Chapter 1539: Secretly Crossing The Wei River

At first, the awakened folks were afraid that they would be affected by the infant’s cry and lose their minds again.

However, they soon realized that they were probably fine.

They could still see the infant and hear its unholy cries, but for whatever reason, they were no longer affected by its evil, anomalous influence anymore.

So, they gossiped among themselves while staring at the giant infant in the sky.

None of them noticed that a woman was floating right above their heads and watching the infant with curious eyes as well. “Is this the ancient Evil Infant?”

The woman was Feng Qingyou, of course. She was also the one who saved these people.

“It seems a little weak though.”

In the others’ eyes, the Evil Infant’s evil energy and cries were beyond terrifying and powerful. But in her eyes, it only looked strong.

At the very least, it was nothing like the world-ending, life-taking monster Yan Guhui had described.

As expected, fist intent exploded out of the Stranger in the next moment.

The fist force was unstoppable, and the fist intent shook the nine firmaments.

Shaken by the vast fist intent, the storm of evil qi was scattered like a rootless duckweed, and the evil, terrifying Evil Infant was shattered in one punch.

For a time, the fist intent was the only thing that could be seen, heard, and felt. It kept rising upward like it would put a hole in the dark sky.

The fist intent did not weaken even after it had reached its highest point. On the contrary, its momentum was several times greater than before.

The fist intent did a one-eighty and dove toward the ground. At the same time, a sun and a moon took form.

The sun was violent and intense. It looked like it would burn anything and everything to dust.

The moon was cold and pale. It looked like it would freeze all life.

It felt like the two elements were as incompatible as fire and water, sun and moon, but in reality they were complementing and fueling each other. Their union gave birth to countless phenomena.

Sun and moon appeared on the same nine heavens, and all of time shared this one moment together.

As the sun and moon crashed toward the earth at the same time, the thick, dark clouds in the sky evaporated completely, and the evil energy that just resurrected was annihilated into nothing.

Finally, the sun and moon smashed into the Eight Views Celestial Mountain.

Rumble!

There was a deafening boom, and the gigantic Eight Views Celestial Mountain sank three hundred meters, causing a titanic splash that towered over the nine heavens.

However, the waves instantly returned to calm after making contact with the auspicious cloud and flowing light. It was quite astounding.

When the Eight Views Celestial Mountain sank, the fist intent and power created by the harmony between sun and moon penetrated deep into the mountain and forced out the evil energy entrenched within it. In response, shrill, vicious infantile cries erupted everywhere as if trying to resist. It was at least several times greater than before.

The next moment, the thick, dark evil energies were annihilated by the humongous fist intent, and the shrill cry slowly became weak and subdued.

About a teatime later, the evil qi rooted within the entire mountain was wiped clean, and the infantile cry had become so weak that it was indiscernible. Rays of sunlight shone down from the clear, boundless sky above and conjured many phantasmal colors.

“Is it over?”

“Did the Stranger die?” On the island, everyone was exchanging glances with each other. Their excitement could not be understated.

The fist where the sun and moon fell as one was just too stunning.

“It has to be. A celestial of the Eight Views Sect must have slain that Stranger.”

“As expected of a celestial of the Eight Views Sect. Their power truly knows no bounds.”

“Quick! We need to head back right now! I must join the Eight Views Sect!”

“Yeah, our entrance ceremony isn’t over yet!”

“But how do we get back? We don’t have a boat!”

“So what? I will swim there if I must! I will join the Eight Views Sect! I must become the disciple of that celestial!”

And so the group jumped into the sea and swam in the direction of the Eight Views Sect as if they had gone mad.

“Is it over?” In the sky, Feng Qingyou looked at the group who was hurrying back toward the tiger’s den even though they had just escaped from a terrible fate with a smile on her face. She neither spoke up or tried to stop these people. “No, the climax has just begun.”

“As I thought, it’s just a diversion.”

At the same time, standing on the peak of the Eight Views Celestial Mountain, Ye Qing withdrew his fist and shook his head. “A classic example of repairing the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River at Chencang[1]. Well played.”

“It’s too bad that...”

Ye Qing trailed off and clasped his hands behind his back. After shooting a look at the ruined mountaintop, he walked toward the only tower that was still intact.

About fifty kilometers away from the Eight Views Celestial Mountain, Fu Qingbai was sitting crosslegged on a boat and sailing swiftly toward Nanjiang. The boat moved swiftly even though there was no wind.

Suddenly, Fu Qingbai sensed something and looked behind his back, astonished. “Dead already? As I thought, I cannot defeat those two in a head-on fight!”

“Wah...” It was at this moment an infantile cry broke out from Fu Qingbai’s stomach.

It sounded evil and angry. It was spine-chilling and terror-inducing.

“Don’t cry. I understand.”

Fu Qingbai turned back with a gentle expression and patted his stomach. It was now as swollen as a lady who was ten months pregnant.

Not only that, Fu Qingbai’s stomach writhed violently until the vague outline of an infant’s face appeared on his skin. It looked terrifying.

Fu Qingbai didn’t seem afraid though. He caressed his stomach gently and said in a gentle, pampering voice, “Don’t worry, master. I will take revenge for you and kill them one day.”

“Wah! Wah!”

The infantile cry only grew shriller and more resentful.

“I know. I know you’re aggrieved.” The infant’s struggles were such that veins were popping on Fu Qingbai’s stomach. Blood was seeping out of his skin as well. Even so, Fu Qingbai’s expression remained kind and gentle. “However, we just escaped, and our strength is limited. We are no match for them.”

“Don’t worry though. I, Yan Guhui, swear that I will take revenge for you. I promise you that I will bury them if it’s the last thing I do.”

Yes, Fu Qingbai wasn’t Fu Qingbai a while ago. He was Yan Guhui, and the infant in his stomach was, of course, the Evil Infant.

Over a century ago, the remnants of the Eight Views Sect had all been corrupted into the Evil Infant’s slaves.

However, the seniors of the Eight Views Sect had set up so many restrictions and barriers to seal the Evil Infant that escape was nigh impossible even after their descendants had all succumbed to corruption.

It wasn’t until the world underwent a dramatic change recently, and the era of chaos was close that Yan Guhui and his corrupted disciples finally managed to break the seal, albeit just briefly.

However, ten thousand years of sealing had greatly weakened the Evil Infant. It was but a pale shadow of who it used to be. If it were to act wantonly and draw the attention of powers beyond its current capabilities, then they would simply be trading one cage for another.

That was why they were planning to play it slow and steady. First, they would use the reputation of the Eight Views Sect to lure over talented warriors. Then, they would possess their bodies and regain their strength. Once done, they would find a way to restore the Evil Infant to its prime.

However, they never imagined that their plan would lure over two big fishes, no, two monstrous dragons at the very beginning.

As they had just broken free from their seal, they were unable to resist at all. Just one person was enough to slaughter them all like chickens.

1. (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) ☜