"Mad Emperor, that brat started killing as soon as he arrived. Can you really tolerate this?"
At this moment, a group of people were chattering in front of the Mad Emperor, their sole purpose being to have him deal with Ning Beichen.
"Moreover, that brat has a flying artifact. Mad Emperor, you were framed by that woman and exiled here for so many years. Don't you want to go back and get revenge on her?"
The Mad Emperor was not a madman, nor was he a fool. He was simply framed by the woman he loved most, which caused him to act mad.
Although he hadn't seen Ning Beichen himself, he could still sense the Heavenly Venerate pressure Ning Beichen unleashed.
These people coming to him were merely coveting his Heavenly Venerate cultivation. If they could handle Ning Beichen themselves, they wouldn't have come to him.
However, the battles between Heavenly Venerates were far from simple. Once they fought, the power would be world-shattering. Furthermore, after finally cultivating to the Heavenly Venerate realm, who wouldn't cherish their life?
Don't think that Heavenly Venerates aren't afraid of death. On the contrary, it's the opposite. Heavenly Venerates are precisely the ones who fear death, certainly not wanting their years of effort to be destroyed in an instant.
Although these people had malicious intentions in coming to him to deal with Ning Beichen, there was one reason he couldn't refuse: Ning Beichen had a flying artifact.
The Mad Emperor dreamed of leaving this place and returning to get revenge on that woman.
"I know what I'm doing. You don't need to nag."
As a dignified Heavenly Venerate, the Mad Emperor naturally didn't want to be led around by these people. Even if he were to deal with Ning Beichen, it would be his own decision, not something instigated by them.
After these people left, the Mad Emperor sat in his chair and pondered with his eyes closed. Just then, a servant suddenly reported that someone named Ning Beichen had come to visit.
"Ning Beichen!"
The Mad Emperor immediately stood up from his chair. They had just been discussing this person, and unexpectedly, he had arrived here.
"Invite him in."
The Mad Emperor said immediately.
"Yes."
Soon, the servant brought Ning Beichen and his companions in.
It was the first time the two had met, so everyone looked at each other with curiosity.
Ning Beichen wanted to see if the Mad Emperor, who was said to be a true emperor, was truly mad.
As for the Mad Emperor, he looked at Ning Beichen, wanting to see what kind of "dragon crossing the river" this newcomer was.
"Qin Shangren."
Ning Beichen said.
"Ning Beichen."
The Mad Emperor responded as well.
Although they only exchanged their names, the underlying clash was something only the two of them understood.
They were both Heavenly Venerates, so they wouldn't act like ruffians and fight at the slightest disagreement.
"Please be seated, everyone."
The Mad Emperor gestured for Ning Beichen and his group to sit, and had his subordinates serve tea.
"Some people came to me just now, hoping I would deal with you."
The Mad Emperor suddenly said to Ning Beichen.
"That's to be expected."
Ning Beichen wasn't surprised at all. If they hadn't done that, it would have been abnormal.
"What do you think?"
The Mad Emperor asked. No matter how he looked at it, his demeanor and even his mental state had nothing to do with madness.
"I'm just passing through."
Ning Beichen replied.
"But you have a flying artifact."
The Mad Emperor picked up his teacup and said.
"The flying artifact is mine."
Ning Beichen's reply seemed irrelevant, but the Mad Emperor understood Ning Beichen's meaning.
"Before you came to visit me, I was hesitating whether to make a move, because I also want to leave this place."
The Mad Emperor said to Ning Beichen.
"What made you change your mind?"
Ning Beichen's conversation with him was like that of old friends, filled with veiled threats amidst plain dialogue.
"Because after seeing you, I know I can't defeat you."
The Mad Emperor was quite candid.
"You have self-awareness. I also don't mind telling you frankly, even if you could defeat me, you wouldn't be able to take my flying artifact. My flying artifact has a spirit."
Ning Beichen said to him with a smile.
The "spirit" he spoke of was naturally Ning Xiaoling, his sister. If anything were to happen to him, Ning Xiaoling would activate a self-destruct mode, and no one could take her.
The Mad Emperor's eyelids twitched a few times. The other party was a Heavenly Venerate and would not speak without reason, nor would he deign to lie.
"My flying artifact can take ten people. I've already reserved two spots for a poor mother and son, and there are still eight spots left."
Ning Beichen said.
The meaning was simple: Ning Beichen could take the Mad Emperor away.
"What are the conditions?"
The Mad Emperor asked. He naturally didn't believe Ning Beichen would take him away without any conditions.
"Allow the poor people outside the city to move inside the city to live. Even if you can't give them a future, you can at least give them hope."
Ning Beichen said.
"Agreed."
The Mad Emperor said only one word.
"In three days, I will leave here. You will lead the way to your world."
Ning Beichen didn't say much more, only stating that he would leave in three days, and then he left with Liu Yilin and the others.
"Beichen, this trick of yours to shift the blame will surely give the Mad Emperor a headache."
After coming out, Liu Yilin and the others said to Ning Beichen in admiration.
"If you want to leave this place, you have to pay some price. I'm not running a charity. Besides, for the Mad Emperor, this condition is not a condition at all, it's just a matter of lifting a finger."
Ning Beichen said with a slight smile.
After Ning Beichen and his group left, the Mad Emperor sat on his chair and pondered for a long time, then got up and left the house where he resided.
Ning Beichen's intention was not just to let the people outside the city live inside, but also to ensure they were not bullied, and that besides himself, there were seven other spots to leave. These were the conditions Ning Beichen had set for him.
The Mad Emperor had no choice but to accept because he was not confident he could deal with Ning Beichen. Even if he fought Ning Beichen to the death, resulting in mutual destruction, it would be of no benefit to him.
Because Ning Beichen had told him that the flying artifact had a spirit, meaning even if he defeated Ning Beichen, or killed him, he still wouldn't be able to obtain the flying artifact.
The difficulty, however, lay in the fact that there were only eight spots. He occupied one himself, leaving seven. But the number of people who wanted to leave was far more than seven; there could be seven hundred, seven thousand, or seventy thousand.
Even after excluding those without strength, there were at least dozens of powerful individuals. Seven spots were simply not enough.
However, the Mad Emperor was a Heavenly Venerate, and the outside world knew he was a madman. Naturally, he wasn't afraid of offending these people.
It had to be said that the Mad Emperor's efficiency was very high. Less than an hour after Ning Beichen's visit, the refugees outside the city were already resettled inside. The refugees were deeply grateful to him.
"What? Only seven spots? How can there be enough for so many of us?"
When a large group of people heard that there were only seven spots, they exploded.
Everyone wanted to leave this hellhole, but with only seven spots, who would go and who would stay?