Chapter 36: Two Quasi-Emperors?

The great prefecture to the west of Azure Prefecture is Summer Prefecture!

Marsh-Cloud Immortal City is a city located on the border between Azure Prefecture and Summer Prefecture, belonging to no one.

Ultimately, this Cloud-Marsh Immortal City can only be considered a small city among all the border cities between Azure and Summer Prefectures!

Major powers simply disdain it, so they leave it for those small fry to fight over!

Those small fry are naturally the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild and the Four Seas Merchant Guild, such minor powers!

These minor powers fight with bloodshot eyes, yet none can swallow this small city!

Over time, it became a no-man's-land city, with many cultivator gangs within!

The Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild and the Four Seas Merchant Guild almost came to blows over this city……

Although Marsh-Cloud Immortal City is only a small city, its flow of people is not small.

Looking down from above, one can see many cultivators flying in and out, which can be described as an endless stream.

Hum!

At a certain point above Marsh-Cloud Immortal City, space trembled slightly.

In the next instant, three figures suddenly appeared out of thin air!

Li Zhangsheng, Xiao Jue, and Liu Yiming flashed in and arrived!

Li Zhangsheng personally came to resolve the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild's trouble mainly because he had been staying in one place, feeling bored, so he came out for a stroll!

As for fox girls and cat girls and the like, he was just joking with Liu Yiming; naturally, he wouldn't really go to those pleasure districts!

Still, he's tired of it all!

What a joke, the founding ancestor of the Longevity Sect lived for 100,000 years—what hasn't he tried?

Not to mention half-transformed fox girls and cat girls, even dragon girls and phoenix girls……

Even if Li Zhangsheng really wanted to indulge, who knows how many would throw themselves at him!

So, he naturally wouldn't go to those pleasure districts—uh… he finds them dirty!

As for Liu Yiming and Xiao Jue, on one hand they're just tagging along for the fun; on the other hand… well, we won't spell it out!

Soon, the three arrived at the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild's stronghold manor in Marsh-Cloud Immortal City!

The manor is indeed grand and magnificent, with two shining golden beasts placed before the gate, and the characters 'Soaring Cloud' written in large letters on the door.

Before the gate guards could even speak, Liu Yiming stepped forward and waved at the two guards, saying, 'Scram, tell Young Master Wu An that the three masters of the Longevity Sect have arrived.'

"Are you from the Longevity Sect?" the two gate guards eyed Li Zhangsheng and his companions suspiciously.

"Don't worry, it's the real deal!" Liu Yiming patted his chest.

Afterward, one of the guards, half-believing, went inside to report.

Soon, a pot-bellied fatty came out followed by a middle-aged man.

The fatty was naturally Wu An, who had previously come to the Longevity Sect to recruit people.

As for that middle-aged man, he wore a black-red robe, had a square face, and bore a hint of solemnity between his brows.

This man is Wu An's father, Wu Cheng, also the head of the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild, with cultivation at the mid Sacred Saint Realm!

"Wu Cheng of the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild, I pay my respects to the three venerables of the Longevity Sect."

"If the three venerables come to help the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild, I am deeply grateful."

Wu Cheng immediately put on a smiling face, then turned his attention to Liu Yiming, saying, "Eh? Young Master Liu, why are you here?"

Before, Liu Yiming had gone to the Wu family several times with Wu An; Wu Cheng had met Liu Yiming a few times, so he naturally recognized this Young Sect Master of the Liu Yun Sect.

"I heard you were about to come to blows with someone, so I came to help together with our sect master." Liu Yiming said casually.

"Your sect master?" Wu Cheng wondered, "Isn't Liu Yiming the Young Sect Master of the Liu Yun Sect? Where does this sect master talk come from?"

"Oh, Father, this is the Longevity Sect's sect master I mentioned to you." At this, Wu An stepped forward to introduce him to Wu Cheng, adding, "Moreover, Young Master Liu has already joined the Longevity Sect."

Upon hearing Wu An's words, Wu Cheng felt somewhat honored and surprised, his speech gaining a touch of respect: "I have met the sect master; for the sect master to personally come and help, the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild is truly blessed across three lifetimes!"

"I've already had food and drink prepared; please, the three of you, come inside!"

Wu Cheng stepped aside and gestured with an empty hand!

Li Zhangsheng lightly nodded, considered a greeting, then walked in with his hands behind his back, Liu Yiming and Xiao Jue following behind him.

