Chapter 211: Plain-Skirt Aunt, Are You There?

A hundred thousand bloody heads were placed in neat rows in front of Guanxuan City. The blood from so many corpses had created a tiny river, and the metallic smell of blood in the air had gotten so thick it was palpable.

Qin Guan stood amongst these heads and looked up silently at the horizon. Those thirty-six black-robed men wielding scythes stood near her, and they were like ghosts, as one couldn’t feel their aura at all.

Qin Guan stared for quite a while at Little Guan City. A few moments later, she suddenly said, “I built this city for you, but now, there is no need for it to exist anymore. Destroy it!”

With that, Qin Guan turned around and left.

Little Guan City was soon reduced to ashes beneath a colossal mushroom cloud.

…

Ye Guan silently walked down the spacetime tunnel.

Everyone was silent as well.

Pavilion Master Qin’s appearance caught everyone by surprise, but the first meeting between Qin Guan and Ye Guan gripped their hearts with an even greater shock.

However, they could only sigh deeply. Ye Guan never really had a good impression of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion, and the people of Little Guan City even disrespected him.

How could he remain calm at that?

His parents had abandoned him at such a young age.

He had grown up and was ready to go home, but his parents’ subordinates made it seem like he was coming back to rob the assets of his own family.

It was so absurd that even outsiders like them found it ridiculous.

Li Banzhi glanced sideways at Ye Guan. She smiled slightly as she said, “I think your mother didn’t expect something like that to happen. The human mind is hard to predict, after all.

”Furthermore, it has truly been a long time since she previously appeared, and people are bound to lose respect for legendary figures over time. Since they no longer respect her, it’s not strange that they have zero respect for you.

“I hope you’re not going to blame her for what happened at Little Guan City. Of course, it’s not your fault as well. The fault lies with those people who have merely been pretending to be loyal to your family.”

Ye Guan didn’t say anything in response.

Li Banzhi sighed under her breath.

Her words were also applicable to the Guanxuan Academy. The Sword Master and Qin Guan hadn’t shown themselves for so long that many crazy theories had naturally popped up in the meantime.

However, those people had no idea that the Sword Master and Pavilion Master Qin were the reason the Guanxuan Universe still existed.

If someone else were to take over the Guanxuan Universe rather than their son, would the Sword Master and Pavilion Master Qin even bother to protect it?

Tianxiu and the others wouldn’t have come here to repel the Divine Spirits if it hadn’t been for Ye Guand and the fact that Ye Guan belonged to the Yang Family.

Li Banzhi also had the same motive. If someone else were destined to take over the Guanxuan Universe rather than the Sword Master and Pavilion Master Qin’s son, she wouldn’t have kept on working at the Guanxuan Committee.

In the end, everyone had their own motive to protect the Guanxuan Universe.

Li Banzhi shook her head and sighed once again. She was aware of Qin Guan’s temper. Those people would pay for their mistakes with their lives, and even Ying Qing might die.

Ying Qing was smart and capable, but she lacked courage.

Qin Guan could have completely forgiven Ying Qing if she had decisively killed those Dao Soldiers. The same went for Wu Lao.

The Martial Court had the Martial God Guards under their command, so they were capable of suppressing the Dao Soldiers. Unfortunately, they didn’t think that the matter was that serious, so they refrained from taking drastic actions.

Sadly, they were foolish.

Ye Guan suddenly asked, “Aunt Zhi, is my father in the Xuzhen World?”

Li Banzhi set her thoughts aside and shook her head. She chuckled before saying, “I don’t know. How about you ask Master Pagoda? Perhaps he knows where your father is at the moment.”

Ye Guan inwardly asked, “Master Pagoda, do you know where my father is?”

Little Pagoda replied, “I don’t know where.”

Ye Guan frowned.

Little Pagoda immediately said, “I really do not know where he is at the moment. It has been a long time since he last used my services. He really made my self-esteem plummet!”

