Chapter 445: Growing Larger and Larger

The one who claimed to be a descendant of the E-Immortal Clan was none other than Xiang Ningyan.

Xu Qing remembered the Captain saying that ever since Xiang Ningyan passed the candidate assessment, he had disappeared, and the Captain had searched for a long time without finding him.

Originally, this operation was intended to bring this person along to do big things, to be used as a shield in times of crisis.

Looking at it now, this kid had actually snuck to the True Immortal Ten-Intestine...

"Could it be that the bloodline he said he awakened is the E-Immortal Clan? Or is this identity a disguise?" Xu Qing's thoughts turned in his heart, but his expression remained normal, revealing nothing. His gaze, carrying its usual coldness, swept indifferently towards Xiang Ningyan.

As for Chen Erniu on the side, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth at this moment.

Qingqiu continued to pretend she didn't know him.

And Xiang Ningyan... his heart was trembling slightly now. He didn't know those two Black Heaven clansmen.

But instinctively, he felt a chill running down his spine, especially that Black Heaven clansman with the meaningful smile, which made him feel panicked.

"Why is this Black Heaven clansman smiling at me like that?"

Xiang Ningyan was nervous, his gaze sweeping rapidly over Qingqiu. Although she wasn't wearing a mask and her clothing had changed, her aura hadn't changed at all, so he naturally recognized her identity at a glance.

After all, everyone came from Yinghuang Prefecture, and at the beginning, they were competitors, so Xiang Ningyan had paid attention to Qingqiu for a long time.

But at this moment, he didn't want to know why Qingqiu was there, but was secretly complaining, because he understood that he actually had a flaw, which was that his appearance hadn't been changed.

However, this was not what he wanted. Due to some special reasons, he couldn't fundamentally change his appearance and aura, so he could only use magic tools to cover it up, but before, after being caught, his magic tools and such were all confiscated.

So now he just wanted to leave quickly, and a thick sense of unease had vaguely risen in his heart.

The fact was indeed so. Xiang Ningyan hadn't walked far when, after those Saint Lan Clan cultivators who were escorting their group stood up, the Captain suddenly spoke.

"E-Immortal Clan? Interesting, I want this person."

The Captain raised his hand and pointed at Xiang Ningyan.

Xiang Ningyan's scalp felt like it was going to explode, his breathing was rapid, and his heart trembled violently.

"Could it be that he saw through my identity? This is impossible!" Xiang Ningyan was anxious in his heart, and even more terrified. A large number of rumors about the Black Heaven Clan rose in his mind.

But this matter was not for him to decide. Those Saint Lan Clan cultivators heard this and didn't have any hesitation, hurriedly saying yes, and immediately escorted Xiang Ningyan to Chen Erniu's front, and even respectfully handed over the rope binding Xiang Ningyan with both hands.

Chen Erniu nodded slightly, took the rope, and after pulling it, Xiang Ningyan had to step forward a few steps while trembling.

Looking at Chen Erniu, whose smile was a bit creepy, a look of fawning quickly appeared on Xiang Ningyan's face.

"This little one pays his respects to you, My Lord."

"I wonder how the intestines of the E-Immortal Clan taste." The Captain bared his teeth at Xiang Ningyan, then licked his lips.

Xiang Ningyan's heart was churning with huge waves, his expression changing rapidly. He was just about to step back, but was pulled by the Captain's rope, unable to break free. While trembling violently, he spoke in a trembling voice.

"My Lord, please don't joke with this little one... My flesh and blood are filled with a foul smell, not delicious."

Watching this scene, Qingqiu sighed in her heart. She originally had no feelings of like or dislike for this Xiang Ningyan, purely a passerby, but now that she was in a strange land, seeing a fellow countryman so miserable and facing the danger of being eaten, waves still rose in her heart, and a look of sorrow couldn't help but appear on her expression.

Noticing Qingqiu's expression, Xu Qing's gaze fell towards the Captain and spoke calmly.

"What do you want this E-Immortal clansman for? Are you interested in the intestines of the E-Immortal Clan?"

"Divine Son, naturally that is not the case." The Captain bowed to Xu Qing and spoke respectfully.

Hearing this, Xiang Ningyan breathed a sigh of relief, but soon the Captain continued to speak.

"Your subordinate has been researching bloodline-refining pills for some time. I have used most of the clans, but I haven't tried this E-Immortal Clan, so I plan to take him back and refine him alive."

As he spoke, the Captain even sized up Xiang Ningyan, stepped forward to pry open his chin, looked at his teeth, and expectation appeared in his eyes, as if he were looking at the quality of an elixir, and even licked his lips.

