Spirit Realm Chapter 669-671

Chapter 669: Arrogance

Shi Jingyun and the other six people were in bloody pieces.

Of the seven, Shi Jingyun was the Chief Valley Master of Seven Fiends Valley. The other six were the valley masters of Mystical, Gold, Earth, Wood, Fire, and Water Fiend Valleys and all had Netherpassage Realm cultivations.

The death of the seven meant that Qin Lie had killed all of the top martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley.

In the past, any Netherpassage Realm martial practitioner from a Black Iron rank faction was famed, and respected locally as a person that could control a region.

Today, Qin Lie could exterminate a Black Iron rank force kill a black iron force by himself!

“Terrible, terrible, it is terrible…”

Seeing Shi Jingyun and the six others killed, Han Wan was both surprised, joyed, and anxious as she continued to murmur to herself.

She was afraid of the bloody retribution that would come from Profound Heaven Alliance.

“Good!” Lu Li said in enjoyment.

The female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley were happy and secretly scared at the same time.

“What to do? In the future… what do we do?”

Just as everyone was in terror, many martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley who had been alerted by the commotion flew over from the other valleys.

In a short period of time, about a hundred martial practitioners gathered in Dark Fiend Valley. When they came over, they saw what was left of Shi Jingyun and others, and couldn’t help but scream.

“Chief Valley Master is dead!”

“Valley Master Gu is dead!”

“The six valley masters are dead!”

Every person that came felt cold shivers the moment they saw the bloody scene inside Dark Fiend Valley.

They looked around and quickly locked onto Qin Lie. Their expressions changed as they shouted in unison, “It’s him! This is the culprit! The person who drove the crystalline war chariot!”

“He’s… Qin Lie? It’s Qin Lie!”

Those who had once participated in the siege of Armament Sect recognized Qin Lie. This news terrified even more people.

“Report to Profound Heaven Alliance! Immediately!” someone reacted.

“Yes! We must report it to Profound Heaven Alliance!”

The relatives of the seven dead shouted and were about to get into contact with Profound Heaven Alliance through their own channels.

Han Wan’s expression was ashen white.

The disciples of Dark Fiend Valley felt hopelessness when they heard this. They shook, intimidated by the idea of a colossus like Profound Heaven Alliance intervening.

For them, Profound Heaven Alliance was the master of Scarlet Tide Continent and possessed absolute power.

Their lifelong dream was to enter Profound Heaven Alliance, to become a martial practitioner of Profound Heaven Alliance and to be acknowledged by Profound Heaven Alliance.

–They had never thought they would end up on the opposite sides.

“Qin Lie!” Lu Li’s expression changed as she said urgently, “Why aren’t you stopping them? If they successfully inform Profound Heavenly Alliance, we will be done for!”

“Do something, quick!” Pei Xiang was also full of urgency.

“Qin Lie! If you really have a solution, help us leave the Scarlet Tide Continent!” Han Wan screamed. “If we can escape the Scarlet Tide Continent, we will have hope for survival. Otherwise, if Profound Heaven Alliance’s Fulfillment or Fragmentation Realm experts come, we all will not be able to escape death!”

She, Lu Li, and Pei Xiang all became terrified.

This fear of Profound Heaven Alliance stemmed from the bottom of their hearts. The thought of fighting against them never crossed their minds.

“Have them spread the news.” Qin Lie’s eyes were calm as he said coolly. “If we want to resolve Dark Fiend Valley’s problems forever, Profound Heaven Alliance has to come out, we need someone that is important enough…”

Han Wan was shocked.

She could not understand what Qin Lie was saying.

“Let’s not worry about Profound Heaven Alliance right now.” Qin Lie frowned and pointed to the martial practitioners that were coming from all over. “Among these people, who had treated you badly… and should die alongside Shi Jingyun and the others?”

When the words were said, the martial practitioners that had hurried over suddenly retreated instinctively.

The people of Dark Fiend Valley were stunned.

A short pause.

A few seconds later, a young female of Dark Fiend Valley missing an arm suddenly showed great hatred in her eyes. She pointed at a middle-aged man from Gold Fiend Valley and said furiously. “If possible, please, please help me kill him! Even if I am burned and my ashes are spread to the wind, I still hope that he will die before me!”

“Whore! You’re f*cking crazy!” that person shouted as he unhesitatingly flew back. He used all of his power, and tried to leave this place as fast as possible.

Qin Lie’s eyes squinted into a line and flashed with killing intent. He said, “As you wish!”

He picked up a sharp sword that lay next to his foot. Qin Lie channeled pure frost spirit power, turning the sword into an ice crystal. It shot out like a sharp icicle.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

Accompanied by an ear-piercing howl, an icy light passed through the cracks in the crowd.

The sharp sword pierced into the back of the person fleeing and caused his body to fly up into the air. Before his corpse fell to the ground, his innards had already been frozen solid.

“That person! That person! Help me kill him, please!”

Another young female of Dark Fiend Valley called out. She had a vicious scar on her snowy white neck—a sharp weapon had been used to disfigure her.

She pointed at a shrivelled old man of Fire Fiend Valley as she sobbed.

