Chapter 00361: Still Daring to Come to the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool
# Still Daring to Come to the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool?
Chapter 361
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 361: Still Daring to Come to the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool?
The name "Stellar Immortal Dao Rest Pavilion" sounded grand and lofty.
As Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi entered the pavilion, a waiter approached them.
Judging by the mark on the waiter's forehead, he was likely from the Xing Emperor Palace.
"Are you two friends here to stay at the rest pavilion?" the waiter asked with a smile.
Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi clearly looked like rogue cultivators.
However, such rogue cultivators were not something a mere waiter like him could handle.
He needed to keep them calm and then relay the information to his superiors.
"Of course," Lan Xiaobu replied.
"But before we stay, I’d like to ask about a place. What’s located about a million miles northwest of here?"
"That would be the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool. Only the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool is in that direction," the waiter answered without hesitation.
Lan Xiaobu immediately understood.
He sent a voice transmission to Gong Yunqi, "Brother Gong, the person I’m looking for is likely at the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool. I’ve set up a trapping and killing immortal array outside. It would be best if we could lure one or two of the Four Emperor Palaces’ emperors here. Otherwise, this array won’t be of much use."
Gong Yunqi chuckled, "You’re full of ideas. I’ll follow your lead."
...
Just as Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi settled into their rooms at the rest pavilion, a loud *boom* shattered the room’s protective barrier.
"Looks like the barrier I set up is just trash," Lan Xiaobu remarked casually.
Standing at the doorway were three people: two men wearing tall crowns and another holding a black chain, clearly meant for capturing someone.
Seeing the character "Qi" on their foreheads, Lan Xiaobu knew they were from the Qi Emperor Palace.
He couldn’t help but say, "Brother Gong, I thought it would be someone from the Gu Emperor Palace. I didn’t expect it to be the Qi Emperor Palace. Do they already know I killed one of their people?"
"So, you’re the one who killed our Qi Emperor Palace disciple!" one of the crowned men shouted angrily upon hearing Lan Xiaobu’s words.
Gong Yunqi said calmly, "Brother Xiaobu, don’t underestimate these two crowned guys. They’re both Immortal Emperors. The one with the chain is an Immortal Venerable."
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, "I know. They used the Di Xu Dan, refined from the Slanted Void Mushroom, to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm. To be honest, these mass-produced Immortal Emperors aren’t worth my attention."
Lan Xiaobu’s words were a bit harsh.
The Di Xu Dan was not something easily obtained, nor was it mass-produced.
Out of ten Immortal Venerables who used the Di Xu Dan to attempt a breakthrough, only one or two would succeed.
Thus, becoming an Immortal Emperor through the Di Xu Dan was no easy feat.
"Let’s see if your skills are as sharp as your tongue," one of the Qi Emperor Palace’s Immortal Emperors said as he reached out to grab Lan Xiaobu, while the other threw a punch at Gong Yunqi.
From their investigation, Lan Xiaobu was insignificant.
As long as they could subdue Gong Yunqi, everything would be resolved.
Without hesitation, Lan Xiaobu unleashed a Soul Thorn, while Gong Yunqi stepped in front of him and threw a punch of his own.
Now that he knew Lan Xiaobu was only at the Immortal King level, Gong Yunqi couldn’t let him face an Immortal Emperor alone.
Seeing Gong Yunqi block for Lan Xiaobu, the Immortal Emperor attacking Lan Xiaobu snorted coldly and unleashed his Immortal Emperor domain.
So what if he had used the Di Xu Dan to break through? He had still killed Immortal Emperors before.
But just as his immortal energy surged, he felt a terrifying force threatening to invade his Sea of Consciousness.
A soul attack? The Immortal Emperor immediately retracted his energy to protect his Sea of Consciousness.
*Boom!* The immortal energy exploded.
Being only an early-stage Immortal Emperor, his strength was far inferior to Gong Yunqi’s.
Combined with the fact that he had to retract his energy due to Lan Xiaobu’s Soul Thorn, Gong Yunqi’s punch sent the Immortal Emperor flying, blood spraying through the air.
At the same time, the other Immortal Emperor’s punch tore through Gong Yunqi’s domain and struck his chest, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
The rest pavilion was reduced to dust from the force of their clash.
"Brother Xiaobu, didn’t you say these guys were mass-produced? How come that punch was so powerful?" Gong Yunqi spat out a mouthful of blood, which contained fragments of his internal organs.
"Let’s get out of here," Lan Xiaobu said.
The two Immortal Emperors from the Qi Emperor Palace didn’t even attempt a second attack and immediately left.
The Immortal Venerable with the chain also turned to leave, but Lan Xiaobu had already summoned his Seven-Tone Halberd.
The Immortal Venerable turned and threw a punch, sending both Lan Xiaobu and his halberd flying.
After repelling Lan Xiaobu, the Immortal Venerable quickly fled.
By the time Gong Yunqi reacted, it was too late to stop him.
Lan Xiaobu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Let’s go."
The two of them rushed out of Stellar Immortal City at top speed and arrived at a desolate wilderness.
