Chapter 458: In the State Elder Pavilion, There Is a State Elder

The air suddenly fell silent.

The yellow-robed middle-aged man and the fan-wielding youth seemed to sink into thought.

After a while, the fan-wielding youth asked, "So you deliberately entered the Regret Phantom Realm?"

Heng Xian said, "Yes!"

"You deliberately wove a world where Shi Tai hadn't died, your sister was still alive, deceiving our senses, and then entered that world of yours?" the fan-wielding youth asked.

Heng Xian glanced at the sky and said, "Yes!"

The fan-wielding youth's face looked strange: "This requires tremendous mental power and a clear self-awareness; the danger is equally great, with at least five choices that could cause your death and disappearance!"

Heng Xian said, "So I avoided all dangerous choices!"

"But why?" the yellow-robed middle-aged man asked.

Heng Xian's eyes were slightly sorrowful: "I feel that the revenge from back then was a bit embarrassing; I've always regretted it, and taking advantage of your illusion, I'll avenge myself in another way, just for the thrill!"

The fan-wielding youth laughed, "Although it's a bit playful, it's quite unique, and the scale is grand!"

Heng Xian looked at him: "Isn't it very overbearing CEO-like, very novel protagonist-like?"

The fan-wielding youth and the yellow-robed middle-aged man exchanged a glance, somewhat bewildered: "Your kind of talk, we... kind of don't understand!"

Heng Xian said seriously: "It's easy to understand; if given the chance, I can tell you the stories of the Immortal King Returns to the City to Show Off, Crazy Abuse of the Little Sweet Wife, Don't Bully the Poor Youth, and Fighting Qi Transforms into Horse."

"These stories must be wonderful, but you probably won't get the chance!"

The fan-wielding youth said lightly.

"Oh?" Heng Xian looked around.

The yellow-robed middle-aged man stroked his beard and said, "The Regret Ruins don't let outsiders leave; since you've come in, you naturally can't expect to get out alive!"

Heng Xian said, "So you want to kill me?"

The fan-wielding youth said, "No! We want to trap you to death!"

"What with?" Heng Xian asked curiously.

The fan-wielding youth pointed his fan at the sky; instantly the surroundings turned dim and lightless, the Five Elements turning, heaven and earth impermanent,

There were volcanic eruptions, icy cold assaults, ferocious evil ghosts, and demon beasts flying by.

The scene was extremely terrifying!

And the fan-wielding youth and the yellow-robed middle-aged man strangely disappeared into a sheet of molten rock.

Heng Xian stood still between the volcano and the icy cold, his body alternating between cold and hot; all around it seemed there were countless strange prohibitions, any direction you went was a killing move!

He could only stand still, observing the surroundings.

"Do you know where this is?"

At that moment, an ancient voice asked coldly.

Heng Xian raised his head and saw an old face half the size of the sky looking down, skin wrinkled, beard grayish-white, not the yellow-robed middle-aged man nor the fan-wielding youth; the scene was extremely frightening.

He thought for a moment, then said decisively: "Of course it's the State Elder Pavilion of the Great Zhou Imperial City!"

"Holy shit!"

A faint exclamation from the fan-wielding youth came from the darkness.

The old man in the sky blinked slightly: "You say... this is the State Elder Pavilion?"

Heng Xian crossed his arms and sneered: "Your jailbreak tunnel imitates an ancient teleportation array; though mysterious, it still can't reach a thousand miles away in an instant. I, unworthy as I am, am also a Primordial Dan Realm cultivator, and can clearly sense that we're still inside the imperial city!"

When the imperial city was first built, it used the Nine Yin Nine Yang Supreme Method; this construction standard makes it hard to create a massive illusionary formation!

Only those with ability could do it—the Heavenly Empress's Purple Phoenix Palace and the State Elder Pavilion; but this group of ferocious-looking old men here obviously isn't the Purple Phoenix Palace!

"You say who looks ferocious?"

A rebuke from the fan-wielding youth came from the dark.

Heng Xian laughed: "You're sixty-eight years old and still look so cute; how could you not be ferocious and frightening?"

The fan-wielding youth leapt out of the molten rock: "You even know I'm sixty-eight? Where did you get that information? No!! You don't even know me; you don't even know who I am!"

