335: Chapter 335 Bringing in Unexpected Disaster

Inside Luohan City.

Ye Jing looked for some shops where he could gather information and asked around.

However, as soon as some shop owners heard he needed Tier 3 spiritual items, their faces filled with unease, and they repeatedly claimed, "I don't know."

Ye Jing found it strange. Eventually, he arrived at a remote shop that sold rumors and spent two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones before the shop owner was willing to cautiously say a few words.

It turned out that not long ago, the City Lord of Jinshan City, an Elder of the Guijian Immortal Sect, and a Yao Beast from the Hundred Demon Valley had all died together outside Luohan City.

Among them, the Yao King of the Hundred Demon Valley—the Red-Winged Thunder Peng King—was furious. The deceased Yao Beast was his daughter, named Huo Huang, a Third-Order Yao Beast who had vanished without explanation. Naturally enraged, he demanded an explanation from the people of the Buddha Realm.

The shop owner's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

"Honored guest, you must be a Cultivator from outside, right? Currently, no one in Luohan City dares to mention Tier 3 spiritual items. Because these items are usually nurtured by Yao Beasts, people fear that if any Yao Beasts hiding in the city find out, it would bring disaster upon them!"

Hearing this, Ye Jing felt slightly relieved. It seemed the Yao King did not know he was the one who killed his daughter, nor that he had also killed Du Hua.

Yet he remained somewhat puzzled. Frowning slightly, he asked, "Since the deaths were unexplained, why is Luohan City so wary? Can they not suppress a single Yao King?"

"Suppress him? How could they!"

The shop owner shook his head with a bitter expression, his eyes filled with fear.

"The Red-Winged Thunder Peng King is already violent by nature, and he's a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator. With the tragic death of his only daughter, he has gone completely mad.

That very day, he led the elite Yao Beasts of the Hundred Demon Valley to surround Luohan City, threatening to wash the city in blood to find the mastermind behind his daughter's death. Do you really think those three died accidentally in a mutual destruction?

In the cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak; there are no such accidents. Clearly, someone assassinated them from the shadows, perhaps even a Nascent Soul Expert."

Ye Jing coughed. It seemed the rumors were quite wild, but no one would suspect a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator like him.

Suddenly, a world-shaking cry echoed from outside the city. The sound was sharp and piercing, carrying a world-destroying fury that made all of Luohan City tremble.

Roof tiles rattled and fell. Cultivators on the streets panicked, circulating their spiritual power to protect themselves, their expressions filled with terror.

The shop owner was terrified and helpless: "He's here! It's the Red-Winged Thunder Peng King! He's come to apply pressure again! He's been coming every day lately, forcing the City Lord of Luohan City and the Guijian Immortal Sect to hand over the culprit, or else he'll level Luohan City!"

Ye Jing stood up and walked to the shop's entrance, looking toward the outskirts of the city, only to see at the horizon...

A crimson figure blotted out the sun. Its entire body was covered in flame-like red feathers, its wings spanning dozens of yards wide, with purple lightning swirling at the tips. It was indeed the Red-Winged Thunder Peng King.

He hovered in mid-air, radiating a terrifying pressure that bore down like a physical mountain. Luohan City's Protective Array shook violently under the impact, ripples spreading across the light barrier as if it might shatter at any moment.

"Useless trash of Luohan City!"

The Red-Winged Thunder Peng King's voice boomed like thunder, echoing throughout Luohan City.

"If you still cannot find the killer of my daughter, this seat will tear down your Protective Array and grind every Cultivator in this city to dust to appease my daughter's soul!"

The Cultivators on the streets were in complete chaos.

Even the shop owner who provided information to Ye Jing was scared witless, muttering, "What a sin... what a sin... Luohan City is doomed sooner or later..."

Standing at the shop entrance, Ye Jing quietly circulated his spiritual power to block out the crushing pressure, his brow furrowing deeper.

He gazed at the crimson figure blotting out the sky.

