Chapter 333 - Retreat
Ji Fang was the name of the Emperor of Great Zhou.
It had been many years since nobody had dared call him by his name, let alone under such public attention!
Perfected Lord Ming Ze strode forward with a cold expression and hollered, “Blood Crow King, this is the capital of Great Zhou. It’s not a place for you to be impudent!”
Even though he said that, Perfected Lord Ming Ze did not make a move.
He was well aware of the Blood Crow King’s background. Without the emperor’s orders, he did not dare act rashly either lest he brought forth unnecessary trouble for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
“I’m going to repeat myself. I’m leaving with Su Zimo today!”
The Blood Crow King surveyed his surroundings before fixing his cold gaze on the emperor and saying slowly, “Anyone who stops me will be going against Blood Crow Palace!”
Piak!
All of a sudden!
There was a flash of blood from the depths of the Blood Crow King’s eyes as another kind of power was produced within his body, one that was extremely evil.
Snapping to his senses in a shock, the Blood Crow King felt a sharp pain in his eyes!
“You dare go against Blood Crow Palace?” The Blood Crow King regulated his breathing and asked sharply. However, he did not dare look at Gu Xi again.
Gu Xi replied indifferently, “Go back. This person’s under my guard.”
“Can you afford to protect him?!”
“At the very least, you’re not going to take him away today.”
The Blood Crow King’s face was livid. He stood on the spot and pondered for a long time before nodding slowly. “Very well, very well! Once my master comes out a year later, we’ll see who’s able to protect him then!”
Soaring into the skies, the Blood Crow King transformed into a pitch-black crow with bloodshot eyes. He sped into the horizons and vanished before long.
Everyone from Ethereal Peak heaved a sigh of relief.
During that clash, they truly thought that the Blood Crow King was going to take Su Zimo away!
Su Zimo turned around and bowed deeply to Gu Xi. “Thank you for your help, senior.”
“Yes.”
Gu Xi nodded and said nothing else.
However, everyone felt differently about what they just saw.
Most of the sects were interested in watching the drama of Su Zimo being taken away by the Blood Crow King. There were even some like True Fire Sect that were gloating over his misfortune.
Furthermore, everyone could tell that even the emperor was unwilling to provoke Blood Crow Palace and instead chose to remain silent.
However, no one expected that Gu Xi would step forth to save Su Zimo!
Could Sky Treasure Auction House be even more powerful than the entire Great Zhou Dynasty to be able to go against Blood Crow Palace?
Everyone could vaguely sense that Gu Xi was not as simple as she seemed, a mere chief steward of Sky Treasure Auction House.
Perfected Lord Ming Ze coughed gently and said in a deep voice, “Everyone, quiet down. Cultivators of the ranking lists, follow me into the palace to select your rewards!”
Su Zimo escorted Xuan Yi, Liu Hui and the other Ethereal Peak cultivators to Mo Spirit Weapon Workshop before following Perfected Lord Ming Ze into the palace.
Nian Qi was about to break through a critical juncture in the past two days and did not go to spectate the sect competition. She was relatively safe as Su Zimo had arranged for Night Spirit to stand guard in Mo Spirit Weapon Workshop.
This time round, Su Zimo obtained spots on both the Weapon and Spirit Rankings. As such, he could select a spirit weapon and a secret spirit art.
Su Zimo did not have much interest in the spirit weapon.
There was no way the Great Zhou Dynasty was going to give out perfect or connate spirit weapons as rewards while Su Zimo was not interested in spirit weapons of any other grade.
However, the Great Zhou Dynasty had been established for close to 10,000 years and there were definitely many secret spirit art manuals hidden in the palace. Su Zimo was truly interested to see if he could get his hands on some lost secret skill.