That old man’s expression was dark and his eyes flashed with viciousness. Seeing the situation go back, he immediately prepared to flee.

“Crack crack!”

A ball of blinding lightning flew out of Qin Lie’s hands. As though it was intelligent, the lightning accurately hit the old person’s chest and exploded.

The old person with the vicious gaze had a large bloody hole in his chest. Blood gushed out, he died immediately.

“That person!”

“That one from Earth Fiend Valley!”

“And him!”

The Dark Fiend Valley female disciples started to scream as though they had been freed of their restraints.

These females all had outstanding appearances. They had once been picked by the people from other valleys who had special tastes and were humiliated.

Qin Lie could see wounds on their bodies and could feel the poor state of their bodies.

It was clear that they had all endured inhuman things.

They knew that they would not escape Profound Heaven Alliance’s punishment in the end, so they wanted to at least see the ones they hated the most die in front of them.

And so, a series of explosions rang out!

Expressions of the martial practitioners that had come from the other valleys shifted as they fled in panic at even faster speeds.

Like a cruel demon that had been released from hell, Qin Lie turned into a bloody light that flashed through Dark Fiend Valley and chased after the martial practitioners that had been pointed out.

In but a moment, Dark Fiend Valley was filled with wails and cries.

As the ones pointed out had their heads and bodies separated, the females of Dark Fiend Valley wore expressions of satisfaction as their revenge had been obtained. They also couldn’t help but start to sob.

Therefore, all kinds of wails, cries, roars, and curses were mingled in Dark Fiend Valley.

Qin Lie was still embroiled in slaughter.

Most of the martial practitioners were in the Manifestation Realm. For the current him, they were just lambs waiting for the slaughter, they could not escape his hands.

After his breakthrough to the Fulfillment Realm, his mind moved to his will, and he had a wondrous feeling that his spirit power would follow his thoughts like a shadow.

Suddenly, he got an idea. He glanced at one escapee and channeled lightning power.

“Whoosh!”

A blinding bolt of lightning instantaneously flew thousands of meters and penetrated the target.

Another martial practitioner from Earth Fiend Valley tried to execute an earth movement art to escape underground.

Qin Lie stamped his foot.

A thick earth power suddenly surged and turned into a gravitational field. That martial practitioner that tried to burrow into the ground bled from his orifices due to the backlash of the great earth power, dying instantly.

Blood Spirit Art, Heavenly Thunder Eradication, Frost Arts, Records of Geocentric Magnetism, four spirit arts of different elements did not conflict with each other any longer. He could use them to his will, they would display their power with just a thought.

After his bloodline awakening, countless divine characters that meant “blaze” had been branded onto his body.

He had yet to figure out how to use the power of his bloodline and release the power of the characters, but he knew that the bloodline awakening had him undergo a complete transformation.

He needed to carefully reflect on it and learn how much this transformation would help him.

“Pzzt!”

As the last person that tried to escape was pierced in the neck from behind with an ice spear, the only sound left in the Dark Fiend Valley was quiet joyful sobbing of the female disciples who had gotten their revenge.

The Seven Fiends Valley martial practitioners who still lived didn’t dare to move.

They stood like puppets, terror written all over their faces. They were afraid one unintentional flinch would attract Qin Lie’s bloodlust.

At this time, they celebrated that they had not been pointed out by those female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley.

They rejoiced that they had controlled their desires when Dark Fiend Valley had declined and hadn’t harmed those of their own sect.

“Good, this is good, this is good…”

After everything was over, Han Wan strangely calmed down as she murmured.

She felt that even if Dark Fiend Valley was destroyed by Profound Heaven Alliance, as long as everyone who deserved to die was killed, it was worth it.

—she was one of the victims.

She knew very well that the young females who had endured the same torment as her had hoped they would one day get revenge.

Today, Qin Lie’s arrival not only changed Seven Fiends Valley, it also helped them vent their hatred and helped them get revenge.

She felt that this was enough.

“Thank you,” Pei Xiang said softly.

Many of the Dark Fiend Valley disciples raised their heads to look at Qin Lie as they cried. Their eyes were filled with great gratitude and relief.

Qin Lie returned to the center of the group covered in blood.

He suddenly sat down silently and closed his eyes. He did not look at the surroundings anymore.

“Qin Lie, you do not have to mind us, you can leave. With your present power, you may be able to escape.” Lu Li suddenly said after looking at him deeply.

“I said I would help you get freedom.” Qin Lie did not open his eyes.

Lu Li’s gaze was shocked. “You have fulfilled your promise. After the deaths of these people, we are… freed. We have gotten our revenge. Even if we die, I think that we can die in peace.”

“What kind of freedom is that?” Qin Lie frowned.

“Then what is the freedom you speak of?” Lu Li was stunned.

“All of you will be able to live, you will be able to live here peacefully in the future, and not be threatened by any others,” Qin Lie said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Everyone who heard these words shook.

“Is it possible? Is it… really possible?” Pei Xiang murmured to herself. She didn’t dare to believe, and didn’t dare to imagine that there would be a day like that.

The females of Dark Fiend Valley felt it was incomprehensible.

