Chapter 318: Forbidden Passage

Huang Zhongqian lowered his head and remained silent, his eyes filled with a look of helplessness.

A few years ago, there were still many Old Aristocrats surrounding the Royal Family.

At that time, the New Aristocrats were powerful, and the Old Aristocrats could still put up a fight against them.

In the end, with the support of Mr. Xu Ling, the New Aristocrats were uprooted.

But now, Lang Heng has arrived, representing the Tianfang Alliance; they are even stronger Outsiders who simply do not give Zhonglian Country any chance.

Today, the crisis encountered by Zhonglian Country is far greater than before.

Even Fairy Yusu cannot resolve it.

"Huang Zhongqian, I heard you possess a powerful sword technique called the Zhenwu Seventh Tier Sword.

Why not offer it to Lord Lang Heng to secure a bright future for yourself?" Liu Can said from the side.

The True Immortal in the long gown stood to one side, unconcerned; in his view, no matter how strong Huang Zhongqian's sword technique was, it was still a sword technique from a remote place—how could it compare to the sword techniques of the Tianfang Alliance?

However, offering the sword technique would be fine.

What if that sword technique had some connection to the Supreme Treasure they were looking for?

"This sword technique was bestowed upon me by a senior; without his permission, I cannot teach it to others." Huang Zhongqian's expression was resolute as he refused directly.

The smile on Liu Can's face froze.

The True Immortal in the long gown frowned.

Not far away, Lang Heng's gentle voice came: "Since it cannot be taught to others, then do not force it.

Otherwise, if it gets out that I, Lang Heng, covet a mortal martial art."

Lang Heng's voice was very gentle, but those familiar with him understood that his words already carried killing intent.

The True Immortal in the long gown glanced at Lang Heng and received his instruction: "Huang Zhongqian, I will see you out."

These words from the True Immortal in the long gown were truly strange.

Upon hearing this, Huang Zhongqian immediately felt a strong sense of crisis.

As soon as Lang Heng spoke, the True Immortal in the long gown began to usher him out, and for a True Immortal to personally see him to the door, the meaning behind this could not be more obvious.

Lang Heng intended to... silence him.

Thoughts raced through Huang Zhongqian's mind, his brain working frantically as he tried to find a way to survive.

"Let's go, Huang Zhongqian." The True Immortal in the long gown looked at Huang Zhongqian coldly.

Lord Lang Heng has a noble character and does not like the sight of blood in the room where he resides.

Huang Zhongqian's body stiffened, his entire aura suppressed, and his Spirit Power unable to circulate.

At this moment, he was like a walking corpse.

He followed the True Immortal in the long gown and slowly walked toward the gate.

He pondered ways to escape, but how could he possibly deal with a True Immortal?

The threat of death was right before his eyes, yet he was helpless.

However, just as he reached the manor gate, a familiar figure suddenly appeared.

A look of surprise appeared on Huang Zhongqian's face, which then immediately turned into anxiety: "Mr. Xu Ling...?"

He did not expect why Mr. Xu Ling would appear here.

Xu Ling glanced at Huang Zhongqian, his gaze calm: "It has been a long time."

Since they last parted, several decades had passed.

During that time, he had seen Huang Hun, but had never seen Huang Zhongqian.

Huang Zhongqian was the same as he had been in the past.

Beside them, the True Immortal in the long gown heard the name Xu Ling, and his gaze faltered: "You are Xu Ling?"

His eyes held a look of wariness.

This was the Xu Ling they were looking for, or should he say, Qi Ping?

It seemed Lord Lang Heng's plan had succeeded!

Xu Ling had truly come.

Xu Ling paid no attention to this True Immortal in the long gown; he looked at Huang Zhongqian: "How did you end up here?"

With a wave of his hand, the Imprisonment on Huang Zhongqian instantly vanished.

"It is a long story." Huang Zhongqian said bitterly.

