Chapter 555 - 270: Achieving Fame in One Battle! Shaking Yunzhou

Chapter 555: Chapter 270: Achieving Fame in One Battle! Shaking Yunzhou

’But the problem is, how could I possibly have it?’

Chen Sheng chuckled inwardly but quickly understood Nie Xiangjun’s hidden meaning.

She was afraid that after he established himself as one of Yunzhou’s top prodigies, other factions would try to win him over.

"Senior, rest assured. I will never betray Lingxi."

Understanding her intention, Chen Sheng immediately gave his promise.

Nie Xiangjun smiled. After offering a bit of advice, she changed the subject and praised him.

"Well done. You performed exceptionally in that battle. With your strength, you’re more than qualified to rank in the top twenty of the Dragon and Tiger List."

"The top twenty?"

Chen Sheng’s eyes narrowed.

"Don’t underestimate the top twenty. The Dragon and Tiger List includes the greatest prodigies from all Twelve Provinces of the Central Plains. Those who make it into the top twenty are, without exception, the core True Inheritors or future Young Masters of major factions.

As for the top ten, most are direct descendants of Immortal Sects—people like the Daoist Sect’s Saint Heir or the Buddhist Sect’s Buddha’s Son. In fact, most of the top ten prodigies on the Dragon and Tiger List don’t even participate in the Martial Examination.

After all, it’s just a grand event held by the imperial court, so it’s impossible for every hero in the world to attend. With your cultivation, if you could break through to the late stage of the Profound Mastery realm, you might even have a chance at taking first place."

Nie Xiangjun said helplessly.

’Does he really think the top twenty on the Dragon and Tiger List is nothing?’

It’s a gathering of geniuses from the entire Central Plains.

Currently, the Nie Family’s most outstanding genius below the Golden Core realm was only ranked in the thirties.

Chen Sheng smiled. He wasn’t particularly obsessed with rankings and changed the subject.

"Will there be any trouble since I severely injured Yikong?"

"You didn’t kill him, so what trouble could there be?"

Nie Xiangjun shook her head.

"There are constant open and hidden struggles among the major factions. Besides, he was the one who initiated the challenge. Even if he were crippled, he would have brought it on himself.

Besides, you have the Nie Family backing you. Unless the Celestial Dragon Temple wants to completely tear off all pretenses of peace, they’ll have no choice but to swallow this loss."

"Senior, aren’t you forgetting the Government Office?"

Chen Sheng said with a chuckle.

’If she attributes my backing solely to the Nie Family, her intentions are a little too obvious.’

Nie Xiangjun’s tone faltered, and she cleared her throat with a couple of soft coughs.

"The Government Office is also made up of people. The Nie Family not only has roots in Yunzhou but also holds some influence in the central imperial court.

As for that Chu Zhengnan, don’t think too highly of him.

I’m sure you can see that after he failed to recruit you for the Chu Family, he began using you as a weapon. Otherwise, Celestial Dragon Temple and Dragon Tiger Mountain might never have come knocking."

"I understand."

Chen Sheng nodded and said no more.

But only he knew what he was truly thinking.

"Alright, enough chatter. The business in Ning’an is settled, so it’s time I returned to the family. Do you have any message for me to pass on to Lingxi?"

’The Ning’an affair is over, but the matters concerning Nanzhao and the Profound Yin Valley are not. I have to return to the family.’

"In that case, Senior, please help me deliver this letter to Lingxi."

Chen Sheng took a letter from his sleeve and handed it to her, then added,

"Oh, and could I ask Senior for a favor?"

"Speak."

Nie Xiangjun nodded.

"Could I ask the Nie Family to help me investigate the whereabouts of the Cyan Yang Demon Fire?"

Chen Sheng said seriously.

The Nine Nether Demon Fire was the key to suppressing Yikong today, and it had now become one of his most powerful Divine Techniques.

And that was with the power it gained from simply assimilating the Blood Spirit Demon Fire.

If he could also assimilate the Cyan Yang Demon Fire, forging it into a supreme Divine Technique capable of slaying even a Pill Realm Grandmaster, just how powerful would it become?

Chen Sheng was quite looking forward to it.

If this Divine Technique succeeded, he would fear no one below the Pill Realm!

"Alright."

Nie Xiangjun did not refuse and nodded in agreement.

Afterward, she bid farewell to Nie Xuanfeng and quietly left Ning’an Prefecture City.

After Nie Xiangjun departed, Li Qianzhou, Xie Jingze, and the others who had been waiting for a long time came to pay their respects, their words full of admiration and praise for Chen Sheng.