“Wait for the people from Profound Heaven Alliance to arrive.” After saying this, Qin Lie fell silent as though he was in meditation.

People looked in shock at him. They didn’t know what he was planning.

The survivors from the other valleys were all uncertain and puzzled.

“Is he about face off with Profound Heaven Alliance? Is he so strong that he can kill whoever comes from Profound Heaven Alliance?” they thought inside.

No one could guess Qin Lie’s thoughts.

The only thing they could do was wait silently for the martial practitioners of Profound Heaven Alliance to arrive.

Han Wan looked at Qin Lie with a complicated expression. She had a strange feeling as though she was in a dream. She still remembered when she saw Qin Lie come out of Herb Mountain back at Ling Town.

At that time, Qin Lie had a thin and small body. He only had a cultivation of the Refinement Realm, and he was being fostered by the Ling Family.

No matter how great her imagination was, she would not have expected that there would be a day that Qin Lie could reach such a level, and have such a terrifying power that he could destroy all of Dark Fiend Valley.

“If Granny Jiu was alive, if she knew that Qin Lie would one day reach such heights, might… she would regret it?” Han Wan thought.

Dark Fiend Valley became silent again.

In two hours, more martial practitioners gathered. These latecomers had relatively low cultivations, and didn’t qualify to pick female disciples from Dark Fiend Valley in the past years so the valley didn’t see another bloodbath unfold.

When they saw the ground covered in corpses and gory pieces of flesh, their faces turned ashen.

After asking in soft voices, they learned what had happened. They learned that all the experts of Seven Fiends Valley were slaughtered. When they looked at Qin Lie again, their eyes were filled with terror.

They didn’t dare to leave.

Due to this, all of the latecomers were standing where they were in silence as they looked at Qin Lie sitting in a puddle of blood.

They were also waiting.

Time slowly passed.

Two hours passed, and then another two hours.

After the sixth hour had passed, sound of flying spirit artifacts moving at fast speeds came from the clouds above their heads.

Hearing the sound, Qin Lie who had closed his eyes to recover his spirit power lifted corners of his mouth, revealing a strange smile…

—

“It’s Lord Song Siyuan!”

“Lord Song Siyuan has come!”

“And Lord Xie Zhizhang!”

“It seems that the Song Family and the XIe Family places great importance on this matter!”

Many martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley raised their heads to look into the sky and found that Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang had come in person.

In the present Profound Heaven Alliance, the Nie Family had been expelled, and only the Song and Xie Family were left in control.

Song Siyuan was the younger brother of Song Yu, Xie Zhizhang was the younger brother of Xie Yaoyang. The arrival of the two meant that they were paying attention to the changes in Dark Fiend Valley.

Other than Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang, there were also martial practitioners of the Song and Xie Family that were giving off intimidating auras on the crystalline war chariots.

This caused the expressions of the Seven Fiends Valley martial practitioners to change.

Han Wan, Pei Xiang, Lu Li and the others had terrified expressions as they sighed inside.

Song Siyuan, and Xie Zhizhang were in the late stage of the Fulfillment Realm. The ones that had come with them were also Fulfillment Realm experts. With so many people here, Qin Lie probably wouldn’t be able to escape.

They became deeply worried.

What these people did not notice was that the crystalline war chariots that Song Siyuan and the others were travelling on were exactly the same in both shape and size as the one that Qin Lie had.

They did not know what this meant.

“Lord Song, Lord Xie, you finally came!” A martial practitioner of Mystical Fiend Valley finally dared to move. He shouted urgently as he moved forward. “Qin Lie has committed a massacre here, and killed Chief Valley Master Shi, and the other six valley masters! Also, the martial practitioners that came from the other valleys, thirty six people in total, had been killed by Qin Lie! It is terrible, look, look at this bloody scene!”

“Lords, you must get justice for Seven Fiends Valley and kill this boy!”

“Please, Lords, help us!”

“You must punish the culprit!”

The martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley started to shout, united in their hatred towards a common enemy. They wanted to tear Qin Lie to pieces.

Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang, and the group walked off their crystalline war chariots. They grimaced at each other and then walked over helplessly.

They did not pay attention to the people shouting. These major personages that came from Profound Heaven Alliance walked directly in front of Qin Lie.

The excited martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley followed them with red eyes as they shouted. They wanted Qin Lie to be cut into thousands of pieces.

These people had excited expressions as though they suddenly possessed endless power and wanted to see how Qin Lie met his death.

The female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley had calm expressions, as if they had already accepted their fate.

Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang stopped five meters away from Qin Lie. Looking at Qin Lie who had returned after two years to the Scarlet Tide Continent, Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang had complicated expressions.

After a moment of silence, Song Siyuan grimaced. “Was there a need to make such a ruckus?”

Qin Lie finally opened his eyes and grinned. He said, “Long time no see.”

“Ah, you…” Xie Zhizhang shook his head in pain and grimaced. “When Tingyu and Jingxuan said you left alone, I just knew something bad was about to happen. Wherever you appear, you will always be accompanied by chaos or a storm of blood, you are an inauspicious star!”

Qin Lie was speechless.

