Limitless - Chapter 89: Domineering

Zuo Datong, who was laying flat on the ground begging Elder Hu Sheng, did not notice the man coming in and continued bawling his eyes out.

Elder Hu Sheng was slightly embarrassed, but continued to maintain his stature as he sat there unmoving. "Mantian, you’re back, it’s good to see that you are fine." He said flatly.

Zuo Datong’s cries stopped instantly, almost as if he was a cock who had its throat stepped on.

After which, he rose and began to tremble.

The fear in his heart had reached a maximum!

Zhao Mantian flashed a smile at Hu Sheng and bowed, clasping his fist, "Mantian requests an audience with Elder Hu Sheng."

Hu Sheng nodded and said, "It’s good that you’re back, next time... don’t be so foolish! I’m sure that you’ve heard that Qing Qiu is in turmoil. Datong... had not handled some situations properly."

As Hu Sheng spoke, he paid special attention to Zhao Mantian’s expression.

"However, when the ancient schools surrounded and attacked us, he was measured in his response and accorded them the necessary decorum. He did well. In Qing Qiu’s history, we have rewarded and punished whenever necessary. Zuo Datong’s actions have cancelled out each other, and there is no need to punish or reward him, but he is no longer fit to be Qing Qiu’s leader..."

Elder Hu Sheng had used the term Sect Leader instead of Deputy Sect Leader.

Zhao Mantian listened on quietly, not intending to interrupt.

Hu Sheng continued, "This time, let him come with me to the Qing Qiu pocket dimension, never to come out again. He will focus on his cultivation there. As for the rest, I think we should just let it go. We are all of the same blood, there’s no need to fight it out amongst ourselves. What does Mantian think?"

Hu Sheng raised his head to look at Zhao Mantian.

Zhao Mantian smiled, "You are the Qing Qiu Elder, I naturally have to listen to you."

Hu Sheng’s eyes revealed a faint smile.

Zuo Datong, who was kneeling on the floor, could not help but heave a sigh of relief internally.

He thought to himself, Luckily ancestor Hu Sheng has an unresolved feud with Zhao Mantian’s ancestors. Furthermore, ancestor Hu Sheng can suppress Zhao Mantian... else, I would be dead.

"Then..." Hu Sheng blinked his eyes, wanting to get this over with quickly.

He did not want to give Zhao Mantian the change for revenge.

However, Zhao Mantian interrupted, "I have heard all of Senior Hu Sheng’s thoughts. Now, I have some things to say myself, would you indulge me?"

"This..." Hu Sheng hesitated, but ended up nodding, "Speak, but I hope you keep the big picture in mind!"

Zuo Datong, who was still kneeling on the floor, felt the tension building up in his chest once again.

Zhao Mantian remained calm and said, "Firstly, the reason why this expedition was so long was because I was set up by others. I got lucky and barely escaped by the skin of my teeth."

Zuo Datong’s hands began to tremble, but they eventually calmed down.

Hu Sheng sat there solemnly.

Zhao Mantian continued, "Secondly, in the days that I was gone, several people, including Elder Du, were wrongfully executed..."

"I have something to say about this!" Hu Sheng glanced at Zhao Mantian.

Zhao Mantian nodded calmly, "Senior, please go ahead."

For some unknown reason, a looming feeling came over Elder Hu Sheng’s heart.

Zhao Mantian’s return was too abrupt, and too coincidental. How could it be that he appears just when everything in Qing Qiu was just settling down?

Did he really just return?

Furthermore... when facing him, Mantian was too calm, too composed!

He was so calm... it seemed that he no longer feared Hu Sheng!

Hu Sheng looked suspiciously at Zhao Mantian, but could not feel any aura from Mantian’s body.

Hu Sheng calmed down. No matter how powerful Mantian was, or how influential his bloodline, he still had to be obedient in front of an Elder like Hu Sheng!

This was because his cultivation level was far higher than Mantian’s!

"Mantian ah, you may have misunderstood this incident. Actually..." Hu Sheng began to recount the story that Zuo Datong told him, lying through his teeth.

"Datong ah, please take out the necessary evidence for Mantian to peruse." Hu Sheng glanced at the kneeling Zuo Datong and said flatly.

Zuo Datong’s body froze, but he quickly agreed, "Yes, okay, it’s here..."

He retrieved a tiny card from his body and said, "All the necessary evidence is in this card."

From start to finish, Zhao Mantian stood there quietly, watching the performance of the two men.

Hu Sheng looked at Zhao Mantian, "Look... all the evidence is here. The technological advancements today have made things so easy. In the ancient days, a piece of jade could contain much information, but it would require immense effort to open it. This card can be opened by any ordinary human..."

Zhao Mantian stood there quietly, not interrupting.

Hu Sheng laughed dryly, "Mantian, you will understand once you see the evidence."

Zhao Mantian nodded, uncaring, and continued, "Thirdly, I would like to know, who was the one who declared Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng as Sect Leaders?"

Hu Sheng stopped smiling and said flatly, "To be honest, this is partially your fault. You were gone for so long, and there was no news of you. The sect was also in turmoil following Elder Du’s rebellion. He and Liu Wucheng had no choice but to step in. This was concurred by the entire council of elders."

"Good!" Zhao Mantian nodded, unflustered, and continued, "Fourthly, this concerns Xiao Yue. I would like to know, what is the meaning of Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng capturing Xiao Yue?"

Before Hu Sheng had told him about Xiao Yue’s bloodline, Zuo Datong would not have been too bothered about Zhao Mantian’s question.

What other meaning could it have? Since the master was a traitor, the disciple could not be absolved of all blame!

However, now, he did not dare to say anything, because he knew Xiao Yue was of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline!

There were extremely few Nine Tailed bloodlines in the entire Qing Qiu.

Not all descendants of a Nine Tailed bloodline would be part of the group.

The foxes were special, even though a high tailed bloodline descendant stood a higher chance of his or her blood being equally high tailed, it was not definite.

What mattered more was the awakening after birth!

The fox species have even encountered scenarios where Three Tailed bloodline managed to awaken their ancestral bloodline and become Nine Tailed blood.

The Nine Tailed bloodlines were born with the sacred art, upon awakening, they would be unrivalled in power!

Zhao Mantian’s Mind Control Hallucination Technique was one of the sacred arts that came along with the Nine Tailed awakening.

It was vastly superior when compared to the average fox.

This meant that the same hallucination technique, if used by Elder Hu Sheng, would not be in the same league as Zhao Mantian!

Hu Sheng looked at Zhao Mantian and said, "This is a misunderstanding."

"Is that so?" Zhao Mantian smiled, "The fifth thing..."

"Enough!" Elder Hu Sheng was getting impatient. He waved his hand, "Mantian, since you’ve returned safely, this is cause for celebration! Since we cannot change what has happened, we should look forward! Elder Du’s rebellion has been quelled. Even though Datong’s methods were rather extreme, it was all for the good of Qing Qiu..."

Hu Sheng looked at Zhao Mantian, "You are still the Sect Leader of Qing Qiu’s ancestral land. You can sort out those matters slowly. I will bring Datong back to the pocket dimension."

Zhao Mantian laughed, his clearly defined features filled with mockery.

"What are you laughing at?" Hu Sheng’s expression darkened, clearly unhappy.

Zuo Datong was painfully aware that he would only be safe if he clung on tightly to Elder Hu Sheng. It seemed that Hu Sheng would do everything in his power to protect him too.

With some assurance, he climbed up from the floor and looked at Zhao Mantian, "Sect Leader..."

Before he could finish, Zhao Mantian launched a sudden attack at him!

"Don't you dare!" Hu Sheng’s eyes flashed with a glaring light and his entire body radiated with a powerful aura as he reached out to block the attack.

But it was too late!

Zhao Mantian was too quick!

And his attack was too sudden.

There was no chance for a counter!

Before this, no one would have thought that Zhao Mantian would attack.

It had seemed that he had already accepted the truth... and was prepared to swallow this injustice.

Who would have thought that he would attack suddenly at such a time?

And he used the sacred art!

Bang!

Zuo Datong’s body exploded like a popped balloon!

The entire room was filled with blood and bone fragments instantly.

This kind of death... was extremely pitiful.

It was too scary!

Zuo Datong did not even manage a squeak before he died.

He was smashed into smithereens, not even a god could save him.

Elder Hu Sheng, who was nearby, was splattered with blood and muscle. He looked terrifying, almost as if he was going to breakdown on the spot.

"Zhao Mantian!"

He raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face. He bellowed, visibly disgusted, "Are you trying to rebel?"

In the moment Zhao Mantian attacked, he had already activated his defence, preventing any blood from reaching him.

Hearing Hu Sheng’s anger, he smiled and asked, "Does senior think that I’m stupid?"

"What do you mean?" Hu Sheng was visibly enraged as he looked at Zhao Mantian sinisterly, "Do you think that... I don’t dare to attack you?"

Zhao Mantian chuckled icily as he stared coldly at Elder Hu Sheng.

"Firstly, I was set up by Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng. Their exquisitely set up trap nearly killed me! I have only managed to survive thanks to my own luck!"

"Is that something that a single statement from you can cover up?"

"Secondly, Elder Du has been extremely loyal. In order to silence their dissidents and remove their obstacles, Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng did not have second thoughts about harming one of our own, choosing instead to commit heinous crimes! They have flouted sect regulations, and have gotten what they deserve!"

"And is this something that you think falsified evidence in your damned card can change?"

"Thirdly, Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng clearly had eyes on my throne, yet they hypocritically made it seem like they were forced into it. Do you think this is the ancient era?"

"What a joke!"

"Fourth, Zuo Datong, Liu Wucheng, and that scum Elder Lu, had shamelessly dragged an innocent person like Xiao Yue into the picture for their own benefits. They turned her back to her original form and locked her in a metal cage. Even though fox blood flows in all our veins, their actions are worse than beasts!"

Zhao Mantian looked coldly at Hu Sheng, "Furthermore, I believe that no one is clearer about her bloodline than Senior Hu Sheng?"

Hu Sheng’s gaze was icy as he looked at Zhao Mantian. His eyes glimmered with a dangerous glow, unspeaking.

Zhao Mantian continued coldly, "She is of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline! Back then, senior Hu Sheng’s ancestors... got people to give her a human training technique!"

