Chapter 69 - 69

A/N: Btw, the average number of comments I consider unique is not over a hundred after last chapter.

'I felt it!'

At this very moment, Huang Yu was incredibly excited. The reason for this was because he had finally accomplished something that he had been setting out to do for the past five years without success.

He had finally integrated some sword intent into his cultivation.

This was a massive breakthrough in strength for Huang Yu. One should know that back when Huang Yu was still thirteen years old, a stage that was far inferior to the current him, he had been able to incapacitate the Tyrant Dragon that was capable of fighting against Titled Douluos with incredible ease.

Of course, Huang Yu hadn't reached the stage of sword intent integration that he had reached back inside the Spirit Ascension platform. He had only managed to insert a little bit of sword intent inside his meridians, but the results were shocking enough.

Huang Yu could clearly feel his explosive strength increase quite a bit. How much, he wasn't particularly sure at the moment but he was stronger than before nonetheless.

Getting up from the lotus position he had been sitting in previously, Huang Yu let out a sigh. 'It looks like the automatic cultivation won't work for sword intent. It's far too chaotic. It's a bummer, but I shouldn't try and ask for more since I finally accomplished it.'

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The Star Luo delegation arrived at Skysea City after a few days. As a result of this, the Shrek group went to the lobby of the hotel they had been staying in to socialise.

The first-floor lobby was packed. There were easily over a thousand people in the Star Luo delegation, all of which were elites in their various professions. The Sun and Moon Federation's delegation nearly matched them in number, so that proved the size of the massive lobby they were in.

Xiao Chen and Romario naturally saw him as well. However, despite their utmost wishes, they didn't bow down immediately. Their king wanted to play low-key and it wasn't their place to disturb their king's fun.

The priests and the apostles didn't react as they didn't know who Huang Yu was. Only the most senior priests and the bishops were allowed to catch a glimpse of their king's breathtaking visage.

As the trickle of newcomers were finally stopping, the loudspeakers were abruptly turned on. "Hello everyone. I'm the Federation's secretary-general, Pan Wen, and I'll be leading the delegation going on the exchange to Star Luo. Please board the buses after we finish the head-count."

Once everyone boarded the buses, a platoon of mechas escorted the caravan straight to the dock. Watching the mechas, a stray thought entered Huang Yu's mind.

'I wonder if there's anything like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann here. With how overpowered cultivators are, i wouldn't completely put it past them to have a mecha throwing galaxies like shuriken.

But then again, this is a Xianxia world and mechas are pretty hated in worlds like this. So it may not exist.'

Huang Yu shook his head before he turned to the person sitting next to him.

Gu Yue had a melancholic look on her face as she leaned on the window, lost in thought. Noticing hints of distress from her, Huang Yu held her hand and squeezed it softly.

"What's wrong?" Huang Yu asked, "You've been pretty quiet lately."

Hearing this, Gu Yue shifted her gaze to Huang Yu. She smiled weakly as she answered, "It's nothing. I've been feeling a bit under the weather. I just want to get some rest."

Huang Yu pursed his lips into a thin line. He could easily tell that Gu Yue was lying. She wasn't exactly the best liar in the world when it came to the more emotional part of things.

Letting out a sigh, Huang Yu pulled her into a hug. "Well if anything's bothering you, just talk to me about it ok? I'll do my best to help you if I can."

"Mm," hummed Gu Yue softly as she melted into his embrace.

At the docks, there were two massive ships for the Star Luo delegation and the Sun and Moon Federation delegation respectively.

As they were about to board the ships, The secretary-general, Pan Wen, who spoke previously went up to Elder Cai and informed them that they would be staying on Star Luo's ship. Apparently, the students from the Imperial Star Luo Academy who had come here previously wanted to exchange pointers with them.

Huang Yu narrowed his eyes when he heard these words. This threw a wrench in his plans but it could be a blessing in disguise as well.

Using the King's Wisdom, Huang Yu sent a message into the minds of his bishops who were standing far away through the use of electromagnetism.

'Change of plans. Start the plan at Star Luo delegation ship instead.'

