Chapter 498: Setting Fire

Inside the luxurious and enthusiastic hall of the Nine Mechanisms Pavilion, a suddenly resentful atmosphere fell!

Countless angry gazes turned toward the middle, at the pair embracing each other.

However, Heng Xian was also quite startled; he merely wanted to tease "Huan Ji" to extract something useful, never expecting this outcome.

"Huan Ji" embraced him passionately, her bewitching face rubbing against his chest, utterly alluring.

Finally, she stopped, lifted her head, arms wrapped around Heng Xian's neck, two tear tracks still on her cheeks, and softly exhaled: "Your clothes got wet from my crying!"

Heng Xian said gently: "Even if it's wet, it's yours—no problem!"

"Huan Ji" blushed again: "Your honeyed words—every sentence hits right at my heart!"

Heng Xian chuckled lightly: "But every word is sincere!"

"Huan Ji" looked at him: "Do you feel a bit dizzy?"

Heng Xian shook his head: "No!"

"Huan Ji"'s face slightly changed: "Do you feel your whole body somewhat light and nimble?"

Heng Xian said: "Neither!"

"Huan Ji" gritted her teeth, seeming somewhat bewildered: "You really are… a weirdo!"

Heng Xian laughed: "Fool, love gu has no effect on me!"

"Huan Ji" stared, then asked: "Why?"

Heng Xian said: "Because my physique is different—I'm not afraid of gu!"

"Huan Ji" asked: "Ancient Sword Body?"

Heng Xian said: "Primeval!"

"Huan Ji"'s face shifted, then she smiled faintly: "Not fearing gu is fine anyway—I won't lose out!"

As she spoke, she lightly touched Heng Xian's facial flaw: "What a handsome face—no disguise can hide it, I won't lose!"

She paused, then leaned close to Heng Xian's ear and chuckled: "But you're still going to die!"

After speaking, her aura suddenly surged to the heavens, reaching the Yuan Dan Initial Realm; a long sword, like a divine artifact and a venomous snake, had already arrived at Heng Xian's heart.

Yet in an instant, it was clamped by a pair of fingers.

Clamped tightly!

The hand was Heng Xian's; as he gripped the sword, he asked: "Why?"

"Huan Ji" chuckled: "If Yin Zhi were here, that girl might really have been moved, for she often mentions you; alas, I am the elder sister, Jin Zhi."

Damn your grandpa!

Heng Xian couldn't help but curse inwardly, yet kept a calm exterior: "Are sisters and brothers really that important? Besides, you all look the same!"

"Scumbag!"

Jin Zhi gripped her sword tightly and sneered: "I originally wanted to use you to lure more disciples of the Fourteen Sects, but… you're not nearly as important as I imagined; no one's coming to save you—go die!"

Heng Xian laughed: "The women of the Flower Pavilion are indeed all crazy; I've been so sincere with you, yet you want to kill me—let's see if you've got the ability!"

He flicked with both fingers.

"Hn!"

Jin Zhi grunted, flying out with person and sword.

She then landed gracefully, sheathed her sword, pointed at Heng Xian, looking pitiful: "He took advantage of me!"

"Bold!"

"Seeking death!"

The cultivators in the hall surged forward, each brandishing blades and magical items, wishing to hack Heng Xian into mincemeat at once!

Meanwhile, in the four private rooms, the Gongsun family members, Wu Gongzi, and others had slightly grim faces, gazing over.

Li Jingfeng and Situ Le looked hesitant, unsure what they were thinking.

Shen Kai lowered his head slightly, silent!

"What crime should you answer for?"

Gongsun Li'er stepped forward a few paces, coldly questioning.

Heng Xian laughed: "What sin do I have?"

Gongsun Li'er pointed at Jin Zhi: "Miss Huan Ji is a guest of our Gongsun family—how dare you take advantage of her!"

