Chapter 1158

Because his Wu Gong was formidable, even though he had killed countless people, for a time no one could bring him under control.

Later, the commander of the Net, the Chief Coachman Zhao Gao, made a petition before Hearing Ying Zheng's throne.

He said Hearing Sheng Qi had slain several Kill-rank assassins in succession, and it happened that all Heaven-rank assassins were out on missions.

Therefore he implored Hearing Ying Zheng to dispatch another expert to go capture Hearing Sheng Qi.

Hearing Gai Nie, because of an old bond with Hearing Sheng Qi, volunteered to go.

After meeting Hearing Sheng Qi face to face, to his surprise Hearing Sheng Qi showed no regard for their past, and instead attacked Hearing Gai Nie viciously.

With no choice, Hearing Gai Nie could only knock the Ju Que from his hand and lock him in the Net's Black Prison.

Who would have thought that Hearing Sheng Qi would now appear once more!

Strapped to his back was none other than that very Ju Que!

Moreover, Hearing Gai Nie could clearly sense that Hearing Sheng Qi, who had once been defeated by his hand, now possessed a vastly increased strength.

At the very least, he had reached the late stage of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

He was not far from the Heavenly Being Realm either!

How did Hearing Sheng Qi get out of the Black Prison?

And how had he made such tremendous progress?

And how had the Ju Que returned to his hands?

"Hearing Sheng Qi, you traitor still have the nerve to come back?"

Tian Hu, seeing who had arrived, could not help but flare up in rage,

"Back then you seduced your brother's wife, and what's more, you killed the very brother who had followed you through life and death.

Long ago you violated our Zhuge Shennong's house rules and were cast out of the Zhuge Shennong.

What does this Kuiwei Hall have to do with you?"

So it turned out that when Hearing Sheng Qi left the Zhuge Shennong back then, there had actually been all these twists and turns?

"Hmph!"

Hearing Sheng Qi only gave Tian Hu a cold snort in return, swept his gaze around, and spotted Hearing Gai Nie, as well as Tian Mi hiding behind Hearing Gai Nie.

He then said in a low voice,

"Hearing Gai Nie, long time no see. Today, if you want to overcome my Ju Que again, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

Seeing Hearing Gai Nie, Hearing Sheng Qi was reminded of that crushing defeat back then.

But in his heart, he was deeply unconvinced.

"Indeed!"

Hearing Gai Nie nodded with easy grace. Given Hearing Sheng Qi's present strength, coupled with the augmentation of this heavy sword Ju Que,

if he wished to win as cleanly and decisively as he had back then, he was afraid that the current Vertical Sword Art alone would not suffice.

"Hearing Sheng Qi, you…"

Tian Hu was furious beyond measure. He had never expected that Hearing Sheng Qi's arrival would be met with complete disregard for himself, and that he would instead address Hearing Gai Nie first.

If it were not for Hearing Gai Nie's startling strength, and the fact that they were laying out the Earth-Leverage Twenty-Four and could not lightly shift their positions,

Tianhuzhe Society would have long since stepped forward to teach Hearing Sheng Qi a lesson.

"Tian Mi, what are you hiding for? They say I seduced you back then, defiled you.

Since old lovers are meeting again, shouldn't you come into my arms and cozy up a bit?"

Hearing Sheng Qi continued to ignore Tian Hu, pointing his spear directly at Tian Mi behind Hearing Gai Nie.

Hearing Hearing Sheng Qi's words, Tian Mi was even more seized by nameless terror.

But with things having come to this point, she could not hide even if she wanted to. She could only tremble as she poked half her head out from behind Hearing Gai Nie,

"Brother Sheng, why bring up the matters of those years?

After all, your brother already died because of this. You don't want him to die with regrets unfulfilled, do you?"

"Ha! What a joke."

At this moment Tian Zhong suddenly spoke up,

"Brothers who swore to live and die together, yet behind their backs you seduced his wife.

