King of Creation Chapter 2072 - 2057: What Can You Do to Me?

Inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Ye Zhen didn’t even dare to let the slightest shred of his Primordial Spirit Divine Thought seep out, so as not to trigger any accident.

He simply stayed quietly within the Mirage Dragon Pearl, leaving everything to be controlled by the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou.

As the Artifact Spirit of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou handled the Pearl with even greater ease, and more importantly, when Achou controlled the Mirage Dragon Pearl, he could reduce the fluctuation of power to the absolute minimum.

For example, when they stuck to that Demon Race merchant’s shoe sole, it was merely Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou urging the surface of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, making a tiny, negligible change, and he was already stuck to that Demon Race merchant’s shoe sole.

After that, that Demon Race merchant carried the speck of dust the Mirage Dragon Pearl had transformed into and smoothly left the Two-World City in Zhengyao Realm guarded by the Demon Race.

All the situations outside were relayed to Ye Zhen entirely by Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou.

To Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou as an Artifact Spirit, the Mirage Dragon Pearl was him, and he was the Mirage Dragon Pearl—no distinction between inside and outside.

Therefore, the conditions inside and outside the Mirage Dragon Pearl were always perfectly clear to Achou, and Ye Zhen could learn the situation outside without needing to urge any Primordial Spirit Divine Thought.

This Demon Race merchant was, of course, heading toward Zhengyao City, which was guarded by the Military Forces of Great Zhou.

The defenses of Zhengyao City guarded by Great Zhou were even tighter than those of the Demon Race, by far.

Moreover, if your identity for entering the city wasn’t up to standard, you simply couldn’t pass through the Two-World Teleportation Formation of Zhengyao City.

So, not long after leaving the Two-World City guarded by the Demon Race army, Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou gave a slight adjustment, and the speck of dust the Mirage Dragon Pearl had transformed into silently fell off from the shoe sole of that Demon Race merchant already flying in the sky.

Swaying as it floated, Ye Zhen’s figure suddenly emerged from within the Mirage Dragon Pearl; with a stir of his Divine Sense, the Mirage Dragon Pearl once again returned to Ye Zhen’s chest.

As for Ye Zhen, he looked from high in the sky toward the distant Two-World City guarded by the Demon Race army, let out a cold laugh, then swaggered as he flew straight toward Zhengyao City guarded by the Military Forces of Great Zhou.

No matter how incomparably shrewd this Qingqiu Fox Clan’s Clan Leader Tu Zheng was, even with a legendary Think Tank Tu Che, peerless in scheming, in the end he still had to eat Ye Zhen’s foot dust.

In this world, the hardest thing to guard against isn’t the enemy, but "your own people"!

Tu Zheng probably would never imagine, even in his dreams, that it was the son he valued—Tu Jinggao—who helped him, at all costs, mobilize nearly one-third of the clan’s Dao Realm cultivators to capture the enemy.

If he found out, coughing up blood would probably be the mildest reaction.

Originally, Ye Zhen had already successfully cleared the tightly guarded Two-World City checkpoint, and he’d intended to inform Tu Zheng of this good news so he could "rejoice" a little as well.

But after thinking it over, Ye Zhen still abandoned this idea.

For now, the Qingqiu Fox Clan’s Grand Young Master Tu Jinggao, this piece on the board, was still extremely useful.

At a critical moment, he would absolutely be able to play the role of a surprise force.

Moreover, his concealability was very high.

After this incident, Ye Zhen would be able to make use of him even more smoothly in the future.

So, after considering it, it was better not to show off, lest he increase the chance of Tu Jinggao being exposed, even though the probability of exposure wasn’t very large.

The speck of dust the Mirage Dragon Pearl had turned into that stuck on that white-haired Dao Realm cultivator of the Qingqiu Fox Clan was not something specially arranged or instructed by Tu Jinggao.

In fact, that white-haired Dao Realm cultivator of the Qingqiu Fox Clan himself didn’t even know that he had such a speck of dust stuck on him—one that was the target their Clan Leader Tu Zheng was desperately pursuing.

This batch of dispatched Dao Realm experts had been gathered by Grand Young Master Tu Jinggao.

On the very day he was sending them off, Tu Jinggao held the speck of dust transformed from Ye Zhen’s Mirage Dragon Pearl between his fingers and lightly patted that white-haired Dao Realm cultivator a few times.

