Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 775

Chapter 775: Dominant Attitude

 

Qin Wentian stared at Han Dongjiang, Jiang Yan and the others who were targeting him. His calm eyes flickered with the hint of a cold light.

“Miss Pei Yu, there’s no need to bother with these people. Please return first.” Qin Wentian first spoke to Pei Yu, after that, he cast a glance at Pei Tianyuan as he spoke, “Although this place has beautiful scenery, food and even a beautiful legend. These people are masters at spoiling one’s enthusiasm. Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together. Farewell.”

As he spoke, Qin Wentian’s silhouette flickered as he soared to the skies, moving with the speed of a bolt of lightning.

“Wanting to leave?” Zurius of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor coldly questioned. The killing intent gushing from him was extremely terrifying, accompanied by a raging ferocious battle intent. He lifted his fist and punched out towards the air. Momentarily, a fearsome war beast appeared, it’s roars shaking the heavens as it lunged towards Qin Wentian. However, Qin Wentian dodged, he transformed into blurry shadows, streaking through the skies.

Terrifying rumbling attacks blasted through space, the reverberations caused even the ground to shake lightly. Zurius’ eyes narrowed, he saw that Qin Wentian didn’t slow down in the slightest despite the attacks and continued flying forward. Coldly snorting, he directly soared up into the skies as sped towards Qin Wentian’s direction as well. The aura gushing forth from him skyrocketed and the mighty rebound force caused booming sounds to echoed from the ground as large cracks appeared.

Nion’s eyes shone with coldness, she too stepped forth as her sword flew out from her sheathe. Stepping onto it, she pursued after Qin Wentian.

“Do you think you can escape?” Jiang Yan, Shu Luyao and the rest similarly chased after him. In the blink of an eye, several people attending the banquet all soared into the air. Less than half of the original attendees remained. This scene made many reveal expressions of interest on their faces. Who would have expected that a conflict would occur during the Jiangling King’s banquet and that the banquet had just started but many experts had already left to pursue their target.

However, Qin Wentian’s cultivation base was merely at the third level of Celestial Phenomenon, it wouldn’t be too long before he was killed by these people and they would soon return back to the banquet.

Those experts still remaining behind felt a little sympathetic to him. Although this young man was extraordinary, he didn’t know what was good for him. Just like what Han Dongjiang had said, if Qin Wentian was a disciple of the Wondergate Immortal Manor and shared the same background as Cheron, he could very well oppose those people and it was fine even if he acted against them. But because he had no background behind him, yet he still didn’t know when to retreat and was keen on courting death, they could only sigh in their hearts at Qin Wentian’s ignorance of not knowing when to take a step back. There were many people like him in the vast immortal realms whose talents were outstanding but all of them died a premature death because they couldn’t control their temper.

Such scenarios were very common, Pei Tianyuan had seen it for himself the fall of many young geniuses before. He was very familiar with the rules of the immortal realms.

Currently, Pei Tianyuan’s countenance was exceedingly calm. He merely lifted his wine cup and raised it to toast Ji Kong of the Cloud Tower Sage Sect, both of them enjoying their wine. After that, Pei Tianyuan turned to everyone, lifting his wine cup and smiled, “Don’t let these small matters spoil the mood of everyone’s enjoyment. Let’s drink up first while we wait for their return.”

“Jiangling King, you are too polite.”

“Many thanks to the Jiangling King and Tower Lord Ji Kong for your hospitality.”

Many politely stated, all of them showing their respect. Only the countenance of Pei Yu who was at the side of Pei Tianyuan, remained pale and unsightly.

…..

At this moment, Qin Wentian was flying through the air. The snowy landscape beneath him was like a paradise on earth, extremely beautiful. Sadly, the him now completely had no time to admire them. His speed was lightning-quick, and shot through the air like a beam of light. In a short period of time, he had already left the Driftsnow Inn’s area and was directly shuttling towards the center of the Driftsnow City.

The experts from the major powers followed closely behind him. The expressions on the faces of these people were cold, flashing with killing intent. All of them took out their divine weapons and sped after Qin Wentian with blinding speed.

These people, being from major powers, were naturally undoubtedly all extremely powerful.

“Cheron. I can temporarily forget our conflict today. But you cannot interfere in this matter.” Shu Luyao stared at Cheron who had also flew after Qin Wentian. Their speed was one of the fastest here.

Cheron coldly glanced at him as a look of disdain flickered in his eyes.

Ghost Saber Mu Yan had also caught up. He flew over with a speed that was neither fast nor slow with his hands clasped behind his back. Nobody knew what he was thinking about.

Other than these geniuses, their subordinates also followed closely after.

Within the Driftsnow City many people raised their heads and stared at the skies. They only heard terrifying whistling sounds as numerous silhouettes zoomed through the air, which caused great shock to birth in their hearts. Who were these experts, what had happened?

Many experts in the city instantly took to the air as well, as they followed these people, wanting to see what the commotion was about.

The number of people got increasingly more, and not too long later, the entire airspace was crowded, the number of people was akin to a large army shuttling through the air.

However in truth, it hasn’t been too long since Qin Wentian departed the banquet. With their speeds, they arrived in front of the Nine Immortality Bells in the blink of an eye. Qin Wentian’s silhouette flickered as he directly stood in front of one of the towering ancient bells, bathing in its boundless runic light. His movements halted as he stood in the air. Behind him, the other experts all soon caught up, accompanied by gusts of wind that announced their arrival.

“Do you think you still can survive today?” Nion’s coldly arrogant gaze stared straight at Qin Wentian. Her voice contained a lofty arrogance, as sword qi from her body whistled, feeling as though it would erupt soon at any moment. Her icy eyes already treated Qin Wentian like one of the dead.

Cheron appeared beside Qin Wentian, he who was in the air was also similarly bathing in the runic light radiated by the towering bell. Staring at Nion, he coldly stated, “Try making a move against him if you dare to.”

Nion’s countenance turned colder than frost. She glared at Cheron, this bastard actually still wanted to protect Qin Wentian even now.

“Making a move? He is dead for sure, I want his life today.” Zurius of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor icily commented, the experts behind him were as many as the clouds.

“This, is also what I wanted to say.” Shu Luyao added.

Jiang Yan coldly laughed as he stared at Cheron. “Cheron, you won’t be able to protect him. Retreat now or you might even be accidentally injured by us.”

“Brother Cheron, since this is their grudge, it would be better for you to let them handle it themselves. Why must you take the trouble to be involved?” Pei Xiao who recently arrived persuaded, his words causing Cheron’s eyes to flash. “Impudent, as someone from the King Manor, you should originally be taking a position of neutrality. Brother Tianwen has never offended your King Manor at all yet you actually had killing intent towards him? If you’ve done so merely to flatter and fawn on these people, your character is truly too disappointing.”

“Brother Cheron, I’m merely persuading you out of goodwill.” Pei Xiao’s countenance turned cold, after all, he was still a chosen of the King Manor and has pretty strong combat prowess. It was fine if Cheron didn’t give him face, yet he actually dared to respond so arrogantly.

“Are you all planning to bully one with many?” Ghost Saber Mu Yan slowly walked to the front and stood beside Cheron, his actions causing the expressions of others to stiffen. Their attention was fixed on Cheron and Mu Yan, Qin Wentian was no threat in their eyes, he was something that could be killed easily but Cheron and Mu Yan were different. The strength of the two was very high and they had powerful backgrounds supporting them. It wasn’t going to be so easy to deal with them.

“Cheron, Mu Yan. Thank you for your kind intentions, I appreciate it. But since these people are here for me, just let them come.” Qin Wentian calmly stated, his words causing both Cheron and Mu Yan to start. After which, an expression of interest appeared on Mu Yan’s face as he contemplated Qin Wentian. A smile appeared on his face as he spoke, “Sure, since you put it this way. I, Mu Yan, won’t interfere then.”

Cheron cast a deep glance at Qin Wentian, before shifting his eyes to the Nine Immortality Bells as a smile similarly appeared on his face. “Okay, I will believe in brother Tianwen.”

After speaking, Cheron also retreated. Both he and Mu Yan became spectators, leaving Qin Wentian to face off against these people alone. Each and everyone of these individuals have cultivation bases higher than him.

However, Qin Wentian didn’t seem to mind at all. His eyes swept through the crowd, gleaming coldly as he spoke, “A bunch of presumptuous fellows that only knows how to bully those weaker. You guys believed that you are a tier higher than others but you don’t know how miserable all of you are. Self-proclaimed geniuses at the peak? In my eyes, all of you are nothing but a bunch of trash, what qualifications do you have to be so arrogant? If my cultivation base is equal to you all, I would annihilate all of you totally in the space of a single breath.”

“How brazen.” When the people present heard Qin Wentian’s words, their faces grew even colder. Nion involuntarily stepped out, her eyes flickering with frost as a row of swords stacked together behind her. With a command, these swords fanned out into seven, erupting forwards with terrifying might, one after another with each more powerful than the last.

When the first sword neared Qin Wentian, he already felt a torrential towering sword wave gushing over. With an intention of his will, boundless runic light danced frenziedly, as the runic inscriptions of heavens and earth circulated around him, transforming into a terrifying palm imprint which Qin Wentian slammed out with.

At the moment of impact, a thunderous boom echoed out, shaking the space here from the impact. However, the sword failed to penetrate the palm, but the second sword was already shooting over, and contained within it was an intense power packed with enough might to shake the heavens and earth.

The third sword, and fourth sword followed closely behind, even more powerful than the second one. Although Nion was arrogant, she had the strength to back up her words.

However at this moment, countless amounts of runic inscriptions flowed around Qin Wentian, transforming into an astral moat, blocking all attacks targeted at him. It gave off the sensation that even if the skies shattered, this astral moat would still be unbreachable. When the seventh sword blasted into it, the space trembled violently and cracks finally appeared on the moat as it dissipated. But Qin Wentian continued standing there leisurely with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze calmly fixed on Nion who was in front of him.

“With that little bit of strength you possessed, I just need to control and maneuver the runes slightly to achieve a position of an invulnerable defense. You want to kill me? How?” Qin Wentian spoke, his voice booming out, reverberating the space around them. Nion and the others felt their expressions stiffen, glaring at Qin Wentian. This man before them could actually control the runic inscriptions radiated by the ancient bells for attack and defense? Was his attainment in divine inscriptions really that high?

“You believed that as long as you join a major power, you would be supreme, high up in the heavens. Although all of you can soar higher than the common crowd, you are nothing but crows and sparrows, only daring to compare yourselves with those who flew low. Yet, how would you know the ambitions of a roc?” Qin Wentian coldly spoke. The boundless runic inscriptions around him shimmered, Qin Wentian immersed himself within them and simply stood there watching them. Right now, his aura resembled a divinity of war as he spoke, “Don’t waste my time, just come at me together!”

