Chapter 702

Sovereign of the Three Realms Chapter 702

Chapter 702: New Journey, Veluriyam Capital

These wandering cultivators were all fierce people. They instinctively wanted to yell at the newcomers who’d butted in on their conversation, but when they noticed that the strangers’ attire seemed to identify them as a sect disciple in the Great Scarlet Mid Region, they forcefully swallowed the abuses on the tip of their tongue. The one-eyed man cast these strangers a glance and nodded indifferently. “It just did. That’s what everyone outside is talking about at the moment. Haven’t you heard?”

The sect disciples weren’t as strong as the wandering cultivators, and they had no wish to cause unnecessary trouble either. Therefore, they quickly stepped outside to check out the bounty notice themselves. Jiang Chen wasn’t surprised to learn about the bounty for his head. After so many conflicts, he and Great Scarlet Mid Region were at complete odds with each other. It was only natural that the Great Scarlet Empire had issued a bounty for his head.

The crowd that was checking out the bounty notice was enormous. Thankfully, the empire had stuck similar notices in many places. As one of the many other people who were checking out the bounty notice, Jiang Chen didn’t stand out at all. He sneered inwardly as he stared at the bounty notice.

Jiang Chen returned to the Dragon & Phoenix after he checked out the bounty notice. He hadn’t returned for long when he saw a group of people walking down from the second floor. A young man dressed in oriental clothing stood at the center of the group. Bodyguards were close by in front and behind him. The bodyguards eyed their surroundings with hawk-like eyes, obviously on high alert. There was another group of people besides the young man’s group, obviously of high status as well. The head of that group was actually a first level emperor realm cultivator.

“I’m really sorry, Elder Gui. II would’ve saved him for you if you’d notified me earlier. It’s this prince’s fault that for not noticing that he possessed an innate wood constitution of high order.” The young man in oriental clothing had called himself a ‘prince’. Could it be that he was a prince of the Great Scarlet Empire?

The person next to him was called ‘Elder Gui’. His build was average, and he was dressed in light blue colored clothes. He didn’t look special at all. However, his first level emperor realm cultivation caused him to radiate with natural dignity and power.

“Forget it. There’s no point talking about it any further since you’ve already sold it. It is simply unfortunate that we missed out on that innate wood constitution. It was already too late when I heard the news,” Elder Gui sighed softly and looked incredibly regretful.

Although the duo had conversed in soft voices, Jiang Chen’s consciousness was extremely powerful. He could hear every word of what they said.

“Indeed. I may not have agreed to sell all those people to them so quickly if they weren’t from the Veluriyam Capital. Even this prince cannot afford to offend the Veluriyam Capital, not to mention that we’ve probably interrogated all the information we could get from them already,” the third prince explained.

Elder Gui nodded and asked casually, “I heard that you’ve obtained a pill recipe called the Longevity Pill. The Great Scarlet Empire is planning to gift it to the Eternal Celestial Capital, is it not?”

Eternal Celestial Capital?

“Well… my father is in fact preparing to gift the Longevity Pill recipe to the Eternal Celestial Capital. However… the empire’s finances have been a little tight in recent years. Therefore… it would be wonderful if Elder Gui could put in a good word for us so that we can share in the Longevity Pill profits as well.”

Elder Gui smiled calmly and said, “The sect master declared before I came that the empire shall receive twenty percent of the total profits. Don’t worry, the higher ups of Eternal Celestial Capital are not unreasonable.”

The third prince murmured in agreement, but was in fact very skeptical internally. The Great Scarlet Empire was the one who obtained Longevity Pill recipe, but not only was Eternal Celestial Capital taking it for free, they were only doling out twenty percent of the total profits. How could this be anything but unreasonable? However, he could only complain about this silently.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen had grown into a towering rage at his table. The Longevity Pill was his exclusive recipe, and now these bastards were dividing the goods amongst themselves! How dare these bastards openly and shamelessly talk about dividing their ill-gotten gains in public! However, it wasn’t like it was all bad news. Judging from this third prince’s tone, everyone in the Regal Pill Palace had likely been sold to the Veluriyam Capital.

Jiang Chen was originally going to inquire about the trade in detail, but after a moment of careful consideration, he decided that it should be easy enough to find such a large group of people once he entered the Veluriyam Capital. He immediately withdrew his consciousness from the group and moved his gaze away from them. Now that he had confirmed that there weren’t anymore Regal Pill Palace members left in the Great Scarlet Empire, he no longer needed to eavesdrop on their conversations. On the off chance that his enemies discovered him eavesdropping, he would be putting himself in danger instead.

This was the capital of the Great Scarlet Empire. If his identity were to be exposed, his movements would be greatly obstructed. Jiang Chen and Huang’er departed the capital a day later for the Veluriyam Capital. He was feeling slightly depressed at the fact that he wasn’t able to wreak absolute havoc and bloodshed in the capital. At the same time, the divulgence of the Longevity Pill recipe, the wood spirit spring falling into Gong Wuji’s hands, and the fact that so many of his sect members were sold to Veluriyam Capital were absolutely clouding up his mood. Only Palace Head Dan Chi and Elder Yun Nie were privy to the recipe. Therefore, the Longevity Pill must have been interrogated out of Elder Yun Nie. This revelation made Jiang Chen felt very dejected. He didn’t think that Elder Yun Nie was a cravenly person. Huang’er consoled him after seeing that Jiang Chen was feeling a little down, “Sir Jiang, everything will turn out alright in the end. It is better that they were sold to the Veluriyam Capital than to fall into the Eternal Celestial Capital’s hands.”

