Chapter 537: Chapter 0532: Return to the Holy Land

After half a day, Chen Yu arrived at the Sacred Site on the map.

This was his first time here, and the architectural style of the Sacred Site was very similar to that of Kunyun Sacred Land–grand, spectacular, mysterious, and ancient.

Chen Yu, emanating the cultivation of the Middle Stage of the Guiyuan Realm, barged straight in.

“Who goes there?”

“How dare you trespass into Kunyun Palace!”

Voices erupted as many people rushed out rapidly.

Kunyun Palace was the name of this base.

This power had just risen in the Summoning Flame Realm but was extremely domineering and rigorously expanding.

They were very surprised that someone dared to trespass into this place.

“Who are you?”

Among the many powerhouses, a man with dark blue pupils glared at Chen Yu, his aura overpowering.

Needless to say, this man must be one of the two Golden Emblem Holy Guards at the base!

“I am Chen Yu, a Holy Guard from Kunyun Sacred Land!”

Chen Yu declared loudly.

“Holy Guard? Chen Yu?”

The crowd of powerhouses mulled over these few words.

“Indeed, there was such a person among the last batch of Holy Guards sent by the Sacred Land.”

A Silver Emblem Holy Guard spoke.

The last batch sent for reinforcements consisted of nine people, whose names were already registered here.

“Where is your token?”

The man with blue eyes asked, as having a Holy Land Token would make verifying his identity much easier.

“I don’t have the token.”

But soon, someone came forward to validate Chen Yu’s identity, which was none other than Yunhai Zhen, who had been dispatched here with him.

In addition, there were a few Copper Badge Holy Guards at that time who could also attest to Chen Yu’s identity.

“Why did you only come to the base now after reaching the Summoning Flame Realm? Do you know that Qian Guang, Jiang Boxiong, and others have gone out searching for you!”

The Golden Emblem Holy Guard interrogated coldly.

In reality, this phenomenon was uncontrollable, and he did not care about it.

His interrogation was merely to intimidate Chen Yu and, at the same time, hope that Chen Yu would be wise enough to contribute a portion of the spoils he obtained freely, so everyone would be happy.

“Qian Guang, Shi Nan Yuan!”

Chen Yu immediately showed a fierce and angry expression, a change that surprised everyone present.

“What’s wrong? Did you encounter them?”

The man with blue eyes asked perplexedly.

“Yes, Golden Emblem Holy Guard sir, not only did I encounter them, but I also experienced an assassination attempt by Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan. I had to discard the Holy Guard Token to escape and make it back to the Sacred Site base.”

Chen Yu said indignantly.

The many Holy Guards around showed thoughtful expressions.

Such incidents were not unusual within the Sacred Lands, and almost eighty percent of them believed that Qian Guang and others could indeed have done such a thing.

But such matters often lacked decisive evidence, and without evidence, no charges could be brought.

There was another puzzling point: Chen Yu had been ambushed by Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan, so how could he, a mere Copper Badge Holy Guard, possibly have escaped alive?

“I initially encountered Jiang Boxiong, a kind-hearted man who was about to take me back to the Sacred Land. However, Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan attacked us; they killed Jiang Boxiong, and I took the chance to flee. To shake them off, I discarded the Copper Badge Holy Guard Token.”

Chen Yu fabricated an incident.

“So audacious, Qian Guang, to kill a Copper Badge Holy Guard let alone a Silver Emblem Holy Guard!”

“I heard that his strength is nearly that of a Golden Emblem Holy Guard; indeed, he has the capability.”

Many people discussed quietly, also cautiously wary of Qian Guang to avoid being betrayed by him in the future.

“Oh? We cannot simply take your word for this matter. We need to wait for Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan to return for a confrontation. You should return to Kunyun Palace first.”

The blue-eyed man acted with apparent fairness.

The crowd quickly dispersed, and the remaining people did not care much about this affair–many among them had committed similar acts or had witnessed them before.

