Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

There were only about ten days until the end of the City Battle Trial.    

Today, Chen Yu was still cultivating when he heard hurried footsteps outside.    

After that, the door was pushed open and Mo Jie walked in with a grave expression.    

"Chen Yu, Lord Ye has sent news that disciples of the branch sects have entered the Cloud Mountain and are coming this way!" After waiting for Chen Yu to stop cultivating, Mo Jie said in a deep voice.    

Chen Yu was surprised for a moment and then felt relieved.    

With the commotion caused by the Hero Association, it was not surprising that they had attracted the attention and attention of the disciples of the branch sects.    

On the contrary, it would be strange if the disciples of the branch sects still did not stir up trouble even after the City Battle Trial s had finished their work.    

"We have to leave Cloud Ridge!" Mo Jie said.    

Chen Yu shook his head, "No need, you guys can do whatever you want, don't worry about it!"    

Mo Jie was stunned when she heard that.    

"Ye Qing is not someone to be trifled with. He has sent out invitations for heroes and gathered all the martial artists to gather at Cloud Ridge. His actions have completely surpassed the disciples of the Overbearing Sect!" Chen Yu said, "Since he dares to do such a thing, he naturally has the confidence to deal with it!"    

"But you and a disciple from a branch sect have a blood feud!" Mo Jie's charming eyes moved as she said this while staring deeply at Chen Yu.    

In this one and a half months, all kinds of things that Chen Yu had done within the Trial Secret Realm had been spread out. Whether it was him capturing Situ Lan alive at Little Snow Peak, defeating Chen Daolin, or fighting against forty Martial Cultivator of the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage s alone in the Valley of the Fallen Cloud, all of them had been spread far and wide.    

Chen Yu shook his head and walked out of the cottage towards the martial competition valley. He said, "Ye Qing will not allow the disciples of the branch sects to break his rules. At most, it will be a fair competition and there won't be any chaotic battles!"    

In fact, Chen Yu understood that after Ye Qing had gathered the majority of the secular disciples to Cloud Ridge through the Hero Invitation, the power balance between the secular disciples and the disciples had undergone a huge change. Regardless of whether it was the number of martial artists or the number of experts at the seventh level of Heavenly Astral Stage, the secular disciples already held the advantage.    

From a certain point of view, Ye Qing had gathered all the martial artists in the world through the Hero thread. Although he couldn't turn all the martial artists into a god, he had successfully gathered all the martial artists in the world.    

Except, relative to the fact that they were all from the same sect, the secular disciples were still quite loose and chaotic.    

But even so, as long as the branch sect disciples weren't crazy, they wouldn't dare to start a massacre over here in Cloud Ridge!    

"Then you …"    

"Don't worry!" Chen Yu smiled at Mo Jie and said, "Just protect your sister well!"    

After saying that, Chen Yu used his movement technique and quickly ran towards the direction of the valley.    

After arriving at the valley, Chen Yu heard many disorderly voices. However, all of them were discussing the news of the nearly thousand disciples of the branch sect arriving.    

Some looked at the disciples of the sub-schools with hatred, some feared the disciples of the sub-schools, and there were even some who were not bullied by the disciples of the sub-schools and were filled with righteous indignation, clamoring that the disciples of the sub-schools would not return!    

Hearing these voices, Chen Yu just smiled.    

The total number of disciples in the sub-school was no more than a thousand, and in the blink of an eye, close to a thousand people had come. It could be seen that all the disciples of the sub-schools had gathered and moved, maybe the number one genius of the ninth level of Heavenly Astral Stage, Yuan Zhen was also among them. Such strength wasn't something that ordinary practitioners could leave behind when they gathered in the Cloud Ridge.    

"Chen Yu!"    

"Brat, you're finally here. I haven't come to take a look at you for over a month!"    

On the hill, Chen Yu quickly met Ye Qing and Gongsun Hao, Shen Yih.    

