Dual Cultivation God Returns

Chapter 555 Every flavor

The sun shone brightly in the mostly clear skies over green planes with occasional trees and bushes, the moderately hot summer day made more bearable by the subtle wind.

A delegation of considerable size was nearing in on the Capital of the Fantian Kingdom visible in the distance, the banners proudly flying the Song Imperial Dynasty crest in azure color.

General Feng who has been informed about the arrival of the delegation at the border days prior was waiting on horseback not far from the city gates with several hundred soldiers flying the Fantian Kingdom flag and his personal guard of 30 people holding up the Feng Family crest.

The wind which brought slight relief to the soldiers standing under the sun in heavy armor was flapping the flags behind him, giving the already imposing man an even more valiant look.

His son and daughter were a step behind him, with Feng Yi ,who has just recently exited seclusion, looking at the delegation with particularly cold eyes.

The procession that traveled from afar has stopped a dozen meters away from General Feng with the raise of a clenched first by the man leading at the front, clad in Imperial Guard Captain armor, similar in design to the one that Bi Rui once wore.

"Greetings, esteemed guests of the Azure Eagle Empire. My name is-..."

"We have no use for your name. Have your men help our rear guard into the city while we move ahead toward our destination"

General Feng dismounted his horse and approached a few steps, respectfully cupping his hands with a smile, only to be interrupted by the Imperial Guard Captain, who dismissed him with a hand gesture while not waiting for an answer, and signaling the men behind him, started turning his horse to move around the Feng Family's army.

Frowns appeared on the faces of both Feng siblings, and the soldiers behind them whose General was disrespected while a glint appeared in the red-haired man's eyes.

The rear guard the Guard Captain referred to was naturally the supplies and servants of the convoy, which made the trip here more comfortable for the ones in the three main carriages.

"Hahaha, you have misunderstood, Imperial Guard Captain. Your destination is precisely why I have come to greet you and not the Royal Guard of the Kingdom.

Though it is now not really functional anyway, but that is beside the point.

While we are here to greet you, there is also another purpose, which is to relay a message.

Your arrival has not been communicated in advance, and thus we would request that you stay in the Capital for a day, since the Wu Family Manor does not accept unannounced visits as a general rule"

The man's voice rang out loudly with laughter, causing the Imperial Guard Captain to pull the reigns of his horse and stop, while murmurs resounded from the men behind him.

"Hah! What arrogance!

Do you not see the Imperial Family Crest on the banners? Do you not know what that means?"

The Guard Captain's eyes filled with astonishment and fury at the red-haired man's attitude.

"I see the banners perfectly. And I know that means there is at least one Imperial Family member in your delegation.

But that has nothing to do with your arrival being unannounced, or the fact that the Wu Family Manor's gates would remain closed for you until the morning after, that is, of course, if you send a messenger requesting a visit today, otherwise they would be closed until further time"

General Feng shrugged his shoulders.

"You...!"

"Captain Wong! What is the cause of the delay?"

As the Guard Captain widened his eyes in disbelief, a cold, slightly unpleasant voice resounded behind him.

"Eunuch Ri... these country bumpkins seem to not recognize the authority of the ruling dynasty of the Azure Eagle Empire!"

Captain Wong turned to the skinny pale man in Palace Official clothes that came out from one of the lavishly decorated carriages behind.

"What? Who dares!"

The newly appeared Palace Eunuch squinted his eyes at the 'greeting delegation'.

"Do you know the repercussions for obstructing the business of the Imperial Family members?! Are you sure your puny Kingdom can handle it?!"

He then asked in a squeaky high voice with a tone that bordered on hysterical. Going from slightly arrogant and annoyed demeanor to violent rage in mere seconds at such "preposterous treatment" of their delegation.

"The Azure Eagle Empire did not send any official communication, which means this visit is strictly personal on behalf of the Imperial Family members.

In fact I have spoken with the esteemed Imperial Envoy just a few hours prior. He confirmed that there was no request for mediation from the Imperial Palace.

In this case, as long as we do not harm you without just cause, there is no base for Fantian Kingdom to fear any official repercussions"

Feng Huan, knowing his father's temper would by now start to flare up and thus might make matters worse, spoke up, taking over the conversation.

