Chapter 126 - Mesa the Wedding Crasher (1/2)
Dawn had just arrived, and the Blue Wind Imperial City was already rowdy everywhere. Streets of various sizes were all filled with the masses, lifting their heads and looking into the distance. Because today, was the day for the Imperial Family's only princess to be wed. And at this moment, the bridal escort party of Burning Heaven Clan had already entered the city gate, and was parading forth toward the Blue Wind Imperial Palace.
With a smile on his face, Fen Juecheng rode on top of an enormous chariot pulled forth by seven horses and looking forward with his smug, arrogant face. Behind him, was a huge eight poled palanquin carved with dancing phoenixes of fire. Around them, more than 2000 Burning Heaven Clan disciples wearing flame-red clothing forming a long rank. Looking from a high place, they were like a red snake that moved slowly toward the Imperial Palace. All of these Burning Heaven Clan disciples had been meticulously selected, and every single one of them was extraordinary. Even the weakest ones were at the Spirit Profound Realm. Ones with high profound strength, were already at the mid Earth Profound Realm. This kind of lineup, was extremely rare even in the entire Blue Wind Empire, and could even be deemed as frightening. Clearly, Burning Heaven Clan who had lost a great deal of face because of their humiliation and loss of many Elders in the Ranking Tournament. In light of that, they pulled out all the stops to take advantage of this chance of being the princess's bridal escort, and once again display the prowess of the Burning Heaven Clan to the world.
In accordance to custom, Fen Juecheng's father, Fen Duanhun, would not come along, but the elder level experts that came along, not one didn't inspire awe throughout the land. After the loss of the Elders during the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, the Burning Heaven Clan pulled out all the stops and didn't spare any expense to recuperate their losses. And after more than a year of hard diligent work, they had one again nurtured Sky Profound Realm Elders. And for this bridal procession, eight Elders came along. The two leading Elders that came along at the later ranks of Sky Profound Realm, and were two of Burning Heaven Clan's ten strongest experts. These eight people wore flame red clothing that were even more eye-catching, and floated evenly dispersed in the air space above the bridal procession. They emitted a kind of imposing air that made everyone's heart there skip a beat. Even from far away, it made one feel an almost suffocating pressure.
”Look! The bridal procession of the Burning Heaven Clan is here!”
Following this shout, the crowd started to stir. Everyone stood on their toes, and looked toward the Burning Heaven Clan's bridal procession that got closer. After some… (A.N.: blah-blah-blah exclamation by the public blah-blah-blah notice me Young Master Fen Juecheng senpai! Blah-blah-blah Sky Profound Realm Elders blah-blah-blah Profound Floating Technique blah-blah-blah and all that shit that the author was very much not in the mood for to write. Let's just shorten it to the Burning Heaven Clan arriving at the Blue Wind Palace and we'll take it from there, because let's be honest. All of your pity wells for Young Master Fen Juecheng/ Shinji is pretty much scr.a.p.ed dry or non-existent in the first place and you want to see him get bitch slapped by the MC and show Shinji his place on the pecking order.)
Amidst the crowd's on looking and whispering, the Burning Heaven Clan's bridal procession came closer and closer. At exactly noon, they arrived before Blue Wind Imperial Palace's palace gates. After going through simple conversations, the bridal procession continued forward toward the Moon Embracing Palace that Princess Cang Yue resided in, as gongs and drums sounded.
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Back to the night before.
After an especially hot and steaming round of passionate s.e.x, Cang Yue and Mesa were lying on the bed, exhausted and panting like crazy, covered in sweat.
”Tomorrow is the day. Finally!” Said Cang Yue excitedly.
”Yes. Indeed. Tomorrow is the day!” Said Mesa excitedly as well, before turning to her and asking: ”Is that why you were so wild just now?”
”What? Are you saying you didn't like that?” Said Cang Yue teasingly.
”Hey. Don't put words in my mouth. It was nice surprise seeing you so wild for a change.” Said Mesa.
”Good”. Said Cang Yue as she grabbed and started Mesa's c.o.c.k again until he was rock hard: ”Then you make sure you're here tomorrow by 12 p.m. and whisk me away from that sham of a wedding. And I will make sure I have that flower safe and out of reach from Fen Juecheng's hands.” And then she straddled him and once again they started another passionate round of hot s.e.x.