Chapter 776: Mad Sweep

 

Runic inscriptions and divine inscriptions were the same thing, merely termed differently. The Heavenly Talisman Treasured Tome stated that runes were the origin source of all energy, and the trigger for the heavenly laws. Qin Wentian had referenced the treasured tome before, and originally, his attainments in inscriptions were at already a very high level, this was the reason why he could lend the power of these runic inscriptions with ease to trigger the effect of heavenly law to aid him in attack and defense.

In addition, earlier Qin Wentian had already formed a strand of connection with the Nine Immortality Bell, hence he was able to borrow the power of the bell as well. In front of the Nine Immortality Bell, this was his battleground. Hence, why would he fear combat with others?

Even if all of them attacked at the same time, Qin Wentian had the confidence to defeat them all easily.

Qin Wentian’s arrogance was established because of his immense self-confidence. When his eyes swept over to them, the countenances of the opposing geniuses were all extremely unsightly to behold, as the killing intent in their eyes grew even more intense. They initially thought that they were already arrogant enough, yet they didn’t expect there would be one more person even more brazen than them. This young man appeared ordinary and retracted during the banquet was now exhibiting his brilliance, erupting forth with his pride. They can only use the phrase ‘not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth’ to describe him.

Qin Wentian said they were crows and sparrows, only daring to compare themselves to those who flew low. While he himself was a roc that had the ambition to soar up into the highest skies. The two entities simply couldn’t be compared at all. Not only that, he even told them to come at him together.

What sort of characters were they? They were all disciples from the strongest major powers of the Cloud Prefecture. People termed them as elites, as heaven chosen yet now, they were actually being slighted by someone.

However, Qin Wentian did have his outstanding points as well. He proved that he could borrow the power of runic inscriptions and defended against Nion’s Seven Swords Slaughter attack. His strength could indeed be considered not too bad.

“You should die.” Nion’s expression was as cold and as arrogant as before. She didn’t bother with Qin Wentian, but stepped forwards as lotuses bloomed in her wake. Astral light flashed as a stretch of constellation appeared in the sky. Seven terrifyingly sharp swords appeared behind her, fanning outwards. At this moment, a flood of boundless sword qi permeated the area around her, containing her intent to slaughter.

Qin Wentian lifted his head and waved his hands, his eyes filled with a cold mockery. It only took an instant for the boundless runic light to congregate together, transforming into a river of sword qi that gushed towards his opponent.

“DIE, DIE!” Nion shouted, her killing intent escalating. Her constellation transformed into a total set of seven by seven, forty-nine swords. Streams of blinding light flashed as they explosively shot forward, incomparably resplendent.

“Hmph,” Qin Wentian snorted coldly. The sword qi river spiraled about, forming currents of apocalyptic might as a whistling noise resounded, directly gushing forth with overwhelming might. Everywhere the currents flowed by, were all marked with a swath of destruction.

The sword qi river clashed against Nion’s constellation, effortlessly suppressing it. The crowd only saw the sword qi river swallowing everything in its wake, submerging Nion’s constellation. Nion trembled as her countenance paled, her entire body started to convulse violently.

The other experts from the Seven Sword Sect all stepped out upon seeing something wrong with the situation. However, it was too late. Qin Wentian lifted his hand and blasted outwards, slamming a palm strike into Nion. This caused her to be flung through the air, smashing into the ground with a thunderous boom, as she coughed out blood.

“His comprehension towards runic inscriptions is actually so strong?” Zurius and the rest stared at Qin Wentian. Only now did they know that this young man wasn’t so easy to deal with. Although Nion’s strength was weaker compared to them, she wasn’t that much weaker. But Qin Wentian had defeated Nion without wasting too much strength, he merely depended on the borrowed power from the runes, achieving it in an extremely relaxed manner.

This could only be explained by the fact that Qin Wentian’s attainment in divine inscriptions was extraordinarily high. He was able to borrow power from the runic inscriptions and turn that into his own strength.

“So your arrogance stemmed from borrowing an external source of power for combat. If it’s based on your individual strength alone, I alone could smash you flat with a single finger, killing you with the ease of flipping my palm. How dare you term yourself as a roc.” Zurius radiated a fearsome battle intent; but upon hearing his words, Qin Wentian laughed uproariously as he pointed his finger at Zurius, “A heaven chosen from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor? Such shameless words actually flowed from your mouth? A bunch of seventh to eighth-level ascendants grouping up to deal with me and you even want me, a third-level ascendant to fight you directly? Do you even still care about the prestige of your sect? I don’t need for my cultivation base to be higher than yours. As long as we are on the same level, I can crush you with a single finger.”

“His words are truly shameless.” Ghost Saber Mu Yan by the side laughed, a smile of contempt etched on his face.

“Shall we fight or not? A bunch of self-proclaimed geniuses, if none of you dared to, just scram the fuck away. From now onwards, none of you are allowed near this Nine Immortality Bell. Whoever dares to come near shall be destroyed. So, scram as far as you can for me.” Qin Wentian pointed his finger to all the geniuses of the major powers. Instantly, the hearts of those spectators in the surroundings trembled. Who was this man exactly, his arrogance truly knew no bounds, he didn’t even put these geniuses in his eyes.

“RUMBLE!”

Zurius’ battle intent towered up into the skies, he simply had no way to accept such a provocation. With a roar of rage, he blasted out with his palms as a terrifying ferocious demon manifested before Qin Wentian, it’s baleful aura sweeping across everything in this area.

Qin Wentian was as though he was long prepared. His palms wavered as runic light sparkled. Tens of thousands of runic inscriptions circulated around him, causing his body to turn as transparent as crystal, exuding a stately aura where even the gods would fear to violate. The baleful aura slammed into him with full force, only to hear that some of the circulating streams of runic inscriptions around him cracking, as the armor they transformed into was damaged.

“BOOM!” At the same time Zurius unleashed his aura attack, he also stepped forth. Clenching his hands into fists, he slammed them out as the roars of ten thousand beasts filled the air, causing the skies to lose its color. In the air, supreme demonic beasts akin to demon immortal warriors with colossal body-sizes appeared as they all lunged towards Qin Wentian with their maws wrenched open, wanting to devour him whole.

And at this very moment, the other experts also stepped out, standing beside Zurius. Their auras all collectively blasted out, boring down on Qin Wentian.

In fact, even Pei Xiao of the Jiangling King Manor had acted, it was as though they wanted to destroy Qin Wentian within an instant. They wanted to see how he could continue borrowing the power of the runic inscriptions for combat.

Qin Wentian’s eyes were like swords as they swept through the crowd, piercing through their hearts. With an intention of his will, the connection with the Nine Immortality Bell surfaced again.

“DIE!”

A voice of rage thundered out. His opponents didn’t even have the time to attack as the chimes of the ancient bells echoed through the air.

“BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!” The minds of everyone shook violently, the chimes of the Nine Immortality Bells seemingly contained a terrifying magic power and had directly resounded out loud in their minds.

“I TOLD YOU ALL TO SCRAM!”

Qin Wentian roared. Instantly, the sky was blotted out by his Star-Seizing Palms, as all light was blocked.

“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!” The reverberations of the bell chimes rocked the heavens and earth with enough power to shatter the souls of people. The rhythm which the palm imprints blasted out seemed to be in tandem with the bell chimes. The pathetic colossal baleful beasts were all smashed to their death forcibly, and Zurius had no way to continue stepping forward. He was jolted so badly that his entire body was shaking. Upon seeing a palm imprint blasting towards him, he immediately took out a fearsome divine weapon and channeled the entirety of his strength into it, blocking that palm strike.

“BOOM!!” A thunderous impact resounded as Zurius was forced back ten thousand meters from the impact of the clash.

The other experts were all defending against Qin Wentian’s attack. All of them took out their divine weapons, yet the bell chimes continued relentlessly echoing in their minds. They had no way to fight under such circumstances and could only do their utmost to defend themselves.

Qin Wentian stepped out, and this step of his was as though he stomped down right at the center of his opponents. An incomparably heavy pressure mingled with the might of the Nine Immortality Bell that permeated the atmosphere.

It felt as though Qin Wentian was the representative of the will of the ancient bell.

Gesturing with his palms, the spectators all felt their hearts clenching as the volume of the chimes grew even more intense. Pei Xiao and the others all turned ashen as traces of blood leaked from their mouths. They could only borrow the might of their treasures to explosively retreat to a location far away from the Nine Immortality Bell and naturally, also far away from Qin Wentian.

Nion who was originally injured, stood up from the ground but she soon failed to suppressed her injuries and coughed out several mouthfuls of blood. No hint of color could be seen on her face, she was struggling to flee this area. Earlier, she was so cold and so arrogant was now such a pathetic sight.

“Are you all still not scramming yet?” Qin Wentian’s voice boomed as he took another step forward. At that exact moment, the experts all flew backwards, their actions resembling a flock of birds being startled by the sound of a gun.

After that step, Qin Wentian halted and stood there unmoving. His eyes were filled with a heavy mockery as he stared at his opponents fleeing. The contempt for them on his face only grew even more intense.

Those experts glanced to their left and right only to see everyone staring at them. Each of the spectators had amused smiles on their faces as though they were looking at a bunch of clowns.

Today, these geniuses from the major powers had completely throw away all their faces, frightened by Qin Wentian to such an extent. To think that they all pursued and chased after him in such a domineering fashion earlier. What a joke.

The gazes of everyone made these geniuses so ashamed that they were unable to show their faces. Their gazes smouldering with rage were fixated on Qin Wentian who was still by the side of the ancient bell, as their killing intent intensified to the max.

“Merely a bunch of trash yet you guys even dared to speak such words of arrogance? What capabilities do you have?” Qin Wentian’s eyes swept over all of them. “Borrowing the might established by your sects to lord over others, you have completely thrown away the prestige of your seniors. If I were you all, I would rather commit suicide than to shame the sect I belonged to.”

“SHUT UP!” Zurius roared in madness. Qin Wentian’s eyes turned over, directly staring at him. His eyes were as sharp as swords, as though it was capable of piercing through Zurius. An instant later, Qin Wentian who was shimmering with runic light walked step by step, moving towards Zurius. Initially, Zurius stood his ground. But as Qin Wentian got closer and closer, Zurius’s countenance finally changed.

“Don’t be too arrogant, or death would be the only path for you.” Zurius threatened.

Qin Wentian didn’t bother to reply, he continued walking forwards as Zurius screamed with impotent rage before turning and fleeing with explosive speed. He didn’t dare to allow Qin Wentian to get near him.

The other experts all retreated when they saw Qin Wentian’s gaze sweeping over to them. None of them dared to match his gaze and it seemed as though they were avoiding the plague. They were all filled with terror when facing Qin Wentian.

“How sad.” Qin Wentian’s lips curled up in a smile of disdain, staring at these people. “Scram the fuck away. I’ve already said that the whole lot of you are not allowed near this location. If any of you trash dares to test my words, I shall show no mercy and kill any who approaches.”

Chapter 777: A Complete Humiliation

 

Qin Wentian was immersed in that boundless runic light, with runic inscriptions forming an armor enveloping his body. He stood there exuding an unexcelled aura in the world, and every word he uttered had the power to tremble the hearts of his opponents.