Xiang Ningyan's mind was buzzing. He had just heard the other party speak and his heart had just relaxed, but now hearing these words, he trembled even more, his body and mind occupied by endless fear, and tears couldn't help but flow down.

"My Lord, I... I know where many of my clansmen are, and many of them have bloodlines even thicker and more vigorous than mine. Can I use them to exchange for myself?"

The Captain touched his chin, smiling but not smiling, didn't speak, and kept sizing up Xiang Ningyan from head to toe.

Xiang Ningyan was increasingly terrified, and a look of sorrow appeared in his eyes.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention to the Captain and Xiang Ningyan. At this moment, he looked at the sky and then towards the depths of the jungle.

He discovered that the immature fruits occupied ninety percent of the area here, and quite a few of them clearly had gaps in size, not looking like they could all mature in one day.

So he spoke slowly to Muye, who was standing respectfully by his side.

"Can all the fruits mature tomorrow?"

Muye hesitated, thought for a moment, and then spoke in a low voice.

"My Lord, normally it is tomorrow, but according to the records in the classics, in reality, the time for the Dao Fruits to mature each time is just an approximate range, not precise. However, even if they cannot mature tomorrow, at most within seven days, they certainly will."

Xu Qing frowned slightly. He didn't want to stay too long in this Saint Lan Clan, worried that there would be uncontrollable changes, but if he left like this, he was a bit unwilling.

"If it's seven days, I can persist a bit longer!" Xu Qing muttered in his heart and turned to walk towards the direction of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom.

Muye followed hurriedly, and the group of people left.

The Captain's expression was as usual, the rope in his hand pulled, and Xiang Ningyan followed while trembling, his heart filled with confusion, indignation, fear, and regret, a mix of five flavors.

It was really that everything was completely inconsistent with his plan. According to his plan, even if he failed this time, he wouldn't be in danger. The identity of the E-Immortal Clan would at most cause him to be imprisoned for a period of time, and he would be released.

After all, this place was transformed from the last pure-blooded clansman of the E-Immortal Clan becoming an immortal, and the E-Immortal Clan were the original inhabitants within the Saint Lan Domain, so there were quite a few descendants.

The Saint Lan Clan, as latecomers, also didn't want to easily cause conflicts between the two clans.

There was even a high probability that he could take away one or two Dao Fruits when he left. This deal was extremely cost-effective, which was why he came here.

But he never expected that he would actually encounter the Black Heaven Clan here...

Xiang Ningyan was led forward, looking up at Qingqiu with sorrow and grievance in his heart, and found that the expression in Qingqiu's eyes was similar to his own.

Just like this, these two aggrieved people followed Xu Qing and the Captain, under the escort of a group of Saint Lan Clan guards, and returned to the Imperial Palace of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom.

After arriving here, Xu Qing sat cross-legged in the main hall as usual, and Qingqiu sat beside him, gnashing her teeth in her heart. She didn't completely submit to her identity as a maid, but was constantly looking for opportunities to escape.

As for the Captain, he was different from usual. After he returned, he dragged Xiang Ningyan, with intense expectation in his eyes, and went to the side hall. Xiang Ningyan couldn't resist and could only be dragged in alive while his expression was anxious and terrified, his eyes full of begging, and his mouth constantly begging for mercy.

Soon, miserable wails from Xiang Ningyan came from the side hall.

"My Lord, you you you... what are you going to do?"

"Ah!"

The wails soon turned into screams.

Qingqiu's body trembled. She didn't know what was happening in the side hall, and her perception couldn't probe it, but from these miserable screams, she could imagine countless thrilling scenes.

So she looked at Xu Qing, whose expression was as usual, and had a better understanding of the cruelty of the Black Heaven Clan in her heart.

"The Black Heaven Clan, they all deserve to die, especially these two!" Qingqiu's thoughts churned in her heart.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention to these. To him, those screams were clearly the Captain biting him.

"It's estimated that before, as a Sword-Wielding Officer, he was embarrassed to bite too much. Now that his identity has changed, with the Captain's personality, he will definitely study Xiang Ningyan's flesh and blood well."

Xu Qing's perception spread out, once again merging into the Black Heaven Divine Statue floating above the palace, continuing his own research. This was the thing he was most interested in during his waiting time these days.

"If I could take it back to Fenghai County..."

Expectation rose in Xu Qing's heart.

This Black Heaven Divine Statue was quite extraordinary. The Red Moon power contained within it was rich, and it was constantly exuding foreign matter. Although Xu Qing could give it orders, it was ultimately a bit inappropriate to take it away.

