Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 417: Rumors spread, a divine bird descended and razed the Yunlan Sect to the ground. If they have already been attacked, they must be killed!
"Hey, have you heard that the Xiao family is coming to the imperial capital?"

"Xiao family? Which Xiao family?"

"Stupid, the Xiao family of Wutan City!"

"Hiss, is it the Xiao family that has killed three Douwang City Lords and 3 Douling City Lords in a row during this period? Their destination is actually the Imperial Capital!"

"No way, no way, isn't it enough for the Xiao family to kill city lords in other cities? They have to come to the Imperial Capital to kill them? The city lord of our Imperial Capital Holy City is His Majesty the Emperor!"

"So what if His Majesty the Emperor can resist the Xiao family?"

“Wuwuwu, no, won’t this killing start a war? I heard that the Xiao family’s Black Armor Knights are invincible in the world, we won’t be recruited as cannon fodder to die, right? I don’t want to die, wuwuwuwu!”

".I am a captain of the Blue Wolf Army. I don't even need to be called up. I will just die."

As the news of the Xiao family's impending arrival spread, there was wailing in the imperial capital.

In the palace of the Holy City of Gama, the Emperor roared:

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! I want to know who is spreading rumors!!!"

A group of important officials of the empire came out in a dusty state, but the Prime Minister of the empire, Ouyang Lie, was calm and composed, with even a hint of a smile on his face.

Such an unsociable expression immediately caused dissatisfaction among colleagues.

"The Prime Minister is so confident, but he already knows who is spreading the rumors?"

"The Shadow Guards under the Prime Minister's command have spies all over the place, so they must have gained something long ago."

"It seems that we don't need to worry too much about investigating the rumors."

"The Prime Minister is awesome."

Ouyang Lie accepted the compliments from his colleagues with a confused look on his face. In a few words, investigating the rumors became his sole responsibility.

I just wanted to come here to have fun because the mistress wanted to, and you guys took the opportunity to kick me when I'm down?

Ouyang Lie, who has only been in the imperial capital's officialdom for a few years, is no match for the old foxes. They don't give him power, but let him do the work. As the second-in-command, he is treated like a beast of burden.

But there was one thing they were right about, he did know who spread the rumor.

I am none other than Prime Minister Ouyang Lie.

Through his intelligence agency Shadow Guard, he knew long ago that the mistress had fought her way here in a bloody battle, and guessed that the Xiao family wanted to establish their authority and intimidate the other heroes, so he gave a little help.

But he did not expect that the rumors would become more and more outrageous, and later it even became that the Xiao family mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Wutan City and kill their way to the imperial capital, intending to change the world and establish a new dynasty.

All I can say is that rumors are something that even the spreaders can hardly control.

However, he had been prime minister for several years after all, and no matter how stupid Ouyang Lie was, he would not tell his colleagues about such things in public.

So, he said confidently: "Yun Lan Sect, it is definitely Yun Lan Sect! Who will benefit from this rumor? Isn't it Yun Lan Sect! It can only be them who spread it!"

The ministers looked at each other, and one of them reminded: "Prime Minister Ouyang, you must provide evidence when speaking. The Yunlan Sect is just outside the city."

They are just outside the city, so it would be very easy for them to kill you. If you make Yunshan unhappy, it doesn't matter if your whole family dies, but it would be bad if we are also affected.

But Ouyang Lie didn't care: "What are you afraid of? I, Ouyang Lie, have the Xiao family standing behind me. Let Yunlan Sect try to touch me!"

Everyone was speechless. Why the hell are you talking about this behind closed doors? Why are you talking about it in public? Should we pretend we didn't hear it?
"Oh, Prime Minister Ouyang is from the Xiao family. This is the first time I heard of it," suddenly, an old but loud voice sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

They turned around and saw an old man in a moon-white robe slowly walking towards them.

Ouyang Lie narrowed his eyes and asked coldly: "Yun Leng?"

The person who came was Yun Lan Sect's Grand Elder Yun Leng. When Yun Yun was in seclusion in Yunshan and had not yet ascended the throne, he represented the highest authority in Yun Lan Sect.