At this instant, this ordinary-looking young man exhibited his radiance, and was even more dazzling compared to the geniuses of the various major powers of the Cloud Prefecture. It was as though out of everyone, he is the only main lead here. He commanded the others to scram, they are not allowed to be anywhere near the Nine Immortality Bell or he would kill them with no mercy.

Such a domineering attitude, even the Jiangling King dared not do it. But this third-level ascendant has precisely done so! In addition, he made all the experts from the major powers turn ashen with no way to reply. Such a crushing defeat, being suppressed so overwhelmingly, even if they wanted to refute, they had nothing to say.

“It was you who killed Xuan Zhu,” At this moment, someone exclaimed. The female from the Purple Flame Sect glared at Qin Wentian, at this moment she could finally be sure that Xuan Zhu was killed by none other than Qin Wentian. It was that bell reverberation which had jolted her companion so badly that he died.

“That bell chime back then was caused by you. You used the power of the bell to ambush and assassinate Xuan Zhu!” The eyes of that female seemed to be spitting fire, harshly glaring at Qin Wentian.

However, Qin Wentian merely glanced over. Those emotionless eyes filled with sharpness swept over to her. In only an instant, she felt her body trembling, from a chill birthed in the depths of her soul.

“Who the hell is he? Do I even need to ambush him to kill him? These so-called geniuses can’t even stand up to a single strike. The Xuan Zhu of your Purple Flame Sect is even weaker than them, he was just an ant. Yet to fawn on those from the Seven Sword Sect, he even took it upon himself to expel everyone from this location. How ridiculous, he died from a single gaze of me. Complete and utter trash.”

Qin Wentian’s countenance was calm, he still stood with his hands clasped behind his back as he stared at the female from the Purple Flame Sect. “Initially, I had no intentions to find trouble with you. But now, you still even dared to stand there and pester endlessly. Do you wish to die?”

As the sound of the word ‘die’ rang out, the entire body of the female trembled violently. Qin Wentian’s eyes seemed to contained a sharpness that could penetrate everything. Her body trembled, her lips quavered but she couldn’t produce a sound, she didn’t dare to utter a single word. Everyone instantly understood that fear has already bloomed in the heart of this girl. Under the might exuded by Qin Wentian, she was so frightened that she didn’t even dare to say anything.

Qin Wentian’s dominance was unparalleled. Even in the face of disciples from the peak-tier major powers of the Cloud Prefecture, he didn’t put them in his eyes at all. He did what he said he would, nobody had any doubts that he would truly kill them if they pushed him too far. As for the Purple Flame Sect, it was merely a sect from the Jiangling Country and he had already killed one person from it. It didn’t matter much to him if he were to kill one more. Hence, it’s only natural that the female wouldn’t dare to antagonize him. If not, if the young man truly raged, she would certainly die.

“So those bell chimes that resounded even louder compared to Cheron was caused by none other than him.” There were some spectators commenting, staring at Qin Wentian with startlement in their eyes. This young man was extraordinary but he chose to be low-profile earlier. Who would have thought that the disciples from the major powers all looked down on him and even wanted to kill him. Only then did this young man reveal his true strength.

“Truly powerful, initially there were some who guessed that it was the Nine Immortality Bell’s weapon spirit manifesting yet none expected that it was caused him. How strong, he has even exceeded Cheron, and achieved something none of the other disciples from the major powers could accomplish. Those geniuses looked down on him but they didn’t know that he, who is only a third-level ascendant could already accomplish things they didn’t even dream of doing. This is especially so for the genius of the Jiang Clan, Jiang Yan. He hailed from a sacred ground that specialized in weaponsmithing and divine inscriptions, and his attainments in those fields was naturally extremely high. But this Jiang Yan couldn’t even cause the Nine Immortality Bell to resound out, he could only make it chime softly at most. The disparity between him and the young man was too great.”

People in the crowd whispered to each other. However the sense of hearing of the experts here were all extremely sharp, they could naturally hear the conversation. Jiang Yan turned ashen yet he had nothing to say. Those behind him coldly swept their eyes over to the direction where the conversation originated from, their eyes as sharp as swords.

How shameful, the experts from the other powers were still better off slightly. This Jiang Yan was a heaven chosen from a peak-tier major power of the Cloud Prefecture that focused on weaponsmithing. Not long before, he was still standing loftily at the peak, he was a descendant of Jiang Chao, a god-like weaponsmith from the ancient era. But now, he was proven inferior even to Cheron of the Wondergate Immortal Manor, let alone an unknown brat whose cultivation base is even lower than him. To think that before this, he still held the young man in disdain. What a complete humiliation.

This was simply face-smacking. Jiang Yan already sensed several gazes fixed on him, causing his face to feel a burning sensation that was extremely unbearable.

“You knew it was him long ago?” Mu Yan who stood with Cheron, turned and asked.

“Mhm, before this I already guessed that the person who caused the Nine Immortality Bells to resonate was brother Tianwen. Evidently, brother Tianwen is stronger than me in terms of attainments. From the battle earlier, he wasn’t just a little stronger but there’s quite a far distance between him and me.” Cheron didn’t mind saying that he was weaker at all. Before this, he has already made his intentions clear to Qin Wentian, wanting to make his acquaintance as a friend.

“Haha you won’t lose out that much in this aspect. At the very least, you are much stronger than Jiang Yan.” Mu Yan laughed, not bothering to lower the volume of his voice, his words causing Jiang Yan and the experts from his clan to feel a burning shame in their hearts.

“Jiang Yan?” At this moment, Cheron intentionally turned his gaze over, his face filled with hints of sarcasm. He indifferently continued, “Not long ago, Jiang Yan had even humiliated brother Tianwen but in hindsight, it’s truly ridiculous. He’s simply courting humiliation.”

“CHERON YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!” Jiang Yan roared. He was already extremely humiliated but Cheron had no intentions of sparing him.

“Why? You did it but didn’t want any to talk about it? Earlier weren’t you very brazen? Aren’t you a heaven chosen from a sacred ground of the Cloud Prefecture that specialized in weaponsmithing? Didn’t you say that he had no qualifications to talk to you because you are both from different tiers and even added that he should die because of that. But now, brother Wentian is simply standing there and you don’t even have the courage to step out. If I was you I would immediately return to my clan to entre close-door seclusion. If I cannot make a breakthrough I would not take a single step outside of my clan lest I incur the ridicule of others.”

Cheron folded his arms in front of his chest and mercilessly mocked, causing Jiang Yan to be so angry that his body was trembling.

“Enough, just leave. The whole lot of you are simply targets for humiliation if you remained.” Mu Yan coldly spoke.

Zurius felt an intense unwillingness in his heart. He stared at Qin Wentian and spoke, “You borrowed the power from the Nine Immortality Bells to be able to stand equally with us. But after all, external power is still external power. Unless you remain here forever, your life will definitely be mine to take.”

As the sound of his voice faded, Zurius turned and departed.

“The Nine Immortality Bells manifest a spirit, the clouds and wind gathered in the Driftsnow City, you are still too tender.” Shu Luyao remarked in a faint voice as he departed as well.

Nion was injured the most, her gaze was like sharp swords as she stared at Qin Wentian, leaving with resentment in her heart.

Jiang Yan, Pei Xiao and the others also left, but they did so with hatred in their hearts. In the blink of an eye, everyone departed as the atmosphere regained its silence. The spectators now looked at Qin Wentian differently, this man had formed an innate connection with the Nine Immortality Bells and the volume of the bell chimes he produced was even louder than Cheron. They wondered if he would be the one that unravelled the secret behind the ancient bells.

“Brother Tianwen, awesome!” Cheron and Mu Yan walked over as Cheron flashed a thumbs up, his eyes filled with impressiveness. To be able to control and maneuver the runic inscriptions with but a thought, this level of attainment left Cheron speechless, he was by far inferior. Qin Wentian’s attainment was at the very least more than five years ahead of him. And it was doubtful if he could catch up even if he spent five or ten years.

“Truly awesome, but you’ve offended many today.” Mu Yan stated.

“I had no choice, you guys saw their behavior at the banquet. These people…if I don’t wish to offend them, it would be impossible unless I give them my life.” Qin Wentian replied.

“Haha, however it’s nothing major. With the power of the Nine Immortality Bell, there’s no need for you to fear them at all. And as for these geniuses facing set backs outside, I want to see how they would request help from their clans and sects. If they did so, their clan and sect members would definitely despise them forever. You just need to be more careful and if you leave this area, try to be by our sides.” Mu Yan cautioned.

“Understood, let me remain here for a little while more. I want to finish comprehending this bell before heading to the other eight locations, forming a connection with all of them.” Qin Wentian smiled.

“Let us accompany you then. Although you can borrow the power of the bells to aid you, we don’t know what other means they might employ to deal with you.” Although Cheron was confident and arrogant, he understood it would always be better to be safe than sorry. Qin Wentian nodded, and didn’t try to reject Cheron and Mu Yan’s kind intentions.

…

At the top of the Driftsnow Inn, the banquet continued. The snowflakes danced about, nothing more beautiful could be imagined.

The people there chatted leisurely, and laughed, lifting their winecups and enjoying the delicacies. Only Pei Yu who sat behind Pei Tianyuan had her head lowered in unhappiness.

“It’s about time those fellows returned. Disciplining a mere third-level ascendant actually wasted so much time?” One among them spoke in a low voice. Pei Tianyuan smiled, “I think they will return soon. “That little brat didn’t know what was good for himself. In any case, with Cheron and Mu Yan obstructing them, it would naturally take the rest longer.”

“These juniors all love to contend against each other. Actually, it was just a small matter.” The Driftsnow City Lord shook his head and laughed.

“Although it’s a small matter, that brat was truly too obstinate, not knowing his superiors. These kind of characters would often suffer an early death despite their outstanding talents.” Cloud Tower Tower Lord, Ji Kong casually spoke, appearing extremely carefree as though Qin Wentian was a negligible existence which could be snuffed out at any moment.

“Indeed.” Pei Tianyuan nodded. Pei Yu who sat behind him felt a little angered by that. She lifted her head, her expression unsightly but in this place, she had no qualifications to speak.

“They are back.” At this instant, Pei Tianyuan turned his gaze over to the horizons. An instant later, whistling sounds echoed out as numerous silhouettes flew over. These were none other than the geniuses who had left the banquet earlier to hunt down Qin Wentian.

“Mhm?” At this moment, Pei Tianyuan furrowed his brows, as though he was confused. Something was wrong, the clothes of these people were tattered and there were some in an extremely miserable state. As for Nion from the Seven Sword Sect, her aura was fluctuating greatly as though she was heavily injured. Could it be that Cheron and Mu Yan were so powerful? The two of them managed to repel all these geniuses?

Chapter 778: Driftsnow Master

 

Those at the banquet all discovered something unexpected had happened. These returning geniuses, not only were their auras fluctuating, their expressions were all extremely unsightly. Within them, Jiang Yan and Nion seemed affected the most. Jiang Yan’s face was contorted, his expression as cold as a ten thousand year old piece of ice and it seemed he would erupt forth with anger and killing intent at the slightest provocation now.

