by <unknown>
Right at this time, a laughter that made people abhor sounded out, the words full of mockery.
The moment White Light saw the arrival, he could not help burning with rage and said with an angry snort, “Zhou Wei, what did you come again for?”
This Zhou Wei was the Martial Tower’s low-level protector, holding a post in the City Lord Manor.
The mission of taking care of Yue Mengli and the rest was handed to him.
Because it was Second Elder personally giving a heads up, the few years at the start, Zhou Wei naturally did not dare to neglect.
But later on, Song Qiyang found him and bought him over.
Therefore, the days of Yue Mengli and the rest became worse day after day.
As time passed, Second Elder was in seclusion all year round, the attention paid to this area naturally lessen.
Even though he already had Lu Yi take care of Li-er and the rest, Lu Yi himself also had to cultivate. Being able to come once every few years was already pretty good.
In the course of time, Zhou Wei’s courage also gradually grew.
Zhou Wei swaggered into the hall and said with a cold smile, “I came to tell you guys this. According to the City Lord Manor’s rules, starting from today, each of you has to pay a tax of 500 thousand divine essence stones every year. If you can’t hand it over, then get out of the inner city for me as soon as possible! Our inner city doesn’t support idle people!”
One person 500 thousand, this was not a small sum.
Even though Ye Yuan left behind quite a bit of divine essence stones for them, paying according to this figure, they could not last for long at all.
The moment White Light heard, he was greatly enraged and howled, “Zhou Wei, don’t bully people too far! Us staying here was Second Elder arranging it personally, you dare to treat us like this?”
Zhou Wei chuckled and said, “It’s important to know your own limitations! If I were you guys, I would have long gotten lost from the inner city myself. Staying here will only bring disgrace on yourselves! Second Elder? Second Elder attends to a myriad of problems every day, so how could he care about you all, these few minor characters?”
Chapter 1604. Returning Domineeringly |
“The few of you are merely ants living under Ye Yuan’s wings! Without Ye Yuan, you guys are nothing!”
Zhou Wei’s words struck the heart one by one, deeply provoking the few people’s self-esteem.
Especially White Light, his anger rushed to his head with a whoosh.
“A scholar prefers death to humiliation! This little lord, I, will risk everything and fight it out with you today!”
White Light’s figure flashed, transforming into a fierce tiger and rushed over toward Zhou Wei.
A hint of an imperceptible smile flashed across the corners of Zhou Wei’s mouth, and he suddenly smacked a palm out.
White Light only felt a burst of power that was strong until it made people despair surround him from all directions.
“Puhwark!”
White Light sprayed out a mouthful of fresh blood, feeling like the bones in his body cracked.
Yue Mengli’s expression changed, hurriedly catching him.
But the immense force directly knocked her flying out too.
Divine Lord Realm powerhouses were too strong!
Zhou Wei looked at this scene coldly and said coolly, “Do you see that? Can’t even receive a single palm from me, and you still dare to say that you all aren’t ants? If not because you all are staying here, you guys would already be dead people now. However … you all can’t stay too long.”
Yue Mengli looked at Zhou Wei and said in a cold voice, “Treating us like this, aren’t you afraid of Second Elder finding out?”
Zhou Wei laughed loudly and said, “Second Elder is currently in seclusion, and his few disciples that are close to Ye Yuan are also all busy right now. When you all are chased out of the inner city and die outside, do you think that Second Elder will kill a protector for a dead man?”
Yue Mengli’s expression changed and she said in a cold voice, “Looks like Head Elder that side finally can’t control the situation any longer!”
Zhou Wei smiled and said, “Therefore, want to live, earn divine essence stones desperately then! Now, hand over our divine essence stones! There are a total of five of you, according to the rules, you have to pay 2.5 million divine essence stones.”
White Light gritted his teeth, wanting to stand up, but he could not do it at all.
Yue Mengli’s gaze was cold and she looked at Zhou Wei and said, “We’ll pay!”
