555: Yu Fei's actions

While Yang Dian was still wondering if Martial Celestial Official had a scheme, Yu Fei, who was sitting on the imperial throne, had already lost his temper.

“You want me to become a mountain bandit?”

As his voice fell, he snapped off the armrest of the imperial throne with a “crack” and hurled it at Martial Celestial Official:

“How dare you!”

Bang ~

The armrest, made of unknown material, shattered into dust upon hitting Martial Celestial Official’s head.

Crimson blood flowed down the gash on Martial Celestial Official’s forehead, staining half of his face.

Drip ~

As a drop of blood fell, Martial Celestial Official suddenly smiled:

“This old subject misspoke; I ask Your Highness to forgive me.”

Yu Fei’s chest rose and fell for a moment, then he waved his hand, signaling Martial Celestial Official to return to his original position before resuming discussions on how to deal with Great Azure, Chongming, and the Lesser Star God.

Yang Dian, hidden to the side, looked at Martial Celestial Official for a moment, then at Great Yu Crown Prince Yu Fei, always feeling that something was amiss.

‘Yu Fei has been the Crown Prince for over a hundred thousand years; even if he hasn’t eaten pork, he should have at least seen a pig run, right?’

‘Mortals, in a few decades, or even just over a decade, can master the art of political maneuvering.’

‘Although the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty is an extraordinary power where might makes right, allowing one to suppress everything with sufficient strength without needing to feign civility with others.’

‘But it shouldn’t be brainless, right?’

‘Other times, it might be excusable.’

‘But now, with a great enemy at hand, Martial Celestial Official and Celestial Official of Stars are on good terms, and both are crucial combat forces of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty.’

‘To directly smash his head in open court, causing Martial Celestial Official to lose all face...’

‘He’s not his father; does he really think Martial Celestial Official and the others won’t rebel, or defect to Great Azure and Chongming?’

Thinking of defection, Yang Dian suddenly thought of something else.

‘A bitter stratagem?’

‘But if it’s a bitter stratagem, wouldn’t it be too obvious?’

Just as Yang Dian was pondering in secret, he suddenly heard Yu Fei mention him.

“Has that rogue who guided Zhou Wei and the others, causing them to send us messages and resulting in my father’s severe injury in another realm, been found yet?”

Celestial Official of Stars raised an eyebrow, stepped forward, and spoke:

“Your Highness, that rogue is extremely well hidden; his traces have not yet been found.”

“What about the Emerald Dragon Realm mentioned by Zhou Wei and the others? Have its coordinates been located?”

Celestial Official of Stars still shook his head:

“Zhou Wei and the others were led away from the Emerald Dragon Realm by that rogue; they do not have the exact coordinates of the Emerald Dragon Realm, only that it is extremely far from the Star Domain where our Canglan Star is located.”

Yu Fei frowned, then asked again:

“Does Celestial Official of Stars still have the locations of other life-bearing Star Domains?”

“Yes.” Yu Fei, finally hearing good news, relaxed his brow.

However, no sooner had he relaxed his brow than he heard Celestial Official of Stars’ tone shift:

“However, the core of the cross-realm Formation is the Immortal Capital, and now that the Immortal Capital has fallen, we are powerless to activate the cross-realm Formation and embark on an expedition to another realm.”

Yu Fei’s fingers trembled slightly:

“How long will it take to repair the cross-realm Formation?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know? You are the Celestial Official of Stars, in charge of locating stars and activating cross-realm Formations; you don’t know how long it will take to repair the cross-realm Formation?”

Hearing Yu Fei’s questioning, Celestial Official of Stars’ expression remained unchanged as he said:

“Your Highness, I am merely the Celestial Official of Stars, not the Celestial Official of Formations; I am not proficient in Formations to begin with.”

“Moreover, even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.”

“The Ten Great Treasuries were stolen by rogues, and the wondrous items are in the Celestial Emperor’s private vault.”

“Now, with no wondrous items and no Materials needed to repair the Formation, even if I were buried in the Great Formation as a Formation base, the Great Formation could not be repaired.”

Hearing Celestial Official of Stars’ reminder, Yu Fei’s expression shifted:

“If Cultivators were used as Formation bases and nodes, could the cross-realm Great Formation be activated?”

“It can.” Celestial Official of Stars nodded slightly and said:

“But with Cultivators acting as Formation bases, the Formation bases would be unstable.”

“If I haven’t miscalculated, with Cultivators as the base, the Great Formation can only last for three breaths of time.”

“Once three breaths of time pass, the entire Great Formation will completely collapse.”

“The Formation will be utterly annihilated in the spatial power upheaval.”

“The Cultivators who set up the Formation will suffer the same fate.”

Yu Fei tapped the armrest without speaking, only the “tap-tap-tap” of his tapping echoing in the Golden Luan Hall.

After a long while, he suddenly spoke:

“To preserve the land but lose the people is to lose both people and land; to preserve the people but lose the land is to preserve both people and land.”

“I and my beloved subjects are Great Yu.”

“As long as I am here, and my beloved subjects are here, Great Yu will be here.”

“Now, the Great Formation within the Azurewave Realm is shattered, all gods are silent, and powerful enemies are eyeing us from outside the realm, seeking to destroy our Immortal Dynasty.”

“The Great Azure and Chongming realms are immensely powerful, beyond what Great Yu can currently contend with.”

“As Martial Celestial Official said, abandoning Azurewave to go to Great Azure and Chongming will sooner or later lead to being surrounded by Great Azure and Chongming Cultivators, leaving our lives not our own.”

“It is better to go to other worlds and rebuild our Great Yu Immortal Dynasty on the land of other realms.”

“As long as I am given time, I will certainly lead my beloved subjects back to Azurewave.”

Celestial Official of Stars bowed slightly upon hearing this:

“Your subject knows what to do.”

Yu Fei nodded slightly:

“In that case, the matter of reactivating the cross-realm Great Formation is entrusted to my beloved subject Celestial Official of Stars.”

Having said that, Yu Fei looked at the others, somewhat distractedly waving his hand:

“As for you, my beloved subjects, after you return, gather your relatives and friends, and proceed to the other realm once the Great Formation is ready.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The officials in the hall acknowledged the order and withdrew one after another, except for Celestial Official Yu, who, with only a few silk threads covering her vital parts, advanced instead of retreating. After everyone had left the hall, she swayed her body and walked towards the imperial throne:

“Your Highness, your humble servant believes that you will eventually lead your humble servant and the Immortal Dynasty back to Canglan Star...”

Watching Celestial Official Yu sit on the imperial throne and recline into Yu Fei’s embrace, Yang Dian couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow:

“Yu Fei plays quite a game.”

“Rumor has it that this Celestial Official Yu was also his father Yu Tian’s forbidden concubine, wasn’t she?”

Amidst the clicking sounds, the imperial platform and foundation sank, and an amber-colored wine pool appeared within the Great Hall.

A hazy wine mist then rose in the hall, and palace maids in translucent light gauze, carrying Spirit Fruit, Spirit Medicine, and Spirit Beast meat, filed in from the side halls, gathering around Yu Fei.

Faint sounds of flutes and strings drifted from the mist, as if playing a dirge for a fallen nation.