Divine Brilliance

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

He personally met with the grade 9 cultivators before bringing them to walk around Gantian Mountain. They talked and walked, solely for him to make them feel closer to him. Moreover, they also discussed the martial path and spell secrets.

Luckily, all successful cultivators loved peace and quiet. Zong Shou spent half a day with them before being able to get away. He arranged a good position for Ling Xueyun before returning to his palace.

He realised that Zhao Yanran and Xuan Yunlan had long been awaiting him. What surprised him was that there were two other girls beside Zhao Yanran.

One of them was Kongyao and the other was a sixteen-year-old teenager. She was extremely beautiful, not any less than Zhao Yanran. She seemed relaxed. One look and one would know that she was an ascetic person, filled with a peaceful aura.

If she was not wearing a wide sleeved nichang which revealed her petite body, Zong Shou would have thought that she was a monk.

Speaking of which, this girl wore a little hat. Looking at the brim, it didn’t look as though she grew out her hair.

Zong Shou was startled, before he smiled at Xuan Yunlan first. “The agreement has been completed. Miss Yunlan, you actually don’t have to come anymore.”

“Does Ruler not like Yunlan? Are you chasing me away?”

Seeing Zong Shou frown, Xuan Yunlan burst out laughing. “It is I who can’t leave Ruler. Beside you, my improvements in the zither are greater. Even master told me to just stay beside you.”

Zong Shou shook his head, but in his heart he was delighted. With free soul-calming tunes to listen to, it was naturally a fortunate development.

Speaking of which, this Xuan Yunlan was also a virgin, yin energy body.

Swiftly halting his thoughts, Zong Shou looked towards Zhao Yanran, using his gaze to ask questions.

Zhao Yanran didn’t bother to be polite. “This Central Cloud Continent Governor Commander, your Seven Tail Zong family uncle told me to take care of her. Once those few grade 9 experts came over, he left!”

Zong Shou smiled, since that was what he had expected. With his personality, the reason why he helped him was because he wasn’t willing to see the Seven Tail Zong family fall. Now that there were grade 9 cultivators here, there wasn’t much he could help with, so he had left.

What he was really curious about was this nun that had returned to society really recently.

“As for this!”

Zhao Yanran looked over with a weird expression. “She said I am the one the Buddhas chose, and that if I joined her, she would be willing to do anything. She said that the Buddhas promised that they would help me reach the saint realm! Isn’t that really funny?”

Zong Shou laughed. “The Buddhas promised to help you reach the saint realm? That’s amazing. If I were you, I would join them. So easily becoming a saint realm expert, others can only dream of such a thing. Speaking of which, what is the situation?”

Zhao Yanran spoke in an annoyed manner, “How would I know? Didn’t I break through to grade 7 a few days ago? I was excited and went to fight others. I fought a few, and this person saw it. For some reason she tagged along, asking me to join the Buddhist sect. However, her strength isn’t small either.”

Following which she scoffed coldly, “Not to mention, the thousands of worlds of the Buddhas. Although our cloud world is special, in their eyes it is just a small fish. Even if they knew about me, they wouldn’t all come to a consensus on something. Am I so easy to bluff? I think this girl is crazy, just crazy.”

At this, the girl seemed to want to say something, but she did not. Although she had been wronged, she was not annoyed.

Zhao Yanran had called her a crazy person, but she did not get angry. She spoke flatly, “It is a decree. With your identity, naturally you should know. Not long ago the temples of the world all made decrees. What they spoke of is about you…”

Zhao Yanran scoffed. She knew of it. Be it Fahua Sect, Zen Sect, Tiantai Sect, Zhengtu Sect, or others, they kept the details a secret. Who knew what the details were? Anyways, the decree was could not possibly be about her.

Zhao Yanran would be the first to admit that there wasn’t much good about her, and her personality was really bad too. Her only strength was that she knew about her ability. If the decree was really for her, she definitely wouldn’t betray the common people’s path.

She wanted to be with men, she wanted to taste that joy. She wouldn’t become a nun for that saint realm, just to read scriptures each day. To be a clear-hearted nun, so dry, with nothing interesting at all.

Zong Shou believed it a little. Looking at the girl’s pure eyes and sincere expression, she did not look like she was lying. She also did not look like someone who knew how to lie.

Looking at her cultivation, it was even above his. She had most probably already formed her dharma, and reached grade 8. Looking at her age, she should be one of the top few of the younger generation.

Her status in the Buddhist school must be really high, and her words could definitely be trusted.

He also felt relieved. Even without Yuan Wushang reminding him, Zong Shou knew that the snow that day was mostly due to him.

