252 Concourse of the Underworld (1/2)
The manifestation of a cloud was physically formless. Even when it was shattered, it would gradually reassemble itself, totally unaffected by the blow.
The man dressed in gold scoffed, making a slow landing, but his expression grew darker.
”Lord, did you discover something?” someone asked.
”No.” The man clad in gold said darkly, ”The weather earlier was the sign of a storm but the rain did not come after so long. The gloom is moving away, dissipating… I was suspicious, so I tested it out…”
He continued ominously, ”I must have thought too much about it. Unless Supreme Wind, Cloud, Thunder, and Water are working together, such a phenomenon would hardly ever occur. But I checked for any strange deific consciousness around us earlier and didn’t get anything. Even if these four Supremes weren’t dead, their absence for a single year couldn’t have allowed them to improve to the point of being able to wholly evade my senses. As long as it’s affirmed that it’s not them, everything is fine!”
Yun Yang was profusely breaking out in cold sweat high above in the clouds.
If he had not risen another five hundred feet just for the sake of being safe, he might have been ripped into shards by this sword light. Even if his cloud manifestation was unafraid of physical weapons and it would not have been life-threatening, he would still be injured and would have exposed traces of himself.
Even then, his body had been caught in its ripples and was aching everywhere. He even felt a throbbing headache that did not seem to be going away anytime soon.
Just like the man in gold dress had said – if it had really been Supreme Wind, Thunder, and Water here, they would never have escaped his probe. After all, it was impossible for the three Supremes to have improved as much as he did!
Who was the man clad in gold? How could his ability be so stupendous?
The clouds continued moving slowly while people underneath packed up speedily. A while later, the men in black descended the mountain led by the man dressed in gold.
Seeing that everyone from the other party had left, Yun Yang turned to retreat, even though he was indignant about the situation.
When he was near Tiantang City, he saw a ball of saber light roaming about faraway in a futile search. It was like a headless fly darting about…
Yun Yang snorted inwardly and rose up high in the clouds, leaving quietly.
I still have a lot of things to do, I have no time to play hide and seek with you!
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Faraway, within a dark eerie palace, First Court King Qinguang was speechless with his head lowered, the top of his head peppered with saliva froth.
”Are you dumb?” A person dressed in white was sputtering in disbelief. ”Don’t you think you’re dumb? I’ve never seen someone as foolish as you in too many years!”
There were another eight people around who rolled their eyes as they surrounded First Court King Qinguang.
”This is an idiot!”
”I knew that he was stupid before, but I didn’t expect him to be this stupid!”
”He’s stupid’s father, imbecile!”
”He’s denser than a pig. I’m speechless anyway, too speechless…”
”Ol’eighth! You bastards need to watch your mouth! Don’t insult the pigs! Pigs aren’t as idiotic as he is, you can’t give a backhanded insult to compliment him…”
First Court King Qinguang stood in the center, looking pitifully wronged. ”I didn’t think it would escalate to this…”
”Say, what were you even thinking of?”
The saliva froth of the muscular man sprayed on King Qinguang’s face the moment he opened his mouth. ”No matter how dumb, stupid and dense you are, you should at least check the records! You actually skipped this step and you’re crying pity that you've been tricked? Can you even blame the other person for this?”
”Things shouldn’t have gotten to this stage even if there's nothing but dung in your head!”
First Court King Qinguang kept quiet with a pout after being chastised.
”This child who gave the mission was rather sly, though. He must be the foul and revolting type. Let me go kill him!”
Someone else stood up and said angrily, ”Tell me his name quickly, I’ll go put him in his place! No matter how dumb and stupid and dense my brother is, I can’t let him be manipulated like this!”
King Qinguang opened and closed his mouth, still not speaking.
”Have you gotten addicted to being manipulated? Still taking your time to tell us who he is, are you?”
The rest questioned him as well. ”Quick, quick! I understand you’ve been made a fool of; we’ll just kill He Hanqing then but this person who played us for fools can’t be forgiven!”
The corners of First Court King Qinguang’s lips twitched as he said, ”I’ll never tell you all this person’s name. You fellows can’t kill him…”
The other nine men cried out in confusion, ”Did you really turn f*cking stupid? Not only are you stopping us from killing him, you won’t even tell us his name? What are you thinking?”
”Have you found your gratification from being tricked? Are you addicted to it? You’re a pig! Why am I making absurd comparisons again? Sorry, pigs!”