The Seven Fiends Valley martial practitioners that had been shouting loudly with flushed faces and followed Song Siyuan in order to kill suddenly stilled.

Han Wan, Lu Li, Pei Xiang and the others also had shocked expressions. They felt that this scene was not real.

Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang, these two noble personages from Profound Heaven Alliance hadn’t come in person to kill Qin Lie, or to tell him what the consequences of committing a slaughter were?

Why did they look more like old friends meeting up to talk?

Everyone was dumbstruck.

“Well I killed everyone, just do what you want!” Spreading his hands, Qin Lie looked shameless, having committed the crime and yet challenging people to do something to him.

“You killed them, what is so serious about that?” Xie Zhizhang sighed. “Profound Heaven Alliance has dozens of Black Iron rank forces like Seven Fiends Valley, what difference does one make?”

“If you want to vent your hate, vent it all at once, just don’t do it frequently.” Song Siyuan nodded and turned back to look behind him. “If you don’t like any of these people, just take care of them now and clean up anything you need to. I only beg of you, after the matter of Seven Fiends Valley is settled, don’t continue washing the Scarlet Tide Continent in blood.”

When the words were said, the yelling martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley were astounded, and had the terrifying feeling that the heavens were playing with them.

Han Wan, Lu Li, Pei Xiang, and the others had disbelieving expressions on their faces, their bodies trembling in excitement.

After getting their revenge and losing all hope, the female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley that had been prepared for death regained the flames of hope in their eyes.

Chapter 670: Influence!

All members of Dark Fiend Valley wore joyful expressions after they heard the words of Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang.

The other Seven Fiends Valley practitioners had ashen expressions.

The louder the person had shouted before, the more scared they were for their lives now. They were afraid that Qin Lie would use them to “vent his hate all at once”, as Song Siyuan suggested.

They had never thought that the representatives from Profound Heaven Alliance wouldn’t pursue Qin Lie for his crimes and instead protected him.

This reversal caused them to be so depressed they wanted to spit blood!

“Why is it like this? Why?” many people murmured to themselves. Their eyes were filled with the pain of being unable to accept and unwilling to believe this was true.

Profound Heaven Alliance had abandoned them!

Lu Li and Pei Xiang were excited inside and looked at Qin Lie with sparkling eyes.

They had not expected Qin Lie to possess such power!

“Alright, I’ve already killed those that deserved to be killed.” Qin Lie smiled coolly and stood up. He said carelessly, “In the future… Seven Fiends Valley’s name should be erased. Since I killed all their experts already, heh..”

“No problem, as long as you are happy.” Song Siyuan expressed his attitude.

“One less Black Iron rank force isn’t that big of a deal.” Xie Zhizhang smiled, “As long as… you let our patriarchs go to the Setting Sun Islands to pick the remains of ancient elite, everything is not a problem!”

Song Siyuan’s eyes also became bright.

They had not come in person for anything else except to extend an olive branch to Qin Lie!

Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang were both Fragmentation Realm elites. It would be extremely difficult for them to progress even a smallest step in the future. However, the remains of ancient elites at the Setting Sun Islands could give them an opportunity to break through.

Xing Yumiao successfully went from the late stage of the Fragmentation Realm to Nirvana Realm through the ancient elite remains!

The shock of the news that Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan brought to Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang could not be imagined.

They desperately hungered to copy Xing Yumiao’s miracle!

Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang knew that Qin Lie did not like them and might not accept them. Even if Qin Lie promised Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan, after they came to the Setting Sun Islands, they would still be at Qin Lie’s mercy.

They had great power in the Scarlet Tide Continent and ruled over vast lands. But after they enter the Setting Sun Islands, in the face of the Nirvana Realm experts from Blood Fiend Sect and the Xing brothers of Gold Sun Island, they were lambs awaiting the slaughter.

If they wanted to smoothly merge with the remains of ancient elites without any hindrances, they had to listen to Qin Lie in all aspects.

Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang came to express their attitude—Profound Heaven Alliance would never stand on the opposite side of Qin Lie in the future!

They would not, and did not dare!

“I already promised Tingyu and Sister Jingxuan, I will not break my promise. After I finish my affairs on the Scarlet Tide Continent, Alliance Master Song and Elder Xie can go to the Setting Sun Islands through the transportation formation in the Nether Battlefield to pick the remains, this is not a problem,” Qin Lie said calmly.

Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang, and the martial practitioners that came from Profound Heaven Alliance all had eyes filled with joy.

“In the future, there will be no Seven Fiends Valley, there shall be only Dark Fiend Valley!” Qin Lie thought and then looked coldly at the martial practitioners of the other valleys. “They all have to leave! Starting from today, all the valleys and territories that used to belong to Seven Fiends Valley become Dark Fiend Valley’s!”

“No problem.” Song Siyuan smiled slightly. In order to reassure Qin Lie, he added, “I will arrange for some people from Profound Heaven Alliance to take care of this matter, there will be nothing that you will be dissatisfied by!”

“Yes, in the future, there will only be Dark Fiend Valley here!” Xie Zhizhang said confidently.

The other people from Profound Heaven Alliance voiced their agreement.

