Chapter 323: Worms (1/2)
Lu Yun was obviously provoking them on purpose, but the first prince of the North Sea court, heir to the North Sea emperor, was no fool. Cheap taunts weren’t going to get him to fling open the gates and rush out.
Therefore, the degenerate alliance were left to vandalize the front entrance of the palace while muttering curses under their breath.
The light barrier was now covered in all sorts of bodily waste and painted with derogatory language, completely defacing the grand structure’s entrance. Lu Yun had even fetched a plaque from somewhere, roughly fifty meters long, that said ‘North Sea, Home of Worms’ in squiggly characters.
Amidst a din of raucous cheers from the princes, the plaque was firmly nailed to the barrier of light at the front entrance, covering the sign that read ‘North Sea Palace’.
The commotion had drawn quite a crowd. Some onlookers were monster spirits who’d just transformed into human form, while others hadn’t yet reached the cultivation heights that would enable them to transform.
There were many creatures in the ocean. On land, ordinary cultivators weren’t allowed to approach the palaces of the heavenly courts, but within the ocean, such prohibitions didn’t exist. Therefore, news of this public display spread quickly, reaching almost everyone in the imperial seas in no time at all. The North Sea court swiftly became the butt of every joke in its territory.
Those under the court’s rule weren’t the only ones in the imperial seas at the moment. There were even more cultivators from other regions in the world who’d come to partake in the happenings, since they weren’t powerful enough to enter the skydragon tomb.
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“Ughhhh, enough!” Beigong Chonglou stomped his feet angrily, shaking with anger and glaring so hard at the princes outside that his eyeballs threatened to pop out of his skull.
“Bunch of little bastards,” he screamed, apoplectic. “I’m going to tear them all into pieces!!”
“You mustn’t take the bait, Your Royal Highness,” hurried out an elder with a turtle shell on his back. “They’re clearly up to something. If we open up the formation, high-level immortals in hiding will surely strike!”
“Does our court not care about its reputation then?!” Beigong Chonglou huffed into calm fury. “If we do nothing when someone humiliates us on our doorstep, how are we to maintain our dominance in the world of immortals? How are we to rule over the vast North Sea? How are we to govern all of the immortal seas in the future?
“I would suffer it if it were just me, but they’re challenging the authority of the North Sea court itself! If we offer no response, our court will lose the respect of the monster spirits, even if royal father acquires great treasures from the tomb.”
With a wave of his hand, Beigong Chonglou displayed the situation in the vicinity to everyone.
North Sea monster spirits and foreign cultivators alike were watching the farce play out with obvious delight. Clearly, they were here to see the ruling body humiliated.
Many still recalled the dragons from ten thousand years ago, and knew the current court for its illegitimacy. The old turtle broke out in a cold sweat, thinking this is a deviously vicious plan! The North Sea court would suffer a serious blow no matter what their response was.
Lu Yun and his cohort had humiliated the ruling clan much worse than when Aoxue had humiliated the Qing Clan by blockading their home’s entrance.
It’d be one thing if the antagonists were dao immortals—acting like this would actually only make a fool out of themselves and discard their dignity. Beigong Chonglou could just ignore them, if that were the case.
However, these were juniors that hadn’t even ascended to immortality and were guarded by just a few peerless immortals. If the North Sea court didn’t mount an appropriate response, they’d become the court jester for the rest of the entire world.
“Use the clan treasure!” Beigong Chonglou ordered with a clenched jaw. “We can’t allow these squealing brats to keep this up, and we mustn’t give those experts in hiding any chance at an opening.
“Kill them all with our supreme treasure before anyone can react! Please, seniors!” Beigong Chonglou took a deep breath and bowed at the air.
“Do not worry, Your Royal Highness,” boomed a bright voice. “None can survive the ultimate treasure of the blackwater snake clan.”
Beigong Chonglou inclined his head and got to his feet. “Prepare the army, Admiral Turtle. Let us meet these irreverent youths and see just who they are!”
His handsome face still bore hints of being sickly pale, as he hadn’t yet fully recovered from having been possessed by an immortal ghost, but he had to put in an appearance now.
It was no surprise that the palace would be challenged after the skydragon tomb emerged, but he didn’t expect the intruders to be so shameless. It seemed as if they would stop at nothing to undermine the court!
He would leave the palace as a means to test them.
Rumble!
The barrier outside the palace trembled, and the waste matter and offensive words slowly disappeared. However, the plaque Lu Yun had attached to the barrier remained.
North Sea, Home of Worms.
“Bastard!” Beigong Chonglou’s lungs hurt from the sheer force of his fury. The pejorative would stick to the North Sea court for a very long time. “Activate the formation!!”
“Uh-oh, the little worms are angry.” Lu Yun’s expression darkened when he saw Beigong Chonglou setting foot outside the palace. He stepped forward and stopped the six princes from launching any reckless actions.