Repugnant Gateway 3

by Zhi Bai

  An Zheng looked at the Peach Blossom Swords that stabbed towards him, as if he could see ferocious spirits that were trapped within. They might be innocent, but they were trapped by Feng Xiuyang's Peach Blossom Sword and became sword spirits. Using such a method, Feng Xiuyang was able to unleash the power of the Sword Spirit to its limits.

  On the rooftop in the distance, Feng Xiuyang's psychokinesis was the commander of these sword spirits. With just a glance, he could change the direction the Sword Spirit would attack. Very quickly, An Zheng's Holy Fish Scale s became even more chaotic, and there were more flaws.

  An Zheng started to make his move, blocking the Peach Blossom Sword that leaked out from the gaps in the Holy Fish Scale's defenses. After the ice shard in his hand collided with the peach blossom swords, it actually did not freeze the sword. An Zheng quickly understood that the ice spirits were the coldest in the world. And these sword spirits were the most sinister in the world. Something as cold as yin was originally connected to each other through their auras, so the Ice Soul had no meaning for the Peach Blossom Sword.

  An Zheng couldn't help but think of Ding Wanqiu, whose sword intent contained a pure Yang energy, and that flame seemed to be the natural nemesis of the Peach Blossom Sword.

  Breaking through to the Yin with a pure Yang energy.

  An Zheng was not a Dao Sect disciple, so he naturally did not know the Dao Sect's Pure Yang Art. But speaking of Pure Yang … In this world, there was only An Zheng.

  With a shua sound, the four Holy Fish Scale around An Zheng suddenly shrank together and surrounded An Zheng. Then, these four Holy Fish Scale suddenly blossomed like petals and spread out in all directions. A sun appeared in An Zheng's hands. Under the strong light, the peach blossom swords began to become blurry. Waves of sharp hissing sounds came out from the Peach Blossom Sword, as if it could pierce a person's eardrums.

  The sun in An Zheng's hand grew brighter and brighter, and there were no longer any other colors in the surroundings, only light.

  The Peach Blossom Sword became smaller and smaller like a piece of paper that had been burned. That extreme cold and yin aura became so weak under the light of An Zheng's sun.

  "I don't understand the secret arts of the Buddhist Sect, nor do I understand the Daoist Sect's taboo. However, if I'm reborn, why wait for him?"

  An Zheng slowly released his hand and the sun rose into the sky, "Let me send you guys through rebirth."

  A circle of golden ripples fell from the sun before quickly spreading in all directions. It was as if someone threw a rock into the originally calm lake, causing ripples to appear on the surface. Wherever the golden light passed, the speed at which the Peach Blossom Sword melted became faster and faster.

  "Reverse and reverse rotations."

  An Zheng softly said these four words, and that blazing sun instantly turned black. The surroundings also became dark, as if night was falling. The Sword Spirits that could not be seen originally were all floating in the air and could clearly be seen.

  "When one's heart desires rebirth, why should another's curse be reborn? "Go ahead."

  An Zheng waved his hand, and the hundreds of sword spirits disappeared.

  Chapter 272 - Grab It If Wou Can't Figure It Out

  Feng Xiuyang frowned slightly as he watched An Zheng use a blazing sun to disperse all of the Sword Spirits back to life. However, he quickly relaxed, and then, he raised his hand and clapped. "Not bad, not bad, this is my opponent. If he were to let me win so easily, it would be meaningless. If I can take you in as my Sword Spirit, my strength will increase multiple times. Just thinking about it would be a very exciting thing. "

  He took a step forward. "But …"

  After saying this word, he suddenly stopped and frowned once more.

  "Annoying."

  He turned his head to look and seemed to sense that someone was approaching.

  After being silent for a while, Feng Xiuyang returned to his expressionless face, but he winked at An Zheng and mouthed two words, "Goodbye."

  An Zheng knitted his eyebrows, and for a moment, he did not understand what Feng Xiuyang meant. His body suddenly rose up, and then, he withdrew the pitch black sun in the sky. When the sun came back to his hand, it was another bright light. The sun had originally only been the size of a fist but when it returned to the center of An Zheng's palm, it started to quickly enlarge.