First, this divine statue could not be integrated into a storage bag and was too dazzling. Second, if he really faced the Red Moon, this divine statue would likely defect instantly.

Taking it away was undoubtedly a thunderbolt that could explode at any time.

"Unless I can completely replace the Red Moon within its body with my Purple Moon power."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. This was the direction of his research during this time.

Following Xu Qing's research, dusk arrived, the sky outside the canopy slowly darkened, and in the area within its range, those floating human-shaped lanterns with life-fire as light also slowly had weak flames.

In the dim world, outside the Imperial Palace of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom, on the altar where the Black Heaven divinity was originally located, there were now dozens of Saint Lan Clan cultivators standing solemnly.

The surroundings had long been sealed off, and an array had been set up, making it impossible for outsiders to perceive.

And among the dozens of people on this altar, most were at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, and only five had cultivation levels that surpassed the crowd, reaching the Spirit Repository Realm.

The Sovereign of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom was one of them.

In front of the crowd, there stood an old man in a black robe. This old man's skin was crimson, looking very strange, and behind him, four secret repositories exuded terrifying pressure.

He was the National Teacher of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom. At this moment, his expression was gloomy. He looked up at the Imperial Palace in the distance, looked at the crowd again, and snorted coldly.

"This matter is absurd to the extreme!"

"You are all sovereigns of a country. I don't believe you are so mediocre that you don't even have the most basic judgment!"

"The Black Heaven Upper Clan, what kind of identity is that? How could they come here through a convoy!"

"And it just happens to be the time when the Dao Fruits mature?"

"Not to mention that one of the two impersonators not only has mixed beliefs but also chaotic bloodlines. How could they be the Black Heaven Upper Clan!"

"In addition, their maid is a newly promoted Sword-Wielding Officer of this generation of the human race, named Qingqiu. You have all found out about this matter. What else is there to hesitate about?"

The old man reprimanded, and everyone lowered their heads silently without speaking, but their gazes swept over the Sovereign of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom.

In reality, regarding the identities of Xu Qing and the Captain, even now, most of them didn't believe it, but the divine statue knelt and worshipped, and the blessing aura was real.

This made them feel confused.

"And the Sovereign, your offspring was blessed. I have probed it before; that is just a blindfold. If you don't believe it, send him to the Upper Kingdom of the Dynasty and let the Upper Kingdom take a look," the old man spoke coldly, then looked towards the Imperial Palace.

"What is especially ridiculous is these two. Although they have some means to fool you, their biggest flaw is... what's wrong with disguising as anything else, but they went to disguise as Black Heaven Divine Sons?"

"Hmph, I have studied in the Black Heaven Clan for many years and have many Black Heaven Clan friends. I have never heard that the Black Heaven Divine Temple has any Divine Son!"

"And the Black Heaven Divine Statue is ultimately a dead object. You haven't been to the Black Heaven Clan, so you don't know. In reality, the Black Heaven Divine Statue has also had many similar incidents, mostly caused by the tidal cycle changes of the divine power within its body."

"These two impersonators should know the Black Heaven Clan very well, and the timing they caught is also very clever."

Cold light flashed in the old man's eyes.

"However, they are ultimately going to miscalculate, because when I studied in the Black Heaven Clan, I once obtained a Black Heaven Spirit Ghost bestowed by the Divine Temple!"

"The Spirit Ghost of the Black Heaven Divine Temple possesses intelligence and is more sensitive than a dead divine statue. It only needs to perceive it to reveal everything!"

During his words, the old man raised his right hand and pointed at his eyebrows. While his whole body trembled, he spat out a large mouthful of blood. Immediately, his eyebrows split open on their own, and a black phantom flew out rapidly from his flesh and blood.

As soon as it appeared, it set off bursts of yin wind that swept the surroundings, and it made all the Saint Lan clansmen in this place tremble in their hearts. The bloodline belonging to the Black Heaven within their bodies was also drawn, and the black lines on their respective eyebrows became increasingly clear.

"Please, Spirit Ghost, verify!"

The old man took a deep breath and spoke respectfully. As the Spirit Ghost made a cackling sound, its body rose into the sky. When looking at the Imperial Palace, the old man also spoke to the crowd around him with a gloomy expression.

"After the Spirit Ghost verifies it, Heavenly Peak Sovereign, you personally take action to capture those two bold little thieves alive. I am prepared..."

