Winning Zixuan Over, Revenge at the Door

Hearing Yuan Zhexian say that, Zhao Zixuan immediately replied, "I'm willing. No matter what it is or how difficult it might be, I'm willing to do it for you, young master."

The four watching from the side were completely baffled, but they had to admire Yuan Zhexian. He had met Zhao Zixuan only twice, yet he had already made her utterly smitten with their divine son.

Yuan Zhexian continued, "Zixuan, if you're willing to get close to Young Master Lin Yan, I think we should be able to complete this mission."

"Get close to him? Young master, do you mean...?" Zhao Zixuan asked.

"Make him fall in love with you!"

"Then, if you ask him, he should take us into that mysterious space for your sake. Not only would we be able to complete the mission smoothly, but I wouldn't have to stay in the lineage all the time afterward, and I could see you every day, Zixuan." Yuan Zhexian said it all without blushing or missing a breath.

Zhao Zixuan had already been worried that she would not be able to see Yuan Zhexian in the future. When she heard that this would let her see him every day, she answered without a second thought, "As long as I can see you every day and help you, young master, I'm willing to do anything."

Yuan Zhexian gently tapped Zhao Zixuan's forehead with a finger and said, "Then thank you for the effort."

Zhao Zixuan's face immediately turned a little red and grew slightly hot. She gently stroked the spot on her forehead where Yuan Zhexian had touched her, unwilling to take her hand away.

Yuan Zhexian then said to Zhao Zixuan, "You came rushing over, so you surely haven't eaten. You must be hungry! Yan'er, tell the waiter to prepare a table of delicious food. We'll eat together."

Zhao Zixuan replied happily, "I'll do as you say, young master."

Yuan Zhexian then shared a meal with Zhao Zixuan. At the table, he teased her into giggling from time to time, and Zhao Zixuan felt that this was the happiest moment of her life. Time passed quickly, and the meal came to an end. Zhao Zixuan reluctantly left the Gathering of Fate restaurant, ready to carry out what Yuan Zhexian had asked.

After watching Zhao Zixuan walk away, Ji Jingtian said, "I used to think the divine son ruthlessly suppressed everything with his strength. Only now do I know he's actually this good at flirting with girls. He won Zhao Zixuan over with just a few words. I really can't help but admire him."

Yuan Yan'er added, "Of course! Our divine son's strength and background defy the heavens, and no one can match his looks. What girl wouldn't be smitten at the sight of him, especially a green tea bitch like her?"

"All right, now we just have to wait quietly for the results." Yuan Zhexian waved a hand, cutting their conversation short.

A few more days passed. Two people, a man and a woman, stood in the void above the Gathering of Fate restaurant. The man looked to be in his forties or fifties, while the woman appeared to be in her thirties. She wore a qipao, had a shapely figure, and still retained her mature charm. Both wore murderous expressions. The woman asked the man, "Brother Ping, is this the place?" The man glanced down at the Gathering of Fate restaurant, his eyes full of killing intent. "That's right. The people who killed Xing'er are staying in there."

The newcomers were Huo Xing's parents. The man was named Huo Ping, one of the Supreme Elders of the Blood Slaughter Holy Land and a sixth-stage Samsara Realm expert. The woman was Yi Man, the younger sister of the emperor of the Supreme Emperor Dynasty, and her cultivation was at the fourth stage of the Samsara Realm. Both had been in seclusion, but upon learning that their son Huo Xing had been killed, they immediately emerged and began gathering information. Eventually, they learned that the people who had killed their son were at the Gathering of Fate restaurant.

From the void, Huo Ping called down to the restaurant, "You wretches! You dared to kill my son. Did you think you'd be safe just by hiding here?" With that, he fired a wave of energy at the window of Yuan Zhexian's room. The wave shot through the window and struck inside the room, setting off a tremendous explosion.

"Who dares act so outrageously?!" Four people flew out of the Gathering of Fate restaurant. Their leader was a first-stage Samsara Realm expert, followed by three ninth-stage Dao Body Realm experts. These four were in charge of the Gathering of Fate restaurant in the Yan Kingdom. Seeing that someone had dared to attack the restaurant, they flew out to confront them.

"Who are you, sir? Why have you come to make trouble at our Gathering of Fate for no reason?" their leader asked.

Huo Ping said, "I came only to kill the people who murdered my son. Anyone uninvolved, scram, or don't blame me for going on a killing spree."

"How dare you! Attack!" The four flew toward Huo Ping and formed a square around the pair. They rapidly lashed out with fists and feet at Huo Ping and Yi Man, who met them in hand-to-hand combat using their physical strength.

But the difference in cultivation was there for all to see. Gradually, Huo Ping and Yi Man blasted the three men other than the leader into the ground, smashing out a deep crater. After the pair surrounded and attacked the leader, he too was sent crashing to the ground with a punch.

