Repugnant Gateway

Chapter 703 – Making him wish he were dead

An Zheng’s fist had blown apart Lan Xiaosheng’s Dantian Qi Sea, and the energy that was released from the Dantian Qi Sea had nearly exploded all of Lan Xiaosheng’s meridians, causing bloody holes to appear on his skin as well, as the energy that was released was released out of his body.

An Zheng didn’t even spare him another glance as he turned and left. Gu Qianye and the others followed An Zheng out. The street was empty.

An Zheng did not even think much about the matter regarding the White Tower Temple. To him, this was just a small matter that caused the name “Hollow Jade Temple” to ring out loud in the capital. Moreover, Lan Xiaosheng found them himself, there was nothing pitiful about it.

Of course, An Zheng was not stupid, he could tell that white tower view Lan Xiaosheng had always somewhat despised him, but he was not stupid enough to suddenly come looking for trouble with him. Lan Xiaosheng was just a spear of someone he could not see. Maybe it belonged to one of the big families in the imperial court, or maybe it belonged to the Sacred Emperor.

In any case, the Hollow Jade Temple had brought out its full power.

After An Zheng returned to his residence, he asked his men to bring enough spirit stones to the Jinling Mansion and the Ministry of Revenue to buy that piece of land at the foot of the Emerald Mountain. Then they would recruit craftsmen to prepare for construction. With such a large piece of land, it would not be completed until three or five years later. The reason why An Zheng did not give up on this land was because he still wanted to leave a stronghold in the Da Xi Empire. As for the white tower view, of course An Zheng would take it, but he would not be overbearing. After all, Lan Xiaosheng was just a spear. They reckoned that the people of white tower view would not have the face to leave, they could just move there.

Returning back to his living quarters, An Zheng entered the Big Mustard Space. Although Chen Shaobai had said that the large mustard space that he had given to Du Shoushou and was the last one, it was obviously impossible for Chen Shaobai to not give him one. An Zheng told Du Xu and Ye Xiaoxin to thank their guest and told them that he was recuperating. An Zheng did not want others to know that he was completely unscathed, so he had to give the outside world the illusion that he had won that fight, but that he was also injured.

In the Big Mustard Space, An Zheng began to organize the things he acquired during this period.

The majority of it was left over from Qiong Qi and the Dragon Lion, but An Zheng had actually kept the most important part.

The bodies of these Ancient Divine Beasts were extraordinary. Even the two Dragon Lion with impure bloodlines were much stronger than the bodies of human cultivators. An Zheng was not Du Shoushou, so he could directly absorb the energy from the beasts. If he wanted to rely on the power of the demon beasts to improve himself, he had to purify and extract what he needed.

Speed.

If the difference in speed between the levels of cultivators could be determined by using numbers, and the most basic level of Ascending Realm cultivator’s speed was set to ten, then in the absence of any increments, once one reached the Sumeru Stage, the speed could be increased to thirty. As for Captive Stage, one’s speed can be increased to fifty. Upon reaching the Lower Completion Stage, one’s speed could be increased to one hundred, and after the Higher Completion Stage, one’s speed could be increased to one hundred and eighty percent.

Every small realm could increase one’s speed, but that didn’t mean they would be able to. It all depended on luck to increase the speed of a cultivator in such a small realm. The heavens were fair to cultivators, giving everyone the same starting point. What followed was luck and opportunity. If he could rely on the magic tools and the external forces to increase his own strength, then he would naturally surpass cultivators of the same level.

The increase in An Zheng’s speed started from the tempering of the lightning pool, followed by the tempering of the purple flames. Therefore, An Zheng had always wanted to go to the Western Region’s Great Thunder Lake Temple’s real lightning lake to temper it once more. This would have a decisive effect on his speed increase, once he reached the Higher Completion Stage, even if it was only by one digit.

If both of them were in the seventh stage of the Higher Completion Stage, their speed would be one hundred and eighty percent of the way. Whether this initiative could be converted into a victory depended on the opponent. If the other side’s speed didn’t increase, but their defense exceeded the other side’s, then the faster one might not be able to kill them in a single hit.

An Zheng was experienced with Qiong Qi’s speed. In terms of speed, Qiong Qi was at least not inferior to An Zheng, and even a little bit stronger.

The base speed of the Higher Completion Stage was one hundred and eighty percent. An Zheng’s lucky point was that every time a small realm increased, the speed would increase. Thus, when he reached the seventh stage of the Higher Completion Stage, An Zheng’s speed was already much faster than cultivators of the same realm, and this did not even include the increase in An Zheng’s physique. After An Zheng’s three refinements, his own speed was already higher than others by at least twenty points. Which is to say, if it was the seventh stage of the Higher Completion Stage at the same time, other people wouldn’t have only gained one hundred and eighty percent of it, but An Zheng had already reached two hundred and seven.

However, that was not all. Broken Army Sword had the power to increase speed, and if An Zheng’s speed were to be determined by numbers, it would be two hundred and one.

He sorted out the most elite muscle parts of the Qiong Qi before purifying them in the Blood Pearl’s medicinal energy. The first time, he had failed. He had managed to purify it to increase his strength to a minuscule degree, just slightly. It was only 0.1 or so. An Zheng was not Qu Liuxi, but in terms of refining pills, he was far inferior.

The second time, he failed again. He managed to purify the defensive skill, but only by 1.

All that was left was enough for the final purification. An Zheng even thought of giving up. When he went back to the ship, he would ask Qu Liuxi for help in purifying it. However, this sort of purification came from luck.

