Chapter 700 - The Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud (1/2)

Zhong Yue cast aside his worries immediately upon hearing King Geng's words. As the former ruler, it was likely that the foundation of his rule, and thus his influence, was still intact here.

Judging from what King Geng said, he was probably going to introduce some of his men to Zhong Yue. His reasons for doing was twofold: first, he wanted to show off his power and second, he wanted to recruit Zhong Yue and the others.

Apart from Zhong Yue, there were also a few from the Prison Realm that were invited by King Geng.

The Lesser Void Heavenly Saint Realm was the place where the Realm Monarch's bloodline gathered and those who lived here were either extremely rich or powerful. This made this place a place teeming with royalty. Huge inns were everywhere and they were all luxuriously decorated and the place where King Geng organized the feast was the Inn of Heavenly Treasures, the best among all inns. When everyone seated themselves, they realized the seats were so high up that when they looked up, they could see the sun, moon and galaxy easily and everything beneath them when they looked down.

King Geng laughed and said, "I've spread news and my men will arrive in no time. In fact, these men are all famous people and back in those days, only people like them are qualified to be invited by me!"

He was very proud of himself. After all, he was the brother of the current Realm Monarch, the second in place in the Heaven Court and a person with great power.

Everyone present continued to enjoy the wine and they patiently waited in the inn where the dragon carvings on the pillars and roof were actual dragons.

The guest flow in the inn was very high as well and among the guests, most of them were all gods with terrifying power. And occasionally, there were even celestial emperors and demon emperors among them.

These guests were all people with fame and power and they were here in hope of gaining the friendship of those of the bloodline of Realm Monarch. Thus, though it would take quite a fortune to organize a feast here, there were still generous people that wouldn't bat an eye at all when they organize a grand and luxury feast for their guests.

"There are a total of eighteen of them that I invited. These gods and demonic gods are given the title of the Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud. Among them are Qian Shan, Bi Er, Tuo Yu, Duo Yi, Shen Guang and the others. There were also Heavenly King Lu, one of the four Heavenly Kings, who is also one of the Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud!"

King Geng added, "Unlike the others or Heavenly King Shang that have some little to no friendship with me, these guys are extremely loyal me. Heavenly King Shang is like a grass that would bend against the will of the wind, he had sided himself with the current Realm Monarch ever since my defeat. My brother had passed away and after my defeat, only these men remained loyal to me. While they are my subordinates, they are my brother's troops, and only they will never betray me."

Zhong Yue, Li Tianxing and the others were so shocked by the news; they never thought that King Geng still had eighteen gods that remained loyal to him. It was no wonder everyone still called him King Geng!

Shu Ye, however, remained silent and continued drinking the wine in his cup.

Heavenly King Shang was his teacher and when King Geng said that Heavenly King Shang was a man whose allegiance changed with the wind, all he could do was take in the criticism.

"Twenty fourth prince, what a rare customer. Welcome!"

Suddenly, noises came from below and King Geng's pupils shrunk right away. He looked towards the bottom level only to see Prince Yun He walking right into Inn of Heavenly Treasures while surrounded by gods and Qi Practitioners.

The shopkeeper led Prince Yun He and his followers all the way up into Inn of Heavenly Treasures and arranged for them seats not too far away from King Geng and the others.

The two then exchanged glances and after they stopped making eye contact, their expression darkened down slightly.

"My prince, may I ask for our purpose here?" A Heaven Realm Qi Practitioner asked as he looked at Zhong Yue fiercely, "Are we here to avenge Wu Yangsheng and kill this petty human?"

Prince Yun He however, grinned and said, "Be patient, we are here to witness a great show."

Beside him stood nine Qi Practitioners and after they seated themselves, the gods around them remained standing as they served the Qi Practitioners, which suggested that these Qi Practitioners were most definitely disciples that had come from gigantic families with great power.

After Wu Yangsheng was killed by Zhong Yue, only nine of them remained, but now, the Realm Lord of Heaven Realm had replaced the missing slot with another candidate to fill up the ranks, thus, there were still ten of them.

After all, the Heaven Realm was a place that produced a great number of talented Qi Practitioners as people with the greatest and strongest bloodline in the Six Paths World were born here. Hence, just how hard was it for them to get another person that is not any weaker than Wu Yangsheng?

Prince Yun He then threw out some scrolls and he said, "Here is the information about the ten Qi Practitioners in the Prison Realm which include their techniques, soul weapons, arts, and everything. Read them and learn as much as you can about them to gain an upper hand against them."

The nine other Qi Practitioners were surprised and happy and one of the ladies among them said, "Impressive! You are indeed an impressive!"

Prince Yun He smiled and said, "With just a simple order, I can easily buy over their masters, senior martial brothers and sisters of theirs. Be it the Prison Realm, Heaven Realm, or Celestial Realm, I can obtain their information as long as I want to."

"These guys are so dead!" said the Qi Practitioners of the Heaven Realm.

They did not lower their voice at all and when their words reached the ears of Zhong Yue and the others, they all frowned upon the fact that Prince Yun He could easily bribe their masters and senior martial siblings to obtain the secrets of their arts!

King Geng humphed and said calmly, "Don't worry. As long as my men arrive, they would not be so arrogant anymore. With Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud's training, you will all go through a series of vein washing, have your body and Yuan Shen reforged and your energy refined and these will boost your strength in a short period of time!"

Zhong Yue and the others were moved and they were all invigorated upon thinking of this.

King Geng smiled and added, "Besides, with my power in the Heaven Realm, what he can get I can get easily as well. In no time, you will receive the information about these fools. The outcome of the battle has yet to be decided!"

They then waited patiently and after quite some time, King Geng frowned and he was slightly puzzled.

It was very strange that after waiting for so long, not even one of the Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud arrived.

He was very confident that they were loyal to the previous Realm Monarch and him and that they would never turn their back on him, but his confidence shook inevitably when none of them showed up.