Chapter 2318: Overindulgence

Di Huai nodded. “I understand, and I also know Brother Yu Emperor’s difficulties. How about this, I only want one quota. Of course, for this quota, I will give Emperor Yu Holy Sect one trillion Holy Currency.”

“What?! One trillion Holy Currency!” All the Yu Emperor Saint Sect Elders and Saint Heirs were utterly shocked.

Even Emperor Yu Saint hadn’t expected that, just to let Huang Xiaolong enter the Holy Lake, Di Huai would actually be willing to spend one trillion Holy Currency.

One trillion Holy Currency was no small number even for a Saint Realm expert.

Huang Xiaolong also frowned. In his view, spending one trillion just to enter some Holy Lake wasn’t worth it.

Emperor Yu Saint pondered for a moment, then said to Di Huai: “Since Brother Di Huai has spoken so, very well. When the Holy Lake opens three days later, we will yield one quota. It’s just, Brother Di Huai, doing this… is it really worth it? With the talent of your Saint Heir at the top of the ranking, once he enters the Holy Lake, I’m afraid he’ll only be able to stay inside for an hour or two at most!”

Entering the Holy Lake for cultivation brought great benefits, but the effect depended on talent. The better the talent, the longer one could remain inside, and the better the cultivation outcome. As for someone like Huang Xiaolong, whose Enlightenment Saint Realm ranking was in the nine hundreds, by Emperor Yu’s estimation, he could at most stay inside for one or two hours.

Cultivating in the Holy Lake for an hour or two had only a negligible effect; it could even be said to be basically useless.

Therefore, Emperor Yu had to remind Di Huai whether spending one trillion on such a waste, a “Saint Heir at the top,” was worth it.

But Di Huai simply smiled. “Thank you for your kind intentions, Brother Yu Emperor.” As he spoke, he took out one trillion Holy Currency and handed it to Emperor Yu Saint.

Seeing this, Emperor Yu Saint shook his head. He hadn’t expected Di Huai to remain so obstinate, still determined to waste this trillion Holy Currency.

Holding Di Huai’s trillion Holy Currency, Emperor Yu Saint actually felt somewhat embarrassed. “Brother Di Huai, this—”

“It’s fine.” Di Huai waved his hand with a smile. How could Emperor Yu and the experts of Emperor Yu Holy Sect know that, in Di Huai’s eyes, let alone one trillion, even two trillion would be worth it if it allowed Huang Xiaolong to enter the Holy Lake for cultivation once.

“I wonder, when this brat enters the Holy Lake for cultivation, how long will he be able to stay inside? Three months? Or four?” Di Huai mused inwardly.

As far as he knew, among all the Saint Heirs of Emperor Yu throughout history who had entered to cultivate, the one who’d stayed the longest in there had remained for a little over a month.

Afterward, Emperor Yu Saint arranged residences for Di Huai, Huang Xiaolong, and the others, to wait for the Holy Lake’s opening three days later.

After Huang Xiaolong and the rest left, in the Great Hall, Yu Emperor Holy Sect’s Saint Heir Liu Qing stood up and said to Emperor Yu: “Master, this Senior Di Huai is far too biased toward that Zhuoyuan Saint Sect Saint Heir at the top. If you ask me, when this Huang Xiaolong goes in, he probably won’t even last an hour. This is simply wasting our Emperor Yu Holy Sect’s quota!”

This Liu Qing was the top Saint Heir of Emperor Yu Holy Sect and also Emperor Yu’s sole Direct Disciple. Naturally, Liu Qing’s talent was very high; the Enlightenment Saint Realm, Holy Veins, and Holy Body he possessed were all ranked in the nineties, his talent slightly superior to Jiang Tian’s.

“Exactly!” Another Saint Heir, Zhang Shixing, said angrily, full of grievance: “We Saint Heirs of Emperor Yu Holy Sect fought each other half to death for these five quotas. And now, just like that, Senior Di Huai comes, opens his mouth, and takes a quota, giving it to a waste whose Enlightenment Saint Realm ranking is in the nine hundreds. This is far too unfair!”

“Just thinking about it makes me furious!”

When Emperor Yu Holy Sect’s Holy Lake opened, only five people could enter.

