The Human Emperor c1-2382
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Wang Chong bowed, his tone neither too meek nor too proud.
“Haha, there is no need for Young Master to be so polite. Young Master was injured in our Righteous Alliance, so this is our duty, no matter how much Stellar Energy we must expend. Don’t you agree, Brother Song?” Xie Guangting indifferently said, shooting a glance at Song Yuanyi.
“Brother Xie is right. A little more Stellar Energy is not important. There is no need for Young Master Qingyang to refuse,” Song Yuanyi lightly said.
As the pair echoed each other, the nearby Ji Andu who believed he had lost suddenly cracked a sinister smile.
Meanwhile, Wang Chong grimaced. It appeared like he had only needed to deal with Ji Andu in this meeting, but in truth, his actual foe was the person who had spoken up on his behalf, Song Yuanyi.
In the end, this entire act was so that Xie Guangting could say those words, using the excuse of treatment to probe Wang Chong.
Tap!
With a crisp clack, Song Yuanyi emotionlessly took a step forward, allowing no explanation as he made his way toward Wang Chong. At this moment, Ouyang Changheng and the other elders seemed to realize what was going on, and they began to uneasily glance back and forth between Song Yuanyi and Young Master Qingyang. However, none of them dared to say anything, as once the alliance lord made a decision, there could be no objections.
In their view, Ji Andu’s arguments had not been entirely ineffective.
Tap!
Song Yuanyi took another step, closing distance with Wang Chong. Upon seeing those cold eyes, Wang Chong felt his hair stand on end and alarm bells go off in his head.
At almost the same moment, the Stone of Destiny’s voice rang out in Wang Chong’s mind, urgent and brimming with a sense of danger. “Warning! Special Event! User has unintentionally come upon the Sect mission and is in danger! Side mission ‘Origin Immortal Art’ is on the verge of failure!
“Warning! Mission failure imminent!”
Song Yuanyi possessed extraordinary strength, and his Immortal Universe Eternal Spring Mantra was enough to place him almost on par with the Demonic Emperor Old Man. Wang Chong had still not recovered his strength, and his body was still rampant with the Stellar Energy thrown into disarray by the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art. Although Wang Chong had done his utmost to restrain his energy, someone of Song Yuanyi’s strength, with the excuse of treatment, could send the Stellar Energy of the Eternal Spring Mantra roving through Wang Chong’s body and understand everything that was going on inside.
Once the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was exposed, Wang Chong’s identity would be as plain as day, and it was easy to imagine what would happen to him next.
Before calling this meeting, Song Yuanyi had placed seven to eight elders around the mountain to prevent Wang Chong from leaving. Moreover, he and Xie Guangting were together on the summit, and when these two were together, not even the three bamboo hat men were a match, let alone the injured Wang Chong. He couldn’t run even if he wanted to.
Thump!
A fair and slender finger lightly touched Wang Chong’s shoulder. At the same time, boundless energy brimming with vitality gathered on the tip.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, before Wang Chong could react, this vast Stellar Energy surged through Song Yuanyi’s finger and into Wang Chong’s body, traveling with astonishing speed through his meridians to every part of his body, his dantian included.
During battle, Song Yuanyi’s Eternal Spring Mantra seemed soft and vigorous, but its strength was tyrannical beyond compare. It took mere moments for the energy to plunge into the depths of Wang Chong’s body.
Wang Chong’s body was like a bright mirror, the situation clearly reflected in Song Yuanyi’s mind.
Time slowed to a crawl. Ten inches, eight inches, six inches, five inches… Song Yuanyi’s Stellar Energy had already encroached upon the vast majority of Wang Chong’s body and was only a few inches away from his dantian. He was only moments away from encountering the ball into which Wang Chong had scrunched up the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art.
At that point, all of Wang Chong’s secrets would be completely exposed. And given the relationship between Song Yuanyi and the Demonic Emperor, it was obvious what would happen to Wang Chong once the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was discovered within him.
“Warning!
“Warning!”
As Wang Chong felt like his skull was about to explode and his mind was tensed to the extreme, the Stone of Destiny’s calls of warning were constantly ringing out in his mind. Wang Chong instantly felt like he was standing on the precipice between life and death.
In one second, Wang Chong’s identity would be revealed, and then the joint attack of Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting would sign his death warrant.
Buzz!
Just when Wang Chong was prepared to fight to the death with Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting, a surprising message rang out in his mind.
“Warning! User’s death is imminent.” As Wang Chong readied his attack, the Stone of Destiny spoke, but its message this time was completely different from before. “As user’s opponent is a being of this world, with the tacit acknowledgment that the current crisis was triggered by the constraint and resistance of this world, user, as Controller of Destiny, has a single opportunity to exempt themselves from the energy of the world. Does user wish to…”
“Agree!”
Wang Chong had no time to ponder and immediately chose to agree.
A moment later, the inconceivable took place.
Energy suddenly erupted from Wang Chong’s dantian, rapidly engulfing all the Stellar Energy of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art in his body, swiftly gathering and compressing it into a corner of his dantian.
This process was so speedily completed that it was done before Wang Chong had even realized what was going on. Even Song Yuanyi seemed to be moving like a snail in comparison.