  An Zheng's body fell from the sky, his hand pressing downwards.

  The sun, which was already as big as a millstone, pressed down towards the top of Feng Xiuyang's head. It looked like an Azure Dragon, rushing towards the descending sun.

  The sword intent and the sun clashed in midair. The green colored air current that was rapidly spiraling above the sun was like a noose that swept away the sword intent, and the sun heavily smashed onto Feng Xiuyang, who had no time to dodge. Feng Xiuyang shouted ah, and then instantly disappeared.

  An Zheng stood there, his expression somewhat ugly.

  He knew that Feng Xiuyang was not dead, and had used his own attacks to escape.

  What did this person think? If he wasn't controlled, why pretend to be?

  But An Zheng did not have the time to stay, he quickly turned and rushed in the direction of the Heavenly Awakening Sect.

  At this point, the battle had come to an end. The attacks of the martial artists were forced to stop because of their heavy losses. This could be the history of history, not only the history of the State of Yan, but also the most bizarre and bizarre conspiracy in the history of human history. The rebels were defending a small sect, and the imperial court actually had no one to mobilize. It was to the point that a mob of martial artists began to madly attack them for their ambition to climb up.

  If word of this got out, the surrounding countries would probably laugh their teeth off. However, behind this matter, there was something that made one ponder deeply.

  An Zheng had a far sharper intuition than normal people, so after Feng Xiuyang disappeared, he felt that there was a true expert approaching him. Thus, he did not dare to delay any longer and quickly returned to the Heavenly Awakening Sect.

  The moment An Zheng entered, Qu Liuxi and the others surrounded him and asked one after another where he was going. When An Zheng went out, he was afraid that they might be worried and did not say anything. When he returned, he could not help but sigh inside, it would be difficult to get out. Qu Liuxi and the others would closely watch him, and if he took any other actions, they would definitely not move an inch away from him. But An Zheng did not have the time to think about it, he went back to his room and released Mu Changyan.

  The moment Great Mother Ye saw Mu Changyan, his eyes immediately turned red. The emotions in her eyes were extremely complex, causing one's heart to ache.

  Back then, she had chosen to follow Mu Changyan back to the Fanggu in order to protect him. But towards this man, she would always have some different feelings. Although it wasn't necessarily love, it was more like a kind of kinship or something. Back then, when Mu Changyan had left the Fanggu for her, how could she not be moved? She had always been cold to Mu Changyan, but she didn't want Mu Changyan to waste any more time or emotion on her.

  After arriving at Fanggu, she was trapped in the Sky Prison. Although Mu Changyan was unable to rescue her out, she actually did not have any resentment in her heart. Mu Changyan could not help it, and she had also returned with Mu Changyan on her own accord in order to protect him, so there was nothing to resent.

  The Great Mother Ye also knew that if not for Mu Changyan, the woman inside the Embroidery Palace would have already thought of ways to kill herself.

  What she did not know was that Zhuge Chouyun had used her to obtain Mu Changyan's trust. Back then, Mu Changyan had asked Zhuge Chouyun to treat Great Mother Ye's injuries on time. If Zhuge Chouyun had made a move, then Great Mother Ye would have already been viciously attacked. And the one who did it, was none other than Zhuge Chouyun's disciple. The strangest thing about this matter was t
he Empress Dowager Su's arrangements.

  Zhuge Chouyun's disciple was in charge of torturing Great Mother Ye, while Zhuge Chouyun was in charge of treating him. Like this, Mu Changyan's trust in Zhuge Chouyun would gradually increase. In Mu Changyan's opinion, Zhuge Chouyun was also a pitiful person, even a nominal disciple of her betrayed him and became the empress dowager's lackey. Afterwards, this nominal disciple was killed by the young cultivators under Mu Changyan's command.

  Just like that, Zhuge Chouyun gained Mu Changyan's trust and became the person with the deepest secrets.

  's heart was filled with mixed emotions when he saw Mu Changyan again.

  "I know you can see me."

  An Zheng moved a chair and sat in front of Mu Changyan, but Mu Changyan did not struggle, he just sat there like a wooden person and stared straight at An Zheng. Something was not right anyway. Under normal circumstances, his gaze should have been fixated on Great Mother Ye.