The Yunlan Sect was the biggest competitor and imaginary enemy of the empire. Ouyang Lie, as the prime minister of the empire, knew something about Yun Leng and had met him before.

But when they met again this time, the feeling Yun Leng gave him had undergone a drastic change.

He still remembered that when he came to the imperial capital to take office three years ago, Yun Leng came to congratulate him on behalf of the Yunlan Sect. At that time, he was only a six-star Dou Wang, and his cultivation was not much different from his after using Dou Ling Dan and Dou Wang Dan.

But when he saw it today, he had suddenly risen to the peak of Dou Wang, and the pressure he released unconsciously made Ouyang Lie feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, compared to the politeness he showed three years ago, Yun Leng now looked at him with an aggressive look, without any respect for the prime minister of the empire.

"Yun Leng, this is the imperial palace. What are you, a commoner, doing here?" Ouyang Lie stepped forward a few steps to block Yun Leng's way and asked in a cold voice.

Although Yun Leng had reached the peak of Dou Wang for some reason, he, Ouyang Lie, was not inferior to him at all.

There is no essential gap between a 6-star Dou Wang and a 9-star Dou Wang. He is practicing the low-level earth-grade skills bestowed by his lord, and is also equipped with three low-level earth-grade fighting skills. If a real fight breaks out, he is confident that he will win.

In the Yunlan Sect, the only low-level Earth-level skills inherited were secretly passed down by the Sect Master. Even though Yun Leng was the Great Elder, he could only practice high-level Profound-level skills at best.

The gap between the high-level Xuan level and the low-level Di level is huge, which can be called a qualitative change.

Ouyang Lie was confident that even if he faced a Dou Huang who practiced advanced Xuan-level martial arts, he would be able to fight for a while!

The coldness in Yun Leng's eyes surged, a dangerous look flashed across his face, and the aura on his body suddenly became strange, making Ouyang Lie feel very uncomfortable, as if a poisonous snake was staring at him.

"Prime Minister Ouyang is obviously a dog of the Xiao family, but he pretends to be very loyal to the emperor. How hypocritical."

"Get out of the way. Tomorrow is the succession ceremony of the leader of my Yunlan Sect. I am here to deliver the invitation to the royal family."

Such impolite words made Ouyang Lie a little angry, but what the other person said was true. He really had no loyalty to the royal family.

However, I certainly cannot remain indifferent when I am scolded.

Ouyang Lie grinned: "Well said, Yun Ling, I just love being a dog for the Xiao family, come on, stretch out your legs, I'll give you a bite!"

His whole body was filled with fighting spirit, and a red flame appeared on his hand. The high temperature emanated from it, burning and distorting the air.

But Ouyang Lie didn't care about the high temperature. He grabbed the flame, took a few steps forward, and blasted it directly towards Yun Leng's face.

"Ouyang Lie, you dare to take action?!" Yun Ling's face changed drastically. He didn't expect that Ouyang Lie would dare to take action.

Even if you don't get along, you can't just start a fight after just a few words. Do you have the bearing of a Dou Wang? Even the hooligans are more sophisticated than you!

"What am I afraid of?" Ouyang Lie grinned and moved faster.

Ever since he was taught a lesson by Liu Mang when he went to the Xiao family before, he understood.

All those bullshit principles, rules, and face are empty. Fists are the real truth. As long as he beats Yun Leng down here, Yun Leng will naturally swallow his insults and admit that he is the dog.

Yun Leng also became furious when he saw Ouyang Lie continued to attack without any hesitation.

You really think you can beat me, right? Today I will show you what it means to be the Grand Elder of the Yunlan Sect!
The fighting spirit in his body suddenly exploded, his moon-white robe swelled up, and he slapped the incoming flames with one palm.

When the palm touched the flame, the green light on the palm flickered for a moment, as if it would go out at any time.

"How is this possible?" Yun Leng couldn't believe it. They were all Dou Wang, and he was 3 stars higher than Ouyang Lie, so why was the power of his basic attack so much less?