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The next morning.
Mesa teleported into the cavern underneath the Sword Management Terrace, where Yun Canghai and Yun Che were sealed away. Due to suddenly appearing there, both of them were startled quite a bit, but Mesa didn't bother with that and immediately announced the good news to them: ”Good news you two, today is the day that you get out of this hellhole.”
And surprise, surprise. They immediately jumped at the opportunity to leave that place forever. Taking out the Rule Breaker from the Gate of Babylon, Mesa stabbed Yun Canghai in the chest. And with a bright flash of light, his life force was separated from the Heaven's Might Soul Suppressing Formation.
Feeling himself finally being separated from that accursed Heaven's Might Soul Suppressing Formation, Yun Canghai was overjoyed and tearfully embraced Mesa and profusely thanked him for finally freeing him from his nightmare.
After a minute, he finally let him go and asked where they would hide in the meantime. With a smirk on his face, he placed his hand on Yun Canghai's shoulder and warped him into Kamui's pocket dimension. Yun Che who saw this happen, didn't know what just happened. But before he could even process this, Mesa had arrived in front of him and warped him into Kamui's pocket dimension as well.
Looking up at the giant Heaven's Punishment Sword that sealed this place up, Mesa casually cracked his knuckles and with a quake bubble around his fist, he jumped up and with a single blow, blew the top right off.
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Meanwhile. Outside the Heaven's Might Soul Suppressing Formation on the Sword Management Terrace.
Ling Jie had gotten up early and was practicing his swordsmanship with his Celestial Yang Sword. During his practice, he suddenly heard a rumbling noise and felt the ground tremble. A moment later, the Heaven's Punishment Sword is blown away. And out of the smoke, a black silhouette flies out and lands in front of him.
”You…” Ling Jie a step back, and subconsciously held the Celestial Yang Sword in front of him. After looking at this silhouette, his eyes suddenly go wide upon seeing who stood in front of him: ”B… boss!!”
”Ahh Ling Jie. It's good to see you again. It's been a while, hasn't it? How have you been doing these past few months?” Said Mesa nonchalantly as if he just came back from a long vacation.
”Boss, y-y-you… you didn't die?! You're still alive!” Said Ling Jie excitedly.
”Of course I am still alive! It takes much more than some pathetic 'demon' to kill me, you know!” Said Mesa smugly.
And so they caught up with each other. They talked about what happened in the meantime whilst they were apart. The feats that Mesa did during the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament had become stuff of legend in the Blue Wind Empire. He was now regarded as the crème de la crème of all the younger generation. Some have even put him above the older generation when they took Ryujin Jakka, Mjolnir and the Boosted Gear into consideration. And he did all this without any backing and had even drawn the ire of some the Four Major Sects and still stood defiantly in their faces without backing down.
Mesa was now putting out a strength level of level 10 Earth Profound Realm. And Ling Jie was flabbergasted at his progress. When he went in, he had no Profound strength left. And now, he is at level 10 Earth Profound Realm.
”Yeah, I have been gone for a while now. But can you tell me how Cang Yue has been doing?” Asked Mesa.
When he mentioned Princess Cang Yue, Ling Jie's expression stiffened. All of his excitement had also cooled off. The sudden change of expression didn't go by Mesa and he promptly asked: ”What? What happened with her?”
Ling Jie drew a breath of air, and said evasively: ”Boss, there is something… uh… after I say it, you must not get angry… it definitely wasn't Princess Sis's real intention… uh… Princess Sis… she… she… she's about to marry… Fen Juecheng…”
Contrary to his expectation, Mesa stood there calmly. But looking at his expression, one could see anything but calmness. What was visible in his eyes was rage. And so, he asked in a calm, but ominous tone of voice: ”Tell me Ling Jie. When are they gonna marry and where?”
His calm tone of voice made Ling Jie back drench with cold sweat. So with hesitation, he replied: ”Burning Heaven Clan's bridal procession is already headed towards the Imperial City to escort the bride to the Burning Heaven Clan to be married at Burning Heaven Clan's Fiery Sun Hall. They will arrive at noon at the latest.”