Besides Luo Feng and Zhu You, there were two other distinguished guests at Dreamflower Pavilion tonight.

“Hmm?” Two figures looked through the hall doors, noticing Luo Feng and Zhu You flying past in the distance.

“That must be Zhu You and Luo He,” the blue-haired man exclaimed in surprise. “Luo He’s name is heard frequently these days. He single-handedly destroyed a dark force and killed the Blood Python Guild Master. That’s truly remarkable!”

“It’s just one dark force,” the other purple-robed youth sneered. “Nineteen dark forces may sound formidable, but don’t they still have to bow down before our five great families? Most of the Cosmos Sand they earn must be offered to us.”

“Brother Meiwu, our family is powerful, but in terms of individual strength, Monarch Luo He is far stronger than us,” the blue-haired man said.

“Brother Jiang, don’t praise these unattached individuals so much,” Meiwu Qi said dismissively. “Even if they gain considerable strength through insight or temporary fortune, every step of their progress is incredibly difficult. Top-tier inheritances, valuable resources, master’s guidance… they have to fight for every single opportunity. How can they possibly compare to us, the children of great families? We are born with these resources!”

The blue-haired man chuckled self-deprecatingly, raising his wine cup. “We are born with vast resources, yet we barely manage to become Eternal True Gods. In terms of talent, we are far inferior to Luo He and Zhu Hu. They still have hope of reaching the Chaos Master realm, while we see no hope at all.”

“The limit of the bloodline path is the Chaos Master. One must be strong in every aspect, and we see no hope for that,” Meiwu Qi chuckled. “As for individuals like Luo He and Zhu Hu, even if they fight with their lives, it will still amount to nothing!”

“Yes, it is indeed very difficult for an Eternal True God to become a Chaos Master,” the blue-haired man admitted.

The number of Chaos Masters across the entire Origin Continent is not large. Ancient kingdoms like Yanfeng and Leiting, along with other formidable powers, are more adept at cultivating mighty individuals and have a greater chance of producing Chaos Masters. Among the common folk, for a Chaos Master to emerge? The probability is absurdly low.

“In the Origin Continent, we, the children of royal families and great Chaos families, are born superior. Even when fighting to the death with the Food Nation, it’s Luo He, Zhu Hu, and other powerful Eternal True Gods who charge ahead. If we win, we still rule Huyang City. If we lose, at most we’ll just leave Huyang City,” Meiwu Qi laughed heartily.

“Our great Chaos families only became truly great because Chaos Masters were born among us,” the blue-haired man said. “Powerful Eternal True Gods like Luo He and Zhu Hu fight to the death, and with so many top Eternal True Gods undergoing such life-and-death tempering, new Chaos Masters will eventually rise. As for us, we’ll never have that hope.”

“We have no hope, but they lose their lives,” Meiwu Qi burst out laughing. “I’ve seen many instances of such powerful Eternal True Gods falling.”

Luo Feng and Zhu You took their seats, while the servants they brought sat in a corner.

While listening to A Luoya’s illusory music, Luo Feng naturally employed the Seven Emotions Heart Refining Method from the *Lie Yuan Art*, completely immersing himself. Although he usually maintained the Great Annihilation Heart Refining Method to temper his will, occasionally practicing the Seven Emotions Heart Refining Method offered a unique experience.

“Luo He truly enjoys A Luoya’s illusory music. No wonder he had a falling out with the Blood Python Guild over this little musician back then,” Zhu You observed from the side. As an Eternal True God, he wasn’t significantly affected by the illusory music. However, with Luo Feng closing his eyes and completely immersing himself, Zhu You found it inconvenient to speak.

Once the performance was complete.

“Excellent, excellent,” Luo Feng opened his eyes. Having cultivated all this time, he naturally carried many regrets, but within the illusion, these could be compensated for, providing an extremely strong emotional stimulus.

“Your Excellency, you flatter me,” A Luoya said. She was deeply grateful to Luo Feng, and her performance naturally gave her all.

Luo Feng’s high regard greatly increased her status at Dreamflower Pavilion. The price of her performances was now a full ten times what it used to be, and no one dared to harass her anymore. Even the Thousand-Leaf Vine Clan, which supported her, had a much easier time in Huyang City. Clearly, no other force wished to become the next Blood Python Guild!

“You’ve made great progress. Keep up the good work,” Luo Feng smiled. With the aid of the Seven Emotions Heart Refining Method, A Luoya’s illusory music was indeed quite suitable for his needs.

“Yes, A Luoya bids farewell,” the young musician said, respectfully withdrawing.

Zhu You watched this scene and chuckled, “Brother Luo He is indeed benevolent, to care for a mere musician so much.”

“Hahaha…” Luo Feng laughed. “I was so immersed in that illusory music just now, I neglected you, Brother Zhu You.”

“I was also appreciating the illusory music,” Zhu You said. “Brother Luo He, how deeply do you understand Huyang City?”

“Only some superficial knowledge,” Luo Feng replied.

Shang Tianyan had initially given him information on all forces in Huyang City, including numerous introductions to Eternal True Gods. This was all basic intelligence. However, extremely detailed intelligence, such as comprehensive information on a single Eternal True God, would be exceedingly expensive.

