My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1388

Chapter 1388: The Hidden Sects in Huaxia

 

Qingfeng Li became confused when he noticed the Rolls-Royce Phantom had driven toward the suburbs.

“Miss Cao, shouldn’t we go downtown? Why are we heading to the suburbs now?”

Fengwu Cao explained, “Qingfeng, this convention is being held in Dragon-Tiger Mountain.”

“In Dragon-Tiger Mountain.” Qingfeng Li was surprised.

He never thought the election would be held there.

Dragon-Tiger Mountain was no normal place; the peak of the mountain was the birthland of Dao. To the east of it was where the Peacock Demon Empress had been suppressed.

“Miss Cao, how many people are attending this election?” Qingfeng Li wanted to know more details.

Qingfeng Li could only estimate the level of his opponents after knowing the number of people attending.

Fengwu Cao’s expression turned surly and she said, “Lots of people showed up this time. All the most influential forces of Huaxia have come, including the orthodox, unorthodox, demonic, and devilish sects.”

“Even those from the ocean have come, such as the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. They are all very powerful.”

Qingfeng Li became serious hearing Fengwu Cao’s words. He didn’t expect the alliance chief position to be so important that it would attract the masters from both the orthodox and unorthodox, coming here from both the land and ocean.

The car traveled fast. Fengwu Cao led Qingfeng Li to Dragon-Tiger Mountain in two hours.

There was a huge platform in the center of Dragon-Tiger Mountain, where over ten thousand self-cultivators had already gathered.

These were the most powerful self-cultivators in Huaxia. Every single one of them had a strong background.

Qingfeng Li saw some familiar faces, including the masters of the Sword-Emperor Sect, Blade-Emperor Sect, Beast-Emperor Sect, and even Linger Yao, the sect master of Demonic-Imperial Sect.

Linger Yao was still very beautiful, with a delicate face like a rose, white skin like that of a snow-lotus, and black and bright eyes that resembled stars. She stood there with her slender figure, shining with charm.

These people came early and took the favorable positions on the platform.

Besides these powerful self-cultivators from dry land, Qingfeng Li also saw some from the ocean. There were the Eastern Sea Prince, the second and third Princesses, and a Nine-Head Lion King.

Most of them were from Eastern Sea Dragon Palace and some were from the Southern or Northern Sea Dragon Palaces. Even the Western Sea Dragon Palace showed up. The leading one was a young man with a powerful aura.

Qingfeng Li had met these people before, but didn’t recognize the others.

“Look, that’s Qingfeng Li. He came too.”

“That’s the legendary Qingfeng Li? How can he be this young and already reach the number one spot in the self-cultivation world?”

“I heard he defeated Jianhuang Zhao from the Sword-Emperor Sect in the Kunlun Mountains. I don’t know if it’s true.”

All the self-cultivators were discussing with surprise.

Fengwu Cao said, “Qingfeng Li, you’re pretty famous here.”

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly without replying. He scanned crowd and became quite depressed when he didn’t find Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin.

Qingfeng Li remembered that they had said goodbye to him after arriving at Eastern Sea City and returned to their sects to check if they were damaged by the Western self-cultivation world.

Logically speaking, Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin should come for such an important convention, but they didn’t show up.

Suddenly, a girl interrupted him while he was thinking.

“Brother Li, you came too.” A female voice sounded by his side.

Qingfeng Li turned around and found that it was the senior disciple of the Bamboo King Sect, Xianxian Mu.

Xianxian Mu wore a green dress, looked very beautiful with her white skin, pretty face, and graceful body figure.

“Xianxian Mu, you also came to compete for the alliance chief title?” Qingfeng Li asked.

Xianxian Mu shook her head and said, “I don’t have the ability. I only come here to check on the situation of Huaxia’s self-cultivation world and witness the election. I will certainly vote for you.”

Qingfeng Li smiled and didn’t say anything, but a self-cultivator by their side sneered.

“Beauty, do you really think Qingfeng Li can become the alliance chief? That’s impossible., “a young man in red said with contempt.

This young man looked different than others, wearing ancient clothes which looked even older than feudal era. It was made of red horse leather refined from demonic beast skin.

This man was very young, around 20, with a handsome but very red face, like red charcoal. There was a flame symbol on his sleeve.

Some of the self-cultivators recognized the flame symbol and stepped back with shock.

Qingfeng Li knew most of the self-cultivators here, but he didn’t know this young man with the flame symbol.

Fengwu Cao surely knew this man, or more accurately, she knew this flame symbol. A hint of surprise surfaced on her pretty face.

“Qingfeng Li, this young man is not simple. He is from the Blaze Sect,” Fengwu Cao said to Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li scowled with confusion, “The most powerful sects of orthodox in Huaxia are the Sword-Emperor Sect, Blade-Emperor Sect, Beast-Emperor Sect, and Talisman-Emperor Sect. What is the Blaze Sect?”

Fengwu Cao explained, “Qingfeng Li, there are different classes in the emperor level sects, including subordinate level, intermediate level, advanced level, and supreme level. The Sword-Emperor Sect and Blade-Emperor Sect are only subordinate emperor level sects. But the Blaze Sect is an intermediate emperor level sect, with a master in the Fifth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm.”

Qingfeng Li was shocked by Fengwu Cao’s words. He never thought the Sword-Emperor Sect was not the most powerful one and that there were more hidden super masters.

Chapter 1389: The Arrogant Blaze Sect

 

No wonder it was an ancient saying that there were crouching tigers and hidden dragons in Huaxia. There were numerous powerful masters and peerless sects from the ancient era, and even before that.

Some even descended from Primordial Chaos and the Prehistoric Era, when the Heavens, Earth, and humans were first created, when the world was full of gods and buddhas. That was the era of immortals.

The ancient era was the third epoch of civilization.

The modern society, the technology era, was the fourth epoch.

“Haha, kid, they call you the number one in the self-cultivation world only because our Blaze Sect has been concealing itself. When we make our move, the world will be ours.” The disciple in red laughed with arrogance.

Qingfeng Li scowled with annoyance. He thought that he was arrogant enough and never expected someone to actually be worse than him.

Qingfeng Li smirked and said, “Blaze Sect, what’s that? And who are you to judge me? Get lost.”

Qingfeng Li was more arrogant and didn’t care about the disciple in red a bit.

“Qingfeng Li, do you know who you are talking to? I’m a disciple of an intermediate-tier emperor-level sect. How dare you to sneer at me?” the disciple in red looked at Qingfeng Li and said with contempt.

