Chapter 155 - 120: Zhong Kui Vanquishes the Demon, Awaiting Return

Chapter 155: Chapter 120: Zhong Kui Vanquishes the Demon, Awaiting Return

[Name: Chen Ye]

[Profession: Peach Garden Celestial Official (The world is my stage, all living beings my audience, and the myriad arts my script. My performance commands reality; my words become law. When I ascend the stage, I enter a trance, and illusion becomes truth.)]

[Talent: Illusion Becomes Reality — After consuming enough Wish Power, all your operatic performances can temporarily turn an Illusion Realm into reality, transforming theatrical lines into imperial edicts. The play becomes real!]

[Skills: Micro Level 10, Dramatic Appearance Level 10, Loyal Heroic Judgment Level 10]

His Profession had reached its Ultimate level. At the same time, the Boat of the Other Shore in his Sea of Consciousness began to flicker, signaling that he could now return.

But Chen Ye remained silent for a moment before deciding to stay for the time being.

In any case, he had to at least wait until Guan Sihai and the others were buried.

Although they hadn’t known each other for long, Guan Sihai had treated him well, and Chen Ye couldn’t bear to leave just like that.

Meanwhile, as the Yin Qi in the city completely dissipated, the telegraph lines to the outside world were finally restored.

An urgent telegram was immediately sent to Pingjing.

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「Pingjing, Celestial Melody Tower.」

This was Pingjing’s most prestigious opera house. Right now, it was brightly lit and filled with clamorous music as countless dignitaries and influential figures celebrated the New Year, a stark contrast to the tragic state of the Sea Guardian Guard.

During the banquet, an urgent telegram from the south was being passed around among the guests, treated as a huge joke.

"Have you heard? A strange thing happened down south in the Sea Guardian Guard. They say on New Year’s Eve, there was a Night Parade of Hundred Demons, and the city was about to fall. But then some Actor got on stage, sang a song that summoned a god, and saved the city with a single Sword Slash that killed a hundred thousand demons!"

"Hahaha, which newspaper published this ghost story?"

"If you ask me, it’s probably just some nonsense fabricated by the officials over there to cover up their own incompetence!"

Amid the hall-wide laughter, only Wu Xuan, who was sitting in a corner, saw his expression suddenly change.

Although he had now retired the stage name Yu Fengxian and performed less often, he was still a titan in the Pingjing Liyuan world thanks to his Extraordinary skills and deep connections, which was why he had been invited to the banquet.

While others found it a joke, he couldn’t bring himself to laugh.

Because he knew better than anyone that Chen Ye’s performances could truly channel the divine!

Wu Xuan shot to his feet, strode forward, and snatched the paper from a man who was loudly reading the telegram.

The more he read, the paler his face became, and the fingers holding the telegram even began to tremble slightly.

"Boss Wu, what’s the matter? Don’t tell me you actually believe it?" the man teased.

Wu Xuan ignored him, simply muttering to himself in a daze, "It was him... It must have been him..."

Just as the powerful figures in the Celestial Melody Tower were treating the matter as a joke, another, more detailed document was delivered posthaste to the Imperial Palace.

The document, written in a trembling hand, detailed the horrific tragedy of the Night Parade of Hundred Demons in the Sea Guardian Guard, as well as the miracle of the Immortal who took the stage, channeled a god through song, and ultimately saved the entire city.

Appended to the end of the document was a jointly signed and fingerprinted petition from several hundred surviving officials and gentry of the Sea Guardian Guard.

Atop the Throne, the young Emperor was speechless for a long time after reading the report.

And when the news got out, the entire nation was in an uproar.

The demon scourge in the Sea Guardian Guard, the Immortal who vanquished ten thousand demons with a song—such explosive news swept across the entire country like a storm.

Countless eyes turned toward the city.

Reporters, bureaucrats, Cultivators, onlookers... all sorts of people flocked from every direction upon hearing the news, nearly wearing down the gates of the Sea Guardian Guard.

But no matter who came to visit, or what great rewards they promised, Chen Ye refused to see anyone.