Realms In The Firmament

The first idea that came into people’s heads was that their ears must have gone wrong. How was that even possible? If their ears were fine, maybe there was another top-level super powerful cultivator in the world showing up!

After all, even the five Sky Kings couldn’t earn the Flower King’s loyalty!

At that moment, somebody suddenly laughed weirdly.

“Flower King! I don’t care who the f*ck your master is! My man was beaten, and I need an explanation! What I want is simple… Just give us the woman. Hah hah… I don’t care if the Flower King is going to play tough or something. I will have the woman!”

The voice sounded contemptible and dirty.

As the voice sounded, a slim-bodied middle-aged man showed up.

He was wearing a black robe. His face looked dark and evil. His eyes were sharp like they could enchant people’s souls… He was vile. When he looked at Xuan Bing, it looked like he was going to swallow her.

“Lecher!”

The Flower King was surprised.

The slim middle-aged man casually walked out with both hands behind the back. He blandly said, “How unexpected! You and I, old friend, actually met each other here. Well, I don’t care if you are an old friend or not. I don’t give a sh*t.”

“Woman, do you want to come over by yourself, or do you want me to grab you over?” The man talked like he was controlling everything.

The Flower King stepped forward and blandly said, “Lecher, you haven’t changed a bit. I know who you are, and you know who I am. If you really want to do this, I guess one of us has to die.”

The middle-aged man, who was called Lecher, coldly smiled and said, “Flower King, you and I, we had about the same power in the old days. In fact, you might be a little stronger than me… However, it was a long time ago. You are far behind me now! I didn’t directly put you down because I wanted to show you some respect since you and I have been through the same times. Well, if you ask for a fight, let’s fight. I can deal with you first and then get the woman later. I don’t mind.”

The Flower King narrowed his eyes and coldly said, “You used to be one of the twelve kings too. If I unluckily die in your hands, it won’t be a flaw of my life!”

The middle-aged man, who was called Lecher, was actually the Ghost King, one of the twelve kings in the old days like the Flower King!

The Ghost King loved women. That was why the other kings called him Lecher. He was extremely powerful and difficult to trace. Not many people could defeat him.

He was still staring at Xuan Bing with a dirty look. He was thirsty for her. “Woman… Do not make the wrong decision. Don’t be stupid. If you come to me by yourself, I can let your lover go. I can even spare the old Flower King as well.”

Xuan Bing looked angry. She coldly said, “Why don’t you try to find out who is going to die later?”

Ye Xiao raised up his head staring at the middle-aged man and smirking.

He must be a powerful cultivator from the old days because that was the only reason why the Flower King would be afraid.

The conversation had shown Ye Xiao who the man was. He was called Lecher, and he was one of the twelve kings!

However, no matter who he was, since he wasn’t respectful to Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao would show the first trump card in his hand! He was going to smash the middle-aged man into pieces!

The forty-eight Silver-scaled Golden-caruncled Snakes together could definitely obstruct the man for some time. During the time, Erhuo could attack the man with its sharp claws! No matter who the man was, Erhuo’s claw attack should be fierce enough to break the man’s soul!

The Flower King took a few steps backward and talked to Ye Xiao in a low voice. “Lord Monarch, when the fight begins, I will try my best to stop him. His men can’t hold you. You should all run away as fast as you can. You can defeat this man someday, but not today. Don’t make any reckless moves!”

Ye Xiao looked at the Flower King in the eyes and said, “Flower King, are you sure you want to do this for me?”

Ye Xiao knew that the Flower King had decided to follow him, but Ye Xiao couldn’t be sure that the man was fully loyal.

After all, the Flower King was much more powerful than Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao had promised the Flower King an opportunity to live when the Flower King made the decision to join him. However, the Flower King was going to die if he was defeated by the Ghost King. What was he going to get as a return for his loyalty? If the Flower King left Ye Xiao now, Ye Xiao would accept it, because it was reasonable.

However, when they were in such a fatal danger, the Flower King decided to sacrifice himself for Ye Xiao. It surprised Ye Xiao.

