Chapter 2538: Bad News
Divine Arms Pavilion, West Imperial Palace. Xi Chiyao brought Ye Futian into the pavilion.
Inside the Divine Arms Pavilion was a vast, fantasy-like space. Various powerful divine weapons levitated in the air. Some were confined inside by matrices, floating at different positions inside the pavilion.
All of the ritual implements inside the Divine Arms Pavilion of the West Imperial Palace weren’t ordinary.
Ye Futian looked ahead. The inside of the Divine Arms Pavilion was very deep, and he couldn’t tell how many ritual implements there were.
“As expected of an Ancient God Clan,” Ye Futian said softly. These ritual implements had been accumulated by an Ancient God Clan over countless years, s their numbers were indubitably immense. Of course, the higher the grade of the weapon, the scarcer they were in quantity.
The Ziwei Imperial Palace had also collected many divine arms. However, because the Ziwei Segmentum was an isolated world all along and had no master armorer organizations, they still lacked relatively powerful divine weapons. They only had enough for the cultivators of the Ziwei Imperial Palace. Of course, the most powerful divine arm was the Scepter of the Stars held by Lord Chen. That was said to be the divine weapon once used by Ziwei the Great and controlled by the former Ziwei Imperial Palace. After he was slain by Ye Futian, he gave it to Lord Chen, who was still Renhuang Chen back at the time.
“Please choose, Renhuang Ye, no need to hold back,” Xi Chiyao said with a smile.
“Goddess Chiyao isn’t afraid of me being consumed by greed and seizing the entirety of the Divine Arms Pavilion?” Ye Futian smiled and asked.
“No problem,” Xi Chiyao replied, “The fact that Renhuang Ye is willing to come to the Imperial Palace to gift us the elixir is telling of your character. If Renhuang Ye really swept out the entire Divine Arms Pavilion, I believe you won’t give us the short end of the stick in the future. The Palace Lord must have seen through this, which is why he let Renhuang Ye come here.”
“The Palace Lord is indeed a bold person.” Ye Futian nodded.
“If he wasn’t bold, how would he choose me as the heir so early on and bestow upon me such extraordinary status and power to the point that seeing me is equivalent to seeing himself. This is precisely the reason why many within the family were dissatisfied with me and became envious. They wanted to use this opportunity to drag me down from the position of Goddess. It’s rather amusing.”
As she spoke, Xi Chiyao looked like she didn’t mind or even take those people seriously at all. This was despite how many of them are her elders and core members of the West Imperial Palace who could make critical decisions for the Palace.
“So even if I didn’t appear, they’re still just clowns in your eyes?” Ye Futian said with a smile.
“I’ll just watch them perform,” Xi Chiyao said calmly. There was strong confidence in her eyes. What was the core reason that she could even get on the position as the Goddess?
Without subverting that, how could they possibly shake up her status as the Goddess?
She knew full well that no matter what she did, the Palace Lord would stand on her side.
Ye Futian laughed a little and didn’t ask much to probe into the inner matters of the West Imperial Palace. He waved his hand, took over a ritual implement, and just kept it straight away. He really wasn’t holding back.
Afterward, Ye Futian continued walking forward into the deep parts of the Divine Arms Pavilion. As he waved his palm, he took one after another divine weapon and ritual implements. The casualness in his actions made it seem as if this wasn’t the Divine Arms Pavilion of the West Imperial Palace. Instead, it belonged to his Ziwei Imperial Palace…
Xi Chiyao blinked. Was this guy seriously being so casual?
“Feeling a heartache?” Ye Futian looked at the change in Xi Chiyao’s expression and asked with a smile.
“Of course not. It’s just that I was looking at Renhuang Ye’s movements, and they looked too natural,” Xi Chiyao said as if she was holding back laughter. “However, the ritual implements that Renhuang Ye had taken are not the best. Although you’ve taken quite a few, ritual implements of such grades aren’t considered that precious, so the West Imperial Palace wouldn’t mind. Renhuang Ye, don’t you think that you’re making a loss?”
Ye Futian looked toward Xi Chiyao, and a smirk appeared on his face, clearly carrying some other meaning. “No hurry!” he said.
“…” Xi Chiyao was startled. Looking at Ye Futian’s strange smile, she felt like she was inviting a robber into her own house.
Then Ye Futian laughed and walked forward to continue his collecting. He was really not trying to be reserved with the West Imperial Palace.
As Xi Chiyao looked at Ye Futian going crazy looting the pavilion, even she started to feel a bit of heartache. This guy just casually reeled in tens of powerful divine weapons.
“This amount of ritual implements isn’t considered a lot for the West Imperial Palace. This Divine Arms Pavilion is a great treasure trove. None of the weapons that I took are Sub-divine level. Most of the cultivators at the Ziwei Imperial Palace today are still at the Renhuang Plane. We only have a few tribulation phase cultivators and not many peak-level Renhuangs. So I think having suitable weapons is the most important,” Ye Futian said. Although weapons are external to the cultivator, they do raise the combat prowess of cultivators. It would be helpful to the overall strength of the Ziwei Imperial Palace.
Xi Chiyao nodded; she understood what Ye Futian meant.
As they went deeper, the divine arms started to become more sparse. In such an ample space, only one or two divine arms would appear at one time. Among them, a very powerful aura seeped out from a few of the weapons.
Here, Sub-divine level ritual implements started to show up.
“Sub-divine Arms. I’ll need some of those too,” Ye Futian said. He brought many Sub-divine Elixirs and specially made a batch for Xi Chiyao. He had promised this and wouldn’t let Xi Chiyao get a bad bargain.
