NOVGO.NET Chapter 498: Ch 498-They’re Here
Chapter 498: Ch 498-They’re Here
Dia’s body is weak. Looks like this is after she’s already provided essence blood to the Elder Council…
Yino reflected inwardly. Just then, he suddenly turned around to see a familiar girl in red robes quickly approaching the garden from the palace corridor.
“Xinyao…”
Yino raised an eyebrow slightly. The familiar feeling of his aunt made him lower his guard. But at the same time, another sense of discord and tension emanating from the red-robed girl made Yino suspicious again.
He knew clearly that the illusion had now reached the fifteenth layer. The story’s grand finale was getting close.
“Miss Xinyao?”
As the girl approached, Yino asked tentatively.
“You’re certainly relaxed, still in the mood to enjoy the breeze and flowers here?”
Behind that mysterious Spirit Kite mask, the red-robed girl puffed out her cheeks, her pale golden phoenix eyes glaring at Yino with clear dissatisfaction.
In this situation, Yino had been feeling tense. But every time he remembered that beneath the mask was his aunt, he couldn’t help but find the contrast oddly amusing. “What’s wrong with that? Ruoning just refined her essence blood and her body’s weak. I’m just keeping her company while she recovers…”
“You lost your bet with Wen Ruxiu back then. Why haven’t you honored the agreement?!”
The Spirit Kite girl seemed triggered by something, irritated by Yino’s nonchalant attitude.
“I believe my master and the elders have already reported the full circumstances to the National Advisor.”
“Yino, you’re thinking too simply! You think you can just smooth this over by relying on Liuli Sect’s connections and having a few cups of tea with the National Advisor?!”
“If that didn’t work, why did you come as the National Advisor’s witness that day when Wen Ruxiu came calling? Surely Divine Abyss Gate, as a fellow righteous sect, wouldn’t dare brazenly storm into Liuli Sect to seize people?”
Yino found this all rather absurd. But as his words fell, the Spirit Kite girl suddenly pulled out a scroll from her robes.
“Look at this carefully!”
The Spirit Kite girl’s face was urgent, her voice full of anxiety and helplessness.
“The day you sent Wen Ruxiu packing, the Grand Elder of Divine Abyss Gate personally went to the Dragon Palace and reported this matter to the old Dragon Emperor!”
“Now the Emperor knows everything. Divine Abyss Gate has already mobilized their forces westward. They’ll probably arrive at Liuli Sect’s gates in just a few days to demand you hand her over!”
Yino’s brow furrowed as the Spirit Kite girl continued with increased urgency: “If two major righteous sects really go to war over one woman, do you know what a disgrace this would be for the Great Dragon Dynasty?!”
“Do you even understand what kind of background Divine Abyss Gate has?!”
“Do you even know that the old Dragon Emperor is already gravely ill, and now he’s very unhappy because of your mess?!”
The Spirit Kite girl grew more agitated as she spoke, becoming somewhat incoherent, as if she couldn’t fully explain everything she knew in just a few words.
Yino’s brow creased as he listened carefully to every word, his mind rapidly piecing together the timeline from his dual memories of past and present lives.
“You’re saying…”
“Divine Abyss Gate complained to the old Dragon Emperor, and now they’re planning to march directly to Liuli Sect to demand her return?”
“Since the Immortal Alliance was established, the five great sects have been bound by treaty. How could the old Dragon Emperor possibly allow Divine Abyss Gate to use such violent force?”
Yino pressed his hand to his lips, analyzing the situation with some confusion. Under his gaze, the Spirit Kite girl let out an exhausted sigh: “You don’t understand Divine Abyss Gate’s way of doing things at all… They went to the old Dragon Emperor not expecting him to deliver justice for them. They simply wanted to inform him that Divine Abyss Gate is in the right on this matter.”
“After that, regardless of how the old Dragon Emperor responds, Divine Abyss Gate will definitely send troops to demand her return.”