Immediately, he reacted, increased his Dou Qi input to stabilize the situation, and gritted his teeth and said, "Earth-level technique!"

“Hahahaha!” Ouyang Lie laughed loudly, feeling extremely proud. “Old dog, you have good taste. It’s a pity that you’re bound to get the beating today!”

He also increased his input of fighting spirit, and the flames immediately overwhelmed the green light, ready to fall on Yun Leng at any time.

A murderous intent flashed in Yun Ling's eyes, and he snorted coldly, "You are the only one who has an earth-level technique?"

After he finished speaking, the fighting spirit in his body changed rapidly, and in less than a second it changed from the wind element to the strange and dangerous dark element.

An evil look flashed across his face, and the green fighting spirit in his hands turned completely black, with its power suddenly increasing greatly.

Moreover, a suction force suddenly emerged, continuously devouring Ouyang Lie's flames, and the black light eroded towards Ouyang Lie in the opposite direction.

"What the hell is that!" Ouyang Lie exclaimed and tried to let go and retreat.

However, the strange suction force suddenly increased, preventing Ouyang Lie from retracting his hand, and dragged his arm towards Yun Leng. Even if he tried his best, he could not break free from its control.

The suction force penetrated into the body from the outside through the skin, trying to suck away all of Ouyang Lie's fighting spirit.

Ouyang Lie's face turned purple and his fighting spirit was completely out of control.

But the Earth-level martial arts is worthy of being an Earth-level martial arts. When it senses danger, the martial arts automatically start to work and resist the strange suction.

At the same time, streams of pure heat were emitted to replace the fighting spirit that was sucked away by the suction force, and Yun Leng's face changed slightly.

The heat is not the fighting spirit, nor is it the energy of heaven and earth, so it cannot be refined. The heat drawn into the body instantly burned Yun Leng's meridians.

He slapped Ouyang Lie, who was unable to move, with his left hand, sending him flying more than ten meters away, thus ending the wrestling match.

"Puff!" Ouyang Lie spat out a mouthful of blood and felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.

He looked at Yun Leng hatefully, but did not stand up and attack again.

The strange suction just now frightened him. The feeling of losing control of his body and fighting spirit was really not pleasant. He didn't plan to do it again until he figured out a way to break it.

Fortunately, neither side used any fighting skills just now, but simply used additional fighting spirit to perform basic attacks. He was not seriously injured, and he would be fine after taking the pills given by the Xiao family and recuperating for a day or two.

Compared to Ouyang Lie, who was in a mess but not seriously injured, Yun Leng, who looked calm and composed with his hands behind his back, was actually much more seriously injured.

The heat he absorbed into his body was very aggressive. Even though he quickly stopped and used all his fighting spirit to dissolve the burning heat, several meridians were still damaged.

Nerves converge at the meridians, and the pain caused by the injury is far more severe than that of Ouyang Lie who was hit in the abdomen. Moreover, meridian injuries are very difficult to heal. If you don't use something good, it is normal for it to not heal in a year or two.

Although Yun Leng won the battle, he felt that he had suffered a great loss.

At the same time, he cursed in his heart: "Damn Soul Palace, this ghost swallowing technique is so awesome, but in the end, even the skills of the Xiao family's pet dog can't crush it without any damage. I still have the advantage of cultivation, how dare you say you are invincible?"

He had a bad suspicion in his mind: Were we being cheated?
As the grand elder of the Yunlan Sect, he actually knew that Yunshan had been in contact with the Soul Palace for a long time.

The man in black who was sent to the Xiao family was arranged by Yun Leng himself.

Although the kidnapping attempt failed, Yun Leng also received a reward from the Soul Palace and switched to practicing the low-level Earth-level technique, the Ghost Devouring Technique.

According to the Soul Palace's introduction, this technique is extremely powerful, and it is said to restrain all techniques with the five elements. Once the devouring power is activated, all the five elements of fighting spirit will be devoured and used for one's own benefit.

As a result, he suffered a disastrous defeat the first time he used this devouring power today.

