Chapter 136: The Saint Heir of God Slaughter Hall, Yan Ji

Chapter 136: Chapter 136: The Saint Heir of God Slaughter Hall, Yan Ji

"Lan Bing and I will be leading a team to the Tengxing Grand Assembly, so we’ll have to leave this matter to you," Jing’an said.

"This Tengxing Grand Assembly thing cooked up by the Six Sects and Eight Gates of the Eastern Domain... frankly, it wouldn’t matter if we didn’t go." Che Dagui’s massive frame was squeezed into his chair, flesh spilling over the sides, and his voice boomed to match. "Those old Sects have long lost their edge. They let a single Red Blood Mansion grow so powerful that it’s now a thorn in their side they can’t remove."

"I’ve dealt with people from the Lingyun Sect before. Honestly, what the Lingyun Sect did to our lord and his lineage is truly chilling."

Jing’an waved his hand, cutting off Che Dagui’s complaints. "Our lord will handle these matters personally when he returns. Lan Bing and I must attend this Tengxing Grand Assembly. Compared to the Lingyun Sect and the other Sects, the Red Blood Mansion is the one with a blood feud against our lord. So, if we can mediate and push the Six Sects and Eight Gates to unite against the Red Blood Mansion, it will make our lord’s revenge much easier in the future."

Che Dagui grinned. "Brother Jing, you have a point. In that case, why don’t we have the third and fourth brothers take their Mercenary Corps during the Tengxing Grand Assembly and wipe out all of the Red Blood Mansion’s strongholds except for the one on Three Mountains Island? After all, Bufan has already figured out everything the Red Blood Mansion has."

Ji Bufan shook his head. "Their two Mercenary Corps won’t be enough. The Red Blood Mansion is stronger than you think—stronger than even the Six Sects and Eight Gates imagine. Unless the Six Sects and Eight Gates can truly form a selfless, trusting alliance to fight the Red Blood Mansion together, we’d only be treating the symptoms, not the root cause."

"It’s such a good opportunity. We can’t just do nothing, can we?" Che Dagui said huffily.

"Starting today, the Dark Night Envoys will not accept any new missions for three months. I will mobilize all our members to assassinate members of the Red Blood Mansion," Ying Xiao declared immediately.

"In that case, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to muddy the waters a bit more first," Ji Bufan said after a long moment of contemplation.

"Then give me a list. I’ll attack the Noble Families and merchant guilds affiliated with the Red Blood Mansion on the commercial front," Che Dagui said.

Ji Bufan shook his head, as did Jing’an and Lan Bing simultaneously.

Jing’an said, "Now is not the time. Your business network is too vast. If you push the Red Blood Mansion into a corner, they’ll resort to direct force, and you’ll be completely overwhelmed. Ying Xiao, Yisheng, and Qi Biao can all target the Red Blood Mansion, but you and Bufan cannot."

"If I’d known, I would have formed a Mercenary Corps back then, too," Che Dagui said.

"Dagui, are you questioning our lord?" Lan Bing shot him a glare and snapped.

Che Dagui squeezed a smile onto his fat face, his eyes disappearing into slits. "Second Brother, how could you say that? Why would I ever question our lord’s decision!"

Jing’an waved his hand and said to Che Dagui, "The eight of us were ordered by our lord to develop our respective fields. We’ve only achieved what we have today by helping each other all these years. The eight of us are branches of the same tree. We flourish together and we fall together. Don’t say things like that again."

Che Dagui gave an awkward laugh.

Just then, all eight of them fell silent at once, looks of shock appearing in their eyes.

After a long moment, they snapped out of their shock.

Che Dagui, in particular, burst out laughing. "So our lord has had another great breakthrough! He’s actually reached the Divine Separation Realm! HAHA! Now I can finally go after the Red Blood Mansion’s businesses, right?"

"Wait, don’t be hasty. Since our lord has broken through, he’ll probably return to summon us soon," Liu Yicai said.

...

While the eight of them were meeting in Mr. Hong’s Auction House in the Shuoyue Capital City, an unexpected guest arrived at the Red Blood Mansion’s main hall on Three Mountains Island.

If this person hadn’t appeared, Yan Qi and his son might have already forgotten all about him and the promise they had made.

Ever since he had died and been resurrected, Yan Ji’s Cultivation had progressed as if he were cheating. In just three years, he not only stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm, but even advanced to the Soul Emergence Realm a month ago.