Additionally, upon learning that Chen Sheng had returned and single-handedly suppressed Yikong of the Celestial Dragon Temple, the Sect Leader of the Iron Sword Sect, the Sect Leader of the Danxia Sect, and the Ning’an Wang Family Master also rushed over to pay their respects.

For a time, the scene was incredibly lively.

.....

「At the same time.」

After the conclusion of the battle in Ning’an Prefecture City,

news of the event spread rapidly as the spectating Jianghu Martial Artists dispersed.

In an instant, all of Ning’an was in an uproar.

Many people were quite regretful that they had not been able to witness it firsthand.

When the True Inheritors from the Celestial Dragon Temple, Dragon Tiger Mountain, and Vast Sea Sect had arrived in Ning’an, everyone knew they had come for Chen Sheng.

Because of this, many people had been eager to see a spectacular fight.

But no one could have imagined that this so-called great battle would end so quickly.

And as the news spread, it wasn’t just Ning’an that was shaken.

Everywhere the news reached, it created a massive stir.

From the central prefectures of Yunzhou, to the prefectures of the Southern Border, it eventually spread across the tens of thousands of miles of Yunzhou’s territory.

Suddenly, the name Chen Sheng was on everyone’s lips.

The reason was simple.

The battle had been too shocking.

Monk Yikong was the core True Inheritor of the Celestial Dragon Temple, a top prodigy ranked in the top fifty of the Dragon and Tiger List, and was even considered the face of the temple’s younger generation.

It was no exaggeration to say that before this, Monk Yikong enjoyed a tremendous reputation throughout Yunzhou.

Yet, he had been defeated in a single move.

If Chen Sheng hadn’t held back, he might have even been killed on the spot.

The shock of his defeat was as great as the praise he had once received.

It was as if all the praise Yikong had accumulated over the past decade had been turned into fuel for Chen Sheng’s rise to fame in a single day.

The same was true for Li Chengyin of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

He was also a core True Inheritor of Dragon Tiger Mountain, a disciple who represented the face of his sect.

But his performance had been even more pathetic than Yikong’s.

Yikong had at least challenged Chen Sheng directly. Though losing in one move was humiliating, he had at least fought. Li Chengyin, however, didn’t even dare to make a move and simply turned and left.

In the eyes of many, Li Chengyin’s cowardly refusal to fight had completely destroyed Dragon Tiger Mountain’s prestige.

This wasn’t just a simple case of cowardice, either.

If it had been merely avoiding a fight, people might have thought Li Chengyin was a disgrace, but one could also argue it was a wise move.

The problem was, before all this...

...Chen Sheng had personally annihilated Qingfeng Temple, a subordinate branch of Dragon Tiger Mountain!

Now, all the major factions were watching to see how the Celestial Dragon Temple and Dragon Tiger Mountain would retaliate.

In the end, both Dragon Tiger Mountain and the Celestial Dragon Temple made no major moves, merely sending their young disciples to handle it.

Sending young disciples was one thing.

The crucial part was that Li Chengyin had ultimately made a colossal mess of things, completely disgracing Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Even Li Chengyin himself hadn’t expected his cowardice to cause such an uproar. After returning to his sect, he even began to regret his decision.

’If I’d known this would happen, I would have rather been seriously injured by Chen Sheng.’

’I may be uninjured now, but the sect’s reputation has been utterly ruined!’

In comparison, Wei Jing’s concession of defeat didn’t cause much of a stir.

However, this lack of attention left a bitter taste in Wei Jing’s mouth.

It was a clear sign of the huge gap between him and the likes of Li Chengyin and Monk Yikong.

Hardly anyone was even discussing him.

Devastated, Wei Jing chose to enter his sect’s forbidden grounds for secluded cultivation and made a solemn vow.

He would not emerge until he was confident he could defeat Chen Sheng!

And when he did, he would take back everything he had lost!

Just as Nie Xiangjun had predicted,

Chen Sheng had made a name for himself in a single battle, his reputation shaking all of Yunzhou.

Before this battle, although many factions already considered him a Martial Dao genius for getting on the Dragon and Tiger List,

his name was always preceded by a prefix: the Nie Family’s son-in-law.

But now, that prefix before Chen Sheng’s name had vanished without a trace.

The name "Blood Yama" Chen Sheng now thoroughly resounded across Yunzhou.

On the Dragon and Tiger List, Chen Sheng leaped from fifty-second place to twenty-sixth.

Then, as the various rumors and reports intensified, Chen Sheng seemed to gain a new title.

The number one of Yunzhou’s younger generation.

Yunzhou’s number one prodigy!

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