"That was frustrating. I could crush those two ant-like Immortal Emperors with one hand," Gong Yunqi said, wiping his mouth.
He didn’t look like someone who had just been injured.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, "I thought the so-called Four Emperors from the Four Emperor Palaces would come personally, so I set up a trap in Stellar Immortal City. I didn’t expect only two small fries to show up. We can’t kill them. If we do, we’ll attract a swarm of Immortal Emperors. Only if they underestimate us will we have a chance. Let’s go. We can head to the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool now."
Lan Xiaobu had originally planned to kill one or two of the Four Emperors in Stellar Immortal City.
Unfortunately, only two early-stage Immortal Emperors had shown up.
If he and Gong Yunqi could kill even one of the Four Emperors, they would be respected when they arrived at the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
A powerhouse who could kill one of the Four Emperors would surely be taken seriously, even by the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
However, after killing so many disciples of the Four Emperor Palaces along the way, not a single one of the Four Emperors had shown up when they entered Stellar Immortal City.
It seemed the Four Emperors didn’t take them seriously at all, only sending two ordinary Immortal Emperors.
Since they couldn’t make a show of force, killing two ordinary Immortal Emperors would only expose their true strength prematurely.
If that happened, they would face even stronger opponents when they went to the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
Unable to kill any of the Four Emperors, Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi had no choice but to feign weakness.
...
The southern region of Mo Xuan was dominated by five major powers: the Four Emperor Palaces and the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
The distribution of these five powers was interesting.
The Four Emperor Palaces were clustered on one side, while the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool stood alone on the other side of the southern region.
The Divine Cloud Immortal Pool got its name from a unique feature: the Cloud Pool.
The Cloud Pool wasn’t on the ground but floated in the void, specifically above a mountain peak.
It was suspended by a naturally occurring grand array.
The water in the Cloud Pool was rich in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and contained clear Dao laws.
It was said that over 80% of the Immortal Emperors from the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool emerged from this Cloud Pool.
The quality of these Immortal Emperors far surpassed those from the Qi and Xing Emperor Palaces, who relied on the Di Xu Dan to break through.
Because of the Cloud Pool, the sect established here was called the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
The Divine Cloud Immortal Pool’s sect, strictly speaking, wasn’t very large.
Although there were disciples of the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool everywhere outside, many of them didn’t even know where the sect was located.
They were merely laborers who gathered cultivation resources for the sect.
As for the true disciples of the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool, they spent most of their time cultivating within the sect and rarely ventured out.
At that moment, Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi stood outside the protective array of the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool, looking at the entrance to the sect.
"Such a show-off," Gong Yunqi scoffed as he looked at the endless staircase that seemed to stretch into the clouds.
"Can’t really blame them. This sect relies heavily on that Cloud Pool. If they don’t hand over my friend, we’ll just take the Cloud Pool," Lan Xiaobu said with a grin.
"Haha, if you can even take the Life and Death Cauldron, I believe you can do it," Gong Yunqi laughed.
He trusted Lan Xiaobu completely and didn’t think he was bluffing.
Lan Xiaobu, however, said, "This sect isn’t simple. Look at the protective array outside—it’s a ninth-grade immortal array. That means there’s likely a ninth-grade array master here."
"What do we do then?" Gong Yunqi asked.
"A ninth-grade array master isn’t a big deal. Besides, just because they have a ninth-grade protective array doesn’t mean they have a ninth-grade array master. Before we go in, we’ll set up some arrays outside. Otherwise, even if they underestimate us, we’d be walking to our deaths," Lan Xiaobu explained.
At that moment, Lan Xiaobu could only lament his low cultivation level.
If he were an Immortal Emperor, he could just waltz in without needing to set up any arrays.
...
After Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi took a look around the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool, they turned and left.
This incident was quickly reported to Qu Yue, one of the vice sect masters of the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
As one of the vice sect masters, Qu Yue’s cultivation wasn’t particularly high.
She wasn’t even an Immortal Emperor but a mid-stage Immortal Venerable.
The reason she held such a high position was that any matter she handled, whether internal or external, was always resolved flawlessly.
"Tell me everything about these two—their origins and what they’ve done along the way. Be as detailed as possible," Qu Yue said in a gentle tone.
Standing before her was Fang Yi, a deacon responsible for external affairs at the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
Just as Qu Yue was highly regarded within the sect, Fang Yi was equally capable in her eyes.
Thanks to Fang Yi, the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool had never suffered any major losses in the southern region of Mo Xuan.
Her information network was both extensive and detailed.
"Yes," Fang Yi replied respectfully.
"Vice Sect Master, these two are named Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi. Lan Xiaobu’s strength is likely around the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, while Gong Yunqi is an Immortal Emperor..."
In a short time, Fang Yi recounted nearly everything Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi had done along the way.
She even mentioned how they had killed several disciples of the Four Emperor Palaces and how the Qi Emperor Palace had sent an Immortal Emperor to capture them at the Stellar Immortal Dao Rest Pavilion.
"And they still dare to come to the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool?" Qu Yue was almost in disbelief after hearing Fang Yi’s report.
(End of Chapter)