Chapter – 144 Seven Calamity Stars
In order to enter the Hun Yin city, one must have a crystal coin.
Long Yu stood there for a moment and thought: “It seems like the only way to enter this Hun Yin city is to exchange the extra battle weapons I have for crystal coins.”
Wandering soul glove was a low-grade battle weapon, so it certainly wasn’t worth the money.
Although the Blizzard boots had formed resonance with Long Yu and granted him great speed, they still were a low-grade battle weapon.
Even though the Blizzard boots held slightly more value than the wandering soul glove, they were as unworthy of a crystal coin as the wandering soul gloves. In fact, exchanging both these weapons wouldn’t fetch him even a single crystal coin.
“It seems that the only battle weapon I can exchange here is the Flaming Jade Talisman.”
He had seized this top grade sprit level battle weapon from Hua Fu, the son of the sovereign of Tibetan Fire Temple. The number of such top grade battle weapons was not high, even in the Hun Yin city.
Unfortunately, the use of the Flaming Jade Talisman was limited to the fire type martial experts and hence ordinary martial experts could not use it.
Considering this, Long Yu must reduce the price considerably.
“You, boy, have you come from the Mongolian kingdom?”
Standing at the city toll gate were two Zhenling realm experts. As soon as they noticed Long Yu wandering near the city gate, one of them walked towards him with a look of great despise in his eyes.
“In order to enter the Hun Yin city, one must pay a crystal coin. Those who can not pay are not allowed to enter!”
The guard was wearing a sprit level battle armor.
“If you do not have a crystal coin, just go away from my sight!”
Long Yu looked at the opposite party. Even if the tone of his voice seemed harsh, he was simply stating the rules of Hun Yin city.
The opposite party definitely belonged to one of the biggest groups in Hun Yin city, so if Long Yu messed with him, more trouble might follow.
“I do not have a crystal coin. But I have a top grade spirit level battle weapon which I wish to exchange for some crystal coins. Once I get the crystal coins I will pay you.”
Long Yu said calmly.
“Boy, do you have a top grade spirit level battle weapon?”
The man with a logical-minded persona asked, with a touch of greed in his eyes: “Hand me that battle weapon. I’m ready to buy it for 100 crystal coins!”
“If I remember correctly, the value of a top grade spirit level battle weapon is at least a hundred times higher than a low-grade spirit level battle weapon.”
Long Yu argued: “A low grade spirit level battle weapon can easily fetch me at least 10 crystal coins. You are paying me 100 crystal coins for a top grade spirit level battle weapon. This is far less than it should be.”
“Shut up! Take 100 crystal coins and hand us the battle weapon. Otherwise, we will seize it after breaking your bones!”
A guard with a vicious looking face threatened Long Yu.
He glanced at this man from top to bottom and was quite surprised.
This guard was only at the 1st layer of Zhenling realm while Long Yu was at the 2nd layer of Zhenling realm. How did he dare to threaten Long Yu?
It was quite evident now that there various groups in the city that held great influence.
Even if these men could not cause much damage to Long Yu, they dared to threaten him because they could always shout for help and their group members would surely swarm in immediately!
Therefore, even if Long Yu was at the 2nd layer of Zhenling realm and was wearing the armor of a Mongolian General, these men were not at all scared of him.
Of course, if Long Yu was at the 4th layer of Zhenling realm, he could have been exempted from paying the toll price and would have been allowed to enter the city, as per the rules.
Although almost every person in the Hun Yin city was of Zhenling realm, those who could congeal a Zhenling entity and had stepped into the 4th layer of Zhenling realm were considerably few and also enjoyed special privileges.
Most of the experts weren’t able to break from the 3rd layer of Zhenling realm and were stuck at this bottleneck for the rest of their lives.
“What are you staring at?”
The vicious looking man shouted: “Hand over the battle weapon or I will call others!”
This aggression made Long Yu aggressive too.
This gatekeeper was being so rampant. Staying silent during such situations was simply not Long Yu’s style!
He was supposed to be wary of Chu Chao Sheng, but was he supposed to be wary of some city guards city?
Any city guard, no matter how powerful, was not powerfulerful than the Prince of the Tang kingdom!
Noticing the signs of an imminent conflict, several martial experts from Hun Yin city rushed towards the city gate.
However, as these two were about to start fighting, a noble figure clad in a black robe appeared and stopped them right away.
“Here, take this crystal coin and let him enter the city.”
A female voice said and threw a Lunar crystal coin towards the gatekeeper.
Long Yu gawked as he noticed that this woman in the black robe, quite unexpectedly, was an elder of the Zhentian sect, Yan Huanmo!
He had earlier seen her indulged in a practice with Elder Yu Shengshi, in the bamboo grove which was located in the restricted zone of Zhentian sect. Unfortunately, by the time he had arrived, the duel between Elder Yan Huanmo and Elder Yu Shengshi had ended.
Long Yu had not expected to come across a Zhentian elder outside the Tang kingdom.
Yan Huanmo had a cultivation level of Zhenling 4th layer.
When she appeared and threw a crystal coin towards the gatekeeper, his eyes showed a look of regret.
He could not challenge an expert of Zhenling 4th layer!
“You can pass.”
On some other occasion this guard might have shown the audacity of messing with a Zhenling 4th layer expert, relying on his team mates, but now a look of fear floated over his face.
Dealing with two experts of Zhenling 4th layer and 3rd layer respectively was something they could not handle.
“Let’s go!”
