True Martial World - Chapter 213: Rookie Rankings

Ever since Yi Yun broke the record, he led a quiet life. He still went to the herb mountain #60 to pick herbs, and to practice the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

Yi Yun passed his thirteenth birthday during this period. Although his face still looked a bit childish, but after practicing martial arts for some time now, his body had begun to slowly grow. He was now a handsome young man.

It was still ten days away from the rookie rankings competition!

Yi Yun had complete control over his Radiant Sun Qi. He had also completed his foundation in the first level of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

"Yi Yun, the rookie competition's rankings are out!"

When Yi Yun was eating dinner, Song Zijun and Zhou Kui came to find him.

Song Zijun and Zhou Kui could be considered to be under the same tutelage as Yi Yun. All of them came from the Jing state and the nearby states, together with Baldy Qin, to the Tai Ah Divine City. Although Zhou Kui and Yi Yun had some falling out and competition earlier, it was now a thing of the past. After the Hongdao Association singled out Yi Yun, Zhou Kui felt conscience-stricken. Besides, during the rookie ranking competition, they would be part of the same team; hence, their relations had to be closer, and they had to help one another.

"Oh? What rankings are you talking about?" Yi Yun raised his head without understanding much.

"The rookies' rankings. Before the rookie competition, all of us rookies will be given an approximate ranking. Later, we will be fighting according to our ranks. The people ranked towards the back can challenge the people ranked in the front, and the people ranked in front cannot refuse the challenge. Of course, both sides have to place a bet."

"In contrast, the people in front can also challenge the people at the back, but the opposite party can refuse. And there's not much benefit to it; hence, that seldom happens.” Zhou Kui explained. He had been looking at the rookie rankings for a long time. He had always wanted to know what his ranking would be. Although this ranking was decided by the Tai Ah Divine City's administration and was not a complete reflection of a person's strength, it also decided on a person's potential. It was also a matter of face.

Anyone would wish for their rank to be high, despite the fact that being ranked higher meant they had to fight more.

"Oh, so it's that ranking. What's my ranking?"

Yi Yun carried on eating his meat, clearly uninterested in the rankings.

When Song Zijun and Zhou Kui saw Yi Yun's behavior, they were speechless. This Yi Yun was too magnanimous. Did he not know how many people were eyeing him!

"Your ranking is 10,003." Zhou Kui looked at Yi Yun with sympathy.

"10,003? What does it mean?" Yi Yun did not understand immediately.

"Actually it means third place. According to rules, the rookie rankings competition will begin from 10,000 onwards. The first place will be 10,001, second 10,002, so you are in third place!"

The elites in the Divine Kingdom would train in the Tai Ah Divine City for six consecutive years. Each batch was approximately 2000 people. Counting the sum of the first five batches, it typically exceeded 10,000. With the rookies' first place starting from 10,000 onwards, some veterans will end up being interspersed among the rankings past 10,000.

For the veterans to be ranked among the recruits, it was a very shameful thing to them.

"Third place...This ranking is pretty good." Yi Yun was very pleased, but he knew that his earned dragon scale runes accounted largely to the rankings. His dragon scale runes earnings were definitely first in the Tai Ah Divine City amongst the rookies. As a result, being third place was reasonable.

Hearing Yi Yun's words, Song Zijun and Zhou Kui were speechless. Being third place was just "pretty good"?

Also, did Yi Yun not know what he was facing? Fire was burning at his doorstep, yet he was eating his meat delightfully!

Zhou Kui said, "Yi Yun, do you know what my ranking is?"

"Oh? What is it?" Yi Yun asked.

"11,523! This is the overall ranking. If it's just among the 2000 rookies, I'm approximately ranked around 1100. The additional 400 people are the veterans who did not enter the top 10,000."

"In the past three months of rookie training, I had given my all, and only barely entered the middle ranks. Brother Zijun and some of my Xuanwu Army brothers are ranked even further back."

"Many of those who entered the first 1000 are from the Zhong state, the imperial city or reclusive family clans. Many reputable and ridiculous people are all ranked behind you!"

Zhou Kui explained to Yi Yun what it meant to be ranked third.

Ignoring the reclusive family clans that could probably match the royal family, just the family clans in the imperial city were far from what the Jing state family clans could match.

As the saying goes, "You don't know how small your title is until you go to the capital". Nobles in the Divine Kingdom's imperial city may be in charge of some tiny offices and their fiefs may not be big, but when compared to other local places, they could be in charge of a middle-sized city!

Of course, the local family clans had no way of competing with the imperial city for resources and bloodlines.

Those with strong bloodlines and a strong family clan foundation would often move closer to the imperial city. Ignoring the imperial city's resources, just from the fact that their younger generations could marry the members from the imperial city's large family clans made their own family clan's bloodline better.

"Brother Yi, you sure became a bigwig. I know a brother whose father is a marquis. He's considered pretty good within his family clan, but he's only ranked around 200 amongst the rookies. Also, there are two grandsons of the Xuanwu Army's Marshal who is in the same batch as us. Their rankings are around 300. Now do you know what it means to be ranked third..."

"I see..." Yi Yun wiped the oil off his mouth. It sounded really exaggerated.

There were too many family clans in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. Every family clan had a huge number of sons and grandsons. Not only was it difficult to charge up the Tai Ah Divine City's overall rankings, even to rank high among the 2000 over rookies was not an easy task.

"That's why! Many people are eyeing you! And the two people ahead of you, one of them is Qiuniu, and the other is Chu Xiaoran! One of them was born with supernatural strength, and the other has extraordinary perceptivity! You may not know that when many of us were doing odd jobs, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran already went into the Divine Wilderness to hunt desolate beasts. They even have a ranking on the Heaven roll of honor now! That is why they are ranked first and second!"

"Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran are taking this opportunity to charge up the Earth rankings. I have no idea how far they will go. They might even reach the 3000-4000 ranking!"

After the rookie rankings were decided, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran who were at the top could be challenged by others behind them, but at the same time, they had the right to challenge more senior cultivators in the rankings ahead of them.

Challenging someone also meant betting. To see how far they could go, it depended on their own skills.

Baldy Qin had previously said that whichever rookie could enter the top 1000 of the Heaven or Earth roll within a year would receive the attention of various large factions in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

Yi Yun and his batch of rookies had entered the Tai Ah Divine City three months ago. If he wanted to enter the top 1000 within a year, then entering the top 3000-4000 now would not be considered too great an exaggeration!

"Qiuniu, Chu Xiaoran..." Yi Yun pondered slightly. These two people had the capability to enter the Divine Wilderness to hunt desolate beasts while others were doing odd jobs. Indeed, they had the ability, or they would not be ranked first and second.

Yi Yun did not know how far he could rise up the Earth ranking at that moment.

"Brother Yi, nobody dares to touch Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran. So now, everybody is eyeing you. You have become extremely famous among the rookies in the Tai Ah Divine City! Everyone knows that you are overflowing with wealth. And according to the rules, you were ranked third largely not due to your strength. It was all due to you earning too many dragon scale runes. You picking the primordial herb and breaking the herb-picking record have made many people jealous!"

"Many people are disgruntled by the fact that you are ranked so far ahead. With your wealth, many people are eyeing it and want to take a bite off your flesh, and that doesn't only include the Hongdao Association!"

"But the Hongdao Association has already made it clear that no one is to challenge you without their permission. If anyone does so, they would be snatching business from the Hongdao Association, and the Hongdao Association will make sure to get even with them, so this has discouraged many. It could be said to be a blessing in disguise..."

Song Zijun said with a wry smile. Clearly, the words "blessing in disguise" was satirical.

When Yi Yun heard this, he rubbed his chin, "Snatching business? Using this term means they are treating me as fish meat put onto a cutting board."

Zhou Kui said, "Brother Yi, the first round of registrations for the battles are beginning soon. Each day is limited to 12 battles. Your nameplate has been eyed by many, so they would all begin snatching for it at the beginning. You will likely have to fight 12 matches a day for three consecutive days!"

"You might not know, but the Hongdao Association have even begun taking bets on how many matches you can last. I think the first few opponents will be the Hongdao Association's Four Bully Lords. They are ranked in the top few hundred amongst the rookies. While I was forging, I met one of them. Their reputation in the capital is much greater than mine."

"Four Bully Lords?"

Yi Yun thought about the rare tall, short, fat, thin combination he saw in the pawnshop. These guys were at least nice, to pawn all their assets to gamble with him.

