Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

Gyeongju, Yantaiwu.

A super-large dock is located here. It is called a dock, but it can be regarded as a small city.

The square city walls tower into the sky, surrounded by corner towers and filled with layers of buildings.

The city wall is built with dragon bone gold and stone, and the outer layer is engraved with cloud patterns and phoenix carvings. It is surrounded by clouds and mist, as if hidden here.

The four corner towers are the core of the formation, which are wind formation, fire formation, thunder formation and illusion formation, integrating multiple layers of formation into one.

If you rush in without permission, you may not even be able to break through the first layer of the illusion array, and be trapped here, attacked by other killing arrays, and end up being killed without a complete body.

This is the Yantaiwu Fortress, the ancestral home of Cui family, one of the five great families.

After thousands of years of operation, the Cui family has already made this place impregnable. Tens of thousands of clansmen live here, forming an almost self-sufficient small town.

"Everyone, please rest here and recuperate. If you need any accommodation or items, just tell the servants. As members of the same noble family, your affairs are the affairs of our Cui family."

At a training ground in Yantaiwu, Cui Huaian, the current head of the Cui family, spoke slowly.

He was wearing a dark green brocade robe with cloud patterns, a jade talisman hanging from his waist, his hair was a mixture of black and white over the years, half of it was tied in a dragon-patterned crown, and the other half was scattered on his shoulders. There was a faint golden light flowing deep in his eyes, his face was as firm as if carved by a knife, and he had an aura of profoundness and majesty.

On the parade ground opposite Cui Huaian, thousands of men, women, young and old gathered here.

Many of them still had panic and fear on their faces, and they were covered in dust, as if they had just experienced an escape.

But unlike the refugees who fled like ordinary people, even though they looked quite disheveled now, with a lot of stains and dust on their bodies, the clothes they wore were all silk and brocade, and the gold and silver jewelry they wore were the most ordinary, and they looked very noble.

They all have one thing in common: they are all powerful families from Qingzhou, Qingzhou and Chongzhou.

Because they resisted Guiling Palace's tax reforms, their family was confiscated by Guiling Palace.

But there are always people who are not in the clan territory. These people who slip through the net escape temporarily, are wanted by Guiling Palace, and embark on the road of escape.

And because the Three States were under the jurisdiction of Guiling Palace, it was extremely difficult to escape from the Three States. Most of them chose to seek refuge in the Cui family, one of the five great families, in the hope of surviving the Guiling Palace's wanted list.

Some of these escaped children of noble families were related to the Cui family by marriage, some had business dealings with the Cui family, and even those from small noble families that had no connection with the Cui family were accepted by the Cui family.

"Master Cui, you have to help us. The Guiling Palace is not human. They are just a group of butchers, executioners and bandits."

A noblewoman in a fox fur coat knelt on the ground, holding a cute little rainbow lion cat spirit beast in her arms, and cried with red eyes: "We in the Zhang family have always treated the people well. Even if we live frugally, we never treat our servants badly. But we were still robbed by the crazy people of Guiling Palace. Lord Cui, please help us!"

Her tears smudged her makeup, making her look pitiful. Even the rainbow lion cat in her arms seemed moved and made whimpering sounds.

Such a rainbow spirit lion cat that can be used as a spiritual pet costs tens of thousands of spirit stones. If you want to keep its fur shiny and glossy, you need dozens of spirit stones for daily support. I don't know where the lady's frugality lies.

It wasn't just the noble lady who spoke up. These people seemed to have a lot of grievances and cried out loudly.

"When Guiling Palace took over Qingzhou, I knew disaster was coming. They are just like dogs that can't change their nature. They only know how to exploit businessmen like us. If we resist, they will slaughter the whole family, young and old. Such atrocities are unscrupulous and despised by the world."

"My family's land and spiritual fields were earned through hard work. Our ancestors have blessed our descendants, and with the efforts of our descendants, why would Guiling Palace ask us to pay taxes with just a piece of paper? If we don't pay the taxes, they will take everything away. This is unreasonable in the world."

"Master Cui, I hope you can uphold justice, unite the three clans and five surnames, and join the royal family to destroy the Guiling Palace and restore order to the three states."

The cries of these fleeing children of noble families were earth-shaking. They seemed to have regarded Cui as their backbone. Now that they were being bullied, they wanted Cui to stand up for them.

Cui Huaian nodded and said in a high voice: "Everyone, rest assured, as long as I, Cui, am here, the Guiling Palace will not come here and do harm to you, the elderly, the weak, women and children."

