Taixuan Sanren had a modest reputation in the Upper Realm. He was said to enjoy studying the mysteries of esoteric arts and formations, and because he usually cultivated at his own mountain peak and rarely entangled himself with worldly affairs or sectarian powers, few knew much about his actual exploits.
The Seventh Elder had heard of this person and knew he occupied a mountain peak for cultivation. Perhaps his strength was somewhat formidable, but he didn’t take him seriously. The reason was simple—he came from the Imperial Sword Profound Sect.
In this plane where sects dominated the mainstream, rogue cultivators simply couldn’t compare with them.
Moreover, this was a sword dao sect that had achieved the “Profound” character rank.
Undeniably, Profound-rank sects belonged to the lowest tier among the four levels, but if one knew that the Upper Realm still had many, many powers that hadn’t even reached the Profound character level, one would understand just how impressive it was to have “Profound” as a prefix.
Unless there was an irreconcilable blood feud between them, rogue cultivators operating alone would generally not easily provoke sects, because offending one might well mean offending several—after all, which family didn’t have a few allies?
Black Rakshasa had also told Jun Changxiao before that in the Upper Realm, one’s personal cultivation strength was secondary—connections and relationships were what mattered most.
Now, things had gotten interesting.
Taixuan Laoren, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the Imperial Sword Profound Sect, had now developed a misunderstanding with them. The reason? Jun Changxiao, this so-called “disciple” in quotation marks!
Just as readers complained—Sitting at Taixuan Immortal Mountain, the pot comes from Gou Sheng.
There was no helping it.
Who told him to once somewhat pretentiously say that when Jun Changxiao came to the Upper Realm to find him, his words implying “I’ve got your back.”
Today.
Not only had Gou Sheng arrived, he’d brought trouble with him!
It remained to be seen whether Taixuan Laoren could hold down this major scene.
……
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
In the mountain wilderness, two mid-level Void Breaking Realm powerhouses from the Imperial Sword Profound Sect clutched their chests and retreated explosively, their gazes filled with shock.
As outer sect elders, these two brothers were considerably stronger than Lin Lang, yet they had been forced back after less than several dozen exchanges with Jun Changxiao—forced back and injured!
“Boom boom boom!”
Within the combat zone, the Seventh Elder unleashed his full cultivation. Sword qi filled the sky in all directions, like precision-guided missiles bombarding the ground, raising billowing dust that blotted out the sun!
“Whoosh!”
Jun Changxiao charged out from within, gripping the Batian Spear as its tip gathered violent force and thrust forward fiercely.
“Clang—”
The Seventh Elder held his sword horizontally before him, not only receiving the violent force but only retreating two steps, saying calmly: “Didn’t expect Taixuan Sanren could teach such a capable disciple.”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Jun Changxiao’s right hand rotated, forming a sweeping momentum.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
The Seventh Elder’s feet followed a mysterious footwork pattern, easily dodging, then formed sword seals, gathering densely packed sword shadows to attack.
“Clang clang clang!”
Weapons collided, sparks flying everywhere.
“Holy crap!”
Jun Changxiao fought while retreating, inwardly collapsing: “This guy is only an upper-level Void Breaking Realm cultivator, how come he feels so much stronger than the Fortress Lord!”
The System said: “The opponents the host has recently encountered, whether lower or mid-level, are overall far stronger than those in the mortal plane—not because of sword dao enhancement, but because of the cultivation environment.”
“You mean cultivators in the Upper Realm at the Void Breaking Realm are stronger than warriors from the lower realm?” Jun Changxiao asked.
The System said: “Stronger by at least thirty to forty percent.”
“……”
Jun Changxiao had no time to ponder this, because the Seventh Elder’s attack methods were extremely diverse—various sword qi and sword techniques were executed without giving him any breathing room!
The System said: “If the host doesn’t use his trump cards, it will be extremely difficult to defeat this upper-level Void Breaking Realm cultivator.”
It wasn’t reverse jinxing this time.
Because in the process of fighting the Seventh Elder, Jun Changxiao was gradually becoming somewhat overwhelmed!
Damn it!
Coming to the Upper Realm and having to use trump cards just to face an upper-level Void Breaking Realm cultivator for the first time—wouldn’t he have to walk on thin ice when traveling the martial world in the future!
“Clang clang clang!”
The Seventh Elder’s offensive accelerated again, sword qi bombarding from all directions, beating Jun Changxiao into extreme disarray. Finally, he roared furiously: “Great Sage, assist me!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The Golden Chain Mail flashed with golden light, and then the Monkey King who dared to defy the Heavenly Court appeared with arms folded, a blood-red cape dancing in the wind behind him.
“Hmm?”
The Seventh Elder’s brows furrowed.
