Chapter 325: Inheritance of the Big Dipper (2/2)
”That is a damn good plan!” Green Spirit scolded in a low voice.
”All right, cut out this chitchat and let's just arrange these things before us. Why not give them a surprise since they are trying to make trouble for me?” Zhou Bao's vision became piercingly cold. ”This time, I must be well-prepared since they will try to hold me up on my way back. After all, there are others, like Yunfei, along with me. It is kind of troubling, but I can solve it.”
”Now, What are you going to do?”
”I will absolutely go there to see what they are capable of since I know that they will come after me. But I won't take others, like Yunfei, with me. Besides, even though they are staying here, they still need protection. I will contact Wang She and ask for his help. With his help, those guys from the Li dynasty will definitely fail no matter how good they are!”
”Are you so confident with that guy?”
”The hidden advantages of Wang She might be stronger than ours. That guy loves to hide and always plans in advance. He wouldn't suffer a defeat!” Zhou Bao said, ”I will arrange for others to go with me in order to lower their guard!”
”Um, that is a nice idea. But you must be careful about Ye Qingtian. What if he is also someone with great luck like you? His cultivation is over Level Nine at an age of no more than 20. Hey, that was rare even in my era. I would be the first one to not believe it if I was told that he didn't have great luck!”
”Don't worry, I am the one fearing death, so I will take it carefully!” Zhou Bao nodded.
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At noon, three days later.
In front of the Grand Mansion Gate of the Zhou family in Qingyang Market, it was noisy with the hubbub of voices and extremely busy.
A bunch of people from the Zhou family came out from their big house, which caused a crowd of Qingyang Market to gather. It seemed that Zhou Bao would go back to his territory in the northwest with his wife, the princess.
The princess had gotten married, and especially, the favorite daughter of the emperor had gotten married. All of the corresponding etiquette and standards were supreme. Therefore, the dowry alone had installed 20 big carts. And the servants, eunuchs, and maids granted by the Imperial Court had reached four to five hundred in total. Of course, all of these people would not go to Zhou Bao's territory at one time. In fact, some of them would be on their way to Zhou Bao's territory already in order to make preparations for Zhou Bao and Yan Yunfei's arrival.
The people who set off together would only be about 100 this time and they would take care of Yan Yunfei and Zhou Bao along the way, which was an established practice and was a so-called ritual that could not be abolished.
Because all kinds of trifles needed to be arranged in advance, they went out after breakfast. It was not prepared until the afternoon. Then they started moving toward the northwest. Over 10 big carts and almost 100 people went toward the west in a grandiose fashion.
There was not one accident on the first day, nor on the second day. Everything seemed peaceful over the following days until the 10th day, when the fleet had just arrived at a place over 500 miles away from Dragon-pressing River. And it was exactly at that time that Zhou Bao, the poker-faced man riding on a horse, finally smiled.
That was because the assassins were already here.
Pulling on the bridle, Zhou Bao beckoned the fleet to stop.
A slender man in white stood in front of the road with a gentle face, full of mystery. Putting his hands behind him, he glared at the fleet from a long distance as if the mystery of the world was engulfed in his deep and profound eyes. Anyone with a weak spirit would fall into it with one simple glance.
Zhou Bao's eyes were born to possess Divine Sense and were immune to the eccentric eyes, so he did not get affected. But those who came with him were different. Although it was far away, they were still enchanted by his fantastical eyes, just standing there stupidly with their eyes becoming blank.
”It shouldn't be like this. Something is wrong, the spirit of this guy isn't right!” The psywave of Green Spirit passed on to him at that moment. ”Why is this guy's Qi so eccentric?”
”Do you feel something?”
”It is kind of familiar to me. I am sure it is extremely dangerous!” The psywave of Green Spirit was full of discretion and doubt. ”Boy, be careful. This guy must have the inheritance from one of the great emperors of antiquity times. That is why he made me feel that he is dangerous. I went to a meeting of the Heavenly Court once in antiquity times, and some great emperors with excellent cultivation attended as well. The spirit of one of them is similar to that of this guy. But I was not qualified to meet that influential great emperor at that time, therefore I can't offer a judgment about whom this guy has inherited from!”
”Does such a place like the Ancient Celestial Court really exist?”
