The mysterious woman known as Elder Qin Yuan nodded to the handso man, then looked at Mu Chen, who was enveloped in a net of lightning. Her brow furrowed in puzzlent. In her eyes, the young man trapped in the lightning net possessed no Primordial Power, as if he were a cripple, and he was even missing a limb.
But since the Young Master rarely asked her for anything, she couldn’t very well refuse. She unhurriedly raised a slender finger. Without any visible sign of releasing Primordial Power, she simply pointed toward the lightning net, and with a soft SWISH, it dissipated into thin air.
Freed from the net, Mu Chen began to fall, having no Primordial Power to support himself. However, after dropping less than half a ter, he stopped and stood firmly in mid-air, looking at the two strangers before him with a puzzled expression.
This phenonon startled Elder Qin Yuan. At her level of cultivation, she could naturally see at a glance how Mu Chen was treading on air.
"Elental Power Materialization?"
A voice like a celestial lody seed to co from all directions, but everyone knew it was the mysterious woman speaking. "A cripple with not a shred of Primordial Power is able to use Elental Power Materialization?" Even soone at her level had never witnessed sothing so strange. ’If he has no Primordial Power, how could he possibly perform Elental Power Materialization? This is a complete contradiction.’
A peculiar glint, however, appeared in the handso man’s eyes. He murmured softly, "It seems Black Soul wasn’t exaggerating in the slightest. This kid appears to have even more astonishing secrets."
"Hm?"
Just then, the mysterious woman suddenly looked toward a point in the empty sky, let out a soft sound of surprise, and said, "It seems this little one would have been fine even if we hadn’t arrived."
The handso man also looked in the sa direction and said with a smile, "Senior, won’t you show yourself?"
"Well, well... I carelessly gave myself away. Tsk, tsk. Let see who’s co to visit. This attire, this bearing... I never would have thought this kid had connections with you people."
Another playful voice drifted out of the void. A mont later, a figure in white appeared beside Mu Chen, standing suspended in mid-air with his hands clasped behind his back.
Mu Chen turned his head and exclaid in surprise, "Elder Mu? What are you doing here? And who are these two seniors?"
Elder Mu pursed his lips. With a re thought, he erected a faint golden Barrier around the four of them before speaking. "These two have quite the background. Rember what I told you the other day about the state of the continent? They are from Tingyu Pavilion, one of the nine supre powers."
"Tingyu Pavilion?" Mu Chen was taken aback. He hurriedly bowed to them and said, "This junior, Mu Chen, pays his respects to you two seniors."
The handso man laughed. "What senior? I’m not even five years older than you. Just call Young Master Qin. As for these two, they are the real seniors here."
Mu Chen froze for a mont, gave the man a deep look, and said, "Young Master Qin."
The handso man nodded. "We ca here for two reasons. First, to help you. Second, I have sothing to tell you. However, with such a profound senior by your side, Mu Chen, our coming here seems to have been superfluous."
Elder Mu waved his hand dismissively. "Senior this, senior that... it’s all so troubleso. What surprises is how a kid who’s never traveled far from ho ended up with connections to people from the Central State."
The handso man closed his Folding Fan and smiled faintly. "It’s a long story. For now, we should resolve the imdiate crisis. Will you be handling this, Senior, or shall we?"
Elder Mu chuckled slyly. "These old bones of mine haven’t had a good stretch in a while. I’ll go. As for you two, don’t you have sothing to discuss with this little fellow? Go on and talk now. By the ti you get back, all this trouble will be gone." Noticing Mu Chen’s astonished expression, Elder Mu rolled his eyes in mock exasperation. "You brat, don’t give that look. Did you really think I was just so old geezer who loves to sleep all day? Honestly."
The mont he finished speaking, Elder Mu chuckled and shot out of the faint golden Barrier. His entire form seed to disintegrate, vanishing into thin air. When he reappeared a mont later, he was already standing beside Xuan Yin and the others.
The handso man was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Elder Qin Yuan, can you tell how much his realm has progressed in the last ten years?"
Qin Yuan frowned. "If we were to truly fight, I would be defeated within thirty moves..."
"I see... Over a thousand years ago, a monstrous talent like him erged from the Xuanling Empire, and now..." The handso man’s gaze shifted to Mu Chen as he murmured, "A thousand years later, another, even more monstrous talent has erged from the very sa Xuanling Empire. Could there be so profound secret hidden within this Empire?"
Elder Qin Yuan remained silent, her gaze also shifting to Mu Chen. Her eyes, which were veiled in mist, shone with a profound light, as if trying to see right through him.
Mu Chen said nothing, mainly because he didn’t know what to say. To ease the tension, the handso young man spoke up, "Mu Chen, would you be willing to accompany to a quieter place? I’d like to speak with you in private."
Mu Chen was silent for a mont, then nodded. He could sense that this handso man bore him no ill will; in fact, he could feel a sincere friendliness radiating from him. For so reason, looking at the man’s handso face, Mu Chen felt a strange sense of familiarity...
