I Truly Am The Villian

Chapter 1054: Chapter 1053: Elder Xuankong, Qianniu Taoist Court

Upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words, everyone was stunned.

“What are you talking about?” Xia Wanqing inquired.

“Which friend might that be? Come out and show yourself,” Xu Zimei stepped out of the inn, looking up at the sky, asking.

“Yi,” a low murmur came from the sky.

“A minor Heaven Martial Sect actually has someone like this?

Able to see through my Flowing Cloud Waterside Pavilion.”

Hearing this sudden voice, everyone’s faces changed dramatically.

Especially Prince Chen Luo, who seemed to have thought of something.

When the crowd looked at the small town again, they found it eerily peculiar everywhere.

Some trees were lush and flourishing, while others had already withered.

The town’s residents walked up and down the streets, but a closer look would reveal they seemed to be set in their ways.

Repeating the same movements and postures.

The smile on the shopkeeper’s face at the inn was becoming increasingly eerie.

Chen Luo asked into the void, “May I ask if it is Elder Xuankong?”

“You little lad, you do have some insight,” the old man’s voice followed.

The next moment, the ground beneath shook.

The town where everyone was standing was uprooted and shrank to a visible size at a speed perceivable to the naked eye.

When they looked around again, they found themselves standing in a wasteland.

All around was empty, with no sign of the town.

In front of their sight, an old man slowly walked towards them.

He was dressed in a gray robe, appearing somewhat like a scholar.

He was full of vigor as he stretched out his right hand, and the miniaturized town, shrunk hundreds of times, was spinning in his palm.

As if the large town they were just in was merely a toy in his hand.

Xu Zimei glanced at it and found it curious as well.

It was more like a technique of Heaven Edge, able to alter the size of objects at will.

Of course, the complexity of it wouldn’t be as simple as it seemed.

“Greetings to Elder Xuankong,” Prince Chen Luo promptly greeted.

“Since you have heard of my name, you should know what I am here for,” Elder Xuankong stated.

“Is the Elder here on behalf of the Sunset Empire to kill me?” Prince Chen Luo replied.

“The conflicts between empires, as the patriarch of World Stabilizing Pavilion, surely you wouldn’t break the rules by intervening.”

“The girl by your side is also from World Stabilizing Pavilion, isn’t she?” Elder Xuankong retorted.

“She is but a junior,” Prince Chen Luo quickly replied.

“Rest assured, I’m not so disgraceful to bully the weak,” Elder Xuankong declared.

“I won’t kill you, but someone will.”

With a wave of his hand, a young man appeared from behind.

This young man was also dressed in a gray robe, with a red brim hat covering his head.

“This is my disciple, he will fight for me,” Elder Xuankong announced.

“If he wins, you may leave.”

“Does the Elder stand for Sunset Empire, or did my esteemed big brother send you?” Chen Luo asked.

The inheritance of the Nine Nights Immortal King had been uncovered.

The king had entrusted the entire matter to him, and if he handled it to satisfaction, the position of Crown Prince might not be far off.

Interruption at this juncture might mean his own brothers were involved or an enemy state.

“That doesn’t matter,” Elder Xuankong waved his hand.

The young man stepped forward.

He slightly clasped his fist, “World Stabilizing Pavilion’s Yue Qingyun.”

The woman in white also came forward slowly, similarly responding, “World Stabilizing Pavilion’s Yu Huashang.”

“Apologies Yu Sister, offense is taken,” Yue Qingyun declared with a light shout.

With a grand gesture, the sky instantly turned dark.

A mountain sprung forth from his hand and pressed down towards Yu Huashang.

When the mountain was thrown, it was only as large as a palm, but upon landing, it instantly turned into a genuine mountain peak.

Yu Huashang’s ribbon in her hands entangled, also turning into a kilometer in length.

The beautiful ribbon, like a great expanse of rivers and mountains, bound the entire mountain peak together and flung it away.

With a “boom”, when the mountain fell, instead of shattering, it transformed into a stream of Pure Energy.

And returned to Yue Qingyun’s hand.

Then, countless ribbons came killing towards him.

Yue Qingyun’s gaze sharpened, his aura magnificent, as he waved his hand again.

A primeval forest appeared before him.

Within this forest, ten thousand beasts stampeded, and various Monster Beasts surged out.

And those ribbons of Yu Huashang’s also split into countless strands, joining together, forming either swords or axes.

For a moment, they stood together against the horde of Monster Beasts.

…

Beside them, Xia Wanqing turned to Xu Zimei, asking, “Who do you think will win?”

“If it were a fair fight, she would win.

But with that old man by his side, Yue Qingyun will definitely win,” Xu Zimei replied.

“Why is that?” Xia Wanqing asked.

“Because they can’t afford to lose,” Xu Zimei said with a smile.

After speaking, he turned his gaze towards the Seven Emperors beside him.

Way of Inquiry: “I heard you rank seventy-eight on that list of heroes?”

“So what?” Chen Luo responded indifferently.

“Why don’t you go up then? Letting a woman fight,” Xu Zimei said.

“Why doesn’t Brother Xu go up?” Chen Luo retorted.

“They want to kill you, not us,” Xu Zimei said.

His eyes then turned to Elder Xuankong beside him.

Saying, “Old man, if there’s nothing else, we’ll take our leave first.”

“Please wait, young master. Let’s decide after this duel concludes,” Elder Xuankong replied.

In front of them, Yue Qingyun and Yu Huashang’s battle was irreconcilable.

The Way of Change in their hands was executed to perfection.

The clash between various life forms.

However, Yu Huashang clearly had the upper hand.

Just as Yue Qingyun was being relentlessly pushed back and was about to lose, Elder Xuankong’s right hand made a covert flick at his side.

A powerful gush of energy surged into Yue Qingyun’s body.

Instantly, his aura surged, and the surrounding forests transformed, exploding outwards.

And Yu Huashang’s body was sent flying backward.

“It seems you’ve lost,” Elder Xuankong said with a smile.

“If senior wishes to kill us, just act directly; why bother with these plots and schemes?” Chen Luo said.

“Elder Xuankong, you really are regressing with age,” at that moment, a voice came from the distant horizon.

“How could you strike a junior, have you forgotten the rules of World Stabilizing Pavilion?”

Hearing this voice, Prince Chen Luo’s expression relaxed immediately.

Another elder appeared.

Clad in a yellow robe, holding a jade cauldron, he slowly walked through the air.

“Jade Cauldron True Man,” Elder Xuankong murmured this name.

“You’re intervening in this as well?”

“And if I am? Got a problem with that?” Jade Cauldron True Man said indifferently.

“In that case, I’ll let them go today,” Elder Xuankong replied.

“But one thing you must remember, the founding principles of World Stabilizing Pavilion cannot be changed.”

“The decree of Qianniu Taoist Court has been issued, and I think you understand the great undertaking of our age even more than I.”

Watching Jade Cauldron True Man remain silent, Elder Xuankong took Yue Qingyun and left directly.