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The three onlookers felt a chill run down their spines. More importantly, Yao Ruoxian's expression was unbearable.
"Hey, old demon. When are you going to refine this?" Miao Yi asked.
Yao Ruoxian was in a good mood. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! I'm a man of my word. Since I've promised, I'll do it. It's not like it'll be ready in a short time. What's the rush? "
As soon as he said this, Charcoal suddenly sneezed. His eyes were a little hazy, and he tried his best to open them. However, they soon drooped down, and he began to sway around as if he were drunk. Fortunately, this wasn't the first time they had seen this, so they weren't too surprised. They all knew that this was the effect of eating Yao Cores.
It staggered to a nearby pavilion, and its four hooves went limp as it lay on the ground. Its body curled up, and its heavy breathing sounded like thunder.
There was still a large pile of unfinished Yao Cores on the ground. Yao Ruoxian waved his sleeves and collected them all. He then walked into the pavilion with his hands behind his back and circled around Charcoal, as if he couldn't get tired of looking at him.
On the long bridge, Yan Xiu hurried over. They were the only ones in the entire Raincloud Manor who could come to this island. Yan Xiu had met Yao Ruoxian before. When he saw Yao Ruoxian, he cupped his fists from afar, then quickly walked up to Miao Yi and handed him a jade archive. "Milord, Suppressing Tenth Hall has sent you a letter."
Miao Yi took the archive and read it. There was no other content. He was summoned to Suppressing Tenth Hall immediately.
He didn't even need to guess to know why he was summoned to Suppressing Tenth Hall! Miao Yi scoffed, "What's coming has come. How fast! Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei must have received a copy as well. Yan Xiu, inform Mu Tailai and Hu Defu to accompany me. " He glanced at the snoozing Charcoal in the pavilion. He had eaten a few hundred First Grade Yao Cores in one go. Who knew how long this bastard would sleep for? He then added, "Also, find me a mount!"
"Understood!" Yan Xiu acknowledged and quickly left.
"Milord! Let's go together, "Qian'Er and Xue'Er pleaded.
"No need!" Miao Yi waved his hand. He knew what the two of them were worried about, so he smiled and said, "I'll be fine. Since I dared to do it, I knew the consequences. We were just brought here by Granny Tao from the Overlord, so it's understandable that we aren't familiar with the situation. If the higher-ups don't give us any chances, we'll deal with the three Manor Heads that Mu Fanjun promised. Everyone had to weigh whether it was suitable or not. Don't worry. This time, I can just find a random reason to get away with it. At most, I'll lose a bit of HP. However, I won't be so lucky next time. But it doesn't matter. When he came back, he was prepared to be a coward! "
As he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a group of tiny mantids on a distant tree flew over. They circled around him once, before flying back to the pavilion and buzzing their wings around Yao Ruoxian.
Yao Ruoxian was stunned for a moment. Then, he immediately danced with joy. He hurriedly threw out a pile of Yao Cores, and only then did he manage to calm down the group of tiny mantids.
Miao Yi had already strode away by himself. When he reached the bridge over the lake, he turned around to look. Looking at the flames that were still burning by the lake, a hint of determination flashed across his eyes. Then, he turned around and strode away.
When he arrived outside the official residence, Advisor Mu Tailai and Hu Defu were already waiting with a dragon steed each. Yan Xiu had also prepared a mount and was waiting for him. Miao Yi leaped onto the dragon steed Yan Xiu had brought over.
The dragon steed was clearly still a little unaccustomed to its new master. Miao Yi grabbed onto its whiskers and familiarized himself with it for a while, then galloped away. Mu Tailai and Hu Defu leaped onto their steeds and chased after him.
Three steeds, one in front and two at the back, followed closely behind. Along the way, Miao Yi called for two people to ride alongside him and interrogated them about their current situation.
