676 Giving You Room To Play (1/2)
”Ancestral teaching! Oh, ancestral teaching!”
Wang Changfeng bemoaned, ”How could I, Wang Changfeng, be honored to see Ma-i Sect's ancestors below?”
He suddenly charged wildly towards Yun Yang while roaring, ”Supreme Cloud! This old man's life is yours! If you have the guts, follow me!”
Before his last words lingered in the air, he rushed into the fog and triggered a self-explosion. With a loud bang, flesh and blood detonated in the air. Wang Changfeng had turned into a mist of blood, dying alongside the destruction of his cultivation skill.
With the explosion, a cloud of fog formed a shape that coalesced with the wind; Yun Yang's saber glinted crimson again.
”Anyone wants to bring me on their way as well? Try me; it'll save me the trouble!”
Ge Zuheng heaved a long sigh and raised his blade to end himself, fully intending to follow Wang Changfeng.
…
After some time, a total of a hundred and thirty-six Ma-i Sect members were all slaughtered. This portion of the sect was exterminated without any survivors. Blood stained the ground, converging into streams of red.
Yun Yang and the ten Yama Kings left in silence, not bothering to pick up the pieces of the tragic sight.
A stone monument was set in place.
”A hundred and thirty-six members of the Ma-i Sect were killed here. The Ma-i Sect has disobeyed their ancestral edict and intervened in the war of two empires – they are loathed by Yutang's militants!”
”Yutang's Supreme Cloud has struck today to exterminate the sect and slaughtered its people. Those who violate Yutang shall be executed, no matter how far they try to run!”
There were some remarks for elaboration below, explaining the situation clearly. It was signed off with ”Yutang's Supreme Cloud has erected this monument to pay tribute to the loyal souls, to appease the people, to warn the world, to remind the martial world!”
The signature was penned with brimming killing intent and an overweening tone. Yet, everyone who saw the monument did not think it overbearing, as if everything was perfectly reasonable.
Those who saw the plate felt shaken, without an exception.
The monument stood tall against the sun, still exuding a coppery scent of blood that did not fade, even from dozens of miles away.
Not long after, people began to pass by the place. When their eyes rested on the inscription of the plate, their heartbeats hastened, while goosebumps ran through them before they cheered thunderously, feeling immensely comforted.
”It's Lord Supreme Cloud!”
”Lord Supreme Cloud exacting revenge for our soldiers!”
”All hail Lord Supreme Cloud!”
”Who in this world dares to stare Yutang in the eye with Lord Supreme Cloud's unforgiving ways?”
…
In Tiantang City, the military and civil sides worked together to seal the entire east side of the city upon Yun Xiaoyao's order.
The quarantine operation this time was unprecedentedly forceful. It was not merely words on paper or simple actions; they had moved all the civilians from the east side of the city out of the area.
The Empire of Yutang announced its dictum, ”The emperor has no intention to intervene with the black and white of the martial world, but all martial world affairs are strictly prohibited from harming Yutang's civilians. The east of the city is temporarily given free rein. This is only limited to the east of the city, for only seven days.”
”After seven days, great martial practitioners and cultivators who have entered Yutang are kindly requested to leave. Those who stay on after the deadline will be taken as lawbreakers and shall be penalized sternly.”
”Within this exceptional week, the Yutang government shall collect the corpses of any martial artist who have unfortunately met their demise and send the remains to their hometown, to their roots. Any belongings shall not be appropriated!”