At this time, the martial practitioners that came from the other valleys had lowered heads and dim expressions.

Han Wan and the others couldn’t help but cheer. They felt as though they were dreaming and marveled at the change in the situation.

In a short span of two years, Qin Lie who once was a thorn in the eyes of Profound Heaven Alliance was now a personage that Profound Heaven Alliance had to beg.

Some things in the world just couldn’t be predicted.

“Lu Li, is there anything else you are dissatisfied with? If there is a problem, mention it now. After I leave, I may never return to Dark Fiend Valley.” Qin Lie asked.

Lu Li stilled and was silent for a while. She shook her head. “No, there is nothing I am dissatisfied with. I couldn’t even imagine a better outcome.”

“And you?” Qin Lie looked at Pei Xiang. “You no longer regret saving me?”

“This was the most correct decision in my life!” Pei Xiang said solemnly.

Qin Lie smiled and nodded.

He did not speak more. Under the grateful eyes of the female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley, he went back into the crystal chariot and start it.

With a reverberating roar, the crystalline war chariot shot into the sky, locked onto its destination, and flew away.

“You will stay behind and be responsible for the matters here. You must follow what Qin Lie just said!” Song Siyuan ordered and then left behind the martial practitioners from Profound Heaven Alliance that had come with him and Xie Zhizhang. He and Xie Zhizhang hurriedly got on the crystal chariot and then chased after Qin Lie.

“Whoosh!”

Soon, they also flew into the sky. Looking in the direction Qin Lie flew in, they grimaced.

“He must be going to Dark Asura Hall.” Xie Zhizhang felt helpless.

“I heard that Dark Asura Hall hasn’t been peaceful recently.” Song Siyuan frowned. “Han Pu… isn’t he being supported secretly by elders of the Xie Family?”

Xie Zhizhang sighed. “It appears so. Ah, who would have expected Qin Lie to rise up after entering the Land of Chaos?”

In the present Dark Asura Hall, Han Pu and Tu Shixiong were fighting fiercely for the position of Grand Hall Master. Tu Shixiong had been always loyal to Song Siyuan and could be considered a member of his camp.

Han Pu had been subordinate of the Nie Family before. After the Nie Family had been destroyed, he successfully managed to get on the good side of the Xie Family elders.

He would offer great gifts in tribute, and the elders of the Xie Family found him pleasing. Therefore, they secretly supported Han Pu in the competition for Grand Hall Master.

Xie Zhizhang knew about it, but he didn’t think there would be any problems because of this matter.

There had always been both open and secret struggles for power between the three big families of Profound Heaven Alliance. This kind of relationship never stopped, but also never affected their unity and harmony.

They always believed that competition would create greater power.

Due to this, both Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang would quietly permit fighting among lower ranked forces and ignored the struggles between them.

This ensured that their lower ranks stayed sharp and maintained their offensive capabilities.

“Tu Shixiong and Qin Lie’s relationship is not ordinary. In the past, when Seven Fiends Valley targeted the Ling Family, Tu Shixiong didn’t just put pressure on Shen Meilan and the others, he also sent people to Seven Fiends Valley.” Song Siyuan rubbed his chin. “Tu Ze and Tu Mo all fought side by side with Qin Lie, especially Tu Ze. He and Qin Lie are great friends!”

“Alright, you don’t need to say so much.” Xie Zhizhang grimaced. “It’s already like this, does it matter what I will do? This time, no matter what Han Pu has done, he could have never expected a variable like Qin Lie. He is fated to be met with misfortune.”

Xie Zhizhang’s words also meant that the Xie Family would give up the authority over Dark Asura Hall.

“I’m doing this to satisfy Qin Lie.” Song Siyuan was slightly embarrassed.

“I understand.” Xie Zhizhang nodded.

Inside a city made entirely out of black stone, countless vast palaces could be seen. The palaces were of various sizes and filled the entire city. They belonged to the five hall masters of Dark Asura Hall, the commanders of the areas, the enforcers, the generals, and the Department of Internal Affairs.

Currently, the atmosphere in this city named “Hundred Palace City” was tense.

Fu Zhuohui had entered the Fulfillment Realm and successfully entered Profound Heaven Alliance. The seat of Dark Asura Hall’s Grand Hall Master was thus vacant.

First Hall Master Han Pu and Second Hall Master Tu Shixiong fought on all fronts for the seat. They did all they could and embroiled Hundred Palace City in a storm.

Many martial practitioners gathered inside Dark Asura Hall to witness the competition for the position of Grand Hall Master, the seat of absolute authority.

The competition for Grand Hall Master was divided into three parts: leadership, personal fighting ability, and personal charisma.

The leadership part had both competitors lead three of their commanders and fight against each other using three hundred people. This was akin to testing one’s leadership, and competitor’s ability to lead an army was of great importance.

In the first battle, Han Pu had come out on top.

Individual fighting power referred to the battle prowess of the competitors. It was a duel between the competitors.

This was the second battle. This time, Tu Shixiong barely managed to squeeze out a victory.

As the two were at draw and the two rounds did not determine victory and defeat, it depended on the charisma of the competitors.

