Chapter 1242 - A Distinguished Guest Loses His Temper

Lan Haoyun quivered. He’d been on the brink of mental collapse and despair just moments, but he instantly came back to his senses.

His eyes lit up, and he said in a quavering voice, “I almost forgot. Our... incomparably distinguished guest had yet to arrive!”

He couldn’t hide his excitement.

Many of the attendees recalled the Lan Family’s mysterious proclamation before the banquet began. Apparently, a distinguished guest of another star realm was going to attend the festivities.

They’d yet to start tonight’s “discussion of the Dao” precisely because they were waiting for their distinguished guest to arrive!

Su Yi seemed perfectly at ease. He was in no rush to attack.

He could have killed them all at once. It would have been easy, too.

But if he did, he risked scaring off those who’d yet to show themselves.

He was actually curious to see just who this distinguished guest of the Lan Family was. He hoped... they wouldn’t disappoint him.

Before long, an arc of radiant golden light appeared beneath the distant dome of heaven. Someone stood atop the light, which carried him through the sky.

“Lan Haoyun greets you, Your Excellency!” Lan Haoyun went mad with delight. He rushed up to greet their guest respectfully.

Everyone looked over. The guest who’d ridden in atop an arc of golden light was a young man in jade-colored robes. His back was upright, and his entire body was swathed in faint firelight.

Most eye-catching of all, twin sabers hung from his waist!

“Who is this?”

Many of the onlookers were befuddled.

An older-generation member of the ancient Lan Family revealed the answer. “This is a member of the Zhuang Family, one of the Eight Great World King Clans of the stars!”

Boom!

The entire venue was instantly in uproar, like a pot blowing off its lid.

Startled cries rang out on all sides.

Out amongst the stars, eight ancient clans stood above all others. Each wielded enormous influence over the various star realms.

The likes of the Violet Dome Star Realm’s seven great ancient clans could only proclaim themselves hegemons of the Violet Dome Star Realm.

The Eight Great World King Clans were different. Every last one of them was a peak faction of the stars comparable to top sects!

And the Zhuang Family was one of them!

The Lan Family would treat anyone from such a distinguished faction as a distinguished guest, even a servant.

Furthermore, they could tell that the man in jade robes had an extraordinary status, and he emanated the characteristic energy fluctuations of a World King.

In other words, this guest from the Zhuang Family surely had an extraordinary status and position!

“The Zhuang Family!” Shang Wenzheng’s heart shook, and his expression shifted dramatically.

How could he fail to realize how terrifying a towering faction like the Zhuang Family was?

The seven great ancient clans of the Violet Dome Star Realm were entirely unworthy of notice by comparison, even if you added them all together!

Tonight, the ancient Lan Family had invited a distinguished guest from the Zhuang Family to attend their banquet. Shang Wenzheng immediately realized that this didn’t bode well.

He couldn’t help but look at Meng Changyun, only to see that Meng Changyun was stunned too. It seemed he hadn’t expected this!

Before Shang Wenzheng could come to his senses...

Lan Haoyun’s grief-stricken voice rang out. “Your Excellency, please, get justice for the Lan Family!”

His knees then thudded to the ground.

The man in jade-colored robes was stunned. “What are you doing? Don’t tell me someone dared bully your Lan Family?”

Lan Haoyun’s face filled with hatred, and he suddenly pointed at the distant peak of Cold Mountain, where Su Yi now stood. “Your Excellency, tonight, this person came here and massacred the innocent, hurting my fellows. He...”

Lan Haoyun spoke with vehemence, his expression full of hatred.

This resonated with many of the others present. All of them were overcome with righteous indignation. All of a sudden, Su Yi became the target of countless people’s criticism.

However, although no one noticed, the Lan Family's distinguished guest froze in place when he saw Su Yi. His eyes widened in shock.

“Have you come to stick out your neck on the Lan Family’s behalf?” asked Su Yi.

His gaze was inscrutable. He hadn’t expected to run into Zhuang Bifan’s great-grandson here.

He still remembered meeting him not long ago, in the Dark Nightmare Realm’s Skyblue City. He’d even taught him a lesson personally. Who’d have thought they’d meet again now? Or that he’d be the distinguished guest of the Lan Family?

The man in jade-colored robes trembled from head to toe and abruptly came to his senses.

Then, beneath the crowd’s disbelieving gazes, this distinguished guest of the Zhuang Family straightened up his clothes, faced the distant Su Yi, and solemnly bowed in greeting.

“Even if I, Zhuang Xiaoyun, had one hundred times the courage, there’s no way I’d dare oppose you!”

Complete silence followed this declaration. Everyone was so startled that their jaws practically hit the ground.

Lan Haoyun had only just been vehemently rebuking Su Yi, but his voice came to an abrupt halt. He looked at Zhuang Xiaoyun in disbelief. “Your Excellency, you...”

