Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

Chapter 346: Zhang Ruochen, the Scapegoat
Huang Shenyi, currently number one on the "Heavenly Ranking", is the only person with a military merit value of 10 million.

The Yellow Star Envoy of the First-Class Hall in the Black Market has been hunting the natives of the Xuanwu Ruins, which is why he has been able to accumulate military merit points to the point of tens of millions.

He also wanted to break through to the supreme realm of the Heavenly Grade, and thus compete with Di Yi for the position of the Young Master of the First-Rank Hall in the Black Market.

Today, Di Yi is still a Star Envoy, known as the First Star Envoy, or the Heartless Star Envoy.

Therefore, Huang Shenyi knew that this was his only chance. As long as he could break through the supreme realm of the Heavenly Level, he would be able to defeat Di Yi and become the young master of the First-Class Hall in the Black Market.

After all, each of the seven star envoys of the Black Market Yipintang has a physique that is not inferior to the Holy Body, or it can be said that they are Holy Bodies themselves.

But none of this matters. Huang Shenyi has always believed that if Di Yiruo was not a descendant of the Evil Emperor and possessed a Demonic Heart and a Holy Body, he would not be qualified to compete with him for the position of the First-Class Hall in the Black Market.

Now, as long as he breaks through the supreme realm of the Heavenly Grade, he will surpass Emperor Yi and be able to become the young master of the First Grade Hall in the Black Market, thus fulfilling his dream of many years.

Therefore, during this period of time, he tried his best to kill the natives in Xuanwu Ruins and gain military merit points.

Now he has accumulated 10 to 20 million military merit points. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to accumulate 30 million military merit points within one or two years, thereby triggering resonance among the gods and breaking through the supreme realm of the heavenly level.

But, an accident happened that day!

Zhao Shuang is here!

"Zhang Ji, the eighth prince of the Eastern Region Holy Academy, will challenge Huang Shenyi, the number one on the Heavenly Ranking. Time: seven days from now. Please notify me. I want his number one on the Heavenly Ranking."

This is what Zhao Shuang said on the Heavenly Level Battle Arena.

As soon as the words were spoken, they caused an uproar.

"His Highness the Eighth Prince, Zhang Ji! A supreme genius. It's said that he entered the top ten of the Heavenly Ranking right after emerging from the Five Elements Realm!"

"Yes, no wonder he dared to challenge Huang Shenyi, the number one on the Heavenly Ranking, so directly. He must have been tempted by Huang Shenyi's military merit points. This way, he could save a lot of time killing the natives of the Ruins Realm and directly obtain the military merit points that Huang Shenyi had worked so hard to accumulate."

"Damn it! He just arrived in the Eastern Region Divine Land, and he actually dared to provoke Huang Shenyi. He's really amazing!"

"Nonsense! He's a Nine-Absolute Genius, a candidate favored by Her Majesty Empress Chi Yao as her disciple. As long as he breaks through the Fish-Dragon Realm and attends the Jiezi Banquet hosted by the Saintly Book Talented Woman soon, he can officially become Her Majesty Empress Chi Yao's disciple."

"I will also attend the Jiezi Banquet. With my qualifications, I might be able to become a disciple of Her Majesty Queen Chi Yao."

The person who said this was a bald man with his arms crossed over his chest. The person next to him only slightly changed his expression and did not utter a word of rebuttal.

As for the reason, it was because he was carrying four tokens on his body, namely the black yellow-level iron token, the green black-level copper token, the white earth-level silver token, and the golden sky-level gold token. They represented that he was ranked on the "Yellow List" in the Huangji Realm, the "Xuan List" in the Xuanji Realm, the "Earth List" in the Diji Realm, and the "Heaven List" in the Tianji Realm.

The words "First on the Yellow List" were printed on the Yellow Iron Order, and the words "First on the Mysterious List" were printed on the Mysterious Bronze Order.

The words "No. 1 on the Local List" were printed on the local silver order.

Next to him was a masked woman who heard what he said.

"Becoming a disciple of Empress Chi Yao will depend on you becoming the Young Master first. However, with Huang Shenyi, Di Yi, and that guy surnamed Zhang around, it's pure wishful thinking for you to become the Young Master."

"Really? That's not necessarily true!"

The bald man remained calm in response to the masked woman's words.

At this time, Zhao Shuang, who was about to step down, heard a voice of obstruction in his ears.

"Wait a minute, Zhang Ji! Now that you're here, why don't you leave without a fight? Let's see just how powerful you, the Nine Supreme Genius, are."

Following the voice, he saw the person who spoke stretched out his arms, and a stream of true energy gushed out from the palms of his hands, forming a pair of true energy wings, like a big bird, which landed in front of Zhao Shuang and stopped him.

"Bishui City?"

"Yes, it's me."

Bishuicheng crossed his arms and said proudly.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuang took a quick look and understood the confidence of Bishui City in challenging him.

