Chapter 18: News reaching the King!
Southern Summer Royal Palace.
The golden tiles were sparkling under the light of the sun, with two golden dragons on the sides that had golden scales, looking very realistic. They seemed like they were soaring into the sky. There were many guards densely placed around the palace, holding long spears and sharp blades, covering the luxurious palace with cold killing intent!
Above the nine levels of jaded steps.
The king was sitting on his throne. He looked to be around sixty years old with a head of white hair, wearing a purple royal robe and a dignified royal crown. There was a long sword at his waist releasing powerful energy. It was the Southern Summer Country's King Sword, passed down from generation to generation of Great Summer Country kings.
At this moment, in the resplendent large hall, the bodyguards had all retreated as three men as powerful as deities walked in.
The person on the left was an old man with a full head of red hair. Although he was old, his back was as tall and straight as a mountain, releasing a powerful aura from his body.
The person on the right was a white-robed old man. He had a medium-sized stature with a refined look. His hair had all turned white, giving him the aura of an old scholar.
The person in the middle looked the youngest. It was hard to tell how old he was from his appearance, but the hair by his temples was greying. He was wearing a set of dark gold armor with a helmet in his left hand. His cheeks were high and his bones were prominent, with eyes that were like hawk eyes, making him look like he was ready to kill!
"The Three Rulers have been summoned today because there is an urgent matter to discuss. Burning Sun Ruler, you may begin!"
"Reporting to my king!" The Burning Sun Ruler, Nangong Yan's body was covered in burning energy, just like an angry fire god. The concrete floor under him was destroyed by his aura and it became even hotter, "According to the news I received from one of senior elder, the Central State Main City seems to be in chaos because of the fight between the four great families. The citizens are in trouble, I ask my king to make a decision."
"Who is the instigator of this chaos?" The Southern Summer King asked.
"That.." The Burning Sun Ruler hesitated to tell the Southern Summer King something.
"What is it? Tell me!" The Southern Summer King's voice was very deep reverberating in the hall, being full of prestige, the Burning Sun Ruler could only say it.
"My Nangong Family's senior elder said that although the three family heads Ye Wudao, Luo Liancheng, and Chu Shanhe instigated everything, the center of it all is Yun Weizhi, the grandson of Yun Tianhe." The Burning Sun Ruler said.
Everyone knows that the Southern Summer King highly values someone like Yun Weizhi, as he is known to have knowledge rivaling Gu Qianqiu, the Great Scholar, his future is extremely bright and he might even become a Great Country Scholar, a Sage or a Great Sage.
The Refined Ruler, Shangguan Cangfeng said immediately, "So it is all that Yun Weizhi's fault then."
The Calm Martial Ruler, who values talents as gold just like the Southern Summer King stares at the Refined Ruler sharply. He knows that the Refined Ruler has always been paying attention to that kid, planning to take him into his family.
So without any hesitation, the Calm Martial Ruler step forward and said, "Yun Weizhi had already contributed his knowledge to the country at such a young age. It is not hard to see that the other families are jealous of this so they result in underhanded tactics. I ask my king to help Yun Weizhi. We can't afford a talent like him."
"The Southern Summer Country does not lack any talent!" The Refined Ruler sharply said.
"Then show us someone as talented as Yun Weizhi." The Calm Martial Ruler calmly answered.
"You.." The Refined Ruler looked at the Calm Martial Ruler.
"Enough!" The Southern Summer King shouted. His voice filled with a kingly charm that made them shut up their mouths in an instant. "Burning Sun Ruler, I believe that that is not all of it, is it?"
"My king is wise! You're right, according to my family's senior elder, Yun Weizhi commands ten shadowy figures who quickly subdued all the family members of the Chu, Ye, and Luo family." The Burning Sun Ruler said.
The Southern Summer King nodded as he contemplated. Ten shadowy figures, capable of subduing the three of the four great families. The family heads of the four great families in Central State are all at the peak of the Awakened Soul Realm. For those ten shadowy figures to quickly subdue them, that only means that they are stronger than them by several levels.
The strongest ruler, the Calm Martial Ruler is only at the 3rd layer True Spirit Realm. But if those ten figures are only slightly weaker than the Calm Martial Ruler, it is still a force to be reckoned with, especially when there are ten of them.
