Even though Wan Ke’s mind was calm and steady, when he heard Wan Zhaoyi’s words, he was still shaken in his heart.
In today’s world, there was only one person who dared to call herself a female emperor, and that was the sovereign of the First Central Empire, the Great Mighty Great Virtue Female Saint Emperor.
What exactly had Junior Brother committed, why would even the Empress send someone to apprehend him?
In just a moment, Wan Ke reacted, clasped his hands together, bowed forward, and asked cautiously, “Dare I ask Your Majesty, what exactly has Zhang Ruochen committed?”
For someone who dared to call himself “this king” in the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion, then the title of the man in front of him should at least be equal to that of the Eastern Domain King.
Just like the Thousand Water County King, when he came to the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion, he could not call himself “this king”. His title was too different from the Eastern Domain King.
The Eastern Domain King was a “Lower Heavenly King” and enjoyed the treatment of a “Middle Heavenly King”.
If this man in front of him was also a Heavenly King, and considering that this person’s surname was “Wan”, then Wan Ke was already able to guess his identity.
There was only one person who could be named a Heavenly King at such a young age.
That was, the Junior Saint Heavenly King, Wan Zhaoyi.
Of course, the titles of Wan Zhaoyi and the King of the Eastern Region, although they were the same, the power and influence of the two were not on the same level.
A golden-armoured soldier glared at Wan Ke and said in a rather flighty manner, “The Queen needs to give you a reason to take someone?”
Wan Ke was a little displeased, anger showing in his eyes. No matter what, he was also a Half-Saint, even if your Golden Armoured Army was an Imperial Sergeant, it was too arrogant to actually dare to shout in front of a Half-Saint.
Right at this moment, Saint Qing Xiao and Chen Wentian walked out from the gate side by side, they didn’t suppress the Saint Dao aura in their bodies in the slightest, like two towering mountains, standing in front of the Saint King’s Mansion’s main gate.
Saint Qing Xiao’s gaze stared towards that one golden-armoured sergeant just now.
That golden-armoured soldier, immediately felt his eyes, as if he was stabbed by a needle, his eyes went black, his body swayed, and with a bang, he directly fell from the back of the golden-armoured beast.
Qing Xiao Saint didn’t hurt his life, just gave him a lesson, letting him know that he should have a minimum respect for Half-Saints and Saints.
After Wan Ke and Zhu Hongtao spread the news out, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint was unable to return in time because he had an extremely important matter that needed to be resolved.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint sent a message to the Qing Xiao Sage, telling him to rush back to the Eastern Domain first to sit on the ground and shelter Zhang Ruochen.
Sage Qing Xiao had only arrived at the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion today as well, and originally, he was discussing with Chen Wutian on how to counterattack the black market when he sensed the arrival of Ten Thousand Trillion Trillions. Thus, they could only stop their discussions first and come out to meet Wan Zhaoyi for a while.
Wan Ke took a step back and said in a low voice, “Senior Brother, this person is”
Sage Qing Xiao raised a hand, signalling that Wan Ke did not need to continue.
Qing Xiao Sage stared at Wan Zhaoyi, who stood atop the head of the white scaly dragon, his expression cold as he said, “East Lawlessness, West Lawlessness. Northern Mind Technique, Southern Return to the Sea. The Ten Trillion Trillion of the Central Region and the Nine States. How could I not recognise it?”
Wan Zhaobillion let out a loud laugh, “Qing Xiao, you’ve been considered to be a great warrior in the Ruins Realm Battlefield all these years, and you’ve accumulated a military value that should be close to enough for you to be named an Inferior Heavenly King, right?”
“Trillion trillion, are you telling me that I’m not as good as you in terms of rank and should salute you?”Saint Qing Xiao carried his hands behind his back and said in a cold voice.
“That’s right.”
Wan Zhaoyi said very frankly.
The entire Kunlun Realm, all the cultivators, all of them knew that Wan Zhaoyi was a rather arrogant person.
However, that arrogance of his was something that people took for granted. He also didn’t hide his arrogance in the slightest, perhaps he felt that he should be arrogant.
