143: Entering the Azure Realm, Cousin Yu'er

All sorts of complex gazes and whispers instantly converged on Qin Wushang like arrows.

He stood there, enduring the stares of almost everyone present, yet his expression was unusually calm, even a little languid.

At the forefront of the Murong Family's contingent, a beautiful woman in a goose-yellow dress fixed her gaze on him with an incomparably cold expression.

She clenched her fists tightly in her sleeves, her fingernails almost digging into her palms.

"Qin Wushang... I, Murong Yan, will not forget the grudge for Li Wuyou! The humiliation of today will be repaid a hundredfold in the future!"

He was the man she favored, but everything was ruined by that damned Prodigy!

She must have her revenge!

There was no opportunity outside, but entering the Grand Competition was different; she had plenty of means!

In the Ye Family's camp, Ye Yutian's face was still pale, and his lower body still seemed somewhat uncomfortable.

He looked at the figure standing shoulder to shoulder with the Empress in the sky, his eyes filled with venomous resentment and unwillingness.

"Why... why this damned bastard! He's not worthy! He's just a discarded child of the Qin Clan!"

Ye Yutian gritted his teeth.

The Ye Family had already thoroughly investigated Qin Wushang!

He was merely a discarded child of the Qin Clan, banished to Yunmeng City by the previous emperor of Great Chu!

Beside him, his father, Ye Canghai, had a gloomy expression, and a subtle sound transmission entered Ye Yutian's ear.

"Calm down! A mere clown will eventually be punished by heaven."

"Your mission isn't to watch him, but to return alive from the Cang Realm with enough tokens!"

"There's no need for you to personally seek revenge."

Now was not the time to openly break ties with the Empress; he would not let anyone from the Ye Family act overtly.

The atmosphere in the Prince Tianhais Residence area was exceptionally chilling.

Chu Tianhai, clad in a dark gold king's robe, stood at the very front with his hands behind his back, his face showing little emotion.

When he looked up and his gaze met Qin Wushang, a chilling killing intent would suddenly erupt from his seemingly calm eyes.

"The hatred for a murdered son is irreconcilable!"

"Qingming, look carefully, that's the one who killed your elder brother. You are not his match, don't act too quickly. Wait until the assassins trap him, then you make your move."

Chu Tianhai transmitted a message to a gloomy young man beside him!

That was his son!

He had hidden him outside; this son, born to a concubine, was not much inferior to Chu Qingtian in talent.

Chu Yuehua seemed oblivious to the various reactions below.

Her jade lips parted slightly, and her clear, majestic voice, though not grand, resonated distinctly in everyone's ears.

"Silence."

With just two words, the plaza instantly became so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

"The Struggle of the Great Families is a grand ceremony for my Great Chu to select pillars of strength and temper its younger generation..."

"The preliminary selection grounds are set in the Cang Realm."

Chu Yuehua's gaze swept over the dense crowd below; everyone bowed their heads. She continued.

"Except for the Chu Clan Imperial Family, all registered and qualified Noble Families in the Imperial Capital may send fifty disciples, under three hundred years of age and below the God King Realm, into the Cang Realm..."

"Within the Cang Realm, specially made Azure Heaven Tokens are scattered. You must strive to find and contend for them."

"After twenty days, the Cang Realm will close."

"Ultimately, the total number of tokens acquired by the top twenty Noble Families' disciples will determine qualification for the next round."

"Individual gains also relate to subsequent resource allocation, ranking, and the distribution of Great Chu's mineral resources!"

The rules were simple yet brutal, just as always: strength and luck, neither could be lacking.

"Now!"

Chu Yuehua slightly raised her hand and coldly commanded, "I invite the Family heads of the top twenty Noble Families from the previous competition to step forward and jointly open the Gate of the Cang Realm!"

As her voice fell, twenty figures rose consecutively from the very front of the plaza, from the most magnificent camps.

They were male or female, all possessing a vast Aura like the sea and a solemn pressure like a mountain.

These were the contemporary Family heads of the twenty most deeply rooted and powerful Noble Families in the Imperial Capital.

All twenty were Saint Venerable Realm powerhouses!

They floated in mid-air directly in front of the Chu Clan Ancestral Land's mountain gate, arranged in an arcane formation, subtly forming a massive circular array.

Without needing a command, all twenty simultaneously raised their hands, and boundless, abyssal Saint Force erupted from their palms, transforming into twenty dazzling light beams of varying colors, shooting towards a single point at the center of the array.

"Boom!!!"

The Void Realm began to tremble violently, and the space within a radius of ten thousand feet, centered on that point, began to twist.

The Law of Space was stirred by an invisible force, spinning madly to form a gigantic vortex.

Even more astonishing, under the daylight, faint starry projections actually appeared around the vortex.

In an instant, the sky darkened!

Heaven and earth anomalies, Law resonance; the massive seal array activated the power of the myriad stars!

The twenty light beams converged, fused, and expanded at the central point, finally transforming into an intensely blinding, pure white light orb!

"Open!"

The twenty Family heads roared in unison, their voices like muffled thunder, causing the Qi and blood of many weaker cultivators below to churn.

The pure white light orb abruptly contracted inward, then exploded with a roar, piercing through the world barrier.

"Rumble!"

A colossal sound echoed, and an ancient, vast Aura swept forth from the firmament!

The exploding strong light rapidly converged and reshaped, forming a colossal gate, a hundred zhang tall and dozens of zhang wide, at the location of the original light orb!

The gate itself was not solid, but woven from endless streams of light and spatial fragments.

Its edges flowed with silver spatial turbulence, and within the gate was a deep, swirling, dark starry sky that seemed capable of devouring everything.

The Gate of the Cang Realm has opened!

"The Cang Realm is open, for a period of twenty days."

Chu Yuehua's cold voice rang out, and the entire venue erupted!

This was not just a Struggle of the Great Families, but also a struggle for the fate of many in the younger generation!

Only by fighting their way out and acquiring enough tokens would they qualify to enter the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm!

"Everyone, enter the Realm and contend!"

"Charge!"

"For the Family!"

"The Azure Heaven Token is mine!"

"Damn it! I've long been annoyed with the Murong Family; I'll take down their whole Family!"

"What Ouyang Family? If you've got guts, come fight me in the Cang Realm!"

In an instant, thousands of young figures erupted with various divine lights, shouting.

They transformed into streaks of light, vying to rush into the colossal starry sky gate and disappear.

Qin Wushang glanced at Chu Yuehua beside him, who gave him an almost imperceptible nod.

"Be careful of Chu Tianhai! He used the pretext of marrying off more than a dozen of his daughters to allow many assassins from the Hall of Yama to marry into families, solely to act against you within the Cang Realm!"

She transmitted this to Qin Wushang, whose expression remained calm.

"Cang Realm... Hall of Yama, I hope it's interesting, so I don't get a Clear Heart Whip for nothing."

With a light chuckle, his figure flickered, transforming into a streak of light as he headed towards the Heavenly Martial King's team above.

"Qin Wushang! You're strong, but once we're inside, there's no way I'll listen to you!"

A young man turned to look at Qin Wushang and snorted coldly.

"And you are?"

Qin Wushang asked.

"Yu'er's cousin! You touched Yu'er! There's no way I'll listen to you..."

"Bang!"

Before the young man could finish speaking, Qin Wushang had already closed in at some point, delivering an elbow strike to his head, sending him plummeting to the ground.