"Who are you? Why are you trespassing in the Heavenly Court?" Ye Xi asked coldly, looking at the group of people being escorted.
With only a hundred or so people, she and Ye Ling, along with the Silver Osmanthus Moon Elf and Fire Crow, easily subdued them. They even captured several lords who came.
However, Ye Xi did not kill them. She knew very well that there were countless lords surrounding the outer space of the planet, and the people in front of her were just pawns scouting ahead.
"What right do you, a mere member of a clan, have to question us? Let your lord speak!" Despite being captured, the lords before them remained arrogant and haughty, looking at Ye Xi with an air of superiority, even openly criticizing the members of their clan.
"Hey! You know what, these human-like creatures are actually quite good-looking! They're just as good-looking as the elves!"
"Indeed, it's her appearance. She looks like an Eastern face, but I still prefer Western beauties!"
"Hehe! Maybe the lord likes it? So many beautiful women, a new one every night! Hahaha, but I prefer the African ones!"
"Holy crap! Dude, you've got some serious taste!"
"..."
The lords' arrogant words infuriated Ye Xi and the others. Taishan even grabbed his trident and wanted to beat them up, but Ye Xi stopped him.
At this moment, countless eyes were gathered outside the territory. Any slight mistake by them would bring huge trouble to Ye Chen. A few words of gossip could not really harm them.
"Find some land and bury them first. What are they? We don't have time to worry about them now. Let the people who come after them speak!"
"By the way! When burying them, there's no need to leave an opening for ventilation. Let them breathe through each other's mouths. Don't waste the air in our territory! They're all lords; the internal circulation is enough for them to live for several days."
Ye Chen's voice came from the lord's mansion, which made all the relatives' spirits rise. Taishan immediately stood up and rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
"Alright! I'll go bury it right now, and I'll make sure it's done gracefully!" Taishan said excitedly, walking towards the lords.
Upon hearing this, their expressions changed drastically, their previous ease and comfort vanished, replaced by shock.
"Insolence! How dare you do this? You are making an enemy of us!"
"Do you know who we are? What forces we belong to? No matter who's behind you, we can make sure you can't stay on the path to becoming a lord, believe it or not?"
"..."
The group shouted in protest, trying to intimidate the other party by mentioning their powerful backers, but found it to be of no use. No more sounds came from the lord's mansion, and Mount Tai had already begun digging a pit around them.
As mountain gods and earth gods, digging a pit should normally be a quick task. However, perhaps to scare the people, Taishan and his group dug very slowly this time. They even found some rusty shovels from somewhere and were digging slowly, one shovel at a time. Their slow movements easily broke down the people's defenses.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I was wrong. I came here on behalf of Tianmei Pharmaceuticals to discuss cooperation with you!"
"Yes, yes, yes! I'm from Haixing Armory. I'm here to ask if you want to buy weapons. We're businessmen!"
"Stop digging! Stop digging! I'm from Lianzhong Apparel. I'd like to ask if you'd like to join us and develop together? We're all on the same side!"
"..."
The group explained their purpose one after another, but there was still no sound from the lord's mansion, and Taishan and the others were still silently digging a pit.
Seeing this, the men were on the verge of tears. They never expected that all they had done was recruit someone for the big shots behind them, and they had run into such a tough nut to crack? And a greenhorn at that?
"Stop! Stop digging! I was wrong, okay? I apologize!"
"Don't bury me! I'm a lord! Don't..."
Before he could finish speaking, the person had already been buried by Mount Tai. With the land there, he could easily manipulate the soil underground and arrange the people into the shape Ye Chen had described, making them complete the internal circulation.
Several landowners even got excited and had them engage in a large-scale internal circulation exercise, which was fortunately kept underground and not seen by the lords from outside the planet.
Even so, the fact that several lords were buried alive is shocking enough, considering that in this world, lords hold a supreme position.
Killing a member of your own clan might only earn you a few words of reproach, but even killing the lowest-ranking lord is a serious crime.
At that time, several lords riding planets approached Ye Chen's territory, and several lords with terrifying auras stopped outside Ye Chen's territory on their respective mounts.
"Young friend, they've only come to deliver a message. Release them!" A lord riding an adult silver dragon shouted loudly as he looked at the planet, his immense power pressing down on his territory.
Seeing this, Ye Chen obviously couldn't stay in the lord's manor any longer. He frowned slightly, looked up at the sky, and slowly walked out of the manor.
"You can't even pass on a message properly. It's better to let the kid teach this dog a lesson. Don't worry, he won't die. He'll be locked up for three to five days and then released!" Ye Chen said slowly, which made the big shots in the sky frown slightly. They didn't expect that even though they had personally spoken, the other party still wouldn't release him.
Feeling the mocking gazes around them, a hint of annoyance rose in their eyes; they were clearly being laughed at.
"I wonder which faction you're from? That way your parents can find you as soon as possible!" The group took a deep breath, no longer dwelling on those good-for-nothings, and turned the conversation to Ye Chen.
Upon hearing this, the others gathered around also perked up their ears, all curious as to which faction was so lucky to have acquired such a prodigy.
"Power?" Ye Chen murmured, feeling somewhat surprised and uncertain, because neither Fatty nor Jian Mengyi had replied to him yet, which seemed rather unusual.
He had just called Si Meng, but no one answered. Under what circumstances would a businessman make his communicator unreachable?
"I come from the Heavenly Court!" Ye Chen said, having thought of this.
The name surprised everyone. Chinese mythology and history are scarce, so no one knew the meaning of the Heavenly Court, but that did not prevent them from understanding the power of the term just by looking at the words.
Yet, this seemingly powerful force was completely unknown to anyone.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Such a force existed?
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