If he wasn’t wild and arrogant, he wouldn’t be Ten Thousand Trillion.
Qing Xiao Sage was a person from the Ministry of War, and Wan Zhaoyi was also a person from the Ministry of War. In the Ministry of War, as long as the rank was inferior to the other, when a subordinate met their superior, they had to bow.
Of course, figures at the level of Soldier Saints, with their honourable status and lofty position, could actually be exempted from having to salute. In the Ministry of War, there was also no Heavenly King that would force a Soldier Saint to salute him.
It was only that the Qing Xiao Saint had some personal grudges with Wan Zhaoyi, and thus, Wan Zhaoyi had deliberately targeted him.
“Wan Zhaoyi, I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you!”
Qing Xiao Sage took out the Heavenly King Order, cupped it in his hand, and played with it once before putting it back away again.
Wan Zhaoyi’s face remained unchanged as he said, “Enshrining the Heavenly King, such a big event, how come the Heavenly King of Qing didn’t send someone to notify? If I had known about this earlier, this king would have gone to your residence to congratulate you no matter what.”
Chen Wutian said, “In that case, let’s go into the mansion for a drink.”
Wan Zhaoyi shook his head, his eyes suddenly becoming very serious as he said, “This king has come here to run an errand for the empress, so I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to drink with the two of you. Next time, Central Imperial City, my treat, the two of you must reward me.”
Wan Zhaoyi instructed the two golden armoured soldiers behind him, saying, “Go and escort Zhang Ruochen out, don’t delay too long.”
The two gold-armoured sergeants, leapt off the back of the gold-armoured beast.
They wore golden armour and had golden swords hanging from their waists, and the look in their eyes was icy cold and haughty, as they mounted the stone steps with a dragon’s stride and were about to march towards the Sacred King’s Mansion.
“Slow down.”
Chen Wentian also stopped being polite with Wan Zhaoyi and said in a deep voice, “Wan Zhaoyi, you didn’t even say a word about what offence Zhang Ruochen had committed before you tried to take someone away from the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion, you’re too unbridled, aren’t you!”
With Chen Wutian’s roar, immediately, an aura that was only found in Saints suppressed the two golden-armoured sergeants.
The two gold-armoured sergeants could not withstand the strong aura emanating from Chen Wentian’s body, a cackling sound emanated from within their bodies as their legs bent, and with a thud, they knelt on the ground.
The ground beneath their knees sunk directly into the ground.
Wan Zhaoyi raised his head, gently touched the jade trigger on his thumb, glanced at Chen Wutian, then at Saint Qing Xiao, and said, ”Zhang Ruochen colluded with the Devil Cult in the Ruins Realm Battlefield and killed the soldiers of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he is a treacherous and chaotic traitor. Qing Xiao, don’t tell me that you don’t know these things?”
Saint Qing Xiao shook his head and said, “This is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
“Is that so?”
“Wan Zhaobian, you claimed that my senior brother colluded with the Devil Cult, do you have any proof? Killing the soldiers of the Ministry of Military Affairs, do you have proof of that again?”
Wan Zhaoyi stood up straight and stared tightly at Saint Qingxiao before saying after a long time, “In other words, you’re defending Zhang Ruochen?”
“Everything has to be about evidence, without evidence, just based on your words, you want to take someone away, if something goes wrong, who will be responsible?”
Saint Qing Xiao coldly said, “To tell you honestly, right now, my senior brother is one of the candidates for the Martial City Money Bank’s Young Duke. If you want to take him away, I’m afraid you’ll have to go to the Martial God Mountain’s Luang Huan Palace to ask for permission once more. Without Lord Martial God’s approval, who would dare to touch him?”
Wan Zhaoyi smiled and said, “What if I must take the person away?”
“Wow!”
Without any sign, Wan Zhaoyi’s figure moved and disappeared above the white scaly dragon’s head. In an instant, he appeared in front of Sage Qing Xiao and Chen Wentian, and both of his palms struck out at the same time.
“Ow!”
“Ow!”
