Legend Management Bureau Chapter 101

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Du Yu was stunned and said, “No, how have I managed to accumulate three grave sins when we have been face-to-face for less than a minute?”

The burly man stepped forward in silence and said, “I usually hate trouble the most. If I can ignore something, I will. But you, immortal, are being far too presumptuous. If my older brother were on duty here, you would have perished the moment you flew toward the Lingxiao Hall.”

Du Yu smiled awkwardly and asked, “Am I being presumptuous?”

“I gave you three chances, immortal, urging you to leave. Not only did you refuse, but you insisted on forcing your way in,” the burly man said, lifting a pair of weather-beaten eyes to look at Du Yu.

“I have noticed that you immortals are all a bit rigid,” Du Yu said, shaking his head. “Can’t you just go and report my arrival? Like they do in TV dramas, at least ask your boss.”

“My superior is Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King,” the burly man said, looking at Du Yu. “May I ask if you are acquainted with him?”

“Uh… not really,” Du Yu said, curling his lips. “Can you figure something out? Maybe ask a bit higher up?”

“Too troublesome,” the burly man said. “Either you leave, or we fight. That will be much faster.”

Du Yu sighed helplessly and said, “I definitely cannot leave. I still need the higher-ups to help me rebuild the Legend Administration.”

“Then how about we just fight?” Du Yu said hesitantly. “I am not sure if I can take you down, but I am out of teleportation talismans, so I cannot go back even if I wanted to.”

“Teleportation talismans?” The burly man looked slightly confused but didn’t press the matter. “In that case, are you issuing a formal challenge to me?”

“Uh… it is not that serious. Just a friendly sparring match.”

The burly man’s hair whipped around without any wind. He swept his fingers across the strings of his lute, instantly unleashing a four-colored spell. Fierce winds, raging flames, flying sand, and columns of water surged forward with overwhelming momentum all at once.

“Holy crap!” Du Yu hadn’t expected the burly man’s power to be so terrifying. He could only pull the green brush from his waist and abruptly hurl it into the sky. “I don’t know if Yingning can block this.”

Yingning knew that if she didn’t act now, Du Yu would die in an instant. She immediately intensified the radiant glow around her, successively blocking the relentless barrage of attacks for him.

Seeing this, the burly man couldn’t help but frown. ‘To block my four-colored attack using only a magical artifact, this person is definitely no ordinary immortal,’ he thought to himself.

“Your magical arts are profound, immortal. May I have your name?”

“Before asking for someone else’s name, you should introduce yourself first,” Du Yu said.

“Forgive my lack of manners. I am Heavenly King Chiguo, Mo Lihai,” the burly man said in a hoarse voice.

“Good grief… one of the Four Heavenly Kings…”

Beads of fine sweat popped out on Du Yu’s forehead. He should have known that those guarding the Southern Heavenly Gate wouldn’t be ordinary immortals.

“I… I am Du Yu from the Legend Administration.”

“A pleasure to meet you. From here on out, I will be using my full strength,” the burly man said as he silently caressed his lute. “Be careful, immortal.”

Before Du Yu could react, the burly man pulled back on a string with all his might and roared, “Li Fire!”

In an instant, a massive wave of fire swept toward them. Du Yu knew that without Zhong Lichun’s movement techniques, he absolutely couldn’t dodge this enormous blaze. But then he saw Yingning expand the green light from the brush, enveloping him completely just as the gargantuan flames crashed into them.

“Yingning!” Du Yu asked. “Can you still hold on?”

“This person’s magical power is incredibly strong. I am confident I could kill him if I attacked with everything I have, but doing that while also protecting you is a different story,” Yingning said faintly.

“Who asked you to kill him?!” Du Yu exclaimed. “If the two of us kill one of the Four Heavenly Kings right at the Southern Heavenly Gate, there probably won’t be a single place left in heaven or on earth that we can run to!”

“Then what do you want me to do?” Yingning shot back irritably. “If I can’t kill him, are we just supposed to stand here and get beaten up?”

