807 - Two Heads
Chapter 807 - Two Heads
"The Black Moon Divine Palace has been maligned. If Ye Qingyu did not deliberately slander us, then he would appear and speak with us face-to-face. The fact that he has not done so shows that he is guilty. We hope that all the various sects and our fellow martial artists will stand with us, the Black Moon Divine Palace, in annihilating this malicious punk from the lower domains."
These were the statements that the Black Moon Divine Palace continued to release to the foreign domains.
Ye Qingyu seemed to have vanished into thin air and no one could track him down at all. Furthermore, he had even consecutively destroyed the representative stations of the Black Moon Divine Palace across the major cities. This was a great insult to the Black Moon Divine Palace and they also felt immense pressure from Ye Qingyu's accusations. If they were indeed found guilty of launching a sudden attack on the Heaven Wasteland envoy mission, then they would find it hard to stomach the pressure from the Alliance of Domains. After all, they were not a super force, unlike the Four Stars Sect, the Divine Sky Sect, etc.
"Haha. How dare you ask me to make an appearance. Isn't it clear that you are going to kill me once I show up? You guys are just acting so innocent but I'm no fool. If Yang Wanqu appears, then I will also reveal myself because I can prove that he was the instigator behind the sudden attack on the Heaven Wasteland envoy mission. Black Moon Divine Palace, do you dare accept this challenge?" Ye Qingyu also released a statement to the foreign domains. Shuang Wuyan had his own methods of masking Ye Qingyu's voice to the rest of the domains.
He was so insistent on demanding that Yang Wanqu make an appearance because he wanted to give them the wrong impression that he really had evidence and pile on the psychological pressure on the Black Moon Divine Palace. The more he did that, the more Yang Wanqu would refuse to show himself. The foreign domains would then start to find the Black Moon Divine Palace's actions suspicious and the public opinion would turn against them.
"Yang Wanqu is the successor of the Black Moon Divine Palace and was blessed with great fortune in the 18th district of the Black Demon Pool. He is currently in self-isolation in a bid to reach the Saint realm, so why would he make an appearance to attend to such frivolous matters at such a crucial time? That would only delay his progress, and we are sure Ye Qingyu is aware of this fact, having entered the 18th district together with our successor. He is only making such demands in order to deliberately destroy our successor's progression on the martial way. This is proof of his malicious intent."
The Black Moon Divine Palace retorted with a statement.
They made it clear that Yang Wanqu would not reveal himself and provided a logical reason for his actions. It was true that many people had been shocked and surprised that Yang Wanqu had come back to life from the 18th district of the Black Demon Pool, so it made sense that he was in self-isolation, processing whatever he had obtained from the 18th district.
"Ye Qingyu is really devious. I have received news that he is ambitious and that he betrayed the Heaven Wasteland envoy mission, deliberately slandered the Black Moon Divine Palace, and created this mess. In actual fact, he is the culprit of whatever happened to the Heaven Wasteland envoy mission. It is also rumored that during his time in the Heaven Wasteland Domain, he suppressed his dissidents and secretly cultivated his own following. No one knows how many innocent citizens of the Heaven Wasteland Domain he killed, and he was known as the 'Executioner' and 'Demon King' there..." the master of Divine Life Sect said as he dragged Ye Qingyu's name through the mud.
Many people were stunned by his words.
Although the Divine Life Sect was not a large sect, it was largely known to act with integrity, so most people had a pretty good image of it. Furthermore, it was not known to be an ally of the Black Moon Divine Palace nor have any private dealings with them. Therefore, their words caused many people to reevaluate their impression of Ye Qingyu. "Could this person just be a troublemaker?"
At the same time, the forces who were on good terms with the Black Moon Divine Palace also declared their support for them and said that they would capture the troublemaker Ye Qingyu, who had unreasonably provoked and slandered the Black Moon Divine Palace.
Suddenly, everyone started to hit Ye Qingyu while he was down.
Ye Qingyu's image was quickly tarnished and many people held him in contempt.
It was at this moment that a surprising turn in events occurred, which shocked many observers.
"Ye Qingyu is our friend and on good terms with our tribe," declared the Celestial Phoenix Maiden's guardian.
The statement was succinct, but the message and intent behind the words hinted at where the Phoenix Race stood.
Before they could process this information, the Black Demon Pool also made their statement. This time, the Princess of the Black Demon Race announced that Ye Qingyu was a good man and made it clear that they would stand on his side.
If the Phoenix Race had only hinted at their support for Ye Qingyu, then the Black Demon Race's princess had clearly taken Ye Qingyu's side, so whoever wanted to harm Ye Qingyu would now need to think twice.
It was also to many people's surprise that the first city of chaos, Sunrise City, which was led by the Human Race, was also seen within the city. When their representatives spoke to their allies, they only had good words to say about Ye Qingyu, and thought that he was a young genius of the Human Race who was of good moral character and skilled in martial arts.
This caused many people to be dumbfounded.
These were the words from a truly significant character.
Although these words were uttered during a banquet, who knew if the City Lord of Sunrise City had deliberately meant for them to become public knowledge. He hardly ever took a stance, so for someone of his stature to make such a statement, the meaning behind his words was clear enough.
