Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 588 - 567: Starwind Trial (1/3)

Although Wild Horse City was large, the spread of news was not slow, especially that which was sensational.

The Fu family had lost three clan members. Fu Zewen being one of them didn’t matter much, as he was merely a dissolute scion — a hundred of him dying wouldn’t have been a pity. But what about Fu Liding? What about Fu Wenbo? They were pivotal figures in the Fu family!

One was a Peak Moonlight Emperor, who had already set one foot into the Third Layer Heaven of Moonlight, and the other was even a Two Wheels Moonlight Emperor, both vital pillars of the Fu family!

And yet, someone had slaughtered them!

It was said that the Fu family had mobilized all their experts, but they were helplessly unable to do anything to their opponent. In the end, it was the Situ Family that intervened, setting up a public trial at the Heavenly Might Hall two days later!

Who was this person, to wield such power to push the Fu family to such a state?

Each time the tale was retold, it grew more exaggerated; by the end, Zhou Heng had become a Peak Moonlight Emperor, whose mere slap had sent the Fu family’s experts scurrying, begging on their knees for the Situ Family to intervene to secure a public trial at the Heavenly Might Hall.

Rumors did not cease with the wise but spread indiscriminately.

The Fu family knew that someone was behind this, fanning the flames, aiming to ruin their reputation. But they currently did not have the resources to worry about this matter, as they were mustering the strength of all fifteen forces in Wild Horse City, which had the power to vote in the Heavenly Might Hall.

They were determined to kill Zhou Heng and seize the Immortal Artifact in his possession!

Zhou Heng was utterly indifferent to this; he leisurely stayed in the inn, refining the Life Essence Qi absorbed by Black Sword.

One a Peak Moonlight Emperor and one a One Wheel Moonlight Emperor, the Life Essence Qi contained within Black Sword was exceptionally rich. Zhou Heng’s original Eight Wheels Moon had already reached perfection, and now, with this influx of Spiritual Power, he immediately reached the limit and gave birth to a new moon phase!

Starting from a crescent, it rapidly grew into a waning moon, then into a half-moon.

A complete extra Wheel Moon!

Nine Wheels Moonlight Emperor!

Not bad at all. If he slaughtered all those Moonlight Emperors from the Fu family, could his number of moons skyrocket to Twenty-One Wheels?

Since the Moonlight King period was the Twenty-One Wheels Moon, Zhou Heng naturally believed he could reach this ultimate number even as a Moonlight Emperor! He always surpassed himself, so how could he possibly regress?

With the remaining time, Zhou Heng focused on alchemy.

It wasn’t exactly alchemy, rather, he was supervising the Fire Divine Furnace in performing the alchemy.

Immortal Stones, used as money, were of course better the more he had. Since he was soon to hold the title of a Three Stars Pharmacist, he wasn’t afraid of what others might think, running back and forth to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, selling a large quantity of Three Grade Pills.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to refine higher-tier pills, but by the standards of Xihai City, the materials he could find here could at most be used to produce Three Grade Pills!

Even the most skilled cannot cook without rice. Even if the Fire Divine Furnace was a hundred times better than a Holy Pharmacist, without materials, how could it conjure pills out of nothing?

Forty-Nine Immortal City is divided into twelve levels, each divided by a set of three levels is a step. Essentially, there isn’t much difference between Hai Immortal City and You Immortal City except for the density of Spiritual Energy.

But it’s different in Shen Immortal City, here start to appear families and forces from the Sunshine Realm, everything steps up a level.

Over these few days, Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was both eager to see him and yet dreaded seeing him.

Being able to get a large amount of Three Grade Pills was naturally good, able to significantly enhance Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s competitiveness. But this owner’s Three Grade Pills were too plentiful, as if picked off the ground, brought out in large amounts; just in these few days, they almost drained Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s liquid funds dry!

Here, Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was one of the nine major branches in the whole Xihai City. Though they spoke of liquid funds, the amount was already extremely large!

Zhou Heng’s possession of Immortal Stones had reached the scale of millions, he stopped practicing alchemy, as the innkeeper of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was nearly crying; they were not worried about selling the Three Grade Pills, but time was needed, wasn’t it?

The liquid funds were almost spent, and this could lead to serious consequences, they could only ask Zhou Heng to slow down.

"If you secure the title of a Three Stars Pharmacist, we can get three more Starwind Trial spots!" After dinner on the last day, Yang Lanxin suddenly said to Zhou Heng.

"Starwind Trial?" Zhou Heng, although he had some understanding of the Immortal Realm, definitely knew more about what he did not understand.

"Do you know why our Yang family, including families like the Situ Family and Fu Family that have Moonlight Emperors, choose to stay in Hai Immortal City?" Yang Lanxin countered.

"Isn’t it because there are fewer Moonlight Emperor families here, allowing you to act recklessly and do as you please?" Zhou Heng said with a smile, which although somewhat playful, also hit the nail on the head.

In comparison to cities like Xu Immortal City and You Immortal City, the Spiritual Energy density here was much inferior, but there was less competition here, making it easier to gain territory and population. Having territory and population meant income from Immortal Stones, which meant buying pills to make up for the lack of Spiritual Energy.

If a family like the Yang family, which had only three Moonlight Emperors, were to go to You Immortal City, they could at most occupy a tiny area, and no one would be willing to join them to cultivate Immortal Herbs for them!

In that place, a family or force having a hundred or more Moonlight Emperors was not at all unusual!

