Chapter 949: Chapter 949: Battle

After Kane disappeared, Kenneth was the only representative of the Cloud Hall in the Eastern Region, so who in the Burning Sky Palace could stand against him?

The Burning Sky Empire was merely an empire of mortals. They were as weak as infants in front of the warriors. No matter who the emperor was, what the powerful warriors decided was taken as the final word.

The officials of the imperial court were stunned at seeing what had happened, but no one dared say anything about it. As for the several Internal Elixir Realm warriors who lived in the Burning Sky Palace, none of them were willing to meddle in the matter.

Kenneth had given Aura two options. The first had been to depose Ray and ascend to the throne. The second one was to head for the Central Region to be with Zen.

However, Aura's decision surprised Kenneth. She did not choose to kill Ray to become the first empress of the Burning Sky Empire. She also did not leave the Eastern Region. Instead, she went back to Drizzle Peak of the Cloud Sect to continue to be a master.

Kenneth told Zen about what Aura had done while he had not been present in the Eastern Region.

Zen nodded lightly, a smile appearing on his face. It had to be said that Kenneth had done well enough. However, it surprised Zen that Aura was willing to stay at Drizzle Peak permanently.

The two of them spoke through life vitality. “What are you guys talking about?” Letitia asked curiously.

“Uh...” Kenneth was filled with embarrassment. Since Zen was using his life vitality to communicate with him, he naturally did not want to let the two women next to him in on the conversation. Kenneth could not reveal what they were talking about. He did not know what to say to Letitia.

Zen smiled. “It's nothing,” he said. “Just some events that happened at the Cloud Sect. Tia, Margaret, now that you two are here, you should ask Master Shi to take you around. I have something to deal with.”

Margaret stayed silent, her eyes fixed on Zen. When she saw the gleam in his eyes, she immediately guessed at what the matter was.

On the other hand, Letitia could not figure out what was going on. “What is it?” she asked again.

“Master Ning, please follow me,” Kenneth said quickly. “I will be showing you the various peaks of the Cloud Sect later...”

Zen made up an excuse and left. Margaret and Letitia followed Kenneth, heading straight to the other direction.

The moment Kenneth entered the main hall, he asked the maids to serve them food. However, before they could enter the hall, Margaret came to stand at the gates.

Letitia glanced at Margaret. “What are you doing?”

Margaret smiled. “Nothing. I can sense that something is wrong.”

“What's wrong this time?” Letitia asked her.

Margaret did not respond to this. She raised her head and entered the main hall.

Letitia frowned, not knowing what was going on in Margaret's head. She stepped forward cautiously and blocked Margaret's path, asking, “What exactly happened? Is this about Zen?”

Margaret, of course, knew Letitia very well. She could tell that Letitia was clueless about this. However, Margaret did not want to interfere in Zen's matters, or rather, she did not dare meddle at all. Letitia had no such qualms. Margaret kept her in suspense just to lure her into questioning about what had happened.

Needless to say, Letitia was curious about Margaret's behavior.

Margaret smiled. “Yes, but I think we should not meddle in his affairs.”

“What on earth is going on?” suspicious, Letitia asked her in a low voice.

In the hall, Kenneth had already ordered the maids to prepare tea and dessert for Letitia and Margaret. Even the tables and chairs had been arranged for them. He was now patiently waiting for them to enter the hall. For a moment, he considered gathering the elite disciples of the thirty-three peaks of Cloud Sect together and letting them perform their martial arts before Letitia.

However, the two women still stood at the entrance, chatting in low voices.

“Zen was born in the Eastern Region,” Margaret said indifferently. “He is not a man who associates with a lot of women, but I think he is still affectionate toward someone here. I wonder who that person is.” ŕᴀꞐố฿Ęꞩ

Letitia was obviously jealous at this. She was not like Margaret. Eager to be the best and possessive about everything, she could not stand to share the man she loved. Allowing Margaret to remain by Zen's side had already touched a nerve. Now it seemed that Margaret had not been the first woman she had to endure at all. Perhaps not the last one either!