Nion’s expression resembled Jiang Yan, it seemed like she was humiliated by someone. Her beautiful features were marred by an ashen look and for those who didn’t know what happened, they might even think that this beautiful and prideful heaven chosen was just tainted by someone.

“What happened?” The hearts of everyone were filled with curiosity.

“Could it be that they failed to kill that young man?” Somebody speculated.

However, the possibility of this was extremely minute. With so many experts, how could they fail to kill a mere third-level ascendant? Even with the aid of Cheron and Mu Yan, the strength of all these experts should be able to restrict them both and successfully kill the young man. They didn’t doubt this point at all.

And just when they were contemplating, the returnees descended toward the ground. Their countenances were ashamed and all of them seemed unwilling to comment, directly returning to their earlier seats. They didn’t even bother to speak to the Jiangling King, Pei Tianyun and this made those present feel a sense that something had really gone wrong.

“Pei Xiao.” Pei Tianyuan’s eyes landed onto Pei Xiao. After all, these people were all disciples from major powers, it wasn’t appropriate for Pei Tianyuan to force them to speak. Pei Xiao naturally was the prime target to seek answers from, given that he was a descendant of the Pei Clan.

Pei Xiao inclined his head and stared at Pei Tianyuan, as an awkward look painted his face. Opening his mouth, he closed it again not knowing how to tell the tale. If he reported things truthfully, it would undoubtedly toss coal into the fire and make the expressions on these chosen’s faces turn even more unsightly but on the other hand, he didn’t dare lie to Pei Tianyuan.

“My King.” Pei Xiao bowed before he spoke, “That fellow could borrow power from the runic inscriptions for combat.”

“Borrow power from the inscriptions?” Pei Tianyuan’s expression stiffened. Although Pei Xiao only said a single sentence, he instantly understood the story behind it. This meant that the young man had surpassed everyone’s imaginations. Hence, Pei Xiao was in a difficult position and it wasn’t too good for him to say too much.

“So what if he was able to borrow the power of runic inscriptions for combat? With the joint forces of all the geniuses who went, killing him should be as easy as flipping a palm, right?” Some in the crowd who couldn’t see the larger picture, plowed ahead and directly asked, causing Nion to coldly glance at the speaker. After which, she replied, “In any case, there’s nothing we can’t speak of. That brat’s attainment in divine inscriptions are exceedingly high. Although his combat prowess was nothing much, he’s very crafty and lured all of us to the location of the Nine Immortality Bell. After that, he borrowed power from the bell, controlling the boundless runic inscriptions radiating from it for defense and attack. We have no way to kill him.”

As the sound of her voice faded, everyone started. From the fluctuation of Nion’s aura, it was evident that she was heavily injured. Also, she seemed to have changed into a new robe and now after hearing this, the crowd finally understood why.

No way to kill him? More likely, these geniuses have suffered the short end of the stick. If not, why would they return in such miserable states?

This made things even more interesting then. These geniuses all headed out in high spirits to hunt their target only to return defeated, abused by their supposed ‘prey.’

Nion didn’t try to hide this matter, many had seen her combat and most probably, the news of this matter would soon spread swiftly through the Driftsnow City and the remaining participants of the banquet would soon know of it. She might as well tell everyone earlier and it wouldn’t be so shameful compared to the alternative.

“My King, come let’s drink up.” A person suddenly spoke, attempting to diffuse the chilly atmosphere. Pei Tianyuan instantly responded with a smile, “Come everyone, let’s drink up. Today is a happy day, please enjoy yourselves to the fullest.”

The crowd respectively raised their wine cups, toasting the Jiangling King. Although attempts were made to liven things up, the atmosphere remained stone heavy. These geniuses had no mood for enjoyment at all. They merely stayed for awhile longer before departing. They came here only to give face to the Jiangling King but now, the atmosphere here made them very uncomfortable.

This debt of revenge, they definitely have to go back and make that fellow pay for it.

On the other hand, Pei Yu felt much happier than the rest, she didn’t expect Qin Wentian to be so powerful. Naturally, she had guessed correctly that these people suffered a disadvantage in the hands of Qin Wentian.

The banquet ended soon after as the experts from major powers departed one after another. Very swiftly, only a few people were at the banquet.

The Jiangling King, Pei Tianyuan. The tower lord of Cloud Towers, Ji Kong and the city lord of Driftsnow City, as well as their subordinates.

Right now, Pei Tianyuan lifted his wine cup and sipped his wine before turning to Pei Xiao as he asked, “Explain everything in detail.”

“Mhm,” Pei Xiao nodded. After which, he regurgitated everything that had happened before, the story causing Pei Tianyuan to frown occasionally as gleams of sharpness flashed within his eyes.

After Pei Xiao finished, Pei Tianyuan was silent for a long moment. After which, he shook his head and sighed, “We’ve misjudged. No wonder Cheron was so close to that young man. So it turned out that the resonance of the Nine Immortality Bell earlier was caused by him. Who would have thought that the man with the deepest comprehension of the Nine Immortality Bell was offended by us first. In addition, he also formed grudges with the experts of the major powers. This is a truly depressing matter.”

This time around, the experts from the various major powers visited the Driftsnow City purely because of the secret hidden in the Nine Immortality Bell. Sadly, Qin Wentian who was the man that caused the bell to chime the loudest, the man with the highest probability of unravelling the secret, was humiliated at the banquet repeatedly before departing in anger. How funny was this? Most likely when the news of this circulated, Pei Tianyuan’s name would be criticized by many in the Driftsnow City.

However what sort of character was Pei Tianyuan, he wouldn’t be bothered about such comments.

“My King, since we know that Tianwen has such high attainments in the dao of divine inscriptions and has the possibility of unravelling the Nine Immortality Bell’s secret, how about we try to smoothen things between us?” Pei Yu interjected. Pei Tianyuan glanced at her as he smiled, “Naive. He has cultivate all the way to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and although to me, he is still an ant-like existence, he isn’t a fool. If we try to smooth things and build up our relation now, at most he would only feign civility with us but our relations will never be better.”

“Also, so what even if his attainments in divine inscriptions are very high? His cultivation base is still weak. And should we really offend the chosen other major powers of the Cloud Prefecture for the sake of a single person? Pei Yu you are simply too naive. And if we take ten thousand steps back and assume that he could really crack the secret behind the Nine Immortality Bells, so what of it? Would the benefit ultimately still belong to him?”

Pei Tianyuan spoke casually, his words causing Pei Yu to turn pale. Pei Tianyuan’s words made her feel a chill in her heart.

“Pei Xiao, continue to maintain your good relations with those chosen. Pei Yu, you can leave for now, do the same as Pei Xiao.. You are still too tender and don’t know the ways of the world.” Pei Tianyuan spoke. Pei Yu nodded and departed immediately, seeming in a hurry.

“My King, since you told Pei Yu all of this, why do you still let her leave?” Pei Xiao, after a moment, asked in confusion.

Pei Tianyuan glanced at Pei Xiao but didn’t reply. Ji Kong who was by his side smiled, “Pei Xiao, the Jiangling King is doing so intentionally. Pei Yu is ultimately still someone from the King’s Manor. But she, Cheron, Mu Yan and that Tianwen still maintained quite a good relationship, sincerely treating each other. Isn’t it good that you have a connection with Jiang Yan and the rest while she maintains the connection with Cheron and the others?” No matter which side the King is truly on, as long as he doesn’t initiate a provocation everything would be fine. Just let them fight among themselves.”

Pei Xiao saw the light, he respectfully replied, “Many thanks to Tower Lord Ji for the enlightenment.”

“Learn well.” Ji Kong patted Pei Xiao on his shoulder before he stood up and departed. This banquet could be considered a failure but Pei Tianyuan didn’t seem to mind.

In the following days, news of Qin Wentian’s battle with the various chosen began to circulate. Instantly, the name Tianwen became exceedingly dazzling. Many people eventually knew that the young man who sat unmoving below the ancient bell a few days ago, wasn’t pretending to be mysterious but was rather in a deep state of comprehension.

As for Jiang Yan, every time he appeared, people would look at him with strange expressions that caused him to feel very uncomfortable. He felt as though he was on the verge of breaking down.

As more time passed, more and more experts arrived at the Driftsnow City. These experts that numbered as many as the clouds sat around the locations of the Nine Immortality Bells as they quietly contemplated the immortality bells.

In fact, there were experts hailing from every major power of the Cloud Prefecture. There were even many that radiated a corona of immortal light arriving here.

At this moment, heavy snowflakes suddenly drifted throughout Driftsnow City. However, these snowflakes weren’t cold, they danced in the wind and fall unceasingly from the clouds but soon melted into a puddle when they touched the ground, only existing for that instant when they danced about on the wind.

Snow drifting in Driftsnow City, the scenery was even more beautiful than usual. In front of a certain immortality bell, Pei Yu was dressed in white, standing there with her hand outstretched, allowing the snowflakes to land inside her palm. She turned her beautiful eyes to the sky and mumbled, “Each and every snowflake that falls in the Driftsnow City, are these ‘your’ tears?”

The ‘your’ in Pei Yu’s words were naturally referring to the Driftsnow Master. According to the legends, the Driftsnow Master used his own flesh and blood to construct the city, and infused his soul into Nine Immortality Bells. Whenever the bells chimed, it was him missing Immortal Jade, and whenever snow drifted, that was his tears for their love story.

“You are too besotted.” Cheron walked to the side of Pei Yu as he smiled. Although he believed that the legends were true, he didn’t believe that the drifting snow were tears of the Driftsnow Master.

Pei Yu stared at Cheron as she smiled sweetly, “Anything is possible, the secret within the bells aren’t unravelled yet and Tianwen also said that he had seen the Driftsnow Master in a vision before. What other things aren’t possible?”

“That fellow is simply too monstrous, although I could form a connection with the bells as well, and cause them to resonate, I’ve never seen any such scene when I sank my perception within. That fellow actually said that he saw the Driftsnow Master, this is simply incredible. How high are his attainments exactly in the dao of divine inscriptions?”

Cheron’s mouth twitched a little as he glanced at Qin Wentian. This is already the fifth of the Nine Immortality Bells Qin Wentian connected with. He had to comprehend the runic inscriptions and form a connection with all nine of the ancient bells before he would have a chance to unravel the secret within.

At this moment, Qin Wentian sat in front of the towering bell with his perception deeply immersed within the bell. Or maybe it would be better to say that his perception was currently immersed inside a scene.

In this scene, snowflakes unceasingly danced in the air. In front of a beautiful, enormous fortress, a gigantic figure quietly sat there. This gigantic figure had a height of over 33,333 meters and it seemed as though his head could touch the sky. It was simply terrifying to see such a giant.

