Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  With that, many Qi Practitioners mobilized and went to intercept Zhong Yue. Some of the Qi Practitioners determined that Zhong Yue’s destination was Xian Kong Saint City by extrapolating his travel path. Thus, they directly set up an ambush around the city as they waited for Zhong Yue’s arrival.

  Shi Buyi must be closing himself up to cultivate and try to understand the sun and moon spirit eye totem carvings I gave him. He is trying to complete his incomplete【Monster God Ming King’s Art】 and to cultivate the Yin and Yang Qi but unfortunately for him, he will discover that what he is doing will ultimately be in vain.

  As he thought of Shi Buyi, a legendary figure among the monsters, his mouth involuntarily contorted into a smile. With just the sun and moon spirit eye totem carvings, one would still be unable to cultivate the Yin and Yang Qi. With that, he couldn't help but to feel a sense of schadenfreude as he had managed to make a legendary figure waste his time on something unachievable.

  “Master, there’s a lake filled with lotuses ahead of us!”

  Suddenly, Long Qiu’er shouted happily and she pointed towards the front as she said, “Look, Master, what a beautiful scene!”

  “Lotuses?”

  Zhong Yue was slightly stunned and as he looked towards that direction, the other three girls had also discovered the lake and they all rushed towards the lake. Then, Long Xia’er shouted, “Master, there is a girl paddling in the middle of the lake and she said that she is an old friend of yours. She also invited us to get onboard, Sister Chun’er and Dong’er have already boarded the boat.”

  “Old friend? Could it be her?”

  Zhong Yue’s heart squeezed and he heard a familiar voice singing a beautiful song that sounded very clear and nice. Then, the fragrance of lotuses and water entered his nostrils as a small boat entered his view, floating atop the lake. The lotus picking girl paddled the boat with Long Chun’er and Long Dong’er sitting at the boat as they sung along with the lotus picking girl.

  On the other side, Long Qiu’er and Long Xia’er took off their shoes and they walked on the water barefooted towards the little boat while the lotus picking girl stood on the boat and looked towards Zhong Yue before she laughed and said, “Dear Master Long, long time no see.”

  “So it’s Sister Qing He.”

  Zhong Yue stood at the lakeside with his hands on his back as he said calmly, “It has indeed been a long time since we last met. I never thought that Sister Qing He would be able to remember me even after such a long time.”

  That lotus picking girl was indeed Qing He as she said with a smile, “How could I forget you after you killed my junior martial brother? I reflected on my own flaws and have returned to my teacher to learn more techniques and even opened my Wan Xiang and Shen Cai Wheel. With that, my hands have started to feel itchy and I decided to seek Brother Yue’s teachings again.”

  Although she clearly stated that she came to Zhong Yue as an enemy, the four girls remained their smiling expressions. They played and sung in harmony with each other as they had obviously succumbed to her 【Voice of Succubus】.

  Fortunately, Qing He did not harbor the intention of killing them or she would have made them commit suicide with but a thought.

  “Sure, sure.”

  Zhong Yue replied with a smile, “But that will have to wait as I seem to have some visitors from that side.”

  Qing He was shocked and she quickly turned around to discover that a monstrous cloud had floated towards them. She quickly shouted, “Greetings my friend, may I know who is this?”

  The monstrous cloud trembled as a loud voice was heard, “【Voice of Succubus】? Disciple of Shu Qianqiu, with that level of yours, it’s useless to entertain any thoughts of using that trick on me. Your cultivation is simply lacking!”

  Zheng zheng zheng——

  A series of noises could be heard and on top of the air of the monstrous cloud, a Qi Practitioner appeared as five shining wheels appeared behind him!

  Qing He’s【Voice of Succubus】worked like a charm on those Qi Practitioners that were on the same level as her or lower. But it actually failed when it came to this Qi Practitioner as he clearly had repelled her skill with just a loud roar!

  As the loud roar resounded outwards, it shattered her【Voice of Succubus】, causing her face to blanch. Then, Long Xia’er and the other three girls awoke up from Qing He’s【Voice of Succubus】and they remained in the same position they were as before.

