Chapter 114: An Imperial Appeal at Qingzhou

It was a bounty issued by the Main Guanxuan Academy!

Ji Xuan and Ye Qing’s faces changed. The most important issue here was the change in the Great Dao Destiny Aura Contest’s format. Now, the goal was to hunt Ye Guan down and take his head, and the champion would obtain three strands of Great Dao Destiny Aura.

A million immortal crystals were extremely precious, but a strand of Great Dao Destiny was priceless.

Why? It was all because obtaining a strand of Great Dao Destiny Aura was equivalent to obtaining the Great Dao’s protection.

Any bad luck could turn into a stroke of good luck, and one could walk freely and leisurely on the dangerous path of cultivation.

In other words, it would be an understatement to say that owning a strand of Great Dao Destiny was incredible. After all, it meant that one would be impervious to all hardships in life.

The Main Guanxuan Academy had taken two thousand stands of Great Dao Destiny for themselves back when Great?Daoist Brush Master released three thousand strands into the universe. The other thousand strands floated about in space and were acquired by those who were destined to acquire it.

The aristocratic families of the Main Guanxuan Academy had always longed to monopolize?every strand of the Great Dao Destiny out there.

The talents of those aristocratic families had everything aside from the protection of the Great Dao. With a strand of the Great Dao Destiny, any talent would soar to greater heights.

The Main Guanxuan Academy had actually decreed that the champion of the contest would obtain three strands of the Great Dao Destiny, and the age limit was even increased from twenty-two to forty-five.

In other words, the older talents of the many clans and families throughout the universe could now participate in the contest. The many clans and families went crazy at the news because three strands of Great Dao Destiny meant producing three monstrous geniuses.

They would definitely fight for it! The aristocratic families from the Guanxuan Universe were also tempted by the exorbitant reward.

Gu Chaoyuan stared at Ye Guan with a complicated look. He had come here to tell Ye Guan because he wanted Ye Guan to owe him a favor, and he also couldn’t stomach the bullying of the aristocratic families within the Main Guanxuan Academy.

This was especially true for the An Clan and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan, whose actions had brought down the prestige of many ancient clans like them.

Gu Chaoyuan was aware of this because he was from an aristocratic family within the Main Guanxuan Academy.

Ye Guan stared deeply at Gu Chaoyuan and asked, “Senior, are you from the Academy?”

Gu Chaoyuan nodded and said, “I’m Academy Chief Gu Chaoyuan of the Zhongtu Divine Continent’s Guanxuan Academy.”

“And you came here to tell me about the Academy’s plans?”

Gu Chaoyuan shook his head and said, “I came here to apologize. I’m sorry. I can’t go against the great clans to seek justice for your sake. I cannot even report your true circumstances to the Main Guanxuan Academy… I’m really sorry!”

He wasn’t Ye Guanzhi.

He would not live to see another day if he were to stay true to the facts of the matter and report it to the Main Guanxuan Academy.

Those great clans and aristocratic families in the Main Guanxuan Academy had grown too powerful for anyone to oppose them. They managed to suppress Ye Guanzhi, so imagine just what they could do against a mere Academy Chief of the Zhongtu Divine Continent’s Guanxuan Academy.

Ye Guan nodded and said, “I understand.”

Gu Chaoyuan said, “Young Lord Ye, you still have one way out. Go to the Main Guanxuan Academy and look for Lady Ye Guanzhi. She’s the only one who can withdraw the Main Guanxuan Academy’s arrest warrant on you.”

“I understand,” Ye Guan replied with a smile.

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Gu Chaoyuan nodded and said, “All the best!”

With that, he turned around to leave.

Ye Qing looked at Ye Guan and chuckled bitterly. He initially wanted to try fighting for a strand of the Great Dao Destiny, but it seemed that he could no longer do that.

Ye Guan swept his gaze across Ye Qing and Ji Xuan before asking, “What plans do you guys have?”

“Brother Ye Guan,” said Ye Qing with a resolute gaze. “I’ll follow you.”

Ye Qing was well aware that there was no way Ye Guan could resist the talents of the entire Zhongtu Divine Continent. There was also a high chance that monstrous talents from the Guanxuan Universe would come down to hunt him down.

However, Ye Guan shook his head and said, “Brother Ye Qing, you have your own destiny, you don’t have to follow me!”

