Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 735 - 712: Juexian City (2/3)

Juexian City, a city within the Immortal City, is the true heart of the Immortal Realm, connecting the Immortal Cities of the eastern, southern, western, and northern Domains. In the hearts of the vast majority of the Immortal Realm’s residents, this represents unparalleled mystery and supremacy.

Unlike other Immortal Cities, there is only one main city on the continent of Juexian City, known as Juexian City itself.

Unique!

But getting into Juexian City is too difficult!

Unless your ancestors produced a Super Creation Emperor who surpassed the Peak Creation Emperor or you are a descendant or disciple of a Holy Pharmacist, you simply don’t qualify to set foot in Juexian City!

After Zhou Heng and Hu Mei went through extremely strict inspections and verifications, they entered the teleportation array and were sent to Juexian City free of charge.

Humming, the brilliance surged. They trembled lightly, and the surrounding light screens immediately faded, revealing a new world.

The immensely rich Spiritual Energy crowded in. Even with Zhou Heng’s not-so-stellar roots, he felt like his cultivation level was about to soar. Unfortunately, he had already reached the true limit of a Sunshine Emperor, and it was impossible to increase the accumulation of Spiritual Power anymore.

What appeared before Zhou Heng and Hu Mei was a towering grand city, immeasurably big, at least beyond what his eyes could see from one end to the other. Behind them, lay stretch after stretch of green mountains and clear waters, with cranes crying out, exuding an aura of tranquility.

"This is Juexian City!" Hu Mei said, filled with awe.

She was merely a descendant of the Sublimation Royal Family. Although her talent was extraordinary, it was questionable whether she would ever advance to the Creation Realm in her lifetime, not to mention achieving a status of at least an Eight Aspects Creation Emperor.

But now, following Zhou Heng, she could set foot here during the era of the Sunshine Sovereign. How could she not be overjoyed? Her admiration for Zhou Heng was ingrained to the bone. She looked at Zhou Heng with a fervent gaze, an endless allure flowing through her eyes, seemingly on the verge of throwing herself into a passionate embrace with Zhou Heng at any moment.

Zhou Heng hastily called a halt. This was not the time for pleasure!

He had come all this way just to enter Juexian City, in order to discover the whereabouts of the Great Eternal Emperor, and to aid that Old Ancestor in escaping his predicament!

"Let’s go, we’ll enter the city first!" Zhou Heng said, taking Hu Mei’s hand and heading towards Juexian City.

Juexian City had no city guards, and the two gates facing Zhou Heng and Hu Mei were wide open, allowing anyone to enter.

Solemness, grandeur, dignity!

This was the first impression Juexian City made on Zhou Heng and Hu Mei. There were no bustling crowds in the streets, no street vendors lining the sides, making it neat and clean, and there was also a sense of... desolation.

Indeed, this Immortal City was too solemn, like an old man at the twilight of his life, exuding a sense of deadly stagnation.

Just then, a large group of people rushed towards them from the other end of the street. When they saw Zhou Heng, they all smiled and called out, "Master Zhou!"

...

Zhou Heng, one of the only six Holy Pharmacists in the entire Immortal Realm and a newly minted Ten Stars Pharmacist, had arrived in Juexian City!

This piece of news spread throughout the entire city in an instant, causing a huge sensation as countless people vied to have Zhou Heng as their guest.

Zhou Heng awkwardly discovered that there were no inns in Juexian City!

Being the most supreme existence in the Immortal Realm, there were virtually no shops except for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. This was because everyone who could enter Juexian City already wielded influence here, and since there was only one Juexian City, there was no issue of coming from another main city to find temporary lodging.

Setting up an inn here would mean possibly not doing a single piece of business in ten thousand years!

Nevertheless, it was not a problem for Zhou Heng. With his current prestige, he needed only to say a word and countless people would compete to build him a mansion. The problem of where to stay would be easily resolved. But since construction would take time, he accepted the goodwill of the Dongguo Family, who offered him a mansion.

Dongguo Heng was originally in seclusion, but when he heard that Zhou Heng had become a Ten Stars Pharmacist, he immediately emerged to visit Zhou Heng in person, incessantly wagging his finger at Zhou Heng and complaining that he was not considerate enough.

Indeed, just one or two years ago, Zhou Heng admitted in front of him that he was a Five Stars Pharmacist, but now he had suddenly become a Holy Pharmacist. Wasn’t this leap a bit too great?

Concealing one’s abilities!

But the status of a Holy Pharmacist was too high, high enough that even Dongguo Heng, as a Peak Creation Emperor, dared not offend him. He could address Zhou Heng in such a jokingly reproachful manner only because of their past connection.

By doing this, he was simply using it to remind Zhou Heng of their old friendship.

If Zhou Heng were just an Earth Pharmacist, or even a Heavenly Pharmacist, Dongguo Heng could make conditions to attract Zhou Heng to join his family. But as a Holy Pharmacist... what a joke. There were only six Holy Pharmacists in the entire Immortal Realm, how lofty and supreme they were?

Although Pharmacists did not possess strong battle power, when it came to status alone, Holy Pharmacists could stand equal with Super Creation Emperors and could represent a force by themselves. How could they possibly join another family?

Dongguo Heng only wanted to secure a few promises from Zhou Heng, hoping he would give priority to the Dongguo Family when crafting pills in the future.

Zhou Heng readily agreed to this, as he was not an ungrateful person. Indeed, Dongguo Heng had helped him back then—although he wouldn’t have needed the help to solve the problem, he had to acknowledge the favor.

He was always generous, and for him, pill crafting was a trivial task he could do with ease. He immediately promised that as long as Dongguo Heng wanted to craft pills, he could just bring the materials to him. Zhou Heng would not charge a single cent for the pill-refining fee, nor would he ask for a share of the profits.