The personal charisma of the competitors was judged by a vote, in which the remaining three hall masters and the Department of Internal Affairs participated. The three hall masters each had a vote, the Department of Internal Affairs had two.

If one was strong and crafty enough to win the leadership and personal strength rounds, no matter how much the person was disliked, they would still successfully obtain the seat of Dark Asura Hall’s Grand Hall Master.

Otherwise, it depended on the last round, and how the people of Dark Asura Hall chose.

In the plaza outside Dark Asura Hall, Han Pu and Tu Shixiong were on opposite sides as they stared at each other. They were silently waiting for the votes from the three other hall masters and the Department of Internal Affairs.

Han Pu and his commanders were relaxed.

The people around Tu Shixiong had grave expressions.

“Unfair!” Tu Ze was among them. Two years later, his body was built, his skin dark, he had entered the Manifestation Realm and he was much more mature. “In the leadership round, there were clearly many outsiders under Han Pu’s command. A few of them should be the private soldiers of the Xie Family!”

In the first battle, Tu Shixiong and Han Pu were competing with their ability to lead. There was a large number of experts in Han Pu’s ranks. Their existence completely broke the balance, making the whole fight completely pointless.

—t had nothing to do with the ability to lead.

It was just a performance of the outsiders under Han Pu’s command!

The spirit arts of a few of them clearly came from the Xie Family.

“And in the charisma round, the Department of Internal Affairs has two votes. Who doesn’t know that the Department of Internal Affairs is filled with people of the Xie Family?” Zhuo Qian’s expression was also dark as she snorted. “The Xie Family is clearly helping Han Pu. The Department of Internal Affairs has two votes, they can determine the position of Grand Hall Master, what is there to compete for? There is no fairness at all!”

Many of the martial practitioners under Tu Shixiong’s command were also muttering. They clearly were also unsatisfied.

“There is no absolute fairness in the world.” Tu Shixiong’s expression did not change as his brow creased. “It was me that was careless. I hadn’t expected that Han Pu was able to get personal soldiers from the Xie Family. I had originally thought that there would be no need for the third round, that I could easily eliminate Han Pu in the first two rounds.”

“Father, if Han Pu gets the position of Grand Hall Master, our lives here won’t be good,” Tu Mo frowned and said.

“Doesn’t matter.” Tu Shixiong was calm as though he was not affected by the inevitable result. “The Song Family will not allow Han Pu to suppress us. That is of no benefit to Profound Heaven Alliance. An acceptable amount of infighting can help maintain the fighting ability of the lower ranks, can increase their fighting spirit. Endless fighting would be severely punished, so do not worry too much.”

Tu Shixiong had created Nebula Pavilion and turned it into a Limestone rank force. Then, he had entered Dark Asura Hall as a general.

Under Cao Xuanrui’s command, he became a commander through several bloody battles at the Nether Battlefield. After a few more years, due to Dark Asura Hall’s heavy losses at Armament Sect, he overtook Cao Xuanrui to become the second hall master. Tu Shixiong surpassed ordinary people in terms of experience, endurance, and determination.

He would not lose motivation due to one victory or failure.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

The sound of a flying spirit artifact speeding through the sky came from above. This caused the martial practitioners in Dark Asura Hall plaza to raise their heads.

“Flying spirit artifact!”

“That’s a crystalline war chariot! It’s very valuable!”

“Has someone from Profound Heaven Alliance come?”

Amidst the shouts, the three hall masters and the Department of Internal Affairs that had been prepared to announce their opinions suddenly stopped and looked anxiously to the sky.

A short time later, a glittering crystalline war chariot stopped over Hundred Palace City and hung over the crowded Dark Asura Hall plaza.

“Big Brother Tu, Sister Qian!” On top of the crystalline war chariot, Qin Lie roared with laughter.

In the next moment, the crystalline war chariot charged downwards, disregarding the alarmed cries of the Dark Asura Hall martial practitioners and landed heavily beside Tu Shixiong.

“Qin Lie!”

“Qin Lie! Good boy!”

“It’s Qin Lie!”

Tu Ze, Tu Mo, and Zhuo Qian almost immediately shouted, and laughed as they darted towards Qin Lie.

Only Tu Shixiong’s expression changed as he felt the situation could go wrong.

The eyes of Han Pu and the others lit up and they said with joy. “It is the survivor of Blood Spear that Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple is pursuing!”

“Not from now on.” Song Siyuan’s voice came from afar. “In the future, the martial practitioners of Armament Sect and Blood Spear can openly move on the Scarlet Tide Continent.”

“This is a decision that Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple made together.” Xie Zhizhang added.

A short while later, the two of them appeared behind Qin Lie on a crystalline war chariot.

Xie Zhizhang saw the captain of the Department of Internal Affairs. His lips moved as he secretly sent an order. “Choose Tu Shixiong as Grand Hall Master!”

That person looked with doubting eyes at Xie Zhizhang.

“This is what my big brother wants!” Xie Zhizhang snorted.

His big brother was of course the patriarch of the Xie Family, Xie Yaoyang.

That person’s expression changed slightly and he imperceptibly nodded as he immediately changed what he wrote.

