Chapter 227: Dream Butterfly, asking for a favor

Yan Rongjun smiled sweetly. "Ooooh? A misunderstanding, is it? What exactly do you think we misunderstood, hmm? Was it the part about you impersonating us, the Underworld Palace?"

Seeing her smile and hearing her voice, it sounded almost like a teasing older sister, yet that smile carried an eerie sense of intimidation.

"Err... Lady... Lady Yan, I... I’m just one of the many candidates for the Underworld... I mean... the fake Underworld Palace squad leader! I’m just someone who ascended to the Immortal Realm and happened to know them by chance!"

"Uh huh~ Very interesting~" she drawled teasingly. "Would you mind providing us with more information? Better yet, pointing out all those fakers’ bases in the lower realm would be appreciated." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Hearing this, Young Master Shi smiled as if he had finally found a way to survive.

"Of... of course, Lady Yan! It would be my honor." He immediately agreed. At this point, surviving was his highest priority.

The two walked a short distance away before Yan Rongjun erected a sound isolation barrier, separating their conversation from everyone else.

While the two chatted, Zodiac felt as if his entire worldview had collapsed.

Fake Underworld Palace!?

What did this mean!?

Did it mean the Underworld Palace he had always respected and desperately tried to curry favor with was fake all along? And the one he believed to be fake was actually the real one?

"Hey, you! Black mist guy," Wei Chen called out.

Zodiac immediately turned toward Wei Chen. As he looked at him standing there alone, a flash of calculation appeared in Zodiac’s mind.

This was the young master of the Underworld Palace. The real Underworld Palace, one far more powerful than the fake one.

He knew for certain that the man named Shi from the fake Underworld Palace was at the Pseudo Immortal Realm, and the fact that Lady Yan had frightened him into instant submission meant she had to be even stronger.

And most importantly, she could remain in the lower realm without suffering backlash from the laws of Heaven and Earth.

This... this was a true powerhouse.

The true unimaginable and unreachable apex.

With this in mind, Zodiac immediately spoke. "Yes? What is your wish, Young Master Wei?"

"Huh?" Wei Chen’s face twisted with incredulity, as if he had just heard someone fart into an Enya song.

"Yo, what happened to your arrogance? I mean... it’s not that I don’t understand, but isn’t this change a bit too fast? What about the dignity of founding a shadow organization?" Wei Chen asked bluntly.

The expected anger did not rise within Zodiac’s heart at all. After learning Wei Chen’s true identity, he no longer had the mind to get angry.

"Young Master Wei, my principle is simple. Dignity comes after one’s life. If maintaining it only brings me closer to my grave, why would I bother with it?"

This time, the one left stunned was Wei Chen. "Err... okay."

At that moment, familiar laughter rang out from the side.

"Hahahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Hua Zuixian laughed loudly as if he had just witnessed the funniest thing in the world.

"I never thought I’d live to see this scene! The unreachable, powerful, and mysterious Zodiac sucking up to people like this! Hahahahaha!"

Zodiac glared at Hua Zuixian but chose to ignore him.

"By the way, Young Master Wei, what did you want to say to me?"

"Oh! Right!" Wei Chen touched his head as if he had just remembered. "Why don’t you reveal what you actually look like? I think there’s no point maintaining your mystery anymore, huh? It would be counterproductive if you’re trying to stay alive. Nobody likes people acting tough, especially when they don’t have sh*t to back it up," Wei Chen said.

Hearing this, Zodiac was stunned before letting out a dry laugh.

"Ah hahaha... it’s not that I want to act tough or anything, Young Master Wei. It’s just that I truly can’t reveal myself."

"Huh? Why?" Wei Chen asked.

"You see, Young Master Wei, I am currently at the Great Ascension Realm. And the technique you see me using right now can obscure the laws of Heaven and Earth, making myself harder for the laws themselves to detect."

"But as you know, it only makes me harder to detect, not completely hidden. If I deactivate it without proper preparation, I would immediately be sent to the Immortal Realm," Zodiac explained.

