Legend of the Great Sage

t instant, all of the featherfolk shivered.
Li Fengyuan gave off no murderousness at all, but no one doubted his resolve.
Not only was he the son of a phoenix, but he was also the son of Li Qingshan.
He had never lacked decisiveness and resolve.

“Why? Why did the king hand Clouded city to you?” A featherfolk cultivator growled, refusing to accept this.

“Because back then, only I could save you! Even though he wanted to abandon you and live for himself right from the beginning.
And that woman…”

Li Fengyuan told them about everything that had happened in the heavenly tribulation.
He did not twist any of the facts, nor did he hide anything.

The featherfolk were shocked.

“That’s impossible.
You can’t deceive us with your lies.
How could his majesty turn his back on us? It must have been you…”

“Shut up.
Whether you believe me or not, I am the king of featherfolk from today onwards.
Those who refuse to listen to my command can all piss off and leave the city, or I’ll kill you when I see you!”

Li Fengyuan turned around and returned to the top of the Cloud Province cauldron.
He gazed into the west with furrowed brows.
The sky gradually darkened, and the glow from the setting sun was like fire.

The featherfolk cultivators only felt the pressure on them immediately vanish.
Despite their utter reluctance to accept this, attacking him now would only send them to their deaths for nothing.
They secretly discussed among themselves about what to do next, but it gradually devolved into a dispute, leading to a great fragmentation.

“The featherfolk have been unfortunate today.
Clouded city has been taken by an outsider.
We will lead all the featherfolk away from here and establish a new Clouded city!”

“That’s easy for you to say.
Clouded city was founded through tens of thousands of years of effort from our ancestors.
How can you rebuild it so easily?”

“Then what do you say we do? What, are we supposed to serve an outsider as lackeys?”

“Anyone who does that is a traitor to the race!”

“We definitely can’t abandon Clouded city, or that’ll be letting down our ancestors.
The clansmen can’t leave here either!”

The significance that Clouded city bore to the featherfolk was far too great.
They did not only have various emotional attachments to it as their homeland and motherland.
It was also a precious place that all featherfolk depended on to survive.

Just the speed of cultivating in the city far surpassed any other place.
And, there were tremendous amounts of resources sealed within the vaults, which also provided assurance for the cultivation of all featherfolk.
They could not abandon it on a whim, so the two factions became locked in dispute.

Li Fengyuan had no interest in the outcome of their debate.
If they chose to stay behind, he could unleash greater powers from Clouded city and would gain a group of powerful subordinates.
If the featherfolk all left, leaving a ghost city for him, it would still be a weapon of war, and he would not have to uphold any promises to the featherfolk either.

I need to tell the tree king about this, as well as… her!

Li Fengyuan was stronger than he had ever been in the past, but when he recalled that emotionless expression, he still could not help but shiver.
As a result, he piloted the city out of the atmospheric wind layer, flying towards the Green province.

The featherfolk were sensible enough to stop questioning him, but they knew that they had to make a decision quickly.

By the time the sky darkened completely, the featherfolk had made a decision.
Five third heavenly tribulation featherfolk cultivators left Clouded city with almost a third of the featherfolk.

The seven remaining cultivators met with Li Fengyuan together.
“We’re willing to accept you as our king and obey your command, but on one condition…”

“Speak.”

“When you ascend, you have to hand Clouded city back to the featherfolk.”

“Alright.”

Perhaps it was because he had agreed to it far too readily, but the featherfolk hesitated slightly.
Li Fengyuan sneered.
“Do you really think your shitty city interests me?”

Even if the featherfolk refused to accept this, they could not help but admit that a phoenix really did possess the ability to say something like that.

“We believe you will uphold your promise, your majesty!”

By now, Clouded city had already left the Cloud province.
Stars scattered across the night sky.
Li Fengyuan murmured to himself, “First father, where exactly are you right now?”

The stars twinkled, but no one answered him.

A feather drifted throughout the deep, dark, starry sky.
A pair of hands held each other.

“Where’s this?” Li Qingshan asked.

“Outer space,” Gu Yanying answered before deliberating over her words.
“You… why?”

“If I had known this was the end result, I would have never come!”

“Do you regret it?”

“I never regret anything I do!”

“That’s good then, or it’ll only add to the pain.
Do you feel it? Our powers are currently dispersing!”

“Hmm? Why’s that? Nevermind, forget that I asked.”

Li Qingshan could not sense any spiritual qi at all.
Instead, his own aura, whether it was his daemon qi or spiritual qi, was dispersing away.
It felt like he was being sucked dry by a huge, invisible sponge.

If this continued, they would die very soon, and pitifully enough, they would be starving to death.

“The stars here sure are bright!”

The stars formed a resplendent sea like luminous pearls embellishing a pitch-black curtain.
As they drifted through space, they were like a speck of dust on the curtain.

“Yeah, at least there’s that.
This is the scenery I wanted to show you! That father of mine once brought me through the atmospheric winds to see this, except it wasn’t as majestic as right now.
Sigh, we sure are insignificant!”

Gu Yanying’s eyes reflected the stars as she let out a sigh that resembled a child’s.

“Alright.
Have you thought of any ideas?”

Li Qingshan could not help but ask.
During that short period of time, he had already tried everything he could, but the powerful abilities that had allowed him to run amok through the nine provinces unhindered were completely useless here.
They would only exhaust his powers for nothing.

“I haven't been thinking.”

“It’s exactly because I had no ideas that I called it a gamble!”

“You bastard! I refuse to believe there are no ideas!”

Li Qingshan took out the Asura Field.