The old man's words had just reached this point, and before he could finish giving instructions, the fierce ghost in the sky suddenly trembled, its whole body's black light exploded instantly, spreading towards all directions like a sea of light. Its eyes revealed an unprecedentedly intense light, and its body's trembling became increasingly intense.

In the end, it screamed directly, and its ghost eyes exploded.

Its body rolled back, fell directly onto the altar, and worshipped towards the Imperial Palace, kowtowing repeatedly.

"My Lord!"

"That is the aura of My Lord!"

"We mortals cannot look directly at it!!"

The Spirit Ghost's eyes were blinded, and its body kept trembling, but its voice carried extreme excitement and fanaticism. This scene immediately made the minds of all the Saint Lan clansmen around roar completely.

The Sovereign of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom's breathing was rapid. Even as suspicious as he was, at this moment, he truly believed it.

The other sovereigns also felt their scalps go numb one after another, huge waves rising in their hearts. There was no longer any reason to doubt, and fanaticism appeared in their eyes one by one.

And the old man who released the Spirit Ghost also trembled, his eyes wide open, revealing disbelief.

"This... this..."

Just at the moment when waves were rising in their hearts, in the direction of the Imperial Palace, the Black Heaven Divine Statue floating there suddenly opened its arms, a thousand feet above, black light appearing in its eyes, overlooking the altar.

And above its head, at this moment, the figures of Xu Qing and the Captain were vaguely revealed.

Xu Qing's gaze was cold, carrying displeasure, looking down at the earth.

Beside him, the Captain's expression was incomparably angry. The anger of seeing his own Divine Son offended exploded from his eyes, and an icy voice like a cold wind echoed in all directions with anger.

"Your suspicion, originally, was not a shortcoming, but if it goes too far, it is your great disrespect."

During the Captain's words, muffled thunder came from the sky, and the world changed color.

At this moment, a moon-shaped totem shone on Xu Qing's eyebrows, and he exuded a fluctuation of status from the Purple Moon Heavenly Palace that transcended the mundane.

In an instant, the blood of the Black Heaven within the bloodlines of all the Saint Lan clansmen in the entire Heavenly Peak Kingdom boiled uncontrollably.

The sovereigns of the thirty-six city-states all trembled and lowered their heads towards the divine statue in the sky.

The National Teacher of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom also had his heart shaken. He looked at the Black Heaven Spirit Ghost that was still constantly worshipping and kowtowing on the side. His breathing was rapid, but he finally lowered his head and bowed to the sky.

The cultivation of any of them surpassed Xu Qing's. Facing an ordinary low-cultivation Black Heaven clansman, they might be able to barely level their status with cultivation, but now, facing the majesty from the Divine Son and the suppression of the bloodline, they all had waves in their hearts.

However, there was no sense of humiliation, because from beginning to end, these two Black Heaven clansmen who arrived did not overly rely on their status, but rather they were the ones who kept testing them.

"You, let this be an example." In the sky, Xu Qing spoke for the first time.

As his calm voice echoed, he looked at the crowd deeply, waved his hand, and his figure was hidden.

And the divine statue also returned to its normal height, floating in the main hall, its eyes closed again.

The entire city was silent.

At the altar, the National Teacher of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and immediately transmitted a voice order to the Heavenly Peak Sovereign.

"Secretly report this matter to the dynasty immediately. The True Immortal Ten-Intestine has the presence of the Black Heaven Clan, suspected to be of supreme bloodline. We are not qualified to receive them. In addition, send your offspring who was blessed by the Divine Son to the dynasty!"

"Whether this matter is true or false... it is a shocking event!"

"Once it is true..." the old man took a deep breath.

"I fear that the Black Heaven Divine Temples of the four great dynasties of the entire Saint Lan Clan will be shaken, and the future status of your offspring will also be incomparably noble!"

During the National Teacher's words, wind blew from the world, the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree in the sky swayed, and the canopy made a rustling sound.

The wind had risen.

The wind tonight was very strong.

The canopy formed by the True Immortal Ten-Intestine swayed in the sky. While the sound spread in all directions, the wind blew through the world, rolling up dust all over the ground, whistling past buildings one after another in the Heavenly Peak Kingdom.

The bells hanging under the eaves of thousands of households also made crisp sounds in this wind, especially in the Imperial Palace.

Amidst a series of sounds, in the Imperial Palace, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze looking at the dark night and looked at the Captain on the side.

"Eldest Senior Brother, we cannot wait too long. At most two days, if the True Immortal Ten-Intestine has not completely formed the Dao Fruits, we must leave." Xu Qing transmitted his voice in a low voice.