With Qin Lie’s arrival, without uttering a single word, the balance had been broken and the scale of victory had been forcibly tipped towards Tu Shixiong.

This was Qin Lie’s “influence!”

Chapter 671: Wealth!

“Greetings, Lord Song!”

“Greetings, Lord Xie!”

On the Dark Asura Hall plaza, the martial practitioners saw the arrival of Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang. They immediately moved forward and saluted respectfully.

The battle between Tu Shixiong and Han Pu had been stopped temporarily. All eyes landed on Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang.

“In the future, both Armament Sect and Blood Spear can move unhindered on the Scarlet Tide Continent,” Song Siyuan continued what he was saying, “Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple will not think of them as enemies. You must… abide by Profound Heaven Alliance’s decision, are we clear?”

“Clear!” Everyone hurriedly nodded.

In the past, the five factions attacking Armament Sect had been secretly led by Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple.

Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple had felt great pressure because Armament Sect had been growing larger and larger, and Blood Spear’s Lan Xie’s cultivation progress had been astonishingly fast.

They did not want a third Copper Rank force to appear on the Scarlet Tide Continent which was why they secretly ordered for Armament Sect to be met with calamity.

Then, the battle between Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, Armament Sect, and the evil race had continued for a long time on the Scarlet Tide Continent.

Subordinate factions such as Dark Asura Hall naturally followed the two big Copper rank forces and also participated in the fighting.

They knew the complex relationship between Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, Armament Sect, and Qin Lie.

They had originally thought that Qin Lie would not dare to even come back after leaving the Scarlet Tide Continent, let alone coming back to create a storm.

No one had expected that after two short years, when Qin Lie once against stepped onto Scarlet Tide Continent, what he was met with wasn’t Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple’s wrath but… compromise.

Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple showed weakness.

Subordinate factions like Dark Asura Hall and Seven Fiends Valley did not qualify to participate in the battles of the higher ranks, or even know of them.

They could only obey, or be forced to..

This was the chasm between the ranks.

“Announce the final result of the competition,” Xie Zhizhang urged.

When these words were said, the noise on the plaza quickly calmed down.

The other three hall masters, and the head of the Department of Internal Affairs gathered together and discussed privately.

The martial practitioners of Dark Asura Hall suddenly became nervous.

Tu Shixiong frowned with a dark expression. He knew that his chances in this competition to become Grand Hall Master were not high.

“Don’t worry. Sometimes, even near the finish line, the tables can turn, and the result can change.” Song Siyuan suddenly came over and comforted with a small smile, “You might not lose.”

Tu Shixiong stilled.

Because the Tu Family had been close to Qin Lie, after the fight between Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, the evil race and Qin Lie had finished, Tu Shixiong gradually lost the support of the Song Family.

Even Song Siyuan who had always had a high opinion of him had temporarily stopped secret communication with him for various reasons.

He knew that that these were the consequences of his choices.

In the past, when Seven Fiends Valley had targeted Ling Yushi, he had stood up, and used his status as the Second Hall Master of Dark Asura Hall to suppress Seven Fiends Valley so they would not go over the line.

Later on, he had sent some of his commanders to enter the territories of Seven Fiends Valley with Tu Ze to receive the Ling Family in Dark Asura Hall.

Not long after, the Ling Family’s status as one of the evil races had been exposed. Because Tu Shixiong had helped the Ling Family multiple times, the Song Family had been dissatisfied.

Consequently, in this competition against Han Pu, the Song Family did not support him and their silence could be said to have been silently recognizing Han Pu as the next Grand Hall Master.

Tu Shixiong knew all this.

Now Song Siyuan had come and spoke to him to tell him not to worry. There were words within words, and Tu Shixiong was startled by the remark.

Because this was the first time Song Siyuan had spoken to him first in the last two years!

“Qin Lie! Where did you go?”

“I thought I would never see you again!”

Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian did not care about the tense atmosphere of Dark Asura Hall. They tightly hugged Qin Lie and then punched Qin Lie’s shoulders a few times.

“You knew to come back?” The two’s eyes were slightly red.

Qin Lie balled his fists as well. He said, “I wouldn’t dare to forget you guys!”

Tu Mo looked at the trio from the side with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. He nodded.

“Where is Kang Zhi and the others?” Qin Lie asked.

“They are fine. They are all in Dark Asura Hall. However, the matter of choosing the Grand Hall Master is important and they do not qualify to come here.” Tu Ze laughed loudly. “Later, when the results are out, I’ll take you to see them!”

“Tsk tsk, it seems that you’ve been doing good?” Zhuo Qian examined the crystalline war chariot, envy clear in her eyes. “This thing is a treasure.” She looked at the spatial ring on her hand. “I heard the value of one is worth ten spatial rings of this quality. That is almost ten thousand Earth Grade spirit stones!”

The quality of the spatial ring she wore was ordinary, and belonged among the rudimentary ones but even so, she still had to beg her father to get it.

She felt that Qin Lie’s crystalline war chariot’s worth was most likely more than ten times that. She was calculating this using the Scarlet Tide Continent’s prices.

In reality, because the Scarlet Tide Continent was not skilled enough in refining spirit stones, their ranking of spirit stones was chaotic.

