Chapter 35 Yunfeng Prefecture (1/2)

“Young Master, you should have killed him,” Fu said to Zhou Donghuang as he entered the cabin.

“Are you worried that… leaving a witness will alert the Li family of the prefecture capital that I have killed Li Pingyun and Li Yan?”

Zhou Donghuang, who was about to start practicing, shook his head with a smile at Fu’s statement.

“Yes,” Fu admitted. He continued in a voice full of dread, “Young Master, the Li family of the prefecture capital is a preeminent family after all… it is said that they have two level-four adepts.”

Fu’s voice became glum as he spoke.

“Fu,” Zhou Donghuang said nonchalantly, “remember this… if I was afraid of the Li family, I would not have maimed that man from the Li family that day at Yunxuan Restaurant, and I would not have killed Li Pingyun and Li Yan today.”

So what if the Li family was a preeminent family?

If they riled him enough, he had no compunction about wiping them off the face of the planet!

“Anger a lord, and thousands will die” was a well-known proverb in the country.

There was a similar proverb that was known throughout the universe: “Anger a supreme lord, and millions die.”

Zhou Donghuang had been a supreme lord in his previous life.

Moreover, he had been one of the most powerful supreme lords and had been within touching distance of the Deity’s Tribulation stage.

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The rest of the journey over the next few days was smooth and uneventful.

After four days of traveling and resting, Fu drove the carriage drawn by the ferghana horse into the prefecture capital as dusk fell. It was the eighth day of the first month of the year 1228 in the Ziyun Era.

Qingshan town was located in Yunfeng prefecture, and now they entered the prefecture capital of Yunfeng prefecture. Yunfeng prefecture was an inferior-level prefecture.

Within the country of Yunyang, there was only one imperial city under the direct control of the Imperial Court, and it was the largest city in the country of Yunyang.

The imperial city of the country of Yunyang controlled the entire country.

The country of Yunyang was further divided into nine kingdoms which were located around the imperial city like stars gathered around the moon.

Each kingdom was controlled by a king. Each kingdom controlled by a king contained many prefectures which likewise surrounded the royal city. The royal city was the city directly controlled by the king’s household.

Prefectures were classified as superior-level, intermediate-level, or inferior-level prefectures. The closest prefectures to the royal city were superior-level prefectures, those a little further away were intermediate-level prefectures, and those at the border regions of the prefecture were almost all inferior-level prefectures.

The closer a place was to the heart of the kingdom, the more prosperous and busier it was.

Therefore, an inferior-level prefecture would not be as prosperous as an intermediate-level prefecture, and likewise for an intermediate-level prefecture compared to a superior-level prefecture.

The prefecture that Qingshan town was located in was only an inferior-level prefecture situated near the border of a kingdom in the country of Yunyang. It was considered extremely remote.

Previously, as far as Zhou Donghuang could remember, the furthest he had ever been was the area around Qingshan town. He had never been to the prefecture capital of this inferior-level prefecture.

This was the first time he was visiting the prefecture capital of Yunfeng prefecture.

Even the prefecture capital of an inferior-level prefecture is so busy and prosperous… an intermediate-level prefecture and a superior-level prefecture, and even the royal city and the imperial city must be far more prosperous.

Although night had fallen, Zhou Donghuang was still able to see the unceasing flow of traffic through the open curtains. Vendors hawked their wares all over, creating a constant cacophony. It was much busier than Qingshan town.

“Fu, find an inn for us to stay the night,” Zhou Donghuang instructed Fu.

“Yes, Young Master.”

At Fu’s reply, Zhou Donghuang began muttering to himself as he sat in the cabin, “My level of practice is almost at the level of level-two of Qi-gathering… tonight, I’ll take this opportunity to breakthrough!”

That night in the inn that Fu had found to rest in, Zhou Donghuang smoothly broke through to level-two of Qi-gathering. This implied that he could exert a force equal to the strength of two bulls using only his qi.

Now, if he encountered someone with a similar ability to the ninth elder of the Li family Li Yan… Zhou Donghuang could kill him with a single blow even without using any techniques!

Zhou Donghuang’s eyes gleamed.

Zhou Donghuang did not resume practicing, but instead leaned on the window with the shutters open, watching the stars in the night sky.

Fifteen minutes passed before Zhou Donghuang emerged from his reverie with a sigh.

Without realizing it, I’ve been back for almost a month.