"After doing this, aren't you afraid the experts of our Gathering of Fate will come to settle accounts with you?" the leader asked.

"Settle accounts? You're shielding those villains, and you still want to settle accounts?" Huo Ping said bitterly.

"Brother Ping, why waste so many words? Kill them, then we'll find the people who killed Xing'er. I'll use the Supreme Emperor Sacred Flame to torment their souls until they can neither live nor die," Yi Man said, her eyes full of hatred.

Yi Man then used the Supreme Emperor Dynasty's signature technique, the Supreme Emperor Sacred Flame Art. Flames suddenly whirled around her, their heat vaporizing the clouds in the sky. She unleashed them at the four men, who hurriedly used every last bit of their spiritual power to form an energy shield against the scorching flames. But the difference in strength was too great, and in the end, the flames burned them until not even ashes remained.

With those in their way dead, Huo Ping and Yi Man walked into the Gathering of Fate restaurant without another word. They went straight to the door of Yuan Zhexian's room, and Huo Ping immediately released a surge of power that shattered the door to pieces. Yuan Zhexian was sitting calmly in the ruined room, drinking tea, while Yuan Ruochu and the others stood straight behind him.

Huo Ping was slightly startled to see Yuan Zhexian completely unharmed. His earlier attack had clearly struck the room. By rights, even a Dao Body Realm expert would have been gravely injured if not killed, yet Yuan Zhexian was perfectly fine and leisurely drinking tea.

Looking at the furious pair, Yuan Zhexian said mildly, "Not bad. One sixth-stage Samsara Realm and one fourth-stage Samsara Realm. You're quite suitable as sparring partners. Zifeng, Yan'er, go and test yourselves."

"Yes, young master."

Huo Ping and Yi Man were startled again as they looked at the two. They had not expected these subordinates of Yuan Zhexian to be at the sixth and third stages of the Dao Body Realm, and so young at that. Their killing intent grew much stronger. Such monstrous talents had to be eliminated today, or the trouble they would bring later would be endless.

Yuan Zifeng faced Huo Ping, while Yuan Yan'er faced Yi Man. The four fought their way from the room into the void. As time passed, Yuan Zifeng and Yuan Yan'er gradually began to be suppressed by Huo Ping and Yi Man.

Although the two were peerless monstrous talents who could kill enemies above their own stage, the difference in strength was still too great, spanning an entire major realm. In the end, they were no match for their opponents and suffered defeat.

Seeing the pair defeated, Huo Ping and Yi Man prepared to press their advantage and kill Yuan Zifeng and Yuan Yan'er. At that moment, Yuan Zhexian said to Yuan Ruochu and Ji Jingtian, "Brother Ruochu, Jingtian, finish them off." Yuan Zhexian was confident in the two of them; after all, they were forbidden monstrous talents. He then thought that Yuan Zifeng and Yuan Yan'er's innate gifts were still a little too poor, and he would have to find some way to improve them.

As Huo Ping and Yi Man pressed their attack, they suddenly sensed two powerful presences appear before them. They stopped and looked at the newcomers. One was at the eighth stage of the Dao Body Realm, and the other was at the sixth, but their presences were much stronger than those of the previous two. A trace of solemnity appeared in Huo Ping and Yi Man's eyes.

Yuan Ruochu and Ji Jingtian said to Yuan Zifeng and Yuan Yan'er, "Zifeng, Yan'er, stand down for now. Leave these two to us." Yuan Zifeng and Yuan Yan'er nodded.

Yuan Ruochu then said to Ji Jingtian, "Jingtian, leave the man to me. You take the woman." Ji Jingtian immediately shot back, "Why? Why do you get the man and I get the woman?"

"Why? Because I've beaten you before," Yuan Ruochu declared, puffing out his chest.

"A true hero doesn't boast about past glory. How can a fellow whose cultivation has fallen be so shameless? Besides, could you beat me now?" Ji Jingtian retorted.

The two continued bickering back and forth, completely forgetting that they were there to deal with Huo Ping and Yi Man.

Yuan Zhexian covered his forehead with his hand and said, "These two are a pair of bickering clowns."

Huo Ping and Yi Man watched the two argue among themselves right in front of them. They were being utterly disregarded. Even angrier, they shouted, "Argue all you want, you'll still die! Die!"

Huo Ping charged straight at Ji Jingtian, channeling spiritual power into his hand. Red light streamed from it as he shouted at Ji Jingtian, "Purgatory Blood Flood Dragon!" A huge blood-colored flood dragon appeared in the sky and lunged at Ji Jingtian with its bloody maw wide open.

Ji Jingtian said softly, "Void Transformation." His body began to turn transparent and indistinct. The blood-colored flood dragon passed through his transformed body again and again.