The Calm Martial Ruler is not even that confident to fight those ten shadowy figures. Though he can't fight them alone, he can always fight them together with the royal knights, but that would be at a large cost.
"Calm Martial Ruler!" The Southern Summer King called out Dongfang Zhan or the Calm Martial Ruler.
"Yes, my king!" The Calm Martial Ruler immediately step forward for the Southern Summer King.
The Southern Summer King wrote something on a scroll, after he finished writing, he handed it over to the Calm Martial Ruler, "I want you to personally deliver this royal proclamation to Yun Weizhi as soon as possible."
"Yes, my king! I'll be on my way now." The Calm Martial Ruler said.
The Burning Sun Ruler sighed while the Refined Ruler had a dissatisfied expression on his face for a second before it was hidden again. Everyone knew the reason why the Southern Summer King had chosen the Calm Martial Ruler to deliver the royal proclamation.
Aside from his love for talents and his strength, he is also the best choice to understand what really happened and also judge the strength of those ten shadowy figures.
They just hope that everything turns out well, as they are still struggling with the fight between the War Hound Kingdom. If those ten shadowy figures could help, then that would be a great contribution from Yun Weizhi.
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"…so that is why Sylva is here." Yun Weizhi had just finished explaining where those ten shadowy figures came from and who is Sylva.
"So you're telling me that you are the leader of a secret organization that is recently formed, under you are several experts, you possess advanced technologies, and this woman in front of me is the Queen of the Elves?" Yun Tianhe asked.
He still can't believe it and surprised, his grandson gave him another surprise which had almost taken his life. He looks at Yun Weizhi with a complicated gaze as he doesn't know who his grandson really is anymore.
Yun Weizhi didn't tell Yun Tianhe everything as that would be unbelievable, not to mention him having access to all the knowledge in the Omniverse, that would shock Yun Tianhe to death who always brag that his grandson is just like him.
"Big brother Zhi, does that mean that you can command a lot of powerful experts? And what do you mean by the advanced technologies you possess?" Yun Yao excitedly asked Yun Weizhi.
She didn't mind what Yun Weizhi was doing as long as she can stay by his side forever.
"How about I show you around to our headquarters?" Yun Weizhi asked.
"Really? Yehey, yehey, yehey!" Yun Yao was really happy as she jumps around, just like what a kid should act when they are happy.
"What about you grandpa? Do you also want to come?" Yun Weizhi turned to look at Yun Tianhe who seemed to have become younger by a few days.
Was that an illusion?
"No, I will stabilize the situation in the sect first. You two should go there tomorrow and sleep for now." Yun Tianhe said.
"Okay then." Yun Weizhi agreed to Yun Tianhe's suggestion.
"What?! We still have to wait until tomorrow before we got here?" Yun Yao was a bit dissatisfied but she didn't complain that much since Yun Weizhi had already agreed.
Yun Tianhe felt a little bit happy since Yun Weizhi had actually agreed to his suggestion, though it has nothing to do with knowledge, he is still happy that his grandson is now accepting his suggestion.
"Okay, I'll leave now, you two don't forget dinner before you sleep. Come on and hug grandpa now." Yun Tianhe smiled. Though he had no idea why he seems to be really accepting of whatever Yun Weizhi does.
He can only think that he may trust his grandson a lot.
Yun Yao went to hug Yun Tianhe, she then separated after a few seconds as she covered her nose, "Eh? Grandpa, you smell a lot!"
Yun Tianhe immediately smelled himself to confirm it but found out that he doesn't even smell anything, he then looked at the mischievously smiling Yun Yao as he pinches her cheeks.
"You naughty little girl. Even you are already starting to trick your grandpa?" Yun Tianhe said with a pained expression.
But Yun Yao just smiled at this, "tehehe~ Grandpa you're acting is really bad, you have to try harder."
"Ow!" Yun Weizhi slightly smacked Yun Yao's head as he lightly scolded her. "Don't tease grandpa anymore, he's already getting old you have to be nice to him."
"Okay Big brother!" Yun Yao then hugged Yun Tianhe as well as Yun Weizhi. After that, Yun Tianhe left the room with a smile on his face.