Maiden Galaxy

Chapter 533: Trade Empty Fame For Wine And Song

Last three days before the Feng and Shan Sacrifice.

Chen Mo was currently eating, cultivating, and quietly waiting at the Bai Tang Restaurant for his battle against the Four Lords Of The Warring States. Inside his room, Without Ultimate True Qi coiled around his entire body, forming the Supreme Ultimate from the Without Ultimate, the Four Symbols from the Supreme Ultimate, and the Bagua from the Four Symbols. The spectating twins were astounded.

"Young Master is so amazing, to already be able to practice Primeval Chaos. Going to Maiden Mountain isn't out of the question."

"Hm."

"Sister, if Young Master seizes the chance to go to Maiden Mountain during the Feng and Shan Sacrifice, what do we do? We're not able to go." Mo Huang was vexed.

"Hm."

"Dammit. Young Master's power grows too quickly."

"Hm."

"Sister, are you listening?" Mo Huang was nearly mad from Gan Feng's fixed stare on Chen Mo.

"What does the Feng and Shan Sacrifice have to do with going to Maiden Mountain?" The Without Ultimate True Qi slowly receded, and Chen Mo opened his eyes. Mo Huang's words just now piqued his curiosity a bit. He knew of the Feng and Shan Sacrifice; in "The Records of the Grand Historian," Zhan Shoujie's "Justice" explained that "altars were to be constructed from the soil at the top Mount Tai, to inform the Heavens of the emperor's contributions. This was feng.¹ The grounds were to be cleaned at the bottom of Mount Tai, to inform the Earth of the emperor's contributions. This was shan."²

This honestly was more or less the same in Star World.

The Feng and Shan Sacrifice was held once every 99 years, and it was a ceremony that the master of Central led Star Generals through. At that time, Maiden Mountain would clearly appear, for it was the moment Maiden Mountain and Star World were closest. Star Generals could even sense the Primordial Star Energy emanating off of Maiden Mountain. 

Ever since the Purple Rose Star Emperor ascended Maiden Mountain, Su Mian used this method to attempt contact with her father on Maiden Mountain. It was also a covert way to pass on the Purple Rose Star Emperor's prestige through the nine thousand Star Fields' Star Names.

"The Central Star Field also has a legend related to the ‘Register Of Stars.'³ It is said that the Feng and Shan Sacrifice can open the Register Of Stars." Mo Huang said.

"The Register Of Stars?"

"Yes. It is said that the Purple Rose Star Emperor spoke with the Xuannü of the Nine Heavens and attained enlightenment. Created using the Three Heavenly Books, the Register Of Stars gathers the Star Energy of millions of Star Names. It is a very, very incredible treasure, one that doesn't lose out to Romance Of The World. The Register Of Stars reportedly is in the Central Star Field to protect Star World, a means the Purple Rose Star Emperor left behind. The Feng and Shan Sacrifice can also open it."

Xiang Yu is so powerful, perhaps Her Majesty wants to use the Feng and Shan Sacrifice to activate the Register Of Stars."

"The Purple Rose Star Emperor has incredibly long foresight." Chen Mo sighed.

"Hmph, you do not fall behind him, Young Master. Back then, the Purple Rose Star Emperor still required Romance Of The World and the power of the Ancestral Dragon to enter Maiden Mountain. Young Master can do so with the Without Ultimate True Qi."

"Yes." Gan Feng agreed.

Chen Mo shook his head. The Purple Rose Star Emperor unified Star World, after all, and he established the Central Dynasty. His merit was plainly obvious, practically able to achieve a Star Name of his own. Chen Mo himself was fortunate enough to have such a Realm only because he previously received Dark Yellow power to obtain the Five Emperors Seal. Although the Without Ultimate True Qi was powerful, he was far from proficient. He still needed a century of training to bring the Without Ultimate True Qi to genuinely drill it to the level of Primeval Chaos, to split Heaven and Earth.

There was suddenly an explosive clamor in the lobby.

"Let's go take a look."

Chen Mo walked out the door. On the lower floor, he spotted an ethereal and relaxed girl currently entangled by two other women. That girl brimming with immortal qi was familiar to Chen Mo. She was none other than White Clothed Court Official Liu Yong Liu Fengxi that he formed a close connection with at the Literary Excellence Convention.

