Hearing Qi Yuan say this, Great Sun Flame Emperor breathed a sigh of relief.
"Origin Celestial Venerable, Great Venerable Moli possesses formidable strength. Moreover, because of her father, she commands profound prestige in the Land of Three Domains. Even seasoned elders must show her respect. Under no circumstances should you offend her lightly."
When mentioning Great Venerable Moli, Great Sun Flame Emperor had a complex look in his eyes.
He spoke the honest truth.
In the Land of Three Domains, Great Venerable Moli's strength might not be the absolute greatest.
Yet she was unquestionably the one nobody could afford to cross.
Because of the Mythological Secret Vault, Great Venerable Moli had countless simps.
"Origin Celestial Venerable, when did you hook up with Great Venerable Moli?" Rogue Celestial Venerable couldn't resist asking from beside him.
After all, when it came to gossip about a Yin God's private life, a cute little newcomer like him found it particularly fascinating.
"I don't know her," Qi Yuan replied frankly.
He truly did not know Great Venerable Moli.
As for Great Venerable Moli's Mythological Secret Vault, he wasn't very interested in it—what interested him were the cultivation techniques inside.
Hearing this, Great Sun Flame Emperor furrowed his brow. "Then why would she say such a thing...?"
"Perhaps Origin Celestial Venerable is just too handsome! If I were a woman, I'd fall head over heels for Origin Celestial Venerable too!" Rogue Celestial Venerable remarked.
"Stay away from me!" Qi Yuan glared at Rogue Celestial Venerable. To think there was a gay man right by his side!
The others chuckled softly.
Qi Yuan said, "Regarding Great Venerable Moli, I can consult my junior sister. She's also a rich lady, so she should be able to offer plenty of help."
With that, Qi Yuan pulled out a jade slip and sent a message to his junior sister, Jiang Lingsu:
"Junior Sister, I recently met a rich woman.
I haven't seen her, and she hasn't seen me.
Yet she publicly declared she likes me.
There's something on her I really want.
Tell me, how can I scam her out of her stuff?"
Junior Sister was a rich lady who had given him much of her family fortune.
She had even secretly handed over Jiang Ya's cultivation art to him.
Qi Yuan's early success could not be separated from the financial backing of this rich lady.
Since Junior Sister was so adept at coughing up cash, he figured he might as well ask her how to make another rich lady cough up cash.
Meanwhile, atop Seven Colors Peak, Jiang Lingsu's eyes went wide, making her look exceptionally cute.
She knit her brows and growled fiercely, "Didn't he say he was meeting up with some friends from the Divine Flower Society? Where did another rich lady come from?"
"What load of crap rich lady! Saying she likes my Eldest Senior Brother before they've even met in person—she must be a shameless hussy harboring wicked intentions!"
Staring at the message sent by her Eldest Senior Brother, she pondered how to respond.
"Eldest Senior Brother, didn't she claim she likes you?
Go straight to her and ask! If she likes you, she ought to give you the thing as a gift.
If she gives it, you get the item.
If she doesn't, it proves she's just playing with you!"
On the other side, Qi Yuan read the message Jiang Lingsu sent back. A smile crept onto his lips. "Junior Sister is big-breasted and brainy, with wisdom no less than True Monarch Dazhi."
Qi Yuan genuinely felt his junior sister had a point.
He would find some free time to go see Great Venerable Moli in person.
Didn't you say you love me?
If you love me, you can't even bear to give me your secret vault? What kind of love is that?
As long as Great Venerable Moli added a note stating it was a gift when handing over the secret vault, even if it went to court, Qi Yuan wouldn't have to return it.
What a brilliant idea—far simpler and rougher than getting married.
The other three emperors looked at one another, having no idea what Jiang Lingsu had messaged Qi Yuan.
"I already have a complete solution regarding Great Venerable Moli. Now let's discuss how we can obtain the cultivation arts from the Dao Seeking Palace!" Qi Yuan inquired.
Three cobblers could outsmart Zhuge Liang.