“After all, Brother Luo He has only been in Huyang City for a little over one era; that’s still a very short time,” Zhu You said. “Once more time passes, you’ll naturally uncover many secrets.”

“I haven’t been in Huyang City long, and I’ve only had conflicts with the Blood Python Guild; I haven’t engaged with other powerful individuals,” Luo Feng said.

“You indeed only had a conflict with the Blood Python Guild, but it led to its complete annihilation,” Zhu You chuckled. “Now, both the five great families and the Food Nation forces have their eyes on you.”

“Oh?” Luo Feng listened intently.

“The City Lord’s Mansion and the Food Nation forces are locked in fierce combat, but both sides will exploit other powerful individuals to fight their battles,” Zhu You explained. “Offering benefits to entice external powerhouses to assist is something they often do. Brother Luo He, with your strength, both factions will undoubtedly try to win you over.”

“My advice is this: you can help with easy tasks and gain benefits, but don’t get involved in major troubles,” Zhu You advised. “Preserving yourself is more important.”

“That’s reasonable,” Luo Feng nodded.

“Actually, in the entire Huyang City, besides the City Lord’s Mansion, the five great families, and the Food Nation forces, there’s also our third-party faction,” Zhu You chuckled softly. “In terms of the sheer number of Eternal True Gods and the most powerful individuals, our native families and local forces are the strongest.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly. While seemingly decentralized, their overall numbers were indeed vast, and they contained many hidden talents.

“Brother Luo He, you are not a member of the five great families. Even if you were to rely on them, you’d be risking your life for their benefit. The Food Nation forces care even less about the lives of their pawns,” Zhu You said, looking at Luo Feng. “You are naturally on our side.”

“You have a point,” Luo Feng nodded.

Zhu You laughed heartily. “We are on the same side! To be frank, no matter who rules Huyang City, how much difference does it really make to us, the native families and local forces?”

“For God-Kings and Chaos Masters, there might be significantly less tribute, and they would care a great deal about that. But for us, it’s all the same; we still have to pay substantial fees.”

“So no matter how fiercely the City Lord’s Mansion and the Food Nation forces fight, we must cherish our own lives,” Zhu You said, shaking his head. “They have never cared about our lives or deaths.”

Luo Feng nodded. “What Brother Zhu You said is reasonable.”

“As long as we are sufficiently united, we will be the strongest force! The City Lord’s Mansion and the Food Nation forces can only entice us with benefits; they would not dare to coerce us,” Zhu You said, clearly very confident.

Suddenly—

From outside, a faint yet powerful fluctuation emerged.

“What’s happening?” Luo Feng and Zhu You looked through the hall doors and saw a Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast appearing high in the distance. A figure flew out from its surface: none other than Commander Gao Wushui of the Huyang Guards.

Meiwu Qi and Jiang Chengyou, somewhat puzzled, came to the hall entrance. Looking at the Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast, a mechanical secret treasure that had descended just outside the hall, they both felt that the visitor meant no good.

“Dreamflower Pavilion is a place of pleasure, yet Commander Gao Wu has brought the Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast here,” Meiwu Qi said, looking at Gao Wushui. “Commander Gao Wu, what brings you here?”

“Commander Gao Wu, come in and have a drink. The other Huyang Guards can also rest nearby; it’s on me,” the blue-haired man Jiang Chengyou said with a smile.

Gao Wushui said coldly, “Meiwu Qi, the Huyang Guards have received evidence of your crimes: capturing a large number of Huyang City citizens and then torturing and murdering them! You are now required to accompany me to the Huyang Guard headquarters.”

The blue-haired man was shocked.

Meiwu Qi’s face sank. As his aura stirred, the night itself seemed to darken slightly. He said hoarsely, “Commander Gao Wu, I am Meiwu Qi of the Meiwu family. Are you sure you want to arrest me?”

“Isn’t there some misunderstanding?” Jiang Chengyou also spoke up.

“It is the duty of the Huyang Guards; I must naturally arrest you!” Gao Wushui said, looking at Meiwu Qi. “Meiwu Qi, come with me!”

“You people rely on our five great families, yet you turn around and bite our children?” Meiwu Qi sneered. “Gao Wushui, I will report this matter to the City Lord’s Mansion immediately. I want to see how the City Lord’s Mansion handles this.”

“How the City Lord’s Mansion handles me is a matter for the future. For now, you must come with me,” Gao Wushui said coldly. “I’ll count to three. If you resist, I’ll have to act by force.”

“Three, two…” Gao Wushui showed no hesitation.

“Boom—”

A deep purple, winding monstrous beast traversed the void, appearing out of thin air above Dreamflower Pavilion and drawing gasps from many guests.

Luo Feng and Zhu You also watched all this from afar.

“Commander Gao Wu is truly formidable; he’s even starting to arrest the Eternal True Gods of the five great families,” the deep purple winding monstrous beast slowly descended, and an armored figure appeared atop its head.