This was also true. If they were sold to the Veluriyam Capital, then he at least had some leeway to rescue them. If they had fallen into the Eternal Celestial Capital or Great Scarlet Mid Region’s hands, then such leeway simply wouldn’t exist. Jiang Chen originally wanted to exchange Gong Qi for his sect members, but unfortunately… he’d still been a step too late.

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Meanwhile, Gong Wuji and his men had returned to the capital of the Great Scarlet Empire. Almost all the important figures in the Great Scarlet Mid Region were present for this meeting. Amongst them were three third rank sect heads and even some important royal members of the Great Scarlet Empire. While it was undeniable that these third rank sect heads were either equal or stronger than Gong Wuji, they didn’t dare act rudely in front of Gong Wuji either. While Gong Wuji was only at the fourth level emperor realm, he had a prominent status as the holy king of the Eternal Celestial Capital. He represented the first rank sect, the Eternal Celestial Capital itself! Therefore, even the emperor of the Great Scarlet Mid Region had to show him some respect.

“Holy king Gong, we are much grieved by this news too. No one could’ve imagined that a mere Regal Pill Palace would produce such an irregular cultivator. However, we have already issued out bounty notices throughout the region. We will capture him even if he grows wings,” The Great Scarlet emperor spoke with a heavy tone.

Gong Wuji nodded indifferently, “I appreciate your kindness. However, while it is true that the bounty notice can draw the public’s passion, I doubt that they can actually hunt down Jiang Chen. This bastard is as cunning as a fox, and he was able to slip through my grasp even when I had laid down flawless plans.”

“He can run now, but he cannot run forever. Someone will keep an eye on him the moment he appears, and news will then pass quickly from one to the other. It will be very difficult for him to escape when that happens.”

Gong Wuji nodded noncommittally and spread open a map. His eyes swivelled back and forth between the Myriad Domain and the Veluriyam Capital. “This kid must be heading towards the Veluriyam Capital. How many routes are there between the Myriad Domain and the Veluriyam Capital?”

Everyone started looking when they heard his question. In the end, several main routes were identified.

“Here, here and here,” Gong Wuji noted and circled several important places on the map. “If Jiang Chen plans to escape, he would eventually consume whatever resources he has on him. Once he uses up all of his resources, he will have to resupply somewhere, not to mention items like high rank escape talismans cannot be reused. Moreover, the Regal Pill Palace didn’t have the ability to create high rank escape talismans. Therefore, he must go to these places if he wishes to buy more. That’s why we must pay close attention to these few important points.”

Gong Wuji’s analysis was very logical. Everyone nodded in agreement with his assessment. Suddenly, a person stood out and smiled, “Master Gong, this prince has a plan in his mind. May I offer my thoughts?”

This man was none other than the third prince of the Great Scarlet Empire that Jiang Chen had seen earlier at the Dragon & Phoenix. “Hehe, please allow me to introduce myself first. My name is Yan Wanyu,” the third prince hastily introduced himself when he saw the doubt and evaluative look in Gong Wuji’s eyes.

The Great Scarlet Emperor hastily added, “Holy king Gong, this is one of our princes and our third son. He has always been resourceful, and he is the one who was responsible for the interrogation of the Regal Pill Palace captives.”

Speaking of captives, Gong Wuji couldn’t help but feel a bit of discomfort even though it had been a while. If the Great Scarlet Empire hadn’t sold the captives to the Veluriyam Capital, his grandson Gong Qi might yet be alive. Of course, hypothetical situations like these held no meaning whatsoever, but the knot in his heart couldn’t be resolved this easily. That was why his expression became a lot frostier after hearing that Yan Wanyu was the person responsible for the captives. In fact, Yan Wanyu had stood up to present his plan exactly because he knew about the entire situation and was worried that Gong Wuji might hold a grudge towards him. This was why he was trying to make up for this mistake.

Seeing Gong Wuji’s noncommittal response, Yan Wanyu continued brazenly, “Considering how much Jiang Chen values the relationships of his sect, I believe that we can use this and target his weakness. Didn’t we fail to capture the Regal Pill Palace’s sect head, Dan Chi? We can absolutely pretend that we’ve captured Dan Chi at one of the strongholds and lure Jiang Chen into our trap. According to the intelligence I’ve acquired, Jiang Chen owes a debt of gratitude to that Dan Chi. There is no way he wouldn’t come and save his sect head if he hears that Dan Chi is in captivity.”

This suggestion caused everyone’s eyes to light up. It was true that they might not necessarily be able to capture Jiang Chen if they tried to track him down every which way. It would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. It would be far easier to make him come to them.

This was both a covert and an overt scheme. This overt scheme was doable as long as Jiang Chen and Dan Chi hadn’t met each other yet. The only flaw in the plan was that they had no idea if Jiang Chen and Dan Chi had met up yet. Regardless, this plan was still worth a shot. Logically speaking, Jiang Chen and Dan Chi shouldn’t have run into each other yet. Under current circumstances, it wouldn’t be easy for them to meet up once they split ways from each other. With every place being under strict lockdown, it wasn’t too likely for them to meet up either. The message glyph could only work at close range and if they both knew each other’s locations. If they were at separate corners of the world, it would be impossible for them to communicate with each other.

Shout out to of a guy trying to figure out what’s going on in the city’s prostitution quarters!