Chapter 17: The Palace Battle
Although Chen Nan did not get a clear answer, things had taken a fundamental turn, now his 'value' was on par with the Sima family, the Emperor could only pull him in now and would not easily offend him.
After walking out from the palace, he was in a much more relaxed mood.
After arriving at the new Qi Shi Mansion, he saw the old Poison Monster with bloodshot eyes at a glance, the old man staring at him viciously like a wolf.
A chill ran down Chen Nan's spine and he turned around to flee.
"God damned brat, stop right there, you demolished the Qi Shi Mansion and scattered all my treasures I'm going to poison you 10,000 times."
"Look at the moves Carrion Poison, Crane Top Red, Broken Intestine Grass Bone Transformation Pill, Seven Steps Soul Breaking Scattering" The old poison monster shook his hand and threw a whole bunch of poisons at Chen Nan, packets of medicinal powders spread out near him, and his whole body was shrouded in a large poisonous mist.
Chen Nan shouted, "Perverted old man you're playing for real quickly throw the antidote, I can't do it" as soon as he opened his mouth, the poisonous mist drifted into his mouth and nose, he felt a wave of dizziness.
"I told you, I will poison you ten thousand times, if you die, I will save your life, if you live, I will poison you again"
Chen Nan didn't dare to open his mouth to speak again, he fully operated his family's Xuan Gong, dots of golden light, a faint golden aura penetrated his body, a thin layer of golden halo appeared on the surface of his body, blocking out the poisonous mist. At the same time, the true qi in his body flowed rapidly, circulating within the hundred veins, and the little bit of poisonous mist that had begun to be inhaled was forced out of his body by him.
Seeing that a long time had passed and Chen Nan had not yet collapsed, the old Poison Monster aggravated the weight of the poison, more than two dozen packets of poison were struck at the same time, smoke billowed out at the gate of the Qi Shi Mansion, the warriors standing guard were scared and dodged far away.
The commotion here attracted a large number of Qi Shi to gather around, on the spot there were two people were put down by the poisonous gas drifting over from afar, the old poisonous monster casually threw a few packets of antidote before those two people were out of the danger of their lives.
Most of these Qi Shi were profound cultivators, they could tell at a glance that Chen Nan had managed to block the poisonous gas out, and were deeply shocked by his exquisite power.
Taking one step at a time, Chen Nan penetrated out of the poisonous fog area and walked towards the old poisonous monster.
"Perverted old man, are you still finished, do you still want to continue playing," he said as he clenched his fists, purposely letting a crunching sound come out of the bone joints.
The old poisonous monster looked all over, and finally cried and said: "No God's reason ah, a few days ago there is still a look like if can't help, now actually strong so perverted, even the poison is not afraid, I poison, I continue to poison I poison you ten thousand times".
Packets of medicinal powder once again spread out near Chen Nan, the onlookers of the Qi Shi retreated to the distance in unison.
Chen Nan also did not expect that with his family's Xuan Gong stepping into the third heaven, he would be able to resist poison, this unexpected discovery surprised him. He passed through the poisonous fog area once again and smiled toothily at the old poison monster, pointing his right hand towards the old man's feet, a sword qi penetrated through his finger and pierced through the marble at the old poison monster's feet.
The old Poison Monster was startled and quickly retreated backwards.
So many of the Qi Shi who were watching from afar were martial artists with high cultivation levels, and they revealed shocked expressions when they saw the radiant sword qi. They could not imagine that such a young scion was a third ranked martial artist who had reached the realm of sword qi coming out of the body, not at all inferior to those of them who had been cultivating for decades.
Sima Lingkong's eyes shot out two rays of cynicism as he clenched his fists hard, itching to immediately rush up and blow up that originally ordinary and incomparable fellow.
"God damned kid, don't come over," the old Poison Monster kept retreating backward.
Chen Nan stepped forward and pulled his arm, saying, "Is the perverted old man still playing?"
Looking at the faint golden halo outside of Chen Nan's body, the old man hastily shook his head and said: "No more, how come I'm so unlucky, the neighbors I met are more perverted than one another, more crazy than one another"
Chen Nan whispered, "Don't complain, I'll give you something, you'll definitely be happy."
The old Poison Monster had a listless look on his face and said, "What kind of crap ah martial arts I'm not interested in, a bit of self-defense will suffice"
"Poison Scripture"
"What?" The old Poison Monster exclaimed, "Really?"
