Chapter 626 607: This... A Leftover Grudge

However, the rules of the Three Major Conferences were indeed strict. This was no lie, as it was the very foundation upon which they were built. Otherwise, these children of nobility would have already caused chaos.

Zhan Yingluo slowly withdrew her True Essence. In any case, Wang Rencai wasn't going anywhere.

"Wang Rencai is not a disciple of the Spirit Control Association! What right does he have to use the Sealing Spirit Hall? And you," she pointed at Su Xueyou, "you actually taught a Spirit-controlling Technique to an outsider in private! That's grounds for expulsion from the Spirit Control Association!"

Zhan Yingluo's voice made Su Xueyou jump. It wasn't that he didn't know the rules; he just hadn't paid them much mind. After all, his uncle was the Chairman, and he himself was such a good-natured person that no one ever bothered him. But if someone decided to make an issue of it and caught him red-handed, not even his uncle could protect him.

"Yingluo, Brother Su just likes to help people. This has nothing to do with him..."

"Little Yu, anything else is negotiable, but not this man!" Zhan Yingluo bit her lip, clearly unwilling to give anyone face.

Seeing the look on Su Xueyou's face, Wang Meng took a step forward and smiled faintly. "Young lady, this is a grudge between you and me. Although I can't recall how I offended you, go on, tell me. What do you want to do about it?"

Since he couldn't avoid it, Master Wang had no intention of hiding. He would face whatever came his way.

Zhan Yingluo snorted coldly. "Don't say I'm bullying you. According to the Spirit Control Association's rules, techniques are not to be taught to outsiders. Both of you must be dealt with by the Association."

Wang Meng wagged a finger. "You're mistaken. I was just here for a friendly spar. Sealing a Third-Transformation beast is quite simple, you know."

Instantly, the Sealing Spirit Hall fell silent. Even Zhan Yingluo, who was already fuming, was so angry she could barely breathe.

'This guy spouts such arrogant nonsense wherever he goes, and it's getting more and more outrageous. Before, he at least limited his claims to being a genius of the Wang Family with unrivaled combat power. Now he dares to overstep his bounds in Spirit-controlling Skill too.'

"If you can seal a Third-Transformation beast, I'll take your surname!" Zhan Yingluo seethed, her anger boiling over.

"Heh, I don't need you to take my surname. Just don't wrongly accuse Brother Su. As for the grudge between us, name the time and place you want to settle it. I'll be there."

Wang Meng said.

"Fine. If you can seal a Third-Transformation True Essence Beast right now, I'll believe you, and we'll pretend today's incident never happened!"

Su Xueyou's face turned pale again. He didn't really have any grand ambitions; he just loved Spirit Control and helping people. Being expelled from the Spirit Control Association would be a fate worse than death for him.

It was one mistake leading to another. In truth, none of the three present were at fault, but the one who was had already died. Wang Meng had to take responsibility.

"Yingluo, where are we supposed to find a Third-Transformation True Essence Beast at a time like this? Wang City isn't Haojing." Muhe Xiaoyu tried to smooth things over, mainly because she didn't want Brother Su to be implicated.

Back in Haojing, Zhan Yingluo's personality had been very gentle. The person she was now seemed completely different, but perhaps it had something to do with a young woman's private affairs. Who could say?

Zhan Yingluo didn't speak, only staring daggers at Wang Meng.

Wang Meng maintained his smile. He could tell that deep down, this young woman wasn't a bad person. If it had been someone more vicious, the situation would have spun further out of control. Just now, when Muhe Xiaoyu pleaded for him, she had clearly been struggling, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes.

'Oh well,' he thought. 'A debt must always be repaid.'

"As it happens, I did bring a few with me." As he spoke, a Red Melt Bird flew out and stood quietly beside him, its posture quite majestic as it shot a sidelong glance at Su Xueyou.

But that wasn't all. It was immediately followed by the appearance of a huge Ape Beast with long, pitch-black fur, muscles like steel, and a single golden horn on its head... It was a Third-Transformation Golden-Horned Ape!