As for the outcome, there could be two scenarios.

The first scenario was that the truth was difficult to confirm, so everyone would be slightly punished, and then the matter would be dropped.

The other scenario was that those with strong capabilities and backgrounds would triumph.

The feud between Chen Yu, Qian Guang, and Shi Nan Yuan might end up as one of these two outcomes, with many believing it would be the latter, considering Qian Guang was close to becoming a Golden Emblem Holy Guard.

Within the Sacred Land, a higher position meant entirely different treatment.

Back at Kunyun Palace, Chen Yu, due to his involvement in a Holy Guard killing incident, was placed in a separate courtyard under surveillance.

He needed to apply to leave the courtyard, and Chen Yu was exempted from participating in the tasks of Kunyun Palace.

This had little impact on Chen Yu; in fact, he felt quite satisfied as it was safe here. He did not need to go out on missions and could cultivate in peace.

During this time, Chen Yu killed a Copper Badge Holy Guard and added the gains from Evil Fire Ancestor’s cave and the Fire Lion Sect’s plundering.

He amassed over one million one hundred thousand Primordial Stones!

Such a number of Primordial Stones would surprise even those at the Half-step Sky Sea or in the Sky Sea Realm.

Additionally, excluding the consumed Primordial Spirit Flame Crystals, he still had one hundred fifty pounds!

A portion of this was from the Evil Fire Ancestor’s cave, his personal stash, and also a significant amount of Primordial Spirit Flame Crystals in Sect Leader Song’s storage bag.

Apart from this, there were numerous precious materials, elixirs, spiritual artifacts, and more, too many to count.

Among these, he had forty Pure Essence Pills alone.

Of course, while the quality of the Pure Essence Pills from the Summoning Flame Realm couldn’t compare with those of Kunyun Sacred Land, their sheer quantity was astonishing.

In general, Chen Yu suddenly became wealthy.

He immediately took out a Pure Essence Pill and a rare cultivation material to begin closed-door cultivation.

Chen Yu had broken through to the Middle Stage of the Guiyuan Realm not long ago. This trip to the Summoning Flame Realm was also a trial, and with the aid of rare materials and Elixirs, his cultivation was very effective and showed considerable progress.

But he had only been cultivating for half a month when someone came looking for him, and Chen Yu had to end his closed-door cultivation.

“Hall Master asks for your presence in the Great Hall.”

This Copper Badge Holy Guard spoke.

Chen Yu already had a premonition and knew why the administrator of Kunyun Palace was looking for him.

Soon, he arrived at the Great Hall, and as soon as he entered, Chen Yu saw two people, Qian Guang, and Shi Nan Yuan.

“Golden Emblem Holy Guard Sir, please stand up for me: these two ambushed me, and Jiang Boxiong tragically died by their hands.”

Chen Yu immediately shouted.

“Sir, this child is entirely fabricating stories. Shi Nan Yuan and I kindly went out to find him. We never encountered him, and now he falsely accuses us like this.”

“Chen Yu, what is your purpose in slandering me and Brother Qian?”

Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan countered one after the other.

“Qian Guang, describe the sequence of events on your journey,” the man with blue eyes said.

“We four kindly went out to find Chen Yu and split into two groups. But we didn’t find Chen Yu until one day, Brother Jiang contacted us, saying he found Chen Yu, and they were all at the Fire Lion Sect.”

“So we hurried over, only to find the Fire Lion Sect in ruins, Brother Jiang and Brother Yang both dead.”

“I suspect Chen Yu colluded with the natives of the Summoning Flame Realm and caused Brother Jiang and Brother Yang’s deaths.”

Qian Guang instantly absolved himself of all responsibility and shifted the blame for the two men’s deaths onto Chen Yu.

“Chen Yu, is this true?”

The man with blue eyes stared at him, exerting an invisible spiritual pressure that made Chen Yu’s breathing momentarily catch.