"Of course it's true, I wanted to give it to you when I left the Qi Shi Mansion, but seeing as you look like you want to eat me now, I'd better give it to you before it's too late."
The old Poison Monster grabbed Tatsunami and ran towards his courtyard, after closing the courtyard door tightly, he eagerly said, "The Poison Scripture is over there."
Cinnan pulled out a roll of crumpled and shoddy paper from his bosom and said, "Here, here you go."
The old Poison Monster jumped up at once and said: ''You God damned bastard boy, you're still fooling me for fun even now, taking a roll of straw paper to fool me''
Cinnan shoved the roll of paper into the old man's hand and said, "Believe it or not, it's up to you."
With a suspicious look, the old poison monster opened the roll of paper and slowly looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and finally he couldn't help but exclaim, "It's really the Poison Scripture, it's great", he quickly flipped the paper, and when he came to the last page, the old man exclaimed, "Why does it seem to be missing a few pages", and then the old man said, "It seems that there are several pages missing".
Chen Nan scratched his head and said: "Last time I went to the toilet, it seems like I used three sheets."
"The old Poison Monster was about to vomit blood, pointing his finger at Chen Nan, he said, "You actually used the Poison Scripture as handkerchiefs... Oh my god, the Poison Ancestor has manifested himself... Poison this kid to death ten thousand times!
"Perverted old man, have you got it wrong, I'm the one who gave you the Poison Scripture, you actually cursed me like this"
The old man said with a bitter face: "Who let you desecrate the last three poison scriptures, do you still remember what's on them?"
"Well, it seems to be a bit impressive, I guess I will remember it all when I go to the toilet again."
"You", the old poisonous monster was so angry that he lost his temper.
"Perverted old man, look at your bitter face, the content of the last three sheets is actually very little, listen carefully."
Old Poison Monster was overjoyed and memorized them by heart.
"Okay, you've got it all down, don't chase me to the toilet and ask me when the time comes."
Old Poison Monster glared: "You bastard kid in the end how did you get this book is it the other day in the royal canonical room found."
"That's right."
"I don't know how to thank you, this book is really too important to me, well, let's just write off the account that you scared me away from all my treasures."
"You're too cheap, aren't you?"
Old Poison Monster said: "Just now I heard you say that you were going to send me this Poison Scripture when you leave, are you going to leave now?"
Chen Nan said: "I only know you well and trust you in the Qi Shi Mansion, so I don't want to hide it from you, sooner or later I will leave, but please keep it a secret".
The old poisonous monster nodded and said: ''I knew you would leave, are you waiting to leave after marrying Liangshui ah don't forget my old man after you leave.''
"You perverted dead old man, don't worry, I will think of you every time I go to the toilet in the future" Chen Nan laughed and left in big strides.
Three days later, the Chu emperor Chu Han's 60th birthday was held in the palace, the civil and military officials came to congratulate, as birthday gifts of rare treasures piled up. Of course, the most dazzling or the little princess to send the petal crystal sparkling fire immortal lotus, wisps of fragrance refreshing.
The splendid palace hall is full of songs and dances, silk and bamboo, and all the officials are singing praises to the emperor, and the words of praise are endless. After accepting the congratulations of the officials, Chu Han ordered a banquet to be organized, and in a short while, there were a lot of drinks in the hall, and the aroma of wine poured out of his nose.
Although the birthday gifts sent by the people of the Qi Shi House are not rare, but they are listed as the guest of honor, the table is not far away from the emperor, and those important ministers sit on an equal footing, the crowd pushes the cups and exchanges, and the intention of the wine is very strong.
The hall is filled with the color of celebration, singing and dancing, music curls, the king and the ministers talk about wine.
After three rounds of wine, dishes after five flavors, the expected thing came, the banquet in the banquet stood up a person, to Chu Han salute: "Chu emperor your majesty, you do not think that these songs and dances are too soft, dang dachu, territory of ten million miles, the founding emperor to martial arts to establish the country, is it the next generation of descendants after sitting in guard of ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, only know how to appreciate the sound of music".
These words were so unreasonable that all the ministers changed color and spoke out angrily.
"You're an envoy of the Tianyang Kingdom, how dare you be so unreasonable?"
"How dare a small envoy of the Tianyang Kingdom question the Emperor of the Hegemony Kingdom? Do you want to rebel?"
