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The next day.

More than a dozen invitation cards appeared on Meng Yu's desk, all from various powers within the city. Logically, Meng Yu should first invite someone from the Eternal Night Palace to come in and clarify everything.

But would that be of any use?

Some conflicts, once initiated, will spread endlessly. You find yourself frowning and resorting to methods you dislike to resolve them.

Killing someone can't solve the problem, but it can quiet the whispers, not to mention that Meng Yu really dislikes the methods employed by the Eternal Night Palace.

Thus, he picked out an invitation and permitted its bearer to enter.

"Greetings, Sect Master Meng."

The first to be granted entrance was an elder with a dragon's head and a human's body.

To say he had a dragon's head wasn't quite accurate; the elder looked almost human, but the two small horns on his head and the dragon scales on his neck betrayed his identity.

Sun Bodang, a hybrid of the human and dragon race, was the chairman of a certain third-party trading company in the city. He was also the person who had left a name card for Ding Yijun on Bai Qianqian's behalf. Behind him stood the patronage of the East Sea Dragon Monarch, one of the Nine Great Divine Beasts of the Dragon Clan.

The East Sea Dragon Clan was known for its splendor, and Meng Yu also wanted to help Bai Qianqian inquire about the whereabouts of a sister from a certain 'loser's alliance,' to see if she was still living as a home-bound dragon.

Sun Bodang entered the Five Elements Formation with all due respect.

For over a hundred years in Sleepless City, he had completed various missions, earning a wealth of spirit stones for his superiors. Yet every time he went back to report the details, his lord would always ask how Bai Qianqian was doing.

He hadn't gone to the Western Wastes, but he had always kept an eye on the modest storefront of the Moon-Watching Sect. He was perplexed, did this pancake and fruit crepe stand (flag) really warrant such significant attention?

Then today, as he stepped into the center of the Great Formation, the scene that unfolded before him was one he would never forget.

...

Half an hour later, Sun Bodang left, and a Golden Core from the Palace of Eternal Night in the Western Extremes hurriedly came up to him.

"Elder Sun..."

"Don't call me that. I went in and saw Sect Master Meng."

Having left the Great Formation, Sun Bodang's attitude grew even more deferential.

Not Meng Yu, but Sect Master Meng, and his words were full of respect.

"Sect Master Meng said that he came here privately for leisure and has no intentions toward the Eternal Night Palace. He wants you to kill Wang Yingjie."

He had gone in, shared a cup of tea and a few words with Meng Yu, and then left.

"Hehe, is there anything else?"

Someone sneered contemptuously. Wang Yingjie was just a minor character, but this touched upon the reputation of the Eternal Night Palace, and how to account for the fact that Meng Yu had just killed a few of their people.

"Sect Master Meng is reasonable. The people from the Myriad Gold Pavilion took the initiative to act against the Moon-Watching Sect this time, and he hopes that the Eternal Night Palace will not allow the Myriad Gold Pavilion to stay in Sleepless City any longer. He will say the same to the other powers in the northwest region. Whoever continues to do business with the Myriad Gold Pavilion is showing disrespect to the Moon-Watching Sect."

"Hahaha."

Someone suddenly burst out laughing.

The appearance of Meng Yu sent shockwaves throughout Sleepless City. Not only did the Golden Cores of the city mobilize, and the city's formations operate at full capacity, but also a large number of personnel from the Eternal Night Palace headquarters, thousands of miles away, were rushing over via the Teleportation Array. Meanwhile, a Nascent Soul Master had arrived outside Sleepless City, ready to suppress any situation that arose.

Meng Yu dared to say that he was just out for a private excursion!

"Did he mention how many Golden Cores he brought with him?"

Another Golden Core asked this.

"I wouldn't have mentioned it if Sect Master Meng hadn't instructed me to, but he told me that he only brought one Golden Core guard on this long journey. He asked the Eternal Night Palace not to bully the weak or harbor inappropriate thoughts."

While saying this, even Sun Bodang felt a bit odd.

A tea table made of Fourth Grade spirit wood, the tea set, and the other party's calm and indifferent demeanor showed him a poise reminiscent of his master.

He didn't know if Meng Yu was pretending to be ignorant or intentionally fishing, but as a person whose words were as heavy as nine sacred cauldrons, Meng Yu shouldn't be lying openly about this matter.

"Did he really say that?"

The color drained from the face of the Eternal Night Palace's Golden Core.

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"I swear upon the name of the Dragon Monarch, I'm speaking nothing but the truth," Sun Bodang stated calmly.@@novelbin@@

"Elder Sun, could you share what you observed inside?"

A familiar Golden Core asked.

"Heh."

Sun Bodang scoffed, glanced at the inquirer, and then shook his head.

Before entering, he was somewhat curious about Meng Yu's capabilities. However, after stepping inside, he was drenched in cold sweat.

The East Sea Dragon King was known for his unparalleled wealth, but the furnishings and items in Meng Yu's courtyard made Sun Bodang feel an even more formidable foundation.

These were the everyday tools of a True God Transforming Master, and now they had fallen into Meng Yu's hands. The aura they contained made Sun Bodang tremble all over.

Offend such a person?

Right, they were just laid out there casually.

Heh heh.

…

Since Sun Bodang had become the Pathfinder, naturally, the Eternal Night Palace would be the next to pay a visit.

