Immortal Father
Chapter 445 - 445 160 At this point let's have hotpot first_2

445: Chapter 160: At this point, let’s have hotpot first_2 445: Chapter 160: At this point, let’s have hotpot first_2 The Heavenly Elder’s figure flashed, appearing behind the desk, and he pulled a chair for himself to sit down.

“Stop talking nonsense!”

The Heavenly Elder cursed with a black face:

“These people are incredibly audacious, acting recklessly without regard for law or heaven, treating no one with respect!

They even dare to set fire to the Alliance!

This is a provocation!

It infuriates this old man!”

Li Ping’an clicked his tongue, leaned forward, and hurriedly said, “This is more than just a provocation, Elder, think about it, the arsonist waited until I arrived to set the fire, did it right in front of so many masters, and they used the Returning-Origin True Flame…

They’re utterly unrestrained, clearly they feel confident.”

“Confident?

What confidence?

Who gave them that confidence!”

The Heavenly Elder slammed the desk covered with immortal power so hard it banged, bellowing:

“The Alliance Hierarch is cursing his own mother right now!

Those deputy hierarchs related to the Forge-Heaven Gate have all been called over to get a scolding!

“If it really was them, they’ll get more than just a scolding!”

Li Ping’an said in surprise, “Just a scolding?”

“What else?” The Heavenly Elder’s anger ebbed, and he lowered his head to sigh, “They are after all former comrades, bathed in blood, we fought side by side.

It wouldn’t be appropriate to really come down hard on them.”

“No wonder.”

Li Ping’an slightly curled his lips.

The Heavenly Elder frowned and asked, “No wonder what?”

Li Ping’an sighed and said, “His Majesty would tell me those words.”

“What words?”

“Unspeakable.”

Li Ping’an shook his head, preferring to taste but not swallow.

The curiosity of the Heavenly Elder was left hanging, unresolved, and very uncomfortable.

“Come on, Ping’an, can’t you share some solid information with me?”

The Heavenly Elder said with a frown:

“I was there when His Majesty came that day, too, and I was bending over backward to praise you and your son!”

Li Ping’an shook his head helplessly: “But, Elder, you’re also part of the game.”

The Heavenly Elder paused, then lowered his head in thought.

Li Ping’an’s thoughts flowed like water, and he proactively said:

“From this, it’s clear that the Immortal Palaces and immortal mountains are not a haven of peace.

If our opponents become desperate and set fire over my head, I won’t be able to escape it, so perhaps I should stay at the Xuanyuan Palace.”

“No, no!

Why go to the Xuanyuan Palace if there’s no trouble!”

The Heavenly Elder raised his hand to hold back Li Ping’an, whispering:

“Don’t worry, I’ll arrange for a few Golden Immortals to covertly protect you later.

“If you really don’t feel secure, you can stay in the Barracks Secret Realm, and I’ll have a hundred thousand troops to guard you layer by layer.

That should be enough, right?”

Li Ping’an nodded reluctantly in agreement.

“That’s only out of respect for Elder Heavenly.”

Li Ping’an said:

“As for the matter of the fire, you should investigate it quickly.

You don’t have to explain anything to me specifically, just living up to Emperor Xuanyuan’s trust is enough.”

Having said this, Li Ping’an even respectfully bowed in the direction of the Xuanyuan Palace.

The Heavenly Elder forced a dry laugh, his expression growing more serious.

That day, the headquarters of the Eastern Alliance turned into a complete mess.

The normally amiable Alliance Hierarch, Taiyi Golden Immortal Tian Fen Elder, unusually erupted in anger, convening three hundred Golden Immortal servitors and seventy-two Golden Immortal commanders to surround the headquarters of the Eastern Alliance and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving, to thoroughly investigate the arson case.

Li Ping’an and his entourage were personally escorted to the Alliance barracks by the third deputy of the Alliance, Elder Heavenly.

The Barracks Secret Realm had six entrances, scattered across the land of heaven’s ruins, and within the secret realm resided a million elite immortal soldiers, twelve large cities, and tens of millions of ancient descendants.

On normal days, those Golden Immortal servitors mostly cultivated there, and the place hid many cultivation families.

Like the Ye family.

For safety, Li Ping’an and the others did not go to those flourishing ancient cities but stayed directly in the barracks.

He, as a ten-man commander, needed to find a place for an official position, and Gu Qingcheng, Chen Ting’er, and Yu Yingshu also needed to register as soldiers.

Before long, the daughter of Elder Heavenly, Heavenly Immortal Wen Rou, hastened to their location after hearing the news.

Wen Rou had thought that Li Ping’an would be furious and restless;

She had been thinking along the way about how to calm Li Ping’an’s anger and how to prove that the vast majority of immortals in the Eastern Alliance were good…

But when Heavenly Immortal Wen Rou arrived at the temporary tent where Li Ping’an was staying, entered the barrier, pulled aside the tent fabric, she was utterly baffled.

Li Ping’an rolled up his sleeves, tucked the hem of his Daoist robe into his belt, a blade of Immortal Treasure in his left hand, and restrained the corpse of a fish, freshly scaled, in his right, displaying his knife skills to slice thinly like wings.

Several young people busied about, making a fire, boiling soup, picking vegetables, and crafting cookware;

Qing Su sat quietly at a low square table, eyes filled with anticipation, and at that moment, she even beckoned to Wen Rou and softly said:

“Come join us for the meal.”

“This,” Heavenly Immortal Wen Rou couldn’t help but burst out, “all hell is breaking loose outside, and you guys are still cooking here?”

“Elder Wen Rou!”

Li Ping’an immediately called out: “Tell Brother Ye to come over too!

My friends from within the gate have come, it’s a good opportunity to introduce them, and we’ll need his care in the future.”

Wen Rou pursed her lips and frowned, but ultimately didn’t say much else.

She turned and signaled to the immortal soldiers outside the door, who hurried off.

“It’s good that you’re all right,” Wen Rou sighed.

“Such a turmoil in the Eastern Alliance truly makes one uneasy.”

…

In Dong’an City, the bustling store of Forge-Heaven Gate, the underground chamber.

Mo Yunshen frowned as he looked at the two ‘close’ senior brothers drinking by the wooden table, blurting out in astonishment:

“It’s all burned?”

“Otherwise?

Why keep those ledger entries for nothing?”

The eldest senior brother, wearing a fiery red ghost mask, with streaks of white in his hair and a temperament leaning towards the yin, picked up the jug and drained it in one gulp, indifferently saying:

“That Li Ping’an has now obtained the Xuanyuan Sword Command, and we all know what that means, little brother.

“He will surely target us next, and our only weakness is the prices listed on those ledgers.

If he latches onto the ‘high prices for magical treasures’ and doesn’t let go, we’ll be in a difficult position.”