“He hasn’t managed to break through your protective shield yet, has he?” Du Yu reasoned. “Under these circumstances, as long as the commotion gets a bit louder, we will quickly alert the others…”

Seeing Du Yu withstand the sea of fire, Mo Lihai wordlessly plucked a second string. “Phantom Wind!”

A torrential gale blew through, feeding the Li Fire and making it burn even more fiercely.

Even though he was inside the protective shield, Du Yu could feel the temperature skyrocketing. If not for Yingning protecting his body, he likely would have been reduced to ashes by now.

“This is bad,” Yingning suddenly cried out in alarm. “The flames he is channeling are of pure Yang energy. I won’t be able to hold them off much longer.”

“Ah?” Du Yu looked around. He was completely surrounded by a roaring inferno. If the shield were to drop now, he would lose his life in an instant.

“I have to go for the kill,” Yingning said coldly.

“Ah?! Don’t do it!” Du Yu shouted, but he could only watch as Yingning instantly transformed into a streak of green light and shot forward, aiming straight for Mo Lihai’s throat.

Mo Lihai was startled and hurriedly strummed his third string. “Foul Earth!”

A massive amount of blowing sand materialized and converged in front of Mo Lihai, gradually forming into solid blocks of stone. But the streak of green light that Yingning had become was incredibly fast and impossibly sharp. She smashed through layers of jagged rocks, going straight for Mo Lihai’s life.

Knowing he couldn’t block it, Mo Lihai hurriedly twisted his body in midair. His arm was grazed, and golden blood flowed from the wound.

He let out a muffled groan, waved his hand to recall the roaring flames, and muttered to himself,

“The last time someone wreaked havoc at the Southern Heavenly Gate was hundreds of years ago.”

“Wreaked havoc at the Southern Heavenly Gate?” Du Yu hurriedly waved his hands and said, “No, no, no, aren’t we just sparring?”

“I may be a brute, but I can still tell whether a magical artifact carries killing intent,” Mo Lihai said, glaring coldly at Du Yu. “Your strike just now was clearly meant to take my life. Since that is the case, I no longer need to hold back.”

With that said, Mo Lihai plucked the strings of his lute, playing a soul-shaking melody.

Du Yu immediately felt dizzy and disoriented, sensing as if even his very soul was on the verge of shattering.

“Halt!” A loud shout rang out from the sky as three more burly men flew over rapidly, landing directly in front of Du Yu.

Du Yu focused his gaze and saw that these three men looked similar to Mo Lihai, but they each carried different magical artifacts.

The four men standing before him—one holding a sword, one holding an umbrella, one playing a lute, and one commanding a snake—were undoubtedly the Four Heavenly Kings: Mo Liqing, Mo Lihong, Mo Lihai, and Mo Lishou.

“Yingning… what do we do?” Du Yu asked quietly.

“I will hold them off. You find a way to charge into the Southern Heavenly Gate,” Yingning replied.

“No way! How could I just let you throw your life away for nothing?”

“Are you crazy? Who’s going to die?” Yingning snapped back irritably. “If you hurry up and meet the Jade Emperor, won’t this whole mess be resolved?”

Before Du Yu could speak, the sword-wielding giant slowly walked toward him and asked, “Immortal, do you have a token?”

“Ugh, I’ve said it so many times already, I do not have a token,” Du Yu replied. “And I didn’t want to injure Heavenly King Chiguo. It was just a momentary slip of the hand.”

The sword-wielding giant thought for a moment before adding, “The Heavenly Court has been undergoing reforms for a long time now. Even without a token, you can still prove your identity.”

He reached into his robes and pulled out a slip of paper. Astoundingly, a QR code was printed on it.

“Right now is the ‘Minor Peach Banquet’, and there are many immortals coming and going. Please trouble yourself to scan this QR code, immortal.”

“Holy shit?!” Du Yu absolutely never expected the Heavenly Court to start taking the technological route. “Does this actually work?”

“After scanning the code, click to log in, and it will display your immortal rank. If you are a true immortal, I will have my third brother apologize to you. If you are not, then don’t blame the four of us for showing no mercy.”

