Imperial God Emperor

Chapter 868, [Guanlan Mountain Manor]

Along the way, Ye Qingyu found that they were getting further and further away from the bustling and lively central area of Heaven Connect City, and there were increasingly less streets and buildings. It had become more and more desolate.

“Are we on the edge of Heaven Connect City,” Luo Yi whispered.

The others did not utter a word.

But the colour of disappointment was becoming more and more apparent.

The airship eventually landed.

Ahead was the second encampment site obtained by Heaven Wasteland Domain.

It was a courtyard that seemed to have been deserted for a long time.

The door of the courtyard was made of ordinary mahogany, about two people high and the colour was somewhat faded. The paint surface was mottled, the door broken, and the entrance was covered up. With a push the door produced a shrill creaking sound. Ye Qingyu, under the leadership of Divine Guard Tang Chong, entered the abandoned ruins-like courtyard. He swept his eyes around only to see that there were crumbling fences, dilapidated walls, and overgrown weeds everywhere. It was hard to imagine there to be such a place in Heaven Connect City.

Ye Qingyu also didn’t ask anything right away.

He and the Great Dragon Turtle Demon and other people circled around the ruins-like courtyard.

The whole courtyard was divided into four areas. The front courtyard and back courtyard were connected, and on the left and right there were two side courtyards. It occupied a total area of about five hundred square kilometers.

The area of five hundred square kilometers was countless times larger than the previous stone building. According to Tang Chong, such an area was not too bad in comparison to the encampment area of the top forces. From the area point of view, it was a reasonable choice, but the problem was that there were weeds everywhere, the walls were mottled, cobwebs and dust were everywhere, and there were many corner eaves that had broken down. It seemed that one could blow down these courtyard walls with little effort. It was clear that there was no possibility of repair. If they chose this place for the encampment of Heaven Wasteland Domain, then it was necessary to rebuild the walls and fences.

The construction of an encampment site was not as simple as the repairing of houses by ordinary people. It requires a lot of materials, and the reinforcement of formations by top masters, as well as various prohibition formations. This project was extremely large, and given the physical resources and labour resources of the present Heaven Wasteland Domain, it was basically impossible to complete within a short period of time.

Ye Qingyu heaved a sigh, exchanged a glance with the Great Dragon Turtle Demon, but did not speak.

What Ye Qingyu was thinking of, the Great Dragon Turtle Demon also thought of.

The locations of the two encampments both had serious deficiencies and were not good choices.

The two were a little hesitant.

Taking another lap around the courtyard, Ye Qingyu found another strange thing——As he walked through the ruins in front of the hall, there was a chilly breeze blowing about that he could not help but shiver. It was absolutely not normal. Given Ye Qingyu’s present cultivation level, he would not tremble like that even in a world of ice and snow. That gust of chilly wind contained a very bizarre energy.

Ye Qingyu stood in the front hall for a good while, and did not seem to sense anything.

“Although this courtyards has been abandoned, but from the foundation point of view, it must have been extremely grand back then and should have an impressive history, right?” Ye Qingyu cast a thoughtful look at Tong Chong.

“Lord Ye Qingyu really is intelligent and can discern what others cannot. Indeed, this was [Guanlan Mountain Manor], which used to be a residence of a Human Race Quasi-emperor in Heaven Connect City. In its flourishing period, not only was this a mountain manor, but within every fifty kilometers of the mountain manor, there were forces of [Guanlan Mountain Manor]. Outsiders did not dare to enter. Unfortunately, I was not able to see its grand state with my own eyes. When I came to the Divine Guard of the Domain Alliance, this was already abandoned, but it was rumoured that the Human Race Quasi-emperor was unrivalled in power and strength. He was a fierce person and his deterrent power was above that of [Quasi-emperor Xiaofei]. The thousands of races would all cowardly retreat upon hearing his name. Unfortunately, something happened and he went missing. [Guanlan Mountain Manor] was turned into ruins, abandoned for countless years, and become like this now...” Tang Chong sighed.

There was such a history to this manor.

A look of astonishment crossed Ye Qingyu’s face.

An unknown Human Race Quasi-emperor?

Why did it sound a bit ridiculous? If he were really a Human Race Quasi-emperor then he should not be unknown, right? And from Tang Chong’s point of view, the Quasi-emperor had a more terrifying deterrent power than [Quasi-emperor Xiaofei], and should not be summed up with the word ‘unknown’.

But from the tone and manner of Tang Chong, it should not be false. The white-robed divine guard seemed to not know anything more and Ye Qingyu did not question further.

But in any case, the information was enough to indicate that the ruins in front of them were really not that simple.

“Since it has such an amazing past then why has it been abandoned?” Ye Qingyu asked again after a thought, “Did no other people wanted this place after the disappearance of the Human Race Quasi-emperor? This area was after all a rare quiet place in Heaven Connect City, which is surrounded by mountains and trees, and the area is so large...”

Tang Chong looked at Ye Qingyu, seemingly hesitant, and finally answered, “Of course there were people who wanted to repair and restore [Guanlan Mountain Manor], unfortunately...”