  The four girls did not know that QIng He was Zhong Yue’s enemy nor of the fact that they had just felt that there was this nice but inexplicable feeling emanating from Qing He, a feeling that made them desire to stay by her side.

  On the other hand, Zhong Yue did not summoned them back and instead, allowing them to stay on Qing He’s boat.

  “Ying Family! I never expected Ying Tian and Ying Shang to show up!”

  As Qing He saw the incoming hostiles, her face changed and she said, “So that Ying Family had come for Long Yue’s life as well? Not bad, they actually sent two Awakening Qi Practitioners that had already opened the five wheels. Seems like your family is desperate for Zhong Yue’s life!”

  In the air, the monstrous cloud trembled again and Qi Practitioners appeared out of it one after another. The four brothers of the Ying Family had arrived at the scene! Then, the four eagle headed, human bodied brothers looked down and their visions that were as sharp as sword brushed past Qing He before landing on Zhong Yue. Then, a middle age Qi Practitioner among them said coldly, “Shu Qianqiu has underestimated Long Yue for sending you to deal with him! Did he think that Long Yue would not improve at all after such long time of cultivation?”

  Another middle age Qi Practitioner said again, “Long Yue would have only dared to come out if he has improved drastically. With the likes of you, not only will you be unable to kill him, you will be killed instead! Now, Qing He, this place has nothing to do with you anymore, be gone!”

  Qing He humphed coldly and before she could say anything, her face changed as even more monstrous cloud appeared and even more monster Qi practitioners rushed towards them at incredible speeds!

  Hu——

  Strong and vigorous wind started to blow and an extremely bad scent could be smelt. Suddenly, the strong wind stopped blowing and another Qi Practitioner appeared at the lakeside, each with light wheels behind them and they appeared to be muscular and bearded males. They looked around coldy and they briefly looked at Qing He before staring at Zhong Yue. It was clear that they didn’t care about Qing He, only Zhong Yue.

  “Qi Practitioners from the Meng Family!”

  Qing He’s face changed completely and she murmured, “Even Awakening level Qi Practitioners in the peak of their level like Meng Lun and Meng Huang have appeared. Such bold moves from the Meng Family!”

  “Eastern Sea’s Long Yue, because of you, my brother Meng She and Meng Xiang died in the hands of Gu Hongzi and today is the day we will avenge them!”

  Meng Huang stepped forward and as his feet landed on the ground, he shook the entire lake and caused vigorous waves in the lake.

  Zhong Yue however, maintained expressionless and he suddenly smiled and said, “Brothers of the Ying and Meng Family, please remain calm as there will be more Qi Practitioners that will be arriving soon. Why don’t we wait for them and let us reason about it?”

  “We are not here from some mere reasoning, we are here to kill you!”

  Another loud shout could be heard and more monstrous clouds and winds gushed towards them as Qi Practitioners rushed towards them one after another. Then, even more Qi Practitioners swarmed towards them while travelling in the ground, running and jumping, probably because they were too heavy to fly.

  Such bold moves, sending so many Qi Practitioners just to kill this brat Long Yue!

  Qing He’s face changed drastically again as she thought to herself. In just a short period of time, so many strong Qi Practitioners showed up and each and everyone of them were famous figures. A majority of them
were Awakening level Qi Practitioners, with only a few of them being Rebirth level Qi Practitioners, but even those lower-leveled cultivators were among the best of the best in their league.

  “Today, we will get to eat some dragon meat and gnaw on some dragon bone!” said a monster Qi Practitioner sinisterly.

  “We will form an alliance and kill him today!”

  “You killed my wife and you will pay for what you have done! Today, I will take your life and bring your head to my wife’s grave!”

  “My son was trampled to death by you in the streets of Xian Kong Saint City, I am not a monster if I don't avenge him!”

  “You little shit, you have brought all of these to yourself! Don’t blame us for your own sins!”

  ….

  Zhong Yue stood at the lake side and continued to maintain his smiling expression while the monster Qi Practitioners continued to hurl verbal abuses at him. After a moment, the atmosphere grew very dense, pressuring everyone in the vicinity.