As she said, Yue Mengli took out a storage ring and threw it to Zhou Wei.
By the side, Long Zhan clenched his teeth and said, “Miss Li-er, I … I’ll leave the city today, you all don’t need to pay so many divine essence stones for me!”
Yue Mengli said, “Stop! If you go out of the city now, do you think that you can see tomorrow’s sun?”
Long Zhan could not help choking and gritted his teeth and said, “Long Zhan is merely a lowly life. It was His Excellency who gave me the chance to be reborn! Today, what does it matter if I return my life to His Excellency?”
Yue Mengli’s eyes were firm as she said, “We came together. So wanting to go, we naturally go together too! This kind of word, don’t say anymore in the future.”
Zhou Wei looked at this group of people and said with an amused look, “Looks like each and every one of you is still harboring hopes of getting lucky in your hearts! Those who enter the spatial inheritance, I’ve yet to hear of any who return alive. You guys, just give up on the idea forever! Haha …”
Zhou Wei left with a loud laugh. Everyone was angry until their faces were livid.
But just as Zhou Wei said, leaving Ye Yuan, they were really powerless to contend with these Divine Lord Realm powerhouses!
Actually, when Ye Yuan left, he left them hundreds of millions of divine essence stones.
But after a hundred years, five people’s cultivation expenditure was not small.
Originally, with Second Elder’s support, they could still barely manage to maintain.
But these few years, they were exploited by Zhou Wei. The remaining divine essence stones on hand right now were also merely four to five million.
And today, more than half was gone all at once!
The next time Zhou Wei came again, they could not afford it.
…
Originally thought that Zhou Wei would come again after a year, who knew that he came again after a few days!
“Zhou Wei, the tax that you want us to pay, we’ve already paid. What do you still want?” Li-er’s good-temper also could not quite hold back from erupting anymore.
Zhou Wei smiled and said, “Who told you all that the Heavenly Eagle Imperial City’s tax is just one kind? The one collected last time was headcount tax. But the one collected this time is spiritual energy tax! The inner city’s spiritual energy is ten times of the outer city. You all staying here, your cultivation speed is several times faster than others, could it be that you shouldn’t pay a bit of tax?”
Li-er’s face changed and she said, “How much do you want again this time?”
Zhou Wei smiled and said, “Not a lot, not a lot, two million will suffice!”
“Two million! Why don’t you go and rob us!” Li-er said, denouncing him.
Zhou Wei said coolly, “This is all the City Lord Manor’s rules. If you don’t pay, then sorry, you all might have to move out of the inner city.”
Yue Mengli’s expression flickered incessantly. She really could not take out that many divine essence stones anymore.
She drew a deep breath, seemingly making a very big resolve, and said, “Fine, we’ll move out!”
“No way! Sister-in-law, you stay, we’ll go!” White Light said.
“Elder Sister Li-er, you can’t go!” Lu-er also said.
Li-er said, “You guys don’t need to say anymore, my mind is made up! Everyone pack up, we’ll leave right now!”
Facing Zhou Wei’s reproving, the few people just endured it.
Packing up for a while, and then the few people were just about to head out when suddenly, a burst of powerful aura surged to the sky from the Martial Tower’s direction.
The entire imperial city’s spiritual energy swarmed over frenziedly in the direction of the Martial Tower.
At this time, the spiritual energy in that direction seemed to be drained by a pump. The other directions’ spiritual energy poured over there crazily.
“Mn? What’s going on? Someone is breaking through?” White Light said in surprise.
“Who’s breaking through? To actually be able to create such a terrifying effect?” Long Zhan also revealed a shocked expression.
Zhou Wei’s expression also changed slightly, but he snorted coldly and said, “Whoever breaks through is none of your business! Could it be that it’s Ye Yuan breaking through? Heh heh, this commotion, even a Divine Lord Realm powerhouse likely can’t match up too. Quickly get lost, this place isn’t a place that you all should stay!”
