Chapter 1601 - Act Alone (1/2)

Qing Xiao’s large frame stood below Mirror Fragrance Cliff with an extremely cold expression.

Perhaps because he spent most of his time in the military camp and was used to death, he could still remain reasonable and calm after learning that his junior brothers and sisters had been beheaded.

He believed that Zhang Ruochen wasn’t the type to get taken over by anger, but things were different now…

“I’ll undo the Saint-binding Chain after the side effects from the Emotion Pills disappear completely,” Qing Xiao said.

“The Emotion Pill will only affect my emotions,” Zhang Ruochen said. “It won’t affect my mind. Are you all that unconfident in me?”

Qing Xiao, Blackie, and the Nine Heavenly Maiden didn’t dare to let Zhang Ruochen free, because if he went to the Yin and Yang Palace, they wouldn’t be able to stop him.

Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen laughed. “Do you really think that the Saint-binding Chain can restrict me?”

Saint-binding Chains mostly locked up a cultivator’s Holy Qi so that it couldn’t flow through his meridians. It could also lock his Spiritual Power so it couldn’t rush out of his body.

Thus, cultivators would lose the ability to fight back once chained up.

In order to bring Zhang Ruochen back, Blackie hadn’t only chained him up with the Saint-binding Chain. It had also used a secret technique to seal up Zhang Ruochen’s 144 apertures.

This way, his physical power would also be forced to its minimum.

Sizzle, sizzle.

Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and his skin alternated between blue and red. The sealed 144 apertures flashed in and out of sight.

“Oh, no! He’s actually using Divine Fire Jingmie to refine the seals I placed on the 144 apertures.”

Blackie rushed over immediately to fortify the seals.

“Too late!”

Zhang Ruochen roared and the seals were broken. Strands of blue fire spread out, wrapping around him as a fiery cloud.

Next, Zhang Ruochen’s body went from hundreds of feet tall to the size of a marble. This repeated three times and then there was a loud boom. The Saint-binding Chain around his body snapped into a dozen pieces.

Blackie, Qing Xiao, and the Nine Heavenly Maiden were all forced back by the wave of fire.

After the fire dissipated, everyone in the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo grew worried. They stared at the man in the center. No one could guess what he planned on doing.

Clearly, their worry was unnecessary.

Zhang Ruochen didn’t race toward the Yin and Yang Palace like a madman. Instead, he stood in place quietly as if thinking about something.

A moment later, Zhang Ruochen finally said, “Blackie, come with me to the Heavenly Capital Saint Market. Everyone else, stay in the dojo.”

“I want to go with you.” Ling Feiyu put away the Heaven-Burier Sword and shot to her feet.

“I want to go too.” Mu Lingxi also walked over with determined eyes.

The Nine Heavenly Maiden flashed and appeared before him. “Zhang Ruochen, the Yin and Yang Palace must be filled with traps now. You can’t be impulsive. This isn’t only your business. It’s also the business of Kunlun’s Field’s cultivators. How about you wait until everyone is here and plan for the long-term?”

“Junior Brother,” Qing Xiao said. “There were millions of Sacred Central Empire citizens behind you. They won’t want you to take risks like this. You’ll hurt your family and please your enemy.”

Zhang Ruochen stared at them one by one. “Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, Fifth Senior Sister, and dozens of Sacred Central Empire Saints have their saint souls sealed inside their skulls. They haven’t died yet. If I take the skulls back, I may be able to help them regrow a body.

“But if I continue waiting, Shang Ziyan will lose patience. The next step would be using the destruction of their saint souls to force me to appear.

“By then, I’ll have no choice but to fight with them.

“In that case, why should I continue waiting? I must hurry to the Heavenly Capital Saint Market and prepare beforehand. If I prepare well enough, I might be able to turn the tide and give them a hard hit.”

Seeing that Zhang Ruochen had clear logic and wasn’t overtaken by hatred, everyone was relieved. They also thought about his words.

Then Zhang Ruochen glanced at the Nine Heavenly Maiden and Qing Xiao. “This is my business,” he said. “I don’t need Kunlun cultivators to get involved. Go back to wherever you came from.”

The Nine Heavenly Maiden furrowed her slender brows. “Zhang Ruochen, they aren’t only your people. They’re also cultivators of Kunlun’s Field. Their heads are hanging on the gates of the Yin and Yang Palace. That is disgrace to Kunlun’s Field too. How can we not do anything?”

“They’re my junior brothers and sisters,” Qing Xiao said. “Now, they’re being tortured inhumanely, but you’re telling me to not get involved. Do you think it’s possible?”

“You can say that if you’re able to leave the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo.”

Zhang Ruochen rushed out as fast as lightning and crushed the s.p.a.ce transfer formation in the dojo with a stomp.

Then he and Blackie rushed toward the outside of the dojo.

“No, he doesn’t want us to take risks, so he wants to trap us here and act by himself.”

The Nine Heavenly Maiden realized this instantly. She extended her left hand and it transformed into a dark vine to stop Zhang Ruochen.

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