Just like that, the speck of dust transformed from the Mirage Dragon Pearl stuck firmly to that white-haired Dao Realm cultivator’s body, all the way until the Two-World City in Zhengyao Realm.

The process was so smooth and simple it took Ye Zhen a bit by surprise.

Compared to the last time, when Ye Zhen had fought desperately and used a sea of All Living Beings’ Will Power just to survive, this time was ten thousand times more relaxed.

There’s no helping it—"your own people" are forever harder to guard against than the enemy.

That white-haired Dao Realm cultivator would never imagine that he himself had personally carried the enemy his Clan Leader was desperately hunting through a tightly guarded checkpoint.

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Entering Zhengyao City guarded by the Great Zhou army also involved layer upon layer of inspections.

However, Mustard Seed Spaces or Storage Rings and the like were generally not inspected.

Of course, this wasn’t because they were bold, but rather because in key locations like the interior of the Two-World Teleportation Formation, there were special space-suppressing Forbidden Techniques.

Inside the Two-World Teleportation Formation, it was impossible to open Storage Rings or Mustard Seed Spaces, or even Mustard Seed Worlds.

In places like Zhengyao City, the core area around the Two-World Teleportation Formation was covered by such spatial Forbidden Techniques.

The more powerful the Grade of a Little World, the slower it was to open a Two-World Passage here, and the greater the restrictions it suffered.

Otherwise, someone like Ye Zhen, carrying a self-contained One Realm Little World, could bring in a hundred thousand elite troops and seize a fortress in an instant, couldn’t he?

Long, long ago, all the major powers had already patched up this sort of loophole.

Just like the Two-World City guarded by the Demon Race, those who had already gone through repeated inspections to leave the city were generally not heavily inspected again; the main focus was on those entering the city.

Especially here, if you used a false identity, it was extremely hard to get through.

So Ye Zhen very straightforwardly revealed his true identity—Third-class Earl of North Sea, Heavenly Patrol Department Western Patrol Second Route Wind Patrol Envoy, Left Chief Priest of Barbarian Spirit Hall of the Ancestral Shrine of Great Zhou!

Relying on only the first two identities, Ye Zhen still couldn’t make the garrison of Zhengyao City give him a completely clear path.

In Great Zhou, the saying "Earls are as common as dogs" really wasn’t an exaggeration, although ninety-nine percent of the Earls had no Fiefdom.

The identity of Heavenly Patrol Department Western Patrol Second Route Wind Patrol Envoy was quite good for scaring people—the Heavenly Patrol Department was notoriously vicious—but using this identity alone to pass directly on status alone still wouldn’t work.

However, the status of Left Chief Priest of the Barbarian Spirit Hall of the Ancestral Shrine of Great Zhou immediately alarmed the Garrison Commander and Commander of Zhengyao City.

A General at the Peak of Early Dao Realm.

The Ancestor God Temple holds a special position in Great Zhou, and within the Military Forces of Great Zhou its status is even more special.

Whenever the Army of Great Zhou goes on campaign, a large number of Military Priests accompany them. These Military Priests command many secret techniques—such as speeding up the army’s marching, boosting strength, enhancing defenses, and all kinds of other secret techniques.

A good team of Military Priests can boost an army’s combat strength by more than fifty percent, and increase soldiers’ survival rate by thirty percent or even more.

So in the Military Forces of Great Zhou, you can afford to snub anyone, but you absolutely cannot afford to snub the priests of the Ancestor God Temple.

Of course, the priests of each Hall receive different treatment.

But regardless of which Hall, the Left and Right Chief Priest are counted among the Temple’s upper echelon. No army’s commanding officer is willing to casually offend a Left or Right Chief Priest; otherwise, you might not even know how you ended up suffering on the battlefield.

They’re desperate to curry favor, as it is.

Thus, even though this Garrison Commander saw that Ye Zhen was merely a Left Chief Priest whose cultivation had not yet broken through to Dao Realm, he still didn’t dare show the slightest neglect. He respectfully welcomed Ye Zhen into the City Lord’s Mansion and even prepared a banquet in his honor.

Ye Zhen has always been the type that if others respect me a foot, I’ll respect them a yard.

Since this Garrison Commander was giving him face, Ye Zhen didn’t play coy and cheerfully attended the banquet.

