A middle-aged man walked out from the opposite group with his icy stare fixed on Huang Xiaolong. âPunk, donât act like the fool here. You killed His Highness, Indestructible Pontiff. Do you choose to commit suicide or die on your knees?!â
Huang Xiaolong was indifferent as he responded, âYou all better get lost now.â
âWhat the h*ll?!â The faces of the Indestructible Churchâs experts and the experts they had invited were all purple with rage.
âPunk, youâre ready to die?!â
âGet down here to die! Iâm going to chop you into pieces!â The Indestructible Churchâs expertsâ furious yells rang through the street.
The middle-aged man raised his hand, quieting the screaming Indestructible Churchâs experts and the others. His gaze was icier than before as he directed his words at Huang Xiaolong, âI have taken over the Indestructible Churchâs pontiffâs position. My first task is to let your head roll off your neck and extract your soul as offerings to appease our Lord Indestructible Pontiff! I donât believe you can hide inside this Reverence Moon Divine City forever. Letâs go!â
The Indestructible Churchâs experts all glared fiercely at Huang Xiaolong before leaving.
The Reverence Moon Divine City had rules that everyone needed to follow. Not even the Indestructible Church dared to violate the cityâs rules and kill Huang Xiaolong on the streets. But it would be different once Huang Xiaolong stepped out of the cityâs perimeter.
Huang Xiaolong merely glanced briefly at the leaving Indestructible Churchâs group, letting them leave without any intention of stopping them. After the group of Indestructible Churchâs experts left, Huang Xiaolong continued onwards on the ten-winged pegasus to the cityâs southern side.
The Reverence Moon Academy was located on the southside of the city.
âThis kid could still keep his calm. Had it been me, I would be in a panic thinking about how to escape. There are Indestructible Churchâs disciples in the Reverence Moon Academy. Moreover, the Indestructible Church is very close to Teacher Xi Bolai of the inner courtyard. If the Indestructible Church uses this connection, this kid would be kicked out from the Reverence Moon Divine City in no time!â
âOnce heâs kicked out from the city, the Indestructible Churchâs people would make him wish he was dead instead!â
Other surrounding experts shook their heads as they watched Huang Xiaolong continue onwards leisurely on the ten-winged pegasus.
The corners of Huang Xiaolongâs mouth curved up slightly in a cold sneer. The inner courtyardâs teacher, Xi Bolai?
The Reverence Moon Academy was divided into the outer courtyard, inner courtyard, and also the imperial courtyard.
Naturally, the students of imperial courtyard were among the academyâs strongest, and could give him some small troubles.
Since the Reverence Moon Academy was located on the southside, and Huang Xiaolong had entered the Reverence Moon Divine City through the northern side city gates, it took him a day to reach the academy. Hence, close to dusk, he entered an inn and rented an independent yard to himself. Huang Xiaolong decided to rest there for the night and report to the Reverence Moon Academy the next day.
The identity Elan had prepared for him was of a new student recruited into the imperial courtyard.
Initially, Huang Xiaolong had wanted Elan to arrange an inner courtyard teacherâs identity for him. However, to become an inner courtyard teacher required passing through several layers of assessments, and lastly, it required a deputy deanâs approval. Even with the Radiance Knight Corpâs influence, their hands could not reach so deep as to arrange the identity of an inner courtyard teacher.
However, shortly after Huang Xiaolong entered his independent courtyard, an uninvited guest came knocking at his door, âThe Son of Fire wants to visit me?â Huang Xiaolong looked at the innâs staff who had come to report to him.
âYes, mâlord, do you want to...?â The staff inquired, testing if Huang Xiaolong wanted to go out and welcome the Son of Fire personally.
But Huang Xiaolongâs answer stupefied the staff, âThen you go bring him in.â
The staff suggested carefully, âMâlord, that person is His Highness the Son of Fire, Lin Tianrui. Erm, you see, do you want to go out to welcome him?â
It was the Son of Fire Lin Tianrui they were talking about! Even the City Mayor of their Reverence Moon Divine City would greet Lin Tianrui personally.
