Chapter 51 A profusion of tree shadows and leaves, a grand feast by evil cultivators…

Compared to Chang Yubai and his companion who were on their way, some people in Suoying County were already getting restless.

"Who gave you permission to provoke the White Emperor!"

The masked ghost leader, exuding a menacing aura, angrily swore that he wished he could chop the bunch of good-for-nothing evil cultivators in front of him into mincemeat to vent his anger.

The evil cultivator never admitted to doing wrong, but the ghost messenger wouldn't listen to his excuses. If anyone dared to talk back, the ghost messenger would strike that person with a palm, severing the evil cultivator's life force.

Now no one dared to speak rudely.

Then the ghost messenger gave them a good scolding, saying that they were blind and couldn't see such a big Venerable Martial Realm expert, but insisted on gritting their teeth and trying to get close.

When he felt he had finished cursing, he saw a group of unconvinced evil cultivators with their heads down, and his anger surged again.

"You haven't learned your lesson from Lei Zhen Valley yet! How did Zhu Lei die? And who removed those pawns planted in the Liaowang Sect? If it weren't for Bai Huang's involvement, the Liaowang Sect would have been ours long ago, and even Lian Wushuang could have been used by us!"

Once the old story was brought up, the ghost messenger couldn't stop cursing.

The failure of the plan fourteen years ago was so frustrating and sudden that it caught these enthusiastic heretics off guard, and also turned the mastermind upside down.

Who would have thought that my plans would be abruptly cut short after I woke up? And in such an irreparable way?

All that effort he put into currying favor with Lian Wushuang, and you say the Liaowang Sect is no longer under Lian Wushuang's control, but has already fallen under Lian Wumiao's.

And what the heck is that fusion technique that combines with the Thunder Dragon God?!

Is this the kind of skill Guan Wu possesses?

Where is that evil cultivator responsible for keeping an eye on Lian Wushuang?! Are they blind?!

Then the ghost messenger received another piece of news: the evil cultivator responsible for keeping an eye on Lian Wushuang had long since died at the hands of a cultivator named Chang Yubai.

It seems that Chang Yubai's assistance was indispensable in Lian Wumiao's return to the path of martial arts cultivation and his consolidation of his position as sect leader.

So where are the people?

Having accomplished such a huge feat, Chang Yubai simply packed up and left Leizhen Valley?

Was this person really not here specifically to put him down?!

After figuring out everything, the ghost began to question the meaning of life.

When he rushed to Zhongzhou, he heard that the little brat who followed Chang Yubai had won the top spot on the Prodigy Ranking and was already a VIP of various sects.

Since it involves the four major sects of Zhongzhou, this is not something that Gui Shi alone can decide.

Even if he wanted to take revenge on Chang Yubai, what if Chang Yubai used his title as the top genius on the list to call for help, and a bunch of sect bigwigs came to his aid? He wouldn't even have time to cry then.

There's no point in having any plans anymore.

Finally, he came in a huff and left in a slinky manner, thinking that since Zhongzhou valued the Heavenly Pride Ranking, he would wait until Chang Yubai left Zhongzhou before making any moves.

He waited until Chang Yubai and his apprentice went to Leizhen Valley, thinking that the time was right. But then there was a loud noise in the sky, and Leilong Shen followed the two of them. With such a powerful Martial Realm expert who could ride the clouds around, who would dare to move?

Anyway, the ghost dared not move.

So he could only watch helplessly as Chang Yubai returned to Zhongzhou.

During this time, a foolish evil cultivator bumped into Chang Yubai. The ghost messenger thought it was a good opportunity to take down this guy, or at the very least, both sides would be injured.

And what was the result?

The Venerable Martial Realm makes a grand entrance!

Such a powerful Xuanwu Realm cultivator became a Venerable Martial Master in the blink of an eye! Is that right?

How old are you?

The ghost messenger vomited another mouthful of blood on the spot.

After that, the ghost became smarter; he couldn't beat him, but he could dodge him!

Chang Yubai must be someone whom Heaven dislikes and is here to punish. He should just avoid Bai Huang and not let Bai Huang discover his scheme.

It's always better to be safe than sorry!

