Chapter 696 - Handsome, Reddish (1/2)

In the Prison Realm Divine Court, the surviving Qi Practitioners waited for a day. They saw Prison Realm Realm Lord and Heavenly King Shang walking out of the black hole together with darkexpressions. It seems like they didn't get much out of their trip to the Ancient Land of God Graves.

The two glimpsed over at Zhong Yue and then looked at Goddess Shen Hou beside him. They couldn't help but shiver in fear, and immediately, they gave the order to return to the Prison Realm.

The reason why they didn't stay any longer in the Ancient Land of God Graves was because they were worried that Goddess Shen Hou would be unhappy with them loitering around.

Goddess Shen Hou's aura that was no longer suppressing them was an indication. The innate aura didn't fade because its power waned, but because she was running out of patience waiting for them.

Thus, they immediately left the Ancient Land of God Graves and returned as soon the innate aura stopped suppressing their movements.

It was truly a pitiful situation for the emperors. They had been standing in the same spot for a whole year, while Goddess Shen Hou only waited outside for a day. Yet, they were worried that Goddess Shen Hou would have waited too long for them.

This was all because of the gap between their strengths and status.

This innate god might be on the level of the Imperial Monarch, even if she isn't, she is not far from that! The two emperors' hearts pounded heavily as they thought.

The Prison Realm Divine Court safely flew out of the black hole, and returned to the Prison Realm. The Prison Realm Lord and Heavenly King Shang were thinking of meeting with Goddess Shen Hou to explain their actions back in the Ancient Land of God Graves so that the goddess wouldn't punish them. However, because of the great disparity of statuses, they weren't quite qualified to even ask for a meeting.

Moreover, Goddess Shen Hou seemed to favor Zhong Yue, and even moreso toward the two human ladies. Thus, the Zhong Yue was the key to begin with. If they wanted to see the innate god and apologize for their actions, they would first have to clear their conflict with the human.

Heavenly King Shang summoned Shu Ye and said, "Shu Ye, are you close to the human Zhong Yue? You will see him on behalf of the teacher."

Shu Ye's face changed slightly and he didn't dare to talk. He frowned and forced himself toward the front of Zhong Yue's courtyard in the Divine Court.

After returning to the Divine Court, the Prison Realm Realm Lord immediately ordered the gods to arrange residence for the Qi Practitioners. Among all, the top ten Qi Practitioners each had a courtyard of their own. Zhong Yue's courtyard was the largest and most luxurious; not even King Geng's courtyard could compare.

Shu Ye arrived outside of the courtyard and sent a servant into the courtyard to express his intention to seek for Zhong Yue.

After some time, his servant returned and said, "Master Zhong is holding the two divine sabers and his people are on ready. Master Shi Buyi, Master Dao Liu, Junior Martial Uncle Bai, Junior Martial Aunty Jun, and Junior Martial Aunty Qiu, are all waiting to kill Senior Martial Brother Shu once you enter."

Cold sweat burst out of Shu Ye's forehead, he thought, When he went to visit me, I made preparations to blood sacrifice the lower realm, waited for him to turn himself in. Now he is doing the same. If I go in, he will kill me and even my teacher wouldn't even dare to say a single word toward my death. I value my life more than anything and it's best I turn around now. What's the big deal anyway, nothing is more valuable than living.

He turned and went back to see Heavenly King Shang. Heavenly King Shang scolded him for that but even Heavenly King Shang himself didn't dare go in person. He then summoned the eight generals and ordered them to bring his gifts to Zhong Yue's courtyard.

On their way over, the eight generals met with the officers with gifts sent by Realm Lord Fa Zhaozhen. The two parties saw each other and decided to go and present the gifts together.

Upon seeing the gifts, Zhong Yue didn't refuse any of them and received all of it.

The gifts from Heavenly King Shang and Prison Realm Realm Lord were rare and precious, although there weren't many of them, they were bona fide treasures. However, Goddess Shen Hou didn't even look at them and casually threw all of it to Zhong Yue.

Zhong Yue kept all the treasures and frowned slightly. He mumbled, "Why weren't there any emperor-level divine weapons, it's all just pearls and ornaments?"

The eight generals heard him and they were infuriated, but they didn't dare to speak up or even express their anger. They nodded awkwardly and said, "Our master has a letter for the goddess, may you please pass it to her."

Zhong Yue took the letters from the eight generals and Divine Court's officers, and sent them to Goddess Shen Hou. Goddess Shen Hou opened the letter and read the openings, "Your Highness,…"

Goddess Shen Hou immediately tossed the letters away and yawned, "Dull, dull, dull. There's no point reading at all."

Zhong Yue returned and truthfully conveyed the goddess's words to the generals and officers. The eight generals and officers looked at one another blankly and returned to report to their respective masters.

Heavenly King Shang listened, he heaved a breath of relief and smiled, "My life is secured. She is too lazy to look at the gifts and even my letters. She wouldn't want to take my life if I don't even matter to her."

Prison Realm Realm Lord also breathed a sigh of relief, "My life is finally saved. As long as I don't mess with her anymore, nothing will happen to me. As for the human Zhong Yue, I guess I will have to let him be. I have so many children that the death of one or two doesn't matter much at all. If he is still unhappy, he can still kill a few more to appease his wrath."

The two emperors finally calmed down. Heavenly King Shang returned to the Heaven Court, while Realm Lord Fa Zhaozhen also sent his men to the Heaven Court to report to the Realm Monarch regarding the Prison Realm's top ten candidates.

The Prison Realm entered a period of peace as they waited for further instructions from the Heaven Court regarding the competitions between the six realms.

Zhong Yue distributed the gifts from the two emperors to Shi Buyi, Old Man Six Paths, Jun Sixie, Bai Canghai, and even Ma Sansou, only keeping a finger-sized pearl for himself.

The gifts from Heavenly King Shang and Prison Realm Realm Lord were not very useful, and they were mainly for the women. Thus, he had little use for them besides making the girls happy.