Regrettably, Meng Yu tactfully stated that no more than three people were allowed to enter, and only those at the Foundation Establishment stage. Golden Cores were not welcome, for he himself was merely at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Fine… The Eternal Night Palace actually felt that Meng Yu was a bit cowardly and petty.

When the younger members of the Orthodox Sects and Holy Sects, the True Seeds, and Saint Heirs and Holy Maidens travelled the world, they were all grand and arrogant to the extreme. Those at the Foundation Establishment Stage would respectfully greet a Golden Core and act even more courteously towards a Nascent Soul. Yet here was Meng Yu, confronting adversity by raising his defenses like a turtle in its shell, giving the impression of being utterly craven.

The Eternal Night Palace wasn't insane; why would they nab or kill the child of a True God Transforming Master without any rhyme or reason... Everyone exchanged looks with each other...

During this time, the Eternal Night Palace was under great pressure. With the appearance of three hundred Golden Cores in the Western Wastes, what if they showed up in the northwest?

Although they had Nascent Soul Masters and the Mountain Protection Array, what if the other party really wanted to do something?

If they could detain Meng Yu, if they could demonstrate the power of the Eternal Night Palace...

Soon after, the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had paid the visit came out, each seeming a bit bewildered.

Those who were allowed inside were the most experienced, most perceptive, and most eloquent.

Then, they began to discuss the opulence they witnessed.

The tea tables and stools were made of Fourth Grade spirit wood (although the Immortal Sect had only been around in that region for ten thousand years, it doesn't mean that before then, millions of years had passed without Sects leaving behind various treasures. And although Fourth Grade spirit wood lost its magic essence and became Third Grade treasure after being fashioned into furnishings, such waste was equivalent to seeing prized horses plowing fields—it made them feel as though they were witnessing an incredulous squandering).

And then, the Spiritual Tea, Spirit Fruit…

When the Immortal Sect shamelessly settled accounts with Meng Yu, they loved to stuff him with flashy but useless items, just like those Yellow Pear Wood antiques from another planet. The Immortal Sect's enforcement agencies had confiscated so many that they used to be somewhat valuable, but with the flourishing spirit stone market, these items had further lost their value.

But, the people from the Eternal Night Palace didn't know that.

Everyone also recalled how Meng Yu had arrived in the Western Wastes and set up a canteen outside the Moon-Watching Sect, where passing Cultivators could eat Spirit Rice for free. At that time, everyone thought he was a complete fool, throwing away money so freely that the Sky-splitting Sword Sect believed they could take advantage of him…

"The ten Magic Artifacts constituting the Array—I recognized the Xuan Yin Mirror, the Banner of Black Water, and the Kai Yang Sword..."

Another Foundation Establishment Cultivator recounted what he saw, and the various details.

"Did Meng Yu mention what he is here for this time?"

An imposing Golden Core Cultivator asked this.

"First, Wang Yingjie dies. Second, since the Myriad Gold Pavilion attacked the Moon-Watching Sect's people in Sleepless City, and since Sleepless City has taken Ding Yijun's management fee, they need to provide an explanation and expel the Myriad Gold Pavilion from Sleepless City."

Are Meng Yu's conditions troublesome?

Not troublesome. Wang Yingjie is just an ant; the big trouble he caused means nobody would object to crushing him. As for the Myriad Gold Pavilion matter, although it's a bit more intricate, they initiated the wrongdoing. Hence, it wouldn't be wrong for Sleepless City to take action against them, even the Myriad Gold Pavilion couldn't argue against it.

However, precisely because the demands were so light, everyone felt it strange.

"Just this, just this?"

"Yes, Meng Yu said he and a Golden Core guard are preparing to travel the world and don't wish to make a big fuss. Today's incident was an anomaly. He has no other designs against Sleepless City or the Eternal Night Palace, and if by chance their paths cross, they will just smile and move on. As long as these two matters are handled, or rather, if Wang Yingjie is killed, he won't pursue the Myriad Gold Pavilion matter any further. He will deal with them himself in the future. As long as we kill Wang Yingjie, we will have no further involvement."

The eldest among the Foundation Establishment Cultivators said this.

At that moment, he listened to Meng Yu's demands with unease, knowing full well that the Eternal Night Palace would never agree unless Meng Yu demanded that Wang Yingjie's entire family, including True Sage Wang, be killed, which might lead the Eternal Night Palace to consider discussing the matter.

"Heh, wishful thinking."

At that moment, the Sect Leader of the Eternal Night Palace in the Western Extremes made a decision.

Killing Wang Yingjie was no matter; not to mention one, but killing a hundred like him wouldn't mean anything. But in doing so, the reputation of the Eternal Night Palace in the Western Extremes would be completely destroyed.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator together with a Golden Core comes to Sleepless City and pressures the Eternal Night Palace to reveal its Nascent Soul Master, and by the end, they must kill their own person. What would be left of the Eternal Night Palace's reputation? This was utterly preposterous.

"Don't reply, let him stew for a bit, keep waiting."

He ordered this.

He glanced at the Array in front of him, disdainfully curling his lip. What sort of disturbance could this Array cause among Sleepless City's Arrays?

Even if Nascent Soul Masters were unable to act in Sleepless City, there were so many Golden Cores here—a united effort would break through the defense Array and capture Meng Yu within half an hour.

Someone checked the time; Meng Yu had given the Eternal Night Palace three days to consider.

That person earnestly said, "Please give me a reply. If you don't give me face, then things will really turn unpleasant. Thank you."

How absurd, how totally absurd!