Chapter 1252 - 881: Phenomena Shake Kyoto

Zhang Chen stared blankly at Ji Feihua’s Ice Domain, appearing as if he was gazing at Ji Feihua’s naked body, akin to a perverted demonic rascal.

When Ji Feihua awoke, she witnessed this alarming scene, especially noticing an unfamiliar robe draped over her body, with all her inner clothes gone. She hurriedly pulled the robe tighter around herself, her face filled with panic as she looked at Zhang Chen, but she didn’t scream or shout.

"The cold within your body was too intense, freezing your clothes into powder. I had no choice but to use my robe to cover you. Your cold symptoms are resolved, and you are free to move now. Please check yourself carefully, and if everything is fine, let me know, then the treatment is over. Xie Lingyun’s clothes are beside you, please put them on." Zhang Chen spoke to Ji Feihua, then leisurely turned around.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s words, Ji Feihua was stunned, quickly sensing her body. In the next moment, her eyes sparkled like stars, followed by the rustling sounds from behind. "Thank you, I’ve dressed now, you can turn around," she said.

Ji Feihua’s voice was very soft, carrying an indescribable shyness.

"How is it?" Zhang Chen asked with a smile.

"Thank you! I must repay you. Is there anything you’ve been unable to accomplish? I will definitely help you with it." Ji Feihua said, her big eyes shining as she looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen smiled at her words, "You should go back first. Oh, and please present this invitation for me to the old master. I wish to visit the Elder Grandmaster."

Ji Feihua didn’t know Zhang Chen’s identity, nor was she aware of his troubles, so she accepted the invitation with a smile, "If you visit my home, I will certainly entertain you well. Since you wish to see my grandfather, leave it to me; I will handle it for you!"

Ji Feihua thanked him profusely and asked again, "Where is Commander Xie? I would like to thank her in person."

"Commander Xie is in closed-door cultivation. Oh right... take Big Black back with you. By now, Big Black should be awake as well." Zhang Chen seemed to remember something, turned, and went into the adjacent secret chamber. He picked up the Big Black Dog, sensing its Qi Mechanism had rapidly recovered, and handed it over to Ji Feihua.

As for why Zhang Chen didn’t keep the Big Black Dog around, it was simply too troublesome! Zhang Chen did not wish to keep it by his side to cause any further issues.

For him, the lower his profile, the better at the moment.

Of course, he had a more important reason he hadn’t mentioned, one that only he needed to know.

Besides, with the Peach of Immortality in his possession, if he needed Big Black Dog to do something in the future, could it refuse?

Big Black Dog, as an outsider card, was best kept out of sight. Zhang Chen attracted too much attention and many things could not be personally handled, all of which Big Black Dog could take care of.

"Is this Big Black? How did it become a little puppy?" Ji Feihua looked at the Heavenly Roaring Divine Monarch in Zhang Chen’s hand, her eyes showing a touch of bewilderment and disbelief, filled with astonishment.

"It’s him, indeed! But I made a deal with the Big Black Dog, and his power has considerably recovered. You must keep a close eye on him; he’s not like before. He’s a capable dog now. If he causes trouble, it’ll be a disaster that’s hard to handle." Zhang Chen warned Xie Lingyun earnestly.

As he spoke, Zhang Chen gave the dog’s head a vigorous rub, then smiled and bid farewell to Ji Feihua.

Ji Feihua gave Zhang Chen a respectful bow, then left with Zhang Chen’s invitation and the Heavenly Roaring Divine Monarch in her arms.

Watching Ji Feihua’s figure receding into the distance, a thoughtful look appeared in Zhang Chen’s eyes. Suddenly, a phenomenon shot up into the sky from afar. Five-colored auspicious clouds erupted from the Zhong Family’s residence, a strange fragrance filling the whole of Kyoto.

"Someone’s body is transforming, ready to step into the Tenth Tier!" Someone exclaimed within the Inspection and Supervision Department. The observer, knowledgeable in their insight, immediately recognized the origin of this phenomenon upon witnessing it.

"That direction is the Zhong Family. Could it be that the Zhong Family has someone breaking through to the Tenth Tier?" Another expert from the Inspection and Supervision Department stepped out, eyes on the towering colorful light, filled with surprise.

The people in the Inspection and Supervision Department engaged in lively discussion:

"The Zhong Family is likely to ascend to a higher level. This is a Tenth Tier expert, and they have advanced through cultivation, unlike those Tenth Tier deities. In the future, the Zhong Family’s influence in Kyoto will surely reach new heights."

"The birth of a Tenth Tier expert, and a practitioner at that, ensures a family’s prosperity for at least ten thousand years!"

"The Zhong Family is truly blessed to have such a figure achieving the Tenth Tier through cultivation. Apart from the Great Virtuous Master and Zhou Chuan, it’s unheard of for a human powerhouse in the Divine Land to reach such a level."

"The Zhong Family has produced a remarkable figure!"

...

Just as the people in the Inspection and Supervision Department were discussing fervently, suddenly from a secret chamber within, a colored light pierced through the walls and soared into the sky. That light majestically rose, seemingly able to illuminate the entire Kyoto, resonating with the distant Zhong Family mansion, yet the two continued their contention.