Cui Huaian's words disappointed many people below. What they wanted was not only to seek asylum, but also to take back the spiritual fields, spiritual mines and other properties that were robbed by Guiling Palace.

"Grandpa, the demon cultivators in Guiling Palace are completely inhumane. They could kill so many old, weak, women and children."

Standing next to Cui Huaian was a pretty girl.

She was wearing a long skirt with a gold hem, and had watery eyes and bright white teeth. At this moment, she was gritting her teeth and looked extremely angry.

Her name is Cui Jinjin, and she is the granddaughter of Cui Huaian. She has been extremely talented since childhood and has now reached the secret treasure realm. She can be said to be a favored daughter of heaven.

When Cui Jinjin saw that there were girls and boys about her age in the crowd, many of these boys and girls had interacted with her at some outings and poetry gatherings.

Many of them could be called friends, but now they were unable to return home because of Guiling Palace. Thinking of what Guiling Palace had done, she hated it very much.

In the past, the Cui family was the leader of the aristocratic families in several nearby states, and she was the princess that everyone paid attention to during the annual celebrations. But now, with the interference of the Guiling Palace, the remaining aristocratic families have to respect the Guiling Palace as the leader, and the Cui family can only be ranked second.

This made Cui Jinjin feel very uncomfortable. She was proud of the Cui family and felt that Guiling Gongde was not worthy of the position. He was just a newly emerged upstart. How could he compare to their Cui family which had been passed down for thousands of years.

Even putting all this aside, Cui Jinjin was very hostile towards Su Jie himself.

Because she had once had a brief romance with Wei Ji, the fairy seedling of Guanchao Pavilion. Although she could not be together with Wei Ji due to the marriage between the aristocratic families, she still had feelings for Wei Ji.

And Wei Ji died at the hands of Su Jie.

"The devil is still the devil, we can't expect them to be good people and do good things."

Cui Huaian sighed, shook his head, and said, "When Guanchao Pavilion was the leader of the righteous sect in Qingzhou, this kind of thing would never happen. Alas, if we had known that Guiling Palace was so arrogant and overbearing, we should not have stood idly by when Guanchao Pavilion fought."

"Grandpa, what should we do now? Are we really just going to ignore it and let Guiling Palace do whatever it wants?"

"Of course not. We have already contacted the other four great families. Guiling Palace's actions have touched our bottom line. Otherwise, other sects will follow suit, which is something no one wants to see."

As Cui Huaian said this, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

The five major families are closely related and intermarry with each other, so when such a big event happened, he contacted the other four families immediately. However, the other families were acting somewhat ambiguous and were slow to respond.

Cui Huaian knew that they were concerned about the reputation of the Guiling Palace as a family with three purple mansions.

But Cui Huaian believed that as long as he appealed to their emotions and reasoned with them, and it was not necessarily necessary for their aristocratic families to take action, Guiling Palace had offended too many people, and many people wanted Guiling Palace to be destroyed.

Just as Cui Huaian was thinking this, he suddenly frowned and his spiritual sense issued a warning.

Swish!
Cui Huaian raised his head suddenly, and an extremely strong aura burst out from his body. The hem of his long robe fluttered in the wind, like a banner. "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Cui Jinjin looked puzzled when she saw Cui Huaian's actions.

"Guiling Palace is here."

Cui Huaian frowned deeply, his eyes were like torches piercing the sky, and the sharp edges of his face became even colder and harder.

"What? Guiling Palace is here to kill us."

"We have all fled here, but the beasts from Guiling Palace want to kill us all. Aren't they afraid of Cui?"

"Master Cui Cui, you have to protect us!"

On the parade ground, the fleeing children of noble families were suddenly in an uproar, their eyes filled with fear.

The three words "Guiling Palace" have engraved fear deeply into their bones.

Cui Jinjin clenched her fists and shouted, "Guiling Palace dared to come to our Cui family. What do they want to do? Do they want to take people from us?"

Cui Jinjin looked very dissatisfied. The people that their own Cui family was protecting were actually wanted to be taken away by Guiling Palace. Did they think that the Cui family had no face?
"Jinjin, go inform the tribe members to get ready."

Cui Huaian said that the arrival of Guiling Palace was obviously a little beyond his expectations.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Cui Jinjin trotted away to inform other tribesmen.

Cui Huaian glanced at the panicked young men from noble families on the training ground and consoled them, "Please don't disturb us. Our Cui family will never hand you over to those who betray us."

After saying this, Cui Huaian walked towards the gate of the fort without waiting for their response.

At the same time, Cui Jinjin, who had informed the tribesmen, also brought a large group of tribesmen to the entrance of the fortress.