Ye Guan was at a loss for words.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

“Anyway,” Little Pagoda said, “You shouldn’t worry about that for the moment. Your current task is to head to the Xuzhen Battlefield and inherit your father’s bequest!”

Ye Guan frowned and asked, “Bequest? Is he dead?”

Little Pagoda hurriedly corrected himself, “Assets! I meant your family assets!”

Ye Guan shook his head and chuckled.

Master Pagoda’s crude way of speaking would inevitably scare someone to death one day.

Ye Guan opened his palm, and the Path Sword appeared in his hand. There was only one thing he wanted to do right now—revive Nalan Jia.

Little Jia! Ye Guan closed his eyes slowly and recalled the moments they spent together.

Meanwhile, Little Pagoda asked, “Are you really not going to go and talk to your mother? I-I’ve been with both your father and your grandfather, and I guess I could somehow be considered your senior, so let me say a few words.

”I really don’t think that what happened earlier was your mother’s fault. She’s a really good person. I mean it!”

After a few moments of silence, Ye Guan said, “The only thing I want to do right now is to revive Little Jia. I don’t want to think about anything else.”

Little Pagoda sighed to himself.

To be honest, he was upset as well. Those bastards were fools—they were idiots! They actually tried to disrespect the Young Master of their own organization. What they had done was tantamount to seeking their own deaths!

However, they clearly didn’t expect Ye Guan to walk away just like that.

Still, they deserved their horrible fate.

Boom!

The spacetime tunnel was suddenly ripped open, and a middle-aged man walked out of the rift.

The middle-aged man approached Ye Guan’s group along with ten people dressed in black behind him.

Li Banzhi identified them and said, “The Clan Leader of the Primordial Clan—”

Ye Guan abruptly shouted, “There’s something wrong!”

Li Banzhi’s eyes narrowed.

“Stop right there,” she said.

The middle-aged man froze and asked, “What’s wrong, Committee Head Li?”

“So you guys are actually on the Divine Spirits’ side.” Ye Guan pointed out.

The confused expression on the middle-aged man’s face immediately turned into one of shock. He quickly put on a straight face, but it was too late, as Ye Guan and Li Banzhi had seen the brief change in his expression.

Chen Guanzi and the others immediately rushed over to surround the middle-aged man and his group.

The middle-aged man glared at Ye Guan and asked, “How did you find out?”

Ye Guan calmly replied, “It was just a guess.”

The middle-aged man was stunned.

Ye Guan stared intently at him and said, “I really love making guesses because I can just apologize if I make the wrong guess, but if I end up right, it means finding a troublesome issue right at the bat!”

Everyone was speechless.

The middle-aged man looked at Ye Guan with a complicated look.

“You really are just like your father,” he muttered.

Li Banzhi asked, “Why did you decide to betray the Guanxuan Academy?”

The middle-aged man chuckled and said, “It’s because we’ve lost all hope. We have been fighting for so long, and so many people from my Primordial Clan have died for this cause. We’ve been fighting for so long, but we still haven’t seen the light at the end of the tunnel, so we decided to find another way to survive.

”We just did not expect that the Sword Master’s son would turn up now, of all times. It is truly a great coincidence.”

“Do you really think that the ancestors of the Primordial Clan would praise you for what you’ve done?” asked Li Banzhi.

The middle-aged man chuckled and said, “I don’t care about our ancestors, I only care about our descendants. I don’t want them to die in vain.”

Li Banzhi shook her head lightly and went silent. The True World had to have promised them something substantial. Otherwise, the Primordial Clan wouldn’t have betrayed the Guanxuan Academy.

The middle-aged man then looked at Ye Guan and remarked, “You are truly remarkable. If I had met you earlier, perhaps I wouldn’t have chosen to support the Divine Spirits. It was a pity that you turned up so late.”

Boom!

The spacetime tunnel collapsed, and everyone found themselves surrounded by a hundred thousand Divine Generals in the vast expanse of the starry skies.

Li Banzhi’s face darkened at the sight.

