Chapter 476: Prefect Grand Usher

　　Tianyi who was imprisoned in Xia Tai looked at the person who was talking to him with peaceful eyes. The person was covered in black leather armor and his eyes were the only visible part of his body. The black leather armor was tightly sewn and had no visible seams.

　　Not many people in Diqiu could look Tianyi directly in the eye and this man in the leather armor was one of them. Only warriors like him who had conquered many nations and killed countless demons could use their willpower to not be affected by Tianyi’s peaceful gaze.

　　If he was not there to guard Xia Tai, every other guard would have been influenced by Tianyi’s benevolence and set him free.

　　Tianyi smiled, the curvature of his lips was perfect. It was like a spring breeze that could comfort anyone deeply. He said, “I am a minister of Emperor Xia and that was why I chose not to leave. Do you think this Xia Tai is capable of trapping me?”

　　He scanned the surroundings with his gentle gaze. Wherever his gaze landed on, the true fire of the sun in that area would extinguish itself. After scanning the room once, all the true fire of the sun had been extinguished.

　　The man in the armor leather was surprised and terrified. He started chanting a weird syllable which was simple yet, had an ancient air towards it. Eight black caples then popped out from the void and started tying Tianyi up.

　　Tianyi accepted it without any resistance.

　　The true fire of the sun started to ignite again but the man in the leather armor was no longer confident that he could prevent Tianyi from escaping.

　　In fact, he hoped that Tianyi would escape. Then, Emperor Xia would be furious and gathered the aristocratic powers of Diqiu. Regardless of how strong Tianyi was, there was no way that he could escape from that.

　　Tianyi ended the conversation and closed his eyes. He let out a peaceful smile and thought to himself, “Da Xia is not capable of making everyone submit to them or at least he would never do so, neither will the person who just entered Diqiu. When he came to Diqiu, Guan Longzi had told him that if Yinglong appeared, he would have the chance to leave Diqiu and return to Yin Shang. Looks like Guan Longzi’s prediction would come true anytime soon.”

　　Da Xia was strong and Diqiu was broad. Even the river streams in the city were flowing with raging spiritual tides. Any ordinary person would change wholly after soaking in the spiritual tides for several times.

　　However, Shen Lian felt that hustle bustle of the mortal world was lacking in Da Xia. It was too solemn and cold here and he does not like it at all.

　　Even if he sensed ten or more breathes that were as powerful as Liu Mengde, but the breathes belonged to lowly ranked troopers of the Diqiu military force.

　　With such terrifying forces, it was no wonder that Emperor Xia had the ambition to dominate the world and make celestial beings and Buddha submit to his sovereignty.

　　Because of the prestige of Da Xia, thousands of nations surrendered to them, causing the manor of the Prefect Grand Usher to be extremely busy throughout the year.

　　But of course, an affiliated country had to be strong enough to earn the credentials to meet the Prefect Grand Usher.

　　The Prefect Grand Usher’s name was Lei Nuo. The reason why he had such great influence was because he was from the Youhu family of the twelve aristocratic family and his wife’s family name was ‘Si’, which was the family name of the Xia royalties. His wife, Si Jiang was the sister of the Emperor Xia.

　　Prefect Grand Usher Lei Nuo had not been feeling peaceful for the past few days. It was because Yinglong came out from its dragon pond and that alerted Emperor Xia. Emperor Xia assigned him to investigate this issue. As every warrior in Da Xia was registered, that unknown great existence probably came from somewhere beyond Da Xia. The Prefect Grand Usher was in charge of foreign affairs and he would be able to find out about that person.

　　Emperor Xia would never allow a strong presence to leave his sight in his city.

　　Prefect Grand Usher Lei Nuo had been tirelessly investigating about foreigners who entered Da Xia for the past five days. He really wanted to figure out who on earth triggered Yinglong.

　　But his efforts were to no avail. Lately, the stronger ministers were in a state of fright and most of the powerful people had left Diqiu due to Tianyi’s imprisonment at Xia Tai.

　　Lei Nuo returned to his manor and was thinking of how he could get his wife to beg for mercy on behalf of him. Perhaps it was his bad temper lately, the numbers of ambassadors who were queuing up to see him had greatly reduced. But after all, people were afraid of death. If Lei Nuo was triggered, he would not tone down his breath and the surging power in him could easily crush the ambassadors to death.

　　But things were different today as he stopped before entering the manor. There was a huge Plane tree that was over thousand years of age outside of his manor. Legend has it that a phoenix once rested on the tree. But that was not the reason why Lei Nuo did not chop off the tree.

　　After all, he does not need such treasures. Furthermore, if he wanted a phoenix he could easily get one from the palace.

　　A Daoist from the Xuandu Temple once told him that this Plane tree was as Sage Tree. As long as the tree grew outside of his manor, it would guarantee his prosperity and luck.

　　Even if they had immense power, they could only live for about a hundred years and unlike Qi cultivators, they were not capable of cultivating their spirits for reincarnation after the death of the body.

　　A young boy was sitting under the Plane tree and it seemed like he had been seated for quite a while. Lei Nuo noticed the boy who was seated there earlier on but he was not bothered by it.

　　Lei Nuo’s memory was not as good as other Qi cultivators but things that happened recently were still fresh in his memories. He tried to recalled and was sure that the boy had been sitting there since the evening five days ago.

　　People come and go but the boy was just sitting there.

　　He looked at the guard next to him and said, “Bring him in to the manor. I have something to ask him.”

　　Lei Nuo felt that the boy was special and had an air of calmness around him. He was intrigued and decided to summon him into the manor.

　　The guard walked towards Shen Lian to explain the intentions of Lei Nuo and invited Shen Lian in to the manor.

　　The guard could not help but felt that Shen Lian was really lucky. There were people who queued up for ten days to months and yet it does not guarantee an entry pass to the manor. All Shen Lian did was took a seat somewhere far away and he had the opportunity to meet with the Prefect Grand Usher.

　　He smiled and said, “You are one lucky person.”

　　Shen Lian got up slowly and smiled at the guard, “I have always been lucky.”

　　The guard was disgusted by Shen Lian’s calmness and said, “You better pray for better luck because the Prefect Grand Usher has been in a foul mood for the past few days. If you’re unlucky, you might not be able to walk out from the manor.”

　　Shen Lian starred at the guard with a serious face. His deep gaze made the guard uncomfortable.

　　The guard asked, “Why are you looking at me?”

　　Shen Lian answered, “Your bad fortune is coming.”

　　As the guard opened his mouth and wanted to rebut, a white-yellowish liquid entered his mouth. It was a bird dropping.

　　It was not difficult for him to avoid the bird dropping but for some reasons, he did not notice it at all. He then saw a black tiger climbing on the Plane tree. It was an odd sight and since when could tigers climb trees?