Published: March 2, 2025
On the evening after Wen Yu swept through Lingyun City, while he was enjoying dinner in the attic of the Lord's Mansion, Tang Haofei's only son found him.
They started with some trivial conversations, and then Tang Haofei directly got to the point.
"The agreement between the military and the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance has basically been reached."
"Are the results satisfactory?"
Tang Haofei nodded with a smile.
"Very satisfactory, quite a harvest. One foundation level skill is not a small gain."
This statement from Tang Haofei was somewhat sarcastic, hinting at Wen Yu's attitude of taking money without delivering results.
However, in the face of benefits, Wen Yu certainly didn't need to care about such things.
He shrugged indifferently.
"Did you come just to insult me?"
"Of course not. I came to ask you for a favor."
"What favor?"
"You must be going to the upper levels, right? I want to go with you, just the two of us."
After a moment's thought, Wen Yu immediately nodded in agreement.
"That's no problem."
In fact, if Tang Haofei hadn't mentioned it, when it was time to leave, Wen Yu would have also taken the initiative to invite Tang Haofei to go to the Upper Heavenly Palace. It wasn't for safety reasons; Wen Yu was still thinking about the treasures in the Upper Heavenly Palace—especially the top-tier scientific technologies of the Immortal Heroic World that were in the hands of his Elder Brother.
Wen Yu couldn't use these things, but the military would definitely want them. Without Tang Haofei, where would Wen Yu go to trade with the military?
...
After discussing with Tang Haofei, he decisively left the attic where Wen Yu was.
Only after Tang Haofei left did Wen Yu let out a sigh, a hint of a bitter smile appearing on his face.
"Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine, how long do I still have to wait?"
Although Wen Yu had just said in his conversation with Tang Haofei that he would take him along, the crucial issue was that whether or not they could go up was not up to Wen Yu!
In the past few days, Wen Yu's actions in sweeping through Lingyun City seemed like a locust swarm, but knowing that there were greater benefits above, Wen Yu still stayed in Lingyun City. Why was that?
It was nothing more than not being able to go up—so, Wen Yu's actions these past two days were just to pass the time.
"Wait!"
The Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine decisively replied to Wen Yu with a single word— as for what to wait for and how long to wait, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine didn’t say a word about it.
"Can I go outside the city and take a look?"
After being scavenged by Wen Yu, hunting demonic creatures outside the city was also a good way to pass the time.
"Don't go out. It's dangerous outside; just wait inside Lingyun City!"
"Dangerous? What danger?"
"Do you think the demonic creatures outside don't have their eyes on you because of your identity? Also, let me remind you that your identity should have spread throughout the entire Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance by now. This identity will not only attract internal hatred but also draw external attention— the Immortal Heroic World, with the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance being the most powerful organization and group. Do you understand what I mean?"
Wen Yu immediately fell silent—it was as if there had never been a unified organization on Earth, let alone the Immortal Heroic World, where powerhouses were numerous and the scale vast.
As the sovereign of the Immortal Heroic World, the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Emperor must have made many enemies on his rise, and now that the Immortal Emperor was dead but his son was still alive, one could never be sure that among the resurrected undead, there wouldn’t be those who couldn’t stand their "fake dad" and wanted to take revenge.
Having reaped the benefits of the identity, one must of course bear the risks that come with it. Even if Wen Yu didn’t take the initiative to bear this responsibility, if someone actively came to cause trouble for him because of this identity, Wen Yu wouldn't have a good solution.