"This is one reason, but there’s another reason, the Starwind Trial!" Yang Lanxin rolled her eyes at Zhou Heng; this guy just had to be so blunt, even though he was now a part of the Yang family!

"After all is said and done, what exactly is this Starwind Trial?"

"The Big Shot of Juexian City created these spaces to enhance the Martial Path in the Immortal Realm... just like Immortal Residences, within them are countless Treasure Beasts and Immortal Herbs, known as Starwind Space!"

Yang Lanxin paused for a moment before continuing, "Every hundred years, the Starwind Space opens once, allowing people to seek their fortunes! Not only that, occasionally one might find supreme insights and Immortal Techniques, high-tier Immortal Pills left by extraordinarily powerful beings!"

"There are Nine Great Cities in Xihai City, and every top three hundred power of each city gets three entries into the Starwind Space!"

"Other Immortal Cities have the same rule!"

"This is also one of the reasons many major families establish their families in Hai Immortal City... to secure entry into the Starwind Space!"

"Moreover, those ranked in the top ten of each Immortal City will even receive rewards from Juexian City, be it Immortal Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, or even being chosen as direct disciples by supreme experts!"

Zhou Heng nodded, understanding that the Yang family could rank within the top three hundred within the boundary of Wild Horse City, but if they were to go to any city in Xiyou, forget the top three hundred, even the top three thousand would be a stretch!

"Then why don’t families from the Sunshine Realm come here?" he asked, somewhat puzzled.

"First, even for the Sunshine King, the Spiritual Energy in You Immortal City is too sparse! Secondly, and most critically, Juexian City divides the twelve layers of Immortal Cities into four major tiers, with powers of the Sunshine Realm only allowed to operate from the Seventh to the Ninth Immortal City."

"By the same token, families of the Sublimation Realm are limited to the Fourth to the Sixth Immortal City, while powers of the Creation Realm are confined to the First to the Third Immortal City."

Zhou Heng listened to Yang Lanxin’s slow explanation and couldn’t help feeling that the waters of the Immortal Realm ran very deep.

"Does your Yang family possess these three entries?" he asked.

"It’s our Yang family!" Yang Lanxin rolled her eyes at him; how could he feel so little sense of belonging? It pissed her off! But she merely said this offhand and soon nodded, adding, "The last few times, it was me, Brother Ye, and my cousin who went together!"

When Liu Hanye and Lin Caijun were mentioned, Zhou Heng felt annoyed inside, yet these two weren’t even worthy of being considered his enemies. He chuckled and said, "Isn’t there Immortal Residence? Doesn’t that make the three-entry limit somewhat redundant?"

"Do you think everyone else is a fool?" Yang Lanxin rolled her eyes at him. Moon Shadow Saintess couldn’t intervene at all in secrets of the Immortal Realm; she could only quietly listen from the side.

"Are there preventative measures against Immortal Residences?" Zhou Heng asked.

"Not just Immortal Residences, but no Space Artifacts can be brought into Starwind Space either, as either the Space Artifacts will implode or the teleportation gates will be destroyed when passing through them! Juexian City has a clear rule: no Space Artifacts allowed. Any found will have their qualification for the Starwind Trial permanently revoked!" Yang Lanxin stated gravely.

"So that means you can’t really bring a lot of things out, right?" Zhou Heng frowned.

"Of course! Many of the Immortal Herbs in the Starwind Space aren’t even mature yet. If you had a Space Artifact, and you dug everything up, wouldn’t it be impossible for there to ever be any Immortal Herbs over a hundred years old there?" Yang Lanxin answered with a laugh.

Zhou Heng thought about it and nodded. Although the Starwind Trial occurred only once every hundred years, everyone’s quota was generally fixed. In such a case, naturally no one would fish the pond dry, doing things that harm others without benefiting oneself.

"If the Immortal Herb hasn’t matured, just wait to harvest it the next time. If someone else is eyeing it too, then it’s decided by strength!" Immature Immortal Herbs wouldn’t be effective if harvested.

"You’ve earned the title of a Three Stars Pharmacist, you will definitely also obtain three entries into the Starwind Trial!" Yang Lanxin added.

"Starwind Trial!" Zhou Heng murmured. Explorations for treasure were definitely something Black Donkey insisted on joining. With another entry at hand, who would he give it to? His beloved wives were just too numerous; one entry just wasn’t enough!

"Feeling troubled, aren’t you?" Moon Shadow Saintess knew what Zhou Heng was thinking.

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but smile, saying, "How long will the Starwind Trial last?"

"Very short, just one month!"

If it was only a month, that really wasn’t long. To be fair, he just might take none of his beloved wives at all!

"The public trial at the Heavenly Might Hall is tomorrow, why hasn’t the Pharmacist’s plaque been delivered yet?" Moon Shadow Saintess complained somewhat discontentedly.

Zhou Heng laughed heartily and said, "If it were delivered now, wouldn’t that lack a bit of dramatic flair?"

"You—" Moon Shadow Saintess wasn’t a fool and immediately understood, gently pounding his shoulder and saying, "You really are no good person!" freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"Of course I’m not a good person, I’m a rascal!" Zhou Heng lunged toward Moon Shadow Saintess.

"You rascal, what are you doing?"

"Exactly what a rascal should do!"

"Rascal—" Moon Shadow Saintess’s eyes were already watery, involuntarily wrapping her arms around Zhou Heng. (To be continued. If you like this work, we invite you to recommend votes, monthly votes at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please to m.qidian.com to read.)