My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty-Chapter 521: Immortal Realm’s Bounty

"These disciples of the Lanyan Royal School aren't simple. Even with Saint Stage cultivation, they've been able to tangle with me for this long. I can't afford to drag this out any longer. It's time for a quick victory!"

The Imperial Realm cultivator, realizing the situation, immediately took out a red talisman and slapped it onto his forehead. Instantly, a crimson glow of blood surged from his body.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan and Chen Fan didn't hesitate for even a second. They immediately retreated.

The moment the red talisman appeared, they both felt an overwhelming sense of danger. Even within the trapping formation, they felt as if death was staring them down. It was clear that the red talisman was no ordinary treasure.

"Too bad, those two kids were too cautious. Otherwise, I would have had a chance to take them down!"

The Imperial Realm cultivator sighed. At this moment, his body underwent a drastic transformation. His body grew over three feet taller, his skin turned cyan, and two fangs sprouted from his mouth, emitting an intense, bloody aura.

This was an Emperor-Tier talisman he had acquired from the Underworld, capable of temporarily amplifying his potential. In his current state, he was confident that he could even defeat an Imperial Spiritual Realm cultivator, the second tier of the Imperial Realm.

Of course, such a powerful talisman came with side effects. After the talisman's effects wore off, he would enter a period of weakness, during which even a King Stage cultivator could easily defeat him.

But as long as he found a safe place before the weakness set in, it wouldn't be a problem.

Feeling the surging power within him, the Imperial Realm cultivator brimmed with confidence. He had already sensed that he could break through the trapping formation in front of him. With his increased strength, breaking it would be a breeze. Once he escaped, no place in the Earthly Realm could hold him.

Thinking this, he carefully observed the formation, raised his ghastly claw, and attacked the weakest part of the trap.

With a sharp tearing sound, the light curtain of the formation was easily torn apart.

"It worked!"

Even the Imperial Realm cultivator was surprised at how easily he broke free. He had expected it would take at least three attacks to break through.

But now that the formation was shattered, he didn't dwell on it. His priority was to escape.

Outside the trapping formation, Xiao Yan and Chen Fan had just emerged. They were about to take recovery pills when they saw the formation being breached. They immediately took the pills and prepared to stop the intruder again.

This was the heart of Lanyan Royal School, and if they let an unidentified intruder run amok, the consequences would be disastrous.

Just as they were about to act, a figure appeared before them.

"Dean!"

"Dean!"

The two were startled and were about to salute.

Gu Lan waved his hand, signaling them to focus on refining their pills and recover instead of bothering with formalities.

Then, he turned his gaze toward the Imperial Realm cultivator and smiled, saying, "There's no need to rush. He won't be able to get out."

As soon as Gu Lan finished speaking, the Imperial Realm cultivator had already fled over a hundred feet away.

Just as the Imperial Realm cultivator was feeling relieved, something unexpected happened. A light screen of another formation suddenly appeared before him, startling him into retreating, fearful of being trapped again.

He couldn't afford another round of this—he had no second talisman to save his life.

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But to his dismay, as he retreated, more and more light screens of formation barriers sprang up, trapping him tightly within.

"Damn! It's a chain formation!"

"What kind of twisted formation master sets up so many chained formations at the weak point of a trap? Do they have too many resources to burn or what?!"

The Imperial Realm cultivator was so enraged that his blood churned, but he was thoroughly trapped, with no hope of breaking free.

First, a single formation trapped him. After finally breaking free, he found himself ensnared by countless chained formations. The setup was infuriatingly meticulous!

Realizing there was no way out, the Imperial Realm cultivator gave up on trying to escape. He tore the red talisman from his forehead and sat down in defeat, leaving his fate to the heavens.

After all, he was just doing a job. Now that his life was in jeopardy, his employer's mission no longer mattered.

Seeing the Imperial Realm cultivator's behavior, Gu Lan grew curious. Clearly, this person was different from typical members of large sects.

He gave Xiao Yan and Chen Fan a quick instruction, then flashed into the trapping formation.

"Tell me your identity and purpose, and I'll spare your life," Gu Lan said bluntly as he appeared before the Imperial Realm cultivator.

The Imperial Realm cultivator, seeing Gu Lan's face and comparing it to his own strength, instantly lost all hope.

He's better looking than me, and his cultivation is higher too—how am I supposed to compete with that?!

Life was truly unfair.

Resigned, the Imperial Realm cultivator gave up and revealed his identity. He was a somewhat well-known independent cultivator in the Immortal Realm, occasionally taking bounty missions to earn spirit stones. Lately, two of the Seven Great Houses of the Immortal Realm—Fire Clan and Thunder Clan—had been acting crazy, issuing large numbers of bounty missions.

The public bounty tasked people with investigating an Earthly Realm location. The true mission, however, was to investigate a rising power in the Earthly Realm: Lanyan Royal School.

Everyone who took the job quickly realized they'd been tricked. But a bounty from the Seven Great Houses wasn't something one could just refuse.

With no other options, this Imperial Realm cultivator had ended up being one of the many sent to the Lower Realm. Confident in his knowledge of formations and his skills, he had infiltrated Lanyan Royal School alone.

At first, he thought the school was nothing special. Only now did he realize that its formations were far more complex than they appeared.

In fact, it seemed that his successful infiltration had been a trap set by the man before him, Gu Lan, just to lure him into being captured.

And indeed, this was the case. Before the Great Dao Ceremony began, Gu Lan had sensed a large number of cultivators entering the Lower Realm.

Rather than sending his school's disciples to deal with them, Gu Lan had simply drawn them all to Lanyan Royal School. The school's formations were more than enough to handle ordinary Imperial Realm cultivators.

Once the Great Dao Ceremony was over, Gu Lan planned to deal with these infiltrators. He didn't intend to kill them, though.

In the Immortal Realm, Imperial Realm cultivators might not be a big deal, but in the Earthly Realm, they were top-tier powerhouses. Powerhouses meant valuable labor and productivity. What Lanyan Royal School needed most right now were strong individuals at the Imperial Realm and above.

"You have two choices: one, I place a restriction mark on you, and you serve me for thirty years. Two, you die and enter the cycle of reincarnation."

Gu Lan looked at the Imperial Realm cultivator, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

When it came to enemies, Gu Lan always followed one principle:

If you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But if you do, I'll hunt you down, no matter how far.