Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword

Lin Fuxiang ultimately did not agree to join any of the factions trying to recruit her, as she didn’t want to leave Zhou Heng to be taken advantage of by that vixen An Yumei!

However, the temptation of the Heavenly Spirit Body was indeed too great. Even after they had returned to the inn, the stream of visitors trying to persuade Lin Fuxiang was endless, causing her extreme annoyance and intense regret over her previous rashness.

The next morning, an unrefusable visitor arrived.

This was a stunning woman around thirty, incredibly gorgeous with a voluptuous and explosive figure. Her towering breasts seemed about to burst through her clothes like mountain peaks touching the clouds, leaving onlookers heart-stirringly captivated.

"My name is Gu Lingfei, from the East Spirit Immortal Pond. Pack your things and follow me on the road!" the stunning woman stated straightforwardly, her demeanor graceful and regal, akin to a fairy born from nobility. By comparison, the various striking noblewomen led by Orchid Concubine looked like mere country poultry, utterly lacking any standing to compare.

The East Spirit Immortal Pond? Was that the place that wretched donkey was constantly obsessing over, the abode of its Saintess?

Zhou Heng, An Yumei, and Lin Fuxiang were all somewhat surprised. They thought that the Black Donkey had simply made up a name, never expecting that such a place actually existed in the world!

"I, I—" Lin Fuxiang fiddled with her fingers, feeling an instinctual warmth and familiarity towards Gu Lingfei, as if she were a nurturing mother, and deep down, she did not want to refuse her. But she was even more reluctant to part ways with Zhou Heng!

She didn’t object to the woman assuming the role of her master from the start as the latter exuded an ethereal quality that made her want to get close without thinking.

"Silly child, why hesitate? Staying here will merely bury your talent!" Gu Lingfei spoke formally, disregarding Zhou Heng and An Yumei entirely, not sparing them even a glance.

After much thought, Lin Fuxiang still shook her head. Between her own strength and her lover, she didn’t hesitate to choose the latter.

"Silly girl, the East Spirit Immortal Pond is renowned even within the Heavenly Dragon Empire, with countless people breaking their heads trying to get in!" Gu Lingfei said reproachfully, having taken a liking to Lin Fuxiang the instant she saw the pure and naive girl.

Lin Fuxiang just shook her head, rendering Gu Lingfei’s eloquent persuasion pointless no matter how long she spoke.

"Go ahead!" Zhou Heng said instead. "You should join the East Spirit Immortal Pond as well," he pointed at An Yumei.

"What—" An Yumei was dissatisfied. She had been eager for Lin Fuxiang to leave sooner to avoid feeling constantly on edge, but to her dismay, Zhou Heng was planning to drive her away too. Was this little lecher thinking of preying on others the moment she left?

Gu Lingfei’s expression darkened. In her eyes, the cultivation levels of Zhou Heng and the others were laughably low. Even the oddities from the Heavenly Star Sect weren’t worth her attention; the gap couldn’t be bridged by reason!

She was here to settle a family affair; otherwise, the insignificant Cold Blue Country held no appeal for her.

Zhou Heng daring to butt in before her was simply disrespectful! Yet she could see that Lin Fuxiang held Zhou Heng in high regard and would likely heed his advice.

For the sake of her future disciple, she held back her annoyance. Although the other girl, with her excessive charm, did not please her, if that could persuade Lin Fuxiang to become her disciple, she was willing to let the sultry girl serve as a maid to her beloved student.

"You must cultivate well in the East Spirit Immortal Pond to keep up with me!" Zhou Heng encouraged, possessing the Black Sword, accumulating cultivation at an incomparable pace, and with his keen insight, barriers at each realm were nothing but a joke to him.

If the two women didn’t engage in backdoor tricks, they would only be left behind by his rapidly disappearing shadow.

