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Chapter 1846 - 1840: I Knew You Were No Good
"Let us all raise our glasses together, thank the noble members of the Sunset Sect for defeating the Xingyu Empire, reclaiming the lands, treasures, and dignity that rightfully belong to us!"
The Emperor of Shenxiao Empire raised his glass high at the victory banquet and bowed deeply to Zhang Menglong and others.
"Thank you, noble members of the Sunset Sect!" The civil and military officials of Shenxiao Empire also raised their glasses, then drank the fine wine in one gulp.
The people from Sunset Sect brought them immense shock, winning so quickly was something they had never experienced before. This time, not only did they strike a huge blow against the Xingyu Empire, leaving them unable to compete with Shenxiao Empire for a long time to come.
At the same time, obtaining that moment of the Divine Tree would allow Shenxiao Empire’s overall national strength to surge in a short period; by the time Xingyu Empire recovers, Shenxiao Empire would already be on a completely different level.
The entire banquet hall was submerged in a celebration of victory, except for Qi Congyun!
"What kind of monsters are these people!" Qi Congyun muttered while stuffing his face and eyeing all the intern disciples with a sneaky look, as if he wanted to dissect them for research.
After the battle, he immediately asked the Emperor of Shenxiao Empire to make a copy of the war footage. Each battle’s footage serves as the best catalyst for the younger generation in Shenxiao Empire, so they recorded every war’s content.
Qi Congyun saw the most unbelievable thing of his life!
Sixteen Divine Veins, such a frightening gift has never before appeared since the birth of the continent; he even activated two Divine Veins while in the First-grade Divine Cultivation Realm, directly earning a spot to advance to the Dao Realm. Awakening two Divine Veins nearly means he would be at least twice as strong as ordinary Martial Artists in the Dao Realm!
Next, he discovered Zhang Menglong had already comprehended the Nine Nether Sunset Art to the second layer!
He still remembers when Zhang Menglong came out of the Sunset River and told him that he had learned it. At the time, he thought this meant comprehending the first layer, but he never imagined Zhang Menglong had retained so much!
Even he, Qi Congyun, had not comprehended this second layer!
With these two trump cards, Zhang Menglong treated the direct disciples of the Divine Profound Hall like dogs, dispatching them at lightning speed, without giving them any chance to fight back!
Then came the most shocking scene, more than 8000 intern disciples simultaneously showcased the second layer of the Nine Nether Sunset Art, which not only shocked him but also filled him with envy and even some self-doubt.
"Elder Qi, why aren’t you eating? This roast meat is quite tasty!" Seeing Qi Congyun looking silent, Zhang Menglong took the initiative to strike up a conversation.
"Don’t talk to me!" Qi Congyun suddenly displayed a childish tantrum, "You actually kept so much from me! What, trying to play a pig to eat a tiger in front of me, huh?"
"Hehehe, I wouldn’t dare," Zhang Menglong chuckled, "You never asked me, so I thought I’d give you a surprise?"
"Is this a surprise? It’s a shock!" Qi Congyun said, "Do you know how worried I was when the people from Shenxiao Empire said you guys would stay to deal with the reinforcements from Divine Profound Hall? No way, you have to compensate me!"
"Compensate you how?"
"That those little guys comprehended the Nine Nether Sunset Art must have something to do with you, right?" Qi Congyun boldly guessed, "Some of them indeed have talent, but nowhere near the level to comprehend the second layer of the Nine Nether Sunset Art. I’ve been around this continent long enough, only you give me this unfathomable feeling."
Zhang Menglong said nothing, then took out several booklets.
"The Basic Composition of Luck’s Power"
"Detailed Explanation of the Second Layer of the Nine Nether Sunset Art"
"Rapid Accumulation Techniques of Luck’s Power"
"How to Better Control Luck’s Power"
Qi Congyun snatched the books right away, "These are your insights?"
"More accurately, they’re things I obtained from the Ancient Cave Heaven," Zhang Menglong still confided in Qi Congyun.
"I knew it, besides things from Sunset Hall, you must have obtained plenty of other things!" Qi Congyun smirked, his previous discontent vanishing; if someone activated cheats and surpassed him, maybe that’s pretty reasonable?
Then, he rejoiced internally; if these materials prove their worth, then everyone in the Sunset Sect could learn the Nine Nether Sunset Art in the future...
Tsk tsk tsk, soon the entire sect’s power would be immeasurable! Just understanding the first layer could propel their overall combat strength from dead last to the top three!
If a significant number could comprehend up to the second layer, then Divine Profound Hall would be nothing but a pile of stinking trash in front of them! From then on, people from Divine Profound Hall would have to detour upon seeing them!
Even the ordinary elders from Divine Profound Hall seen the core disciples of the Sunset Sect would have to kneel down and bow twice to pass! With two layers of the Nine Nether Sunset Art comprehended, Martial Artists at the peak of Divine Cultivation Realm could treat those in Dao Realm’s first-grade like dogs!
Qi Congyun casually flipped through a few pages, and the descriptions closely matched what Qi Congyun understood or had inferred, even correcting many of his prior judgments and perceptions.
His cultivation of the Nine Nether Sunset Art had reached a bottleneck; these contents could definitely assist him in attempting a breakthrough to the second layer of the Nine Nether Sunset Art soon! Because he doesn’t lack accumulation now, what he’s lacking is an epiphany!
"Good lad, seems like I really picked up a gem all those years ago," Qi Congyun carefully stowed the booklets away. "With the lowered threshold for cultivating the Nine Nether Sunset Art, the requirement for a cultivator’s character will have to rise, or else mastering it would be disastrous."
Zhang Menglong fully agreed with this statement; with such thoughts, it’s destined that the culture of the entire Sunset Sect won’t veer in the wrong direction.
"Elder, how do you intend to deal with those core disciples from Divine Profound Hall?"
"Let them go," Qi Congyun said, "Most of them were just following orders; not all the people from Divine Profound Hall are rotten to the core. Actually, they’re quite pitiable in some sense."
"Elder Qi, you’re acting like such a Holy Mother!" Zhang Menglong scoffed somewhat disdainfully.
If he hadn’t trained Sunset Sect’s intern disciples rigorously over some time, when they became captives caught by the people from Divine Profound Hall, he doubts they would let them live.
"What are you rushing for?" Qi Congyun remarked, "I only said to let them go, not freely. All their belongings get stripped first—men keep only their pants, women keep only their undergarments—all else gets confiscated!"
"Plus, I know a few elders from Divine Profound Hall; ask them how much they’d pay to collect these guys; if they don’t plan to ransom, I’ll cripple their cultivation and sell them to black factories to mine!"
"Hehe, you’re truly one of a kind, just suits my taste!" Hearing Qi Congyun’s plan, Zhang Menglong’s face displayed growing audacity, "I knew you weren’t a good bird!"
Qi Congyun’s expression also turned sleazy, "Same to you!"