BXBX NOVEL Chapter 282: 281: The Powerful Ying Wu!
Chapter 282: 281: The Powerful Ying Wu!
At the top floor of the Dream Building, a servant girl complained, “They’re ignoring you completely, Miss, and daring to kill the people you invited…”
The one she called ‘Miss’ was a young girl in a snow-white dress, with a perfect figure.
She shook her head and smiled, “Those who can be driven away by them don’t deserve to attend my grand gathering…”
Her voice was captivating, but the implications of her words were chilling.
It was clear that she was looking for people who were exceptional in talent, background, and strength.
The servant girl looked confused and asked, “Miss, didn’t you always say you were looking for a chosen one and everything depended on fate? Then why…”
“Why am I making a selection now?”
With a bright smile, Yan Ruyu replied, “Actually, this isn’t really selection, it’s more like filtering!”
“Anyone who can’t even handle these people’s subordinates certainly isn’t my true match!”
The servant girl was stunned for a moment before she finally understood, “I see. So, you’re saying these people are inadvertently helping you to vet your destined one?”
“Maybe so. But who knows if I will succeed this time…”
A sense of uncertainty shone in her eyes. Clearly, even she was unsure of who she would end up selecting.
…
[Kong Xu has initiated a group chat invite. Accept?]
“Hmm?”
Du Gang felt like he was hallucinating, but the next second he realized the voice was coming from his divine jade talisman.
Realizing this, he quickly took out his Message Jade Talisman.
Sure enough, there was a message waiting for him.
After opening it, Kong Xu’s voice came out.
“Du Gang, are you feeling lost?”
Hearing this familiar voice, Du Gang nodded and simultaneously accepted the group chat invite while replying, “Yeah, what’s going on?”
This was the Primordial Continent, a place with no technology.
“Haha, this is a result of our Ancient City’s collaboration with the Tianji Pavilion, they said it’s a spirit device capable of handling messages…”
Next, Yao Zijie’s voice came in, “It’s like a smart brain. I’ve heard in my tribe that this thing is pretty extraordinary; it’s considered a quasi-saint!”
“Quasi-saint?”
Du Gang was stunned, “What does that mean?”
There were not many people in the group chat. Including Du Gang, there were nine in total, which was the maximum number of people a group could currently have.
Long Aotian was also among them. Clearly, he too had learned some insider information from his family. He explained laughing, “It’s a species capable of nearly infinite multitasking. Our Ancient City and the Tianji Pavilion have jointly elevated it to a level close to a saint. The goal is to handle the information of the entire continent and perform tasks like a cosmic computer…”
What a big commitment!
Du Gang was shocked. They were planning to introduce something like the internet on the Primordial Continent?
This ‘smart brain’ was not just for individual use, but for the use of everyone on the continent.
Although he was not completely clear on what this implied, he had a vague idea from his knowledge of Earth’s technology.
This could be a game changer for the world order, and the potential benefits hidden behind it are unimaginable.
“It’s not ready yet…”
Yao Zijie laughed and shook his head. “Apparently, the creation of the quasi-saint is still missing a few steps. Currently, only our Ancient City area can use the new group chat function. In other places, they can only communicate one on one!”
So, this is like a phone!
Du Gang recalled the toy phone he played with when he was little. His father told him that when he was young, making phone calls required a phone line, and communication was one on one, just voice.
And now, it seemed as though people had finally caught on and were slowly leading the entire continent through the 1G era, and gently towards 2G, 3G, 4G and even 5G.
By the end, no one would fail to perceive the value and potential. Even if the other forces couldn’t see it yet, when the 3G era arrived, some would definitely notice.
At that time, would the entire continent lay siege to the Ancient City?
He did not know!
Thinking too far ahead…
Du Gang shook his head, laughed at himself, feeling like he had too much time on his hands to be pondering such irrelevant matters.
“Hey, have any of you been chased?”
The Little Hawk King’s voice seemed a bit strange, as if he was running.
Long Aotian laughed and asked, “What’s happening, are you being chased?”
“Yes, damn it! There’s a seven tribulations god spirit chasing me, and I’m only at my first tribulation!”
