Chapter 1706 - 1016: Coiling Dragon Tower, Ape Connect Tower

It seems it’s about to crash.

The four of them were not very optimistic about this, so they discussed it and felt that their current strength was not enough to confront it. It would be better to stay in the Beast Forest and ambush those from the Ape Connect Tower, but they couldn’t expose themselves...

"We can disguise it as someone else doing it." Compared to Pu Qinghan and Li Luo, Chu Yezui was more accustomed to using strategy. "For instance, the Greedy Wolf Star who has just taken over Starshine. This person is cunning and greedy. After seizing Starshine, he forcibly swallowed up the Essence Pearls on the market at a low price to strengthen his new government team, and his methods aren’t much better than this."

"Starshine should also lean towards the Ape Faction. It’s not easy to incite internal strife among them."

"Someone will help," Yao squinted his eyes.

The other three women were not foolish, directly thinking of the group that the Greedy Wolf Star offended most upon taking his position—the Merchant Group.

This group wasn’t the strongest among the Dragon Apes, but it was the most deeply rooted, connecting the top three layers and the bottom layer, with the broadest network and the most personnel to mobilize, and best reflecting market dynamics.

As long as the Merchant Group catches a whiff of something, they’d be happy to repay the Greedy Wolf Star, this newly ascended Star Emperor. Of course, they wouldn’t need to take any responsibility because the source wasn’t with them; they only needed to have their people spread the word.

If the Greedy Wolf Star isn’t ****** in personality, he wouldn’t resort to mass slaughter...

The four of them made a plan, then had Pu Qinghan use her abilities to disguise their appearances. They also obtained some subtly marked items from Starshine’s people. After four or five ambushes, accidentally exposing themselves once, mixing truth with lies, reality with illusion, this would be the most telling.

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Two days later, Sui Yi entered the Purple Sky Administrative Region at midday.

Coming to Purple Sky, he had truly arrived at the power center of the Dragon Ape World.

As Sui Yi got off the vehicle, he saw a group of newly appointed government officials from Starshine emerging from the front of the compartment, their features distinct.

—— Most of them were hugging women.

Sui Yi glanced, then turned and left.

The Purple Sky Government District wasn’t in the air but grounded in the center of the Administrative Region, a highly developed city with a blend of classical and high-tech architecture. The distances between buildings were wide, with streets often hundreds of meters across, giving the city a grand and majestic appearance, while numerous airships weaved through the thousand-foot tall buildings...

All these were enough to prove that the Purple Sky Administrative Region was far superior to Ice Gleam. However, the Government District...

The Government District covered a wide area, yet the buildings weren’t high, squarely occupying the center while on both sides...

Sui Yi could see the two most distinctive massive buildings in the entire Dragon Ape World.

To the left of the Government District was the gigantic Coiling Dragon Tower, constructed entirely of countless coiled Azure Dragons, imposing in its design.

On the right was a spiraling skyscraper in the shape of thick tree roots, made entirely of special metal, giving it a strong metallic feel, often hollowed out to reveal one ferocious opening after another.

"Coiling Dragon Tower, Ape Connect Tower"

Sui Yi thought that with such grandeur, the people inside must surely look down on the Dragon Apes.

Of course, she was here just to get a feel of the place, to steady her path.

Sui Yi stood at the entrance for a while, planning to sit in a nearby store when she suddenly heard sounds of fighting. Turning to look, a fight had broken out in the lower-left area of the square.

The combat level wasn’t low; it was Cloud Ascendant Level.

Sui Yi’s gaze swept over and saw the people from Starshine Government District cheering, and one side of the conflict was naturally Starshine Government District’s people, while the other side...

Sui Yi looked carefully and found that the opposing side seemed to be from Golden Shine.

All were of the Second Level of Cloud Ascendant, fighting a 3VS3 group battle. The Starshine people fought with cunning strikes, their fighting style wild and uninhibited, while Golden Shine fought with stability and ferocity. In terms of tactics and combat strength, they were evenly matched, but Sui Yi knew that in the case of a prolonged battle, Golden Shine would win. However, if it...

Suddenly, one of the three, a short person, blinked and abruptly flung a Sleeve Tube from his cuff. The tube opened, releasing a swarm of black bees buzzing out, causing one of Golden Shine’s powerful members to change his expression drastically.

"Not good, they’re Numb Bees!"

Numb Bees, true to their name, held paralyzing venom, and if the dosage was sufficient, could completely paralyze the nerves of a Cloud Ascendant level body, potentially resulting in lifelong disability or requiring many years of recovery, making Numb Bees considered one of the most insidious means.

Having recognized them, the three from Golden Shine naturally wanted to dodge but were blocked by the other three, and one launched a sneak attack...

Boom!

One person was blasted away, flying and landing with fury, letting out a low growl, transforming into a massive, dazzling golden leopard with its mouth wide open.

Sound Attack!

The Numb Bees buzzed and paused due to the Sound Attack, while the other two launched their techniques and blades, leaving bee corpses scattered, but the two also took strong hits from Starshine’s three attackers.

Hurt, hurt, hurt!

In the blink of an eye, the three were all injured, while the opposing three were still strong, instantly reversing the battle situation. Starshine’s people became more arrogant, mocking and ridiculing, while the people from Golden Shine Government District were enraged, ready to escalate into an all-out brawl...