All the self-cultivators around heard the noise here and looked over.

“Wow, look, the famous Qingfeng Li is arguing with a disciple from the Blaze Sect.”

“If Qingfeng Li battles with him, who do you think will win?”

“How stupid are you to ask this question? Of course, it will be the disciple of the Blaze Sect. That is an intermediate-tier emperor-level sect and they control the power of the Heaven-Earth Flames.”

“I don’t think so. Qingfeng Li is really famous now with no opponents. He is called the genius that only appears once a millennium.”

All the self-cultivators around were discussing. Some believed Qingfeng Li would win; others thought the disciple in red would win.

“Qingfeng Li, some people think you can beat me. That’s really hilarious,” the disciple in red mocked Qingfeng.

Qingfeng became a bit irritated. He didn’t offend anyone to attend this convention and didn’t mock those from Blaze Sect, but this disciple kept causing him troubles. He was no wuss and didn’t want to endure the humiliation.

Qingfeng Li looked at this disciple coldly and said, “Get off. It’s not your fault that you’re this ugly, but it’s on you when you get out and frighten others. Even if I don’t feel disgusted by you, you will suffer if you scare my puppy.”

Black Puppy sensed his tone and stepped forward. It reached out its paw and said to the disciple in red, “You’re no better than a dog. F*ck off.”

Black Puppy was ruder than Qingfeng Li and directly cursed the disciple in red.

“You filthy, ugly, black dog. How dare you to curse me. I’ll kill you.” The disciple in red was irritated and walked toward Black Puppy.

Black Puppy shook his tail and farted in front of the disciple in red, “I’m going to kill you with my fart, you bastard! Cursing your Master Dog, do you know who I am? I’m a supreme existence in the world.”

“Fire Palm!” the disciple in red shouted and slapped his palm out, unleashing huge flames.

The blazing palm carried a temperature of 4000 degrees, rushing toward Black Puppy.

Qingfeng Li frowned with surprise. He could also form flames of 4000 degrees as the disciple in red, but his golden flames were a saint-level flame.

A normal disciple in the Blaze Sect could form a flame of 4000 degrees! It was quite incredible. No wonder it was an emperor-level sect.

Qingfeng Li stood there without stepping forward. He knew Black Puppy could handle this.

Black Puppy opened his mouth and spat out a black whirlpool, creating a suction force and tearing the red flames in the air apart.

“What happened? How can you, a dog, defeat my Fire Palm?!” The disciple in red was shocked.

The Fire Palm was a powerful emperor-level technique, which could create 4000 degree flames.

The disciple in red had roamed freely through the self-cultivation world without opponents with this powerful palm technique, but this palm was easily resolved by a puppy. That was why he was this shocked.

“D*ckhead, thinking you can defeat me with a simple Fire Palm? Watch how your Master Dog attacks.” Black Puppy smirked and stepped hard on the ground. It jumped high and smashed at the face of the disciple in red with its right paw.

With a huge noise, five paw prints showed up on the disciple’s face. It was clear and hideous, looking extremely hilarious.

The self-cultivators around were deeply shocked by this scene.

“What the hell? The disciple in the Blaze Sect was hit in the face by a dog?”

“Who is that dog? How can it be even more arrogant than humans?”

“Don’t you see? That’s Qingfeng Li’s dog. He is an invincible master who doesn’t belong to any of our forces. Of course, his dog is also powerful.”

Some self-cultivators pointed at them and discussed.

They were mostly talking about Black Puppy, and the Blaze Sect disciple hit by him. They were a little afraid of this disciple before, but at this moment, they looked at him with a hint of ridicule instead of fear.

The Blaze Sect disciple was conceited and always looked down upon others just because he was from an intermediate emperor level sect. All the others felt avenged when the disciple was beat up by a dog.

The disciple in red heard their discussions and mockery, and he became furious.

“I’m a disciple of the Blaze Sect! How can a bastard puppy hit me? I’ll kill you!” The disciple in red was irritated to the point that his eyes were almost about to shoot out flames.

It was like there was a volcano in his heart. At this moment, the volcano erupted, with magma being spewed out.

Chapter 1390: The Sect Master of Blaze Sect

 

The red-clothed disciple channeled his fire-element vital essence, shaping a giant flame palm and slapping towards Black Puppy again.

He was so furious that he gathered all of his vital essence in this palm, causing the air to tremble due to the huge amount of power.

Black Puppy sneered at this palm with contempt. It stomped hard on the ground and jumped into the air like a lightning bolt, arriving in front of the disciple in red instantly.

Black Puppy reached out its paw, shaping a giant claw covering the sky, scratching at the palm with invincible power, and directly shattering it.

Then, Black Puppy scratched again on the left side of the disciple’s face. Both sides of his face became swollen, with red dog paw prints.

The disciple in red was shocked and irritated. He didn’t expect his attack would be useless on Black Puppy.

He reached out his palm to attack Black Puppy again, but Black Puppy gave him no such chance.

It punched a giant hole in the disciple’s chest, causing him to fall on the ground and spit out a big mouthful of blood, looking severely injured with a pale look.

He could hardly breathe and died of blood loss after a short while.

The self-cultivators around were stunned by this scene and stepped backward with terror.

This Black Puppy was so conceited yet powerful and didn’t take this young man in red seriously at all, even though the young man in red was from the Blaze Sect.

Huala-Huala…

Suddenly, the self-cultivators stepped aside as if they saw something horrible, leaving a space in the middle.

Qingfeng Li looked over and saw a powerful self-cultivator walking this way with a group of people.

The leading one was a middle-aged man over 40. He wore a red flame coat and had a stern look with slim eyebrows.

His eyebrows were like burning flames and so was his hair, exuding powerful energy.

Behind the middle-aged man followed some powerful elders and a group of self-cultivators.

“Look, that’s Huo Leng, the master of th eBlaze Sect. I can’t believe he actually came over. Qingfeng Li is in danger now.”

“Right, Huo Leng is at the top of the self-cultivation world, though he usually conceals himself and seldom shows up.”

“But he also came for the selection of the alliance chief this time. Qingfeng is in trouble.”

The self-cultivators around discussed with surprise.

Huo Leng was a supreme powerhouse in Huaxia, but he seldom showed up. Even when the Forbidden district of Kunlun Mountain opened and when treasures appeared in Hell, he didn’t participate. But he came for the selection of the alliance chief.

Qingfeng Li frowned with surprise and asked Fengwu Cao, “Miss Cao, why did the selection of the alliance chief attract such a powerful master?”