"How dare you! Do you want to do something wrong?"
The envoy of Tianyang Kingdom did not panic and said: "I really have no intention to offend the dragon's face, I just want to ask the emperor to appreciate the swashbuckling of a martial artist."
The Chu Emperor laughed: "Good, I have heard that Tianyang Kingdom is full of strange people, although the country is small, the number of supreme masters is no less than that of any other big country, let me open my eyes today."
Chu Han waved his hand and the singers, dancers and musicians all retreated.
Not long after that, three people walked in from outside the hall, all three were in their twenties, and each of them was tall, with muscles like gnarled dragons on their bodies, full of explosive power.
After the three men saluted Chu Han, one of them said: ''We are performing martial arts on our own, which is not interesting at all, and we would like to invite the young heroes of Chu to come down and spar.''
One of the ministers in Chu said: "Are you guys openly challenging, do you want to fight with my great Chu heroes?"
One of the three said: ''If Your Excellency thinks so, it's not a bad idea.''
The minister said angrily: "How dare you!"
"The land of Chu is full of great heroes, I don't think you'll be afraid of the challenge from the three of us."
At that moment, the eldest princess Chu Yue spoke, "If you want to see the stature of my Chu Kingdom's young cultivators, I can reply on their behalf and accept your challenge."
The three were overjoyed.
"We are Dragon Knights and have our own dragons, it is impossible for us to compete within the palace hall."
At this time, Chu Han spoke, "Then let's go to the palace's martial arts arena, I didn't expect my birthday to be so wonderful that I could actually see Dragon Knights dueling against people, huh" Chu Han had a smile on his face, as if he had already seen what would happen to the three Dragon Knights if they were to lose miserably. Indeed, with Chen Nan, who was able to draw the Hou Yi bow, present, he wasn't worried at all.
However, the happiest person in the arena was none other than the little princess, who was the first one to jump up and say, "Great, finally we can see the big dumb dragon flying in the air and fighting, huh"
The ministers looked at each other in disbelief as they listened.
The queen pulled the little princess, nodded her forehead, said: "you this little naughty is really not in chaos, you ah".
The little princess laughed.
The civil and military officials accompanied the emperor together to the palace's martial arts arena, Chu Han sat high in the center of the grandstand above, the empress accompanied by the side, on both sides are several princes and two princesses, all the ministers are accompanied by sitting on top of the lower level of the grandstand.
One of the three Dragon Knights walked to the center of the field, the sky long whistle, the sound like rolling muffled thunder in general, far away. Not long after a black dot appeared in the distant sky, the black dot grew bigger and bigger, a six or seven feet long flying dragon flew to the sky above the martial arts arena, hovering in the air.
The dragon knight waved his hand into the air, and the flying dragon dashed straight down and landed beside him, creating a wild wind in the arena and causing those civil officials to scream in shock.
The dragon knight flew and leaped onto the back of the dragon, and said to the crowd of onlookers, "Before we go out there are some things that must be said, it is impossible for the three of us to fight continuously, therefore Chu can only elect some representatives, preferably nine, we will each take on three, but we need to go on the field one by one."
This Dragon Knight was very conceited, the implication was that three Yingjie from Chu could not match up to one Dragon Knight from Tian Yang Kingdom, which immediately caused many angry voices to be heard.
The people in the Qi Shi Mansion sat together, and the old Poison Monster whispered, ''Mad enough, but has the money to be mad.'' He turned his head to Chen Nan and said, ''You know, although the Tianyang Country is small, there are many cultivators, and the number of high level cultivators in the country is not at all less than that of the Chu Country, so the masters that come out of this country should definitely not be underestimated.''
Chen Nan nodded, he had long since sensed the great power of these three people, each of them had already reached the level of a second stage cultivator. However, amongst these three, only the one who hadn't been speaking had caught his attention, he sensed that that person was about to step into the realm of a Third Order Cultivator, a truly powerful opponent.
Chu Yue said, "There is no need for nine people, three is enough." She turned her head to the crowd of onlookers and said, ''Who would like to learn the high level moves of these three Dragon Knights''
Those young masters in the army stood up one after another, willing to fight the Dragon Knights.
The Qi Shi in the Qi Shi House had a much smaller number of people signing up, mainly because there weren't many of them who were young.