However for this terrifying giant, it was only that his body was large. His features were handsome, and there was an expression of gentleness and calmness on his face. His eyes were staring at the horizon, filled with a heavy sense of longing, and he stretched his hand out allowing the snowflakes to fall unceasingly within, melting inside his palm. However, it seemed he couldn’t sense the coldness. He simply sat there like that, forever and ever, as though he was planning to do so until he dies. For some reason, he gave off the feeling that he had already experienced the passing of countless years!

Chapter 779: Gathering of Experts

 

This towering figure was undoubtedly the Driftsnow Master.

His body was over 30,000 meters in size and was a character of the legends. One could only speculate at how terrifying his cultivation base was.

Before this, Qin Wentian had already heard Pei Yu talking about the legends of the Driftsnow Master. Although he believed that one’s love could reached such a depth in this world, and he also believe in the obsession of Immortal Jade. Still he harbored some doubts when he learned about the Driftsnow Master using his flesh and blood to construct the city and infusing his soul into the Nine Bells of Immortality. However right now in a scene within the Nine Immortality Bells, all his doubts were dispelled when he saw the towering figure of the Driftsnow Master. The cultivation base of the Driftsnow Master might be exceedingly high, above the immortal-foundation level. It was only normal if an expert on the level of the Driftsnow Master would be able to do things that one felt it was impossible.

Qin Wentian’s eyes slowly opened in reality. His gaze was still staring at the Nine Immortality Bell ahead in a daze. Resplendent runic lights radiated from the bell, and there should be a certain kind of law energy within that could activate the bell and probe the secret within. But regardless of the types of law energy, something still felt missing.

“Tianwen.” At this moment Cheron walked up. He stared at Qin Wentian as he asked, “What have you seen this time around?”

Qin Wentian looked at Cheron, shaking his head while he replied, “The scene only got clearer. I saw a towering man, the Driftsnow Master sitting there silently as though waiting for death. That should be the scene after Immortal Jade had passed on. The Driftsnow Master was in a daze, deep in contemplation. Although the obsession of Immortal Jade towards weaponsmithing surpassed the depth of her love for him, the Driftsnow Master was a man of utmost passion.

Based on the Driftsnow Master’s strength and looks, if he wanted women, it was unknown how many women would be willing to deliver themselves into his embrace. Yet, he chose to sacrifice his life to accomplish Immortal Jade’s dream.

“The Driftsnow Master…How I wish I could seen him personally.” Pei Yu murmured, somewhat envying Qin Wentian. This fellow had seen the Driftsnow Master, a character of the legends. She couldn’t help but wonder what he looked like.

“The Driftsnow Master is a character of legends, I naturally hope that the people in the Driftsnow City would be able to personally witness his magnificence.” Qin Wentian spoke. If the Driftsnow Master appeared now, it would undoubtedly cause the name of the Driftsnow City to resound through the Cloud Prefecture, making it even more popular than the largest main city of the Jiangling Country – the King City.

Currently, an extreme amount of experts had already gathered and were all respectively attempting to communicate with the bell. Although there were many who managed to form a faint sense of connection, none has caused the bells to chime as loudly as did Qin Wentian. As to whether there are any who witnessed the scene within the ancient bells, nobody knew anything regarding that.

And at this moment, several beams of immortal light flashed through the skies, causing many to turn their heads upwards, as awe appeared on their faces.

“They are immortal-foundation experts, all of them are immortals! Seems like the immortal-foundation experts of the various major powers have finally arrived.” The crowd silently speculated. Before this, the number of experts who came were only a portion. Now, the characters of the major powers should have all arrived.

“Spread the King’s order. Three days later, the location of the ancient bells shall be forbidden for casual access. Only people from the major powers will be able to remain. For those who could not form a connection, no one is to remain behind, they can only continue spectating outside the set boundaries.” At this moment, a booming voice echoed through the region.

“Are the geniuses and chosen from the various powers about to start their weapon forging process?” Pei Yu mumbled. Qin Wentian stared at her and ask, “Why must they forge a weapon in front of the bell?”

“This has something to do with the legends circulated. The soul of the Driftsnow Master is infused into the bells. Maybe, it was because of his and Immortal Jade’s obsession with regards to weapon forging. Hence, when the weapon spirit manifests, if one could connect with the bells, they might be able to obtain a strand of immortality spirit. Using that, they could form a better connection with the bell to better unravel the secret with. From the past, generations of weaponsmiths have acquired powerful weapon forging techniques and arts before from the Nine Immortality Bells.”

Pei Yu slowly explained, “As the saying goes ‘the Nine Immortality Bells don’t question the immortals. And for mortals, once they achieve a connection with all nine bells through weapon forging, they would have an opportunity to ascend to immortality with a single step.’ This rumor has been around for ages, but has never been unravelled by anyone before.”

“Ascending to immortality with a single step?” Qin Wentian shook his head. Cultivation was something that you built upon step by step, a canal would be formed only when enough droplets of water were collected. When one’s cultivation base was sufficient, they would naturally be able to breakthrough. But before that, it was impossible. This was a rule set by heavens and earth, an unbreakable rule.

Hence, Qin Wentian didn’t believe in that rumor.

However, since this rumor started somehow, there would surely not be smoke without fire. There might be a hidden meaning in it, just that nobody knew yet and hence it was misunderstood by the masses.

“There are three more days. In that case, I shall go and connect with the next Immortality Bell.” After speaking, Qin Wentian stood and left together with Cheron and Mu Yan. These few days, they had been by Qin Wentian’s side. Firstly, it was to prevent others from making a move to act against Qin Wentian while secondly, they wanted to see how far Qin Wentian can travel, whether he would be able to connect with all nine of the ancient bells.

If the secret within the Nine Immortality Bells could be unravelled, the identity of the unraveller would be none other than Qin Wentian.

As time flowed, more and more people from the major powers arrived. Immortals could be seen everywhere and the corona of immortal light surrounding them was incomparably dazzling.

The time span of three days seemed to pass by very swiftly.

In the center of the Nine Immortality Bell was a vast public square. The Jiangling King, his subordinates and a regiment of immortal foundation experts stood over there. Each exuding a terrifying might which caused people in the surroundings to feel a sense of suppression.

“Everyone, the Nine Immortality Bell’s spirit manifesting is clearer this time than ever before. We would have to depend on the efforts of all geniuses here today to see if we have a chance of unravelling the secret within the bells.” Pei Tianyuan stood in the air, his sonorous voice echoing through all eight directions.

“For those who have no business being here, you can retreat and stand at the boundaries set up if you wish to spectate.” Pei Tianyuan continued. After that, many people reluctantly departed the area.

At the same time, for each location of the immortality bells, elites from peak-tier major powers could be seen. For the immortal-foundation experts, they stood in the air space above the central region of the Driftsnow City. With their sharp senses, they could stand anywhere in the Driftsnow City and still would be able to see the events transpiring clearly.

Right now, Qin Wentian was already in front of the eighth Immortality Bell. He lifted his head and stared at the sky as sharpness flashed within his eyes. He could sense a gaze of coldness shooting back at him, emanating an intense killing intent.

This person was none other than Zurius of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor. Earlier, he left with a strong reluctance and today, he returned with many more experts from his sect and appeared even more extraordinary than ever.

Beside Zurius, there was a man who similarly stared in the direction of Qin Wentian. He then asked, “This man is able to borrow power from the runic inscriptions and defeat the whole lot of you in combat?”

Zurius’ brows twitched. Feeling some unhappiness in his heart, he coldly replied, “That’s him alright. His attainments in divine inscriptions are exceedingly high, and his combat prowess is inconceivable when he borrows the power of the runic inscriptions.

“Okay, in that case let’s head over to the ancient bell where he’s at.” The person spoke, his words causing Zurius to stiffen as he shook his head. “If we go there, the opportunity for us will be even more minute. It isn’t suitable.”

“If you don’t go, I’ll go.” That person continued and moved towards the ancient bell where Qin Wentian was at. The other experts from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor stared at Zurius and an elder among them asked, “Zurius what’s going on? Why do I feel your personality seems to have toned down a notch and you are much more cautious than before. You even feel trepidation in your heart when going up against a third-level ascendant?”

“Uncle-master just continue watching, that man would surely cause a commotion. It’s better to have him in our sights. If he is truly the one that can unravel the bell’s secret, we better be the first sect that has him in our control.” Zurius warned but many from his sect didn’t feel that this was important.

In the end, Zurius could only head on alone, moving towards another ancient bell.

Not only for Zurius, the other participants in the hunt for Qin Wentian before this, all returned with experts from their sects.

“Nion, I heard that there’s someone who injured you previously. Who is he? Shall we kill him for you?” In the direction of the Seven Sword Sect, the experts from there were similarly as numerous as the clouds. The person who spoke to Nion was an immortal-foundation ranked expert.

“No need, I can handle my own matters. Even if he is to die, I shall kill him with my own hands.” Nion rejected, her gaze turned to Qin Wentian as a cold killing intent flickered within.

She naturally could ask for the aid from experts of her sect. But, if she did so, word would spread that she even needed help from her sect merely to kill a third-level ascendant. In the future within the sect, everyone would despise her existence and speak of her like a joke. So, to avoid that, even if she couldn’t kill Qin Wentian with her own power, she would never request experts from her sect to help her with that.

The experts from the Wondergate Immortal Manor also arrived. They stood in the air, and several among them had their gazes on Cheron as they asked, “Cheron, are you ready?”

“Mhm, I shall do my best.” Cheron replied while staring at the members of his sect.

“Great, we are anticipating your success at unravelling the secret within the immortality bells. This time around, although your master didn’t come with us, he is still extremely concerned about you. Work hard, don’t cause him disappointment.” That person stated. Although the more powerful experts of the various major powers arrived, it was impossible for too powerful characters to spare the time to come. After all, the Nine Immortality Bells had been here since ages past, and the secrets contained within wouldn’t be too great as to attract those truly powerful existences.

But even so, the strength of the experts gathered here was now enough to startle people. Just a single glance would be able to see numerous immortal-ranked experts in the air.

At the same time, in front of each Nine Immortality Bell, heaven chosen and geniuses of each power were already gathered there. They steadied their minds and spirits, all preparing to forge a weapon in front of the Nine Immortality Bells, hoping to use the weaponsmithing process as a method to connect to them, to unravel the secret within.

For the Nine Immortality Bell which Qin Wentian was in front of, there were similarly many experts. They stood in the air, preparing to forge a weapon. Only Qin Wentian remained in the same position where he was, not bothering with what the others were doing, as though he was just an on-looker.

“Everyone, the time starts now.” From the air, the voice of the Jiangling King echoed out. He stood high up and cast his gaze onto the experts below. There were roughly ten million geniuses gathered in the airspace above the ancient bells but despite so, Pei Tianyuan didn’t have too much hope. After all, it has been so many years yet the secret has never been unravelled. Although these people came here with their lofty ambitions and wills, they were ultimately destined to return disappointed. He had seen too many of such cases…

From afar, spectators watched on, their gazes all focused on the various geniuses of the major powers. This time around, would there be someone capable of creating history, solving the riddle behind the ancient bells which has been a mystery since ages past!