In the two years since the Spiritual Qi Revival, Yan Qi had begun to act with even greater arrogance, partly because of the rapid improvement in Yan Ji’s talent and Cultivation.

Yan Qi often boasted to the Red Blood Mansion Elders that with Yan Ji’s current ability, no one in the entire younger generation of the Eastern Domain could possibly compare to him.

’That Chu Fan, the former number one prodigy of the Eastern Domain... even if he were still alive, he wouldn’t be worthy of carrying Yan Ji’s shoes when it came to talent.’

Moreover, with the current revival of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the path for Cultivators would become much wider, allowing them to go much further in the future.

With Yan Ji’s current talent, his future achievements would certainly surpass his own. Therefore, he had to take advantage of the current chaos in the world to build a sufficient foundation for his son.

Once his son had matured, he would surely lead the Red Blood Mansion to even greater heights. The title of number one Sect in the Eastern Domain could no longer satisfy Yan Qi’s ambition.

At that moment, Yan Qi looked at his son, who was sitting before him, with great admiration.

"Son, I’ve received news. On the eighth day of the first month, three months from now, the Six Sects and Eight Gates will hold the Tengxing Grand Assembly at the Cyan Cloud Sect. You are only twenty-nine. I want you to attend and thoroughly crush the spirit of their younger generation."

"Without Chu Fan, the Six Sects and Eight Gates are nothing. There’s no point in attending that so-called Tengxing Grand Assembly," Yan Ji said with a hint of arrogance.

"No!" Yan Qi shook his head, stood up, and clasped his hands behind his back. He looked up at the sky and said, "My purpose in having you attend the Tengxing Grand Assembly is to make the Six Sects and Eight Gates understand that they can’t possibly fight our Red Blood Mansion. Whether now or in the future, they will have no choice but to live in our shadow."

Yan Ji smiled. "I understand your meaning, Father. You want me to shatter their hopes for the future generation. But they’re using the Tengxing Grand Assembly to discuss an alliance against our Red Blood Mansion. Will I even be able to go?"

"Since I’m telling you to go, of course I’ve considered everything. I hear that the youngest disciple of the Zi Wu Gate’s Great Elder, Liu Huaguang, is none other than Chen Qi’an—the one you killed three years ago. Back then, Chu Fan helped Chen Qi’an stage a ’golden cicada sheds its shell’ escape. I have no idea what he offered the Zi Wu Gate to make that old fool Liu Huaguang accept Chen Qi’an, who was already past the optimal age for Foundation Establishment. I’ve also heard that this Chen Qi’an’s talent in recent years has been anything but ordinary."

"Father, I will kill him with my own hands to avenge what happened back then."

"You, This One has other arrangements for." Just as the father and son were speaking, an extremely unpleasant voice rang out in the courtyard.

The pair immediately went on high alert, terrified. Then, they saw a black cloak materialize out of thin air and slowly walk toward them.

"Yan Qi greets you, Senior." Yan Qi hastily bowed. ’This person whose face I can’t see is simply too powerful. Besides, didn’t he save my son?’

Yan Ji also bowed hastily.

The black-cloaked figure gave a slight nod. "This One recalls making you agree to a promise when I resurrected him. Today is the day to fulfill that promise."

"There was indeed a promise. My son and I will naturally fulfill it. Please instruct us, Senior," Yan Qi said respectfully.

"This One has a disciple who founded a power in the Central Domain. Yan Ji’s talent is passable in This One’s eyes. To leave him in the Eastern Domain would be a waste. Therefore, This One has come to take him to the Central Domain. Although this is to have you fulfill your promise, I will not have you and your son fight and die for me. That Sect is several times more powerful than your Red Blood Mansion. I will give him the position of Saint Heir. Is that sufficient?" the black-cloaked figure said slowly.

After hearing this, the eyes of Yan Qi and his son filled with joyful surprise.

’We thought it would be some humiliating promise, but we never expected such a wonderful opportunity!’

’Doesn’t this mean that the real reason this person saved Yan Ji was because he saw his talent?’

Yan Ji felt even better about himself now, the excitement in his eyes practically overflowing.

Yan Qi, however, was thinking further. ’A power in the Central Domain, several times stronger than the Red Blood Mansion, and my son is going to be its Saint Heir... doesn’t that mean the Red Blood Mansion has just gained an even more powerful backer?’

"Senior, may I ask the name of that Sect?"

"The God Slaughter Hall!"