Heng Xian rolled up his sleeves and said: "It's said the State Elder Pavilion only accepts the Great Zhou royal clan's sages of all ages, the strong and the exceptionally talented!!

And since I barged in, following normal logic, it must be the gatekeeper lackey coming to receive me!

The gatekeeper lackey inside the State Elder Pavilion would surely be only the few newest royal clan experts who entered!

And the newest royal clan experts are only that martial absolute emperor's younger brother from forty years ago, the royal clan's first genius in a century, Prince Kang Ji Sihai!

Prince Kang Ji Sihai was born in the fifty-ninth year of the Great Zhou Middle Ancestor Emperor, having lived through the reigns of the Middle Ancestor Emperor, the Martial Absolute Emperor, the Heavenly Empress, and the present emperor—exactly sixty-eight years!

"Holy...... shit!"

The fan-wielding youth opened his mouth, and the fan in his hand fell to the ground.

The old face in the sky laughed heartily: "Interesting! Interesting! The Poetry Sage, Chess Technique Grand Master, Beast Taming Grand Master—people with these titles really have sharp minds!"

The fan-wielding youth picked up his fan: "This is too cunning; you could guess this, and guess it so specifically!"

Heng Xian silently thought, ashamed: "It's not the Heavenly Hexagram helping me guess where; who knows what would happen in a jailbreak?!"

Earlier, the yellow-robed middle-aged man also emerged from an ice hole, asking: "Then do you know who I am?"

The fan-wielding youth and the old man in the sky together looked at Heng Xian.

Heng Xian said without hesitation: "Of course you're the present Martial Absolute Emperor!"

The three of them were stunned for a moment.

That yellow-robed middle-aged man angrily said: "Absurd! Simply absurd! The Martial Absolute Emperor isn't already dead?"

Heng Xian raised three fingers: "There are three possibilities: first, the Martial Absolute Emperor died but his body remains; the State Elder Pavilion has a soul-gathering technique, forcibly gathering his soul and reshaping his flesh!"

Second, the Martial Absolute Emperor grew weary of court intrigue, disinterested in governance, fled death to cultivate in the State Elder Pavilion!

Third, the Martial Absolute Emperor incapable, sheep tail, early, unable to cope with the Heavenly Empress and a group of concubines' day-and-night exploitation, tearfully feigning death news, he slipped into the State Elder Pavilion!

The surrounding air solidified once again.

The magma, ice and snow, and terrifying illusion all seemed to freeze.

Immediately,

"You say who x is useless? You say who has a sheep's tail? I'll kill you!"

The yellow-robed middle-aged man made a move to rush forward.

"Forget it, forget it, Brother Wujue Huang, you're getting impulsive!" The fan-wielding youth hurriedly embraced him.

"Hehehe, you little brat, full of vulgar and wild talk!" The old face in the sky chuckled, "But you're quite clever, with exceptionally keen insight—let me test you."

Heng Xian simply sat down: "If you want my help, just say it straight—stop pretending, stop beating around the bush; everyone's busy."

"Uh!" The old face in the sky and the embraced Wujue Huang brothers were clearly not used to Heng Xian's way of speaking, and they were momentarily stunned.

The old face in the sky gave a hehe laugh: "Great! Then let's speak directly—can you guess who was the last person to walk out of here?"

Heng Xian said: "Even an idiot knows, the Queen of Heaven!"

The old face pondered for a moment: "Do you know what formation you are currently in?"

Heng Xian glanced around and said: "It's the Supreme Northern Dipper Accompanies Yin-Yang Formation, the Trapped Character Formation Eye!"

The old face and the Wujue Huang brothers broke into delighted smiles: "If someone uses the Trapped Character Formation Eye to bind the State Elder Pavilion together! To get out, one must break the formation; breaking the formation means breaking the State Elder Pavilion, and breaking the State Elder Pavilion means everyone inside will die! How would you solve it?"

Heng Xian extended two fingers: "There are at least two ways!"

The old face and the Wujue Huang brothers' smiles grew even brighter, their gums showing as they laughed: "Please tell us the details!"

Heng Xian blinked: "Details my ass, I'm not telling!"

The smiles on the old face and the Wujue Huang brothers' faces vanished.

The old face pondered: "Why won't you tell us?"

Heng Xian said nonchalantly: "What's your life or death got to do with me, not even a penny's worth?"

(End of chapter)