Chapter 531 - Give Them a Taste!
“Feng Hou, another one from the Feng Clan?" Zhong Yue was shocked, he exclaimed, “It is truly a blessing that the Feng Clan still exists. But what is about this one from the Hou Gang Clan? Four eyes, it’s really rare.”
Shui Zian nodded and said, “We have checked, Hougang Jie is an authentic human, he just has a relatively bizarre appearance.”
Could he have awakened some of the Leize blood? Zhong Yue thought curiously in his heart.
Shui Zian laughed, “They are all talents, their foundations are solid and they have cultivated to the Inner Core level already. Other than the Awakening level, they have reached the extreme states in the other levels. These talents are not inferior tp Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzhong. Other than them, there is also another one called Rong Cheng, he is already on his way to the Kong Tong Keep.”
Zhong Yue said curiously, “Where are they? I want to have a look at them.”
“They are just in Swords Gate, waiting to move to their respective cities.”
Then, Shui Zian surged out his psyche and notified the talents to come over, while he said in a smile to Zhong Yue, “Headmaster Jun asked me to guide them in their cultivation path. But I can only manage to guide the ordinary disciples, the talented ones are a little too challenging for me. You are an elder now and are also acting as one of de facto temporarily headmasters, you don’t have to go to them. I will ask them to come over.”
Zhong Yue nodded. Soon after, eight young men arrived at the golden summit. They were all waiting outside of the palace and were puzzled as to why Shui Zian summoned them,
Zhong Yue and Shui Zian walked into the palace, they looked at the eight talents.
Feng Hou had inherited the gentle spirituality of the Feng Clan, he stood straight like a sharp sword and eyes glimmered with rays of intelligence. Zhong Yue looked at him and inwardly praised, This Feng Hou’s Fuxi blood isn’t that strong but is already not far away from Feng Wuji. The Feng Clan is indeed a strong clan.
Then, he looked at Hougang Jie and was shocked. He was just as Shui Zian described, he had a huge face, a bulging mass of meat on his forehead and another pair of eyes above the usual ones. It was truly bizarre.
Ju Song was like a scholar, no different to an ordinary human but he held his own scholarly air as well.
Feng Ju and Qi Bo were slightly older than the others, they were two middle-aged men. They would be those talents who needed time to grow strong to show their brilliance, which was why their values were only noticed now.
While Chang Xian, Wang Hai and Li Mu were three strong and muscular warriors. Among the three, Li Mu was the most conspicuous. He wore made from the beast hides and had metal chains curled around his beast-like mortal body.
Zhong Yue glanced at the talents and was overjoyed. The Great Wilderness human race had finally shown signs of rising. Another few more years and the insect magnates and divine weapons they brought back would become redundant. By that time, these talents would be strong enough to guard Swords Gate with their own abilities.
“Feng Hou (Hougang Jie) (Ju Song) (Feng Ju) (Qi Bo) (Chang Xian) (Wang Hai) (Li Mu) greets Teacher Rain!”
The eight of them saw Shui Zian and quickly greeted him. Zhong Yue asked puzzlingly, “Teacher Rain?”
Shui Zian smiled and answered, “I’m from the Shui Tu Clan, I teach them the arts and skills of water. Thus, they call me Teacher Rain.”
“I see.”
“Be at ease, this is Elder Zhong from the Zhong Shan Clan." Shui Zian raised his hand, he said, “Elder Zhong is the youngest elder of Swords Gate. All of the cultivation techniques that you were provided was in essence due to Elder Zhong’s efforts. The divine weapons and the divine herbs were also earned by him.”
The eight of them quickly bowed and greeted Zhong Yue again. They raised their heads and looked at Zhong Yue with shock, they thought, So young, he looks even younger than us!
In the hearts of Swords Gate disciples, Zhong Yue was like a legend in Swords Gate. There were many rumors about him, some said looked rectangular, some said he had three heads and six arms, and some even said that he would devour three hundred celestial experts and two hundred demon experts for one meal, three times a day.
But when the eight talents saw Zhong Yue in person, they were all puzzled. The Zhong Shan Clan member appeared no different to ordinary humans.
Zhong Yue shook his head and said, “I’m not the youngest elder, Elder Qiu is. She is just 21 and I’m already 25.”
Shui Zian said, “Well, you are the youngest of all the male elders. Elder Zhong, come, you will teach and guide them in their cultivation path, they will be your students, is that fine by you?”
Zhong Yue shook his head and said, “They have their own gifts, I cannot teach them much. The Hou Gang Clan member has many totem patterns hidden in his four eyes, including the celestial and demon totem patterns, understanding them all will already make him a powerful cultivator. While Ju Song possesses an incredible wealth of knowledge; his understanding in the totem patterns are even more deeper than Hougang Jie.
“Feng Hou has mastered the wind totem patterns and has cultivated it to a very deep stage; Chang Xian is proficient in the arts of sound and music; Li Mu, Wang Hai is proficient in taming the monster beast; Qi Bo is strong in concocting the medicinal pellets; and Feng Ju is a master of array formations. They are all walking their own paths already, it’s very hard to be their teacher.”
One must say, Shui Zian was shocked, he exclaimed, “How did you know? Can one really tell just by looking?”
Zhong Yue gave a smile. All these days, he had refined Yu Wenju’s inner core and was able to raise the Fuxi blood in him to a higher level. As a result, the divine eyes in his left and right eye were awakened. Thus, it wasn’t a big deal for him to see their abilities.
“I can tell, but I can’t teach … Why not like this…" Zhong Yue mulled, he suddenly raised a finger pointed at the eight experts’ foreheads.