He also knew about the temples and the Buddhist decrees.

Before this, he had thought that it was because of him, but it seemed like he had been too vain.

Breaking out into a laugh, Zong Shou gloated as he looked at Zhao Yanran. Who knew that this woman was so lucky.

Even if the decree didn’t point to her, it was most probably related to her.

Zhao Yanran was really annoyed, impatiently staring back. Her gaze dared him to laugh out loud.

Zong Shou was delighted but he wasn’t willing to provoke this crazy woman. Instead, he asked the teen, “What is your name?”

When the teen heard it, she turned and looked at Zong Shou. A look of confusion appeared in her eyes before she said calmly, “Ping. No! My name is Qingyin!”

“Qingyin?”

Zong Shou’s heart moved, following which a lightbulb lit up in his head. He thought to himself, that it was actually her. No wonder she felt so familiar.

This should be when Qingyin was still young, as she looked like she wasn’t even fifteen. However, even hundred years later, during the god emperor era, she was fairy Qingyin. Did she really return to common life? His mind was filled with questions, but he didn’t think much about it.

In the next moment, Kongyao suddenly spoke up. “How long is your highness prepared to lock me up for? I was rash last time. If you are willing to let me go, I will be filled with gratitude! I will be able to pay back three times what you lost!”

Zong Shou smiled and didn’t reply.

Following which, Kongyao’s brows rose up. “To say something disrespectful, even today I don’t have high hopes for you. The spiritual weapons and artifacts that Ruler brought could be hidden from the Thousand City alliance but not Lingyun Sect. Even if you keep me here, it won’t do anything. I can swear I won’t reveal anything. Within Great Shang I have some status. If news spreads back, his majesty would be furious. More enemies would be unfortunate with the current situation at Gantian Mountain…”

Zong Shou didn’t show any signs of agreement. Actually, people from Great Shang had arrived two days ago. One grade 9 and three grade 8 cultivators.

If this were Gantian Mountian in the past, this formation would have been considered really strong, one that they would not have been able to block. They wanted to directly snatch her back, but then they realised there were eight grade 9 experts. They had rationally surrendered, and then decided to send ambassadors to engage in diplomacy. However, Renbo and Zong Ling had rejected them, and refused to meet them.

At this moment, apart from her sense of helplessness, Kongyao didn’t understand what was going on.

Zhao Yanran scoffed. “You really think he captured you so as to hide the news of the spiritual armors and weapons from the Donglin Sects?”

Kongyao was startled when she heard that, looking over in shock, only to see the girl who took over from Zong Zheng, who made her live a life worse than death smiling coldly.

“He wants them to think that those weapons are his trump cards! Do you understand now?”

When those words were said, Kongyao’s expression changed, filled with fear and shock.

So Zong Shou wasn’t hoping that by catching her, they would not find out about the items. He might even reveal the weapons to them himself. She had been trapped here for months as a trick and a misdirection.

She also felt really curious. If the spiritual armor and weapons weren’t what he was really relying on then, what was his trump card?

Zong Shou was originally planning to enter his cultivation room to go into seclusion.

When he heard that, he stopped in his tracks, helplessly turning his head. “You women are speaking too much!”

“Then I should also say that you are dark and vicious!”

Zhao Yanran shifted her head to the side, not exchanging glances with Zong Shou. “You already have the ability to go up against the sects but you just don’t want to make a sound. If it wasn’t for me coming back to Gantian Mountain in advance, I really wouldn’t know that you had such strength. To think Yunlan and I were worried for you! Ancient Wulie Country invincible cavalry have appeared once more. Are you preparing to wipe them all out? Only, I don’t know if my Seven Spirit Sect can share the spoils…”

“Wulie Country? Ancient invincible iron cavalry?”

Kongyao muttered to herself, following which her pupils contracted. “Blood cloud cavalry? Your Gantian Mountain has blood cloud cavalry? Impossible…”

Even if the cultivation methods and armor had all been all prepared, Gantian Mountain definitely could not gather up so many grade 5 martial creators.

“It’s true! Not only did they reappear, they have no weakness. Two months later, there will be 4200 of them!”

Zhao Yanran glanced over, her face filled with deep meaning. “So all the more reason we can’t release you today…”

Zong Shou shook his head and stopped bothering to pay attention, stepping into the room. Now everything was prepared, and all that was left was for the war to start. However, there were still many things he had to do in these two months. About getting rid of the sword intent, he also had many comprehensions from the battle against Yuan Wushang. Much life potential had been forced out, and he needed to digest them…