At this moment, an exotic fragrance permeated throughout the Inspection and Supervision Department, leaving everyone astonished as they raised their heads to look at the colored light in the sky, eyes filled with disbelief.

"Who is breaking through to the Tenth Tier?" someone asked.

"It’s Leader Xie Lingyun’s room, could it be Leader Xie also breaking through to the Tenth Tier?" someone recognized the direction of Xie Lingyun.

"Leader Xie is so young, how could he have such profound achievements? It definitely isn’t Leader Xie," someone voiced doubt, thinking it couldn’t be Xie Lingyun.

"I saw Leader Xie himself enter that room earlier; he is inside!" someone testified.

"Oh my God, could it really be that Leader Xie has broken through to the Tenth Tier? Leader Xie is certainly going to make it big in the future!" someone exclaimed.

"Oh my God, quickly safeguard Leader Xie, do not let anyone disturb Leader Xie!"

"All personnel in the Inspection and Supervision Department, be on high alert."

...

The Inspection and Supervision Department was immediately put in a state of strict vigilance, surrounding the entire department impenetrably.

Inner Palace

In a remote small pavilion

Dugu Qiu looked at the letter in his hand, a thoughtful expression in his eyes: "That boy finally decided to come to Kyoto? I’ve considered his identity issue long ago and secretly laid several years of groundwork, recruiting some ministers. However, such affairs are difficult to manipulate, and I need to find an opportunity to leave the palace to negotiate with him."

While pondering in his heart, suddenly from afar, a colored light soared into the sky, even the Dragon Qi in the Imperial City couldn’t overshadow the anomaly within it, illuminating the room with colorful glimmers. He quickly stepped out of the hall, looking in the direction of the soaring colored light: "That’s the aura of the Tenth Tier! Someone is breaking through to the Tenth Tier in Kyoto! And on the road of cultivation!"

Dugu Qiu’s eyes were filled with seriousness:

"That direction is... Zhong Family? Does someone in Zhong Family have such profound achievement, breaking through to the Tenth Tier within the Imperial City?"

"Now, I have an excuse to leave the palace!" Dugu Qiu’s brows slowly relaxed, but at this moment, a figure swiftly approached from afar: "The Emperor commands, an expert in cultivation has broken through to the Tenth Tier in the Imperial City. Chief Eunuch Dugu Qiu is ordered to swiftly verify."

"I accept the command." Dugu Qiu made a gesture of courtesy toward the Imperial Palace, and in the next instant, his figure flashed and disappeared in the Imperial City.

But as he left the Imperial City before heading to the Zhong Family, he saw a colored light soar up from the direction of the Inspection and Supervision Department as well, emitting a trace of the Tenth Tier’s Qi Mechanism.

"Hmm, someone in the Inspection and Supervision Department also breaking through to the Tenth Tier? Who could it be? The only people in the Inspection and Supervision Department who have made achievements on the road of cultivation are the Xie father and daughter; Xie Xuan just left the capital a few days ago. Could it be Xie Lingyun? But Xie Lingyun only cultivated for a few years, how could he break through to the Tenth Tier? Yet, aside from the Xie father and daughter, the Inspection and Supervision Department doesn’t have any Ninth Tier experts in the cultivation path!" Dugu Qiu froze momentarily, hesitated briefly but ultimately continued towards the Zhong Family.

Two colored lights soaring in the Imperial City immediately stirred the experts within the Imperial City, and at that moment, everyone watched the colorful Qi Mechanism within the Imperial City, boiling over with excitement.

Zhang Family in Kyoto

Zhang Gaqi and a handsome, meticulously dressed middle-aged man were sitting in the courtyard conversing, the atmosphere between them tense. Zhang Gaqi’s face was filled with anger, and the entire courtyard was suffused with an indescribable oppressive mood.

"It’s been four years, and there’s still no news of that bastard? Prince Pingbian has urged several times, and if we can’t find that brat’s whereabouts, we truly won’t be able to account to Prince Pingbian." The meticulously dressed middle-aged man spoke.

"Second Brother, do you really want to hand over Zhang Chen, send him to die for Prince Pingbian? He’s the Eldest Son left in the world by our elder brother!" Zhang Gaqi’s expression changed, his voice filled with fury.

"You should know what the Eight Great Clans rely on to survive safely until now, standing firm in the court! If the faction of Prince Pingbian chooses to align with the royal family, our Eight Great Clans would lose the biggest support, and then may face annihilation. The royal family of Great Victory will settle accounts with us, and tens of thousands of people in the Eight Great Clans will be wiped out. Would tens of thousands of lives not be worth the life of one person?" The meticulously dressed middle-aged man’s voice was full of authority: "It’s not only my family, children, but your son, your daughter, your father will all die!"

"To sacrifice tens of thousands for one person, tell me what choice to make? He’s just the Eldest Son of our elder brother, not the sole bloodline. Didn’t our elder brother leave a second son, who is raised in your mansion?" The middle-aged man said expressionlessly: "Besides, who told him to provoke Prince Pingbian, he brought this disaster upon himself!"

"Zhang Shenqi, do you still call that human speech?" Zhang Gaqi’s face changed drastically at the words, angrily rebuking.