Chapter 00408: The True King
# The True King
Chapter 408
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 408: The True King
Standing not far from Shen Sen, a long-haired young man exuded a terrifying killing intent.
He was about to step forward to confront the Five Universe King, but just as he took a step, Shen Sen called out to stop him.
"I command that from this moment on, no Immortal King from the Qingfang Immortal Domain is allowed to step onto the dueling platform to challenge Lan Xiaobu."
The people around remained silent.
This long-haired youth was Ji Xin, the top-ranked Divine Ability King among the Ten Kings of Qingfang.
It was said that when he engaged in combat, every attack he unleashed was a top-tier divine ability.
"Yes," Ji Xin replied, though he was eager to challenge the Five Universe King right then and there.
However, he couldn't disobey the orders of the Qingfang Emperor.
As for the other members of the Qingfang Ten Kings, none dared to speak up.
Everyone knew how strong Mei Luoren was.
Yet, such a powerful figure hadn't even lasted half an incense stick's worth of time against Lan Xiaobu.
If they went up, what awaited them was certain death.
Even Lang Wuqing, who was ranked sixth, might not be a guaranteed win against Qi Shaoju, who was ranked fourth.
"Five Universe King, no Immortal King from the Qingfang Immortal Domain is your match. Are you planning to strip our Qingfang Immortal Domain of its right to enter the secret realm?" Shen Sen stepped forward and spoke.
If it were any other matter, Shen Sen wouldn't have stepped forward even if all ten kings of the Qingfang Immortal Domain perished.
But this duel was different.
If they lost the chance to enter the Chaos Secret Realm, the entire Qingfang Immortal Domain might vanish.
As the Immortal Court King, Shen Sen would become the greatest sinner in the history of the Qingfang Immortal Domain.
This was a burden he couldn't bear.
Lan Xiaobu stood on the dueling platform with his hands behind his back, looking at Shen Sen with a calm expression.
"If that's the case, why is it that until today, your Qingfang Immortal Domain has destroyed my talisman pavilion without giving me any explanation?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Sen immediately understood what was going on.
A few days ago, he had led a group of semi-divine realm experts, including Sai Wuyun, to hunt down Lan Xiaobu.
After destroying Lan Xiaobu's talisman pavilion, they failed to capture him but found a line of words: "Sigh, I'm worried for you. Once you've destroyed my talisman pavilion, how will you ever be able to repay me?"
To be honest, no one had paid much attention to that line of words.
Leaving such a message in the Qingfang Immortal Domain? Ha...
At the time, everyone had been focused on how to capture Lan Xiaobu.
But now, Shen Sen felt a chill run down his spine.
It was clear that when Lan Xiaobu left those words, he had already foreseen today's events.
Not a single word he had written was wrong.
The semi-divine realm experts and the Immortal Emperors who had attacked his talisman pavilion—who among them remained alive now?
Yet, even after several semi-divine realm experts and the Immortal Emperors who had attacked the talisman pavilion were killed, the matter wasn't over.
The issue of compensation was still hanging over the Qingfang Immortal Domain.
Lan Xiaobu hadn't even demanded it himself; now, it was Shen Sen who had to bring it up.
With Lan Xiaobu's actions, Shen Sen didn't believe for a second that the compensation would be anything less than substantial.
Those words had been absolutely correct.
Once you destroyed Lan Xiaobu's talisman pavilion, how could you ever repay him?
Whether they could afford it or not, they had to pay.
Otherwise, the Qingfang Immortal Domain would lose its right to enter the secret realm.
Shen Sen took a deep breath.
He suddenly had a feeling that leaving this place might not guarantee Lan Xiaobu's death.
With Lan Xiaobu's cunning and strength, could he not have anticipated being surrounded and killed once he left the Void Stone? Shen Sen's divine sense swept over Qian Qiong, who had almost stopped wailing.
He clasped his fists solemnly and said, "Five Universe King, on behalf of the Qingfang Immortal Domain, I apologize for what happened earlier. It was our fault for acting first. I guarantee that the Qingfang Immortal Domain will not provoke you again. As for the talisman pavilion in Jinyun Immortal City, compensation is only right..."
Lan Xiaobu cut him off at the right moment, "I've received so many high-grade immortal spirit veins that they no longer hold any value to me. I don't like haggling. I just want everything settled in one go."
Having calmed down completely, Shen Sen no longer felt the anger he had earlier.
After Lan Xiaobu finished speaking, he took out a ring and pushed it toward Lan Xiaobu, saying, "This ring contains the compensation, and it's the most valuable thing I can offer."
The other Immortal Court Kings, seeing Shen Sen's actions, understood that Shen Sen was truly willing to back down, at least for now, and wouldn't dare to plot against Lan Xiaobu.
The ring wasn't thrown at Lan Xiaobu but pushed toward him.
The smaller the action, the clearer it revealed a person's change in attitude.
Lan Xiaobu grabbed the ring floating in front of him and scanned it with his divine sense.
His expression immediately changed.
This was exactly what he wanted—a metal-attribute top-grade immortal spirit vein.
He had previously obtained fire, earth, and wood-attribute top-grade immortal spirit veins, which he had used to set up formations in the Five Realms Immortal World.
But Lan Xiaobu knew that among the five elemental immortal spirit veins, while the wood-attribute might be the best for cultivators, the rarest wasn't wood, water, fire, or earth—it was metal.
