Chapter 716: The Heavenly Emperor’s Divine Palace
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The valley in the dusk appeared incredibly mournful. Qin Wushuang and Mu Rong Xu stood while holding each other’s hands.
Mu Rong Xu leaned on Qin Wushuang’s broad shoulder and said gently, “Brother Qin, don’t think too much. The Heavenly Emperor Gate is being bullish. Being a sect with tens and thousands of years of inheritance, the Qin Clan must rely on its foundation.”
Qin Wushuang gave a gentle sigh. “Xu’Er, I am only filled with regret. Could it be I am too gentle and lack the strong hand needed? Ever since I stepped onto the path of martial arts, I have always been suppressed by people. I resist, get suppressed, then resist again… Along the way, I always mind my own business if people do not offend me… However, for such a way of doing things, in this world filled with wolves, I only get pushed around!”
When Qin Wushuang said this, a trace of fierce lights flashed across his eyes. He must reflect on whether such a way of doing things would win him some extra respect or leave him further behind.
However, this would definitely encourage his enemies and allow them to have even more arrogance!
When Mu Rong Xu saw that Qin Wushuang’s gaze was like an injured wolf, her heart sank as she comforted him, “Brother Qin, when you have enough power to intimidate those rascals, I believe you will not have all these troublesome thoughts.”
Qin Wushuang gave a helpless sigh. “The matter with power is endless. Even if we solve the problem with the Xin Clan, there is the totem clan that is even more powerful. Above the totem clan, perhaps there are those even stronger… Xu’er, I think that I should become a person that makes others tremble with fear. They will have a headache whenever the name Qin Wushuang is mentioned. They will not even think of being my enemy! Maybe this is the only way to keep enemies away…”
Mu Rong Xu pursed her lips to suppress her laughter. “Brother Qin, can you even pretend to have such a devil-like att.i.tude?”
Qin Wushuang said coldly, “Let’s give it a try!”
Mu Rong Xu’s tender body shook slightly as she moved her beautiful thin lips. In the end, she did not speak any words to stop him. Inwardly, Mu Rong Xu knew that the words of Brother Qin had made sense.
“Xu’Er, for this battle, perhaps they will get the Floating Snow House involved. I hope you won’t blame me…”
Mu Rong Xu said lightly, “Brother Qin, now between you and me, is there a need to say such things? I am only worried about you and that the Xin Clan will target you specifically.”
Qin Wushuang revealed an indifferent smile, yet the look of his eyes had appeared calm and collected. He displayed incomparable confidence which manifested in his distinct features.
“The Xin Clan… I will make them regret this!” Qin Wushuang looked to the faraway southeastern direction with a determined look. This was the location of where the Heavenly Emperor Gate Xin Clan would be found.
“Brother Qin…” Mu Rong Xu entangled Qin Wushuang’s arm tightly. At this moment, his firm arm was the most reliable thing belonging to her.
“Xu’Er, you should wait for me at the Aspiring Throne Mountain. Lord Mu Rong, please let him return to the Floating Snow House. For the war, the Chief does not want to get the Floating Snow House involved, to prevent false casualties!”
“Alright, I will listen to you, Brother Qin.” Mu Rong Xu nodded and her limpid autumn water-like eyes moved as she looked at Qin Wushuang with determination. “I will wait for you at the Aspiring Throne Mountain.”
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Early next morning, Qin Wushuang was already waiting for a while at the entrance of the Upright Morality Hall.
Qin Xiaotian, the Head Chief of the Qin Clan, had come out of solitary training ahead of time and floated towards the hall.
This was also Qin Wushuang’s first time seeing this legendary Head Chief. He thought that the Head Chief with his aged voice must be a sage-like elderly man.
With one look, he knew that he had purely misunderstood him. Qin Xiaotian Head Chief had an abnormally large body. With a pair of eagle-like eyes combined with an aquiline nose, it made him appear even more astonis.h.i.+ng. He gave off an explosive vibe and caused a group of Juniors to have difficulty breathing.
“Seeing the Head Chief!”
“Ha ha, ok, everyone go in!” Qin Xiaotian walked in majestically while taking large strides into the Upright Morality Hall.
