Translator: Seventh Peril Editor: Anuvrat
“You are indeed the kind of a guy who doesn’t know how to move without making a scene. It’s fine if it’s only Hollow Prince, but now that you’ve also offended Mo Fanlong, I’m really regretting bringing you here.” Su Yu stood beside Ye Zhong, looked at him and sighed.
“Not only that, I’ve also offended the people from the Ye Clan and the Chiyun Martial House.” Ye Zhong shrugged nonchalantly.
“You—”
Hearing that, Su Yu was speechless. Her dear Youngest Junior Brother, who did things on a whim, his ability to cause trouble was really no less than his combat ability.
“Also, why did you bring the three of them here?” Su Yu glanced behind him, at the now delighted-looking Xiang Qiyu and company, then spoke up with a slight headache.
“What can I do? Qu Xuan has an Innate Command Token. If I don’t bring them here, won’t they be in more danger by themselves?” Ye Zhong lowered his voice.
“What!?”
This time, Su Yu was really surprised. She naturally knew how rare this Innate Command Token was, but this little girl Qu Xuan had actually gotten her hands on it.
After a moment of thought, her beautiful eyes swept over Ye Zhong and she sighed, “Since you helped them get that thing, of course you have to bear the consequences.”
“I’m not interested, I’m just cooperating with them,” Ye Zhong chuckled, “Now that I’ve met you, Senior Sister, you’re in charge of their safety.”
Upon hearing the words, a gloomy expression faintly surfaced on Su Yu’s delicate face. She had no idea if Ye Zhong was joking or if he was serious.
“Let’s deal with the trouble in front of us first.” Su Yu was speechless for a moment before her gaze once again fell on the opposite side, Mo Fanlong.
Mo Fanlong’s sight fell on Su Yu, then shifted to Ye Zhong. After a while, he laughed and said, “Well, since Miss Su Yu has made her move today, let’s put this matter down for the time being. However, Ye Zhong, you must not think that it will end like this.”
As soon as his words fell, Mo Fanlong waved his hand and actually brought the powerhouses of his clan away. Then, his indifferent gaze landed on the place ahead.
The eyes of the powerhouses all around them flickered slightly when they saw this temporary halt in the battle. However, a moment later, most of them knew that both parties were just a brief ceasefire. Immediately, their gazes once again landed on the Nine Stairs to Heaven.
“Although Qu Xuan has the Innate Command Token, it’s not easy to ascend the Nine Stairs to Heaven. There are only nine spots, and even if she has the Innate Command Token, she would probably be beaten down. In this place, for the inheritance of the Innate Temple, the status of the Xingxiang Sect is not of much use.” Su Yu’s eyes flickered for a moment after seeing Mo Fanlong step back. Then, her gaze landed on the direction of the Nine Stairs to Heaven and he frowned slightly.
“If that’s the case, Senior Sister Su Yu, you’ve also gotten your hands on an Innate Command Token?” Ye Zhong replied with a faint smile on his face.
“Of course, who do you think I am!” Su Yu let out a cold snort. After sweeping her gaze over the scene, she frowned and said, “However, at this moment, even I don’t have the confidence to occupy a spot, let alone Qu Xuan.”
Ye Zhong’s eyes followed Su Yu’s gaze.
His attention had been attracted by Mo Fanlong earlier, but now he saw that Song Shaochen of the Song Clan was standing closest to the Nine Stairs to Heaven. He was staring at it with his hands behind his back and his expression did not change much, just waiting quietly.
And just a little further away from him was Rong Tian. He looked indifferent as well. However, he seemed to have sensed Ye Zhong and Su Yu’s gaze. He turned around and smiled faintly at the two of them.
And not far from Rong Tian and the others was the Young Lord of the Lei Tian Dynasty, the Hollow Prince; Lei Ruoxu, he was just standing there casually, yet he had an imposing aura radiating from him.
He was obviously aware of Ye Zhong and Su Yu’s arrival. He turned around and smiled at Su Yu with his natural expression. However, Ye Zhong managed to catch a glimpse of a faint killing intent deep within his eyes.
Seeing the look on the man’s face, Ye Zhong smirked inwardly. That day, before he advanced to the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering, he did not need to be afraid of him. At this moment, his strength had improved by leaps and bounds. If he really did fight with him again, the outcome would be unpredictable!
After scanning the man, Ye Zhong suddenly felt two pairs of resentful gazes land on him . He followed their gazes and noticed both Ye Yihao and Ye Yiyin. Both of them were sneering at Ye Zhong incessantly, but it was obvious that they did not dare to cause Ye Zhong any trouble at this moment.
Other than Ye Yihao and Ye Yiyin, there was a group of people gathered around them. From their clothing, Ye Zhong recognized that they were most likely from the Su Clan of the Five Great Clans.
“I didn’t expect that Su Xuan from the Su Clan would also be here. He is also an Inner Disciple of the Xingxiang Sect and his strength is not ordinary. However, since when did the Ye Clan have such a good relationship with the Su Clan?” Su Yu snorted coldly as she spoke.