A young Heaven's prideling from a tiny domain had suddenly obtained the support of two super forces and a large city, and thus, he was now evenly matched with the Black Moon Divine Palace in terms of support. In fact, Ye Qingyu's side had the advantage in terms of power and support.
The situation had become even more tricky. Many large forces who had been observing the situation now did not dare to openly take sides and adopted a wait-and-see approach.
Soon after, it was the afternoon of the third day.
The three-day deadline that Ye Qingyu had set was now coming to an end.
Falcon City—
The representative station of the Black Moon Divine Palace was located on a street in the northern part of the city.
Many experts had gathered from across the land and were now standing guard alongside the six Great Saints.
Countless experts and representatives of the various forces were also observing the situation from the surrounding areas and from the Void.
However, the perpetrator of this, Ye Qingyu, had yet to show himself.
Those who were hidden away in the Void and were completely shrouded in mist could not help chattering amongst themselves.
"Do you think this punk named Ye Qingyu has been scared off by this situation?"
"I don't think so. After all, the Phoenix Race and Black Demon Pool have voiced their support for him. Either one of these two super forces could easily destroy the Black Moon Divine Palace."
"However, I heard... that the Black Moon Divine Palace has the support of the Mizar, and the Mizar Race is on good terms with the Four Stars Sect..."
"It is probably no longer a matter of seeking vengeance. The large forces behind this might use it as a chance to declare war..."
"It is odd that the Alliance of Domains has yet to make a statement after Ye Qingyu has created such a huge commotion. Could he also have the support of the Alliance?"
"I don't think so. How could a domain without a grade garner the support of the Alliance of Domains?"
"I think the same. Let's just wait and see. The deadline of three days is almost up..."
While the spectators were discussing it animatedly, there was a sudden commotion at the representative station of the Black Moon Divine Palace down below.
The bloody heads of two experts from the Human Race, whose eyes had been gouged out, were suddenly placed on a wooden pole in front of the gates of the representative station. Their faces had been completely disfigured and knife marks could be seen all over their bloodied heads.
A middle-aged man clad in the robes of the Black Moon Divine Palace, with ash-colored hair, bull-like eyes, and a burly body that gave off cruel qi, announced loudly, "These two people were the accomplices of the rogue Ye Qingyu and had been captured alive by the Saints of the Black Moon Divine Palace. They were killed after we interrogated them and their heads have been placed here as a warning to all!"
"Boom!"
The crowd reacted to this piece of news just like how ice water reacts to hot oil.
The surrounding crowd was all abuzz.
"What? He had other accomplices? Wasn't there only an elderly man by his side?"
"His accomplices have been killed? Is Ye Qingyu about to be defeated?"
"Did his accomplices have a hand in the previous incident where he simultaneously destroyed several representative stations across several large cities?"
"Isn't Ye Qingyu a human from a tiny domain? Why does he suddenly have accomplices?"
The crowd was all abuzz as everyone clamored to express their suspicions and views.
The Saint stationed in front of the Black Moon Divine Palace seemed pleased with the crowd's reaction. An almost undetectable radiance flashed through his eyes.
At the same time, a thousand meters north of the representative station, on the roof of a restaurant—
Two figures stood side by side on a red-tiled roof beam. They were completely shrouded within a thin layer of mist and had become one with the Void. Neither a slight ripple or a trace of aura could be detected from them, as though a drop of water had fallen into a river, and they remained completely undetectable.
These two figures who looked at the representative station of the Black Moon Divine Palace from a distance were none other than Ye Qingyu and Shuang Wuyan, who had eluded all of the experts from the various large forces in search of them.
As Ye Qingyu stared at the two blooded heads hanging from a pole in front of the gates of the representative station, his eyes glimmered with two rays of purple light. It was as though a fireball was constantly churning in his heart and his eyes were practically burning with rage.
He recognized those two heads.
They were the heads of the King of the Brute Race, Shi Potian, and the top warrior of the Brute Race, Jin Tuodao!
Ye Qingyu had almost grounded his teeth to pieces.
He was completely incensed.
He wanted to rush forward but Shuang Wuyan held him back.
"Stay calm." The chubby elderly man shook his head.
Ye Qingyu's eyes were spitting fire but he forced himself to stand back.
At this moment, he was almost completely certain that the Black Moon Divine Palace had been one of the forces that had attacked the Heaven Wasteland envoy mission. It was also likely that by choosing to display the heads of the members of that envoy mission, the Black Moon Divine Palace was conveying a message to them.
The remaining members of the envoy mission were probably being held captive by them as well.
This was their way of forcing Ye Qingyu to reveal himself.
"What should I do?"
Ye Qingyu stared into the distance, unable to make up his mind.
He was already consumed with rage.
By displaying the heads of the members of the envoy mission publicly, it was not just a great insult to the deceased for them to have died with dismembered body parts, but it also caused Ye Qingyu to be filled with great remorse and self-reproach. He could not hold back the urge to rush over, destroy all the representative stations of the Black Moon Divine Palace, and retrieve the bodies of the two deceased warriors of the Brute Race.
"Don't act rashly," Shuang Wuyan said coldly and dispassionately, as though he had sensed the anger emanating from Ye Qingyu beside him.
Those words contained an icy qi that immediately doused the flames of anger that were consuming Ye Qingyu. His gaze slowly focused and he became much more clear-headed.