Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 292: Floating Void Sect

Chapter 292: Chapter 292: Floating Void Sect

Floating Void Mountain, the whole mountain shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, hidden within the white mist, was sometimes visible and sometimes not, as if ethereal and illusory, which is how it got its name. Thousands of years ago, it was named Floating Void Mountain.

And the entire Floating Void Mountain, towering and massive, as if connected to heaven and earth, pierced through the clouds.

Amidst the peaks, through the mist, when the Floating Void Mountain would appear and disappear, one could also see ancient and simple-looking buildings constructed among the peaks, stretching upward from the base of the mountain. From this, one could deduce that the Floating Void Sect within Floating Void Mountain must be an ancient sect, having existed in the Heavenly Mist Empire for many years.

It was said that thousands of years ago, a powerful one-star Martial Venerable, the Floating Void Venerable, founded the Floating Void Sect, which has been passed down to this day.

When Shi Feng approached Floating Void Mountain, he sensed the presence of the Mountain Protection Array within it, an array far stronger than the City Protection Array he had encountered earlier in Heavenly Void City, incomparable in power.

Shi Feng’s figure halted, and he stared ahead, "This Mountain Protection Array has at least reached the power of a Martial Venerable!" Then, Shi Feng’s figure descended, "Boom!" With a loud crash, Shi Feng’s figure suddenly fell from the void to the ground, and then he walked step by step towards Floating Void Mountain, concealed and partially visible within the clouds and mist.

As he moved, Shi Feng’s gaze traveled from the foot of Floating Void Mountain up towards the top, slowly tilting back his head, and ultimately settled on the mountain’s peak; he had sensed the powerful auras within Floating Void Mountain, which were now almost gathered at the very top.

At the mountain’s summit, within the dense clouds and mist, on the plaza, numerous white figures appeared and disappeared, at least four or five hundred people, their lowest cultivation level being the One-star Martial Spirit Realm. They stood in formation in the center of the plaza, each with a solemn expression, as if attending a funeral, seemingly anticipating the arrival of a formidable enemy.

In front of the formation, two people with equally somber expressions faced these disciples within the sect. These two were elders of the Floating Void Sect, second in authority only to the Sect Master Piao Xueyan and Deputy Sect Master Ling Tianran. Both were strong practitioners of the Seven-star Martial Sect Realm.

One of them, an old man with white hair and an aged appearance, was the Left Elder of the Floating Void Sect, Du Qi.

The other, an old crone with wrinkles covering her face like ravines, was the Right Elder of the Floating Void Sect, with the surname Wei and given name Fang. It was this very old woman who, upon entering the Yunlai Empire, happened to see Shi Ling and brought her back to the Floating Void Sect. As for Long Chen, at that time, he was just a minor prince of the small Yunlai Empire, and he certainly would not dare to defy the "edict" of the high and mighty Right Elder of the Heavenly Mist Sect.

"Elder Gai, is there still no news?" the elderly Du Qi asked the Wei Fang beside him in a deep voice.

"Alas!" Wei Fang sighed, responding, "If the Sect Master doesn’t return, the efforts accumulated by our predecessors in the Floating Void Sect over thousands of years may well be destroyed in an instant! That person, rumored to have obtained the Divine Artifact, the Blood Monument, from the Space World, has reached the legendary power of a Martial Venerable. This Mountain Protection Array, just relying on the power of us present, I’m afraid will be hard-pressed to withstand him."

"No matter what, now with the Deputy Sect Master fallen, and the three geniuses cultivated by the sect all killed by that fiend. Now that there is no word from the Sect Master, only you and I, two Martial Sect Realm practitioners, remain in the sect. Given the current situation, we can only rely on you and me to lead our disciples and hold on." Du Qi spoke, suddenly turned his head, looked at the crone full of wrinkles, and softly called out, "Fang!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Du Qi’s soft call, Wei Fang also turned her head to look at the elder, but her dry face was filled with confusion.

"If today..."

Just as Du Qi had spoken four words and before he could say more, Wei Fang preemptively declared, "If today you and I survive, and the Floating Void Sect remains unextinguished, I will marry you!" As she uttered these words, Wei Fang’s aged face was all seriousness and sternness.

Unlike Wei Fang, the expression on Du Qi’s face was the complete opposite, filled with joy and excitement: "Fang! Are you serious?"

"Hmm!" Wei Fang serious nodded.

After so many years, how many years had I, Du Qi, waited for these words from Wei Fang? Today, I finally received Wei Fang’s affirmation. "Hahaha!" Du Qi couldn’t help but burst into laughter; the grave expression on his face instantly transformed into one of spirited confidence, and he felt as though he had grown a dozen years younger in a flash, feeling as if his whole body was brimming with strength. It seemed as if he believed that he alone now had enough power to contend with Shi Feng.

"We must survive! Fang, I must marry you!" Du Qi said with determination, looking up at a giant mirror suspended in the void. In the mirror, a black-clothed young man was walking not far from the Floating Void Sect, drawing ever closer to the Floating Void Mountain.

This mirror, known as the Mysterious Light Mirror, was a relic left by the Floating Void Sect’s founding ancestor, the Floating Void Venerable. Activating this mirror allowed one to see everything within and near the Floating Void Mountain.

Du Qi and Wei Fang had been aware of Shi Feng’s arrival in Heavenly Void City from the moment he entered, and they knew that he was coming for the Floating Void Sect. It was said that the boy was bloodthirsty and cruel, lacking all morality. His venture to the Floating Void Sect was surely with the intent to completely eradicate it.

Under the commands of Du Qi and Wei Fang, all the Inner Sect Martial Artists who had reached the Martial Spirit Realm had already been summoned to the mountaintop, preparing to join forces in activating the Mountain Protection Array to fight against this young man. As for those disciples who had not yet arrived at the mountaintop, they were simply Outer Sect Disciples with low cultivation levels, below the Martial Spirit Realm; their trivial power would not have been of any use even if they had come.

Now, Wei Fang, busy with countless daily affairs within the Sect, had basically forgotten about that little girl brought over from the Yunlai Empire, let alone connecting that useless little girl with the emergent murderous Mad Demon.

At the foot of Floating Void Mountain, in an ancient-style building – this place was usually where the lowest-ranking servants of the Floating Void Sect resided. The usual daily matters were still being routinely carried on here, and these people’s lives and deaths were not at all the concern of higher-level Sect members. Even now, as the bloodthirsty, violent Black-clothed Death God approached, no one came to inform these people to flee or to seek shelter beforehand.

In the courtyard, figures were hastily coming and going, carrying various items in their hands – whether it was the noble disciples’ daily clothing, everyday utensils, or even their chamber pots and other sundries. Those Floating Void Sect disciples, each with their noble status, naturally had these bottom-rung servants handle and clean their belongings.

Figures hurriedly moved in and out, running about. In the middle of the courtyard stood a burly and robust middle-aged woman commanding the scurrying servants, "You lowly servants had better pick up the pace! If you delay the matters of those young masters and mistresses, if you waste their time, and if you irritate them, not even ten heads each would be enough to take responsibility, nor could I bear the consequence!"

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