Chapter 780: Using Flesh and Blood to Refine a City

 

At the locations of the Nine Immortality Bells, the temperature there was scorching as different varieties of weaponsmithing furnaces appeared one after another, floating in the air, radiating with their own light as the experts respectively started to prepare their forging process.

Naturally, there were chosen who didn’t choose to forge a divine weapon. These people were well-versed in divine inscriptions and had already formed a strand of connection with the ancient bells. Right now, they were quietly sitting in front of the bells in contemplation, attempting to communicate with it.

Within these people, there were many from the major powers of the Cloud Prefecture.

“What strong flames, many of them are unusual varieties of fire. In fact, there are even people using immortal fire to forge a weapon.” In the middle of the air, the eyes of the immortal experts occasionally flashed with sharpness as they surveyed the geniuses attempting to forge their divine weapons.

Pei Tianyuan, Ji Kong, and the City Lord of Driftsnow City stood together. Beside them, there were members from the various powers of the Cloud Prefecture as well.

“This time, it seems that the Jiang Clan treats this event more seriously compared to the Wondergate Immortal Manor, they sent more experts here to this event.” Pei Tianyuan glanced to the side. Those of the Jiang Clan were standing in a formation as their gazes were focused on Jiang Yan and the other chosen of the younger generations from their Jiang Clan. At this moment, the flame Jiang Yan was controlling was undoubtedly a treasure. Tendrils of icy qi could be seen shimmering in and out of existence and there was a component of coldness within the fire. This type of fire were known as the Icy Underworld Flames and had extremely strong destructive properties. Just touching it slightly would cause great injuries to one.

“There are some disciples and a few elders from the Wondergate Immortal Manor, but the number of their people were by far fewer compared to the Jiang Clan.”

Pei Tianyuan then shifted his gaze onto Cheron. Cheron’s flames were golden in color, specks of gold could be seen in his eyes as well. The flames coated the forging materials and there seemed to be a golden fire lotus blooming one after another as the forging process continued on.

“What precise control, seems like the forging methods of these geniuses are all far above the norm and can be considered extraordinary.” Ji Kong murmured. Other than the two powers which focused on weapon forging, the Jiang Clan and the Wondergate Immortal Manor, there were also many other elite weaponsmiths of the younger generations present.

Qin Wentian was still in front of the eighth Immortality Bell. He sat there with his eyes closed as the runic lights of heaven and earth flowed in the darkness, congregating into a formless energy that remained hidden from sight, circulating relentlessly above the Nine Immortality Bell before directly transforming into law energy that was directly infused into the Nine Immortality Bell. At this exact instant, Qin Wentian sank his perception within as a city surfaced before his eyes.

This time around, Qin Wentian saw the Driftsnow Inn. The Inn of yesteryear was many times more beautiful compared to the Inn today. Although the scenery was the same, the atmosphere was different and more closely resembled a paradise on earth. The silence in the air caused one to feel a wisp of poignant-ness in their hearts, and what made him started was that on the top of the inn, there was an incomparably beautiful figure quietly lying there. She was in an elegant long dress and her beauty resembled a freshly bloomed flower, made even more prominent in the middle of all the snowflakes.

The snowflakes landed on her body before melting swiftly. That beautiful figure smiled with hints of sadness within and began carving a line of words in the man-made mountains beside her.

“Refining a city till we both die of old age. Lord husband was unwilling, your dear wife tried her best but the heavens were unwilling to grant her her wish. In this place where we fell in love, at the top of the Driftsnow Inn, I lie here waiting for lord husband to see the beauty of the construct created from our love.”

Those graceful words were filled with an intense stirring of her emotions. At this moment, the mountains trembled, even the space shook. The snowflakes also ceased their fall as time itself grinded to a halt.

Only to see that at this moment on the stairway leading up to the top of the inn, an exquisite looking young man was walking with trembling steps, step by step upwards as he headed towards the figure lying in the snow. Both his hands and legs were shaking, his handsome countenance filled with alarm and fear as though he was enduring an extreme agony.

Finally, he reached the side of the woman. With a thumping noise, his legs gave way as he fell onto his knees. His trembling hands wanted to extend out yet he didn’t dare to for fear of what he might find. A second felt like an eternity, his eyes bled blood, this kind of pain was too cruel to him.

“Immortal Jade, why must you be so cruel to us?” The voice of the young man quavered, and as the sound of his voice faded the snow on the ground melted away as the mountains trembled even more violently.

“You said you wanted to create an unprecedented divine weapon in the form of a city, I accompanied you on a long and arduous journey, gathering extremely valuable materials and treasures to accomplish your wish. I only wanted was to admire the scenery of the world forever in your company, yet your obsession for weaponsmithing far exceeded the love you had for me and you refused to follow me.” Blood dripped from his eyes, as the body of the young man shook uncontrollably, “And just for the sake of a single argument, why must you do this, why must you punish me so cruelly?”

The Driftsnow Master finally stretched his hands out, lightly caressing the face on his lover. But at the instant he came into contact with her, the body of the beautiful figure suddenly transformed into white light, becoming an illusory body.

The trembling of the Driftsnow Master’s body intensified. That illusory woman looked straight at the Driftsnow Master and flashed a smile of gentleness and sweetness, as though showing the willingness of her actions and she would do so with no regrets even if time could reverse. A moment later, that illusory body transformed into wisps of smoke that dissipated into the thin air.

The young man stretched his hands out futilely, failing to grab hold of anything. His countenance turned even paler, completely with no hint of color.

“ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” That young man threw his head back and roared. The entire space started shaking as though on the verge of destruction, and the entire landscape seemed about to break apart.

“You truly used your flesh and blood to refine this, wanting it to reach perfection. But why must you be so cruel to me?” This young man was none other than the Driftsnow Master. He howled his heart out, enduring boundless agony. His gaze then turned to the city which he and Immortal Jade had jointly forged.

The cold wind gusted, the snowflakes fell again. The Driftsnow Master’s hair turned from black to white as he stood there in loneliness, staring at the empty city, the burial place of the woman he loved.

The scene then faded, gradually blurring out as Qin Wentian opened his eyes while sighing silently after his perception withdrew from the immortality bell.

“Seems like reality still diverged a little from the legends recorded.” Qin Wentian mumbled. Immortal Jade wanted to use her life to refine a perfect city. Not because of her obsession towards weapon forging, but because of her love for the Driftsnow Master was so deep that it could be carved in bones and engraved in the heart. She wanted for them to die of old age together, forging something unprecedented at the peak of perfection that could last forever, as they spent their life together forever in the beauty of their creation.

Both of their ideals clashed, which led to an argument. To show the Driftsnow Master, she truly sacrificed her life essence to refine this city. At the very end, the Driftsnow Master only managed to see her one final time before she transformed into smoke and dissipated into the thin air.

The Nine Immortality Bells, showed him scenes, one after another. Within the bells, the true story between the Driftsnow Master and Immortal Jade was recorded.

“There’s one more bell remaining.” Qin Wentian silently mused. He stood up and headed towards the direction of the last ancient bell.

At the same time, many geniuses have already fallen in a state of self-immersion as they gave it their all in the weapon forging process. Many embryonic forms of divine weapons gradually formed as the heat around the area continued rising.

“Forging divine weapons, by using the power of the runes to aid in the forging process, in hope of infusing one’s created weapon with a strand of immortality.” One of the expert in the air spoke, reminding the geniuses below. But of course, the true reason was they wanted to acquire the secrets hidden within the bells, be it ancient forging methods or whatever. If not, why would they need to come here specifically just to forge a divine weapon. It would be more convenient for them to forge divine weapons at their own bases.

The myriad flames sparkled, growing even more intense as the radiance from them illuminated this space, giving rise to sighs of admiration from the crowd.

“Jiang Yan and Cheron are truly awesome. The weapons they forged are rapidly approaching immortal-ranked.” Many people commented as they watched on.

“Other than them, the other members of their sects and clans, as well as the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor, Myriad Sage Academy, Ninepeak Immortal Court, are all extremely awesome.” The gazes of the crowd turned to the other geniuses. Their proficiency with weapon forging was truly terrifying.

Different gorgeous and magnificent sights appeared throughout the divine weapon creation process, but Qin Wentian had no time to care about all of these. At this moment, he arrived at the last Immortality Bell and quietly sat there, sinking into a state of self-immersion. He started to form a connection with the runic inscriptions radiating of the last bell, and contemplating the unique law energy hidden within.

Boundless runic inscriptions flowed around but in Qin Wentian’s eyes, this wasn’t a single entity but was part of a complete whole.

Runic light flashed, as the runic inscriptions started to converge. The lines of the runic pathway were squirming, as the law energy activated. Qin Wentian’s perception sank into the last of the Nine Immortality Bells.

The Driftsnow Master was still sitting at the top of the Driftsnow Inn. His eyes were fixed despondently on a city in front of him as he sank into the abyss of self-guilt and agony.

“Since you have shown me the depth of your persistence, I’m willing to use my flesh and blood to refine this city, to stay with you here forever more.” The Driftsnow City murmured, staring at the snowflakes. “I initially wanted to roam the world, pursuing an even higher peak. But because of you, I’m willing to remain here, giving up my life. Thousands of years later, would there still be people who remember me, the Driftsnow Master?”

After speaking, the body of the Driftsnow Master suddenly expanded, transforming into a primordial giant with a height over 30,000 meters. Even the city he and Immortal Jade forged, wasn’t that much larger compared to him.

“Immortal Jade, since this place is your burial ground…I shall join you and use my flesh to refine this city.” The Driftsnow Master sighed in melancholy. He stretched out his palms, allowing countless snowflakes to land within, exuding an incomparable loneliness.

“ROAR!!!!!” The body of the Driftsnow Master expanded once more, so tall that it seemed he could reach the heavens.

“Immortal Jade, why must you do this to punish both yourself and me?” The Driftsnow Master continued roaring, his body continuously expanding larger and larger than before. Every tear he shed was akin to a river. His tears integrated into the skies, evaporating into vapor before transforming into snowflakes, drifting and dancing about with the wind.

“I shall use my flesh and blood and join you in refining our creation.” Terrifying runic light circulated around every part of the Driftsnow Master’s body, it seemed as though at this moment, he himself was a fearsome divine weapon. Divine light flashed, it’s radiance knew no bounds. He expanded once more and after sometime, a booming sound thundered out as his body exploded into clouds of blood and pieces of flesh, falling from the skies integrating with the core of the ancient city, connected by the magical runic inscriptions which shone dazzlingly.

“GO!” The Driftsnow Master summoned nine towering ancient bells with the last of his will and tossed them into the city, seated in nine different locations. “The sound of these bell chimes shall protect this place. Whenever I think of you, the chimes will resound as a testament of my longing for you.”

As the sound of his voice faded, the Driftsnow Master’s soul infused into the nine towering bells. The entire city was trembling intensely. but from the nine locations where the bells stood, boundless light radiated from them, illuminating this entire space!

