Chapter 399 - 237: Qin Mengxuan: Where Do You Think You’re Going?

Within the Tang Family’s ancestral grounds.

"...Ling Changqing has appeared in the Dan Yang Valley Marketplace?"

When the Patriarch received the news, he could hardly believe his ears.

After confirming the report multiple times, the powerful figure suppressed his ecstasy and immediately ordered an emergency mobilization, placing the entire family on high alert.

All the Supreme Elders, aside from the few in death seclusion, were required to mobilize. The Core Elders were no exception.

Absolute secrecy was impossible. By now, the top experts from other major powers were likely already on their way.

Therefore, a brutal, large-scale battle was now inevitable. Whether the Tang Family could endure to the end would depend on the courage and resolve of its upper echelon.

But no matter what, they could not give up, even if it meant more than half their family members would die in battle.

Fortunately, Danyang Valley was one of the Tang Family’s vassal powers, and the absolute distance wasn’t too great. The Tang Family’s experts should be able to get there first.

As time passed, more and more leaders of Yuzhou’s major powers received the news and, without exception, reacted similarly.

The Child of Destiny was a matter of great importance. The rise and fall of this world hundreds of years from now depended on him, so they had no choice but to take it seriously.

「Dan Yang Valley Marketplace.」

The vast Celestial Vault had quietly grown overcast. Rolling black clouds, their origin unknown, shrouded the land in all directions. An indescribable sense of oppression filled the air, carrying the grim aura of an impending storm.

Some of the more perceptive Cultivators’ expressions had already changed drastically. They packed their belongings and hurriedly left the Marketplace, speeding away from Danyang Valley’s territory to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

Meanwhile, the number of unknown Cultivators gathering outside the inn was growing, their Cultivation levels getting higher and higher. Some conflicts had even secretly broken out among them.

「Inside the inn, in the Cultivation Chamber.」

"...The changes to the Celestial Secrets outside are truly terrifying!"

Yu Ruoshuang patted her towering chest with lingering fear, putting away the ancient, mottled Bronze Turtle Shell and Jade Coins in front of her.

She had only made a brief attempt at divination, not expecting the backlash from the roiling power of the Celestial Secrets to nearly injure her on the spot.

Forget her; even a Divinity Transformation Peak expert, or a Great Power of an even higher level, would find it difficult to emerge unscathed.

"If nothing unexpected happens, this place will be reduced to ruins before long!"

Ling Changqing said with a frown.

It was hard to say how many of the Loose Cultivators and mortals in the Marketplace outside, those who didn’t flee in time, would ultimately survive.

Disregarding the effects of any Defense Arrays and Restrictions, a Nascent Soul True Monarch could destroy nearly half the Marketplace with a single, full-power strike.

"Husband, what should we do now?"

Meng Feiyu, a radiant beauty with a charming smile, was sitting on his lap, nibbling his ear as she asked.

"We should go,"

Ling Changqing said. "Otherwise, too many people will die soon, and there’s nothing in it for us. It’s just not necessary."

He could already feel an immense crisis rapidly approaching. If he didn’t act now, he wouldn’t be able to get away.

"Mm, let’s do that then."

Luo Qingxuan agreed. Fu Yin Xue and Yu Yalan had no objections either.

So, Ling Changqing brought them all into the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land inside his Era Star Palace.

He then dismantled the multiple layers of the Shielding Array he had set up, erased the auras of all the women, and finally retrieved all his Array Banners and Array Discs.

However, just as Ling Changqing was about to activate the Bian Wujian Gate, a clear and gentle voice, like a celestial melody or a flowing spring waterfall, rang out:

"And where do you think you’re going?"

"..."

Ling Changqing didn’t answer. He silently activated his power, and a highly condensed ball of Sandalwood Golden Buddha Light enveloped his body.

But in that split second, a bolt of Big Red Brocade wrapped tightly around him. Immediately after, a soft, warm, and fragrant voluptuous body squeezed recklessly into his arms.

The next instant, the Sandalwood Golden Buddha Light vanished from the spot.

Less than twenty breaths later, another figure radiating a terrifying pressure descended.

"Huh? Where did that kid go?"

The figure solidified, revealing a fierce-looking, middle-aged man with sharp eyes. He wore a suit of Jade Armor and held a Scepter, glancing left and right.

"Fellow Daoist Li, were we a step too late?"

As a hoarse, aged voice spoke, an old man with white hair but a youthful face appeared. He was clad in a Profound Black Magical Robe and held a Duster.

He glanced around, then shook his head and sighed. "The aura of the Child of Destiny is indeed here. A pity we were just a little too late..."

"His Cultivation seems to be below the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm. How did he escape so easily?"

A third voice, cold, crisp, and devoid of any worldly emotion, rang out.

It was a stunningly beautiful, mature woman with an imposing presence. She wore a phoenix crown, her hair was styled in a cloud-like chignon, and her magnificent, majestic Emperor’s Robe couldn’t conceal the alluring curves of her figure.

"Her Majesty the Goddess Empress of the Da Xia Divine Dynasty, there is something you may not know. The legacy of the Ancient Divine Dream Venerable has likely fallen into his hands."

A handsome, spirited young man with a Longsword on his back appeared. His Sea Blue Magical Robe was adorned with patterns of birds and beasts, and his aura was unfathomably deep.

The Goddess Empress nodded slightly. "I see. In that case, it is indeed true that no one could have stopped him."

One after another, seven or eight more figures arrived. Any one of them was a renowned master of great power whose name shook the realm.

Seeing that there was no profit to be made, these Great Powers conferred in low voices for a moment before quietly departing one by one.

And all the while, the figures staking out and surveilling the area outside remained completely oblivious, even as many more teams from major powers continued to travel day and night, rushing to the scene.