“Perils and dangers as I broke through the waves and wind on top of the surging Dragon Vein and ma.s.sacred beasts while subduing powerful enemies.”
“The dregs of Beauty’s Smile were all experts but with each swing of my King’s order, another dozen fell down. Another swing? Another group crushed.”
“This fight lasted for two days and two nights with seven or eight Giants dying indignantly, turning into spirits beneath my saber… Cough, that’s not to say they weren’t strong enough, it’s just that they picked the wrong person to mess with.”
Feiyun told the story in such an animated manner while gesturing nonstop with his hands and feet. The three royal experts were astonished while singing praises.
“In the end, I met the most terrible enemy. He towered at one hundred meters with fingers as big as pillars. His shout exploded like the thunder and one stomp from him could trample the earth. I had to fight him for three thousand rounds before pus.h.i.+ng him back. d.a.m.n, he was ferocious and still injured me despite my defensive techniques.” Feiyun sighed disappointedly.
The story ended right when they made it to the Divine King Mansion.
Feiyun said: “Gentlemen, would you like to stay for a bit so I can show my hospitality and grat.i.tude for helping?”
Eastern Attendant smiled humbly and spoke with his high-pitch voice: “We can’t. Now that you’re back safe and sound, Your Excellency, we must report to the palace.”
“Goodbye.”
“Goodbye.”
Feiyun said disappointedly: “I see, we’ll meet again in the palace then.”
After bidding goodbye, the experts ran for the imperial palace. Feiyun stood outside and watched them leave with a smirk before entering the mansion.
Dealing with these three experts wasn’t a problem for him at all.
Along the way, the experts glanced at each other and smiled. The guest-minister said: “What a disappointment. This so-called number one genius of the dynasty is only the king of bragging, completely shameless.”
“Haha, of course his tongue would be better than others in order to become a Divine King at such a young age. Alas, true experts don’t rely on their words to survive.”
“Let’s go, make our report and leave it to the emperor to decide.” Eastern Attendant had a ruminative flash in his old eyes. He felt that Feiyun was purposely hiding something but he did investigate in secret earlier without seeing anything strange. Perhaps he was overthinking it.
***
Feiyun headed for the most clandestine room in the mansion right away. He activated the barriers there in order to hide everything inside before taking out the figurine clamped in his armpit.
“Whoos.h.!.+” A blinding white light flew out of the figurine in his palm. It gathered together and a beautiful woman dressed in a white Buddhist gown embroidered with a lotus flower showed up. Her brows were well-defined and nose well-sculpted. A s.h.i.+ny glow remained on her slender body as if she was a jade sculpture.
She glared sternly at him while slightly resembling a ghost due to her long hair.
Feiyun saw dazzled and in the neck second, he felt a chill. She had him by the neck.
“Your Excellency, please don’t be angry! I had no choice due to the circ.u.mstances earlier! I had no intention of disrespecting you!” Feiyun remained relatively calm.
Her murderous intent was quite strong so the entire room was freezing up with white mist everywhere.
‘This G.o.dd.a.m.ned woman, does she have a fetish for choking?’ Feiyun had already come up with a way to deal with this but being grabbed by someone who could crush Giants was still a bit scary.
Her dark eyes met his. Ordinary people would have been scared to death but Feiyun met her gaze straight on.
After a while, she said: “Hand that ancient s.h.i.+p over.”
She tightened her grip and suffocated him with her chilling aura. She was naturally talking about the azure vessel.
“Ah… the vessel has been offered to a big shot… don’t look at me like that, I’m telling the truth. Otherwise, how can I be the Divine King right now? You need to trade treasures for status in the Jin Dynasty.” Feiyun was certain that she didn’t know much about the politics of the dynasty so he chose to go this route.
She didn’t give a d.a.m.n about the dynasty and politics, only her own cultivation and the heavenly dao. That’s why he said he bought his ranking; she wouldn’t know if he was lying or not.
However, she naturally wouldn’t believe him so easily after their past encounters, only her own eyes.
“If you dare to lie to me, I’ll crush you into nothingness.” Spirit energy traveled from her finger through his veins and blood. It was searching all around him.
“Your Excellency, killing me would only alarm the Jin Emperor, you must rethink it!” He stammered and let her energy freely flow through him.