At this moment, the entire imperial city was startled.
This breakthrough was like an enormous pump, frenziedly plundering the spiritual energy in all directions.
“What’s going on? Could it be some elder who broke through?”
“This commotion, even fourth or fifth-layered heaven Divine Lord probably can’t match up too, right?”
“Just who is breaking through, this is also too crazy, right? So much spiritual energy entering the body, even Divine Lord Realm powerhouses will burst too!”
…
Countless martial artists were swarming in the direction of the Martial Tower, wanting to see who it was, causing such a terrifying commotion when breaking through.
Seeing Yue Mengli stalling and not moving, Zhou Wei’s brows furrowed and he said in a solemn voice, “You guys are not leaving yet, could it be that you want this protector to personally send you all out?”
Yue Mengli still did not move. She suddenly opened her mouth and said, “It’s Big Brother Yuan! It’s Big Brother Yuan breaking through! He came back!”
Zhou Wei’s expression changed and he scolded angrily, “What nonsense are you saying?! Ye Yuan already died in the spatial inheritance, so how can he possibly be breaking through? Moreover, can this commotion be an Origin Deity Realm martial artist breaking through?”
Yue Mengli turned and gave Zhou Wei a glance, and said coolly, “Zhou Wei, if it’s really Big Brother Yuan who came back and you still dare to chase us out, you should know the outcome!”
Zhou Wei’s face changed, and his heart involuntarily started racing.
Chapter 1605. The Coldfeather Whose Seniority |
Up high in the sky, spiritual energy surged, forming an enormous vortex.
The terrifying spiritual energy undulation gave people a feeling of heart palpitation.
More and more martial artists gathered here, wanting to see who caused such a big commotion.
“I-Isn’t that Elder Ye?”
“Elder Ye? Which Elder Ye?”
“Which Elder Ye can there be? It’s that Elder Ye who refined the void spirit divine-grade Vastsun Universe Pill a hundred years ago!”
“It really is! He … Didn’t he die inside the inheritance space? Why did he come out now?”
“Are you dumb?! For him to be able to walk out of the Martial Tower, it clearly shows that he has already obtained the spatial inheritance! You look at him, even though he’s still at the Origin Deity Realm, he can already fly in the air!”
“Hiss! He is really terrifying! 100 years passed, everyone virtually forgot his existence. Most likely, no one would have thought that he actually came back! He’s the first to come out of the spatial inheritance!”
…
When the people recognized that it was Ye Yuan, all of them were extremely surprised.
Ever since that predecessor left behind the spatial inheritance, nobody came out from inside before.
However, when everyone thought that Ye Yuan already died inside, he suddenly charged back!
The moment he took the stage, it was heaven-shocking!
It was not that Ye Yuan deliberately caused such a huge commotion, but his law comprehensions improved too much in these 100 years.
As the saying went, water brimmed only to overflow, the spatial inheritance inside the spatial inheritance was too thin. Ye Yuan did not breakthrough at all in these 100 years. It was equivalent to severely suppressing his realm.
But now, the moment he came out, under the stimulation of the abundant spiritual energy of Heavenly Eagle Imperial City’s inner city, he could not control it any longer. He started to directly break through crazily.
Ye Yuan’s divine sea was like a lake that had dried to the extreme already; thirsting to the extreme.
Seeing spiritual energy at this time, it was akin to a good rain after a long drought and started to absorb water frantically.
If it were others, such frenzied absorption of spiritual energy, the meridians within their bodies would have long burst apart.
But Ye Yuan even complained that the spiritual energy was not strong enough, not turbulent enough.
This bit of spiritual energy was not even enough to fill the crevices between his teeth!
Very soon, the Pill Tower’s and Martial Tower’s upper echelons were alarmed.
Ruo Xu looked at that figure in the sky, his expression ugly to the extreme.
How can it be?! How is it possible?! He clearly already died inside the spatial inheritance, why would he show up here? Why?! Ruo Xu shouted frantically in his heart.