"Brother Yi, I bought the bet that you can complete more than ten rounds."

Song Zijun patted Yi Yun on the shoulder as he said that to show his support.

Actually, Song Zijun, Zhou Kui and the youths that came with them from the Jing state knew Yi Yun was strong. Even without dragon scale runes, Yi Yun could get a high ranking just from his strength.

The crux of the problem was he might not be able to last through a tag-team battle.

And Yi Yun's third place was too ridiculous. Those rookies among the top 50 were all formidable people!

Some of them could even charge into the top 4000 in the Earth rankings.

"Thank you!" Yi Yun cupped his hands. "Where's the registration going on? I want to see it when the registration officially begins."

He had a limited number of fights a day. He could not just fight with any Tom, Dick or Harry. They had to have some quality, uh… actually, they had to have a sufficient amount of dragon scale runes.

If not, wouldn’t it be a waste of a battle?

True Martial World - Chapter 212: Maid Servant Dong’er

The little loli who ran in had not grown up yet. She looked even smaller than Yi Yun. She wore a loose dress and because it was inconvenient to run in it, she used her two tiny hands to clutch her skirt while running. The bangs on her forehead bounced as she ran.

Luo Huo'er immediately wrinkled her cute pair of small eyebrows, "What's the panic? Seriously, shouting over some matter. Lady-like! Do you know what it means to be lady-like?"

Luo Huo'er pointed at the young girl's head without any reservations. With her lecture, the young girl's forehead turned red.

The young girl said in a very wronged manner, "Miss, Dong’er knows."

This young girl was Luo Huo'er's servant girl. Amazingly, Luo Huo'er actually brought a servant girl when she entered the Tai Ah Divine City. Others, even people from the royal family like Yang Qian did not bring an imperial maid or a eunuch with them.

"Tell me, what's the big deal? Is the Mimi you are rearing not eating again?"

Mimi was Dong'er and Luo Huo'er's cat. Not only did Luo Huo'er bring a servant girl with her into the Tai Ah Divine City, she also brought a cat.

"Uh… no." Dong'er shook her head like a rattle. She had a cute mushroom hairstyle, and with this shake of her head, her silky hair flew up. "Missus, some… someone has broken a record."

"Broken a record…" Luo Huo'er was stunned for a while, "You said broken a record!? Who broke it?"

Luo Huo'er widened her already excessively large eyes.

Was something wrong? No record had been broken in the Tai Ah Divine City in a few thousand years! She was just about to break one, but someone had beaten her to it. How could there be such a coincidence!?

"Yes… Yes, that person is called Yi Yun. He broke the herb-picking record. I think he's 12-13 years old."

"Yi Yun? The brat who got lucky and picked a primordial herb?" Luo Huo'er had previously heard of Yi Yun picking the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng that failed to survive a calamity.

She was very jealous of Yi Yun's luck. Why didn't she pick it? With the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, she could use it to practice. It was a primordial herb and she had never refined a primordial herb into a drug before.

It was unexpected that just a few days later, Yi Yun had broken the herb-picking record.

Luo Huo'er was extremely pissed. If she broke a record after Yi Yun, it wouldn't be as impressive.

"He was cheating. He earned a lot of dragon scale runes from picking the primordial herb. This herb was probably more than half of the record!"

Luo Huo'er ground her teeth as she felt disgruntled.

She was supposed to be the first, but now Yi Yun broke the record purely due to good luck. Besides, how could a herb-picking record compare to a Desolate Heaven technique record?

The Desolate Heaven technique record was a big record, and its rewards were excellent! Not only would it be regarded highly by the upper echelon of the Tai Ah Divine City, once it was broken, one could leave one's name on Sage Avenue and even stir up the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

As for picking herbs… That was practically the worst record in the Tai Ah Divine City. The person who designed that record probably did it out of a whim. The rewards were also pathetic.

How could the herb-picking record compare with the Desolate Heaven technique record? They were far from being on the same level! But, both of them had the same term of "breaking a record".

This was unfair! What right did one have to say "breaking a record" by picking herbs?

"Forget it, I won't stoop down so low as to compare mine with such a low-level record." Luo Huo'er consoled herself and slowly calmed herself.

"Right, Missus. Yi Yun offended the Hongdao Association. In the upcoming rookie competition, the Hongdao Association will be specifically 'taking care' of Yi Yun. It seems all of them want to fight Yi Yun…"

Dong'er told her another piece of information.

However, Luo Huo’er was uninterested in this piece of information. "Hongdao Association? An organization formed by a bunch of brats only. Brats fighting against brats is something compatible."

Luo Huo'er was completely uninterested in the arena level Yi Yun was involved in. What standard could they have?

In fact, Luo Huo'er was not ranked high on the Heaven and Earth rankings, only in the Man rankings was she ranked first.

A person had limited energy and time. Luo Huo'er spent most of her time practicing the Desolate Heaven technique and alchemy. As a result, she seldom went out to hunt desolate beasts, so her ranking on the Heaven roll of honor was very low.

As for the arena battles, Luo Huo'er never participated in it after the rookie rankings. Her reason was, "It is irritating to always be challenged."

…

After the news of Yi Yun breaking the herb-picking record spread, the Hongdao Association naturally learned of it.

Regarding this, the Hongdao Association was very happy. Picking herbs did not depend on strength. There was no use breaking the herb picking record. The biggest benefit was that Yi Yun was rich again, allowing them the opportunity to win even more dragon scale runes.

They had already heard that Yi Yun received a one-time award of 25,000 dragon scale runes and 2 glory points from breaking the herb-picking record.

Added with the amount Yi Yun earned from picking herbs, and the amount he borrowed from the usury, a conservative estimate of Yi Yun's wealth was above 35,000 dragon scale runes!

This large sum of wealth made everyone envious!

As a result, many of the new members of the Hongdao Association, especially those rich young masters from the capital, rushed to the bank to pawn all of their belongings in exchange for dragon scale runes. They were waiting for the rookie ranking competition to bet with Yi Yun.

The Hongdao Association even opened a special leadership meeting to decide on the order in battling Yi Yun. As for the Capital's Four Bully Lords, being seniors among the capital's circle, and with their relations with Li Hong, they easily became the first four.

They were the first to fight with Yi Yun.

Hence, the Four Bully Lords were overjoyed.

"Hahaha, thank you to everyone. Thank you for offering this opportunity to us. In the future, if you ever need any of our help, we will never refuse!"

The Four Bully Lords smiled and cupped their hands as if they were celebrating their victory parade.

Someone shouted, "Brothers, don't go too far. If you cripple Yi Yun, the judge might decide that Yi Yun is not fit for battle, then we won't have a chance to fight later on."

"Haha! Don't worry. We will control our beatings, making sure that he gets beaten up badly without affecting his later battles."

The Four Bully Lords felt some regret for not being able to heartily beat up Yi Yun.

At that moment, Li Hong, who was sitting in the seat of honor, said, "You guys be careful too. Don't fail miserably in this very easy task. This kid has some skill. He has gone to the Wilderness Divine Hall many times recently, and has spent quite a considerable amount of dragon scale runes in doing so."

Ever since Li Hong became enemies with Yi Yun, he had paid close attention to Yi Yun. He had spies in places like the Wilderness Divine Hall, so Li Hong knew much of Yi Yun’s recent actions.

"Wilderness Divine Hall? Many times? That kid!" The Four Bully Lords were stunned when they heard this. They were suddenly infuriated. It was as if a beautiful goddess that was within sight but beyond reach was now being pressed onto a bed for Yi Yun's whims.

Fatty among the Four Bully Lords said in a grudging way, "A place like the Wilderness Divine Hall is just to use the primordial strain's pressure to compress a person’s Qi and blood. It's a waste going there often! This kid has lots of dragon scale runes, yet he spends it wastefully. I hate him. We had to work very hard for many days just to earn a bit of dragon scale runes!"

"Right, we haven't even entered the Wilderness Divine Hall a second time yet! We haven't gone to the Sword Scar Palace either. We can't buy most of the items in the Ten Thousand Pagoda as well. Yet with a bit of luck, this kid is wastefully spending resources. It's such a huge waste of treasures! These resources should belong to us!"

Seeing the Four Bully Lords rage, someone in the Hongdao Association said, "The Tai Ah Divine City is a place where strength matters. Relying on luck without strength is not the way to success. You are right. These resources are rightfully ours. We just need to grab them from him!"

"Right, grab them from him!" The Four Bully Lords echoed, agreeing to it.

