The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

One of them sat upright on the edge of the cliff at the mountaintop, his face calm and composed; it was none other than Xiao Zheng, who had already perished.

Even the Qingyin Sect Master was somewhat surprised when he saw the person opposite Xiao Zheng.

Rumor has it that the person was from the Northern Territory and was very young, yet he was already suspected of having advanced to the Earth Realm Grandmaster level.

Looking at it now... it really is very young!
They don't look like they're over thirty!
The image on the recording stone showed only a picture, not a sound, as if the two had already exchanged a move.

Not far behind the young man was another man in black robes.

Immediately following was the scene of Xiao Zheng unleashing the Heaven-Opening Palm. The enormous palm print, enhanced by the fourth level of the Earth Realm, gave people a sense of despair and oppression!
Rumble!
In the footage, the mountain has collapsed.

"Elder Xiao Zheng's Heaven-Rank High-Grade Opening Palm technique has already reached a high level of mastery!" The Qingyin Sect Master immediately frowned.

This palm strike, even if it is delivered by someone of the same realm, or someone with a weaker foundation, will suffer a great loss. How can the opponent possibly block it?
Inside the main hall, elders who had received the news arrived one after another, and within a short period of time, four or five had gathered.

At this moment, everyone was staring at this palm strike, and the two Earth Realm elders, whose strength was comparable to Xiao Zheng's, were secretly shocked.

If it were them, they would probably have to use their ultimate move, a low-grade divine power, to neutralize Xiao Zheng's attack.

However, before they could even speak or discuss anything, they saw Xiao Zheng strike out with his palm.

The enormous palm print that seemed to cleave the heavens pressed down, and the young man standing before the black-robed figure was about to be crushed into dust in the next second...

Just then, a yin-yang pattern appeared.

The Heaven-Opening Palm, which was powerful enough to make many Earth Realm elders of the Qingyin Sect feel, was shattered instantly!

This forced Xiao Zheng to use the only spirit beast-type divine power he possessed in the next moment.

When the magical bluebird appeared, the expressions on everyone's faces changed.

A fourth-level Earth Realm cultivator fighting a first-level Earth Realm cultivator, even using their innate divine power?!

Is the pressure really that high?
Inside the main hall, none of the people spoke, and they quickly watched the entire battle scene.

With the appearance of the magical bluebird, the elders believed that victory was practically assured.

The subsequent deaths were most likely due to the young cultivator named Chen Beixuan bringing in other outside help to launch a siege.

However, in an instant, the appearance of a fiery red divine bird startled even the Qingyin Sect Master, who had been watching with a furrowed brow.

"What kind of magical power is this?!"

The moment that red divine bird appeared amidst blazing flames, the Qingyin Sect Master felt as if he had seen an ancient divine beast!
Moreover, the moment the Qingyin Sect Master saw the bird appear, he knew... it was no wonder that Xiao Zheng had perished.

Everything makes sense now.

Subsequently, Xiao Zheng's spirit beast supernatural power was easily torn apart, and he fled in a sorry state, eventually being killed in the sky hundreds of miles away.

After reading it, the entire hall fell into a strange silence.

After a full half-cup of tea's time, Fang Yun, the steward who brought the image stone back from outside, finally spoke.

"Sect Master, Elders, what should we do about this?"

Even Xiao Zheng, who was at the fourth level of the Earth Realm, perished outside. In the entire Qingyin Sect, there are very few people whose strength is above Xiao Zheng.

If revenge is desired, the only option is for the Grand Elder, or even the Deputy Sect Master or the Sect Master himself, to take action.

"Alas, I never expected that Elder Xiao Zheng would also perish abroad. This time, our Qingyin Sect has not only failed to regain its face, but has instead lost even more face," an elder said with a sigh.

Upon hearing this, the other elders also shook their heads, confirming the situation. Now, their Qingyin Sect was going to lose face even more in the Hidden Spirit World.

The eyes of the Qingyin Sect Master gradually sharpened.

As the sect leader, Qingyin's face represents his own.

If one really makes up one's mind, although that young man's supernatural powers are very strong, his strength is not high after all. Being able to kill Xiao Zheng is probably already his limit.

But he wasn't Xiao Zheng at the fourth level of the Earth Realm, he was at the seventh level of the Earth Realm!
As killing intent began to grow in the heart of the Qingyin Sect Master, several elders sensed it and looked at him.

"Master..."

Just as the Qingyin Sect Master was about to make a decision, a figure suddenly appeared silently in the main hall.

"Let's just forget about this."

A man dressed in a green robe appeared in the hall, his tone tinged with a sigh: "Let's just leave it at that; it's better for everyone."

Upon seeing the approaching figure, the Qingyin Sect Master was taken aback at first, then politely clasped his hands and said, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao."

The man in the green robe was named Xuan Xiaozi. Strictly speaking, he was not a member of the Qingyin Sect, but rather the senior brother of the deputy sect leader.

Several years ago, for some reason, I came to Qingyin Sect and settled down under the arrangement of Yin Xunchuan.

The reason why we are being so polite to Xuan Xiaozi is because... Xuan Xiaozi is a Grandmaster at the ninth level of the Earth Realm!
Several years ago, when I came to this place, I was also invited by Yin Changtian to seek an opportunity to break through the limitations of the Earth Realm.

Because of Xuan Xiaozi's strength, he was given great respect by the Qingyin Sect after his arrival. They allocated a separate peak as his private residence and assigned several disciples to be responsible for the basic cleaning and maintenance of the peak.

Seeing that Xuan Xiaozi had come on his own initiative, actually asking him to give up and continue his operation against the young cultivator from the northern border of Xuanzhou, the Qingyin Sect Master was surprised.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao, what did you mean by what you just said?"

The other elders also looked over.

Now that Qingyin Sect's reputation has plummeted, Xuan Xiaozi actually came to advise them to calm down.

"That person... didn't you ever think about how a young man who might not even be thirty years old could have such strength?" Xuan Xiaozi said with a serious expression.

The question caused everyone in the main hall to be taken aback.

Yup!

They hadn't really thought about this; they had only heard rumors that the person was a rogue cultivator from the northern border of Xuanzhou.

Looking back now, there are indeed many suspicious points.

They live in a small world where conditions are so much better, yet each of them has wasted hundreds of years to reach their current level of cultivation.

If such a young cultivator truly had no background, even with extraordinary encounters and opportunities, it would be impossible for him to advance so quickly.

Most importantly, without someone behind him or supernatural abilities, he wouldn't have any chance of obtaining it easily!
While celestial secret manuals can be stolen or robbed, supernatural techniques cannot be subject to such tactics.

Upon realizing this, the Qingyin Sect Master was startled and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao, are you saying... that person is actually someone with a very important background?!"

Several elders also stared at Xuan Xiaozi.

After a moment's thought, Xuan Xiaozi nodded and said, "At least... there's a 90% chance!" (End of Chapter)