...A Three-Transformation Water Spirit Beast!

A Three-Transformation Snake-tailed Flower!

A Third-Transformation Armored Turtle!

The names of the beasts tumbled from Su Xueyou's lips in a series of astonished cries.

The simultaneous appearance of five Third-Transformation True Essence Beasts, one for each of the Five Elements, gave everyone a huge shock.

And what's more, these True Essence Beasts were actually standing together obediently without fighting...

"An Illusion Technique?" Zhan Yingluo's eye twitched. 'This bastard's forgeries are so amateurish. He produced five Third-Transformation True Essence Beasts at once? Who would believe that!'

However, judging from the True Essence fluctuations of these five True Essence Beasts, they weren't fake. This didn't surprise Zhan Yingluo; he was a former disciple of the Wang Family, after all. Owning a few Third-Transformation True Essence Beasts wasn't a big deal. The problem was!

She would see just how this good-for-nothing planned to seal them!

Muhe Xiaoyu didn't share Zhan Yingluo's prejudice, nor did she have any personal grudges against Wang Meng. At this moment, looking at the situation as an outsider, her mind was exceptionally clear...

She also believed these were from Wang Meng's "stock," but how was he going to seal them?

Zhan Yingluo waited with disdain. She wasn't in a hurry. She would wait to see this bastard make a fool of himself and just how low he could sink.

Muhe Xiaoyu nodded slightly, glancing at Zhan Yingluo without a word. She just watched Wang Meng's sealing hand signs with curiosity...

'It seems to be from the same school as mine... The method of circulating Spiritual Power...'

"Huh...?" Suddenly, she let out a soft cry, her gaze growing distant... She had completely recognized Wang Meng's sealing method. The Appearance Flow Sealing Technique!

'This Sealing Skill is very unusual... It's fine for sealing ordinary True Essence Beasts, but for ones of this level, the failure rate is...'

Both Muhe Xiaoyu and Zhan Yingluo were experts. What shocked Zhan Yingluo was that this ignorant good-for-nothing actually knew a Sealing Skill?

And he was even performing it by the book. In her memory, this person was a complete waste, with no special talents other than bullying others with his family's influence.

'But... even with the Appearance Flow Sealing Technique, it's not enough. It can't seal a Third-Transformation True Essence Beast!'

Both of them stared with wide eyes, waiting for the moment Wang Meng would fail. An ordinary Appearance Flow Sealing Technique definitely wouldn't work. But with the addition of Wang Meng's Divine Sense, it was a completely different matter. Moreover, Wang Meng had also made some fine adjustments. Master Wang never followed the path of imitation; he absorbed the essence of a technique and made his methods more practical and direct. It was just that all of this was built upon an incomparably tyrannical Divine Sense.

Muhe Xiaoyu, Su Xueyou, and Zhan Yingluo—all three of them stared without blinking.

Whether they believed it or not, Wang Meng's movements seemed to contain the profound principles of the universe, captivating all three of their gazes...

But just as the three of them thought Wang Meng was about to start sealing the Red Melt Bird, he instead used suppression, a complete control of his Heart Spirit. This was an extremely taxing process that most Spirit-Controlling Masters wouldn't dare to attempt. At the same time, he moved on to the other four True Essence Beasts, placing them one by one under the pressure of his Heart Spirit.

'What is he trying to do? Isn't he going to seal them one by one?'

Muhe Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat. A thought occurred to her, but she didn't dare believe her own wild idea.

'Parallel Sealing?'

'Sealing multiple True Essence Beasts at the same time... That's something only a Master Level cultivator can do.'

But the requirements for Parallel Sealing were very high. It was usually done with beasts of the same Five Elements attribute, or with mutually-generating attributes. But these five True Essence Beasts encompassed all of the Five Elements. That level of control...

'It's insane. What is he planning to do?!'

Zhan Yingluo gritted her teeth. She absolutely refused to believe that what was happening before her eyes was real. 'No one can do that!'