Ye Zhong smiled at Su Yu’s words and said, “Senior Sister Su Yu, are you from the Su Clan of the Five Great Clans? If so, I think it would be better if we don’t build up a good relationship from now on.”
“Hmph, what I hate the most is this bunch of b*stards surnamed Su.” Su Yu snorted coldly.
“If that’s the case, then the two of us really do have something in common, because what I like to step on the most is people with the surname Ye.” Ye Zhong said with a smile.
After laughing for a while, Ye Zhong’s gaze landed on the furthest corner of the square, then his pupils constricted.
In that direction, a group of Chiyun Martial House powerhouses had gathered together. However, these people were mostly injured and appeared to be in an incomparably sorry state. Noticing Ye Zhong’s gaze, Jiang Le and Meng Xu’s face darkened as they glared at Ye Zhong viciously.
“Big Brother, it’s this brat that ruined our good fortune!” Meng Xu gritted his teeth as he stared at Ye Zhong, his eyes filled with ferocity.
As the words fell, a man with an ordinary stature stood between the two and lifted his head slowly, his gaze fell upon Ye Zhong, a glimmer flashed in his eyes.
“It’s not your fault that you were defeated by Ye Zhong. However, the legendary Ye Clan’s trash has such ability. It’s really out of my expectations.” The person who opened his mouth was the Young Master of the Chiyun Martial House, Ning Yu. He gazed at Ye Zhong with a solemn look in his eyes, “When we fight over the inheritance of the Innate Temple in the future, this guy will be a formidable opponent, but it doesn’t matter. He has offended so many people, so it’s basically impossible for him to casually ascend the Nine Stairs to Heaven.”
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Sensing the gaze of Ning Yu and the others, Ye Zhong shrugged nonchalantly. At this moment, among the many powerhouses present, other than Song Shaochen and Rong Tian who didn’t have any grudges with him, the rest of the powerhouses could be considered on the same side of his enemies. Fortunately, he wasn’t too interested in ascending the Nine Stairs to Heaven, entering the Innate Gate, or seizing the inheritance of the Innate Temple, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to obtain a spot.
However, if there were any other good things other than that inheritance, he would definitely not be polite.
Time passed by slowly. After Ye Zhong and Mo Fanlong made their moves, no one else on the field made any random moves. They were all waiting for something quietly.
After a long wait, more and more powerhouses appeared from all directions. Apparently, many of them were after the inheritance of the Innate Temple.
Among the three girls, Qu Xuan who had remained calm, a trace of panic flashed across her eyes at this moment. She had never expected that the Nine Stairs to Heaven would be so difficult to ascend. Looking at the situation in front of her, if one did not have a certain amount of strength and background, even with the Innate Command Token, it would not be easy to ascend the Nine Stairs to Heaven and obtain one of the nine spots to enter the Innate Gate.
While waiting, at a certain instant, a faint golden light spread out from the cloud and mist that had enveloped the Inheritance Grounds of the Innate Temple. The golden light fell on the top of the Innate Heaven, then split into nine, simultaneously landing on the Nine Stairs to Heaven.
“*Whizz— Whizz— Whizz—*”
At this moment, the plain and unadorned Stairs to Heaven started to flicker with a faint radiance. Then, bell-like sounds echoed throughout the square, causing one’s mind to be refreshed as if they were being baptised.
At the same time, a faint fragrance started to spread in the air. When people present smelled this fragrance, some of them had a dazzling expression on their faces.
“This is…”
Ye Zhong took in a deep breath. Moments later, his eyes lit up, and his sight fell on the Inheritance Grounds behind the Innate Heaven.
Innate Spiritual Liquid! This fragrance, it’s actually the Innate Spiritual Liquid!
At that moment, Ye Zhong’s eyes flashed with excitement. He did not expect to find such a divine-level material like the Innate Spiritual Liquid here! The name of the Innate Temple was well-deserved of its reputation!
One had to know that even when Ye Zhong was in the Three Thousand God Realms, the Innate Spiritual Liquid was known to be hard to find. Generally speaking, no matter how talented a person was, to be able to reach the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering among the Nine Layers of Body Tempering, was already a rare feat. The vast majority of them chose to break through into the first realm of the Innate Martial Dao Realm, the Spiritual Energy Boundary. Because the Eighth Layer of Body Tempering – Three Stages of Heavenly Insight was difficult to cultivate, even far harder than directly advancing into the Innate Martial Dao Realm, in the worst case, the result of a failed attempt would end up being a cripple!
However, this Innate Spiritual Liquid could increase one’s chances of breaking through the Three Stages of Heavenly Insight by more than thirty percent! Basically, with this divine material, the success rate of the breakthrough would be close to half!
Such a divine material appearing in the Three Thousand God Realms would cause countless major powers to fight over it. But unexpectedly, it appeared in this Innate Temple!
At this moment, Ye Zhong, who originally had little interest in the Innate Temple, had his eyes burning with passion. He was too embarrassed to snatch the Innate Command Token from Su Yu and Qu Xuan, but what about the others…?