The Captain sighed, a bit troubled.

After they noticed the other party's testing before, although they resolved it, he understood that this also meant the situation was bound to develop in an uncontrollable direction.

"I feel that it's actually nothing." The Captain pondered and looked at Xu Qing.

No matter how he perceived Xu Qing, he was a Black Heaven clansman who couldn't be more real.

Not only did the divine statue kneel and worship, but he could also bestow blessings on the Saint Lan Clan, and now even the Black Heaven Spirit Ghost with intelligence had knelt...

These three things added together made the Captain's mind active.

"Little A-Qing, how exactly did you do it? This can't be the Red Moon aura anymore." The Captain's curiosity became intense again and he asked a question.

Xu Qing thought for a moment. This time he didn't hide it and replied via voice transmission.

"The god that the Black Heaven Clan believes in, back at the Taichu Liyou Pillar, I plundered a trace of its authority, so it should have been mistaken for the Red Moon."

As soon as these words came out, the Captain's eyes widened, and he gasped. Although he had guessed it before, hearing Xu Qing's answer now, huge waves still rose in his heart.

After a long while, the Captain stood up abruptly, walked a few circles, and then turned to look at Xu Qing.

"Little Junior Brother, shall we do something big!"

Madness appeared in the Captain's eyes.

Xu Qing sighed. He knew what the Captain wanted to do, which was also why he had hidden the Purple Moon before.

"Since you are now as real as can be, why don't we go to the Black Heaven Divine Temple, and then let the Black Heaven Divine Temple send us the Black Heaven Clan..."

"The effect of the Void Concealment Talisman on my body will last at most another month and a half. Once it disappears, although my aura is correct, it can still be found out, especially... that god within the Red Moon, as long as it looks at me once, I will be gone."

Xu Qing shook his head firmly.

The Captain was depressed, but he also knew that doing so was not madness, but seeking death, so he pondered and gritted his teeth.

"We will continue to take people to collect Dao Fruits tomorrow. Although most of them haven't matured, we can't care about that much. Let's go to other areas to collect mature fruits."

"Then wait a few more days. Little A-Qing, the Dao Fruit is just one thing; the real good stuff is that True Immortal Ten-Intestine. Our opportunity is rare now!"

Xu Qing hesitated and gritted his teeth.

"Three days at most!"

Hearing this, the Captain's eyes revealed madness, and he nodded.

"Okay, five days at most!"

"In addition, I will spread the word tomorrow. Since it's already like this, let them doubt if they want to. Anyway, you are real. I will go and inform those city-states that we can bestow blessings, but they have to exchange them for treasures!"

The Captain's eyes were a bit red.

Two days later, when Xu Qing and the Captain split up, one to collect Dao Fruits with all his might, and one to go out to other city-states to spread the word that they could bestow blessings, in the capital of the Tianfeng Dynasty among the four great dynasties of the Saint Lan Clan, the group from the Heavenly Peak Kingdom arrived via teleportation.

The leader was the National Teacher of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom, and Muye was also among them. After they arrived at the Tianfeng Dynasty, they reported the matter of the Black Heaven Clan for the first time.

This matter originally didn't attract the attention of the Tianfeng Dynasty. After all, compared to the upper-level princes of the four great dynasties of the Saint Lan Clan, they didn't care much about ordinary Black Heaven clansmen. However, as the Heavenly Peak Kingdom reported it, the relevant departments checked Muye, and after layer-by-layer inspections, one shocking result after another was reported, and this matter gradually stirred up waves within the dynasty.

"The Black Heaven aura is rich to the first level, and even exceeds it!"

"All bloodline checks are incomparably real; they were indeed blessed!"

"Even the Black Heaven Divine Temple cannot directly raise a person from the fourth level to the first level!"

"This is not a simple blessing; this is a divine gift!"

After the results of these investigations were reported layer by layer, how the high-level officials and royal family of the Tianfeng Dynasty thought, outsiders didn't know, but soon two imperial edicts were issued.

The first imperial edict ordered people to send Muye to the Black Heaven Divine Temple to request verification and instructions from the Divine Temple.

The second imperial edict arranged for the Black-Clad Guards to go to the Heavenly Peak Kingdom immediately, ostensibly to protect the Emperor, but secretly to monitor, but strictly not to be negligent.

I have to take my mother to the hospital tomorrow; her breathing difficulties are a bit serious. I finished writing overnight today and sent them together as a two-in-one.

During this period, my body is tired and my mood is depressed. Those who curse me for being positive and scold me, please accumulate virtue. ===== CHAPTER 446 =====