Metal-attribute immortal spirit veins were extremely rare, almost impossible to find.
As for a top-grade metal-attribute immortal spirit vein, it was even rarer than a phoenix feather.
"Fine, I accept this price," Lan Xiaobu said without further hesitation.
He rolled up the two Chaos Secret Realm jade talismans he had obtained and stepped off the dueling platform.
As he stepped down, Lan Xiaobu glanced at Li Yuancha, the Immortal Court King of Yongmao Immortal Domain.
When he had killed Mei Luoren, Jin Li had wanted to challenge him.
However, Li Yuancha had sternly stopped him.
Otherwise, this fool would have become Shen Sen and Bai Xun's vanguard.
To Lan Xiaobu, Jin Li seemed less interested in securing a spot and more interested in the duel itself.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu agree, Shen Sen inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
Only after Lan Xiaobu left the dueling platform did the duels resume.
Lan Xiaobu was in a good mood.
He had more than enough spots to enter the Chaos Secret Realm.
In fact, he only needed two, and the rest could be auctioned off.
The biggest gain was the storage rings of the Immortal Emperors and the top-grade metal-attribute immortal spirit vein Shen Sen had given him.
After receiving Shen Sen's compensation, Lan Xiaobu left the dueling square and returned to his cave to sort through the Immortal Emperors' storage rings.
The duels lasted nearly a month before they finally came to an end.
During this time, over seven hundred Immortal Kings had perished.
Many immortal domains, after securing one or two spots and fending off challenges, chose not to participate further in such bloody duels.
Although the Qingfang Immortal Domain had lost two Immortal Kings to Lan Xiaobu, the strength of their Ten Kings was formidable.
After being challenged twice, no one dared to challenge them again.
However, the Qingfang Immortal Domain didn't challenge other immortal domains either.
The reason was clear to everyone: Lan Xiaobu seemed to have good relations with many of the Immortal Court Kings present.
The Qingfang Immortal Domain had secured its spots and didn't want to provoke Lan Xiaobu further.
If they angered him again, Shen Sen wouldn't have a second top-grade immortal spirit vein to offer.
Aside from immortal domains, many sects, merchant guilds, and immortal clans also secured spots through duels.
These duels weren't exclusive to immortal domains; merchant guilds could participate as well.
However, due to their fear of Lan Xiaobu, these sects and clans generally challenged immortal domains only once or twice before stopping.
Provoking Lan Xiaobu could mean not only losing their spots but also facing annihilation.
After all, Lan Xiaobu had never supported sects entering the Chaos Secret Realm.
During the first Chaos Secret Realm spot allocation meeting, it was Lan Xiaobu's proposal that had driven over two hundred sects out of the allocation process.
Moreover, Lan Xiaobu placed great importance on whether immortal domains could enter the Chaos Secret Realm, which was why he allowed each immortal domain to occupy a piece of Void Stone for free.
In short, in the area around the Void Stone, the Five Universe King was the true king.
...
With the Chaos Secret Realm spot allocation completed, Shen Sen, Bai Xun, and some other Immortal Court Kings returned to Jinyun Immortal City.
However, most of the Immortal Court Kings remained on the Void Stone.
At this point, the status of the Void Stone Peace Hotel became evident.
Not every sect had the right to own a piece of land on the Void Stone.
Many sects and clans that wanted to stay on the Void Stone had to check into the Void Stone Peace Hotel.
The Void Stone Peace Hotel had nearly three hundred rooms.
Despite the exorbitant prices, they were quickly filling up.
Lan Xiaobu had already gone into seclusion, and Gong Yunqi, being an Immortal Emperor, naturally wouldn't bother with the hotel's trivial matters.
Thus, the responsibility fell to Qiao Xing, who wasn't stupid and hired two helpers.
For many cultivators, as long as they could stay on the Void Stone for an extended period, working as hotel helpers was nothing.
It wasn't just those who had secured spots to enter the Chaos Secret Realm who wanted to stay on the Void Stone.
In fact, many who hadn't qualified also longed to remain.
The reason was that the dueling square outside the Void Stone had become a temporary market.
With the entire immortal world gathered in one place, one could imagine how popular this temporary market was.
On the Void Stone itself, there were about a dozen shops.
Compared to the temporary market outside, the shops on the Void Stone were where the truly valuable treasures were sold.
Because it was safe—no one dared to cause trouble on the Void Stone—top-tier treasures could be found here.
As for whether they could be sold, there was no need to worry.
As long as the items were good enough, even dog excrement could be sold.
With the Chaos Secret Realm opening in ten years, every Immortal King who had secured a spot was loaded with immortal crystals.
These crystals only held value if they were turned into life-saving treasures, so in this place, as long as the items were good, people didn't even bother haggling.
On this day, the market outside the Void Stone was as bustling as ever.
A woman covered in blood, her hair disheveled, rushed into the market.
It was clear that she was being pursued.
In the distance, a figure was rapidly approaching.
In her panic, the woman received a voice transmission, "Hurry inside! There's a Void Stone inside with a Void Stone Peace Hotel. As long as you check in, you'll be safe."
The woman didn't even think about who had sent the transmission.
Without hesitation, she rushed toward the Void Stone.
(That's all for today's update.
Goodnight, friends!)
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