Chapter 200 : Chapter 200
Chapter 200 Entering the Heaven-Reckoning Disk’s Trial Again, and the Change in the Transparent Phantom
After speaking with Zhao Yi for a long while, Cheng Yu took his leave and returned to his residence.
This time, he had gained a great deal.
Whether it was the secrets behind the Supreme Weapon Ranking Under Heaven or the value of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Rankings, he had never understood them before and had not paid them much attention.
Now, however, he had a completely different perspective.
“No wonder those Jianghu people care so much about their descendants climbing onto the Human Ranking. In the end, reputation is all for profit.”
Thinking of how much Cheng Zhenjiang valued Cheng Feng’s Human Ranking placement, Cheng Yu found it ridiculous.
The Cheng Family had schemed and struggled so hard, yet all they sought was for Cheng Feng to climb to a high position on the Human Ranking and obtain benefits through it.
But they had never expected—
The Cheng Yu they looked down upon had already far surpassed the Human Ranking and reached the Earth Ranking, a completely different level.
As for Cheng Zhenjiang—
Cheng Yu did not want to bother with him too much. When the time came, he would simply raid the River-Severing Sect and the Cheng Family.
He continued thinking, “I can try to challenge martial artists ranked high on the Earth Ranking as much as possible. Battle records from direct clashes are very important to the rankings.”
As for the specific benefits of the Three Rankings—
Zhao Yi had deliberately kept him in suspense. Cheng Yu would have to personally make a trip to Tianji Tower’s headquarters.
But before that—
Cheng Yu still had one thing to do, and that was to deal with Duke Dingguo, Ning Dingyuan, and raid Duke Dingguo’s Estate!
He had to fire the first shot after arriving in the Great Qian Capital!
Duke Dingguo had been targeted by Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu had even obtained a handle on him.
In that case, this noble and aristocrat’s fortune and life—There was no reason they should not become the Jinyiwei’s merit.
Cheng Yu had already sent men to keep watch near Duke Dingguo’s Estate. They were all skilled hands who had followed him from Jiannan Circuit. Once Ning Dingyuan made any unusual movement, they would be able to monitor it.
If Ning Dingyuan left Duke Dingguo’s Estate—
Cheng Yu could seize the chance to charge in, find the crucial evidence, and then go take down Ning Dingyuan, avoiding unnecessary trouble.
And now—
He only needed to wait for an opportunity while making preparations.
“Sword Chief Chang has been busy practicing the sword recently. I can invite her, but there is no need to expose her in advance. Susu is too extraordinary as well, so it would be best to keep her as a trump card.”
He first gave up on asking Chang Ningxiao to suppress Ning Dingyuan.
Although a Grandmaster’s assistance was enough to overturn everything in a struggle between Great Qian martial artists, there was no need to expose the relationship between him and Chang Ningxiao while dealing with Ning Dingyuan.
Outsiders could never guess—
How valuable Cheng Yu was to a sword fanatic Grandmaster, so much so that he could casually invite her to act.
If a person could casually invite a Grandmaster to move, then he absolutely could not be underestimated.
Only by keeping this as one of Cheng Yu’s hidden trump cards could it display its greatest value.
As for Snake General Susu, her spirituality was extremely high, and she was an exceedingly rare precious beast.
But more importantly—
Susu carried Dragon Qi and had coiled beneath Sword-Forging Mountain for several thousand years, sleeping there. This was even earlier than the Progenitor of Qian opening up the lands of Great Qian.
Susu’s identity—
She was definitely a demon from ancient times, one who had escaped by chance when the Progenitor of Qian exterminated the demons and barbarians.
The bloodline she had preserved was absolutely higher than that of the Demon Race currently in existence!
That was precisely why the True Martial Inheritance had taken notice of her and found her worthy to be accepted as the Snake General under its seat.
The secrets involved behind this were truly too many. If he met someone who recognized her value, explaining it would also be troublesome.
If Cheng Yu wanted to deal with Ning Dingyuan—
It would be best for him to rely on his own strength.
“In the worst-case scenario, I must deal with Ning Dingyuan alone, and I should not even use the Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi...”
Although Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi was a system reward, its essence came from the Dragon Abyss Sword Dao.
If a knowledgeable Grandmaster from the Great Qian Court or imperial family saw it, there was no guarantee they would not recognize that it had some connection to the Dragon Abyss Sword.