Hu Sheng’s chest heaved, his emotions clearly tumultuous. However, his eyes continued to glimmer as he tried to avoid Zhao Mantian’s stare.

Zhao Mantian looked coldly at Hu Sheng, "Fifth, Song Hong has no feud with Qing Qiu. He is perfectly within reason to come at save Xiao Yue! What are these scums of the earth doing? They had the audacity to trap him in Qing Qiu and rob him of his saint’s legacy! What an utter disgrace!"

"The Qing Qius have had a rich and illustrious history! How many superior cultivators have we had? How many superior legacies do we have? They actually resorted to harming a loyal and righteous man just to steal from him. Not only did they bring shame to Qing Qiu, their actions devastated the land."

"Does Senior Hu Sheng feel that any of what I have said is false?"

As he heard Zhao Mantian berating him, Hu Sheng could take it no longer and bellowed, "Zhao Mantian, are you berating me?"

"So what if I am?" Zhao Mantian looked at him coldly, "Was anything that I said untrue?"

"Haha, so what if it is?" Hu Sheng smiled coldly, "I thought you were a smart man, I had no idea you were like your grandfather... a complete idiot!"

"F*ck you!" Zhao Mantian bellowed.

Hu Sheng turned his shame into rage, his face turning red as his body exploded with an aura of dangerous energy.

"Hu Sheng, can’t you see what you scums have been doing these past years? I have not come to settle the score with you, yet you actually come to my territory and mess with me."

Zhao Mantian’s expression turned cold as he looked at Hu Sheng, "Are you tired of living?"

Hu Sheng laughed despite his anger, "What a joke! I am just here, why don’t you try me? Zhao Mantian, I think you are tired of living! Since everyone outside already thinks you’re dead, let me make it official!"

As he spoke, Hu Sheng raised his palm and directed it at Zhao Mantian!

He channeled all his power into this slap. The power was overwhelming, even a hill would be flattened by it.

A Supreme Realm individual’s slap meant to kill Zhao Mantian!

Zhao Mantian did not try to evade, instead, he attacked too!

Kacha!

Hu Sheng’s palm shattered and he screamed in pain!

Limitless - Chapter 88: Uneven

When Chu Yu returned to the Dragon City, he used the Facebook Technique to take on the appearance of an ordinary man and sneakily returned to his villa.
Upon opening the door, he saw a scene that made him want to laugh and cry at the same time. Old Yellow and Lord Thief were actually watching an old cartoon - Tom and Jerry!

And they were so engrossed in it!

"This cat is so dumb, unbelievably dumb!" Lord Thief mocked, "It is being toyed by that tiny mouse, if this was me, I would knock the mouse into the air with a single slap!"

Old Yellow laughed coldly in disdain, "You clearly don’t know what playing cat and mouse means!"

Upon hearing the door open, the two animals turned their head and looked at the incoming Chu Yu. Lord Thief flew over and said with surprise, "Old Yellow, there’s actually a hostage who came to present himself?"

Old Yellow rolled its eyes and mumbled, "Hostage my *ss, he is Chu Yu!"

"Hmm?" Lord Thief was stunned, then thought about it.

It looked at Old Yellow depressingly, "How did you know?"

"Guess." Old Yellow said flatly.

Lord Thief rolled its eyes.

Chu Yu saw both of their expressions return to normal.

Then, Chu Yu looked at Lord Thief with surprise, "Your cultivation level has risen?"

Lord Thief raised his head and chuckled, "How? Small Yu, do you finally know my power?"

Small Yu?

Chu Yu stared at Lord Thief and laughed coldly, "You’re already so cocky when you’re only at Acupoint Charging Stage 10?"

Old Yellow glanced at Lord Thief from the side, shook its head and sighed, "How uncultured, how scary! Little sparrow, don’t you ever watch the news?"

Lord Thief stiffened and replied, "How can the news be nicer to watch than cartoons?"

Old Yellow looked at Lord Thief resenting Lord Thief’s ineptness and said earnestly, "Learn! You must learn! Only by learning can one keep improving! Don’t you know, boss Chu can even kill advanced Invigorated Meridian Realm... no, even Xiantian Realm cultivators?

Lord Thief was stunned and looked at Chu Yu in disbelief.

Chu Yu laughed bitterly, "Nonsense, I am still no match for Xiantian cultivators."

"Could it be fake news?" Old Yellow blinked its eyes and sighed, "There are so many rumors, how good would it be if it were true though?"

As Old Yellow spoke, it shook the remote control and extended his other claw to press a few buttons. In that instant, a newspaper channel appeared on the screen.

Old Yellow pointed at it, "Look, Hero Song Hong fell to his death, and brought a group of Xiantians with him!"

It pointed again, "Look, Hero Song is extremely righteous, even though he had dragged the Chu Clan through the mud, those mistakes are forgivable!"

Chu Yu looked at the news that Old Yellow picked out.

"What is Song Hong’s actual cultivation level?"

"Where is the mysterious hero Song Hong from?"

"Song Hong’s fall has caused everyone to be distraught. Why can’t our cultivation world have more people with such heroic characters? Why does everyone value the brutality of the cultivation world? Power is respect? Why can’t everyone coexist peacefully?"

Chu Yu smiled, he knew that the cloud of death that was hovering above his and the Chu Clan’s head had disappeared in a short time.

The gazes of others would be redirected very soon.

And this period of time, was the golden time for him and his clan to expand!

Chu Yu looked at Old Yellow, "Not bad, when did you make this?"

In this day and age, cultivation and technology coexist. However, there are powers resisting the expansion and advancement of technology in the dark, not wanting technology to reach a higher level.

However, the item in Old Yellow’s hand was not rare, it had existed decades ago.

Old Yellow was extremely proud, "Custom edition for wolves! How is it? Don’t you think my head looks like a cow’s genitals?"

Chu Yu looked at the top right corner of the projector and saw the proud face of the weasel. He nodded and said with thought, "Indeed!"

Old Yellow was stunned for a moment before replying Chu Yu, visibly depressed, "If it wasn’t for the fact that I can’t beat you, I would fight it out with you!"

Lord Thief was laughing his head off to the side.

Chu Yu looked at the two of them and asked flatly, "Do you all want to train with a saint’s technique?"

"What?"

"What?"

Lord Thief and Old Yellow both looked at Chu Yu, completely dazed.

After which, the two beasts replied in unison, "Yes!"

"Good, I will pass the saint’s teachings to you today!" Chu Yu’s expression was stern as he looked at Old Yellow and Lord Thief, "The teaching’s of a saint are for everybody. I hope that you will all remain honorable..."

Lord Thief replied, "Rest assured boss, I will always follow boss!"

Old Yellow blinked its eyes and stood up, bowing deeply to Chu Yu, "Thank you boss for passing a saint’s teachings on to me, from now on, I will follow your lead!"

Chu Yu was dazed, "I am not a gangster, why are you speaking like this is the mafia?"

"Hehe, there’s a good feeling when it’s said like that." Old Yellow bared his teeth.

"You all focus on training, as for me... I need to isolate myself too!"

As Chu Yu spoke, he had already decided that he would need to rush to the INvigorated Meridian Realm as soon as possible. Even though he was not weak, he was helpless when faced with Xiantians.

A peaceful cultivation world was merely an idealistic dream.

If you did not want to be bullied, the easiest way was to - be powerful!

The largest social media platform in China was already buzzing with news of what happened at Qing Qiu.

Countless people felt that Song hong’s death was a pity, and a lot of ancient legacies cursed Song Hong, because they had lost many Xiantian cultivators to him.

However, his detractors were drowned out by the power of billions of internet citizens.

Whenever they posted a few sentences to criticize Song Hong, they would be surrounded and attacked by countless people.

The internet was not like the real world, where you could simply confront someone and fight it out.

Keyboard warriors could easily challenge and even overpower an ancient legacy disciple.

However, in this process, Chu Yu could not help but also be mentioned.

Many were now curious if Chu Yu had recovered. If he had, what was his cultivation level now?

Furthermore, Song Hong had already dismissed the rumours that he and Chu Yu were senior and junior. Then, would he still pass the Crane Saint’s legacy to Chu Yu?

Many people guessed in secret, but majority of people thought that it was unlikely.

Even though Hero Song was extremely righteous and loyal, how could he give away something as important as a saint’s legacy so easily?

As such, the tone towards Chu Yu and the Chu Clan by the online citizens was civil and sympathetic.

They did not benefit much, and had nearly been annihilated as a result of this.

At the same time, they admired the Chu Clan for their steadiness.

Even in the face of strong and powerful opponents, the Chu Clan never caved in, and didn’t even try to explain themselves out of it!

They all thought that even though the Chu Clan was no ancient school, but the Northern Wolves courage and steadiness was admirable.

The events in Qing Qiu had also been leaked.

The people were not so kind towards Qing Qiu.

The web was filled with statements reprimanding Zuo Datong and the late Liu Wucheng.

"As the Qing Qiu deputies, you rebelled at a time where the Sect Leader’s fate is still unknown. Regardless of what era we’re in, people like you should be killed immediately!"

"Shot a hundred times!"

"Bro, guns may not work against them."

"Then we will tear them apart, smack their p*nises till they die!

"F*ck, this guy above me is too evil!"

"Innocent people won’t understand…"

"The kids should go home and read up on history, this is something that was done decades ago…"

As for the fact that the disciples of the ancient schools being held in Qing Qiu, it was widespread knowledge.

However, discussion of this on the internet was little.

Even if there was, it subsided quickly.

There were powers trying to suppress it.

This incident was too embarrassing!

Just as they were preparing to assimilate into society, something so embarrassing had happened.

These ancient schools did not even send their powerful people to resolve this issue. They immediately sent Qing Qiu large amounts of money and spiritual medicine as ransom to reclaim their disciples.

This could provide temporary respite from this incident. What would happen after would be a problem for another day.

After all, this feud has been formed.

The Qing Qiu ancestral land.

The Supreme Realm elder Hu Sheng looked at Zuo Datong kneeling in front of him and asked flatly, "Is what is being said outside real?"

Zuo Datong bawled, his expression pitiful as he choked, "Ancestors, slander, it is all slander! My body flows with fox blood, how can I bring myself to do something so evil? This is… this is Elder Du and his men, they were the ones who wanted to rebel, and they forced me and deputy Liu Wucheng to a corner…"

"You dare to speak rubbish in my presence? Do you believe that I will kill you with a single slap?" Elder Hu Sheng was expressionless, his tone icy.

