Chapter 2093: Green Mountain City
"Does anyone recognize this person?" That powerful figure asked in a low voice. The crowd shook their heads one after another, and the killing intent grew heavier.
"Uncle, should we kill him?" Someone asked. The powerful figure pondered for a moment, then spoke: "We still can't confirm his relationship with Xiao Ye. Let's take him back for now."
"En." The crowd nodded and began to clean up. On the entire ancient sailboat, only the powerful figure controlling the sail and a few strong Emperor Realm individuals were still conscious. Everyone else was either dead or injured. Lin Feng was no exception. After enduring who knows how many violent shocks, he finally fell unconscious. The only reason he hadn't died was that his soul and body were exceptionally strong, allowing him to hold on.
The Shen Xiao Continent was located at the very center of the Nine Heavens Continent, bordering the other eight continents. It was the most vast continent, and naturally, the strongest one as well. On this continent, all kinds of martial artists gathered together, colliding to create the most brilliant sparks. Artifact refining grandmasters, alchemy experts, array dao masters, and various powerful individuals with special abilities all converged on the grand stage of the Shen Xiao Continent. If the Nine Heavens Continent was one great landmass, then the Shen Xiao Continent was its central region.
Within the lands of the Shen Xiao Continent, there were countless powerful main cities, each with its own governing rules. Some cities were ruled by holy clans, some were dominated by academies, some had sects standing side by side, and others, like the Underworld, had the City Lord's Mansion as the supreme power, controlling everything.
In Green Mountain City, the ancient aristocratic families were the strongest force, the so-called ancient clans. Chief among them were two great family clans: the Jing Clan and the Yu Clan. These two ancient array dao families controlled the city's array veins, and countless ancient family forces lived under their rule.
Of course, in the current Green Mountain City, the Jing Clan seemed to be growing stronger. Especially among the younger generation, the Jing Clan was clearly more powerful than the Yu Clan. The balance between the two ancient family forces seemed to be tipping. However, some time ago, a scandal had occurred in the Jing Clan. A junior of the Jing Clan, Jing Xiaoyue, had fallen in love with someone she shouldn't have, and the matter had even escalated to the point of elopement. The Jing Clan could have simply killed the man, but Jing Xiaoyue had threatened to kill herself.
This scandal had become a hot topic of conversation in Green Mountain City. Many people actually sympathized with Jing Xiaoyue. True love was rare among martial artists, and it was not easy for her to find a dao companion she truly liked. Unfortunately, that man was already several hundred years old. Although his strength was decent, his potential was very limited. The Jing Clan naturally didn't want her to follow someone like that.
At this moment, in a black pagoda within the Jing Clan, the lamplight was dim. A figure was nailed to iron chain stakes, his hair disheveled and his aura weak. Within his soul, two flames burned continuously, causing him to endure endless agony.
At that moment, a figure stepped forward, walked up to the bound figure, and curled his lips into a cruel smile. "It's the same as before. As long as you agree to deliver the message and personally tell Xiaoyue on the stage that you were only deceiving her, you can walk out of this prison pagoda."
The bound figure raised his head. His eyes were still clear, carrying a hint of mocking sarcasm. He said coldly, "For several hundred years, I thought I would never feel love again. But since I met Xiaoyue, it is fate. In this life, I actually have few regrets. The hatred of the past, my disciple will surely avenge for me. That past event, I should forget it. I have the best of brothers and a group of outstanding disciples. The only regret I have in living now is Xiaoyue. If I cannot be with her, then just kill me."
As he spoke, a brilliant smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Want to die?" The man sneered. "Since you refuse to agree, then stay here forever, enduring the torment of your soul being refined by fire. Xiaoyue doesn't know we've captured you. Time will make her forget everything. She will give up on you. You will live a life worse than death, waiting until Xiaoyue falls in love with someone else."
"If Xiaoyue doesn't see me on the agreed day, she will understand the truth. I cannot abandon my promise to her." The bound figure said calmly.
"You're wrong. We've already told her that you were only using her as a stepping stone to enter our Jing Clan. If you don't show up, Xiaoyue will naturally give up." The man said calmly, then lifted his foot, walked through the dark corridor, and followed the dim lamplight out of the black pagoda.
In the dark pagoda, a sigh echoed out—a sigh of helplessness. He seemed to recall his former lover. In the world they lived in, they were an unparalleled pair. They roamed freely through the martial world, joining hands to leave the sealed small world, dreaming of carving out a brighter future. But everything had been just a conspiracy. His lover had been annihilated in that conspiracy.