He clearly didn’t want to implicate Ye Qing. Ye Qing would surely earn the ire of many people if he were to join him in killing those talents from the Main Guanxuan Academy. He didn’t want Ye Qing to earn so much bad karma.

Ye Qing wanted to say something, but Ye Guan shook his head and said, “Ye Qing, listen to me. I want you to focus on cultivating. The Ye Clan needs you.”

Ye Qing was silent.

The mysterious voice suddenly said to Ye Qing, “If you really want to help him, you have to become even stronger than this. We have to find the remaining Laws as soon as possible so you can help him sooner rather than later.”

Ye Qing inwardly replied, “Master, I’m worried about Brother Ye Guan!”

“You’re not strong enough to help him,” said the mysterious voice.

Ye Qing went silent.

The mysterious voice continued. “You’ll become much more helpful to him once you’ve become even stronger.”

Meanwhile, Ye Guan added, “Ye Qing, trust me. I will not die so easily.”

Ye Qing wordlessly stared at Ye Guan. After a while, he said, “Brother Ye Guan, I’m going to find the remaining Laws. Rest assured, I’ll come back and find you once I’ve recovered the third one.”

“All right!” Ye Guan nodded.

“Brother Ye Guan, take care!” Ye Qing shouted. Moments later, he turned around and transformed into a bolt of lightning that rushed to the skies, disappearing beyond the horizon.

Ye Guan stared at the lightning bolt for quite a while. Eventually, he turned to Ji Xuan and said, “Lady Ji, you should leave as well.”

Ji Xuan’s reply didn’t come immediately as she pondered over something. Soon, she emerged from her thoughts and asked, “How are you going to deal with the Main Guanxuan Academy’s arrest warrant?”

“I don’t know,” Ye Guan shook his head. He truly had no idea what to do. The arrest warrant didn’t come from the Zhongtu Divine Continent but was issued by the Main Guanxuan Academy.

“You have three choices at this point,” Ji Xuan said.

Ji Xuan raised a finger and continued. “Your first choice is to go to the Immortal Treasures Pavilion. They’re the only organization?strong enough to go against the Guanxuan Academy.

”Unfortunately, I don’t think the Immortal Treasures Pavilion will protect you.”

Ji Xuan lifted another finger and said, “Your second choice is to look for Lady Ye Guanzhi. She might be able to save you, but I personally think that it’s a pipe dream.

”The fact that she was forced to return to the Main Guanxuan Academy and was transferred elsewhere means that she’s not strong enough to go against the great clans and the aristocratic families of the Main Guanxuan Academy.”

Ye Guan nodded. The thought of visiting Ye Guanzhi never crossed his mind. They were acquainted, but he wouldn’t go as far as to say that they were close to each other.

Lady Ye Guanzhi was also a good person, and he didn’t want to implicate her.

Ji Xuan smiled and said, “In other words, you only have one option: escape!”

Escape!

Ye Guan shook his head and chuckled bitterly before saying, “This entire universe is under the governance of the Academy. I would still be within the confines of the Academy’s territory even if I ran to the edge of the world.”

“I’m not too sure about that,” Ji Xuan said.

Ye Guan’s curiosity was piqued, and he asked, “Do you have any good ideas?”

Ji Xuan explained, “Escaping is just a temporary solution, it will not solve your problem. I think you should let the entire universe know about how the Academy has wronged you. You can’t go to the Main Guanxuan Academy because they won’t let you go there, and there’s only one person who can seek justice for you.”

“The Sword Master!” Ye Guan exclaimed with narrowed eyes.

Ji Xuan nodded and continued. “The Main Guanxuan Academy is split into three different factions: the academy faction, the great clans faction and the aristocratic families faction.

”The great clans have teamed up with the aristocratic families to suppress the academy faction, so I don’t think the academy faction can address your grievances. The Main Guanxuan Academy is also the aristocratic families and great clans' stronghold. They have a million ways to kill you there.”

After a slight pause, Ji Xuan added, “The Sword Master is the only one who can save you, but you have to make him show up first.”

“How do I do that?” Ye Guan asked.

“Go to Qingzhou and make an Imperial Appeal!” Ji Xuan replied.

Little Pagoda was speechless.