The Flower King bitterly smiled and said, “To be honest, I am still not reconciled to be your subordinate yet. I think we still need a long time before we can trust each other with our lives… However, when I have to make a decision, it is so hard for me to choose to break my own promise.

“I promised you that I would be your subordinate, then I should take my responsibility as a subordinate.

“There are things we don’t do, and there are things we must do. That is the bottom line.

“I can’t go lower than the bottom line!”

The Flower King smiled and said, “Just take a chance to run. He is right. We had almost the same power in the old days. I was a little better. However, in the last forty thousand years, I haven’t improved a bit. In fact, I have become much weaker… I can’t defeat him. I can do my best and try to hold him behind for one hour. That is all I can do.

“I will get one hour for you. I promise. Please, you must go over the Foggy Miasma Mountain. That will keep you safe.”

The Flower King closed his eyes and slowly turned over. His eyes opened, and he looked decisive and brave. “I believe the wise Lord Monarch will never let me die for vain.”

Ye Xiao was touched.

He looked at the Flower King’s decisive face, and said, “Flower King… If you follow me to the end of my journey, you will definitely be one of the Five Kings in the Monarch’s Hall!”

It was the first time Ye Xiao promised somebody a position of the Five Kings.

He actually made such a promise to a man who wasn’t truly a member of the Monarch’s Hall yet!

Chihuo used to be at an even higher position than the Flower King, but when he asked Ye Xiao for a position of the Five Kings, Ye Xiao refused him.

However, at this moment, he gave it to the Flower King.

Ye Xiao believed that the Flower King deserved it!

He was an honest man like Bai Long, who valued commitments.

His promise would always be kept!

He would never break his commitment!

However, the Flower King did not really understand what Ye Xiao had promised him.

The only thing he knew was that death would get him after the fight against the Ghost King began. He didn’t see the incoming future.

He had to do it. He had to fight. He couldn’t give up.

He had to fight for the name Flower King, his commitment, his principle, and his bottom line!

“I knew you wouldn’t escape! You always face it with courage. You never changed.” The Ghost King laughed and took a step forward.

The Flower King’s right hand was ready to move. He was going to fight with his life.

Ye Xiao had started to count down in his mind!

When it was started, the tavern would be taken over by the Silver-scaled Golden-caruncled Snakes. The snakes would besiege the Ghost King immediately, and Erhuo would seize the opportunity to attack! It could at least make the Ghost King a blind man!

The Ghost King was a dead man in Ye Xiao’s eyes.

However, when everything was ready for a burst, somebody stood out.

Another contemptible voice sounded. “Oh? The Ghost King, huh? That is a big name, isn’t it? You are bold. How dare you? You actually started a fight in my tavern? That is bold!”

As the voice sounded, a man in cyan clothes showed up in the tavern from nowhere.

He was actually standing between the Flower King and the Ghost King.

The two of them were going to attack at any second, yet neither of them actually noticed this man’s appearance.

The Ghost King was a bit surprised, but then he was calm again. With a smile, he said, “Ah, it is the Landlord. Well, this is weird… I am just taking care of a small issue… I thought this wouldn’t cause a problem for you. You are a businessman, and you know how important it is to stay away from troubles. You don’t want to stand out for these people.”

The man in cyan clothes slowly shook his head and said, “I am not standing out for anybody. The Liquor of Martial World serves the liquor for brothers. Nobody fights in my tavern! I don’t care if these people killed your father or did anything else! Nobody ever dared to start a fight in Liquor of Martial World. Ghost King, you don’t have the power to break the rule here. Besides, I am here today, which means nobody should even think of doing it!”

The Ghost King looked angry, but he still smiled and said, “What if I have to do it here? What will you do? You must understand. When you stand out for somebody, you better have the capability!”

The man in cyan clothes breathed a sigh and said, “It has been a long time since I killed anybody last time! You should better not make me do it again! It is good for nobody!”

The Ghost King raged up and boldly said with a shout, “I have traveled the Human Realm Upon Heavens following no rules! You are the first landlord of a tavern that dares to play tough to me! I wonder what you can do about this!”

The man in cyan clothes looked sullen, and he said, “Well if that is the case, you will die.”

