Was I Really Wrong?

"Lord of the Nation Order! Have you lost your mind?" Liang Chen said, his expression dark.

The major dynasties had once made an agreement: once one side invoked the Lord of the Nation Order, the other dynasties had to lend their support. Otherwise, it would be considered a breach of the alliance pact.

They would thereafter be expelled from the Dynasty Alliance.

Not only would cultivation resources be cut off, even civilian trade and exchanges between nations would be severed.

With that, they had no choice but to weigh their options. Although Ye Yu possessed a method to suppress the Nine Nether Blood Spring, was he truly worth betraying the alliance pact for?

Most importantly, it would be fine if everyone chose to betray the pact. But what if they stepped forward while the others chose to give up? What then?

After all, no one could resist coveting the resources of an entire nation.

"Today, I want to see whether, in your eyes, our Great Flame alliance pact is more important, or this piece of trash!" Ye Qingwan snarled, her face twisted.

Ye Yu was nothing but trash, a dog at their side!

Yet now, so many factions were scrambling to win him over, even willing to fall out with the Great Yan Dynasty for his sake. Why?! She could not accept such a tremendous disparity, nor would she ever accept it!

The people from the major dynasties all fell silent. After a long while, Liang Chen was the first to let out a long breath. He nodded to his Guardian, then slowly sat back down.

Suppressing the Nine Nether Blood Spring was certainly important, but the price and danger involved were simply too great!

No one had expected Ye Qingwan to be so frenzied that she would invoke the Lord of the Nation Order just to kill Ye Yu.

With Liang Chen taking the lead, the people of the other major dynasties also sat down one after another. Their thoughts were the same as Liang Chen's.

Ye Yu's value was great, but not great enough to warrant this.

Only Qin Ruoxian remained standing beside Ye Yu, her gaze sweeping over the crowd with contempt.

Situ Guang, too, looked at the Guardians who had descended and sneered repeatedly.

A Seventh-Rank Alchemist, with Golden Core Stage combat power comparable to Nascent Soul Realm cultivators; watched over by three Civilization Sages; and, moreover, a Thousand Seal Formation Master—any one of those identities was enough to stand at the summit of Azure Prefecture's cultivation world.

Yet all these people saw was Ye Yu's value in suppressing the Nine Nether Blood Spring.

"Is your Great Qin still going to interfere?!" Ye Qingwan's icy gaze fell upon Qin Ruoxian.

The people from the other dynasties also cast inscrutable looks her way.

If Qin Ruoxian insisted, it would mean betraying the alliance pact. They could then rise as one, attack her together, and carve up the Great Qin Dynasty's enormous cake.

Qin Ruoxian did not answer. The surging spiritual power around her body was her answer.

At the sight, a trace of emotion flashed through Ye Yu's eyes. He reached out to stop her and said, "I'll handle this myself. You and Mister Situ can just stand aside and watch."

"But..." Qin Ruoxian wanted to say more, but she saw the powerful confidence radiating from Ye Yu, as though everything lay within his grasp.

At the same time, Situ Guang stepped before Qin Ruoxian and signaled for her to listen.

He was not worried in the slightest that anything would happen to Ye Yu. He had personally witnessed Ye Yu's terror. Though Ye Yu might not be able to defeat those five Nascent Soul Attendants, escaping unscathed would not be much of a problem.

Seeing Ye Yu insist, Qin Ruoxian said nothing more. She walked slowly to the side, picked up Liu Tiannan, who was slumped in his seat, and tossed him aside before sitting down calmly.

"Trash, let's see who can help you now!" Ye Qingwan sneered, then looked toward the five Attendants in midair.

Nangong Wushe and the other four exchanged glances, then let out soft sighs. As Great Flame Attendants, they naturally had to act for Great Flame. Otherwise, who in all Azure Prefecture would be willing to support them?

Though they had once been close friends with Ye Yu, and Nangong Wushe had even received his guidance, all of that became insignificant before the cultivation resources that sustained them.

The five of them attacked at once. Five streams of spiritual light transformed into a great net that descended upon Ye Yu.

Watching the great net rush toward him, the Guardians of the major dynasties sighed. With five Nascent Soul Realm cultivators joining forces, even cultivators of the same realm would find it difficult to escape, let alone Ye Yu.

As the net drew ever nearer, Ye Yu's eyes abruptly snapped open. A dense bloody glow erupted from his dantian and enveloped his entire body.

A fierce sword intent shot into the heavens!

Everyone felt as if their bodies were being torn apart, and they all staggered back sharply.

The next moment, Ye Yu pressed two fingers together, and a longsword condensed from bloody light appeared in his hand. He slowly raised his head, and an almost inaudible murmur escaped his lips.

"Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!"

The bloody radiance around Ye Yu flared brilliantly. Then, vast spiritual power transformed into a sword over a hundred feet long and slashed down at the net formed from spiritual power!

Sword Qi burst in every direction. Countless flashes of sword light filled most of Liu Manor, and the majority of its buildings collapsed with a thunderous crash.

In Liu Manor's rear courtyard, Yan Ruyu rose into the air, staring in shock toward the center of that violent spiritual power.

"I never thought Great Flame had someone whose attainment in the sword dao was on par with Master's?!"

The spiritual net met the sword light and held out for only an instant before being chopped into scattered fragments. Nangong Wushe and the other four's expressions changed at once. Their faces flushed red as they spat out blood and were sent flying backward.

The other Guardians' faces turned ashen at the sight.

None of them could have received that sword strike. They would have had no choice but to await death!

A trash Crown Prince?! What a joke?!

That one sword alone was something not only Azure Prefecture's prodigies, but likely even many older-generation experts, could not achieve.

Within the bloody glow, Ye Yu was not in good condition either.

Like the Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body, the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique was a divine ability bestowed when the Civilization Sages had turned their gaze upon him.

The power of that sword was comparable to an ordinary Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator. If Ye Yu had a sword that suited his hand, its might could be doubled again.

But likewise, the expenditure was immense. That single strike had nearly drained all the spiritual power within Ye Yu's body.

As the bloody glow dispersed and the dust settled, everyone's gaze fell upon the lean figure standing amid the ruins.

There was confusion, there was shock, but even more than that, there was fear.

For someone like this to remain in the Great Yan Dynasty would undoubtedly be terrifying for them. Fortunately, the Great Yan Royal Family was full of fools!

Even Ye Qingwan wore an expression of utter disbelief. In that moment, it seemed to her that the Ye Yu of the past had returned.

That younger brother who had overshadowed her since childhood, showered with affection and praise, receiving everything that she, a ***, could never obtain.

Within the ruins, Ye Yu slowly turned his head, his icy gaze falling upon Ye Qingwan.

Ye Qingwan froze under Ye Yu's gaze. In her mind, the image of that Ye Yu who had been loved by all surfaced uncontrollably—though he held great power in his hands and won the hearts of the world, he had still followed behind her, sweetly calling her sister.

Now, everything had changed!

She could feel it. There was no longer any warmth in Ye Yu's eyes when he looked at her. There was only killing intent!

Was I really wrong?