62 Golden Dragon Prince. (2/2)

Fan Long regained a bit of control over his body, just enough to allow him to talk. He felt humiliated at Li Yang sitting on his back, but as he was weaker, there was nothing he could do. He let out a weak chuckle, his expression dignified as he tried to hold onto a small shred of pride.

”I guess you really are the son of the Demon Emperor, you absolute monster. Kill me, I have already lost.”

Fan Long could not imagine how Li Yang was so powerful. He looked quite a bit younger but could control fire, ice, and lightning to such an extent. He had also heard that the Golden Dragon Prince was famous for having a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon as a companion beast, but he had not even brought it out during this battle. Hearing his reply, Li Yang could only let out a sigh and shake his head.

”If I wanted to kill you, I would have already done so. Just answer my question and stop wasting my time.”

Was it so hard to answer a simple question, was there really a need to waste so much time? But Fan Long completely ignored Li Yang, looking at him with determined eyes as he showed his stance, death before submission. Li Yang could only sigh and shake his head again, his gaze landing on the six other disciples that remained on the scaffolding.

”Fine, if that is how you want to be.”

The six other disciples were trembling as they looked at the scene in front of them. Their leader had been defeated that easily, unable to even put a scratch on his enemy? Li Yang raised his arm and pointed at them, chains of golden lightning shooting out from his finger and tying them up. Once they were unable to move, spears of golden flames spawned above them, slowly moving closer. Seeing the scene, Fan Long could only let out a loud shout.

”STOP! They have nothing to do with this!”

Fan Long had lost the battle, so he was fine with paying for it with his life, but the other disciples had done nothing. He was hoping that Li Yang would be satisfied with taking his life, sparing the other disciples. Li Yang stopped the spears, glancing at Fan Long as he spoke, his voice cold and merciless.

”You said you were responsible for bringing them all home, didn't you? Every ten seconds you spend in silence, not answering my question, I will kill one. I will turn their bodies to ash, leaving behind nothing to be buried.”

After he spoke, his eyes returned to the six disciples, one of the spears starting to slowly approach the throat of a female disciple. Seeing Li Yang's actions, Fan Long could not help but let out a curse.

”You moterhfuc...!”

Li Yang cut Fan Long's curse short, his calm voice counting down as if he was doing something as normal as picking out groceries at the market.

”Five seconds have passed.”

Fan Long's entire face paled, his body shivering. He did not doubt for a single second that Li Yang would do as he said, if he hesitated further, there truly would be nothing left to bury of that young disciple.

”I'LL TALK! I'll talk, just please leave them be. The current leader of our sect is Fang Xiulan, but most people just call her the Ice Phoenix Queen!”

Fan Long was talented, but he was still only a very junior disciple, the amount of things he knew about someone like their sect leader was very limited. But the golden spear stopped, pulling back and vanishing into thin air. While he was wondering what he was going to do now, Li Yang's rather surprised voice rang out.

”Xiulan is the sect leader? What about Fang Yazhu?”

Li Yang's eyebrows were furrowed somewhat as he questioned. If it was just the one name and title, it might be a coincidence, but if it turned out that both were there, he refused to believe it to be a coincidence. Fan Long raced to search his memories, digging up anything he might know about someone called Fang Yazhu.

”I don't know if it's the same person, but the sect leader of the Roaring Soul sect is known as Fang Yazhu, also titled as the Fire Phoenix queen. Heaven's Gate doesn't have the best relationship with the Roaring Soul sect, so that is all I know.”

The relationship between the two sect leaders was not the best, but there was no one that actually knew why they had a bad relationship. Li Yang fell into a short silence after hearing the response. With both names and both titles, he refused to believe that it was a coincidence, a soft sigh escaping his lips.

”Those little crybabies have really grown up, huh?”

Li Yang's gaze was a bit distant as memories of the past flooded into his mind. A forest filled with colorful leaves, the slight chill that showed that winter was approaching, that small and rundown hut. He quickly shook his head, throwing the memories to the back of his mind. He stood up from Fan Long, returning control over his body to him.

”Alright, I won't kill you, you can take your soldiers and leave the Cloud Wilderness. Xun Qiu should probably have already left.”

Li Yang had gotten the information he wanted, so there was no longer a need for him to stay here, he still had to deal with the groups from the other clans as well. But now it seemed like he couldn't freely kill the people of Heaven's Gate and the Roaring Soul sect. Once again able to control his body, Fan Long could not help but let out a confused voice.

”We...can leave?”

He had already prepared himself for death, certain that he would die without a burial here. But now he was told that they could just leave? and Xun Qiu was still alive? Li Yang simply shrugged his shoulders as he responded.

”Yeah, if do anything to you, Little Lan will yell at me until I feel like I am going deaf. But I don't want to see you or your people set foot inside the Cloud Wilderness ever again.”

Despite shrugging his shoulders, Li Yang's eyes grew sharp as he finished his sentence, letting Fan Long know that he would not tolerate their return. Fan Long did not hesitate, quickly sending out a retreat message to the remaining groups of Heaven's Gate. As they were leaving the village, Li Yang seemed to remember something, as he called out to Fan Long.

”Right, you can also send a message to your sect leader. Tell her that I still remember those crying children who were too picky to eat their mushrooms. Also, tell her that this is my territory, she will know that none of her people should ever come here again.”

Fan Long did not understand the meaning of the message, but Li Yang was certain that Fang Xiulan would understand the meaning of the message. The reason he didn't want people from Heaven's Gate to return to the Cloud Wilderness was simply because of the corpse of Jinwu's mother. Fan Long quickly noted down the message and promised Li Yang that he would do his best to deliver the message, before quickly fleeing with the other disciples. As they left, Li Yang could not help but let out a light chuckle, a rare soft and gentle smile on his face.

”The times have really changed, huh? Even those two brats have reached such a position, just makes me feel old, honestly. But I am glad, at least some of my old friends are still alive and easy to find.”

Li Yang almost lost himself in his memories again, so he quickly shook his head. Now the groups from Heaven's Gate were likely going to leave the Cloud Wilderness, but there were still several more groups that Li Yang had to deal with.