Chapter 318: Tianxuan Elder
"An-Ancestor! What are you saying?"
The Old Ancestor of Tianze stood there dumbfounded, looking ahead in disbelief. "This brat is the great demon of our East Continent! What are you talking about..."
The Tianze Ancestor suddenly turned his head, looked coldly at the Old Ancestor of Tianze, and snapped, "What brat? What great demon of the East Continent? Address him as Ancestor! Without him, there would be no Tianze Kingdom!"
Huh? Ancestor?
"???"
The Old Ancestor of Tianze.
"???"
The Emperor of Tianze.
"???"
He Qian, He Yong, and He Yu.
In an instant, everyone from the Tianze Kingdom was once again dumbfounded.
An... Ancestor?
'What is our Ancestor saying?'
The Old Ancestor of Tianze, He Cheng, was also completely baffled. He raised his head, eyes wide with disbelief as he stared at Shen Daoxing.
'This young man before me looks like he's barely a teenager! How could he suddenly be our ancestor?!'
The Old Ancestor of Tianze, He Cheng, stared at Shen Daoxing in astonishment, his face a mask of utter confusion.
But before He Cheng could figure out what was happening, a sharp cry rang out.
"How dare you, He Cheng! As a descendant of the Tianze lineage, not only do you disrespect our Ancestor, you even attempt to commit such insubordination. Do you have any idea what you've done wrong?" the cold voice of the Tianze Ancestor, He Yi, suddenly rang out. "Speak! What is going on here?"
'What happened?'
He Cheng froze, then stammered, unable to say a word.
Everyone in Tianze knew that their Ancestor despised the Celestial Profound Sacred Land more than anything. He never allowed anyone from the Sacred Land to enter, and had even thrashed its Holy Mountain Master in the past. But now, He Cheng had colluded with the Celestial Profound Sacred Land. How could he possibly explain himself?
Instinctively, He Cheng looked up at Wang Mingxuan, who stood to the side.
"???"
At this very moment, Wang Mingxuan was also completely dumbfounded.
'The Ancestor of Tianze, an old monster who's lived for over five hundred years, is calling a teenage brat like Shen Daoxing 'Big Brother'! And with such reverence!'
'This... How is this so absurd!'
Wang Mingxuan's eyes widened as he stared at the old man and the young boy before him.
But this was no time to stand around in a daze. Seeing how close the Tianze Ancestor and Shen Daoxing appeared to be, Wang Mingxuan instinctively sensed trouble. He quickly and quietly took a few steps back, turned, and tried to slip away unnoticed.
"Ancestor, it was these guys from the Celestial Profound Sacred Land! They want to seize our mines, destroy Tianze, and even kill Young Master Shen! Ancestor, they're the ones behind all this trouble!"
He Qian suddenly cried out from within the main hall.
He Yi suddenly turned his head and looked coldly at Wang Mingxuan. "It's you pests from the Celestial Profound Sacred Land again!"
Seeing Wang Mingxuan trying to escape, He Yi snorted coldly. "You think you can run?"
By the side of the road, a Snow Tree swayed without any wind. A Snow Tree Flower then drifted up, trembled slightly, and a single, pure white petal shot out like an arrow loosed from a bowstring.
A white gleam flashed across the sky, and the pure white petal, like a sharp arrow, was about to strike Wang Mingxuan.
Just then, a pinpoint of white light suddenly appeared in the far distance, and then that white light grew larger and larger.
A single point of ultimate light crossed a thousand li in an instant. With a BANG, the pure white petal in front of Wang Mingxuan shattered under the force of that ultimate light.
Then, an aged voice slowly echoed through the sky. "Stop! He Yi, do you have any idea whose disciple he is? You dare to touch him?"
Everyone followed the sound and saw a thin old man strolling slowly above the Celestial Lake Swamp, outside the imperial palace. He walked on the very air, his hands clasped behind his back as if taking a leisurely stroll in a courtyard, completely unaffected by the flight Restriction over the Celestial Lake Swamp.
'It's him!' Upon seeing the newcomer, Shen Daoxing's gaze darkened. He recognized him immediately. This old man was the Refining Dust realm expert he had met in Ancient Moon City.
Meanwhile, inside the imperial palace, Wang Mingxuan saw the old man in the sky and was instantly overjoyed. "It's Elder Yuan Hua! Elder Yuan Hua, save me!"
Then, he kicked off the ground, leaped into the air, and soared toward the palace gates, intent on escaping.
"Trying to leave?"
He Yi's eyes merely turned cold, and Wang Mingxuan immediately felt a terrifying aura wash over him. His feet felt as if they were filled with lead, and he couldn't move an inch.
Seeing this, Yuan Hua suddenly roared, "He Yi, how dare you! He is the Direct Disciple of my martial brother, Celestial Secret, the Holy Mountain Master of the Celestial Profound Sacred Land! You dare touch him!"
"Oh? The Holy Mountain Master's Direct Disciple?"
He Yi raised an eyebrow and gave a slight smile. "Well, my apologies then. The Holy Mountain's Direct Disciple is exactly who I want to kill!"
The next moment, a Snow Tree in the imperial palace swayed. A pure white petal immediately drifted up and, without any warning, shot out like a sharp arrow.
Before Yuan Hua could even react and try to stop it, a streak of white light flashed through the sky.
Wang Mingxuan's running figure froze, and his eyes slowly widened.
A flower petal had already passed through his chest.
"THUD!"
A heavy sound rang out.
Wang Mingxuan's eyes were wide as he fell rigidly to the ground. A shocking, bloody hole was visible in his chest, and he was no longer breathing.
"What!"
In the sky, Yuan Hua was stunned. 'Mingxuan was Martial Brother Celestial Secret's most beloved Direct Disciple! He was held in extremely high regard and was the most likely successor to become the next Mountain Master of Celestial Secret Mountain. For him to die just like that in the Tianze Kingdom... how could I possibly go back and explain this to Martial Brother Celestial Secret?'
Yuan Hua flew into a rage. "Insolent! You...! He Yi..."
However, before he could finish his sentence, He Yi cut him off, shaking his head impatiently and making a light grasping motion in the empty air. "Insolent, my ass! You son of a bitch! Stop your damn rambling! If you want to fight, then let's fight!"
The next moment.
Every single Snow Tree in the entire city of Tianze swayed in unison. Countless radiant white blossoms flew into the sky. The wind howled and the world seemed to shift. In the blink of an eye, a giant, jade-like hand formed from innumerable Snow Tree Flowers had appeared in the sky.
As soon as the giant, jade-like hand appeared, it gave a gentle tug. Yuan Hua, who a moment before had been walking calmly through the air, was suddenly yanked down from the sky. With a loud BANG, he was slammed viciously onto a mountaintop, shattering the massive rocks.
"He Yi... you..."
Yuan Hua, furious, transformed into a streak of light and shot up from the mountaintop.
But as soon as he took to the air, the giant, jade-like hand formed from countless Snow Tree Flowers was already waiting for him in the sky.
Seeing this, Yuan Hua's eyes turned cold. He raised two fingers, and a point of ultimate brilliance lit up on their tips.
With just a glance, Shen Daoxing could feel the incredibly sharp Sword Intent emanating from it, reminiscent of the true auroras of the northern plains. It was also the Aurora Sword Intent, but Shen Daoxing could clearly sense that the Aurora Sword Intent unleashed by Yuan Hua was far, far stronger than his own.
This was the vast gap between cultivation realms.