Chapter 251: Divine King’s Order (2/2)
A man adorned with silver armor spoke: “The primary ground of the Spirit Treasure Tower is only for the teachers of the tower, no trespassing is allowed. Juniors, leave now.” If it wasn’t for the white robes signifying their studenthood, he would have directly attacked Feng Feiyun and Bi Ningshuai instead of wasting his breath.
Feng Feiyun had been here once, but he had a teacher leading him in back then and didn’t see these armored soldiers protecting the tower.
Another armored guard showed up. These two were quite powerful and gave off an unfathomable and irresistible power.
“I am the successor of the Divine King, here on his order.” Feng Feiyun took out a black insignia token. It was around the size of a palm and weighed 99 pounds with the words “Divine King” engraved on it. An oppressive aura came from it as if the Divine King was here himself.
“Thump! Thump!” Both of the guards put away their spears and kneeled with one knee on the ground: “Hail the Divine King.”
There was only one token like this in the entire world, and it represented the will of the Divine King. It used the same material as the “Divine Seal” of the Jin Emperor and the “Queen’s Order” of the Divine Queen. It had been passed down for thousands of years and contained the untouchable prestige of the royal family. 1
The Divine King’s Insignia weighed 99 pounds; the Divine Seal was 308 pounds; the Queen’s Order was 63 pounds. All of them were created from a rare divine metal that had been used completely. One would be hard-pressed to find the same metal once more in the present.
Although Feng Feiyun had the insignia, he had yet to win its recognition since he was not bestowed the title of Divine King just yet. This meant that he couldn’t carve his own mark on the insignia, and he wouldn’t be able to use the sacred power accumulated from the previous Divine Kings.
Seeing the insignia was akin to seeing the Divine King, so how could these two guards not kneel?
“Seniors, please rise.” Feng Feiyun naturally didn’t dare to act arrogantly and put away the insignia shortly after.
The two guards finally stood up and made way for Feng Feiyun. The Divine King and the Spirit Treasure Tower Lord were both members of the royal family, so it was understandable for the king to send his own disciple to the treasure tower.
Moreover, they knew that Feng Feiyun was once a disciple of the treasure tower. After going through the sixth level of the Immeasurable Tower, he was then taken in as a disciple by the Divine King.
“The Divine King actually gave the insignia to him. It seems like the king truly intends on grooming him to be the successor.” One of the silver guards watched the two youths in white daoist robes disappear into the bamboo forest.
The other guard said with emotion: “One must be undefeated to become the new Divine King. He must accept challenges from all the young lords and trample on countless corpses to reach the peak. It was the same for the current Divine King; his path was one of blood and bones.”
The two of them glanced at each other before sinking into the ground. They were only guards and didn’t dare to comment and overstep their bounds.
After passing through the two guards, the duo saw more tower guards along the way, one stronger than the previous. There was even a character at the half-Giant level blocking their path.
However, after seeing the insignia, the bunch all performed a similar ceremony before retreating into the darkness once more.
“Damn… Brother Feng, can you lend me your insignia to play with for two days?” Bi Ningshuai’s eyes were full of envy after seeing the insignia and kept on glancing at Feng Feiyun.
Feng Feiyun, on the other hand, was very wary of him and hid the insignia in his Boundary Spirit Stone before tightly clasping it. There was no chance for Bi Ningshuai to do anything.
“Are we that familiar?” Feng Feiyun didn’t want to stay close to him. Just a moment of carelessness and even his underwear would be stolen by this thief.
“Of course we are! We are the ‘Dao’ Gate’s heroic duo, there is no place in this world where we don’t dare to steal, nothing we don’t dare to rob. Our names shall echo across the world in the future.” 2
His eyes were fixated on the spatial stone in Feng Feiyun’s palm. A strange glimmer flashed across his pupils for he recognized it.
The Boundary Spirit Stone was ranked 14th among the mysterious gems and was as precious as a Spirit Treasure. It was tempting him quite a bit.
Feng Feiyun held the stone even tighter as he replied: “We are here at the treasure tower. The cloak is hidden on the 81st floor, go and return quickly.”
He stood there coolly as if he had no intention of entering.
“Just me alone?” Bi Ningshuai noticed that Feng Feiyun wasn’t following him, so he stepped back.
“Of course, I’ll stand outside and keep an eye out for you.” Feng Feiyun sat down on a white boulder in the bamboo forest and smiled: “If we are the ‘Dao’ Gate’s heroic duo, then we need to divide our responsibilities clearly. If the tower lord comes back, I’ll immediately inform you.”
‘Your sister!’ Bi Ningshuai wanted to curse. Even though the tower lord was not present, this tower was still full of dangers with as many experts as the clouds in the sky. Sneaking inside and stealing the Cloak of Invisibility was tantamount to pulling chestnuts out of a fire.
If you want to divide the responsibilities clearly, then why don’t you fucking go and I’ll stay guard outside?!
1. Note, Divine Queen should be the emperor’s wife, not the Divine King’s. Divine Empress would make more sense, but I’m not using it for the wife’s position.
2. The “dao” here means “steal”, not “dao” as in “the way”. “We are the “Robbery” Gate — is the intent, but it sounds like Dao Gate.