Since the Lord of the West Imperial Palace promised to let him choose the divine arms, he won’t be reserved about it. In the future, he would continue to send elixirs over when he got the chance. This was a mutually beneficial exchange where both sides could get the items they lacked, making up for each other’s weaknesses.
Furthermore, since they were an alliance, he hoped that the West Imperial Palace could become more powerful.
As he interacted more deeply with Xi Chiyao, Ye Futian felt that this person was pretty decent. As long as she remained in the position of the Goddess, his relationship with the West Imperial Palace wouldn’t go wrong.
Ye Futian took several Sub-divine Arms. He could even feel the traces of spiritual existence in them. They felt like weapons that had their spirits awakened and went through the baptism of the Arms Tribulation.
Xi Chiyao just followed silently. She didn’t say a single word when Ye Futian took the Sub-divine Weapons. One could see Xi Chiyao’s intelligence from this alone.
After quite a while, Ye Futian stopped, and Xi Chiyao simply kept quiet and looked at him.
“Let’s go,” Ye Futian said, then walked toward the exit.
“You’re not going to take more?” Xi Chiyao asked with a smile.
“That’s enough,” Ye Futian said as he walked. The two left the Divine Arms Pavilion and returned to where the Lord of the West Imperial Palace was.
“My friend Ye, you’re done picking?” the Lord of the West Imperial Palace asked with a smile. Previously, he called him Renhuang Ye. Now, the way he addressed him had changed.
“Done, I’ve taken quite a bit. I hope Palace Lord wouldn’t be unhappy about it,” Ye Futian said with a smile.
“Since I let Chiyao bring you to the Divine Arms Pavilion, of course I wouldn’t mind,” the Palace Lord said. “I’ll order people to prepare a banquet. Let’s have a drink together.”
“No need for the trouble,” Ye Futian shook his head, “I’ve taken so much of the good stuff, so I gotta hurry and go now, in case Palace Lord changes his mind.”
The West Imperial Palace Lord laughed as well after hearing his banter. He nodded and said, “Alright, then I won’t hold you back. Chiyao, send our friend off. If you need anything in the future, just let Chiyao know.”
“Thank you very much,” Ye Futian nodded to bid farewell before leaving. Xi Chiyao sent him off until they exited the West Imperial Palace.
“How much did he take?” the West Imperial Palace Lord asked Xi Chiyao; he was smiling.
“Not a small number,” Xi Chiyao replied. “At least a lot more than I expected.”
“Clever,” the Palace Lord said with a smile.
“How so?” Xi Chiyao asked.
“The more he takes, the deeper our relationship,” the Palace Lord said as he laughed out loud. Then he turned and left, leaving Xi Chiyao to ponder the meaning of what he said.
The more he took, the deeper their relationship?
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After Ye Futian returned to the Ziwei Segmentum, he went to the Ziwei Imperial Palace and distributed the ritual implements.
At the Starry Cultivation Court, everyone gathered to receive their ritual implements; they were all a little excited.
Previously, Ye Futian crafted divine elixirs. Now, he brought over powerful divine arms and ritual implements. There were even some people who got Sub-divine arms. Furthermore, it seemed that Ye Futian had taken these divine arms in a targeted manner. The weapons correspond to specific cultivators. When the cultivators received the divine arms, many felt like it was custom-made for them.
Clearly, Ye Futian’s trip this time was rather bountiful.
After distributing the Divine Arms, Ye Futian said to them, “We can now release the seal of the Ziwei segmentum. But, we must continue to focus on cultivation and become more powerful.
“Em.” Everyone nodded. They all appeared rather happy.
The Ziwei Segmentum had been sealed by Ye Futian for many years. Today, it was finally getting released. This had a special meaning to them.
Ye Futian raised his head to look up into the celestial sky. Instantly, a great divine might appeared in the skies as countless stars shone magnificently. It was as though a light screen was vanishing. After the seal of the Ziwei Segmentum was released, they could start contacting the outside world.
After doing all this, Ye Futian looked toward the crowd and said, “In the future, there will be more and more powerful cultivators coming to our Ziwei Segmentum. When that happens, we can take them into the Imperial Palace if the opportunity arises.”
“Em,” the cultivators nodded. If the Ziwei Imperial Palace were to continue growing, other than the forces they already had, they must continue to expand.
“Go cultivate.” After Ye Futian spoke, everyone dispersed and immersed themselves in cultivation, all working towards becoming more powerful.
For the past few days, because of the elixirs, many of them broke through their original cultivation level, which was a spectacular surprise. Changes were happening every day in the Ziwei Segmentum.
On the other hand, Ye Futian continued cultivating. The seal was lifted, but that doesn’t mean that he had to go out.
However, just as he was immersing himself in cultivation, Xi Chiyao sent over bad news.
After Ye Futian went to the West Imperial Palace to gift the divine elixirs, the news was leaked out. Many voices were hostile toward the West Imperial Palace that sprung up, saying that the West Imperial Palace was colluding with Ye Futian, seizing the inheritance of the Elixir Emperor of the Ancient Era to make divine elixirs. Ye Futian provided these elixirs for the West Imperial Palace while the Palace delivered resources to him, allying.
But the West Imperial Palace was an Ancient God Clan. Even though there were such voices, no one dared to besiege them so easily. As long as the Donghuang Imperial Palace didn’t voice out, who dared to say anything?
However, there was another piece of news that was detrimental for Ye Futian.
Some people in the Divine Prefecture wanted to start a great alliance targeted at the Ziwei Segmentum. Some said that several great forces of the Divine Prefecture wanted to lock down the entire Ziwei Segmentum from the outside and turn it into a dead region!