But Li Hong said, "Besides going to the Wilderness Divine Hall many times, I have news that Yi Yun used the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng reward back then to exchange for the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'."

"The Tai Ah Sacred Technique!?"

Li Hong's words set off another huge storm at the venue. The Four Bully Lords felt a surge of blood to their heads. They were enraged.

All of the good stuff had gone to the pigs!

Yi Yun a bumpkin from the Cloud Wilderness, and he actually exchanged for the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'! What gave him the right to learn this cultivation technique?

"The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'… What a joke. Only one in five geniuses can learn this cultivation technique and obtain Radiant Sun Qi. Those are geniuses! Even geniuses have such a low probability learning it! It really boils my blood. How can the Tai Ah Divine City's Elder give the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' to such a person? It's really an insult to the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!"

The Four Bully Lords were extremely pissed. They too wanted to learn the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!

Although the probability of learning it was low, they too had some hope that they were lucky. If they were to learn it, their life would become completely different!

It could make their family members see them in a different light. They could walk proudly amongst the young master circles in the capital.

Those famous beauties in the capital would stick to them, actively trying to get close to them.

When that happened, wouldn't they be able to pick and choose?

"F**k, if I learn the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', Zhang Xinlian, that b***h, would not dare reject me. She would even obediently climb into my bed!"

The Four Bully Lords' Lofty was unhappy and said the thoughts buried deep within his heart. Back then, he had been rejected by Zhang Xinlian and bore a grudge as a result. He couldn't wait to tear off the arrogant Zhang Xinlian's clothes and devastate her body.

All of them wanted to try learning the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', but the cost of trying it was too high. They had no way of affording it!

They did not even have the chance to try, yet Yi Yun had wasted it. It was obvious how they felt.

"Yi Yun, this bumpkin, wants to learn the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. He sure is a toad lusting after swan meat!"

"Right… Right!"

The eldest among the Capital's Four Bully Lords, Fatty suddenly slapped his thigh. He thought of something which made him extremely excited. He even said words with a tremble, "You guys, say… Is it possible… to get Yi Yun to bet the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!?"

When Fatty said it, everyone immediately quietened down.

Using the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' as a bet!? This proposal made everyone shocked. But one by one, they became excited. Maybe… there was a possibility?

True Martial World - Chapter 211: The power of the Radiant Sun

The sun was blazing high up in the sky.

In a clearing in the woods, Yi Yun stood upright in his linen clothes. His left hand was hanging down, while his right hand held the Thousand Army Saber in a stretched out manner. The blade was parallel to the ground. The saber, that was seven feet two inches long, did not tremble at all. If a bowl full of water was placed on the blade tip, no water would spill out.

Yi Yun maintained this posture for 15 minutes. Standing motionless, he was like a statue.

While Yi Yun stayed motionless, Yi Yun's body was circulating a tremendous amount of energy, the Radiant Sun Qi was surging like a tsunami.

It was noon and this was the time when the Radiant Sun Qi was most intense.

At that moment, the sun in the sky moved in a tiny angle, this made the shadows move slightly. The blade of the Thousand Army Saber exited from the shade and it reflected the glare of the sun, sending off a blinding white flash.

In that split moment, Yi Yun moved!

"Boom!"

The Radiant Sun Qi erupted from Yi Yun's body, like lava erupting from a volcano. Yi Yun's body drew out a series of shadows and he charged at a towering cliff in front of him!

Yi Yun's entire body seemed to be imbued within the blazing sun and the Thousand Army Saber was sent out with a slash, like a burning flame.

"Swish!"

A bright white flash fell from the sky. It was like a snow white stream of water gushing through the sky!

A thundering sound accompanied the blinding flash. A huge half-moon blade beam was sent out at an incredible speed and it hit the cliff heavily.

"Boom!"

With an intense explosion, the blade beam had totally cut through the cliff! It was a deafening sound!

Ten seconds later, the flash faded away. The cliff in front of Yi Yun was over ten meters tall, but there was now a huge crack, that went from the bottom to the top!

This crack was a foot-wide, and the two sides of the crack had been melted by the high temperature. It had melted into some magma-like substance.

The seven feet two inch long Thousand Army Saber had sliced through a cliff, which was over ten meters tall, with a six feet blade!

This was all due to the Radiant Sun Qi!

With Radiant Sun Qi powering the Thousand Army Saber, its power was incomparable to before.

If this saber were to slice a person, the result was obvious. Those not strong enough would not only be split into two, they might even be reduced to ashes.

Yi Yun suddenly thought of a phrase commonly seen in the legendary novels from his past life, "My saber is not easily drawn, but once it unsheathes, it sees blood."

This phrase was usually used by main characters to sound cool, but it was perfectly describing Yi Yun now.

As the saber's power was too great, it was impossible to simply stop at touching. Hence, the moment it was unsheathed, it would see blood. There might not even be blood since the blood would be burned dry by the Radiant Sun Qi!

"I wonder what level my strength has reached now…"

Having arrived in the Tai Ah Divine City over a month ago, Yi Yun's strength had increased enormously because of him absorbing the primordial strain and primordial herb's energies and also recently, by learning the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!

His cultivation level was getting close to the late stages of Purple Blood. This cultivation level speed was going at a tremendous pace.

Yi Yun wanted to test himself against all the top elites from all over the Divine Kingdom.

"I'm really looking forward to the rookie rankings…" Yi Yun said to himself as his fighting spirit burned.

…

At dusk, Yi Yun returned to the Tai Ah Divine City.

In the office, Yi Yun handed over his day's harvest. They had a total worth of 509 dragon scale runes.

This amount greatly surprised Wang.

"How… did you pick so much?" Yi Yun's original speed of herb-picking was about 200 dragon scale runes a day. He had not come for the past ten or so days, yet his speed had doubled!

Yi Yun shrugged and said, "I managed to form Heaven's eyeball in the past few days, so my perception has become sharper…"

It was really shocking to pick 500 dragon scale runes worth of herbs in a day, but Yi Yun had the perfect explanation now.

But this explanation made Wang even more surprised.

Formed Heaven’s eyeball?

How old was he!?

Thinking back, when Wang formed Heaven's eyeball, she was in the mid-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. It was even further along her cultivation before she was able to completely open Heaven's Eye.

Wang's natural talent was not bad, but compared to Yi Yun, the gap was huge.

He was a freak!

Yi Yun could only be described as being a freak. He was not a genius because he was not outstanding; in fact, he was mediocre in some aspects.

But in certain aspects, he had amazing talent!

If this carried on, Wang did not know how far Yi Yun could go. She was looking forward to it. She even felt that she had underestimated Yi Yun in her assessment.

And in the next few days, the number of herbs that Yi Yun turned in did not decrease, but it actually increased.

It went from just over 500 dragon scale runes to 600 and then more than 600!

In just 8-9 days time, Yi Yun's accumulated 19,300 dragon scale runes from herb-picking, breaking Zhong Yi's record!

Did he break the record?

Wang found it amazing. She had never expected that she would see a young man break the previous herb-picking record in her lifetime or even while she manned the Tai Ah Divine City's job office.

The Tai Ah Divine City did not pay much attention to the records for the miscellaneous jobs, so they were not eligible to engrave their name on Sage Avenue. The rewards given were also much lesser than those given for hard records.

But a record was still a record. It was still extraordinary!

To the Tai Ah Divine City, it had been a long time since someone broke a record.

As such, the news spread rapidly!

When Yi Yun was in a dispute with the Hongdao Association before, it only spread amongst the first and second-year recruits' circle. The senior cultivators had no interest in a new association's gambling battle with a kid.

But they would pay attention to the breaking of a record. Even the herb-picking record was something to be concerned about!

Even Qin Haotian and Li Xiao were no exception!

…

In the central divine tower of the Tai Ah Divine City, a girl in a red dress stood in an Earth Fire Desolate Heaven chamber. She had just completed a cauldron of desolate bone relics. She took out a lightly-scented handkerchief to wipe the tiny droplets of sweat on her forehead.

This girl was Luo Huo’er, the number one person on the Man roll of honor. She was a mysterious person that seldom appeared in public.

She had extremely great talent in alchemy as well as in the Desolate Heaven technique, this made many people incredulous.

When Luo Huo’er showcased her talent, many large factions tried to recruit her, but all the carrots dangled out in front of her were rejected.

As such, these factions began to suspect that Luo Huo’er already belonged to a particular faction. It was obviously impossible to recruit her if she came from a prominent family.