These words suddenly echoed in the heads of Xiao Chen and Romario. They looked in Huang Yu's direction before they let out a subtle nod.

'They should have their own ways of changing ships.' Huang Yu thought. Nox was currently incredibly well established on its continent due to its quick monopoly in almost every sector of the economy.

Naturally, this was a result of Nox getting some very influential members as their apostles. With that, they were able to establish a stable footing on this continent rather easily.

Hence, a few excuses from Nox should be able to convince them to do a change of ships.

Led by Pan Wen, the Shrek Academy group entered a special elevator that took them straight to the ship.

As they exited the elevator, Huang Yu took notice that Gu Yue was still lost in thought again. He grabbed her hand, bringing her out of her ponderings.

A couple of minutes later, all of them had a key to their cabins. Thanks to the ship's excessive size, sharing cabins was unnecessary.

Knowing this, Huang Yu felt a little strange. He had been cohabitating with Gu Yue for so long that he wasn't quite used to the thought of living alone again.

The Shrek Academy group was about to go to their respective rooms, but they were suddenly mocked by a student from the Imperial Star Luo Academy group.

Naturally, Huang Yu and Gu Yue didn't even deign to look at those idiots but Yue Zhengyu took the bait.

One thing led to another and Yue Zhengyu had to jump off the ship due to being chased by an angry mob of students. Thanks to his martial spirit, the Holy Angel, he could fly so he didn't fall into the ocean.

At noon, the horns sounded three times and the two ships departed from the dock. Quickly picking up speed, the two ships set off to brave the vast sea.

Huang Yu spent the rest of the day cultivating since there wasn't really that much to do on the ship. He had actually wanted to go talk with Gu Yue about her problem but chose not to in the end.

He didn't want to be too pushy about it since she looked as if she needed some time to think. He would only try to involve himself if he saw that she was really stuck on it or if she came to him for help.

A few hours passed, as Huang Yu stood up. A dim glow appeared under his bandana as his senses spread throughout the entire ship.

'They're there.'

With a single step, space and time were distorted around Huang Yu as he suddenly appeared in another room. This room was far larger than the room he was in and in it, were three people

Two of them were Xiao Chen and Romario. However, Huang Yu didn't know who the third one was.

"My king!" the three of them said in unison as they instantly kneeled down.

"Xiao Chen, who is this?" Huang Yu asked directly.

"My king, this is a priest who will be pivotal to our plans."

Hearing this, Huang Yu raised an eyebrow and shifted his gaze to the man kneeling behind Xiao Chen and Romario. "Elaborate. You are allowed to speak." Huang Yu said.

In actual fact, Huang Yu didn't want to speak like this. Nonetheless, he had to show them the domineeringness of their king, Anything less, and they may lose respect towards their king,

In order words, show these guys the pecking order.

"My king, this lowly one's ability can be used to perfectly disguise any person, be it their aura or their appearance to match that of another. Not only that, another one of this lowly one's abilities is to allow the disguised person to act exactly the same as the person they're pretending to be."

As those words entered Huang Yu's ears, he let out a smile. "Good. What's your name?"

An excited expression appeared on the man's face as he replied. "My king, this lowly one's name is Dugu Qiubai."

Huang Yu's eyes nearly bulged when he heard this name. This name…

"Are you a swordsman?" Huang Yu couldn't help but blurt out.

"Pardon me, my king?"

"Um, nevermind. How large is the consumption of your ability and how many people can you use it on?"

"My king, this ability doesn't tax me after the initial usage of it. Instead, it uses the spirit energy of the person disguised to sustain itself. With that, there isn't a limit on the number of people I can use it on."

A chuckle came out of Huang Yu's lips. "Then it's absolutely perfect."

Having received a compliment from his king, Dugu Qiubai instantly slammed his forehead into the ground as he kowtowed.

"Thank you for your praise, my king."

At the side, Xiao Chen and Romario had strange expressions on their faces. The two of them were clearly jealous that the priest behind them had received a compliment from their king.

Huang Yu turned around as he opened up a portal back to his room, shocking the other three people inside the room. He walked back to his room through the portal, but his words travelled to them through the air.

The words they heard were,

"Let the games begin."