But he couldn't help having so many useless people under his command.

He was so angry he almost ground his teeth to powder.

Unfortunately, his useless subordinates were completely unaware that they were about to face a great disaster. When they heard their leader steer the conversation toward the Watchtower Sect in Thunder Valley, they all quietly recalled this incident.

When the eldest brother ran out of steam and turned to get some water to moisten his throat, whispers began to circulate among the others.

The heretical cultivators also complained: "It took so much effort and energy to plant him as a spy in the Lookout Sect back then, but Lian Fengye just died like that!"

"Back in the day, I ran myself ragged trying to get a few roles in those lousy plays, even taking the place of several other actors!"

"Lian Wumiao is really inhuman. Lian Wushuang is much easier to please. If you coax her, she'll do things for you."

"Ha, Lian Wumiao can't get married, so he takes it out on the disciples of the Liaowang Sect, interrogating this person and that person every day. What a load of rubbish about being impartial and incorruptible. I think he's just looking for revenge!"

"It's fine if she wants to establish her authority, but she should at least accept some bribes to do favors for others! Who takes something from someone and then gets wiped out!"

"That good-for-nothing Zhu Lei! He even managed to infiltrate the Liaowang Sect, occasionally coming back in purple to show off, and with Old Demon Wang backing him up behind the scenes, and what did he do? He couldn't even handle Chang Yubai, a high-level martial arts cultivator!"

"Old Demon Wang is stupid too. He just ruined the Soul Banner like that. I heard that thousands of wronged souls were purified directly. Oh my, it breaks my heart."

"There aren't many cultivators who possess the power to purify souls, so why is it Chang Yubai who stands out!"

After all the arguing, they ended up complaining about Chang Yubai's many talents.

If it weren't for that divine beast fusion technique, Lian Fengye wouldn't have died so young, and Lian Wushuang wouldn't have been defeated, driven mad, and imprisoned in the Thunder Prison.

Unfortunately, this unique skill was passed down to Lian Wumiao, which helped in the birth of the new Thunder Emperor. Even if they wanted to take advantage of the situation, they couldn't find a loophole.

The new Thunder Emperor, like a new broom sweeping clean, immediately removed many of their foes. The chess pieces that had been painstakingly planted in Thunder Valley over many years were reduced to ashes.

Annoyed, yet also afraid.

None of the people present were good people; who wouldn't want to take revenge on the real culprit who caused all this trouble?

But Chang Yubai was just walking there on his two legs, so who would dare to really go up and provoke him?

That's a god-like figure who could single-handedly challenge Lei Huang Lian Fengye with his high martial arts level. Who knows how many secret moves this guy still has up his sleeve!

In the years immediately following the incident, they didn't know how Chang Yubai killed Lian Fengye. They thought this person could magically increase his cultivation to the Supreme Martial Realm. Some even speculated that Chang Yubai was actually a Venerable Martial Realm cultivator, but was just deliberately displaying the aura of a High Martial Realm cultivator to intimidate people.

When some evil cultivators threatened to capture him for revenge, they were all ridiculed: "You think you can just capture him like that? What's Lian Fengye's cultivation level? What's yours? Can you even defeat a Venerable Martial Realm cultivator before you go?"

After a while, the cultivator who had made those threats backed down.

After wilting for a moment, he looked up to the sky and roared: Which Venerable Warrior is so bored that he came to the Thunder Domain to cause trouble?!

At that time, the evil cultivators searched for the whereabouts of Venerable Martial Realm experts for a long time, but none of them matched up. It wasn't until later that the Ghost Messenger couldn't stand these fools anymore and revealed some of what the prophet had seen that the evil cultivators' headquarters realized that they seemed to have misunderstood.

But it was too late.

At that time, Chang Yubai was already a Xuanwu cultivator, invincible among those of the same realm, and challenging those of higher realms was no problem at all.

The evil cultivators couldn't send any Venerable Martial Realm experts to fight, so they could only swallow their hatred and dare not utter a sound, just like the Ghost Messenger Boss.

Later, when the White Emperor was born, they had no choice but to avoid him.

"Who exactly did this stupid thing that the White Emperor discovered?"