Zuo Datong cowered. If a Supreme Realm cultivator wanted to kill him, he did not even need to take action himself, simply the notion would be sufficient to kill him.

"Tell me the truth, what is going on." Hu Sheng looked flatly at Zuo Datong.

"It’s… it’s like that." Zuo Datong did not dare to hide anymore, and confessed to how he, Liu Wucheng and elder Lu, together with their men, forged evidence to slander and punish Elder Du, who had been a thorn in their side.

"What you’re saying is, Zhao Mantian is dead?" Hu Sheng’s eyes flashed with light, his gaze dark and uncertain.

"Liu Wucheng and I gave him a piece of false information. That place is filled with danger, according to the ancient annals, even True Lord Realm cultivators do not dare to enter at will... there’s no way he could have survived." Zuo Datong kneeled and whimpered.

"Careless!"

Hu Sheng said solemnly.

Zuo Datong shivered, not daring to make a sound.

The reason why he came clean with Hu Sheng instead of arguing to the end was because he had some insider information from previous years.

It was no secret that Zhao Mantian’s grandfather had a deep feud with elder Hu Sheng.

Qing Qiu was almost as big as a country!

Even though they were all of fox blood, many feuds have been formed as time went by.

They were not as united as what others think.

Hu Sheng replied solemnly, "You dare to rebel just based on a guess? Is your brain damaged?"

Indeed!

Even though he was being scolded, Zuo Datong heaved a sigh of relief internally.

He knew that elder Hu Sheng would definitely not kill him.

Hu Sheng continued, "You all have no idea how strong and powerful Zhao Mantian’s talents are! The highest cultivation levels possible to you are not even his training grounds! Don’t think that it is impossible, you all have not seen the powers of a descendant of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox..."

"Zhao Mantian... is the bloodline of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox?" Zuo Datong was aghast.

He had known that Zhao Mantian’s bloodline was pure, but he had no idea that Zhao Mantian was from such a superior, powerful bloodline.

Amongst the foxes, regardless of branch, any Nine Tailed bloodline was considered incredibly powerful!

Even though Hu Sheng, a Qing Qiu elder, had an immensely high standing in the sect, he still had to respect those of the Nine Tailed bloodlines!

Even if the other person was just an Acupoint Charging Realm Fox!

This was the rule of the foxes!

The importance of the bloodlines!

"There are many things that you do not know." Hu Cheng said coldly, "Also, Xiao Yue... is also of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline!"

Oh god!

Zuo Datong was nearly paralyzed with fear.

This news shocked him more than finding out that Zhao Mantian was of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline.

He had tried to bring harm to two of the Nine Tailed bloodlines!

In the world of foxes, this was an unforgivable sin.

In the ancient times, this would have been like a squire going on an assassination mission against the crown prince...

This was asking to be slaughtered!

"I beg Elder Hu Sheng to save my life!"

Zuo Datong lay flat on the floor, almost like a dog, wagging his tail.

"If you have already done this..." Just as Elder Hu Sheng spoke, someone walked in from outside. Hu Sheng’s voice trailed off as his eyes revealed his shock.

Limitless - Chapter 87: Zhao Mantian

What the?

Chu Yu was genuinely unable to keep up with Zhao Mantian’s train of thoughts.

He felt that his logic was pretty screwed, but compared to this guy in front of him, he was still lacking.

This change of topic was simply… just like that Great Demon Sage Sun Wukong, traversing 108,000 li in a single leap!

Xiao Yue also had difficulty keeping up with with Zhao Mantian’s thoughts. Although she was rather aware of Mantian’s leaps of logic since she was young, she was still astonished that he was still capable of such feats even after he had become a Supreme Realm expert.

Zhao Mantian looked towards the two of them and said, "Are you guys unwilling?" The two of them didn’t say anything, but judging from their facial expressions, they looked rather unwilling.

"F*ck, have I not shown enough sincerity?"

"I’m a dignified and young Supreme Realm expert, and an esteemed sect leader. I’m willing to become sworn brothers with a young chap like you, yet you’re still unhappy?"

While Zhao Mantian carefree, he was also proud to his core.

Of course, he wouldn’t say such things to other people.

Chu Yu immediately revealed a foolish expression, and explained with a bitter smile, "No, it is not that I am unwilling, it is just that I feel *coughs* that this was too sudden."

"As long you are willing, it is fine!" Zhao Mantian heaved a sigh of relief. He managed to save his pride.

"Alright, as the oldest, I’m number one. Chu Yu, you are number two. Hu Xiaoyue, you’re number three!" Zhao Mantian exclaimed in a single breath.

"Phoom!" He knees went straight to the ground. He then leered at the two of them, "What are you two still standing around for? Kneel!"

Chu Yu and Xiaoyue glanced at each other, the corners of their mouths started twitching as they went to kneel on the ground.

On the surface, they looked like they were forced. In fact, they were swearing continuously in their hearts.

However, it was definitely not a loss to have such a sworn brother!

Xiaoyue’s eyes sparkled.

Hu Xiaoyue!

She could finally bear the surname Hu!

Just like that, Chu Yu muddleheadedly swore the sibling’s oath with Xiaoyue and Zhao Mantian. The entire process was dramatic.

Even the illogical Zhao Mantian would not expect that this event would have a great impact in the future.

Since he found Chu Yu pleasing to the eye and a man worthy to befriend.

He was actually a very simple man, being a master martial artist and strategist, he tends to let his guard down to those people he found pleasant.

These are characteristics that Chu Yu shares.

This was what they called ‘fate’.

There are people who have known one another for decades and yet they are just merely acquaintances. And then, there are those who just met once and it was as though they had known each other for a lifetime.

Waiting for the ‘lost’ Chu Yu to stand up, the smiling Zhao Mantian came over and said, "Younger brother, later I will help you find your elixir but first you have to help me refine some immortal medicine!"

"…"

Chu Yu became speechless and awkward. However, he was very curious and asked Zhao Mantian, "Why don't you just snatch the sage’s inheritance from me?"

"Wouldn’t that be simpler?"

"I’m not that kind of person!"

With a prideful expression, Zhao ManTian said righteously, "I have my inheritance, although it is not that of a sage, but it does not differ much. Then again, someday, I’ll become a sage, and my inheritance… would be a sage’s inheritance! Why do I even bother to snatch from others to learn?"

In awe, ChuYu felt that this brother of his is not only hilarious and wild, he was a very proud person as well.

"Becoming a sage? That is a great aspiration!"

"Then again, it is meaningless, the world is full of fantastic things, how is it possible for me to attain all of it?"

Zhao Mantian looked at Chu Yu, "If you are short of character, a man with flaws in your values, I will not hesitate to kill you. I am a person with little misgivings, whatever wrong I see, I kill mindlessly! In this lifetime, If you cannot live life to the fullest, why bother living? If I were to meet someone I find admirable, sacrificing myself is never a question!"

Towards Zhao Mantian, Chu Yu cupped his fist, "I have been taught well!"

"Hahaha, Old Two [1] Chu Yu, this is merely my perspective on life, please don’t be affected by it, attaining the sage inheritance definitely leads to a bright future. You have your own path!" Zhao Mantian laughed heartily and patted Chu Yu’s shoulder.

"*Coughs*, call me brother is fine, Old Two sounds weird." Chu Yu says with a serious tone.

"Old Two… Little Brother [1]… *Coughs*, Second Brother you are right!" Zhao Mantian whispered, with a weird face. As he felt that the culture today is very difficult to comprehend, a small mistake could deface the actual meaning.

"The two of you... please watch your words." Xiaoyue blushed and reminded them.

*HeHe*

Both Chu Yu and Zhao Mantian began laughing.

Thereafter, Zhao Mantian said, "Since we have already sworn, me being the oldest it is only customary to give you guys gifts."

"Big Brother...Don’t be like this." Chu Yu immediately rejected.

"I am just borrowing from the Flower Buddha." Zhao Mantian laughed and gave Chu Yu the sword he was holding, "This sword is remarkable, it is at the very least at the supreme realm level, it’s yours! This will be the sword you will now use…"

Zhao Mantian have not finished his sentence, Chu Yu grabbed the sword steadily, "What’s wrong!"

"Alright...since you insist." Zhao Mantian scratched his head and continued, "right, there is a problem, everyone thinks that this sword has fallen into the abyss…...ok, when you use it, don’t leave anybody alive.

"Uh…Ok." Chu Yu gave a forced smile and nodded his head earnestly and threw the sword into his storage ring.

He did not feel any difficulty in holding the sword, after all it was just only a sword?

If Elder Yue and his group of people knew that Chu Yu was able to hold the sword at ease, they will be shocked.

Xiaoyue looked towards Zhao Mantian and asked, "Where is my gift?"

"You already have the sage’s inheritance... alright, I will transfer you the Nine Tail Lightning Fox cultivation technique!" Zhao Man tian exclaimed. He was not worried that Chu Yu heard their conversation, the thing is Chu Yu was unable to learn this technique.

This is a technique that only demons can master!

At the top, the two groups of people are still fighting.

Down below, Zhao Mantian swiftly transferred the technique to Xiaoyue.

Unable to maintain his curiosity, Chu Yu asked, "Big Brother, since you knew of Xiaoyue’s heritage, then why did you teach her the human cultivation technique in the past?"

"Don’t mention it..." Zhao Mantian said with a bitter smile, "I was tricked by someone else!"

He continued and his face darkened, he told Chu Yu that he only found the Nine Tail Lightning Fox technique recently. The technique allowed him to break into the king’s realm at an accelerated pace. Thereafter, with some miracles, he broke into the supreme realm.

"In the past, I wasn’t as knowledgeable as I am now. Back then, an Elder from outside the areas of Qing Qiu gave Xiaoyue part of the technique. Seeing how powerful it was, I didn’t think much of it. Knowing that Xiaoyue was trapped, it was too late already."

Zhao Mantian sighed and looked towards Xiaoyue and said bitterly, "Soon after, I found out that that old man had a feud with Xiaoyue’s parents."

"What?" Xiaoyue’s face turned pale and whispered, "But my parents are already…"

Zhao Mantian shook his head, "It’s difficult to say, back then they were only missing, similar to your master, Elder Du... We do not know if they are still alive"

"Is it true" Xiaoyue eyes glimmered with hope.

