Chapter 164 Imperial Decree

Fang Yue felt a little strange.

Why wasn't this special envoy hurrying to deliver the imperial decree? What was he doing, chatting with me about trivial matters?

Just then, the young special envoy stood up from his seat, circled Fang Yue twice, then nodded, imitating an old man's tone in a childish voice.

"Not bad, not bad. To reach the Ren-level realm of martial arts at your age, you can indeed be called a prodigy."

...At my age?

Fang Yue's expression turned odd.

"Does the special envoy know how old I am?"

"Um...you look quite old, two hundred years old?"

[Hahahahaha!]

[Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!]

[Two hundred years old! Two hundred years old! Fang Yue, he says you're over two hundred years old! Hehehehe!]

Before Fang Yue could speak, the parchment popped up in his mind.

Shut up!

Fang Yue's face darkened.

If he calculated it by game age, he was only two months old. Two months, from a mortal to the early Ren-level realm. Was that a prodigy? That's a damn monster, alright? He couldn't even speak properly.

And in terms of physical age, he was only in his early twenties. How could he be over two hundred years old? No sense of judgment at all.

Of course, Fang Yue only thought these words in his heart; he couldn't possibly say them out loud.

"What? Did I guess wrong? Then you're even older, are you five hundred years old?"

My total lifespan, even counting my gains, hasn't even passed five hundred!

"Cough! Age is unimportant. I wonder when the special envoy will announce the imperial decree?"

"Oh, right, right, I'm here to deliver a message."

The boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old, but his expression, tone, actions, and thoughts were all childish, like a flower grown in a greenhouse, untouched by the dangers of the world.

In this regard, You Sisi, who was only a few years older than him, was incredibly mature.

Returning to his seat, the special envoy had Dou Hongyi and the others come in.

Jing Yan and the others filed in, curiously examining the special envoy, but said nothing.

With the soundproofing formation dispelled, the special envoy took out the imperial decree from his sleeve.

Unrolling the scroll-like decree, he cleared his throat and slowly began to speak in front of everyone.

"By imperial order!"

By imperial order!

As he read the words on the decree, semi-illusory ancient characters briefly appeared around the special envoy, then vanished immediately.

In the next moment, the sound boomed out, simultaneously echoing throughout Chunuan City.

At that moment, almost everyone in Chunuan City heard the voice.

[!!!]

[Eat, eat!]

[That thing can be eaten!]

The parchment suddenly blurted out a terrifying sentence.

You want to eat even the imperial decree? Why don't you just let me die?

Ignoring the parchment's clamor, Fang Yue calmly listened to the content of the imperial decree.

The white-robed special envoy seemed to be having a hard time reading it, pronouncing each word slowly, barely stringing them together.

But he still read out the entire content of the imperial decree.

"By imperial order! From this day forth, [White-robed Azure Guard] Ye Se Liming is summoned to the imperial palace for an audience."

The message spread to every corner of Chunuan City, and the people were first stunned, then erupted into an uproar, discussing it animatedly.

"What?! His Majesty wants Master Ye to have an audience at the imperial palace?"

"Master Ye is about to soar!"

"The imperial palace... the Azure City imperial palace. I've never been there in my life."

"Master Ye! Master Ye!"

The entire Chunuan City was discussing the matter.

The young special envoy, having just finished reading the imperial decree, suddenly half-knelt on the ground, as if he had exhausted his strength, his forehead covered in cold sweat, panting heavily.

"Special Envoy!"

Dou Hongyi immediately seized the opportunity, stepping forward to help him, fawning obsequiously, his face full of concern, but his heart filled with joy.

Stop it!

Ignoring the impatient parchment, Fang Yue glanced at Jing Yan and the other two, then asked thoughtfully, "Special Envoy..."

"The imperial decree has been delivered. Our relationship is no longer one of superior and subordinate. In terms of martial arts, I am inferior to you. You can simply call me by my name."

"Then may I ask what the special envoy's name is?"

"Tian Ruichi."

As soon as the special envoy finished speaking, before Fang Yue could say anything, the surrounding people all widened their eyes in shock, as if a stone had fallen into a lake, stirring up waves of astonishment in their hearts, staring blankly at Tian Ruichi, mouths agape.

"Tian Ruichi?!"

"What! The special envoy is Tian Ruichi?!"

"The disciple of Azure City's [Heavenly Sword], [Maple Needle Sword] Tian Ruichi!"

Disciple of the [Heavenly Sword]? [Maple Needle Sword] Tian Ruichi?

Was this guy famous?

Fang Yue was puzzled. Jing Yan and the others also looked bewildered, but Dou Hongyi quickly came over and whispered an explanation.

"Master Ye, Heavenly Sword is the sect leader of the Azure City Heavenly Sword Sect, his strength unfathomable, his whereabouts elusive. In his entire life, he has only taken one personal disciple, and that is Master Tian Ruichi, who he recently accepted!

Rumor has it that Master Tian Ruichi was born with a sword bone, and his progress on the path of the sword is rapid. Although young, his strength is extraordinary.

Some time ago, Master Tian Ruichi, wielding the [Maple Needle Sword], challenged the younger generation of Azure City alone, defeating many experts.

Only against Ji Bingzong's [Extreme Ice Saintess] Tail and [Talented Eccentric] Mu Liu did he suffer two defeats, after which he stopped his mad challenges and disappeared.

This matter was widely spread in Azure City and was one of the most popular events recently.

Unexpectedly, after his silence, Master Tian Ruichi is serving His Majesty, coming to our Chunuan City."

Tail?

Fang Yue's heart stirred.

He hadn't contacted Tail for some time. He didn't expect to hear news about Tail from Dou Hongyi at this time.

If Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu were here, she would surely be dancing with joy, eager to see Tail.

But these two could often meet in reality. It didn't matter if they didn't see each other in the game.

In any case, Fang Yue was quite happy to have news of Tail.

He wondered how strong Tail was now, how she was doing.

"Tail, are you talking about Ji Bingzong's Tail?" Jing Yan and Lin Ling suddenly became excited and asked.

Only Qing Chen looked somewhat lost.

Fang Yue and the others met Tail during their time from Guyue Village to Mo Village. Later, when they left Mo Village, they separated, and her subsequent experiences were only occasionally mentioned in Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's casual conversations. Qing Chen met Fang Yue in Qing Silk County, so she had no contact with Tail.

"You know Tail?"

Tian Ruichi also suddenly turned his head, looking at Jing Yan and the others, his expression clearly not good.

Jing Yan immediately understood the other party's attitude and quickly said, "We know her, but we're not close!"

Lin Ling looked at Jing Yan, then quickly echoed, "Um... yeah, not close."

"Hmph! No need to be like this. My grudges with her will not affect others! Next time, I will use my sword to defeat her fair and square!"