News of Ye Yuan’s return was absolutely like a thunderclap from a clear sky to him!
An Alchemy Dao powerhouse who could refine void spirit divine-grade, replacing him in the future was virtually a sure thing.
He did not wish for this kind of thing to happen to him.
Not far away, the elders were incomparably amazed.
“It’s really Elder Ye! He came out of the Martial Tower! Could it be that he has already understood spatial laws? This talent is a little too monstrous, right?”
“Isn’t that so! His Alchemy Dao talent is already formidable until it makes people despair in the first place. Didn’t expect that his martial arts talent is actually so terrifying too.”
“The inheritance of spatial laws is what nobody has ever successfully comprehended before. He actually succeeded, truly inconceivable!”
“Mn? Who is that? So unfamiliar!”
Suddenly an elder noticed a black-robed person below the Martial Tower.
The black-robed person had his gaze fixed on the Ye Yuan in the sky, his gaze flicking incessantly. No one could guess what he was thinking.
Suddenly, someone came forward and berated, “Who are you? Don’t you know that this place is the Martial Tower’s restricted area? Arbitrarily barging into the Martial Tower’s restricted area, do you know what crime that is?”
Coldfeather’s brows furrowed and suddenly threw a slap out like lightning.
That person laughed coldly and was just about to make a move to block when Coldfeather’s slap disappeared bizarrely.
Slap!
This slap directly sent the other party flying!
“Who the hell do you think you are, to also dare shout and wrangle at this seat?” Coldfeather said in a cold voice.
Lin Dong held half of his face, his eyes filled with fear.
Originally, when he saw Ye Yuan returning, he was incomparably irritated in his heart.
At this time, he just happened to see Coldfeather, this person whose background was unknown. Hence, he wanted to find the other party to vent his frustration.
He reckoned that his strength was
about the same as the other party. If really getting into a fight, it might be able to interrupt Ye Yuan’s breakthrough.
But he never dreamed that the other party’s strength was actually so formidable, sending him flying with one slap.
Lin Dong was incomparably astonished in his heart. That slap just now was absolutely spatial laws!
Why did this person of unknown origins also know spatial laws?
“You … You made a move in the Martial Tower! Today, you can forget about walking out of the Martial Tower!” Lin Dong said furiously.
The commotion here drew the attention of quite a few powerhouses. An old man’s gaze turned intent and he carefully sized Coldfeather up.
He kept feeling that this face was rather familiar.
Coldfeather gave Lin Dong a glance and could not even be bothered with him.
That old man’s face suddenly changed and he walked over to this side.
Lin Dong seemed to have detected the old man’s movements and could not help being overjoyed. Looking at Coldfeather, he said with a cold smile, “Who asked you to be wild?! Now, even Head Elder is startled, I see how you die!”
Coldfeather’s gaze also looked over towards that old man, his face revealing a ruminating look.
Lin Dong hurriedly went up to greet, bowing to that old man and said, “Head Elder, this fellow’s origin is unknown and he actually even dared to attack and injure people; having no respect for our Martial Tower at all!”
This old man was none other than precisely the Martial Tower’s head elder, Zheng Qi.
Zheng Qi waved his hand at Lin Dong, indicating for him to not be wordy. Then he gave a bow to Coldfeather and said, “Dare I ask, could your esteemed self be … Coldfeather, Grandmaster Coldfeather[1]?”
Coldfeather was rather surprised as he said, “Mn? You know me?”
When Zheng Qi saw the other party acknowledged it, he could not help being overjoyed and bowed down deeply towards Coldfeather and said, “I didn’t expect that it’s really Grandmaster Coldfeather! I am Grandpupil Zheng Qi, my master is Wu Xingtang!”
Coldfeather revealed a look of surprise and said in amazement, “You’re Xingtang’s disciple? Looking at your strength, you’re currently the Martial Tower’s head elder?”