Villain Cultivator

Despite unleashing her poison fire Qi, Ju Shoufen controlled the flow of her Qi strands and avoided Liu Xie, protecting him from getting burned.

As for the chairs, tables, decoration, projector orb, and various furniture, they were instantly burned to crisps.

The loli grandma was infuriated. She couldn't stand child abusers!

Meanwhile, Dong Zhongying was taken aback when he witnessed Ju Shoufen's super saiyan mode. He thought that the loli was just a weak 6th-stage cultivator, but the fire bird behind her revealed that she had a dao god backer.

Moreover, Ju Shoufen came together with Jia Shan and Ma Ping. Provoking her was equal provoking both these masters!

"THIS IS A MISUNDERSTANDING! A MISUNDERSTANDING!"

Dong Zhongying groveled on the floor and slammed his forehead to the ground, begging Ju Shoufen for her forgiveness, "PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU ASKED HIM TO SIT! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THIS STRONG!"

"If I weren't this strong, you would have killed me!? Is that what you're saying!?"

Ju Shoufen's anger intensified. Dong Zhongying had used the wrong wordings.

She pointed her palm at Dong Zhongying and directed her poison fire Qi, activating her skill.

Purgatory Fire Bullet!

"NOOO!!"

Dong Zhongying screamed and summoned a dao avatar of a giant pig with a long dong. It squealed and roared, creating a Qi shield to cover his body.

BOOM

A dark hand at the size of 2 meters suddenly emerged from Dong Zhongying's shadow and caught the incoming bullet. Then, it pulled the corroding fireball into the shadow.

Next to Ju Shoufen, in front of Liu Xie, an old man rose from the former's shadow. Dark wiggling shadow from his feet expanded and covered the entire throne room's floor.

A strange nascent soul cultivator had appeared!

Ju Shoufen could sense the sinister domain power of the old man, but she couldn't move.

The strange shadow bound her and restricted her Qi circulation. Her dantian was petrified!

Meanwhile, Ma Ping and Jia Shan were still fine. They drew their weapons, expanding their domain, and contested the old man's power, so the mysterious [Shadow Petrification Domain] couldn't reach Ku'er, Miaomiao, and Ma Moxi.

The old man, aka Wang Yun in his disguise form, smiled at everyone in the throne room. He patted Ju Shoufen's head and bowed toward Dong Zhongying and Jia Shan's group.

"My apologies for interrupting you, but we're here to participate in a banquet, not starting a bloodbath in the middle of the imperial city. How about we forgive and forget, so everybody can walk away and pretend that nothing has happened?"

Wang Yun winked at Dong Zhongying, gesturing that he had come to help him.

Dong Zhongying also remembered the guy. Wang Yun was another guest that he had invited to the imperial palace since he was another rare nascent soul realm expert.

Also, Dong Zhongying remembered that Wang Yun had escorted his granddaughter to join this event. The former had promised that the girl could enter the tournament without going through the preliminary round because of the connection with this nascent soul expert.

"Right! Right! I'm sorry if I wronged you. I promise that I won't do it again!"

Dong Zhongying picked up the hint right away. He was glad that he made friends with this expert. Still, even though the fat minister was apologizing, he sneered at Ju Shoufen, who suddenly became a hostage of Wang Yun.

Jia Shan and Ma Ping only gave Dong Zhongying and Wang Yun a resentful glare as they were afraid that Wang Yun might kill Ju Shoufen on a whim.

Currently, Ju Shoufen was too close to Wang Yun. If they made a wrong move, such as pushing their domain range, Wang Yun might turn around and kill her with his mysterious domain power within a split second.

"Let the emperor and the girl go, and then, we can talk."

Wang Yun raised his eyebrow. The speaker neither Jia Shan nor Ma Ping. Instead, it was Miaomiao, who tramped forward and stood in front of Jia Shan and Ma Ping.

The youth unsheathed his katana, determined to rescue his woman.

"Oho? You dare to unsheathe a sword in front of me? Do you even realize what your action implies?"