Zhao Mantian nodded, "Don’t keep your hopes up, but one day when we become stronger, we will search for them. That’s a promise…"

Xiaoyue interrupted, "As long as they are still alive, I will find them! Even if they are dead, I will bury their remains back at Qing Qiu."

Zhao Mantian nodded, with a sad look in his eyes.

There are many stories in our ancient heritage that are filled with vicissitudes of life.

Subsequently, all of a sudden he gave Chu Yu and Xiaoyue a wink that indicates for them to be quiet.

The two noticed that the noise from the fighting on the cliff above has suddenly disappeared.

Soon after, they heard the cries of Zuo Datong, "Ancestor, since you are here, please make a decision for Qing Qiu! We the people of Qing Qiu have never been so terribly ashamed. Letting a bunch of outsiders to break our great mountain formation and the mountain door…"

In the crowd, a martial artist from the Invigorated Meridian Stage weakly explained, "We didn’t destroy the mountain door…"

*Bang!*

For a moment, exclamations can be heard at the top.

That person died!

"Please continue." a calm old voice said.

Above, Zuo Datong lamented, "The sect leader went missing for a long time, no one is able to make any decisions for Qing Qiu. Elder Du quelled the traitors. Under the leadership of Liu Wucheng and him, the group managed to calm down.

However, he never expected that Song Hong would barge into Qing Qiu, abduct Xiaoyue, and even kill Defender Liu Wucheng…

"Shameless!" Xiaoyue uttered this word through her gritted teeth as her face turned pale with anger.

Zhao Mantian shook his head slightly towards her, indicating that she was slightly impatient.

Chu Yu also did likewise, he believed that according to Zhao Mantian’s character, he will not let Zuo Datong off.

Now they were just making use of him.

When the situation settles down and Zhao Mantian officially returns to the Qing Qiu, that would be the day that Zuo Datong dies. The best outcome would be that he is thrown into the abyss.

Xiaoyue understood but she really hated people like Zuo Datong.

Zuo Datong even lied towards his own faction. Eventually, he even reported on his own direct disciples.

When this elder from Qing Qiu heard this, he laughed coldly, then said indifferently, "Zuo Datong, the internal affairs of Qing Qiu can be discussed later. Now, let’s handle the matter in front of us.

On the cliff, a grey robed man of unfathomable age, stood with his hands behind his back. He emanated a heavy aura, causing everyone to be unable to move.

He looked at the group of martial artists and said, "Select a few representatives and contact your respective schools. Pick a time to discuss about the compensation, then think about leaving Qing Qiu! For this period of time, I will be here! I would like to see the old fogeys behind you still cared about their pride. Or are you saying that the people of Qing Qiu are easily bullied."

After saying this, the elder of Qing Qiu turned and walked away.

Zuo Datong head full cold sweat followed behind.

The disciples of Qing Qiu ‘cleared’ the people on the cliff.

This piece of land had finally return to silence.

Until this moment, Zhao Mantian heaved a sigh of relief, whispered with a slight frown, "The one who came was Elder Hu Sheng…"

He did not continue, instead he smiled deeply.

After which, he turned towards Chu Yu and smiled, "Ok, the crisis is over!"

"Big Brother is awesome!" Chu Yu was in awe of Zhao Mantian’s tactics.

"The more you get attacked by people, the more formidable you become." Zhao Mantian sighed, and shook his head with a bitter smile. He turned to both Chu Yu and Xiaoyue, "Third Sister stay here, I will personally instruct you for this period of time. Second Brother return to Dragon City, and concentrate on your training, hurry and raise your level!"

Chu Yu nodded his head as he knew it was time to return.

"For this short period of time stop using the name Song Hong." Zhao Mantian laughed, "Perhaps one day we could still use that name. By then, we will be afraid of nobody!"

Zhao Mantian told Chu Yu as the world resumed its recovery, those people from the outside will soon come.

"They are very strong but they are not the scariest things." Zhao Mantian said, "The truly scary ones are those outside of this world!"

"Those outside of this world?" Chu Yu frowned.

Zhao Mantian pointed to the sky, "The solar system… and the universe beyond."

[1] In Mandarin, these words refer to the penis.

Limitless - Chapter 86: Let's become sworn brothers!

Afterwhich, Zhao Mantian’s silhouette disappeared from atop the cliff next to the abyss.

In the next moment, he appeared in the cave which Chu Yu and Xiao Yue were in.

They were both completely stunned. Zhao Mantian put his index finger to his lips and then smiled at Chu Yu.

He then silently pointed upwards with his finger, his gaze mischievous.

"..." Chu Yu was stunned and he could feel his head getting numb.

He now had a better idea of the power and abilities of a cultivator in the Supreme Realm.

He looked deeply at Zhao Mantian, and his ears perked up to listen.

Xiao Yue was extremely emotional when she saw Zhao Mantian, tears falling from her eyes.

Zhao Mantian smiled warmly at Xiao Yue and used the Voice Transmission Technique to tell her, "I am back, everything will be better."

Xiao Yue nodded vigorously, and could not suppress her tears any longer.

On top of the cliff, Xue Ran woke up all of a sudden, tears running down her cheeks, "Don't..."

In her memory, she had just witnessed Song Hong bring to bear his full power to fight with more than 10 Xiantian cultivators!

His abilities were unparalleled!

However, he was soon overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the Xiantian cultivators. He retrieved a legendary equipment which exploded with immense power, dragging Elder Yue, Elder Shi and the rest of them down to the abyss with him!

Everything around her was in chaos and they were all extremely scared.

They had all felt the same way as Xue Ran, no one thought that there was anything out of the ordinary.

They had "seen with their own eyes" that the Xiantian cultivators had attacked Song Hong; they had "seen with their own eyes" Song Hong killing everyone around him; they had "seen with their own eyes" Song Hong spitting out blood to activate the legendary weapon!

The terrifying glow of the weapon had engulfed them all!

And then... both sides involved in the battle disappeared into the abyss.

"Oh god... who would have thought that Song Hong would be this terrifying?"

"He... how could he be a Xiantian cultivator?"

"If he wasn't in the Xiantian Realm, how did he manage to escape from Elder Yue and he group?"

"I did not expect that Song Hong was this good..."

"Not only does he have the saint’s legacy, he actually also has a legendary weapon!"

The others discussed the incident fervently, clearly still taken aback. They thanked their lucky stars that Song Hong did not attack them.

Some of the people on the scene cried. Amongst the Xiantians who died, some of them were their relatives, their elders!

Zuo Datong sneakily shifted to a safe zone and sent for Qing Qiu disciples in the dark.

Song Hong was powerful!

He had actually killed all those Xiantians!

Hahahaha, heaven is indeed helping me!

Heaven hopes that I can finish what I set out to do!

Song Hong ah Song Hong, right now, I must say I am slightly grateful to you!

Zuo Datong had initially lost hope, but he had never thought that Song Hong was so powerful. Such power defied Heaven’s will!

At the same time, he thought that it was a pity that the Crane Saint’s legacy in Song Hong’s possession, as well as the replica Divine Punisher sword that Elder Yue had would never be able to see daylight ever again.

He knew better than anyone that even if a Supreme Realm cultivator went into the Qing Qiu abyss, he could not return.

Only those who have attained True Lord realm and above had a slim chance at survival.

A large number of Qing Qiu Invigorated Meridian martial artists began to gather here.

The ancient disciples of these ancient clans at the edge of the cliff finally regained their consciousness and panicked.

Their biggest backers had all been thrown into the abyss...

Even though they panicked, they were not chaotic!

They knew that their combined power was relatively strong.

Even if they were to fight to their death, they may not necessarily die.

Zuo Datong said coldly, "With things the way they are, what more do you have to say?"

One of the advanced Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists stood out and looked at Zuo Datong coldly, "With things the way they are, what more do you want?"

"What more do I want? Are you brain damaged? Qing Qiu has not antagonized any of you, yet you have broken through my doors and come in here to steal people; causing huge casualties. Furthermore, you have robbed Qing Qiu..."

"Zuo Datong, stop accusing others, who robbed Qing Qiu of its treasures?" Someone raged.

Zuo Datong replied coldly, "Wasn’t the Qing Qiu medicinal field robbed by you all?"

"It was the Xiantians..." Before this person could finish, he got tongue tied.

The Xiantians had indeed fallen into the abyss, and the medicinal field was indeed cleaned out by them, but... they were the accomplices!

Many of them could clearly remember the awe of seeing the spiritual medicines in the medicinal feel, and the excitement of digging up the spiritual medicines... One could only say that Zhao Mantian’s sacred art was simply too powerful!

Unfathomable!

Even if an elite cultivator grilled the souls of these Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists, they would get the same answer!

The memory had already been ingrained in their minds.

They have already taken this as the truth!

This was the terrifying power of Qing Qiu’s mind control hallucination technique!

There were already a large number of Qing Qiu disciples gathered here.

The enemies looked at each other, rage filling their eyes.

Seeing as the scary Xiantian experts were gone, their confidence increased.

One of them bellowed, "Return our spiritual medicine!"

Countless people echoed out, "Return our spiritual medicine!"

Inside the cave, Zhao Mantian glanced at Chu Yu, his bright eyes held a faint smile, almost as if he has seen through everything.

Chu Yu was expressionless, he had no intention to confess.

He felt that having someone to take the rap for him was something extremely blissful.

Atop the cliff.

The Qing Qiu disciples were bellowing, "Return our protective magical formation!"

"You ancient school disciples are so audacious!"

"Do you disregard us Qing Qiu?"

The entire scene was explosive, and it was going to blow up at any moment!

The oppression and humiliation felt previously exploded out at this moment.

At this point, an Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artist from the ancient schools looked at Zuo Datong, "Zuo Datong... how do you want to resolve this issue?"

Zuo Datong replied, "Return our medicines, compensate us for the loss of our huge magical formation and for all our losses, including emotional and mental damages!

The entire group was stunned, emotional and mental damages?

F*ck that, what emotional and mental damages?!

"Who can compensate us for all those Xiantians falling into your abyss?" One of the descendants of the Xiantians asked depressingly.

Zuo Datong mocked, not wanting to bother with such a question. He faked sympathy and said, "You should go find Song Hong! Else, you can go find the Northern Chu Clan..."

"Bullsh*t... what can the Northern Chu Clan do? Furthermore, they’re just taking the rap for him!

