Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 519: Chapter 515: A Great Change Is About to Come

”You jest, Flood Dragon King. How could I possibly see through the fate of a Celestial King?”

The Celestial Treasure King chuckled, not directly answering the Flood Dragon King’s question.

He wore green robes and had a very ordinary face. The only remarkable thing about him was his portly figure. His stomach bulged, and his face was plump with flesh, which made his eyes look like mere slits.

Anyone who saw him for the first time would find it hard to believe that this was the renowned Seven-Stars King, the Celestial Treasure King!

The Flood Dragon King next to him, however, had a completely different temperament.

The Flood Dragon King’s expression was cold, his gaze as sharp as a blade. He wore a Golden Crown and a form-fitting battle robe over his large frame. With his hands clasped behind his back, he exuded a domineering arrogance that seemed to look down on the entire world.

”HAHAHA! Celestial Treasure King, we Martial Artists have always walked a path that defies the heavens. So what of a Celestial King’s fate? Can they escape the cycle of birth, age, sickness, and death ordained by the heavens?”

The Flood Dragon King burst into arrogant laughter at the Celestial Treasure King’s words. ”I’ll say it plainly: the Undying Celestial King’s time is up! He’s a dead man walking!”

Hearing such disrespectful words, the Celestial Treasure King’s cheek couldn’t help but twitch.

”What makes you so certain, Flood Dragon King? The Undying Celestial King managed to break the 10,000-year limit—he accomplished something that incredible. Isn’t it a bit arrogant to say his time is up?” the Celestial Treasure King said slowly.

The Flood Dragon King snorted coldly and said proudly, ”So what if I’m arrogant? Celestial Treasure King, I should actually thank you this time. You’ve helped me determine the Undying Celestial King’s situation. Logically speaking, of everyone in the entire East Sea, the Undying Celestial King is the one who needs something like the Life Divine Spring the most. He’s the one who most needs to live a second life! And yet, this time, he didn’t show up.”

”With his power, he wouldn’t even need to come in person. With a single thought, he could have sent a message here saying he wanted the map. Who would have dared to compete with him then? But from beginning to end, he made no move whatsoever.”

”Furthermore, not even a single person from the Dragon God Celestial Palace—not even the Hall Masters of the Eight Major Sub-Palaces—was present. I think the reason is easy to guess: the people from the Other Shore must have intercepted them, right? From this, we can see that the Undying Celestial King is in big trouble. The Dragon God Celestial Palace is already too preoccupied to handle its own affairs!”

Hearing this, the Celestial Treasure King shook his head. ”Flood Dragon King, this is all just your speculation. It can’t be taken as fact.”

”Whether it’s true or not can be easily tested. The Undying Celestial King established the Hidden Dragon List to cultivate prodigies. In the past, if any high-level King dared to kill someone on the list, he would immediately sense it and incur his wrath. But now...”

The Flood Dragon King paused, his gaze falling upon the auction floor. ”Right now, there’s a Hidden Dragon List prodigy right here, and he’s already sided with the Dragon God Celestial Palace. We just need to use him for a little test, and we’ll know the Undying Celestial King’s true situation!”

His final words were laced with ice.

A wave of killing intent crashed down.

On the auction floor.

As the auction concluded, Ning Jiang was about to leave. But just then, he suddenly sensed something, and in an instant, his scalp went numb, feeling as if it might burst!

An unprecedented sense of crisis descended upon his spirit. It felt as if his very soul had been shrouded in black.

His gaze shot toward the giant tower, locking with the Flood Dragon King’s from across the distance.

’He wants to kill me!’

In that moment, Ning Jiang’s thoughts seemed to slow, and his breath hitched as if he were suffocating. His spirit felt as though it had plunged into a Bottomless Abyss, chilling him to the bone.

The killing intent erupting from the mighty Flood Dragon King, an Eight-Stars King, was terrifying beyond compare!

It could be said that this was the most dangerous moment Ning Jiang had faced since his rebirth.