The three of them left Raincloud Manor and didn't stop at Mulberry Cloud Manor. After leaving Mulberry Cloud Manor, they met up with Sikong Wuwei, who was also waiting with two subordinates, at the fork in the road leading to Suppressing Tenth Hall.
Just as expected. Sikong Wuwei had also received an official decree summoning him. He also guessed that Miao Yi and Zhao Fei would be involved, so he waited here.
Zhao Fei hadn't arrived yet, but the two of them weren't in a hurry to leave. Instead, they continued to wait. After waiting for almost half a day, they saw Zhao Fei and his two subordinates galloping towards them.
As the sun set and the moon rose, the sky was once again bathed in the glow of dawn. The next afternoon, the three Manor Heads finally arrived at Suppressing Tenth Hall. None of them were in a hurry to meet with the Hall Master. Instead, they went to pay a visit to Advisor Xu Jinsong.
Xu Jinsong sat on his chair with a dark expression on his face. His handmaidens stood on either side of him, showing no intention of serving tea or inviting the three Manor Heads to take a seat.
The three Manor Heads stood in a row in the middle of the hall. Xu Jinsong swept his cold gaze across their faces.
'Bang!' Suddenly, he slammed the tea table and stood up, shouting angrily, "How dare you three! Do you even have any respect for me?! "
The three of them cupped their fists and said, "Please calm down, Advisor!"
"Calm down?" Xu Jinsong sneered, "Let me ask you this. Did the three of you work together to kill every single person in Tranquil Sun Manor?"
Zhao Fei cupped his fists and said, "Advisor, we were forced to do so. Chang Zijiu saw that we had only just arrived, and yet he dared to incite a rebellion among our subordinates. We had no choice but to attack him. Pure Dream Manor's Manor Head, Xu Huihuang, can testify to this!"
"What a load of lies! Nonsense! Do you take me for a fool?! " Xu Jinsong said angrily, "I finally understand why the three of you chose to surround Tranquil Sun Manor in the middle of your territory back then. So it turns out you already had a plan in mind! Let me ask you this. Ever since Chang Zijiu stepped into the cultivation realm, he has never left Traversing Water Palace's territory. The people here aren't willing to go out and cause trouble either. If I'm not mistaken, he hasn't even met the three of you before. What kind of grudge do you have against him? Why are you so determined to kill him?! "
Miao Yi cupped his fists and said, "We have no grudges! Now that things have come to this, we won't hide anything anymore. We simply have our eyes on his territory, and the three of us are prepared to divide it among ourselves. Regardless of how long Tranquil Sun Manor has been guarding it for, we will still make our move. "
"…" Xu Jinsong's expression froze as he stared at the three of them with widened eyes.
Then, Sikong Wuwei cupped his fists and said, "Rest assured, Advisor! From now on, Tranquil Sun Manor will provide you with a great deal of filial piety. I hope that you will put in a good word for us in front of the Hall Master! "
"Filial piety my ass!" Xu Jinsong said angrily, "Chang Zijiu is one of my men. The ones you killed are my men!" The meaning behind his words was clear. 'Even if you hadn't attacked Tranquil Sun Manor, Tranquil Sun Manor would still have provided me with a great deal of filial piety. Now that you've killed the man under my protection, how can I accept this?!'
'If we didn't know that Chang Zijiu was one of your men, we wouldn't have come looking for you in the first place!' The three of them added in their minds.
Zhao Fei said in surprise, "This … We've only just arrived here. We really didn't know about this."
Miao Yi continued, "Don't worry, Advisor! Attacking Tranquil Sun Manor is only the first step in our plan. The three of us have observed the strength of the surrounding Manors and found that they couldn't even withstand a single blow. Later on, the three of us will wipe out the other Manors. When that time comes, all the tributes from all the Manors in Suppressing Tenth Hall will belong to you, Milord. "What he was implying was that the loss of Tranquil Sun Manor was insignificant.