“Chen Yu, stop making excuses, and confess to what really happened,” Qian Guang also barked, with a faint smile curling at the corners of his lips.

“This is bad, he’s siding with Qian Guang.”

Chen Yu realized.

“Ha ha!”

Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan both laughed.

They had returned without any achievement and were incredibly frustrated, thinking Chen Yu had hidden in a very secretive place.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yu had returned to the Sacred Land.

As old-timers, they sensed the situation was grim and bribed the man with blue eyes first thing.

Qian Guang would soon become a Golden Emblem Holy Guard and naturally, for the sake of Chen Yu, who was merely a Copper Badge, the blue-eyed man wouldn’t want to offend a Silver and a Golden Emblem.

“It’s not true, they are making it all up.”

Chen Yu firmly denied the accusations.

At first, Chen Yu thought of taking out the Image Retention Mirror and presenting the evidence.

Now, he changed his mind.

Chen Yu feared that if he presented the evidence, this group might risk attacking him here and kill him to destroy the evidence.

After all, if the evidence were indeed indisputable, Qian Guang and Shi Nan Yuan would face execution, and they would definitely take that risk.

Moreover, Chen Yu knew one thing: within the Sacred Land, only a Law Enforcement Holy Guard could truly administer justice.

That is to say, this Golden Emblem Holy Guard couldn’t actually convict Chen Yu; he was just deceiving a newcomer.

So, Chen Yu resolutely denied everything, and without evidence, they couldn’t do anything to him.

“Haha, you’re still far from being able to contend with us,” Shi Nan Yuan thought smugly to himself.

“Sir, should we kill this kid right here?”

Qian Guang transmitted a message to the man with blue eyes.

“Haha, this is Kunyun Palace, and a Holy Guard dying horribly in Kunyun Palace, are you trying to implicate me?”

The man with blue eyes shot Qian Guang a warning glance.

The death of a Holy Guard on a mission was due to unforeseen dangers, but a Holy Guard’s horrific death in Kunyun Palace could very likely denote treachery from within, and the Sacred Land would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly, even implicating him.

“Alright, all of you leave. Tomorrow, I will send you back to the Sacred Land for the Law Enforcement Holy Guard to investigate this matter.”

The man with blue eyes decided he would send these people away tomorrow to rid himself of this headache.

The next day, under the escort of a Silver Emblem Holy Guard, Chen Yu, Qian Guang, and Shi Nan Yuan passed through the Ancient Transmission Array and returned to Kunyun Sacred Land.

Chen Yu, Qian Guang, and Shi Nan Yuan each returned to their residences, and the Silver Emblem Holy Guard reported the matter to the Law Enforcement Hall.

“Chen Yu, how about this: you voluntarily hand over the Blood Crystal Flame, and from now on, I will not trouble you. In the future, if you encounter any issue, you can also come to me.”

Qian Guang smiled easily.

This time, Chen Yu could not trouble him, and he also believed that Chen Yu feared his subsequent revenge.

He thought the terms he offered were very tempting, which ordinary people would not refuse.

“Ha, you’re about to be severely punished, what use is the Blood Crystal Flame to you?”

Chen Yu smiled faintly, appearing equally relaxed.

“Hahaha, do you really think the Law Enforcement Hall will uncover the truth and handle it impartially?”

“In the Law Enforcement Holy Guard, I also know people. Do you think they would choose to convict us, two higher-ranked officers, for the sake of you, a mere Copper Badge Holy Guard? That’s a joke!”

Qian Guang threatened Chen Yu again, psychologically pressuring him.

But he saw Chen Yu remained unaffected and simply walked away, heading back to his cave dwelling.

“Just you wait, if I don’t kill you this time, you’re definitely dead next time.” Qian Guang glared viciously at Chen Yu, then left.

Three days later, the Law Enforcement Hall summoned them!