Yan Huanmo didn’t respond but started walking towards the Hun Yin city.
Long Yu immediately followed her: “Thank you, Elder Yan Huanmo.”
“How did you come here?”
Yan Huanmo asked without turning her head towards Long Yu.
Just like other people, Yan Huanmo had also heard that Long Yu entered the Heavenly Thunder reservoir and had died there. This news had spread everywhere and the people at Zhentian sect were in great disbelief.
However, as three months passed by, even the sovereign had to believe in these rumors.
Long Yu, with some discretion, told his story to her
As Yan Huanmo and Long Yu entered the Hun Yin city, it left many of the experts standing nearby disappointed as they were waiting to see a good fight between Long Yu and the gatekeepers. However, they had not expected that a woman would appear out of nowhere and stop the fight!
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Soon afterwards, Yan Huanmo arrived at an eatery along with Long Yu and the two went in. From that place, one could easily see all the hustle and bustle going on in the Hun Yin city.
This eatery charged the customers in accordance with their cultivation levels. The higher the cultivation level was, the more number of crystal coins one had to pay for food.
Long Yu had not eaten proper food in a very long time.
Any ordinary martial expert would certainly have died if they had to live without food for three months. However, Long Yu depended on his nine hidden dragon mark which supported his body’s need for energy by drawing power from the thunder mines.
Yan Huanmo was quietly watching the bustling city and was not worried at all.
“You look pretty alive and kicking.”
Yan Huanmo smiled and said: “There are some things which one has to grasp himself. No one, not even me, can help you achieve those things. Judging the speed with which you are enhancing your cultivation level, I must say, you will soon exceed me.”
“Thank you Elder Yan Huanmo, for the praise you have bestowed upon me, but I don’t think I would be able to reach the 4th layer of Zhenling realm anytime soon. Zhenling 3rd layer is a major bottleneck which will keep me trapped for a long time.”
Long Yu shook his head.
“Maybe for others it might be a problem. But for you, Long Yu, I believe there shall not be any major problem in shattering this bottleneck.”
Elder Yan Huanmo smiled gently.
An awkward silence followed this brief conversation, as both of them did not know what to say next.
While dining with Yan Huanmo, Long Yu was extremely cautious because she was an elder of Zhentian sect. Moreover, he did not know much about her.
At this time, Yan Huanmo was clad in black dress and her long hair hanging down to her waist looked extremely attractive, just like a tender and beautiful black rose. Almost every person present at the second floor of the eatery had their eyes glued to her figure.
However, no one dared to strike a conversation with her.
She was an expert of Zhenling 4th layer and her cultivation level scared everyone off.
This made many people to look at Long Yu with envious eyes.
A trivial boy of Zhenling 2nd layer was sharing the table with a gorgeous woman of Zhenling 4th layer! This invoked great jealousy in the hearts of many people.
Suddenly, Long Yu moved as he had finally figured out what to talk about with Yan Huanmo.
“So, Elder Yan, what do you know about the seven calamity stars?”
Long Yu frowned slightly while he popped the question.
Earlier on his way to Hun Yin city, Long Yu had met Pond Snow and Deng Shun. Deng Shun’s master, Xinghai Lun, was one of the seven calamity stars. But Long Yu had no idea who the seven calamity stars were!
Since Long Yu did not know whether Xinghai Lun was a friend or a foe, he seized the opportunity to know more about him and the rest calamity stars.
“Seven calamity stars….”
As Yan Huanmo heard these words, her beautiful pupils flashed with a colour of horror flashing in them. “I see, it seems you have heard about the seven calamity stars from somewhere. The seven calamity stars are the strongest and most notorious martial experts of the Tian Yu continent. It is said that each one of them has stepped into the realm of Man and Heaven.”
The realm of Man and Heaven!
Long Yu’s blood turned cold.
Most of the top ranked martial experts in the Tian Yu continent had reached Zhenling realm at the most.
Even the strongest of the Zhenling realm experts wouldn’t be able to face an expert of Man and Heaven realm!
“What about Xinghai Lun?”
Long Yu continued asking.
“Xinghai Lun!”
Yan Huanmo narrowed her eyes and said: “He is the last of the seven calamity stars. His name is Lun, Xinghai is his honorary title. I do not know much about him as I have not reached such a high level, but all I know is that he is someone very young who has risen to power quite recently.”
Lun!
Long Yu wrinkled his brows but even after thinking for a long time he could not understand what connection might lie between him and this Lun guy.
Was he related to his father or his mother?
Long Zaitian was banished from the Tang kingdom 10 years ago, and since then, no one had heard anything about him. No one knew whether he died or was still alive.
But Yu Yao, Long Yu’s mother, hailed from the Holy Saint Institute, about which Long Yu did not know much. All he knew was that the Holy Saint Institute had a strong dominance over the Tang kingdom and also had a strong political influence.
If there was any relation between Xinghai Lun and him, Long Yu could guess, it was only because of his father or his mother.
However, it was impossible for him to know about it right now.
He only knew that he should stay wary of a lot of people, including Xinghai Lun!
“There seems to be an acquaintance downstairs.”
Suddenly, Yan Huanmo noticed someone in the street and her deep red lips moved lightly.
As Long Yu turned his head to see who it was, he noticed more than one acquaintances entering the city gate and approaching the eatery next door.
There were a total of seven people.
Pond Snow, Deng Shun, four other strangers, plus one more whom he knew for sure – Feng Yao!
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