Chapter 434: 373 Zhangg Losing Sanity! [Seeking Monthly Votes!]
"Alright."
"But all these crucial places have dedicated guards and are protected by arrays. If you attempt any action, it will trigger immediately, and by then, the third-order figures stationed in the Divine Capital will all converge, which could be perilous."
Jiangg Heng, after all, was an emperor, quickly calmed down, and while circling and marking spots on the Divine Capital map, he reminded and advised Chen Jichuan.
He was not worried about Chen Jichuan being discovered and besieged by third-order figures.
But rather feared that Chen Jichuan, when surrounded, might use him as leverage, or even ’tear the ticket.’
"Thank you for the reminder, Your Majesty."
Chen Jichuan smiled lightly, not caring much.
Seeing this, Jiangg Heng said no more and continued marking.
Once Jiangg Heng finished, Chen Jichuan did not rush to pick up the map but instead said to Jiangg Heng, "Are you sure everything is marked accurately? Later, it will be troublesome if Your Majesty doesn’t accompany me, and there’s an error or omission."
"Wealth is but worldly possessions."
"Though I am the emperor, the Great Zhou is ultimately governed by the Immortal Sects; I can’t use much of this wealth. There’s no need to hide or deceive you."
"I only hope you keep your promise and spare my life afterward."
Jiangg Heng was clear and straightforward.
"That’s more like it."
Chen Jichuan was satisfied, sealed Jiangg Heng, and put him into his sleeve.
After obtaining the location of the Great Zhou Treasure Vault from Jiangg Heng, Chen Jichuan was not in a hurry to go there but went elsewhere first.
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By rights.
With Jiangg Heng in hand, Chen Jichuan could easily forge an imperial edict, enter each treasury, and Scripture Collection Hall, stealing all the treasures and books.
But that would take too much time.
And it would be easy to leave traces.
With Chen Jichuan’s skills, it’s better to just blatantly snatch.
"Move!"
"Just take it away!"
Chen Jichuan exited the Star Moon Palace, quietly visited a few places, and without any disturbance, captured all fifteen third-order figures from the Five Immortals Sect who were stationed in the Divine Capital and mundane world.
Among these fifteen, the strongest were only third-order second realm, unable to resist Chen Jichuan at all.
He captured Jiangg Heng.
Captured the empty third-order figures.
Only then did Chen Jichuan swaggeringly act according to the information he obtained from Jiangg Heng and the fifteen third-order strongmen.
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Great Zhou Divine Capital.
Today, the civil and military officials witnessed an extraordinary scene—
In the sky above the Divine Capital, a young man in a blue robe stood proudly. With one hand behind his back and the other waving his sleeve, buildings across the Divine Capital were being uprooted.
Even those built underground were being lifted into the sky along with the earth.
One by one, the guards and sentries fell from the buildings, plummeting from mid-air.
Rumble!
Rumble!
The Divine Capital City trembled incessantly, reverberating nonstop.
"Ahhh!"
"Who is it?!"
The cultivators and guards who fell yelled in shock.
"This is—"
"Who dares act recklessly in the Divine Capital?"
"Such a powerful figure, there are prohibitive arrays in the Divine Capital, various suppression methods, yet this person still possesses such divine skills, truly impressive!"
Civilians, officials, and officers flooded the streets, looking up at the extraordinary scene.
But no one dared to intervene.
"His Majesty hasn’t appeared."
"The Patriarchs of the sects haven’t appeared either."
"The arrays in the Divine Capital haven’t restricted him."
"Surely, this person must have received the decree from the Five Sects."
Officials and cultivators with origins from the Five Immortal Sects thought secretly.
Simultaneously, those with high rank and significant authority noticed that the buildings being taken away from the sky were either treasure vaults holding various resources or Scripture Pavilions filled with various books.
Even taking away these resources and books was odd.
Adding to his rough methods, it seemed even more unusual.
If he were truly from the Five Sects, a gentler approach would be more appropriate.
"Something’s off!"
Many people felt suspicious inside.
But even noticing the oddity, no one dared to stop.
At most, they would enter the palace to report to the emperor, seek out various masters, or send messages to their Immortal Sects.
With this delay—
By the time they took action.
By the time they discovered the disappearance of Jiangg Heng and the Patriarchs of various Sects.