He really restrained himself, after all, he managed to kill Ouyang Lie in one move. But the price of restraint was that he was more seriously injured than the person being restrained. This was fucking poisonous.

Others work hard but he works with his life, how can he not restrain himself?

If it wasn’t for my breakthrough to the Douhuang realm, I would have abandoned this poisonous Ghost Devouring Technique right on the spot!

Yun Ling cursed the Soul Palace in his heart, but on the surface he snorted arrogantly:
"Ouyang Lie, I hope you will remember today's lesson. You must know that there are always people who are better than you. Don't think that you are invincible just because you practice earth-level techniques. The profound foundation of my Yunlan Sect is beyond your imagination!"

"From now on, stay away from me, the Yunlan Sect members, and behave yourself. Otherwise, next time I won't just give you a slap!"

After saying that, Yun Leng stepped past Ouyang Lie and walked into the palace gate, ignoring the vigilant looks of the many ministers around him.

But he had just stepped one foot in, before the other foot could go in, a loud cry from the sky interrupted his action.

"cracking--!"

Countless people looked up at the sky, and Yun Leng was no exception.

At the junction of the mountains and the sky, a huge monster broke through the air and came through the clouds.

The clouds were torn apart by the hurricane caused by the wings, and the sea of ​​clouds seemed to be cut into a gully.

Endless sunlight shines down from the ravines, forming a golden and sacred avenue leading to the sky.

The giant beast reflecting the colorful rays of light in the sunlight was like a divine bird descending from the fairyland, spreading the light of heaven to the world.

The airflow formed by the wings stirring the air blows the feathers and accessories to make various sounds, which mix together lightly and beautifully, like heavenly music.

The exquisite house carried on its back looked like the palace of the Emperor of Heaven when he traveled, glorious and holy.

Everyone was speechless. They stared blankly at the divine bird that cut through the sea of ​​clouds and flew over their heads.

The hurricane stirred up by those wings should have swept up everything on the ground and turned the earth into chaos.

But under the control of the divine bird, the hurricane turned into a breeze that only gently brushed their hair.

There was a faint sweet smell in the air, and they were sure that it was the air of immortals!

Yun Leng was also speechless. He was not as ignorant as the common people in the imperial capital. He knew that the Xiao family had arrived.

But he didn't expect that the so-called fifth-level magical beast, the Feathered Wind Beast, could be so holy and glorious.

The Feathered Wind Beast that was flying straight towards them was like a colorful auspicious cloud descending from the sky. The majestic aura of the Emperor of Heaven's travel immediately shocked Yun Leng, the great elder of the Yunlan Sect.

Yun Leng didn't come to his senses until the Feather Wind Beast landed on the huge square outside the palace.

Luo Shan came out of the room and everyone lined up behind her.

She looked at the people lying on the ground in a daze, and a sense of joy rose in her heart.

Ah, it was worth it that I dyed the feathers of the Feather Wind Beast a colorful dazzling color, and also equipped it with wind spirits, bagpipes and other musical instruments. I also repainted the house with gold. It really shocked the people in the imperial capital!

Thinking of something happy, she unconsciously took out a few pieces of honey, stuffed them into her mouth, and started eating them as if no one was around.

Xiao Feng was coughing so hard that his throat was about to smoke, but Luo Shan didn't react and realized that he was reminding her to pay attention to her manners.

The Yunlan Sect's succession ceremony will be held tomorrow. Since too many people have been invited, it is impossible for the Yunlan Sect to arrange rooms for the invitees to stay.

Therefore, guests who arrive early have to find a place to stay by themselves, and the Yunlan Sect will start receiving them tomorrow.

As Nalan Jie was the relative and strategic partner of the Xiao family, it was natural for the Xiao family to stay at the Nalan family.

To be honest, no one among the group of people from the Xiao family who came this time knew where the Nalan family was, but they had notified the Nalan family to "pick them up" before they came, so there was no need to worry about not being able to find them.

Such a huge feathered wind beast flew into the imperial capital, covered in colorful clouds all the way. Anyone from the Nalan family who was not blind could see it.

