PDLP Chapter 444 The Wang Family Patriarch Has Arrived! He's Making a Scene!
Chapter 444 The Wang Family Patriarch Has Arrived! He's Making a Scene!
The three then discussed some more details.
Aoki and Akane treated Chen Fan with great respect, their words revealing the importance that Baicaotang placed on this collaboration.
He remained calm as always, occasionally responding with a few words, but mostly listening.
Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall.
A young eunuch scrambled in, his face ashen: "Your Majesty! His Majesty sent me to report that an old Taoist priest has arrived outside the city and specifically requests to see you!"
Chen Fan frowned slightly: "An old Taoist priest?"
"Yes! He said his surname is Wang, and he comes from Old Dragon City!" The little eunuch's voice trembled. "He's right outside the city gate now, and the soldiers guarding the city can't stop him, nor do they dare to..."
Aoki and Akane stood up at the same time.
"The Wang family patriarch?" A fighting spirit flashed in Chi Yan's eyes. "He dares to come to the Great Abyss?"
Aoki then looked at Chen Fan: "Fellow Daoist, regarding this matter..."
Chen Fan put down his teacup and slowly stood up: "Since you're here, let's go and greet you."
He stepped out of the hall, with Aoki and Chiyan following closely behind.
As soon as the three of them left Qingyun Palace, they saw Emperor Jianwen rushing over with a troop of imperial guards.
"Master!" Emperor Jianwen's expression was grave. "That Wang family patriarch is up to no good. He just shouted loudly outside the city gate, and half the imperial city heard it. Now the people are talking about it, and I'm afraid another war is about to break out."
Chen Fan looked up toward the city gate, his divine sense spreading out like a tide.
Sure enough, three miles outside the city gate, a powerful aura soared into the sky, as deep and majestic as a mountain, the kind of pressure only a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could possess.
The aura was cold and restless, making no attempt to conceal its hostility.
"It's alright," Chen Fan said calmly. "You all wait here, I'll go and meet him."
"Master, I will go with you!" Emperor Jianwen said urgently.
"No need," Chen Fan waved his hand. "You can't interfere in the battles between Nascent Soul cultivators."
Having said that, he took a step forward, his figure transforming into a stream of bluish-gray light, soaring into the sky.
Aoki and Akane exchanged a glance, and at the same time transformed into two streaks of blue and red light to follow.
Emperor Jianwen watched the three streaks of light disappear into the distance, clenched his fist, and said in a deep voice to the commander of the Imperial Guards behind him, "Pass down the order: prepare to activate the city's protective array, and put the entire city on high alert!"
"yes!"
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Above the imperial city, three streaks of light pierced the sky and arrived at the city gate in the blink of an eye.
Chen Fan stood in mid-air, with Qingmu and Chiyan flanking him on either side. The three looked down and saw a figure in purple robes standing with his hands behind his back on the wasteland outside the city gate. It was none other than Wang Tiangang, the patriarch of the Wang family.
Wang Tiangang looked up, his gaze sharp as lightning, fixed on Chen Fan.
"Old eunuch, you've finally come out." His voice was hoarse, filled with suppressed anger.
Chen Fan landed slowly, stopping ten feet away from Wang Tiangang: "Fellow Daoist Wang, you've come from afar. May I ask what brings you here?"
"Stop playing dumb!" Wang Tiangang stepped forward, his late-stage Nascent Soul power erupting like a whirlwind, sweeping across the surroundings. "Is my Wang family's direct descendant, Young Master Wang, in your hands?"
Upon hearing this, the soldiers watching from the city wall all changed color.
Chen Fan's expression remained unchanged: "So what if it is?"
"As expected, he's in your hands!" Wang Tiangang's eyes flashed with murderous intent. "Hand him over, or I'll raze your Great Abyss Imperial City to the ground today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, purple energy surged around him, transforming into a ferocious purple python phantom that roared at Chen Fan. The terrifying aura of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was released without reservation, making it difficult for the soldiers on the city wall to breathe, and they almost lost their footing.
Just then, two figures stepped forward and stood side by side with Chen Fan.
Aoki's body was surrounded by a flowing blue light, like a tree in spring, full of vitality!
