Chapter 582: Chapter 333: The City Lord’s Utter Defeat, the Lady’s Peerless Grace, Five Swords Surround the Lake, Bells Toll Intensely (Part 3)

He Wentian awkwardly said, "Madam Wen is absolutely right, I am so foolish. But speaking of it, if I were not this foolish, how could I have met... met you, this gracious madam, to assist me?"

Wen Caishang sneered, too lazy to respond. She said, "You should prepare the three items ’water,’ ’fire,’ and ’wood’; the reserves must be sufficient. The Nine Orifice Dragon Heart Acupoint is a natural cave with unique feng shui, like a heart, a dragon beast’s heart, with nine orifices and nine chambers... the paths inside are complex and winding. You follow my instructions, dig channels to gather water, just as blood flows to the heart orifices. Then lay wood and light a fire, just as heat flows to the heart orifices. As the hot blood flows, the heart beats by itself. The main hall will become visible!"

He Wentian clapped his hands in admiration, "Ah... so that’s how it is, that’s how it is. Madam, please instruct me further, I will immediately arrange everything. Dig the channels for water, lay the wood and light the fire, then activate the heart pulse."

Wen Caishang arranged the tasks accordingly. The soldiers worked through the night without rest for several days. During these days, He Wentian was excessively fawning and secretly resolved, "This woman is hard to find. Even if I use all means, I must... I must make her fall for me." During these few days, he fully displayed his charm and poise, showering attention and making heavy promises.

He regarded courting the beauty as the top priority, forgetting all about the flower eradication in the city. Wen Caishang remained unmoved, though occasionally she thought of her lover’s deeds, sometimes feeling sorrow, sometimes smiling, occasionally resentful... He Wentian, confident in his handsome looks, believed he was no less than anyone, and seeing this, he thought Wen Caishang was gradually being charmed, he became even more attentive.

On this day, all the arrangements were complete. He Wentian softly said, "Madam Wen, I have done everything as you said. What should I do next?"

Wen Caishang said, "Now, follow me." She leisurely strolled through the buried tomb. He Wentian straightened his attire, combed his long hair, elegantly holding a lantern, following her.

They reached a deep pit, and Wen Caishang said, "This is the heart gate of the Nine Orifice Dragon Heart Acupoint. Now everything is ready, only the east wind is missing. Let’s see how City Lord He chooses."

He Wentian curiously asked, "Is there something else?" Wen Caishang languidly said, "There is one last step. I ask City Lord He to send over a hundred experts capable of ’Chest Drum Thunder Sound’ into the heart gate pit to jointly sound their chest drums. This is the last step, by this the thunder sound will activate the heart gate. The dragon heart will seem alive, and the main hall will soon appear."

He Wentian did not doubt and indeed respected Wen Caishang, so he gathered the top warriors among the soldiers, advancing into the heart gate pit, a hundred people sounding their thunder, and indeed the whole area trembled slightly. The earth wall contracted, moved... clearly dead, yet silently moving again.

After several such shocks, the earth walls, ceiling, and ground... all shifted slightly. The Nine Orifice Dragon Heart Acupoint ’came alive,’ Wen Caishang shook her head and said, "Too slow, City Lord He must be someone building a solid martial arts foundation. Why not display his prowess and sound a thunder?"

He Wentian listened to the soft words of the beauty swirling in his ears, his heart itching unbearably, and he wanted to take the opportunity to please Wen Caishang, striking while the iron is hot, to form a bond. He loudly replied, "Hahaha, alright, how could Wentian disrupt the madam’s good mood? I will also help!"

He was quite familiar with this place, though he did not know it was the ’heart gate’, he knew there was no danger around. He jumped into the pit and shouted, "All troops follow my thunder sound, start shaking." His chest trembled, the thunder sound resonated out.

Seeing Wen Caishang gently clapping her hands, his blood surged even more, and he exerted great effort. As the thunder sounded several times, the Nine Orifice Dragon Heart Acupoint was activated again. Originally non-dangerous pit, with the ’dragon heart’ activity, became dangerous. Like originally dead heart orifices, pulsating once more, causing changes accompanying the earth veins, earth quality, terrain... many changes.

He Wentian, engrossed with excitement, suddenly saw the pit closing in sharply, like swallowing it whole, and the pit became an empty stone cavity. In great shock, he heard a female voice from outside, "City Lord He, if you are lucky enough not to die, please check out Jieyou Tower."

"One thing I forgot to mention, once the Nine Orifice Dragon Heart Acupoint is activated, it will change the surrounding earth veins feng shui. Your Jieyou Tower resembles a ’needle piercing the heart pulse,’ as the dragon heart starts beating, this needle naturally will cause great impact. Such a large tower might be at risk of collapsing. I apologize for not informing you in advance. I hope you don’t blame me, you helped Cai Shang complete this step, so Cai Shang won’t kill you personally."

The figure had already lightly departed, their silhouette drifting far away.

He Wentian’s pupils trembled, rarely had he encountered such perilous plots and tricks, for the first time suffering such a loss, deceived with his estate emptied, his lifelong efforts smashed to pieces, the treasure in the tomb might also be handed over easily.

Blood rushed to his head in urgency, nearly causing him to faint. He was trapped within the stone cavity, surrounded by over a hundred experts, all fearful and uncertain, not knowing what to do. And with the dragon heart’s pulsations, the surrounding terrain experienced intense changes, depth alternating, inside and outside switching, walls becoming ground, ground becoming the ceiling... the entire Nine Orifice Dragon Heart Acupoint was extremely complex!

The stone cavity seemed to move deeper underground. By then, buried deep under the earth, how could there be any chance of survival?

He forced himself to hold on with a breath of resolve, using all his strength, frantically pounding the stone wall, shattering rocks scattering, killing dozens of accompanying soldiers with residual force. Yet the stone cavity continued to sink deeper, He Wentian’s eyes were about to burst in desperation, knowing full well that his abilities alone could not escape this predicament.

Wen Caishang, with her heart of a viper and scorpion, used him to the fullest, leaving no way for him to survive. Tricking him into the pit was already a death sentence, no way of escape. But He Wentian’s fate was not to be cut short, as the stone cavity, meant to be deeply buried underground, with no chance of seeing daylight again. But by chance, with ongoing geological shifts, a crack suddenly opened at the bottom of the pit.

He Wentian broke through the crack and crawled out of that stone cavity. It was pure luck that he narrowly held onto his life.

Seeing the surroundings drastically changed, having personally experienced the dramatic geological alterations, he knew that Jieyou Tower had collapsed, overcome with grief and anger, cursing "bitch" to vent his frustration. Though thousands of hates and grudges filled his heart, he needed to manage the aftermath of Jieyou Tower. Only then did he free his hands to handle the affairs of the Five Mountains Sword Alliance.