He sounded so peaceful, but this time, as he spoke, he moved.

He slowly raised up his right hand. It was a skinny hand. It didn’t even make a sound.

He just moved his hand to the Ghost King, which looked weak, soft, and powerless!

The Ghost King laughed and moved both hands. He had taken out his weapon, the Judge’s Pen.

He was an experienced cultivator, who always thought of the possibility of failure before making any serious moves. The landlord in cyan clothes dared to interfere, then he must have a reason to play tough. Even though that palm hit looked powerless, the Ghost King didn’t underestimate it. The Ghost King took out the Judge’s Pen and got ready to have a serious fight. After living in the martial world for his whole life, he became a cautious man. The more cautious he was, the longer he lived!

When he touched his Judge’s Pen, he suddenly looked terrified.

He suddenly realized that he couldn’t move anymore.

The man in cyan clothes was making a palm hit, which looked powerless, but he had already taken control of the situation with that single hand. The Ghost King was a powerful cultivator, but he wasn’t outside the tavern. He was controlled, and he couldn’t move.

His both hands were holding the Judge’s Pen, which looked like he was going to make an attack the next moment. However, the truth was he couldn’t move even a bit!

It was ridiculous and unbelievable! That was the truth! The Ghost King couldn’t move!

“How is this possible?” The Ghost King looked extremely terrified. It seemed he was going to beg for mercy. However, he couldn’t say a word, because now, he couldn’t even move his tongue and lips anymore.

Behind him.

Xuan Bing and Ye Xiao were both frightened.

They looked at each other and both knew what each other was thinking.

The old man in cyan clothes used was the power of the Art of Cage!

The Art of Cage was one of the three supreme techniques in the Qing-Yun Realm!

When Ye Xiao and Xuan Bing were in the Qing-Yun Realm, both of them could use it on enemies of the same level. They could roughly do the same thing as the old man in cyan clothes did. It controlled the enemy with mind power. However, when Ye Xiao used it on his enemies, it wouldn’t be this effective, because their enemies all knew the Art of Cage too!

However, they weren’t in the Qing-Yun Realm anymore!

Since Ye Xiao came to the Human Realm Upon Heavens, he had never dared to fight against people who were beyond his level, but he also didn’t want to fight the men who were at his level, because he could always see through the enemy’s martial arts, which brought him no pleasure to win the fight. He was not sure why he could see things that others couldn’t, so he reckoned that the East-rising Purple Qi had given him the special power.

In fact, it wasn’t anything given by the East-rising Purple Qi at all. The power that gave him the extraordinary sight was the power of the Art of Tittle, which was also one of the three supreme techniques of the Qing-Yun Realm. The Art of Tittle was a technique people got from the Tittle Phase. Different cultivators got different techniques as the Art of Tittle when they entered the Tittle Phase.

Li Wuliang’s Art of Tittle was to make a saber attack that always hit the target!

Han Bingxue’s Art of Tittle was to successfully dodge every attack from the enemy, which made him undefeated in a fight!

Xuan Bing, Jun Yinglian, and Xue Danru were all cultivating cold-attributed martial arts. However, they had slightly different types of techniques as the Art of Tittle. Xue Danru cultivated the Great Art of Ice Cloud, but after she married Li Wuliang and started the dual-cultivation, her martial art wasn’t attributed as the power of extreme coldness anymore!

Jun Yinglian’s Art of Tittle was enhanced with her cold ice attribution. Her Tittle Phase technique was to freeze the enemy.

Xuan Bing’s Ling Xiao Ice Art was pretty special because it was attributed to the power of Yin!

Ye Xiao’s Art of Tittle was assisted by the East-rising Purple Qi and the Yin Yang Eyes, so his Tittle Phase technique was to have a clear view of every detail about the enemy! It was the most powerful Tittle Phase technique!

After the Tittle Phase, it was the Cage Phase!

Unexpectedly, Ye Xiao actually saw the power of the Cage Phase again in the Human Realm Upon Heavens! The power of the Cage Phase technique was far beyond his imagination this time!

The Ghost King was terrified. The old man slowly put down his hand.