394 A Flying Panther! (1/2)
Looking at the suspicious gaze of the chancellor, the Four Seasons Tower expert almost spat out blood.
He left in embarrassment as murmurs of ”old bastard” could be heard drifting from his vicinity.
The aged antique in the small yard was still filled with the same rage, cursing out loud, ”What is wrong with children these days? Have they gone stupid from practicing their martial skills? It’s merely a skill of reorganizing the soul; judge the situation according to the shattered state of the divine sense, then reassemble it and recover it bit by bit – done! Such a petty matter. F*cking hell, I’ve repeated myself five times, but he still asks with wide eyes like an idiot child!”
”Your eyes are not to be filled with questions! They’re to be filled with understanding and enlightenment! Your brain isn’t tofu crumbs! It’s to be used to think and counter! Bunch of idiots! Four Seasons Tower expert, my *ss! Four Seasons Tower will be gone sooner or later with these pig brains as their members! I dare say that if the tower has all these pig brains, the end is drawing close for them! A human head with pig brains… Expert, blergh!”
”Poo!”
The Four Seasons Tower’s ninth heaven expert vomited blood from the indignation he felt. He left in a huff, never once glancing back.
F*cking hell, I’ll be angered to death if I were to continue listening to him…
Lan Wuxin looked distraught.
”Elder Yun, it seems that the arcane skill is beyond an ordinary person. What should I do?”
Yun Yang was fuming. ”You asked a bunch of pig brains here, how could they learn? Look at that bastard, what else does he know except to blink blearily? Worse than an idiot!”
Lan Wuxin felt his energy drain away. ”The Four Seasons Tower sent over the one with the highest cultivation base… The rest of their members are not even of sixth heaven…”
Yun Yang scoffed, ”What does that have to do with me?”
Lan Wuxin was helpless. ”What should I do?”
Yun Yang was quiet for a bit before he suddenly erupted in a loud bellow, ”What else? When that Physician Genius family of yours is here, if he could heal this old man for a bit, I’ll do it personally! Let the pig brains watch then! F*ck! Bunch of stupid pigs! How did Mr. Nian teach them, wasting my saliva…”
”Let them queue up and watch from the side! Let's see if they can learn it then! Pigs!”
Lan Wuxin wiped away the sweat on his face. ”That sounds reasonable to me.”
…
The men left.
It was quiet. Finally, silence!
Yun Yang gazed at the ceiling in a daze as he lay on the bed.
He had received too much information today, to the extent that he felt hard to digest them all. They were all significant information and he was weighed down by both internal woes and external worries. That the enemy was a capable one meant that the issue he faced was far more difficult and terrifying than he had imagined!
Yun Yang began to doubt the need to employ such a grand operation to tackle him, a puny and insignificant cultivator. Were they overestimating him?
After all, the Four Seasons Tower’s intelligence networks had documented Yun Yang, who was also Supreme Wind – the Supreme Wind that had appeared before the public in Yang Botao’s case - with an intermediate peak realm cultivation base. He was, at most, sixth peak. If he were to face off against the experts in the Four Seasons Tower, his life would be extinguished with just a single breath.
Despite being bold and courageous, Yun Yang still felt the lingering fear of the ominous situation.
…
After knowing that there was a spiritual sealing trap here that was designed specifically to capture him, Yun Yang had the foresight to first set up a plot. Conjuring up his ability, he first disguised himself as a reclusive expert then utilized Emmie’s assistance to exude an aged and experienced aura.
The saying went that the eyes were the window to one’s soul. However, Yun Yang’s gaze was actually filled with the vicissitudes of life now. Whether he was laughing or scolding someone, it was tinged with a sense of age, a man that had gone through much of what this world offered.
Facing such gaze, one would have no suspicion that this was actually a youth, no matter how young he looked. This was enforced by the episode in the mystical beast forest, especially his valiance that had summoned the host of mystical beasts, the cultivation base that shocked ordinary cultivators…
He was as disassociated as anyone could possibly be from both Supreme Wind and Supreme Cloud!
The Empire of Ziyou’s authorities had only performed a simple probe and no longer suspected Yun Yang being the enemy.
Such a capable man who was marked with vicissitudes, who was so formidable and could summon mystical beasts freely – even the Four Seasons Tower’s Mr. Nian might not have done it. How could one achieve such a miraculous feat without the passing of countless years?
Like an unintentionally discovered wine, it sat there while others speculated its identity, guiding them along in a smooth loop; naturally, he had forged for himself the image of a legendary expert whom no one had seen before.
His words and action had even hinted at Ziyou being his home country. Just a slight display of his patriotism had bolstered the impression significantly.
A man of Ziyou who had lived as a recluse for more than three hundred years and could casually dish out an extraordinary wine that triumphed its peers; a man who subdued all beasts and had incredible skill, one who could rise like a phoenix from the ashes… Everything pointed to the likelihood that this was the legendary God of Wine, Feng Xiange!
