Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Courting Death
At the same time that Li Yang returned to the Celestial Origin Palace.
Jing City. The Zheng family residence.
Three generations of their men—Zheng Hu, Zheng Qian, and Zheng Yi—were gathered together.
Zheng Hu’s expression was as dark and still as deep water, making it impossible to know what he was thinking.
Zheng Qian was sitting cross-legged and cultivating.
As for Zheng Yi, he was seated in a chair, his face showing a clear trace of excitement, thrill, and anticipation. His injuries had already fully healed.
Suddenly, Zheng Qian stopped cultivating.
"Dad, I’ve broken through to the Late Heaven Level!" Zheng Qian’s face was filled with delight.
In just one short month, his power had increased explosively.
"Mm."
Zheng Hu nodded and smiled faintly. "You won’t need to go to the Relic Space on the island this time. Stay here and focus on increasing your strength. In another month, you should be able to break through to the King Level!"
The King Level, a realm incredibly difficult for Cultivators to reach, sounded so simple coming from Zheng Hu.
Just then, Zheng Hu’s cell phone rang.
He glanced at the screen and said with an indifferent expression, "Li Yang has arrived at the Celestial Origin Palace. Since he’s shown up, I’ll be leaving too."
He walked out of the house, flew into the sky, and quickly vanished.
After watching him leave, Zheng Yi’s face lit up with excitement. "Dad, this time, inside that Relic Space, Grandpa will be able to kill Li Yang for sure, right?"
Zheng Qian nodded. "Your grandfather was the first to discover that Relic Space, and he obtained immense benefits from it. His strength has now reached the mid-King Level, and he knows the inside of that Relic Space like the back of his hand. Of course he can easily use the relic to kill Li Yang!"
"Haha! I can’t wait to see Li Yang die!" Zheng Yi laughed maniacally, a crazed look flashing across his face.
Although his physical injuries had healed, the psychological trauma Li Yang had inflicted on him simply would not fade.
He had spent his entire life surrounded by the flattery and fawning of others. A personality forged in such an environment might do fine when things were going smoothly, but it was prone to warping after suffering a major setback.
And that was precisely what had happened to Zheng Yi.
"After Li Yang is dead, I’m going to make his parents and family suffer, too!" Zheng Yi’s eyes were filled with venomous hatred.
Heaven knew how much he hated Li Yang. To have his bones broken in front of so many people, to have his right hand crushed underfoot... He wanted nothing more than to eat Li Yang’s flesh and drink his blood.
Seeing his son in this state, Zheng Qian frowned slightly.
He hadn’t realized the incident at Xinhu Square had hit his son so hard.
"Yi, we can’t touch Li Yang’s family. Even if we do anything, it can only be a minor lesson at most."
Zheng Qian said gravely, "And we must wait until after Li Yang is dead to act. Otherwise, if an investigation traces it back to us, not even your grandfather will be able to protect you."
"Dad, I know my limits."
Zheng Yi nodded quickly at his words.
"Good. I’m going back to my cultivation. Your grandfather gave you plenty of resources, so you should be cultivating diligently as well." After giving his instructions, Zheng Qian left.
He planned to focus all his efforts on breaking through to the King Level.
The moment Zheng Qian left, the calm facade on Zheng Yi’s face twisted back into a hideous, venomous scowl.
"Li Yang!!!"
He hissed the name under his breath.
Only by seeing Li Yang dead, only by seeing his family living in misery, could he finally find release for his suffocating rage.
’Li Yang, I’ll be right here, waiting for you to die.’
...
Li Yang arrived at the Celestial Origin Palace.
"Li Yang."
"Li Yang, you’re here."
As he arrived, some of the King Level Cultivators who had met him before, such as Wang Bing, greeted him with a smile.
Li Yang smiled and returned their greetings in turn.
He glanced around. Including himself, there were a total of seven King Level Cultivators present.
He had met five of them before, but two were new faces.
"Li Yang."
Not far away, Shao Jie walked over. He glanced at Li Yang, then paused. "You seem... different somehow."
King Level Cultivators could easily conceal their energy fluctuations and hide their true strength, so there was no way for him to perceive the change in Li Yang’s power.
He never would have guessed that in just one short month, Li Yang had already reached the Peak of King Level!
Still, Shao Jie’s keen senses detected that something was off.
Li Yang just smiled. "How so?"
Shao Jie shook his head. He had only asked offhandedly and didn’t press the issue, changing the subject directly to the matter of the Relic Space on the island.
"Right now, according to our intel, one hundred and twelve King Level Cultivators have already gathered on that island..."
Hearing this number, Li Yang was shocked. "That many?"
There were only about one hundred and fifty King Level Cultivators in the entire world, and now more than half of them were gathered on that island.
"Mm. Even with so many of them gathered, they still can’t open the Relic Space. The harder it is to open, the more it proves how special this Relic Space is. It might contain a truly great opportunity!" Shao Jie analyzed.
"Similar situations have happened with Relic Spaces in the past. When one was finally opened and its treasures were unearthed, the number of powerful experts on Earth increased dramatically. We even gained over thirty new King Level Cultivators from that one event!"
As Li Yang listened, he too began to feel a stir of curiosity about the Relic Space.
For it to have created so many new King Level Cultivators at once, one could only imagine how immense the opportunity must have been!
"So, there isn’t a single King Level Cultivator who can resist a temptation like that!"
Shao Jie said with a sigh, "I estimate that over ninety percent of the King Level Cultivators from every country will be there this time!"
For Cultivators, life is a constant struggle for advancement. Very few would be willing to miss a nascent opportunity like this.
"Alright, enough about that. Let me introduce you to someone."
After a moment, Shao Jie smiled and led Li Yang over to another man. "This is Wei Jiang. His awakened ability is also lightning, so you two should exchange pointers when you have time."
Looking at the man before him, information about Wei Jiang surfaced in Li Yang’s mind.
The Celestial Origin Palace had two mid-King Level Cultivators. Besides Shao Jie, the other was Wei Jiang. He wielded lightning, possessed immense strength, and was ranked among the top twenty in the world!
Wei Jiang was a stern, unsmiling middle-aged man dressed in a black robe. He shot Li Yang a glance.
"Hello," Li Yang said with a smile.
"Mm." In response to Li Yang’s greeting, Wei Jiang merely gave a slight nod and said in a flat tone, "I wouldn’t presume to exchange pointers. But since we’re heading to the island where foreign experts are gathered, try not to waste the effects of the Seven-Star Fruit."
Hearing this, the smile on Li Yang’s face froze.
’Wei Jiang’s words sound a bit barbed,’ he thought.
Shao Jie heard the barb in his tone as well. Frowning slightly, he said, "Wei Jiang, what’s that supposed to mean?"
"Just a reminder. After all, there will be many foreign Cultivators on that island, including some at the mid-King Level, and even the Late King Level," Wei Jiang said flatly.
"Those foreign Cultivators won’t pull their punches for anyone."
With that, he walked away.
Li Yang frowned as he watched Wei Jiang leave. ’Does he have a problem with me?’