Beside them, there were a few warriors who had a deep Qi, and their strengths were obviously far beyond that of the average Martial Cultivator of the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage. They were also discussing, and their expressions were solemn.    

"Are you taking your time recuperating?" Chen Yu laughed at Gongsun Hao and said.    

"Your body is so strong, I don't believe that your injuries have yet to heal!" Gongsun Hao said.    

Chen Yu smiled and looked at Ye Qing.    

"The disciples of the various sub-schools have all come. The leader is Yuan Zhen, the five Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage practitioners, Feng Xuan, Chen Daolin, Situ Lan, Mo Huang and Feng Xiao are present. There's no need to talk about the other Martial Cultivator of the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage s, there's no less than thirty of them!" Ye Qing felt Chen Yu's questioning gaze and spoke with a serious expression.    

Chen Yu's expression couldn't help but turn cold.    

"Yuan Zhen's attitude is that he doesn't want to fight in a free-for-all battle and will generally follow the rules of Hero Association. What they want is just a wood spirit tablet!" Ye Qing twitched his mouth and said.    

"Martial Arts Competition?" Chen Yu said.    

"That's what I meant!" Ye Qing said, "However, even if it's a martial arts competition, they won't let us off that easily!"    

Chen Yu nodded.    

In fact, this was also within reason. Ye Qing had gathered around five thousand common practitioners at Cloud Ridge, so more than half of the ten thousand Wood Plate Spiritual Energy in the entire Trial Secret Realm had also gathered at Cloud Ridge. The disciples of the branch sects always occupied the majority of the spots on the City Battle Trial s, but this time, the City Battle Trial s could only get a small majority of the spots, so how could they endure this?    

"Are you sure you can handle it?" Chen Yu thought for a while and asked in a low voice.    

Ye Qing shook his head, and said: "The disciples of the sub-schools are generally stronger than us, not to mention there's also Heavenly Astral Stage level 9's Yuan Zhen, I'm afraid we will lose quite a few spots this time!"    

Chen Yu fell silent when he heard that.    

As far as Chen Yu was concerned, he naturally hoped that more secular disciples would obtain spots. However, with the current situation, it was indeed difficult for them to contend.    

Putting everything aside, just the number of Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage practitioners on the side of the branch sects was as many as five people, and on the side of the common practitioners, there was only Ye Qing!    

Moreover, Feng Xuan, Chen Daolin and the others were all talented people, and were not something that ordinary Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage practitioners could compare to.    

Even Gongsun Hao, Shen Yih and the rest were extremely talented people, but they had no chance of winning.    

The atmosphere on the mound was therefore solemn.    

However, what should have come would still come. After an hour, the entrance of the valley began to become noisy. Several figures rushed over to report to Ye Qing. The disciples of the branch sect had arrived.    

Three minutes later, a dense crowd appeared at the mouth of the valley.    

At this time, Ye Qing turned around and said to the martial artists on the Armor Hill, "Everyone, the disciples of the branch sects are here. We must not weaken in strength. Please follow me down!"    

The leaders of the various cities were all on the top of the A Qiu, so when they heard Ye Qing's order, they immediately followed him down the valley to greet the disciples of the sub-schools who had almost reached the entrance to the valley.    

Chen Yu and Gongsun Hao, Shen Yih did not go down, but sat at a simple wooden table to watch.    

When Ye Qing arrived at the entrance of the valley, he spoke a few words with the rest of the warriors who were at the seventh level of Heavenly Astral Stage and cupped his hands in greeting.    

The one who spoke to Ye Qing was a martial artist in green with a long sword on his back and a very ordinary figure, face and temperament.    

"The one who spoke was Yuan Zhen!" Gongsun Hao said, "This person is no more than twenty-five years old, his godly aura is reserved, his qi image is well-hidden, and he is regarded by the Ruling Spirit Sect Branch as a talent that hasn't been seen in a hundred years. His cultivation in the way of the sword is extremely astonishing!"    