Fengwu Cao’s face became sullen and she hesitated, before saying, “There is a legend. It says the one who becomes the alliance chief of Huaxia and defeats the western self-cultivation world can break through space, leave Earth, and enter the high-tier planes.”

Qingfeng Li nodded upon hearing Fengwu Cao’s words. He knew he would enter high-tier planes one day, because his parents were in the Three Thousand Big Worlds and were waiting for him to save them.

Huo Leng stopped in front of Qingfeng Li and said, “That black puppy beside you killed my disciple. Hand it over, so I can kill it.”

Huo Leng looked down at Qingfeng Li and said with a commanding tone.

Qingfeng Li scowled with disappointment and replied, “Why should I listen to you? Your disciple asked for death. His death was no one’s fault but his own.”

Huo Leng was irritated, with freezing light shining in his eyes. He was the master of an intermediate emperor level sect, with a cultivation in the Fifth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm.

Other self-cultivators would bow down and show respect before him, and even the master of the Sword-Emperor Sect wouldn’t dare to speak insolently in front of him. Qingfeng Li was just a normal self-cultivator. How dare he be this tough?

“Qingfeng Li, how dare you to talk to our master like this,” A woman walked out from behind Huo Leng and rebuked Qingfeng Li.

This female elder was over 60 but looked like she was 40 with only a few wrinkles on her smooth skin.

This woman was the Third Elder of the Blaze Sect, a powerful master in the Fourth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm.

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly and said, “As an intermediate emperor level sect, your Blaze Sect doesn’t even try to confront those self-cultivators from the west but dare to swagger before me. Where is your conscience?”

“Qingfeng Li, don’t think you’re truly extraordinary when your title is only the number one in the younger generation. Let me teach you a lesson.” The Third Elder stepped up and prepared to kick Qingfeng Li’s a*s.

Qingfeng Li put his hand on Fire Emperor Sword. But a beautiful woman walked by when he prepared to draw it out. It was Linger Yao.

Linger Yao stood in front of Qingfeng Li and said to the Third Elder, “As a master in the Fourth Level Spirit Emperor Realm, you want to bully someone not even in the Spirit Emperor Realm? That’s shameful.”

The Third Elder’s expression became downcast. She certainly knew this woman, the master of the Demonic-Imperial Sect, and a powerful master in the Spirit Emperor Realm.

It was said that Linger Yao had broken into the Fourth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm after getting treasures in Hell, which was the same level as the Third Elder.

“Linger Yao, what’s your point? It’s none of your business if I want to deal with Qingfeng Li.” The Third Elder smashed her crutch hard on the ground, expressing her disappointment with the loud sound.

Linger Yao smiled and said, “I just hate seeing you push around those of the younger generation. You are already so old, yet you only reached the Fourth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm.”

Chapter 1391: Linger Yao Taking Actions

 

Hearing the mocking words from Linger Yao, the Third Elder became angered. She hated others mentioning her age.

“Linger Yao, is this man your sweetheart? Care if I kill him?” the Third Elder said coldly, pointing at Qingfeng Li.

Linger Yao paid no attention and said calmly, “Kill him? Sure, as long as you can get pass me.”

The Third Elder took a step toward Linger Yao with a cold face. Qingfeng Li stood behind Linger Yao, feeling a little touched.

Linger Yao hated Qingfeng Li, but she didn’t want him to die and stepped up when he was in danger.

To Linger Yao, Qingfeng Li was only in half-step Spirit Emperor Realm and was no match for the Third Elder.

Black Puppy shook the tail and walked by Qingfeng Li’s side, flicking his leg with its tail and saying, “Qingfeng Li, this woman treats you well. What’s your deal with her?”

Qingfeng Li rolled his eyes to Black Puppy and said, “It’s all your fault. The master and elders of Blaze Sect came because you killed their disciple. How do you have the nerve to gossip when Linger Yao is stepping up for us?”

Black Puppy was annoyed, “Qingfeng Li, I was helping you when that young man in red insulted you.”

Qingfeng Li frowned, “Stop blabbing. I’ll go help Linger Yao.”

Then Qingfeng Li ignored Black Puppy and walked to Linger Yao’s side.

“Its been a long time, have you been well?” Qingfeng Li asked Linger Yao with concern.

Linger Yao glanced at Qingfeng Li with a complicated look and said nothing. She didn’t know what to say.

They used to be close, but there seemed to be a gap between them after that thing that happened in Hell, which made her feel uncomfortable being beside him.

Qingfeng Li took a look at her, noticed her feelings and the reason why she didn’t talk, and felt a little depressed.

The Third Elder saw them flashing amorous glances and totally ignoring her, feeling quite humiliated.

“Linger Yao, Qingfeng Li, you sons of b*tches. Don’t you hear me?” the Third Elder turned angry and said with jealousy.

Even though the Third Elder was already 40 something years old, she had clearly been taking good care of herself, but she felt lack of nourishment without a man in her life.

She felt very jealous seeing Qingfeng Li talking with Linger Yao, especially when Linger Yao looked prettier than she once was.

Qingfeng Li frowned and looked at the Third Elder with disappointment. This elder was like a third wheel yelling when he was chatting with Linger Yao.

Qingfeng Li waved his hands and treated the Third Elder like a fly, “Get off, don’t get in our way.”

The Third Elder turned irritated upon Qingfeng Li’s words, “Qingfeng Li, don’t be this arrogant. I’ll teach you a lesson today.”

The Third Elder took a step forward and, as fast as lightning, instantly arrived in front of Qingfeng.

She channeled her vital essence, and shot out a gold palm with flames, forming a giant vine thousands of meters long full of golden flame spikes on it.

Qingfeng Li wanted to counterattack, but Linger Yao took action first.

She waved her palm, creating a giant tree of flames over several thousands meters high, each of its leaves consisting of flickering sparks. She then smashed the tree at the Third Elder.

The flame vine and flame tree crashed into one another, creating an explosive sound and lighting up the whole sky.

Dong-Dong!

Linger Yao and the Third Elder both took a step back.

In the collision of strength, they both couldn’t defeat the other because they had the same power level.

Qingfeng Li was surprised. He knew Linger Yao was only in a half-step into the Spirit Emperor Realm when they were in the Forbidden district of the Kunlun Mountain. Then she broke through to the Spirit Emperor Realm after getting the Fire Emperor Pearl from the Fire Emperor.

He never thought that Linger Yao could reach the Fourth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm in such a short time. It seemed that the Fire Emperor Pearl was truly powerful.