But when they investigated Luo Huo’er's background, they could not find anything. It was as if she had appeared out of thin air. Her background was a complete mystery.

This was such an anomaly that many even speculated that Luo Huo’er might come from an incredibly large family clan. This family clan might even be bigger than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, they thought this was the reason why they couldn't find out anything.

But all of these speculations were illogical. The simple reason was that, if Luo Huo’er came from a super family clan, she had no reason to come to the Tai Ah Divine City for training.

Although the Tai Ah Divine City was impressive, it was nothing compared to the factions that were stronger than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. It was likely that they had better training grounds than the Tai Ah Divine City, so if Luo Huo’er came from an impressive background, then why did she not stay in her own faction for training?

Hence, Luo Huo’er's identity became even more puzzling.

At that moment, Luo Huo’er was carefully opening the cauldron. A square array disk flew out. On the array disk were 7 green desolate bone relics. They were jumping around in a mischievous manner as if they were jumping pixies.

An aromatic smell that fascinated people emanated out.

Although she was tired, Luo Huo’er had an excited expression on her tiny, flushed face.

Storing away the desolate bone relics, Luo Huo’er took out a mirror. She tidied up her hair that had gone messy after finishing her refinement process. She said to herself while facing the mirror, "As expected of Luo Huo’er. You can even refine relics of such a level!"

While saying that, a gorgeous smile appeared. With this smile, two cute dimples appeared at the edges of her lips.

"Hehe, I can take these to the Ten Thousand Pagoda. Then I'll only be 8000 dragon scale runes short of breaking the refining record. It sure wasn't easy. I heard that no one has broken any records in the Tai Ah Divine City for 2000-3000 years. They will need me to break one!"

"Come to think of it, there was some crazy dude called Su Jie who appeared in the Tai Ah Divine City 30,000 years ago. That guy pushed the Desolate Heaven technique record too high. If not, I would have broken the Desolate Heaven technique record in my first year. I don't know how the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom got so lucky as to produce such a powerful Desolate Heaven Master who can barely keep up to 70-80% of my standard…" As the girl in red spoke, her expressions were vivid. The way she looked at the mirror and spoke to herself was a rare sight.

"But then again, this is good. After I break the record, no one will ever be able to break the Desolate Heaven technique record again! Hehe, my name Luo Huo’er will stay here forever!"

"But… to break the record, I haven't been practicing my alchemy. Although I know that among the Desolate Heaven technique and alchemy, it's better to practice one, but my alchemy skills are good too. I can't bear to give up on it. Hah.. having so much talent sure is a headache."

Luo Huo’er's words sounded extremely arrogant, but accompanied by her good looks and charming smile, it appeared extremely cute.

But at that moment, a small loli ran into the Desolate Heaven chamber in a panic. She shouted as she ran, "Miss, Miss, something bad has happened!"

Limitless - Chapter 124: Uncle

This figure was like a phantom. It moved around soundlessly and did not radiate any sort of aura.

It just appeared all of a sudden, almost as if it came out of thin air!

Chu Yu stared at that person, mouth agape.

That person did not even look at him, staring instead at the dog leg.

"How fragrant!"

"What kind of meat is this?"

"Why does it look like dog meat? Uhoh, it really is dog meat?!"

"You you you... you’re barbecuing dog meat?"

"Puppies are so cute, yet you’re eating a puppy?"

"That’s too much!"

"You’re such a jerk!"

"You must pay for your sins!"

She was a young lady. If one did not look at her face, she would be deemed a gorgeous woman.

Her waist was extremely slim, and she had a busty chest. Long, silky hair rested on her shoulders. Her skin was white and glowed in the sun.

She wore a pink princess dress which showed off her pencil thin long legs. She also wore a pair of crystal heels...

To be exact, she was quite a cute girl.

However, she had a rather unattractive face.

Chu Yu was quite disappointed. Just based on her figure, skin, soft and gentle voice, and an ordinary face, she was quite a catch.

However, if she had exquisite features...

Chu Yu was certain that she would be an absolute beauty no matter where she went!

She would be explosive!

What a pity...

Chu Yu exclaimed to himself.

The ordinary looking girl looked sternly at Chu Yu and said righteously, "As such, let me help you eat this dog leg!"

Her voice was sweet, her makeup cute, but when she spoke, she was not refined at all.

Chu Yu stared widely at her, "Little girl, which hospital did you come out from?"

"What hospital?"

"Mental hospital!" Chu Yu rolled his eyes, but he became more and more wary of this lady.

This girl had appeared too suddenly.

"You are the one who came out of a mental hospital!"

The lady blinked and stared at Chu Yu before looking at the headless body of the Black Dog Small Lord.

She exclaimed, "Isn’t this Black Dog Small Lord? God, you actually killed it, and want to eat it? You’re extremely outrageous!"

Chu Yu couldn’t help but roll his eyes, but he was actually shocked.

Where did this girl come from?

How did she recognize the naked body of Black Dog Small Lord?

"I had wanted to eat it for a long time, but I haven’t got to it, haha, uncle, well done."

The young lady smiled at Chu Yu, revealing her bright white teeth. She cocked her head to one side and said, "Ok, since I see that you’re quite appealing, I shall reward you, you can eat the dog leg from the Black Dog Small Lord with me!"

Chu Yu was exasperated, "Who are you? Where did you come from? Why do I have to share the dog meat with you?"

"The Black Dog Small Lord is my pet’s pet, who do you think I am?" Even though the lady looked rather ordinary, her eyes were bright and active.

As the lady spoke, she rolled her eyes, "I still haven’t settled the score with you for killing my pet’s pet!"

"Your pet’s pet?" Chu Yu’s heart fluttered as he suddenly realized what she was saying.

In the moment he lost concentration, the fire burnt a little too bright and charred a slice of the dog meat.

"Aiya! Be more careful, it won't be nice if it's overcooked! Damn it, can't you concentrate a bit more? Don't you know the spirit of the worker? Uncle!" The girl frowned and said.

"..." Chu Yu was speechless, he really wanted to smack the girl.

F*ck your spirit of the worker, I am a little flustered okay?

The girl stood there, not saying anything other then gesturing and rushing Chu Yu to be more focused in grilling the meat.

"Put a little more salt, I have a heavy palette!"

"Flavorless things are the worst to eat!"

"Where are the chili flakes? What other seasoning do you have! Put them quickly!"

"Aiya forget it, the original taste of things is still better, just add a little more salt..."

As she spoke, she snatched the seasoning box from Chu Yu and scattered a handful of salt on the meat.

"Are you trying to marinate the meat?"

Chu Yu’s mouth twitched as he looked at this outgoing girl, speechless. With so much salt, wouldn’t one die?

"What do you know?"

The girl said solemnly, "Uncle, you are getting on in age, don’t take something so bland, you need something a little saltier so that it’ll be nice!"

Chu Yu pursed his lips, wanting to roll his eyes.

He really wanted to use his vertical eye and observe this young lady.

However, he did not act rashly because he had a sneaky feeling, this girl... was not simple!

The boss of the Black Dog Small Lord was naturally the Green Lion Lord.

That crazy, delusional... king of the Northern Territories!

Chu Yu had always suspected who was backing the Green Lion Lord. Even if it was a True Lord Realm aged demon, in this era, it would also find it difficult to become the King of the Northern Territories!

When one was not at that level, one was not privy to that level of information.

As Chu Yu progressed, he managed to gain access to more information.

They were a lot of things he had no chance to find out about before, things that even if he found out he may not believe. However, now, he found them all extremely ordinary.

For example, information that the ancient sects already had Supreme Realm and better cultivators 30-40 years ago when the world was still sealed.

This was something that Chu Yu would not have believed in the past.

How could there be such powerful beings present? Those were mere legends...

But now, he knew that these were factual!

As such, if the Green Lion Lord wanted to become the King of the Northern Territories, there would only be one of two possibilities.

First: It was crazily arrogant, not knowing where it stood!

However, this possibility was slim, Chu Yu did not believe that a thousand year old aged demon would be so immature.

Second: It had a super special or powerful backer!

The special could be disregarded right now.

According to Villa Owner Dong, a thousand years ago, the Green Lion Lord was just a strong spiritual beast.

As such, there could only be one reason - it had an immensely powerful backer!

As of this girl, she had just told him that the Black Dog Small Lord was her pet’s pet.

Wasn’t that just saying that she was the Green Lion Lord’s backer?

Then, who is she?

