Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 884 - 2: Forcing the Palace

"It was borrowed? That’s your precious lifeline Beast Chess Formation, Bai, and you actually lent it to someone else?" City Lord Changsun, upon hearing this, felt as if the sky was spinning. If it weren’t for its four short turtle legs, low center of gravity and stable stance, it would have already fainted with a thud.

Since the God and Demon War thousands of years ago, Four Symbols City, being a significant battleground for the Human Race, had never found itself in such a dire situation since its founding.

Although City Lord Changsun had urgently sent a cry for help to the Moon Plane, the Boundary River was vast like an ocean and who knew how long it would take to get there.

The current City Lord Changsun was already anxious to the extreme, intending to have Bai Sheng step in to hold off the enemy temporarily. Who would have thought that at this critical moment, Bai Sheng had faltered and actually lent out the Beast Chess Formation.

"Green-haired old turtle, your words are laughable. I, Bai Sheng, am merely staying temporarily in your Four Symbols City, not your subordinate. My stuff, I’ll lend as I please, what’s it to you? I lent it to Yue Jinghua, the very talented young man I mentioned to you before. By the way, you rushed back from the Divine Ruins, how are those young Dark Practitioners left in the ruins?" Bai Sheng couldn’t wait for Yue Jinghua to return. He wasn’t worried about Yue Jinghua taking his Beast Chess Formation; he just wanted to get the legendary Witch Origin Soil as soon as possible to reforge a new Beast Chess Formation.

By then, not to mention any Demon Army, even if the Emperor Demon Clan and Demon Emperor Ying Wuya came with his three thousand Sky Demon Soldiers, he’d have the confidence to repel them.

"Yue Jinghua? This is bad," City Lord Changsun secretly declared in his heart. It was most clear to him that the Xuyang Trial was a conspiracy meticulously orchestrated by himself and that unspeakable "strongman".

Those so-called genius youths had long been killed by the Four Destructive World Saber Wheels. The Divine Ruins had thoroughly become a wasteland and could not be reopened.

Bai Sheng’s Beast Chess Formation might as well be considered damaged.

Seeing City Lord Changsun’s evasive language, Bai Sheng suddenly sensed something amiss.

He grabbed a full handful of green hair from City Lord Changsun, causing the city lord to yell in pain.

"Changsun Gongyang, you old turtle, you better not be harboring any harmful intentions. I tell you, that young man is the one I have chosen. I’m planning to pass on all the intricacies of the Beast Chess Formation to her. If you ruin my heir, even before the Demon Army arrives, I’ll expose the dirty tricks of the Holy Beast Clan in the Sky Witch Village to the Sun Plane Divine Clan."

"Military Advisor Bai, lower your voice. If this matter gets out, it benefits no one. Calm down, how could I harm the heir you have chosen?" Changsun Gongyang’s words were sincere, but a flicker of resentment flashed obscurely in his eyes.

This Bai Sheng, despite having absolute military talent, was unruly and had somehow found out about the secret of the Sky Witch Ancient Village. He had some connections with several Divine Generals of the Sun Plane. His mouth must not ruin the great affairs of the Holy Beast Clan.

After hearing this, Bai Sheng released his hand, and several strands of green hair floated down from the top of Changsun Gongyang’s head.

While Changsun Gongyang was turning those old eyes, plotting how to deceive Bai Sheng, a few city guards hurriedly came in to report: "Reporting to the City Lord, outside the city, there is a group claiming to have escaped from the Divine Ruins, seeking entry to find two people named Lie Changgong and Long Rui."

With the Demon Army pressing in, the entire Four Symbols City was under martial law. Except for a secret passage opened to escort Xue Lingshang of the Dragon War Empire and Prince Yu Ji of the Ruison Federation who had previously come to oversee the battle in Four Symbols City, all other passages were sealed. Everyone entering and leaving Four Symbols City needed City Lord Changsun’s handwritten travel permit.

At the mention of Lie Changgong and Long Rui’s names, Changsun Gongyang was filled with surprise and delight: "Someone escaped from the Divine Ruins? What kind of people are they?"

"The visitors claim to be Yue Minzhi, Yue Jinghua siblings, and some July Team..." Upon hearing that Yue Jinghua had returned, Bai Sheng was so thrilled that he danced and immediately left Changsun Gongyang, dashing out.

City Lord Changsun, upon hearing this, had a slightly satisified look on his grim face, "The Yue siblings? They indeed have great luck, managing to escape from the Divine Ruins. The people they want are in our hands, let them into the city, I have matters to discuss with them."

"Let them in? No can do, City Lord," the reporting city guard looked troubled, "they’re several tens of thousands, most of whom were once fugitives we drove out of the city, along with some fierce Demon Beasts."

"What?!" The City Lord’s voice suddenly heightened.

Tens of thousands, they not only escaped themselves but also brought out all the fugitives and Demon Beasts from the Divine Ruins.

Outside Four Symbols City, after learning of Long Rui and Lie Changgong’s "death", Yue Minzhi was already burning with rage. If not for Yue Jinghua arriving in time with the rest of the July Team to stop him, he might have attempted to charge into Four Symbols City alone.

After being persuaded by his younger sister Yue Jinghua, Yue Minzhi calmed down somewhat. She was right; they must prioritize the bigger picture for now.

Their grandfather’s and Long Rui’s revenge must be sought, but when and how must be carefully planned.

Yue Jinghua also found Aunt Chi Xi, who had been staying on the Titan. All the members of the July Team, except for the Yue siblings, had already boarded the Titan beforehand.

Yue Jinghua organized the enormous army of several tens of thousands of Demon Beasts and fugitives. Their imposing force, like a dark cloud pressing down, was clamoring outside Four Symbols City.

The deafening roars of the beasts and sky-filling curses were like a roaring storm ready to strike, surging outside Four Symbols City like ocean waves, one after another.

"Young one of the Yue Clan, did you obtain the Witch Origin Soil?" On the city wall, Bai Sheng, dressed in a white robe with flowing white beard, was particularly conspicuous.

He pushed aside a few city guards and, ignoring their attempts to stop him, leaped down from the tens of zhang high wall, landing in front of Yue Jinghua.

"Master Bai, I’m not ungrateful to your trust, I’ve already found the Witch Origin Soil. Yet there’s one more plea. My brother and I narrowly escaped death from the Divine Ruins and discovered that this Xuyang Trial is evidently a conspiracy. City Lord Changsun endangered all of us through life-threatening ordeals and furthermore caused the death of my older brother’s unwed wife Long Rui and my grandfather Lie Changgong. We come today to demand an explanation, to seek justice—we want my sister-in-law’s and grandfather’s remains returned," Yue Jinghua said, her voice firm as the Demon Beasts and fugitives behind her roared in agreement.

"Your sister-in-law Long Rui and grandfather Lie Changgong? What exactly happened in the Xuyang Trial, I do not know yet. But one thing I can assure you of: your grandfather and the woman named Long Rui are not dead, they are both in the City Lord Mansion," Bai Sheng was also taken aback. Of the several hundred Four Symbols Team members who entered, only a few managed to return. This Xuyang Trial indeed seemed quite peculiar.