The man in jade-colored robes, Zhuang Xiaoyun, ruthlessly kicked him in the face, gnashing his teeth. “Did you invite me here to attend a banquet? It seems to me you invited me here to die!!”

Bang!

Lan Haoyun was sent flying, a footprint visible on his face.

He almost broke down as he cried out, “Your Excellency, are you sure this isn’t a misunderstanding?”

Whap!

He’d only just said this when Zhuang Xiaoyun slapped him across the face, leaving his cheeks red and swollen and his hair in disarray.

Zhuang Xiaoyun launched into a series of expletives. “Shut up and piss off! One more word, and I’ll fucking kill you!”

He really was angry.

He’d only just been fortunate enough to escape Su Yi with his life. That was already cause for celebration.

Who’d have thought someone would try to trick him into fighting Su Yi tonight? How was that any different from pushing him into the fire?

The deathly silence intensified. Everyone was struck dumb by this sudden development.

They couldn’t even imagine how the Lan Family’s distinguished guest could turn on them so quickly and pummel Lan Haoyun!

This was unquestionably far too unbelievable.

“This... This...” Shang Wenzheng couldn’t even speak.

Even he was dumbstruck.

Shang Qingping and Yao Xue looked at each other.

He’s a distinguished guest from one of the World King Clans, so why is he so afraid of Shen Mu?

Just thinking about it made their hearts quiver.

Meanwhile, Zhuang Xiaoyun had already rushed up to Su Yi as if his but were on fire, seemingly terrified that Su Yi would misunderstand. He explained, “Sir, I was honestly just passing through, and I thought I’d stop by for a drink and a meal. I don’t have much of a connection to the Lan Family at all. One of their women is my clan uncle’s concubine, that’s all. I have no relationship with them at all.”

“Oh,” said Su Yi.

Zhuang Xiaoyun was inwardly frantic. “If you don’t believe me, you’re welcome to kill the entire Lan Family. I absolutely won’t interfere. I’ll even...”

He swept his gaze across the crowd, his eyes icy. “I’m even willing to help!

The crowd was flabbergasted.

By now, who could fail to realize that this distinguished guest from the Lan Family was obviously terrified of the young man in blue?

This realization left many of the onlookers’ hearts in despair.

The Zhuang Family was one of the Eight Great World King Clans!

Yet even a distinguished guest from the Zhuang Family was terrified of this young man in blue. This unquestionably only served to emphasize how extraordinarily terrifying his origins were!

Su Yi thought for a moment. “If you want to help, stay here and help Old Meng finish this reckoning. Be thorough about it.”

He’d lost all interest in fighting any longer.

Zhuang Xiaoyun instantly felt a massive weight lift from his shoulders, and he hurriedly agreed.

Su Yi tossed the jade slip to Meng Changyun. “I’ll leave this to you two.”

“Got it!” Meng Changyun solemnly assented.

Su Yi then disregarded everyone else present and walked up to Shang Wenzheng and Shang Qingping. “Come on, let’s leave and find a good place for a nice chat.”

With that, he proceeded into the distance. Shang Wenzheng, Shang Qingping, and Yao Xue hurried after him.

Even now, their minds felt fuzzy, and their hearts were in upheaval. It was difficult to calm down after everything that had happened.

......

That night, a group of World Kings died atop Cold Mountain.

Numerous powerful guests of other ancient clans were eliminated.

Practically every last member of the Lan Family’s upper echelons was swept into the net.

By the time the curtains fell, the peak of Cold Mountain really did run red with rivers of blood!

“Fellow Daoist, do we need to crush the Lan Family completely?” Zhuang Xiaoyun asked with a smile.

Meng Changyun shook his head, then asked right back, “Young sir, now that their World Kings have fallen, do you think the Lan Family has any hope?”

Zhuang Xiaoyun froze, stunned, then agreed completely. “Without World Kings to protect them, a powerful faction will soon fall prey to ravening wolves. They’ll soon fall apart.”

“It’s not just the Lan Family,” said Meng Changyun. “That’ll go for the other ancient clans too. This is my young lord’s punishment for them, as well as revenge for what the Shang Family has endured.”

With that, he turned and left.

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Zhuang Xiaoyun hesitated, then followed him.

“What are you doing?” asked Meng Changyun, a bit surprised.

Zhuang Xiaoyun chuckled. “Before I leave, I at least have to greet your young lord. Leaving abruptly would be far too rude.”

“.....” Meng Changyun had nothing else to say.

That very night, word of what happened at the Cold Mountain Night Banquet took the Violet Dome Star Realm by storm, stirring up massive waves of uproar.

It was easy to predict that throughout the star realm, cultivation factions would tremble over what had happened today, unable to sleep in peace.