“They’re fundamentally a cult that was pacified by the Dragon Dynasty! If the Dragon Emperor treats them unfairly, they could secede and establish independence in the Eastern Sea at any time!”
“As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. If it really comes to blows, Liuli Sect definitely won’t come out ahead!”
She paused briefly, worry flashing in her eyes before continuing: “So, before things escalate to the point of no return…”
“Yino, this is my last time trying to persuade you.”
“If you’re unwilling to return the Primordial Phantom Butterfly, then the best solution right now is for you to hand her over to me, and I’ll take her to the Dragon Palace to present to the Dragon Emperor… Then when Divine Abyss Gate really does come knocking, the Dragon Emperor himself can mediate the distribution of the Primordial Phantom Butterfly’s custody!”
By the end, the Spirit Kite girl bit her cherry lips lightly, clearly feeling helpless.
And just as the atmosphere in the back garden froze, from dozens of miles away at Liuli Sect’s front gate, a thunderous explosion suddenly rang out,
BOOOOOOM!!!!!
“Jing Cang, you bully others with your power and publicly humiliated our sect’s crown prince, do you really think Divine Abyss Gate has no one?!”
“Old bastard, hurry up and hand over our holy maiden!”
“Damn it, they’re here earlier than expected.”
The Spirit Kite girl gulped audibly, her face showing instinctive resistance.
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“Wait… that’s it?”
When Yino heard the thunderous crash at the gates of Liuli Sect, the scene before his eyes crumbled to dust like withering petals, coming to an abrupt halt.
When he came to his senses again, the portal to the sixteenth layer had already opened.
He exchanged a glance with Ruoning, then continued stepping through.
Buzz
The illusion restarted.
This time, when Yino awoke, he was standing beside the Liuli Sect Master and numerous Grand Elders.
On the opposite side of Liuli Sect’s formation, Divine Abyss Gate had assembled in considerable force. Led by an ancestor clad in dark gold robes, their ranks included not only Divine Abyss Gate’s Crown Prince Wen Ruxiu, but also several Grand Elders of profound cultivation, plus at least a thousand Divine Abyss Gate cultivators arrayed behind them.
At first glance, Yino could see this was no small force. Xinyao’s words hadn’t been alarmist, Divine Abyss Gate really was just a bunch of pardoned cultists.
If it were any other righteous sect, no matter how deep the grudge, they would never dare mobilize their forces to threaten war against another sect without the Dragon Emperor’s permission.
Clearly, Divine Abyss Gate’s aggressive provocation at their doorstep had put Liuli Sect’s elders in an impossible position.
Truth be told, no one had expected Divine Abyss Gate to be serious.
The Liuli Sect elders had initially thought that with their extensive connections in the Dragon Palace and Jiangnan Region, when Divine Abyss Gate went to complain to the old Dragon Emperor, Liuli Sect could use various methods to mediate, even concede interests elsewhere to appease Divine Abyss Gate.
At the very least, no one could have imagined that in just one short week, Divine Abyss Gate would skip negotiations entirely and actually flip the table to demand someone by force.
“Divine Abyss Gate has truly gone mad…”
“Today’s internal war between righteous sects will surely alarm His Majesty.”
In this situation, several elders at Liuli Sect’s gates couldn’t help but show troubled expressions.
As senior figures of the righteous path, honestly, they truly couldn’t understand what Divine Abyss Gate was thinking or what these people were trying to accomplish.
What era was this? This was the Great Dragon Dynasty’s lawful society now, there were really still sects that dared to besiege fellow righteous sects like this?
What made it even more frustrating was that Divine Abyss Gate had opened by ruthlessly flipping the table, directly cutting off any room for Liuli Sect to negotiate.
Now what?
With Divine Abyss Gate’s forces at their gates hurling insults, if the Liuli Sect elders backed down at this critical moment, how could they continue operating in the Jiangnan Region? How would the countless young disciples of Liuli Sect view their own elders?