'Heavens!' Xu Jinsong was shocked. 'Have these three gone mad? It seems like attacking Tranquil Sun Manor is only the appetizer. The main show will be the destruction of the other six Manors! '
The handmaidens by his side were also stunned. To them, war was something very far away from them. This was already a huge shock to them. 'There's an even bigger one to come!'
Sikong Wuwei continued, "If Milord is willing, once the three of us raise our cultivation, we are willing to work together to push Milord onto the throne of Hall Master!"
His voice was loud and clear. How could he possibly say something like this out loud? What would happen if word of this got out? Xu Jinsong was frightened out of his wits. Flustered, he said, "All of you, shut up!" He then turned to the handmaidens by his side and said, "You two, stand guard outside!"
When the two handmaidens walked past the three of them, they looked at them as though they were looking at monsters.
Xu Jinsong looked at the three of them as though they were monsters as well. Then, he suddenly remembered that these three had come from outside Traversing Water Palace. The outside seemed to be different from Traversing Water Palace's territory, as though they were constantly fighting.
'Damn it! They've only just arrived, and they're already planning to wipe out all the Manors in Suppressing Tenth Hall? Isn't the territory of the other palaces a little too scary?! '
Xu Jinsong gritted his teeth and said, "I'll pretend I've never heard such disgraceful words. You guys better keep it to yourselves. Don't ever mention it again! I'm warning you. Suppressing Tenth Hall doesn't do things like taking over territory. No matter how much territory you claim, you'll have to give it up in the end! "
Zhao Fei asked in surprise, "Why is that? Which territory in the entire Celestial Nation doesn't belong to those who are capable? We only chose this place because we heard that the cultivators in Traversing Water Palace aren't good at fighting! "
Xu Jinsong's expression twitched. 'I was wondering why these three guys chose this place out of all the good places. It looks like they saw that the people here are easy to bully, so they purposely came here to look for a shortcut to climb up. 'How preposterous! I'll definitely teach you a lesson when I get the chance …' But then again, he realized that there was probably no one in all ten Manors of Suppressing Tenth Hall who could be a match for these three. The battle at Tranquil Sun Manor had probably frightened the other six Manors out of their wits. It was already a blessing that these three didn't provoke anyone else. Who would dare to provoke them? Where would they find an opponent to teach them a lesson?
"Enough with the nonsense! I don't even need to tell you about it later. You'll slowly come to understand what's going on. If you still dare to say something like that then … I'll give it to you then! " Xu Jinsong changed the topic and suddenly scoffed, "I heard that after you left my place, you went to visit Advisor Ji Ze and Advisor Huang Jizhang. Did you have a good chat?"
The three of them grumbled in their hearts. 'You can't play hard, but you're so good at playing dirty. Who can you scare if your fists aren't hard?'
"The other two Advisors are only here to deal with the situation. Otherwise, we wouldn't have come to see you first every time. The order of who comes first and who comes last is already clear. I'm sure everyone else knows this as well!" Miao Yi said earnestly.
'That makes sense. You guys come to my place first every time. Can't you tell who these three guys are?' Xu Jinsong's expression softened a little. "I can't possibly let you three divide Tranquil Sun Manor. Even if I agree, the others won't. I don't blame you for not knowing the situation as you've just arrived. But if you do this, who knows who will take over Tranquil Sun Manor? Who's going to compensate me for this loss? "
Miao Yi was able to make it this far with his low cultivation, while Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei were able to climb up to the position of Manor Head before going to the Sea of Constellations. Naturally, the three of them weren't fools. As soon as they heard Xu Jinsong's words, they knew that the three of them were rich after coming back from the Sea of Constellations, so they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity!
However, the three of them were still pretending to be fools. Sikong Wuwei loudly said, "The three of us are following the Advisors. Naturally, the territory we've conquered belongs to us."
Xu Jinsong sneered, "Easy for you to say. Do you really think the Hall Master and the other two Advisors are just decorations? There are plenty of people out there who want it! "
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