Novel Full 273 Fear & Apprehension
A waste of time.
Arguing with other people like this man in front of him was a waste of his time. Yang Lujia was done with his games and he would face all things now head-on. No matter whether he would attract the attention of the person overseeing this region or the Holy Light Emperor, he had no fears.
His father was once a sovereign in this entire realm. He had to do the same or even surpass him. Father figures had always left a shadow on him. Surpassing them would always become his goal after what he had experienced with his father in the past.
As he flew in the air, his gaze was piercing the man’s pair of eyes. The latter subconsciously took a step back in the air as he watched Yang Lujia incredulously. ‘Why do I feel like the world is against me when I’m facing him?’
After that, a thin firmament enveloped the entire sacred city. Unknowingly, the others did not notice this. However, this did not escape the gazes of those who were at least in the middle stage of the Saint King Realm.
“What is that?”
Especially the man who disdained Yang Lujia, seeing that he was young and might even be so easy to bully. So what if he bullied him? What if he was trying to bully the weak? Those were his thoughts before, but seeing the grandiose display of Yang Lujia’s strength without even moving, he felt choked.
“Whoa! Look! One by one, the airships are transported outside this thin transparent barrier around the Sacred City!”
On the other hand, Cardinal Lin, who half-crippled Saint Prince Huang opened his eyes from meditating and looked at his ceiling, his eyes piercing through. As soon as he saw this thin transparent barrier, his pupils constricted, and felt a sense of urgency—but there was no lingering danger in his heart. Only a sense of urgency—that he should meet the person who conjured this right away.
Leaving the Saint Prince behind, he brought along with him Lan Mingyue and looked at the spectacular scene happening. He saw how every airship that was supposed to be here to save Saint Prince Huang exploded one after another after they were sent out of the thin transparent barrier around the Sacred City.
The commotion was not small, but everyone felt their hearts go cold. Most especially the man who despised Yang Lujia—not for being young but for being rude to him. Now, it seemed like he was the rude one.
When Lan Mingyue saw the familiar young man with a dog in his arms, her eyes shone brilliantly as she disappeared from the side of Cardinal Lin. Cardinal Lin was shocked that he actually did not hold down this young lady and discovered that her cultivation already reached the Saint Emperor Realm. Although she was only an Inferiora at the moment, that speed was something he definitely could not match.
Afraid that something might happen to her, Cardinal Lin immediately followed. There was a foreboding sense of urgency in his heart that he felt necessary not to ignore.
“Lan Mingyue!”
“Big brother!” A gentle voice that shocked the entire crowd rang out.
That was because the one who shouted was the beauty called Lan Mingyue—the one that Saint Prince Huang fancied and the one who was the source of affection for several men and jealousy and envy for every woman in this Sacred City. Other than being beautiful, she was also extremely over-the-top in terms of talent and demeanor.
But now, they saw her being very gentle towards this young man.
“Could it really be true that he was Lan Mingyue’s friend?”
“Seeing both of their appearances, although Lan Mingyue might be overshadowed by this young man’s flawless and heavenly appearance, they seemed to fit into each other. Is it really what the young man said? Are they really friends or more than that?”
“Sshh! Do you want to die? That’s Lan Mingyue! If you spoke something ill or something she didn’t want about her, you might not want to provoke her!”
“Alright! Alright!”
Everyone was immersed in their discussions as Lan Mingyue hugged Yang Lujia from behind with cheeks turning beet red.
Yang Lujia smiled at this and turned around to look at her, while the fireworks-like display of airships exploding one after another continued to happen. This left the others speechless, especially the man who was rendered immobile by Yang Lujia. As soon as he wanted to speak, he found himself unable to.
No! These airships were basically a fourth of their forces! If they were all to disappear here, wouldn’t their firepower as a palace be reduced to three-fourths?! This couldn’t happen! He needed to contact the Human Emperor immediately.
Gritting his teeth, he tried to move his hands and take out a token, but to no avail. Seeing how helpless he was in this situation, he didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry. The people inside those airships were just recently healed by the priests and archpriests… some were even healed by Cardinal Lin himself, but as soon as their body conditions turned back to normal—something like this happened.
It came so unexpectedly!
‘Please stop. Please stop.’
“Yueyue, you alright?” Yang Lujia asked the lass in front of him as though he was doting on a child, on a little kid. “I heard that something happened in your clan?”
“Big brother… f-father…”
“I know. I heard about it. Let’s go. I might be able to find a way to save him,” Yang Lujia immediately directed. No words are needed for friends like them. He barely had friends in the past, but this one was different. He was like looking at his own daughter, a never-before-seen one—perhaps a dream he always wanted to happen.
Just right when they were about to vanish from the spot, Cardinal Lin arrived and carefully asked in a ragged voice, “Who is this esteemed sir?”
“Grandpa Lin, you don’t have to worry. This is big brother! He is very strong! Even the Holy Light Emperor wouldn’t amount to anything in front of big brother!”
“Insolence!” Cardinal Lin immediately exploded when he heard how she compared this young man to his idol above. “Little Yue, although I treat you as my granddaughter! Do not—”
“It’s not your turn to scold her like that. I know your undying loyalty to the Holy Light Emperor, but what she said is not far from the truth. Do you want me to demonstrate it to you?” Yang Lujia interfered and stood up in front of Lan Mingyue.
“Hmph!” Lan Mingyue acted like a kid and crossed her arms, seemingly dissatisfied by Cardinal Lin’s performance.
Cardinal Lin’s heart grew cold when he received Yang Lujia’s deterrence. “I apologize, mister.” He bowed to him.
Although he found what she said unpleasant, there was no mistaking it though. Just how this young man made all those airships explode without even doing anything already placed him a tier above the Holy Light Emperor himself. He had seen the Holy Light Emperor not long ago, but Yang Lujia’s aura was different.
He did not make any waves. His aura was stable. He even looked like a mortal blessed by the heavens with his looks. But with his intelligence, he knew that he was someone abnormal. An anomaly!
“On account of your loyalty and for saving Yueyue from that despicable Saint Prince Huang, I’ll make an exception for you. Also, you are lucky you did not reveal any killing intent earlier. Otherwise, you might have been to reincarnation by me already,” Yang Lujia warned, his pair of eyes like needles boring into Cardinal Lin’s soul.
Cardinal Lin woke up from his stupor when Yang Lujia disappeared from his spot with Lan Mingyue and bent his body forward. “I understand.”
“Oh, look! Isn’t that Cardinal Lin?! Why is he bowing in that direction?”
“Oh, wait! Where is that young man?!”
“What the fuck! He already disappeared but the explosions of these numerous airships were still going on!”
When Cardinal Lin saw this situation, he immediately understood. Not only did Yang Lujia spare his life, he even spared his face by not letting others see who he was bowing to. He was grateful, but he felt more fearful and apprehensive about this kind of existence.
“Wait… how did he get inside the Sacred Region? How did he get one bracelet?” he wondered and kept this thoughtful question to himself as he went back to the Lan Clan’s residence.
There, inside, it could be seen that Saint Prince Huang was already a half-cripple and was lying on a bed with chains tied on certain parts of his body. This was Cardinal Lin’s punishment for him.