The Third Elder was even more shocked. As a master in the Spirit Emperor Realm, she was over 40 years old, but she was still struck backward by someone in her 20s. Though she also struck Linger Yao a step back, she was still weaker than Linger Yao.

The Third Elder became sullen, “Linger Yao, I didn’t expect that you would choose to protect an orthodox self-cultivator as the master of the Demonic-Imperial Sect. You are the shame of your Demonic Dao.”

Linger Yao smirked and replied, “It’s none of your business who I want to protect. Go f*ck yourself.”

After staying with Qingfeng Li for a while, Linger Yao learned dirty words too, and successfully irritated the Third Elder.

The Third Elder couldn’t handle Linger Yao, so she turned to Qingfeng Li, “Qingfeng Li, will you hide behind a woman forever? Are you a wimp?”

Qingfeng Li smiled and replied, “You can also hide behind one, but I don’t think anyone wants to protect you.”

The Third Elder was furious. She turned around and said, “Master, this Qingfeng Li is shameless, letting a woman protect him. I need the Second Elder’s help.”

Huo Leng nodded and said to the elder by his side, “Second Elder, go kill Qingfeng Li and demonstrate the strength of our Blaze Sect.”

The Second Elder nodded and walked towards Qingfeng Li.

He was a man who was about 70 years old with a white beard, but he looked vigorous with a ruddy face and a stretched figure.

The Second Elder was powerful, and had a strong aura. He was also a master in the fourth level of the Spirit Emperor Realm, but was a little more powerful than the Third Elder.

Chapter 1392: The Second Elder’s Fist Intent

 

The second elder walked to face Qingfeng Li, saying, “Qingfeng, come and meet your death.”

Qingfeng Li frowned with anger, thinking the guy from the Blaze Sect was really arrogant to think that he was easy to kill. It was time to show them who was the boss here.

While Linger Yao was busy fighting the third elder, Qingfeng Li had to deal with the second elder alone. However, he didn’t think the second elder was a threat to him.

“Fire Fist,” the second elder yelled. He circulated his fire style vital essence and punched his right hand out, which transformed into a giant flaming fist and crashed towards Qingfeng Li viciously.

Made of red flames, the flaming fist was 4,000 meters wide and contained an unrivaled force that burned a big hole in the atnisogere.

The surrounding self-cultivators’ expressions changed in astonishment, as they retreated at the sight of the fist.

“The second elder of the Blaze Sect is so powerful. I think Qingfeng Li is in danger.”

“You are right, I think Qingfeng Li will be defeated. Despite his great reputation and power, he is inferior to the second elder in strength.”

“What if Qingfeng Li dies? We are here to select the alliance chief of Huaxia’s self-cultivation world but we are neglecting our purpose here by fighting among ourselves.”

The surrounding self-cultivators talked among themselves with astonishment and a bit of disapproval.

Of course, the object of their disapproval was the Blaze Sect, whose overbearing leader and elders had sought to make trouble for Qingfeng.

Despite their disapproval, the watching self-cultivators didn’t dare to complain out loud since they were weaker than those from the Blaze Sect and thus were afraid to make trouble for themselves.

Looking at the second elder, Qingfeng Li said coldly, “As an old man in your seventies, you are supposed to stay at home and nurse the kids, instead of competing for the position of our self-cultivation world’s alliance chief. What’s more, you are a disgrace to Huaxia’s self-cultivation forces, even seeking trouble of those on your side.”

Qingfeng Li’s words were very cutting as he gave a severe lecture to the second elder, branding him as a disgrace to Huaxia’s self-cultivation world.

The watching self-cultivators cheered silently for Qingfeng Li’s insulting lecture to the second elder. They didn’t dare to express their disapproval of the Blaze Sect and were happy that Qingfeng Li spoke out for them.

Hearing Qingfeng Li’s insulting words, the second elder’s expression was overcome with fury.

He swung out his fist, which instantly arrived before Qingfeng Li with an unrivaled force, intending to crush him into a meat pie.

Indifferently, Qingfeng Li activated his Mortal Purgatory Body technique and released a shining golden light all over his body.

“Strangle Hell Fist, Sixth First – Shattering the Void!” With a shout, Qingfeng Li used the most powerful technique of the Strangle Hell Fist that he had mastered so far.

A giant fist smashed through the space in front of him, with dimensional shards and pieces appearing within the shadow of the fist. Like a flash of lightning, the first crashed into the second elder’s flaming fist.

Boom!

With a huge sound, the second elder’s flaming fist was shattered into countless sparks by Qingfeng Li’s Strangle Hell Fist and vanished in the air.

The second elder retreated one step as astonishment appeared in his eyes.

“How is it possible that you forced me back a step? You are only a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter and you shouldn’t be my match.” The second elder’s face was filled with disbelief.

Not only the second elder, but the mouths of the surrounding self-cultivators were gaping from shock.

“Qingfeng Li is so powerful that he could force the second elder one step back! That just doesn’t make sense anymore!”

“Yeah, right. If it had been me, I would have been crushed into a meat pie from one of the second elder’s slaps, but Qingfeng Li forced him back one step.”

“Qingfeng Li is obviously a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter and the second elder is at the fourth level of Spirit Emperor Realm! How is it possible that Qingfeng’s combat ability be so strong that even the second elder is not his match.”

The watching self-cultivators talked among themselves animatedly, as shock and astonishment filled their eyes.

They all looked at Qingfeng Li with disbelief as if they were looking at a weird demon.

Qingfeng Li looked at the second elder, unsatisfied with his own attack power.

He had been extremely powerful since he had mastered the Sixth Fist – Shattering the Void.

He had killed some self-cultivators with one strike of it, but this time, he had only forced the second elder back one step. The only explanation was that the second elder was indeed very strong.

The second elder glared at Qingfeng Li, raging fury in his eyes.

As the second elder of the Blaze Sect, he was the most powerful fighter besides the sect leader and the first elder.

Now that he had been forced back by Qingfeng Li under the eyes of ten thousand self-cultivators. It was disgraceful.

“Fire Fist, Second Fist – Shattering the World!” With a yell, the second elder launched another attack.

It was a powerful fist technique which formed two flame bolts that attacked Qingfeng Li from the East and West.

The raging fires turned the nearby plants, mountains, and rivers into charcoal and magma, slowly burning their way to Qingfeng.

“His fist seems to contain fist intent.” Qingfeng Li’s expression changed with surprise.

He had not imagined that the second elder had actually gained insight of fist intent.

It was extremely difficult to gain insight of fist intent and only highly talented self-cultivators could accomplish this feat.

