Immortal of the Nine Realms

Chapter 136: The Emperor’s Great Grandfather

”Will you honor your words?” asked Ji Lengyue in a deep voice.

Huang Si Hai sneered. ”What a joke. My lord’s words are more precious than gold.”

Ji Lengyue glanced at him, then looked at Fang Chen, and nodded slightly. ”I can tell you, but you must have someone send me back to the Frost Water Empire.”

”Send your corpse back?” Fang Chen nodded. “That can be arranged.”

”You know what I mean!” snapped Ji Lengyue angrily. “I’ll tell you what you want to know if you let me go!”

”I can easily capture a high-level member of the Ji Family and have him tell me, or I can send people there to find out what I’m looking for. Why would I bother striking a pointless deal with you?” Fang Chen shook his head slightly. ”I hope you can open your eyes to reality. You have no bargaining power over me now. But I’ll tell you this, if you tell me now, I will have someone arrange a courtyard for you in the station with a few servants.”

”Didn’t you just say that you would let me move freely in the city?” exclaimed Ji Lengyue in astonishment.

”That was before. Now that you’ve tried to bargain with me, I’ll have to follow along and bargain as well. This is my counteroffer. It’s only fair, right?” said Fang Chen, a smile on his face. “So, want to continue with a counteroffer of yours?”

”Damn it!” Ji Lengyue was extremely angry, but he had no way to deal with Fang Chen. He had enough of the dark prison. As long as he could get out, he was willing to pay any price.

”Our Ji family’s Nightmare Horses were captured there,” divulged Ji Lengyue, left with no choice.

Nightmare Horses?

Xian Wuchang and others pricked up their ears. This was some big secret for sure!

They knew that the Nightmare Knights of the Frost Water Empire were so powerful because they were inseparable from their steed.

”In that place, there is something the immortal master had wanted, but it is rather dangerous. If you don’t want other people to know about this, we can continue this conversation outside,” Ji Lengyue said.

“Arrange a separate courtyard for him,” instructed Fang Chen.

An hour later, Ji Lengyue finally left the dark, gloomy prison and arrived at a separate courtyard arranged by Huang Sihai. Looking at the deep blue sky, he took a deep breath, then turned to Fang Chen. ”How did you get this map?”

Fang Chen smiled. ”Am I the one asking the question or are you? Do you want to go back in there again?”

Ji Lengyue’s expression changed slightly. He inwardly snorted, then said slowly, ”That place was called the Damaged Hidden Immortal Abode by Immortal Master Zhou. It is said to be left behind by a powerful cultivator who has already left, ascending to immortality. There are many exotic flowers and plants, Nightmare Warhorses, and spirit stones inside.”

Powerful cultivator? pondered Fang Chen. It seemed that Supreme Immortal Pudu had cultivated there before, or it might be his place of origin, or perhaps he had dwelled there for several years.

”However, that place is riddled with danger. Even Immortal Master Zhou didn’t dare to enter easily. Therefore, my Ji Family sends a large number of experts inside every year to capture Nightmare Horses, search for exotic flowers and plants, and collect spirit stones for him. Every year, about three to five hundred people are lost there.”

“Even a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining Realm didn’t dare to enter the Damaged Hidden Immortal Abode?”

”Yes.”

Fang Chen nodded lightly. ”From now on, you’ll stay here. There will be Guards from the station at the entrance. Don’t even think about escaping. Without your cultivation, even if you break out, you won’t be able to leave the capital.”

”Now that you have crippled my cultivation, I am useless to the Ji Family. There’s no use in keeping me here,” Ji Lengyue said.

”Whether you are useful or not doesn’t matter to me. The reason I keep you detained is that I find you annoying, nothing else.” Fang Chen patted his shoulder and turned to leave.

Before long, a group of Guards came and surrounded the courtyard. Ji Lengyue stared fiercely at Fang Chen’s departing figure and a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes.

*

Back in the Fang Manor.

Now that the maid servants and servants had been taken to the southern region, new ones were “employed.”

