Clan Leader: My strength equals to that of the entire clan

Chapter 196 - 24: The Power Behind the Thousand Leaves Pavilion is Actually _1

Faced with Miao Shujie’s attack, Ye Jintian stood completely still.

Above his head, the top-quality Immortal Artifact called the Ocean Suppression Flag was directly emanating brilliant light, enveloping Ye Jintian.

Even an attack that an Earth Immortal had to resist with all his strength would dissipate upon encountering the brilliant light from the Ocean Suppression Flag.

Even the Black Dragon, the King, had a top-quality Immortal Artifact, Ye Jintian naturally had several himself, and their quality was even better than the Black Dragon Sword.

Another top-quality Immortal Artifact…

Since when had top-quality Immortal Artifacts become so worthless?

Even the Pavilion Master of a minor trade association had one.

Miao Shujie felt assaulted. He considered himself a noble Earth Immortal, yet he didn’t have a single top-quality Immortal Artifact.

With a flick of Ye Jintian’s hand, another top-quality Immortal Artifact appeared.

The Immortal Binding Rope!

Although this was only a counterfeit, it didn’t have the power to trap a Daluo Golden Immortal as did the original.

But for dealing with a minor Earth Immortal, it was more than sufficient.

The Immortal Binding Rope flew out, instantly trapping Miao Shujie.

Miao Shujie found that he could no longer control even an iota of his magical power or Spirit Soul.

Now, even a Human Immortal could easily kill him.

At this point, Miao Shujie finally realized something was wrong.

There were far too many powerful figures and hidden resources in this Thousand Leaves Pavilion.

Some previously overlooked details were brought to mind.

The formation of the Eastern Emperor City, the significant number of top-quality Immortal Artifacts.

Could the support of the Thousand Leaves Pavilion be as simple as his investigation suggested?

Something was off, the Thousand Leaves Pavilion was incredibly suspicious.

“I am a second-rate minister of the Dayu Empire. If you harm me, you will be in conflict with the Dayu Empire. The consequences are something you cannot bear,” he warned.

By now, Miao Shujie could only leverage his relationship with the Dayu Empire, hoping to deter Ye Jintian.

“Of course, I know you’re from the Dayu Empire. An empire that harbors such parasites as you needs a good cleansing.”

Saying that, Ye Jintian immediately took out a Communication Token and contacted Ye Xiaoxiao.

In the city of Dayu, Ye Xiaoxiao, who was dealing with state affairs, received Ye Jintian’s message and was slightly confused.

Her nephew rarely contacted her.

However, Ye Xiaoxiao was certainly not going to turn down a rare call from Ye Jintian.

As Ye Xiaoxiao waved her hand, space directly tore open a crack.

With one step, she entered the rift.

The Dayu Empire was under Ye Xiaoxiao’s control.

Without needing a teleportation array, Ye Xiaoxiao could appear in any corner of the Dayu Empire in a blink of an eye.

The Eastern Emperor, who was idling by her side, watched as Ye Xiaoxiao suddenly disappeared. Intrigued, he followed.

The Eastern Emperor was now the esteemed Empress of the Dayu Empire.

It was only natural for the Empress to check on the happenings within the Empire.

Again, a spatial rift appeared in the sky above Eastern Emperor City.

But this time, instead of an army, there were two lavishly dressed figures.

The appearance of these two figures caused the entire Eastern Emperor City to boil with excitement.

The King of Dayu and the Empress of Dayu.

The cultivators of Eastern Emperor City were even more familiar with the Empress than they were with Ye Xiaoxiao, the King of Dayu.

In particular, the elderly cultivators of Eastern Emperor City were overjoyed when they saw the Eastern Emperor, as many of them had once served under him.

Seeing the Eastern Emperor rise to such heights, how could they not be excited?

“Greetings to the King and the Empress.”

A ripple of kneeling swept across the crowd. Even the managers of Thousand Leaves Pavilion paid their respects.

The only ones still standing were two and a half people: Ye Jintian, the Black Dragon King, and half- Miao Shujie.

It wasn’t that Miao Shujie didn’t want to bow, but he was too frightened by the sudden appearance of Ye Xiaoxiao. He had become limp, his lower body had stiffened, his mind went blank, and he even forgot to bow.

The only thought in Miao Shujie’s mind was that he was done for.

At this point, even if Miao Shujie wasn’t the brightest, he understood the extraordinariness of the Thousand Leaves Pavilion.

The ruler of the Dayu Empire had appeared, and soon other ministers would show up as well.

Seeing Ye Jintian and Miao Shujie made it quite clear to the ministers what had happened.

Pity filled their eyes when they looked at Miao Shujie.

Of all the people to mess with, he had to mess with the Ye Family.

Others might be unaware of the existence of the Ye Family, but how could the ministers who rose to power with the Dayu Empire not?

In the end, the Dayu Empire was just one of the few forces under the control of Ye Family.

The Ye Family, which controlled all of these powerful forces, was formidable, to say the least—though no one knew the extent of it.

Rumor had it that Ye Fan, the family’s patriarch, had once repelled a Golden Immortal with a single palm, and he hadn’t even been using his full strength!

Miao Shujie didn’t notice the expressions of the ministers and gave the ones who were close to him a look, hoping they would say something in his favor.

However, upon meeting Miao Shujie’s gaze, those ministers quickly turned away, expressing their intention to distance themselves from him. This made Miao Shujie curse inwardly.

These bastards, they treated him like a brother when they needed him.

Now that he was down and out, they were distancing themselves from him. All of them were shit!

Miao Shujie sighed, knowing he had reached a dead end today.

However, Miao Shujie didn’t worry too much.

At most, he would be penalized. Even if the force behind the Thousand Leaves Pavilion was powerful, the Dayu Empire wouldn’t kill him over it, right?

Otherwise, wouldn’t that dampen the enthusiasm of the other cultivators of the Dayu Empire?

The next moment, Ye Jintian came to Ye Xiaoxiao’s side, with a bright smile on his face.

“Aunt, I’ll have to trouble you today.”

Ye Jintian didn’t intend to personally deal with Miao Shujie.

After all, Miao Shujie was a minister of the Dayu Empire.

Should punishment be necessary, it should be meted out by the Dayu Empire.

Despite being family, Ye Jintian knew his boundaries.

When Miao Shujie heard how Ye Jintian addressed Ye Xiaoxiao, he could no longer control himself and plopped to the ground.

Even as an Earth Immortal with his powerful physique, he couldn’t suppress the cold sweat continuously oozing from his body.

Miao Shujie had considered many possibilities. For instance, the powerful forces backing the Thousand Leaves Pavilion.

However, he had never expected that the Dayu Empire was one of the powerful entities behind the pavilion, and its ruler no less.

In fact, the Thousand Leaves Pavilion was the royal merchant of the Dayu Empire.

Everything became clear once he realized that.

Miao Shujie finally understood why no one in the Dayu Empire dared to antagonize the very wealthy Thousand Leaves Pavilion.

The ministers must have known Ye Jintian’s identity, so they never thought of making a move against the Thousand Leaves Pavilion.

Only he, like a fool, had targeted the pavilion as a means of making profits.