Volume 1, Chapter 143 – A World in Chaos

Spiritual qi surged up in a raging tide, condensing into a square cage that pressed down toward Shi Lan. The terrifying aura it emitted made several Heavenly Astral Realm martial artists suddenly lose color.

That cage, powerful enough to grind a Heavenly Astral Realm martial artist to dust, instantly collapsed when it came within a hundred zhang of Shi Lan, and the immense power contained within it dispersed along with it.

Seeing this, everyone around was dumbfounded, a clamor erupting.

“How is that possible?”

“What exactly is that black illusion?”

“Could it be that this Shi Lan actually has power to rival the Heavenly Astral Realm?!”

Several Heavenly Astral Realm martial artists wore extremely grave expressions. Even they absolutely could not withstand this spiritual qi cage from Bai Weiyang and would only have been forced to bow their heads, yet it still failed to do anything to Shi Lan.

Shi Lan herself was also a bit surprised at the effect produced by the Black Domain. Just as she calmed her mind and prepared to strike again, the space around her suddenly solidified. An invisible force suppressed all of her movements.

The Black Domain showed no reaction at all to this invisible force.

“That is enough.”

Bai Weiyang gave a slight nod and flicked his hand. The turbulent spiritual qi in the air was instantly smoothed out, turning from a roaring ocean with towering waves into a lake as flat as a mirror.

The invisible force around Shi Lan dispersed at the same time, and she regained her freedom.

Power of space…

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Shi Lan put away her battle halberd and slowly landed. She sighed inwardly. That feeling had been all too familiar. The transformed demon king she had met in the wilderness before had used this same method to capture her and Shi Feng in an instant.

For martial artists below the Myriad Phenomena Realm, there was simply no room to resist this power.

“Sky Thunder Hall, Xin Qinyu, Tu Rang, Li Yan… and the other five, a total of eight people, will be placed under my Demon-Suppressing Army thousand-man commander Shi Lan. Any objections?”

Bai Weiyang looked toward the people of Sky Thunder Hall at the edge of the plaza and spoke.

“Sky Thunder Hall has no objections.” Lei Wuji replied in a deep voice.

Bai Weiyang directly named eight Earth Fiend Realm martial artists from Sky Thunder Hall. Two were in the late Earth Fiend Realm, four in the mid stage, and two in the early stage.

Besides these eight in the Earth Fiend Realm, Bai Weiyang also picked out several dozen Innate Realm martial artists from the various powers he had already assigned and placed them all under Shi Lan’s command.

Among these Innate Realm martial artists, that young man from Chongxu Pavilion who had caught Shi Lan’s attention earlier happened to be included.

After reorganizing these forces above the Innate Realm, Bai Weiyang then carved out two hundred Body Tempering Realm martial artists from the subordinates of the various powers and compiled them together under Shi Lan as well.

The strength under Shi Lan’s command swelled rapidly. Leaving aside the several hundred Demon-Suppressing Army soldiers from before, the forces under her now were already close to a thousand.

After that, Bai Weiyang made a few more arrangements. The people on the plaza gradually dispersed. Shi Lan remained where she was without moving, as Bai Weiyang had just sent her a voice transmission telling her to stay.

Very soon, only Bai Weiyang and Shi Lan were left in the plaza.

“Shi Lan, would you be willing to enter my Bai Clan?”

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The first words out of Bai Weiyang’s mouth left Shi Lan stunned.

“General, what do you mean? I do not quite understand.” Shi Lan said hesitantly.

Bai Weiyang suddenly thought of their current circumstances, and his expression paused. For a moment, he could not bring himself to speak the explanation he had previously prepared.

Whether Shi Lan could return alive from the battlefield was still unknown. Some words, said now, would be too soon.

“Forget it. You may go.”

Bai Weiyang shook his head slightly and waved a hand.

Though she was somewhat at a loss, Shi Lan did not ask further and left the plaza with a reply of acknowledgment.

Watching Shi Lan’s departing back, Bai Weiyang lifted his hand and rubbed his fingertips.

Her bone age was not yet twenty, yet she had already stepped into the Earth Fiend Realm and even cultivated a phenomenon.

With such talent, it was already a foregone conclusion that she would step into the Nascent Soul Realm in the future. With a phenomenon to assist her, her chances of advancing to the Heaven-Man Realm were a hundred times greater than those of others.

If she had the right opportunities, it would not be impossible for Shi Lan to touch the Emperor level.

What a pity, to be born into the wrong era.

In this age when the flames of war climbed to the heavens, Shi Lan was hardly the only one whose fate was uncertain. Even he himself did not have full confidence that he could live to see the day when the smoke of war cleared.

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After leaving the plaza, Shi Lan immediately returned to the quiet room.

The tide of spiritual qi Bai Weiyang had stirred up had been broken down and absorbed by the Black Domain. Her body had long since accumulated a huge amount of spiritual qi that made her feel faintly swollen.

With the Yuqing Creation Art and the Jade Tempering Art circulating at the same time, the spiritual qi was rapidly digested. Part of it transformed into true qi, and another part transformed into the unique energy of the Jade Tempering Art, beginning to strengthen Shi Lan’s flesh.

Her meridians were once again filled with true qi and were almost at their limit, urgently needing an outlet.

Shi Lan was in no hurry. She smoothly guided her true qi to surge toward her left arm, swept it past the Yangxi acupoint in her palm, and rammed it into the He Gu acupoint above her wrist.

This time, the process of breaking through the acupoint was exceptionally smooth. With the experience from last time as her foundation, in just an hour the He Gu acupoint was blasted open by the vast true qi, and her total true qi volume swelled by several tenths again.

Half an hour later, Shi Lan slowly ended her cultivation, feeling a bit disappointed. Although her cultivation had advanced a step, the Jade Tempering Art was still stuck at the sixth stage, showing not the slightest sign of crossing into the seventh.

After adjusting her mood, Shi Lan left the quiet room, found an empty training ground, and began summoning the martial artists who had been placed under her command. Before the fighting began, she needed to make some preparations.

She could not very well go onto the battlefield without even knowing all of her own subordinates.

The martial artists gathered quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, nearly a thousand people, including the several hundred Demon-Suppressing Army soldiers, had all assembled at the training ground.

As she glanced one by one at the eight Earth Fiend Realm martial artists from Sky Thunder Hall, an odd feeling rose in Shi Lan’s heart. Elder Xin, who had presided over the bouts for her at the martial meet, was actually among them, one of the two late Earth Fiend Realm experts.

Xin Qinyu… the name was truly rather delicate. It did not quite match the dignified, authoritative-looking middle-aged man before her.

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Noticing Shi Lan’s strange gaze, Elder Xin shifted his feet awkwardly.

Too much had changed in this short span of days, leaving him somewhat at a loss.

Shi Lan had returned after leaving, and barely a month had passed since the martial meet ended, yet her strength had already undergone an earth-shaking transformation. She had even become his direct superior now, truly fulfilling the saying that the affairs of the world are ever-changing.

Shi Lan did not linger on Xin Qinyu. She stepped forward to stand before that disciple from Chongxu Pavilion.

“What is your name?”

Seeing Shi Lan approach, that disciple nervously retreated two steps and stammered, “R… reporting to thousand-man commander, this one is Liu Ziming.”

“Liu Ziming…”

Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Shi Lan pondered for a long moment. After carefully looking the young man before her over, her expression changed slightly.

“Where is your home? Do you have any family members left?”

Liu Ziming was taken aback, then hesitantly replied,

“Th… this one’s home is in Twin Moon City. My mother passed away early. At home it is only my elderly father.”