The banquet had barely been underway for long when noise and commotion suddenly erupted outside.

Very soon, a Jade Talisman dropped, reporting the situation outside to the Garrison Commander who was currently hosting Ye Zhen.

After reading the Jade Talisman, the Garrison Commander gave Ye Zhen a surprised glance, which made Ye Zhen’s heart stir. "May I ask, City Lord, does it have to do with me?"

"That..."

The Garrison Commander hesitated, then slowly nodded. "It indeed concerns Left Chief Priest Ye. It’s the Great Clan Leader Tu Zheng of the Qingqiu Fox Clan branch of the Demon Race, bellowing your name outside.

As of now, although our Great Zhou and the Demon Race guard against each other, we are not at war. That Qingqiu Fox Clan Great Clan Leader Tu Zheng is also not a wanted fugitive of Great Zhou. As long as he doesn’t cause trouble inside Zhengyao City, this General is unable to..."

"Pass the order down: if that traitorous demon Tu Zheng dares to keep shouting, then on the charge of disrupting the city restrictions, drive him out for me. If he dares fight back—kill without mercy!

A mere Half-step Creation Realm, and he dares cause a disturbance inside my Zhengyao City?"

The Garrison Commander’s face was full of Killing Qi and confidence, which made Ye Zhen slightly surprised.

But thinking about it, it made sense. Although the Garrison Commander’s cultivation was only at the Peak of Early Dao Realm, there were quite a few other Dao Realm experts hidden within Zhengyao City.

Especially in a strategic choke point like Zhengyao City in Zhengyao Realm, it would be nothing strange to have one or two Half-step Creation Realm experts sitting in town. After all, even the Ancestor God Temple has a Branch Altar here.

"Wait!"

Just as the Deputy General was about to take the order out, Ye Zhen suddenly stood up.

"City Lord, since this Tu Zheng has come for me, then I will meet him." Ye Zhen said.

The Garrison Commander was somewhat hesitant. "Left Chief Priest Ye, that Tu Zheng is at Half-step Creation Realm."

"Is this not Zhengyao City? Does he dare act recklessly?"

"Besides, so what if he’s Half-step Creation Realm? What can he do to me?"

Leaving behind this line that scared the Garrison Commander so much his eyes went wide, Ye Zhen strode out of the City Lord’s Mansion.

Half-step Creation Realm—words that bold, let alone Ye Zhen, a Ninth Stage of Realm King Realm Martial Artist, even he, a City Lord at the Peak of Early Dao Realm, wouldn’t dare say them.

After thinking it over, the Garrison Commander could only shake his head with a bitter smile. The priests of the Ancestor God Temple—the higher their rank, the more outrageously arrogant they are.

Today, he had finally seen it for himself.

"What can Half-step Creation Realm do to me?" This line is something ninety-nine percent of the people under heaven wouldn’t dare utter.

However, Ye Zhen did have the qualifications to say it. After all, that vast sea of All Living Beings’ Will Power that Ye Zhen had painstakingly won in Yizhi Sand Sea was no joke.

That is a rare power that can drive countless Dao Realm experts mad with desire.

In the very center of Zhengyao City’s main street, the silver hair of the Qingqiu Fox Clan Great Clan Leader Tu Zheng billowed in the wind; his aged face bore a sickly rosy flush, making him look very calm.

But in his bloodshot eyes, there was boundless fury.

After nearly a year of bitter, desperate guarding, mobilizing countless manpower, resources, and favors, in the end, that brat Ye Zhen still managed to escape from Two-World City.

This sense of loss and rage was simply beyond description.

The most fatal part was that even now, he still didn’t know how Ye Zhen had cleared the pass.

Tu Zheng’s fury at this moment was practically indescribable.

"Ye Zhen, I know you’re here—get out here for this old man!"

"Ye Jiuxiao, if you’re a man, then get out here and face this old man!"

Suddenly, Tu Zheng’s gaze tightened.

"Great Clan Leader Tu, long time no see—still in good health, I hope?"

Ye Zhen’s figure appeared, strolling slowly from the other end of Zhengyao City’s main street. With a slight cupped-fist salute, a thought flashed through Ye Zhen’s mind.

How had Tu Zheng, in such a short time, found out that he had already passed through and arrived in Zhengyao City?