Chapter 611 - 611 130 Heroes of the World Part 2
611: Chapter 130 Heroes of the World (Part 2) 611: Chapter 130 Heroes of the World (Part 2) “——In response to the summons.”
The woman, her feet suspended a foot above the ground, had her pupils turn silver-white.
“She” spoke in a low voice, calling out Chen Chong’s given title, and said with regret: “The death of Meng Kejian was not anticipated by the Iron Curtain or the Xuanwei Technique; by all accounts, I should bear half the responsibility.
However, if you hadn’t been kind-hearted and lenient at Qixia Mountain, letting Xie Zhen go, Meng Kejian would not have met his demise.”
“Certainly, it’s my sin that A’jian died at the hands of Xie Zhen.”
Chen Chong lowered his eyes and said, “But there are no ifs in the world, and time doesn’t flow backward.
Whatever happened at Qixia Mountain is all in the past; discussing these matters is meaningless.”
“You…”
Nalan Xuance was somewhat surprised; he did not expect Chen Chong to reply with such an attitude.
“Enough.”
The woman suspended in the air sighed once more.
“Xie Zhen has escaped; let it be then…”
“As for matters concerning True Master Jun Shan, if you wish to deal with them that way, then as you please.”
Nalan Xuance manipulated his Disciple’s body with the “Xuanwei Technique” and met Chen Chong’s gaze with silver pupils, as countless threads spread out to form a domain.
He spoke gravely, asking the question he cared about the most.
“A few days ago, my Iron Curtain lost its sensing of Yuan Guang Temple.”
The Iron Curtain, like the Roundness Instrument, is one of the Da Li Dynasty’s state-defending treasures, capable of locking the fortunes of the states and regions, observing celestial phenomena, and predicting fortune and misfortune.
In this world, not many people could block the sensing of the Iron Curtain.
Just a very few.
Nalan Xuance asked with a serious expression, “Is the Zen Master…
still alive?”
Chen Chong leaned against the railing.
He looked at the woman hovering in the sky, watched the silken threads entwine into a cocoon, and observed Nalan Xuance hiding behind the Iron Curtain.
He knew.
The Xuanwei Technique could “View Human Heart” and provide “Insight into Human Nature.”
All Hook and Clamp Masters of the Da Li Dynasty practiced this magic; during interrogations, they would use the silver threads of the Xuanwei Technique to pierce into the opponent’s Heart Lake, and by observing their expressions and heartbeats, determine if they were lying.
More advanced practitioners of the Xuanwei Technique could verify truthfulness with just a gaze.
After a brief silence.
Chen Chong uttered two words: “Of course.”
Nalan Xuance’s expression immediately turned ugly.
“I saw the Zen Master at Yuan Guang Temple as I wished,” said Chen Chong in a dazed tone, “and I was soundly defeated by him…
Just with an arrival of a Divine Thought from the Zen Master, there was the descent of All Heavens Buddha Countries.
I’m afraid this battle is not one even a Yang God could withstand.”
“You lost?
Then the promotion?”
Nalan Xuance’s pupils slightly constricted.
“Of course, that too was a failure.”
Chen Chong let out a self-mocking laugh, tore open the green shirt on his shoulder, revealing a bone-deep wound, with half of his body’s flesh and blood completely stripped away, leaving only a withered husk, sealed by the Thunder Realm.
He spoke somberly, “The State Preceptor went to great lengths planning the destruction of Buddha in Yuan Province, merely to see if the Zen Master was alive and how much power he had left…
Now that I’ve tested it for you, the Great Success of the ‘Life Dao,’ if used for slaughtering, is also an immensely heavy weapon.”
“…”
Seeing this injury, Nalan Xuance’s complexion turned somewhat pale.
The Great Success of the Life Dao?
This was something he had only heard of in legends.
Unheard of.
Even though Nalan Xuance was only projecting through the “Xuanwei Technique,” Chen Chong still saw the trace of fear deep within those silver pupils.
Chen Chong slowly ran his hand over it, and the sound of thunder reshaped his clothes.
He raised his head, sincerely saying, “The Zen Master is not far from ‘the oil dwindling and the lamp burning out.’ Yuan Guang Temple cannot afford to take action a second time.
All the temples within the boundaries of Yuan Province have been uprooted…
Whenever the State Preceptor wishes to embark on the second Destroying Buddha, Yu State and Wuzhou can cooperate.”
