From the fake emperor to the concubine

Qi Yang, the leader of these cultivators, was completely stunned, his mouth agape in shock.

what is happening?
In the eyes of a master of his caliber, Zheng Chengbai of the Zheng family was nothing at all.

In any other place, Zheng Chengbai's actions would only be seen by Qi Yang as those of a clown trying to attract attention.

Even if he killed two people who were stronger than him, it doesn't change the fact that this guy's behavior is bizarre.

In Qi Yang's view, such a frivolous fellow could never amount to anything.

He could kill cultivators stronger than himself. Qi Yang admitted that the kid was formidable, but to him, he was nothing special.

Compared to their massive army attacking the Zheng family, three or five people were nothing at all.

However, because of Zheng Chengbai's taunts, more than a dozen of their own people were killed.

This is something Qi Yang cannot accept.

A dozen or so people die from being mocked once. If this little bastard does it more often, what will happen?

Even if there were many of them, they shouldn't have died like this.

Their attack was already struggling because of the Zheng family's inexplicable fighting style, and now they're adding this guy to the mix.

At this moment, Qi Yang was unaware that he had been targeted by a true master.

Zheng Chengbai was extremely satisfied with the effect of his words.

Although those people didn't die at his hands, it was still his achievement.

Thank you, ancestors! Thank you for the techniques of our ancestors!

Without our ancestors, there would be no Zheng Chengbai enjoying such a glorious life today.

He pressed on, his voice even louder: "If you keep fighting like this, I think you're bound to lose this battle."

"How about I suggest a solution? What do you think?"

Zheng Chengbai pointed to his own nose: "Now let all of us in the Zheng family retreat, and then I'll take on all of you by myself."

“If I die, even if you win, all of us Zheng family members will retreat and leave this territory to you.”

After a pause, Zheng Chengbai looked around with a cold smile: "If you lose, of course there will be no punishment."

"After all, if you trash can't even beat me alone, you might as well just die."

As soon as Zheng Chengbai finished speaking, he was met with a chorus of curses.

"Pah! You arrogant brat who doesn't know his place, you think you can take on all of us by yourself?"

"This kid thinks he's some kind of martial arts master, Duan Hongcheng."

"You dare to be so arrogant just because you beat a few nobodys. We didn't make a move simply because we didn't want to bully the weak. Do you really think we're afraid of you?"

As a result, because they were distracted by cursing, three more people were accidentally killed by their own opponents.

Even these enemies themselves didn't understand. They had repeatedly reminded themselves that this was all Zheng Chengbai's scheme, designed to deliberately distract them.

But as soon as they heard Zheng Chengbai's irritating words, their brains would involuntarily start working, seemingly out of their control.

Zheng Hui's somewhat annoyed voice rang out from Zheng Chengbai's personal communication jade.

"Are you crazy? You dare to make such a promise so casually? Don't think of these people as the senior cultivators you used to know. They are just a bunch of shameless robbers and murderous demons."

"If you really push them to the edge, they might do something like ganging up on you."

"It doesn't matter if you die, but what if it implicates your family?"

Upon hearing his words, Zheng Chengbai suddenly chuckled.

Since his remarks, almost all the cultivators on the battlefield have focused some of their attention on him.

Seeing him start laughing again without warning, many people felt a chill run down their spines.

A cultivator with strange abilities is not scary, because no matter how strange the ability is, there is always a way to deal with it.

A madman is not scary; a madman is just a madman after all.

But a madman with bizarre abilities is quite terrifying.

Because nobody knows what a madman might do.

Zheng Chengbai, of course, had no idea that he had been taken for a fool. He explained triumphantly to Zheng Hui on the other end of the communication jade.

"I thought you were a smart person, how come you don't even understand such a simple principle? I'm not someone who can make decisions, are you going to accept whatever I say?"

"I said I'd let you have it, but my word doesn't count. What does this have to do with me?"

On the other side of the communication jade, Zheng Hui remained silent.

