After leaving Dachuanzhou, Meng Chong traveled through the Lingyu and arrived at Shengzhou Dazhouguo. He thought of his old friend Ziyun in the Neiyu and wanted to pay her a visit.
"Although I entered with the Jade Token, the Dazhou royal family is just like the Lingzong. I'm afraid I'll be marginalized," Meng Chong muttered to himself. He had a deep relationship with Ziyun, so if he couldn't stay, he would go to Evergreen Pavilion.
He was also acquainted with his junior sister, and their relationship was good. Working odd jobs at Evergreen Pavilion would be better than being marginalized in the Dazhou royal family, right?
With these thoughts in mind, Meng Chong increased his speed a bit, but he still walked with large strides instead of directly flying to the capital of Dazhou.
Boom!
Suddenly, a fierce battle erupted not far behind him. The person who made a move was quite powerful, almost comparable to a Martial Artist who had refined a trace of the world's spiritual essence.
"How dare you! Who are you people?" A roar came, followed by the burst of aura from a Martial Artist who had refined a trace of the world's spiritual essence.
The battle instantly intensified. Suddenly, another burst of aura came from the attacker.
"Huh? These are assassins?" Meng Chong was surprised. This burst of aura actually contained some death energy, similar to those old guys from the Qianwu Hall.
"It's getting interesting. Are they trying to kill that Martial Artist with spiritual essence?" Meng Chong shook his head. He had no interest in watching the excitement. He had encountered several incidents of assassination and revenge in the Lingyu.
However, this was the first time he encountered such a powerful assassination.
"Not good!"
The Martial Artist who had refined the world's spiritual essence sounded heavy, and his aura instantly reached its peak.
"Princess Ziyun, run!"
Suddenly, the Martial Artist launched a fierce attack, breaking through the enemy's encirclement and pushing someone out of the killing circle. Then, he fully exerted his strength, intending to hold back the attacker and buy more time for the person he was protecting to escape.
"Steward Aqiu!"
A cry of alarm came, followed by a graceful purple figure swiftly fleeing.
"You can't escape. The person I, the Eternal Alliance, wants to kill, how can I let you escape?" A cold voice sounded, and an old man appeared, blocking the purple figure.
"You..." Ziyun's face changed drastically. She never expected to encounter an ambush on her way to Evergreen Pavilion.
The other party had obviously planned it in advance!
Even someone as strong as Steward Aqiu was likely to have a slim chance of survival!
Although she knew she was no match, Ziyun was unwilling to give up. Just as she was preparing to fight desperately, a huge fist suddenly struck from below.
"Who!"
The old man who blocked Ziyun's path had a drastic change in expression. He burst out with his aura and was about to escape. However, the punch was too powerful, and its speed was so fast that he couldn't dodge or resist.
Boom!
He was instantly blown up, turning into ashes.
Ziyun was stunned. This fierce punch reminded her of someone.
"Meng Chong!"
She looked towards the place where the attack came from, her face filled with disbelief.
That burly figure, that bald head, everything told her that it was Meng Chong!
Meng Chong originally didn't want to meddle in other people's affairs, but when he heard Ziyun's name, he couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart. He thought it couldn't be such a coincidence, right?
As a result, it turned out that Ziyun was being chased and killed.
He immediately took action and killed the old man.
Moreover, the other party actually impersonated a Martial Artist from the Eternal Alliance. They were trying to frame someone.
Although he wasn't a member of the Eternal Alliance, his junior brother Fang Hao was the future Young Alliance Leader of the Eternal Alliance.
He had a deep connection with the Eternal Alliance.
Ziyun was excited and thrilled. She rushed over and hung onto Meng Chong's embrace.
"Sob sob sob, Meng Chong, it's really you. I almost thought I would never see you again!"
Meng Chong looked helpless, wondering why he was involved again.
"Meng Chong, hurry, save Butler Aqiu."
Zi Yun looked anxious and said.
"Alright!"
Meng Chong soared into the air and in an instant, he arrived at the battlefield.
At this moment, Butler Aqiu was covered in wounds and was on the verge of collapse.
Boom!
Meng Chong threw a punch, and the wind and thunder roared. The huge fist seemed to condense into wind and thunder, directly annihilating all the attackers.
Butler Aqiu was stunned. When he turned around, he saw Zi Yun hanging on a burly man, which surprised him.
"Princess Zi Yun!"
"I'm fine!"
Zi Yun breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing Butler Aqiu's severe injuries, she knew that if he wasn't treated in time, it could even lead to damage to his foundation.
"Meng Chong, do you have any elixirs?"
Zi Yun asked.
"Here you go!"
Meng Chong handed her a bottle of elixirs and helplessly said, "Can you not hang on me like this?"
Zi Yun smiled happily, got off Meng Chong, poured out a pill, and gave it to Butler Aqiu, saying, "Butler Aqiu, quickly heal yourself."
"What is this?"
Butler Aqiu was taken aback. Considering his injuries, he hurriedly took the pill and asked Meng Chong, "Princess Zi Yun, who is this?"
