Chapter 270: Profound Mystery (1/2)
Chapter 270: Profound Mystery
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
Most of the people who fainted were the guards as well as the spectators trying to catch a glimpse of the action.
All of them fainted whilst standing.
The remaining soldiers felt unsettled, ”Protect the Emperor!”
”Protect the Emperor!”
...
”That... that is the Hypnotic Eye!”
One of the officials finally recognized the identity of the blue stone. However, it was too late. After a moment of dizziness, he face planted into the ground.
”The Hypnotic Eye?!”
”Close your eyes, don’t look at it!”
”Hypnotic eye!”
Chaotic screams rang out. However, those who had opened their eyes and looked at it were not spared.
The guilty party, Fang Zhengzhi, was just leisurely lifting the Hypnotic Eye high up in the air. He shone it in various directions...
”Fang Zhengzhi, you shameless person!”
Just as Fang Zhengzhi was having the time of his life, a crisp voice rang out.
Ping Yang was furious! She had fainted and nearly fell to the ground because of him!
If not for the fact that the emperor had held her back in time and woken her up, her reputation would have been flushed down the drain.
The Crown Prince and King Duan were both supported by the people around them after they fainted. Their faces were caked in mud and dust.
Fang Zhengzhi’s mouth twitched when he heard Ping Yang rage, but he did not care.
He continued to shine the Hypnotic Eye.
He remembered that even Xing Hou had fell for it back at the Divine Constabulary.
In Dong Lin City, he had also used a flash bang and the hypnotic eye to defeat Yu Wengu.
Now that he was up against Nangong Mu, how could he possibly hold back his ‘secret weapon’?
If there was one person who was calm throughout all of this...
That was Yan Xiu. When the white light exploded, he knew exactly what was going on. He immediately turned away.
”It’s Fang Zhengzhi!”
”Fang Zhengzhi, the court examinations are a fair competition, how dare you use such a thing!”
”That is utterly...”
When the officials finally regained their eyesight, they began to curse and rage at Fang Zhengzhi.
”I can’t use this?” Fang Zhengzhi waved the Hypnotic Eye innocently.
”You...” All of the officials had no choice but to suppress their anger and swallow their words. The Hypnotic Eye was a low grade treasure, and was not a forbidden item.
Fang Zhengzhi was clearly nitpicking.
However, they could not fault him at all.
King Duan clenched his fist tightly. As a king, he had never been humiliated this way! Furthermore, he had been humiliated in front of so many officials!
”Fang ZhengzhI!”
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong’s expression was also ugly. As the second highest power in the land, how could he fall for Fang Zhengzhi’s trick?
This was humiliating!
Fang Zhengzhi did not care about this. He scanned his surroundings, then kept the Hypnotic Eye after there were no more faintings.
He ignored the suspicions of the officials. After all, his opponent was Nangong Mu, and he was still standing.
”You didn’t faint?” Fang Zhengzhi asked doubtfully.
After all, Nangong Mu was the closest to him. He would have been most affected by the flashbang. Fang Zhengzhi did not believe that Nangong Mu did not lose his sight temporarily.
”One only sees what one believes! The Nangong Family trains the heart. Our heart is as calm as water, our mind stable as a rock.” Nangong Mu’s eyes opened at this point, his gaze still calm and steely.
His eyes looked like an undisturbed lake in autumn.
”The add on to that phrase is - we rely on our hearts, but our hearts are unreliable!” Fang Zhengzhi nodded and smiled.
”Everyone’s heart is different. Some people have reliable hearts.” Nangong Mu said calmly.
Fang Zhengzhi wanted to say something, but Nangong Mu was not going to give him the chance.
Nangong Mu did not plan on holding back anymore.
He charged at Fang Zhengzhi with the Green and Blue Dual Blade. The two rays of light shone together and intertwined like two humongous dragons.
The blue sword was in his right hand, the green one was in his left.
Blue was ice, green was wood.
These were two elements that did not mash well together.
Wood will die when coming into contact with ice. Ice would freeze when in contact with wood.
The last time, Fang Zhengzhi had witnessed some form of intertwining and combination of the two rays in the World of the Sage. This time however, they looked like they had combined completely.
It was clear that Nangong Mu was much more powerful than he was a few months ago.
”Blue is ice, green is wood. However, wood is not wood, it is life! Everything in this world has life. As such, ice does too.” Fang Zhengzhi remembered what Nangong Mu said before.
He immediately used the Wind Shadow Technique to dodge.
He morphed into a shadow and disappeared from the area enveloped by the rays of light.
”Cha cha cha!”
Within moments, portions of the stage froze. The red carpet also froze instantly. In that moment, almost half of the stage was white.
”The Green and Blue Secret Art of the Nangong Family!”
”It is no wonder it is right up there with the Dragon Combat Plan. One single attack has that much power!”
”I guess Fang Zhengzhi does not stand a chance despite his tricks.”
”Nangong Mu is already at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Reflection State. With the Green and Blue Secret Art, I don’t think that there are more than five people who can match up to him!”
All of the officials exclaimed in awe as they stared at the ice on stage. Then, they shook their heads at Fang Zhengzhi.
All tricks...
Were useless in the face of true ability.
However, they were all surprised to see that Fang Zhengzhi did not draw his sword.
Did he not have a sword?
That was impossible! Everyone knew that Fang Zhengzhi had a sword, a sword that once belonged to the Sagely Battle God Meng Tian.
That sword was named Traceless!
”Aren’t you going to draw your sword?” Nangong Mu looked at Fang Zhengzhi.