Chapter 18: The Old Bootlicker

Xuantian Mountain Range.

After receiving the order, the Great Elder immediately led a group of disciples here.

They flew at full speed and crossed from the other side of East State to the Xuantian Mountain Range in less than a day.

The Great Elder, with a group of disciples whose cultivation levels were all at the Golden Core Realm, was navigating through the mountains and forests.

This group of disciples, uniformly at the Golden Core Realm, was clearly comprised of the elite disciples of the Qiandi Dao Sect.

As for why these disciples were sent...

The reason was simple.

First, it was to have these disciples serve as a facade to show the Hidden Sect Master that their Qiandi Dao Sect also had profound backing.

Second...

What if among these disciples, someone caught the eye of that Hidden Sect Master with a millennium of inheritance?

With this thought in mind,

the Qiandi Dao Sect sent a group of Golden Core elite disciples over.

As the Great Elder was leading the team on their journey, he constantly instructed the disciples.

"Remember, the person we're going to visit is a peerless powerhouse, you must be mindful of your attitude. Of course, we're here for a 'chance encounter,' so you mustn't act too humbly either; just behave normally, understand?"

The Great Elder was diligent in his guidance, fearing that these disciples might accidentally offend the Sect Master of the Hidden Sect.

If it were because of these disciples,

that they ended up antagonizing the Hidden Sect, he would be devastated.

"Great Elder, rest assured, we understand."

"We get it, we get it."

The disciples responded one after another, excitement flashing in their eyes.

Seeing this, the Great Elder nodded in satisfaction and continued to lead the team forward.

The Xuantian Mountain Range was just a medium-sized range near Wu Chang City; most of the monsters born here were minor ones, and it was rare to see a Great Demon.

Therefore, not many cultivators came to this place.

To be precise, not many powerful cultivators; those who came to such mountains were mostly cultivators of lower cultivation levels or loose cultivators.

So the Great Elder did not take this mountain range seriously, only thinking about finding that Hidden Sect Master.

Finally, after searching for nearly half an hour,

they made a discovery.

Ahead of them, two figures were walking leisurely.

One of them was the person they had seen on the scroll...

In the mysterious darkness of heaven and earth.

Holding stars and moons in hand, his indifferent eyes looked down upon the world!

It was him!!

Despite a completely different aura…

But this, this must be a deliberate disguise by the recluse; the person on the scroll was his real visage.

"Here they come! That person is right ahead, everyone be alert and don't panic, act as if you're just here on a visit and have a 'chance encounter' with him!"

With a gesture from the Great Elder, his tone slightly tense, he spoke.

Upon hearing this, many disciples began to adjust their state.

Only after adjusting,

did they start to approach in Chu Yuan's direction.

...

Meanwhile,

Chu Yuan was walking through the mountains with Zhang Han.

He was searching.

Searching for cultivators.

As for why he was searching for cultivators,

don't ask.

Ask and it's about killing and looting!

Chu Yuan's gaze swept around, using both his sight and his Divine Sense.

Finally, he spotted some ahead of them!

There were cultivators within their range!

Here it comes, the killing and looting begins.

Chu Yuan summoned his mana, his robe billowing without any wind, rustling as he prepared to make his move.

But upon a closer look with his Divine Sense,

damn, it wasn't just one person, it was a whole group, at least twenty people.

Are cultivators traveling in groups these days?

Chu Yuan's eyes widened, his palms shaking as he quickly retracted his mana.

Over twenty people, that's too much to handle.

Just as he was about to leave with Zhang Han,

he saw that the group was heading straight towards them.

In the blink of an eye, they had all descended from the sky and landed before Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan was stunned.

He was about to leave, yet these people wouldn't allow it?

Could it be that they also wanted to rob and kill?

That was impossible.

He was so poor, what could they possibly want from him?

No magical treasures, no secret arts, no gold or silver, he was truly a cultivator with nothing.

Oh, there were still a few silver coins in his boots.

And his clothes were quite valuable.

They were worth a full hundred pieces of gold.

Besides these, he had nothing else.

What was the benefit in killing him?

Could it be they were after his clothes?

Chu Yuan became nervous, his face stiffening with tension. From the outside, his face seemed to carry a touch of indifference, as if slightly angry.

The Great Elder and others who had landed in front of him naturally noticed the change in Chu Yuan's expression.

They were horrified.

They thought their arrival had caused discomfort to this hidden presence.

The Great Elder didn't have time to change his expression and hurriedly clasped his hands together, saying, "This... fellow Daoist, Poor Dao is the Qiandi Dao Sect's Great Elder. This time, I am taking the sect's disciples out for a tour and happened to pass by the Xuantian Mountain Range. We discovered divine lights twinkling here and speculated that there must be a divine person in the mountains, so we made a special effort to search."

"Unexpectedly, the divine light turned out to emanate from fellow Daoist. Astonished by a fleeting glimpse, we were shocked by fellow Daoist's handsome appearance and couldn't help but bring the disciples over for a visit."

"If there has been any offense, please forgive us!"

After speaking, he bowed deeply to Chu Yuan, his face nearly touching the ground.

Upon these words.

Not to mention Chu Yuan, even Zhang Han was taken aback.

As for the more than twenty disciples, each of them had their eyes wide open, as if they had seen a ghost.

The usually stern Great Elder, was he truly such a sycophant?

A concealed veteran sycophant at that!

So well hidden!

Mingling among the many younger sycophants, they had never realized that the real veteran sycophant was the Great Elder!

Chu Yuan, standing to the side, took a deep breath.

His mind was full of questions.

Wasn't it agreed upon that the cultivation world was always full of deceit, you for me, life or death?

Why did this old man start flattering him right away?

He couldn't figure it out, so he didn't speak.

Seeing Chu Yuan not speaking, the Great Elder, still bending at the waist, became even more fearful inside.

Was it still blame for their offense?

It may look fine now.

But according to the customs of such hidden powerful beings.

It's probably because they don't want to reveal their strength right now, and after they leave, they'll likely use some means to execute them from thousands of miles away.

Especially this one before them.

The scroll stated, 'With a grip that seizes stars and plucks the sun and moon, in this world, there is no one like me.'

Once they leave, will he simply throw down a star to crush them to death?

The Great Elder was as if he could already see a star falling from beyond the nine heavens, smashing them to a point where not even their bones remained.

This won't do!!

I must satisfy this hidden powerful being!

So...

They'll have to break their wealth to avoid disaster!

The Great Elder began to tally his own possessions.

Spirit Stones by the tens of millions...

Hundreds of magical treasures...

Dozens of Profound Mystical Techniques...

One Dao companion...

...

It's no good.

All these are things of the Divinity Transformation Realm; this being will surely not care for them!

We're finished, totally finished.

We've offended a hidden powerful being.

What should we do?

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