Flames surged around Chi Yan, as intense and domineering as the blazing sun in the sky. Although their auras were not as strong as Wang Tiangang's, their combined efforts managed to withstand most of the oppressive force.
Wang Tiangang's pupils contracted: "People from Baicaotang?"
"Patriarch Wang, I have long admired you." Qingmu cupped his hands, his tone calm. "I am Qingmu, a guest elder of Baicaotang, and this is Chiyan. We are here to guard the Great Abyss Imperial City on the orders of the main hall."
"Bai Cao Tang..." Wang Tiangang's face darkened. "You want to interfere in this matter?"
"It's not interference, it's protection." Chi Yan grinned, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. "Da Yuan is now a partner of Bai Cao Tang and is under Bai Cao Tang's protection. If Fellow Daoist Wang wants to fight here, he will be making an enemy of Bai Cao Tang."
Wang Tiangang's breath hitched.
Baicaotang!
He knew all too well the weight these three words carried in the Tiannan Region. They represented a colossal entity spanning multiple regions, so powerful that even the Zhao Kingdom's royal family had to show them deference. Although the Wang family was one of the twelve great families of the Great Yu Cultivation Kingdom, it was merely a second-rate power within the Great Yu Cultivation Kingdom, a world apart from the Hundred Herbs Hall.
He stared intently at Aoki and Chiyan, then glanced at the ever-calm Chen Fan, his mind racing.
No wonder this old eunuch was so fearless; he'd gotten in touch with Baicaotang!
But Young Master Wang must be rescued, otherwise the main branch will be enraged, and his branch will surely be wiped out!
"I have nothing to say about Baicaotang's intention to protect Dayuan." Wang Tiangang took a deep breath, suppressing his anger. "But Young Master Wang is a direct descendant of my Wang family, of noble status, and cannot be harmed. Old eunuch, name your terms. As long as he is released, I will do everything within my power to help!"
Chen Fan looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Fellow Daoist Wang is quite straightforward."
"Enough with the nonsense!" Wang Tiangang gritted his teeth. "What do you want? Spirit stones? Magic treasures? Cultivation techniques? As long as you can name it, I can give it to you!"
Chen Fan shook his head: "We don't lack these things."
"Then what do you want?" Wang Tiangang asked urgently.
Chen Fan slowly spoke: "Soul-Nourishing Wood, Vitality Elixir."
Wang Tiangang was taken aback, then his expression turned strange: "You want these two things... to save that girl from Caogu?"
"Yes," Chen Fan readily admitted.
Wang Tiangang remained silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "I don't have Soul-Nourishing Wood, but I do have Spirit-Nourishing Wood. However, Vitality Elixir... this item is too rare, and I don't have it either."
Chen Fan's eyes narrowed slightly: "You have a sacred tree?"
"Yes." Wang Tiangang took out a black wooden branch about a foot long from his bosom. The branch was entirely black with natural patterns on its surface, and it faintly exuded a warm and spiritual aura. "This is a thousand-year-old nurturing wood, which I obtained by chance in my early years and have treasured ever since."
Aoki and Akane exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
Even the main storehouse of Baicaotang doesn't have many of the precious Nourishing Wood, yet the Wang family patriarch carries a piece with him, which shows that he truly values that young master Wang.
Chen Fan looked at the piece of Nourishing Spirit Wood, scanned it with his divine sense to confirm that it was genuine, and then said, "Nourishing Spirit Wood alone is not enough."
"I, Wang, can add another 100,000 high-grade spirit stones!" Wang Tiangang said.
"Not enough." Chen Fan shook his head again.
Wang Tiangang's face turned ashen: "Old eunuch, don't push your luck! A Spirit-Nourishing Wood plus 100,000 high-grade spirit stones in exchange for a Foundation Establishment stage member of the Wang family—that's a generous offer!"
"Young Master Wang is not just at the Foundation Establishment stage," Chen Fan said calmly. "He is a direct descendant of the main lineage of the Tiannan Domain, with a noble status and priceless value. A mere Soul Nourishing Wood and 100,000 spirit stones are not worthy of his status."