Chapter 610 - 609: White Lotus Prefecture

Chapter 610: Chapter 609: White Lotus Prefecture

’I’ve been searching for so long, and I’ve finally found it...’

Yi Tianyun shook his head. He hadn’t expected it to be underneath the White Lotus Prefecture; he thought he would have to keep searching. This way, he wouldn’t need to go rummaging through the Earth Realm Continent. That process would have been quite a hassle and a waste of time.

Now that he had found it beneath the White Lotus Prefecture, whether or not it was the Divine King’s Treasure was another matter entirely.

"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Aren’t you going in?" Zhao Yu blurted out recklessly from the side. Although Yi Tianyun’s strength was decent, she figured he was at the Core Formation Stage at most. That cultivation level was quite good, but it was still a far cry from the Demon Celestial Mansion.

Yi Tianyun had been standing there for quite a while. They were all ready to go inside, yet he was still in a daze. How could she not lash out at him?

"Maybe Young Master Yi is contemplating something?" Yu Shiqian shot her a glare, signaling her not to be so rash.

"What could he be contemplating? Is he awestruck by our White Lotus Prefecture?" Zhao Yu said with a smug smile. "Although our White Lotus Prefecture isn’t top-tier among third-grade factions, our residence is definitely one of the best!"

She wasn’t wrong. The White Lotus Prefecture before them was magnificent, covering an incredibly vast area—it could be said to span ten great mountains! Each mountain was home to disciples of the White Lotus Prefecture, with different mountains representing different statuses.

The mountains closer to the center were for Core Disciples, while the ones on the periphery were for Inner Hall Disciples, and so on.

The Spiritual Power here was quite dense, making it one of the best cultivation grounds in the entire Celestial Realm Continent. Its only shortcoming was that it only recruited women, making it something of a super-enhanced version of the Merak Sect. It had several times, or even more than ten times, as many disciples as the Merak Sect.

It had a great number of female disciples, but no matter how many there were, its scale couldn’t compare to factions that accepted both men and women. Yet, the White Lotus Prefecture had always adhered to this rule, only ever recruiting female disciples. No matter how talented a male disciple was, he would not be accepted!

Because of this, its scale could never grow, and it could only be considered mid-tier, far from a high-tier level.

Although it only recruited women, the White Lotus Prefecture didn’t have the most female Cultivators. In fact, the top-tier factions had more. This was because female Cultivators wanted to land a rich and powerful husband. Finding a strong Dao companion would be of great benefit to them.

Besides, as the saying goes, "work is easier when men and women do it together." Male disciples were more than happy to help them, so why wouldn’t they take advantage of that?

It was precisely because their faction couldn’t advance that the Demon Celestial Mansion was so arrogant. More importantly, they dared to act this way because they were backed by the Celestial Cloud Empire’s influence. If it truly came down to a fight, the White Lotus Prefecture would not be an easy opponent to deal with.

"It’s not bad." Yi Tianyun glanced at it and said nothing more. He had seen far more magnificent places. The Phoenix Nest alone could blow this place out of the water.

"Still acting tough!" Zhao Yu snorted coldly and turned her head away, too annoyed to bother with him.

In her eyes, Yi Tianyun was just a braggart. All he did was brag, which annoyed her to no end. She didn’t believe a single word he said.

"Alright, Young Master Yi, please come inside with us." Yu Shiqian thought for a moment before adding, "Once we’re inside, please refrain from wandering off, Young Master Yi. Men are generally prohibited here, so please exercise some self-control."

The place was filled with women, so it was inconvenient for him to go to many areas. Plus, Yi Tianyun was an outsider, making it even more important for him not to wander around.

"No. Take me to see your Mansion Master," Yi Tianyun said, looking at her.

"Do you think our Mansion Master is someone you can just meet whenever you please?" Zhao Yu scoffed.

"What’s all this commotion outside?" Just then, a beautiful woman with a serious expression walked out from inside.

"Elder Bai Yu..."

Upon seeing her, the two of them hurriedly greeted her.

Yi Tianyun looked up. The woman before him had a fairly strong cultivation at the second level of the Core Formation Stage; she was clearly an elder of the White Lotus Prefecture. The strongest cultivators in a third-grade faction were typically at the Void Spirit Stage, but such experts were rare. Most were at the Core Formation Stage.

"Hm?" Bai Yu’s gaze fell on Yi Tianyun, sizing him up. When she found she couldn’t see through his strength, she asked with some confusion, "And who might this be?"

"I am the Celestial Cloud Emperor. I originally came here to handle a small matter, and now I wish to see your Mansion Master," Yi Tianyun stated very directly.

"The Celestial Cloud Emperor? You?" Bai Yu’s expression darkened, and her face hardened. "That’s not a funny joke. Who is this person you two brought back? How dare he make such an outrageous claim, calling himself the Celestial Cloud Emperor? Do you have any idea what crime that is? Our White Lotus Prefecture cannot afford to bear the consequences!"

’I knew it...’ Zhao Yu sighed. ’Did I really bring back the king of braggarts?’

"That’s right! Who is this person you two brought back? If he’s the Celestial Cloud Emperor, then I’m the Empress!" At this moment, a young woman walked out from the side and started mocking them. "Elder Bai Yu, who knows where these two found this stray man. They were supposed to be out gathering Spirit Medicine, but they brought a man back instead!"

Her words sounded quite familiar; Zhao Yu had said something similar before. Yi Tianyun was too young and lacked the aura of an emperor. Who would believe him?

What Great Emperor would be so young? They should be at least in their thirties or forties. This one was only around twenty. Who would believe that?

"Wei Yun, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Yu’s fiery personality flared up again as she said coldly, "What ’stray man’? We were stopped by people from the Demon Celestial Mansion, and he showed up and helped us deal with them. That’s why we brought him back."

"People from the Demon Celestial Mansion?" Elder Bai Yu’s gaze turned cold. She demanded, "Tell me what happened, from beginning to end!"

Zhao Yu then recounted the general course of events. Everyone’s eyes focused on Yi Tianyun. They hadn’t expected him to be so bold as to kill someone from the Demon Celestial Mansion.

"Well, well! You actually killed someone from the Demon Celestial Mansion! Elder Bai Yu, they’ve made a huge mistake! I know the situation with the Demon Celestial Mansion very well. That Young Master Shi is on very good terms with the Celestial Cloud Emperor. This kid must be an imposter who attacked them to win the trust of his two little junior sisters. Who knew he’d end up provoking the Demon Celestial Mansion..." Wei Yun fanned the flames from the side, a vicious glint flashing in her eyes.

Elder Bai Yu’s face was grim. This was not good news.

"I have a feeling that Young Master Shi sent people to intercept Miss Yu largely because you tipped him off, didn’t you?" Yi Tianyun looked at her calmly, as if trying to see right through her. "And from the looks of it, you’re quite familiar with that Young Master Shi? An outsider, yet you speak up for the Demon Celestial Mansion."

"You—what nonsense are you spouting!" Wei Yun shrieked in rebuttal, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "If anything, you two are the ones fooling around outside, you shameless pair!"

"Shut up!" Yi Tianyun’s gaze went cold. A surge of killing intent erupted from him, instantly piercing through to the depths of Wei Yun’s heart.

Wei Yun’s legs gave out. As if facing down an army of thousands, she collapsed to the ground, drenched in a cold sweat. A single glance, and she had lost all her Combat Power!