They appeared ordinary, but beneath that facade of normality were elite members of the Grand Xia Hidden Guards, the cream of the crop.

They all carried Purple Lightning Talismans, Divine Movement Talismans, Vajra Talismans, and Strength Talismans bestowed by Fang Chen. It could be said that as long as they were willing, each of them could unleash combat power far surpassing ordinary Qi Manipulation martial artists.

”My lord.”

When Fang Chen returned to the Fang Manor, the servants and maidservants approached to pay their respects. They had received rigorous training and were inherently well disciplined, so didn’t show any signs of anomaly, and even if one scrutinized them, they wouldn’t be able to detect anything wrong.

Fang Chen nodded with a smile. ”You can go about your business.”

After everyone withdrew, Li Daoye, who had received the news that Fang Chen had returned, ran over in a hurry.

”You’ve finally returned! I’ve been on edge this whole time, afraid that a Foundation Building Realm cultivator from the Spirit Blood Sect might come knocking at any moment!”

”Don’t worry. Abbess Qing He should have made it to the Concealed Moon Hermitage by now. If everything goes as planned, her master should have set out for Grand Xia,” reassured Fang Chen.

Li Daoye’s expression turned a little strange at the mention of Abbess Qing He’s master. ”Abbess Zhu Yue... She’s not that easy to convince.”

Fang Chen chuckled. ”I gave her an offer she can’t refuse.”

”An offer she can’t refuse?” Li Dao Ye was slightly shocked. ”Is it some treasure?”

Fang Chen smiled. ”The inheritance of the Purple Lightning Talisman.”

Li Daoye sucked in a cold breath, then said anxiously, ”If you had said it earlier, I would have gone back and asked my father to take action. With the inheritance of the Purple Lightning Talisman, there isn’t a need to mention the Spirit Blood Sect! Even if immortals descend, we will fight to the bitter end!”

Fang Chen said with a smile, ”You’re not trustworthy. I’m afraid you’ll run away midway...”

“......”

Li Daoye felt utterly helpless. The Eight Trigrams Sect had missed a tremendous opportunity....

Suddenly, a voice resonated in their ears. ”Is anyone here?”

Li Daoye’s expression changed slightly. That wasn’t an ordinary knock on the door; the other party had used spiritual energy. Ordinary people wouldn’t be able to hear it at all, only cultivators could!

”The Spirit Blood Sect has come!” Li Daoye looked at Fang Chen, his eyes filled with fear, and, unknown when, but dense beads of cold sweat had already appeared on his brow. He fumbled all over, trying to think of some trump card they could rely on.

”Calm down, it might not be them,” said Fang Chen.”Given their nature, they wouldn’t be so polite. Come with me. Let’s take a look.”

Outside the Fang Manor, stood a middle-aged man who had an elegant demeanor. He wore a green robe and looked like a scholar.

After a while, the gates of Fang Manor were opened, and a servant respectfully invited the man in. ”Please, come inside.”

”Hehe.” The middle-aged man nodded with a smile and followed the servant into the manor.

Before long, the man was seated together with Fang Chen and Li Daoye in the living room. He glanced at Fang Chen and then at Li Daoye. He couldn’t help but sigh as he said, ”I never thought that after leaving Grand Xia for so many years, cultivators would suddenly appear here. I spared no effort in my early days; I ventured to countless dangerous places, and walked tens of thousands of miles before I was barely able to catch a glimpse of the path to immortality.”

Feeling relieved he wasn’t from the Spirit Blood Sect, Li Daoye’s expression eased.

Was this person a citizen of Grand Xia? If that were the case, it’s unlikely that he’s a Spirit Blood Sect cultivator.

Fang Chen smiled and cupped his fist. ”Senior, may I ask for your name?”

”My name... I haven’t used it for a long time. Let me think....” He fell into thought momentarily, then suddenly recalled. “Ah, yes, I am called Xia Yu, the great-grandfather of the current Grand Xia emperor,” Ancestor Xia Yu introduced himself with a faint smile.