Chapter 2891 - 935: So, You Came to Demand Answers from Me?
Chapter 2891: Chapter 935: So, You Came to Demand Answers from Me?
"Are there only three Nascent Soul early stage cultivators?"
In the City Lord Mansion, Hong Lian, observing the three Nascent Soul cultivators above the Immortal City through the Great Formation, slightly furrowed her brow.
She wasn’t surprised by the Nascent Soul’s arrival; it was something she had anticipated.
Ever since the Liang Yue War ended and Yangming True Monarch’s power resounded through the Southern Wilderness and Northern Territory, she realized that a potential threat was brewing.
The reason was simple.
A Core Formation cultivator, in just a few decades, had risen to become a Nascent Soul giant, surely attracting the jealousy and vigilance of other forces.
Moreover, in the past at the Vast Sand Illusion Realm, Azure Phoenix True Monarch obtained core opportunities from the Secret Realm, inciting several Nascent Soul cultivators to surround and kill him.
Yangming True Monarch, who was still a Core Formation cultivator, got involved and stood together with Azure Phoenix True Monarch.
So when the Nascent Soul cultivators who had targeted Yangming True Man and Azure Phoenix True Monarch heard of Yangming True Monarch’s situation, they were bound to act.
Either apologize and resolve grievances;
Or flee to distant lands in search of shelter;
Or form alliances to collectively oppose or even confront Yangming True Monarch.
In these years, from the cultivators visiting the Great Dream Immortal City one after another, Hong Lian had noticed a few things; many came to explore her husband’s attitude, situation, and character.
So, when receiving some visitors, Hong Lian deliberately revealed that her husband was not convenient to meet guests.
She even propagated the rumor in the Great Dream Immortal City that Yangming True Monarch was possibly severely injured and not in a good state.
This was to see which clowns would jump out from the shadows.
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey, intimidate once more, and solve some hidden enemies in the process.
She just didn’t expect only three Nascent Soul cultivators to arrive.
And from the looks of it, all three were only Nascent Soul early stage cultivators.
"Back then at the Vast Sand Illusion Realm, five Nascent Soul cultivators directly targeted my husband and Azure Phoenix True Monarch."
"Besides the Purple Grey True Monarch who was killed, four Nascent Soul cultivators remain, yet only two have shown up now."
In these years, Hong Lian, representing the Great Dream Immortal City and Yangming True Monarch, managed Jiang Country’s affairs, and also spent considerable time understanding the various forces in the Southern Wilderness and Northern Territory.
She had some understanding of many forces’ Nascent Soul True Lords.
"There are still Nascent Soul cultivators watching!" Hong Lian was very sure in her heart.
Even an injured tiger is still a tiger.
Even if Yangming True Monarch is severely injured and not in good condition, he is not someone who can be bullied by just three Nascent Soul early stage cultivators.
Especially since the news of Yangming True Monarch’s severe injury hasn’t been confirmed.
"Daoist Qianzhu, Golden Peng."
Hong Lian thought no more, calling out to Qian Zhuyan from the Puppet Hall and the Golden Peng in the back hall of the City Lord Mansion.
She then crushed two Jade Talismans, holding the Array Plate, and stepped out of the City Lord Mansion, looking at the three Nascent Soul cultivators outside the Immortal City, and shouted, "How audacious you are."
"Back at the Vast Sand Illusion Realm, your Purple Mist Mountain teamed up with others to surround and kill my husband. The grudge from that incident hasn’t been settled by my husband yet, and you’ve dared to come seeking answers?"
Hong Lian, in a red palace dress with gold and silver embroidered patterns and a wide skirt trailing behind her, adorned with a Peach Blossom Pearl Crown, had her black hair flying and flowing, exuding an unspeakable ethereal and noble aura.
She, despite being at Core Formation cultivation level,
showed no fear in front of the three Nascent Soul True Lords, revealing even a latent sharpness and reserved dominance.
In her words, a golden Peng bird, dazzling as if forged from gold, appeared above the City Lord Mansion, gazing coldly and sharply at the three outside the Immortal City.
"It’s Li Muwan, the Dao companion of Yangming True Monarch!"
"The City Lord’s wife indeed is a Nascent Soul True Lord!"
"The City Lord’s wife is truly domineering, showing no fear in the face of three Nascent Soul cultivators."
"This golden Peng bird is Yangming True Monarch’s spiritual pet, the Golden Roc True Monarch!"
"Why hasn’t the City Lord himself appeared? Could the rumors be true that the City Lord is severely injured and not in good condition?"
The cultivators in the Immortal City were amazed and started discussing when they saw Hong Lian and the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng appear.
With Yangming True Monarch’s fame, the spiritual pet, Golden Roc True Monarch, had become known to many.
As for Hong Lian, the City Lord’s wife, she was usually elusive like a dragon, mysterious to the point that few knew her.
But as Yangming True Monarch’s legend spread, most cultivators believed that she was a Nascent Soul True Lord!
The Nascent Soul cultivator from Purple Mist Mountain, upon being stared at by the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng’s eyes, felt his heart tighten, tinged with a bit of terror.
However, upon seeing Hong Lian, he was surprised.
The latter seemed not to be a Nascent Soul cultivator but a... Core Formation cultivator.
Yet looking at Hong Lian’s peerless demeanor and commanding presence, True Monarch Qing Cang instinctively felt that she was hiding her true cultivation level.
He gathered the courage and said coldly, "Settle with us? Only if you have the ability!"
"In the past, if Yangming hadn’t faked his death and changed his name, not daring to show himself, we would have exterminated him long ago, letting him be arrogant until now!"
"Yangming, come out!"
Although True Monarch Qing Cang was apprehensive and fearful of Yangming True Monarch and the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng,
there is a saying - losing in battle but not in appearance.
He was already impelled to come here; if he hesitated and acted cowardly now, he’d only be an embarrassment.
Indeed.
The moment True Monarch Qing Cang spoke, many cultivators in the Great Dream Immortal City were shocked.
They wondered who these three Nascent Soul cultivators were to disregard their own City Lord, scolding him as a child.
In the City Lord Mansion, Qian Zhuyan’s eye sockets burned with the soul fire, cold and indifferent, wishing to rush out immediately.
But she had been in a previous battle, her puppet body was damaged, and the puppets forming the battle formations showed varying degrees of damage, significantly reducing her combat strength, making it inconvenient to act now.
"Scoundrels like you aren’t worthy of my husband showing up!"
Hong Lian manipulated the Array Plate in her hand, fully operating the Celestial City Formation, her whole body connecting with the formation’s Qi mechanism, her palace dress fluttering in the air, and spreading towards above the Immortal City.