At that moment, Yan Rongjun and Young Master Shi stepped out from the sound isolation barrier. Young Master Shi was now covered in sealing talismans that completely sealed his cultivation base.

There was also a third person following them out from the barrier. It was the woman in green scale armor, now without the mask concealing her face. She had light green hair and green eyes, along with beautiful features, though she was obviously nowhere near as beautiful as Dream Butterfly.

To Wei Chen, if Dream Butterfly was a ten, then this girl was only a four out of ten. Even so, if she were to get yeet into his previous world, she would definitely become a star.

"Let’s go back, we’re done here," Yan Rongjun said as she swiped her hand, tearing a hole through space.

"Go in! All of you!" she snarled at the Zodiac group.

The group quietly entered the spatial tear, their heads lowered as they slowly walked inside like arrested criminals being marched into prison in his previous life.

— A Day Passed —

After Wei Chen returned, he let Mo Xingyao decide the fate of these people. As far as he cared, he was not a direct victim of this group. Only two people should concern themselves with the Zodiac group’s fate.

Those two were Mo Xingyao, whose vault had been broken into by Hua Zuixian and his cohorts, and Yan Rongjun, due to the fake Underworld Palace that had been impersonating them and using their name to cause trouble in both the Immortal Realm and the lower realm.

From the interrogation results, which the group cooperated with fully, Yan Rongjun learned about every hideout and force connected to the fake Underworld Palace. The list was long, long enough for Yan Rongjun to call Mo Xingyao over for a discussion.

That was because if they were to destroy everyone on the list, the death toll might reach a whole new level, and that was something the Underworld, which already had population control problems, needed to consider carefully.

Today, Yan Rongjun also called Youqi down from the Underworld to discuss this matter with Mo Xingyao. They were deciding who would be spared and who would be made into an example.

Of course, every branch of the fake Underworld Palace had to go. That was non negotiable. But they also needed to choose some people deeply involved in the fake Underworld Palace’s shady dealings to make examples out of.

Wei Chen did not concern himself with this trouble, as it was not his place to judge.

He simply activated his Myriad Realm Epiphany Pagoda and let Dream Butterfly enter to cultivate. He had already chosen a suitable cultivation method along with a set of useful combat and movement techniques for her.

But before entering the pagoda, she hesitated in front of it, then decided to walk up to him.

"My lord... can I ask you for a favor?"

"Huh? Do you need something, Yu’er?" Wei Chen asked.

"My lord... it’s about my former matron... she... she has disappeared. Could you please help me find her? I... I promise! I’ll be diligent. I’ll give it my all in cultivation, and I’ll help you as best as I can, my lord. So... could you..." Dream Butterfly was about to continue pleading, but Wei Chen touched her lips, stopping her from speaking further.

"Don’t worry, I’ll help you. But... how do you know your former matron disappeared and didn’t just... I don’t know, go on a long trip?" he asked.

"Oh! That’s because Sister Mirror Butterfly told me in the private chat. She said the matron disappeared without telling her the direction the Immortal Dream Garden would take over the next few months."

"If she were going on a long trip, she would definitely tell Sister Mirror Butterfly where she was going and what the policy of the place would be for the next few months," Dream Butterfly explained.

Hearing that, Wei Chen nodded.

"Okay, I’ll help you, don’t worry. Better yet, you can cultivate inside the pagoda first, then come out so we can search for her together. A year in there is equal to a day outside, so you’ll have plenty of time to train and cultivate. With your aptitude and special physique, even a dozen days of cultivation would benefit you greatly. During that time, I’ll help search for the matron."

"Thank you, my lord!" Dream Butterfly exclaimed excitedly before jumping into Wei Chen’s embrace and kissing his cheek. She then quickly ran into the pagoda.

Wei Chen shook his head at his wife’s antics before walking toward the residence Mo Xingyao had designated as the place to keep the prisoners from the Zodiac group.