Not just him, even the silent Coffin Sky Youth spoke faintly, “I am also being pursued…”
“Damn, if you’re being chased, just run! How can you still chat?”
Everyone knew that if they could chat, the situation couldn’t be that bad, they were still in control!
“There are three more days until Yan Ruyu’s designated time. You all have to hold on. If anyone can’t make it, I’m going to laugh you to death!”
As they left the school and gradually learned about the outside world, they cherished their friendship even more, naturally not wanting anyone to die so easily.
“Haha, don’t worry, I’m going to be the Hawk King’s man. Even if you all die, I won’t!”
The three days passed in an instant and with the official commencement of Yan Ruyu’s grand gathering, the vultures who had been targeting the ordinary invitees finally stopped their attacks.
However, the actual number of people killed by these vultures was not high because Yan Ruyu had good judgment. Mostly, she had invited the outstanding talents from all tribes and families.
These individuals were all powerful; despite their current low cultivation levels resulting in lower combat capabilities, they were not easily killed.
None of the newcomers from the Ancient City had been eliminated, including Long Aotian.
Yan Ruyu invited a wide range of people, with mainly the talents in Happy Town being invited, as well as those from South Yue and the surrounding states.
The so-called grand gathering was more of a matrimonial contest. However, some people came here for reasons other than the women.
The chosen location was at the most expensive place in Happy Town, the Rock Square!
This was a Source Stone base, but it was more than ample to host Yan Ruyu’s grand gathering.
The owners of these Source Stone Squares were also glad to host such events. They could earn extra rental income and sales of Source Stones from the assembly attendees.
On normal days, entering Rock Square would require a financial guarantee, given that it is full of priceless Source Stones.
But today, Rock squared was opened up completely. Of course, only those with Yan Ruyu’s invitation could enter.
Even so, there were still thousands of people. All of them were the prized children of various families and clans.
…
When Du Gang arrived at Rock Square, he was stunned by its enormity. Each garden was a different venue.
Ahead of him, a man dressed as a servant passed by. Du Gang quickly approached him to ask for directions.
“Excuse me, which garden is the heroic gathering in?”
The passing servant turned around at the sound of the voice and noticed a strange man dressed in exquisite silk, exuding an aura of nobility.
This was a nobleman’s son!
The servant concluded and was startled. He quickly bowed his head and said in fear, “Your Excellency is too kind…”
“The Heroes Summit is located in the largest park in Rock Square, called Daguan Park…”
Seeing him in this state, Du Gang found it uninteresting and casually dismissed him.
This sort of servant, whose conception of hierarchy was deeply ingrained, was beyond change. If he was overly polite to them, he would only provoke their trepidation, so there was no need for further conversation.
“Thank you, sir, for sparing my life…”
The servant repeatedly expressed his thanks, then promptly ran off without looking back.
“Sparing his life?”
As Du Gang watched the retreating figure of the servant, a twitch tugged at the corner of his mouth, while a feeling of bafflement surfaced within.
“Am I that brutal?”
He pulled out a mirror, examining himself closely.
“Handsome and dashing, not a hint of ruthlessness… Surely this guy was just intimidated by my good looks and deliberately trying to annoy me!!”
It must be so!
With that thought, Du Gang’s mood instantly returned to normal, and he continued in the right direction.
After many twists and turns, he finally arrived at Daguan Park.
The park boasted mountains and rivers, a lakeside, and beautiful scenic views.
The only downside was that there were far too many people gathered here at the moment.
Based on the arrangement of the crowd, he estimated that the center of the action was deep by the lakeside, so he slowly headed towards it.
Now that he was here, how could he not take a look at Yan Ruyu?!
Just then, a familiar voice carried all the way from afar to his ears.
“You’ve gone too far! Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don’t ignore the power of youth; at your current level, I’ll have you spitting teeth!”
It was the voice of Long Aotian!
Upon hearing the sound, Du Gang advanced in its direction and soon arrived at a place that was tightly surrounded by people.
Without pushing his way through the crowd, he stayed at the edge of the spectators, peering inside.
He saw Long Aotian and several other first tribulation God-Spirit prodigies staring wrathfully at another group.
“Hehe!”