"My friend!"
Zi Yun's excited face turned red. After giving the elixir to Butler Aqiu, she said, "Butler Aqiu, go back to the imperial capital and inform my father. With his escort, I will go to Evergreen Pavilion and there won't be any more accidents."
Butler Aqiu hesitated, but Zi Yun urged, "Hurry back, his strength is much stronger than yours."
"Alright, Princess Zi Yun, take care."
Butler Aqiu didn't insist anymore.
When Butler Aqiu left and there were no outsiders around, Zi Yun jumped up excitedly and hugged Meng Chong, saying, "Meng Chong, did you come to find me?"
"Sort of."
Meng Chong licked his lips and said, "You're living a good life."
"It's alright. I am now a member of the Qing King's lineage in Da Zhou. My adoptive father is the Qing King. The rest of the royal family of Da Zhou actually look down on me, thinking that I come from the Low Grade region of the inner domain, which disgraces their Da Zhou."
"Hmph, once I become powerful, I'll step on them one by one and make them regret underestimating me."
Zi Yun said coldly.
"It's thanks to you, Meng Chong, that I wasn't in danger this time. The Ten Thousand Generations Alliance is despicable. They think the Qing King's Mansion is easy to bully, so they targeted me, right?"
Thinking of the crisis just now, Zi Yun clenched her teeth in anger.
"It has nothing to do with the Ten Thousand Generations Alliance. The methods of those assassins are more like those from the Apex Level Spirit Sect, or even the Transcendent Spirit Sect."
Meng Chong shook his head.
"Where are you going?"
He asked Zi Yun.
"To Evergreen Pavilion. I've missed you, and also Ling Xiu... and Senior."
Since Meng Chong said it had nothing to do with the Ten Thousand Generations Alliance, then it definitely had nothing to do with them. Zi Yun didn't dwell on this question anymore.
"In that case, let's go together. I happen to be going to Evergreen Pavilion as well."
Meng Chong nodded.
The two of them left the battlefield and headed towards the current location of Evergreen Pavilion.
"Meng Chong, you're amazing. Even in Da Zhou, I've heard of your reputation."
Zi Yun looked at Meng Chong with admiration.
"It's nothing special, just second place."
Meng Chong chuckled.
In the imperial capital of Da Zhou, in the Qing King's Mansion.
"What was the attire of the attacker?" Xiang Qing looked at Aqiu with a gloomy expression.
"The identity information they leaked came from the Eternal Alliance..." Aqiu recounted the assassination process in detail.
"Hmph!" Xiang Qing's eyes flickered with cold light as he said, "The Eternal Alliance? If they were targeting Da Zhou, why would they target Ziyun? My adopted daughter, Xiang Qing, has her own background. It's not for others to meddle."
"Do you really think I, Xiang Qing, have no temper?"
"What does the Lord mean?" Aqiu was surprised. Could it be that the attacker came from the Da Zhou royal family?
Xiang Qing took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "What does the person who saved her look like? Do you know their identity?"
Aqiu pondered for a moment and said, "My Lord, I do recall someone, but it's hard to believe."
"Oh, who?"
"Meng Chong, the Blade Master!"
With a burly and robust figure and a bald head, it was too obvious. It was clearly Meng Chong, who was known as the second pride of the Spirit Domain!
However, it was hard to believe.
Was Meng Chong really that powerful?
The power of that punch could even shatter Xiang Qing, a Martial Artist who had condensed a trace of the world's spiritual essence!
"Meng Chong!" Xiang Qing was taken aback, as if he had thought of something. He was secretly surprised. Ziyun and Meng Chong had a history together, which meant that there was only one possibility: Meng Chong came from the Inner Domain!
Such a monster had actually emerged from the Inner Domain!
"The matter of Meng Chong saving her must not be leaked. To the outside world, say that it was a powerful Independent Cultivator who saved her."
Xiang Qing pondered for a moment and said.
"Yes, my Lord!" Aqiu respectfully replied.
...
In a city formerly ruled by the Su family in Yuzhou, Tang Jinyan looked at the person she was looking for, her heart filled with excitement and nervousness.
Ziyun Huang carefully prostrated herself on the ground, not daring to raise her head to look at the noble figure above.
Since entering the Spirit Domain, she had thought that by bringing the Jade Token, she could cultivate a stronger Martial Dao and become a powerful figure. However, the reality was far from her expectations.
She had become nothing more than a lowly servant!
The former emperor of a nation had actually become a servant. How could he accept it?
After being beaten several times, he finally realized the situation and regretted entering the Spirit Domain. Even if he surrendered to the Great Wilderness in the Inner Domain, he could still gain respect and a prominent position.
But as a lowly servant, how could he qualify to obtain the techniques of the heavens and humans?
Fortunately, the Su family was soon destroyed.
As a servant, he also became an Independent Cultivator, and to his mixed joy and sorrow, his situation improved slightly after becoming an Independent Cultivator.
He even finally achieved his long-cherished wish and obtained the techniques of the heavens and humans, breaking through to the Small Celestial Human Realm.