As for the truth, he dared not tell Xu Ling, fearing it would bring disaster upon Mr. Xu Ling.

"Xu Ling... my Lord wants to see you!" The True Immortal in the long gown spoke from the side, his tone quite impolite.

Lin Chao then looked at the True Immortal in the long gown: "Your Lord is... Lang Heng?"

"Exactly." The True Immortal in the long gown remained haughty.

But the next second, his expression froze.

A powerful aura swept over, and his entire Divine Soul was severely damaged at that moment and directly stripped away.

In a single breath, the True Immortal fell.

"The one I intend to kill is Lang Heng."

Having Slayed the True Immortal in the long gown with one strike, Lin Chao looked at Huang Zhongqian: "Wait a moment, I will leave after I kill someone."

Huang Zhongqian stood to the side, his expression dazed; he had not expected these things to happen either.

"Mr. Xu Ling... this is..."

"The world is about to change..."

In Huang Zhongqian's heart, he did not know if he felt joy or worry.

After all, Lang Heng was very powerful.

Above Lang Heng, there is an even more powerful Tianfang Alliance.

He did not know if Mr. Xu Ling could handle it.

After all, even Fairy Yusu was no match for Lang Heng.

Inside the manor, Lang Heng narrowed his eyes and looked ahead: "Are you... Xu Ling?"

Deep within his eyes was a trace of wariness, but more so, self-confidence.

He studied under Pojian Immortal Lord and could be considered a powerhouse in the Venerable Immortal realm.

Moreover, his master had given him many dharma treasures, so even when facing a powerhouse at the Immortal Lord level, he could resist for a while.

As for Xu Ling, this rogue cultivator, Lang Heng had never taken him seriously.

Lin Chao looked at Lang Heng with a cold gaze: "Was it you who sent Mo Jia to kill me?"

As soon as Lin Chao said this, Lang Heng was slightly stunned.

"You have met Mo Jia?" Lang Heng was truly a bit surprised.

Since arriving here, he had not seen Mo Jia.

He had thought that Mo Jia was hiding.

After all, Mo Jia had arrived at the Ancient Battlefield long ago.

Perhaps he had come for the Supreme Treasure.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Mo Jia had not made a move against Xu Ling.

If that were the case, how did Xu Ling know that Mo Jia had a connection to him?

Lang Heng's expression was cold, and the killing intent in his heart grew stronger: "Where is Mo Jia?"

The Xu Ling before him had to die.

"You will see him in a moment." Lin Chao did not waste any more words; he reached out his hand.

The meaning behind his words was self-evident.

Lang Heng was furious.

Ever since he took Pojian Immortal Lord as his master, he had always been the one to threaten others; no one had ever threatened him.

Even in those powerful Single Worlds, when powerhouses saw him, they would give his master some face.

How dare this broken little world threaten him like this.

However, the next moment, an intense sense of threat washed over him.

He looked up and immediately saw a hand covering the sky pressing down.

The hand was too vast to be fully perceived.

One could only see the sun and moon lose their light, the world go dark, and all the Spiritual Qi being completely drained at that moment.

Boom!

With one palm strike, it covered and suppressed the world.

As powerful as Lang Heng was, even with his master's Supreme Treasure, he was instantly killed and his soul scattered, not even leaving a corpse behind.

As powerful as Lang Heng was, he fell directly.

In the courtyard, the other cultivators saw this scene, and their expressions changed drastically.

Everyone immediately wanted to run.

However, Lin Chao struck instantly, and all those Tianfang Alliance cultivators in the courtyard fell.

Lin Chao glanced coldly at the courtyard and appeared beside Huang Zhongqian: "Let's go."

Half a quarter of an hour later, several figures appeared outside the courtyard.

"Lang Heng is dead!"

"The sky is about to change!"

"That Xu Ling actually dared to slay Lang Heng!"

"Pojian Immortal Lord will descend upon this world in a few days... it's over."

These people were also cultivators of the Tianfang Alliance.

