Chapter 2234 (Raw 2340): Imperial Capital Yan City

Thick Demonic Qi and black clouds roiled in Xiao Chen’s room in the Alloy warship.

“Whoosh!”

Light flashed, and the Divine Universe Stele returned to the room from the land of the blood moon. Three figures appeared in quick succession soon after.

After Xiao Chen appeared, he gently waved his hand. All the Demonic Qi immediately vanished, revealing a black combat puppet and a white combat puppet.

“A 7-Star Heaven Suspending Warship!”

“It is completely forged of Alloy. Egg Egg, you really struck it rich!”

The Black and White Eggs had followed a Faux God master and seen a lot of things. They recognized the Alloy warship at a glance.

They immediately praised it effusively, feeling very excited as they looked around and checked out the room.

Xiao Chen revealed a faint smile on his face. Although the Black and White Eggs currently had the cultivation of only a 4-Vein Sovereign Emperor, they possessed the accumulations of a Faux God.

The Black and White Eggs were especially good at combination attacks. Although they showed the cultivation of a 4-Vein Sovereign Emperor, even a 5-Vein Sovereign Emperor or 6-Vein Sovereign Emperor might not hold an upper hand.

I have to think up new names for them before letting them appear. 

“Can the two of you make it look like you are initiate Sovereign Emperors to others?” Xiao Chen asked softly after some thought.

Black Egg smiled and said, “How is that difficult? According to Master’s rules, we can only raise our strength when you raise yours. However, we can freely lower our cultivation. You don’t have to worry.”

Xiao Chen felt that it made sense. Back when he first saw the Black and White Eggs, he thought they were only Great Perfection Holy Venerates.

“I am somewhat curious. I clearly am only a 1-Vein Sovereign Emperor. Why are the two of you adjusted to 4-Vein Sovereign Emperor?”

White Egg laughed at Xiao Chen’s confusion. “Do you think that we are fools? Your Soul Energy has already reached the level of a 3-Vein Sovereign Emperor. If the two of us remain as 2-Vein Sovereign Emperors, we will get humiliated by you.”

Xiao Chen immediately fell speechless. Back then, if the Black and White Eggs were only 2-Vein Sovereign Emperors, he would not have minded exchanging moves with them.

“Hehe! We are going out to have a walk.”

The Black and White Eggs had finally left the land of the blood moon. After informing Xiao Chen of their intention, they pushed the door open and went out. Xiao Chen could not even stop them.

“Ah…”

“Hey, there’s a young woman here. Unfortunately, her butt is not big enough. She is also not tall enough.”

“Not pretty, not pretty. Go, go, go.”

A startled cry came from outside. The Black and White Eggs surprised Bao`er, causing her to shy into Xiao Chen’s room hurriedly.

“Young Master, what are those two things?” the startled Bao`er asked with a quivering voice, still appearing somewhat afraid.

Xiao Chen replied softly, “Those two are combat puppets that I obtained. They are very intelligent. However, don’t worry. They do not have any malicious intentions. Their tongues are just somewhat vicious.”

A strange look flashed in her eyes. Then, she patted her chest as she said, “Young Master, the next time there are such combat puppets, you should let me know in advance. You nearly scared Bao`er to death.”

Xiao Chen knew Bao`er felt suspicious. However, she should not be able to guess the mysteries behind this. He stood up and said, “How much longer to the Yanwu Dynasty?”

“Replying to Young Master, we are pretty lucky, encountering calm weather on the Overflowing Sea, so the journey has been smooth and unhindered,” Bao`er promptly answered.

Xiao Chen looked at the room that the Black and White Eggs messed up. Then, he said, “Tidy the place up. I’m going out for a walk.”

“Yes.”

Soon, Xiao Chen, who was meandering around the ship, heard the sounds of fighting.

He followed the noise to an arena in the Alloy warship. There, he saw the Black and White Eggs fighting with the Saber Demon Wu Meng.

Wu Meng was a 1-Vein Sovereign Emperor, and the Black and White Eggs suppressed their strength to the same realm.

Mo Chen, Nangong Feng, and the others watched with interest from the side.

“Bang!”

After Wu Meng got knocked off the arena, he showed a confused look in his eyes and pain on his face.

“Trash.”

“Useless, can’t even defeat us two combat puppets.”

The Black and White Eggs appeared cocky as they ridiculed Wu Meng.

Nangong Feng said, “Big Brother Wu Meng already lost three times. Each time, he could not last more than ten moves.”

“Strange. Where did Xiao Chen get these two combat puppets?”

“Hey, Big Brother Xiao, you came,” Mo Chen said softly when she saw Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen nodded. Then, he walked over and asked, “What happened?”

Mo Chen explained, “These two combat puppets said that Egg Egg brought them over. After explaining for a long time, we finally understood…they were referring to you, Big Brother Xiao. Then, for some reason, they started exchanging moves with Wu Meng, saying that they wanted to humiliate someone.”

Nangong Feng laughed as he said, “Xiao Chen, do you really have a nickname called Egg Egg?”

The others also looked over curiously, smiling.

Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. My good reputation will truly be ruined. “These two are combat puppets I obtained by chance. They only just recovered today. If you are interested, you can fight with them more. They will adjust their strength to just slightly higher than yours.”

“Really?” Yun Fei, Nangong Feng, and Mo Yu said interestedly as their eyes lit up.

“Of course.”

Xiao Chen saw obvious improvements in strength when he fought the Black and White Eggs back then. Of course, one needed to endure the torture from these two first.

“It looks like I will have to give it a try later.”

Hence, the miserable cries rang out nonstop on the Alloy warship over the next few days.

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Aside from refining a Soul Accumulating Pill every day, Xiao Chen also started to practice the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique’s fifth move, the Three Life Flower.

Once the Three Life Flower blooms, it shows three lives in three worlds.

This seemed vaguely similar to Xiao Chen’s state of cycle.

However, he had already studied this move for many years and understood that it was not significantly related to the state of cycle.

Xiao Chen only recently comprehended the Three Life Flower’s true meaning. The Three Life Flower washed away all the burdens in the past and current lives. The moment the flower bloomed, the burdens were washed away, brightening the current and future lives.

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In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Xiao Chen’s group traveled across the Overflowing Sea and finally entered the Yanwu Dynasty’s territory.

Aside from Xiao Chen, Mo Chen, and Bao`er, the rest all appeared fatigued and dispirited.

The reason went without saying.

Anyone would be like that after being tortured by the Black and White Eggs for ten days. Furthermore, their physical bodies were weaker than Xiao Chen’s.

However, as Xiao Chen had said, everyone’s strength soared.

A mere ten days equaled half a year of experiential training, possibly even more.

Wu Meng could even fight to a draw with the Black and White Eggs when they were at the same cultivation realm. Just as Wu Meng almost gained victory, the Black and White Eggs decisively shifted their focus to fighting with the other three.

“Young Master, should we communicate with the nearby Heavenly Alliance’s factions and get them to send us to the capital?” Bao`er asked. This was part of her responsibility.

Xiao Chen waved his hand and replied, “There’s no need. We should not startle anyone. Just head straight for the Heavenly Alliance’s headquarters in the Yanwu Dynasty. I recall that the dynasty headquarters is called something pavilion?”

Bao`er reminded, “Misty Rain Pavilion.”

Mo Chen muttered to herself, “Misty Rain Pavilion…this name seems quite poetic. It does not seem to have much of a connection to merchant associations.”

The three dynasties occupied the land where Luck gathered in the Central Great Realm. The capitals of the dynasties were where the Luck was at its peak. These were the origins of the Martial Epoch’s Dragon Veins, the places of influence where the geniuses and outstanding talents of the world gathered.

Yan City, the Yanwu Dynasty’s imperial capital, lay at the foot of a huge spiritual mountain and along the Yan River.

At the peak of this spiritual mountain was a statue of the Kāśyapa Buddha. This Buddha statue was gigantic and majestic. It looked down on everything with benevolent eyes and a smile, showing that Buddha was merciful.

Legend had it that the Hidden Spirit Temple was established on this spiritual mountain. However, there were thousands of temples on this mountain with countless Buddhist pilgrims and worshippers, yet no one could see where the Hidden Spirit Temple was.

No matter what, this place was the greatest holy land of the orthodox Buddhist sects. This was where all the incense and worship gathered.

The Yanwu Dynasty had one hundred eight provinces. Each province had one hundred counties, and each county was as large as half a great realm.

The area under the royal court’s control was Yan Province, which occupied nearly one-third of the dynasty’s territory.

Every one of Yan Province’s one hundred counties was incredibly vast and boundless. Hundreds of millions of people lived there, along with countless sects and Noble Clans producing endless geniuses and outstanding talents.

The royal court firmly grasped the entire Yan Province. It possessed deep accumulations and monopolized the dynasty’s Luck. The one hundred county lords of Yan Province were either dukes or Noble Clans’ clan heads. These people held high positions, some even higher than feudal lords.

Some of the horrifying county lords were even feudal lords in the first place, holding conferred land in other provinces.

Yan City, the imperial capital, was in the center of these one hundred counties. The one hundred counties of the Yan Province appeared like a coiling flame dragon, with Yan City as the head of this dragon. As the dragon’s body spread out, it managed the one hundred counties and firmly controlled the Yanwu Dynasty.

Yan City lived up to its name as the dynasty’s center. It gathered all the sects and factions in the dynasty. All the super factions of the Righteous Dao and Demonic Dao in the Martial Epoch and the Rank 7 sects had their merchant associations, their connections, and residences here. This was a place of significant influence, drawing many people.

The capitals of the Tianwu Dynasty and Shenwu Dynasty were far less lively than that of the Yanwu Dynasty.

This was because the Hidden Spirit Temple renounced the mundane and did not forcefully control the Yanwu Dynasty. They coexisted and did not clash with each other.

The Hidden Spirit Temple was unlike the Profound Heaven Holy Land and the Universe Origin Sect, which firmly controlled their respective dynasties and squeezed out the other factions. The Buddhist sect Holy Land was more accepting.

It would be hard to find another capital that gathered so many cultivators and super factions like Yan City did.

No one knew what awaited Xiao Chen there.