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Chapter 11: "Confrontation at the City of Ten Thousand Blossoms"
Chapter 11: "Confrontation at the City of Ten Thousand Blossoms"
Chapter 11: "Confrontation at the City of Ten Thousand Blossoms"
After everyone in the conference room dispersed, Gongsun Lei, the elder of the Sacred Land of Misty Veil, did not return immediately to his peak. He continued to ponder the mysterious letter he received that morning. The letter mentioned a betrayal by someone in the Sacred Land and instructed him to hurry to the City of Ten Thousand Blossoms. Gongsun Lei felt confused and deeply troubled, especially because the letter contained details about the death of his son, which filled him with rage. He was willing to ignore the possibility of it being a trap and set off immediately, having prepared numerous life-saving items, including four Supreme Saint weapons.
An hour later, Gongsun Lei arrived at the City of Ten Thousand Blossoms. He concealed his aura and made his presence as discreet as possible. As he passed by a certain location, he sensed the breath of a disciple from the Sacred Land of Misty Veil. Gongsun Lei used his mental perception to scout the surroundings and found that the disciple was inside a brothel protected by a hidden formation. However, the formation could not block the perception of a grand saint like him.
He sneaked into the brothel. Upon reaching the detectable area in front of a room, he discovered two demon cultivators hiding in the shadows under a flowerpot. Both were saint-level cultivators, but they were instantly killed by Gongsun Lei without realizing it. He took a moment to undo the sealing formation in front of the door, using his expertise on formations learned from his son, who had dreamed of becoming an Emperor of Formations. Remembering his son's face, he was filled with sorrow but quickly pushed aside his emotions to continue breaking the formation and seeking vengeance.
Once he succeeded in breaking the formation, Gongsun Lei hid within it and was confronted with a shocking scene. Inside the room were several women dancing, a handsome young man with a grand saint-level demon cultivator standing behind him, and a young woman seated in the center with three grand saint-level demon cultivators standing behind her. They were discussing the massacre at the Black Tortoise City, which made Gongsun Lei furious, but he managed to control his emotions because it was the place where his son had died.
What shocked Gongsun Lei the most was that the young man was a disciple that Lin Qingyi had recently taken in last year! Gongsun Lei was filled with intense anger that could explode at any moment, knowing that the evidence he found was crucial. He knew that Lin Qingyi loved all her disciples, and without solid evidence, she would not believe him. However, he was afraid to use the spatial ring to collect the evidence because of the high risk with so many grand saints present. He thought of a way to keep the evidence but before he could act, he sensed some movement and attacked immediately with a lightning punch.
Boom! The explosion echoed through the brothel, startling everyone in the vicinity. Gongsun Lei smiled slightly and spoke with a surprised tone:
"Are you the Supreme Elder of the Blood Demon Sacred Land, Yue Qingyou?"
As Gongsun Lei was stunned, he saw Ye Chen looking at him with shock and concern. Gongsun Lei remained calm despite the pressure from the five grand saints and continued to smile as he charged at Ye Chen. The male demon cultivator tried to stop him but failed as the attack did not hit Ye Chen. He was deceived and was only a level 5 grand saint while Gongsun Lei was at level 9.
Yue Qingyou realized the danger and intervened in time, instructing the three female demon cultivators to escort Ye Chen away immediately because she sensed the four saint weapons on Gongsun Lei and knew he was ready to fight to the death. She didn't want to risk losing her capable demon cultivators just to fight Gongsun Lei.
Yue Qingyou told Ye Chen to think of a way to keep him in the Misty Veil to act as a spy because she couldn't hold off the old man if he wanted to leave. But if there was a way to stop him, it would be costly and not worth it. Ye Chen then told Yue Qingyou:
"You must severely injure him. I have a plan!"
Hearing this, Yue Qingyou decided to immediately use the sealing talisman to summon a semi-emperor spirit. Gongsun Lei, seeing the dire situation, knew that fighting both the semi-emperor spirit and several grand saints would be difficult. He took out the photo stone and took a picture before detonating his saint weapons at the semi-emperor spirit to force it to defend against the attack and create a gap for him.
Gongsun Lei summoned the Lightning Horse, his contracted beast, and threw the photo stone into its mouth. He then had the Lightning Horse race toward the Sacred Land of Misty Veil. The explosion of the saint weapon shocked everyone, especially Yue Qingyou, as such explosions were rare and most would not think to use them. She immediately ordered a demon cultivator to follow the horse.
Gongsun Lei was about to attack the male demon cultivator immediately, but Yue Qingyou was ready to defend. Gongsun Lei charged past her, trying to kill Ye Chen again quickly, but Yue Qingyou blocked him in time, laughing and saying:
"As cunning as ever! Old man."
Suddenly, Gongsun Lei changed targets to attack one of the demon girls instead. He used his saint weapon spear to strike her, piercing her heart instantly. Shocked and in severe pain, she used a sealing technique to hold the spear tightly, preventing Gongsun Lei from withdrawing it. Seeing this, Yue Qingyou and the others attacked with their swords in anger.
"Die, you old bastard!"
Before the attack could reach Gongsun Lei, he decided to explode his spear immediately. Smoke filled the city. One demon cultivator died, and two others were severely injured, unable to advance further in the future. Ye Chen was also severely injured but was rescued by Hong Sicao, who used her last bit of strength to escape and fell asleep again.
Yue Qingyou was safe but was frustrated that the semi-emperor spirit had not done much besides defending against Gongsun Lei's saint weapon explosions. She looked at Gongsun Lei, who was severely injured with a severed arm and wounds all over his body, and smiled, saying:
"Is it over now? Time to follow your son to the grave! You old bastard."
As Yue Qingyou attacked with the semi-emperor spirit, Gongsun Lei was about to lose consciousness but managed to take out his saint weapon to explode along with himself, crying out:
"I'm sorry, my son, that I couldn't make your dreams come true. I am a useless father..."
Suddenly, an immense spiritual power erupted from the city. The semi-emperor level power covered the entire area, causing the world to seem to freeze. Gongsun Lei fell unconscious immediately.