Chapter 781: Connecting With Immortality Through Weaponsmithing

 

“Driftsnow Master, using his flesh and blood to refine a city.” Qin Wentian’s heart trembled. He personally witnessed the fact, the Driftsnow Master’s towering body was akin to a true fiendgod of the primordial era. His entire body was dazzling with light, akin to a divine artifact. After which, he voluntarily exploded, integrating his flesh and blood into the core of the city.

In that instant, that city was completely covered by runic light, as though the sacrifice of the Driftsnow Master was transforming an inanimate object into something of flesh and blood.

And in the Nine Immortality Bells, was the soul of the city, all nine towering bells held part of the Driftsnow Master’s soul.

The Nine Immortality Bell’s spirit would often manifest through the years because it did so whenever the Driftsnow Master longed for Immortal Jade. Hence, the bells would all chime.

The Driftsnow Master could give his life for the sake of Immortal Jade. From this, one was able to see the depth of his emotions. But Immortal Jade was deeply in love as well. She wasn’t willing to travel the world with him but rather, wanted them both to used their utmost efforts to forge a city where they could grow old together, accompany each other while watching the beautiful snow. The two of them, their methods of showing love were different, their concept of love was different, hence a dispute occurred between them.

This kind of conflict eventually led to a heart-wrenching scenario. How could one not sigh with regret when they learned the truth?

Both were people of passion yet because of that, they walked on different paths. The difference of a single concept made it impossible for them to live happily forever. Just a single mistake caused such a terrifying consequence. Deeply moving in one sense, yet also extremely tragic.

“The world is so vast, but I have no destiny to continue roaming it. In this life, I wanted to pursue the peak. Yet I was restricted by love, destined to be buried here, accompanying Immortal Jade here till the ends of time in this city forged through our love, refined by our flesh and blood.” The voice of the Driftsnow Master reverberated through the air, but it wasn’t known whom he was talking to.

“After my death, this city we forged would certainly be coveted by people. In order to prevent too powerful characters from coming, I will use the bell chimes as a guide, opening a path for the junior generations through the Nine Immortality Bells.” The voice of the Driftsnow Master still echoed in the skies, with some helplessness mixed within. “The Nine Immortality Bells don’t question immortals. If there is one day where someone could connect with immortality through weaponsmithing, he would be able to acquire this weaponized city. At that time, that person shall be considered my half-disciple and must protect this city from destruction.”

As the sound of the voice faded, the light illuminating the city grew even more intense, resembling an incomparably gigantic treasured weapon.

“BOOOM!” The bell chimes abruptly echoed, reverberating through the air with a sense of melancholy.

When the bells chimed, it was when the Driftsnow Master misses Immortal Jade. It chimed immediately after the city was finished, meant that the instant he died, he was already longing for her. He would stay here forever, guarding this place, the creation of their love that the two sacrificed their life for.

“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…” The Nine Immortality Bells, all nine of them resounded out one after another unceasingly, with enough might to shatter one’s soul. However Qin Wentian didn’t feel any pressure when he heard the unceasing bell chimes, he only felt a sadness in his heart.

“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!~”

The bell chimes seemed to ring forever, the longing for Immortal Jade by the Driftsnow Master could only be described as endless.

“BOOM!”

Abruptly, in the external world the sound of a bell chime shook Qin Wentian awake. He opened his eyes, as he silently sighed.

“The chimes of the bells have resounded.” Qin Wentian mumbled, inclining his head, staring at the nine beams of light shooting forth from the nine bells, melding together. After which, boundless runic light flashed as the Nine Immortality Bells seemingly become one entity.

Those who were currently in the process of forging weapons, all had expressions of extreme shock on their faces, they frenziedly drew upon the energy within the bells to refine their weapons, all of the products were also radiating dazzling light as though paying homage to a supreme divine weapon that was about to be born.

Qin Wentian at this moment had no time to appreciate the spectacle. He casually glanced at the experts forging weapons, his countenance was extraordinarily calm.

So it turned out that the Driftsnow Master long anticipated about the scenarios that would happen after his death. There would definitely be experts coveting the city of their creation, and hence this was why there would be the saying ‘The Nine Immortality Bells don’t question immortals. The Driftsnow Master allowed this place to become a tempering ground for geniuses of the younger generations, giving them the opportunity to acquire a strand of epiphany should they be talented enough. And it was precisely because of this that none of those truly powerful people tried to covet it for themselves or even destroying this city.

Naturally, the city itself possessed an extremely powerful defense. If it was not experts of the supreme tier, ordinary attacks would have no way to damage it. This was how the Driftsnow City had survived the wind and rain through all these years.

The Driftsnow City now, apparently wasn’t the city which the Driftsnow Master and Immortal Jade had created. Currently in the Driftsnow City, no one in existence could unravel the secret behind the ancient city. In fact, even in the entire Jiangling Country or Cloud Prefecture, no one has ever succeeded.

As for those people at the immortal king and immortal emperor level, they were simply too busy to waste time prying into a so-called legend, they had better things to do.

Those who could forge a weapon that can connect with immortality would have a chance to obtain this city, becoming half a disciple of the Driftsnow Master. At the very end, weaponsmithing was still the criteria and the Driftsnow Master was choosing a successor. Naturally, he would select only the very best to protect this city for him.

“Weaponsmithing?”

Qin Wentian mumbled. His gaze focused on those geniuses in the air creating their weapons. At this very moment, a terrifying light flashed as flames flooded a certain area. That was a fiery-red long lance whose tip was blazing with a scarlet flame, containing a terrifying destructive might within.

“Mid-tier fifth-ranked divine weapon. I’ve succeeded in creating a mid-tier fifth-ranked weapon!” The forger of the weapon was a disciple from the Purple Flame Sect. At this moment, his eyes shone with excitement, he was very satisfied with the product he created.

He would often forge weapons when in the Purple Flame Sect but from the time where he began weaponsmithing till now, this divine weapon was the one that brought him the most satisfaction. It was created using a strand of energy of the runic inscriptions radiating from the Nine Immortality Bells.

The Nine Immortality Bells truly was a treasure trove full of abstruse secrets. He obtained a trace of guidance from the bell, naturally he would be excited.

He knew that the current him in this place filled with countless geniuses, it was impossible for him to unravel the secret. Being able to obtain a trace of epiphany was already a great reward that brought him much joy. He dared not ask for too much.

“The cultivation base of this man isn’t high yet he is able to create a mid-tier fifth-ranked weapon. Truly not bad, but I supposed those geniuses would surely be able to create even more powerful divine weapons.” In the air, the Jiangling King Pei Tianyuan spoke.

Ji Kong who was beside him nodded his head, “This is definitely the case for those from the Jiang Clan and Wondergate Immortal Manor. Other than them, there are a few other extremely proficient weaponsmithing geniuses, I believe that the end product they create would definitely be a top-tier, fifth-ranked divine weapon at the very least.”

“The weaponsmithing standard of these people were initially already very high. Now that they could use the energy within the ancient bells to aid them, the created product would surely be extremely powerful. Sadly, mortal-ranked weapons and immortal-ranked weapons were only a step away yet the distance between them was incomparably vast.” Pei Tianyuan sighed. If one could forge an immortal-ranked weapon while at the Celestial Phenomenon level, he couldn’t help but wonder if this was the ‘ascending to immortality in a single step’ mentioned in the legends and the successful forger would have an opportunity to unravel the secrets within the Nine Immortality Bells.

“Right now it’s as though the ancient bells received some sort of stimulus, causing all nine bells to echo out at the same moment, radiating an even stronger runic light. There might really be a chance that the secret would be unravelled this time.”

In the air, the gazes of countless immortals stared at the geniuses below, their countenance all filled with sharpness.

Those of the Jiang Clan naturally focused on their disciples while those of the Wondergate Immortal Manor similarly focused on their disciples.

“Another divine weapon is created, it’s a battle axe formed from a weaponsmith of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor. Although the forger’s age is great, he can still be considered very proficient seeing that the end product he forged was a top-tier fifth-ranked divine weapon. This battle axe radiated a towering battle intense and contain crushing force within. It’s highly probable that just a single swing from it would be able to effortlessly slay those below the seventh level of Celestial Phenomenon.”

“Not bad.” Zurius from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor glanced at the old man who forged the weapon as he praised him. He himself wasn’t a weaponsmith, and only had immense combat prowess. Hence, he didn’t participate in the weapon forging and was quietly contemplating the Nine Immortality Bells. Sadly, he didn’t manage to gain anything from it.

“Jiang Yan.”

The eyes of the experts from the Jiang Clan all focused on Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was attempting to create a pagoda-type treasure.

Treasured pagodas are among one of the most difficult divine weapons to create. The creation process was extremely complicated and the failure rate was exceedingly high. The weaponsmith’s control must be impeccable, and just the slightest mistake would result in failure.

But this time around, Jiang Yan actually chose to create one. Not only that, the pagoda gradually took form. Golden flames enveloped it, as ice-cold qi gushed forth from the flames, exuding terrifying might.

“Jiang Yan, he wants to break his limits, connecting with the Nine Immortality Bells to forge a pagoda, aiming to seek the recognition of the bells.” An elder from the Jiang Clan spoke. This time around, Jiang Yan made him reassessed him. He wanted to watch personally how would Jiang Yan break his limits and forge an incomparably tyrannical treasure.

“Bzzz!” The Nine Immortality Bells which all resonated, shot forth streams of runic light into the pagoda, causing the treasure light radiating from the divine weapon to grow even more intense. It vibrated incessantly, and at this moment, Jiang Yan formed ancient hand seals causing the treasured pagoda to spin about unceasingly. Finally, boundless runic light erupted out, shooting straight into the skies containing an extremely fearsome aura.

“Success!” Jiang Yan shouted in excitement. The light from his treasured pagoda illuminated the skies, exuding formidable might as a faint bell chime echoed in the surroundings. This, was a sign of recognition from the ancient bells.

“Excellent grade.” Jiang Yan’s eyes shone with sharpness. This treasured pagoda was a fifth-ranked weapon but it was at the very peak of the fifth-rank. As expected of the Nine Immortality Bells, this was one of the most powerful divine weapons he ever forged. The ancient bells could cause one to surpass their norm but even so, regretfully, Jiang Yan had no way to unravel the secrets within the bells.

Jiang Yan turned his gaze over to the Nine Immortality Bell where Cheron was at. Cheron was fully immersed in the creation process as a cold light flickered within his eyes.

After which, Jiang Yan’s silhouette flickered as he shuttled through the air, arriving beside Cheron in an instant. “Cheron, the divine weapon you are forging is inferior to mine. Just a long spear? How can it surpass my treasured pagoda? Why don’t you just give up?”

Cheron frowned, he glanced at Jiang Yan while controlling his state of mind, he couldn’t afford to be distracted.

“Jiang Yan.” From the air, an elder of the Wondergate Immortal Manor coldly called out. Jiang Yan inclined his head, coldly smiling, “Before this, the disciple from your sect Cheron was exceedingly arrogant in front of me. Naturally I must return the favor today. Don’t worry I won’t obstruct him, I also want to see what can he create.”