"There is no need. Since he wants to pay me a visit, you can lead him in." Huang Xiaolong responded nonchalantly.
Not to mention Lin Tianrui, even if the ruler of Fire World was here himself, it was not necessary for Huang Xiaolong to go out and greet personally.
The innâs staff blanked for a second and wavered for a while before retreating away.
The staff did not notice the flicker of doubt in Huang Xiaolongâs eyes. What was Lin Tianruiâs goal behind paying him a visit? He had no connection with any forces in the Fire World.
On the other hand, after coming out from Huang Xiaolongâs courtyard, the staff braced himself as he approached Lin Tianrui and said, "Your Highness Lin Tianrui, that lord ordered me to lead you in."
Lin Tianrui was obviously surprised, "He really only ordered you to lead us in?"
"Yes, Your Highness Lin Tianrui!" The staff nodded honestly and dared not look at Lin Tianrui.
This angered the Fire Worldâs experts behind Lin Tianrui.
"That punk! Who does he think he is? Our Son of Fire Lin Tianrui came personally. How dare he not come out to welcome him! Truly ridiculous! At any other time, with his identity, heâs not even qualified to carry His Highnessâ shoes!" One of the guards snorted angrily.
"Your Highness, I will go grab that punk out and have him welcome Your Highness on his knees!" Another guard clamored.
Lin Tianrui raised a hand, quieting everyone. But a cold light glinted in his eyes as he said, "There is no rush. He is putting himself on a pedestal. So let me see if his pedestal is strong enough." With that, he stepped into Huang Xiaolongâs courtyard.
Seeing that, the innâs staff hurriedly sped up to lead the way while Lin Tianruiâs guards followed.
When they entered the main hall, Lin Tianrui and the others saw Huang Xiaolong seating on the masterâs seat.
Despite their arrival, Huang Xiaolong continued sitting leisurely and acting haughty. This was like pouring oil over the guardsâ anger.
On the other hand, Lin Tianrui merely looked calmly at Huang Xiaolong.
"So, you are Ao Li?" Lin Tianrui spoke first.
Ao Li was the identity Huang Xiaolong was going to use as the newly recruited student of Reverence Moon Academyâs imperial courtyard.
It seemed like Lin Tianruiâs information network in the Radiance World was not bad since he was able to find out Ao Liâs identity in such a short time.
"Just state your purpose for todayâs visit. I have always been a person who dislikes beating around the bush."
Huang Xiaolong did not respond to Lin Tianruiâs question and stated in a straightforward manner.
Between him and Dun Ei, one side was bound to die. Since this Lin Tianrui worshipped Dun Eiâs son, the Son of Light as his elder brother, Huang Xiaolong didnât see the need to show courtesy.
"Insolent!" One of Lin Tianruiâs guardians, a Second Order Emperor Realm Ancestor, snapped at Huang Xiaolong for his disrespectful attitude towards Lin Tianrui.
Lin Tianrui raised his hand and stopped his guards. "Alright! In that case, I wonât waste time with nonsense. Iâve heard that you have a ten-winged pegasus?"
Bullâs eye! Huang Xiaolong snorted inwardly. Before meeting Lin Tianrui, he had been guessing Lin Tianruiâs purpose. Lin Tianrui was really targeting the ten-winged pegasus.
"You want to buy my ten-winged pegasus?" Huang Xiaolong looked at Lin Tianrui with a hint of playfulness.
Lin Tianrui let out a contemptuous sneer, "Buy? I think you have misunderstood something here. You have offended the Indestructible Church, and I come here today is to give you a suggestion. I know that my elder brother requires the horn of a ten-winged pegasus, or higher, to forge an item. If you voluntarily offer the ten-winged pegasus to my elder brother, perhaps, he could take a little bit care of you. With his care, the Indestructible Church naturally wonât come looking for trouble with you."
"You want me to give me ten-winged pegasus to the Son of Light for free, and then seek for his protection?" Huang Xiaolong couldnât contain the laughter bubbling up his chest and laughed loudly.