"Right back at you. Your mouth spat peace, but your ass farted shit. If anything happens to her, I'll make sure you and your family can experience hell."

"An essence gathering weakling threatening a nascent soul expert, what has this world come to? I don't know if you're bold or simply stupid, but I hope you're ready for the consequences."

Miaomiao spread his black feather wings, which he had been hiding. The dark feathers glittered as they received Miaomiao's dragon fire Qi and his life essence, getting ready to activate Miaomiao's Asmodeus bloodline ability.

Had it been the past, Miaomiao would have yielded and ignored Ju Shoufen's safety for his survival. But now, he sincerely cared for his family members, especially his precious wives.

BOOM!

Next to Miaomiao, Ma Moxi also transformed into a golden dragonewt and summoned the Gate of Babylon behind him, preparing for an all-out battle. He, too, wasn't fond of getting bullied by an overbearing senior.

Unlike Miaomiao, Ma Moxi had already calculated pros and cons before he acted.

First, two nascent soul experts were here with them, so they could afford to take risks.

On the other hand, Wang Yun seemed to be bluffing. He didn't have a reason to provoke their faction, but he simply wanted to guard Dong Zhongying for something.

Secondly, Wang Yun and Dong Zhongying didn't seem close since the fat minister looked surprised when he saw this old man.

Therefore, Ma Moxi deemed that Wang Yun couldn't afford to kill Ju Shoufen and provoke them. Or else, the imperial palace would be terraformed into a wasteland by the hands of Ma Ping and Jia Shan. Even his family members might be forced to get involved in his mess.

Thinking this far, Ma Moxi called out Wang Yun's bluff.

"You have three seconds to let them go, or we'll start leveling the imperial palace and slaughter everybody here."

"…"

Wang Yun was taken aback by the abnormal abilities and the courage of these two youngsters. They reminded him of the marine colleagues in his previous life, who never abandoned their comrades no matter how dire the situation was.

He admired their spirit and friendship. It would have been a great sin if he were to kill them now.

For the sake of his ideal world, which he had been plotting behind Liu Bian's back, Wang Yun decided to keep them alive.

The old man turned toward the Jia Shan and Ma Ping. He cupped his hand and retracted his shadow domain.

"I didn't mean to take anyone as a hostage. Please forgive my previous rude remarks and ill-manner. I sincerely hope for peace."

As soon as Wang Yun finished his words, he walked away from Ju Shoufen and stood next to Dong Zhongying, hinting that he had conceded.

The shadow domain left Ju Shoufen feet, and the latter could move again. She carried Liu Xie and leaped away from the throne, standing behind Jia Shan and Ma Ping.

The two elders also dragged their two impulsive juniors away and ordered them to cancel their skills. They tossed Miaomiao and Ma Moxi to the back.

Miaomiao and Ma Moxi reverted back to their default appearance and sheathed their weapons.

Ma Ping coughed and cupped his fist, saluting at Dong Zhongying and Wang Yun, "Everything is a misunderstanding. I hope you can overlook our reckless children's manner."

Wang Yun smiled. He didn't take it to heart, "It's alright. Actually, it's admirable that they could be courageous in front of a stronger foe for the sake of their comrades. Even if it was a bit reckless, it revealed their righteous nature. You have taught them well."

Never expected a compliment, Ma Ping and Jia Shan bitterly smiled and nodded.

Just like that, everyone avoided the conflict.

However, because of Ju Shoufen's antic, the throne room was in ruin, and the broadcasting orb was destroyed. They couldn't use this place to observe the tournament other than going out there and spectate from the ringside.

"A-Anyway, l-let's head out and watch the show there. I-I'll arrange a few platforms for my dearest guests."

Dong Zhongying trembled and guided these powerhouses to the event site, so he could distract the hot-blooded cultivators from ruining the capital city as they did to Xuan City.

Inviting the people from Siren City was a mistake. He regretted believing in Li Jue's words and used him to lure these people here.

As Dong Zhongying was leaving through the front door, he glanced at Liu Xie, who was clinging onto Ju Shoufen as if she was his mother or sister.

