“You… you are far too arrogant. His Majesty has come here in person, yet you still dare to speak in this tone?” the city lord demanded.
“This is not your place to speak,” Lin Yun said, glancing at the city lord.
The Sea Wind Emperor waved a hand at the city lord, signalling him to stay silent for now, then turned to Lin Yun.
“Your words are bold, sir. I wonder what abilities you possess to back them up.”
The Sea Wind Emperor wanted to test Lin Yun’s strength and capabilities. If Lin Yun proved insufficient, he fully intended to kill him today.
“You want to know? Very well. I shall show you.”
Boom!
A terrifying aura instantly burst from Lin Yun’s body.
The Sea Wind Emperor, who had worn an arrogant expression moments before, felt that aura and his face turned deathly pale in an instant.
He felt as though he had plunged into quicksand, completely bound, even the blood in his veins beginning to freeze.
What a terrifying aura!
Before it, the Sea Wind Emperor felt as insignificant as an ant, as if the other could crush him with ease.
Just the aura alone made him suffer so greatly. He could not imagine what a real fight would bring.
The two immortals standing behind the Sea Wind Emperor were equally stunned by this dreadful aura, their faces draining of colour.
What realm must one reach to release an aura this horrifying?
It had completely surpassed anything they knew.
When Lin Yun withdrew the aura, all three of them exhaled long breaths, as though they had survived a catastrophe.
“You… who exactly are you? Are you from the Spirit Academy? Why have I never heard of anyone like you?” the Sea Wind Emperor stared at Lin Yun in shock.
Lin Yun smiled and shook his head. “I summoned you here, not so you could question me. Besides, you should now understand the proper attitude with which to address me.”
“Senior,” the Sea Wind Emperor finally lowered his head and bowed to Lin Yun.
From that aura alone, he knew that refusal to submit would mean certain death.
Without another word, Lin Yun released his divine sense and began probing the Sea Wind Emperor’s memories.
This was the true reason he had called the man here.
The Sea Wind Emperor felt nothing at all, completely unaware that every one of his memories had already been laid bare to Lin Yun.
“Hm?”
Under Lin Yun’s probing, he quickly found what he sought.
The Spirit Academy and the Heavenly Academy were the two most powerful forces in this world. They ruled over all empires.
Yet behind them lay a hidden organisation few knew about.
The God-Slaying Gate.
A considerable number of immortals on the Star Blue Continent were aware of this.
When Lin Yun discovered this, shock filled his heart.
Could the God-Slaying Gate have established a stronghold here?
Just as the Heavenly Fire God Palace had set one up on the Cultivation Continent?
Further probing soon revealed that outstanding immortals from both academies had the chance to enter the God-Slaying Gate, but only after passing its extremely difficult trials.
In the Sea Wind Emperor’s memories, Lin Yun found no information about whether the God-Slaying Gate possessed a passage to the ancestral land.
The Sea Wind Emperor had never taken the Gate’s trials and had not joined, so deeper intelligence, including this detail, was absent from his mind.
To immortals who had failed to join, the God-Slaying Gate remained highly mysterious. They knew very little.
Still, Lin Yun reasoned that, like the Heavenly Fire God Palace, the God-Slaying Gate must have a passage. Only then would maintaining a stronghold here make sense.
Discovering this clue filled Lin Yun with joy.
At last, returning home had a lead.
Since the Sea Wind Emperor had not joined, his memories held no specific location for the God-Slaying Gate.
Probing complete, Lin Yun withdrew his divine sense.
“Sea Wind Emperor, you calculated well,” Lin Yun said, looking up. “According to your plan, if you found my strength lacking, you intended to join forces and kill me, did you not?”
“Senior, I never thought any such thing,” the Sea Wind Emperor replied with an unnatural smile.
“Take me to your Heavenly Academy dean,” Lin Yun said, rising to his feet.
He intended to probe the dean’s memories and learn more.
“Senior, the Heavenly Academy dean is not someone ordinary people can meet,” the Sea Wind Emperor said.
Lin Yun smiled. “Do you consider me an ordinary person?”
