Chapter 560: Chapter 430: "Hero" Saves the Beauty—Hong Shisan Arrives
Ye Liuyun was stunned, not knowing the meaning behind Hong Mingyue’s words.
Suddenly, the sound of robes rustling was heard, and a ferocious glint flashed in Hong Mingyue’s eyes. She didn’t even move a step, yet a torrential surge of Primordial Power suddenly rose behind her.
That Primordial Power, like a tidal wave, surged tumultuously, with no summit in sight, and bore down on Ye Liuyun.
In the span of a single breath, from total calmness to an explosive burst of Primordial Power like a mountain flood, the entire process took no more than the blink of an eye, demonstrating how terrifyingly advanced Hong Mingyue’s control over Primordial Power had become.
Reincarnation Water Power!
Who could have anticipated that Hong Mingyue would not grant even a moment’s respite before directly using the Reincarnation Water Power?
Among the Reincarnation Five Tribulations, the Water Power seems the most yin and gentle, the least threatening, but Hong Mingyue focused on mastering it from a young age specifically because her constitution and Cultivation Technique were best suited to harness the power of Reincarnation Water.
Ye Liuyun only felt a torrential surge of Primordial Power slamming down toward the Tianling area on the top of her skull.
Dodge?
There was nowhere to dodge. It was as if the entire arena, even the whole parade ground, were covered by Hong Mingyue’s Reincarnation Water Power.
Was this the extent of Hong Mingyue’s strength?
Ye Liuyun bitterly smiled, suddenly understanding why Hong Mingyue had not taken action in the past few days.
Only now did Ye Liuyun realize that she had underestimated Hong Mingyue. The Hong Residence had deep roots and luxuriant branches, and Hong Mingyue, not only possessed a unique talent but also an extremely calculating mind.
She wanted to see Ye Liuyun climb high, only to kick her down from the peak into a Ten Thousand Abyss, to shatter the Ye Family and Ye Liuyun to pieces.
Above her head, the powerful Reincarnation Water Power bore down without a peak, and Ye Liuyun’s limbs turned ice-cold as she felt as if she could hear the Primordial Elixir within her being crushed by the Reincarnation Water Power at that instant.
Suddenly, a fierce surge of Primordial Power met the Reincarnation Water Power head-on. It was dozens of powerful energy spikes that, just before Hong Mingyue’s Reincarnation Water Power could grind Ye Liuyun into dust, collided with it.
Like a torrent, the Water Power rippled and surged, the force heading towards Ye Liuyun was deflected by this unexpected strike from a strange element, reversing course as if the tide was retreating.
Caught between the two forces, Ye Liuyun, though having escaped certain death, was still affected. She fell from the platform like a falling leaf.
Just then, Ye Liuyun felt a tight grip around her waist and noticed a figure flashing to her side.
Looking up, she saw a young man grinning at her.
The man had handsome features, pearly teeth visible when he smiled, a straight nose, and skin as fair as a woman’s. His eyes shimmered like two crescents of a new moon.
Ye Liuyun, who had been focused on cultivation since childhood and never interacted with strange men, had never been this close to a member of the opposite sex. She blushed and her heart raced.
The hands gripping her waist tightened, and Ye Liuyun felt a tingling sensation at the spot where the "man" was holding her, as if something was boring into her body.
Wherever that sensation reached, the injuries she had sustained from Hong Mingyue’s Reincarnation Water Power healed significantly and quickly.
"Cousin Liu Yun, you should step back," said the man, holding Ye Liuyun securely as he landed on the ground. After putting her down, he handed her over to the members of the Ye Family who had rushed over and then winked at Ye Liuyun and the others in a friendly manner.
Cousin?
With her face still flushed, Ye Liuyun heard this address and thought she had misheard, wondering for a moment before she could ask the man’s identity.
But that person had already turned into a fleeting shadow, and by the time she could see clearly again, "he" was already on the platform.
The whole venue was in uproar, even Emperor Xia was surprised and asked the eunuch next to him who the newcomer was.
Only Feng Xun, upon seeing the person on the platform, saw his previous indifference dissipate, leaving only a warm and indulgent look between his brows.
He spoke loudly.
"This person, surnamed Hong, named Thirteen, is the last contestant to appear in the Imperial Examination."
Approaching with the sunlight, though in a somewhat faded white shirt, the person shone with a golden brilliance under the zenith sun, at that moment, incomparably glorious.
"Hong Shisan, it’s you!"
Princess Ming Yue never expected that the one who overwhelmed her with Reincarnation Water Power would be him!
That very Thirteen, who was driven to a wretched state outside the Taiyi Secret Realm by her Canghai Three-Life Song.
"Princess Ming Yue, Thirteen is here only to fulfill the promise I made with you that day."
Hong Shisan showed his teeth, smiling openly.
Only then did Princess Ming Yue remember, she seemed to have told Hong Shisan, if he wanted to challenge her, to come to the Daxia Imperial Competition.
She had completely forgotten about this event.
She had hoped to find a worthy opponent at the Daxia Imperial Competition.
However, that imagined opponent was Ye Lingyue!
Just now, she didn’t hesitate to kill Ye Liuyun the moment she entered the arena, one reason being to force Ye Lingyue’s hand.
If Ye Lingyue wasn’t dead, how could she not retaliate seeing someone from the Ye Family being killed!
Retaliation came, but it was Hong Shisan who appeared, a nameless individual not even listed on the Qing Province Elixir List.
Princess Ming Yue, the pride of heaven, since entering Qing Province Elixir List, countless people had challenged her, but laughably, in the end, it was always only Hong Ming Yue left standing.
"You’re not worthy," Princess Ming Yue coldly tossed out three words.
She saw clearly that although Hong Shisan skillfully negated her Water Power, it lacked even a hint of Reincarnation Power.
In her eyes, a martial artist who hadn’t even reached the Reincarnation Realm wasn’t qualified to fight her.
Was that openly looking down on him?
Hong Shisan touched his nose innocently — it wasn’t his fault he had no Reincarnation Power.
After all, unlike others, he had undergone the Chaos Heaven and Earth Tribulation, and even if he cultivated until death, he wouldn’t have a trace of Reincarnation Power in this lifetime.
"Brother Thirteen, go for it! Pluck the feathers off that reed chicken, let’s see how arrogant she can be!"
There were a few new faces below the stage, and when Hong Shisan looked down, he saw several members of the Ye Family, including Ye Liuyun, who narrowly escaped death.
Thirteen’s earlier call of ’Cousin’ was whispered into Ye Liuyun’s ear and nobody else heard it; no matter how hard Ye Liuyun tried, he couldn’t recall having such a cousin.
As for Ye Yin Shuang and others, they thought this handsome young man named Hong Shisan had a likable face, and since "he" saved Ye Liuyun, they also stood in support of Hong Shisan.
A reed chicken?
When Hong Shisan heard that, he couldn’t help but grin — this description must have come from his sister, Lan Cai’er.
Looking over to the VIP seats in the venue, there was Lan Cai’er, visibly excited, her mouth wide open and eyes red, a picture of elated reunion.
Hong Shisan coughed a few times, retracting his gaze, fearful that Lan Cai’er might give away his identity.
Then he glanced at the aloof Princess Ming Yue on the stage, and Hong Shisan, with a laidback smile, leisurely stretched out three fingers.