The Attack of the Wastrel

Chapter 416 - Time Flies

Chapter 416 - Time Flies

Translator: Coca5156

Editor: Drea

“It seems that you all are not willing to surrender.” Gu Lingzhi sighed, “I do not wish to kill so many people.”

Ding Wei scoffed, “Third Princess Consort, you look the same but you are much more arrogant now. With just the two of you, how are you able to take on so many people? You should end your adventure now and submit to us. Perhaps, I can spare you some pain based on our past.”

Gu Lingzhi laughed, “Oh? Are you trying to bully the minority with your numbers? So the whole lot of you are going to take the two of us on?”

Ding Wei was silent but he signalled to the crowd and showed his intentions to take on the pair.

Gu Lingzhi sighed and shook her head, “It seems that you are going to take us on with your numbers. Forget it, we will do as you wish then.”

Scoffing inwardly, Ding Wei smirked. Wasn’t it a dumb move to choose a battle that they could not win? Wise people would not take on the strong knowing they had inferior strength.

However, in the next instant, bright light flashed before Ding Wei’s eyes and a few dozen people appeared beside Gu Lingzhi. The two sides now had approximately the same numbers. Gu Lingzhi's clear voice rang through the hall, “Didn’t you want to outnumber us? Rong Yuan and I had not wanted to bully you guys. However, since you agreed to it, we shall not hold back. Let’s have fun bullying them then.”

Ding Wei blinked in shock and he instantly understood what happened. He stared at the few dozen people who suddenly shivered and a cold shiver ran down his spine.

Did Ding Wei try to bully their Little Chancellor? Was he underestimating the Spirit Tribesmen?

Before Gu Lingzhi gave her instructions, the Spirit Tribesmen spread out through the hall and picked their respective opponents, thus beginning the battle. Like what Ding Wei wanted, they were bullying the minority with their strength.

Ding Wei had not believed that the few dozen men were all Demigods initially. However, the moment they attacked, all his hopes disappeared. The few dozen men who suddenly appeared were all Demigods!

How could there be so many Demigods in the Tianyuan Continent? How could he not have known about their existence? Was this the strength that the Alliance had been hiding? Why did they do that? The Empire had killed off a lot of the Demigods of the Alliance. If the Alliance had such a hidden card, why did they not use it earlier?

He had too many questions but he could not get the answers to them now. Rong Yuan cleanly shoved his sword into Ding Wei and ended his life. Ding Wei was not a match for Rong Yuan in the past and he was not his match now either.

With the Spirit Tribesmen overwhelming them, the Empire men in the hall were massacred.

Within three days, the news of the higher ups of the Empire being killed had spread through the continent. No one in the Empire dared to rebel anymore and under Pan Yu’s orders, they reluctantly surrendered to the Alliance. The few hundred years of war finally ended with the Alliance’s victory.

Once the war matters were settled, Rong Yuan called all powerful Martial Artists above the Martial Sage rank to gather in the Alliance’s headquarters to settle remaining issues.

Half a month later, the meeting that would be known as the ‘Light in the Fog’, occurred.

The Spirit Tribesmen that had disappeared for a few thousand years showed themselves in the meeting. Everyone of them was strong and their five Spiritual Roots made them figures that others in the continent envied.

The reappearance of the Spirit Tribe was the event that shocked the entire continent. However, the news that followed next made everyone gasp in shock.

For many years, there had not been any True Gods from the Tianyuan Continent because there was not enough spiritual energy to allow one to breakthrough to become a True God. This was because of the array that was at the depths of the Endless Sea Realm that sucked the spiritual energy from the Tianyuan Continent!

The grudge between the Deity King and the Spirit Tribe showed itself clearly in front of everyone. For his selfish gains, the Deity King had sacrificed generations of people.

At first, many were suspicious of the Spirit Tribesmen, thinking that they were just using the excuse as a lie to resurface on the continent. However, Pan Yu admitted to Pan Luo’s crimes voluntarily. Furthermore, the most powerful man in the continent, Lord Fashen stepped up to corroborate this news, and said that he realized something was wrong with the spiritual energy in the continent a few thousand years ago. He had been stuck at the last step to become a True God because he could not solve the problem.

After many years of his investigation, he realized that the problem was related to the Spirit Tribe. Some men had controlled the density of the spiritual energy in the continent and hence, unlike what the rumors said of the Tianyuan Continent suffering a natural disaster, the Endless Sea Realm was the reason why people were unable to become True Gods.

With Fa Shen’s explanation, the public was appeased. There were many who were afraid of Pan Luo and hence, this influenced their own cultivation pathways.

So what if they knew the truth?

The spiritual energy of Tianyuan Continent was stagnant and there was no way that there could be enough energy for people to become True Gods, not to mention travelling to the Realm of the Gods to take revenge against Pan Luo.

Just as the hatred towards Pan Luo started piling up, Gu Lingzhi announced a big news.

She had the ability to enable those at the peak-level Demigods to become True Gods!

