629: The powerful outsiders?

The Yao Race. Ten Thousand Yao Mountain.

Several Yao Venerables were gathered here. At the very top sat a middle-aged man with somewhat reddish skin. His expression was stern, and the Qi within his body was incomparably terrifying, far surpassing that of the other Immortal Venerables.

"Zikui and the others have failed."

The middle-aged man spoke slowly, his eyes filled with coldness.

Everyone's expression was heavy. They had originally prepared a series of plans, but these plans were now useless. Being able to kill Zikui before they could even react was enough to prove that there was an ambush by the Human Race within the Nine Star Empire; many top experts of the Human Race might have already been lying in wait there.

Killing Zikui and enslaving Venerable Tianqing required at least several Immortal Venerables to accomplish, and might even involve top experts from the Human Race.

The middle-aged man was extremely gloomy. Sometimes he truly couldn't understand why, no matter what plans the Yao Race used to target the Central Plains, they were always thwarted by the Human Race in the end.

The key was that the way they were thwarted was extremely bizarre; it was as if they knew their conspiracy every time, had prepared in advance, and were just waiting for them to jump into the pit. Dammit!

The Yao King was extremely angry and helpless about this situation. He even suspected that there was a traitor within the Yao Race. For this reason, he had not fully disclosed this plan and had specifically added two more plans to confuse the judgment of the Yao Beasts.

However, his actual goal was the Nine Star Empire. Yet it was still broken by the Human Race. Damn it! The Yao King felt a million curses running through his mind.

The other Yao Venerables dared not speak. They knew that the Yao King was extremely angry at this moment, and if they spoke up, the Yao King might take his anger out on them.

"Have you found out clearly? What exactly happened in the Imperial City of the Nine Star Empire?"

To his lower left, a short, small-statured old man immediately spoke. "Reporting to the Yao King, everything was according to your expectations. The Empress did indeed reach the Immortal Venerable Realm. However, Tianqing and Zikui could have easily killed the Empress. The plan was about to succeed, and the Empress was about to fall, but in the end, a powerful person appeared from somewhere."

"That Human Race member killed Zikui with ease; Zikui had almost no power to resist, and Tianqing was eventually enslaved as well."

"I suspect that Human Race member is not a local. He is very likely an outsider expert. With Zikui's strength, even if it were the supreme expert of the Human Race, it would be impossible to kill him so easily."

"To be able to achieve this level, one needs strength above the Immortal Venerable Realm."

Hearing this, the Yao King's expression suddenly darkened. An outsider expert had intervened in the affairs of the Cloud Firmament Realm? Very good, very good!

Cold killing intent welled up in the Yao King's eyes: "I had originally intended to use my clansmen to unify this Cloud Firmament Realm, but I was wary of Human Race experts noticing, so I have always been cautious."

"But they, on the other hand, actually did this first. Since you Human Race have broken the rules, then we, the Yao Race, have nothing more to say."

He was a Azure Nether Purple Crystal Tiger, an ancient Divine Beast, second only to top-tier Divine Beasts like the Dragon and Phoenix.

The Yao King glanced at them and then said indifferently: "Everyone, rest assured. Later, I will have the clan send experts here. When that time comes, the Central Plains can be wiped out easily."

Hearing this, all the Yao Race members showed great joy. Although they did not know how powerful the Yao King's clansmen were, someone from the Yao King's clan had come once many years ago, and that person's strength was terrifying beyond their imagination.

They were definitely terrifying experts far exceeding the Immortal Venerable level. Moreover, they had heard the Yao King say that person was not the strongest in their clan, but could only be considered mid-tier at best.

With the help of such terrifying experts, who in the Central Plains could stop them? Furthermore, even if they were discovered by Human Race experts, they had an excuse. In any case, the Human Race had broken the rules first, so it seemed there was no problem for the Yao Race to do the same.

Suddenly, a Yao Race member couldn't help but speak up. "Lord Yao King, what if that expert from the Human Race is also extremely terrifying?"

The Yao King sneered, his eyes full of confidence: "My clan has a certain reputation throughout the myriad Realms. Even if that person is strong, it is impossible for them to be stronger than those in my clan."

"Everyone, rest assured. No matter who he is, he will absolutely not be able to resist the experts of my clan."

He himself might not be able to defeat Su Chen, but the strength of his clansmen behind him was very powerful.

The other Yao Race members breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. After all, being able to easily kill Zikui was a level of strength that was extremely extraordinary.

...After the Empress achieved her Breakthrough to the Immortal Venerable Realm, the news spread quickly. The Nine Star Empire became yet another power in the myriad Realms with an Immortal Venerable expert guarding it.

The entire Nine Star Empire was in a state of excitement, with smiles on everyone's faces. The strength of the Nine Star Empire was beneficial to many locals.

Half a month later. It was the first time the Nine Star Empire held court in recent years. However, the person presiding was not the Empress, but Li Qingyue. Although she had not yet become the Nine Star King, Li Qingyue was now in charge of almost everything in the Nine Star Empire.

From the fact that the Empress let her preside this time, it could be seen that the Empress supported Li Qingyue becoming the King.

On the day of the court session. Li Qingyue was still wearing a white dress. The Cultivation World did not have such cumbersome requirements for the King's attire; it was basically very casual.

The court officials were not like those in mortal Empires who had to dress strictly; they were basically very casual. As long as they dressed according to their own preferences, they could come to court.

The most critical point was that those who came to court were basically core figures of the Empire. Even a lord of a prefecture was not qualified to participate; at the very least, one had to reach the Immortal Lord level.

It was not like a mortal Empire with a huge crowd of officials, big and small. To put it simply, this kind of court session was a bit like the council of Elders in other Sect powers; only those with the highest status and strength could participate.

Seeing everyone walk over, Li Qingyue smiled and said: "Qingyue greets all the Elders."

"What are you saying? In the future, you will be the King of our Nine Star Empire. There is no such thing as a King bowing to us. Do not do this in the future."

"Exactly, our Nine Star Empire must have its basic rules."

Two Elders immediately spoke up, but their eyes were very satisfied. After Li Qingyue was slated to be the Nine Star King, she did not become arrogant because of it, but was instead very proper.

Li Qingyue smiled and said: "That is in front of outsiders. Now that we are all our own people here, I am just a junior, so there is no need to observe those vulgar rituals. Everyone, please take your seats."

She did not have the strength yet, so naturally, she could not put on airs. She had to gain the support of these Elders as much as possible so that she could do things more easily in the future.

Li Qingyue was not someone who didn't know how to be flexible. Being a King was not just about having strength; one also needed to have schemes and calculations. Su Chen had told her this.