With his arms, Wan Zhaobian emitted two dragon chants, and two huge dragon shadows surged out from his palms, attacking Qing Xiao Sage and Chen Wentian with open teeth and claws.
What he was performing was, the tenth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, Dragon Swimming in the Nine Heavens.
Qing Xiao Sage and Chen Wutian simultaneously struck out a palm, colliding with the double palms of Ten Thousand Trillion. With a loud boom, two circles of energy ripples erupted between the palms of the three of them, sending both the Chen Clan’s House Army and Golden Armour Army flying.
Even the two Chen Clan’s Half-Saints standing not far away had difficulty resisting the power emanating from the trio, and their bodies slid backwards more than ten feet away.
“Swish!”
Wan Zhaoyi’s body shook slightly and flew backward, flipping around in midair and landing back on top of the white auger dragon’s head.
Qing Xiao Sage and Chen Wutian, on the other hand, each took three steps backward before stabilising themselves. At the same time, on the ground, three deep footprints were left behind.
Those Household Army members of the Chen Clan were all shocked.
They had been staying in the Eastern Domain, and although they had heard of Wan Zhaoyi’s reputation, they did not quite understand Wan Zhaoyi’s strength. However, they were quite clear about the strength of Sage Qing Xiao and Chen Wentian.
The cultivation of any one of the Sage of the Green Heavens Heavens and Chen Wentian could also be described as an overlord of the world, enough to make the evil characters in the entire Eastern Domain lose their nerve.
In the duel just now, although Wan Zhaoyi had fallen into a disadvantage.
However, he was one against two, and was simply ridiculously strong.
Wan Zhaoyi operated his holy qi to dissolve the power of his arms and laughed, “There are not many people in the world today who are worthy of fighting with this king, it’s rare to come across two opponents, if not for the imperial order, this king really wants to have a good battle with you guys.”
Chen Wutian said, “The Chen family’s old ancestor, who helped the Empress to pacify the Eastern Region, was one of the twelve meritorious ministers of the opening of the dynasty, and was conferred with the title of Superior Heavenly King. Back then, the Empress herself bestowed the five words Eastern Domain Saint King’s House, which was the greatest recognition for the Chen Family. Now, yet you want to force your way into the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion, can I take you down as a rebel?”
“What if I have an imperial decree?”Wan Zhaoyi said with a smirk.
“Imperial decree.”
The faces of Chen Wutian and Qing Xiao Sage both changed.
In the Kunlun Realm, there was only one person that could issue an imperial decree. That person, naturally, was Empress Chi Yao.
From the back of the white auger dragon, Wan Zhaoyi took out a one-foot-long brocade box, and from within, he took out a golden scroll.
Although the scroll was wrapped together, one could still vaguely see the word “Emperor” embroidered on it.
“Boom!”
The brocade box had only just been opened when a blinding golden light emerged, and a vast imperial might radiated out, covering the entire Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion.
The moment the imperial decree came out, it was as if the empress was personally present, and apart from the half-saints and saints who were exempt from kneeling, the rest of the martial artists, all of them, had to kneel and salute.
“Greetings to the Empress.”
Outside the Saint King’s Mansion, a large area knelt in unison.
In the Sacred King’s Mansion, all of the government troops, palace maids, maids, and housekeepers were affected by the imperial might and all knelt.
The Imperial Might was a spiritual force suppression, and as long as one knelt, the spiritual force suppression would dissipate. If one did not kneel, it would be disrespectful to the Empress, and the power of the Imperial Might would break the will of the martial artist, causing him or her to forcefully kneel.
Once a person’s will was crushed, in severe cases, the martial artist would become an idiot and lose the ability to think.
Even if it was lighter, it would have a huge impact on the martial practitioner’s Martial Dao, and in the future, his or her Martial Dao cultivation would stagnate.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen, of course, was also suppressed by the Imperial Might.
“What should have come, came after all!”
Zhang Ruochen walked out from inside the room and stood in the garden, looking in the direction of the gate, only to see a golden glow that gradually rose up. Moreover, the golden glow, which was still moving rapidly, came in his direction.