He was wearing a emerald green armor that covered his entire body without a single gap.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuang recalled the relevant information in his mind.
Holy Armor of Clear Water: A holy weapon-level battle armor, forged from nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand-year-old tortoise bones, with quite complex inscriptions engraved inside.

It not only has strong defensive power, but also has certain offensive capabilities.

Saint-level armor is more precious and rarer than saint-level swords.

Among holy artifacts of the same level, the holy armor is ten times more expensive than the holy sword.

It is precisely because of this that Bishui City was able to enter the top five of the "Heavenly List", because no master of the "Heavenly List" could break the holy armor on his body, and at most could defeat him.

Therefore, he felt that Zhao Shuang was no match for him, and in this way, he was invincible.

If he were lucky enough to defeat Zhao Shuang, not only would he be able to break the rumor that Zhao Shuang was a genius, but he would also be able to gain the favor of the Holy Book Lady and even Empress Chi Yao.

How could Bishui City not be tempted by such a win-win situation?

"Do you think you can be our opponent with just a piece of Jade Water Sacred Armor?"

Zhao Shuang also guessed what Bishuicheng was thinking, and couldn't help but sigh that there were indeed more and more idiots.

"Even without relying on the Holy Green Water Armor, I am still confident that I can defeat you. Moreover, this Holy Green Water Armor is also my family heirloom, so naturally, you don't need to worry about it." Bishui Cheng's heart tightened, fearing that Zhao Shuang would ask him to take off the Holy Green Water Armor and lose this most important support.

"Alright! Since you're determined to die, how can I not give you a ride? In this battle, you can't admit defeat. It's a matter of life and death!"

Zhao Shuang shook his head helplessly, saying something that made Bishui City regret it deeply.

But it's too late to regret now, so I can only agree to it.

"Okay, it's a deal."

Before he finished speaking, Bishuicheng didn't even wait for the announcement to start, and rushed to Zhao Shuang in an instant.

At the same time, a dazzling green light emerged from the surface of the Green Water Holy Armor on his body. Under the stimulation of true energy, the nails on the ten fingers of Green Water City continued to extend and turned into sharp claws.

Both claws struck out at the same time, reaching for Zhao Shuang's heart in the chest. Then, a huge force surged out of his arms, tearing it to the left and right.

However, before his attack could land on Zhao Shuang, a brilliant sword light flashed before his eyes.

In Bishui City, everything in front of him turned black and he completely lost consciousness. To be more precise, his body was torn apart and not a complete corpse was left.

"What a fool! Even a semi-saint master wouldn't be able to defeat Zhao Shuang. Does Bishui City think that a piece of Bishui Saint Armor can make them invincible?"

The masked woman scoffed.

At this time, Zhao Shuang had already started to take off the Holy Armor of Bishui City's corpse.

"Wait a moment, Your Highness the Eighth Prince, this Jade Water Sacred Armor is a sacred artifact of our clan. I hope you can return it."

An elder from the Fish Dragon Realm of the Bishui Family in Bishui City quickly stopped him.

"This is my spoils of war. If you want it, it's very simple. As long as there is a Heaven-level warrior in your Bishui family who can defeat me or kill me, you can get it naturally. If you want to rob it afterwards, feel free to try."

Zhao Shuang chuckled and shook his head.

After saying this, he left in a leisurely manner with the Holy Armor of Clear Water, and no one tried to stop him.

"Okay, our Bishui family will remember this grudge."

Seeing this, the elder of the Bishui family could only leave a harsh word, go on stage and leave with Bishuicheng's body in his arms.

Zhao Shuang didn't expect that he could get the holy artifact, the Holy Armor of Green Water, so easily.

And the Bishui City didn't even exert one thousandth of its power.

……

"Wow!"

The Heavenly Ranking stone tablet radiated a powerful light, and the three characters "Zhang Ji" vanished from the stone tablet. A moment later, the three characters "Zhao Shuang" reached the top of the Heavenly Ranking stone tablet, becoming the fourth on the Heavenly Ranking.

This was also the previous ranking of Bishui City. It could have been ranked third, but now it has become Zhao Shuang's ranking.

After leaving the Heavenly Grade Battle Arena, Zhao Shuang did not return to the Eastern Region Holy Academy, as it was not time for school to start yet.

He still has one thing to do: the thirty-first city.

This No. 31 is the gathering place for mercenaries from the entire Eastern Divine Land. All large mercenary groups have established bases in the city, responsible for receiving and delivering missions.

Zhao Shuang's target is the Silver Sky Mercenary Group.
This mercenary group is not considered the top one among the thirty-one cities. It is just a mercenary group with a history of several decades.

However, from the leader of the mercenary group to the ordinary mercenaries, most of them are young people, and the oldest one is no more than sixty years old.

Therefore, such a young mercenary group naturally has a great reputation in the Eastern Region, because they only recruit talented mercenaries. The least talented mercenary must be a genius of the Three Absolutes.