“Go to Qingzhou and make an Imperial Appeal?” Ye Guan repeated.

Ji Xuan nodded and explained, “Many years ago, I had to study Qingzhou’s history while I was still a student at the Guanxuan Academy.”

“Millions of years ago, the Sword Master was a student of the Canglan Academy, but it was renamed to Guanxuan Academy once the Sword Master founded the Guanxuan Academy.

”The Canglan Academy back then is now known as the Guanxuan Academy of Qingzhou. The Sword Master had been to Qingzhou a few times in the distant past, and as far as I can remember, he left a sword aura behind in Qingzhou.”

Ji Xuan took a moment to take a deep breath before saying, “You should go to Qingzhou and look for that sword aura to make an Imperial Appeal!”

Ye Guan went silent.

Ji Xuan urged. “This is your only option—make an Imperial Appeal so that the Sword Master will show up even as a projection, and then tell him about your plight. He’ll definitely seek justice for you!”

“Okay…” Ye Guan nodded and said, “I’ll try.”

Ye Guan was also aware that being a fugitive wasn’t a great thing in the long run. In addition, those people could use the Ye Clan in Nanzhou to bait him out if he decided to hide from them for an extended period of time.

In other words, Ji Xuan was right—running away wouldn’t solve his problem.

He had to make an Imperial Appeal. The Sword Master founded the Guanxuan Academy to establish a new order in the universe, and Ye Guan reckoned that his intentions were good the moment he decided to establish the Academy.

Ye Guan said, “Lady Ji, can you please go to the Daoist Sect for me and deliver my farewells to my senior disciple and Master? You also—’

Ji Xuan interrupted him by laughing. “I’m going with you.”

“No, I can’t implicate you!” Ye Guan exclaimed.

Ji Xuan shook her head and said, “I’ve already committed a crime, so I don’t care if I commit another crime against the Academy.”

Ye Guan chuckled bitterly and said, “Lady Ji, there’s a bounty on my head…”

Ji Xuan glared at Ye Guan. She looked slightly annoyed as she said, “Why are you so noisy? Are you afraid that I might hold you back?”

“No!” Ye Guan hurriedly shook his head and said, “That’s not what I—”

However, Ji Xuan interrupted him. “Are you familiar with Qingzhou? The Main Guanxuan Academy? Wait, do you even know how to go to Qingzhou? Could it be that you’re thinking of using a teleportation array? Is that so? Do you really think that you can still use a teleportation array with that exorbitant bounty on your head?”

Ye Guan didn’t know what to say.

“I’m not trying to get anything from you, so why are you so wary of me?” Ji Xuan muttered.

Ye Guan shook his head and explained, “No, I’m just afraid of implicating you, I—”

“Well, I’m not afraid!” Ji Xuan exclaimed. She took a deep breath and decided to change the topic by saying, “We should move. We can’t afford to waste time here. You want to say goodbye, right? Let’s go to the Daoist Sect to do just that.”

“All right!” Ye Guan said with a nod. He opened his palm, and a sword made out of sword energy manifested in front of them. He hopped onto the sword along with Ji Xuan, and they disappeared into the horizon using Sword Travel.

Meanwhile, the mysterious voice spoke in the tiny pagoda and asked, “Did the Sword Master really leave his sword aura behind in Qingzhou?”

“Yes!” Little Pagoda replied.

“Did you not hear him? He wants to make an Imperial Appeal!” asked the mysterious voice.

“I’ll let him do that! I didn’t expect that some clans and aristocratic families would become so egoistic after a million years. Time is truly capable of changing the hearts of people!”

The mysterious voice remained silent.

Little Pagoda continued. “It’s great that he decided to go to Qingzhou. Qingzhou can be considered his ancestral land. I’m also starting to miss my Young Master, so it would be great if I meet him again. I think this little brat is the only one who can make the Young Master show up.”

“Actually…” the mysterious voice said, “I think an Imperial Appeal from him would be more effective if he were to do it at that place!”

“The Immortals Treasures Pavilion?” Little Pagoda asked.

He agreed with the mysterious voice’s opinion.

The Young Mistress was famous for her overprotective nature, so Little Pagoda was convinced that the entire Xiaoguan Universe would be annihilated in the face of her wrath, much less the Guanxuan Academy.