With four of them present, they would surely concoct a great plan.
Meanwhile, inside Wangxian Tower, an old man with white hair appeared, fury smoldering in his eyes.
"Feng Xie is in this tower?"
This white-haired elder was Old Ancestor Xiangyun.
He had always been on terrible terms with Great Sun Flame Emperor; the two could practically be considered mortal enemies.
If he had not been wary of Lord Feng, or rather unsure of Great Venerable Moli's attitude, he would have hacked Great Sun Flame Emperor into pieces long ago.
Last time, when he emerged from seclusion, he had immediately received transmissions from numerous friends.
Those friends all asked him one after another: how had he gained an eighteen-year-old son after being in seclusion for three hundred years?
He had been incandescent with rage at the time, thinking one of his concubines had cuckolded him.
Only in the end did he discover it was entirely a rumor.
The source of the rumor was Feng Xie—namely, a post Great Sun Flame Emperor had published in the Divine Flower Society:
*Shocking! After 300 Years of Seclusion, Old Ancestor Xiangyun Has Gained an 18-Year-Old Child!*
Although it was merely a rumor, quite a few cultivators took it as gospel, even assuming he had slaughtered that "child" for the sake of his face.
Old Ancestor Xiangyun truly harbored murderous intent toward Great Sun Flame Emperor.
Unfortunately, from then on, Great Sun Flame Emperor stayed in seclusion and didn't step outside, shielded by Lord Feng.
Old Ancestor Xiangyun had never found an opportunity for revenge.
Now, Great Sun Flame Emperor had emerged from seclusion and invited friends to gather.
Right now was his best chance for vengeance.
"He's in Room 12 on the Ninth Heavenly Tier," the Second Shopkeeper said helplessly.
From Old Ancestor Xiangyun's tone, he knew nothing good would come of this.
"Hmph. Go over there and kick him out. Give me his room.
Isn't he hosting a banquet? Let him lose all face in front of his friends!" Old Ancestor Xiangyun snapped viciously.
With the attitude of those above still unclear, he didn't dare kill Feng Xie right now, but humiliating him was perfectly fine.
"That... isn't very good. Besides, among them, there seems to be a Purple Mansion whose background is unknown. If we offend..." The Second Shopkeeper hesitated.
He didn't want to do such things either.
"In the Fengtian Domain, is there anyone my Phoenix Palace cannot afford to offend?" Old Ancestor Xiangyun said overbearingly.
The Phoenix Palace was the number one faction in the Fengtian Domain.
The master of this faction was Great Venerable Moli.
The Phoenix Palace had been founded by Great Venerable Moli's father, that Mythological expert.
To this day, it had a history spanning hundreds of thousands of years.
It could be said that the Phoenix Palace was the undisputed hegemon of the Fengtian Domain.
Even Mythological powerhouses would give face to the old palace master and Great Venerable Moli.
Old Ancestor Xiangyun's father was a Yin God in the Phoenix Palace, so he naturally behaved with tyrannical arrogance.
Moreover, suppressing Great Sun Flame Emperor was considered politically correct within the Phoenix Palace.
Because... rumor had it that Lord Feng was the old palace master's illegitimate son—meaning he was Great Venerable Moli's half-brother.
Yet Great Venerable Moli did not seem to like that younger brother.
Therefore, while Old Ancestor Xiangyun ostensibly suppressed Great Sun Flame Emperor out of a personal vendetta, in reality... he was acting on behalf of the upper echelons to make Great Sun Flame Emperor's life miserable.
Hearing this, the Second Shopkeeper had no choice but to say helplessly, "As you wish."
Since the Phoenix Palace had been brought into it, how could he refuse?
"By the way, what are the backgrounds of the other three?" Old Ancestor Xiangyun asked.
"None of the three are from the Fengtian Domain.
One is at Purple Mansion, and judging by her attire, her background should be prominent.
Another seems to be someone on the Eastern Lands Lesser Heavenly Pride Roll named Gao Xiaoyu, hailing from a Purple Mansion faction.
