964: Be polite

As they approached the center of the Xuantian Sacred Ground Branch, the surrounding palaces grew more luxurious and towering, exuding an aura of extravagance in every direction.

From these palaces, it was clear that Jiu Hua True Lord was a person who greatly enjoyed luxury.

Moreover, as they drew closer, gazes, some indifferent, some scrutinizing, projected from within the palaces, falling upon Wang Chen and Bai Yuliang as they advanced.

“It seems that those residing here are all Jiu Hua True Lord’s confidants, completely ignoring Bai Yuliang within this Xuantian Sacred Ground Branch,” Wang Chen thought with amusement, sensing these gazes.

With such treatment, Bai Yuliang’s earlier claim of having taken over most of the affairs within the Xuantian Sacred Ground Branch seemed to have a lot of exaggeration.

At the very least, within the Xuantian Sacred Ground Branch, the vast majority of people did not recognize Bai Yuliang.

“Senior, Jiu Hua True Lord’s residence is just ahead,” Bai Yuliang stopped at this moment, pointing forward and bowing slightly.

The sights he had seen along the way, coupled with the surrounding desolation, made his expression extremely awkward at this moment, and a surge of barely suppressed anger welled up in his eyes.

“Have we arrived?” Wang Chen looked up at his words, seeing a lake appear before his eyes, with a small island in its center.

Upon it stood three palaces, all beautifully designed, giving a sense of grandeur and magnificence.

“These three palaces are the residences of Jiu Hua True Lord and his two Disciples within the Branch.

Senior, shall we go directly?” Seeing Wang Chen stop and gaze into the distance, Bai Yuliang respectfully asked from the side.

“No rush,” Wang Chen shook his head at the words, a cold smile playing on his lips, his expression somewhat ambiguous.

“Arriving empty-handed is not the way of a guest.

Since we are here to visit, we naturally need to prepare some gifts.”

As he spoke, Wang Chen suddenly looked towards the empty space on the right, his gaze falling beside a rockery.

“Senior, this…?” Bai Yuliang was in doubt, and at the words, he couldn’t help but be startled, quickly looking to where Wang Chen’s gaze landed.

But in his view, there was nothing unusual, only an ordinary rockery.

“Not coming out?”

“Then you can’t blame me for being impolite.”

Wang Chen did not answer.

He sneered, raising one hand, and the magic power wandering between heaven and earth transformed into an invisible net, suddenly enveloping the area near the rockery.

The next second, the light on the white jade ground beside the rockery flickered, and then two figures appeared out of thin air, flying separately to the left and right.

However, Wang Chen had long been prepared for this.

The invisible net formed by condensed magic power suddenly expanded, its coverage directly increasing tenfold.

No matter how fast these two figures were, like lightning, they instantly seemed to fall into a swamp, their speed as slow as snails, and then they were pressed to the ground by a mountain-like force.

As early as when he left his residence with Bai Yuliang, Wang Chen had noticed these two hidden fellows.

It was just that at the time, he didn’t know if these two were sent by others to monitor, or if they were guards secretly protecting Bai Yuliang, so he didn’t act directly.

However, upon arriving outside Jiu Hua True Lord’s residence, he confirmed the identities of these two fellows.

Because just now, a subtle fluctuation shot from these two towards Jiu Hua True Lord’s residence.

Clearly, these two fellows were sending a message.

“Manager Li? Manager Zhao?” The two were pressed to the ground by the terrifying force released by Wang Chen, unable to move an inch, half their faces buried in the ground.

However, though their faces were not visible, their clothes still allowed Bai Yuliang to recognize their identities.

“You… you’ve been secretly following me all this time?

What are you trying to do?” Bai Yuliang exclaimed in disbelief, his face turning incredibly grim.

“It seems you’re quite familiar with these two fellows.

Could they be your subordinates?” Wang Chen looked at Manager Li and Manager Zhao, who were pressed to the ground, with great interest, his eyes full of amusement.

Bai Yuliang’s reaction gave him a feeling of watching a Real-life Infernal Affairs.

He had to admit, it was quite thrilling!

“Senior has a Wisdom Eye, these two indeed work under me.”

On the side, Bai Yuliang’s mood was not so pleasant.

He nodded with a grim face, his gaze cold as he looked at Manager Li and Manager Zhao, who were unable to get up from the ground, the killing intent in his eyes almost wanting to tear these two fellows into ten thousand pieces.

Both of them were Seventh-stage Cultivators, and they were among the first to come and join him after Grand Elder Qing Yunzi’s decree was issued, and they had accomplished many meritorious deeds for him.

Bai Yuliang had originally held Manager Li and Manager Zhao in extremely high regard, but he never expected that these two would hide in the dark and monitor him.

It seemed that the two were not truly loyal to him, but had ulterior motives for approaching him.

“Junior Martial Uncle Jiu Hua’s methods are truly despicable!” Bai Yuliang sneered, gaining a deeper understanding of the cruelty involved in the process of power succession.

Just thinking about how his actions during this period had been completely exposed in Jiu Hua True Lord’s eyes sent shivers down his spine.

If Jiu Hua True Lord dared to arrange spies by his side now, then perhaps in the future, he would dare to directly act against him, creating an accidental death for him.

“Fortunately, Senior Wang Chen is here, otherwise I might have been in danger.” Bai Yuliang couldn’t help but feel fortunate, standing beside Wang Chen with an even more respectful demeanor.

He had originally thought that Grand Elder letting him gain experience in the Ten Thousand Longevity City Branch meant that he recognized his abilities, but now, it seemed that it was probably because even if he caused trouble here, someone would help him cover it up.

“So that’s how it is.” On the side, Wang Chen was unaware of how many turns Bai Yuliang’s thoughts had taken.

Having received confirmation, he released the force pressing down on the two on the ground.

Manager Li and Manager Zhao felt their bodies lighten, and joy of escaping death appeared in their eyes.

However, knowing that they had no chance of escaping in front of Wang Chen, they propped themselves up and knelt on the ground, about to kowtow and beg for mercy.

However.

“Since you two have chosen to betray, then I don’t need to be polite with you.” Before the two could speak, Wang Chen waved his hand, and an invisible force suddenly fell upon their bodies.

The next second, a faint azure light flickered, and the air suddenly grew cold.

Then, Manager Li and Manager Zhao turned into ice sculptures, even the joy of escaping death in their eyes frozen solid.

“This…” Seeing the two die, Bai Yuliang’s heart trembled, shocked by Wang Chen’s terrifying method of casually crushing two Seventh-stage Cultivators to death.

He still hadn’t understood how Wang Chen had acted just now.

But this was normal; the power gap between them was too great, and besides, Wang Chen had just invoked a wisp of Ice Law power, a level Bai Yuliang was still very far from.

“Let’s go, the gifts are ready, I believe Jiu Hua True Lord will be very pleased with our visit.” Manipulating magic power to lift the two ice sculptures, Wang Chen turned to look at the palaces in the lake, a meaningful smile on his face.