Chapter 1827 - A Nine-step Saint King Kneeling (1/2)

Kong Hongbi and two of the Ming Hall’s one hundred and eight Saint Generals—Guo Song and Yuan Che—sat close to the main door. Although their cultivation bases were strong, there were no weaklings in Tianjue Pavilion.

Therefore, the three of them were not particularly conspicuous.

All these years, Kong Hongbi had suffered plenty of setbacks, and his defiant personality had seemingly transformed a lot as he spoke with a serious face. “There are too many strong folks in the Eastern Region Holy city, and it’s a dangerous place. We better hurry to Yunwu Commandery, and not stay here for a long time.”

Guo Song whispered, “Sir, are you really that willing to hand the G.o.dstone to Zhang Ruochen?”

After breaking through the realm of a Saint King, Kong Hongbi was promoted to the Deputy Hall Master of the Ming Hall.

He was already one of the powerful persons in Ming Hall.

Kong Hongbi was naturally very reluctant. One needed to know that the first time he saw Zhang Ruochen, the latter was as weak as a flea. Who would have thought that Zhang Ruochen would be so powerful now? He was like an insurmountable divine mountain, blocking Kong Hongbi’s path and leaving him to only look upward.

Yuan Che smiled and came up with an idea. “Why don’t we hide the G.o.dstone and say that it was taken away by the cultivators from another realm. Now that the Ming Hall needs all the manpower it has, the Saint Lord will definitely not punish us heavily.”

“That will work. The Ming Hall’s G.o.dstone should never be handed to an outsider,” Guo Song said in a righteous tone.

“You think the Saint Lord is so gullible?”

Kong Hongbi stared at Yuan Che and Guo Song before he slowly said, “Zhang Ruochen may not have seen a G.o.dstone yet.”

“What do you mean?” Guo Song and Yuan Che asked at the same time.

“Even for me, this was the first time I saw a G.o.dstone. Legend has it that Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation had reached a rather terrifying level, but it happened in a very short period of time. His acc.u.mulation of knowledge is far from comparable to that of mine. There is a possibility that he may have not seen a G.o.dstone before,” Kong Hongbi said.

Yuan Che let out a contemplative look as he smiled. “Understood, so Deputy Hall Master, you mean that we hand Zhang Ruochen a fake G.o.dstone since he won’t recognize it. But, it won’t be easy to do fake it. After all, Zhang Ruochen is not a fool.”

Kong Hongbi replied, “In this world, there is a kind of unusual stone called the G.o.dlight Stone. This stone is born from a place where a G.o.d had fallen. The G.o.dlight Stone is very similar to the G.o.dstone, but the difference in their value was like the gap between Heaven and Earth.

“So, we will use the G.o.dlight Stone in place of the G.o.dstone to give it to Zhang Ruochen. Brilliant, Deputy Hall Master, your idea is simply brilliant.” Yuan Che laughed in a flattering manner.

A self-satisfied smile unwittingly formed at the corner of Kong Hongbi’s mouth. “Previously, I went to the Black Market just to purchase the G.o.dlight Stone. Let’s go, we’ll head to Yunwu Commandery now, and hand it to Zhang Ruochen, so that the Shengming Crown Prince would be happy for nothing. He must be dreaming to get his hands on our Ming Hall items.”

Before Kong Hongbi and the others could even leave Tianjue Pavilion, they were stopped by Hua Cangying.

“Sirs, how about we have a talk in one of the private rooms upstairs?”

With a smile on his face, Hua Cangying made a gesture of invitation.

Kong Hongbi frowned as he said, “We don’t seem to know one another, though?”

“Won’t we get to know each other after the get-together?” Hua Cangying asked.

Kong Hongbi knew that his opposite number was a very powerful person, so he dared not offend him. So, while he joined hands in a salute, he said, “Thank you for your nice intentions. But I still have some important business to attend to, we can get together next time.”

As he said that, Kong Hongbi walked around Hua Cangying toward the exit.

When walking past Hua Cangying, be it Kong Hongbi, Yuan Che or Guo Song felt extremely nervous, and their hearts were beating faster.

For Hua Cangying to invite them into the private room upstairs, it was definitely not something good.

Could it be that Hua Cangying knew that they were carrying a G.o.dstone on them?

Hua Cangying wore a strange smile as the White Bone Hand in his hand gently flapped. Suddenly, a dark wind swept past Kong Hongbi, Yuan Che, and Guo Song.

“Sh*t.”

Kong Hongbi’s expression changed suddenly, and just as he was about to escape, the scene before his eyes underwent an earth-shaking changes.

The skies darkened and dark winds bellowed as a unit of white-bone soldiers surrounded the three of them as they bellowed a thunderous roar before charging toward them.

In the clouds, Hua Cangying’s figure appeared, standing hundreds of feet tall and looking down at them like a giant.

“Where do you three think you are going?”

Hua Cangying stretched out a pale white bone arm and pressed it on their heads as he was about to capture them.

Kong Hongbi, Yuan Che, and Guo Song were extremely fearful. They wanted to resist, but Hua Cangying’s powerful cultivation had suppressed them and rendered them immobile.

“Shatter.”

At this moment, a loud voice rang out.

Suddenly, the roiling clouds and tens of thousands of white-bone soldiers all disappeared.

Kong Hongbi, Yuan Che, and Guo Song felt the pressure on their body lightened as they looked around, and found that they were still inside Tianjue Pavilion. Clearly, Hua Cangying had used a spiritual attack to send them into a mirage world.

Someone had saved them.

Kong Hongbi and his entourage looked at the man who had saved them as they gaze landed on Xie Chengzi.

Hua Cangying too glared at Xie Chengzi, and the anger in his heart was irrepressible. “Enough is enough. Why do you go against me every single time?”

Xie Chengzi said, “My Lord is inviting them to go to his private room upstairs for a get-together.”

Hua Cangying faced off against Xie Chengzi as he said, “There’s the etiquette of first and seconds. I invited them first.”

“So, this means that we can only fight to determine who they belong to?” Xie Chengzi sneered.