"Zhu Yan, I heard he's always wanted to avenge his brother."

"……idiot."

"Who hired this guy?! Are you out of your mind?!"

"Zhu Yan has been nagging about this for years. He scored with his brother, so what's the big deal?"

"whispering sound."

Suddenly, the scene became noisy again.

The ghost returned after drinking the water, a headache throbbing in his eyes: "Shut up!"

It became much quieter in an instant.

"Get your things packed up and leave Shuying County right now. Anyone who's clumsy and leaves a trace, don't blame me for pushing them out as a target!"

Little did they know, it was already too late.

Unbeknownst to the evil cultivators, while they were making a ruckus, a sealing array had been quietly inscribed. When they finally responded and were about to leave, their heads slammed into the air wall formed by spiritual energy.

Two pairs of feet stepped over the fallen leaves.

Li Hongyi: "Oh, it's packed up."

Chang Yubai nodded.

However, they had overheard the entire discussion among these heretical cultivators, and after much thought, Li Hongyi decided he couldn't let himself remain depressed.

He asked, "Is there any way in this world for someone at the High Martial Realm to fight someone at the Venerable Martial Realm in a one-on-one battle?"

Chang Yu rolled her eyes at him: "Do you think that's possible?"

Li Hongyi: "I don't think it will work."

He felt from the bottom of his heart that these people were exaggerating.

But he saw that what these heretical cultivators said made sense and was well-founded, and that the fusion technique was indeed something that Lian Wumiao could use, and it had been praised by the outside world for its excellent technique over the years.

This thing definitely couldn't possibly appear at this time, but the problem is, Li Hongyi doesn't think it will appear even a hundred years from now.

He deliberately beat around the bush: "I don't think even if Li Tiansheng were to do this, he wouldn't be up to the task."

"..." Chang Yubai remained silent.

Indeed, Li Tiansheng, at the High Martial Realm, could at most fight a couple of rounds against a First-Order Profound Martial Realm cultivator; fighting a Venerable Martial Realm cultivator would be suicidal.

However, he didn't use his high martial arts realm to directly clash with Lian Fengye. That fusion technique consumed an entire Venerable Martial Realm old thunder dragon and replenished his massive spiritual power that hadn't been touched for a hundred years, which allowed him to break through to the highest realm of Venerable Martial Realm and kill the old Thunder Emperor.

Chang Yubai: "...What are you trying to say?"

Li Hongyi shook his head: "I don't know, I was just asking casually, it's not my business."

Chang Yubai asked in bewilderment, "Are you that afraid of him?"

Li Hongyi: "Haha, who knows?"

This person started the topic irrationally, yet they abruptly changed the subject.

"If we capture these evil cultivators, we should be able to get some answers from them." Li Hongyi shook the spirit-binding rope in his hand and threw it out like a cowboy lassoing a bull, binding the people to their deaths on the spot.

Chang Yubai followed behind and counted the number of people. Several people who tried to cause trouble were slapped unconscious by him, leaving them no chance at all.

After counting again and again, Chang Yubai's face changed: "Where is your leader?"

Where did that evil cultivator who looked like the boss go?

Li Hongyi also noticed something was wrong and kicked the nearest evil cultivator.

"Boss... he might have gone back." The evil cultivator who had been kicked spoke shakily.

"What's the meaning?"

"The boss is a ghost messenger..." The evil cultivator said no more.

Before Chang Yubai could understand, Li Hongyi's expression changed drastically.

"#@￥#%!" Li Hongyi cursed, "That son of a bitch, that's a ghost messenger, from Ghost Island!"

Chang Yubai understood this time.

Ghost Island is off-limits to the living; it's full of soul cultivators. Its binding array only traps the physical body, so it's not difficult for a ghost to escape in a flash.

"So it was Guiyu who was plotting this?" Chang Yubai frowned. "And they've been plotting for decades?"

Perhaps it wasn't just a few decades, but the schemes that Chang Yubai had thwarted in the last twenty years were so great that they were exposed.

Having failed in his schemes against the Thunder Domain, is he now plotting against the Tree Domain?

Is Guiyu trying to become the master of Guanwu?