Chu Yu kept flipping the dog leg whilst thinking how he was gonna dig up more information on this lady.

"You... should just focus on grilling the meat, don’t think about those random things, okay?" The girl blinked her eyes and glanced at Chu Yu.

Chu Yu smiled and raised his head, "What is your surname?"

"Xu." The girl waved him away rather impatiently, "I already told you, stop side tracking, uncle you’re so old already, stop trying to flirt! Just grill the meat!"

Chu Yu’s mouth twitched, he really wanted to spank her.

You’re the uncle!

Your entire family are uncles!

Then he thought better of it, better not bully a kid...

He controlled the magma fire and grilled the dog leg.

The magma fire was also very obedient. It did not jump, and it looked like an ordinary fire.

After he finished grilling, the eager girl immediately took out a huge wooden dining table from her storage ring.

That table was exquisitely carved and ancient. It had a strong aura of spiritual wood, and made one feel relaxed and happy.

Chu Yu looked on speechlessly as the young lady kept retrieving table cloth, exquisite cutlery - knives, forks, chopsticks...

She even had various types of alcohol and drinks...

She began placing them on the table.

Every one of them radiated with a strong energy flux.

One didn’t need to observe these too much to know that they were all magical equipment!

And they were of high quality!

For example, the chopsticks that she took out were clearly made of superior metal, and they radiated with strong energy. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

They were probably no lower than the Supreme Realm!

Chu Yu was conflicted, where did this girl get all these superior equipment?

She was able to take out such superior magical items in the forms of cutlery and a dining table... was she one of the saints in an ancient sect?

"We are just eating a dog’s leg, do you need to do this?

Chu Yu saw the girl take out more items, for example, a candle holder, candles and other items. He almost fainted.

"Uncle, dining is a sacred act!" The girl said solemnly but slightly mockingly. She looked at Chu Yu, "What is more important than food?"

"..." Chu Yu was speechless.

Finally, the girl had finished her set up and retrieved two unbelievably exquisite chairs.

Pink in color...

And they were carved with Hello Kitty...

Chu Yu was completely speechless.

"Come on, let’s begin eating!" The girl said excitedly.

Chu Yu suddenly opened his vertical eye and observed the chair. He found that there was a huge magical formation in the chair.

It wasn’t placed to attack, it was a strong defensive formation.

Wow, this chair comes with air conditioning?

"Sit down uncle! I will not harm you, what are you scared of?" The girl rolled her eyes at Chu Yu. Then she sat down, poured herself a drink, picked up a knife and cut off a piece of meat. She put it in her mouth, visibly satisfied.

"Mm... even though the quality of the meat is not too great, but the flame was done controlled well, yummy!"

The lady began to wolf down the food.

Even though she was so excruciatingly detailed in her setup, taking out all sorts of exquisite cutlery, she was not in the least bit elegant when she ate. She was like a tornado!

In the blink of an eye, she had finished almost one third of the leg!

Looking at her slender body and small tummy, Chu Yu wondered where all the food she ate went.

After some thought, Chu Yu sat down.

He had to admit the chair was very comfortable!

He did not know what material it was made of, but after sitting down, he didn’t feel like standing back up.

At this time, the dog leg was almost half gone.

F*ck me!

Chu Yu was gobsmacked, Isn’t this a little too fast?

He didn’t think about anything else as he began to wolf down the dog’s leg with the girl.

The meat of a Xiantian life form was extremely yummy and contained a large amount of energy.

Each mouthful was extremely beneficial.

Finally, Chu Yu was able to eat about a quarter of the dog’s leg, the rest were all eaten by the lady.

There was nothng left but clean bone on the plate.

At this point, the young lady sighed and said satisfactorily, "That was quite addictive!"

After she finished, she stood up and looked at Chu Yu, a cunning look flashing in her eyes.

"Uncle, now that we have finished eating the dog’s leg, shall we settle the bill?"

Limitless - Chapter 123: Beheading the dog

It immediately let out a whine.

Chu Yu’s attack was too vicious. It was pure energy morphed into an invisible spear which penetrated the Black Dog Small Lord’s body.

It entered through its neck and out its *ss, going through its entire body!

This wave of energy had completely snuffed out much of the blood, bones and cartilage of the Black Dog Small Lord, causing its cultivation realm to plummet from Xiantian!

In that instant, the Black Dog Small Lord felt a thick cloud of death envelope it.

At this critical juncture, the hair on its body raised and it barked loudly, "Woof woof woof woof!"

Then, it shook its body... almost like how it would shake off water after running through the rain.

All the fur on its body fell to the floor.

They were little mines filled with steel nails, and they exploded immediately!

They covered the entire area and fired towards the banquet hall.

Every strand of hair was faster than the speed of sound!

Even though most of it was directed at Chu Yu, a portion of it was directed at the crowd.

Villa Owner Dong’s expression was solemn as he took out a painting from thin air to block virtually all of the fur.

Ding ding ding...

The storm of fur hit the painting, the sound of the impact resonating throughout the room, but none of them managed to pass through.

Only then did Villa Owner Dong reveal his aura.

That oppressive aura was that of a King’s Realm cultivator!

A true cultivator doesn’t reveal himself!

Even Chu Yu did not imagine that this Villa Owner, who looked like a government official, was a true expert.

The Sacred Art from Villa Owner Dong had also helped Chu Yu block the fur.

Having shot out all of its fur, the black dog had become completely naked. Without a moment's hesitation, it turned and ran!

"Woof! The Dong... and the Chu b*stard, you will all die! Woof woof woof!"

Blood still dripped from its wounds. Coupled with it firing off all of its fur had made it very weak.

However, it needed to escape and report this to the Green Lion Lord.

But the Green Lion Lord was still at Jingpo Lake, and was not back yet. Else, you scums will be dead... as long as the lord so wishes!

"Leave your blood here, tonight, I will feast on your meat!"

What cause the Black Dog Small Lord to jump in fear was that the Chu Clan person gave chase.

He was bellowing behind him. His words caused it extreme fury and it wanted to turn its head to bite him.

But it didn’t dare, this man from the Chu Clan was too powerful!

He was a real expert!

Chu Yu’s speed was terrifyingly fast. Within a few steps, he had already caught up to the Black Dog Small Lord.

A dazzling ancient sword appeared in his hands.

Almost as if it felt something, the Black Dog Small Lord looked back in aghast, unable to hold back its terrified scream.

"Ow..."

Chu Yu’s blade fell!

With a single chop, he had beheaded the Black Dog Small Lord.

A large amount of blood sputtered out, but it was all collected by Chu Yu using a small storage bottle.

This storage bottle was given to him by Shishi, not only could it contain dead animals, it could trap live ones as well.

However, its space was limited and could only contain one at any one time.

The beheaded Black Dog Small Lord did not die immediately. It’s eyes glowed with hatred as it stared Chu Yu down, "If you dare to kill me, the Green Lion Lord will never let you off! I am its loyal subordinate, it will definitely avenge me!"

Chu Yu was too lazy to argue. He walked over and sliced the dog’s head into half.

The Black Dog Small Lord died instantly.

Chu Yu turned back to look in the direction of the Black Dragon Lake Mountain Villa. Then he took the body of the headless puppy and disappeared from here in a few bounds.

He never returned to the Flying Dragon Lake Villa.

Even if the villa owner wasn’t trying to harm him, Chu Yu did not want anything to do with him for right now.

For a King’s Realm cultivator to hide so well, this person was well versed... in more than just cultivation.

Furthermore, he had deep links to the government!

Regardless of good or evil, Chu Yu did not like dealing with people with links to the government.

Furthermore, Chu Yu now understood that the Villa Owner Dong’s motive for linking up with the Chu Clan was likely so that they could join forces to fight the Green Lion Lord.

From Chu Yu’s point of view, he was more likely to be making use of the Chu Clan.

Villa Owner Dong did not give chase. He stood at the entrance to the banquet hall and stared into the distance.

Then, his fingers began counting. He frowned, sighed, and shook his head.

Then, he turned his gaze back.

He scanned the faces of all the people in the Flying Dragon Lake Villa.

He snickered coldly, "Amongst you... there is actually someone who linked up with the other side, and tried to put the blame on me? You have spoilt my plans to link up with the Chu Clan, good, very good!"

The crowd was completely silent, no one daring to look him in the eye.

Virtually no one on the outside knew how scary this owner of the Flying Dragon Lake Villa was.

In the past 20 years, he had come across a great opportunity in an ancient monument right here at the Flying Dragon Lake.

