Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms - Chapter 186
Chapter 186: Let’s Continue Our Conversation
Fang Chen didn’t cast any mystic art, instead merely dishing out a simple palm strike.
Yet, it left Zhengye Yinggui feeling greatly threatened, as if he had caught the eye of a dangerous being. He instinctively turned around and fled.
But before he could take even a single step, the aureate ki protecting him was shattered by Fang Chen’s spirit ki, and his body exploded on the spot. Blood splattered along with his flesh and bone smithereens.
The surroundings plunged into silence.
Vastsea’s martial artists were infuriated. One of our talented offspring is killed just like that?
“He is an immortal.” Ji Congyun finally confirmed this fact, and that made his heart swell with regret. Had he known this would happen, he wouldn’t have spared Fang Zhentian back then!
There was not a sliver of doubt in his mind that the Fang Clan would come after him for what he had done back then.
“How dare you!” Zhengye Haonan lost his temper and drew his sabers too.
Fang Chen instantaneously manifested a fireball at his fingertip and released it upon Zhengye Haonan. The third stage Origin Ki martial artist was reduced to cinders just like that; he didn’t even get a chance to struggle at all.
“Kill every single one of Vastsea’s martial artists,” Fang Chen ordered.
“Yes, young master.” Zhao Yan nodded.
He flitted forth like a specter, reaping away the lives of Vastsea’s martial artists with sharp and precise movements.
Ji Congyun dared not to stop him. Redsky and Heavenroc’s martial artists also chose to prioritize their own safety.
Within fifteen seconds, the fifty Vastsea martial artists who had come here with Zhengye Haonan were all dead.
The surroundings fell silent.
The crowd subconsciously suppressed their breathing to make it as quiet as possible, fearing that they would draw Fang Chen’s ire next. All of them looked at Fang Chen with eyes filled with fear and horror.
“War God Fang, why don’t you have a seat at my manor now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up?” Ji Congyun said with a strained smile.
“How should he be dealt with?” Fang Chen pointed at Song Yi.
Song Yi and his little sister were scared out of their wits. Sweat flowed profusely from their foreheads.
Elder Qin even kneeled down and kowtowed, pleading, “Young hero, please spare us. Our young master is just too young and hasn’t been through much. Please give him a chance to turn over a new leaf. I did it all on my own accord…”
It went without saying that Ji Lengxing and the others wouldn’t dare to speak up for Song Yi’s group anymore.
The pale-faced Song Yi slowly got to his knees and said, “I’ll accept any fate that befalls me. It was my idea to call the Ji Clan over too. This has nothing to do with Elder Qin. He is merely our Song Clan’s servant and had no choice but to do my bidding.”
“Don’t say that, young master! This is all my fault. Things wouldn’t have blown up if I hadn’t called the Ji Clan over,” Elder Qin cried with a pale face.
“I’ll take responsibility for my own actions,” Song Yi said with a tragic smile. “I was the one who offended someone I shouldn’t have, so I ought to take responsibility for my actions. I don’t want to be mocked by others even after my death and bring shame to the Song Clan.”
Song Hui looked at Ji Lengxiao with pleading eyes, but the latter shook his head with a bitter look. Even Ji Congyun had to bow down to Fang Chen; how could he dare to speak up at this juncture?
Fang Chen eyed Song Yi before turning to Tantai Qingxuan. “Miss Tantai, how do you think we should deal with him?”
“Let him kneel here for ten days. He’s not to take any food or water,” Tantai Qingxuan coldly replied.
The crowd was startled. Elder Qin revealed a look of delight.
Song Yi couldn’t believe what he was hearing. They are sparing my life?
“Hear that? Kneel here,” Fang Chen said.
“Understood!” Song Yi hurriedly nodded. As long as he could live, he wouldn’t hesitate to kneel here even for a month. As for his tarnished reputation… what did that count as compared to his life?