However, they did not take orders from Lang Heng.

"Who exactly is that Xu Ling?"

"I heard it has to do with Fairy Yusu; he is Fairy Yusu's lover in this world."

"Tsk tsk, there is a great spectacle to watch."

These people had different expressions, and they did not feel much about Lang Heng's death.

However, when they returned to their respective places, they discovered that countless slaughters had emerged.

Scene after scene of slaughter kept appearing in Zhonglian Country.

"Fenghao Evil God, you have cumulatively slain one hundred Commoners between March 9th and April 7th; do you plead guilty?"

"Plead guilty? Xu Ling, do not think that just because you slew Lang Heng, you can act recklessly.

Moreover, those one hundred Commoners signed a contract with me to fight me fairly.

I gave them a chance to duel me, a blessing they could not have exchanged for even in death." Fenghao Evil God's eyes were frivolous.

His personality was strange.

After arriving in Zhonglian Country, he went to many places.

Every time he arrived at a place, he would set up a fighting ring.

Whoever could defeat him would receive one hundred Gold, life or death notwithstanding.

The people he sought were all those born into poverty.

And they were all mortals.

Those mortals, either had mothers with serious illnesses and no money for treatment, or were disabled and unable to work, so they could only try.

In the end, they were all cruelly tortured and killed by Feng Hao.

Feng Hao took pleasure in this, torturing and killing hundreds of mortals in a month.

Lin Chao looked at Feng Hao; he did not debate with Feng Hao, but instead asked: "Do you admit your guilt?"

"What guilt could this seat possibly have?

These people signed the contract themselves.

For one hundred Gold, they overestimated their abilities and challenged me; it is what they deserve.

If they were not greedy, they would not have overestimated their abilities to challenge me; this seat killed them, this is implicit in the operation of Heaven's Will."

The Evil God Feng Hao had a smile on the corners of his mouth.

He just liked toying with human hearts.

In his eyes, all members of the Human Race were merely chess pieces in a game.

If he killed them, he killed them.

"Let us reason together, who is right and who is wrong?" The Evil God Feng Hao's smile was wicked and charming.

The killing intent in Lin Chao's eyes grew even stronger; he did not waste words: "Slay."

He could not be bothered to reason.

With a single strike, the Evil God Feng Hao fell directly.

Looking at the corpse of the Evil God Feng Hao, Lin Chao's gaze was cold and stern.

He had already seen too many Evil Gods like this Evil God Feng Hao.

Among them, there were not a few cultivators of the Tianfang Alliance who were also like this.

Being of the Human Race, yet viewing mortals as mere grass and mustard.

Toward these people... Lin Chao had no good feelings whatsoever.

After Slaying the Evil God Feng Hao, Lin Chao arrived at a teahouse and ordered a cup of tea.

Drinking the faintly fragrant tea, Lin Chao's gaze was profound.

He perceived that inside the teahouse, the owner was flirting with a married waitress.

He perceived that a middle-aged man was waiting outside a hospital room, his hands supporting his head, his expression haggard.

He perceived that a young man was kicking his elderly mother away, his expression overbearing.

These scenes all fell into Lin Chao's eyes.

Lin Chao could not help but sigh: "Even if those Outsiders are driven away, there is still evil everywhere in this world."

Indeed, the greatest threat to the mortals of Zhonglian Country now is those Evil Gods and Outsiders.

However, even without those Evil Gods, is there no evil in this world?

Are there no mountains pressing down on the heads of Ordinary people?

Thinking of this, Lin Chao laughed at himself.

He remembered the television he used to watch.

There was a powerhouse who could not bear the existence of evil in the world.

Thus, he used his own Martial Arts to sweep away the evil of the world.

In the end, he formatted the thoughts of all mortals, leaving those people with only beautiful virtues.

The world... seemed beautiful.

It was just that everyone was very mechanical.

Thinking of this, Lin Chao laughed: "My Dao, as far as my eyes can reach, is only for freedom."