“Girl, the crystalline war chariot is worth almost fifty of your spatial rings.” Song Siyuan had been standing next to Tu Shixiong. Hearing Zhuo Qian’s words from behind him, he laughed and then added as he turned his head.

Zhuo Quan turned to stone. “Fif-fifty…”

She didn’t dare to imagine it.

Tu Shixiong, Tu Mo, Zhuo Qian’s father Zhuo Duo, and the others’ eyes sparkled as they looked at the crystalline war chariot and Qin Lie who had come on it.

“Sister Qian, you like this crystalline war chariot?” Qin Lie smiled.

“Of course I like it! A thing that can fly into the sky, who wouldn’t like it?” After her shock, Zhuo Qian calmed down and said teasingly, “What? Are you going to gift me one?”

“Yes.” Qin Lie laughed.

“Don’t joke around.” Zhuo Qian shook her head lightly.

Zhuo Duo, Tu Shixiong and the others all had amused expressions. They all thought that Qin Lie was joking.

Even Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang thought this.

“Joke?” Qin Lie was speechless. “Isn’t it just a crystalline war chariot? What is that?”

As he spoke, he touched his spatial ring. In a ball of bright light, two similar crystalline war chariots came out, and were placed next to the one that he had come with.

“Hmm, I cannot be unfair to Big Brother Tu, I’ll give you to you too.” Qin Lie laughed as he pulled the petrified Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian into the crystalline war chariot. “Come, I’ll teach you how to control these things. It’s simple, you’ll learn once I show you.”

Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian mechanically followed him onto the crystalline war chariot.

Their expressions gradually turned from wooden to overjoyed. They suddenly exploded. “Qin Lie! You, you are really giving us two crystalline war chariots?”

On the Dark Asura Hall plaza, all the martial practitioners that had been waiting for the results of the Grand Hall Master competition were attracted by the shouts of the duo.

In a flash, Qin Lie became the subject of tens of thousands of stares. Many people even forgot what the real purpose of the gathering was.

Tu Shixiong and Zhuo Duo exchanged a look. From each other’s eyes, they saw mad excitement.

That was two crystalline war chariots!

In the past, Zhao Changsheng of Joyful Union Sect had come on a crystalline war chariot like this. Joyful Union Sect was a Copper rank force, Zhao Changsheng was also the vice sect master of Joyful Union Sect.

In other words, only people with a background similar to Zhao Changsheng qualified to possess a crystalline war chariot!

But what background did Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian have? The two little Manifestation Realm martial practitioners managed to have crystalline war chariots given to them by Qin Lie and were able to fly in the sky as they wished?

The sky; that was the area that Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners ruled!

However, as long as Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian had crystalline war chariots, they could also fly into the sky and travel one thousand miles a day.

This was a great blessing to them!

Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang wrly at each other.

Be it wealth or history, the two great Copper rank forces of the Scarlet Tide Continent were far from being a match for the equally ranked forces of the Land of Chaos.

Due to this, even though the two of them had significant positions in Profound Heaven Alliance, if they wanted to possess crystalline war chariots, they would need to bleed.

The crystalline war chariot that they were riding came from Xie Jingxuan.

They hadn’t expected that, after just two years, Qin Lie could easily give out wondrous things like the crystalline war chariots. This meant that Qin Lie had astounding wealth!

Qin Lie’s next words proved their speculation…

“I have more than a dozen of these crystalline war chariots. No need to feel embarrassed, I don’t think they’re that valuable.” Qin Lie smiled. “In the Land of Chaos, after fighting against several Copper rank forces, I obtained many crystalline war chariots like this. Before departing, I took some with me to give them to you.”

When he said that, the martial practitioners present felt as if their minds were incapable of comprehending these words..

Song Siyuan and Xie Zhizhang also inhaled inwardly.

“You have a lot?” Zhuo Qian reacted. “Really, a lot?”

“Really a lot.”

Seeing that she still didn’t believe him, Qin Lie helplessly shook his head and rubbed the spatial ring again.

Ball of blinding light came out, and then new crystalline war chariots appeared in the empty space behind Tu Shixiong, one after another. More than a dozen came out.

Everyone collectively turned to stone.

“I told you there were many.” Qin Lie smiled, and then moved between the crystalline war chariots to put them away.

“Alright! I will accept this chariot! Ha ha ha!” Tu Ze was the first to laugh and patted Qin Lie’s shoulder hard. He said, “Brother Lie, you really got rich! Good, very good, this old brother will just benefit a bit from you, haha!”

“Boy, you are just showing off!” Zhuo Qian glared at Qin Lie before walking happily to a crystalline war chariot with an expression of joy that could not suppressed.

At this time, the figures of the trio attracted all the gazes on the plaza.

The choice of Grand Hall Master of Dark Asura Hall seemed to become meaningless after the crystalline war chariots appeared.

Han Pu and Tu Shixiong immediately became secondary characters.

However, Han Pu, the side character, felt extremely dissatisfied and discomforted.

Tu Shixiong roared with laughter and his face was flushed as though he would not be angry even if he lost the Grand Hall Master competition after Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian accepted the crystalline war chariots.