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Chapter 539: Chapter 535 Prince Li Yang
"Wu Zhong!"
Venerable Xuan Tian watched Immortal Wu Zhong’s departing figure, his right hand tightly clutching the Sky Extreme Sword.
At this moment, he felt an unprecedented intense stirring within his heart.
To immediately draw his sword and slay Immortal Wu Zhong, all the people of Sanqing Hall, and even...
Everyone in the surrounding Lingxiao Palace under his feet.
In doing so, he could once and for all solve the issue with the high-ranking officials of Lingxiao Palace, and also severely weaken the Sanqing Hall.
And let the world know the vast saintly might of him, the Sky Extreme Sword Master, Venerable Xuan Tian.
But...
His reason was telling him that if he really did this, his spirit would decline.
Towards another...
Chaotic direction.
Just like he recently realized, he didn’t know why he unwittingly led the battle against the True Immortal Palace and Daqian, step by step taking over state after state.
He thought it was his own ideation, but it seemed like some force was guiding him to have such thoughts, subsequently raising the banner of unifying the world to bring peace, and conduct wars, slaughtering all around.
He intended to bring order!
Yet what he ultimately approached was ruthless chaos!
Just like a balance scale...
Pulled by the name of order into chaos.
Wandering towards darkness clad in light.
"Ha!"
Venerable Xuan Tian maintained his own calm, rationality.
He forcefully moved his hand away from the Sky Extreme Sword.
After he had killed Immortal Wushi, nothing else could disturb his will.
Because he was the foremost under the heavens.
He would figure out who was messing around, and then...
Slay!
He shifted his gaze from Immortal Wu Zhong and turned toward Xuan Yue.
This World Sword Master, the chosen successor by Immortal Wushi.
However, simply under his watchful eye, Xuan Yue was evidently growing nervous.
After a long while, he opened his mouth somewhat incredulously, "You... you have transcended a Saint?"
"If you could cultivate into a Deva, why couldn’t I become a Saint!?"
Venerable Xuan Tian looked at Xuan Yue and sneered, "Just breaking through to Deva and you couldn’t wait to jump out, do you really think, with the World Sword, you could oppose old Saints like Wu Zhong? Or did you think, joining forces with the people of Lingxiao Palace, you could trouble a top-tier Saint!?"
Xuan Yue face turned red with Venerable Xuan Tian’s words, but he still said, "Each is responsible for his own actions, Uncle Master Wu Zhong... he used me as an excuse to attack Lingxiao Palace, if I kept hiding and didn’t show up, wouldn’t that shift the responsibility that I should bear onto others, thereby causing those who defend me to suffer..."
Venerable Xuan Tian looked at Xuan Yue.
Listening to Xuan Yue’s words...
They couldn’t even be described as "naive" anymore.
This kind of thinking should be called foolish.
With such foolish thoughts, it was no wonder the World Sword recognized him as its master.
No wonder at that time he almost didn’t need to use any scheme to make him wholeheartedly trust him, thus leading him to find Immortal Wushi and deliver that fatal strike.
Trust...
It’s really too easy to trust people.
This kind of person...
Who else but you should die?
Venerable Xuan Tian’s eyes carried a hint of mockery.
"I will annihilate the Sanqing Hall."
He said to Xuan Yue, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, "I’ll destroy the land where you grew up and that holds countless memories of yours!"
Xuan Yue’s heart shuddered, he glared at Venerable Xuan Tian, "Venerable Xuan Tian... I know this isn’t what you want, but why..."
"Dig deeper into the power of the World Sword, otherwise, everything you own will be destroyed by me."
Venerable Xuan Tian laughed loudly, interrupting Xuan Yue’s words, then suddenly turned around, "You don’t have much time left, struggle, resist as much as you can before my patience runs out..."
Amidst the laughter, the Sky Extreme Sword Master took a step into the void, soaring away and vanishing in the misty clouds.
"Venerable Xuan Tian..."
Xuan Yue’s eyes filled with pain, "Why..."
To the side, Xin Tianqi, Hong Ye, and others looked at Xuan Yue, then took another look at the departing Venerable Xuan Tian, their expressions carrying a hint of perplexity.
"This Venerable Xuan Tian..."
Hong Ye opened her mouth, wanting to say that she completely didn’t understand what Venerable Xuan Tian was doing.
But just as she spoke, Xin Tianqi had already shaken his head, "Regardless, we have temporarily overcome this difficulty."
He looked in the direction Venerable Xuan Tian had left toward.
That way...
Seemed to be Sanqing Hall!?
Was the Sky Extreme Sword Master heading to Sanqing Hall?
If what Venerable Xuan Tian planned to do next was as he guessed, then next...
Sanqing Hall would likely be too busy dealing with their own problems.
However...
Xin Tianqi took another look at Xuan Yue, lost in thought.
This Xuan Yue and Venerable Xuan Tian...
There was something going on.
So, was there a possibility that using Xuan Yue as a mediator, Venerable Xuan Tian...
For a moment, he still suppressed the thought. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Venerable Xuan Tian was too powerful.
In such a world where countless mighty powers converged in one, it was a suicidal path for the weak to scheme against the strong.
...
Holy Dynasty.
Gu Jinlai, as the person with real power in both Liuhuo City and Wind and Rain City who had also recruited a large number of subordinates, naturally had plenty of people to run errands at his command.
In less than half a month, the footage of him killing eleven Demon Emperors and then bombarding the Xuan Yang Demon God had spread throughout most of the Holy Dynasty.