"Zuo Datong, if you let us out now, we will treat it like nothing ever happened!"

Zuo Datong snicked coldly, "Are you all really dumb or just acting naive? I have already woken the Qing Qiu elders. Do you think you can leave without compensating Qing Qiu for our losses?

Inside the cave, Chu Yu looked at Zhao Mantian admirably, he finally understood why Zhao Mantian did not throw Zuo Datong into the abyss.

He finally realized that Zuo Datong was just another chess piece in Zhao Mantian’s grand strategy.

He was pretty good to use!

Chu Yu also understood that Zhao Mantian would never appear right now!

When the dust settled and Zhao Mantian returned to Qing Qiu as a Supreme Realm Cultivator, everyone in the Qing Qiu ancestral land, as well as those in the pocket dimension would approve of his portfolio!

A young Supreme Realm cultivator was a legitimate Heaven’s Pride.

It could be said that from the start, Zhao Mantian had no way of losing.

By handling the situation like that, not only did he manage to save Qing Qiu, but he had also helped Chu Yu a whole lot.

However, he would first have to know that Chu Yu and Song Hong were the same person.

But... that shouldn’t be possible?

Chu Yu did not think that Xiao Yue would betray him.

At this point, Zhao Mantian waved his hand. Even though the noises from outside could travel in, Chu Yu could see with his vertical eye that there was a shield sealing the cave.

Only then did Zhao Mantian speak. He looked at Chu Yu and smiled, "What an ingenious move by young master Chu! Taking on two identities and fooling the entire outside world."

Chu Yu’s heart chilled, but he did not believe that Xiao Yue would betray him.

It would seem stubborn of him, but Chu Yu was like that, and he trusted the people around him immensely.

Zhao Mantian bared his teeth and smiled, "The appearance changing technique, also known as Facebook. In the ancient era, it was also considered an odd technique. It has its origins in the ancient elite scared art, and is the Human Transformation Technique in the 36 Heavenly Generals.

Chu Yu heaved a sigh of relief inside, As long as Xiao Yue didn't betray him, else, he would be extremely disappointed.

Xiao Yue knew that he could take on others’ appearance, but she did not know that the cultivation technique was known as Facebook.

Chu Yu looked at Zhao Mantian, shocked at his vast knowledge.

Zhao Mantian continued, "Even though it is no match for the Human Transformation Technique, it’s advantage is that it can be used by non cultivators. People who know this technique are few, even I chanced upon it by accident. Young master Chu need not worry, people who can guess that you are Song Hong are few and far between."

As he spoke, he looked deeply at Chu Yu, "Furthermore, from today onwards, Song Hong is dead!"

"How did Sect Leader Zhao guess this?" Chu Yu asked.

"Please don't call me Sect Leader, look, the Sect Leader of Qing Qiu has been taken over by Zuo Datong." Zhao Mantian laughed, "If it’s okay with you, just call me big brother Zhao."

Chu Yu was stunned, he did not know why Zhao Mantian was treating him so well.

"You must think it's weird?" Zhao Mantian looked at Chu Yu, "I can guess that you must be related to Xiao Yue somehow, the way that she looks at you is just not right."

Xiao Yue stiffened, she did not know what was wrong with the way she looked at young master.

Zhao Mantian continued, "You could say that I watched Xiao Yue grow up since young..."

Xiao Yue replied indignantly, "I'm not that much younger than you okay?"

This tone seemed to be like that of a sister’s willfulness when talking to her brother.

Zhao Mantian looked at Xiao Yue exasperatingly and sighed, "We have a one cycle gap between us! Doesn't this count as me watching you grow up since young?"

Xiao Yue blinked and did not rebut. This was the truth.

In truth, all these years, Sect Leader Zhao Mantian had unofficially been treating Xiao Yue like his little sister.

Zhao Mantian looked at Chu Yu, "If you were Song Hong, Xiao Yue may thank you, even revere you, but she would not look at you with a gaze of familiarity and reliance. Haha, I have always been meticulous, and I have a keen eye for observation."

"..." Chu Yu was speechless.

Zhao Mantian’s expression became stern as he said solemnly to Chu Yu, "The reason why I’m helping you is simple, Xiao Yue is like a sister to me. There’s something that even Xiao Yue is unaware of."

Xiao Yue raised her head and looked at Zhao Mantian in confusion.

Zhao Mantian said, "Xiao Yue is from the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline, and I... coincidentally am too!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue’s eyes widened in disbielief.

"As such, from a bloodline point of view, Xiao Yue and I are relatives! Furthermore, we are of the same generation, thus, it is perfectly correct for me to call her my sister." Zhao Mantian smiled and said. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Ah, I see!

Chu Yu finally understood why Zhao Mantian was so good to him, the reason lay with Xiao Yue.

"Even though you knew Xiao Yue was one of the influential disciples in Qing Qiu, you did not ask for any compensation when you helped her get rid of her shackles. Initially... I had wanted to break through to the Supreme Realm before coming back to help her."

"Sect Leader..." Xiao Yue was visibly touched.

"Call me brother." Zhao Mantian smiled.

He looked at Chu Yu and said, "You unselfishly helped Xiao Yue breakthrough, and even gave her the saint’s legacy..."

"How do you know that?" Xiao Yue looked at Zhao Mantian in disbelief, before turning to Chu Yu, visibly wronged.

Almost like she was saying, It wasn’t me!

Zhao Mantian replied, "Only by cultivating with a saint’s legacy can you avoid being affected by my mind control technique. A saint’s technique can cut through all lies and is not easily duped.

"..."

Xiao Yue and Chu Yu were speechless, thinking to themselves, Is it that easy?

However, behind the easiness hid Zhao Mantian’s vast expanse of knowledge.

Zhao Mantian continued, "After knowing Xiao Yue was in danger, you did not hesitate to come to her rescue, even at the expense of your own safety. Most importantly, you are not in love with her, instead you purely treat her as a friend..."

Xiao Yue stiffened and blushed, murmuring, "What are you saying..."

"Haha, I am not just meticulous. Since I am of much higher cultivation than both of you, I have a powerful sense of the auras surrounding you." Zhao Mantian smiled widely at Chu Yu and Xiao Yue.

"As such, when I say that you’re warmhearted, righteous and loyal, I am not so much praising you as I am just stating a fact."

Zhao Mantian looked deeply into Chu Yu’s eyes and said, "Brother, shall we become sworn brothers?"

"Ah?" Chu Yu was floored.

"Ah?" Xiao Yue was stunned.

.........

Limitless - Chapter 85: Perfection

Zhao Mantian flew over the airspace above the abyss and shook the cloth bag lightly. The huge group of people came tumbling out.

The embarrassed group fell at the edge of the cliff, including the Xiantian cultivators, who all looked unsettled.

Inside the bag, they could not use any of their powers, they were completely inprisoned!

This was too scary!

It would be all too easy for Zhao Mantian to kill them in the bag!

One of the Xiantian Cultivators ate a mouthful of mud upon impact and could not resist but shout, "Why is Sect Leader Zhao doing this? We were all here to help Sect Leader Zhao!"

Zhao Mantian stood in the air, his body emanating a terrifying, suppressing aura.

He chuckled, "Help me? Then should I be thanking you... for breaking my protective magical formation with your sword, for wanting to kill many here? Should I thank you all for wanting to make Qing Qiu blood flow like a river?"

Elder Shi tried to explain, "Sect Leader Zhao, you are mistaken, it is not what you think..."

Bang!

A ray of light flashed by.

Elder Shi was knocked straight into the abyss!

In the mist, Elder Shi’s pitiful scream echoed out, "Sect Leader Zhao... you will have retribution for what you have done!"

Zhao Mantian laughed coldly as he landed from mid air.

At this point, he rid himself of the camouflage and revealed his true appearance.

Everyone who saw him could not help but be shocked.

This Qing Qiu Sect Leader was too young

He could not have been more than 30 years old, and his eyes showed no signs of age.

He wasn’t particularly handsome, but his eyes were extremely bright and he had an air of masculinity.

You could tell that he did not just look youthful, he was truly youthful.

The group of people at the edge of the cliff fell silent, a chill sent down their spines.

Zhao Mantian was too high handed!

He did not even give Elder Shi any chance, he did not even bother speaking to him before knocking him into the abyss.

Many Invigorated Meridian martial artists could not help but sit there, paralysed.

Xue Ran’s eyes also flashed with fear, she finally understood what is true power!

Elder Yue was almost like a deity in front of the Xiantian cultivators, but even she did not have the ability to resist in the face of Zhao Mantian.

They actually had the guts to run to Qing Qiu, break the protective magical formation, charge in and kill at will, take away Song Hong and rob Qing Qiu of all her treasures?

How insane!

They had water in their brains!

Everyone kept quiet, all of them in disbelief.

Their actions simply did not stand up to reason.

If it wasn’t for Zhao Mantian’s return, Qing Qiu would have been robbed.

Once this happened, even if the Qing Qiu elders entered the world, they could not repair the damage.

If one was strong enough, no matter how many people there were, you could still take your revenge.

However, if you were not strong enough, even if you were taken advantage of completely, you could not do anything about it.

The backgrounds of the people here today were too complicated, they came from various ancient schools and had influential and powerful backers.

As such, once this had become fact, no matter how angry the Qing Qiu elders were, they would not be able to take revenge.

If they had managed to pull it off, they would have completely snuffed out Qing Qiu!

Such things have happened, even in the ancient days.

However, never in their wildest imaginations did they expect that the uncontactable Sect Leader of Qing Qiu, Zhao Mantian... would return!

Being caught red handed meant that... no matter what, their backers would also be taken advantage of!

If they dared to gang up against Qing Qiu, there would be terrifying repercussions.

Everything came down to evidence!

If they weren’t caught, there were many ways that they could escape from this.

However, if they were caught... and the opponent was so powerful, such that they were not able to resist, they could only succumb to whatever their opponent wanted to do.

"You’re all such a daring group!" Zhao Mantian said coldly, "What do my internal Qing Qiu matters have to do with you? You actually dare to run wild in my territory? Did you really think that just because we had been hit hard thousands of years ago, and had our vitality damaged, you can just come here and reenact the same scene?"

"Sect Leader Zhao... this, really is a misunderstanding." Elder Yue’s mouth was dry and her head became numb.