The Clan Leader of the Primordial Clan added, “Committee Head Li, thirty million years of being trapped in the Guanxuan Universe has led us to stagnation, while the True World developed rapidly over those thirty million years.

”Take just a single look at the current True World, and you’ll see just how big the gap between the True Universe and the Guanxuan Universe has become!”

Li Banzhi replied, ”I don’t know the gap between us and them, but I know that they want to wipe us all off the face of the world. Do you not have any idea why your ancestors have been fighting so hard? It’s all for the sake of living with dignity!”

The Clan Leader of the Primordial Clan retorted, “They simply chose the wrong side.”

“You fool!” Li Banzhi roared. “Let me ask you this question, then, Taichu[1] Qin.

”Do you really think that the True World would have promised you what they had promised you if it weren’t for the Sword Master’s deterrence? Open your eyes and take a look at how foolish you’ve become! Put your foolish daydreams to rest!”

Li Banzhi’s eyes flashed in disdain as she continued. “The Sword Master’s deterrence is the only reason they’ve decided to collaborate with you. It’s all because they think that the Guanxuan Universe isn’t that easy to bully.

”Do you really think that they would have cared about you otherwise? I don’t even think that they find you smart enough to be their lapdog.”

Taichu Qin’s eyes narrowed, and he snarled as he said, “Committee Head Li! I just made a different choice, do you really need to insult me for my choice?”

Li Banzhi shook her head and said, “I respect your ancestors, and I pity them for having a descendant like you.”

“Committee Head Li, did you say all that to buy time?” Taichu Qin chuckled and said, “I hate to break it to you, but it’s too late! The Guanxuan Universe has lost on all fronts on the Xuzhen Battlefield. Great Sword Sovereign Ye Yu and the rest are still resisting, but it’s only a matter of time before they perish.”

Li Banzhi went quiet. It finally became clear that things were worse than she thought. It was no wonder Ye Yu and the rest still hadn’t responded to Li Banzhi’s calls for help. It turned out that they were also in danger.

Ye Guan suddenly sighed to himself. He felt bitter inside. His father had left a huge mess for him to clean up, along with a huge debt. It was just his first day of taking over his father’s legacy, but the Guanxuan Universe was already falling apart.

Is it too late for me to disown him and emancipate myself from him?

“I really didn’t think that things would progress like this…” said Little Pagoda.

Ye Guan inwardly lamented, “With the way things are progressing, I don’t think I can hold out for much longer, Master Pagoda.”

Little Pagoda sighed and said, “Back then, your father did not finish fighting that war against the True World…”

Ye Guan looked and sounded dissatisfied as he asked, “Are you saying that he wants me to finish what he couldn’t finish?”

Little Pagoda replied, “Yes, your father had that in mind.”

Ye Guan’s expression darkened. “Do you really think that’s fair? I’m just a child!”

Little Pagoda replied, “Well, you really don’t have any choice. I mean, who asked you to be his son?”

Ye Guan went silent and fell into deep contemplation before saying, “Master Pagoda, I have one last question for you, so please answer me honestly.”

“Go ahead.”

“What does it mean to be a Dao Protector?” asked Ye Guan.

Little Pagoda replied, “A Dao Protector will protect you from getting killed.”

Ye Guan nodded slightly and asked once again, “Can Plain-Skirt Aunt fight Divine Sovereigns?”

Little Pagoda replied, “Yes.”

“How many Divine Sovereigns can she handle?”

“She can handle as many Divine Sovereigns as she can!”

“Stop lying!”

“I mean it, I’m really not lying to you this time!”

“I still don’t believe you, unless…” Ye Guan trailed off before continuing. “Unless she comes here and proves it to me… Yeah, that sounds like a great idea.”

With that in mind, Ye Guan took out the Path Sword and asked, “Plain-Skirt Aunt, are you there? The Divine Spirit Clan has just insulted you!”

Little Pagoda truly had no idea what to say to Ye Guan’s nonsense.

1. Primordial is tài chū, so we translated their surname as Taichu ☜