Seeing Mu Chen nod, the handso man gave a warm smile. "Elder Qin Yuan, I’ll have to trouble you."
Elder Qin Yuan shook her head. After taking a single, soft step forward, both Mu Chen and the handso man vanished on the spot, leaving behind no trace except for a faint fluctuation of Primordial Power in the air.
"Elder Mu!" Qin Garden, Wu Changqing, and Xuan Yin shouted in unison. They were the only ones present who knew this reclusive old man from the academy.
Elder Mu waved his hand. "You’ve all had it rough, daring to stand up against so many people. It’s about ti an old man like , who’s been lazing around the academy for years, lends a hand, don’t you think?" Then, seeing Mu Bingling and Mo Qing staring worriedly at the spot where Mu Chen had vanished, he added with a smile, "Don’t worry. That boy just went off to have so tea and a chat. He’ll be fine."
"Mm..."
The two won relaxed slightly upon hearing Elder Mu’s reassurance. Judging from the power he had just displayed, this old man who managed the academy’s Library Pavilion was clearly not as simple as he appeared.
With all that settled, Elder Mu stood alone outside the city walls. He casually picked at his ear and said, "Guests from the Celestial Eagle Empire, I trust you’ve had your fun. Our Xuanling Empire is only so big, and there isn’t much to see. It’s ti for you all to go ho."
His words, laced with Primordial Power, traveled far and wide. The mont he spoke, it wasn’t just the people from the Celestial Eagle Empire who were stunned; every soldier of the Xuanling Empire was dumbfounded too. He made it sound as if the Celestial Eagle Empire was here on a sightseeing tour.
He Yunfeng was stunned for a long mont before he finally processed the words. Seeing the old man in white robes opposite him, he bellowed, "Go ho? Heh, you must be joking! My son, He Long, died in the Xuanling Empire! You expect to leave before this matter is resolved?"
Elder Mu stroked his beard and said, "But the little fellow who killed your son and your empire’s Elder has already been taken away by others—those two who just arrived. If you want to make trouble, you should be looking for them. Besides, they aren’t from our Xuanling Empire."
He Yunfeng stiffened again before continuing, "Hmph! I will hunt down Mu Chen, of course. But before that, I will first raze your Xuanling Empire to the ground! All soldiers! Crush this pathetic Lower-class Empire for !"
"ROAR!!"
At his command, countless earth-shattering roars from the Magical Beasts below erupted. The very space around them seed to tremble from the force of a million beasts. Elder Mu’s brow furrowed, and a golden light flashed in his eyes. He bellowed, "You brutes, shut up!"
With Elder Mu’s roar, all the Magical Beasts suddenly felt a suffocating pressure descend from the heavens. Instantly, they all fell prostrate on the ground, trembling uncontrollably. The strongest among them had already reached the Sect Realm, but even these Sect Beasts could only bury their heads and whimper under the terrifying pressure.
Elder Mu snorted coldly. "I’ll say it one last ti: leave or die! So what if we killed the Crown Prince of your Celestial Eagle Empire? He’s dead, and that’s that. A re Celestial Eagle Empire... do you really think I, this old man, would even spare it a glance?"
He Yunfeng was stunned by Elder Mu’s declaration. He sized up the old man again but still couldn’t see what made him so special. Intimidating Magical Beasts was sothing he, a Three-Ring Martial Venerable, could also easily do. Yet, the old man’s words gave him pause. The Elders behind him, however, were not having it. The Grand Elder of the Celestial Eagle Empire was the first to rush forward, his voice grave, "Such arrogance! To look down on our Celestial Eagle Empire! I’d like to see just what tricks a pathetic Low-class Empire like Xuanling can pull!"
With that, he charged forward. Spurred on by his lead, the other Elders followed, each of them gathering imnse Primordial Power, preparing to utterly demolish the Xuanling Empire’s city walls. Seeing them advance instead of retreating, Elder Mu taunted, "Oh-ho! Quite audacious. It seems the Xuanling Empire’s many years of silence has given you so-called Middle-class Empires a serious superiority complex. Since you’re so eager, I suppose I’ll have to stretch these limbs that haven’t moved in centuries."
Everyone froze. ’Not moved in centuries?’ they thought. ’If a person lived for a millennium, their Martial Artist Realm would have to have surpassed that of a Martial Venerable... right?’
"Juniors like these need a good slap to be taught a lesson."
With that said, Elder Mu slowly raised his arm. Locking onto the group of opposing Elders, he swung it down abruptly.
SMACK!
The crisp sound of a slap echoed from the sky. All the advancing Elders were sent flying backward, a bright red Palm Seal appearing on each of their faces. The Grand Elder, a Four-Ring Martial Venerable, touched his own wrinkled old face, his expression utterly dazed.
"He... he actually dared to slap our faces..."
User Comments
0 comments from readers