  Then, Zhong Yue smiled and said, “Has everyone finished their drivel? If so, then it’s my time to speak, I assume?”

  Yin Shang’s eyes felt like there was fire burning in it and he said, “Any last words?”

  Behind Zhong Yue, a twenty feet long Six-Eyed Starry Toad appeared with the five light wheels and his five great Yuan Shen secret realms opened up in an instant.

  The many monster Qi Practitioners were stunned and before they could gather their thoughts back in time, the Six Eyes Starry Toad suddenly roared, “Mang Gu!”

  The roar echoed through the lake and the mountains. The ground in front of Zhong Yue quaked and burst apart as they turned to scattered debris that continually to disintegrate into dust dusts!

  Ga cha ga cha——-

  The ground even further away started to crack open as fissures that were as long as a few meters deep in the ground were created!

  The tremendous trembles caused the monster Qi Practitioners to lose their balance and suddenly, one of the Qi Practitioners exploded and following right after that, his body was disintegrated by the shockwaves!!

  Boom boom boom——-

  Even more Qi Practitioners had their bodies crushed by the shock waves and some of the stronger ones got injured from the shock waves. They were forced to quickly escape through flying in the air, burrowing under the ground or even simply running as fast as they could to create as much distance as they could between themselves and the epicenter of the shock waves.

  At the same time, huge Jiao Dragons charged out from the the ground and they quickly filled the previously empty air space with their huge hundred feet long bodies! They slithered and as they moved, and they crushed the ground with the horrifying strength!

  Suddenly, the Jiao Dragons disappeared in an instant and mutilated bodies fell from the skies.

  “They’re all dead… All dead….”

  Qing He looked at the scene with a blank mind and shivered. That roar released by Zhong Yue was not meant for her, thus, the lake and the little boat was not affected but the scene was just too terrifying for her. To Qing He, Yin Shang, Meng Lun and the others in the level of five wheel Awakening level Qi Practitioners were already incredibly strong but they were all killed in a split second with none of them managing to escape!

  Run… I must get out of here as fast as I can!

  However, as soon as she thought of this, a voice could be heard right beside her ears, “Sister Qing He, pardon me, what were you trying to say to me just now? You’ll have to forgive me if I didn’t hear it before since it was a bit too noisy just now.”

  Qing He’s eyes rolled around and she suddenly said with a sweet smile as she decided to pull out the only card remaining to her, “I know how to warm beds....”

  Chapter 206: Ruthless Reputation |

  “Who doesn't know how to warm beds?”

  Long Chun’er and the other three girls immediately regained their senses and became incensed as they recalled how Qing He used her【Voice of Succubus】to toy with their minds. Then, they all said at once, “Any girl would know how to warm beds, what is there to be proud of?”

  “Every time before Master sleeps, we would lie on his bed naked and use our body temperature to warm up his sheets and blankets so he would not feel cold when he sleeps.”

  “That’s right! And after we lit up the perfumed incense and the fireplace, the room would be very warm and cozy.”

  ….

  Qing He was shocked and she was speechless after she was insulted by these girls. Then, she turned around and looked at Zhong Yue angrily as she thought, What a perverted dragon! No wonder they said that the dragons are all naturally perverted!

  Zhong Yue felt slightly awkward and his face returned to the normal as he occupied a very high position among the monsters and felt that ‘warming beds’ was nothing at all. After all, he once stayed at Xian Kong Sainty City for a period of time and his courtyard, there were quite a few beautiful female monsters that had served him in the nude whenever he took a bath.

  Compared to that, warming beds was nothing at all.

  Of course, Long Chun’er, Long Xia’er and the other girls only did it for a few times as Zhong Yue did not stay in his territory for long.

  Zhong Yue only felt that the blankets and sheets were warm and there was a nice scent that belonged only to girls, thus, he did not think much at all.

  “If Sister Qing He wants to learn more about warming beds, each and every one of them are better than you.”

  Zhong Yue then said kindly, “If the sister has no other skills, you can actually pick a better death as I make it quick.”