"White Clothed Court Official, we heard that the Crane Soars Into The Sky from the Literary Excellence Convention is quite excellent. ‘I am willing to trade empty fame for wine and song…' Come, it would better to recite this for us." Qin Niyan's arm obstructed the girl's path, making a nonchalant request as she drank wine. R

Sitting beside her was Hou Xihan and other Star Generals of the Heavenly Tang Star Kingdom. All of them looked curiously at Liu Yong.

Many restlessly stirring male cultivators also jeered at this time.

"Where The Wells Have Water, Liu Yong's Poems Can Be Heard. If you do not recite, do you not fail to live up to expectations?"

"Exactly, let us hear the poem of the who is hailed as the current spiritual power Star General genius of elegant poems. Is she worthy of this reputation or not."

"Do not be shy. Ha, ha."

Liu Fengxi did not utter a word. She strode forth, gracefully circling around them.

"Not giving me face?" Qin Niyan laughed.

"Niyan, it would be better to not cause trouble for little sister." Hou Junji Hou Xihan grabbed Qin Niyan's arm.

"Xihan, do not interfere. Since we have come to the Central Star Field, how can we waste this fine scene by not listening to the genius Liu Yong's poem." Qin Niyan stared covetously.

Liu Fengxi walked out. The other cultivators tacitly understood to immediately surround her, not allowing Liu Fengxi to leave.

Liu Fengxi's red lips slightly moved.

A pure white hedgehog jumped onto Liu Yong's shoulder. This hedgehog was only the size of a fist, but it bared its fangs and the quills all over its body fired a cold light. Those cultivator surrounding her immediately felt like a knife was at their back, and they took a few steps backwards.

"Star Beast?!"

Star Beasts were a very rare sight in Star World. Even among the best Star Names, very few had them.

Liu Fengxi bowed her head.

"Truly impudent." Qin Qiong was displeased. Her figure moved, and she extended her hand to grab the hedgehog.

The hedgehog curled into a ball in fright, quivering. Liu Yong grunted. Just at this moment, a large hand extended from the side, seizing Qin Niyan's arm.

Qin Qiong did not anticipate this and her palm pushed.

How could she have anticipated that this palm would be as immovable as a boulder. Qin Niyan exerted strength, only to feel her power be dispelled as if some force was unleashed from her adversary's palm. Even she had to retract her palm in pain.

"Who are you!!"

Qin Niyan furiously looked at the man in front of her.

"Chen Mo." Liu Fengxi was caught off guard.

Chen Mo walked to Liu Fengxi's side and faintly grinned, "Looks like someone is causing you trouble, so I came to take a look. Are you alright?"

Liu Fengxi flatly smiled.

"Is that you, Without Ultimate Star Emperor?" Hou Xihan recognized Chen Mo. Back at the Literary Excellence Convention, this man left too deep an impression. That "those who are outstanding look to this age" was unforgettable to her.

"So it turns out you are the rumored Without Ultimate Star Emperor?" Qin Niyan's pupils contracted, and they emitted a scorching heat.

"It is an honor to meet you at last, Without Ultimate Star Emperor." Yuchi Gong and the other great generals also cupped their fists, their expressions solemn.

The entire restaurant suddenly exploded.

"What? This man is the legendary ‘those who are outstanding look to this age' of the Sages Simultaneously Shout?"

"Heh, heh, they say that he composed a perfect song with Liu Yong and Su Shi. Tsk, tsk, the envy of everyone under Heaven."

"Pity that Emperor Qin and Emperor Han of Wu lacked literary talent; Emperors Tang and Song had little literary excellence to speak of! This poem is outstanding, too outstanding. Even the Star Marquis could not write something so overwhelming."

The surrounding cultivators and Star Generals were in spirited discussion. Chen Mo's name had already spread through Star World. Across this era, he was the one and only Without Ultimate Star Emperor, and his Spring Snow Seeping Into The Land was an eternal work across all of Star World's ten thousand years of history.

Qin Niyan sensed pressure. Chen Mo merely spoke, yet he gave her an enormous feeling of oppression. This kind of feeling was surprisingly more intense than facing Heavenly Khan Li Shimin. This man…was unfathomable…very dangerous. Qin Qiong's heart made an instinctive judgment. But a martial general's pride was also urging her that she could not surrender like this.