And indeed, a large-scale brawl broke out.

Sui Yi saw the large-scale skirmish from a kilometer away, with at least twenty Cloud Ascendant participants.

People passing by quickly made way but did not leave, instead watching from the perimeter.

However, after all, this was the Purple Sky Government District, and when the bell in front of the Government District tolled~~~ clanging in echo.

All attacks were instantly dissolved by the bell sound.

A man in a white robe stood atop the suspension rod of a giant Bronze Bell, his gaze sweeping calmly.

"If you want to fight, take it somewhere else."

"Offend again, and you’ll be punished."

His voice was soft and light, lingering in the air.

After speaking, he transformed into a beam of white light and entered the Coiling Dragon Tower.

Starshine’s people were displeased and were about to curse the other party, but were slapped by the officer next to them.

"Are you an idiot! That’s the Dragon Maiden!"

"Look!"

What are we looking at?

In front of the Government District that had originally been unguarded, a row of silver-armored guards had appeared without anyone noticing.

And on the plaza, a formation’s light had already illuminated the area under the feet of the two battling parties.

This means that if they had made any movement just now, the formation would have activated.

——Offend again, and be executed!

The people from the two administrative districts suddenly gained clarity in their minds, finally realizing this was not their territory.

"Yin Li?"

Sui Yi rarely saw a woman with such a strong aura of killing breaking through the ranks.

Hardly seen even in the Main World.

She glanced at that Coiling Dragon Tower and suddenly heard someone calling her.

"Teacher, teacher"

Turning her head, she saw Yaohua running over with a face full of joy.

"Teacher, how wonderful, you have come.."

Sui Yi was surprised, "...."

"Eh? You didn’t know?" Yaohua was also surprised, he had thought Sui Yi had come on purpose.

"Hey, our Literary Guild is just over there"

Sui Yi followed Yaohua’s pointing and saw a not-too-big but very distinctive classical building, not far from the Government District, frequented by people exuding a strong literary aura.

But instead, it was the neighboring three-story tea house with an enormous side tea room window, where many people were looking this way.

Among them was a Master of the Ice Heart Studio.

"Just now the Sect Master and I saw you at the plaza and were unsure"

Yaohua pondered, realizing how coincidental it was, as Mr. Sui was not the type to say he wouldn’t come and then appear.

Seeing her earlier reaction, it was clear she didn’t know there was a Literary Guild here.

"Very coincidental," Sui Yi smiled slightly.

"Do you want to go over and have a look?" Yaohua asked.

Since she was already there, not going over might really be considered impolite.

So Sui Yi followed Yaohua to the tea room by the guild, but unbeknownst to her, after she turned to follow Yaohua, Yin Li, who had already landed on the platform of the tower, turned back to look, her eyes lingering on her for a moment.

That... Mandarin Duck Bath?

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Sui Yi heard Yaohua say that this tea room belonged to the most outstanding literatus among the Twenty Literati, Mr. Zhi Wen. Mr. Zhi Wen had an excellent relationship with the Purple Sky Government District, even serving as their literary advisor, which allowed him to run such a teahouse nearby. Most literateurs actually didn’t like gathering in the guild because it was too formal; meeting privately in a private teahouse was preferable. Therefore, today’s gathering was in this teahouse...

Everyone was surprised to see Sui Yi. Watching Yaohua and the Master of the Ice Heart Studio’s reactions, they realized that the woman standing quietly on the plaza was the recently renowned Mr. Sui.

Yet her composed and unhurried stance while watching the showdown gave them a very.... natural feeling.

Once she entered.

It was natural because they were all literati, and their hearts were mostly filled with a sense of beauty. They felt slightly regretful about Sui Yi’s ordinary appearance, much like the Master of the Ice Heart Studio did.

——What a pity.

But they valued the inner self even more.

Once Sui Yi came in and got to know each other, with just a few words to test shared interests, followed by deeper discussions, conversations expanded to ancient and modern topics, and it didn’t take long before the group was convinced,

Once convinced, the atmosphere became even more harmonious. Though it’s said that scholars often disdain each other, once they recognize each other, interactions actually become simple and without much intrigue.

Sui Yi discovered that out of the twenty literati, about ten came, but... she was the only woman.

It just so happened someone raised the point: "Now with Mr. Sui joining us, our literati group is no longer just Wen Ji’s solo show."

Wen Ji?

Yaohua actually didn’t have the qualifications to participate in such gatherings, but because of his significant contributions, and with the Master of the Ice Heart Studio personally bringing him, he got to experience it today. At this moment, with his "noble person" Sui Yi beside him, he naturally had to provide courteous service, so he smiled and explained that Wen Ji was the only female among the Twenty Literati, and now with Sui Yi, they finally had a pair of feminine hosts.

To this, Sui Yi only gave a faint smile.

But indeed, speak of the devil and he shall appear.

"I knew if I didn’t come, you people would surely say bad things about me behind my back"

This voice was quite cheerful, and Sui Yi turned to look.

A dignified and elegant woman in palace attire walked over with a smile, next to her was an old man with white hair, who chuckled, "Wen Ji is angry, who told you to speak ill of others behind their back instead of to their faces, that’s not the way of a gentleman, is it"