Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1094 - 326: [Slaughter]_2

Then, the local official accompanying the imperial decree not only failed to suppress the situation but deliberately antagonized the eunuch delivering the decree?

How dare they?

But this Muyang, did just that!

Since he dared to do so, there must be a reason for his audacity!

Chen Yan’s expression gradually became solemn—the subordinates of the old lady, it seemed, were restless within the Ghost Race.

He was pondering this when suddenly he heard someone on the stage from East Sea call out another name.

"Zhao Shanhe."

Hmm?

Chen Yan’s eyes moved, and he immediately realized they were calling him.

He slowly stood up and walked onto the stage, wondering in his mind, and then he saw East Sea looking at him, saying indifferently, "You, stand behind me."

"As you command." Chen Yan, unhurriedly clasped his hands, then walked behind East Sea, standing beside Lu Kang.

Lu Kang looked calm, glanced at Chen Yan with a faint smile, but said nothing.

The people on stage were noisy, but East Sea ignored them completely, letting them chatter away while he continued reading out names at his own pace.

Before long, he had read out seven or eight more names, of which only one was called to stand behind him, the others were directed to stand with Jiang Liu and his group.

By now, East Sea had called out a total of twenty-four names.

Four people stood behind East Sea, including Chen Yan and young Lu Kang, as well as two unrecognized loose cultivators, one male and one female.

Jiang Liu and his group stood to the left in front of East Sea, a total of twenty people. Jiang Liu had been helped up, standing there shakily, having finished spitting blood, wiped his mouth clean but alternating between anger and fear as he looked at East Sea.

The skinny old man called Muyang looked somewhat pale. The few deliberately provocative words he had spoken earlier were completely ignored by East Sea.

What made Muyang particularly uneasy was that after he finished speaking, East Sea simply looked at him deeply, with a faintly cold smile in his eyes, then continued to read the names without responding with a single word.

Finally, after reading out twenty-four names, East Sea closed his mouth, glancing over the entire audience.

There were still about a hundred people sitting below the stage, all participants of the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony whose names had not been called.

"The rest of you, those whose names I did not call, may leave now, please feel free!"

This statement left many in the audience surprised, but some quick-thinking and clever individuals vaguely sensed something was about to happen and after hearing East Sea’s words, they immediately stood up, swiftly bowed, and quickly stepped away!

"Wait, wait a moment!" Muyang looked displeased and turned to East Sea, "Lord Sword Master, according to the process, today we still need to announce the procedures and important details of the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony to everyone, if you just let everyone leave like this..."

"What’s there to announce," East Sea said coldly, "The Heaven-Crashing Ceremony has been held for tens of thousands of years, and these participants, coming from noble sects and families, have already been instructed repeatedly by their elders in the family and sect before coming.

Even those loose cultivator participants, since they could manage to get a token to participate, they must have already gathered enough information and certainly know the procedures of previous ceremonies.

Why do they need you to repeat it again?"

Muyang was stunned, but looking at Jiang Liu’s twenty men, everyone’s expression was nervous, and he faintly sensed danger!

"This is not according to the rules!" Muyang still struggled— with so many people present, this Sword Master probably wouldn’t dare to act too excessively, always needing to maintain some decorum.

But he suddenly felt a chill in his body, realizing that East Sea’s gaze towards him contained a hint of cold killing intent.

This hint of killing intent jolted Muyang awake!

Trying to use debates over words, processes, and rules was utterly meaningless in front of this Lord Sword Master.

With a chill in his heart, he shivered sharply, blurting out, "Sword Master, your actions are against the rules! I will go request Lord Yama to speak with you!"

Having said that, he waved his hand angrily, taking the opportunity to leave.

East Sea merely sneered silently, not stopping Muyang from leaving, not even glancing at his back shadow.

He stood there, feet apart, arms crossed, just tilted his head slightly, and said to Chen Yan and the other four behind him in a calm tone, "No matter what happens later, just stay where you are and don’t move a step, and you four will be safe."

Chen Yan and Lu Kang didn’t speak, just nodded. However, the only female cultivator among the four respectfully clasped her hands and bowed to East Sea: "I will follow the Sword Master’s command."

Chen Yan instinctively turned to glance at this female cultivator, appearing youthful—though for cultivators, it’s hard to judge age by appearance. But considering she is participating in the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, she should not be too old, and her cultivation is probably only entry-level, so she should be relatively young in reality.

A round face, her features seemed rather amiable and pleasing, speaking now she looked very deferential and compliant.

East Sea didn’t look at this female cultivator, but his gaze briefly fell on Chen Yan before he curved his mouth into a small smile.

Chen Yan’s heart skipped, and suddenly he had a realization—this Brother Xiaohai recognized him!

East Sea said nothing further, stepped forward, slowly approaching the twenty people with Jiang Liu.

As he advanced intimidatingly, Jiang Liu and the others instinctively retreated step by step, the central Jiang Liu still forcing himself to loudly proclaim, "We are guests invited by the Ghost Race, holders of tokens for the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, Sword Master, Sword Master..."