Moreover, the Silver Sky Mercenary Group has an extremely high reputation, enough to rank in the top five in the Mercenary Guild.

But now, their mercenary group is in trouble.

Trouble from the black market Yipintang!
Although Di Yi is no longer the young master of the Black Market Yipintang, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to make a contribution and thus obtain the position of the young master of the Black Market Yipintang more quickly.

As for where the news came from, it was naturally Di Yi who told Zhao Shuang.

As the descendant of the Evil Emperor, Di Yi will always be the young master of the First-Class Hall in the Black Market no matter how big a mistake he makes.

Unless you die!

But this is simply impossible.

The reason why Emperor Yi wanted to take action against the Yinkong Mercenary Group was because of their leader, Yin Yue Linkong.

She was once a star envoy of the First-Rank Hall in the black market, a girl of unparalleled beauty and favored by heaven. Although she was not a saint body, she was able to compete with saint bodies. Her cultivation had reached the ninth transformation of the Fish Dragon, and she was likely to become the youngest semi-saint in the Eastern Region.

Under the silver moon in the sky, there are two deputy group leaders.

Therefore, Zhao Shuang's purpose in doing this was also for this favored daughter of heaven.

Help her break through to the semi-saint level and become his.

……

Nie Honglou is the deputy leader of the Silver Sky Mercenary Group.

Although he is already in his forties, he looks only twenty years old on the surface. He has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and is extraordinarily handsome. There is not a speck of dust or a trace of dirt on his body. He is extremely clean. His every move gives people a sense of elegant and aristocratic temperament.

At this moment, he was in a restaurant, sitting opposite Zhao Shuang.

"Your Highness the Eighth Prince is saying that the Black Market Yipintang is going to attack our Silver Sky Mercenary Group? Why is that?"

Nie Honglou frowned and said with a grim expression.

He didn't think Zhao Shuang would lie to him, he was just curious about the reason.

"Don't you know your leader's previous identity?"

Hearing Nie Honglou's question, Zhao Shuang asked back.

"What was our leader's previous identity?" Nie Honglou was surprised and shook his head.

"I don't know. Could it be that she has offended someone from the Black Market Yipintang?"

"Haha, because she is a Star Envoy of the Black Market First-Class Hall, and was once the Silver Sky Star Envoy among the Seven Great Star Envoys. She just couldn't stand what the Black Market First-Class Hall did, so she betrayed the Black Market First-Class Hall."

Zhao Shuang didn't hide anything.

"I see. Thank you for letting me know. When does the Black Market Yipintang plan to take action?"

After Nie Honglou came back to his senses from the shock, he hurriedly asked.

"Probably in the next two or three days. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to tell you. After all, I won't let the Black Market Yipintang have an easy time."

Zhao Shuang chuckled.

"Then how did His Highness Hachioji know about this?"

Nie Honglou couldn't help but ask.

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, Zhao Shuang stared at Nie Honglou as if he were an idiot and sighed.

"What, what's the problem?"

Nie Honglou frowned and became more puzzled.

"Any questions?"

"You haven't asked about my situation, have you? I have a younger brother who works as a Star Envoy in the First-Class Hall in the black market. He will also participate in this operation. How do you think I know this?"

Zhao Shuang pretended to be speechless.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Nie Honglou suddenly realized and his face became even more embarrassed, and he hurriedly said.

"Thank you, Your Highness Hachioji, for the information. Without further delay, let's hurry and tell the rest of the group and the leader!"

After saying that, he stood up and left quickly.

……

Soon after, Nie Honglou's return to the Silver Sky Mercenary Group caused quite a stir. "Deputy Leader Nie is back!"

"Deputy Captain Nie, I've never been able to perfect that move of catching the moon in the water. Could you please give me some pointers?"

……

"Alright, everyone, be quiet. I'd like to introduce you to a guest. If you can get his guidance, it will be a hundred times better than mine."

Nie Honglou said quickly.

"Who... who is he? What can he teach us?"

A female mercenary with a ponytail came out. She was wearing long iron boots and carrying a snake-shaped sword on her back. She stared at Zhao Shuang and said with a frown.

Obviously, he didn't quite believe what Nie Honglou said and thought it was just an excuse.

Seeing this, Nie Honglou spoke directly, "Tu Ling, you've already reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm seven years ago! What's your ranking on the Heavenly Ranking?"

Upon hearing this, the woman named Tu Ling bowed respectfully.

"Reporting to the Deputy Leader, I am ranked 84,720th on the Heavenly Ranking."

"Oh! Then do you know what his rank is?"

Nie Honglou asked again.

"Him? Which one?"

Hearing this, Tu Ling looked at Zhao Shuang a few more times and said with some concern.

"Fourth on the "Tian Ranking", His Royal Highness Zhang Ji, the Eighth Prince of Yunwu County!"

Just a few words, like thunder, exploded.

At this moment, the women around who had originally admired Nie Honglou suddenly fell in love with someone else.

(End of this chapter)