Hearing his words, both An Yumei and Lin Fuxiang revealed a hint of eagerness. Proud as they were, they didn’t want to lag behind Zhou Heng. Moreover, from the Spirit Gathering Realm onward, each breakthrough increased their lifespans significantly, and reaching the Heaven-Opening Realm meant living for a thousand years!

A temporary farewell for a longer reunion!

After exchanging glances, both women nodded in agreement.

Zhou Heng smiled and said to Gu Lingfei, "Elder, she is also a Heavenly Spirit Body!" fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Pfft!

Gu Lingfei was drinking water when she heard this and immediately spat it out, coughing continuously. Her ample chest heaved, the mature charm of the ripe beauty beyond comparison to the two younger women. Her composure was not typically so easily shaken, but the news was simply too astonishing!

Another Heavenly Spirit Body?

"Please wait a moment, elder!" Zhou Heng feigned necessity as he entered his own room, retrieving the Spirit Crystal Pillar from the Nine Mystic Trial Tower. Then he returned to Lin Fuxiang’s room, allowing An Yumei to test for the Spiritual Body.

As the third section of the pillar lit up brightly, Gu Lingfei was truly stunned.

Indeed a Heavenly Spirit Body, and... nearly at Three Stars!

She had felt somewhat forced accepting An Yumei into the East Spirit Immortal Pond, but now she was filled with delight. If even a Heavenly Spirit Body was to be frowned upon, who else in the world could be called a genius?

"Oh, right, the girl Gu Zi from Lone Extinct Peak is also a Heavenly Spirit Body. Elder, perhaps you can also take her into East Spirit Immortal Pond," Zhou Heng reminded himself, almost forgetting about Gu Zi.

Gu Lingfei stood there, dazed, numbness spreading across her face.

...

An Yumei and the other two women quickly left with Gu Lingfei, while the Big Palace Master and the expert from Lone Extinct Peak were incomparably excited because they had now become entangled with the affairs of East Spirit Immortal Pond.

In fact, not just them, even the old monsters of Heavenly Star Sect in the Open Heaven Realm did not know the origins of East Spirit Immortal Pond! But as long as they knew that East Spirit Immortal Pond was a prominent house within the Heavenly Dragon Empire, that was enough. Even a mere sweeper from there carried more weight than the Emperor of Cold Blue Country!

No one knew Gu Lingfei’s cultivation level, and even when several Old Ancestors of Heavenly Star Sect personally tried, they could not discern it. This deepened their reverence and fear, terrified that a displeased gesture from Gu Lingfei could wipe out Heavenly Star Sect as easily as what had happened to Dayan Sect.

How could anyone dare to offend such a peerless expert, who with a mere gesture could cause mountains to collapse and the earth to crack?

Unfortunately, East Spirit Immortal Pond only took female disciples, so although Jing Tian was also of the Heavenly Spirit Body, he did not receive even a glance from Gu Lingfei and was utterly ignored.

The way Gu Lingfei took the three women with her also deeply intimidated everyone present. She conjured a magnificent Jade Boat out of thin air, and the four women stepped onto it. As the Jade Boat rose into the air, the four women, with their robes fluttering, looked like immortals with their graceful figures.

To summon the Jade Boat out of nowhere was something everyone could guess—it meant Gu Lingfei possessed a Space Artifact. But the fact that the Jade Boat could actually float in the air was truly an eye-opener, completely beyond imagination!

Among the crowd, Nangong Yuerong showed a look full of envy and hatred.

Formerly considered the prime talent of Cold Blue Country, she was now overshadowed by the unexpected emergence of four Heavenly Spirit Bodies, rendering her distinction as a Five Stars Earth Spirit Body worthless! How could she bear such a fall from grace, from being the Nine Heavens Jade Phoenix to the land-bound common fowl?

She absolutely refused to believe that Cold Blue Country truly had so many geniuses, especially since the three girls were all closely associated with Zhou Heng, leading people to wonder if Zhou Heng had done something or other!

Now that Jing Tian had returned alive, she no longer needed Zhou Heng!

