365: The Emperor's Oral Decree

As soon as the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man returned to the manor, he did not stop for even a moment.

He went straight to the back of the manor, in front of a large house shrouded by a Formation.

Opening the Formation and pushing open the door, the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man quickly walked into the house, appearing beside a massive teleportation array.

"Hehe, that Small World below is the place where Lord Heavenly Emperor Ascended from."

"If Lord Heavenly Emperor finds out about this matter, and he is happy enough to reward me with something, I will have reached the Peak of my life."

The Red-Robed Middle-aged Man chuckled and fantasized while filling the teleportation array with Immortal crystals.

After filling all the Immortal crystals and activating the teleportation space, he walked in impatiently.

"Hum hum!"

As the teleportation array emitted a faint humming sound and erupted with intense light, it took the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man and vanished from the room.

In the Immortal Realm, within a massive city suspended in the air, surrounded by Immortal Qi.

The figure of the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man slowly emerged from a teleportation array in the city's teleportation zone.

"Who goes there! How dare you teleport directly into the forbidden grounds of the Heavenly Court?"

Seeing the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man appear in the teleportation array, two Cultivators wearing silver armor with long swords at their waists walked over and shouted.

Facing the interrogation of the two armored Cultivators, the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man replied with an unhappy expression, "I am the City Lord of Xuantian Reception City. I have come here to see Lord Heavenly Emperor; I have an important matter to report!"

"Oh, you wish to see the Heavenly Emperor?" Hearing that the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man wanted to see the Heavenly Emperor, the two armored Cultivators were first startled.

Then, they cupped their hands politely and said, "Forgive our ignorance, we did not know Your Excellency came to see the Heavenly Emperor. Please present the Heavenly Emperor's decree so we can have someone guide you."

Facing the armored Cultivators demanding the Heavenly Emperor's decree, the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man replied somewhat helplessly.

"I do not have the Heavenly Emperor's decree, but as long as Lord Heavenly Emperor knows that I am the City Lord of Xuantian Reception City and have an important matter to report, the Heavenly Emperor will definitely see me."

As a mere City Lord of a small reception city, how could he possibly be worthy of a decree from the Heavenly Emperor?

It was just that, when he took over Xuantian Reception City.

The previous City Lord had told him that the Heavenly Emperor had issued a verbal decree: if there were any situation at the Ascension platform, he could go directly to the Heavenly Court to report it to the Heavenly Emperor in person.

Now, looking at the expressions of these two armored Cultivators, they clearly did not know about this matter at all. If that was the case, not only would he be unable to see the Heavenly Emperor, but he might even be in danger.

"What! You dare to come to the Heavenly Court to see the Heavenly Emperor without a decree? What do you think you are?"

"Without Lord Heavenly Emperor's decree, trespassing in the Heavenly Court is a capital offense. Why don't you surrender and accept your death!"

Hearing that the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man dared to teleport to the Heavenly Court to see the Heavenly Emperor without the Heavenly Emperor's order.

The two armored Cultivators were furious. They drew the long swords from their waists and pressed them against the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man's neck, intending to make his head roll.

"Two sirs, please calm down, please calm down! I have come to see the Heavenly Emperor because of Lord Heavenly Emperor's verbal decree."

"This verbal decree was issued many years ago. Why don't you find someone who has been on duty for a long time and ask them? Just tell them the City Lord of Xuantian Reception City has come to report about the Xuantian Ascension platform to the Heavenly Emperor."

Seeing the two long swords that had already cut his neck, the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man was trembling with fear.

He knew he might be in danger, but he hadn't expected the two armored Cultivators to be so direct; as soon as they knew he didn't have a decree, they wanted to finish him off.

Now he could only try his luck, as if treating a dead horse as a live one, and bring up the Heavenly Emperor's verbal decree.

One must know that more than fifty thousand years had passed since he took over Xuantian Reception City.

In such a long time, there had been no activity at the Ascension platform, so the Heavenly Court's personnel must have changed, and they wouldn't know about this verbal decree.

Now he could only pray that the two would report this matter up, and that a Cultivator who knew about this verbal decree would come, otherwise he would definitely be dead today.

"The Heavenly Emperor's verbal decree?"

Hearing this, the two armored Cultivators looked at the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man with puzzled expressions.

Then one of them said to the other, "You go and report to the Commander, and ask if he knows about this verbal decree. If he doesn't know about this verbal decree, I will finish this guy off immediately."

Although the two of them had not heard of this Heavenly Emperor's verbal decree, since the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man had brought up the Heavenly Emperor, they had to be extremely cautious.

Otherwise, if they killed someone following the Heavenly Emperor's verbal decree, even the lives of their ancestors for one hundred and eighty generations wouldn't be enough to pay for it.

"Mm, I will go and ask the Commander." The other armored Cultivator nodded and quickly left the teleportation area.

Not long after he left, he immediately brought a thick-browed, burly man wearing black armor to the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man.

As soon as the black-armored burly man arrived in front of the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man, his face was full of smiles. He took the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man's hand and apologized with a smile.

"Hehe, so it is the City Lord of Xuantian Reception City. It is all the fault of these two subordinates of mine for being ignorant and offending you, City Lord. Please do not take offense, City Lord."

After the black-armored burly man finished speaking, he slapped the armored Cultivator who still had his sword pressed against the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man's neck, knocking him to the ground.

"You fellow, you are too insolent! You even dare to stop the City Lord of Xuantian Reception City."

"Didn't I tell you that Lord Heavenly Emperor Ascended from there, and if you encounter anyone from there, you must notify me immediately?" After knocking the armored Cultivator to the ground, the black-armored burly man reprimanded him in a showy manner.

In fact, the responsibility for this incident lay entirely with him.

He did this just to appease the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man and prevent him from escalating this matter to the Heavenly Emperor.

Because for so many years, no one from Xuantian Reception City had come to the Heavenly Court to report news, and over time, he had forgotten to pass this instruction down to his subordinates.

Now the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man had come to the Heavenly Court to report news following the Heavenly Emperor's verbal decree, yet he had almost been killed; this was a life-threatening matter.

If the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man just said a word in front of the Heavenly Emperor, he would be returned to the Origin in a minute.

"Commander, please forgive me! This subordinate forgot for a moment, please forgive me, Commander!" The silver-armored Cultivator, having been knocked down by the black-armored burly man, quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Although he didn't know about this matter at all, since the black-armored burly man wanted to pin the blame on him, he had no choice but to accept it.

After all, the black-armored burly man was his direct superior; if he didn't take the blame, his future days would be very difficult.

And if he took the blame well, the black-armored burly man might value him even more in light of this service, so he was determined to take the blame.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that the silver-armored Cultivator was cooperating well.

The black-armored burly man gave a feigned cold snort, dragged him in front of the Red-Robed Middle-aged Man, and said, "The person you should be seeking forgiveness from is not me, but this City Lord. If this City Lord does not forgive you, I, the Commander, will never spare you today!"