Chapter 228: Firmament Prison (1/2)
A prodigious trap!
Those who’d survived the armageddon of thunder and lightning, and the audience who bore witness at a far distance, all believed this to be a colossal trap. Lu Yun must’ve set this up and just waited for others to fall into it, hook, link, and sinker!
No wonder he’d left Xiankan the day before the coronation rather than stay in the city. He was trying to lure out his attackers! No one had fathomed that the other four youth sovereigns would be on the fortress ship as well.
The Qing Clan and Exalted Immortal Sect could never explain this away, and the participating factions would sooner go into hiding than exact revenge. Qing Xiangpeng and Zhao Yinfeng fled immediately.
Aside from Lu Yun, the other four youth sovereigns all came from powerful factions. The Immortal Martial School behind Wu Tulong, especially, could even rival House Donglin. Moreover, the five youth sovereigns had been appointed by the nine celestial emperors to serve as an example for the cultivators of the world.
Sending dao immortals and setting up great formations to assassinate them was open rebellion against the celestial emperors. Although they were prepared to hand over their thrones, the Nephrite celestial emperor was the only one who had done so thus far, while the others yet reigned supreme.
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Back on the fortress ship, the others stared at the governor like they’d seen a ghost, but Lu Yun remained nonchalant.
“So where were we?” Lu Yun cocked his head. “Are you sure it’s a town of mortals?”
Lu Shenhou gawked at his clansmen; the jaws of the other youth sovereigns dropped as well.
“Did you and Lu Shenhou put on this show so that the four of us would come and fix your problems, Lu Yun?” Zi Chen frowned. The same thought had occurred to Wu Tulong, Mo Qitian, and Dongfang Hao.
“You call this a problem?” Lu Yun looked at him with surprise.
The others responded with confused looks. He’d offended at least a third of the top factions of the nine majors. Wasn’t that a big enough problem?
“Gentlemen, you might have misunderstood.” Ge Long approached them with a smile. “Milord was a public enemy even back in Dusk Province. He offended every major sect and house in the province even before he set foot on the path of cultivation. Their cultivators, and even immortals, wanted nothing but to kill him, but here he is, still breathing.”
Wu Tulong fidgeted awkwardly. So this fellow is a troublemaker who makes enemies wherever he goes.
Lu Yun scoffed inwardly. None of that was on him, but he couldn’t tell them the truth. So be it then.
“You should know that I don’t fear trouble after I set up Dusk City’s inheritance tower and demonstrated my mastery over the supplemental paths by refining a Heaven Descent Pill in public.” Lu Yun sighed. “I don’t need you guys to handle some flies.”
Wu Tulong and the others didn’t respond. He turned to Lu Shenhou. “Please continue, Shenhou.”
“There was indeed a town of living, mortal residents,” Lu Shenhou affirmed seriously. “I remember a bun shop that made great buns. I’ll treat you guys to some when we get there, you’ll believe me then.”
Wu Tulong and the others exchanged a look. Judging from Lu Yun and Lu Shenhou’s conversation, the two must’ve been telling the truth about the broken cultivation path.
Lu Yun didn’t pay them any attention, but instead, closely considered the Life Province map. The skull formed by the Ten Yins Estuary gave rise to ghostly countenances that crowded the southwest corner of the province, painting a macabre scene. The fortress ship remained on course and soon approached their destination.
“There really is no yin energy here...” Lu Yun stood atop the bow and cast his gaze at the yin layout. Per his orders, Ge Long dropped anchor outside the estuary rather than barging in.
“Notice anything off?” Qing Han came up to him with a quiet question.