Qingfeng Li had gained insight of sword intent but had not succeeded with fist intent.

Qingfeng Li activated the Mortal Purgatory Body and golden light began emitting from all over his body. He decided to unleash all of his strength in the sixth Strangle Hell Fist technique.

He punched out abruptly, and a giant fist appeared out of the void. However, it didn’t defeat the second elder.

The second elder didn’t even retreat since he had blocked Qingfeng Li’s Strangle Hell Fist with his fist intent.

Chapter 1393: Defeating the Second Elder

 

Looking at the second elder, Qingfeng Li’s face turned dark with grimness. He had not expected the old man could have gained insight of fist intent. No wonder he was so overbearing.

“Qingfeng Li, I will see if you can block my fist intent,” looking at Qingfeng Li, the second elder said chillingly.

He swung out his fist, exploding a big hole in the air and crashing towards Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li found that he was emerged in a sea of flames, which was trying to burn him into charcoal.

With a snort, Qingfeng Li said, “Do you think I am afraid of your fist intent? Today I will show you my sword intent.”

Klang!

With a thought, he drew out his Fire Emperor Sword and pointed it abruptly at the second elder.

“Fire Sword Intent.” Qingfeng Li began channeling the Fire Emperor Sword technique and shot out the sword intent along his meridians. The sword intent directly engulfed the second elder as it condensed into countless strands of fiery sword intent around him.

Those red sword intent strands formed high mountains, wide rivers, and rocks around the second elder.

The second elder was shocked, saying, “Sword intent! You have gained insight of the legendary sword intent!”

Among the many self-cultivation techniques, including that of the sword, the saber, the fists, the palms, and the legs, the most difficult one to master was sword intent.

Swords were called the emperor of weapons since they had the most powerful attack power, but very few people could gain insight of sword intent.

No one had imagined that Qingfeng Li would have gained insight of sword intent, and the extent of his insight was much greater than the second elder’s own comprehension of fist intent.

The second elder had only gained insight of thirty percent of fist intent while Qingfeng Li had mastered fifty percent of sword intent.

Qingfeng Li slashed his sword forward with a blazing fire sword energy hotter than before. With a sharp golden aura, the sword cut the second elder’s fist intent into two halves, which quickly dissipated in the air.

“Fire Emperor Sword Technique.” Qingfeng Li stabbed the Fire Emperor Sword forward and conjured a fire dragon which contained a strand of the godly dragon’s aura formed from the dragon blood in his body.

With great speed, the fire dragon flew before the second elder instantly, leaving him no time to dodge.

“Protective light shield.” With a shout, the second elder channeled his fire-element vital essence and formed a red vital essence protective light shield around his body.

Formed with fire-element vital essence, the powerful protective light shield was over two meters high and shielded the second elder completely.

With a cold smile, Qingfeng Li hacked his sword onto the protective light shield, causing a crack to appear.

Crack!

The protective light shield shattered and then vanished.

Qingfeng Li’s Fire Emperor Sword continued its attack and stabbed at the second elder’s heart.

The second elder’s expression changed, not expecting Qingfeng Li would be so vicious that he would try to kill him with one sword strike.

“Fire treasure armor!” With a shout, the second elder activated the armor he was wearing.

It was a powerful red fourth level emperor-grade treasure armor. Made with the fur of emperor-grade demonic beasts, there were no more than five such armors in the whole Blaze Sect and the second elder had one of them.

Qingfeng Li’s sword stabbed onto the Blaze Armor with a crisp sound and the second elder retreated five steps before he regained his balance. But of course, he was not wounded, thanks to the protection of the Blaze Armor.

Qingfeng Li frowned with dissatisfaction. He had thought the attack would kill the second elder, but it was blocked by the powerful treasure armor.

The watching self-cultivators were stunned at what they saw, disbelief in their eyes.

“What did I see?! Qingfeng Li actually defeated the second elder, a fourth level Spirit Emperor Realm master.”

“Yeah, Qingfeng Li is so powerful!.”

“Yeah, I’m afraid I’m no match for Qingfeng Li either.”

The watching self-cultivators talked among themselves, eyes full of shock and awe.

Strong fighters were respected wherever they went and Qingfeng Li gained more respect since he had defeated a master of the older generation at such a young age.

Hearing the comments of the watching self-cultivators, the second elder’s face turned livid.

In his seventies, the second elder was a well-known master in Huaxia’s self-cultivation world. He had swept over Huaxia, defeating many masters dozens of years ago, and he had turned into hermit in the last ten years. He had not expected he would be defeated by Qingfeng Li, which was a great blow to the Blaze Sect’s reputation.

Qingfeng Li waved his hand at the second elder, saying indifferently, “You are too weak.”

With his face darkened, the second elder took one step forward and swung his fist at Qingfeng Li once again, trying to redeem his honor.

Indifferently, Qingfeng Li slashed forward his Fire Emperor Sword, the sharp sword intent shattering the second elder’s fist intent. The sword continued its charge and forced the second elder back again.

Seeing the second elder was no match for Qingfeng Li, Huo Leng, the sect master of the Blaze Sect said, “Second elder, stop your attacks. You are no match for him; let me deal with him.”

The leader of the Blaze Sect decided to kill Qingfeng Li personally and win back the lost honor of his sect.

The Blaze Sect had its origin during the ancient era where it had been a well-known sect in the self-cultivation world.

But it was destroyed in the great war of the ancient era by the invading Saints, with only a handful of disciples surviving.

They hid in a corner of the Earth and left some fragments of their techniques, with which the leader of the Blaze Sect had cultivated and reached the Spirit Emperor Realm.

The Blaze Sect showed its face again at the selection for the alliance chief of Huaxia’s self-cultivation world because they wanted to gain the title and access to the great self-cultivation resources in Huaxia. Equipped with these resources, they could open the forbidden district of self-cultivation and shatter the dimension barrier so they could enter the high-tier planets.

Earth was in a decline with exhausted vital essence and few spiritual devices. All the resources for cultivation such as vitality stones, spirit stones, herbs, spirit fruits, and spiritual treasures were scarce, polluted, or newly-formed.

According to the leader of the Blaze Sect, a cultivator had to leave Earth if he or she wanted to become a saint or an immortal.

Chapter 1394: The Fire Spirit Emperor Fist

 

The leader of the Blaze Sect walked towards Qingfeng Li, intense killing intent raging in his eyes.

In his eyes, Qingfeng Li was already dead, since he had decided to kill him today.