“You make a good point…”
However, Nalan Xuance shook his head, “But the campaign to Destroy Buddha is not just about ‘temple uprooting.’ Since Qixia Mountain, continuous conflict has harmed the nation’s fortune.
The matter of the Iron Cavalry trampling temples can be postponed for now.”
After a pause.
Nalan Xuance spoke softly, in a compassionate voice, “This battle with the Zen Master has left you grievously injured, and although your promotion failed, there might still be another chance…
Take this time to heal properly.”
Having said that.
He did not hesitate at all, directly controlling Nalan Qiutong to step into the Starfire Gate and depart.
Thousands of silver threads followed suit.
“…”
Chen Chong watched the closing gate in front of him, a touch of disappointment emerging in his expression.
He shook his head, returned to his room alone, and under the wrap of multiple talismans, tore open his shoulder clothes again…
That dreadfully terrible bone-deep injury reappeared, and the crimson blood, once suppressed by the Thunder Realm, burst forth, turning into a mist of blood enveloping the room.
“Ugh!”
The acute pain pierced straight to the heart.
Even Chen Chong, with his unwavering will, couldn’t help but let out a muffled grunt.
Since regaining consciousness, he had been using the power of his Tao Realm to suppress and maintain this injury…
The purpose was to meet with Nalan Xuance in person and show him the wound.
At this moment.
With Nalan Xuance’s departure, the pressure weighing on Chen Chong’s heart suddenly lessened.
He extended two fingers, gently pressing them to the spot between his eyebrows…
Accompanied by a crisp chirping sound.
The blood mist filling the room began to converge.
Between Chen Chong’s fingers, bursts of crackling thunder sounded, and he pinched out a half-fragmented pure white droplet from between his brows.
Chen Chong’s expression was complex as he gazed at this half drop of Undying Spring.
This was the “good karma” left to him by Fa Cheng.
If not for the desperate suppression by the Thunder Realm, this Undying Spring would have healed all his injuries long ago…
He had regained consciousness three days after the battle at Yuan Guang Temple.
In three days, everything had already settled.
Xie Zhen was long gone from Yuan Province.
But in Chen Chong’s “Divine Sea,” there was an additional segment of memory, a legacy left by Fa Cheng.
He saw Xie Zhen drawing her sword, standing in the crater of Buddha Country, intending to slay him.
Only in the end, for some unknown reason…
Xie Zhen sheathed her sword.
This scene was somewhat ironic; Chen Chong could not help but recall the time at Qixia Mountain, when he stopped Xie Zhen and brought out six bowls of Drunken Immortal Brew.
There was a peculiar parallel to it.
Nalan Xuance was right, if he had not been soft-hearted, then Xie Zhen would most likely have died on Qixia Mountain.
Yet…
Chen Chong saw the figure of a Zen Master in the River of Destiny.
Clearly, the Zen Master had already seen everything.
If he had chosen to act at Qixia Mountain back then, would pulling on the threads of karma create a new outcome?
…
…
“Whoosh.”
The whole room was filled with the sound of water vapor.
In fact, after waking up, Chen Chong had pondered for a long time about how to deal with the aftermath.
The death of Fa Cheng had actually not moved him.
But the tragedy of Suyang City seen in the River of Destiny struck directly at his heart, unforgettable no matter what.
He knew that the battle at Yuan Guang Temple could not be concealed from the watchful eyes of Nalan Xuance.
Besides, the other Yang Gods of the Da Li Dynasty were also watching him.
This battle.
There had to be an outcome.
Everyone in the world knew that Chen Chong was at the Perfect Yin God Realm, just one step away from reaching the summit of the Yang God…
so could he take that step?
He owed the world an explanation.
Thus.
Chen Chong suppressed his aura, creating the false impression of a “failed advancement,” then lifted the martial law in Yuan Province, sent True Master Jun Shan away, and after doing all of this, he waited in the City Lord Mansion of Suyang City for Nalan Xuance’s “arrival.”
As he predicted.
Nalan Xuance, who oversaw the entire Da Li Dynasty with an “Iron Curtain,” remained cautious as ever, never deigning to appear in person in matters outside the Imperial City.
Even when meeting Chen Chong.
He only sent his disciple Nalan Qiutong.
Then, all that followed naturally fell into place.
Chen Chong knew that it wouldn’t be long before the news of his failure to ascend to Yang God would spread to every family, city, and street within Li Kingdom.
In the past decade.
He was invincible in battle, unbeatable in attack.
But this time.
He would tumble from the peak of the high mountain to the bottom of the valley.
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(There will be another chapter in the evening.)