Chapter 534: Creating Chaos

Returning to the backyard, Lin Dong immediately used the transport gate to reach Southwest City and found Wang Liuze, asking him to gather the guards and prepare the eagle beasts and signal fireworks.
While waiting anxiously, Yun Lan and Feng Yue arrived together. After not long, Wang Liuze finally came with over a thousand guards.
The group promptly used the transport gate to reach the Gorge Inn. Lin Dong and the others jumped onto the Tianpeng Birds, while Wang Liuze led his men, each holding an eagle beast, to use the transport gate to reach the capital city. After taking off from the backyard, the Tianpeng Birds also spread their wings and rushed toward the capital at a speed comparable to that of peak warriors.
About half an hour later, the three arrived over the capital city. Upon asking Wang Liuze, who was commanding from atop an eagle beast, no trace of Old Ding or the Divine Calculator could be found within a hundred miles of the capital.
At Lin Dong’s command, over a thousand eagle beasts, under the control of the guards, began to spread out.
Chaos ensued near the capital city. The eagle beasts were not very high in the air, making them easily detectable by warriors. Only major sects could afford such a large number of spirit birds as mounts, and no major event would prompt them to make such a fuss in the capital.
Undoubtedly, something earth-shattering had happened.
All the registered warriors in the Great Han Nation—those not belonging to any sect or aligned with the Great Han Nation, as well as the disciples of various major sects—were shaken. None of them could guess what had happened.
Fueled by unknown fear, they began to leave the city to investigate what was going on.
This situation further drew the attention of the Tianwei Pavilion. Both inside and outside the capital, ordinary-looking people who were easy to overlook began to flock in. Nearly every street in the inner and outer cities was filled with such people. Outside the city, there were even more spies from the Tianwei Pavilion. Though not as dense as inside the city, their coverage area was extremely wide.
The ordinary citizens and nobles of the capital clearly sensed this anomaly and became increasingly cautious, resulting in the streets of the once-bustling capital having fewer people than those in a county town.
To the surprise of many, the Empty Guard Army, led by Zhou Zhengye—a young talent heavily nurtured by Emperor Qianwei who had played a significant role in the throne struggle despite its short history—showed no reaction at all.

Zhou Zhengye’s character was well-known throughout the capital. Not to mention that the major sects couldn’t do anything to him—even Emperor Qianwei dared to defy him, and he had offended nearly every minister in the court. If he remained indifferent to these suddenly appearing eagles, beasts, and birds, it was surely not just a matter related to the sects; it was likely deeply connected to the imperial court. As a result, the common people and nobles in the capital were filled with anxiety.

In the sky, Lin Dong clearly couldn’t have predicted the tremendous impact his decision would have on the capital, nor could he have imagined that it would cause Emperor Qianwei so much trouble.

With Zhou Zhengye staying out of it and another large group of eagles, beasts, and birds, Emperor Qianwei didn’t need to think much to realize it was all orchestrated by Lin’s Inn. What surprised him was that Lin’s Inn actually hid such a powerful force behind it.

Over a thousand tamed eagles, beasts, and birds—even if ridden by ordinary people—could wreak havoc on the entire capital if they decided to cause trouble.

The appearance of over a thousand eagles, beasts, and birds made Emperor Qianwei even more determined to take action against Lin’s Inn. Yet it also made him resolve to act carefully, perhaps even devising a plan to force Lin’s Inn to provoke Tianwei Pavilion into taking action first.

That was precisely why Emperor Qianwei was so troubled. Though he held supreme power, he couldn’t make Tianwei Pavilion obey him, so he couldn’t act against Lin’s Inn for now. Yet he had to find a way to deal with the chaos caused by Lin’s Inn.

During such times, Emperor Qianwei hoped to create panic among the people of the capital. Only then could he observe the situation and remove obstacles for his chosen successor. But the panic had to be orchestrated by him, as he would first ensure he had sufficient means to control the situation.

The panic caused by Lin’s Inn caught him off guard, but he still had to calm things down.

In the capital, the inner city, and the palace, the atmosphere was extremely tense. On the Tianpeng Bird, Lin Dong’s expression wasn’t any better.

With each passing minute, his anxiety grew. Worrying about Old Man Ding’s safety and the upgrade mission, his frustration was no less than Emperor Qianwei’s.

“Look! It’s a signal!” Feng Yue suddenly shouted.

Lin Dong and Yun Lan immediately turned their heads and saw bursts of fireworks rising hundreds of miles to the west.

“Go there!” Lin Dong ordered loudly.

The Tianpeng Bird let out a sharp cry and flew swiftly toward the west. The eagles, beasts, and birds scattered across different locations also shifted slightly toward the west.

