Chapter 611 - 610: I Heard You Know Me Well?

Chapter 611: Chapter 610: I Heard You Know Me Well?

"Don’t you know there are some things you just don’t say?"

Yi Tianyun couldn’t be bothered to argue with these juniors. If not for the fact that he had no enmity with the White Lotus Prefecture, he would have just forcibly dug down to inspect the giant rock himself.

He was giving the White Lotus Prefecture some face. It was one thing if they didn’t recognize him; ignorance could be forgiven. But simply overpowering them with his aura was pointless. Even if he defeated them, it wouldn’t matter if they refused to believe he was the Celestial Cloud Emperor. It would only invite more trouble.

While he could resolve such trouble with a wave of his hand, he had a good impression of Yu Shiqian. It wasn’t love, but he appreciated her kind heart, so he decided to give her some face.

From the very start, Yu Shiqian had been attentive and polite toward him, which was a rare quality.

’Such a powerful aura...’ Elder Bai Yu couldn’t quite figure out the young man before her. ’To possess such strength at his age, his background can’t possibly be simple. But his claim to be the Celestial Cloud Emperor holds no credibility.’

"You... you..." Wei Yun couldn’t get a single word out. She was so terrified she couldn’t recover.

A single glance had made her go limp, and now she didn’t dare to meet Yi Tianyun’s eyes. The feeling just now had been terrifying, as if she’d been thrown onto a battlefield. It felt so real, like she was being hacked to pieces, and had only just clawed her way back from death.

"Young friend, your cultivation is clearly not low. Do you find this amusing?" Elder Bai Yu was growing displeased.

"And you’d be happy if you were the one being slandered?" Yi Tianyun said coolly. "I don’t wish to say any more. Let me see your Mansion Master. I have something I need to discuss with him."

Fury flared in Elder Bai Yu’s heart. "It’s true you helped Yu Shiqian and the other girl, but in doing so, you’ve provoked the Demon Celestial Mansion and, by extension, the Celestial Cloud Empire! You’ve only made things worse with your good intentions! And after all that, you still have the audacity to ask to see our Mansion Master? The Mansion Master is not someone you can meet just because you feel like it!"

It was obvious Elder Bai Yu was playing favorites. Her relationship with Wei Yun must have been good, or she wouldn’t have spoken like that.

"So you’re saying they should just be handed over?" Yi Tianyun glanced at Yu Shiqian and her companion. Their faces were pale, their beautiful eyes filled with disappointment.

"It’s the best choice!" Elder Bai Yu said, looking coldly at Yu Shiqian and the other girl. "Since the Demon Celestial Mansion is coming, you will wait right here! If they want you to go with them, you will go. You caused this mess, so you will take responsibility for it!"

"Yes..." Yu Shiqian bit her lip, her eyes instantly turning red. They were being treated like a rag—used and then tossed aside.

"A gilded exterior hiding a rotten core. Is this how a sect should be managed?" Yi Tianyun shook his head and said coolly, "This will only break people’s hearts. As an elder, you can’t even assess the situation properly."

"What does an outsider like you know! This is for the good of the sect! Do you dare provoke the Celestial Cloud Empire?" Elder Bai Yu sneered. "What can you do besides run your mouth? You even dare to call yourself the Celestial Cloud Emperor. If you were actually in the Celestial Cloud Empire, you’d be dead for sure!"

Yi Tianyun’s voice was grave. "Kneel!"

A terrifying pressure crushed down on Elder Bai Yu. Her legs gave out, and she actually fell to her knees! She was a dignified Core Formation expert, yet she had been forced to kneel just like that.

’Just how high is this young man’s cultivation to possess such astonishing power? Is he at the sixth or seventh level of the Core Formation stage? Or maybe even the eighth or ninth?’

"You... you actually made me kneel..." Elder Bai Yu shrieked. She tried to stand but couldn’t move at all. It felt as if an immense weight was crushing her shoulders, pinning her in place.

