God Emperor

The big butcher-like man with a big cleaver on his back with exposed brutish arms guffawed and said. “There’s a spot here. Come and sit.”

“Thank you.”

Zhang Ruochen walked to the table at the corner of the restaurant.

The steward of Saint Xu Place saw that Zhang Ruochen had left a series of deep footprints at his wake and was shocked. Knowing that this person was probably someone he could not afford to offend, so he did not dare to stop him.

A few of the cultivators in the building also saw the scene, and all of them stared at Zhang Ruochen again.

“I saw things wrongly earlier, he’s actually a saint-level master who had completely hid his aura away.” The tall woman in a black silk dress said in a low voice before chuckling.

A series of black light patterns were interwoven around her body, wrapping her like a silkworm cocoon, and no one could see her appearance or tell her age.

But it could still be vaguely seen that her skin was fair and her figure crisp and straight, the outline of her body was as beautiful as those drawn by a master painter and was extremely alluring.

On the opposite of the black cocoon was a white cocoon.

Within the white cocoon was a beautiful lady in a snow-white robe who sat there quietly.

Zhang Ruochen glanced at them, and while they did not deliberately release their saint aura, he could still feel two powerful auras emanating from them. From this, he could judge that they were definitely top-level masters.

The butcher laughed as if no one was around him. “Brother, those two are the twin beauties of black and white from the Taibai Realm, the Black Phoenix and the White Zhuque, most ordinary cultivators cannot deal with them, and this brother here advise you to not provoke them.”

Zhang Ruochen said nothing and nodded before secretly observing the two people next to him.

The butcher drank as if his life depended on it as he held a three-foot-tall wine cauldrons, and would take a giant swig from time to time. He even asked if Zhang Ruochen wanted to drink, but how could Zhang Ruochen accept a stranger’s wine, and so naturally he declined.

The chubby fool did not drink a sip of alcohol at all and only ate meat.

The servants of Saint Xu Place kept on serving food, but could not keep up with the speed on the fool gorging himself.

During the time Zhang Ruochen had come in, the fool had already eaten seventeen pots of meat, and it seemed like he still had not eaten enough, and was continuing to devour his food.

A group of cultivators was talking about the recent events in the Eastern Region.

“The Undead Wraith army is continuously rushing out of the Nether Realm, and trying to cross the River of Corpses to enter the Kunlun Realm. But many saints of the Celestial Court had gone over to the River of Corpses to stand guard, and saint battles were erupting on a daily basis. The fighting in both the Godfall Tombs and the River of Corpses is so brutal and destructive I have no idea if the saint armies of the Celestial Court is able to stop them?”

“If the River of Corpses defensive line is breached, then the entire Eastern Region will suffer.”

“Don’t worry, Luoshui is at the edge of the Eastern Sea, and is who knows tens of thousands of miles away from the River of Corpses. Those Undead Wraiths may not even be able to fight their way here after another ten years.”

“Don’t be too optimistic. As far as I know, some of the demons from the Infernal Court had already arrived at Luoshui. Strange things had happened to the fishing villages and towns around Luoshui, how can they not be linked to the Infernal Court?” Clearly, most of the cultivators would naturally feel a little afraid after hearing about this.

A young girl’s voice suddenly rang out. “I heard that Zhang Ruochen had returned to Yunwu Commandery, how about we all escape to Yunwu Commandery for refuge?”

Zhang Ruochen was a little surprised as he had not expected to hear his own name.

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen and looked rather pretty.

Sitting next to her was a graceful and noble-looking old woman, whose cultivation level had reached the Ninth Transformation of Dragonfish and should be regarded as one of a well-known person in Luoshui.

Zhang Ruochen’s reputation in the Kunlun Realm, especially around the vicinity of Yunwu Commandery was great, and it could be said that he had reached the level of being a household name, and even ordinary people know that he is a distinguished person.

The cultivators in the Saint Xu Place all whispered to one another.

“Zhang Ruochen had rushed back not long ago, and just as he returned to Yunwu royal city, he had killed several powerful saint-level enemies, and his actions are as hardline and brutal as usual.”

The young girl spoke eloquently. “What sort of character is Zhang Ruochen? A person who could reconnect his three meridians even after having them destroyed and the Nine Jiezi was no match for him. He did not kneel before the empress and mustered millions to capture the saintesses. Also, he and Lady Yueshen went to the Celestial Court and slaughtered all over the place there. With no peers capable of defeating him, and for such a person to stand guard at Yunwu Commandery, who would dare to cause trouble?”

Clearly, the little girl adored Zhang Ruochen quite a bit, and her eyes lit up when she said all that.

“Luoshui is too far away from The Eastern Region’s Divine Lands, and the powerhouses of the imperial court cannot protect us. So why don’t we all go to Yunwu Commandery, and ask Zhang Ruochen for shelter?”

“The evil spirits of the Infernal Court will definitely not spare Luocheng. I feel that we should indeed go to Yunwu Commandery, as after all, Zhang Ruochen is the Kunlun Realm’s god of war.”

A few ridiculing laughter rang out. “Zhang Ruochen can barely even protect himself, and you want to seek asylum from him? Are you looking for your death?”

“That’s right, the Venerable Hiddenheart and Feng Chengdao of the Fane of Youshen are Nine-step Saint Kings that had cultivated for over two thousand years. If they were to strike, Zhang Ruochen would be hard-pressed to survive this month alone.”

“Zhang Ruochen dare to call himself the God of War of Kunlun’s Realm? HAHAHA, what a joke!”

“There’s no one else in Kunlun Realm?!”