Wu Cheng personally led the way for the three of them.

The interior of the manor was also quite luxurious, with artificial hills and waters, and a flowing-water arched bridge!

After leading Li Zhangsheng and his companions into the hall, the food and drink were already prepared; the three sat down and began to eat……

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Wu Cheng took them to familiarize themselves with the lodgings, after which Liu Yiming and Xiao Jue went off leisurely.

After all, the negotiations don't start until tomorrow; today there's nothing to do!

Li Zhangsheng, however, lacked that interest, so he casually wandered around Marsh-Cloud Immortal City to experience the bustling mortal atmosphere!

Seeing that the three of them had left the manor to play, Wu Cheng then summoned Wu An, saying, "You brat, didn't you say the Longevity Sect could help us settle this matter? Why did only one capable fighter from the sect master come?"

Before, after Wu An returned from the Longevity Sect, he confidently told Wu Cheng, "Don't worry, Father, the Longevity Sect's sect master has already agreed to help us settle this matter."

Originally, Wu Cheng had expected the Longevity Sect to send two or three Sacred Saint Realm experts to help, but in the end only one showed up?

Wu Cheng had just secretly sensed the condition of Li Zhangsheng and his companions.

Li Zhangsheng couldn't sense it; he probably has some treasure that conceals his aura on his person.

However, since he could become the sect master of the Longevity Sect, his cultivation must surely not be below the Sacred Saint Realm!

As for Liu Yiming and Xiao Jue, both are at the Supreme Realm!

At tomorrow's negotiations, only the Sacred Saint Realm can hold the scene; what use is the Supreme Realm?

Moreover, Wu Cheng could see that those two were purely just here to join the fun!

"That's how the sect master told me, he said that since the Soaring Cloud Merchant Guild is an affiliate of the Longevity Sect, he wouldn't let anyone bully us." Wu An said, feeling wronged.

"Moreover, hasn't the sect master himself come? With him present to suppress things, how could the Four Seas Merchant Guild dare to offend the Longevity Sect?"

"What do you know? If things were fine before, the Changsheng Sect could say a word or two for us, and the Four Seas Business Association wouldn't dare do anything to us," Wu Cheng said:

"But now that the Changsheng Sect's Xuanji Emperor Realm has ascended, its prestige is not the same as before."

"They only have a few more Supreme Saint Realm cultivators than us; in fact they've already become a merely ordinary holy‑land tradition."

"And now the outside world has countless quasi‑Emperor‑level and even Emperor‑level traditions watching the Changsheng Sect; they are all in a difficult spot, does the Four Seas Business Association fear them?"

"Do you think the Four Seas Business Association doesn't know we're an affiliate of the Changsheng Sect? One reason they dared to cause such a ruckus with us these past few days is precisely that the Xuanji Emperor Realm has ascended!"

"If tomorrow the negotiations truly break down and a fire fight erupts, who cares if you're the Changsheng Sect Sect Master? At most they'll just give you face, or even strike you down!"

"So, during negotiations, numerical superiority is the real advantage; everything else is hollow, the Changsheng Sect's prestige has long vanished!"

Wu An whispered, "Well, at least the Sect Master showed up; before you didn't even hope they'd send someone to help."

"Indeed, their Sect Master coming is somewhat surprising," Wu Cheng said with some emotion.

It seems that the spirit stones we've offered to the Changsheng Sect over the years haven't been in vain!

In critical moments, no matter how difficult, the Sect Master still comes personally to help!

How thoughtful!

This, in fact, is what moves Wu Cheng quite a bit!

"Only, this time the Young Master of the Liu Yun Sect came along with the Changsheng Sect Sect Master, which is an unexpected delight," Wu Cheng said, rubbing his chin.

I have no idea when Liu Yiming became linked with the Changsheng Sect!

Liu Yiming is the Young Master of the Liu Yun Sect, and the Liu Yun Sect is a bona‑fide quasi‑Emperor‑level tradition.

If tomorrow during negotiations Liu Yiming can speak a few words on behalf of the Liu Yun Sect for the Lingyun Business Association, he'd probably be more useful than the Changsheng Sect Sect Master!

However, the Liu Yun Sect's Young Master has always been eccentric, and Wu Cheng can't read his pulse!

"I have no idea how many Supreme Saint Realm cultivators the Four Seas Business Association can summon to sit in?" Wu Cheng muttered.

