Chapter 516: The Heavenly Emperor, Yu Fuli

Chapter 516: The Heavenly Emperor, Yu Fuli

In a hall on Thousand-Spirit Island, Yin Tianci, Tang, and Mo Lengxuan seemed to be deep in discussion.

Yin Tianci looked toward Mo Lengxuan. His features were contorted in unease. "Are you certain? How could Xiao Nanfeng possess dozens of suits of arhat armor?"

"His Majesty's information has been confirmed. Xiao Nanfeng entered a Martial Aspects' hunting ground and does possess dozens of suits of arhat armor. In addition, he can restore them easily." Mo Lengxuan frowned.

"Damn it! I should have destroyed my storage bangle from the beginning. How could Xiao Nanfeng have managed to forge arhat armor? That's impossible! There are stringent requirements—how did he do it?!" Yin Tianci cursed.

Tang immediately said, "Your Highness, you shouldn't blame yourself right now. What's done is done. We need to deal with the problem as quickly as possible. The divine armaments of Dayin can't be allowed to become Xiao Nanfeng's tools."

"I'm not entirely to blame, of course, but how will I rectify the situation?" Yin Tianci sighed, entirely thick-skinned.

"We have to finish off Xiao Nanfeng, of course."

Beside him, Mo Lengxuan scoffed. "Finish off Xiao Nanfeng? One of his bodies is in the Imperial Court. Do you intend to assassinate him there?"

"Perhaps you wouldn't dare, but I would. As long as His Highness provides me with sufficient manpower, I would be more than happy to assassinate Xiao Nanfeng in the Imperial Court. I'm willing to risk life and limb for His Highness, whereas you don't seem to be of much help at all. At the very least, please don't hold us back," Tang said.

"You're the one holding us back! That's the Imperial Court, the Imperial Court! An assassination attempt there would be a farce!" Mo Lengxuan fumed.

"Sir Mo, what you lack in ability, you ought to make up in courage—but it seems you fail to do even that. I'm ashamed to be working with you," Tang said.

Mo Lengxuan stiffened. He gritted out, "Is sowing discord all you can do?"

Tang turned to Yin Tianci. "Your Highness, His Majesty will surely blame you for losing the recipe for forging arhat armor. I, your loyal servant, am willing to take the risk to assassinate Xiao Nanfeng in the Imperial Court to repay you for your investment in me—and to seek revenge for myself. I simply ask that you provide me some True Immortals as well. I will risk everything."

Mo Lengxuan scoffed, thinking that Tang was simply trying to sound pleasing to Yin Tianci.

Yin Tianci seemed perplexed as well. "You must be aware that trying to assassinate a Martial Aspect in the Sieve of Heaven itself will greatly anger the Imperial Court. Cultivators of absolute strength will chase after you. Your life hangs in the balance."

"Even so, Your Highness, I am willing to take this risk," Tang replied.

Mo Lengxuan stilled. He gaped at Tang. Was he serious?

"If I issue this order and you refuse it, you'll be punished with death," Yin Tianci warned.

"I am a man of my word, Your Highness," Tang said. He turned toward Mo Lengxuan. "Sir Mo, will you accompany me in service to His Highness?"

Mo Lengxuan stiffened. He didn't know what to say. Was he supposed to go and die with Tang? Was Tang a psycho?

Yin Tianci watched on, infuriated. Why had he trusted and recommended Mo Lengxuan so much in the past? Not only was he useless, he was even a coward! All he could do was bully Tang.

Just then, a man walked into the hall. The moment he did so, he bowed. "Your Highness, we have just received word from the Sieve of Heaven. Xiao Nanfeng has traded the recipe for arhat armor to the various Martial Aspects for a class of purple-furred monsters. He has all but distributed the recipe publicly."

Xiao Nanfeng took a deep breath, walked forward, and bowed. "Xiao Nanfeng greets the Heavenly Emperor."

Yu Fuli didn't respond. He stared intensely at the fish hook, as though he had reached a crucial point in his fishing.

Xiao Nanfeng silently glanced at the small pond. Only then did he discover that something was unusual—it was no ordinary pond at all. It seemed to be a portal into another world, a raging ocean in which fierce beasts roared. A giant dragon was thrashing.

Countless fierce spirits were duking it out in the ocean, fighting over Yu Fuli's fish hook. Huge waves filled the air as the giant dragon was torn apart and the fierce spirits were devoured. The fighting continued intensely until a huge black fish swam over, releasing a devastating aura that caused the other spirits to shrink back in fear.

The giant fish swam forward like a monarch, terrorizing the other spirits before biting down on the fish hook.

"I've finally done it." Yu Fuli smiled as he drew the fishing rod back, pulling the giant black fish out of the surface of the pond in a huge splash.

"Congratulations on obtaining a giant nethernorth strider, Your Majesty," one attendant said, stepping forward.

He retrieved a cauldron and pointed it at the giant fish, who was sucked into the cauldron the moment the hook was pulled out of its mouth.

The servant immediately sealed the cauldron. The giant fish thrashed and struggled futilely.

It took merely a glance for Xiao Nanfeng to notice that the cauldron was an exceptional treasure, perhaps one no inferior to his Yin-Yang Cauldron.

"Prepare it," Yu Fuli said calmly.

"Understood!" The servant bowed and retreated with the cauldron in tow.

Another servant stepped forward and retrieved the fishing rod from Yu Fuli's hand. Xiao Nanfeng's pupils contracted—that fish hook was somehow familiar.

Wasn't that the fish hook cursed effigy that had appeared in the Palace of the Moon that day? It looked precisely the same, and it had caught a True Immortal shark spirit the moment it appeared.

Xiao Nanfeng realized what was going on immediately. That was no cursed effigy—the Heavenly Emperor had been fishing!

He then looked at the small pond nearby to find that the ocean had vanished, replaced with thick fog. Mountains and streams could be seen in the distance.

He frowned thoughtfully, murmuring to himself, "This pond looks unexceptional, but isn't it an incredible treasure? Could it allow the Heavenly Emperor to fish anywhere in the world?"

"Are you the Xiao Nanfeng who has been protecting Lingjun all this time within the Palace of the Moon?" Yu Fuli asked, sizing up Xiao Nanfeng.

Xiao Nanfeng nodded with a wry smile. "My actions must have seemed rather a joke in your eyes, Your Majesty. I didn't realize you were able to see everything that occurred within the Palace of the Moon. Protecting Princess Lingjun was unnecessary on my part."

"It was no joke. You did well enough—considering your cultivation, scant few could have done better than you did except for those ancient cultivators starting anew."

He stood up and accepted a towel from another servant to wipe his hands, then strode toward the nearby pavilion.

He sat down and relaxed just like an ordinary man, though the aura of nobility that exuded from him could hardly be hidden. His cultivation seemed to render him one with the world in truth.

Yu Fuli considered Xiao Nanfeng again. He suddenly smiled. "What a complex mix of cursed spiritual power surrounds you—and a concentrated one at that. You've encountered a fair few cursed effigies despite your young age."