He was adept in more than just the Divination Technique.

These years, under his management, the Flying Dragon Lake Villa has been relatively low profile, but it has been growing stronger steadily.

For example, a youthful Invigorated Meridian Realm expert like Zhao Rui was one of the core disciples trained by Villa Owner Dong!

One must understand that cultivating Invigorated Meridian martial artist was a tall task, even for an underworld clan like the Chu Clan.

This was testament to the power of Villa Owner Dong!

If not for the sudden appearance of the Green Lion Lord, no one would have known that a small city like Dan Jiang would be hiding such an expert.

Even right now, not many people knew that Villa Owner Dong was this powerful!

Now, he was extremely furious, someone definitely leaked the news.

No, no, it wasn’t a leak, someone... betrayed him!

Villa Owner Dong said icily, "You all may only remember that it is difficult to predict the actions of those around me. But you all don’t know this, difficult does not mean impossible!"

In the square in front of the banquet hall, there were about 40-50 people.

All of them were people that Villa Owner Dong had spent time and effort to cultivate.

"I can know everything about any one of you here. How comprehensive you ask? Probably more comprehensive than your parents!"

Villa Owner Dong’s gaze was icy, but his tone was filled with pain.

"I am saying this not to threaten you all, but I do feel... heartache!"

"I would never have thought that there would be a traitor in the Flying Dragon Lake Villa!"

"On the surface, you are servers, chefs, security, cleaners... but in actual fact, you are al my disciples! And I treat all of you like my children!"

Villa Owner Dong’s voice was raised, his eyes filled with disappointment.

"Villa owner..."

From the crowd, a youth donned in chef’s clothing dropped to the ground crying, "I am sorry, I deserve to die... please execute me, I, I was afraid they would attack us and kill you, so... so I begged them and told them that your interaction with the Chu Clan was simply a moment of folly... hu hu, sorry, I was wrong! I was wrong!"

"Liu Zhuang, leave, just leave. Go wherever you want, don’t come back." Villa Owner Dong sighed and waved his hand.

In fact, someone as skilled in divination as him could easily determine who the traitor was. In fact, he didn’t even need to use divination, all he had to do was observe them.

He knew this group of people too well.

On the surface, Villa Owner Dong looked very solemn and shrewd, but in actual fact, he was a very compassionate man.

In this rapidly rising cultivation world, he had never thought of claiming the world for himself. All he wanted to do was to run his own Flying Dragon Lake Villa in peace.

He had treated this place like an escape from the real world.

He treated everyone around him very well. He gave them targeted coaching based on their personal strengths and weaknesses.

He gained much satisfaction from such mentoring.

As such, even in the face of betrayal, he could not bring himself to punish the man. He knew that this was not right, but he could not bring himself to do it.

Liu Zhuang was stunned, tears streaming down his face. He could even feel the disappointed gazes of his friends who he had grown up with.

"I was wrong, Villa Owner, I made a terrible mistake!"

Liu Zhuang suddenly took out a knife and pointed it at his chest.

Many of the people gasped in shock.

"Ah!"

"Don’t..."

"No!"

But it was too late, Liu Zhuang was a martial artist in the advanced stages of the Acupoint Charging Realm. If he wanted to commit suicide, no ordinary man could stop him.

The sharp knife had already penetrated his heart!

His face paled and he fell to his knees. With his final breath, he looked at Villa Owner Dong.

"Father, I’m sorry!"

After he finished, he fell to the ground and died.

At the moment when Liu Zhuang had brandished the knife to commit suicide, Villa Owner Dong had the ability to prevent the suicide from happening.

However, he hesitated, and did not expect that Liu Zhuang would be so decisive.

As he watched Liu Zhuang die, his eyes became watery as he fought to hold his tears.

He took a deep breath and said solemnly, "He is dead, it’s all over. Give him a proper burial..."

As he spoke, he turned to leave. His back was hunched and it felt like he had aged a lot in an instant.

Everyone left felt extremely uncomfortable.

...…

Chu Yu did not go far, he had just entered a volcanic area near the Jingpo Lake.

This place was once a nation. Now, it still retained the infrastructure from the ancient times, but most of them were dilapidated.

Today, this place was covered with ancient, skyscraping trees. The entire place was filled with spiritual energy.

What a difference from before.

Chu Yu cut off one of the dog legs and barbequed it.

The fire was the magma fire!

Under Chu Yu’s firebending techniques, turning the fire up and down, the dog leg sizzled and released all of its fats.

A Xiantian Realm lifeform was a good boost to Chu Yu.

By eating this black dog, he was also deepening the feud between him and the Green Lion Lord.

Chu Yu did not care. From the moment that the Green Lion Lord had killed eight of the Chu Clan disciples, this had become a fight to the death.

Chu Yu even suspected if all of these were planned by that Villa Owner Dong?

By aggravating the situation, he could make the conflict between the Chu Clan and the Green Lion Lord worse and save the Flying Dragon Lake Villa in the process?

This was quite possible.

"Anyways, this old man has many hidden motives. He is also skilled in Divination, I need to keep my distance." Chu Yu murmured.

At this point, a figure appeared in Chu Yu’s line of sight, giving him a fright.

Limitless - Chapter 122: Villa Owner Dong

One could not the extraordinariness from the outside. However, upon entering the villa, one could see that it was a huge area and the infrastructure was extremely intricate.

It was filled with greenery and water.

There were ponds and lakes everywhere. Even though it was winter, due to the abundance of spiritual energy, the ponds and lakes didn’t freeze over, and balls of mist hovered just above the water surface.

The place was covered in greenery and pavillions and lakes were scattered throughout.

"This is a good place!" Chu Yu complimented

Villa Owner Dong said, "Of course, we used to receive foreign dignitaries here!"

Villa Owner Dong began to reminisce, "Actually, it has been thirty years. Back then, I was just a fresh employee here."

Then he shook his head and sighed, "Time has flown by in the blink of an eye. I have become old and the world... has completely changed."

Villa Owner Dong welcomed Chu Yu into the depths of the Villa. They entered a small building with a huge conference room.

The two of them sat down and called for tea to be served. Villa Owner Dong went straight to the point, "Mr Chu must be here about the Green Lion Lord?"

Chu Yu nodded, "How much do you know about it?"

Villa Owner Dong sipped the tea and replied, "A lot!"

"I would like the hear about it." Chu Yu replied.

"There have been rumors about the Jingpo Lake area for thousands of years. There are even rumours that dragons roamed the waters. It is said that people capture it on film, but I have never seen one so I can neither confirm nor deny that fact. However, I do know about this Green Lion Lord."

VIlla Owner Dong was quite emotional, "It is a relatively ancient demon. It is at least a thousand years old. Furthermore, it used to be king in the ancient BoHai nation..."

Mm?

Chu Yu’s eyes widened. He thought to himself, I had gone to primary school, you can’t hoodwink me like that.

The BoHai nation existed between 700A.D. and 900A.D.

This coincides with the Tang Dynasty. Back then, the nation’s capital was at a place very close to the Flying Dragon Lake Villa. That location was known as the Shangjing Longquanfu [1]

The BoHai nation then was extremely prosperous, and it was the center of the economy and culture of the nation.

It had gone through 15 generations of kings!

The royal family of BoHai were the MoHe people.

How could a lion possibly be their prince?

Ever since Chu Yu was ‘wasted’ at the age of six, he had been studying hard. As such, even though he was no expert, he was quite well versed in Chinese history.

Villa Owner Dong laughed, "Do you find it a little unbelievable?"

Chu Yu nodded and said, "Villa Owner Dong, I am also a Northener..."

"Hahaha, I know that Mr. Chu is a Northerner! We have the same ancestry!"

Villa Owner Dong was extremely fluent, and he had done his research into BoHai’s history. He recounted the entire history to Chu Yu.

Finally, he asked, "All of these that I have said are recorded in the annals. It shouldn’t be too far from what Mr Chu understands right?"

Chu Yu nodded.

"However, Mr Chu must understand that after the ancient BoHai nation disappeared, there were virtually no valuable items and documents left behind."

Villa Owner Dong looked at Chu Yu and smiled, "That is because BoHai was founded by a cultivator! His descendants were all cultivators. After the kingdom was broken, they had burnt all the documents and items, not wanting others to get their hands on them."

Chu Yu’s mouth twitched.

"Is the founder of BoHai that you speak of Da Zuorong? [2]

Villa Owner Dong nodded, "That’s right, it is him. Strictly speaking, he is not a cultivator, based on today’s classification, he was a martial artist in the advanced Acupoint Charging Realm."