“Even royal family descendants and children of great Chaos families must obey the laws of the Yu Kingdom,” Gao Wushui said coldly. “Meiwu Qi’s sins are monstrous. He has wreaked havoc within Huyang City for countless years, harming innumerable citizens, and outside Huyang City, he acted even more wantonly. When Fangjiu City was breached by a horde of monstrous beasts, hundreds of millions of citizens were abducted by him. The citizens he tortured and murdered number in the hundreds of millions! How can such a crime be lightly pardoned?”

“You are slandering me! As a child of one of the five great families, how could I act so recklessly?” Meiwu Qi retorted angrily.

The armored figure chuckled lightly. “Spreading rumors and slandering the children of the five great families happens often. Commander Gao Wu has, after all, only recently taken up the position of Huyang Guard Commander; he is still inexperienced.”

“Whether it’s slander or not, he must first come with me to the Huyang Guard headquarters. After verifying the truth, a decision will naturally be made,” Gao Wushui said.

The armored figure walked to Meiwu Qi’s side, with the winding monstrous beast looming behind him. “Commander Gao Wu, you only need to submit the evidence of the crime to the City Lord’s Mansion. The City Lord’s Mansion will naturally verify the authenticity of the evidence and decide on the punishment. You needn’t interfere any further.”

Gao Wushui had guessed he would face significant resistance, but he hadn’t expected he wouldn’t even be able to complete the first step of taking Meiwu Qi away.

“Even if I bring him back to the Huyang Guard headquarters, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to harm him in the slightest,” Gao Wushui thought to himself.

Before a trial and decision by the City Lord’s Mansion, he dared not arbitrarily kill an Eternal True God from one of the five great families. If he were to do so, his master Mo Lixiao wouldn’t be able to protect him. His youthful experiences indeed made him hate evil like fire. However, he wouldn’t sacrifice himself for a single Meiwu Qi.

“I will submit the evidence, and I believe the City Lord’s Mansion will issue a just ruling!” Gao Wushui glanced at Meiwu Qi, then turned and flew into the Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast.

The Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast immediately traversed the void and departed.

“Hahaha…” Meiwu Qi finally relaxed completely and laughed. “This Gao Wushui is simply an idiot. He actually thought he could arrest me?”

Luo Feng, observing all this from a distance, was somewhat surprised.

“Brother Zhu You, was what Commander Gao Wu said just now true? That Fangjiu City was breached by a horde of monstrous beasts, and hundreds of millions of citizens were abducted by this Meiwu Qi?” Luo Feng asked. “That he tortured and murdered hundreds of millions of citizens?”

This number indeed astonished Luo Feng. After all, the explicit laws of the Yu Kingdom were still very strict.

“It is indeed true. If you live in Huyang City longer, you’ll know. Meiwu Qi is famously deranged,” Zhu You said. “His secret treasure, the City of Sins, has imprisoned countless innocent citizens, and those he tortured to death over long years are indeed innumerable.”

“The five great families just condone him like that?” Luo Feng frowned.

“The five great families can restrain many dark forces, and if any dare to cross the line, the five great families can strike with lethal force. But they cannot use lethal force against their own,” Zhu You shook his head. “There is abundant evidence of Meiwu Qi’s depravity! If you don’t believe me, you can purchase intelligence from the Yanfeng Guildhall.”

Luo Feng looked into the distance, where Meiwu Qi was chatting and laughing with another Huyang Guard Commander.

“I want to purchase all evidence of Meiwu Qi’s crimes,” Luo Feng said through his communication token, contacting the Dark Hall of the Yanfeng Guildhall.

“All evidence of Meiwu Qi’s crimes requires 1 Cosmos Sand,” the Dark Hall responded.

“Purchase.”

After Luo Feng completed the purchase, the Dark Hall of the Yanfeng Guildhall sent him the detailed evidence of the crimes.

The evidence made Luo Feng’s face turn cold. Meiwu Qi was even more demented than he had imagined—a complete lunatic with an utterly twisted and deranged mind. He tortured innocent citizens, seeking to create sufficiently powerful twisted souls through painful torment.

“To create powerful twisted souls through pain—the Yanfeng Guildhall’s Dark Hall records that he has sixteen outstanding ‘works’,” Luo Feng said softly. “Sixteen True Gods whose tortured and twisted soul wills are comparable to Eternal True Gods.”

“He even once showed off his ‘works’ to me,” Zhu You sighed.

“The Yanfeng Guildhall also has a bounty on him,” Luo Feng noted, having found Meiwu Qi’s bounty.

The bounty was merely 20,000 Cosmos Sand. It was likely someone who truly couldn’t stand him who spent Cosmos Sand to place the bounty.

“Accept task.” With a thought, Luo Feng accepted the mission to assassinate Meiwu Qi.

“Don’t mind these things. There are too many dark deeds on the Origin Continent; there’s nothing we can do about many of them,” Zhu You said. “It’s already difficult enough for our own families to simply survive safely.”

Luo Feng stood up. “Brother Zhu You has family to worry about, but I have no such attachments. If this matter comes before me and I turn a blind eye, my heart will not be at peace!”

“Such filth should be wiped away!”

Luo Feng took a step, and with a whoosh, he was already out of the hall, heading straight for Meiwu Qi’s location.

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