Even more inconceivable were the properties of this energy. It was as thin as paper and seemed to lack any sort of attribute. It was like clear water or transparent air.
If Wang Chong hadn’t been the one who had triggered this energy, he wouldn’t have even realized that anything had happened.
Bang!
A split-second later, his dantian trembled as Song Yuanyi’s unique Eternal Spring Stellar Energy flooded in, searching through every part of it.
Song Yuanyi was not performing an ordinary search. His Eternal Spring Stellar Energy looked through every nook and cranny of Wang Chong’s dantian.
But at this moment, Song Yuanyi creased his brow. It was clear that he had not obtained the result he had imagined.
“What’s wrong? Are Young Master Qingyang’s injuries dire?” Xie Guangting suddenly asked.
“Heh, Young Master Qingyang’s injuries are not serious at all. But for him to be injured in the base of our Righteous Alliance is a dereliction of duty on our part,” Song Yuanyi said, his expression much improved.
As he spoke, he sent the Stellar Energy of the Eternal Spring Mantra swimming through Wang Chong’s limbs and bones, healing all the wounds in his body caused by the cultivation defect. A few moments later, Wang Chong’s body had been completely healed.
“Everyone says that Young Master Qingyang’s meridians are unique. From what I have seen today, this truly is the case. Such a pity for one of Young Master’s talent.”
Song Yuanyi withdrew his hand, the torrent of Stellar Energy flowing back into his body. Perhaps Wang Chong was seeing things, but when Song Yuanyi finished his examination, his eyes seemed much gentler.
Everyone sighed in relief, the tense air relaxing. Only one person had a face stricken with incredulity and disbelief.
“This… this is impossible!”
There was no one more shocked at this time than Ji Andu. He would never believe that Song Yuanyi’s inspection would turn up nothing.
Song Yuanyi was the Righteous Alliance Lord, possessing an unfathomable cultivation lev
el. Moreover, he was already suspicious of Wang Chong, so there was simply no reason for him to take Wang Chong’s side.
What’s going on here? Could I have really been wrong?
Ji Andu was dumbfounded and speechless. Half of the reason he was against Wang Chong was Song Youran, but the other half was because he had felt there was a problem with Wang Chong from the very beginning. But now, there was nothing he could say.
“Wonderful!”
Song Youran and Song Jue, on the other hand, were simply ecstatic.
“Alliance Lord Song, thank you. The Eternal Spring Mantra is truly mystical. The condition of this one’s body is much better than before.”
At this moment, Wang Chong ‘calmly’ bowed.
But though he seemed calm on the surface, inwardly, he felt like he was drenched in cold sweat. This had been far too dangerous, and the smallest delay would have resulted in being exposed and fighting a battle for his life.
At the start, not even he had expected Song Yuanyi’s search to turn up fruitless, but this had in some way helped him get past this crisis.
Chapter 1368 - The Origin Immortal Mountain!
Chapter 1368: The Origin Immortal Mountain!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
“Wait a moment! Alliance Lord…” Ji Andu suddenly called out, his face brimming with unwillingness. But before he could continue making trouble for Wang Chong…
“Reporting!”
Dust churned as a voice yelled out of the darkness. Everyone turned to look and saw three figures rushing as fast as horses toward the summit.
A nearby elder with sharp eyes immediately recognized them. “It’s the scouts we sent out.”
After being so suddenly interrupted, Ji Andu immediately lost his chance to speak.
A few moments later, the Righteous Alliance disciples had rushed from the base of the mountain to the summit, getting down on one knee in front of Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting.
“Reporting! Milords, traces of the Origin Immortal Mountain have been discovered. Many people are gathering over there. It seems like the Origin Immortal Mountain will fully appear tomorrow at the latest.”
Buzz!
This news instantly grabbed everyone’s attention, and even Wang Chong felt his heart thump as he turned to those disciples.
If the Origin Immortal Mountain is appearing, Master and the Village Chief will definitely be there. Perhaps they’re going there now, Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
He had heard the Origin Immortal Mountain mentioned moments after arriving in the northwest, but even now, he still had no idea what it was.
“Everyone, disperse and get ready,” Song Yuanyi suddenly said, his eyes erupting with cold and dazzling light. “After some rest, we will set out for the Origin Immortal Mountain. The innate flaw of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art is that the more one cultivates it, the higher the chance of cultivation defect becomes. Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu has appeared in the northwest this time undoubtedly to obtain the Origin Immortal Art. As long as we stand guard around the Origin Immortal Mountain, we should be able to surround him and wipe him out together with his helpers.”
Righteous Alliance Vice Lord Xie Guangting stepped forward and declared, “Alliance Lord is right. Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu has killed far too many and is public enemy number one of the righteous sects. We weren’t able to finish the job last time, so this time, we have to kill this demon and exterminate this problem once and for all.”
“Yes!”
Everyone sounded off in agreement, lowering their heads.
……
The people on the summit quickly withdrew, including Wang Chong and Ji Andu. Only Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting were left.
Without any outsiders present, Xie Guangting now turned to the alliance lord and asked, “What in the world happened? Was it not him?”