  Qing He shivered as Zhong Yue was too strong right now. More than half of the Qi Practitioners that came after Zhong Yue were all stronger than her but they all died in just a blink of an eye. She was definitely not his opponent at all!

  But it wouldn't work out if she wanted to escape as well as Zhong Yue obviously did his research on the skills and techniques of Shu Qianqiu and his disciples, which was why he managed to kill King Teng when he was still at Rebirth. Just with that, it was obvious that there were no possibilities of escape for her.

  “Big Brother Long, is there a way that I don’t need to die?” Qing He immediately changed her way of addressing Zhong Yue as she said this delicately and charmingly.

  Zhong Yue thought and he said, “Do you eat humans?”

  Qing He quickly replied, “I am a lotus that became a monster so I am a vegetarian.”

  Zhong Yue then laughed and said, “Then I can make you my maidservant. My territory will still expand and I lack talented candidates, with you at my side, you can help me manage my territory.”

  “Maidservant?”

  Qing He’s face turned dark and she replied, “I am an Awakening level Qi Practitioner and you make me to be your maidservant?”

  “You wish to be my wife then?”

  Qing He started sweating bullets on her forehead and she stammered, “Are you not afraid that my teacher, Shu Qianqiu will come looking trouble from you? Besides, I too, have senior martial brothers and senior martial sisters. For the sake of the reputation of my school, how would they allow you to capture me and make me your maidservant?”

  Zhong Yue turned his head and said, “If Shu Qianqiu and your senior martial sisters brothers are so strong, I guess I’ll have to send you to an eternal sleep then.”

  Qing He had a scare and she quickly replied, “I will become your maidservant and do as you bid of my free will, master. Please don’t kill me!”

  Zhong Yu was very pleased and he replied with a smile, “If that’s so, please pack everything you need and we shall depart for Xian Kong Saint City right now. By the way, how is the strength of Shu Qianqiu compared to Gu Hongzi?”

  The lotuses floating on the lake then suddenly had their roots and leaves curled up and rolled back before sinking deep into the water. Then, countless roads under the boat swarmed towards the bottom of the boat and they surged back into Qing He’s body.

/>   Qing He then thought for a moment and said, “I think they are about the same, both of them had managed to become the lord of Xuan Keep and Gu Xia City so their strength must be about the same.”

  Zhong Yue felt relieved and he said, “I never thought that Gu Hongzi would be that strong. With him present, Shu Qianqiu will not be able to act as he wishes whereas for your senior martial sisters and senior martial brothers, I will capture them and make them my servants. If I can’t capture then, then I will kill just them.”

  Qing He humped and said, “My senior martial sisters and senior martial brothers are all Atman Body and Inner Core level Qi Practitioners. With their strength, killing you will be as easy as killing a chicken! By the way, you are heading towards Xian Kong Saint City? To be honest, news about you has already spread throughout the barren. This includes your previous locations and other information. All of this news had come from Xian Kong Saint City. If I hadn’t received news about you, I wouldn't have set up an ambush here waiting for you. Right now, Xian Kong Saint City is incredibly dangerous for you and god knows how many Qi Practitioners are waiting for you on your journey to the city!”

  ”Zhong Yue replied calmly, “But I will be safe if I arrive at Xian Kong Saint City. After all, who dares to harm me as I am the Saint City Lord’s disciple.”

  Qing He couldn't help but to say, “Long Yue, do you not understand? The one that wants to kill you the most is Shi Buyi, not the other factions! Why do you think the news about you was so accurate? Shi Buyi wants to kill you but you just run to him? Are you looking for death?”

  Zhong Yue laughed and said, “Because of his pride and for the sake of his reputation, he would not deal with me personally and not only that, he would have to protect me in the city. If I was killed in his city under his attention, where would his face go in the future?”

  Long Dong’er quickly said, “Don't’ worry, Sister Qing, our master has always been very strong. If he says that something can work out, then he can definitely work something out. As his maidservants, we do not need to worry too much and all we have to do is listen to his orders and execute them obediently.”