Chapter 304

Chapter 304: Owes Him Another Favor

“Big Brother Ming.”

Xu Ming stepped out of the courtyard and heard the voices of Li Han and the others.

They had already been waiting at Xu Mansion since early morning.

Xu Ming smiled, “Came to see me off?”

“Of course,” Li Han grinned, “Today Big Brother Ming is heading to the Rootless Mystic Realm, we definitely have to come and see you off.”

“Sister Xu, I made some breakfast.” Hutao stepped forward, handing over a lunch box.

“Thanks,” Xu Ming smiled, “Let’s go, I’ll eat while walking.”

Xu Ming was escorted by the group to the Princess’s residence. Wu saw her old friends, and her expression paused for a moment, not expecting them to come see her off.

Wu followed Xu Ming and the group on the street, feeling like they were back a few years ago when they all went on missions together.

The group sent Xu Ming and Wu to the entrance of the Imperial Palace, where they could no longer proceed.

Xu Ming and Wu bowed in respect to the three, then entered the palace.

At this time, the other eight selected youths from the Wu Kingdom had also arrived.

The Emperor of Wu held a feast to see off the ten individuals.

“Open the gate!”

Before the hour of Chen arrived, with the Emperor’s command, ten cultivators from the Supervising Heaven Division emerged, chanting incantations, connecting to the Great Dao.

Following that, with a wave of the Emperor’s hand, the golden dragon hovering above the imperial palace directly charged towards a rift.

In an instant, a distorted gate appeared before everyone.

“May all of you glorify our Wu Kingdom! May our martial fortune be prosperous!”

The Emperor raised his wine glass, his deep voice resonating throughout the palace.

“Thank Your Majesty!” Everyone shouted in unison, drinking down the brewed liquor in their hands!

In the capital of the Bai Xiang Kingdom, Bai Li Bing, dressed in a dragon robe, looked at the five young elites within the palace.

Not only can human cultivators participate in the Rootless Mystic Realm, but naturally, the demon race can as well. As for how the demon race allocates their quotas, it is entirely decided by the Demon Ancestor of the Southern Demon Realm.

This demon ancestor has an extremely high seniority and cultivation realm, respected by the majority of countries in the Southern Demon Realm.

However, regarding the mutual conflicts within the Southern Demon Realm, this demon ancestor always turns a blind eye, never attempting to stop the internal strife among the Southern Demon Realm nations.

Some say that the Demon Ancestor of the Southern Demon Realm has already passed away, and the orders coming from Zhongyan Mountain are merely fabricated by his disciples under his name.

Others claim that this Demon Ancestor has reached the peak of the Ascension Realm, just one step away from the legendary lost second realms, still in seclusion, trying to take that final step.

There are also those who say that this Demon Ancestor has already entered the legendary second realms, but so has the Sub-Sage of the Central Plains, hence neither has made a move.

Regardless, no dynasty in the Southern Demon Realm dares to defy the face of this Demon Ancestor, nor does anyone dare to test whether he has already ascended.

Under normal circumstances, those who go to Zhongyan Mountain to investigate are killed by his disciples before the Demon Ancestor even gets involved.

And this time, when the Rootless Mystic Realm opened, not only were the quotas distributed to the myriad large and small demon kingdoms of the South, but also an order was issued—

Kill Yang Yang, who ranks first on the Azurecloud List, and Xu Ming, who ranks second.

Actually, both the Southern Demon Realm and the human race instinctively try to eliminate the top geniuses on the Azurecloud List to create a gap in their opponent’s talent pool.

After all, if these geniuses fade into obscurity, it would be fine, but if they grow into towering trees, it would truly become troublesome.

By then, dealing with them would require a hundred or a thousand times the cost. But for many years, there has never been an order from Zhongyan Mountain to handle someone on the Azurecloud List.

From this, it can be seen that perhaps the Demon Ancestor has foreseen something through divine insight.

These two people, if they grow up in the future, may bring great trouble to the demon world!

“Go, return alive.”

Bai Li Bing, dressed in the emperor’s robes of the Ten Thousand Directions Kingdom, said to the five demon disciples of the Ten Thousand Directions Kingdom.

“Yes, Your Majesty! We will surely return with the heads of Yang Yang and Xu Ming!”

The cultivators bowed respectfully to Wu Yanhan, turned around, and stepped into the distorted gate.

Looking at the distorted gate, Bai Li Bing clenched his fists tightly: “Xu Ming, you mustn’t die inside the Rootless Mystic Realm.”

In Ju Bei City, on a mountain range in the north, which was originally just a primitive mountain range.

But in just a month, tree after tree was cut down, skyscrapers rose from the mountains, and large and small magic arrays were being set up.

Disciples of the Mo family, soldiers and craftsmen from the Wu Kingdom moved about this mountain range.

Although everything was still under construction,

you wouldn’t doubt that in a year or two, this place would transform into a mystical sect shrouded in mist.

This place is the reborn Heavenly Profound Gate.

When Wang Xuan brought the disciples of the Heavenly Profound Gate to Ju Bei City, the officials of the Northern Liangzhou region of the Wu Kingdom had already chosen the location for the establishment of the sect for Wang Xuan, and even provided the Heavenly Profound Gate with numerous Mo family cultivators, craftsmen, and various labor forces, along with building materials and array materials.

Wang Xuan almost didn’t have to do anything; the Wu Kingdom simply handed her a “brand new” sect.

With such a grand momentum and thorough preparation by the Wu Kingdom, Wang Xuan didn’t have time to refuse and could only accept the favor from the Wu Kingdom.

After the Heavenly Profound Gate stabilized, Wang Xuan also dispatched four disciples to the Rootless Mystic Realm.

“This trip to the Rootless Mystic Realm, you must be cautious. Remember, under no circumstances should you act rashly.” Wang Xuan said to the four.

“Master, don’t worry.” Qingwan smiled, “Although the Heavenly Profound Gate isn’t what it used to be, we’re not bad either.”

“Return safely.” Wang Xuan looked at her disciples, “Go, we await your good news.”

“Yes!” After bowing, the four walked into the twisted door.

Watching the four most promising disciples among her peers disappear before her eyes, Wang Xuan withdrew her gaze and flew towards the main peak.

And at the entrance to her courtyard, there was an official in Wu Kingdom attire waiting.

“Forget Profound Sect Leader, here is a letter for you.” Seeing Wang Xuan, this official from the Wu Kingdom bowed.

“Letter? From whom?” Wang Xuan asked.

The Wu Kingdom official smiled, “It’s from our kingdom’s Zhuangyuan Lang in the capital.”

Wang Xuan was slightly startled, then took the envelope, and without delay, the Wu Kingdom official bid farewell and left.

Walking into the courtyard, Wang Xuan opened the envelope.

After reading every word of the letter he sent, Wang Xuan put down the paper, looked up, gazing at the clouds drifting across the sky, involuntarily recalling the appearance of that young man.

“Owes him another favor.”