In the end the people were selected, all of them were from the Qi Shi Mansion, the first person selected was a young middle ranked magician, his strength had already reached the level of a second ranked cultivator. The second person was Sima Lingkong, his injured flying dragon had long been healed by the old witch using holy light magic. The third person was Chen Nan, who had been chosen by the Elder Princess before he had the chance to enroll.
That magician was the first to come down to meet the battle, and he gently floated from the stands to the center of the field.
Long Qi Shi laughed: "Magicians are rare in number, it's hard to see them on weekdays, I never thought that I would have the honor of dueling with a magician who has reached the second rank realm today, what an honor"
The magician said: "Good point, but it seems that Dragon Knights are also a rare species, today there are three dragons at once, it's really strange."
Long Qi Shi sneered: "Hey, it seems that the Dragon Knight is the guest star of the wizard, today you are dead".
The magician laughed: "Winning me, you're blowing a lot of air."
The two went toe-to-toe and showed no mercy with their mouths.
Long Qi Shi held a dragon slaying spear in his hand, tapped the dragon head and the flying dragon rushed into the sky.
"Soft mage, do it."
The magician held his wand in his hand and softly recited a string of incantations, with a wave of his wand, a bolt of lightning struck the Dragon Knight from the air, the strong electric current 'crackled' in the air.
Without waiting for his master's order, the dragon quickly dodged to the side, and the lightning bolts that struck the air all landed on the ground, making a huge crater in the ground.
Flying dragon brought up a gust of wind, rushed towards the magician, the magician quickly drifted in the air, the wand gently waved again, dozens of ice lances issued a burst of ear-piercing sound of breaking air, flashes of cold aura, a wide range of the Dragon Knight rushed towards the Dragon Knight.
It was too late for the Dragon Knight to dodge again, he waved his Dragon Slayer Lance, a reddish colored fighting qi was inspired from the tip of the lance, which shattered the roots of the ice lances and fell to the ground. Then, he urged the Flying Dragon to slam into the magician again, at the same time, the Dragon Slayer Gun shook repeatedly, a channel of fighting qi like a sword blade emitted the sound of giggling, attacking the magician.
The magician hastily dodged, while reciting an incantation, holding up an aquamarine blue magic shield to protect himself inside. But the Dragon Knight's fighting qi was exceptionally powerful and seemed to have an indestructible power, a crack appeared in the magic shield, causing the magician to scream.
The Dragon Knight laughed out loud, "I've told you, Dragon Knights are the guest stars of magicians, you're dead." The flying dragon kept chasing the wizard in the air.
The corner of the magician's mouth spread a cold smile, in the moment when the magic shield shattered, his wand gently waved, a large piece of wind blade flashed coldly and shot towards the dragon knight, at the same time a huge lightning bolt followed, and a burst of strong magic fluctuation came from the air.
The Dragon Knight's face changed drastically, in his haste, his body erupted into a dazzling light, the crimson fighting aura blocked the ice blades and lightning, but only supported for a few moments, the light of the fighting aura gradually faded.
The onlookers of the Chu courtiers showed joyful expressions, but those Qi Shi House Qi Shi with high cultivation did not have the slightest expression.
It was the first time that Chen Nan had seen a battle between a Dragon Knight and a Magician, and he felt very novel about this kind of aerial combat. He secretly pondered, "At what level does a martial artist reach to be able to fly through the air with their own power?"
Suddenly, the situation in the air was reversed, the clothes on the Dragon Knight's body suddenly burst into pieces, his long hair stood up, and his crimson fighting aura burned like a blaze outside his body.
"Die, weak mage!"
The crimson fighting qi protected the dragon knight and the flying dragon and rushed forward, the wind blades slid down to the sides, at this time, the energy of the lightning also weakened, and after emitting a burst of "crackling" sound, it disappeared.
The magician was horrified, it was too late to hide again, he hurriedly put up a magic shield, but under the powerful impact of the dragon knight, it was useless, and it was shattered in the blink of an eye. The magician was hit by the huge body of the flying dragon, and screamed miserably as he fell towards the ground, leaving a trail of blood in the air.
The crowd of onlookers let out a gasp of surprise, the rescue personnel hurriedly ran towards the field, and under careful observation, they found that the magician's sternum was shattered, and he had already died of exhaustion.
The Dragon Knight raised his voice to the sky, and the Flying Dragon also followed with a whistling sound, tossing up and down in the air, so majestic.