He was just too worried and didn't even think of such a simple question, worrying for nothing for a long time.

After a long silence, Zheng Hui sighed, "As long as you're happy, I'll leave the other side to you."

As soon as the message from the communication jade ended, Zheng Chengbai immediately felt as if countless eyes were staring at him.

Even he felt his scalp tingle from all those strange gazes.

However, that's just his personality; the more attention he gets, the more flamboyant he becomes.

The next moment, he looked around with an arrogant gaze: "What are you all looking at? If you have the guts, come up here. You're all a bunch of useless trash."

Being ridiculed time and time again would be unbearable even for an ordinary person, let alone powerful cultivators.

"You have some nerve. As expected of a scion of a thousand-year-old family, you are truly remarkable. In that case, let me have a go at you."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a swordsman arrived in front of Zheng Chengbai on his flying sword.

Before the person even arrived, the sword energy had already swept in, its sharp edge making one's heart tighten.

This person's cultivation level is almost two minor realms higher than Zheng Chengbai's.

Normally, no one would think Zheng Chengbai could win.

But after witnessing Zheng Chengbai's bizarre methods, very few people actually thought he would definitely lose.

Faced with the powerful pressure from this swordsman, Zheng Chengbai remained calm, even pleased: "Not bad, finally a worthy opponent has arrived. If you were like those two before, I would be very disappointed in you."

"By the way, I haven't yet asked this fellow Daoist's name."

Although everyone knew perfectly well who was behind the attack on the Zheng family.

However, there are some things that can be done, but absolutely cannot be said.

The swordsman sneered, "I'm just a nobody, insignificant in front of you, a member of the Zheng family..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Chengbai rudely interrupted him: "Tch, what a disappointment. I thought we'd get a skilled expert, but it turns out to be another nobody."

"I have to say, you guys are really something. Why do you always send these weaklings to their deaths? Can't you find someone with some real strength?"

"These guys, I haven't even put in any effort and they're already falling behind, it's not satisfying at all." Before making his move, the swordsman had repeatedly warned himself that this guy's incessant chatter was definitely not just because he was a simple chatterbox.

It's very likely that it's some kind of magic or technique that can influence others.

This technique is very effective against cultivators who are at the same level as Zheng Chengbai, or only slightly stronger than him.

However, as long as I am careful, the spells used by cultivators at this level will not have much effect on me.

As a result, after Zheng Chengbai said only a few words, he was completely led astray by Zheng Chengbai.

Upon hearing that this young man actually dared to treat him as an unknown nobody, the sword cultivator's anger was like an erupting volcano, impossible to suppress.

"You..." He was about to refute Zheng Chengbai's words when he found a large pile of text in front of him, almost blocking his entire view.

At the same time, the flow of qi in his meridians became extremely sluggish, making it almost impossible for him to exert his original strength.

The next moment, Zheng Chengbai's jade fan suddenly appeared from among the dense text that obscured everything, and pointed at his chest.

"Damn it! We've been tricked!" The sword cultivator was shocked and instinctively tried to control his flying sword to counterattack.

But to his surprise, he found that his body felt as if it were bound by heavy shackles, and every movement became incredibly slow.

Even my brain feels like it can't function.

Commanding the flying sword, an action that was no different from eating and drinking for him, took him a long time to accomplish.

In the end, the flying sword struck the jade fan, barely deflecting the attack that threatened its life.

But before he could even catch his breath, Zheng Chengbai launched his second attack.

Because his view was blocked by these words, he couldn't see Zheng Chengbai's actions at all.

Naturally, there was no way to predict where Zheng Chengbai's attack would come from, and no way to defend against it in advance.

Each time, he could only barely activate his flying sword when the attack was right in front of him, barely managing to block Zheng Chengbai's attack at the most critical moment.

If he had hesitated even for a moment, he would probably be beheaded by now.

This time, the cultivators who attacked the Zheng family were truly dumbfounded.

The two cultivators who fought Zheng Chengbai before were not bad in strength, but they were not particularly powerful experts.