Su Xueyou, on the other hand, was worried about something else. With a normal Sealing Skill, even a Parallel Sealing Technique, a failure would only damage the True Essence Beast's Elemental Qi. It could be sent to the Pill Immortal Alliance and fed some Pills for a while to make a full recovery.

But performing a Five Elements Seal on five Five Elements True Essence Beasts at once... that involved the generation and inhibition cycles of the Five Elements. A single misstep leading to failure would cause the attributes of the five beasts to clash. In the best-case scenario, all five True Essence Beasts would have their cultivation realms destroyed! In a worse case, at least one or two of them would be instantly blasted to ashes by the energy!

It could even injure the Spirit-Controlling Master, since it involved the control of their Heart Spirit. Once the Heart Spirit was damaged, it was incredibly difficult to heal.

But he didn't dare speak up and disturb Wang Meng now.

At this moment, Wang Meng had already entered a state where he forgot both himself and the world around him, pouring his entire being into the seal. For Master Wang, this was an exploration into a brand new domain. It was exciting, it was a challenge. It had to be said, it had been a long time since Master Wang had felt this way. This level of difficulty made Wang Meng a little excited.

Five Elements generation, Five Elements Mutual Inhibition, Great Five Elements, Reverse Five Elements...

Possessing the Five Elements Body, Wang Meng couldn't be clearer about the relationships between the Five Elements attributes. However, transferring this balance of attributes to a Sealing Skill was incredibly difficult.

A curtain of light suddenly descended from the Spirit-Sealing Platform. It was the sealing light screen. At that moment, the five True Essence Beasts suddenly became active, their True Essences of generating and inhibiting elements colliding with one another. A single loss of control now would result in all five beasts being destroyed in the energy vortex.

"Ah, ah, don't rush, don't rush! Hold steady, hold steady!" Su Xueyou muttered under his breath, his fists clenched tightly, completely immersed in the scene.

Zhan Yingluo's face was full of confusion. 'Was it just a feeling? Or is this Wang Meng's true ability?'

BOOM...

The five-colored light screen exploded. The five True Essence Beasts transformed into rays of martial light and flew up. The array activated simultaneously. On the Spirit-Sealing Platform, brilliant light flowed as the Five Elements Divine Power transformed into five-colored light smoke, soaring into the air. It seized the five Five Elements True Essence Beasts and began to circulate them in the sky. A Five Elements Array was formed with the five beasts filling its five core nodes. Only then did Wang Meng take out the Five Elements Spirit Holding Bracelet and toss it into the Five Elements Array in the air.

BOOM...

At this point, even for a Grandmaster Level Spirit-Controlling Master, success or failure rested on this single move! At this stage, a typical Grandmaster would still have a thirty percent chance of failure, depending on the will of heaven...

But for Master Wang...

A suppression from his Divine Sense! The will of heaven was cut off!

Five strange sounds rang out in succession! The five True Essence Beasts that formed the Five Elements Array suddenly drilled into the Five Elements Spirit Holding Bracelet!

The wind settled and the clouds scattered. In an instant, everything returned to tranquility.

Wang Meng slipped the Five Elements Spirit Holding Bracelet onto his wrist. Circulating his True Essence into it, he could sense five streams of Five Elements True Essence of different forms flowing within. Upon sensing Wang Meng's True Essence, they surged forward like young beasts seeing their parents, yet they each kept to their own path in an orderly fashion...

At this point, it was a resounding success.

Wang Meng smiled faintly. With the True Essence of the Profound Wheel Realm 12th Layer, augmented by the power of the Third-Transformation Five Elements True Essence Beasts in the Five Elements Spirit Holding Bracelet, Wang Meng could now instantly crush any ordinary Cultivator below the Sixth Layer of the Earth Wheel Realm. In a conflict with a Cultivator above the Sixth Layer, he would also have a certain ability to protect himself. And this was all without even using his Original Divine Sense.

Wang Meng wasn't particularly bothered by it, but the other three Spirit-Controlling Masters from the Spirit Control Association present were completely petrified. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)