“I’m not sure myself.”
Song Yuanyi’s brow deeply furrowed in extreme confusion.
“Perhaps my guess was wrong.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Guangting’s brows subtly twitched. This response caught him completely by surprise. In all the years he had known Song Yuanyi, Song Yuanyi’s intuition had always been very accurate and was rarely wrong. If he felt that there was a problem with this ‘Young Master Qingyang’, then there definitely had to be one.
But this time, Song Yuanyi actually said that he wasn’t sure—a simply unprecedented statement.
“What’s going on? Could it really not be him?”
Xie Guangting was incredibly confused. But Xie Guangting could not offer any argument. After all, Song Yuanyi had already placed his hand on Young Master Qingyang and done a thorough inspection of his body. There was no way someone of Song Yuanyi’s cultivation would have failed to detect a problem.
Anything has a chance of happening. Perhaps Yuanyi really was wrong this time, Xie Guangting said to himself, and his creased brows began to slowly relax.
……
The night was silent. On the southeast face of the mountain, Wang Chong was seated on a crumbled rock, his robes gently swaying in the wind.
Whew!
Now that no one was around, Wang Chong could finally relax, letting out a long breath.
It had been incredibly close, but in the end, he had still managed to escape.
Just what’s going on with this ‘Controller of Destiny’?
In his calm state, Wang Chong could now ponder what had just happened.
‘Exemption from the energy of the world’ was something that had never happened before. Apparently, this was one of the abilities of the title granted by the Stone of Destiny.
After defeating the Arabian Empire in the Battle of Talas and killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Wang Chong had had his Stone of Destiny title upgraded, but Wang Chong had never known what this title did, all the way until that most perilous moment.
With a thought, Wang Chong communicated with the Stone of Destiny. Next to the five reward categories, he discovered something new. This was a golden wheel firmly grasped by a golden hand. Through the openings between the spokes of the wheel, Wang Chong could see several words written on the palm of the golden hand.
Controller of Destiny!
Golden mist emerged from the hand and wheel, imbuing them with an air of mystery.
Wang Chong had an idea and tried to communicate with this hand and wheel. A moment later, some information flowed into his mind.
‘Controller of Destiny. Special Ability: In special circumstances, can provide exemption from attacks or threats related to the energy of this world. Can only be used once a month and is only triggered under special circumstances. Costs 1 point of Destiny Energy.’
Wang Chong was stunned as he read this information. After all this time, Wang Chong had still failed to comprehend the secrets of the Stone of Destiny. On the contrary, the more he knew about it, the more mysterious it became.
Up until now, Wang Chong had never known the Stone of Destiny to have such an ability.
I obtained a Stone of Destiny title before, but I wasn’t able to see how it was useful. After the last war, I became Controller of Destiny and obtained a one-time exemption from the attacks originating from this world’s energy. I wonder what will happen with the next upgrade?
Wang Chong spent a little more time, using various methods to try to plumb more secrets from the Stone of Destiny, but after several failures, he put the matter aside.
I can deal with this later. My first priority is to find Master!
Quite some time had passed since his master and the others had gone missing. Based on what he had heard from the Righteous Alliance, his master had fought Song Yuanyi not too long ago, but he didn’t know how they were doing now. Moreover, if the Village Chief and the others returned to the stone formation and found that he wasn’t there, they would probably be very worried.
When I go with the Righteous Alliance to the Origin Immortal Mountain to
morrow, that will be the best chance to meet up with Master and the others, Wang Chong said to himself.
It was apparent from the report of the Righteous Alliance scouts that everyone already knew about the appearance of the Origin Immortal Mountain. There was no reason for his master not to know as well. And this would offer the best opportunity for him to join back up with the Village Chief and the others.
Moreover, after surviving the suspicions of Ji Andu and Song Yuanyi one after the other, Wang Chong was actually rather safe in the Righteous Alliance.
With this thought, Wang Chong quickly calmed down.
……
The skies of the east gradually brightened as night swiftly passed. With the first bird call, a Righteous Alliance disciple on the summit stood up and stretched, his complexion hale and hearty. After a night’s rest, the Righteous Alliance disciples had managed to recover, and more and more disciples began to get up.
“Alliance Lord has ordered us to get ready to move out! The target is the Origin Immortal Mountain!” A loud voice resounded over the mountain, instantly causing a stir.
Hundreds of Righteous Alliance disciples were swiftly set into motion, surging down the mountain like a flood and heading straight toward the Origin Immortal Mountain.
The people of the sects truly are different. So many people died in the raid from the men in black last night, but they seem to have already forgotten about it. Perhaps killing is so frequent in the world of sects that everyone is already desensitized to it.
Wang Chong mentally sighed.
“Young Master Qingyang, let’s go!” A crisp voice rang out at his ear. At some point, Song Youran and Song Jue had walked up behind Wang Chong.
“Mm.”
Wang Chong nodded and quickly joined the Righteous Alliance army as it made its way toward the place where the legendary Origin Immortal Mountain was about to appear.
Time slowly passed as the army made its way northwestward. The surroundings were devoid of people, and it seemed like the only force left in the northwest was the Righteous Alliance.