In the blink of an eye, they reached above where the signal was. Lin Dong looked down and saw a towering mountain below. Though no figures could be seen, he could observe trees bursting forth in patches on the mountain, with roaring sounds rising into the air.
“Go down!” Lin Dong felt much more at ease. Only a clash between peak-level warriors could create such a scene. And aside from Old Ding and the Divine Calculator, there was no way such a coincidence could happen.
The fight was still going on, which undoubtedly meant Old Ding was still alive, as was the Divine Calculator. As long as they were both alive and they had the Braised Wind Spirit Grass, no one could die.
The Tianpeng Bird dived downward, and about a hundred meters away, Wind Peak eagerly leaped out.
Lin Dong looked down and saw, without a doubt, Old Ding and the Divine Calculator. One used the Sky Command Technique along with his fists, while the other waved a folding fan. Their duel wasn’t very fast—mostly just one punch followed by one fan swing, followed by a brief pause. Yet their power was truly astonishing.
When Old Ding threw a punch, it carried the force of thunder and explosives. Amidst the roar, a huge crater formed, with debris, mud, and wood fragments flying everywhere, covering an area of a thousand meters around them.
When the Divine Calculator swung his fan, it resembled a giant, invincible scythe. Where its wind passed, towering trees and massive rocks would be split in two. The lower halves would sink no matter how hard the ground was, while the upper halves would soar into the sky, reaching heights of hundreds of meters.
Under normal circumstances, such a fierce battle would be an invaluable spectacle for Lin Dong. But now, he had no interest in watching. He waited until the Tianpeng Bird was over fifty meters above the ground before jumping down together with Yun Lan.
The Wishful Stool and the Green Rainbow Sword appeared simultaneously.
“Elder Ding, there’s no need for such overkill. Wind Peak will take care of it—leave him in pieces!”
After landing, Wind Peak briefly observed the state of the two fighters and found that they were evenly matched, both suffering heavy injuries. He then pushed out a palm strike and joined the fight.
The Divine Calculator thrust his fan forward to block the palm strike and was sent flying backward, his expression turning serious.
Wind Peak also retreated rapidly, leaving footprints on the ground with each step. Yet the distance he retreated was slightly less than that of the Divine Calculator.
This clearly meant Wind Peak’s offensive power was stronger.
Of course, in terms of true strength, Wind Peak was still inferior. Even now, the Divine Calculator had the upper hand. After all, he had been famous for a hundred years. Throughout the Great Han Kingdom, aside from being invincible, only an old master like Old Ding, who had also been famous for a hundred years, could rival him.

Feng Yue opened his right hand, stuffed a Tianfeng pepper into his mouth, and then opened it again—black boxing gloves appeared silently in his palm. Putting on the gloves, Feng Yue glared coldly at the Divine Calculator. With a step forward, he covered the hundred-meter distance in an instant. “A mere youngling, trying to show off too!” The Divine Calculator waved his spirit fan, and a massive hurricane rushed toward Feng Yue. The howling wind, with each gust sharper than a blade, turned stones and wood into powder wherever it passed. Buzz! Without dodging, Feng Yue punched straight into the hurricane. The moment the gloves made contact, a muffled explosion occurred. The next second, his shirt burst open, covered in deep cuts, and blood sprayed everywhere, turning him into a bloody figure. “Senior Feng!” Lin Dong and Yun Lan rushed forward but stopped halfway, seeing Feng Yue step straight into the hurricane. The Divine Calculator’s gaze sharpened, and moments later, a furious roar erupted within the hurricane, silencing its howling. Boom… The entire hurricane exploded suddenly, and Feng Yue, now a bloody figure, delivered a powerful right punch at the Divine Calculator’s chest. Unable to dodge, the Divine Calculator swung his fan to strike back, and with a loud crash, both were flung backward again. One flew over twenty meters, the other over thirty—separating them even further than before. The Divine Calculator calmed his disrupted meridians, glanced at the gloves on Feng Yue’s right hand, then turned to Old Ding. Though somewhat disheveled, his expression remained calm as he said, “Ding Tian, I didn’t expect you to like playing the game of the many against the few too.” “I’ve already said it—just you are enough for me. You’re not even worthy of having Senior Ding intervene,” Feng Yue replied, calming his meridians before throwing another punch. But the Divine Calculator no longer fought head-on. With a flicker, he dodged to over a hundred meters away. Feng Yue chased after him but disappeared beyond that distance as well. After several minutes of relentless pursuit, Old Ding suddenly said, “Feng Yue, step aside!” Feng Yue stopped abruptly, hesitating. “It’s useless. If he really wants to escape, only I can catch up to him,” Old Ding said calmly. Feng Yue remained silent—the speed the Divine Calculator had shown earlier was indeed slightly faster than his own. “Good to know. Ding Tian, how about we change places?” the Divine Calculator said indifferently. “You like to be a spectacle; I’m not interested in that.” Old Ding grunted. The Divine Calculator vanished instantly, followed closely by Old Ding. Hundreds of miles away, more fireworks burst into the sky. “Senior Feng, come on! Let’s chase after them!” Lin Dong shouted.

Feng Yue shook his head slowly and said helplessly, “If we intervene again, Senior Ding’s face will be lost.”
Lin Dong shook his head vigorously: “We’ll just watch from above and intervene only if things go wrong. Otherwise, we might lose our lives even if we save face.”
Feng Yue hesitated for a moment before riding the Tianpeng Bird into the sky. He saw the conditions of Old Man Ding and the Divine Calculator more clearly than Lin Dong and Yun Lan—this was a situation where both sides would suffer.
Lin Dong and Yun Lan followed and boarded the Tianpeng Bird as well, stepping on the activation mark. The words “chase the fireworks” that Lin Dong had been about to say suddenly stopped in his throat, and instead he shouted, “To the capital!”