Chen Yu felt a chill in his heart. Bloodfire Emperor had only broken through the Spirit Accumulation Stage at the age of thirty and Yuan Zhen had already reached the ninth level of the Heavenly Astral Stage at the age of twenty-five.    

Of course, the main reason here was because Bloodfire Emperor's cultivation of the Blood Flame Tyrant Spell, which was a heaven defying cultivation technique, was dragging his cultivation progress down.    

While he was speaking, Chen Yu heard a person behind Yuan Zhen snort coldly, he took out a piece of paper and spread it across the entire audience: "This is the Hero invitation that you sent, Ye Qing. Since you invited heroes to participate in Hero Association, and you used the Spiritual Energy Wooden Plaque as the bet, Ye Qing, do you dare to fight against me?"    

His aura was deep and strong, not inferior to Feng Xuan and Chen Daolin who were standing to the side. He was a practitioner of Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage.    

"This is Mo Huang, his strength is weaker than Chen Daolin and Feng Xuan, and he's on par with Situ Lan. However, his background is naturally not as good as Situ Lan's!" Gongsun Hao said.    

"Brother Mo, if you want to spar, of course you'll do so!" Ye Qing also raised his voice, causing everyone in the valley to clearly hear his voice: "Just, I wonder how much wager Brother Mo has. If you have less than a thousand spirit stones, forgive me for being unwilling to accompany you! "    

"One thousand spirits for one thousand!"    

"Hold on, junior apprentice brother Mo!" Mo Huang naturally did not want to show weakness, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a tall and slender warrior with an extraordinary bearing.    

Chen Yu recognized that person as Feng Xuan.    

Mo Huang revealed a trace of displeasure as he looked at Feng Xuan.    

"Junior apprentice brother Mo is too impatient. Today, our branch sect disciples have all arrived, and every disciple is eager to give it a try." Junior apprentice brother Mo, if you were to win Ye Qing's Spiritual Energy Wooden Tablet, wouldn't the other brothers feel bored? "    

Mo Huang couldn't help but be surprised, but he didn't say anything else.    

"Hey, Feng Xuan's words are quite beautiful. He's actually hinting to Mo Huang that he doesn't have many chips left!" Gongsun Hao teased, "Ye Qing is not that easy to deal with. It's not like they don't know Ye Qing's identity. Mo Huang has no chance of winning!"    

Chen Yu didn't think much about it in this regard and looked at Gongsun Hao when he heard this.    

In terms of scheming and scheming, Gongsun Hao was not much worse than Ye Qing. It was just that Gongsun Hao had a frivolous personality, and he was not as calm and emotionless as Ye Qing.    

"Young master Ye Qing, how about this? Let's set the stakes for each match and then we can go out and fight, how about that?" Feng Xuan said loudly.    

Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, then how much do you think is suitable for the bet, Brother Feng?"    

"According to you guys, I'll bet a hundred souls on it. After all, there are too many people on both sides who would like to try their luck! " Feng Xuan laughed, "Of course, if you feel that the stakes are too low, we can still increase our stakes after negotiation!"    

"Sure!" Ye Qing said, "Since that's the case, let's wait for me to agree on a candidate. Everyone, please come watch the battle at Dingwu Erqiu!"    

"Good, I hope Lord Ye won't keep us waiting!" Feng Xuan said.    

Ye Qing nodded and no longer said anything else. He led the elites of the secular disciples back to the mound.    

There were already many discussions going on in the valley and the surrounding hills. Many of the ordinary practitioners had never expected such a situation to occur. There was excitement, anticipation, and worry!    

"The main disciple of the sub-school is not Yuan Zhen?" Shen Yih asked.    

"Yuan Zhen does not like a scene that is too lively. If it was not for the faction branch disciple quota, he might not have come here!" Gongsun Hao said, "However, this person is still a huge threat. The rest might be able to be dealt with!"