After speaking. Jiang Yan’s gaze shifted again, this time onto Qin Wentian. His eyes flickered with killing intent as he took his treasured pagoda, soaring through the air towards Qin Wentian!

Chapter 782: Snobbish

 

“What does Jiang Yan want to do?” The gazes of the crowd stiffened when they noted his actions. He brought along the treasured pagoda he recently forged and was flying rapidly towards a Nine Immortality Bell, as though aiming for a young man.

That young man lifted his head, sweeping his gaze over to Jiang Yan. His cultivation base wasn’t high but there were no hints of fear in his eyes.

“That person’s name is Tianwen. A few days ago, the geniuses from the various powers tried to target him but they were all defeated after he borrowed power from the ancient bells for combat. He has a very deep comprehension with regards to the Nine Immortality Bells, and because of that, Jiang Yan suffered miserably just a few days ago and was utterly humiliated. Now that he is using the divine weapon he just forged, I wonder if his purpose is to test it out or to gain back the face he lost back then.”

Someone spoked. At this moment, many in the Driftsnow City already knew of this, it was merely those experts who came later that had no idea. But after they saw Jiang Yan’s actions, they quickly gathered info and learned of it and involuntarily, their eyes were filled with interest when they stared at Qin Wentian. This young man actually stood up to the combined efforts of the various geniuses?

At this moment, Jiang Yan already arrived before Qin Wentian. His treasured pagoda floated in front of him and his eyes were sparkling with a cold light. A wave of heat and a burst of coldness gushed forth from his pagoda, all thanks to the unusual flame he forged it with, as chakrams of light revolved around it in an extremely terrifying manner. It was as though as long as this treasured pagoda erupted forth with might, its target would instantly be killed with no questions asked.

“Weren’t your attainments in inscriptions very high? Why are you not forging a weapon? You don’t know how to?” Jiang Yan stared at Qin Wentian in arrogance. It was not known whether it was because of the humiliation he suffered back then, and he wanted to reclaim some face at this moment from Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian inclined his head and glanced at Jiang Yan before he spat out a single word. “Scram!”

As the sound of his voice faded, a light chime sounded out through the air. Echoing continuously. Everyone in the surroundings heard the word and they began focusing their attentions here. Jiang Yan turned green, his cold eyes that were surveying Qin Wentian sparkled with an intense humiliation.

He had forged a peak-tier fifth-ranked weapon and came here with boundless arrogance and confidence to suppress Qin Wentian. However, Qin Wentian only gave him a single world, ‘Scram!’
This kind of arrogance far surpassed Jiang Yan’s over a hundred times. Jiang Yan was worth nothing in his eyes.

“DIE!” Jiang Yan roared in anger. Momentarily, his treasured pagoda shot forth chakrams of terrifying light that magnified unceasingly, aiming to envelop Qin Wentian. The light exuded illuminated this space with a fearsome destructive might within, capable of annihilating everything.

Qin Wentian waved his hands as the sound of a bell tolling rang out in Jiang Yan’s mind. An inconceivable amount of runic inscriptions gathered, coated on his fist, gleaming with golden light as he punched out. In an instant, it seemed as though a punch from Qin Wentian was sufficient to even shatter the heavens. Rumbling thunderous sounds echoed out, as the chakrams of light were wiped out underneath the boundless golden light.

“Bzz!” Jiang Yan stomped the air, his aura continued raising. The treasured pagoda in his hands magnified and an unending amount of Icy Underworld Flames congregated before raining down destructive fire, wanting to destroy everything. Qin Wentian inclined his head, only to see that the skies were blotted with Jiang Yan’s flames. Even the air in the atmosphere was evaporating, turning into vapor.

However, Qin Wentian seemed as calm as before. He coldly snorted, and nine streams of light radiated from the Nine Immortality Bells, congregating on his body. Qin Wentian was clad in a golden armor, standing there unexcelled in the world. His fist also shone with a gleaming golden light, containing indomitable force and might that was terrifying to the extreme.

“SCRAM!”

Qin Wentian coldly yelled out the same word as before. He punched out with a fist, boundless runic inscriptions gathered to form a golden river that gushed upwards, stifling all the Icy Underworld Flames of the treasured pagoda, before slamming into it. An intense rumbling sound echoed out as cracks appeared. The pagoda was forced back from the impact, colliding heavily into Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body was directly flung through the air. In just an instant, it seemed as though he was sent flying to the nine heavens by a single punch of Qin Wentian.

“He’s really so strong?” The eyes of the spectators gleamed with sharpness. After borrowing power from the Nine Immortality Bells, Qin Wentian was truly powerful. He could control the boundless runic inscriptions, transforming them into terrifying attacks.

The eyes of the experts of the Jiang Clan flickered with coldness as their aura gushed out, pressing down on Qin Wentian. There were also immortal-foundation experts among them and no matter how far the distance was between them, Qin Wentian also instantly felt an overwhelming pressure crushing down on him. The eyes of the Jiang Clan’s experts were terrifyingly sharp as though they could penetrate through him.

Immortal-foundation experts were characters of a different level. If they wanted to kill him, even borrowing the power of the Nine Immortality Bells wouldn’t be able to save him.

“Seems like I have to forge a divine weapon before the ancient bells and truly become half a disciple under the Driftsnow Master. Only then would I be privy to the secret hidden within and might be able to obtain enough might to defend against these people.” Qin Wentian silently speculated. Powerful experts were all in his field of vision, although at this moment these immortal experts couldn’t be bothered to personally deal with him. Nobody knew how the situation would change later.

He would never ever place his hope onto others, only by depending on oneself would one be assured that they could deal with all dangers.

Jiang Yan’s body transformed into a beam of light that shot backwards through space. The treasured pagoda was still in his hands as his expression was ashen. He didn’t expect Qin Wentian’s retaliation and right now, the killing intent in his eyes was more intense than ever.

The experts from the Jiang Clan were naturally unhappy as well. But because of their status as immortals, if they acted to deal with someone of a lower cultivation level which Jiang Yan was unable to stand up to, their actions would only incur the ridicule of others.

“This humiliation needs to be cleansed by fresh blood. Do you understand?” An immortal expert stared at Jiang Yan as he spoke.

“Naturally.” Jiang Yan nodded. The life of this man would most definitely belong to him, he had to be the one to kill him. If not, how could he ever still establish his might in the Jiang Clan, how could he even lift his head up again?

“I want to see if you are able to dodge me by staying in front of the Nine Immortality Bells forever.” Jiang Yan roared.

“At the very least I can throw you out of here, making it so that you are unable to approach the boundary of the Nine Immortality Bells forever.” Qin Wentian soared into the skies, maneuvering the runic inscriptions as they converged and formed a star-seizing palm imprint which blasted outwards, smashing towards Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan explosively retreated with a speed as fast as lightning, Qin Wentian showed no mercy and pursued after relentlessly.

“You…!” Jiang Yan roared in rage. The terrifying palm imprint was close behind him while Jiang Yan could only flee in a miserable state. Only until he left the boundaries of the Nine Immortality Bells was he finally safe. Jiang Yan gritted his teeth, his expression was incredibly ugly to behold and could only roar futilely in anger.

“Keep on fighting despite continual setbacks, and even dare to speak words of such arrogance. This is the first time I met such a shameless person.” Qin Wentian mocked. After which, his gaze no longer stared at Jiang Yan and swept over the surroundings. The other experts were still continuing their weapon forging process and many had already arrived at the crucial moment.

“BOOM!”

At this moment, the Nine Immortality Bells chimed again as another genius completed and forged a powerful weapon. Similarly to Jiang Yan, it was also a peak-tier fifth-ranked weapon, and was extremely dazzling. The identity of this forger was a genius weaponsmith from the Myriad Sage Academy.

“Senior is awesome.” Shu Luyao slowly stepped out as he praised. That person laughed. His gaze however was on the Nine Immortality Bell. Earlier, he contained a trace of epiphany but sadly, he too was unable to unravel the secret within. He could faintly sense that the secret hidden was extremely profound and was of a world-shaking nature. Although he could borrow the energy of the ancient bells and managed to forge a divine weapon, the amount of power he borrowed was merely the tip of the iceberg.

“As expected of the Myriad Sage Academy, a supreme-tier power of the Cloud Prefecture. There are geniuses of all varieties hailing from there.” Pei Tianyuan laughed, his words causing the immortal-foundation experts from there to nod and smile at him.

“Today has truly broadened my horizons. All these geniuses have succeeded at the very least in forging a top-tier, fifth-ranked divine weapon.” The Driftsnow City Lord surveyed the crowd and praised. He didn’t mention anything regarding Jiang Yan or Qin Wentian, and shifted the topic back to weapon forging instead.

“Yeah, over there, there’s also someone who succeeded in forging a super strong divine weapon.” Ji Kong pointed to a direction.

Numerous divine weapons were completed, the number of so many high quality weapons was truly startling.

“Although that young man’s attainment in inscriptions are extraordinary, it’s regrettable that he didn’t know how to forge a weapon. Naturally, he wouldn’t have an opportunity to unravel the secrets within the ancient bells, and is much more useless compared to the other geniuses.” Pei Tianyuan cast a glance at Qin Wentian as he stated. Momentarily, the other major powers all felt much more comfortable after hearing that. Earlier, Qin Wentian’s dominance in suppressing Jiang Yan through lending the power of the Nine Immortality Bells had left a bitter taste in their mouths.

Naturally, the one who lost the most face was undoubtedly Jiang Yan. But even so, the other major powers didn’t feel too comfortable as well. Now that Pei Tianyuan said these words, it instantly alleviated the atmosphere. As expected of a crafty old fox who had lived for so many years.

“My King’s words are true. Although he is able to maneuver the runic inscriptions, it’s useless if he doesn’t know how to forge a weapon.” Many people nodded and smiled.

“Look, there’s another expert finishing a divine weapon. Heroes come from the younger generations, and this man should be from the Ninepeak Immortal Court right? Disciples from major powers are indeed extraordinary.”

“Haha, your disciples from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor are extraordinary as well.” The various major powers started to praise each other, lauding their accomplishments.

Qin Wentian didn’t bother about the comments of these people. He walked towards Cheron only to see that Cheron was still in the forging phase. Qin Wentian then spoke, “Brother Cheron, the shape of your weapon has already taken form. Seems like your requirements towards this weapon is extremely high. How about this, I’m not proficient in the control of flames, but can I take your place in refining this divine weapon while you aid me?”

Cheron’s eyes shone with a bright light as he stared at Qin Wentian.

He also heard the words of the others earlier and his heart was filled with reluctance. He knew for a fact that Qin Wentian’s attainments in runic inscriptions were exceedingly high, high enough to suppress all the geniuses even after they combined forces. Now that Qin Wentian’s talent invoked jealousy, he was also interested to see Qin Wentian refine a weapon.

If Qin Wentian could succeed in forging a peak-tier fifth-ranked weapon, it would be equivalent to a slap on their snobbish faces!