"..." Chu Yu was exasperated, but did not rebut.

He knew that after the Earth had changed, many of the ancient legends had become facts.

As such, some of these historical people being disciples from sects in various dimensions was not completely impossible.

"In fact, you can find hints of these recorded in history."

Villa Owner Dong smiled and said, "For example, there were extremely powerful generals back in the Era of the Three Kingdoms. Some of them could take on a thousand, even ten thousand people! There was Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei... do you really think that these are ordinary people?"

Chu Yu was shocked.

Indeed, the battle power of these people were well recorded in history.

They were definitely extraordinary.

"The Green Lion Lord had been cultivating since then, and was one of the divine beasts of the BoHai nation. Because it was so spiritual and ferocious, it was given the title Green Lion Lord!"

Villa Owner Dong looked at Chu Yu, "That’s why it is correct for me to call it the king of BoHai."

"I would never had thought that Villa Owner Dong would have such extensive knowledge about this period in history!" Chu Yu exclaimed.

Even the recent history had been drowned in the tides of time, reduced to an insignificant wave in an ocean, not to mention history 6000 years ago.

Being so well versed in history and the happenings back then was no easy feat.

The things that Villa Owner Dong said today were stuff that even the historians specializing in BoHai’s history may not know completely.

Then again, they may not believe it.

"That is because, my ancestors were good friends with Da Zuorong."

Villa Owner Dong said with a sigh, "As time went by, there were many pocket dimensions which dried up and crumbled. There were also many stellar ancestors who fell after waiting endlessly. BoHai country is one of them."

Ancestor Da Zuorong was one of the powerful cultivators in the ancient times.

When the world was sealed, he brought along his people and set up a pocket dimension.

However, their population was too small!

Back then, not many people would have realized that they were in it for the long haul.

As such, they didn’t think that a large population was necessary to keep the bloodline going.

Back then, ancestor Da Zuorong had only brought along a few thousand citizens and another few thousand aides and servants into the pocket dimension.

After aeons, they managed to get their population up to about a hundred thousand.

However, most of them were wiped out after an internal war.

About 1000 years ago, the people left in the pocket dimension were no more than 50.

A whole pocket dimension was close to death!

"In fact, many of the ‘gods who came down’ were cultivators forced to leave their pocket dimensions." Villa Owner Dong said, "At least if they came out, they had a chance at survival. If they stayed in the pocket dimension..."

He shook his head and sighed, "In the ancient times, our world was known for being the most prosperous! The population numbers were mind boggling. However, the bloodlines which managed to last till today are no more than a thousandth of the ancient days."

He raised his head and looked at Chu Yu, "That’s why, we are very lucky to be able to see the world unsealed!"

Chu Yu nodded. Kids like him who were born after the world was unsealed were supposed to be the lucky few.

"The Green Lion Lord thinks then its bloodline is pure and that the entire Northern Territories belong to it. However, because of our links to the authorities, as well as my ancestors ties with Da Zuorong, it did not force us too much."

Villa Owner Dong looked at Chu Yu, "However, it killed eight of the Chu Clan disciples, and invited me to watch... this was clearly a threat. Aish, from that moment, I knew that it would be impossible to keep the people safe just by riding on my ancestors links with Da Zuorong.

At this point, Zhao Rui entered and whispered, "Master, the banquet is ready."

Villa Owner Zhuang nodded and looked at Chu Yu, "Since Mr Chu is here, let me be your host. Later, I will tell you more about that area in order for you to prepare yourself."

Chu Yu thought about it before replying, "Ok, many thanks for your hospitality!"

"You are most welcome, please don’t be so formal!" Villa Owner Dong said repeatedly, "It is our honor to be able to interact with a Chu Clan hero."

After which, Chu Yu followed him into the banquet hall.

Once inside, Chu Yu was stunned by the posh decorations.

Even though he came from a big clan, he had never seen such luxury.

It was hard to imagine that such a luxurious place could be found in a location like Dan Jiang city.

The service staff were well groomed and the utensils were set up to perfection. Every minute detail was refined to the highest standards.

It would seem that Villa Owner Dong wasn’t bragging when he said this place was used to host foreign dignitaries.

"Villa Owner Dong is too kind, I am slightly embarrassed." Chu Yu said.

"It is our honor to be able to host a member of the Chu Clan." As Villa Owner Dong spoke, he blushed, "To be honest, using my Divination Technique, I was told that I would only have a future by having a good relationship with the Chu Clan. Especially..."

As he spoke, he was suddenly speechless. His expression changed and he frowned at a black dog with blood dripping from its mouth.

Villa Owner Dong’s eyes flashed with anger, "Black Dog Small Lord, what have you done?"

This black dog had appeared without sound or introduction and it looked coldly at the crowd in the banquet hall, "Your people tried to stop me, so I taught them a lesson and detached them."

"You..." Villa Owner Dong was visibly furious, his hand trembling as he pointed at Black Dog Small Lord, "Your King said..."

"My King said that it will give you time to consider, not to engage the Chu Clan!"

The Black Dog interrupted Villa Owner Dong and looked at Chu Yu, "Chu Clan b*stard, come and meet your maker!"

"Who is the b*stard scolding?"

"The b*stard is scolding you! You... you dare to insult me?" The black dog was furious and it couldn’t resist but shout.

"See, dogs are dogs, revealing themselves at the critical junctures. Furthermore, you’re just a small lord... why are you so arrogant?"

Chu Yu rose and smiled insincerely at Villa Owner Dong and walked to the door.

The black dog, which was at the door, continued to bark, "Wu... Woof... Wu!"

"Stop barking wildly here puppy, scram!" Chu Yu said mockingly.

Villa Owner Dong was slightly worried, "Mr Chu, I did not betray you..."

Chu Yu turned back and glanced at the anxious Villa Owner Dong. Then he smiled and nodded, "I believe you!"

Then, he attacked!

The attack was directed straight at the barking black dog.

A wave of energy morphed into an arrow and fired off at an alarming speed.

Black Dog Small Lord also radiated a terrifying aura and attacked just when Chu Yu’s attack was launched.

It opened its mouth filled with razor sharp teeth!

The razor sharp teeth glowed as the chandeliers in the banquet hall shone light on it.

Puff!

Black Dog Small Lord’s body was penetrated by a sharp wave of force.

Blood began to flow from the open wound.

"Little dog, don’t waste the black dog blood! I need it!" Chu Yu said loudly.

"Woof!"

Black Dog Small Lord was nearly driven to insanity by that statement.

[1] Shangjing Longquanfu or Sanggyeong Yongcheonbu , also known as Shangjing (上京) or Sanggyeong , Huhan/Holhan Fortress or Dongjing (Eastern Capital), was the capital city of BoHai (Balhae)

[2] Dae Joyeong, or King Go, established the Balhae nation.

Limitless - Chapter 121: Flying Dragon Lake Villa

This surprised Chu Yu.

Even though Chu Yu did not specially try to hide his movements, he had used Facebook to take on the appearance of an ordinary middle aged man.

Lord Thief and Old Yellow both walked in the darkness, opting not to show themselves in order not to alert the Green Lion Lord.

Chu Yu did not want anyone to know that he was here.

In the Chu Clan, only the highest leadership knew that he had left. However, his route and appearance were unknown to everyone.

Chu Yu did not even stop at the Dragon City, choosing instead to rush here instantly.

However, the moment he entered the city, someone came knocking on the door.

This made Chu Yu feel that he was being watched.

The person who came was in his thirties. He wore a friendly smile and was respectful.

However, this man’s energy fluctuations were not weak, it was likely that he was above the Acupoint Charging Stages. He was probably an Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artist.

"You sir must be from the Chu Clan? My sincere apologies for disturbing you. My name is Zhao Rui, the leader of my clan would like to see you." Zhao Rui was sincere.

"How do you know I am from the Chu Clan?" Chu Yu frowned, he was merely an ordinary middle aged man who was not radiating any aura.

"Outside of Dan Jiang city, you were sprinting like a bolt of lightning. It is clearly evident that you are a powerful man. Today, anyone this powerful visiting Dan Jiang city is probably from the Chu Clan..." Zhao Rui was full of smiles and he looked at Chu Yu sincerely.

"I am not from the Chu Clan, you have gotten the wrong person, I am just passing by."

Chu Yu frowned and his tone was slightly unfriendly.

