Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms - Chapter 254
Chapter 254: First Cripple Him
“Hahaha!” The Spirit Heaven Sect’s first elder burst into laughter, his hulking figure trembled nonstop. The surrounding Spirit Heaven Sect’s disciples laughed as well.
Junior Chen was taken aback.
Seconds later, the Spirit Heaven Sect’s first elder reined in his laughter and impassively looked at Junior Chen. “Do you still remember where you are?”
“The Spirit Heaven Sect…” Junior Chen instinctively replied.
“How does the Spirit Heaven Sect rank in Infernoblaze?” The Spirit Heaven Sect’s first elder smiled, as if earnestly educating a junior.
“The Spirit Heaven Sect is a first-rate sect in Infernoblaze. Even the Spirit Heaven City Lord would maintain the highest level of courtesy here,” Junior Chen hurriedly replied.
His mind slowly cleared up, and his panic subsided. He quickly apologized, “First Elder, I was blinded by my anxiety. Please forgive me for my earlier impudence.”
“That’s more like it. This is the Spirit Heaven Sect. Who dares to cause trouble here?” the first elder remarked with a laugh. “Follow me to the sect entrance. I’d like to see who is the brazen one who boasts about taking over our Spirit Heaven Sect.”
“Senior, what happened?”
Another gray-robed old man arrived at the scene. He was skinnier than the first elder, and he had a distinctive goatee. He was accompanied by a few other cultivators who emanated strong auras.
“Second Junior, someone says they want to take over our Spirit Heaven Sect. Our disciple panicked upon hearing that and caused a fuss. It’s nothing much,” the first elder replied.
The second elder was startled before revealing a bewildered smile. “Someone wants to take over our Spirit Heaven Sect? Hahaha! Who dares utter such arrogant words? Where’s our sect master? Let’s invite her out to take a look!”
“Our sect master has headed to the Moon Monastery to settle some business. We will suffice against the intruders. So what if the intruder is a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Let’s see if he dares run amok in our Spirit Heaven Sect!” The first elder chuckled.
“How can you miss me for something like that?”
Another old man descended from the sky. He emanated the aura of a twelfth stage Ki Refinement cultivator too.
The surrounding disciples lowered their heads deferentially.
This old man was the Spirit Heaven Sect’s third elder. He was known to be obsessed with swordsmanship. While he was not a true sword cultivator, he had subdued countless cultivators of the same cultivation as him with his sword.
Not even the first elder and the second elder were a match for him.
With this, the three most senior elders of the Spirit Heaven Sect were all here. This was not a force to be made light of.
If not for the difficulty in acquiring a Foundation Establishment Pill, the three of them would have likely already advanced to Foundation Establishment!
A few managers and disciples belatedly arrived on the scene, and they followed the three elders to the sect entrance. All in all, they formed a formidable army of over fifty cultivators.
The Heaven Profound realm martial artists at the sect entrance froze in shock.
“You can’t expect anything from martial artists. They panic as soon as something happens,” the first elder glanced at the martial artists and placidly remarked.
The martial artists felt ashamed, but they were no longer as panicked. Regardless of the backgrounds of the two intruders, they no longer stood a chance now that all three of their elders were gathered here.
“Who’s the one seeking to take over our Spirit Heaven Sect?” the first elder coldly asked.
“They… are still scaling the mountain, but they are moving very slowly, almost as if… almost as if they are strolling in their own garden!” one of the martial artists reported.
“How arrogant.”
A cold glint flashed across the third elder’s eyes, and a flying sword emerged from his forehead. It was an ego artifact!
The surrounding cultivators looked at the flying sword in envy.
A cultivator with an ego artifact could easily overpower opponents of the same cultivation stage. On top of that, they could fly on their ego artifact too.
Even the first elder and the second elder were envious of the third elder, but the third elder’s ego nurturing method wasn’t from the Spirit Heaven Sect, so they couldn’t ask for it.
The third elder chuckled. “It has been a while since my sword has tasted blood. I shall let it drink its fill today!”
“Third Junior, don’t kill him yet. We need to get to the bottom of the matter,” the first elder said.
“I know, senior.” The third elder nodded.
Just then, two figures, a man and a woman, could be spotted slowly strolling toward the sect entrance. The man was young and dashing, but the woman was a bald nun.
“It is the Moon Monastery’s Clearlotus. She’s Abbess Moonchaser’s disciple,” the first elder said with a frown. “I have met her a couple times. Could our disciples have heard wrongly? Our sect has always maintained close ties with the Moon Monastery. Why would she bring someone here to take over our Spirit Heaven Sect?”
The crowd was baffled too.
However, the third elder coldly said, “Eternal friendship doesn’t exist in this world. Sometimes, it’s necessary to turn one’s blade to a familiar face in order to survive.”
The crowd quietly savored the third elder’s words.
Meanwhile, Fang Chen and Abbess Clearlotus had arrived at the sect entrance, standing just ten meters away from the Spirit Heaven Sect’s cultivators.
“Clearlotus, do you still remember me?” the first elder asked.
Abbess Clearlotus took a few looks at the old man before turning to Fang Chen to explain, “Young master Fang, he is the master of the Spirit Heaven Sect Master, as well as the Spirit Heaven Sect’s first elder. He’s a twelfth stage Ki Refinement cultivator. My master says that he’s a sly person, so you need to be careful when dealing with him!”
“…” You’re saying our first elder is sly in front of him and the rest of us?
The Spirit Heaven Sect’s cultivators were first speechless before glaring at Abbess Clearlotus with dagger eyes.
“They have come with malice. Abbess Moonchaser must be involved in this too.” The second elder narrowed his eyes.
The third elder didn’t bother sparing a glance at Fang Chen or Abbess Clearlotus. He was focused on his flying sword, gently stroking it with a benevolent face.
“Are the two of you really here to take over our Spirit Heaven Sect?” the first elder asked with a mocking smile.
“Why else would we travel all the way here?” Fang Chen chuckled. “Are all of your cultivators here yet?”
“A mere junior dares to utter such arrogant words. Which sect are you from?” The first elder frowned. He turned to Abbess Clearlotus and asked, “Why is your Moon Monastery working with outsiders to deal with our Spirit Heaven Sect?”
“You were the ones who first made a move against our Moon Monastery! My master says that it’s fair retaliation,” Abbess Clearlotus argued.
Huh? The crowd was confused.
“Don’t waste your breath. Let’s cripple him first and interrogate them later,” the third elder said.
His flying sword suddenly darted like a flash of lightning toward Fang Chen, but his head remained lowered, and his eyes were looking elsewhere.
Fang Chen could sense little sword’s excited cheers. Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!
“No rush. You’ll get to eat all you want today,” Fang Chen replied with a chuckle.
He raised his arm and grabbed the lightning-swift flying sword with his bare hands. The flying sword whirred in his hand, emanating a cold sword intent, but it couldn’t even cut Fang Chen’s skin.
This sight caused the faces of the first elder and the others to turn grim.
Only the third elder remained oblivious to the situation; he continued looking elsewhere, as if there were fairies bathing there. Seconds passed before he noticed the stifling silence around him and raised his head.
What he saw caused his face to turn green.
