"Does the Withered Stone Sea have such a rule?"
Xu Taiping looked at the man before him in considerable surprise.
Looking the man over again, he stood nine feet tall, with thick eyebrows, large eyes, and regular features. A pair of bronze rod-maces rested beneath his feet. He did not look like some petty scoundrel.
"Impossible."
Fairy Lingyue's voice sounded in Xu Taiping's mind-
"The Withered Stone Sea is a land without a master or rules. That was the blood oath Lady Luhua, its former ruler, swore before her death. Ever since, anyone who dared establish rules in the Withered Stone Sea has come to a bad end."
"They even say that a large part of the reason Peerless Nether Prefecture has never had a new Great Emperor is that one Great Emperor tried to establish rules in the Withered Stone Sea and ended up cursed by Lady Luhua."
"Lady Luhua could even curse a Great Emperor of Peerless Nether Prefecture?" Xu Taiping asked in some astonishment.
"They say... she once shared a romance with Great Emperor Peerless Nether. Later, when he ascended, he took every member of his household with him, leaving only her behind. Thus, her love turned to hatred."
Fairy Lingyue hesitated, but ultimately recounted this piece of the past, uncertain whether it was unofficial history or fact.
"Little thief, take this!"
While Xu Taiping was still filled with astonishment, he suddenly heard an angry shout from across from him. Then two thick rod-mace shadows appeared in his field of vision.
What surprised Xu Taiping somewhat was that this man's cultivation was actually in the Transformation Realm.
As the Twin Maces came crashing down, Xu Taiping could clearly sense that the entire area within a hundred zhang of him was filled with killing intent as powerful as