The several men hovering in the sky were all powerful experts, veteran Holy Children.
Facing this storm, their mindsets were different from the other core seed disciples. Standing at a high position, they naturally saw further. What they were thinking in their hearts was how to utilize this incident to acquire benefits.
"Junior Brother Wang, what do you think?"
"There is indeed value in trying to rope these three people in; they are proud and untamed, however. Even if we rescue them, they probably will not genuinely submit. Wholeheartedly wanting to seek revenge on that Feng Yuan, they won't obey our commands, which would instead be troublesome."
"That is of no consequence. In the past, they were proud and untamed, but now, having suffered a severe head-on blow from Feng Yuan and being suppressed, all their heroic ambitions and grand aspirations have vanished, turning into boundless hatred. This is precisely where their usefulness lies. My Heart Emperor Demon Extinguishing Precious Scripture is a supreme ultimate art uniquely created by the ancient Heart Emperor to suppress the Great Mind Demon Technique. It can control mind demons and turn evil to righteousness; it is perfectly sufficient to resolve their hatred into thoughts of loyalty."
A man clad in jade-green wearing a slender figure spoke.
"Since that is the case, that could not be any better. Then Senior Brother Chen will take action to extinguish the demons, break the seals, and subdue these three Holy Children."
"Hold on!"
Another man interjected: "Senior Brother Chen, these three people were sealed by that Feng Yuan. If we rashly undo the seals, we will definitely offend this person. At that time, some disagreeable things will probably happen. Offending a powerful enemy just to subdue these three is probably not a good thing."
"Humph? That Feng Yuan is nothing more than a newly promoted Holy Child; how dare he be so bold? To insult Holy Children right in broad daylight? Wolfish ambitions. We are rescuing the Holy Children solely for the sake of the Yuhua Sect's face. Would he dare make an enemy of us? We will not fear him either," another Holy Child said.
"I actually want to take a look exactly how formidable this Feng Yuan is," the Senior Brother Chen who was known to cultivate the "Heart Emperor Demon Extinguishing Precious Scripture" said arrogantly.
While speaking, his body suddenly dropped down, directly entering the square of the Holy Temple. Walking like a dragon and pacing like a tiger, he walked towards the three kneeling individuals.
"This is…"
"This is Senior Brother Chen Zhenghua, known as the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart. He cultivates the ancient Heart Emperor lineage, the Demon Extinguishing Precious Scripture, and his mind is incomparably tyrannical. Coming down this time and walking towards the three people Xiang Yizhen, what is it for? Could it be that he wants to rescue these three?"
"This is a veteran Holy Child. I don't know how much stronger he is compared to Xiang Yizhen and the others. Rumor has it that he entered the Primeval Ruin and underwent who knows how many Bloody Trials, beheading quite a few Holy Children of various major sects. He refined many superior-grade immortal artifacts and cultivated numerous avatars. Within a single thought, the Heart Emperor descends, unmatched wherever he goes."
Many disciples, noticing Senior Brother Chen coming down, dispersed one after another, none daring to block his way.
This person was the "Saint of the Emperor of the Heart" Chen Zhenghua. Among many Holy Children, he enjoyed boundless prestige, and his status was incredibly high, practically like the sun at midday.
Feeling the aura of the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Xiang Yizhen, Bare-Handed Heavenly Venerable Gu Changfeng, and Yan Xigui all opened their eyes and looked at the newcomer. Even though they were sealed into kneeling, they could still sense the situation outside; even their eyes and heads could perform slight movements. This was deliberately left by Fang Han, making it even more humiliating for them.
Moreover, they could even speak.
"Xiang Yizhen, Gu Changfeng, Yan Xigui. You are all geniuses and heroes, but regrettably, you encountered a character more ruthless than you. Consequently, you faced a tribulation. However, as long as your lives remain, everything can be started anew." Approaching these three, the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, looked into their eyes and slowly spoke.
"Saint of the Emperor of the Heart! What do you want? Could it be that you want to rub salt in our wounds?"
Yan Xigui spoke. Although he felt the humiliation, he still harbored a sliver of hope that someone would rescue him. He felt that every single moment he spent kneeling was a form of boundless torment, and he did not want to continue kneeling any longer.
"No, I have come to rescue you," the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, replied. "Of course, as a price, you must obey my commands and become my subordinates. How about it?"
"As long as you can completely break our seals, everything is negotiable." Bare-Handed Heavenly Venerable Gu Changfeng roared, "Feng Yuan, I share an irreconcilable enmity with you. I will wipe out your entire clan top to bottom, sparing neither chicken nor dog."
"I am the reincarnation of the Night Emperor, I am the imperishable monarch! I will not endure this humiliation! I will wash everything with blood and kill everything in the world!" Xiang Yizhen growled in a low voice.
"You have all stimulated the fighting spirit within your hearts; this is a good thing. It will prove extremely beneficial for your future cultivation. That Feng Yuan indeed acted improperly." The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart maintained an impassive expression: "Three days later is exactly the time when our Yuhua Sect Holy Children head to the Primeval Ruin to undergo the Bloody Trial anew. Inside it, immense benefits can be obtained. If you kneel here for three days, it's highly likely you will miss out on the opportunity."
"Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, by rescuing us and making us obey your commands, you want us to be your servants. However, that isn't strictly impossible." Xiang Yizhen abruptly calmed down: "But we cannot be your servants for a lifetime. We must set a time limit. Three years. How about three years? As long as you open our seals and rescue us, we can be your servants for three years. After three years, you return our freedom, how about it?"
"Good, three years it is." The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, nodded. "However, I know that in your hearts, you definitely harbor some dissatisfaction. The moment I open the seals, it is possible you all might strike at me. But I do not care. I will let you see my strength, which is more powerful than that Feng Yuan, making you realize that being my servants is not a humiliation but an honor."
The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart saw all of this with extreme accuracy, seeing right through the human heart.
"Then go ahead and try." Bare-Handed Heavenly Venerable Gu Changfeng could no longer endure kneeling here. He could endure nothing at all, eagerly wanting someone to break the seals so he could break free, vent his madness frantically, and then painstakingly cultivate supernatural powers to seek revenge on Fang Han.
"Very well!"
The face of the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart suddenly turned serious: "Prepare yourselves. My magic power will directly destroy the seals. If you are unable to endure it, you will explode into powder."
While speaking, he spread his large hand. In the air directly above, a great multitude of drifting runic texts appeared. These runic texts formed a colossal heart, resembling a lotus fetus. Seated at the center of that colossal heart was an Emperor, his eyes shooting out divine light shining upon the bodies of the three individuals.
Boom!
Billowing fierce flames immediately appeared on the bodies of the three men. It seemed the restrictive method had been triggered and launched a counterattack. That torrent of rolling magma rushed towards the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart.
"Break for me! Insignificant tricks!" The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, laughed heartily. His hands formed the Heart Emperor Seal and took a fierce step forward. Countless multicolored radiances fell from the sky, each piece shaped like a heart. Falling like snowflakes, it was a sky full of heart rain, meant to extinguish all torrents.
"Pop!"
That torrent of flames suddenly transformed into countless vortexes, actually sweeping those heart rains in and devouring them directly. At the same time, a bloody maw evolved from the vortex, lunging straight to devour the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart.
The expression of the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, changed, and he dared not be sluggish. Moving like an alarmed dragon, he writhed gracefully in the air, then struck out with his hands to form a massive Dharma Seal, pressing down like a Heavenly Emperor stamping an imperial jade seal to suppress the bloody maw.
The bloody maw did not pause in the slightest. Surging upward, it swallowed the jade seal formed of true energy whole, before pulling back.
"Daring to devour my true energy, you don't know the meaning of death. Explode for me!"
The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, wore a stern expression. As the word escaped his lips, a series of successive explosions occurred below. Origin energy descended into chaos, and swaths of space shattered like glass.
"Is it completely over? The seals shattered?" The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, pressed downward with his large hand, beginning to suppress the origin energy. All chaos leveled out, and exactly there, one could see Xiang Yizhen and the other two still kneeling. While in front of the three, all the origin energy had explicitly condensed into the shadow of a person.
The clothes of this shadow fluttered, flapping noisily like a fluttering great banner in the wind.
This was not the true body, but rather an avatar condensed from origin energy. This avatar completely harbored an aura capable of swallowing mountains and rivers. With a slight movement, the heaven and earth origin energy came rolling in, and numerous weird and secretive true energies from different dimensional spaces reinforced his body globally.
The avatar grew ever stronger and ever more condensed, finally consolidating into a form absolutely identical to Fang Han. Various supernatural powers reappeared within its body once again.
"Supreme projection!"
The face of the Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, turned pale, realizing that this was Fang Han's projection. The power being this huge made him aware that Fang Han was far more formidable than he had imagined.
"Indeed, this is one of my projections." Fang Han's projection spoke, "I decreed that Xiang Yizhen, Gu Changfeng, and Yan Xigui must kneel here for three days and three nights. None of them are allowed to move, and anyone who moves them makes an enemy of me. I shall inevitably hand them boundless humiliation. What is this? Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, do you wish to intervene in this matter?"
"Feng Yuan, today I intend to rescue these three and, along the way, take a look at your strength. Although this projection of yours is formidable, it is not my match. Bring your true body instead." The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart, Chen Zhenghua, stood with his hands behind his back, displaying powerful confidence.
"You think you are worthy for me to use my true body? Using just a single projection is completely enough to stop you from crossing the thunder pool by half a step." Fang Han's projection spoke: "Quickly retreat, I won't make things difficult for you, on account of your status as a veteran Holy Child, and also for the sake of the unity of my Yuhua Sect. But if you persist in being stubbornly foolish, do not blame me for not being polite."
"Oh? Not polite? I'd actually like to see just what kind of 'not polite' method this is. Let me tell you, I am absolutely resolved to rescue these three today." The Saint of the Emperor of the Heart seemed to be genuinely angered: "A newcomer like you, a newly promoted Holy Child, behaves so arrogantly, humiliating Holy Children of the same level, who are also people of the Yuhua Sect? Quickly withdraw the restrictive method and explicitly apologize to Xiang Yizhen, Gu Changfeng, and Yan Xigui to resolve this grudge. Otherwise, I will not let you off."
"What? Explicitly apologize?" Fang Han's projection laughed, a cold laugh. "Based purely on that single sentence of yours, today you cannot retreat even if you want to. Kneel down together with these three! Kneel here!"