"Hmph, arrogant man. You believe you are without equal just by obtaining the sages' aspirations? You actually dared to challenge the Four Lords for the Delta Ursae Majoris Stone. Your Servant feels you will die without an intact corpse when that time comes." White Faced Divine General Qin Niyan shouted.

"Many thanks to Your Distinguished Self for the concern." Chen Mo was very kindly.

"As a door god of the Lingyan pavilion, I shall see whether or not you have these qualifications." Qin Niyan shouted.

"Niyan, no." Hou Xihan was already too late to stop her.

Qin Niyan threw a punch, her fist honestly like a meteor, a rumbling inferno. It shook all the furniture in the lobby and shattered all the porcelain.

Earth Rank – Evil Spirit Expeller!!

Qin Qiong was True Phoenix Eighth Stage, her power superb. This punch's Earth Rank might was extremely sudden, used without any of the charging time of a Heaven, Earth, Dark, or Yellow Technique, bringing even Chen Mo trouble.

Even a Lord Of Heaven would inevitably have their corporeal body destroyed by this punch, their Primordial Spirit scattered.

Everyone felt Chen Mo was stuck in a dilemma, but the next scene caught them all off guard.

Chen Mo opened his right hand. There seemed to be an invisible force that spread like a ripple. Qin Qiong Qin Niyan's Earth Rank "Evil Spirit Expeller" punch was surprisingly stopped just short of Chen Mo's palm, unable to proceed any further, and her Earth Rank Star Energy seemed to be sucked away by an invisible white hole, vanishing completely.

"What?"

Qin Qiong's complexion was pale. She sensed her body was restrained, surprisingly unable to follow her control.

Chen Mo's Without Ultimate True Qi was formless, and only Xuannü Realm could faintly sense it. In the others' eyes, Chen Mo seemed to casually raise his hand and restrain the Lingyan Pavilion great general's punch.

No strength to fight back!

Chen Mo pushed his palm. Star Energy recoil send Qin Niyan flying heavily away.

"Niyan." Yuchi Gong Yuchi Hanzhui's figure hastily caught her, finally averting her close friend from making a fool of herself..

Qin Niyan wanted to counterattack in fury, but she was promptly pulled back by Yuchi Hanzhui. "We are no match for him, do not be impulsive. You will ruin the Khan's plan."

"As expected of the Without Ultimate Star Emperor, Your Servant is not your match."

Qin Qiong breathed deeply.

"You let me win. Your Servant only used Without Ultimate True Qi." Chen Mo gave her a bit of face.

Without Ultimate True Qi?

Hearing this name, it seemed to be an ancient power from Maiden Mountain. Qin Niyan finally felt consoled a bit. "Hmph, but it is still too early for you to be happy. In this Feng and Shan Sacrifice, even you will become a foil to the Heavenly Khan, Without Ultimate Star Emperor." Qin Qiong sneered.

"Niyan." Yuchi Hanzhui furrowed her brow.

Qin Qiong said nothing more. She lost the mood to eat and walked out the door.

"Xihan, go compensate them. I will bring her away first." Yuchi Gong looked very apologetically at Chen Mo then followed her out.

Chen Mo watched them.

Foil to the Heavenly Khan?

Could it be that Li Shimin was plotting to rebel during the Feng and Shan Sacrifice? What was going on? He had quite a bad feeling about this Feng and Shan Sacrifice.

"Half of Li Shimin's Lingyan Pavilion generals have been killed or incapacitated, yet they're still so arrogant and bossy. Young Master, don't mind them." Mo Huang walked over.

Chen Mo turned back to look at Liu Fengxi. In his mind, he recalled that scene of their union in the Heaven Rank during the convention.

An awkward silence.

"Would you like to go for a stroll?" Chen Mo invited.

"Very well."

On the street, Chen Mo and Liu Fengxi walked side by side, the twins following behind, attracting a lot of attention. In Star World, rarely could a male cultivator and Star General be so close. Although they were not aware of Liu Yong's Star Name, they could see from her disposition she was out of the ordinary.

"This hedgehog Star Beast is very rare. How did you capture it?" Mo Huang's eyes were shining.

The pure white hedgehog bristled its quills. It was filled with utmost hostility for any man who approached its mistress.

"Cuihun,⁴ calm down." Liu Fengxi softly said.

The hedgehog finally had no choice but to relax its quills.

"Cuihun?"

The Star Beast was strange, and its name was also very strange.

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