Chen Jichuan had already made a massive fortune and vanished without a trace.
By the time the elders of the Five Immortal Sects gathered at the Divine Capital City, all they saw was a devastated, crater-ridden Divine Capital City.
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"Outrageous!"
"Too outrageous!"
In the Great Zhou Divine Capital, the elders of the Five Sects gathered, each with a grim expression.
Jiangg Xian had emerged out of nowhere.
First, he captured three third-order strongmen from the Taizhen Sect outside Leiyin Mountain.
Then, without stopping to rest, he came to the Divine Capital City, plundering it completely and capturing all third-order figures in the city.
Even the Emperor of Zhou, Jiangg Heng, was smashed to dust and destroyed in spirit by Jiangg Xian in front of the entire Divine Capital populace.
His arrogance was shocking.
His methods were brutal and appalling.
In the hall.
An image emerged—
"Taizhen Sect."
"Three Yin Sect."
"Duduo Mountain."
"Demon Suppression Immortal Sect."
"Five Fire Immortal Palace."
"Your people are in my hands. If you want them alive, prepare the ransom and wait for me to collect it. If you don’t want to ransom them, their fate will be—"
In the image, Chen Jichuan stood above Divine Capital City, his voice clear as lightning as he spoke, smiling and then tossing two people out, killing them under everyone’s watchful eyes.
One of them was a mere Brocade Robe Direct Pointing from the Great Zhou Zhi Zhi Si, not of great import.
But the other was the Emperor of Great Zhou—
Jiangg Heng!
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"A slap in the face!"
"He’s slapping us in the face!"
In the Five Immortal Sects, the Old Ancestor of the Five Fire Immortal Sect, ’Elder Fuyun,’ his face flushed with anger, couldn’t bear it, and scattered the image in the hall, obviously infuriated.
Chen Jichuan plundered the Divine Capital City, killed Emperor Jiangg Heng, and captured third-order figures of the Five Sects, finally openly threatening the Five Sects with ransom demands.
Such an act was downright insane.
No wonder Elder Fuyun was so enraged.
He roared in anger, "I swear I will definitely kill this scoundrel!"
The other sect elders in the hall had red faces, equally feeling anger and humiliation.
But their fury was already expressed by Elder Fuyun.
Instead, they calmed down somewhat.
The Three Yin Sect Patriarch, ’Tianji Venerable,’ frowned tightly and shook his head, "The five sects combined, killing this villain is certainly not out of the question. But the key issue is that his whereabouts are entirely unknown."
Tianji Venerable smiled bitterly, "I have already used the ’Three Yin Divine Mirror’ to investigate, and there’s not a single clue. This person must be skilled in Secret Techniques for hiding or possesses a powerful Magical Treasure."
The ’Three Yin Divine Mirror’ is the most potent artifact for tracking traces in the Three Yin Sect, yet it couldn’t find the thief.
Ordinary tracking methods don’t even bear mention.
"Not even the Three Yin Divine Mirror can find him?"
Elder Fuyun’s expression froze.
Elsewhere.
"Duduo Mountain has the treasure ’Duluo Treasure Mirror,’ which can calculate the heavens. Mr. Jiang, do you have this person’s whereabouts?"
The Old Patriarch of the Demon Suppression Immortal Sect, ’Sikong Chongshan,’ dressed in embroidered robes, looked towards the long-browed elder beside him.
The long-browed elder was the Old Ancestor of Duduo Mountain, ’Jiang Feng.’
Jiang Feng shook his head upon hearing this, "Jiangg Xian must possess a Secret Technique or Magical Treasure concealing heavenly mechanisms, the ’Duluo Treasure Mirror’ can’t calculate his background or whereabouts."
The Duluo Treasure Mirror.
The Three Yin Divine Mirror.
These are already the strongest investigative means among the Five Immortal Sects.
If Duduo Mountain and the Three Yin Sect can’t trace his tracks, it’s really like searching for a needle in a haystack.
"No wonder!"
"No wonder he dares to act so recklessly!"
Elder Fuyun’s voice was hoarse, suppressing his anger, he glanced around and spoke to himself, "This person’s name is ’Jiangg Xian,’ a remnant from Zichuan Country from the Seven Kingdoms Chaos two decades ago, an illegitimate child of the Zichuan King. He is now thirty-eight years old."
"Thirty-eight years old!"
