Chapter 652 The Whims of Fate

Chapter 652 The Whims of Fate

Old Yen had an exhausted expression, as his new partner turned out to be quite hard to control. However, it also made his work somehow easier as well.

It turned out, that people were a lot more willing to speak with him after Nie Guanting would display an impulsive and menacing demeanor, likely perceiving Old Yen to be the only person standing between them and danger.

Thus, the two of them were an oddly efficient combination through their differences, though the awkwardness in their cooperation, this being their first time working together, took its toll on the one of the two coordinating and guiding their movements.

While Old Yen and Nie Guanting were away, though, Wu Long took his ladies to the most expensive restaurant in the capital to try the local cuisine, having a leisurely walk from the inn to there to see the local scenery.

As they entered the restaurant premises though, Wu Long was surprised to hear a vaguely familiar voice as they were passing through the vast garden.

"Benefactor!!!", a man stood up with a painting brush in his hand, and unfinished portrait in front of him, his eyes slightly watering at the sight of Wu Long.

"Hmm?... Oh, we meet again, hahaha", Wu Long raised his eyebrow and then slowly a recollection of this artist came back to him as the coincidence of meeting three times on three different continents made him slightly chuckle.

"Huh? What is this?! Who told you to stop painting?!", the man that the artist was painting stood up from the sofa.

The two luxuriously clothed women by his sides revealed grins of anticipation, as they knew that a spectacle was going start now.

"Ah! M-my apologies, Your Highness. B-but I just saw the man who made me what I am today and-...", the artist revealed a fearful expression at the menacing attitude of the apparent Imperial Family member.

"And what?! Thought you could stop painting to say hi?! And who is this-...", the Imperial Family member made an expression full of indignation, but froze as he turned to look at the party that the artist was greeting.

His eyes widened at the sight of the beauties while the women sitting on the sofa revealed angered and defeated expressions.

However, before the Imperial Family member could even say anything, his face deformed from the side, and them he flew into the decorative wall, crushing and becoming embedded into the stone in a quite artistic pose.

His Revolving Qi Realm allowed him to survive crushing into the wall to the detriment of the decorative stone, but he could not remain conscious, remaining stuck in the wall in that same pose.

The two women on the sofa revealed first wide eyes of confusion, and then started trembling as they turned to look at the man turned into bas-relief.

"Ooof, such a sound...", Gong Cui chuckled as she looked at that as well, admiring the distinct heavy sound of impact into the stone, while Wu Mengqi stashed her sword back into her Spatial Ring.

"T-Thank you Benefactor", the artist spoke with sincere emotions as he lowered his head, while Wu Long nodded to him and Duan Feng, and then proceeded to go further into the restaurant with his ladies.

The Imperial Guards that were freed from Butler Bang's restraints looked at the group with apprehension, but did not dare to move against them as they recognized that this was the same group that recently arrived in the capital, and had at least two known Mortal Transcendence Realm experts.

Duan Feng was also still wearing the robes of the Cloud Piercing Sect so they could not do much against him either. They could only hurry and run to help the unconscious member of the Imperial Family out of the decorative wall.

After having their dinner in peace, the group soon left the capital, also unperturbed.

No repercussions for the incident followed them, as the Imperial Family remained completely silent.

Wu Long had everyone enter Fen Baihu's core realm, which then spirited away the entire fortress-ship as well, and then traveled with speed and ease that was only available when he traveled at his own pace, experiencing the convenience of his alliance with the Celestial Fox.

The latter was sitting on his shoulder in her small fox form.

In truth, Fen Baihu could freely go in between reality and phantasm-like state, existing all around and yet nowhere.

Of course, that power did have a limitation, in that she had to materialize her Soul Bead into reality, either within herself or outside, to fully use that ability, thus exposing a vulnerability.

It was both the source of her ultimate power, and her weakest point.

But as it now was within Wu Long's Niwan Palace, she technically met all conditions to exist in her phantasm-like state in a very large area around him, and thus she did not need to manifest her physical form in order to travel with him.

She still chose to do so, however, driven by unknown motives and thoughts.

He first arrived in the Northern Sea Islands to visit the Brilliant Sun Temple.

The ship was unleashed not far from the Sect's volcanic island, as the existence of the realm was at least for now kept hidden.

What they learned upon entering the Sect, was that it has split in two, one part of which decided to join the Eternal Duality Valley, and another, more conservative part decided to keep the tradition of their Sect.

Only around 1400 members led by Grand Elder Gan and Temple Master boarded the ship while the others remained in the Sect.

The ship then sailed for a bit before being spirited away again.