“If it wasn’t for us not wanting to get into a squabble with the Fane of Youshen, the grudge of Zhang Ruochen killing Fengjian alone is enough for us Six Scions of Tianyuan to not let him go.”

Six cultivators dressed in white robes sat in one of the private rooms in Saint Xu Place.

On the surface, all of them looked like they were in their 30s or 40s. However, Zhang Ruochen could tell that the true age of the six were probably all above 500 years old.

“Fengjian? Six Scions of Tianyuan?”

Zhang Ruochen frowned as if he had never heard of them. Suddenly, something struck Zhang Ruochen as he seemingly remembered something and a smile appeared on his face.

Wasn’t Fengjian the leader of the Heavenly Realm’s Tiankui Realm in the Celestial Domain of Truth? It does seem like he had perished in Zhang Ruochen’s hands.

He sure cannot escape from his foes, and Zhang Ruochen never had a good impression of the cultivators of the Heavenly Realm.

The young girl was very angry and said. “Zhang Ruochen is the God of War of Kunlun Realm, and you people only dare to talk crap about him here. If you are actually capable, then go to Yunwu Commandery, he can beat all six of you with just one hand.”

“Pfffft.”

One of the Six Scions could not contain his laughter and spat out his drink.

“Are the humans of Kunlun Realm that stupid? They used to be in the top five of the ‘Ten-thousand Realms Merit List’. How can all of them be so ignorant?”

“Junior brother, you are a Seven-step Saint King. In any case, there’s no need to stoop down to her level.”

“Senior brother, you are right, but what she said was just too hilarious. For an ant-like creature like her, she doesn’t know that I can kill Zhang Ruochen, the God of War in her eyes, with just a single finger.”

The young girl was so angry that she ground her teeth and walked toward the private room, and was about to argue with the Six Scions of Tianyuan. As she walked, she said. “You are the ignoramus! You are the fools! Zhang Ruochen is already very powerful, and you are definitely not his match!”

“Insolence!”

Tianyuzi, one of the Six Scions of Tianyuan growled and unleashed a powerful saint aura that engulfed the entire Saint Xu Place.

Inside the building, a series of collapsing sounds were heard.

A large group of cultivators fell from their chairs as they were pressed onto the ground by the saint aura, and could not move.

Tianyuzi suddenly stood up and said sharply. “A mere mortal dare to be insolent before six Saint Kings, did you think just because we won’t stoop to your level you can take advantage of that? I can condemn you to death with just your earlier words alone.”

Suddenly, Tianyuzi’s pupils shrank slightly and she found the fifteen-or-sixteen-year-old girl was still standing outside the private room without being suppressed by his saint aura.

Someone had protected her with Saint Qi.

Tianyuzi stared at the cultivator who had released his Saint Qi and realized it was the cripple wearing the mask from before.

“You, the cripple, want to be a busybody that much?” Tianyuzi said coldly.

Zhang Ruochen’s lips curled up as he said sarcastically. “A Saint King of the Tiankui Realm wants to condemn a Kunlun Realm’s mortal to death? What power!”

The butcher stared at Zhang Ruochen with a smile on his face.

The fool stopped gorging down his food and looked stupidly at Zhang Ruochen.

The black and white beauties of Taibai Realm too looked at Zhang Ruochen and communicated with one another.

Immediately after, swords were drawn in Saint Xu Place.

“Sirs, please calm down…”

The steward of Saint Xu Place immediately walked to the private room to apologize to the Six Scions of Tianyuan. He wanted to pull the young girl away but was pushed away by Tianyuzi.

“Get lost.”

With Tianyuzi’s level of cultivation, a light push was enough to send the steward flying into the wall, and no one knew if he was dead or not.

“That’s too much!” Zhang Ruochen said.

Tianyuzi walked out of the room and went straight to Zhang Ruochen as he said, “So what?”

“Junior brother, just teach her a lesson is enough. We have to follow the rules set by the Celestial Court and the Fane of Merits, and not kill someone as we like.” Tianmingzi, the eldest of the scions said from the private room.

The Six Scions of Tianyuan were all first-class powerhouses amongst the Saint Kings, and few cultivators dared to offend them.

All of them felt that the cripple did not need to challenge the six scions for a mortal, and that was asking for trouble. Of course, they also felt that Tianyuzi was too narrow-minded and lacked tolerance, for a dignified Seven-Step Saint King to stoop to a level of a mere little human girl.

They dared not offend the Six Scions of Tianyuan, so no one intervened.

Zhang Ruochen still turned his back to Tianyuzi and laughed. “Fortunately he’s not dead, otherwise you’ll be paying with your life today.”

 “All right, then. I’ll kill a mortal, and see if you can make me pay with my life.” Tianyuzi, five fingers formed into a claw and struck at the young girl’s forehead like lightning.

Bam!!

Tianyuzi flew out and his body crashed through the walls of Saint Xu Place and fell into the street outside.

Zhang Ruochen stood beside the young girl as he slowly retracted his fist, seemingly he had done something that was very simple.

Most of the cultivators could not see clearly when did Zhang Ruochen appeared beside the girl, and how did he send Tianyuzi flying with just a punch alone, and were shaken.

It turned out that the cripple was that powerful.

“What speed, what strength.”

The Black Phoenix blurted out as she stared at the cripple with her beautiful eyes.

The White Zhuque too had been observing Zhang Ruochen, and transmitted her voice to Black Phoenix, “That person’s control of his power is the most terrifying. Generally speaking, the power to send a Seven-step Saint King flying is enough to level mountains. However, his punch only sent Tianyuzi flying, and there was barely any shockwave that had struck the other cultivators in the building. Can you pull that off?”

Black Phoenix shook her head slightly.

“Neither could I,” White Zhuque said.