Hearing this, Du Yu’s mind immediately went at ease. “Man! If I knew you had this trick up your sleeves, I would have scanned it ages ago. I really am a staff member from the Underworld…”

As he spoke, he pulled out his phone. Fortunately, it still had some battery left.

“Beep!”

Du Yu scanned the QR code and then clicked log in. The Four Heavenly Kings slowly gathered around him.

“Loading…”

Du Yu smiled at the group and said, “It is really great having technology. It makes things so much more convenient…”

None of the men spoke. They simply stared quietly at the phone screen. The screen flickered, and a few lines of information popped up:

Name: Du Yu

Realm: Mortal

Immortal Rank: Wandering Ghost

Position: N/A

Du Yu silently locked his phone screen and gulped.

“Wait… who is Du Yu…” Du Yu muttered to himself softly. “Why is there some wandering ghost impersonating me to log in…”

“You just said a moment ago that you were Du Yu from the Legend Administration,” Mo Lihai said coldly.

“This…” Du Yu hadn’t expected to trip himself up like that. If he had known, he wouldn’t have revealed his name. “Bosses, please, listen to me. I really am a staff member of the Legend Administration. Moreover, I am an Operator! It is just that I’ve been here for too short a time, and they haven’t registered my information yet…”

Du Yu silently cursed in his heart, ‘He Suoyi, you scoundrel, I have been working my tail off for you for so long, and you haven’t even given me a proper title…’

“There is no use saying more,” the sword-wielding giant declared. “A mere wandering ghost trespassing in the Heavenly Court and injuring my third brother. By logic and reason, we must take you down.”

The green light of the brush at Du Yu’s waist flared up again, rippling with killing intent once more.

“Careful, big brother! This man’s magical artifact is incredibly powerful!”

Without giving them a chance to react, Yingning rapidly flew out, darting back and forth among the four men. Du Yu took the opportunity to charge straight toward the Southern Heavenly Gate. At this point, only meeting the Jade Emperor as soon as possible could quell this storm.

Before Du Yu could even reach the entrance, the umbrella-holding giant threw his umbrella forward. The umbrella spun at high speed, guarding the entrance to the Southern Heavenly Gate and sucking all the nearby clouds into it.

“What do I do now?!” Du Yu’s mind raced furiously, but then his eyes suddenly fell on the phone in his hand.

“Huh?” Du Yu pondered for a moment. “Should I… call for backup?”

Du Yu hurriedly opened WeChat Moments, typed out a message, and posted it.

‘It is a pity I do not have the Jade Emperor’s phone number, otherwise I could just call him directly,’ he thought to himself.

The four men and a single brush were locked in a fiercely inseparable battle. The brush was being forced into a steady retreat and looked as if it couldn’t hold on much longer.

“If this keeps up, Yingning will probably have to reveal her true form!”

Following another intense collision, the green brush was sent flying directly backward. Du Yu leapt up and caught Yingning.

Examining it closely in his hand, he discovered that faint cracks had actually begun to form on the brush.

“My god!” Du Yu stared at the brush in horror before asking, “Yingning, are you okay?”

“I am fine, but if we keep fighting, this vessel is going to break!” Yingning sighed and said, “It looks like I will have to reveal my true form…”

Before Du Yu could agree, he suddenly noticed a group of people flying over from afar in the sky.

“Could my backup be here already?”

Du Yu looked up and saw two figures dressed in golden robes, leading a host of fairy maidens behind them.

Before this group could get close, a flash of golden light emanated from the Southern Heavenly Gate, and two more people walked out.

The two who emerged from the gate surveyed the situation before them. A cool, aloof male voice called out, “Operator?!”

The other, a young and tender-faced boy, looked at the magical artifact in Du Yu’s hand and also cried out in shock, “God of Trends?!”

The group from the sky slowly touched down. The middle-aged man in golden robes was stunned. “Mister?!”

The woman in golden robes also took a step forward. “The man who called this dowager a big cat?!”

From among the many fairy maidens, a single figure slowly stepped forward. “Brother Pang Meng?!”