Moreover, this "parking space" in the square was rented by the Nalan family, so it would be inappropriate if we didn't know where to pick someone up.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, Nalan Su hurried here with his men.

Nalan Su had been to the Xiao family, and Luo Shan knew him.

She immediately led her men to jump off the Feather Wind Beast and face the people from the Nalan family.

Then, eight pairs of fighting spirit wings opened with a loud noise, which made Nalan Su freeze.

This time, Luo Shan went to Yunlan Sect to attend the succession ceremony, and brought Xiao Feng, the other 6 Xiao family Dou Wangs and 36 Dou Lings.

Luo Shan is a Dou Huang, Xiao Feng is a Dou Wang, and with the addition of another 6 Dou Wangs, that’s a total of 8 sets of Dou Qi wings.

Nalan Su came forward fearfully and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, are you going to destroy the Yunlan Sect? The Nalan family is willing to serve you!"

Luo Shan rolled her eyes at him: "Why would you destroy the Yunlan Sect? Yun Yun is a friend of the Xiao family."

Nalan Su looked at her stubbornly: "Sister-in-law, stop pretending. My Nalan family will help you if they ask us to. Please don't be polite!"

Luo Shan was speechless.

The Nalan family has made a lot of money following the Xiao family over the years. As the only scale-horned horse sales agent in the empire, they bought the goods from the Xiao family for 2500 gold coins, and then sold them for 1 gold coins after transporting them back to the imperial capital.

Moreover, they do not accept spot transactions, only payment before delivery.

The Nalan family goes to the Xiao family to pick up goods twice a year, 5 horses each time. In three years, they have taken away 30 horses.

Excluding maintenance costs, shipping costs, depreciation and other expenses, if each horse is sold for 1 gold coins, the profit per horse is about 4000 gold coins.

30 horses means a profit of 12 billion gold coins.

What does 12 billion gold coins mean? It is close to the tax revenue of the Gama Empire for an entire year!

The Gama Empire has an area of ​​nearly 20 million square kilometers and a population of no less than billion. The tax revenue should not be just this much.

But precisely because the Gama Empire was so large, and many places were only nominally under the rule of the Gama Empire, it was impossible to collect taxes. In addition, the aristocratic families were exempt from taxation, resulting in the tax revenue of such a large country being only 12 billion gold coins.

But this does not mean that 12 billion gold coins are few. On the contrary, in the Douqi Continent, any force that can take out 12 billion gold coins at one time is a famous force in the continent.

You should know that a volume of Xuan-level advanced skills without supporting fighting skills only costs between 40 and 80 gold coins. Even if it contains supporting skills, its price will not exceed 150 million.

The auction price of a fifth-grade elixir is only around one million.

Before Liu Mang awakened, the Xiao family's annual profit was only a little over 10 gold coins.

These 12 billion gold coins would require the entire Xiao family to work hard for 1200 years!
The Nalan family is one of the three major families in the empire. Their annual profit was less than 10 million before. Now that they have become rich, they naturally want to engage in retaliatory consumption.

The Nalan family's mansion has undergone tremendous changes compared to before. It used to be a luxurious garden villa, but now it is directly a city within a city.

The decoration and configuration of the imperial palace were not as luxurious as those of the Nalan family.

However, compared to the Xiao family, the Nalan family is still a little behind.

The worldly-wise people of the Xiao family were not surprised by the luxurious manor of the Nalan family. After all, not only was the Xiao family much richer than the Nalan family, they also had Liu Mang, who was once the Lord of Civilization, as the designer of the garden, which was incomparable to the Nalan family.

When the mistress of the Xiao family arrived, the Nalan family naturally did their best to entertain her, and the whole family came together to accompany her.

During the banquet, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, the engaged couple, met for the first time. It was their first meeting and there was nothing wrong between them.

The 8-year-old Nalan Yanran only had the 5th level of Dou Qi, but it was still higher than Xiao Yan's 3rd level of Dou Qi.

But the 8-year-old Nalan Yanran also did not have a strong sense of self-awareness and did not feel that the engagement was a constraint on herself.

