Chapter 27: The Heng-Slaying Society

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“It is all thanks to your guidance and the sect’s cultivation over the years.”

Lin Heng smiled as he expressed his gratitude to Xiao Rang. Even after reaching the Grandmaster Realm, he had not become so arrogant that he forgot his own name.

Setting aside the many resources the sect had invested in him, Xiao Rang had spent the past several years tirelessly demonstrating countless martial arts every day for Lin Heng to study and practice against. This was what had allowed Lin Heng’s knowledge of martial arts to expand continuously and accelerated his comprehension of the Ethereal Sword Intent.

If Lin Heng’s own diligent cultivation accounted for half of his achievements today, and the resources invested by the sect accounted for another thirty percent, then the remaining twenty percent of the credit belonged entirely to Xiao Rang.

He had truly fulfilled the role of a master to perfection.

“Congratulations to the Young Sect Master on breaking through and attaining the Grandmaster Realm.”

At that moment, many of the sect’s elders also gathered around, smiling as they offered Lin Heng their congratulations.

“Lin Heng could not have achieved what he has today without the care of all the elders.”

Lin Heng smiled and returned their greetings.

These elders had given their full support to Xiao Rang’s efforts to nurture Lin Heng and had never hindered him. That alone was already extremely commendable.

In his daily cultivation, they had also helped whenever they could. Thus, they deserved a considerable share of the credit as well.

At Lin Heng’s words, the elders’ smiles grew even brighter, their faces filled with pride.

When later generations spoke of Lin Heng’s astonishing rate of cultivation, these elders would also bask in the reflected glory.

“Today is a day for celebration. Prepare a feast. No one leaves until we are all thoroughly drunk.”

Seeing that everyone had finished exchanging pleasantries, Xiao Rang waved his hand and made the announcement.

No one objected.

Lin Heng had no objections either. After cultivating so diligently for so many years, it was time for him to relax.

Breaking through from the Grandmaster Realm to the Celestial-Human Realm was no simple matter. It would require a very long time.

Only by relaxing his mind now could he better embark upon the long road and arduous journey ahead.

Before long, Cloud Sword Palace came alive with activity.

Delicacies and fine wine were brought out, while the sounds of strings and pipes filled the air, turning the atmosphere festive.

During the banquet, everyone decided to hold a grand ceremony three months later to celebrate Lin Heng’s attainment of the Grandmaster Realm.

With the morning martial demonstration concluded, the entire mountain gate became lively. The elders immediately arranged a joint celebration, sharing the joy with everyone.

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The commotion caused by Lin Heng’s breakthrough earlier had been enormous. Since everyone already knew about it, there was no need to conceal the matter. They could take this opportunity to spread Cloud Sword Palace’s renown.

A fourteen-year-old Grandmaster!

The existence of such an expert would be enough to guarantee the sect’s safe continuation, even if Cloud Sword Palace suffered a severe decline in talent over the years to come. It was certainly something worth celebrating properly.

Cloud Sword Palace was filled with happiness and had begun its celebrations.

Yet some spies hidden among the crowd were deeply unsettled.

What was a hero to one side was an enemy to another.

Lin Heng’s existence was a tremendous boon to Cloud Sword Palace, but to the other forces, it was terrible news.

They were thrown into disquiet. Seizing every opportunity, they hurried to spread the news that Lin Heng had attained the Grandmaster Realm at the age of fourteen, causing the higher-ups of their respective forces to become equally restless and unable to sit or sleep in peace.

Whenever they thought of this fourteen-year-old Grandmaster, who might one day become an unimaginable expert—an existence surpassing even the Peerless Realm—they lost all appetite and could think of nothing else.

It had long circulated throughout the martial world that someone as supremely gifted as Lin Heng was destined to become an invincible legend.

But that had merely been an expectation. There were too many variables along the way. What if Lin Heng’s cultivation went awry and he suffered a deviation, or what if he became lazy and neglected his practice?

Now, however, things were different. Lin Heng had already become a Grandmaster. This proved that his will was firm and unshakable. His becoming an existence surpassing the Grandmaster Realm was practically a foregone conclusion.

That was precisely why the pressure Lin Heng brought to the world had reached its peak.

Some people were able to see the situation clearly. Since an invincible powerhouse was about to emerge, they might as well embrace him as soon as possible and secure the highest position they could in the entirely new era that this supreme expert would lead.

Others, however, were unwilling to surrender so readily. They began secretly forming connections.

When Elder Hao Shuang of the Pavilion of Parting Hatred heard the disastrous news, he smashed a great many cups.

The Anti-Cloud Sword Palace Alliance, organized under the leadership of the Pavilion of Parting Hatred, had spent years making careful preparations. They had been waiting for Lin Heng to descend the mountain so they could deliver a fatal blow and eliminate the prodigy.

A mere prodigy in the Grandmaster stage could still be killed by underhanded means, even if experts from Cloud Sword Palace accompanied him as bodyguards. There were many ways to dispose of him.

Instead of waiting for Lin Heng to leave the mountain, they had received the disastrous news that he had become a Grandmaster.

A Grandmaster was no longer merely a prodigy. He was an unquestionable powerhouse.

And when such a powerhouse traveled, many experts would accompany him as guards.

All the methods they had prepared had become useless. They had been reduced to complete clowns.

The only thing they could do now was gather overwhelming strength and kill Lin Heng by force.

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That was their only way to turn the tables.

But they did not possess the ability to do so. After all, Lin Heng was not alone and unaided.

At this moment, the four forces in the Anti-Cloud Sword Palace Alliance other than the Pavilion of Parting Hatred were already considering fleeing.

After all, only the Pavilion of Parting Hatred had thoroughly offended the fourteen-year-old prodigy. The other four had not gone so far. Even now, it was still not too late for them to abandon the darkness and embrace the light.

As long as they surrendered quickly enough and behaved themselves from then on, they would no longer have to endure the terrifying psychological pressure of opposing an unparalleled prodigy.

However, just then, several shadowy figures whose identities were concealed quickly contacted the Pavilion of Parting Hatred, the leader of the Anti-Cloud Sword Palace Alliance. They expressed their desire to join the alliance and eliminate the prodigy Lin Heng.

This good news breathed new life into the organization, which had been on the verge of disbanding.

The Anti-Cloud Sword Palace Alliance was reorganized, and an organization known as the Society for Slaying Heng was established anew, with the primary objective of killing Lin Heng at any cost.

A fourteen-year-old Grandmaster was simply too terrifying.

He was destined to become a legendary existence, invincible beneath the heavens.

They could tolerate the existence of a prodigy, but they could not tolerate an invincible powerhouse standing above everyone else.

Once such an invincible powerhouse appeared, the lives and fortunes of all others would lie at the mercy of a single thought from him. They themselves would no longer possess any sense of security.

The threat was too great, and it endangered the interests of far too many vested powers.

Therefore, before their opponent fully matured into an existence they could no longer resist, they had to act—and they had to act without mercy.

Driven by this resolve, numerous experts began gathering. Even some reclusive figures who had vanished from the world many years ago were invited out and joined the Society for Slaying Heng.

The moment Lin Heng left the mountain gate of Cloud Sword Palace, a thunderous assault would be waiting for him.

This time, it would no longer be the minor skirmish that the Anti-Cloud Sword Palace Alliance had mounted before.

Even if Lin Heng continued to remain within the mountain gate and refused to venture outside, they would still launch a forced attack.

These people were already prepared to storm the mountain gate of Cloud Sword Palace and kill Lin Heng by force.

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