Sweeping across many people with an indifferent gaze, Qin Xiaotian revealed a light smile and said, “Nice, upon having stayed in solitary training for two hundred years, many new faces have emerged, but I see many old faces are lost. This is good, as thousands of coffin leave home, the clan will thrive. Our Qin Clan has lived at the Heavenly Emperor Mountain for tens and thousands of years, we have b.u.mped and went through trials and hards.h.i.+ps countless times. For disasters even more horrifying than this, has the Qin Clan not made it through?”
“Tens and thousands of ancestors of the Qin Clan, in order to uphold the reputation, their heroic spirits sleep deeply in the Sacrificial Valley. Now, in our hands, how could we bear to let the foundation of the Qin Clan collapse? If the blood deep inside your bones is still hot and flaring up, let’s fight by giving it all we’ve got!”
The words of the Head Chief had not deliberately rendered the atmosphere, yet it gripped the hearts of all the warriors inexplicably. All the blood inside their entire bodies flared up again.
Qin Xiaotian did not speak further, but he stopped to look at the other two Chiefs. “Yunran, Chongyan, you will oversee the Aspiring Throne Mountain. I will take Qin Wushuang with me to test the true power of the Xin Clan!”
After he had finished, Qin Xiaotian fixed his gaze on Qin Wushuang and asked with a leisurely tone, “Little one, are you afraid?”
Qin Wushuang laughed leisurely. “Since I’ve stepped onto the path of martial arts, I have experienced life or death situations in hundreds of major and minor battles. I do not know what fear is. The little Xin Clan could be viewed as gra.s.s, what would I be scared of?”
“Excellent! Ha ha, it’s no wonder that you were the champion of the compet.i.tion!” Qin Xiaotian let out a loud laugh. “Did you hear that? Qin Wushuang, a young man of not much more than twenty-years old, is being this calm and composed. He will not be defeated!”
“Head Chief, please rest a.s.sured!”
“We offer best wishes to the Head Chief to win a victory on raising the flag!”
Qin Xiaotian roared with laughter and raised a misty cloud ball to support Qin Wushuang gently. “Go!”
As Qin Wushuang was supported by this cloud and mist, he directly shot out of the Upright Morality Hall towards the southeast. Like a rainbow piercing through the sky, his rapid speed resembled a meteor catching up with the moon.
After one hour, Qin Xiaotian opened his eyes widely and spoke with a low voice, “Let’s go down, we are here.”
Before the Heavenly Emperor Gate Divine Palace, suddenly Xin Tianchen’s eyes moved and revealed a rapt color. He looked at the person from above and knew that people of the Qin Clan had arrived.
He felt unusually pleased with himself and said, “It’s good that you have come, but today I will not let you leave!”
Dropping down from the clouds, Qin Xiaotian restrained his power and walked out. Qin Wushuang who was next to him shot a light glance at Xin Tianchen who carried a sneer on his face.
Such a profound meaningful glance shook Xin Tianchen’s heart. Then, he looked at Qin Xiaotian again who appeared somewhat familiar. All of a sudden, his heart thumped, was this not the Head Chief of the Qin Clan?
“Where is Brother Tianwen?”
Qin Xiaotian shot a light glance at Xin Tianchen that mocked him.
“Ha ha, his majesty is already waiting at the Divine Palace. Head Chief Qin, please!”
“Wushuang, let’s go in. Whether this banquet is good or bad, you better see it well. Ha ha ha,” Qin Xiaotian chuckled calmly.
Xin Tianchen’s heart thumped. Vividly, he felt somewhat inappropriate.
Qin Wushuang did not try to disguise his mocking face as he revealed a smile to Xin Tianchen. “Chief Tianchen, long time no see.”
Although Xin Tianchen kept a smiling face on the surface, he thought fiercely, “Kid, I will let you be savage now, but soon I will let you not even have tears left to cry.”
Inside the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace, all the Heavenly Emperor Eight Gates had gathered.
Qin Xiaotian found the position of the Qin Clan and sat down straightforwardly. He called to Qin Wushuang, “Wushuang, sit.”
For the Heavenly Emperor Eight Gates, it included the Heavenly Emperor Xin, the Qin, the Yun, the Heavenly Punis.h.i.+ng Villa, Sound of Thunder Sect, Thousands Feather sect, Mysterious Reform Gate, and Hundred Lane Clan.