"You imbecile! When did the Empire need your 'just cause' to do anything?! Sheep should act like sheep when the lion has come! Move aside and kowtow!!! Pray that His Highness forgives your foolishness!!!"

The eunuch raised his voice even more, which only made it more shrill.

"...Prince, and here I thought the Emperor has arrived from the way this guy talks. As if there's not like a thousand of those princes and princesses"

General Feng could not hold in a sarcastic tone with a "Heh" in front of it. But as all people present without exception were cultivators, none of them missed these words as Feng Huan sighed in defeat.

"...! You dare!!! Captain Wong! Behead this man!"

The eunuch's shrill voice reached a kind of peak, peak of how annoying one's voice could sound as he shouted, his words instantly igniting a flame as hundreds of soldiers from both sides turned their spears against the other side.

"Oho! Behead me?! Let's see you try!!!

You may be all-powerful in your fancy Empire, but sometimes Even a Powerful Dragon cannot repress a Local Snake!"

A spear appeared in General Feng's hands as his gaze turned sharp, pushing one foot ahead and taking a steady position as the spear made a beautiful arc and pointed forward, its blade shining in the sun.

The Imperial Guard Captain made a troubled face. He knew who this red-haired man was. Any army member of the region who was worth something knew this man.

And he was far from being confident against him.

The intimidating pressure he felt from that spear tip seemingly cutting in between Captain Wong's eyebrows.

"Eunuch Ri, this humble Guard's stupid thought is that it is unwise to make decisions without His Highness' approval"

He half-turned his face, not taking his eyes off of General Feng and advising the shrill man in as polite tone as possible.

"...! Fine, I will report to His Highness, but I doubt there would be any difference"

The Palace Eunuch's gaze turned venomous, as his authority was leaped.

He could not outwardly deny once the Prince was mentioned, but the Guard Captain knew that this man would remember this, very quietly clenching his teeth with an annoyed "Tch".

'Even speaking in a self-demeaning manner isn't helping, this vengeful snake-like bastard'

His eyes widened as he regretted taking the high stance with General Feng from the very beginning.

In his mind, no one in their right mind would try and pull off what this red-haired man was doing right now and take a stand against the banner flapping in the wind behind Captain Wong.

"Haa~ what is this farce?

Are you ready to forfeit your lives over this?"

The carriage in the middle had a curtain to the front, like a palanquin, which rolled up, revealing a luxurious spacious design.

A tall, fairly handsome man sitting on the throne in the middle of it entered the view of the others along with the Palace Eunuch standing to one side of him, and a man clad in all white with a cloth covering his entire head along with the face standing to the other side.

There were also a few servants and guards behind them.

"Hmm? Have we already arrived? There doesn't seem to be any movement... hah! What is all this, Cousin Guanyu?"

Another young voice rang out almost immediately after, as the door of another carriage opened up, a young-looking face popping out of it.

Song Guanyu, the latest scion of the pure blood line of the Song Dynasty covered his face with a sigh.

"Haa~ Don't ask me, ask these idiots who seem to have a problem with us 'arriving unannounced' and thus want us to formally send a messenger before being let into that mansion"

He spoke with annoyance, while his cousin, face full of laughter, exited from the other carriage, with a middle-aged man following right after.

"Hahaha! Some inspection delegation this is, right Uncle, Grandpa?

Not only did we learn that the girl's not even in the place she should have been, but after being basically turned away and then traveling further, we're not even treated with due respect"

The second appearing Imperial Prince spoke to the middle-aged man beside him as the latter furrowed his eyebrows, and then the elderly man who came out of the carriage last.

The other carriage opened revealing two elderly women, and a middle-aged woman.

"What a farce indeed. Guanyu, I seriously am starting to doubt you have the wisdom and influence your Father has to take his place as the leader of your faction"

The middle-aged woman spoke with an arrogant smile, not only her words, but her very demeanor blatantly mocking Song Guanyu.

"Enough, answer my question, are you willing to lay your lives to try and stop me?"

The latter only slightly frowned, not answering either of his relatives and looking straight at General Feng and his people.

"Oh look, there are more Princes and Princesses, old, young, thick, slim, there's one for every flavor"

General Feng chuckled, seeing that even the more mature members of the Imperial Family were likely Princes and Princesses.