  An Zheng said to Mu Changyan: "Furthermore, I already know who you are. At the start, it was Embroidery Palace's Zhen Dao, but I guess that Zhen Dao should already be dead. You are Zhuge Chouyun."

  After saying that, Mu Changyan's gaze clearly changed.

  "You're smart."

  Mu Changyan suddenly opened his mouth, but the tone in which he spoke was completely not his own.

  An Zheng shrugged his shoulders. It was unknown if he felt it was laughable or if he was infected by Chen Shaobai, but it became more of a habit.

  "From beginning to end, you have been the deepest and most important line in this matter. You helped Mu Changyan cure the poison, you cured the Great Mother Ye, and that way, Mu Changyan will begin to trust you. Using you, Empress Dowager Su sees Mu Changyan's every move clearly. When you saved Ding Ningdong, I still thought that you were a kind old man, and using poison was just your cultivation method. But then I realized, if one's heart is not paranoid, how can one be obsessed with poison? "

  "You're right."

  Mu Changyan grinned and laughed: "But what's the point of saying all these? All of you are rebels now, and anyone can kill them. "

  An Zheng laughed, "No."

  He looked at Mu Changyan and said: "Right now, out of the three parties, the Empress Dowager Su is unwilling to bring out the hidden strength too early. The other party is also unwilling to participate too early, so I have the advantage right now. If you say that I am an anti-thief, he says it will work. "

  An Zheng pointed to Mu Changyan's nose.

  "What are you doing?!"

  With a loud bellow, An Zheng stood up and shattered the chair with a kick. Then, he lifted up a chair's leg and swung a rod at Mu Changyan's head.

  This strike had knocked Mu Changyan unconscious. An Zheng turned around and instructed: "Give him to Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu knows what to do."

  A few big sized men came up and carried Mu Changyan out, and not long after, the news that the Swallow King was actually in the Heavenly Awakening Sect spread.

  In an instant, the direction of the wind changed.

  An Zheng and the others were originally traitors, but now they were protectors. So it turned out that the Swallow King was still in the Heavenly Awakening Sect, in order to avoid being persecuted by the empress dowager. In order to ensure that the State of Yan would not fall into the hands of people other than the Royal families, the Swallow King endured the humiliation and fled the Tiantong Palace. Under the protection of An Zheng and the Head of the Military Department Chen Zaiyan, he entered the Heavenly Awakening Sect to seek refuge.

  Two hours later, a written edict from Swallow King Mu Changyan was spread out. This edict was of course Gu Chaotong's work. In this declaration to seek retribution, the Swallow King had committed countless of great crimes that the empress dowager had committed, each one of which was deemed a crime and deserved to be punished to death. Very quickly, this news spread throughout Fanggu like a hurricane. Every commoner knew that the empress dowager wanted to kill the Swallow King herself as a queen.

  Inside Embroidery Palace, he was truly angry this time.

  "Trash!"

  She walked a few steps quickly and kicked Su Mao to the ground, "How many times have I told you this? Even if Mu Changyan is useless, you still have to keep him. Why did he suddenly arrive at Heavenly Awakening Sect? "How did you suddenly wake up?!"

  Su Mao said aggrieved, "Empress Dowager …" Regarding Mu Changyan, you had personally ordered him to be under your personal protection, so he did not allow us to interfere. "

  Empress Dowager Su's face paled. She raised her hand and slapped Su Mao, "I give the order? I order Mu Changyan to watch, but why aren't our people in Tiantong Palace?! How did Mu Changyan get out, and how did he get to Heavenly Awakening Sect, who amongst you knows?! "

  Su Mao raised his hands to cover his face, a look of hatred flashed past his eyes, but he quickly lowered his head. "Empress Dowager, this subject has sent people to Tiantong Palace, but no one knows how Mu Changyan disappeared. When our people saw that Mu Changyan was heading towards the Embroidery Palace, and was following him secretly, a magical equipment suddenly appeared and kidnapped Mu Changyan. Furthermore, from start to finish, no one revealed themselves. "

  Zhuge Chouyun, who had once again put on her mask, stood beside Empress Dowager Su and said: "It's impossible for him to recover her consciousness, that imperial edict wasn't written by him."