This news shocked the continent once again and many people started to curse at Gu Lingzhi, directing their hate for Pan Luo to her. This was because the existence of the Inheritance Space was made known to the public.

Everyone came to a realization that Gu Lingzhi was a Spirit Tribe member. No wonder her cultivation rate was so fast. Regardless of her Alchemy or Weapon Forging skills, she was much faster than the average person. This could all be explained by the fact that she was the heir of the Spirit Tribe.

How could she buy over the hearts of others?

It was definitely to give hope to the people when all hope seemed to be lost. The Inheritance Space was the hope that could save the continent.

In an instant, numerous people sought out Gu Lingzhi. However, these men were all disappointed as Gu Lingzhi disappeared a few days after she released the big news.

Gu Lingzhi had left her living quarters to head to the Lost Lands via the Endless Sea Realm.

When Gu Lingzhi ascended to a Demigod, the Inheritance Space had expanded by a large proportion again. However, at the very most, it could only sustain seventy to eighty thousand people. Gu Lingzhi had to travel back and forth the Lost Lands and Tianyuan Continent three times before she managed to send all the Spirit Tribesmen safely to the Alliance.

At her very last run, Gu Lingzhi also brought those willing to leave the Lost Lands including the people from the Langya Troop and Guan Yue to the Xia Kingdom’s territories. She allocated some land for them to live. Guan Yue cried as he thanked Gu Lingzhi for her generosity profusely.

In the next ten centuries, the Tianyuan Continent underwent a massive transformation.

Gu Lingzhi had set a condition that she would only give those who wanted to become a True God a thousand years. Once one thousand years were up, she would lead the Spirit Tribesmen and those who were peak-level Demigods to the Realm of the Gods. She would not wait for anyone whose cultivation levels were not enough.

Tianfeng Jin, Yan Liang and her good friends from the Royal School were people that Gu Lingzhi wanted to bring up to the Realm of the Gods with her. Even if their cultivation rank had not reached the Deity King stage, they could use her Inheritance Space and head up with her.

Time flew and a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

In this time, Tianfeng Jin, Qin Xinran, Yan Liang, Nie Fang and Gu Lingzhi’s other friends became a peak-level Demigod using the dense spiritual energy layer in the Inheritance Space.

However, it was a pity that Ye Fei and Pan Yue, along with a few other friends could not breakthrough and they passed away in the thousand years.

“Is everyone ready?”

Gu Lingzhi asked everyone in the Inheritance Space. She faced a crowd of a hundred people who were all peak-level Demigods. A few thousand younger Martial Artists were in the far distance of the Inheritance Space.

The Inheritance Space was not a boundless space and there was a limit to the number of people she could bring with her. The crowd of younger Martial Artists were mostly Spirit Tribe members who were highly talented.

Mei Ying was the first to reply to Gu Lingzhi, “Haha, I have waited for a long time for this day. You can begin anytime.”

“Yes, Little Chancellor. Whenever you’re ready.” Everyone else chimed in.

The way the Spirit Tribe members addressed Gu Lingzhi became how others addressed her and it was a familiar sight to see people greeting Gu Lingzhi as the ‘Little Chancellor’.

Gu Lingzhi’s gaze swept past familiar faces and she turned towards Lin Chongyuan and Tang Xiao. She smiled, “Grandfather, grandmother, I will take my leave now.”

“Be careful in the Realm of the Gods.” Lin Chongyuan tenderly stroked Gu Lingzhi’s head and he said, “We will wait for your return before we head to the Realm of the Gods for a reunion.”

“I will!” Gu Lingzhi nodded her head furiously, her eyes welled up with tears.

Lin Chongyuan and Tang Xiao had begun their cultivation at a late stage and their cultivation were stuck at the Demigod stage. They were unable to proceed further in their cultivation. On the other hand, Lin Rong had long ago met the minimum cultivation level to become a True God, but she did not join the crowd in ascending to the Realm of the Gods.

The Realm of the Gods was a foreign place to them and it was highly dangerous. Yet, everyone was determined to go there to fight against the Deity King. It was possible that they could all be killed before they met Pan Luo.

The Inheritance Space was the hopes and dreams of the Spirit Tribe and all of Tianyuan Continent - the bloodline of the Spirit Tribe leader could not stop. As such, Gu Lingzhi was the only one from the bloodline of the Spirit Tribe leader who headed to the Realm of the Gods. The others remained in the Tianyuan Continent. Even if Gu Lingzhi did not succeed, the Inheritance Space would reappear in another heir of the Spirit Tribe many years later, giving the continent hope again.

Tang Xiao held Gu Lingzhi’s hand softly and chided, “You have to be extra careful at the Realm of the Gods. Do not be rash. Even if you see Pan Luo, you must control your emotions and not let your hatred overwhelm you. Take the perfect opportunity to strike. We have held this grudge for such a long time, there is no hurry to end it immediately.”

“I understand, Grandmother. I am not like Young Aunt, I will be careful.” Gu Lingzhi playfully winked, trying to prolong their parting of ways and reassure Tang Xiao.