Seeing that his move was useless against Ji Jingtian, Huo Ping formed hand seals and said, "Nine Slaughter Blood Flood Dragons!" The blood-colored flood dragon spun continuously, then transformed into a huge blood-colored sphere. Red light flashed from the sphere, and it immediately became nine blood-colored flood dragons of equal size. They continued to dart back and forth through Ji Jingtian's transformed body.

Yuan Ruochu's battle was just as fierce. Yi Man looked like a fire god descended to the mortal world, her entire body wrapped in scorching flames as she fought Yuan Ruochu hand to hand. Although Yuan Ruochu's cultivation was lower than Yi Man's, he was a forbidden monstrous talent. The Samsara Physique, ranked fourth among the three thousand physiques, allowed him not only to kill enemies above his stage but even to fight across realms.

Yuan Ruochu and Yi Man's close combat grew increasingly fierce. With his Samsara Physique and the power of Samsara from the Samsara Scripture, Yuan Ruochu gradually gained the upper hand. As Yi Man found herself slowly falling behind and unable to take him down, she grew increasingly anxious. Her presence suddenly surged, and all her spiritual power transformed into a gigantic firebird. She shouted at Yuan Ruochu, "Blazing Fire Divine Bird!" The enormous bird sped toward him, trailing scorching flames.

Yuan Ruochu stretched out his right hand, and a gigantic purple ring appeared before him. He said calmly, "Six Paths of Samsara-Animal Path." Countless exotic beasts emerged from the ring and charged at the enormous firebird. They slammed into it again and again, setting off a series of explosions. In the end, their sheer numbers battered the bird into dispersing.

Seeing that her technique had no effect on Yuan Ruochu, Yi Man summoned her spiritual power to its limit and shouted, "Supreme Emperor Sacred Flame Art-Blazing Flames Burn the Heavens!" A tremendous, heaven-shaking red flame appeared behind her, churning violently like the waves of a sea. Wave after wave poured down on Yuan Ruochu.

Looking at the heaven-shaking flames rolling like waves, Yuan Ruochu shouted, "Six Paths of Samsara Fist!" Six gigantic black holes radiating purple light appeared behind him. An enormous arm reached out of one of them, its five fingers clenching into a fist, and punched straight at the heaven-shaking flames.

The fist and flames collided in a fierce flash of light. The enormous fist blasted the heaven-shaking flames apart, then continued toward Yi Man.

Meanwhile, Huo Ping's nine blood-red flood dragons were still darting repeatedly through Ji Jingtian's transformed body. He was trying to strike Ji Jingtian through the advantage of their numbers and by having them pass through him for longer. When he saw that his wife was in danger, he immediately directed the nine blood-red flood dragons toward Yuan Ruochu's Six Paths of Samsara Fist, attempting to block it.

But how could Ji Jingtian let him have his way? Watching the nine blood-colored flood dragons fly toward the enormous fist, he said, "Void Transformation." A gigantic black spatial rift appeared in front of the nine dragons, and another appeared behind Ji Jingtian.

The nine blood-colored flood dragons plunged into the black spatial rift, only to fly out of the rift behind Ji Jingtian.

Ji Jingtian sneered at Huo Ping. "Trying to help her? Do you think I'm dead? Aren't you being a little too naive?"

Seeing that Ji Jingtian had neutralized his nine blood-colored flood dragons, Huo Ping immediately panicked. Ignoring Ji Jingtian's words, he flew swiftly toward Yi Man. But Ji Jingtian used the same trick again, opening a gigantic spatial rift in front of Huo Ping. His momentum carried him straight into it, and he emerged behind Ji Jingtian.

Huo Ping's face began to twist as he emerged behind Ji Jingtian. "You... I'll kill you!" he said, then charged at him.

Seeing that Huo Ping could not help her, Yi Man felt an inexplicable despair rise in her heart. She could not understand why, despite being at the Samsara Realm, she was no match for someone at the Dao Body Realm. The enormous fist drew closer and closer. In despair, she shouted to Huo Ping, "Brother Ping, remember to avenge me and our child!" The Six Paths of Samsara Fist struck her, and she fell straight from the sky. She crashed heavily into the ground, smashing out a deep crater. She was dead, her Dao extinguished.

"No..."

Huo Ping let out a heart-rending roar. His eyes were red and bloodshot, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. He could not believe that his son had left him not long ago, and now his wife had died, her Dao extinguished, right before his eyes.

He said to Yuan Ruochu and Ji Jingtian, "I want you dead! I want you dead!" Then he took out a red pill and put it in his mouth. His presence grew stronger, and his cultivation slowly rose from the sixth stage of the Samsara Realm to the seventh, then the eighth, before stopping at the ninth.

Yuan Zhexian was slightly startled when he saw the red pill. "Hmm... the Life-Devouring Saint Pill?"