In the distant sky opposite the fortress, the sea of ​​clouds was surging like waves, and a fairy palace as powerful as a mountain, crushing layers of flowing clouds, was slowly lowering its height.

The sky seemed to be torn apart, and the Chiyao Immortal Palace was like a towering mountain that suppressed the nine heavens and ten earths, absorbing and exhaling the light of the sun and the moon as well as clouds. The area within a hundred miles was covered by the spiritual energy of the Chiyao Immortal Palace, burning into a reddish-gold color.

All the members of the Cui family looked up and saw the Chiyao Immortal Palace descending. Suddenly, a layer of haze enveloped everyone's heart.

The Cui family is also in Gyeongju, so they are definitely familiar with the landmark building, Chiyao Palace. However, the Guiling Palace is using the Chiyao Palace as an excuse to bully the Cui family, which clearly shows that they have bad intentions.

It is extremely expensive to start up the Chiyao Immortal Palace, and a large amount of spirit stones are consumed every moment. If the Guiling Palace just comes here to discuss business, there is no need to make such a big fuss.

"You want to show off your power, a bumpkin is a bumpkin."

Cui Jinjin gritted her teeth, still refusing to admit defeat and unwilling to acknowledge the feeling of oppression in her heart.

"Stop, this is the land of our Cui clan, no one else is allowed to enter."

Cui Huaian stood tall, and his voice spread like thunder.

However, his words had no effect. The Chiyao Immortal Palace continued to descend slowly and flew forward, completely ignoring his words.

Cui Huaian's face darkened slightly, and his voice was filled with anger: "Guiling Palace, don't push your luck."

For thousands of years, anyone who came to the Yantai Fortress of the Cui clan had to be polite. Even cultivators who could fly, whether they were riding a flying spirit beast, a flying sword, or a bronze chariot, had to land in front of the Yantai Fortress of the Cui clan. It was impossible to fly into the airspace of the Cui clan.

But now, Guiling Palace obviously does not intend to abide by this rule.

The Chiyao Immortal Palace was like a huge and boundless mountain, flying all the way until it was pressing down on the top of the Yantai Fort.

All the people living in Yantaiwubao, whether they were members of the Cui family, maids and servants, or the children of noble families who had fled here, all felt that the sky above their heads had suddenly become dark, as if they had suddenly turned from day to night.

When they looked up, they saw a huge palace as big as a mountain pressing down on the sky above Yantai Fort, covering the entire Yantai Fort, and not a single ray of sunlight could penetrate through.

The sudden scene frightened many maids, servants and young members of the Cui family. They couldn't help but scream, and a riot broke out in the entire Yantai Fort.

Veins popped out on Cui Huaian's forehead. No one had ever dared to provoke their Cui family like this.

"Guiling Palace, how dare you!"

Cui Jinjin was so angry that she was shaking all over, feeling extremely humiliated and contemptuous.

The actions of the Chiyao Immortal Palace showed that they did not take the Cui family seriously at all.

"Clan land, your Cui family? Who gave you the courage?"

In the Chiyao Immortal Palace, a figure stood at the corona of the three-legged golden crow, the sunlight refracted on his dark golden robe, and an aura that dominated the world pressed down.

Su Jie lowered his head and looked down at the Cui clan members below. With his eagle-like eyes, a hint of contempt and mockery appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The whole world belongs to the king. The three states are all my fiefdoms. You want me to stop in my fiefdom. Haha, don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Standing on Su Jie's left and right were Daotai realm cultivators from both the righteous and evil paths.

When they heard Su Jie's laughter, the righteous monks were still a little hesitant, after all, the Cui family's reputation was there.

But the demon cultivators don’t have so many concerns, they only believe that the strong are respected.

Yin Leibai, the leader of Wanyu Sect, was the first to cover her mouth and giggle, saying, "That's right. Leader Su is the King of Qing appointed by the Dali Dynasty. The entire Qingzhou, Qingzhou and Chongzhou are Leader Su's fiefdoms. Who the heck do the Cui family think they are? They dare to bark here. It's really ugly."

"The Cui family? It sounds like a family of bad luck. I have never heard of this name. I only know that the Guiling Palace is the orthodox one."

"A bunch of old-fashioned people who are obsessed with red tape should have been put into coffins and buried long ago."

The arrogance of the demon cultivators is not fake. With Su Jie's support, they are not polite when scolding people.

Such a flurry of sarcasm immediately made the Cui clan members furious. Many of them glared at Su Jie, their bodies shaking violently with anger. (End of this chapter)