'Fine. I'll leave that brat in your care for now. Once I send your disciples to the underground tower, I'll contact the Poison Pavilion to deal with you fools!'

Dong Zhongying was a man who held a grudge for something trivial. He swore that he would get back on Ju Shoufen, Jia Shan, and Ma Ping in the future. For now, he pretended to be a coward minister and played along with these nascent soul cultivators' demands.

'If only I have a relative or someone to ward off these people… Should I contact the guys from the holy land? Is there anyone from the 3rd-rated clan that I can use? I can't give up that walking treasure map!'

There was indeed a secret within Liu Xie's body.

Liu Xie inherited a unique bloodline of the Liu Clan's royal family, which was one of the keys to unlock the entrance to the sub-dimensional plane, which belonged to the royal clan.

Dong Zhongying needed Liu Xie's entire body-worth of blood. Therefore, he needed to keep him alive until he could find the other key to unlock the entrance. However, Liu Hong, the previous emperor, had entrusted the piece of information to Liu Bian, who was currently missing.

Unless Dong Zhongying had Liu Bian and Liu Xie, he couldn't open the sub-dimensional realm, which might hold treasures of the Liu Clan.

'I'll leave Liu Xie with that group while I search for Liu Bian's whereabouts. I need to interrogate that brat for the other key!'

…

When everyone had arrived, the preliminary round was about to start.

Dong Zhongying's men had been explaining the rules of the first preliminary round. Miaomiao and Ma Moxi could also hear it as they were floating above them.

64 tall stages were erected there, prepared for the event.

The preliminary round was simple. 64 winners from all platforms would be qualified to enter the tournament.

On each stage, a flag treasure had been left there. Everyone could climb the stage and capture the flags. However, should anyone fall from the 5-meter-tall platform, they would be eliminated from the preliminary round.

Everyone could pick only one platform to climb. Falling from the stages would result in disqualification!

When the sunset, this preliminary round would be over, and whoever had the flags would move on to the next round.

However, due to Miaomiao, Ma Moxi, and another contestant's privilege, only 61 people from over 5,000 contestants would be selected, and three flags from three stages had been confiscated beforehand.

Many contestants booed and protested that the rules weren't fair, but the elders refused to change the rules.

While they were eavesdropping on the explanation from afar, Dong Zhongying guided them to the observation deck, so they could spectate there together.

However, Dong Zhongying looked around as he believed that they had missed someone.

"Excuse me, senior Wang. Where is your granddaughter? I thought she was with you?"

When Wang Yun had arrived, he came with his granddaughter, but she wasn't present at the moment.

Wang Yun laughed, "She will show up tomorrow. For now, let's see what these children can do."

Miaomiao and Ma Moxi also paid attention to the conversation. Upon hearing that their rival was a girl, Ma Moxi shook his head and sighed.

"Don't turn her into your concubine, boss."

"Well, it depends," Miaomiao was grinning from ear to ear.

In the ancient time in Miaomiao's world, there was a story about four extraordinary beauties that fell cities or nations. One of them was the adopted daughter of Wang Yun.

Her name was Diaochan.

Diaochan was a popular fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who was the cause of Dong Zhuo's downfall. She was the peerless beauty, who seduced Lu Bu to kill his foster father, Dong Zhuo.

Miaomiao and Ma Moxi had predicted that the girl in question might be the counterpart of Diaochan!

Although Miaomiao had a suspicion that Diaochan and Wang Yun might not follow the historical trend and kill Dong Zhongying in the end, he was looking forward to seeing the legendary beauty of this world.

…

Meanwhile, at the guesthouse of Wang Yun, Liu Bian was looking at himself in the mirror while he practiced putting on female robes and makeup by himself.

He felt sick to the stomach since he hated cross-dressing. Unfortunately, it had to be done to infiltrate the imperial palace.

After redressing himself, Liu Bian stared at several "Sexy Pills", which Wang Yun had bought and looted from dead cultivators.

'Do I have to eat these shitty pills again?'