”There was a Heavenly Court in antiquity times just like now. Otherwise, how would someone belong to the current Heavenly Court?” Green Spirit smiled coldly and said, ”But you should be careful if this guy really has inherited something from the Great Ancient Emperor. He might have a fairy weapon besides the Pure Yang Celestial Device!”
”A fairy weapon? Crazy! Then what should I do now?”
”Don't worry about it. His cultivation isn't high enough to control a fairy weapon!”
Zhou Bao gradually calmed down upon hearing this.
”Are you Zhou Bao?” Staring at Zhou Bao in the distance, Ye Qingtian suddenly interrupted the communication between Zhou Bao and Green Spirit. ”No wonder you have a high cultivation at such a young age. It turns out that you have a Demon Spirit from antiquity times!”
”Good judgment!” Zhou Bao's eyes flashed. Let alone a Level Nine expert like Wang She, experts in the Mysterious Realm from the Mingyi School, did not know that he had Green Spirit. But Ye Qingtian discovered that with just one simple glance, so he did have a kind of excellent ability.
”Humph, I don't know how many people this Demon Spirit has killed from antiquity times to be able to survive until now. Zhou Bao, hand it over to me and let me destroy it, and I will let you live!”
”What?” At first, Zhou Bao thought that he had heard him wrong and was momentarily distracted. Then, he stared at that guy in white named Ye Qingtian, blinking his eyes fiercely and laughed suddenly. ”Where does this lunatic come from? You have a lot of nerve to act drunk in front of me. Just leave quickly, otherwise, you will get yourself killed!”
”Oh, this damn kid is so disgusting just like those guys at that time. Sh*t, boy, beat him and maliciously kill him!”
Green Spirit was infuriated, the psywave transmitted to Zhou Bao's mind was turbulent like a wave. ”Boy, go and kill him. I will tell you the method of cultivating spirit so that you can refine your Poisonous Hitching Post. Damn, this guy deserves to die. Destroy his spirit, eliminate his theory, and leave him no chance to live forever!”
Zhou Bao rolled his eyes and a thread of a smile flashed at the corners of his mouth as he said to Ye Qingtian, ”Why are you still here? Do you really want me to kill you!”
Ye Qingtian smiled as well. Although these two were different in age, personality, and the way that they behaved, they had one thing in common, which was confidence. They were both very confident and believed they could overcome any obstacle in front of them, even though the adversary was at same level as themselves.
”Zhou Bao of Yunzhou, you are really deserving of your reputation. I didn't believe it when I heard that you fought with the Mingyi School alone, but now it seems it is the truth. Even though you are still not my match, if you just give me the Demon Spirit, then maybe I can let you go!”
”Humph. I know that you have inherited something from the Great Ancient Emperor and fought against five Level Nine experts of the Star River Ashram alone, but does that mean something? You wouldn't be my match until you step into the Mysterious Realm. Do you really think that you are invincible because you have an inheritance from the Great Ancient Emperor?” Zhou Bao sneered.
”Is that so?” Ye Qingtian's smile was withdrawn. An enormous spirit emanated from his body and then the essence of the world around became agitated like a monstrous wave above the sea.
”How splendid the Internal Qi is!” Zhou Bao frowned and his expression became strange.
The Internal Qi that erupted from Ye Qingtian surprised him, but that was it.
”It seems that he also knows how to practice acupoints and possesses more than one acupoints, but not much more. Except for Dantian, he just has practiced two acupoints. And those two acupoints are already much better than ordinary people's.”
”Damn, I know who he inherits from—the Big Dipper Emperor. If I am not mistaken, he has practiced three of the Seven Apertures of the Big Dipper and has hidden his strength, so maybe he has practiced four acupoints, and even all the Seven Apertures of the Big Dipper are open. But it doesn't matter, it is no big deal even if he has practiced all Seven Apertures of the Big Dipper. Your Real Dragon's Nine Acupoints are two acupoints more than his. Besides, your Internal Qi's quality isn't worse than his. Wait! His Internal Qi...!”
Green Spirit became shocked suddenly as if he had felt the strangeness of Ye Qingtian's Internal Qi. Then, he shouted weirdly, ”The Star River Essential Qi, it is the Star River Essential Qi. Boy, be careful, the quality of his Internal Qi isn't worse than yours, and your Real Essence's quality seems equal. You do have a real adversary today!”
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