Kill!

The very thought of being overpowered by Zhou Heng ignited a boiling killing intent within her—if Zhou Heng had been gently consoling after the fact, then in light of his potential, she might have still considered mending the error and becoming his wife. After all, she was someone who aimed to achieve great things, and would not allow personal grievances to cloud her judgment. But now, that was absolutely out of the question!

Next, they were waiting for the Big Shot from Bright Moon Country to arrive and unlock the Mountain Protection Array of Dayan Sect to explore that mysterious world. However, this no longer concerned Zhou Heng, as by the time came, everyone would want to enter, and control wouldn’t rest with Heavenly Star Sect anymore, but would depend on what the experts from Bright Moon Country decided.

This mysterious world was related to the inheritance of at least a Nascent Soul Realm expert, and no one would willingly welcome another competitor, no matter if they viewed them as insignificant ants—after all, gaining an inheritance was not solely a matter of strength!

Take Jing Tian for example, who was merely in the Spirit Gathering Realm at the time, yet from over a hundred people who entered the mysterious world, he was the only one to benefit—Zhou Heng actually also received benefits, but those were due to the Black Sword.

Zhou Heng still could not leave as he received a challenge from Jing Tian.

It was not a written challenge, but one Jing Tian proposed to him in person. The usually indolent man seemed extremely angry, almost resorting to blows with Zhou Heng then and there.

This left Zhou Heng rather perplexed, as there didn’t seem to be any grievance between him and Jing Tian, did there?

Regrettably, Jing Tian did not give him the chance to ask, storming off in a rage and leaving Zhou Heng scratching his head in bewilderment.

To understand what was going on, he decided to accept the challenge.

The next day, he arrived at the city’s Beast Fighting Arena, which by then was packed with onlookers like a sea of people.

The first battle between the two grand talents had stirred up the entire city, and over the course of a month, both broke through to the Initial Separation Realm, with Jing Tian even skyrocketing to the Three Stars in the Initial Separation! Previously, Zhou Heng had the upper hand, but this time with Jing Tian holding the advantage of a higher realm, could he turn the tables?

And that wasn’t even the most sensational news!

The most sensational was that Xiao Huoshui, the most famous courtesan in the city, announced that the winner between Zhou Heng and Jing Tian would have the privilege to ascend her fragrant couch!

While Ruan Jiaying might hold the title of the foremost beauty of Cold Blue Country, if you ask the men of Imperial Capital who they most desired to bed, it was not Ruan Jiaying but Xiao Huoshui!

Xiao Huoshui, the second daughter of the Xiao Family, had been renowned for her beauty from a young age. Later, she married the only son of the Empire’s Great General Wu Tianxiong, but her fate was tumultuous—her husband died of illness a year later, and Wu Tianxiong fell in battle two years after that.

Since then, Xiao Huoshui began a life of unrestrained promiscuity, frequently enticing strong and handsome men into her boudoir, becoming the public enemy of Imperial Capital’s noblewomen, terrified that their own husbands might be bewitched by this enchanting fox spirit!

However, not just any man could climb into Xiao Huoshui’s bed; he first had to catch her fancy. The Xiao Family itself was a prominent clan in Imperial Capital, backed by the Old Ancestors of Heavenly Star Sect, and with the lingering awe of Elder General Wu, who would dare to force Xiao Huoshui?

In recent years, this alluring woman’s tastes had become increasingly discerning, and few men managed to enter her boudoir, leading to a saying in Imperial Capital: The measure of a man’s charm is whether Xiao Huoshui invites him into her fragrant bower.

And the longer a man was kept by this alluring woman, the greater his charm proved to be—it was said that no man had ever been invited into her boudoir three times, demonstrating just how fickle she was in her affections.

Now, every man in Imperial Capital was envious of Zhou Heng and Jing Tian, for one of them would have the opportunity to sleep with the most seductive woman in the Empire. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote and support it at Qidian (qidian.com). Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)