Chapter 180 - Fire Spark Thievery (1/2)

Xiao Qin's head flew up while her other two heads contorted in horrified disbelief. The head on the left was about to yell and inform the higher-ups of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race outside of the secret realm but Zhong Yue's fist had already struck onto her mouth, crushing all of her teeth!

Then, his fist that struck on her mouth opened up and launched five Sword Qi that pierced through her whole head before splitting it open in half!

"High priest…."

The last remaining head shouted out but Zhong Yue turned around and pierced her last head as he shook his hand, unleashing the highly condensed power of five wheels to disintegrate her head into dust.

All it took was one wrong move for your bitter defeat. Your thoughts and will were continually disrupted and eroded with everything I said. Your visualization and techniques thus suffered as a result, leaving your ultimate ending to be only death.

Zhong Yue thought while he sheathed his sword while the Pan Ao Yuan Shen that was battling with the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen suddenly stopped moving and put up a vacant expression before being shredded apart and eaten by the Great Sun Golden Crow.

And most importantly, nothing I've said to you could ever be able to reach the ears of the concerned parties.

Zhong Yue summoned his back Yuan Shen and he ascended into the air, step after step, before landing on the ground outside of the secret realm and he said to Feng Shouzhu as he bowed, "Elder Feng, I did not let you down."

Feng Shouzhu nodded and he did not say much as he looked and said coldly to the high priest of Xiao Mang Celestial Race with an angry expression, "Senior Martial Brother Xiao, Xiao Chuqing is your daughter? Could you please tell me what is going on?"

The smile on the face of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's high priest stiffened up and he did not know what to say.

Feng Shui Zhu then continued saying coldly, "If she was disowned by the entire race, then there would be no problem, but if she was your daughter and was placed under our Swords Gate as a spy, then this is a huge problem!"

The high priest of Shan Shen Celestial Race smiled happily and said, "Senior Martial Brother Xiao is indeed cunning, sending your own daughter as a spy in the humans' Swords Gate and killing her so that you could blame the Swords Gate in order to ask for a huge compensation. What a wise and brutal plan, I have to say that you have my respect on this!"

His remarks were even worse as this was a dirty move pulled off by him, pinning the death of Xiao Chuqing straight on her own father, the high priest of Xiao Mang Celestial Race.

All of this was because of the perennial conflict between the Shan Shen and Xiao Mang Celestial Race, therefore, the Shan Shen Celestial would eagerly jump at the chance to throw salt on the wounds of the Xiao Mang Celestial whenever they had the chance.

The Shen Ya Celestial Race's high priest also said, "Xiao Chuqin's death might not be related to Senior Martial Brother Xiao, but some other factions that wanted to sit on the fence and wait for their chance as the humans and Xiao Mang Celestial Race fought together. However, Senior Martial Brother Xiao really did pull an irrational move as before you sent your daughter to the Swords Gate, you must have known that the Swords Gate would not allow something like this."

He too, would be more than happy to see the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's high priest swallow down his own bitterness, which was why he help the high priest of Xiao Mang Celestial Race and insulted him at the same time.

Then, the high priest of the Gui Shen Celestial Race said, "Senior Martial Brother Xiao has indeed crossed the line."

The high priest of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race humphed and argued back, "The allegation that Xiao Chuqing is my daughter are rumors from a mere young boy from the Swords Gate, and you people trust his words more than mine? She is not my daughter if I say she is not! Can anyone prove that she is my daughter?"

Everyone around him quietened down as no one spoke and the Shan Shen Celestial Race's high priest remained silent as well.

There was a huge gap between the identity and status of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's high priest's and Zhong Yue's. This gap was clearly seen in the weight that the high priest's words carried over Zhong Yue's, the latter seems like nothing more than a fart when placed against the former's. This was not to mention the statement Zhong Yue made just now was nothing more than just a guess.

Therefore, it would be no use even if Xiao Qin publicly admitted that Xiao Chuqing was the daughter of the high priest as no one would be able to force the high priest to admit it if he did not want to.

"Nicely done."

Out of the reach of everyone's eyesight, Feng Shouzhu secretly gave Zhong Yue a thumbs up as he whispered to him before he signaled Zhong Yue to leave. He also showed no sign of being affected by the incident where the high priest of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race denied that Xiao Chuqing was his daughter.

Zhong Yue had executed everything nicely and although the high priest did not admit it, anyone who was not blind to see anything could clearly see that the death of Xiao Chuqing had been placed on the entire Xiao Mang Celestial Race. Originally, the Xiao Mang Celestial Race had accused Swords Gate for her death. Armed with their justifications, no one would have been able to say anything even if they destroyed Swords Gate. However, because of Zhong Yue, everything was reset back to square one.

Then, Zhong Yue bowed and went back to join Qiu Jin'er and the others but he suddenly had goosebumps all over. He quickly turned and looked around, only to find the high priest of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race staring at him. He then thought, This shitty old fogie has finally decided to kill me!

Zuo Xiangsheng suddenly moved and stood in between him and the high priest to prevent any unscrupulous moves on the part of the high priest that could potentially harm Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen.

A grateful Zhong Yue then said softly, "Thank you, Hall Master Zuo."

"You and I are both Qi Practitioners of the Swords Gate and we are both on the same boat." replied Zuo Xiangsheng.

The same boat?

Zhong Yue asked himself as he felt that there were something else hidden behind the words of Zuo Xiangsheng. Similar to him, the spirit of Zuo Xiangsheng was also the sun spirit; however, it was not the Great Sun Golden Crow but rather, the Great Sun Fiery Crow. It may not be as strong as the Great Sun Golden Crow but Zuo Xiangsheng had managed to cultivate it to an extremely powerful level.