“Unfortunately what?” Ye Qingyu felt that there was a hidden meaning in Tang Chong’s words.

“Unfortunately they all turned crazy in the end.” Tang Chong no longer concealed anything and directly explained, “In the past years, there was a total of eight prominent people who wanted to construct a mansion here, but something strange happened, and they ended up in a miserable state. Ever since a heaven’s prideling of the Demon Race turned crazy, no other beings dared to stay here. This is what I read in some ancient books. To this day, these ruins had been abandoned for more than thousands of years, and there were often strange occurrences. Ordinary people simply dared not to come close to this place, and no one dared to take over the area. Therefore, the surroundings are very quiet. I do not know why the Domain Alliance designated this area as one of the choices of encampment site for Heaven Wasteland Domain.”

Ye Qingyu nodded when he finished.

Tang Chong did not know why, but Ye Qingyu had figured it out.

There were still people in the Domain Alliance who couldn’t stand the Human Race and Heaven Wasteland Domain doing well, and were deliberately making things difficult for them. The first site was small and pitiful, and the average person would not choose that stone building. However they do not want to give a better choice for Heaven Wasteland Domain, so they simply gave them the choice of this dangerous location. By doing so it seemed that, on the surface, Heaven Wasteland Domain was given a choice, when in fact there was only the stone building that can be selected.

Ye Qingyu stood at the door of the courtyard, silent for a moment.

The Great Dragon Turtle Demon also kept quiet, fury bubbling inside him, but he also did not say anything when he saw Ye Qingyu’s expression.

“Divine Guard Tang Chong, the encampment site of Heaven Wasteland Domain will be the first site, the stone building.”

After pondering for a while, Ye Qingyu finally spoke.

These two choices were obviously not very ideal, but the good thing was that the first site was located in the bustling area of Heaven Connect City, which was not far from the Domain Alliance Temple and had good transportation. Although Heaven Wasteland Domain had already passed the domain assessment, but based on their present strength and power they were still very weak. Thus there was no need to send too many people to stay in the encampment. And in the future, this encampment of Heaven Wasteland Domain had more symbolism purpose than a substantive role. Although the stone building was small, it was also enough for them.

But in reality, Ye Qingyu was still really interested in the ruins of [Guanlan Mountain Manor].

Since there was such a legendary and almost ridiculous history, then there must be a huge secret hidden there. Thinking about that breeze of gloomy wind from before, Ye Qingyu actually believed completely in Tang Chong’s words and had a great curiosity in the legendary secret. Vaguely, Ye Qingyu guessed that Ren Puyang must also know something, but did not make it clear and still let Tang Chong bring him here. Perhaps there was a deeper meaning to it.

Ye Qingyu took another lap around the courtyard. Releasing his consciousness power, he swept his gaze across and examined around, before he left with the Great Dragon Turtle Demon and the others.

After that, everybody boarded the airship and flew back.

Looking at the tremendous ruins below, Ye Qingyu was tempted, and asked Tang Chong, “Commander Tang Chong, since this desolate courtyard has been abandoned for such a long time and no one dares to take over, if I want to buy it the price should not be too unreasonable, right?”

Tang Chong looked surprised upon hearing this, “Lord Ye Qingyu, you want to buy [Guanlan Mountain Manor] ruins? Don’t be reckless, you must think twice. This is a dangerous place and something strange will happen to whoever that lives there. The geniuses and Lords that did not believe in this all ended up in a miserable state. Lord Ye Qingyu, you...”

Ye Qingyu smiled and interrupted him, “Commander Tang Chong you’re thinking too much, even if I buy it I do not necessarily have to live there... I’m just asking.”

Tang Chong looked at Ye Qingyu with doubt.

In truth, as part of the Human Race camp, he and another commander Lin Baichuan, because of the relationship between Ye Qingyu and Ren Puyang, also hoped that the former could soar to the sky. Thus he was a little worried that this human genius would become arrogant because everything had been going smoothly, and make the mistake of entering [Guanlan Mountain Manor].

But after a little hesitation he still answered, “This piece of land is listed in the Land Exchange of Heaven Connect City. No one had asked about it for thousands of years, the price most likely had fallen to its lowest point. Of course you can buy it but... please forgive me for speaking out of turn... it would be better for Lord Ye Qingyu to not have any thoughts on buying this land.”

“Well, I am incredibly grateful for reminding me.” Ye Qingyu knew that he had good intentions and sincerely expressed his thanks.

Soon, the airship came to the Green Xuan Hall.

Ye Qingyu got off the airship, expressed his thanks again, said goodbye to Tang Chong, and left with the others.

Now that the encampment location had been chosen, everything else were trifling matters.

Ye Qingyu was not concerned about these matters, and the Great Dragon Turtle Demon had begun to enter his role, taking care of the various arrangements and matters.

The old turtle had performed exceptionally meritorious services to Heaven Wasteland Domain before and had reached the Saint realm, thus he was very well respected. He issued a series of orders, and the matters were methodically carried out——