Chapter 1609: I Can

“Hahaha! The young are to be feared! The young truly are to be feared!”

Surprisingly, the one who should feel the most offended was not offended in the slightest. In fact, the Chief Libationist was stroking his beard and guffawing heartily. “That is all I need to hear to know that your future achievements will not be inferior to mine, boy.”

“Thank you for your praise, Chief Libationist.” Ye Qing saluted the Chief Libationist before looking back at the trio. “Allow me to inform you one more thing. King Taishan is involved in this matter!” Xuanyuan Wang frowned. “What does King Taishan have to do with this?”

“The reason the Earthly Sovereign wasn’t able to slay the Four Evils was because they were that strong, but also because King Taishan had interfered.”

Ye Qing replied, “The reason King Taishan did this was because he wished to borrow the Four Evils’ hands to massacre humankind and plunder their souls. He wished to rebuild Fengdu, complete himself, and perfect his Great Way.”

“What?” Haotian Hong, Yue Hanhai and Xuanyuan Wang blanched and nearly jumped to their feet when they heard this. “Are you certain about this?” Haotian Hong’s first instinct was to deny Ye Qing’s words. He subconsciously looked at the Chief Libationist.

“I was not present for the conversation, but I believe the boy’s words.”

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The Chief Libationist added, “Also, I can confirm that King Taishan showed an unusual amount of interest in the boy and the Earthly Sovereign Bell.”

The fact that the Chief Libationist was supporting Ye Qing indirectly proved that he was telling the truth.

Ye Qing continued, “For his own conspiracy and plan, King Taishan will spare no effort in hunting down the man who inherited the Earthly Sovereign’s will to slay the Four Evils, namely the wielder of the Earthly Sovereign Bell.”

“If I may ask, are you confident that you can handle King Taishan?” Once again, Haotian Hong, Yue Hanhai and Xuanyuan Wang fell into silence.

Who was King Taishan? He was a natural deity and an ancient one. He was a terrifying existence on the same level as the three sovereigns. Not even Haotian Hong and Xuanyuan Wang, both wielders of the Clear Sky Mirror and the Xuanyuan Sword, dared to say they could absolutely deal with the deity. Naturally, Yue Hanhai could only fare worse than them.

“I can.” Ye Qing declared once more, “Today, I can already tackle his threat somehow. In the future, I will not fear him in the slightest. Today, I can slay a wisp of his consciousness. In the future, I am certain I will be strong enough to cut down his true body.”

It was at this moment Haotian Hong realized something. “What did you say? Did you say you slay a wisp of King Taishan’s consciousness?”

“That’s right,” Ye Qing replied without a hint of shame whatsoever.

The Earthly Sovereign is my master, and I am his successor. My master is the one who slew the wisp of consciousness, so if you round up to the nearest integer, it’s basically the same as me killing the wisp of consciousness. Yep, that makes perfect sense.

“I thought you’re the one who killed the wisp of consciousness, Chief Libationist?” Yue Hanhai looked at the old scholar.

“Don’t look at me. It wasn’t me.” The Chief Libationist replied honestly, “That old bastard was a cunning one. He tricked me using a body double and went after the boy. By the time I reached the boy, King Taishan was already dead.”

Nothing the Chief Libationist said was false. He had simply hidden some critical information. Therefore, it wasn’t a lie. Right? Right!

Xuanyuan Wang looked puzzled. “But the rumors all say that you’re the one who killed King Taishan.”

“You said it yourself. They’re just rumors.” The Chief Libationist shrugged helplessly. “From the start, I only said that I repelled the Six Ghosts and Gods and repelled King Taishan. Never have I said that I killed the man. I can’t help it if people insist on misinterpreting my words.”

Haotian Hong, Yue Hanhai and Xuanyuan Wang exchanged glances with each other. It would seem that the Chief Libationist was not as honest as the stories claimed!

“Please, take a look.” Seeing that the trio were still doubtful, Ye Qing lifted his hand. A bronze bell abruptly appeared in the Happiness Pavilion and floated into the air. It was none other than the Earthly Sovereign Bell.

The three sect masters subconsciously looked up. A sun and a moon were suspended high inside the Earthly Sovereign Bell. They combined with a river of stars to weave a brilliant, mysterious canvas of the universe. It looked grandiose, impressive, and deep.

Deep within the universe, a single person was floating in the middle. His eyes were tightly shut.

“King Taishan...!”

The silhouette was semi-transparent, and his face was indistinguishable. He was also as small as a speck of dust compared to the infinite cosmos. Even so, the terrifying energies and Dao of profound yin he was leaking was enough to fill up the entire universe. He was like a titan too big for even heaven and earth to bear.

Everything proved that he was who Ye Qing claimed him to be: King Taishan.

Although they had never met King Taishan in their lives, they were all absolutely certain that the mysterious man was King Taishan.

Of course, this wasn’t King Taishan’s true body. It was just a wisp of his consciousness.

It was still enough to astound them.

It was at this moment King Taishan abruptly opened his eyes as if sensing that someone was spying on him.

The moment King Taishan opened his eyes, it was as if the sun and the moon had lost their luster, the stars had lost their color, heaven and earth had crumbled into nothing, and everything had fallen uncontrollably into death and destruction.

Caught completely off guard, all three sect masters let out a muffled groan and blanked out for an instant.

It was only an instant though. They were some of the best warriors in the entire world. Immense power naturally washed out of their bodies, and they regained their consciousness an instant later.

“Do you believe me now?” It was at this moment Ye Qing spoke up again. There was a melodious chime, and the universe inside the Earthly Sovereign Bell shifted rapidly. The next moment, King Taishan’s silhouette rapidly fell into the deeper parts of the universe and disappeared.

“Hmph.” Haotian Hong and Yue Hanhai were silent and wearing gloomy expressions. It wasn’t because they were affected by King Taishan’s power, but because they had lost face before a junior. This was something they could not tolerate.

Besides that, they strongly suspected that Ye Qing was the one who made King Taishan suddenly open his eyes. His goal was to humiliate them, of course. They didn’t have proof though.

“The young truly are to be feared. To think that you have already accomplished so much at your age. Your future is one that cannot be fathomed!”

Xuanyuan Wang did not care about being offended though. Right now, Ye Qing’s strength mattered far more than his face.

Although the contact was brief, it was still enough for him to gauge how strong King Taishan’s wisp of consciousness was. Long story short, it was terrifying.

In his opinion, it would be difficult for him to defeat King Taishan without using the Xuanyuan Sword. Naturally, he could not suppress and capture him.

And yet, Ye Qing had done it.

Of course, Ye Qing had used the Earthly Sovereign Bell to do it, but the young man had only become a Sage a while ago, and the Earthly Sovereign Bell was missing its origin power. It could not possibly unleash too much power. If Ye Qing truly had suppressed King Taishan singlehandedly, then his talent and strength must far exceed their expectations.

If that was true, then they would need to change their plans.

“You flatter me, senior.” Ye Qing smiled and lowered his palm. T

he Earthly Sovereign Bell abruptly shrank in size and landed on his palm. He did not put it away though. Instead, he asked, “Now that you know everything, do you still desire the Earthly Sovereign Bell?”

Haotian Hong and Yue Hanhai’s expressions grew even gloomier after hearing this. Xuanyuan Wang looked thoughtful though.