If it had been anyone else—Ao Lie, Ao Fengfeng, or even Gu Huaying—faced with the killing intent of an Eight-Stars King, they would have been utterly unable to withstand it. Their minds would have collapsed on the spot, they would have lost all self-control, and their bodies would have crumpled to the ground, paralyzed by sheer terror.

But Ning Jiang, after all, had once been a Legendary Venerable!

He had witnessed countless great spectacles. This killing intent did not stun him; on the contrary, it made his mind calmer than ever before.

His mind was as immovable as a mountain, without joy or sorrow.

’If he truly intends to kill me, I’ll have no choice but to activate the Power of the Myriad Stars Immortal Realm. When that time comes, I’ll make sure the blood of the Flood Dragon Clan dyes the East Sea red!’

Ning Jiang’s heart was as calm as still water; he was mentally prepared.

Unleashing the Power of the Myriad Stars Immortal Realm was an act of desperation. Although doing so would trigger unimaginable consequences, when faced with a dead end, he couldn’t afford to consider that much...

”Hm?”

Atop the giant tower, the Flood Dragon King let out a soft sound of surprise.

He hadn’t expected Ning Jiang to still be standing there so calmly in the face of his killing intent.

His eyes couldn’t help but turn colder, and his killing intent intensified!

Initially, he had wanted to kill Ning Jiang merely to test the Undying Celestial King. In the end, Ning Jiang was just a tool, someone he didn’t even deign to notice.

But now, his thoughts had changed. To be able to face his killing intent without flinching... ’This boy is simply terrifying!’

”Heh, you jest, Flood Dragon King. For a person of your great status to kill a junior—wouldn’t that be lowering yourself?”

The Celestial Treasure King spoke up at this moment. ”Besides, something like this is too risky. Decades ago, when the Other Shore made a move against the Vice Palace Master of the Dragon God Celestial Palace, wasn’t it because they had calculated that the Undying Celestial King’s 10,000-year lifespan was up? That’s why they dared to strike. Who would have thought that the Undying Celestial King hadn’t perished but had instead broken the 10,000-year limit? That time, more than ten Kings died!”

”Are you warning me?” The Flood Dragon King’s gaze was sharp and probing.

”I wouldn’t dare. I’m merely offering a reminder. Besides, Celestial Treasure City has always been neutral territory. I have no desire to get dragged into the conflicts of you great figures.”

The Celestial Treasure King waved his hand amiably.

”Neutral?” The Flood Dragon King looked at the Celestial Treasure King meaningfully and said slowly, ”If one day, you, the Celestial Treasure King, were forced to make a choice, what would you do?”

”Asking me that puts me in a difficult position, Flood Dragon King. I’m someone who truly has no interest in fighting and killing.” The Celestial Treasure King’s eyes remained narrowed in a smile.

”Heh. Celestial Treasure King, you may think you’re a clever man, but sometimes, being too clever isn’t a good thing. Nobody likes someone who doesn’t take a side!”

The Flood Dragon King stared intently at the Celestial Treasure King, his every word heavy. ”A great change is coming. The East Sea is about to welcome a brand-new era. In the face of this great change, no one can remain on the sidelines. Celestial Treasure King, I will come find you again in one month. I hope that by then, you will have made the right choice!”

As his voice fell, the Flood Dragon King took one last look at Ning Jiang.

The thought of Ning Jiang’s calm demeanor made his heart throb faintly, his chest filled with a killing intent that he could barely suppress.

However, the bitter lesson the Other Shore had learned all those years ago made him wary of taking the risk.

That time, the Undying Celestial King had slaughtered his way through the East Sea until all its Kings were frozen with terror...

’I hope that not killing him today won’t prove to be a mistake.’

With that thought, the Flood Dragon King took a step forward and vanished.

(PS: I wonder if everyone found the auction boring? With this auction as the core, the necessary foreshadowing has basically been laid out, and the main plot line is clear. The following plot will surely be a series of interlocking events, becoming more and more exciting. When I wrote the line, ”A great change is coming. The East Sea is about to welcome a brand-new era,” I felt a bit excited myself. Can anyone guess what the ”great change” is? What kind of changes will the East Sea undergo? What role will the protagonist, Ning Jiang, play in all of this?)