Chapter 418 (1/2)

Chapter 418: A Meager Reptutation

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

During the previous exchange, Xue Ying’s true body had been using his fastest speed to pull Yun Hai toward the Bloodshed region while inside the Mirage.

Meanwhile, the Mirage body had been fleeing with the Soaring Cloud Lake Young Master in tow, deliberately taking a huge detour. At that point, his speed was slightly faster than that of the black-robed attendants! It must be mentioned that, considering how deep’s Xue Ying’s comprehension was, together with his self-created secret skills as well as the various World Deity rank secret techniques, he could actually employ a speed at least twice as fast as those black-robed attendants.

However, it was only once his true body was safe…that Xue Ying had actually been in any mood to play with them!

“Even so, your combat power is actually quite something, little friend. I might have merely sent a World Projection down, but it is still unlikely to be able to deal with you.” The man with the bushy green beard smiled.

“You are overvaluing me, World Deity,” Xue Ying immediately replied.

The Soaring Cloud Lake Young Master was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He had been whipped so many times, yet his father did not seem to have any interest in helping him vent his anger.

“I really must thank you for teaching my son on this occasion. This will prove to be valuable experience to him. Hmph, this brat has truly been too rampant within Mountain Wu Star Field. If he dares to continue play around like this around the prefecture, he is very likely to drop dead sooner or later!” The thick-bearded man sent his son a gaze and then snorted. “Mei Yang, it was only due to the leniency of this little friend that you were able to survive this encounter. Had he decided to act any more ruthlessly, you would have already been dead.”

“I possess an entry rank. He would not dare kill me,” the Soaring Cloud Lake Young Master blurted out.

“Hmph, you have an entry rank, do you? Then what if you had met some serial criminal of the Bloodshed God Palace?” the bearded man asked.

“How could there be that many criminals like that who dare to enter the capital?” the Young Master countered.

“You still dare to talk back? What if you had killed a good friend of someone, causing him to then seek to take your life?” the green-bearded man roared. “Or what if you had offended someone stronger than me, your father?”

The Young Master of Soaring Cloud Lake did not reply. He was clearly feeling rather unhappy at that moment.

The green-bearded male sighed inwardly.

He truly had no choice.

He had left behind a token on his son’s body; so as long as he willed it, he could track every single movement of his at any time. Once his son truly met any danger, he could then send a World Projection at his position without delay. Despite World Projections not suffering restrictions like they did in the material world, due to the lack of Deity energy and a soul—since they were merely expressions of will descending from afar—their power was quite limited. Without a soul, he could only control a small part of the world, enough to reach the bare minimum of the World Deity level at most.

He was not lying when he said that he was not certain he could deal with Xue Ying.

“Unless I’m mistaken, little friend, you should be preparing to participate in the Myriad Flower Feast that starts in three hundred years or so, am I right?” the green-bearded man asked.

“That is, indeed, correct.” Xue Ying was rather startled. “It is true that I intend to participate in the Myriad Flower Feast.”

He found no particular need to conceal this matter.

“Haha, you’ve taught my son a lesson by choosing to not escape far away and entering the Bloodshed region instead,” the man continued. “The Bloodshed region is a very safe place, but even renting the cheapest place there will cost you one Deity crystal every year. There’s mostly no one who would be willing to stay inside all the time.

“That being said, I could easily capture you alive once you leave the Bloodshed region. That is why I thought that it would be most likely that you were going to participate in the Myriad Flower Feast! There was also another possibility, and that was for you to have owned an entry rank.”

Xue Ying laughed out loud without explaining much.

His plan was to quietly cultivate inside the Bloodshed region of Mountain Wu City for the next three hundred years. Once that time was through, he would then go directly ahead to participate in the Myriad Flower Feast. The starfield selection was going to be held precisely within this safest Bloodshed region.

“It is no wonder you are a World Deity. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be making my move first,” Xue Ying said.

“Mn.” The green-bearded man nodded.

Xue Ying turned to the Young Master of Soaring Cloud Lake and sent a casual grin in his direction as his body dissipated. After all, this was just a mirage body, and he could make it disappear at will.

“It was actually just a mirage body?” the Soaring Cloud Lake Young Master stood there, staring dumbfounded.

“We were actually fighting him, even thinking of capturing him alive? Who would have thought that we had merely been facing his mirage body.” Commander Zuo shook his head in dismay.

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Within Mountain Wu City, in the official residence of the starfield patrolling army.

The man with a bushy green beard was walking alongside a thinner man.

“Brother Guan,” the green-bearded man began, while shaking his head, “my son, Mei Yang, has been captured and even suffered multiple lashes from the Heart-Branding Whip, yet you actually didn’t intervene in any way.”

“Intervene? And how was I supposed to do that?” the other man stared back. “That youngster, Dong Bo, actually did not break any rule. I am a member of the starfield patrolling army; how can I ignore my identity to bully some whipper-snapper? Not only that, little brother Jin, that son of yours truly is just too rampant. It’s not so bad for him to suffer a bit.”

“Be honest,” the green-bearded man replied. “I was a bit late to the scene, so I did not get to see Dong Bo’s true body. Just how strong was he, to be precise? Does he seem to have some sort of background?”