285: Chapter 285 The Emperor's Mansion

"Not bad, not bad. You know how to behave!" Kunkun nodded, expressing great satisfaction.

"However..." Lei Buqun glanced at it cautiously. "Lord... Lord Bird, I don't have that many yinming stones on me. I'll have to wait until I see my Imperial Father before I can..."

"Oh?" Lin North held back the Fire Bird, who was about to lose its temper. "Where did he go?"

"Reporting to the Emperor Lord, Imperial Father and the other Great Emperors of the Nine Clans are over by the Emperor Lord's stone statue!" Lei Buqun pointed toward a massive statue faintly visible on the horizon.

"They are personally supervising the construction of an Emperor Lord City there for you!"

"Emperor Lord City?" The corners of Lin North's mouth curled slightly. "Let's go!"

...

At the center of the Yinming Land, a statue of the Emperor Lord several thousand feet tall had stood for tens of thousands of years.

However, surrounded by the nine Imperial Cities, almost no Cultivator could get close to it.

Now, the place was bustling with noise and activity.

Within a thousand-mile radius of the statue, a city had risen in just half a month.

While the city's scale was significantly smaller than the nine Imperial Cities, its architectural style was more than a level above them, proving to be extremely luxurious.

"Tsk tsk tsk... They've done a good job with this Emperor Lord City!" Kunkun perched on Lin North's shoulder, constantly pointing and commenting on everything.

Lei Buqun bowed his body slightly, following behind like a servant, when the Fire Bird's bossy voice suddenly rang in his ears again.

"Little Lei! Get me a hundred of those meat skewers!"

His body jolted, and without daring to hesitate, he vanished and reappeared before a nearby barbecue stall, skillfully pulling out money to buy the meat.

In just a few breaths, a hundred fragrant meat skewers appeared before Kunkun.

"Good, good, good!" The Fire Bird reached out with a large claw to take them all, then, as if offering a treasure, held one out to Lin North's mouth.

"Master, do you want a taste?"

Lin North's gaze swept over the roadside stall: Yin Realm Barbecue.

Main offerings: Charcoal-grilled Shura, Braised Yaksha, Spicy Evil Ghost...

Holy crap!

He slapped the Fire Bird ten feet away. "I don't eat meat!"

"Hmph, no taste!" Kunkun grumbled dissatisfiedly, then grabbed the skewers and approached Shi Yunmeng. "Fairy, would you like..."

Swish! Shi Yunmeng raised her jade hand, and a white light shield immediately blocked it ten feet away.

"Seems you have no taste either! No wonder you and my master are a match!" Kunkun rolled its eyes, flapped its wings, and landed on Lei Buqun's head to start feasting.

"You... Do you really think so?" Unexpectedly, those words made Shi Yunmeng very happy, and she asked repeatedly.

Lin North shuddered and quickly spoke to stop Kunkun's bird beak from talking nonsense. "Lei Buqun, take us to see your father."

"Yes!" Lei Buqun's body shook as he hurriedly led the way.

After the Emperor Lord City was built, the giant statue still sat in the center of the city.

At this moment, Lin North finally arrived at the foot of the statue. He looked up at the towering, majestic stone figure, his gaze falling upon the armor surrounding its body and the great sword in its hand.

"nine dragon set, Nine Dragon Heavenly Emperor..."

Beside him, Shi Yunmeng was also gazing at the magnificent statue, a hint of nostalgia and regret flashing in her eyes.

"Fairy Yunmeng, do you know him?" Lin North asked out of the blue.

Shi Yunmeng turned her head, her expression unchanged, but her voice held a touch of coquettishness. "What? Do you think I'm such an old Old Witch?"

"Uh..." Lin North rubbed his nose. "No, I just suddenly got a feeling that you seemed to know him!"

"Actually, this lady really does know him!" A hint of pride appeared at the corner of Shi Yunmeng's mouth.

"Oh?" Lin North was stunned; he hadn't expected her to admit it. "When did you meet?"

Shi Yunmeng covered her mouth and giggled. "He's the Nine Dragon Heavenly Emperor. Is there anyone in the entire Yinming Land who doesn't know him? What's so strange about me knowing him?"

Lin North looked speechless, only then realizing he had been teased by the woman before him.

"Lord Emperor, look, over there is the Emperor Lords Mansion!" Lei Buqun leaned forward, pointing to a luxurious palace nearby.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

As he spoke, nine figures dashed out from the palace and knelt before Lin North. "We pay our respects to the Lord Emperor!"

It was fortunate that this place was extremely close to the Emperor Lord's statue where no other Cultivators could approach; otherwise, it would have surely caused a massive uproar.

After all, during this period, the Emperor Lord's true identity had already drawn far too many speculations.

"Rise. How are the preparations going?" Lin North swept his gaze over the group and asked casually.

"Lord Emperor," the Holy Light Great Emperor Di Jia replied with a bow, "all one thousand six hundred and forty-two clans in the Yinming Land have been notified. The leaders of every clan will come to have an audience with the Lord Emperor in two days!"

"Outrageous! Simply outrageous!" Before Lin North could speak, Kunkun had already flapped its wings and arrived before the nine.

"You nine bastards didn't even mention Lord Bird?! This is too much! Absolutely too much!"

The nine Great Emperors shrunk their necks, looking at each other in dismay, not daring to make a sound.

Lei Dajun gritted his teeth, putting on a fawning expression as he pulled out a Storage Pouch. "Hehe, Lord... Lord Bird, my son has already sent a transmission informing me of the events at Thunder Spirit City. Here are three hundred thousand yinming stones, please accept them!"

"Hmm, not bad. You're as sensible as that brat of yours..." Kunkun waved a claw to take the Storage Pouch, then its tone immediately shifted.

"However! Don't think you can change the subject like that. If you don't give Lord Bird an explanation today, this isn't over! It's not over!"

The Great Emperors of the Nine Clans looked at each other wordlessly, realizing the bird before them wasn't that easy to fool.

The Great Emperor of the Dwarf Race, Wu Dalang, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and took a brave step forward.

"Lord Bird, the reason we didn't announce your matters was that we wanted to give the world a surprise the day after tomorrow. In fact, we've already prepared everything!"

"Oh?" Kunkun immediately looked suspicious. "Really? Lord Bird isn't that easy to trick!"

"It is naturally true!" Wu Dalang said with a face full of sincerity. "We invite the Lord Emperor and Lord Bird to follow us into the mansion to take a look!"

Inside the Emperor Lords Mansion was a world of its own; with the enhancement of spatial Formations, it was much larger than it appeared from the outside.

As soon as Lin North stepped inside, a statue came into view.

The statue was several thousand feet high, not at all inferior to the Emperor Lord's statue. It had the same golden armor and golden giant sword, but the face bore a striking resemblance to Lin North.

Furthermore, on its shoulder stood a stone bird carving nearly a hundred feet in size.

"Eh?" Kunkun's eyes lit up, and it immediately flashed to the front of the stone bird carving.

"Ooh, not bad! Although it only has one percent of Lord Bird's charm, it's still very majestic!"

Wu Dalang and the other nine finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Ha... haha, we're glad you like it, Lord Bird!"

At this time, they naturally wanted to strike while the iron was hot to curry favor with Lin North.

Clap, clap, clap! The Holy Light Great Emperor clapped his hands, and nearly a hundred young women immediately came dancing forward.