Chapter 519

Chapter 519: The Audience

Hmm?

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Lu Ye, Shen Xitang, Little Heavenly Dao, and Dark Yaner all turned to look at the Tree of Enlightenment.

The Tree of Enlightenment’s branches quivered lightly.

“What’s up?”

“It’s nothing. Just don’t turn into a woman, okay? Just stay as a tree,” Lu Ye instructed.

“Aww, I’ll listen to my master!”

“If the Tree of Enlightenment becomes a woman, I can turn into a woman too, and I can take the form of the three main souls,” the Emperor’s Banner muttered.

Lu Ye’s eyelids twitched wildly.

“I’m not turning into a woman, I’m a sword, swoosh swoosh swoosh…”

The Stone Sword said mischievously.

Damn, I’m almost becoming the Empress of the Celestial Lord myself.

“Emperor’s Banner, do you want Shangguan Huanling to become a part of you?” Lu Ye asked solemnly.

The Tree of Enlightenment didn’t need to worry; it would never violate his orders. But the Emperor’s Banner was a bit of a troublemaker, and that was a different story.

The Emperor’s Banner was taken aback.

“No, no! Don’t let her enter my body! I don’t want to be stupid!”

“Then don’t think about becoming a woman!”

“Oh, I understand now, Master.”

“Ding! That’s more like it. Not like some other beings who just have to become women,” Shen Xitang said with satisfaction.

Dark Yaner, heh heh, could hear nothing!

“Nine Lives, what if she really decides to give you a hat?” Dark Yaner asked.

Lu Ye appeared quite indifferent.

“In this rebirth, I may not have severed all ties, but in my heart, they are no longer my women. Every path they take is their own choice—how can that be about wearing a hat?”

Dark Yaner nodded.

Still, she asked her strategist.

Upon hearing the matter, Bai Huxin was stunned.

Such a complex web of relationships.

However, after a bit of thought, she realized this was an opportunity to maximize benefits.

“The dignity of a strong person must not be offended. Even if a strong person says it’s fine, you can intervene at a critical moment.”

“You can let risks appear, but don’t let them fall on the person you care about.”

“As long as this is done, it will surely have only benefits, no drawbacks.”

Dark Yaner understood.

Honestly, she didn’t feel too strongly about wearing hats.

Having just become human, she naturally didn’t know much about human emotions.

But that didn’t stop her from wanting to increase her favorability.

Lu Ye genuinely didn’t care what Shangguan Huanling did.

Whether she lived or died, he didn’t care. How much less about these trivial matters?

But since everyone was watching the show, Lu Ye just kept on watching.

Even now, if the Heavenly Gate people wanted to kill Shangguan Huanling, Lu Ye wouldn’t stop them. He was all about just watching.

Li Tianfeng, listening to Shangguan Huanling, became enraged and without hesitation swung his sword.

Shangguan Huanling, at a stage of longevity, naturally couldn’t withstand an attack from the Xumi Realm. That sword could easily finish her off.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a burst of flames erupted from Shangguan Huanling.

The sword light split the flames in half.

The unharmed Shangguan Huanling emerged from within, but the rushing Vermilion Bird let out a cry of despair, showcasing her fiery state.

Sun Ruowei hurried to Shangguan Huanling’s side.

“Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist, calm down. She was just confused for a moment. We won’t let her do anything stupid. Please be forgiving, Fellow Daoist!” Sun Ruowei said to Li Tianfeng.

Li Tianfeng was under immense pressure for trying to kill Shangguan Huanling.

After all, in the last life, she truly was the Master’s woman.

Although the Master repeatedly emphasized that these women had nothing to do with him, human hearts are the hardest to gauge, and even the Master might not be able to see through his feelings.

If he really killed Shangguan Huanling and the Master didn’t hold him accountable verbally, what if he felt uneasy inside?

With someone stepping in to smooth things over, Li Tianfeng felt relieved.

Sun Ruowei was practically ready to explode with anger.

Because they were near the Heavenly Gate, they had woken up from their cultivation by the loud crash.

Upon discovering Shangguan Huanling was gone, she and the Vermilion Bird rushed over in a panic, only to hear Shangguan Huanling repeating her earlier foolish words.

Sun Ruowei was infuriated.

She hadn’t even noticed she had gone from being an onlooker to a subject of scrutiny.

Unknowingly, Sun Ruowei had fallen into a quagmire.

It must be said, Shangguan Huanling’s influence on those around her was truly terrifying.

If Sun Ruowei was almost losing her mind, the Vermilion Bird had truly lost it.

That sword strike effectively rendered the Vermilion Bird’s countless hours of cultivation worthless.

She genuinely believed she was on good terms with Shangguan Huanling, but why was it that Shangguan Huanling always had to stir up trouble? Going absolutely wild?

Didn’t she want to cultivate properly?

Didn’t she want to set aside lofty ambitions to survive the tribulation before Lu Ye?

What was with this chaotic situation now?

The Vermilion Bird was exhausted.

Really, just exhausted.

She felt like Shangguan Huanling was like a juvenile delinquent who quiets down for a moment before getting back to trouble.

“Get away from the Heavenly Gate immediately!”

Li Tianfeng ordered coldly.

“No, if you have the skills, then kill me! I don’t want to live anymore. Once you kill me, let my soul be collected in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!”

“Smack!”

Sun Ruowei could no longer hold back and slapped Shangguan Huanling across the face.

Shangguan Huanling was taken aback.

The Vermilion Bird quickly restrained Shangguan Huanling, and the two hurriedly took her away.

Shen Xitang excitedly clenched her fist.

“Ding! Well done! But the onlooker’s melon is quite tasty too!”

“She won’t give up easily.” Lu Ye smiled.

The Vermilion Bird was probably on the brink of exploding with anger.

But it didn’t matter, after all, the Vermilion Bird was kind!

The content in the light curtain followed the three.

Lu Ye remained in a state of cultivation, not anxious at all, casually watching.

The two took away Shangguan Huanling.

The Vermilion Bird was frustrated.

“Weren’t you supposed to cultivate well? What are you doing now?” the Vermilion Bird scolded.

Shangguan Huanling, having received a slap, looked all aggrieved.

“I’m progressing too slowly in my cultivation, and it’s exhausting. If I keep this up, when Lu Ye becomes an emperor, I won’t even be able to ascend.”

Used to rapid advances in cultivation, Shangguan Huanling, living a life of luxury, couldn’t withstand such a tortoise-speed training.

“So you want to give up on life?” the Vermilion Bird asked angrily.

“I want to enter the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. That way, regardless of what happens, I can be with Lu Ye!”

The Vermilion Bird was so exasperated she almost laughed.

“What do you think the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is? Entering the Ten Thousand Souls Banner means enduring all sorts of tortures day and night, generating grievance to increase its power. You enter there, and your very thoughts will get tortured into fragments, and you think you can still be with Lu Ye? ”

For souls, it’s better to have their True Spirit shatter than to be trapped in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

And Shangguan Huanling actually wanted to enter the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?

Does she really think that Jiang Die and the others are going to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner for a vacation?