Chapter 1654 - Good-bye, Flame Emperor
The snarl sounded like a mighty thunderbolt. Those who were thinking about threatening Jiang Chen because they outnumbered him realized that it would be a reckless endeavor and decided against it.
In just a short while, Liu Yuefeng shouted loudly, “Those who want to go with me, follow me to Tianqi City.”
Those people who chose to follow her flew into the air and took off for Tianqi City.
“You’re going to regret this,” Liu Yuefeng said, as she left with her people.
The formerly crowded celestial palace quieted down immediately.
Most of those who had stayed were early original members of the celestial palace. They were way better people than those who had joined later. Plus, they all seemed to be Jiang Chen’s supporters.
“Can I get some volunteers to go find Grand Elder Tianya, Yunhezi, and Baili Zhan and invite them to come back?” Jiang Chen said to the crowd.
“Go to h*ll!”
Then they turned her residence upside down. The divinity Xiao Nuo had once resembled had now disappeared.
“I have a serious question for you.”
Xiao Nuo became thoughtful. “Did it feel great telling everyone to get lost?”
“Yeah, a little bit.”
Despite his answer, Jiang Chen actually had his own plan.
Having 36 peaks would decentralize the celestial palace too much. It was not a sustainable policy. Nine peaks would be just perfect.
“The Tianqi Plain, which drifted to its current location, was once the Spiritual Land of a kingdom of the Xias. This kingdom submitted to the authority of the celestial palace. Its principal members surely needed a place in the Ling Long Celestial Palace,” Xiao Nuo said.
“And that is why you allocated 27 new peaks to them?”
“For them, joining the Nine Peaks had to be akin to merging with the celestial palace,” said Xiao Nuo.
“Huh, then what we need to do is just to separate the martial power and the imperial power and make the kingdom take orders from the celestial palace.”
“If it were that easy, that would be perfect,” Xiao Nuo said with a bitter smile. “I compromised because I needed them. Otherwise, I would have done exactly what you just said.”
“You needed them?”
“Liu Yuefeng has a daughter who is a Venerable Sovereign, and not an average one. She is a Venerable Sovereign and a reincarnator of a Sovereign Soul. I needed her to participate in the Spiritual Land Battle on behalf of the Ling Long Celestial Palace.”
No force leaders were allowed to participate in the Spiritual Land Battle.
That meant Xiao Nuo wouldn’t be able to take part in it.
“This rule was directed against you and me, because other force leaders who are Venerable Sovereigns at the same time are all over 35.”
Speaking of this, Xiao Nuo became kind of annoyed.
“Besides, Liu Yuefeng’s daughter is also a member of the Sacred Institute and in a very high position.”
“You’ve shown your prestige. Now you need to solve your problems.”
“I will.” Jiang Chen nodded. Then he said, “By the way, where are my things?”
“Over there.”
On a long table in the residence palace, Jiang Chen saw a wooden tray where some rings had been placed in an orderly fashion.
One of those rings represented the identity of the Leader the Venerable of the Heavenly Palace.
Another was the Vulcan Ring.
And the other two represented the identities of the lords of Nine Heavens and Milky, but they surely were not useful anymore.
Since wearing rings would make it easy to distinguish practicing bodies from the true body, Jiang Chen scarcely ever put them on.
Jiang Chen picked up the Vulcan Ring and tried to call up the Flame Emperor using the old way.
The Vulcan Ring shone, but the light went out very soon.
And the Flame Emperor did not show up.
“Try it again outside,” Xiao Nuo suddenly said to him.
It turned out that the Flame Emperor didn’t have the nerve to show up because of the presence of the Venerable Sovereign.
“Okay.”
Jiang Chen flew out and high into the air.
He called up the Flame Emperor again, and this time he finally got some response.
“D*mn it! You are still alive?”
The flame flashed into the Flame Emperor’s figure very quickly. He was extremely shocked to see Jiang Chen.
“You curse me as soon as you see me! That’s not a pleasant greeting.”
“Great! Great!”
The Flame Emperor was extremely thrilled, and he acted as if he hadn’t even heard Jiang Chen.
“You survived because you made some changes to the Vulcan Ring. That must be the reason. There is still hope. There is still hope!”