"Making you kneel is nothing. Even if I killed you, your White Lotus Prefecture wouldn’t dare hold me responsible in the slightest!" Yi Tianyun said coldly. "I’m starting to suspect you’re in cahoots with the Demon Celestial Mansion. You certainly sound like it. Who the White Lotus Prefecture colludes with is none of my business, but from now on, anyone associated with the Demon Celestial Mansion will have to settle a score with me!"

"Young Master Yi..." Yu Shiqian and her companion were stunned, their eyes fixed on Yi Tianyun.

"Yu, you’re back?"

Just then, an elder of about the same age as Elder Bai Yu walked out. She smiled upon seeing Yu Shiqian, but then she noticed that something was wrong with the situation.

"Elder Su Fan..." Yu Shiqian called out respectfully.

"Elder Bai Yu, what’s going on?" Elder Su Fan frowned. She then looked at Yi Tianyun, wondering why Elder Bai Yu was kneeling before a young man.

Yi Tianyun had focused the pressure solely on Elder Bai Yu, so no one else felt a thing.

"Nothing’s going on. I made her kneel," Yi Tianyun said nonchalantly. "She offended me repeatedly. She’s lucky I didn’t sentence her to death. What’s the big deal about kneeling for a bit?"

"Elder Su Fan, I don’t know where this brat came from, but not only is he impersonating the Celestial Cloud Emperor, he also killed men from the Demon Celestial Mansion! Hurry and get the other elders to capture him and hand him over to the Celestial Cloud Empire!" Elder Bai Yu was utterly humiliated, unable to rise to her feet.

"Impersonating the Celestial Cloud Emperor?" Elder Su Fan was taken aback. That was no small matter.

Yu Shiqian and her companion had no idea how to salvage the situation. As juniors, what could they possibly say? ℯℯ𝘭.

"Even if he was impersonating the Celestial Cloud Emperor, he only did it to save me..." Yu Shiqian came forward and knelt. "Young Master Yi saved my life," she pleaded. "Otherwise, I would have already been taken to the Demon Celestial Mansion. I beg you, Elder Su Fan, please blame me... This is all my fault. Just hand me over to the Celestial Demon Mansion."

"Young Master Yi, that’s enough..." Yu Shiqian sighed deeply, her voice laced with despair. "I know you mean well, but this is enough..."

Even if Yi Tianyun was powerful, in her eyes, he was no match for the Celestial Cloud Empire.

"Are you really the Celestial Cloud Emperor?" Instead of immediately berating him, Elder Su Fan simply looked at Yi Tianyun.

"Is there a problem?" Yi Tianyun asked coolly. "Do you think I lack an emperor’s bearing, or that I’m too young?"

’It’s more likely the latter,’ he thought. ’Who would believe someone so young could be a Great Emperor?’

"Elders of the White Lotus Prefecture, hand over Yu Shiqian! And that brat, too! Hand them both over to me!"

Just then, a furious roar echoed from a Feather Vehicle in the sky, and several figures descended. The one in the lead was a handsome man with a relatively low cultivation level. The two beside him, clearly his guards, were much stronger—they were at the Core Formation stage.

"Young Master Shi!" Upon seeing him, Wei Yun seemed to regain some of her strength, her eyes filled with affection.

"Yu Shiqian, I invited you to be a guest at the Demon Celestial Mansion, but instead you kill my men! No wonder you’ve been rejecting my advances. So, you’ve found someone else you like!" Young Master Shi raged. "Where is that brat? Where is he?"

"Young Master Shi, that’s him..." Yuan Long, lying injured in the Feather Vehicle, pointed at Yi Tianyun and said hatefully, "He not only killed our men, but he also claims to be the Celestial Cloud Emperor!"

Young Master Shi’s gaze turned cold. He glared at Yi Tianyun and began to shout, "You—"

But when he got a clear look at Yi Tianyun’s face, the word died in his throat, as if his neck had been squeezed tight. He couldn’t utter another sound.

"I hear you and I are well acquainted. That we’ve had drinks together. That we’re practically brothers?" Yi Tianyun said, squinting at him with a playful, dangerous glint in his eyes.

It was time for him to pay the price for running around using Yi Tianyun’s name.