Ye Jing wasn't afraid of the Red-Winged Thunder Peng King. After all, his actions that day had been clean and swift, leaving no trace behind; he could easily slip away.

However, he still needed to find Tier 3 spiritual items in Luohan City. With the current situation, would he have to head to another city-state again?

Just then, a golden light soared into the sky from the direction of Luohan City. A burly warrior monk appeared, holding a precept blade; he was at the Golden Core Middle Stage.

At this moment, he wore a fawning expression: "Thunder Peng King, please appease your anger! Luohan City has put all its effort into investigating the death of Her Highness Huo Huang, but the matter is full of suspicion and the killer is hidden very deep."

"Leniency?" The Red-Winged Thunder Peng King sneered, his voice full of disdain and violence. With a fierce flap of his wings, the purple lightning instantly transformed into several thunderbolts that slammed hard against the Protective Array.

"This seat has been lenient with you for so long, and now that the deadline is approaching, you only dare to brush me off with these empty words! It seems that unless I show you some color, you won't know my power! Today, I shall seize this human city!"

Before he finished speaking, the Red-Winged Thunder Peng King opened his sharp beak, and a blast of crimson flame, entwined with purple lightning, shot straight toward the Protective Array.

The flame's temperature was extremely high, warping the air wherever it passed. The lightning crackled with world-destroying power.

Seeing this, the monk pulled out a massive Alms Bowl. The bowl emitted a golden light, blocking the thunderbolt.

He said coldly, "Thunder Peng King! You'd better think carefully. If you make a move, the Abbot of our Buddha Realm is not to be trifled with!"

The Thunder Peng King paused upon hearing this, then snorted coldly: "You humans always use that bald donkey to pressure me! This isn't over. One day, I will send my subordinates to seize this Luohan City!"

With that, he flapped his wings and vanished.

Ye Jing was somewhat surprised: "The Thunder Peng King is just stopping the fight like that?"

The shop owner wiped his cold sweat, let out a long sigh of relief, and leaned in toward Ye Jing, lowering his voice as if afraid of being overheard.

"Honored guest, you are an outside Cultivator, so naturally you don't know the city rules of our Canggu Realm. Cultivators or Yao Beasts at the Nascent Soul stage or above are not allowed to take the initiative to attack the cities of other nations or races, nor can they use their cultivation to directly crush a city or slaughter low-level Cultivators within.

Firstly, it's for fear that if Nascent Soul Experts were to act, they would destroy heaven and earth, involving countless innocent Cultivators.

Secondly, it's to maintain a balance of power—if Nascent Soul Experts could seize cities at will, then weak Sects and cities would have long since been swallowed up by powerful Nascent Soul Experts, and the Canggu Realm would have fallen into chaos long ago."

He paused, then added: "Take that Red-Winged Thunder Peng King just now; he's at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. If he actually dared to personally tear down the Protective Array and wash Luohan City in blood, he would be breaking the rules.

When that happens, not only would the Abbot of the Buddha Realm intervene, but the Nascent Soul Experts of other Sects would not stand idly by. Even the Elders of the Yao Race tribes would step in to restrain him.

After all, no one wants to break this balance that has been maintained for tens of thousands of years; otherwise, it would only end in mutual destruction."

Ye Jing understood. No wonder the Thunder Peng King, despite being consumed by rage, only dared to spout threats before eventually turning away.

It wasn't that he couldn't win, but that he didn't dare break the iron law of the Canggu Realm.

"Then what about the Thunder Peng King saying he'd send people to seize the city?"

Ye Jing pressed further. He thought of the Thunder Peng King's words about "sending subordinates to seize the city," suspecting it was related to another rule.

The shop owner gave a bitter smile: "That's the second rule. If there is a grudge between two races or two Sects and they want to fight for ownership of a city, the Nascent Soul Experts cannot act. They can only send Disciples or subordinates at the Golden Core stage or below to duel.

The winning side can temporarily take over the city, while the losing side must either retreat or sue for peace, and they cannot find further excuses to provoke trouble."