However, in the Spirit Domain, the realm of a Small Celestial Human was only considered a lower-middle level Martial Artist. Above the Small Celestial Human were the Great Celestial Humans, and above them were the lofty Soul Refining Heavenly Beings.
Later, even stronger individuals emerged.
Ziyun Huang even wanted to return to the Inner Domain and become a king there with his Small Celestial Human strength. However, he had no way to open the door to the Spirit Domain.
Over the years, he had mixed with a group of Independent Cultivators and gradually adapted to his identity as an Independent Cultivator. He also deliberately hid his identity from the Inner Domain.
However, today he was targeted by a powerful expert from the Ling Sect, which frightened him to the point where he couldn't catch his breath.
Tang Jinyan stared at Ziyun Huang coldly and said, "Do you know Evergreen Pavilion? Do you know Xu Yan?"
"N-No, I don't know!" Ziyun Huang shook his head.
Xu Yan had swept across the Inner Domain, invincible. After coming to the Spirit Domain, he had blocked the entrance to the Ling Sect in a short period of time. He was truly a monstrous talent.
No matter what, he couldn't offend him.
Perhaps, if they were destined to meet, he might even gain some opportunities with his identity as a fellow from the Inner Domain.
"You come from the Inner Domain, how could you not know?" Tang Jinyan sneered coldly, her gaze indifferent as she said, "I'll give you a chance. Tell me the truth, and you can enter the Entering Spirit Sect and become a Martial Artist of the Spirit Sect, with vastly different treatment."
"Don't think that with the Eternal Alliance, an Independent Cultivator can become the master. Think carefully about it."
As she spoke, a hint of killing intent appeared, causing Ziyun Huang to tremble in fear.
"I, I really don't know. I'm just a low-grade person from the Inner Domain. How could I know someone like Xu Yan, who is such a monster?" Ziyun Huang trembled as he spoke.
"Without evidence, why would I come looking for you? Back then, I sent people into the Inner Domain!" Tang Jinyan sneered.
Ziyun Huang's heart trembled, and she immediately felt a force gathering on her head, as if it could come crashing down at any moment.
"Speak. The identity of the Evergreen Pavilion's Pavilion Master in the Inner Domain, Xu Yan's identity in the Inner Domain..." Tang Jinyan coldly spoke, her killing intent palpable. "Speak and you'll be rewarded, don't speak and you'll die!"
"I'll speak, I'll speak!" Ziyun Huang cowered, knowing that if she continued to be stubborn, she would definitely die.
"The Evergreen Pavilion was founded by the granddaughter of the Inner Domain's Medical King, Su Zhen. Xu Yan and Su Lingxiu are fellow disciples, and they both have a mysterious master behind them..." Ziyun Huang said cautiously.
Tang Jinyan's expression remained unchanged, but she was shocked in her heart. Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Su Lingxiu were all fellow disciples, but what about Fang Hao?
"What about Meng Chong?" she asked.
"Meng Chong is Xu Yan's junior brother, they are fellow disciples," Ziyun Huang revealed everything she knew, especially about the mysterious master.
"What about Fang Hao?" Tang Jinyan asked again.
"I don't know, I really don't know about Fang Hao!" Ziyun Huang hurriedly shook her head.
Tang Jinyan muttered to herself, "Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, they all have a master, and they all come from the Inner Domain."
"How could there be such monsters in the low-grade Inner Domain?"
"Who is their master? Blood Demon!"
In that instant, she thought of a possibility, and waves of shock and fear surged in her heart.
The Blood Demon didn't die?!
Moreover, he returned in a more concealed manner, cultivating disciples with extraordinary talent, causing a storm in the Spirit Domain. His ambitions must be immense.
"Sir, I know all of this, can I go now?" Ziyun Huang asked cautiously.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. You still have use." Tang Jinyan waved her hand, and Ziyun Huang's eyes went black as she fainted.
"Take him with us to the Qianwu Hall!" Tang Jinyan said through gritted teeth.
"Yes, Miss!" The maid took out a bag and put Ziyun Huang inside, carrying it on her shoulder.
The two of them quietly left Yuzhou and headed for the Qianwu Hall.
If Xu Yan and Meng Chong were backed by the Blood Demon, it would be a major event that shook the entire Spirit Domain. Tang Jinyan would gain merit, and the Water Star Palace would also rise, relying on the towering mountain of the Transcendent Spirit Sect.
Furthermore, she could use the Transcendent Spirit Sect's power to eliminate the hidden danger of the Evergreen Pavilion and kill that bastard!
"The Transcendent Spirit Sect will definitely go all out when they realize the crisis. The pills and medical skills of the Evergreen Pavilion are coveted by countless people."
"I want to see how you people can resist the entire Spirit Sect!"
If Xu Yan's backer was the Blood Demon, the Transcendent Spirit Sect would definitely join forces to attack. The rules of the geniuses' competition could be ignored.
The Blood Demon must die. This was the bottom line principle of the Transcendent Spirit Sect!