Although Letitia tried her best to be in control of her emotions, the expression on her face betrayed her discomfort.

Seeing how upset she was, Margaret giggled. “It is okay for men to have several wives. If a man doesn't have at least a few of them, that would be considered abnormal.”

“Nonsense!” Letitia rushed into the main hall. Before Kenneth could get a chance to lead her to her seat, she sat down by herself in a huff, leaning against the giant dragon throne in the middle of the hall.

Seeing the indignant expression on Letitia's face, Kenneth tensed up, not daring to speak.

Margaret walked up to Letitia calmly and sat down beside her. “No matter what, this is Zen's choice,” she said to her seriously. “He is already your husband, so you can't be this angry at him.”

Although Letitia and Margaret were not close like sisters or even on good terms with each other, they seemed to live in harmony for they had stayed together for quite some time. Now, sharing such an experience of misfortune, they had pity for each other.

“Don't you want to go and have a look?” Margaret suddenly said in a low voice.

Letitia didn't even think before replying, “I don't want to!”

“You really don't want to?” Margaret slid closer to Letitia.

“I don't want to...” Letitia's words were clearly not as resolute as before. Seeing the mocking expression on Margaret's face, she said, “Let's sneak over then.”

Kenneth tried to intervene, hesitating for a while before Letitia interrupted him coldly. “Kenneth, where is Zen?”

Surprised, Kenneth did not know how to answer her. Once again, an awkward expression surfaced on his face.

“Do you want me to look for him myself?” Letitia asked as she stared at Kenneth.

“I wouldn't dare do that. Zen went to Drizzle Peak. I will lead you there,” Kenneth responded almost immediately.

Letitia was the top leader after all, so Kenneth would rather offend Zen than her. Besides, Zen was a man more magnanimous than a woman. Even though Letitia was usually decisive, Kenneth didn't believe that she could be generous in matters of affection.

With Kenneth in the lead, the two women went straight toward the Drizzle Peak.

A few months ago, to resist the black energy, Zen had destroyed the mountains of the great world. However, in the end, he had preserved those of the Eastern Region, including the Drizzle Peak.

Otherwise, the thirty-three peaks of the Cloud Sect would have been annihilated at the time.

Staying at the bottom of the mountain for a while, Zen flew upward.

The mountainside of Drizzle Peak was where the outer disciples lived. Above the mountainside was where the masters were. When Zen flew over, he saw a large number of warriors gather there.

“The battle ring?” Zen's eyes flashed as he took a long breath. He slowly approached them.

Two disciples in black robes could be seen fighting on the battle ring.

'Why are the inner disciples fighting here?' Zen thought, a bit puzzled. A smile split his lips when he spotted someone. “There's Nory!” he muttered.

Nory had been Zen's first friend when he had entered the Cloud Sect. His temperament had clearly undergone a great change; different from what it had been when before. Most importantly, he had already become an inner disciple.

His talent was average and he didn't have enough willpower. Most of the time, it was only because of Zen's encouragement that Nory was able to brace himself and progress on his cultivation. Back then, Zen had stepped up and taken action against the master of the Mo Clan because of Nory...

It seemed that after he left, Nory had put in a great deal of effort into his cultivation. At the moment, he was standing on the battle ring, his life vitality exploding through. But his opponent's strength was not to be taken lightly, who might be even more powerful than Nory. However, Nory's willpower was unmatched. No matter how strong the opponent's counterattack, Nory could resist it. He would not be willing to retreat or give in.

Nory had indeed changed...

Zen sighed silently, but as he continued to observe the battle, he frowned.

The other warrior on the battle ring was obviously much stronger. He seemed to fight Nory effortlessly. There was an obvious playful expression on his face as he continued to strain Nory with his attacks. It was noisy but Zen could still hear the warrior's comment. “You people are delusional. The Drizzle Peak doesn't have it in them to be ranked as number one among the thirty-three peaks!” he spoke with a sneer. “Only Zen was the outstanding one here. After he left, this place turned just as ordinary as before.”