For these five quotas, dozens of Saint Heirs of Emperor Yu Holy Sect held competitive trials, and they were also evaluated in all aspects such as talent. It was only a few days ago that the five quotas were finally decided.

This Saint Heir Zhang Shixing was precisely the one who got the fifth quota. Now that Di Huai had brought Huang Xiaolong over and taken one quota, wouldn’t that squeeze him out?!

Naturally, he was extremely displeased.

Emperor Yu Saint raised his hand and pressed down, signaling the two to stop talking.

“Since when is it your place to criticize matters of Saints?” Emperor Yu Saint barked.

“Disciple would not dare!” Liu Qing and Zhang Shixing quickly said.

Emperor Yu continued, “Back then, Saint Di Huai helped me. Since he’s spoken, I cannot refuse. Moreover, this one trillion Holy Currency is enough to make up for the loss to our Emperor Yu Holy Sect.”

Then he had an elder at his side take out one hundred billion from that trillion to give to Saint Heir Zhang Shixing, as compensation for his forfeited quota.

“However, Senior Di Huai clearly knows what Huang Xiaolong’s talent is like, yet he still insists on taking Huang Xiaolong to register at Holy Heaven. This action is baffling.” Elder Zhang Yilong shook his head.

“What’s so baffling about it? It must be that this Huang Xiaolong has been whining and clamoring all along about wanting to give it a try, so Senior Di Huai had no choice but to bring him along to try.” Another female elder, Guo Cai, shook her head with a smile. “Senior Di Huai spoils this Huang Xiaolong far too much!”

“If you ask me, this Huang Xiaolong is shameless! All these years, no Saint Heir whose Enlightenment Saint Realm ranking is in the nine hundreds has dared to register for a trial at Holy Heaven. When the time comes, this Huang Xiaolong will definitely become a laughingstock of the Holy World. I’m afraid even Senior Di Huai will be made into a joke along with him!”

The Yu Emperor Saint Sect Elders all voiced their opinions.

“Enough, stop discussing this matter.” Emperor Yu spoke, cutting them off. “Three days from now is the day the Holy Lake opens. By then, people from Evil Demon Palace will likely try to stir up trouble. Pass down the orders: in the next few days, the Holy Sect’s patrols and defenses must be strengthened.”

“We obey the Sect Leader’s Holy Order!”

The many experts of Emperor Yu Holy Sect responded respectfully.

Three days quickly passed.

During these three days, Emperor Yu Holy Sect remained peaceful.

This day was the day Emperor Yu Holy Sect’s Holy Lake opened.

Di Huai brought Huang Xiaolong, following Emperor Yu and the many experts of Emperor Yu Holy Sect to arrive before the Holy Lake of Emperor Yu Holy Sect.

The Holy Lake wasn’t big, only a few hundred square meters, radiating patches of golden light. Layers of Prohibition and light screens covered it, making the situation inside hard to see.

Through these layers upon layers of Prohibition and light screens, Huang Xiaolong could nevertheless sense a strange energy contained within the Holy Lake. This energy was different from the Holy World Origin Power, yet its quality was actually not inferior to the Holy World Origin Power.

Huang Xiaolong was astonished. He hadn’t expected Emperor Yu Holy Sect to possess such a Holy Lake.

Soon after, Emperor Yu Saint and the many Yu Emperor Saint Sect Elders began to cast Secret Techniques to open the layers of Prohibition and light screens around the Holy Lake.

Once the Holy Lake opened, Emperor Yu Saint shouted, “Enter!”

At once, the four Saint Heirs of Emperor Yu Holy Sect and Huang Xiaolong soared into the air together and landed at the center of the Holy Lake.

As soon as the five entered the Holy Lake, a light screen once again enveloped it, and the Prohibitions were restored.

“Brother Di Huai, let’s go over there and wait for them.” Emperor Yu pointed to a mountain peak opposite. There was a Holy Sect palace there from which the Holy Lake’s situation could be overlooked. Once Huang Xiaolong and the other four came out, they’d know at once.

“Alright!” Di Huai nodded, then went with Emperor Yu and the others to the palace on the opposite peak and sat down.

Very soon, two hours passed.

What puzzled the experts of Emperor Yu was that the Holy Lake remained utterly calm, and they still hadn’t seen any sign of Huang Xiaolong emerging.