The Great Qian Emperor’s desire for the Dragon Abyss Sword was definitely not low.
If Cheng Yu lost this move that could clearly erupt with Grandmaster-level power, then dealing with a Ninth-Rank martial artist—even if it was only an Early Ninth-Rank martial artist—would carry much more uncertainty.
“After arriving in the Great Qian Capital, everything really is different. The stage is larger and there are more opportunities, but there are also more restrictions.”
After thinking it over, Cheng Yu ultimately decided that he had to use methods that others would find difficult to identify in order to deal with Ning Dingyuan.
Methods that were difficult to identify?
The moment this was mentioned, Cheng Yu immediately cast his gaze toward a certain incomparably miraculous supreme weapon under heaven.
The Heaven-Reckoning Disk!
Taiyi Sect’s sect-guarding treasure was different from the other Heavenly Armaments on the Supreme Weapon Ranking Under Heaven.
It was the most mysterious and unpredictable.
It did not possess any direct ability to attack and kill opponents.
But through Fate Dao-related methods, it could indirectly achieve the purpose of attacking and killing.
Back then, Daoist Taiyi had relied on the Heaven-Reckoning Disk to calculate Heaven and measure fortune, defeating his enemies and collecting two other supreme weapons under heaven.
Because of that, he had completely touched the reverse scale of Great Qian’s martial artists.
“The Heaven-Reckoning Disk’s abilities are definitely extraordinary, but if I want to use them, I need to continue completing the trials and unlocking the inheritance.”
Although Cheng Yu had already completely taken control of the Heaven-Reckoning Disk, achieving something Taiyi Sect had failed to accomplish for several hundred years—
If he wanted to fully develop the Heaven-Reckoning Disk’s abilities, he still had to proceed through the inheritance trials step by step.
Thinking of this—
Cheng Yu no longer hesitated. With a thought, light shone from within his sleeve, and an incomparably exquisite miniature chessboard appeared in his hand.
Susu, who had shrunk to an extremely small size, was currently coiled into a ball and sleeping. She was suddenly awakened by the Heaven-Reckoning Disk’s light.
She shook her little head in dissatisfaction.
Then she leapt out of Cheng Yu’s sleeve, slithered into a corner, and coiled back into a circle to continue sleeping.
She was still small and needed sleep to grow!
Bad thing, disturbing her!
“This little fellow.”
Sensing Susu’s small emotions, Cheng Yu could not help laughing silently.
The intelligence of this Snake General was far stronger than that of the Great Demons in the wild lands beyond Great Qian’s northern frontier.
In the mountains and deep ravines of the demon lands—
Many Great Demons had strength comparable to Grandmasters.
Yet they still ate until full and slept, then slept until full and ate. Once hungry, they would devour everything, regardless of whether it was of their own kind.
Although their strength was extremely powerful, their intelligence was extremely low.
“Susu is still in her juvenile stage. Last time, after eating the Vital Blood treasure in Prince Qing Secret Realm, she began sleeping constantly, and her strength has been increasing all this time. I wonder how far she can grow.”
After glancing at Susu, Cheng Yu withdrew his thoughts and poured his spirit into the Heaven-Reckoning Disk’s space.
Light flashed before his eyes.
In the next moment, the scene before him became the familiar grassland and chessboard.
The sky was clear and the sun bright. The Transparent Phantom sat upright beside the chessboard and invited Cheng Yu to play.
Cheng Yu noticed something different.
This Transparent Phantom looked far stronger in aura than before, and its spirituality was much better than its previous wooden appearance.
This should have been caused by the inheritance trial entering the second stage.
Cheng Yu bowed to the Transparent Phantom, then sat down and began playing.
With the Heaven-Playing Chess Manual rewarded by the system—
Cheng Yu’s chess skill did not fear the Transparent Phantom at all.
However, he discovered something.
The Transparent Phantom’s chess skill was also much stronger than last time.
“I wonder whether this second-stage trial has any changes apart from the phantom.”
Cheng Yu’s heart stirred.
He began deliberately making poor moves again and again. When the Transparent Phantom saw this, it frantically pursued and attacked, capturing many of Cheng Yu’s pieces.
While gaining an advantage—
The Transparent Phantom actually revealed an extremely human-like expression. From time to time, it began raising its brows at Cheng Yu and covering its mouth as it laughed.
Although it made no sound—
It was clearly conveying a certain attitude to Cheng Yu: it was mocking his terrible chess skills!