When he caught you in the act, you struck with cruel hands and killed him!

If I had not been the Hall Master back then, I'm afraid I would have had to propose that you be flayed alive, never letting you plague the world."

"Hmph! Aren't you that Zhu family's adopted son?

Could it be that you think changing your surname to Tian lets you become one of his Tian family?"

Hearing Sheng Qi looked at Tian Zhong and said coldly,

"Let me tell you, what the Tian family wants is always a running dog, not a person.

Oh! Now that you've become Hall Master, it seems you've settled down contentedly as a running dog of his Tian family!"

So it turned out this Tian Zhong, originally named Zhu Zhong, was precisely the adopted son of Zhu, the Hall Master of Zhuge Shennong Hall.

When the Eunuch Hall Master stepped down back then, in order to scheme for the Hall Master position, he switched and took Tian Meng as his adoptive father.

It was only with Tian Meng's help that he successfully became the Eunuch Hall Master.

"Hearing Sheng Qi, die for me!"

Hearing Hearing Sheng Qi call him a running dog, Tian Zhong was already guilty at heart. Now utterly enraged, he threw all caution to the wind and charged forward with his sword.

937 If you want to leave, then get lost quickly!

"Wait!"

Just as Tian Zhong flared up in fury and was about to charge up to fight Hearing Sheng Qi to the death.

Tian Yan, who had been silent all this while and had not uttered a single word for a long time, spoke.

She is the daughter of the former Leader of the League, Tian Meng, and the current head of Lieshan Hall.

Though she looks like nothing more than a frail, pitiable woman.

Yet the moment she speaks, even Tian Zhong, a fellow Hall Master, cannot help but pause for a moment.

He turns to look at Tian Yan, wondering what this female Guanzhong of the Farmer's League has to say.

"Uncle Sheng, have you come to settle the grudges of years past?

Or to get inside?"

Tian Yan pays no heed to Tian Zhong's confusion, merely pointing at the heavy palace gate behind her.

The grudges between Hearing Sheng Qi and the various Hall Masters of the Farmer's League are truly a tangled mess that cannot be cut or sorted out.

If they keep bickering, no one knows how long it will drag on.

A long delay would be disadvantageous both to the Farmer's League and to Hearing Gai Nie.

As for Hearing Gai Nie, there is no need to say more.

As for the Farmer's League, she, this female Guanzhong, had already deduced what Hearing Gai Nie said earlier.

She naturally knows that the Great Qin's experts and great army are about to arrive.

If this drags on unresolved, the Farmer's League will truly face a calamity of annihilation.

"A-Yan, clever as ever."

Hearing Sheng Qi praises her, nodding and smiling at Hearing Gai Nie.

Just as Hearing Gai Nie is bewildered, he sees Hearing Sheng Qi draw the massive Juque Sword from his back, turn, and look at the experts of the Farmer's League,

"Come on! I came here today on orders, precisely to help Hearing Gai Nie enter this palace.

Whatever skills you have, bring them all against me!"

The moment these words are spoken, everyone present immediately understands Hearing Sheng Qi's stance!

Hearing Sheng Qi, who was personally imprisoned in the Web's Black Prison by Hearing Gai Nie, has now actually become a man of Great Qin?

How could this be?

Tian Hu and the others are first stunned, then Tian Hu lets out a wild laugh and says,

"Arrogant! Hearing Sheng Qi, you too are a traitor of the Farmer's League—surely you haven't forgotten the might of the Twenty-Four Earth Blessings?

Once this great formation is activated, let alone you—

Even adding Hearing Gai Nie, oh, and another traitor Tian Mi—what would that amount to?"

In Tian Hu's mind, it is as if Hearing Gai Nie, Hearing Sheng Qi, and Tian Mi are already dead men.

Tian Mi, hearing that Hearing Sheng Qi has not continued to trouble her, first breathes a sigh of relief.

But upon hearing Tian Hu's words, she is seized with even greater inexplicable terror.