Chapter 651: Chapter 658: You Should Be Thankful, It Wasn’t Yang Zhen Who Made The Move (First Update)
Yang Zhen had initially thought that members of the Ancient Life Sect were all as enlightened as Gong Sanhe, a fairly decent old man. He was more than willing to interact with him.
Who would have thought that this old man with white hair would suddenly step forward, accusing him unceremoniously. If Yang Zhen genuinely had no ideas to put forth and wasn’t qualified to express his views at this juncture, that would have been fine.
The key point was that he did have an opinion regarding the ancient altar handed down from remote antiquity. Not only did he have an opinion, but he could also thoroughly analyze the altar and even temporarily suppress the eruption of the Nine Dragons Que Flower region.
Under such circumstances, being reprimanded by an old man he didn’t even know provoked Yang Zhen, no matter how good his temperament was.
Moreover, Yang Zhen wasn’t exactly known for having a good temper in the first place.
Upon hearing the words of the white-haired elder, Yang Zhen narrowed his eyes, sizing him up with interest.
Meanwhile, the observers, including the Death Shadow and the others, including the Heavenly Snow Saint Lord and the Heavenly Spring Saint Lord, all looked shocked. Their expressions soon turned strange, and many of them began to watch the unfolding events in the old man’s direction with schadenfreude.
Hua Youyue stepped forward, standing in front of Yang Zhen silently like an Epiphyllum Flower. Han Yan’er cast a glance at the white-haired elder, her hand resting on the Sun Shadow Holy Soldier.
The atmosphere quickly became heavy enough to suffocate, and everyone looked gradually more bizarre.
Gong Sanhe frowned, looked at the white-haired elder with some dissatisfaction, and was about to speak when the elder snapped, scanning the crowd, and declared out loud,
“What? What I said is not correct? This place is incredibly odd. People seem to be obsessed with a youth in an immensely vast place devoid of the Heaven and Earth Qi, where a structure emitting True Essence waves has appeared. This is far from ordinary. If even I can’t discern the true nature of this place, you’re expecting to take cues from a youngster?”
He then cast a sideways glance at Yang Zhen and said decisively, “Even if this youngster has sensible suggestions, they should only be for reference. They should not have any influence over the decisions of the Sacred Land. Heavenly Snow Saint Lord, Heavenly Spring Saint Lord; both of the Saint Lords are present here. I, Duan Xingzhi, declare once again that the Ancient Life Sect won’t follow a young child. The two Saint Lords, are you really going to entrust the fate of the two Sacred Lands to a boy?”
Duan Xingzhi’s words were justified and even noted the potential usefulness of Yang Zhen’s opinions. Clearly, he wasn’t a reckless individual.
Yang Zhen listened with a puzzled expression, unable to keep up with Duan Xingzhi’s train of thought.
Merely offering an opinion somehow correlated with the fate of both the Heavenly Snow Holy Domain and the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land?
Yang Zhen then looked at Gong Sanhe and noticed a disdainful expression on his face. Suddenly, everything clicked. This wasn’t about Duan Xingzhi’s grievances with him, but rather, it was a power struggle.
It was clear that Duan Xingzhi and Gong Sanhe had been at odds with each other. When Gong Sanhe had brought his people ahead of time, Duan Xingzhi later brought his people from the Ancient Life Sect, apparently didn’t want the decision-making power to fall into Gong Sanhe’s hands.
It now seemed that Duan Xingzhi had some ulterior motives.
Upon realizing this, Yang Zhen immediately figured out that Duan Xingzhi’s attack wasn’t aimed at him, but Gong Sanhe.
However, it seemed like this old man had made the wrong move.
Upon hearing Duan Xingzhi’s words, all those present shifted their gazes toward the Heavenly Snow Saint Lord and the Heavenly Spring Saint Lord.
Duan Xingzhi, on the other hand, glanced at Gong Sanhe and saw the sarcastic smile on Gong’s face. His heart dropped, and his countenance changed.
The Heavenly Snow Saint Lord then spoke with a strange expression on his face, “I personally feel that Yang Zhen’s decisions might bring some fortuity to the Heavenly Snow Holy Domain.”
