Destined Martial God

With the help of the specially-made Escape Symbol, Zhongli Mingjing quickly avoided the direct confrontation with Qingfeng and checked his body's condition. He searched for the reason why his divine power and soul power had been greatly weakened and for the reason why the profound mysteries of the Ancient Code had lost senses.    

However, after checking for five minutes, he came up empty-handed!    

Raising his head to look at the vexed Yu Haoran, Zhongli Mingjing's eyes revealed an incomparably fearful expression.    

To experts of the War God Realm, divine power and soul power were the foundation to manifest one's strength, while the profound mysteries of the Laws were the basis to unleash such strength.    

To weaken one's roots and sever one's roots was equivalent to taking the life of a Divine Spirit expert.    

At this moment, even with the help of the lower grade Martial Saint level sword artifact, Qing Ping Sword, and the nine War God Realm experts of the same clan, Zhongli Mingjing did not dare to fight with Qingfeng, and was even more unwilling to continue offending Yu Haoran.    

This was because he was worried that if he continued to anger Yu Haoran, it would bring about a calamity to the Zhongli family.    

As for the killed Zhong Li Zhi Yuan and Zhong Li Xue Na, they could only blame their bad luck and poor judgement. For the time being, they wouldn't consider taking revenge for them.    

Therefore, after readjusting the fear in his heart, Zhongli Mingjing cupped his hands in greeting as he once again stepped onto the air and walked toward Yu Haoran.    

"The ninety-ninth Patriarch of the Zhongli family, Zhongli Mingjing, has seen too many pill gods!"    

"Ai!"    

Seeing the smiling and respectful appearance of Zhongli Mingjing, who had confirmed his guess, Yu Haoran could not help but sigh as he apologized to the Tower Spirit in his sea of consciousness.    

"Tower Spirit, I am sorry. I'm afraid I will have to disappoint you. For the time being, I cannot forcefully snatch the Green Python Sword."    

Other than retaliating for the humiliation he had suffered, his final goal was still to wake up the sleeping Wu Zhengjun through the marriage between Wu Zhengjun and the water guqin. He wanted to wake Wu Zhengjun up from his slumber with this.    

This was because only after Wu Zhengjun had truly awakened and recovered his damaged mind, would he be able to further examine the true reason behind the disappearance of his Bloodthirsty physique and allow him to once again have the hope of rushing to the Martial God and Sovereign Realm.    

As the Martial God Ancestor of the Zhongli family, Zhongli Mingjing, the person with the strongest cultivation and power, possessed the power to change Zhongli Qingyang's decision and give him and Zhong Li Shui Qin the power to be happy.    

Therefore, for the sake of Wu Zhengjun's happiness, he could only temporarily give up on his Qingping Sword.    

"Yu Haoran, to me, the Qingping Sword is only a memento to old friends, the significance of the symbol far surpasses the practicality, thus, luckily for me, if I lose my life, you don't have to blame yourself, and even more so, don't delay Wu Zhengjun's happiness."    

Although his words of consolation were spoken with ease, his eyes revealed a strong unwillingness. It was sufficient to show how much Tower Spirit desired the Green Python Sword.    

To be able to obtain Tower Spirit's understanding, at the same time that Yu Haoran secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he also replied to Zhongli Mingjing with clasped hands.    

"Prince Consort Great Qin Empire, Yu Haoran, greets Senior Ming Jing!"    

After receiving Yu Haoran's return gift, Zhongli Mingjing secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately used his divine sense to inform Zhongli Qingyang, telling him to quickly arrange the matters regarding receiving the top guest.    

More than a hundred elite experts of the Martial Saint and Martial Emperor Realm, the hall masters of the first tribulation's semi-divine level, the elders of the third tribulation's half-divine level, and the two Patriarchs of the first grade and the eighth grade of the Martial God Realm.    

In the face of such heavy losses, Zhongli Qingyang did not hurry up and think of a way to take revenge. Instead, he treated his enemy as a top-notch VIP guest and welcomed him.    

But no matter how indignant and resentful he was, Zhongli Qingyang would not dare to disobey Zhongli Mingjing.    

It was because Zhongli Mingjing, who possessed immense power and status, was not only able to easily overthrow all the decisions he had made, he also possessed the authority to remove the Patriarch, so he could forcefully suppress the resentment and hatred in his heart. Zhongli Qingyang rushed down to the palace below.    

Of course, perhaps only Zhongli Qingyang knew whether or not he would be welcoming Yu Haoran wholeheartedly.    

"God of Dan, I am here to sincerely apologize to you for the humiliation your Zhongli family once brought you, and I promise to give you a satisfactory explanation." When he was still ten meters away from Yu Haoran, Zhongli Mingjing tried his best to lower his head in apology and guarantee.    

"Senior Ming Jing is too courteous!"    

After politely replying, Yu Haoran used his will to notify the rodent of his calamity and made him let go of his control over Zhongli Mingjing's fate.    

Just as the Fate Spirit Mouse withdrew its claws from Zhongli Mingjing's name, the weakened divine power and soul power instantly recovered to its perfect condition, and the sensing of the profound mysteries of the Laws were once again controlled by its will.    

The feeling of returning to his peak condition allowed Zhongli Mingjing to know that Yu Haoran was willing to part with their grievances. This caused him to truly heave a sigh of relief, and at the same time, become even more respectful as he invited Yu Haoran.    

"To the Pill God, as an underworld clan who inherited her middle ages, my Zhongli family has collected many top grade spirit tea and fruits that have long since disappeared. You all might as well go and have a taste at Ming Jing."    

"Then I will trouble Senior Ming Jing!"    

In order to propose marriage, one had to be serious during more formal occasions, and not be picky afterwards.    

Therefore, facing Zhongli Mingjing's invitation, Yu Haoran responded with a smile on his face.    

In the center of the island, which was half the size of the Xianyang City, a total of ninety-nine palaces of the same size and shape were constructed.    

If one was not familiar with the situation on the island, or was not an array master of the Emperor's Realm Circle Formation, as long as they entered the palace, they would definitely lose their bearings, and might even be trapped within the palace.    

This was because the ninety-nine identical palaces had been completely constructed by arranging the Nine Palaces' Eight Trigrams Assimilation Formation and the Sun, Moon, and Star Defensive Formation. The formation's power had already reached the Demigod rank.    

Zhongli Mingjing landed in front of a palace at the center. On either side of the palace stood a pair of stone lions with two wings, giving off a kind of intimidating feeling.    

"Yu Haoran, these are a pair of puppets with the power of a newly advanced Martial God. They were refined using Deep Sea Starry Stone, which can be used to forge divine artifacts, and have been merged with the skeleton and blood essence of a Divine Beast, the Flying Soul Lion."    

He was extremely clear about the importance of his engagement to Zhong Li Shui Qin to Wu Zhengjun to recuperate from his injuries, so Tower Spirit who had gone through some readjustment returned his attention back to Yu Haoran.    

"Moreover, this pair of stone lion puppets is also one of the important points of the Qiuyun Soulfall Formation. They can transfer the strength of the formation and increase the defensive power and attack power of the palace in front of us."    

The Tower Spirit's introduction to the stone lions at the left side of the palace made Yu Haoran subconsciously pause for a moment, and then, while no one was paying attention, he stretched out his hand to touch the stone lions on the left side.    

Then, he continued to follow Zhongli Mingjing into the palace.