This suddenly appearing furry-faced fellow had an imposing aura that made him feel somewhat uneasy!
“Swish!”
Just then, the Great Sage opened his Fiery Golden Eyes, extremely impatient: “Boy, you want me to deal with trash again?”
Not having appeared for nearly a decade, Monkey Brother was in excellent condition, every hair seemingly radiating powerful energy.
“Great Sage!”
Jun Changxiao said: “I have important business to attend to, this guy is yours!”
“Sigh.”
The Great Sage sighed: “How did my equipment set end up being worn by someone like you.”
Monkey Brother.
You’ve been wronged.
Since he was summoned by Jun Changxiao, according to the settings the Great Sage had to obey, so he summoned the Ruyi Jingu Bang with a cool flourish, then seemingly casually smashed it down toward the Seventh Elder.
“Boom—”
The earth suddenly trembled violently, birds and beasts in the distant forest startled into flight.
When everything settled down, the Seventh Elder could be seen completely sunken into the ground, already thoroughly unconscious.
“Seventh Elder……”
The other two Imperial Sword Profound Sect powerhouses were dumbfounded.
That staff coming down clearly looked weak and powerless, so why had it directly one-shot their elder!
“Ding! Side quest completed, obtained 100,000 Contribution Points.”
“Ding! Sect Contribution Points: 300,001.”
When the Seventh Elder was defeated, the first quest in the Upper Realm was smoothly completed, but it didn’t give a quest reward.
Jun Changxiao didn’t care, because what he cared more about was the opponent’s spatial ring, as well as several flying swords scattered in the distance that looked to be high-grade at first glance!
When he most needed transportation, the Imperial Sword Profound Sect’s people immediately delivered such warmth—they truly were great benefactors!
“Whoosh—”
After collecting the spatial ring, Jun Changxiao stepped on a top-tier flying sword and departed.
As expected, the speed was considerably faster than before—he estimated he could reach Phoenix Roost Immortal Mountain in about ten days.
“De…Detestable……”
The two injured mid-level Void Breaking Realm warriors from the Imperial Sword Profound Sect could only watch Gou Sheng leave in impotent rage.
Of course, they had also already used special secret methods to inform the sect, with the most critical message being—the assailant is a disciple of Taixuan Sanren!
“Slam!”
In the Imperial Sword Profound Sect’s great hall, the Third Elder who received the intelligence slammed the table, angrily saying: “Gather people and accompany this seat to Phoenix Roost Immortal Mountain to demand an explanation from Taixuan Sanren!”
……
“I’ve struck it rich!”
Jun Changxiao flying through the firmament withdrew his spiritual sense from the spatial ring and said ecstatically: “I’ve struck it rich!”
What he took was the Imperial Sword Profound Sect Seventh Elder’s storage ring, which contained stones similar in grade to spirit stones but with extremely abundant energy—Profound Stones, a full ten thousand of them!
“This stuff should be usable as energy for the Tonggu Warship, right?”
Jun Changxiao was just about to experiment when he suddenly braked hard, because a hundred zhang ahead, dozens of people wearing tight-fitting clothing blocked his path. Their chests were engraved with the characters “Ling Dao,” and on their backs they carried large sabers carved with strange patterns.
Most outrageous was that they were actually standing on sabers!
“……”
The corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched: “Saber-riding flight, how is this acceptable!”
“Attack!”
The leader coldly commanded.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
The blocking warriors didn’t waste words, directly sacrificing the large sabers from their backs to attack. The fury in their brows was as if they had a father-killing grudge or wife-stealing hatred!
From the chest characters and weapons, Jun Changxiao could also judge that this was definitely the Ling Dao Profound Sect’s forces, so he hurriedly explained: “Everyone, I’m not from the Imperial Sword Profound Sect, I’m a disciple of Taixuan Laoren!”
“Stop your nonsense, take my saber!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Extremely sharp saber qi slashed down fiercely from midair, forcing Jun Changxiao to sacrifice the Batian Spear in legitimate self-defense.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
“Clang! Clang! Clang!”
A fierce battle unfolded in midair.
When the dust and various energies gradually dissipated, Jun Changxiao departed rather gloomily, controlling the top-tier flying sword.
As for the attacking Ling Dao Profound Sect disciples, they all lay on the ground with bruised and swollen faces, while Gou Sheng had looted their spatial rings.
“Senior Brother…that guy used a spear……”
“He’s definitely not from the Imperial Sword Profound Sect……”
“Taixuan Laoren…is that the Taixuan Sanren who’s been researching esoteric arts at Phoenix Roost Immortal Mountain all these years?”
“He robbed our spatial rings, no…we can’t let him escape…quickly notify the sect!”
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