Qingfeng Li had humiliated one of the Blaze Sect’s people under the eyes of countless self-cultivators and Huo Leng, the leader of the Blaze Sect, naturally had to retrieve the lost reputation for his sect.

The sect master of the Blaze Sect had come to Dragon-Tiger Peak to compete for the title of the alliance chief, but the sect was disgraced and mocked by many self-cultivators since Qingfeng had defeated one of its elders.

The leader of the Blaze Sect must kill Qingfeng and regain their lost honor before he could ask the other self-cultivators to follow the Blaze Sect.

Qingfeng Li’s expression changed slightly at the sight of Huo Leng. He sensed a much more powerful presence on this new opponent than both the second and the third elder.

From Huo Leng’s presence, Qingfeng Li found his rival was a powerful fifth level Spirit Emperor Realm master equipped with spiritual treasures and a greater insight in fiery fist intent.

Even the air vibrated when Huo Leng walked. The leaves floated up from the ground and some small rocks turned to dust before vanishing.

The suppression released from Huo Leng was so strong that some nearby small demonic beasts, such as ants, centipedes, and poisonous worms, were instantly shattered.

The nearby self-cultivators turned pale and began to retreat while some of them even began trembling under the strong suppression of Huo Leng.

“Qingfeng Li, today I will show you the true Fire Fist.” Huo Leng smiled coldly, with killing intent flashing in his eyes.

The second elder had used the Fire Fist, but he was defeated by Qingfeng Li. Now Huo Leng intended to show the true power of the Fire Fist to Qingfeng and the observing self-cultivators.

“Fire Spirit Emperor Fist!” With a shout, Huo Leng whipped out his right fist, his fire vital essence surging out and forming a giant fist.

The fire fist was 5,000 meters wide, 1000 meters wider than that of the second elder. And the fist contained greater force and heat, turning everything around it into fire. Some people’s clothes caught fire instantly.

Horrified, the nearby self-cultivators began retreating until they reached a safe spot.

Qingfeng Li’s expression changed, murmuring, “Sixty percent of fist intent? You gained insight into sixty percent of fist intent?”

Grimly, Qingfeng Li drew out the Fire Emperor Sword and hacked it forward. The sword intent formed a huge wall of fire sword intent.

The fire sword intent soared a few thousands of meters into the air, like a rocket flying across the sky. It collided with the giant fire fist with a huge booming sound. A big hole appeared in the air while the whole world turned dark.

Deng! Deng!

Qingfeng Li retreated two steps and his face turned pale. In the collision of attacks, his sword intent was obviously not a match for Huo Leng’s fist intent.

Strictly speaking, Qingfeng Li’s sword intent was supposed to be more powerful but Qingfeng Li had only gained insight into fifty percent of sword intent. Besides, he was only a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter, five levels lower than the leader of the Blaze Sect, which explained why Qingfeng Li took two steps back.

Huo Leng frowned with surprise. He had been very confident in the power of his fire fist, which had killed even Spirit Emperor Realm masters with only one strike.

But Qingfeng Li, a mere half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter, actually blocked his attack and had retreated only two steps. Huo Leng was very displeased with the result.

The watching self-cultivators were also stunned by what they saw, having not expected that Qingfeng Li would be able to block Huo Leng’s attack.

As the leader of the Blaze Sect, Huo Leng was very famous in the self-cultivation world for his great power and advanced techniques. Even the leader of the Sword Emperor Sect was no match for him. But, just now, Qingfeng Li had blocked his attack.

“I will see how many attacks you can block.” Huo Leng smiled coldly, a chilling light flashed in his eyes.

He took one step forward, the hard rock under his foot collapsed like a piece of fragile bean curb and a deep black hole appeared where his foot had been.

With a yell, Huo Leng channeled the fire vital essence in his body and unleashed all his strength in the next launch of the Fire Spirit Emperor Fist.

This time, the fist contained such unrivaled fist intent that it shook the starry sky and broke the space. It crashed toward Qingfeng Li viciously.

Grimly, Qingfeng Li used the Strangle Hell Fist with his left hand and unleashed the Fire Emperor Sword Technique with his right hand. At the same time, he unleashed sword intent, knowing it would be impossible to block his opponent’s powerful fist intent without using it.

Deng! Deng! Deng…

However, Qingfeng was still no match for Huo Leng even after he used both the Strangle Hell Fist and sword intent. He was forced back more than a dozen steps by his opponent’s attack. Pale-faced, Qingfeng Li’s steps were not stable due to the exhaustion of his strength.

Qingfeng Li’s face turned dark, thinking, “Huo Leng is so powerful. He definitely deserves his reputation as the leader of the Blaze Sect and a powerful existence of the self-cultivation world. His fist intent is too powerful for my current level of sword intent.”

Seeing Qingfeng Li was forced to retreat, Linger Yao was worried. She tried to come over and help him but was stopped by the third elder.

“Hehe, the high and dignified leader of Blaze Sect is actually bully a young self-cultivator. How shameless you are.” Suddenly, a mocking voice sounded in the air.

Hearing the mocking voice, the nearby people changed expressions with bafflement.

Huo Leng was the leader of the Blaze Sect, a fifth level Spirit Emperor Realm master and an unrivaled super fighter. No one had ever dared to mock him.

“Who dares to mock me? Come out so I can kill you!” looking toward the nearby group of people, Huo Leng cursed with a loud and furious voice.

“I am coming out. Your Daoist Grand Daddy is not afraid of you.” With that said, a fat Daoist walked out of the group.

The Daoist was in his twenties, almost the same age as Qingfeng Li. He was so fat that his belly protruded out prominently, though his chubby face looked quite cute.

Qingfeng Li looked at the fat taoist with a frown. He was sure he had never seen him before and wondered why the Daoist wanted to help him.

Chapter 1395: The Black Ball

 

Qingfeng Li asked the fat daoist beside him, “I don’t know you. Who are you?”

The fat daoist smiled, saying, “You don’t have to know me since I know you. You are Qingfeng Li, the strongest among the younger generation of Huaxia’s self-cultivators.”

With a frown, Qingfeng Li said, “You know a lot about me, but who are you and what’s your name?”

The fat daoist shook his head and didn’t answer. Instead he looked at the leader of the Blaze Sect.

The leader of Blaze Sect released his spirit energy but didn’t detect a strong fighter’s presence from the fat daoist. If the Daoist was just an ordinary man, why would he dare to come out and stop him, a sect leader? The fat daoist was very strange.

“I don’t care where you are from. Since you dared to stop me, you will face severe consequences.” Huo Leng threatened the fat daoist, trying to frighten him off since he couldn’t see through the true power of the Daoist.