Qin Xiaotian gave a cold sneer and swept across the faces of all the leaders of the sects. He twitched the corner of his mouth and mumbled, “Long time no see, it seems there are some new faces that have come up in the past hundred years.”
The Heavenly Emperor Xin Tianwen laughed with high-spirits. “Brother Xiaotian, I truly did not expect that you would come out, such a rare instance! I thought that you would never step foot into my Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace, ha ha ha.”
Qin Xiaotian said lightly, “Brother Tianwen, it’s rare that you think about my Qin Clan let alone set up a banquet in our honor. If I didn’t come, wouldn’t it be putting your hard work into vain?”
There was not a single person at the scene that was not an idiot. All could savor traces of strange intentions. Besides the person that had partic.i.p.ated in this scheme, the intentions of the remaining people were similar. They did not want to get involved. They would not get involved and would not invite trouble.
Indeed, with Qin Xiaotian stepping out, this was a chess piece they had not thought about. This had caused the entire Heavenly Emperor Gate to feel somewhat bewildered.
Xin Tianwen remained calm and collected. “Alright, Brother Xiaotian, today we have called everyone, first, we want to witness the charm of the Supreme Dao Fruit, secondly, there are some matters in which we need to ask everyone to consider.”
Qin Xiaotian was rather straightforward. “The Supreme Dao Fruit? I must say that your majesty has informed us too late. The day when Yunran and the others had returned, we distributed the Supreme Dao Fruit to those hard working Honored Warriors. All three Supreme Dao Fruit were already distributed. At this moment, most likely they are already refining them. It is too late for everyone to see.”
Xin Tianwen’s face changed slightly for they had distributed it this quickly? He felt somewhat in disbelief. However, he could not find any flaws as he gave a slight sneer, “That’s not right. According to my information, this time, the Qin has got five Supreme Dao Fruit. Even if you distributed three, there should be two others.”
Qin Xiaotian said with an indifferent tone, “Certainly I know best the business of my own clan. Besides, even if there are five, they would have been distributed. One would never think too many Supreme Dao Fruit as too much. How could there be anymore?”
Suffocated by Qin Xiaotian’s words, Xin Tianwen felt frustrated inwardly. Anger of delusion kept scuttling as he said coldly, “So today, no one can see the Supreme Dao Fruit?”
“If you have Supreme Dao Fruit, you should bring it out for us to broaden our horizons. I hear that your Xin Wuji has seized two Supreme Dao Fruit and escaped back to the Heavenly Emperor Mountain with the feigned death technique. If rumors are true, you should have two Supreme Dao Fruit, your majesty.”
His words had struck hard and even Qin Wushuang could not help but grin. The words used by this Head Chief were sharp. His style of having the guest acts as host and to gain the initiative by striking first was exactly what Qin Wushuang had needed.
To not get hit pa.s.sively, but to strike first. Under this pa.s.sive situation, he had been active and took control of the situation!
Xin Tianchen exhibited an ashen face and said angrily, “Qin Xiaotian, do you want to take any of that back? Alright, since you’ve mentioned this matter, I do need to settle a debt with you! Tianchen, tell them.”
A sense of pride flashed across Xin Tianchen’s eyes. He stepped up and said with a clear voice, “Everyone, before we headed to the Illusion Heavenly Lake, the Heavenly Emperor had summoned all the sects and issued three laws. For this matter, does everyone still remember them?”
“Yes, yes! I remember.”
“Of course we would not forget about this.”
Some had responded and some also stayed in silence.
Xin Tianchen said again, “However, this Qin Clan has defied the order of the Heavenly Emperor. Before reaching the Karakorum Immortal Clan, they already made a move towards their own people. My Xin Wuji from the Heavenly Emperor Gate, Yan Qiansui from the Heavenly Punis.h.i.+ng Villa, and Lei Hong from the Sound of Thunder Sect were all attacked by this Qin Wushuang in secret. Everyone, tell us, this Qin Clan has publicly challenged the authority of the Heavenly Emperor and brutally murdered the fellow disciples of the Heavenly Emperor Mountain! What punishment should they bear?”
It had come, the true colors of the Xin Clan had finally been torn through!