He suddenly felt that Dan Jiang city seemed to be hiding something, things were not as simple as it seemed.

"I do not have any bad intentions, and I do not want to antagonize the Chu Clan. However, my master has admired the Chu Clan for very long and wants to understand more..."

"I am sorry, I really am not from the Chu Clan, also, I don’t think I have met your esteemed master?"

Chu Yu frowned, slightly frustrated.

This man was extremely respectful, as such, despite how badly he wanted to, Chu Yu could not bring himself to flare up.

Chu Yu secretly used the Voice Transmission Technique to tell Lord Thief and Old Yellow not to show themselves. He then instructed them to return to the Green Lion Lord.

"Mr Chu, please do not be mistaken, we have no intention of keeping an eye on you. My master has really admired the heroes of the Chu Clan for very long and has longed for an interaction. When you entered the city, you just happened to be spotted by someone. My master was informed and he sent me..."

Zhao Rui smiled and explained, "The key point is that recently, the Chu Clan’s reputation is resonating throughout the entire Northern Territories! Seeing how elegant you are, you must be from the Chu Clan!"

Bullsh*t!

What elegance could an ordinary middle aged man have?

Chu Yu did not believe Zhao Rui’s explanation.

So what if the Chu Clan’s reputation preceded them?

Could it be that any high level martial artist that entered the city was from the Chu Clan? Obviously not!

Furthermore, there was an abundance of powerful cultivators in the Northern Territories.

Even though the Chu Clan was relatively powerful amongst the Underworld Clans, they paled in comparison to the ancient sects, clans, and schools.

Now that the ancient schools were all entering society, the backers of the underworld clans had also come out from their hiding.

This not only applied to the Northern Territories, but the entire China.

The number of powerful cultivators was definitely more than people imagined!

How could it be that he immediately concluded that Chu Yu was from the Chu Clan?

Chu Yu could not believe that not a single high cultivation person had passed by a place like Dan Jiang city.

"Tell me the truth, what makes you believe that I am a member of the Chu Clan." Chu Yu looked at Zhao Rui, quickly losing his patience.

He also began to radiate a wave of aura.

Zhao Rui suddenly felt a difficulty to breathe, almost like a huge mountain was pressing on him.

Zhao Rui’s faced paled and he said in a rather tortured fashion, "Mr Chu, please don’t be angry, I will tell you the truth..."

Chu Yu began to retract his aura, his expression still icy.

"My master is skilled in the technique of divination... two days ago, he predicted that you will enter the city today, as well as the place you will be staying at, I... was sent here to wait for you!"

Zhao Rui looked at Chu Yu, visibly scared, "I really do not have any ill intentions, and I hope Mr Chu doesn’t take offence. My master... also doesn’t have any ill intentions, he just wants to interact with the Chu Clan."

Divination?

This would have been a more ridiculous reason.

But Chu Yu bought it!

In the ancient days, as well as today, even whilst the Earth was still sealed, there were many powerful individuals adept at the techniques of Divination.

This was a superior technique, the real Divination Techniques would leave people in awe.

What Chu Yu did not expect that there would be such an individual in a place like Dan Jiang city.

Luckily, he did not manage to predict who he was.

When he thought about this, Chu Yu felt a chill down his spine.

Even though Facebook was a powerful technique, some people did not need to recognize someone by their appearance.

It would seem that he would have to use Facebook with caution.

This was a timely warning for Chu Yu.

"Who is your master?" Chu Yu asked Zhao Rui.

It would be a little petty to deny his links to the Chu Clan now.

Zhao Rui smiled, "My master is the owner of the Flying Dragon Lake Villa."

"Flying Dragon Lake Villa?" Chu Yu frowned, he had not heard of this place before.

"Yes, it is about 70km from here. We have a car ready for you, as long as you agree, we can set off immediately."

70km?

Chu Yu looked at Zhao Rui and thought to himself, Isn’t the Green Lion Lord’s land in BoHai no more than about 100km from here?

Zhao Rui looked at Chu Yu and sighed lightly, "To be honest, we can also guess the reason why you are here. We initially wanted our villa owner to tell you this himself. However, I did kind of surprise you here, so let me tell you why."

Chu Yu nodded at Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui whispered, "We are deeply saddened and shocked by the death of the eight Chu Clan disciples."

"We are the leaders here in Dan Jiang city. Our villa owner has some ties to the government and thus has quite the reputation here in Dan Jiang. All along, the city here has been quiet, until the Green Lion Lord appeared."

Zhao Rui sighed, then shook his head, laughing bitterly, "Actually, the first clan the Green Lion Lord has taken action against is not the Chu Clan, but the Flying Dragon Lake Villa. We are no more than 20km away, right at our bedside... we are equally frustrated about its appearance."

"The Green Lion Lord sent its lackeys to find our villa owner. It asked us to surrender to it and be its subordinate. It even gave our villa owner a title, Flying Dragon Small Lord."

As Chu Yu looked at the exasperated Zhao Rui, he couldn’t help but feel speechless as well.

Feathered Small Lord, Furry Small Lord, Black Dog Small Lord, Flying Dragon Small Lord...

These names were ridiculous.

Zhao Rui continued, "As our villa owner had links to the government, the Green Lion Lord was relatively measured. Even though it sent Black Dog Small Lord, it did not attack us. It gave us one month to consider, but we didn’t expect him to turn his attention to the Chu Clan so quickly."

"The methods were cruel." Zhao Rui sighed, "When it executed those men, it invited us over, clearing meant as a threat."

Chu Yu listened silently, amongst the eight who died, he knew one of them very well, Chu Fei.

He was slightly older than Chu Yu and was one of his cousins. Chu Fei was a great person.

When Chu Yu was ‘ruined’ back in the day, Chu Fei got into a fight with a group of people for calling Chu Tu trash.

He came back with a swollen face and boasted to Chu Yu that he just took out a group of idiots who had badmouthed Chu Yu...

As Chu Yu reminisced, he reflected on the distance that now separated them.

Chu Yu had been suppressing his emotions ever since he heard the news from the Chu Clan.

Now that he heard someone else mention it, Chu Yu’s heart ached. He took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Rui, "And so?"

"So, all these while, we have been waiting for the arrival of the Chu Clan. My villa owner used his divination skills to find out when such a person would come.

Since they were going to say it all, Zhao Rui decided not to hide anything else and told Chu Yu the full story. They were waiting here specially for a member of the Chu Clan.

"We know that the Chu Clan is silently becoming a huge power. They would never let something like this go so easily." Zhao Rui said.

"Yes, I had to come." Chu Yu calmed down.

This fury will burn slowly in his heart.

"Can we go and see the villa owner now?" Zhao Rui looked at Chu Yu in anticipation.

"Ok."

Two cars sprinted along the highway and they reached the famous Jingpo Lake area.

The scenery here was beautiful, the pristine roads flanked by the unique lava rock formations.

Even though the formation of these magma rocks was tens of thousands of years ago, they still radiated with an ancient aura.

"How good is this place!"

Zhao Rui sighed, "But now it is ruled by a bunch of demons, how comical."

Chu Yu glanced at him, not speaking.

The world had changed long ago, it was no longer an era where man ruled the Earth.

Many different species roamed and owned the same Earth.

However, the ideologies from thousands of years ago still remained.

Many of the people today still believed that they were the rulers of the Earth.

In fact, even in the ancient days, society was an amalgamation of many species.

Those demons who morphed into humans lived alongside us and were treated equally!

Perhaps, that was what the Green Lion Lord was thinking.

However, the method it was employing could not be worse.

After the cars travelled the area for a while, they travelled straight through a huge gate.

Chu Yu raised his eyes, the words Flying Dragon Lake Villa were imprinted in bold!

The people in the villa had known of Chu Yu’s arrival in advance. As such, a large group of them guarded the entrance. It seemed like they had been waiting for a while.

There was an aged man in his fifties waiting there. He was of medium build and wore a white robe, black pants, and a pair of leather shoes.

He did give off the vibes of a governmental middle man.

If not for the fact that Chu Yu forced the truth out of Zhao Rui, it would be difficult to imagine that such an aged governmental official would be so skilled in the Divination Technique.

"This is our villa owner, Mr Dong." Zhao Rui introduced before they got out of the car.

Villa Owner Dong walked towards Chu Yu, a smile on his face, "Hello Mr Chu! I am so sorry for bringing you here with such notice, please do not take offence."

Chu Yu shook his hand customarily, then walked into the Flying Dragon Lake Villa with him.