Their Lingyun Business Association has three Supreme Saint Realm cultivators!

He also invited a wandering Supreme Saint!

Adding the Changsheng Sect Sect Master makes a total of five Supreme Saint Realm cultivators!

This lineup, for a small‑scale Supreme Saint‑level power struggle, is quite luxurious!

"Ah, hope everything goes smoothly," Wu Cheng sighed alone.

These past years of open and covert battles with the Four Seas Business Association have left him physically and mentally exhausted!

……

The next day, the entire Ze Yun Immortal City seemed emptied.

All the cultivators inside the city consciously left Ze Yun Immortal City, drifting to the outer sky.

Groups gathered, each looking like they were watching a play!

Everyone knows that today the Lingyun Business Association and the Four Seas Business Association are to negotiate in Ze Yun Immortal City.

Their conflicts have intensified in recent years; if the talks break down, they could erupt into open fire!

If a fire fight erupts, it will be a Supreme Saint‑level battle.

In such times, no one wants to be a fish in a poisoned pond, so all cultivators inside consciously left Ze Yun Immortal City, flying to the outskirts to watch!

The negotiation site is the Mingyue Hall on the first floor of Ze Yun Immortal City's Bright Moon Tower!

Li Zhangsheng and two others, following Wu Cheng and the three other Supreme Saint Realm cultivators he brought, arrived here!

"Oh dear, everyone's all gone; today we really aren't going to fire fight, are we?" Liu Yiming looked around, quiet, with no one in sight, and couldn't help saying a line.

The three Supreme Saints accompanying Wu Cheng, seeing Liu Yiming and Xiao Jue, both Supreme Saint Realm, join the fun, were slightly surprised!

These two are really bold, daring to join the commotion; aren't they afraid they'll end up dead?

Of course, no one warned them!

After all, one's own fate is one's own; no one wants to meddle in others' karma!

"The Four Seas Business Association hasn't arrived yet; let's go in first," Wu Cheng said, looking around with a slightly heavy mind.

Then the group entered Mingyue Hall, where a long table was set.

Rows of chairs lined both sides of the long table.

Li Zhangsheng casually sat on a chair, leisurely sipping from a gourd of wine, looking detached.

Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming sat beside Li Zhangsheng, looking extremely relaxed, as if they were here to watch a play!

As Li Zhangsheng and his party just took their seats, three figures darted to the entrance of Mingyue Hall!

Leading them was a bald man with a terribly fierce scar across his face, looking extremely ferocious!

This bald man is Yan Biao, the president of the Four Seas Business Association, a mid‑stage Supreme Saint Realm cultivator.

The two following him were also Supreme Saint Realm cultivators, both members of the Four Seas Business Association!

"Yo, Wu Cheng, you've called a lot of people, are you really here for a fire fight?" Yan Biao entered Mingyue Hall, saw Wu Cheng's party, and laughed.

They only have three Supreme Saint Realm cultivators over there!

While Wu Cheng's side has five Supreme Saint Realm cultivators, plus Liu Yiming and Xiao Jue, making seven people!

Strength versus weakness, the outcome will be clear!

Yet despite being outnumbered, Yan Biao seemed not at all nervous, exuding confidence as he sat opposite Wu Cheng's group with his two Supreme Saint Realm companions!

"Heh, you finally came; I thought you wouldn't dare show up," Wu Cheng said with a teasing smile.

Seeing Yan Biao's side had only three people, Wu Cheng felt his confidence rise and said, "Since we're all here, let's start the talks."

"Don't be so eager, wait a moment," Yan Biao said with a playful smile.

"What? Someone still hasn't arrived?" Wu Cheng frowned.

"Of course, you summoned so many people; I have to bring a couple too, otherwise I wouldn't dare speak later," Yan Biao said with a teasing laugh.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Just then, three people appeared out of thin air at the entrance of Bright Moon Tower!

At the forefront was a youth with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, clad in purple robes, bearing an obscure fire mark on his brow, his gaze lofty and heroic.

Behind this youth followed two elders.

The two elders' aura was mighty and boundless.

They made no effort to conceal their aura, and the Quasi-Emperor Realm aura poured forth unchecked.

Yes, the two elders behind the youth are both Quasi-Emperor Realm experts.

"What?"

"A Quasi-Emperor expert?!"

Wu City was startled in an instant!