The faces of each sect’s Old Ancestor were colorful.
A Divinity Transformation at thirty-eight.
This is even more astonishing than the entire Great Zhou Imperial Family being slaughtered.
"This person has great fortune!"
"He must be carrying an Exotic Treasure!"
Information about ’Jiangg Xian’ had already been understood by each sect’s Old Ancestor before arriving at the Divine Capital City.
This meeting of the Five Sects was, on one hand, to discuss how to save the third-order cultivators from their respective sects. On the other hand, what sparked their hearts was the fortune and treasure that enabled ’Jiangg Xian’ to cultivate to Divinity Transformation in just twenty years.
"Cultivating to Divinity Transformation in twenty years."
"Having just transcended tribulation, he can crush second realm and third realm Divinity Transformation cultivators; this treasure must be extraordinary!"
Each sect’s Old Ancestor had their own plans.
They felt anger and shame.
But in front of such a treasure, temptation was inevitable. This humiliation might turn into an opportunity if planned carefully, with the possibility of turning misfortune into great fortune!
But at the moment, more plotting is useless—
Because Jiangg Xian’s whereabouts are entirely unknown.
"It’s said that Jiangg Xian almost got killed and was taken back to the sect and put on the path of cultivation by a cultivator from the Taizhen Sect."
The Old Ancestor of Duduo Mountain, ’Jiang Feng,’ looked over to the Old Ancestor of the Taizhen Sect, ’Peach Blossom Fairy.’
The Old Ancestors of the other three sects also looked over.
"Indeed."
"That’s exactly what happened."
"But seventeen years ago, the Direct Pointing Department came to Leiyin Mountain to capture Jiangg Xian. He left on his own and disappeared since then."
"Wuu Quan and his wife are also unaware."
The Peach Blossom Fairy’s voice was calm and unhurried.
"But Jiangg Xian just transcended tribulation at Leiyin Mountain, so he might have been at Leiyin Mountain for the last ten-plus years."
"Their own territory."
"Are those two truly unaware or just pretending not to know?"
Jiang Feng spoke slowly.
"Jiangg Xian must be carrying an Exotic Treasure, hiding within it, cultivating at Leiyin Mountain."
"He has now fled, even we can’t trace him."
"Does Fellow Daoist think mere two second-order True Persons can detect him?"
The Peach Blossom Fairy remained composed.
Jiang Feng chuckled softly, "After all, it’s a life-saving grace, who can say for sure."
"Jiangg Xian only harbors grudges against our Taizhen Sect. He also bears grievances against Wuu Quan and his wife for placing him in the Outer Disciple and not protecting him adequately."
"He’s a thankless wretch."
"Life-saving grace means nothing to him."
The Peach Blossom Fairy responded calmly.
Duduo Mountain and Taizhen Sect have always been at odds. The Peach Blossom Fairy well understood. Jiang Feng deliberately brought the topic to Wuu Quan and his wife to use them as a lever to try and force out Jiangg Xian.
After all, Wuu Quan and his wife did save Jiangg Xian’s life.
And Jiangg Xian’s actions outside Leiyin Mountain could have been an attempt to cover it up.
But these are just shadows chasing the wind.
Without concrete evidence, sacrificing a sect’s True Person, if this spreads, Taizhen Sect’s face will be entirely lost, and no one would dare join Taizhen Sect in the future.
Duduo Mountain wouldn’t care, and might even be glad, but the Peach Blossom Fairy couldn’t afford to be careless.
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The discussion soon hit an impasse.
The Peach Blossom Fairy, seeing that there was no resolution, stood up, "Since Jiangg Xian’s whereabouts can’t be found, there’s no choice but to do as he says—prepare the ’ransom’ and redeem the people first."
This clash caused the most significant loss to Taizhen Sect, with six third-order strongmen captured. If they were all ’torn the ticket,’ Taizhen Sect would immediately suffer a significant loss of vitality.
This matter cannot be taken lightly.
Even if they wanted to capture Jiangg Xian, it would have to wait until after the six were ransomed back.
"I’ll go and prepare."
"Farewell."
The Peach Blossom Fairy stood up and left straightforwardly.
"Enough!"
"Enough!"
"Let’s ransom them first!"
The other four sects’ old ancestors saw this, frowned one by one, and had no choice but to leave with their own thoughts.
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