Feng Xiange was born and bred in Ziyou, had avoided the secular world for some time and had not made an appearance for years. That was how even the head of Ziyou’s civil officials, Chancellor Lan, someone so careful and intelligent, was so sure that this Elder Yun was Feng Xiange.
A rebirth!
It was a mythical, arcane skill that only Feng Xiange’s family, with their phoenix bloodline, possessed!
In spite of this, Chancellor Lan had still addressed Yun Yang as Elder Yun.
This was the way of how clever people did things and it brought Yun Yang even more convenience.
Elder Yun.
Yun Yang was very fond of this title that came from Lan Wuxin. It was evidence that Yun Yang’s plan was a great success; at least, it was impeccable up to this point!
Even when he was doubted regarding the soul recovery matter, Yun Yang insisted on not doing anything until the other party came to him, pleading. He put on a nonchalant front that spoke of a person who stayed far from poking into other’s affairs.
He did not agree, no matter how badly the other party pleaded, only agreeing to teach another person and thus, dispelling the suspicion upon him.
Of course, who could you blame when you were the one who could not learn it? It was your insufficient talent and inadequate experience that was the problem; what did it have to do with him?
Even when it came to the end and Yun Yang had to be the one doing it, he had stated his terms – I won’t be doing anything if you don’t heal me first and alleviate my injury. Even when he agreed to do it, he had suggested that others were to be present to observe.
Would a spy make such bold claims?
Yun Yang did it, though; when a traitorous man pretended to be loyal and when the most cunning appeared, to be honest, they most probably looked like this!
Yun Yang now could be said to have perfectly assimilated himself into the Empire of Ziyou’s internal higher authorities. Even Ziyou's emperor was making preparations to visit this old ancestor.
Of course, it was not that Yun Yang’s identity was flawless and without loopholes. If it had been Mr. Nian or Jun Moyan, they would have seen through Yun Yang's deception immediately.
The Four Seasons Tower’s Mr. Nian was mighty, with a lofty cultivation base. Yun Yang already knew it when the former had fought with Lei Dongtian previously. If Mr. Nian knew Feng Xiange and had even the mildest of acquaintances, Yun Yang would not actually be surprised.
However, Mr. Nian should still be in Yutang. The distance meant that a certain amount of time would be needed for him to appear even if he heard about Feng Xiange’s presence here.
As for Jun Moyan, he was from Ziyou as well. Based on their age, he seemed to be much younger than Feng Xiange. After all, Jun Moyan had already made his debut before Feng Xiange went into seclusion. There was a possibility that the two of them knew each other…
Jun Moyan had been quiet for a long time. He might not arrive in such a freak coincidence. Besides, even if that slim chance materialized, Yun Yang was not scared either. He had Jun Moyan’s Medallion of Gratitude. When the both of them met, it would be hard to tell who Jun Moyan would actually help!
Moreover, he did not announce himself as Feng Xiange. It was all their assumption. As such, despite the worry, it was not too big a deal.
Everything was only a hypothesis, however. Jun Moyan's presence might still cause unnecessary trouble. Yun Yang could only pray now that Jun Moyan would never come!
Other than his personal worries, Yun Yang was burdened with something else. Shangguan Lingxiu’s ship was a thousand miles away from Zilong City. According to the plan revealed by Lan Wuxin, he wanted to wipe everyone who came out, annihilating them on the spot. Yun Yang was now in Zilong City and could not unleash any of his usual powers; he could not warn her with his usual antics.
He frowned and wrote a letter before pummeling it into a wax ball, putting it into Whitey Two’s mouth.
He could not leave himself, but it was not a problem for Whitey Two.
”Go, send it to that handsome lady.”
”Meow!” Whitey Two shook its head, asking for a ball of air of vitality. Only then did it turn into a beam of light and disappear swiftly into the night.
…
Yun Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
When Shangguan Lingxiu read the letter, she should be able to react and adapt to the situation.
He only had to worry about himself now.
Regarding the issue of Lan Wuxin and gang inferring that the current Supreme Wind was actually Supreme Cloud, Yun Yang was not at all fazed.
Just like what Lan Wuxin had said, even Yutang’s emperor and Old Marshal Qiu would not have believed that the person now was the real Supreme Wind!
The thought that it was actually Supreme Cloud must have sat with them for some time now; it was just that they did not explicitly state this realization.
The real Supreme Wind might be accomplished on the battlefield, but he would never have been able to achieve everything that was being done now.
Another point mentioned by Lan Wuxin, though, sent all the sirens within Yun Yang blaring.
This trap was set up through a collaboration among the four empires and the Four Seasons Tower.
He had to come to this setup, had to barrel through this trap, while Han Sanhe and army approached the nation's border on the other side. If his guess was right, Yun Yang speculated that the other two countries would send their armies over at the same time.
Whether purposeful or unintentional, it was an overall partitioned plan targeted at the Empire of Yutang. They would tackle the Nine Supremes here with a conspiracy while threatening the border over there to split Yutang’s land.
Since Tie Zheng’s wedding, the seemingly peaceful days were finally ending. Yutang was about to face an unprecedented crisis!
”What a winter.” Yun Yang sighed softly.