Chapter 2003: Lu Yan's Fury

Inside the city lord's mansion, the atmosphere did not ease at all with the deaths of the three geniuses.

On the contrary, it was quite oppressive.

“My lord, this… have we, the Sky Eagle Imperial City, rebelled?” City Lord Zuo Shujie said nervously.

Thanks to Ye Yuan's miraculous medicine, Zuo Shujie had barely managed to cling to life.

As a city lord under the command of the Five Empyrean Grand Capital, he held reverence for the Grand Capital.

This reverence had accumulated over a long time; how could it be easily erased?

Ye Yuan had killed the Celestial Lord's daughter and slaughtered hundreds of black-armored soldiers, including some True God realm commanders.

Such actions were simply too insane.

What everyone feared now was the Celestial Lord's retaliation.

In everyone's eyes, the Celestial Lord was an invincible existence.

No matter how formidable a True God realm expert might be, before a Celestial Lord, they were still utterly vulnerable.

Ye Yuan's strength was great—great enough to slay Lu Ziyi, who had comprehended the Five Elements Law—but before a Celestial Lord, he was still utterly vulnerable.

Hearing this, Ye Yuan laughed and said, “Rebellion? Since I was never submissive, how can this be rebellion?”

He had never considered himself a subject of anyone; taking the post of Inspector was merely for convenience in managing Sky Eagle Imperial City.

Given Ye Yuan's nature, he would naturally not hand over his life for others to decide.

Even if the opponent were a Celestial Lord, he would never make Ye Yuan bow his head.

“But big brother, our Sky Eagle Imperial City has no Celestial Lord to guard it. If that Celestial Lord Lu Yan really comes to attack, how should we respond?” Bai Guang also frowned.

This time, he too felt immense pressure.

“Yes, beneath the Celestial Lord, all are ants. Your strength, my lord, is extremely great, but you have not yet reached the Celestial Lord realm,” Ning Tianping said with concern.

“Master, aren't you the Chief Grand Elder of the Alchemy Pavilion? If you use that identity to invite a Celestial Lord, they should give face, right?” Bai Chen suddenly said.

His words immediately brightened everyone's eyes.

The status of a Star Pavilion elder was extraordinary.

Even a Celestial Lord should show some respect.

After all, who would offend a super alchemy god with a bright future?

Ye Yuan shook his head and said, “You overthink it. No matter how powerful the Alchemy Pavilion is, it's just a group of six-star alchemy gods. Which Celestial Lord isn't extremely proud? How could they come to be my thugs for such a matter?”

Neither this nor that worked; everyone truly didn't know what to do.

The name of the Celestial Lord hung like a huge shadow, suffocating everyone.

Everyone fell silent again.

This atmosphere was not only within the city lord's mansion but also spread throughout the entire imperial city.

Although Sky Eagle Imperial City's strength was now beyond what it once was,

pitted against a city of the Grand Capital's level, it was like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Yet even so, only a very few chose to leave Sky Eagle Imperial City.

The vast majority of martial artists chose to stay.

Ye Yuan had furiously slain the three geniuses; they understood it was not for himself, but for a nobody.

That nobody was named Jiang Ming.

After that day, everyone remembered this once insignificant name.

Because he was the epitome of every one of them.

Wasn't each of them just Jiang Ming among the masses?

“I am just a rogue cultivator. Over these tens of thousands of years, I have lived in dozens of cities. But not a single city gave me such a sense of belonging.”

“Lord Ye Yuan is different from ordinary rulers! In his eyes, every martial artist in Sky Eagle is his family.”

“Who says otherwise? Last time the Death Soul Sect provoked him, Lord Ye Yuan would rather bind his own hands than let another person be harmed in the city! You know, with his strength, killing those people was no trouble. This time, too, he killed in anger for an insignificant Jiang Ming.”

…

In the years Ye Yuan had been in Sky Eagle, he had given the martial artists here a great sense of belonging.

He had optimized the Martial Tower and Alchemy Tower, opened them to all martial artists, and reduced taxes for the city's martial artists—not to mention a series of other things.

Especially these last two times, Ye Yuan's actions had completely won over the city's martial artists, making everyone loyal.

This gave them a feeling of home toward Sky Eagle Imperial City.

In this cold world, a ruler who truly cared for the grassroots martial artists was extremely rare.

So, knowing that Ye Yuan's opponent this time was a Celestial Lord, no one backed down; instead, they were united in their hatred.

…

Walls have ears; news of Ye Yuan killing the three geniuses soon reached the Five Empyrean Grand Capital.

At that moment, the two ancestors of the Deng and Dai families were raging in the city lord's mansion.

“Brother Lu Yan, that brat named Ye Yuan has got some nerve, daring to kill our Deng Wei! If I don't kill that beast, my hatred will not be appeased!” roared Deng Yunzai, the Deng family ancestor.

Beside him, Dai Chunhao, the Dai family ancestor, also said furiously, “Our Dai family spent countless efforts on Yang'er to bring him to where he is today. I was counting on him to inherit my legacy, but he died at that brat's hands. If I don't kill him, I, Dai Chunhao, swear I'm not human.”

The two ancestors' auras were extremely fierce at this moment; their few words nearly shook the roof off, showing their anger.

Across from them sat a stern-faced middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man was Lu Ziyi's father, the master of the Five Empyrean Grand Capital—Lu Yan.

That the two family ancestors dared to shout like this before a Celestial Lord showed they were of the same generation as Lu Yan.

These two were also Celestial Lords.

The martial artists of Sky Eagle Imperial City did not know the true situation of the Five Empyrean Grand Capital.

If they knew that Ye Yuan had offended three Celestial Lords at once, they would be utterly despairing.

Lu Yan frowned slightly, snorted coldly, and said, “What's all this noise? Your two descendants are many generations removed. Though they had decent talent, in truth, they were just so-so. Whether they could break through to Celestial Lord is still uncertain. But my Ziyi was a peerless genius, one in ten thousand. She had already grasped the essence of the Five Elements Law; given time, her strength would surely surpass mine. You are angry—am I not angrier than you?”

Lu Yan exuded authority in every gesture; even though Deng and Dai were both Celestial Lords, they fell silent.

Indeed, the most furious should be Lu Yan.

With Lu Ziyi's talent, breaking through to Celestial Lord in the future was almost certain.

She might even break through to the legendary Heavenly Emperor realm!

Such a prodigy, even placed in a Heavenly Emperor's dojo, would be no less than those geniuses, let alone in a small Five Empyrean Grand Capital.

And now, she had died so inexplicably.

How could Lu Yan not be angry?

“Then… Brother Lu Yan, how about we join forces and go kill that brat?” Deng Yunzai asked tentatively.

Lu Yan sneered coldly and said, “Kill him? Wouldn't that be too easy for him? I will make him know what despair means!”