Upon hearing these words, Duan Xingzhi nearly stumbled, looking at Yang Zhen in disbelief.
The Heavenly Spring Saint Lord was even worse, speaking directly to Duan Xingzhi, “The Ancient Life Sect holds themselves in high regard. If you look down on Yang Zhen, you can leave. Does the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land need the Ancient Life Sect to decide who we should follow?”
At these words, Duan Xingzhi staggered with a confused expression as he looked at the Heavenly Spring Saint Lord and the Heavenly Snow Saint Lord. His eyes were full of disbelief and bewilderment, not understanding where he had offended the two holy lands.
At this moment, Death Shadow, with impeccable timing, stepped forward. He glanced at Duan Xingzhi and lazily said, “I say, old man Duan, can’t you see that everyone here is waiting for Yang Xiaozi to make a decision? Have you lived so long only to become an idiot?”
Duan Xingzhi’s face stiffened, and quickly turned pale. He stared angrily at Death Shadow and snorted, “Humph, even if I don’t enter this altar, I won’t stoop to associate with a monster from the Moluo Sect.”
“Damn, has a monster from the Moluo Sect eaten your family’s rice?” Death Shadow retorted, rendering Duan Xingzhi speechless.
“You!” Duan Xingzhi was so enraged that he couldn’t utter a word.
Death Shadow chuckled wickedly and muttered to himself, “Damn, no wonder so many people are infuriated by Yang Xiaozi. This way of speaking is… really impressive!”
“You!” Duan Xingzhi snorted coldly and said, “Death Shadow, are you courting death?”
Death Shadow burst out laughing, pointed to his nose and said, “Come and bite me. I love to see you loathe me but unable to do a thing about it… damn, Cheap Cat, what was that phrase you used?”
Cheap Cat cackled and said, “I just like seeing you dislike me, yet not being able to touch me.”
“Yes, yes, that’s the one.”
Death Shadow stuck out his neck arrogantly and taunted Duan Xingzhi, “I just love the way you dislike me, yet can’t do anything to me. Come on, if you have the guts, come and bite me!”
“You…you…you!” Never before had Duan Xingzhi encountered such an unabashedly provocative provocateur. He was furious, and with a loud bang exploded with frightening True Essence, rushing towards Death Shadow.
Gong Sanhe snorted coldly and shouted, “Duan Xingzhi, you old fool, aren’t you disgraced enough?”
“Humph!” Duan Xingzhi also snorted coldly. As he was mid-air, he was about to be intercepted by Gong Sanhe when he suddenly changed direction and charged towards Yang Zhen instead.
The terrifying tempest roared terrifyingly. Everybody was suppressing their inner True Essence fluctuations. They did not expect Duan Xingzhi to attack so suddenly.
This old devil was a powerhouse in the ninth heavenly layer of the Mahayana phase, just one step away from the Divine Transformation Stage. He managed to catch everyone by surprise under the pretext of a sneak attack, and everyone’s faces changed color.
At this point, something unexpected happened.
Boom! Boom!
Two terrifying waves of energy exploded on Yang Zhen’s left and right. A blue light and a dark light swiftly transformed into two roaring dragons, and charged towards Duan Xingzhi.
Boom!
Duan Xingzhi, who had originally intended to launch a sneak attack, didn’t know that Yang Zhen had two beautiful women by his side waiting for him. Unprepared, his sneak attack backfired and he was blasted away.
These two young girls’ attacks, even as sneak attacks, would not have caused Duan Xingzhi any serious damage. But being blasted away by two young girls and landing on his bum, Duan Xingzhi had nowhere to hide his embarrassment.
After Duan Xingzhi landed, he quickly got up from the ground, pointed at Yang Zhen and roared, “Disciples of the Ancient Life Sect, obey my command and kill him for me…”
“Enough!”
A harsh voice came, as Gong Sanhe stepped forward and shook his head at Duan Xingzhi, “You should be thankful that it wasn’t Yang Zhen himself who made the move!”