As news spread, those city leaders who understood the specific policies of the Holy Dynasty were naturally feeling uneasy, not understanding why the Holy Dynasty had suddenly chosen to wage an all-out war against devils.
Even though they had gained a True Immortal on their side, among the devils...
There were more than a dozen Demon Gods.
For the Human Clan, having one more True Immortal was merely a drop in the bucket.
However, as time passed, when these city masters realized that the ruling class of the Holy Dynasty seemed to have no intention of stifling the news, but instead, covertly helped it spread even faster, they began to sense something.
It seemed...
The attitude of the upper echelons had changed?
Considering the recent period during which the devils had been consolidating their defenses and had lost a Demon God, yet had shown no significant activity, those with quicker wits had already figured out something.
Suddenly, the footage spread even faster.
Under such rampant dissemination and covert promotion, everyone in the Human Clan of the Holy Dynasty was uplifted in spirit, and shouts of various surprises echoed through every corner of the cities.
Gu Jinlai, with the name of an Ancient True Immortal, also became known throughout the world.
...
Wind and Rain Chamber of Commerce.
Zhao Yushu was at home eating watermelon while flipping through a "top secret" document.
Well, it was actually just a thesis on "Idealism and Materialism Selection Theory" that had circulated from the Blue Light Association.
The author was Chao Jiuyin.
Recently, she had read quite a few books written by Chao Jiuyin and the more she read, the more astonished she became.
This senior seemed to be a big shot herself, with an extremely thorough understanding of the Heavenly Master Lineage; often using the simplest words to precisely highlight the essence of the Heavenly Master Lineage, leaving Zhao Yushu in awe.
If it weren’t for Chao Jiuyin previously warning everyone in the Blue Light Association not to rush into switching their cultivation to the Heavenly Master, and some people even testifying that they had been hunted down immediately after switching, only to disappear without a trace, she likely would have been eager to embark on the path of the Heavenly Master Lineage and experience the thrill of Void Creation.
As of today, she was vaguely trending towards becoming a die-hard fan of Chao Jiuyin.
"Sister Chao Jiuyin is really amazing,"
Zhao Yushu said earnestly.
Chao Jiuyin and Xing Bieli were only twenty-nine when they established the Blue Light Association, so this way of addressing her was not a problem.
"President Xing is older and not of our generation, but in our Blue Light Association, it’s unclear who is more outstanding between her and Senior Gu."
Zhao Yushu thought to herself.
Senior Gu is currently the Lord of Wind and Rain City.
Governing a population of over one hundred million.
In their Yellow Dragon Country, that would certainly qualify him as a Sealed Border Official.
Especially now that he had also taken over Liuhuo City, another supercity with nearly a hundred million people.
Governing two hundred million people...
While Blue Star has a population of over a hundred billion, how many countries have a population over two hundred million?
No more than twenty.
As the ruler of Wind and Rain City and Liuhuo City, Senior Gu, when compared to Blue Star, would certainly rank in the top twenty.
Just thinking about it was frightening.
So much so that she dared not disturb him unless there was something important.
After all...
The gap in status was too great.
"However, Sister Chao should also be strong. She’s the Vice Hall Master of the Heavenly Master Hall, you know. And it seems the Hall Master of the Heavenly Master Hall is held concurrently by the Holy Dynasty Emperor, so doesn’t that make her second only to one above tens of thousands? In terms of position... isn’t that higher than the governor of two cities?"
Zhao Yushu muttered to herself.
Of course, she understood that, powerful as the Vice Hall Master of the Heavenly Master Hall was, when confronted with Gu Jinlai who possessed the combat strength of a Void Immortal, she still fell a bit short in status.
Chao Jiuyin’s rank was high only in title.
Just like when a top official and a national treasure-level scientist want to emigrate, most countries would definitely choose the latter.
"A Void Immortal, probably stronger than the most powerful army, right?"
Zhao Yushu thought for a while, not really knowing how to describe the power of a Void Immortal.
Twiddling with nuclear bombs at will?
Such a character had far exceeded her understanding.
Especially since, among Void Immortals, Gu Jinlai was considered among the very top.
"In any case... he’s just very powerful."
She ultimately concluded.
At that moment, there came a clamor from outside.
Suddenly, Feng Shuanglie, Yu Hua Building, and Yu Shaoqin appeared together.
Upon seeing Zhao Yushu, all three of them laughed together, "Yushu, has Ancient True Immortal mentioned when he’ll return to Wind and Rain City? Although there are quite a few big and small matters to deal with in Liuhuo City, Wind and Rain City is his foundation. Without him, everyone there always feels like they are missing a backbone, and things just don’t seem to have the same spirit."
"Senior Gu?"
Zhao Yushu knew they were looking for Gu Jinlai.
She sensed the Communication Jade Token she carried on her, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "With Liuhuo City in need of rebuilding, once things settle there, Senior Gu will naturally come back."
"With Ancient True Immortal’s glorious achievements, if he could make a call to action from Wind and Rain City now, he would definitely gather a massive response, winning people’s hearts. Whatever he plans to do next, it would be smooth sailing,"
Yu Hua Building said with a smile.
"Yes, I heard that the Holy Dynasty has already issued an order, requesting the identity of Royal Grand Sacrificial Officer for Ancient True Immortal and naming Ancient True Immortal as Prince Li Yang,"
Yu Shaoqin followed up.