In this other group, a dashing young man with sword-like brows chuckled mildly, “Only talk such big words when you have the ability to reach the ninth tribulation God-Spirit level!”
“Hahaha!”
The surrounding crowd burst into dutiful laughter.
“You little first tribulation God-Spirit brats are too arrogant. When you realise that no matter how hard you try, you can’t break through to the second tribulation God-Spirit level, you’ll know how ignorant and how ridiculous today’s words are!”
Every person in the audience who had been able to enter the park was at least a first tribulation God-Spirit themselves.
And yet, those at the first tribulation were the fewest in number, barely one or two hundred, basically the youngest prodigies of all the clans.
The majority were at the third or sixth tribulation God-Spirit levels.
Although each tribulation for a God-Spirit was a trial, every three-tribulation brought a not insignificant bottleneck, which is why there were the most people at the third and sixth stages!
They had struggled hard to reach the third or sixth tribulation, and consequently saw their past selves in Long Aotian and the others.
“It’s just a ninth tribulation God-Spirit. I will reach it someday, and when that time comes…”
The young man with sword-like brows cut off Long Aotian’s sentence, “If you won’t accept my words, I can suppress my cultivation level to fight you. Do you dare?”
“Why wouldn…”
“Wait!!”
Before Long Aotian could finish his sentence, Little Hawk King quickly covered his mouth.
“Are you an idiot? The Supreme Technique he has mastered must be far ahead of yours…”
Long Aotian was taken aback, but quickly realized.
These people were already at the ninth tribulation God-Spirit level, even if they suppressed their cultivation level to fight him, their progress in the Supreme Technique couldn’t be suppressed. That meant he still couldn’t beat them!
A ninth tribulation God-Spirit man with green hair ridiculed, “If you can’t do it, then don’t puff up! You guys are still young, it’s just that you’ve met us and are here… In any other place, you would be dead by now!”
Though the green-haired man’s tone was indifferent, his threat was implicit. It was as if, if they weren’t here, they would have already met their end.
“In what other place?”
A man with a hooked nose walked out at this moment, “Are you thinking of killing the descendants of the Ying family?”
The green-haired man’s face changed, but being surrounded by so many people, he couldn’t lose face, so he retorted, “Humph, your Ying family is just one of the eighteen big families in the Ancient City. Once you leave the influence of the city, you’re nothing…”
“Whoosh!”
Suddenly, a chill wind passed by.
Eagle Shaking the Sky!
A massive claw shadow appeared.
“How dare you!”
The green-haired man was furious, but there was no time to explain further as he quickly started to defend himself.
He didn’t expect that Ying Wu would actually dare to attack him.
“Humph!” Ying Wu snorted coldly, with no intention of withholding his hand.
“We’re both at the ninth tribulation, you’re going too far!”
The green-haired man quickly bellowed in rage and stood his ground against the attack.
“Boom!”
Following a loud blast, a deep pit appeared at the original site. Apart from that, nothing remained. The green-haired man who had been standing there disappeared without a trace.
“Where’s the guy?”
“He’s been blasted to ashes!”
The audience, all of them powerful, naturally had a rough understanding of what had just occurred.
Many were taken aback by Ying Wu’s action, not expecting him to react so violently at a single word.
“Humph!”
Ying Wu swept his gaze around, declaring coldly, “Anyone who dares threaten the descendants of the Ying Family will end like this!”
The surrounding crowd went silent, none daring to provoke him.
At this point, Little Hawk King stepped forward and called out, “Clan leader!”
Hearing this address, Du Gang’s eyes revealed a sense of ‘so that’s how it is’.
He had previously suspected that this man, being a ninth tribulation God-Spirit, might well be the Ying family’s clan leader. Additionally, he had heard that this clan leader was also pursuing Yan Ruyu.
Ying Wu nodded slightly without saying much, and walked towards the more central area.
This place was, after all, only the outer region. He had arrived late, which was why he had just witnessed the drama outside.
In fact, even among the ninth tribulation, the gap was not small. For instance, Ying Wu and the green-haired man were both at the ninth tribulation God-Spirit level, but their strengths varied greatly.
Ying Wu used just one move, and both the body and soul of the green-haired man were obliterated in an instant.