She was just half a step away from being a King’s Realm cultivator, and was considered a true expert in today’s era.

However, in the face of a Supreme Realm individual, she did not have any right to be arrogant.

Never did Elder Yue expect that the Qing Qiu Sect Leader was not lost and did not die, instead he had entered the Supreme Realm...

Wasn’t he just a Xiantian cultivator just a few years ago?

He... how could he cultivate so quickly?

No matter how much she did not want to admit it, this was the fact!

A despairing fact!

"Misunderstanding?" Zhao Mantian laughed loudly and raised his hand.

A ray of light exploded and hit Elder Yue.

The Divine Punisher sword in Elder Yue’s hand exploded with a ray of light and blocked the attack from Zhao Mantian.

Elder Yue coughed up a mouthful of blood, almost like she had been struck by lightning.

Zhao Mantian snorted coldly and stretched out his hand. An invincible force immediately took the blade from Elder Yue. He held it in his hand and said, "This blade is not bad!"

"That is the treasure of the Rainfall ancient sect!" Elder Yue felt a chill and she couldn’t help but scream.

Xue Ran, who was in the group, closed her eyes in despair. She had finally felt that Elder Yue... was actually not that mature.

What use was there saying this now?

The maturity that was felt previously was simply an illusion from her confidence in her own abilities.

Now that she had met an invincible adversary, she was also equally flustered...

Zhao Mantian replied, "No longer!"

He waved his hand again. Elder Yue’s body was sent flying. It arced in the sky as she fell towards the abyss with a pitiful scream.

This had utterly iced all the Xiantian cultivator’s guts!

They had initially thought that Zhao Mantian did not want to kill them, choosing to keep them instead. Only now did they know that he simply did not want to dirty Qing Qiu lands.

"Spare our lives Sect Leader Zhao!"

"We were just careless for a moment... we know our mistakes now! I still have a centurion mother to take care of!" One of the elderly cultivators cried out.

"Sect Leader Zhao, please let us go... I still have infants back home..." One of the ladies crumbled and bawled.

Zhao Mantian stood there quietly, a mocking smile breaking out.

Then, without hesitation, he attacked continuously, knocking all of the Xiantian cultivators into the abyss.

He did not care about their background or their backers. From start to finish, he did not ask a single question.

It wasn’t that the Xiantian cultivators did not want to resist, they simply could not. Even before they could react, they were knocked into the air by the sacred art.

In the blink of an eye, all of the Xiantian cultivators who had come to Qing Qiu had been knocked into the abyss by Zhao Mantian.

The remaining Invigorated Meridian martial artists were all completely silent. No one dared to stand, all of them opting to kneel, shivering in fear.

Zhao Mantian glanced at the group of Invigorated Meridian martial artists and said flatly, "You all deserve to die too!"

Complete silence!

No one dared to rebut.

It wasn’t that they had been caught red handed and had no way to explain themselves.

However, the opponent was so strong that they had lost all hope.

Zhao Mantian suddenly bellowed loudly, a mysterious aura exploded from his body, covering the entire cliff in an instant.

The Invigorated Meridian martial artists below, including Zuo Datong, were all at a loss.

It wasn’t just the people on the cliff next to the abyss, the entire Qing Qiu... felt the same way.

All except Chu Yu and Xiao Yue in the cave at the base of the cliff!

The two of them had been listening in to what was happening above. In the instant when Zhao Mantian spread that mysterious aura, Chu Yu’s forehead radiated a faint energy that allowed Chu Yu to maintain control over his mental faculties and vision, unaffected by the aura.

On the other hand, the broken through acupoints in Xiao Yue’s body had also radiated small amounts of fluctuations. The Superclass was acting on its own and it birthed a wave of energy which also ensured that she remained sober!

The small metal ball was mysterious and powerful! The techniques of saints could not be underestimated!

Chu Yu and Xiao Yue looked at each other and saw the shock in each other’s eyes.

Both of them did not make a sound.

At this point, from the cliff above, Zhao Mantian’s solemn and mysterious voice echoed out.

"Song Hong is a mysterious and powerful Xiantian cultivator, he... has always been hiding his power!"

Chu Yu was slightly stunned as he thought to himself, What does he mean? Is he trying to make me take the rap for something?

From the cliff, Zhao Mantian continued, "His purpose for coming to Qing Qiu was to save one of our disciples, Xiao Yue... Xiao Yue had an emergency in her body, which was also solved by him. The reason is simple, he likes Xiao Yue."

In the cave, Xiao Yue looked at Chu Yu, blushing. She blinked innocently at him.

She did indeed revere Chu Yu, but... her feelings have never extended to that of infatuation!

Chu Yu shrugged his shoulders to express his helplessness.

He had an idea what the Qing Qiu Sect Leader Zhao Mantian wanted to do, but he was still rather confused.

Zhao Mantian continued, "Qing Qiu deputy Zuo Datong, Liu Wucheng had planned a rebellion in order to become Qing Qiu Sect Leader. In so doing, they have harmed loyal subordinates Elder Du others like him. They had also trapped Song Hong, who had come to rescue Xiao Yue, in the magical formation set up by me, Zhao Mantian."

The Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists and the Qing Qiu disciples were all hypnotized and repeated after Zhao Mantian.

That periodic low crooning reached Chu Yu and Xiao Yue’s ears and they were shocked at the strangeness.

Xiao Yue used the Voice Transmission Technique to speak to Chu Yu, "Qing Qiu’s mind control technique, I did not think that... Sect Leader was so strong that he could affect so many people!"

Chu Yu nodded silently and thought to himself, Is this the power of the Supreme Realm? Luckily I have the protection of my vertical eye, but how is it that Xiao Yue is not affected? Could it be done on purpose by the Qing Qiu Sect Leader?

He did not know that it was because of the saint’s legacy. This was because before the power from the saint’s legacy could be brought to bear, his vertical eye had already taken action.

Zhao Mantian continued, "Many of the people in the ancient legacies did not adhere to the treaty between us. They have attacked my Qing Qiu and attempted to capture Song Hong in order to get a saint’s legacy!"

"They have destroyed my Qing Qiu’s medicinal field, stolen all the medicine in the field... such vicious methods are absolutely deplorable!"

Zhao Mantian’s voice became increasingly misty.

As he spoke, everyone repeated what he said.

Chu Yu and Xiao Yue, who were hiding in the cave, felt their mouths twitch vigorously. Xiao Yue’s expression was strange, it looked like she was forcefully suppressing her laughter.

The Sect Leader was clearly rewriting the story!

"Finally, this group of lawless Xiantian cultivators robbers engaged in a heated battle with Song Hong, who had rushed out of the magical formation. They surrounded and attacked Song Hong near the Qing Qiu abyss. Finally, hero Song Hong decided to die with them. He retrieved a legendary equipment which he had gotten from the Ruins of the Pile of Three Stars and dragged all of the Xiantian cultivators into the Qing Qiu abyss with him."

At this point, the story was completely clear.

Zhao Mantian’s tactic was too good. Even though he did place the blame on Song Hong, he had created a good reason for Song Hong to have participated in this, a reason that no one could argue with.

Afterall, Song Hong was at complete odds with this group of people.

All the events that he had narrated were completely logical.

What was a factual lie?

This was it!

90% of it was real, the other 10% completely made up!

The fake part was that "Song Hong" did not have that kind of power!

However, with Zhao Mantian’s mind control technique, this lie had also become the truth.

In fact, Zhao Mantian had effectively made Elder Yue, Elder Shi and the group take the rap.

From start to finish, Song Hong was painted as an innocent person, full of righteousness and loyalty and willing to die for his friends!

He was even willing to die with his opponents!

As for Zhao Mantian’s statement that Song Hong was a Xiantian cultivator, whilst it seemed like a lie, it would be easily accepted by the outside world even without the influence of his mind control technique!

Else, how could Song Hong have toyed with those Xiantian cultivators previously?

How could an Acupoint Charging Realm martial artist have such abilities?

The ancient schools would definitely be more than willing to accept the fact that Song Hong was actually a Xiantian cultivator, else, they would be completely humiliated!

Zhao Mantian had also made those Xiantian cultivators take the rap for the Qing Qiu medicinal field being emptied.

He didn't even deal with Zuo Datong immediately!

Just like that, he had suppressed everyone with his superior power.

He had mercilessly killed a group of Xiantian cultivators, causing immeasurable fear and shock in the remaining Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists. Then he had used an intellectual technique, as well as a mind control technique to break their resolve and implant a hallucination.

Without even considering his battle prowess, Zhao Mantian’s character and technique was enough to inspire fear in people.

Even Chu Yu, who was hiding in the cave, could not help but admit that Zhao Mantian’s method was - absolute perfection.

......

Limitless - Chapter 84: Qing Qiu Sect Leader

Kaboom!

A heaven shaking sound echoed out!

The huge protective magical formation shattered!

The entire Qing Qiu shook. That was the terrifying tremor that resulted from the breaking of the protective magical formation.

Chu Yu, who was struggling to control the pill refining fire, as well as Xiao Yue, who was busy cultivating, were both shocked, eyes springing open immediately.

Xiao Yue exclaimed in shock, "This is not good, the protective magical formation has been broken from the outside!"

Chu Yu took a deep breath, his expression respectful.

The QIng Qiu ancestral lands blocked off all cell reception, and he had no idea what was happening outside.

However, he could guess that the group of people... was probably coming for him!

The Crane Saint’s legacy... could really drive people insane!

"Teacher, should we use this chaos to facilitate an escape?"

Xiao Yue looked at Chu Yu, her face pale.

Chu Yu shook his head, "We’ll hide out here."

Looking at Xiao Yue’s confused expression, Chu Yu laughed bitterly, "Think about it, those people have made such an effort to break Qing Qiu’s protective magical formation from the outside, won’t they set up a trap outside waiting for us?"

Xiao Yue’s exquisite face broke out in bitterness as she nodded, "They shouldn’t be able to find this place..."

"We can only hope so." Chu Yu nodded.

"Young master... if it comes down to it, just leave on your own first." Xiao Yue changed how she addressed Chu Yu from teacher to young master.

She did not want to see Chu Yu in any danger. If he was, even if she died, she could no die peacefully.

She looked at Chu Yu seriously, "To those people, as long as young master is not caught by them, they will not kill me even if they catch me. So when it comes down to it, just run, you can save me again after."