Fortunately, An Zheng had never lacked luck.

He had finally obtained the third refinement, which gave him an additional 3 points in speed.

An Zheng absorbed this portion of energy, and then he absorbed all that he had purified before. The increase in strength was directly used on the power, while the increase in defense was used on the power of the Holy Fish Scale.

Unknowingly, after An Zheng finished calculating the time, three days and three nights had actually already passed. His Orthodox Pure Yang also contained the power of fire, but it was too tyrannical and ferocious, so it could not be used to refine pills.

An Zheng closed his eyes and meditated for another hour before he finally left the Big Mustard Space. When I came out, I felt like the world had changed … Du Xu said that in the past few days, there had been an endless stream of visitors, almost all of the big families in the capital had sent people over to contact them. When they heard that Chen Liuxi had gone into closed door cultivation and was recuperating, many people left gifts, including pills of rather high quality. But in terms of pills, An Zheng did not need it at all. He had the unparalleled Qu Liuxi.

“There are also people from the palace.”

Du Xu replied, “He didn’t say anything. He just asked about Sect Master’s injuries.”

An Zheng laughed: “If someone from the palace were to ask, it would just be an attitude. After all, it was very likely that the cause of this matter was at the behest of the people in the palace. Using such a method to eliminaterson whom he disliked in the palace, he could also probe the bottom line of the Hollow Jade Temple. It was too simple for him to deal with the Holy Emperor. So if we talk about it, should Chen Wunuo even die? ”

These words caused Du Xu to jump in fright, “Sect Master, you want to kill the Sacred Emperor?”

An Zheng: “You’re even more worried than Du Shoushou … To be honest, Chen Wunuo deserved to die, but he could not die. From a perspective that was on behalf of the heavens, many people in this world deserved to die. However, whether or not they could be killed was something to be considered. Firstly, if Chen Wunuo died, Da Xi would be in chaos. Were those huge families really controlled by the other members of the Chen family? No, it s something that only Chen Wunuo can control. ”

“If Chen Wunuo dies and the Great Xixi is in chaos, all the living beings in the world would definitely experience a calamity and the ones who die the most would not be ordinary citizens. There was no lack of chivalrous people in the martial arts world, but how many people killed the emperor? “As long as this emperor can be considered to be doing things properly and not only considering those big clans, no one would be willing to let those great clans stir up.”

Du Xu said: “This subordinate needs to consider changing jobs quickly...”

An Zheng laughed out loud, then Du Xu continued to speak: “Other than the people from the palace, the Ning Family, Zhao Family, Zhou Family, and the rest of the Left have all come, so these big families are here to show their goodwill. Even the prince Chen Zhongqi who is thought to be on the verge of death sent someone over, and left a few pills there, and then left in a hurry, as if he was seen by someone else. ”

“Also, the people from the white tower view have left.”

Du Xu asked: “Sect Leader, when do we move in?”

“Go and invite some workers to clean up white tower view. Don’t forget to report this to the Jinling Mansion and the Household Department. Also, givresent to the Prefecture Song.

After An Zheng finished giving orders, he let them all go do their work. He sat alone in the room and considered about Chen Zhongqi’s matters. That was the biggest enemy that An Zheng had to face.

At this time, Du Xu, who had just left, suddenly ran back and spoke to An Zheng in a low voice, “Left’s Left Sword Spirit has entered the capital and has already entered Chen Zhongqi’s Duke Palace.”

Left sword spirit?

To An Zheng, it was not a bad thing for his enemies to gather together. An Zheng had the nagging feeling that the matter regarding the Mount Cang Man at the time was related to the current Sacred Hall lying on the ground.

At the same time, at the Song Family.

Patriarch Song Xiao Lian looked at his unhappy brother and could not help but sigh. “I know you’ve been wronged, so of course our Song Family will not let this go. However, this man has a strong reputation. If we were to get rid of him at this time, even His Majesty would question us. ”

Prefecture Song said angrily: “So you endured it like this?”

Song Xiao Lian said: “So you can’t be the leader of the family, I can only arrange a seat for you in the Prefecture …” Endure? Of course not. However, it was the most idiotic choice for him to appear. The white tower view is closely related to the Zongshi, and Lan Xiaosheng and the sect master of the Zongshi are even relatives … Zongshi’s strength was still above white tower view’s. There are ten thousand ways to solve this problem, and it would be stupid for me to do it myself. ”

Prefecture Song immediately asked: “How is it?”

Song Xiao Lian said: “Isn’t Chen Liuxi’s greatest pride in appraising treasures? It was said that the order would come tomorrow, so Chen Zhongqi was demoted to a bastard and sent to the northwest. Therefore, everything in the palace had to be returned to the kingdom... Let the people from the Zongshi come forward and tell Chen Liuxi that the Sacred Emperor wants to auction these things. Then, I’ll ask the people from the Sacred Hall and the Ministry of Justice to open an opening and allow Chen Liuxi to enter the Duke Palace. He said that you are a scum, I will turn him inthief … Taking it on the spot was not an option. No matter how strong the Hollow Jade Temple was, in Jinling, it was not a place where he could cover the sky with one hand. When the time comes, let’s see what His Majesty’s attitude is. If His Majesty were to return the favor, then this person could humiliate him and continue to think of ways to punish him. If His Majesty does not return, then in the Sanctuary Prison … I can make him wish he was dead. ”