But this one is different. He's a renowned master, not the absolute top-tier, but certainly not someone a junior can easily defeat.

But what is the situation now?
Such a master was actually beaten by Zheng Chengbai to the point that he could only parry and had no way to fight back.

If this weren't a life-or-death battlefield, they would definitely suspect that this guy was holding back.

But what shocked them even more was yet to come. The swordsman had only blocked less than five moves when things started to look increasingly dangerous.

A fellow disciple who was relatively close to the sword cultivator was shocked and immediately abandoned his opponent to run over and save him.

Before he could even make a move, Zheng Chengbai, while searching, used his jade fan like a heavy hammer to smash directly into the sword cultivator's face.

The swordsman didn't even have time to utter a sound before his head exploded like a punctured balloon.

In an instant, the once noisy battlefield became eerily quiet.

Not to mention the cultivators who attacked the Zheng family, even the Zheng family members themselves were almost speechless with shock.

"This can't be right, is that really Zheng Chengbai?"

"Do you think it's possible that our ancestors intervened?"

"Of course it's impossible for an idiot. If it were the Ancestor who took action, would these guys still be alive? They would have been wiped out by the Ancestor long ago."

"If it wasn't the ancestor who intervened, wouldn't that mean that Zheng Chengbai really has the ability to kill a powerhouse of that level?"

"Damn it, how lucky is this guy? If only I had obtained the ancestor's cultivation technique."

"Hmph, if the ancestor had also tailored a cultivation method specifically for me, I would definitely be stronger than him."

The Zheng family members were filled with envy and resentment, lamenting that they didn't have such good luck.

Qi Yang's brows were almost completely furrowed.

He had previously thought that this attack on the Zheng family would definitely not be as easy as the last one, and would definitely be a bloody battle.

However, he never expected that the fight would be so difficult.

What chilled Qi Yang to the bone was that the battle wasn't just difficult overall, but that every member of the Zheng family had become incredibly powerful and terrifying.

Their cultivation level wasn't much higher than before.

After all, no matter how talented a genius is, unless they have some extraordinary, miraculous encounter, they can only cultivate their skills gradually over time.

The changes in the Zheng family are something deeper and more fundamental.

It was as if, overnight, all the members of the Zheng family had suddenly become enlightened.

"Damn it, I really shouldn't have provoked the Zheng family in the first place," Qi Yang thought to himself, roaring with frustration once again.

Who would have thought that the so-called ancestor of the Zheng family, who had been in seclusion for who knows how many years, was actually real?

Moreover, not only was he powerful on his own, but he also managed to bring about earth-shattering changes to the entire Zheng family.

It was clear that the entire battlefield situation had changed simply because of Zheng Chengbai's arrival.

With their own men being lost one after another, the morale that he had just boosted was quickly crushed again.

If this situation continues any longer, they might collapse without even needing to fight anymore.

Faced with such a tense situation, Qi Yang knew he could no longer afford to conserve his strength.

He knew better than anyone what kind of situation their Demon Heart Sect would face if they lost this battle.

He glanced around and gave the deputy sect leader next to him a meaningful look.

The deputy sect leader immediately understood, and with a few quick movements, he disappeared into the crowd.

Under the cover of the crowd, they stealthily approached Zheng Chengbai's location in the Second District like ghosts.

To avoid alerting the enemy, he refrained from making a move along the way.

Because his cultivation level was higher than that of most people present, almost no one noticed his presence.

Even if someone occasionally notices him, they can't keep up with his speed, and those people might even think they're seeing things.

Just as Zheng Chengbai was about to repeat his old trick and start mocking the enemy again, leaving them utterly humiliated.

But this time, no one really dared to stand up.

Even cultivators two realms higher than him fell to his hands; for anyone else to go up against him would be no different than courting death.

They wanted to gang up on them, but the other Zheng family members around them were no pushovers either.

They were already having a very difficult time dealing with just these people, let alone Zheng Chengbai. (End of Chapter)