Published: March 8, 2025
Chu Yang couldn't believe that after he left, Cheng Ziang and Chen Yutong actually got promoted and became pavilion masters!
Pavilion master... this guy wouldn't be sitting on a stool with a sore backside, would he?
A knowing smile appeared on Chu Yang's face.
"You want to see our pavilion master?" The two guards looked him up and down, their nostrils flaring in disdain as they snorted and shook their heads, "Go queue over there!"
"Queue?" Chu Yang was taken aback. What? Is it not enough to just say my name? Is there a rebellion going on here!
"No kidding! You think you can see our pavilion master without queuing?" The guard looked at Chu Yang as if he were a country bumpkin, "You just came out of the mountains, didn't you?"
"Uh?" Chu Yang stared in disbelief. What the hell? I want to see Cheng Ziang, and I actually have to... queue?
"Just look at you!" The two guards laughed arrogantly, "Do you think our pavilion master is someone you can just see whenever you want? Do you see that?"
As they spoke, one of them pointed to the side.
Chu Yang turned his head in astonishment and saw that indeed there was a square nearby. In the center of the square stood a towering statue of a man, ten zhang tall, shining with golden light.
This statue was truly imposing and exuded an aura of fierce killing intent!
Clearly made of gold, it was colored like black gold, holding a long sword that glimmered, as if it could slice the sky in half! A black cloak billowed behind it; one foot was firmly planted on the ground, while the other was raised, stepping forward, displaying a heroic image as if it could stride through mountains of blades and seas of fire.
Its face was covered by a terrifying mask, resembling Yama emerging from the Underworld; it looked frightfully eerie!
Below the statue, many people stood waiting. Among them, the majority were actually in official robes, indicating they held some rank.
"Did you see it?" the guard admonished, "How many court officials want to see the pavilion masters but have to queue here! You? You come asking to see them right away?"
Chu Yang rubbed his nose and asked curiously, "Who is this statue? It looks so powerful!"
The guard's eyes widened in disbelief, and he stumbled over his words: "Y-You can't be serious... You don't even know our Chu Imperial Seat?"
"Chu Imperial Seat?" Chu Yang was taken aback.
"That's right! Chu Imperial Seat!" The bearded guard said, "This is the statue of the legendary Chu King of Hell, the only Chu Imperial Seat of the Butian Pavilion, the one word side by side king of the Iron Cloud Empire, the Prince of Chu!"
Chu Yang stood there in shock: "So it's the Chu King of Hell, the Chu Imperial Seat, the Prince of Chu..."
"You seem like an honest kid, and you also have the surname Chu; I'll tell you about the might of the Chu Imperial Seat! So listen carefully, you country bumpkin!" The bearded guard, clearly bored from standing for too long, seized the opportunity to share this well-known knowledge with someone who seemed clueless, "Back then, when the Chu Imperial Seat was in charge of the Butian Pavilion, he captured thousands of traitors in the Iron Cloud within a single day; he cleaned up thousands of officials and laid a foundation for the Iron Cloud Empire that would last for eternity!"
"The current emperor was still a crown prince back then, and he became friends with the Chu Imperial Seat through eight bowing ceremonies; from then on, the Chu Imperial Seat went alone to Great Zhao. With his strength alone, he swept through the Golden Horse Knights Hall! Then, he fought his way through the siege of thirty million troops from Great Zhao, marching through countless battles for eighteen thousand five hundred and ninety-nine li, killing over ten million enemies! He returned to Iron Cloud unscathed, with the sky blood-red from slaughter, and immediately organized a decisive battle against the first villain of the time, Diwu Qingrou, on the battlefield."
The bearded guard was animated as he spoke.
Chu Yang listened in rapt awe, mouth agape: "Ah~ ah~ ah~ so amazing!"