  Empress Dowager Su turned around and said angrily: "Of course I know! But now, who will tell me what to do! A bunch of trash who claimed to be smart was played by a little kid just like that. Didn't you usually say that An Zheng was just a rash person, and was nothing to worry about? "Then, who among you can give me a way to turn the situation around?"

  Zhuge Chouyun pondered for a while, then said: "Whatever they say is fine, the commoners might not believe it. This way, the Empress Dowager has ordered that An Zheng has kidnapped the King. "

  Empress Dowager Su paced back and forth in the house, her face looking more and more unsightly: "I can't wait, mobilize all the forces I have to destroy Heavenly Awakening Sect. At the same time, it was announced that all cultivators who wanted to join the imperial government would be rewarded. As long as they were willing to go against the rules and performed meritorious deeds, the reward would be doubled! No matter who it was, as long as they were willing to join the imperial government's army, they would receive three times the salary. "These years, I have been in close contact with the tribes on the prairie. Three months ago, an alliance army on the prairie was already in the northern part of Swallow Mountain during the season.

  Her steps became more and more hurried, and her words became faster and faster, "Give those families a final ultimatum, tell them they have to make a choice, either kill those bastards of the Heavenly Awakening Sect, or commit the same crime as the people of the Heavenly Awakening Sect!"

  Zhuge Chouyun said: "This is not good... will force people against us. "

  "I'm afraid of them?"

  Empress Dowager Su said: "You have prepared so many years, now it's time to take them out. She opened the Embroidery Palace's underground palace and led the army to attack. After the people from the prairie came in, they were told to fight with the people from those families. Since Jiang Shan could not come with a plan, then I will snatch it! "

  Chapter 273 - Geographical Names

  Empress Dowager Su's expression became even more sinister: "I had always thought it would be safe and peaceful. If you don't offend me, I won't offend you. This State of Yan is completely in my hands, if she were to break into pieces, taking it would be useless. But I also know that none of those guys were willing to see me sitting on the throne. They are just a bunch of bastards who wanted to force me to use force. "

  She paced back and forth: "The people of the grasslands had long ago reached an agreement with me. As long as I give them any of the three iron ores from the great swallow, they would dispatch troops to help me eliminate all those who were against them. I just thought, after all, this is
a matter of my own family members, so why would I involve the people from the grasslands in this? "

  Zhuge Chouyun's face changed, "No way!"

  He quickly walked in front of Empress Dowager Su. "Once the people of the grasslands have iron ore, there will no longer be a peaceful day in the Central Plains!"

  The Empress Dowager Su waved her hand, "It's not as dangerous as you think. Besides the Horse Bow, what else can a group of Swallow Scouts do? As long as the Swallow Gate is closed, those who enter will be unable to leave. "

  Zhuge Chouyun's face turned white: "You're crazy."

  Empress Dowager Su said angrily: "Even if I'm crazy, you drove me crazy! If it wasn't for you pieces of trash, would it be possible for you to let me negotiate a deal with a bunch of prairie patrolmen? "

  Zhuge Chouyun said: "No matter what, I cannot let the people of the prairie pass through, and even more so, I cannot hand over any of the three iron ores."

  The Empress Dowager Su said: "We are only discussing to give them five years, five years later, I will take it back."

  Zhuge Chouyun: "There are many soldiers and few weapons on the prairie. A child can get on a horse at the age of four, shoot arrows at the age of eight, and kill people everywhere at the age of ten. No matter whether it was the State of Yan or the other nations, none of them dared to rashly open the iron ore trade. Once this hole was opened, it would be equivalent to raising a fat wolf! Even if a prairie tribe only had 300,000 people, as long as they had enough weapons, at least 100,000 people could ride horses and kill people! If it's time for war, besides the old people and children who won't be able to get on horses, even women would be considered soldiers! "

  Empress Dowager Su suddenly turned around: "I don't care! If you don't want the people of the grassland to enter the stage, then go and discuss it with the families right now. You can either be my subordinate or the ghost under the knife of the grassland people. "

  Zhuge Chouyun: "Like this, you will only make the various large families work together to make you your enemy. Before the people from the grasslands enter the stage, they will give it their all to kill you."