Hongmeng Pagoda Trials [I]

"They really have no reasoning of their own?" 

Ling Tian's indifferent and somewhat annoyed voice spread out as the [Sword Domain] expanded, easily killing five adult men as they stood in front of him. 

Ling Tian picked up the storage rings and quickly glanced inside before casually pocketing them. He calmly directed his flying sword and continued to lead the way. 

However, the expressions of Su Changqing, Jun Zhuyun and the other women were stunned at the sight of Ling Tian as they followed him. He had easily killed five cultivators who radiated strong auras proving that their cultivation levels were not weak despite being suppressed in this place when they wanted to sneak attack them. If it was just them, they would have had an intense fight, but Ling Tian didn't even move and easily killed these guys, as if with just his aura alone he could kill silently. 

After several hours of recovery and cultivation, Su Changqing, Jun Zhuyun and the others managed to recover almost completely. They all decided to follow Ling Tian to help search for Deng Tianjin and the others, plus they could continue training and exploring better with Ling Tian present, knowing that he was a powerful ally. 

They were each riding their own flying swords, following Ling Tian and not straying too far from him. 

"The Ancestor says he's not suppressed by the place, I thought he was joking so we wouldn't worry, but I see that's not the case..." Xuan Li commented with a faint smile as she looked at Ling Tian, feeling more confident with him seeing that he could show amazing power even in this place, being more amazed by her sect ancestor. 

"He really isn't suppressed?" Su Changqing muttered in surprise as she continued to watch Ling Tian. Could it be that this man had a very powerful cultivation level which was not suppressed by this place? 

"Big brot- the ancestor is very strong! I even think he is the strongest in the world!" Lang Qingzu added with a smile, watching Ling Tian without hiding her adoration and excitement. 

"Sister Zu'er, he really is your sect ancestor? Why hadn't he shown himself before?" Ying Su asked curiously. Ling Tian's identity was legendary, as no one had ever seen him, until today. 

"Mmm, I don't know. The ancestor saved my big sister and me from some bad guys, and he told us that our master and the other elders had returned to the sect, so we've been traveling with him ever since." Lang Qingzu thought for a moment and she replied with a smile, "The ancestor also said that he was not in this world all this time, but now he had returned and would stay in the sect!" 

After a long time of traveling with Ling Tian, Xuan Li and Lang Qingzu had asked him many questions, and why he never returned to the sect since he had founded it, wondering if he had abandoned them. Ling Tian answered them while laughing lightly that it was really not the case, but that he was not even in this world, therefore, he could not return back then until a few days ago, where he subsequently found them. 

The girls were dumbfounded as they listened to Lang Qingzu, before continuing to ask them a few more questions. 

Moving a little closer to Ling Tian, Jun Zhuyun hesitated for a moment before she asked, "May I ask senior if you are really the master of elder Zhen Bingluo, elder Deng Tianjin and the other elders?" 

After a while of traveling and observing how he easily dealt with the enemies that attacked them, Jun Zhuyun had great respect for Ling Tian, and even a bit of fear and dread. The simple fact that she could not comprehend the kind of attack Ling Tian did made her realize that he is indeed an extremely powerful expert, as strong as the world powerhouses in the Great Ascension state, while she is barely a cultivator in the Separation and Reunion state. Jun Zhuyun thought that if Ling Tian wanted to attack her, she would have no way to defend against his terrifying attack, even if she used all her defensive artifacts and lifesaving cards it would be useless. 

Jun Zhuyun also knew a little about the legendary and rumored supreme ancestor of the Beyond Above The Heaven Sect, especially when she heard the immortal fairy Zhen Bingluo say that the sect's ancestor did exist and that he was her master, as well as the master of all her martial brothers and sisters. 

"Little Bingluo told you that?" Ling Tian looked at her slightly and he asked casually. 

Little Bingluo? 

The hair all over her body suddenly stood up as she listened to Ling Tian, watching his gaze as if he knew what she was thinking, Jun Zhuyun couldn't help but swallow with some difficulty. 

"Y-yes, elder Zhen once told about it to the sect master and the ancestor when we were planning about some extremely important matters... only us and other martial sisters who are also sect elders know about it, our girls disciples are not aware of this information, they only know that there is a hidden legendary sect ancestor." Jun Zhuyun replied with some difficulty at first. 

"Uhmm, I see. Indeed, I am Little Bingluo's master, as well as the master of all those other stinky brats." Ling Tian let out a faint amused smile, shaking his head as he remembered what Zhen Bingluo and the others were like when they were very young; cunning, mischievous, playful, funny, fearless and more. 

Jun Zhuyun felt a tingle all over her body again, clearly hearing how Ling Tian was addressing all these elders as if they were children... children who are now adults and who are terrifying and powerful experts of the world, with cultivations at the peak of the Great Ascension state! 

If someone really wanted to address these mighty powerhouses in such a way, they would have to have all the guts in the world and they would still lack them... 

But seeing Ling Tian's casual yet calm expression, Jun Zhuyun strangely sensed that Zhen Bingluo and the others would have no problem with Ling Tian calling out to them in such a manner. After all, Ling Tian is their Master. 

Jun Zhuyun was much more curious about Ling Tian, especially seeing him so young and even a couple of years younger than her in appearance when anyone would think that the master who taught and raised such terrifying powerhouses of the world in the past would be an adult already almost old, not a very young man with an extremely handsome and unique appearance. After such a long time, his strength should obviously be at the peak, with a lot of wisdom and experience, especially having witnessed how he had performed high-level array formation with utmost ease. 

"Uhm?" 

Ling Tian suddenly frowned as he felt an aura change in his spirit sense a few thousand miles away. 

"What's wrong?" Jun Zhuyun noticed this and she asked seriously. 

Xuan Li, Lang Qingzu, Su Changqing and the other women noticed this as well and became serious. 

* Roar! * 

* Grrr! * 

* Roarr! * 

Suddenly, several roars of spirit beasts echoed in the distance. 

"Demonic beasts...?" Ling Tian's spirit sense picked up demonic energy in the distance, with powerful auras as the roars of these same demonic beasts spread throughout the place. 

Demonic beasts?

The women were surprised to hear the roars and then what Ling Tian said, sensing that these roars seemed to belong to very powerful spiritual beasts. 

"Let's go... in that place there are several presences as well." Ling Tian directed the flying sword faster, but still within the others' range speed as their cultivation was greatly restricted. 

Jun Zhuyun and the other women followed Ling Tian with serious and somewhat nervous expressions, especially seeing Ling Tian's somewhat serious face for the first time. 

Then, they had flown thousands of miles in a short time when they noticed several large and strange black figures in the distance, gradually becoming large and transmitting heavy and powerful auras. 

"Those are spiritual beasts?" Jun Zhuyun's spirit sense allowed her to quickly see far away before the other girls, so she asked in confusion. 

Soon after, Su Changqing, Xuan Li, Lang Qingzu and the others noticed these figures that turned out to be beasts with hideous bodies and black auras as they got closer. 

While these women were shocked to notice the shapes and auras of these beasts, Ling Tian frowned as his spirit sense pierced through the hundreds of demonic beasts fighting against other groups of cultivators, traversing dozens of miles in a moment and noticing a mysterious but gigantic figure in the distance, as if it was a strange 9-story huge Pagoda but was protected by some kind of powerful barrier, exuding a mysterious and profound aura to all who observed it.