Chu Yu glanced at her, "We’ll talk about it after!"

...…

The impact of the Qing Qiu protective magical formation was too great.

Even though he wasn’t far from the magical formation, the originally confident Zuo Datong spat blood on the spot, seriously injured.

His eyes revealed his disbelief, he could not believe that something like that would happen.

Even though he had betrayed that man, he had near blind faith in his magical formation abilities.

"Didn’t he say that... even if a Supreme Realm cultivator came, he would not be able to break the protective magical formation? Why... did this happen?’

Zuo Datong could not figure this out, but at this point, he had lost most of his hope.

He looked at the people next to him, all of them equally stunned. He said in a solemn, raspy voice, "Have someone... go to the pocket dimension and wake the King’s Realm elders... this thing is completely out of our control now."

One of them left rapidly, trying to make it to the pocket dimension as soon as possible.

However, waking the Elders required time.

They were not able to rush over the moment they were activated.

In this time, Qing Qiu... would probably be robbed.

If there was a way to reverse his actions, Zuo Datong would not hesitate to do so.

If he had known about this, he would have never trapped Song Hong inside Qing Qiu.

Just let him go free... the greed was not worth it!

This fella was a catastrophe!

Bringing harm to everyone else!

Anyone who came into contact with him was going to have bad luck befall him!

If there was no Song Hong, Liu Wucheng and himself would still be the Sect Leaders of Qing Qiu.

Even though he did not really like Liu Wucheng, he had never wanted him to die!

Without Song Hong, the spiritual medicines in the medicinal field... will also not be stolen. He could easily imagine the kind of torturous punishment that were awaiting him when the true elders came back and found out that the spiritual medicines were stolen.

Furthermore, they would also not be attacked by these shameless ancient legacy b*stards, the ones who could smash the large magical formation... in a single blow.

This was extremely humiliating for Qing Qiu!

"I have let Qing Qiu down!"

Zuo Datong’s tears flowed freely. He may not have strong morals, but... he did have a deep sense of loyalty and belonging to Qing Qiu.

This is because he was also of fox blood!

Since when did Qing Qiu become this weak?

Even a few thousand years ago when Su Daji selfishly went into society during the prosperous cultivation era, Qing Qiu had been embarrassed, but even then, many still did not dare to be this bold when dealing with them.

Su Daji had wrecked the entire country, but in the end, wasn’t it also unresolved?

Even the saints of that time did not say much.

This was much worse, they have been completely and utterly embarrassed.

The spirits of the Qing Qiu ancestors would be driven to their graves again.

Zuo Datong thought that he was utterly unlucky!

Now that the huge magical formation was broken, Qing Qiu had no way of defending against the incoming group of Xiantians.

"Pass the order down, do not resist, what they want... is just Song Hong, let them search for him themselves!"

Zuo Datong grit his teeth and ordered, his eyes red, "Warn them at the same time, if they dare to take advantage of Qing Qiu, we will find payback one day!"

Outside.

After Elder Yue destroyed the protective magical formation with a single swipe, she spat out a mouthful of blood with a scream.

Even though she had the support of more than 10 Xiantian Realm cultivators, this single blow from the sword had stilled injured her. Even though it was not lethal, she was very much weakened in that instant.

However, she was still extremely excited.

A saint’s legacy would be in her hands shortly!

Furthermore, within this ancient school of Qing Qiu, there were countless priceless treasures for the taking!

Even if they were just the advance party, they would still bring along a sizeable amount of scriptures, techniques, magical equipment and weapons.

The Qing Qiu Elders would take revenge after?

No problem!

Which sect did not have a few powerful individuals to hold the fort?

Now that the arrow was already on the bow, there was no time to think too much. They would just take the items first!

She took a medicinal pill and led the group, together with the Xiantian cultivators, on a killing charge into Qing Qiu.

"Catch that little b*stard Song Hong! This time... we cannot let him run away again!" Elder Yue bellowed.

Seeing Zuo Datong injured, Elder Shi laughed coldly, "Zuo Datong, do you still want to resist?"

Zuo Datong looked at Elder Shi coldly, "Mr Shi, are you sure that by doing this, you would not feel the wrath of the ancient sects?"

Elder Shi smiled icily, "Ok then, Zuo Datong, you’re only Qing Qiu’s deputy sect leader. You have perverted and caused chaos within Qing Qiu. I believe that even if Zhao Mantian was alive, he would stand on our side. Furthermore, you dare to hide a public enemy of the cultivation world!"

Zuo Datong already felt that he was already rather shameless, and he was rather self aware about it.

Anyone who did evil knew exactly what they were doing, and were clear that they weren’t particularly good guys.

However, looking at Elder Shi, Zuo Datong suddenly realized that he was not that bad, the guy in front of him was the epitome of shameless!

"Public enemy of the cultivation world? Just because you all can’t get what is in his possession?"

Zuo Datong laughed, then replied, "Whatever you say. I do not have the ability to stop you doing what you want to. Whether I will be Sect Leader, or executed for my actions will be up to the sect. I have already sent people to notify our King’s Realm and Supreme Realm elders."

As he spoke, he looked at everyone, almost as if reading their minds, "As for Song Hong, I am not afraid of being laughed at, but Qing Qiu did not manage to catch him. Whoever has the ability to catch him can go ahead! Anyways, Qing Qiu will remember the the humiliation today! Even if I am executed based on Qing Qiu law, everyone here..."

Zuo Datong’s gaze swept over all the Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists and laughed, "Can forget about getting away!"

Many people’s expressions changed instantly, their eyes beginning to glimmer.

Qing Qu was not easy. Since the ancient days, the Qing Qiu fox species were one of the most outstanding amongst the demon races!

Even though it was not the most superior, but this was the precise reason why when catastrophe struck and many high level cultivators left, there were still many people from QIng Qiu who stayed and preserved the fire.

After many years of hard work, the foundation of Qing Qiu was not much worse than those of the elite legacies!

This was because the people left behind from the elite legacies were those unfit to follow them into separate dimensions. As such, most of the scriptures, magical equipment, divine soldiers... were all taken away.

The things left behind were treasures for commoners, but were insignificant for the powerful.

As such, Zuo Datong’s words were not an exaggeration.

Elder Yue said coldly, now that the world has been restored, there are many huge sects, clans and races... who will make their return! Then, you can tell us again how strong and powerful you are!"

As she spoke, she waved her hand, "Search! Don’t let that dog Song Hong run away!"

At this point, a clear, sharp male voice was heard from afar.

"Oh? Qing Qiu is not strong? You all are strong? Is that it?"

Zoom!

A figure appeared in front of them, travelling through the air.

He was almost like a deity, his feet travelled in the air, and energy emanated from his every step. He was not in a hurry, but his speed was unimaginably quick!

This was flying through the stratosphere over long periods of time, not the short period skiing through air.

Elder Yue, Elder Shi and the group of Xiantians were in awe!

Even a King’s Realm cultivator could not fly through the stratosphere, that would make the inbound person...

Elder Shi gasped, "Supreme Realm!"

No one expected that a Supreme Realm cultivator would arrive so quickly.

All the Invigorated Meridian martial artists were utterly stunned!

No one was an idiot, they could tell which side he was on from his statement.

This was a Qing Qiu person!

A Supreme Realm cultivator from Qing Qiu!

The powers backing Qing Qiu were indeed capable of such prowess, but they were all isolated.

With the world finally restored, these people surviving now have been born into one of the best eras.

No one wanted to waste any time in their pursuit of attaining a higher cultivation level!

Previously, people and larger demons have been able to attain the True Lord Realm or even gone against the will of heaven to become saints. Now that the world is restored, if they don’t grasp the chance to cultivate, when would a better chance come by?

Without even thinking about the Supreme Realm cultivators, Xiantian cultivators would also not easily come into the world if not for their greed for the saint’s legacy.

Zuo Datong, who was trying to hang on, stiffened immediately when he heard this voice!

His face, red from anger, turned pale in the blink of an eye. Then, with a plonk, he knelt on the ground and lamented, "Sect Leader... you’re finally back, our Qing Qiu... has been infiltrated by robbers, how humiliating... such a huge humiliation! I am incapable, Sect Leader, please punish me!" As he spoke, Zuo Datong lay flat on the ground, unmoving.

Elder Shi’s face was stiff as he clasped his fist and bowed at that figure, "Nice to meet you, Qing Qiu Sect Leader, I am..."

Before he could finish, he saw a cloth bag floating over and stopped.

The cloth bag was not big, no bigger than a gunny sack. However, in the instant it flew over their heads, it opened its mouth and a huge, overwhelming sucking power sucked everyone into the bag.

The INvigorated Meridian martial artists could not even resist and they were sucked away instantly.

Some of the Xiantians tried to resist, but it was meaningless. No matter how hard they struggled, they could not escape their fate.

This included Zuo Datong, who was laying flat on on the floor.

It was difficult to make out the newcomer’s features through the thick fog.

He calmly held on to that cloth bag and began to sky walk in the direction of the QIng Qiu abyss.

COuntless people from QIng Qiu, upon hearing the voice, dropped to their knees, not daring to move.

Many of them were even shivering in shock!

The Qing Qiu Sect Leader... Zhao Mantian, had returned!

Limitless - Chapter 83: Divine Blade

As Xiao Yue spoke, she sprinted down from above and rushed Chu Yu, "Teacher, quick, nod quickly, take it in..."

Chu Yu blinked his eyes and looked at this fire formed human life form bowing at his fear. He felt a sense of pride as he twitched his mouth. He then acted reluctant as he said, "Seeing as you are so sincere, I will reluctantly accept..."

Even before he could say "you", he saw this fire formed human life form shrink to the size of a palm and tunnel into the Immortal Crane Furnace in Chu Yu’s hand, nestling itself into where the flame should be.

It totally disregarded him!

"..." Chu Yu was annoyed, damn it, couldn’t you just let me finish acting?

Visibly, this fire formed life form did not want to be its subordinate, it just wanted to go to the Immortal Crane Furnace.

Even though he had the teachings of the Crane Saint, Chu Yu had little experience in refining pills.

Since he could only see about 500 words of the Crane Saint’s scripture, he had no idea that the flame for refining pills benefitted from the continuous process of refining pills!!

With every day that the owner is refining superior medicine, the fire is also improving and levelling up. It was slowly training itself to become stronger!

