Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms - Chapter 228
Chapter 228: Daoist Fang, May We Meet Again
There was a huge commotion in the imperial garden. Earth dragons of over 300 meters in height crashed down like behemoths plummeting from the sky. Even those living outside the imperial palace could see them.
The populace panicked.
They had never seen a sight like this before, and it made them worried about what was happening in the imperial palace.
In the Palace of Great Peace, the officials who were watching Zhao Yan and the other copy the martial arts manual were taken aback by the commotion.
A eunuch rushed in and reported with a frightful expression, “Bad news! Four massive dragons have appeared in the imperial garden!”
“Xu Ge, Tie Ma, don’t get distracted. Our young master will deal with it,” Zhao Yan ordered.
The two of them were planning to head over, but those words convinced them to curb their urge and continue their writing.
The officials, however, rushed out of the Palace of Great Peace. They were immediately met with the four humongous earth dragons. It was their first time seeing something like that, and it exerted a tremendous pressure that rendered them unable to breathe.
“Imperial Duke Fang and His Majesty are in the imperial garden!” the Fifth King exclaimed.
“Is this one of Imperial Duke Fang’s means?” an official asked.
Jiang Yushu shook his head. “Imperial Duke Fang isn’t the type who would boast about his skills. Another immortal must have come to our Great Xia, but I wonder if it’s a friend or a foe.”
Among the crowd, only Li Guozhu had a peculiar expression on his face. He looked both expectant yet worried.
“No matter what, we need to rush there to protect His Majesty!” Tao Mingsheng said.
Minister of Military Personnel Ye Dongming quickly made his way to the imperial garden with the nearby guards.
When the officials arrived at the imperial garden, they saw corpses littered on the ground. Some bodies were divided into two, and some were mashed into bits.
Beneath the four rampaging earth dragons stood a slightly hunched old daoist, who quietly exchanged gazes with Fang Chen.
Li Guozhu further frowned at the sight of the old daoist.
“Don’t advance any further. It’s a fight between immortals; the likes of us will only die in vain if we get involved,” Jiang Yushu reminded.
The officials could only anxiously watch the situation from a distance. They couldn’t help but wonder who the old daoist was and why he would suddenly attack Great Xia’s imperial palace.
“Is this… the means of an immortal?” Ji Lengxing mumbled.
He and his Nightmare Knights were utterly flabbergasted. They realized that the immortals’ means they had witnessed thus far were only the tip of the iceberg.
Just these four massive earth dragons could easily crush their Chillwater’s capital!
“I-Imperial Duke Fang, he…” Xia Yuan tugged Fang Chen’s sleeves in a fluster.
His personal maid, Xiang Zhen, even stood forward to protect Xia Yuan with her body, fearing that harm would befall him.
“You… are Great Xia’s Fang Chen?” the old daoist finally spoke up.
“Who are you?” Fang Chen asked.
“I am the reverend of Cloudless Monastery. Have you heard of me?”
Cloudless Monastery?
The crowd racked their brains, but they couldn’t figure out where the Cloudless Monastery was. They didn’t know that there were countless lives residing in the islands out in the vast sea.
“So it’s the reverend of Cloudless Monastery.” Fang Chen chuckled. “May I know what brings you here today? Why kill these innocent mortals? Aren’t you afraid of karma biting back at you during the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations?”
“Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations?” the old daoist scoffed. “I haven’t even reached Foundation Establishment, so what rights do I have to encounter the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations? These mere mortals are no different from ants to me. I might overlook them if I’m in a good mood, but there’s nothing to stop me from trampling on them if I’m in a bad mood.”
The crowd felt a chill in their hearts.
So we’re so small in the eyes of the cultivators? We’re mere ants that they can trample whenever they want?
“I didn’t come here to waste my breath. I heard from my disciple that the Dragonback Lane’s cultivation method is with you.”
“That’s right.” Fang Chen nodded. “Do you want it?”
“That is my possession. I’ll have to ask you to return it.”
“What if I refuse?”
The old daoist’s lips crept upward. “Daoist Fang, do you think that you’re unmatched just because you defeated the Pristine Poison King? Have you ever crossed blows with a twelfth stage Ki Refinement cultivator? It’ll only take a snap of my fingers to massacre everyone in this city.”
The crowd gulped.
If things go wrong, everyone in Great Xia’s capital might be massacred! That would spell the downfall of Great Xia!
Fang Chen spent a moment in thought before handing a jade seal to the old daoist.
“I have never touched this jade seal. I believe it contains the cultivation method you want,” Fang Chen said.
The officials frowned. Ji Lengxing glanced at Fang Chen. Even Fang Chen fears the prowess of this old daoist!
The old daoist took the jade seal and infused his spirit ki into it. A moment later, he nodded. “Yes, this is it.”
Then, he turned to Li Guozhu and said, “Your son turned against our lineage. I’ll keep him in our Cloudless Reverend as a medicine man. Do you have any last words for him? You’ll never meet him ever again.”
“What?!”
The crowd looked at Li Guozhu in shock. Jiang Yushu frowned. The Fifth King gasped.
Li Guozhu hadn’t expected the old daoist to reveal their identity. He was taken aback, but he quickly snapped out of it and anxiously asked, “My son turned against your lineage? There must be some misunderstanding! He wouldn’t do something like that!”
“My first disciple died in his hands,” the old daoist sneered. “Don’t waste my time and say whatever you want. I’ll relay them in your stead.”
Li Guozhu was too stunned to speak. It felt as if fog had suddenly clouded his brain, leaving him groggy.
The old daoist ignored Li Guozhu and turned his eyes back to Fang Chen. “Daoist Fang, may we meet again.”
The four earth dragons collapsed to the ground as dirt. By the time the dirt scattered, the old daoist was no longer anywhere to be seen.
The imperial garden was a mess. The crowd remained deathly silent.
Fang Chen turned to Xia Yuan and asked, “Your Majesty, did you see what a cultivator is capable of?”
“Y-yes, I did.” Xia Yuan gulped.
“That’s why, you have to work hard. Make Great Xia strong enough to survive a cultivator’s assault.” Fang Chen patted Xia Yuan’s shoulders before leaving with Liu Mu and the others.
After leaving the imperial palace, Ji Lengxing bucked his courage and asked, “Immortal Fang, may I meet my big brother?”
“Don’t bother. You have completed your mission, so you may return now,” Fang Chen said.
Ji Lengxing’s face stiffened up, but he quickly nodded. “Yes, we’ll be taking our leave now.”
After they left, Fang Chen headed southward with Liu Mu.