Wu Gongzi also rose: "Miss Huan Ji is pure as ice and jade—you, a mere outsider, dare to be so audacious; you deserve death by a thousand cuts!"

Heng Xian asked in surprise: "May I ask, is this a brothel?"

Gongsun Li'er coldly replied: "So what if it is?"

Heng Xian said: "Are the ladies of a brothel supposed to die for taking advantage? What a huge joke—did the master run low on spirit crystals?"

As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a hundred thousand low-grade spirit crystals fell to the ground: "Enough?"

"Wu Gongzi"'s face slightly changed.

Nangong Li'er, however, said: "Miss Huan Ji is not a brothel lady; she's a guest staying at my Nine Mechanisms Pavilion!"

Heng Xian spread his hands: "How would I know? How can this be blamed on me?"

Gongsun Li'er fell silent.

From another side, a voice suddenly rang out: "Good! Even if this isn't your fault, how do we account for your crime of secretly leaving the Extreme Killing Warrior Stone House?"

As the words fell, a figure limped out—it was Ma Guniang, still as ugly as ever, merely having changed into a different set of clothes.

Her eyes locked onto Heng Xian, seeming determined to kill him in one strike!

Heng Xian paused, then laughed loudly: "The Nine Palaces Mountain City Gongsun family and the Flower Pavilion are colluding to kill me—why go through all this trouble, just make a laughingstock of themselves!"

The Gongsun family members, Wu Gongzi, Jin Zhi, and a crowd exchanged glances.

Gongsun Li'er said: "We're very disappointed in you!"

Oh? Heng Xian said.

Gongsun Lier said: "I originally thought that the little fat monk had attracted a big fish, but in fact you indeed have some weight, true transmission of the Tianyuan Sect, first on the Earth Ranking, in Dongyu over the past five thousand years, the youngest Sword Venerable!"

As expected, in a hundred years you could become a master of an era; if I were the Fourteen Sects, knowing you were in trouble, I would naturally rush to your aid swiftly!

It's a pity we miscalculated; no matter how many disguised bamboo slip messages we sent out, they all sank like stones, and no one came to rescue—perhaps someone did, but not nearly as quickly as imagined!

Jinzhi then said: "If that's the case, what use is there in keeping you?"

Heng Xian said: "So you mean this has always been a setup?"

Gongsun Sou said in a low voice: "You junior, do you really think you can come and go as you please in Nine Palaces Mountain City?"

Heng Xian directly ignored their questions, looking at the bowed Shen Kai: "So you mean Shen Senior Brother is also an accomplice, having surrendered Flower Pavilion and the Gongsun Family?"

Shen Kai lowered his head and remained silent, as if asleep.

Nangong Lier coldly said: "You don't need to interrogate him; you will surely die today!"

"Hahaha..."

Heng Xian, calm-faced, laughed loudly and leapt onto the huge beam in the hall: "With you lot, can you even kill me? Want to play? Let's play something big!"

Gongsun Lier coldly said: "How do you want to play?"

Heng Xian flicked his finger, and a scorching flame appeared on his hand: "The Nine Machinery Pavilion is surely very important to the Gongsun Family; I wonder what would happen if we set it on fire?"

Gongsun Lier and the others showed no reaction.

Gongsun Sou said: "The Gongsun Family, famed for its sealing formations for a thousand years, how could it lack a fire-repelling method? How could it lack a fire-repelling formation? With just your paltry Five Elements fire?"

Saying this, he led a group of Gongsun family members and guests, their interest waning, to rise and leave: "Kill him!"

However, Heng Xian also remained unmoved; in the blink of an eye he said: "If, for the Marsh position, the wood of Travel, the Wood Separation position, investing fire—wood produces fire, fire gives rise to wind—what then?"

As his words fell, smoke rose all around, and outside the flames blazed brightly.

A hoarse voice shouted: "Master Xian, your plan is good—live or die, let's stir things up first, make it exciting!"

(End of chapter)