Chapter 549

Lord Donghuang Taiyi was left speechless and could only fall silent.

"Enough! Since you know what's good for you, today's matter ends here for now."

"Feiyan—we, the Qinglong Society, are taking her away. If you have a problem, come to Qinglong Peak!"

Yan Lingji said no more. She rolled up a ball of raging flames and swept up Nie Feng and Dongjun Yanfei along with them.

When the flames dispersed, the three of them were already gone without a trace.

"Lord Donghuang, without Dongjun Yanfei, how are we to answer to Your Majesty…"

The Moon Goddess was still shaken, but thinking of Ying Zheng's mission, she could only brace herself and ask.

"How can we answer…"

Lord Donghuang Taiyi gave a bitter smile. His Yin-Yang House had sent out all its top experts.

They had even lost a Dharma Protector, Xing Hun, yet hadn't gained the slightest advantage over the Qinglong Society.

"Let's go! Without Dongjun Yanfei, we'll just find other legitimate descendants of the Ji surname…"

Saying so, Lord Donghuang Taiyi activated his Yin-Yang art and vanished on the spot.

Hearing Lord Donghuang Taiyi's words, the Moon Goddess trembled for no apparent reason.

Elsewhere, Yan Lingji brought Nie Feng and Dongjun Yanfei with her. When they reappeared, they were already within the territory of the Great Han.

"You're called Nie Feng?"

Yan Lingji looked at Nie Feng and asked.

"This subordinate is Nie Feng. Greetings, 'Summer' Dharma Protector!"

This time, if Yan Lingji had not arrived suddenly, Nie Feng's fate would likely have been grim.

He had earlier, desperate and reckless, sent Dongjun Yanfei away. First, the Qinglong Society's mission only permitted success, never failure.

Second, it was simply his kind nature.

Dongjun Yanfei immediately thanked Yan Lingji and Nie Feng as well.

"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank Nie Feng!"

Yan Lingji said with a light laugh. After speaking to Dongjun Yanfei, she turned to Nie Feng and said,

"Did you know? The Grand Longshou has mentioned you!"

"Huh?"

Nie Feng's face was full of astonishment. In the Tianxia Society, although he was the Hall Master of the Divine Wind Hall and his cultivation had reached the World-Shaking level,

since Yunzhou had returned to the Nine Provinces, strong practitioners from all over had been emerging endlessly.

He hadn't even brushed the edge of the Heavenly Dao Golden List—how could Ximen Wudi have mentioned him?

"The Grand Longshou said! You carry two streams of potential within you."

"One is a special power capable of surpassing ordinary Heaven and Earth Primeval Force."

"The other is the bloodline power passed down through your family."

Mentioning Ximen Wudi, Yan Lingji's gaze grew somewhat dreamy. She gazed up at the sky as if she could see him,

"He said that if either of these two powers were to awaken, you would possess limitless potential."

"Just now, you were able to break into the Gu Jinzhi laid down by Lord Donghuang Taiyi with only World-Shaking cultivation. It seems you've awakened one of them."

"The Grand Longshou actually understands me this well?"

Hearing that Ximen Wudi understood him so thoroughly, Nie Feng actually felt a surge of honor in his heart.

"Alright! Since you've awakened one stream of potential, you are a worthy candidate for training."

"On behalf of the Grand Longshou, I'll give you a mission."

Yan Lingji recalled Ximen Wudi's instructions and said to Nie Feng.

"'Summer' Dharma Protector, please speak. Nie Feng will complete the mission unto death."

The moment Nie Feng heard it was a mission assigned by Ximen Wudi himself, his interest and fighting spirit instantly soared to the peak.

The Qinglong Society had many missions. Anyone who joined the Qinglong Society could go to the Mission Hall to receive one.

But missions issued directly by the Grand Longshou were few and far between.

That was why Nie Feng was so fired up.

Hearing that the mission was personally issued by Ximen Wudi, Dongjun Yanfei also looked at Yan Lingji with boundless curiosity.

Seeing the two of them so curious, Yan Lingji couldn't help but press her lips into a smile. She pointed north and said,

"The Grand Longshou's mission: Nie Feng, you are to go to Lu Wushuang's city in Yunzhou."

"Take as your bride the eldest daughter of the Ming family, Ming Yue, and bring back the Male and Female Wushuang Swords!"

"Huh?"

This bizarre mission was entirely beyond Nie Feng and Dongjun Yanfei's expectations.

How bored was the Grand Longshou Ximen Wudi?

To actually assign his subordinate to marry a designated target?

Could Nie Feng be the illegitimate son of Grand Longshou Ximen Wudi?

Many such thoughts flashed through Dongjun Yanfei's mind. She gave Nie Feng a strange look.

Seeing that look in Dongjun Yanfei's eyes, how could Yan Lingji not know she had misunderstood?

She couldn't help but press her lips together and laugh. Only afterward did she briefly explain to the utterly bewildered Nie Feng,

"A while back, you both should have seen the exposé on the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List."

"The greatest secret of Lu Wushuang's city, apart from Sword Saint Senior Dugu Jian's Twenty-Third Sword,"

"is none other than the Mount Qingcheng Love of Lu Wushuang's city!"

"The Grand Longshou once said this ultimate move's power is in no way inferior to an ordinary Twenty-Third Sword."

"And in this generation, those who can truly master this ultimate technique — apart from you, Nie Feng, and Ming Yue — there is no second pair of candidates."

Nie Feng found it even stranger upon hearing this.

He had also read the introduction on the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking.

Love of a City — it required two people who truly loved each other to master and unleash this ultimate technique.

Yet he and Ming Yue had never met; at most, he had seen Ming Yue's image on the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking.

How did the Great Dragon Head know as if by foresight that only he and Ming Yue could master this technique?

The most crucial point was…

"Isn't Ming Yue about to marry Senior Dugu Ming, the son of Senior Dugu Yifang, the City Lord of Lu Wushuang City?"

Yanfei, while fleeing, had also glanced at the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking and naturally knew of this matter.

"That's right…"

This was the most absurd part for Nie Feng.

Was he really going to become someone who steals another man's bride?

"Enough! This is a mission."

Yan Lingji actually didn't know why Ximen Wudi had once issued this mission.

But since it was Ximen Wudi's mission, she would obey it unconditionally, even if it meant sacrificing her own life.

"Yes!"

A Qinglong Society mission could not be failed, and could not be refused.

Although Nie Feng was a hundred times unwilling to accept it, he still agreed.

"Then that's fine. Feiyan, come with me to the Qinglong Peak!"

After assigning the mission, Yan Lingji once again swept up a blaze of flames and vanished with Yanfei.

Nie Feng gave a bitter smile, identified his direction, and set off toward Yunzhou.

The Wu Lin of Yunzhou, before its return to the Nine Provinces, was basically divided in two across the world.

It was just that Xiong Ba, by the grace of destiny, had seized control of most of Yunzhou.

Only Lu Wushuang City, relying on the Sword Saint's fame, had remained huddled in one corner.

Before Yunzhou's return, Xiong Ba had already prepared to make a move against Lu Wushuang City.

To completely unify Yunzhou!

It was only a pity that after Yunzhou's return, the situation suddenly changed.

First, Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng of Tianxia Hui suddenly defected to the Qinglong Society.