Zhong Yue smiled as he said, “I only have so much knowledge in the fields you all concentrate on. I will pass them all to you and you can study them yourselves, there is no need to learn under me.”
Feng Hou and the others could feel as though their mind was bombarded with countless insights and knowledge, all sort of skills and arts that they never would’ve fathomed to exist flooded their minds. All of this information scattered throughout their minds, waiting for them to truly turn it into their own understanding!
Zhong Yue kept his finger and looked away into the sky, he suddenly said, “We have guests coming.”
“Guest?" Shui Zian was puzzled, he squinted his eyes but couldn’t see anything. He turned to the Four Ken Beast and saw the beast lying slothfully on the ground, it didn’t seem to notice anything out of the ordinary.
Then, Zhong Yue said, “They are still far away from us. Rest here, I will go and bring a treasure over.”
“A treasure?" Shui Zian and the others were puzzled. Zhong Yue walked out of the golden summit while Shui Zian turned to the talents and asked, “What has Elder Zhong imparted to you all?”
“Too much, way too much." Li Mu said, “We will take at least 10 to 20 years to finish digesting it all.”
The others nodded in agreement, they said, “Elder Zhong’s knowledge and attainments are already levels beyond us.”
“Elder Zhong, his wisdom is unimaginable!" Feng Hou said.
Shui Zian was left in shock, he thought, This brat, how dare he still say he can’t teach them, he is just finding excuses to not do work! Lazy ass!
Feng Hou, Li Mu and the others had their own roads to walk, it was hard to earn the unanimous respect of all eight of them in the fields they had expertise in. Yet, Feng Hou and the others were now saying that whatever Zhong Yue had passed onto them in their respective fields would require 20 years to fully comprehend!
Clearly, Zhong Yue was more than capable to be their teacher, it was only his willingness that was lacking.
All of a sudden, the Four Ken Beast on the top of the golden summit said, its voice shuddered the sky, “Grand elder, guests coming in from different directions. But none of them look friendly to me.”
Shui Zian was shocked, he quickly went to the side of the Four Ken Beast and the beast showed the images of the intruders. They were traveling in carriages, warships and atop clouds.
These experts came from various races, the vessels hung different banners to differentiate themselves and among them, there was the Zhong Li Celestial Race, Kun Peng Celestial Race, monster race, dragon race, and demon race. Many other celestial races including the Xiao Mang Celestial Race and Shan Shen Celestial Race were also among them.
Shui Zian’s eyelids throbbed, he saw many clan masters, high priests and leaders of the races, there were even also treasures of their races!
Right at this moment, the totem pillars started shuddering in his Yuan Shen secret realms. He took them out and there were border generals that notified him of the guests’ arrival. The many experts have requested to enter the Great Wilderness and meet with the headmaster!
Zhong Li, Kun Peng, Xiao Mang, dragon, demon, monster … They have all come together at the same time. Shui Zian thought and he suddenly gave a cold hum, If they are here to ask why Elder Zhong can come back safely from the insect planet, they wouldn’t have to bring so many experts and divine weapons, not to mention coming all together at the same time with such fanfare. Their actions seem more belligerent!
Zhong Yue had been back Swords Gate for nearly a month now, it was more than enough time for the various races to learn what had happened on insect planet. Yet, they didn’t come at all, and all of a sudden, all of them came together to see the headmaster, no one would believe they were here with pure intentions!
The headmaster is not here and Elder Fang is also not here. Swords Gate only has me and Elder Zhong now. Elder Zhong’s safety aside, even Swords Gate and the Great Wilderness will be greatly threatened!
Just as he thought about it, Zhong Yue was carrying a little child in his arms back to the golden summit. And hovering behind them was a goldne sword, closely following the little child.
“You sure we can make it?" Shui Zian whispered, even he was feeling anxious.
“Don’t worry, there’s nothing I can’t do." Zhong Yue’s face turned frigid, he said placidly, “Swords Gate isn’t the same as before anymore. Those days where the other races are able to come to threaten us with just a few warships and carriages are gone! Grand elder, tell the cities and keeps to worship the divine weapons! Tell all of Swords Gate to worship the banners. We will give them a taste of our strength!”
Although Shui Zian was already a man with half a foot in the grave, his spirit was still spurred by Zhong Yue’s words. He heartily laughed and proceeded to relay Zhong Yue’s orders to the human race.
In the Great Wilderness, the warships and carriages flew over at a slow yet steady speed. The experts unleashed their auras out to suppress the humans and clouded the sky above. Although they were guests, they acted even more presumptuously than the owners of the land.
“Humans, no different to bugs." A celestial elder looked down at the humans and shook his head while sneering
All of a sudden, of the eight keeps and sixteen cities, divine auras burst out into the sky as the divine weapons hovered up high. These divine weapons had linked their auras together and submerged the whole Great Wilderness in their immense power!
Immediately, the experts’ faces changed drastically. Right after the divine weapons emerged, over ten divine weapons burst out around Swords Gate and shone brightly, stagnating the air around. Then, four banners flew out into the sky from the center of Swords Gate. Images of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise soared high into the firmament with an imposing momentum.
Now, even the clan masters, high priests, and leaders of the races began to feel fear.
A loud laughter came from the tip of Swords Gate Mountain, it said, “Hahahaha, guests from afar, it’s our carelessness that we did not welcome you all outside of our border. I hope you can forgive us for that!”
Rong Cheng
—A legendary immortal in the Taoism.
—Courtier and teacher to Yellow Emperor
—Created the Chinese calendar.
Kong Tong Keep
—The Kong Tong Mountain is said to be one of the sacred mountains of Taoism
—There is also the Kongtong Sect, commonly appeared as a martial arts sect in the fictional wuxia novels