A superior pill furnace had a near lethal attraction for a fire.

In the legends, ir was said that the virtually all the fires which had accompanied saints kept increasing in spiritual energy.

Some of them even turned into the Fire of Saints!

However, these were not clear to Chu Yu right now.

The reason why the fire had attacked Chu Yu was because it had felt that Chu Yu had a superior pill furnace on him.

Even though it was slightly scared of Chu Yu, but it wasn’t as much willing to be subordinate to Chu Yu as much as it wanted to be subordinate to the Immortal Crane Furnace.

No matter what, Chu Yu had gained this spiritual fire and he was extremely happy.

Xiao Yue was also extremely happy, pointing towards the floating ball of flame upstream, "Look teacher, that was the flame I was talking about!"

Chu Yu looked over, slightly dazed, then he glanced at the ball of fire sitting snugly inside the flame point of the pill furnace and asked, "What the hell is that?"

Xiao Yue laughed bitterly, "I don’t know, and I don’t think the Sect Leader knows either, either way, I’ve never heard of it."

Chu Yu was slightly speechless before he said with happiness, "It seems that your teacher’s is strong!"

Xiao Yue couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Even though Chu Yu had imparted many skills to her and was her teacher in many respects, she always wanted to punch Chu Yu for his impulsiveness.

Afterwhich, Chu Yu and Xiao Yue sneakily returned to the cave at the cliff of the abyss.

Chu Yu retrieved the Crane Saint’s Pill Scripture and began to connect with it.

Previously, he could only see about 500 words, but now with his cultivation level much higher than it was before, he wanted to see if he could read more.

In a single try, he realized that he could indeed see more words. Chu Yu was ecstatic as he initiated a connection with the scripture.

Xiao Yue was off to the side, silently cultivating.

The string of things that had happened recently had a huge impact on her.

Her motivation and thirst to get stronger was not any less than Chu Yu’s.

Chu Yu continued to connect with the content in the Immortal Crane Pill Scripture. This time, he had managed to read 1500 words, a significant increase from his previous 500!

He had learnt a lot more about the art of pill refining.

Only now did he know that flames had a huge thirst for superior pill furnaces.

Superior pill furnaces, if used to refine superior pills in the long term will also have spiritual properties.

The Immortal Crane Furnace that he held in his hand definitely had spiritual properties. It was likely that the spirit was still hibernating after aeons of inactiveness.

Even when it met with the rare spiritual being made of magma, it did not wake.

Only the spirits of a superior fire and the medicinal pills can wake the furnace spirit.

Else, the process of capturing this ball of fire would have been much easier.

If Chu Yu had connected with the Immortal Crane Pill Scripture earlier, then he would have known about this, and perhaps learnt the art of controlling the fire.

In conclusion, if he had read the Immortal Crane Pill Scripture earlier, capturing this ball of fire would not have been this complicated.

This realization made Chu Yu feel like slapping himself.

If he had known this earlier, he would have read the Immortal Crane Pill Scripture earlier.

Why did he have to fight with it so viciously and cause himself to look so pathetic?

It was so...

Chu Yu could not help but roll his eyes.

He sighed, scolded himself for his stupidity a couple more times, then returned to reading the scripture.

...…

At this point, there were over a hundred people standing just outside the protective magical formation.

The people who had appeared at the Dragon City, bar those already killed by Chu Yu, were all here.

Elder Yue, Elder Shi and the robed youth stood in front with all the Xiantian experts.

At their sides were some other Xiantian Realm cultivators. They did not appear previously at the Dragon City but hey had appeared here.

Because Song Hong was here!

The Crane Saint’s legacy is in his hands!

However, right now, they claimed to be taking revenge for the ex Qing Qiu Sect Leader and getting rid of the scum Song Hong...

They had issued a battle order to request Zuo Datong to stop continuing down this path of mistakes, to close down the huge protective magical formation and surrender.

"As a member of the ancient alliance, Qing Qiu cannot be in the hands of treacherous people, it must return to the right path, else it would harm the entire cultivation world! Song Hong has attacked disciples of this ancient alliance. He is a true scum for killing so freely..."

Zuo Datong did not reply. The entire Qing Qiu was silent and no one came to talk to them.

Elder Yue looked at the other Xiantian cultivators, all of them nodded.

Xue Ran was also here, but her expression lacked the confidence and aura she commanded before, her eyes were extremely solemn.

People kept maturing, after going through such tumultuous times, Xue Ran matured significantly.

Elder Yue began to say, "Zuo Datong plotted a rebellion and killed many innocents... such an incident would have been an internal Qing Qiu matter and none of our business. However, as Qing Qiu is a member of the ancient alliance, we have a duty to avenge the ex Sect Leader and quell the rebellion..."

After finishing her grand battle speech, Elder Yue looked at the crowd and commanded, "Ready your equipments!"

A this point, two Xiantian cultivators from the Rainfall Ancient Sect walked to Elder Yue.

The three of them retrieved an item each.

Elder Yue took out a sword hilt!

The sword hilt was relatively ancient and it emanated an aura of time and mysteriousness.

The other two Xiantian cultivators each retrieved half of a broken blade.

Everyone’s gazes fell on the 3 parts of this blade.

"Is this... the legendary Divine Punisher sword?" One of the advanced Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artist asked someone beside him softly, even as he looked on in disbelief.

"I heard that the Rainfall Ancient Sect... had control of the Divine Punisher blade, however, this one... should be a replica." Someone whispered softly in the crowd.

"Even if it is a replica, it is a genuine divine troop weapon!" Someone replied.

"I heard that in the ancient times, there were four blades, the Divine Punisher, the Divine Slayer, the Divine Trapper and the Supreme Divine... they were the genuine Divine Troop equipment. If you added the Divine Punisher formation guide, you could form the most superior killing formation! Sadly, these four blades have been lost, or maybe.. They’ve been taken away by the ancient powers."

"Wasn’t there a legend that a few thousand years ago, someone came down to earth and used the four Divine Blades and the Divine Punisher formation guide? Didn’t they put down a killing formation?"

"That was also a replica, but its power was terrifying. When they formed the killing formation, they could kill a True Lord Realm cultivator..." One of the elderly XIantian martial artists said solemnly.

Elder Yue and the others had stern expressions. They started to exercise their sacred art and rays of light fell on the three parts of the blade.

Very quickly, the three blade parts began to explode with a blinding light. It was so bright no one dared to look straight at it!

"Ai!"

Elder Yue bit her tongue and spat out some blood on the light.

This was the true sacred art!

Kaboom!

A lustrous long sword exploded with the light of the suns and stayed suspended in the air.

Everybody in the crowd gasped.

This mellowed the light of the sword and it was no longer as hurtful to the eyes. However the blade glowed with light and it looked particularly holy.

One of the Xiantian cultivators gasped, "A replica is capable of such divinity, it is truly awe inspiring. I wonder... how majestic the real Divine Punisher Blade is?"

At this point, another Xiantian cultivator said flatly, "If the real Divine Punisher Blade was on earth, based on our cultivation level, we can’t withstand its light, our souls will be snuffed out immediately!"

All the Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists felt shivers down their spine.

The genuine divine sword’s light... will snuff out even a Xiantian cultivator’s soul? That was extremely terrifying, this was a professional killing weapon!

Elder Yue stepped forward and held the ancient longsword suspended in the air.

Her hands trembled a little, not because of excitement, but because the power of the sword was too great and she had trouble holding on to it!

"My friends, please support me!" Elder Yue’s voice was shaky and her face was flushed as she tried to withstand the immense pressure.

She was so close to entering the King’s Realm, and she had a solid foundation in the magical techniques, but even she could not hold this replica divine sword still. This shocked a lot of people and their respect began to rise.

Upon Elder Yue’s request, over 10 Xiantian cultivators encircled Elder Yue and formed a magical array.

After which, a huge wave of magical energy exploded along all of these Xiantian Cultivators’ bodies and went straight towards Elder Yue.

Boom!

Elder Yue’s body exploded with a wave of unimaginable power!

The Invigorated Meridian martial artists who were closer to her instinctively wanted to kneel down. Their bodies were shaky and they couldn’t find their footing. The people further away also found it difficult to raise their heads.

Many people began to retreat, after retreating a great distance did the feeling dissipate.

They then looked at Elder Yue, and her intellectual, beautiful face calmed down significantly.

Her body also radiated with an additional aura of divinity!

At this point, the aura emanating from Elder Yue’s body was one of an Intermediate King’s Realm martial artist.

She held the longsword in her hand and bellowed at the huge protective magical formation, "Zuo Datong, do you want to carry on making mistakes? When the huge magical formation is broken, and the blood of Qing Qiu flows like a river, are you willing to see your subordinates pay for your sins?

From within the protective magical formation, Zuo Datong’s furious voice echoed out, "What do you all want to do? Do you all want to attack Qing Qiu? Do you think that Qing Qiu’s Xiantian and Supreme Realm Elders in the pocket dimension are not your match?"

Elder Yue laughed coldly, "Zuo Datong, you’re despicable actions have caused chaos in the cultivation world. You still dare to hide a scum like Song Hong, you shall be punished with death!"

"I’m hiding Song Hong? F*ck your mother! Why don’t you go and die?" Zuo Datong was hopping furious, and could not help but spew vulgarities, "I want to catch him too! I wish to rip his body into shreds!"

Elder Yue seemed like she didn’t hear anything and bellowed, "We are members of the ancient alliance, and we cannot stand idly by as Qing Qiu falls into the hands of a loser like you, that would be blasphemous! Also, hand over Song Hong! I’ll give you till the count of three to consider, after which, I will smash the magical formation!"

Behind Elder Yue, someone shouted, "Elder Yue is too kind, what is there to negotiate with such scum?"

Within the QIng Qiu magical formation, Zuo Datong said coldly, "Stop dreaming, if you have the ability, break my protective magical formation!"

From Zuo Datong’s point of view, the Qing Qiu protective magical formation was impossible to break!

Even if a Supreme Realm martial artist came, he would be unable to do anything about it!

Elder Yue’s face broke out in a cold smile, "One! Two! Three!"

She did not hesitate at all, simply going through the motions.

After bellowing out her count, she leapt into the air. Her body radiated light and the energy emanating from her body was majestic and suppressing, almost like that of a god.

She grabbed the ancient longsword with both hands and chopped viciously at the protective magical formation!