The fat daoist said, “Someone asked me to protect Qingfeng Li. You can’t hurt him unless you defeat me first.”

“Fat daoist, since you insist, I will not show mercy to you.” Huo Leng smiled coldly, chilling light flashing in his eyes.

Huo Leng channeled the fire vital essence in his body and swung out his right fist which turned into a huge fire fist and crashed toward the fat daoist viciously.

The fat daoist stood there calmly without moving. He didn’t even try to block or attack.

Qingfeng Li frowned with puzzlement, “What’s wrong with this fat daoist? Why are you standing there dazed while Huo Leng’s attack is almost upon you?”

Not only Qingfeng Li, but the watching self-cultivators were puzzled at the fat daoist’s behavior as well. They didn’t sense any cultivation or power from him, except his arrogance.

With a slight smile, the fat daoist suddenly took out a black shield from his pocket.

The black shield was only of the size of a palm. On it were engraved countless Heavenly Dao runes which twinkled like black jumping tadpoles.

The fat daoist tossed forward the palm-sized black shield which turned into a huge shield standing before him.

The huge shield was at least two meters long and one third of a meter thick. Releasing black light, the shield stood before the fat daoist.

Huo Leng’s red fire fist crashed with vicious force onto the black shield with a loud booming sound but the fist couldn’t shatter the shield.

Surprise appeared in Huo Leng’s eyes. His fire fist shatter mountains, crack the earth, and even force Qingfeng Li back. How could such humble-looking black shield block his fist?

Huo Leng didn’t admit defeat. He launched a series of fist attacks toward the fat daoist.

But the black shield contained powerful defensive strength and blocked all of Huo Leng’s attacks.

Huo Leng launched more than a dozen fist attacks, which contained raging fires and fist intent, but they were useless against the black shield. He became very frustrated and angry.

The people around were all astonished by what they saw. They looked at the fat daoist in amazement.

The black shield was obviously a powerful defensive spiritual treasure, which could withstand attacks from a fifth level Spirit Emperor Realm master.

Looking at the fat daoist before him, Qingfeng Li was also surprised.

In the beginning, he had thought that the fat daoist was only an ordinary person because there was no vital essence or oppressive aura coming off of his body.

But now Qingfeng Li knew the fat daoist had been concealing his true power from them. Obviously, the fat daoist had many spiritual treasures with him, not only the black shield that blocked Huo Leng’s attack.

Qingfeng Li had a feeling that even his own Fire Emperor Sword could not break the powerful black shield.

Qingfeng Li had studied the runes of Heavenly Dao before and could sense that every rune on the black shield contained the Heavenly Dao’s powerful aura.

“Fat daoist, is defense all that you can do? Don’t hide behind the black shield. Attack me if you have guts,” his face darkened, Huo Leng said to the fat daoist.

Finding out that his fist techniques couldn’t break his opponent’s defense, Huo Leng tried to prod him to attack, thinking that the fat daoist had weak attacking power.

Hearing Huo Leng’s provoking words, the fat daoist smiled coldly. Huo Leng thought him weak, but actually he had many great techniques to launch.at his disposal.

“Huo Leng, since you asked, I will show you my attacking power. I only wish you don’t cry.” the fat daoist smiled coldly, contempt in his eyes.

A thought occurred to the fat daoist and he took out a ball as big as an egg.

The black shining ball looked quite ordinary. It didn’t release strong presence and looked like neither a spiritual treasure or a spiritual device.

With his right hand, the fat daoist threw the black ball at Huo Leng.

Huo Leng smiled coldly with contempt in his eyes, thinking the fat daoist was only bluffing.

He swung his fist, which transformed into a giant fire fist, intending to explode the ordinary-looking iron ball.

But his expression changed sharply the moment his fist made the contact with the black ball, which exploded like a bucket of dynamite.

Boom!

With a huge sound, the sky, the air, and the dimension was cracked while Huo Leng’s fire fist shattered and his right fist became a bloody mass.

Huo Leng’s expression changed greatly. His face darkened, he leapt up and retreated quickly.

He glanced at his right hand and saw the flesh had been blown off and his bones were exposed to the air.

The people nearby were all dazed by what they saw, and their eyes were full of disbelief as if they had seen a ghost.

“F**k! What is the black ball that the fat daoist had just taken out? It was so powerful that it wounded Huo Leng, a fifth level Spirit Emperor Realm master.” They talked among themselves animatedly.

Looking at the fat daoist standing before him, Qingfeng Li was stunned.

Chapter 1396: The Treasure Daoist

 

“What is the black ball that the fat daoist threw out? How was it so powerful that it even wounded Huo Leng?”

“How would I know? I didn’t expect the fat daoist to be this powerful.”

“You are wrong. I don’t think the fat daoist is powerful, but his black ball is surely something.”

The surrounding self-cultivators talked among themselves, their eyes full of astonishment. Of course, they were not astonished by the fat daoist’s strength but the power of the black ball and the black shield.

Hearing the comments of the nearby self-cultivators, Huo Leng’s face turned dark and chilling light flashed in his eyes. As strong as he was, Huo Leng had not expected that he would have been wounded by a black ball.

Suddenly a thought occurred to Huo Leng and his expression changed. He asked, “Black Fire Grenade! That’s a Black Fire Grenade in your hand.”

The fat daoist snapped his fingers and snickered, “Congratulations! You are right; it is indeed Black Fire Grenade.”

Hearing the fat daoist’s confirmation, Huo Leng’s expression changed, shock in his eyes.

According to the legends, the Black Fire Grenade was a well-known existence during the ancient era.

There had been a master of forging weapons during that period, and he was known as the Weapon Saint.

The Weapon Saint didn’t cultivate martial techniques, but rather specialized in making weapons. He was so good at what he did that he became a powerful Saint. The weapons he made, such as swords, sabers, iron clubs, and hammers, possessed such powerful attacking power that they could kill a Saint with one strike.

The Weapon Saint himself was not very powerful, so he made many powerful Black Fire Grenades for self-protection.

Black Fire Grenades were categorized into different levels, such as the Saint Black Fire Grenade which could kill Saints, and the Black Fire Grenades that could kill Spirit King Realm masters, Spirit Emperor Realm masters, Spirit Supreme Realm masters, and Spirit Royal Realm masters.

Huo Leng was sure that the fat daoist was holding Spirit Emperor Black Fire Grenade in his hands.

His face dark, Huo Leng retreated and dared not to attack the fat daoist, knowing that he was no match for the Black Fire Grenade.

