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The appearance of the brawny man with the iron tower immediately caused the atmosphere of the mountaintop to freeze. It was as if the air here had been completely replaced by killing intent and hatred!

"I, Tan Xiong, have never seen such a shameless and arrogant person!" The brawny man, Tan Xiong's, voice was loud like a bell as he roared loudly.

Tan Xiong's voice unceasingly reverberated in the night sky, but Xia Xinghe merely laughed coldly, "You've met the kind of person you speak of before, so you can scram now."

Just like Jing San, Tan Xiong's roar came to an abrupt stop, it was like a giant rock pressing down on his chest, the kind that could be suffocated to death without a single roar. Taking a deep breath, Tan Xiong furiously roared, "In order to win you over, the Third Master killed Brother Jiang Lu with his own hands, and our Prince Wu's mansion even lowered their stance and was full of sincerity. But you, not only did you refuse Prince Wu's kind invitation, you weren't even willing to fulfill a verbal promise …"

Xia Xingchen didn't seem to want to hear his words, he immediately waved his hand to interrupt Tan Xiong's roar, "I told Jing San to kill Jiang Lu, and he killed me? Then I'll let him kill you, will he? The Prince's Mansion has the right to extend an invitation to me, and I also have the right to refuse. If the Prince's Mansion wants my verbal promise, then should I give it? "You better not make a mistake. Now, it's your Prince Wu's mansion that is begging me, not mine!"

Xia Xinghe's words resonated like thunder, each word was heartbreaking!

Currently, the Martial Imperial Manor was doing their best to rope in Xia Xinghe. Even if they couldn't win him over, they didn't want Xia Xinghe to help the other factions. To be frank, the Martial Imperial Manor was indeed asking for Xia Xingchen's help!

No matter what conditions the Prince's Mansion had to expel Jiang Lu, Xia Xingchen could brazenly reject them. For example, if you killed Jiang Lu, you could kill him. But Xia Xinghe didn't mention that if you killed Jiang Lu, you could cooperate with the Prince's Mansion. All of this was based on the wishful thinking of the Prince's Mansion and the Shadow Army.

"You …" Tan Xiong was enraged to the extreme as he pointed at Xia Xinghe, his arms also unceasingly trembling. For a moment, he was actually speechless.

"Tan Xiong!" Jing San gave a furious roar, waking up the furious Tan Xiong. Only then did he sternly shout, "Scram! You have no right to speak here!"

After being shouted at by Jing San, Tan Xiong also calmed down.

Tan Xiong knew that Jing San told him to scram because he wanted to protect him. If Xia Xingchen really told Jing San to kill Tan Xiong again, would Jing San kill him or not?

Without any hesitation, like a stray dog, Tan Xiong quickly hid in the darkness with his tail between his legs after being scolded and humiliated by Xia Xinghe … No one knew how great the wound in Tan Xiong's heart was. In fact, this wound had already created an inner demon for him, one that could not be broken without killing Xia Xinghe!

After scolding Tan Xiong and leaving, Jing San seemed to be really afraid that Xia Xingchen would open his mouth and let him kill Tan Xiong, so he hurriedly said, "Young Master Xia, I believe our Prince Wu's Mansion's goodwill towards Young Master Xia has already been passed down. This way, we can be considered to have completed the mission given by Prince Wu.

Jing San cupped his hands towards Xia Xingchen and quickly disappeared into the darkness. Following that, there was the sound of rustling footsteps that gradually disappeared into the distance … Jing San led his Shadow Army and retreated!

In this confrontation, Xia Xingchen didn't have the chance to make a move, nor did he have the chance to evaluate his strength. The only reason was because Chu Qingcheng had helped him solve all his problems …

The most important thing was that the Shadow Army would no longer interfere with the two families' search for the gate to the relic. This was Xia Xinghe's greatest gain of the night. As for Jiang Lu, Xia Xinghe did not take his death seriously at all; he was nothing more than a small shrimp.

As for the Shadow Army, not only did they lose Jiang Lu, they also lost a lot of face. Jing San was also fiercely humiliated by Xia Xinghe until the end, he didn't even dare to talk to Xia Xinghe anymore.

As soon as the ferocious Shadow Army entered Eastsea City, they had already suffered a huge setback at the hands of Xia Xing. If they were to mention the name Xia Xing again in the future, they would definitely have a shadow!

Watching the retreating silhouettes, Xia Xinghe couldn't help but let out a cold laugh. In this confrontation, he had probed the limits that Prince Wu and Shadow Troops had towards him. In fact, it was a bottomless pit of tolerance!

Since there was no limit to their tolerance, it meant that they had to do their best to win over Xia Xinghe. If that was the case, Xia Xinghe could use the Martial Imperial Manor to balance out the TianChu Martial Academy …

"Ye Tong." Xia Xing said in a low voice.

"AHH!" Ye Tong, who had yet to recover from his shock, subconsciously let out a startled cry. When he realized that it was Xia Xing calling out to him, he immediately bent over to Xia Xing's side and asked with incomparable fear, "Young Master Xia, do you have any orders?"

