Chapter 175 - Shaking the Nation (2/2)

Yuwen Cong peaked at the emperor as he mumbled, “Imperial father, this matter is indeed grave. At least far more than the situation two months ago!”

The emperor was about to pour tea when his face turned grave, “Who was it this time?”

“Merry Woods’s sixth elder, Lin Zitian!” Yuwen Cong was kneeling as he reported.

Face twitching, the emperor took a deep breath and took his teacup, “Lin Zitian, he can be said to be someone of importance, but not up to the likes of You Guiqi. Well, he’s dead now. Oh, and who killed him?”

“Luo clan’s steward, Zhuo Fan!”

“What? Him again?” The Emperor perked an eyebrow, “This kid only knows how to stir trouble! First was Hell Valley and now Merry Woods. Humph, he just doesn’t know his limits and probably will be ending up dead in a ditch somewhere. Who knows by what lucky turn of events that he managed to kill You Guiqi, and now he thinks he’s a bigshot around here!”

“But Your Majesty, he is the pillar of the Luo clan. Anything he does will come back to bite the Luo clan. While your Secret Pearl Order…”

“I know, I know!” The emperor waved him off with a smile. He turned to see Mr. Sima’s eyes flickering, as if already knowing what he was planning, “I assume Mr. Sima is fond of talent and would like to outstretch a helping hand, perhaps?”

“Ha-ha-ha, helping him means helping the Luo clan, which in turn, helps Your Majesty…”

“Fine, if Mr. Sima wants to help him, then go ahead. I believe the Merry Woods would consider Mr. Sima’s presence and will know restraint.” The emperor smiled.

Yuwen Cong looked up at the two then blurted, “Uh, Mr. Sima I will have to trouble you to go to Hell Valley.”

“Eh, why would I?” Mr. Sima asked.

Just killing You Guiqi got the Hell Valley to bear a deep seeded hatred for Zhuo Fan. Going was pointless.

With a sneaky smile, Yuwen Cong replied, “Because the kid also robbed Hell Valley’s fifth elder of his arm. The Hell Valley is a powder keg ready to explode. Perhaps your face is great enough to fizzle it out…”

“What?!”

The emperor and Mr. Sima replied at the same time. While Mr. Sima went slackjawed.

“You’re saying the kid took Hell Valley’s 5th elder’s hand? How is that possible?”

Mr. Sima blinked the shock away, “That fifth elder is a powerful body cultivator, just as Veiled Dragon Pavilion’s third elder. He is known as the Diamondback Ape, for crushing a whole mountain. And you mean to tell me this renowned expert got his arm ruined by an unknown kid?”

“Who is unknown? At this point, the entire Tianyu heard of this Demon Archon, Zhuo Fan. He caused a sensation at the Hundred Pill Meeting, fighting one against seven, yet standing invincible! While the Seven Noble Houses turned into a laughing stock, with three dead and one crippled!” Yuwen Cong mocked.

This came as an even greater shock to the emperor and Mr. Sima.

“Three died and one crippled… Lin Zitian died and 5th elder was crippled. Then who are the other two?” The emperor was getting nervous, “Who?”

“Uh, Vicious Pill King, Yan Song!” Yuwen Cong spoke with caution.

Sss~

The two gasped in shock.

A dead Lin Zitian was no biggie, but Vicious Pill King was more well known even compared to You Guiqi, and was stronger far stronger. With Vicious Pill King dead as well, the Pill King Hall wouldn’t rest until either they or Zhuo Fan laid dead.

“Damn this brat! Is he looking to stir up heaven itself? He thinks that since the Luo clan is under our protection, he can just go wherever and kill whoever?” The emperor was imperially pissed.

Mr. Sima straightened his beard and sighed, “Guess kicking up a storm is also a talent, of sorts. Who knew the insignificant Luo clan could bring up such a savage? Ha-ha-ha, quite amusing!”

“Mr. Sima, don’t just go being fond of that kind of talent in front of me. This kid went past poking a hornet nest and is now stabbing at heaven. Messing with three houses in one swing sure is amazing. He’d very soon find himself dead, that’s how amazing he is!” The emperor panted with rage, “I hoped he’d be the one to revive Luo clan, but now, I just pray he won’t end up inviting calamity and ruining the Luo clan altogether, and my Secret Pearl Order…”

Mr. Sima chuckled and tried to mollify him, “Your Majesty, at worst, I’ll just have to intervene and tie him down so he won’t pull any more stunts. In the end, the three houses don’t dare to openly defy the imperial might, going after the Luo clan.”

“Maybe not them, but one house does!” Yuwen Cong whispered with a grin.

Now the two recalled there was one more dead unaccounted for, “Who is he?”

“Uh, imperial father, it’s best if you sit!” Yuwen Cong emphasized every word, “Regent Estate’s second young master, Huangpu Qingyun!”

Sss~

Mr. Sima was struck dumb. The emperor was having a panic attack, breathing in and out to finally recover his voice, “My heart… dammit! This brat went and poked the heavens…”