As for the last one... unknown, but the robe he wears is inferior even to Gao Xiaoyu's. At most, he comes from a Purple Mansion faction."
The Second Shopkeeper was exceptionally well-informed.
He had committed the names and appearances of young geniuses on the Eastern Lands Heavenly Pride Roll, Demon Monster Heavenly Pride Roll, and Fengtian Heavenly Pride Roll to memory, which was how he recognized Rogue Celestial Venerable.
"Eastern Lands Lesser Heavenly Pride Roll?" Old Ancestor Xiangyun was taken aback. "Such trash?"
On the Eastern Lands Heavenly Pride Roll, aside from the top twenty, he wouldn't spare a glance for anyone else.
As for the Lesser Heavenly Pride Roll, that was the trash among trash.
"Since those two are such useless garbage... we'll kill the chicken to warn the monkey!" A cold glint flashed in Old Ancestor Xiangyun's eyes.
He couldn't kill Great Sun Flame Emperor, but dealing with two worthless nobodies was no problem at all.
Even if the Phoenix Palace learned of this, the upper management would only commend him.
After all, making life difficult for Lord Feng and Great Sun Flame Emperor was a shared consensus among the Phoenix Palace's higher-ups.
The Second Shopkeeper hesitated slightly upon hearing this.
He understood Old Ancestor Xiangyun's meaning.
Iceberg Overlord Woman suspectedly had a Yin God backing her, so she couldn't be offended too harshly.
Great Sun Flame Emperor couldn't be killed.
To humiliate Great Sun Flame Emperor, merely tossing him out of Wangxian Tower was not enough.
Qi Yuan and Gao Xiaoyu, who had neither strength nor background, were the perfect targets.
They could simply pin some trumped-up charges on the two, throw them out of Wangxian Tower, and have the protectors beat them to death.
That way, they would thoroughly humiliate Great Sun Flame Emperor.
"Do this for me, and there will be benefits for you.
Didn't you take a fancy to Yang Li's granddaughter? If you handle this well for me today, I'll deliver Yang Li's granddaughter to your bed!"
Hearing this, a look of greed surfaced in the Second Shopkeeper's eyes, and he couldn't help gulping. "This matter... I'll do it!"
Old Ancestor Xiangyun burst into hearty laughter upon hearing that. "Feng Xie... offending me is the most foolish thing you've ever done in your life!"
After all, he had been acting on instructions from the Phoenix Palace's superiors to beat down Great Sun Flame Emperor.
Yet unexpectedly, Great Sun Flame Emperor had dared to resist and even injured him several times.
How could he not be furious?
Meanwhile, inside Wangxian Tower.
Qi Yuan waved his hand. "We're all brothers! Your business is my business!
Back then, when the Palace of Light pressured me, didn't you all give me your full support and cheer me on?"
A grateful expression appeared on Great Sun Flame Emperor's face.
On the flying boat over, Great Sun Flame Emperor had mentioned his predicament.
Venturing out rashly might invite retaliation from Old Ancestor Xiangyun of the Phoenix Palace.
At that time, Qi Yuan had said dismissively, "If he dares show up, by the time the grass on his grave grows ten meters high, he'll definitely have an extra illegitimate son for real."
"Thank you, Celestial Venerable," Great Sun Flame Emperor sighed in relief.
He had feared Old Ancestor Xiangyun would suddenly cause trouble, leading his three friends to misunderstand that he was deliberately luring Old Ancestor Xiangyun out to borrow Qi Yuan's strength against his enemy.
"It's fine as long as things are made clear. Just like how I formed a Stellar Golden Core and then condensed over four thousand Divine Infants—I didn't hide that from you either, did I?" Qi Yuan chuckled.
"Over four thousand Divine Infants?" Rogue Celestial Venerable gulped. "You have so many Divine Infants, how about giving one to me?"
"Origin Celestial Venerable, are you trying to give birth to a village of babies or something?"
Just then, the private room's door was suddenly shoved open.
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