"Set up camp here. Tonight, I will stay here." Xia Xinghe sat cross-legged on the ground and continued to observe the door that had already weakened due to the fluctuations, "The Shadow Army will not cause any trouble for you. Let your people spread out across the mountain peaks and continue searching for the spiritual energy web."

"Yes sir!" Ye Tong bowed and cupped his hands towards Xia Xing. After which, he started to arrange the allied armies of the two families.

Even if it was the Zhao Family, they would still have to obey. After all, Ye Tong was under the command of Xia Xinghe, and if he went against Ye Tong, then it would go against Xia Xinghe. Once he went against Xia Xinghe, the Zhao Family would certainly be annihilated!

In less than half an incense's time, camps had been set up for Xia Xingchen. The rest of the people immediately rushed to the peaks of the mountains, and Ye Tong even sent out a lot of men from Eastsea City to make up for the losses.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, only Xia Xinghe, Ye Tong, and 30 or so Ye family guards were left on the peak of the mountain.

Xia Xinghe ordered his men to carry Jiang Lu's corpse into the tent and ordered Ye Tong to lead thirty guards to spread out and keep a distance of about two hundred feet from the tent.

Receiving Xia Xinghe's order, Ye Tong immediately began to move. In an instant, there was no one around Xia Xinghe's tent; only the gate that constantly flickered with scarlet light was left …

The tent flap was rolled up, and it faced the gate of the relic.

Xia Xinghe sat in the center of the tent, his star-like eyes stared unblinkingly at the gate which was already beginning to fade.

A strange gale swept over Jiang Lu's corpse, and immediately, three deep purple lights flew out of Jiang Lu's body, hiding within Xia Xinghe's body. These were the three types of innate abilities of the Celestial Phenomenon Mirror Master Jiang Lu, namely the eagle, the warblade, and the rock.

After absorbing the three types of innate abilities from Jiang Lu, the green dragon also received a certain degree of nourishment from Xia Xinghe's Sky Heaven's Aura Sea, and immediately woke up.

"Lowly little green dragon. Greetings, Master." The green dragon was curled up in Xia Xing's spiritual qi sea, looking incomparably respectful.

"Can you see the gate to the ruins in front of me?" Xia Xinghe didn't waste any time on words and went straight to the point.

If Xia Xingchen wanted to further understand the door to the ruins, he would have to ask the Azure Dragon. This was also the reason why Xia Xinghe couldn't wait to swallow Jiang Lu's talent power; he wanted to use this opportunity to stimulate and even wake the Azure Dragon.

"When I was resonating with Master's soul, I could see anything Master could see." The Azure Dragon in the Aura Sea of the Sky Mansion feigned to probe around in the endless dark space, as if it was looking at something. Its appearance was very human-like.

"Very good! "Then tell me, what is this gate to the relic that you are looking at?" Xia Xinghe asked again.

The green dragon replied respectfully, "The energy fluctuations generated by this gate is becoming increasingly weaker. Moreover, based on the connection between me and the Dragon Slaying Mountain, I can be sure that the ancient ruins will soon open. Perhaps next time, or next time when the gates appear, it will be the time the ancient ruins will open!"

The Dragon Slaying Mountain, was actually the body of the Azure Dragon, in a sense, Xia Xingchen's Azure Dragon Tyrant Body talent, also known as the Azure Dragon, was actually one with the Dragon Slaying Mountain, and the ancient ruins were also within the Dragon Slaying Mountain. It was also very normal for the Azure Dragon to have connections with the ancient ruins, otherwise, how could the Azure Dragon have entered so easily the last time the ancient ruins were opened?

After hearing the Azure Dragon's reply, Xia Xinghe also began to ponder, as if he was deep in thought.

A moment later, Xia Xinghe said to the Azure Dragon in his heart: "Okay, you should continue resting. I'll wake you the next time I discover the Gate of Relic."

"Understood." The Azure Dragon laid on the ground, lowering his dragon head with incomparable respect.

Xia Xinghe no longer bothered with the green dragon. Instead, he directly cut off the connection between him and the Sky Heaven Realm.

When Xia Xinghe's gaze once again fell on the gate to the ruins, the gate that was thirty feet wide and tall had already shrunk down to about one zhang in length. Moreover, the energy fluctuations coming out from within were very weak, after reaching a certain range, it no longer weakened any further, as if trying its best to maintain some kind of balance of energy.

Seeing this scene, Xia Xing also confirmed the green dragon's judgement.

"The Gate of the Ruins should be getting weaker and weaker, just as the Azure Dragon said. Next time, or next time, when the energy of the Gate of the Ruins drops to the lowest point, it should be when the ancient ruins open. At that time, we can enter the ancient ruins!" Xia Xinghe squinted his eyes, staring at the door that was still shrinking, thinking about it.

Not long after, the blood-red gate to the ruins completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.

"The disappearance of the relic gate does not mean the end, but represents a new beginning!" Xia Xinghe slowly stood up and walked out of the tent. He looked up at the dark sky and muttered to himself: "This time, it's Shadow Army. Next time, when the gate to the ruins appears, who will it be?"