“This matter is settled then,” Fang Chen said before turning to Ji Congyun. “Now… why did Chillwater turn a blind eye when Vastsea’s martial artist interfered in the battle at the Three Realms Mountain back then? Elder Ji, you should know something about that, no?”
Ji Congyun was startled, but he didn’t let it show on his face. “Our Chillwater didn’t receive news about it. By the time we learned about it, it was already too late…”
“Are you taking me for a fool?” Fang Chen sharply interjected. “I am aware of how your Chillwater dealt with this matter afterward. You should tell me the truth, lest this matter implicate the innocent.”
Ji Congyun looked conflicted, for this matter concerned Chillwater’s imperial family. He spent seconds in silence before finally nodding. “I’m ashamed to say this, but Chillwater did receive news about that matter. However, our crown prince is on good terms with Vastsea’s Zhengye Clan, and he had come to an agreement with them to not interfere in this matter.”
“Chillwater’s crown prince?” Fang Chen murmured before nodding. He looked toward the nearby capital before saying, “Let’s go. I want to meet your crown prince.”
In Chillwater’s imperial palace, the emperor, the crown prince, and the officials were waiting in the imperial court for Ji Congyun’s group to return. They had been discussing how they should deal with Great Xia when a commotion broke out at the capital harbor.
The emperor frowned impatiently as he looked toward the capital harbor.
“Father, there’s no need to worry. Elder Ji will suppress whoever’s causing trouble at the capital harbor,” Chillwater’s crown prince said with a smile.
“I’m not worried; I’m exhausted.” The emperor waved his hand in annoyance as he continued waiting.
Shortly later, the eunuch outside the imperial court announced that Ji Congyun and the others had returned. That perked up the emperor.
A group of people entered the imperial court right after.
To the officials’ bewilderment, Zhengye Haonan and all of Vastsea’s martial artists had disappeared without a trace. Instead, there were a few foreign faces in the crowd.
“Ji Congyun, who are they? Where’s Zhengye Haonan?” the emperor asked with a frown.
The crown prince warily eyed Fang Chen and the others.
With a grim face, Ji Congyun clasped his fist and said, “I have with me esteemed guests from Great Xia. This man over here is none other than Great Xia’s War God Fang Chen.”
Great Xia’s War God?
The officials were baffled. It was a moment ago that they were discussing how they should deal with Great Xia, but Great Xia’s War God was now standing before them. This was too much of a coincidence!
The crown prince narrowed his eyes, but before he could speak…
“I heard from Elder Ji that Chillwater’s crown prince made a deal with Vastsea, and that’s why Chillwater turned a blind eye to our battle at the Three Realms Mountain?” Fang Chen asked.
The crown prince was startled.
The emperor’s face darkened. “Audacious! Are you here to question our Chillwater? Have you forgotten your place?”
“Your Majesty, Fang Chen is an immortal. These people… are all immortals,” Ji Congyun said.
Immortals?!
The crowd was startled. Even the emperor looked shaken up. They weren’t foreign to the existence of immortals, as they knew that the Ji Clan had been worshiping one themselves. Their Nightmare Steeds were acquired through the guidance of that immortal.
“Answer my question,” Fang Chen said. “Utter any falsehood, and there shan’t be peace in the imperial court today.”
“Ki ki ki…” a sinister laugh echoed.
An old man slowly walked into the imperial court.
The emperor and the others blurted out in shock when they saw the old man, “Old Ancestor?!”
The old man looked unkempt like a madman. His eyes, which were concealed beneath his long fringe, were fixated on Fang Chen’s group as he said, “Ji Congyun, are you siding with outsiders now? Your Ji Clan can’t hold still anymore and has decided to stage a rebellion?”
“Daoist Xia, kill him,” Fang Chen calmly ordered.
A cold glint flashed across the room.
The crowd only saw a shadow flying from Xia Yun’s sleeves and back in, but the old man stiffened up on the spot. Seconds later, his head slowly slid from his neck and plopped to the ground, rolling a few meters away.
“Let’s continue our conversation,” Fang Chen told the dumbfounded crowd.