Naturally, Dongguo Heng was delighted. He hadn’t expected Zhou Heng to remember past kindness so fondly, and he couldn’t help but be deeply moved, praising Zhou Heng endlessly.

Zhou Heng believed that although he said he could refine pills for the Dongguo Family without any conditions, the other party would certainly know better than to ask him to refine low-tier pills. At a minimum, they would surely request Ninth Grade pills, right?

Ninth and Tenth Grade pills required incomparably precious materials which might not be gathered even in a few thousand years, and so the task wouldn’t be too troublesome.

But clearly, he had underestimated Dongguo Heng’s thick skin and even more so, the Dongguo Family’s resources!

The next day, Dongguo Heng brought a large amount of materials, requesting him to refine nearly seven sets of pills, among which five were Ninth Grade and two were Tenth Grade!

"Hehe, the Han Family has requested someone to refine a Ninth Grade pill thousands of years ago, so we’ve saved all the Spirit Grass we found!" Dongguo Heng didn’t play coy with Zhou Heng, he spoke frankly.

Zhou Heng laughed heartily. No wonder the Dongguo Family could bring out so many materials in one go, like a long-suffering shrew who had been holding back with all her might!

For any other Holy Pharmacist, refining seven sets of pills would take at least half a year, but for Zhou Heng, it was merely a matter of about half an hour, and he didn’t take it seriously at all.

He immediately began the alchemy process and soon handed twenty-seven pills in seven sets to Dongguo Heng.

"Zhou Heng, I won’t say anything insincere. As long as you have any orders in the future, the Dongguo Family will be ready to serve as your pawn!" Dongguo Heng’s face turned red with excitement as he took the pills!

With these pills, the Dongguo Family might have three Peak Creation Emperors advance further, forming the Eight Aspects, thus becoming a real Big Shot in Juexian City and elevating the Dongguo Family’s status!

Of course, he was included in that, which is why he was so excited.

Zhou Heng merely smiled faintly. He had refined pills for the other party to repay an old favor and hadn’t expected anything in return. If he truly told Dongguo Heng that he intended to release the Great Eternal Emperor, the likelihood of Dongguo Heng turning on him would be much greater!

After all, the Dongguo Family and Juexian City had long been tied together; harming Juexian City’s interests was tantamount to harming the Dongguo Family’s interests!

Dongguo Heng was first and foremost an expert of the Dongguo Family, and only then could he represent himself!

Zhou Heng began attending endless banquets. He would definitely visit any family that sent him an invitation, for a simple reason: he wanted to take this opportunity to understand Juexian City so as to deduce the possible place of imprisonment of the Great Eternal Emperor.

Zhou Yuhe had firmly believed that the Great Eternal Emperor wasn’t dead, but imprisoned instead.

Because he was the Great Eternal Emperor’s own son, there was a peculiar blood resonance between them, not only allowing them to know whether the other was alive or dead but also sense each other’s approximate location.

Since the Great Eternal Emperor wasn’t dead and he himself possessed tremendous battle power, the reason for his absence over so many years pointed to one thing—he had been trapped!

However, Zhou Yuhe could only sense that the Great Eternal Emperor was in Juexian City, but as for the specific location, he couldn’t pinpoint any further.

After settling down in Juexian City, the women, Black Donkey, and Zhou Yuhe also came out of the Immortal Residence. Being people close to Zhou Heng, they originally had the right to enter Juexian City, but Zhou Yuhe must disguise his identity, for if it were revealed, it would provoke the entire Juexian City to attack.

"Ah, brother-in-law, why did you bring this young lady back to Juexian City?" Bing Xiulan complained, waving her jade fists at Zhou Heng.

She had wanted to escape Juexian City precisely to avoid her sister’s control, and little did she think that after going in circles, she would end up back here! But she was clearly a peculiar one; she immediately clapped her hands and laughed, "It’s good that we came back. Brother-in-law, go and propose immediately, and marry sister over!"

The more she thought about it, the better she found the idea and couldn’t help wearing a beaming smile.

"Let’s go, let’s go!" Bing Xiulan dragged Zhou Heng along with her.

Zhou Heng had no choice but to follow her as she pulled him along. Until now, there were still a few places in Juexian City he hadn’t visited, including the Taiyi Sect where Bing Xiulan belonged.

This was a good opportunity to visit, and besides, Bing Xinzhu was associated with the Red Lotus Heavenly Scripture, which made Zhou Heng a bit curious and quite eager to take a look.

Together, they walked through streets and alleys and after a long trek, they arrived at a vast mansion without a physical gate, but rather marked by eight pillars at the entrance.

The pillars, each reaching a hundred feet high, were wrapped with dragons and surrounded by phoenixes, giving off an aura of ascending auspicious clouds and a sense of pervasive auspicious vibes.

Passing the pillars revealed a vast green lawn with lofty trees a thousand feet high with fully spread canopies, creating a paradise within the city.

This place, though without a door, had seven young men and women guarding under the pillars—three men and four women, each radiating a youthful vigor, all at least at the Sunshine King’s cultivation level.

"Second... Second Miss!" Upon seeing Bing Xiulan dragging Zhou Heng over, the seven of them showed a look of surprise.

"Has big sister returned?" Bing Xiulan asked eagerly.

"The Saintess has long since returned!" the seven promptly responded.

"Great!" Bing Xiulan continued to pull Zhou Heng forward.

"Wait, wait, Second Miss, wait, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Sect so casually!" the seven shouted in unison.

"Nonsense, he’s not an outsider. He’s my brother-in-law!" Bing Xiulan didn’t stop for a moment.

What, brother-in-law?

The seven staggered, nearly tumbling over!

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