In fact, even in the original novel, Nalan Yanran broke off the engagement not because she hated Xiao Yan, she just hated the fact that her fate was not in her own hands.

The only thing she did wrong was that she shouldn't have come to the Xiao family and broke off the engagement in public. It was she who trampled on the dignity of the Xiao family with her arrogance.

Generally speaking, this person is not a bad person, otherwise Xiao Yan in the original novel would not have spared her life after destroying the Yunlan Sect.

Since the 8-year-old Xiao Yan traveled through time as an adult, he quickly made his 8-year-old fiancée giggle, which made Luo Shan and Nalan Su very happy.

In fact, Nalan Su was very afraid that his daughter would suffer from princess syndrome and look down on Xiao Yan, whose cultivation was not as good as hers, which would cause the Nalan family to offend the Xiao family and eventually lead to the death of the entire family.

Seeing that they were getting along quite well now, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yan also liked this beautiful and lovely fiancée very much. After all, she was really sweet when she called him brother.

Unlike Emperor Xun at home, calling him brother makes him feel like calling an ant, and she doesn't have any of the cuteness of a younger sister.

In short, he liked Nalan Yanran very much. When he left the next day, he gave her a Transformer that he had made by hand overnight.

The Xiao family has advanced technology. Xiao Yan has received scientific education since childhood. He has good hands-on ability and artistic talent, and can always make any handicrafts look mechanical.

The gift he gave to Nalan Yanran was actually something like a doll, but under his unique artistic aesthetics, it turned into a Transformer. Fortunately, Nalan Yanran seemed to like it quite a lot.

Early the next morning, the Xiao family and the Nalan family flew together on the Feather Wind Beast to the Yunlan Sect outside the city. Ouyang Lie also took the opportunity to catch a ride on the plane.

On the way, Ouyang Lie felt humiliated by being beaten by Yun Leng yesterday, so he complained to Luo Shan.

"Yun Leng spread rumors about my Xiao family and even beat you up for holding me accountable? Don't worry, when we get to the Yunlan Sect, I will definitely tell Yun Yun about this and ask her to educate her disciples well!" Luo Shan promised.

Ouyang Lie was about to say something but stopped himself. My mistress, I’m afraid Yun Yun will not be able to teach a lesson to Yun Leng, who holds great power!
How about you do it yourself?
"A conflict has already occurred. If we don't kill him, he will definitely cause trouble for us. Is it like a lamb walking into a tiger's mouth? It's better to flatten the Yunlan Sect directly to prevent them from plotting!"

Ouyang Lie said sincerely, and Luo Shan seemed to be thinking about something.

It has been more than two years since Luo Shan broke through to the Dou Huang realm. With the help of Liu Mang and his dual cultivation, he has now become a powerful 6-star Dou Huang and is not far from becoming a 7-star Dou Huang.

Moreover, even he, a lackey who had surrendered to the emperor, had low-level earth-grade skills and fighting techniques to practice. He believed that as the mistress, Luo Shan was practicing at least high-level earth-grade skills.

With this kind of configuration, if it were placed in the Yunlan Sect, even if Yunshan broke through to the Dou Zong level, there would still be a fight to the death.

If there is any more trump card left by the lord, even if the Yunlan Sect has a Dou Zong, won't it be overturned?
But Luo Shan remained unmoved. She was not worried about the threat from Yunlan Sect at all, nor did she listen to Ouyang Lie's complaints.

As soon as they arrived at Yunlan Sect, Luo Shan pulled Yun Yun aside to chat, and their relationship was as good as sisters.

Ouyang Lie felt something was wrong. The mistress and Yun Yun seemed to have a good relationship. Would my report of the crime cause any trouble?
At the same time, with the arrival of Luo Shan, several eyes that were secretly watching withdrew their gazes, and a figure went straight into the clouds deep in the Yunlan Sect and came to the place where Yunshan was in seclusion.

"Master, Luo Shan from the Xiao family has arrived, but she didn't see Xiao Zhan!"

Yunshan suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils filled with black light, evil and cold.

(End of this chapter)