

"Meng Chong!"

Xiang Qing was taken aback, as if he had just realized something. He was surprised to hear Ziyun and Meng Chong were acquaintances, and that could only mean one thing—Meng Chong was from the Inner Domain!

A monstrous talent had emerged from the Inner Domain!

"The matter of Meng Chong coming to her aid must not be made public. Just say that an unknown powerful vagrant warrior came to her rescue," Xiang Qing said after a moment of thought.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Ah Qiu replied respectfully.

...

In a city once governed by the Su family in Yuzhou, Tang Jinyan looked at the person she had come to see, her heart filled with excitement and tension.

Zi Yunhuang, the former emperor of a country, knelt on the ground cautiously, not daring to look up at the noble person before him.

Ever since entering the Spirit Domain, he had thought that holding the Jade Token would allow him to cultivate stronger martial arts and become a formidable warrior. However, the reality he faced was vastly different from his expectations.

He had directly fallen to the lowest and most despicable status of a slave!

How could he, a former emperor, accept such a fate? After being brutally beaten several times, he finally came to his senses and deeply regretted entering the Spirit Domain. If he had surrendered to the Great Wilderness in the Inner Domain, he would have been revered and held a high position.

He had wanted to obtain the Heaven's Way, but how could a lowly slave like him qualify? Fortunately, the Su family soon met their demise.

He, a former slave, had become a vagrant warrior, and what filled him with mixed emotions was that after becoming a vagrant warrior, his situation had actually improved a little.

He finally achieved his wish and obtained the Heaven's Way martial arts, breaking through to the Small Heaven stage.

However, the Heaven stage that was legendary in the Inner Domain was only considered a middling cultivator in the Spirit Domain. Above the Small Heaven stage was the Great Heaven stage, and above that was the even more exalted Refining God stage.

Later, news of even more powerful supreme experts spread.

Zi Yunhuang even considered returning to the Inner Domain, where his Small Heaven stage strength would allow him to rule supreme. However, he found no way to reopen the gate to the Spirit Domain.

Over the years, he had mixed with other vagrant warriors and gradually adapted to his new identity, carefully concealing his origins from the Inner Domain.

But today, he had been targeted by a high-level cultivator from the Lingzong sect, and he was terrified.

Tang Jinyan gazed at Zi Yunhuang indifferently and said coldly, "Do you know of the Evergreen Pavilion? Do you know Xu Yan?"

"No, I don't know!" Zi Yunhuang shook his head.

Xu Yan had swept through the Inner Domain undefeated and, after entering the Spirit Domain, had quickly risen to challenge the Superlative Spirit Sect. How could he, Zi Yunhuang, possibly know such a monstrous figure?

Regardless, he must not offend such a person.

In fact, if they were to meet by chance, he might even be able to gain some opportunities by virtue of being from the same place.

"You're from the Inner Domain, how could you not know?" Tang Jinyan sneered, her gaze indifferent. "I'll give you a chance. Tell me the truth, and you can join the Lingzong sect and become a Lingzong cultivator. Your treatment will be vastly different.

"Don't think that just because you have the Alliance of Myriad Ages backing you, vagrant warriors can turn things around. Think carefully."

As she finished speaking, a trace of killing intent surfaced, causing Zi Yunhuang's body to tremble in fear.

"I really don't know! I'm just a lowly person from the Inner Domain, how could I possibly know a monster like Xu Yan?" Zi Yunhuang stammered.

"If I didn't have evidence, why would I come to you? I once sent people into the Inner Domain!" Tang Jinyan coldly retorted.

Zi Yunhuang's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a force gathering on his head, as if it could crush him at any moment.

"Speak. Tell me about the identity of the Evergreen Pavilion's pavilion master in the Inner Domain and Xu Yan's identity in the Inner Domain..." Tang Jinyan said coldly, her killing intent palpable. "Speak the truth, and you will be rewarded. If you don't, you die!"

"I'll speak, I'll speak!" Zi Yunhuang caved in. If he continued to be stubborn, he knew he would surely die.

"The Evergreen Pavilion was founded by Medication Emperor's granddaughter, Su Zhen. Xu Yan and she are from the same sect, and they both have a mysterious and powerful master..." Zi Yunhuang said, his voice trembling.

Tang Jinyan's expression remained unchanged, but her heart was shocked. Xu Yan and Su Lingxiu were from the same sect, but what about Meng Chong?

"What about Meng Chong?" she asked in a low voice.

"Meng Chong is Xu Yan's junior sect brother. They are from the same sect," Zi Yunhuang replied, revealing everything he knew, especially about the mysterious master.

"What about Fang Hao?" Tang Jinyan asked again.

These few individuals had suddenly risen to prominence in the Spirit Domain, displaying exceptional talent. Fang Hao's methods were profound and mysterious, especially the object he used for transmitting messages, which had disrupted the communication methods in the Spirit Domain.

"I don't know! I really don't know about Fang Hao! This is the truth!" Zi Yunhuang quickly shook his head.

Tang Jinyan muttered to herself, "Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu... They all have a master from the Inner Domain.

"How could such monstrous talents emerge from the lower realms of the Inner Domain?

"Who is their master? Is it the Blood Devil?"

In that instant, she thought of a possibility, and her heart was stirred by tumultuous waves.

Could the Blood Devil still be alive?!

Moreover, he had returned in a more covert manner, cultivating such exceptional disciples and stirring up chaos in the Spirit Domain. Whatever he was plotting must be momentous.

"May I go now, noble one?" Zi Yunhuang asked cautiously.

"Rest assured, I won't kill you. You still have your uses," Tang Jinyan said, waving her hand.

Zi Yunhuang's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

"Take him with us to the Thousand Martial Hall!" Tang Jinyan ordered, gritting her teeth.

"Yes, Miss!"

The maid took out a bag, placed Zi Yunhuang inside, and hoisted it onto her shoulder.

The two of them quietly left Yuzhou, heading towards the Thousand Martial Hall.

If Xu Yan and Meng Chong's backer was indeed the Blood Devil, it would be a matter that would shake the entire Spirit Domain. Tang Jinyan had made a great contribution, and the Water Star Palace would rise along with the Superlative Spirit Sect.

She could even use the Superlative Spirit Sect to eliminate the Evergreen Pavilion, this hidden danger, and kill that bastard!

"The Superlative Spirit Sect will surely recognize the threat and go all out. The Evergreen Pavilion's elixirs and alchemy techniques are coveted by countless people.

"I want to see how you will fare against the entire Superlative Spirit Sect lineage!"

If Xu Yan's backer was indeed the Blood Devil, the Superlative Spirit Sect would definitely join forces to eliminate him. Rules about sparing geniuses would be cast aside.

The Blood Devil must die—that was the Superlative Spirit Sect's bottom line!

(End of Chapter)

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