From then on, he began a long period of concealment, scheming for a hundred years, cultivating a group of the most outstanding disciples to break the conspiracy. After so many years, he believed he should be close to success. Perhaps some of his disciples had already stepped into the realm of High-rank Emperor. He believed that his disciples would eventually fulfill his long-cherished wish. And he, by a twist of fate, had met Xiaoyue. She was so similar to her, yet after getting to know her, he found her to be so different. However, this could not stop him from loving this graceful woman. But his weakness in martial arts had once again brought him a nightmare.
The High-rank Emperor Realm. If this were in the past, it would have been an invincible existence. But now, it was still too weak!
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Within the Yu Clan, in a very simple room, Lin Feng opened his eyes, and a wave of soreness immediately washed over him.
"Still alive!" Lin Feng glanced at the void and took a deep breath. The natural force of the void tunnel was too terrifying. It was a tunnel of death. Under such a terrible crisis, even any powerful Emperor Realm existence would die. He felt as if he had walked a full circle through the gates of hell, nearly losing his life.
Struggling to get up, the soreness persisted. It was clear how much terrible crushing force his physical body had endured. It wasn't just his body; his soul was the same. At this moment, he felt as if he were carrying a weight of millions of jin, as if his entire body was no longer his own.
"Where am I?" Lin Feng wondered inwardly. Then his heart stirred slightly. He noticed that the few storage rings on his body were gone. Although Lin Feng had stored the most important things in his martial soul world, he still carried storage rings with many good things inside. He hadn't expected someone to take his storage rings while he was unconscious.
Standing up, Lin Feng walked toward the door. He found that he was staying in an extremely simple courtyard. Someone was guarding outside. Seeing him appear, the guard said to him, "You're awake. Rest inside for now."
"Where is this?" Lin Feng asked.
"The Yu Mansion, the young lady's side quarters." The guard replied calmly. The young lady's side quarters meant the place where ordinary guards and servants lived in this courtyard. Although they hadn't dealt with Lin Feng, they had placed him here.
"I'll go out for a walk." Lin Feng said calmly, then lifted his foot and walked outside. But the other person blocked him, saying coldly, "Before the young lady wakes up, you'd better stay here."
Lin Feng frowned. He remembered that before he was crushed into unconsciousness, he had grabbed hold of that young girl. She had a protective treasure. After that, he knew nothing. The "young lady" the other person mentioned—could it be that girl?
"Is this the Shen Xiao Continent?" Lin Feng asked. Although he already guessed the answer should be yes, he still wanted to confirm.
"The Shen Xiao Continent, Green Mountain City." The other person replied.
"I've arrived at the Shen Xiao Continent." A sharp glint flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. It seemed he needed to go find his senior brother as soon as possible. With this thought, he stepped outside, not wanting to stay here and wait.
"Stop." Seeing Lin Feng trying to force his way out, the guard couldn't help but shout.
Lin Feng snorted coldly, preparing to force his way through. But at that moment, he heard the sound of wind whistling in the distance. A group of figures stepped forward, and it was none other than that young girl and the others who had arrived.
The young girl landed on the ground, her eyes fixed on Lin Feng. She gritted her teeth slightly and said coldly, "Shameless scoundrel."
"Under those circumstances, borrowing your strength to save my life was a matter of necessity. I apologize for that here." Lin Feng said. In a life-or-death situation, he couldn't afford to care about so much.
"Yu Ye, since you don't know him, then..." A young man beside the girl said coldly, killing intent flickering in his eyes.
But Yu Ye didn't pay him any attention. Instead, she looked at Lin Feng and said, "I can let you leave, but at least you should give me that Ancient Emperor Talisman."
A look of displeasure flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. He said, "The storage rings on my body were all taken by you people, and you're asking me for the Ancient Emperor Talisman?"
"Is that so?" Yu Ye's beautiful eyes flickered. She looked at the young man beside her, and then heard him say, "Uncle did take the storage rings from his body. Everything will be decided once you wake up."
"Let's go find Father." Yu Ye said, then turned back to look at Lin Feng. "You come along too."
The group flickered and headed toward another palace. At that moment, inside the palace, a middle-aged man was looking at the array talisman before him, a grave expression in his eyes. What a formidable array talisman. The person who inscribed this array talisman possessed terrifying array dao ability.
The array talisman before him was the one Lin Feng had inscribed using the Ancient Emperor Talisman. It turned out that the other party, relying on his powerful soul strength, had forcibly erased Lin Feng's imprint on the storage rings, taken out the contents, and then seen this array talisman. The person who inscribed it was definitely an array dao grandmaster.