No matter how much he could kill, he could not kill all the evil.

Human nature is inherently complex.

What is evil, what is good?

No one has the qualification to judge.

One can only say that what conforms to the interests of the majority and is recognized by the majority is... good.

Lin Chao cast aside these stray thoughts.

He would continue to walk forward according to his established goals.

Night.

A voice resounded throughout the entire world.

"Ancient Battle Realm, Immortals and Gods are forbidden to enter."

"Without permission, trespassers will be killed without exception."

This voice resounded in the minds of all the Outsiders.

Hearing this news, they reacted in different ways.

"This Xu Ling is truly overbearing!"

"Such methods, such strength... I fear he has reached the Upper-rank Venerable Immortal level, right?"

"He wants to make the Ancient Battle Realm break away from the Tianfang Alliance; what great audacity!"

"This is declaring war on the Tianfang Alliance!"

"Speak carefully, the things that person has done in these two days..."

"Frogs in a well, arrogant and conceited!"

"Hmph, wait until the Pojian Immortal Lord arrives, and we shall see how he survives."

"Since a Supreme Treasure exists in this world, a great war will surely break out.

These mortals will die sooner or later; that Xu Ling standing up for those mortals is quite unwise."

Countless Outsiders communicated.

Regarding Lin Chao's words, no one openly opposed him; they could only communicate in secret.

At the same time, inside the manor.

"Senior, long time no see." Cheng Yang looked at Xu Ling, feeling a sour ache in his heart.

Senior Xu Ling had still taken action to save them.

They were immensely grateful to Xu Ling.

"Senior, what you just said about 'Immortals and Gods forbidden from traveling'—will it offend the Tianfang Alliance?" There was a look of apprehension in Ji Wei's voice. "Our Ancient War World is also located in the region where the Tianfang Alliance resides, and we are a part under the Tianfang Alliance.

If we break away from the Tianfang Alliance, the Tianfang Alliance will surely..."

Mentioning this, Ji Wei's eyes were filled with worry.

The words Senior Xu Ling spoke were very heartening.

After all, these Evil Gods and the people of the Tianfang Alliance had not been here long, yet they had already caused countless slaughters.

It could be said that over ten thousand innocent mortals of Zhonglian Country had died tragically.

It was understandable for the Evil Gods to act this way, but for those cultivators of the Tianfang Alliance to do so as well truly made one feel disgusted.

They had no good feelings toward the Tianfang Alliance.

But nominally, the Ancient War World belonged to the Tianfang Alliance.

For a Single World to clamor about breaking away from a Small Thousand World would cause a huge loss of face for the one in charge of the Tianfang Alliance.

"Senior Slayed Lang Heng, which has already offended the Tianfang Alliance; what does it matter if we offend the Tianfang Alliance further?

Besides, among these people from the Tianfang Alliance, apart from Fairy Yusu, has anyone ever treated us as one of their own?" Dongfang Zhen's words were quite sharp.

"That's right, the Tianfang Alliance and us were never on the same path to begin with," Luo Yu said from the side.

"By the way, does anyone have any clues about that Supreme Treasure the Tianfang Alliance is searching for?

If we find that Supreme Treasure and offer it to Senior Xu Ling to increase Senior Xu Ling's strength, perhaps we will be able to resist the Tianfang Alliance."

When everyone mentioned the Supreme Treasure, their expressions varied.

It was precisely because of the appearance of this Supreme Treasure that the Ancient War World had been plunged into a quagmire.

There were even rumors that if the Tianfang Alliance did not find the Supreme Treasure, a great cultivator would unleash a terrifying Supernatural Power to refine this world and force the Supreme Treasure out.

In that case, it could be said that all living beings in this world would turn to ash.

"None."

"There is no trace of the Supreme Treasure."

Listening to the group's conversation, Lin Chao sat to one side, his gaze calm.

He, however, was not too worried.

(End of this chapter)