At this moment, Jianhuang Zhao, the leader of Sword Emperor Sect, recognized the fat daoist.

“Are you the Treasure Daoist of the self-cultivation world?” Jianhuang Zhao asked in surprise.

The fat daoist turned his head and answered, “You seem to know your daddy.”

Jianhuang Zhao’s expression changed. As the leader of Sword Emperor Sect, he was quite famous in the world of self-cultivators since few self-cultivators could exceed him in strength. Jianhuang Zhao was very displeased that a young daoist in his twenties had called himself ‘Daddy’ in front of him.

Thinking of the strong power of the fat daoist and his Black Fire Grenade which had wounded the leader of Blaze Sect, Jianhuang Zhao suppressed his anger since he didn’t want his own fist to be wounded by the fat daoist.

Huo Leng’s expression changed and a chilling light flashed in his eyes. From Jianhuang Zhao’s comment, he realized that the fat daoist was the legendary Treasure Daoist.

The Treasure Daoist had shown his face in the world of Huaxia self-cultivators only three months ago and his appearance caused a stormy upheaval.

The Treasure Daoist was not strong himself, but he had many spiritual treasures. No matter if it was attacking spiritual treasures, defensive spiritual treasures, flying spiritual treasures, or escaping spiritual treasures, they were all unrivaled.

Each time the Treasure Daoist met a rival or an enemy, he would use his spiritual treasures instead of attacks to defeat them.

His opponents were very frustrated since they were not all not afraid of his strength, but his spiritual treasures could easily seriously wound them or even kill them.

From the comments of the nearby people, Qingfeng Li knew the name of Treasure Daoist. The guy had treasures all over him.

Qingfeng Li’s eyes heated since he loved spiritual treasures the most and the Treasure Daoist was a walking treasure vault.

Seeing Qingfeng Li’s heated glance, Treasure Daoist was startled, saying, “Qingfeng Li, don’t look at me that way. It feels like you are in love with me.”

Qingfeng Li rolled his eyes in frustration and said, “I wouldn’t like you since you are fat and a man. What I like are your treasures.”

Treasure Daoist retreated two steps with fright, saying, “Qingfeng Li, I saved you today. You can’t take my spiritual treasures.”

He knew everything about Qingfeng Li, who was a super strong fighter with an unimaginably great future. He was asked by an unrivaled master to protect Qingfeng Li, otherwise he wouldn’t have shown himself.

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly. He had guessed that the Treasure Daoist was sent by someone to protect him and he was just teasing about his treasures.

Besides, he himself had many powerful spiritual treasures. For example, his Golden Flames was one of the top 100 fires in the universe and could even kill a Saint when it was used.

But the current power of the Gold Fire was limited since Qingfeng Li had only mastered five percent of its strength.

“Treasure Daoist, please help Linger Yao defeat the third elder,” Qingfeng Li said to the Treasure Daoist with a smile.

Since he knew that the Treasure Daoist was his friend, Qingfeng Li decided to make full use of him. It would be a crime to let such a powerful strong fighter stand idle.

Speechless, Treasure Daoist rolled his eyes. But the unrivalled strong fighter had told him to do whatever Qingfeng Li asked him.

If anything happened to Qingfeng Li, the Treasure Daoist would be put into a nest of snakes to be their food.

With a thought, Treasure Daoist took out from his interspatial ring a Black Fire Grenade and threw it at the third elder.

The third elder of Blaze Sect was terrified at the sight of the Black Fire Grenade thrown her way.

She had witnessed her sect leader being wounded by the Black Fire Grenade and knew that she was no match for it since her power was inferior to her sect leader.

The third elder leapt up high in the air trying to flee, but the Black Fire Grenade was too fast for her, landing on herinstantly.

Boom!

With a huge sound, the Black Fire Grenade exploded with a column of black fire which burned up the whole sky.

The third elder was set on fire, which burned her clothes and a hole in her body.

Ignoring the pathetic third elder, Qingfeng Li walked to Linger Yao, saying, “Linger Yao, are you ok?”

Chapter 1397: Concerned about Linger Yao

 

Linger Yao shook her head, saying, “I am fine.”

Qingfeng Li said with a slight smile, “Good. How have you been recently?”

Linger Yao frowned, since it was the first time that a man showed concern for her. She was not used to it.

As the leader of the Demon-imperial Sect, Linger Yao had lived in the sect since she was little, and she had done nothing but cultivate since the last sect leader had planned early for her to be the next sect leader.

She put all her time and attention on cultivation and had never thought about relationships.

Of course, she was courted by some strong self-cultivators, but they were all defeated by her with one palm strike.

Her standard for her mate was very simple: he must be an unrivalled strong fighter and could defeat her.

But in the whole world of self-cultivators, only a handful could defeat Linger Yao. The strong fighters from super sects were mostly over seventy years old and some of them were even over 100 years, and thus were impossible to be her boyfriend.

The fat daoist walked to the side of Qingfeng Li, saying, “I hate to interrupt your lovers’ talk but don’t forget that I saved you both.”

Smiling slightly, Qingfeng Li said, “Thank you for rescuing me. I wonder which powerful senior had asked you to save me.”

The fat daoist shook his head, saying, “It is a secret. But in short, I will protect you.”

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly but didn’t continue asking. In fact, he had not needed the protection of the fat daoist, since he had many powerful cultivation techniques that he had yet to use, such as the Golden Flames with which he could have defeated the leader of the Blaze Sect. But he didn’t want to hurt the fat daoist by refusing his kind help.

Thanks to the fat daoist’s protection, the leader and the disciples of the Blaze Sect stopped making trouble for Qingfeng Li.

The fat daoist had awed everyone so much with his many spiritual treasures that not only the leader of the Blaze Sect, but the other self-cultivation sects as well dared not to make trouble for Qingfeng Li.

The leader of the Blaze Sect cast a cold glance at Qingfeng Li before walking forward. He swore silently that he would get his revenge in the future.

Qingfeng Li had naturally noticed that cold glance, but he didn’t care because he didn’t think Huo Leng was a threat to him.

Qingfeng Li led Black Puppy and Sky-Devouring Snake forward. In the square ahead of them, a large number of self-cultivators had gathered. Some strong self-cultivators stood in the front of the group and waited for the alliance chief selection competition to begin.

There were two people presiding over this selection competition for the alliance chief of Huaxia’s self-cultivators.

One was Fengwu Cao, the director of the Special Security Bureau, and the other was Qixuan Zhenren.

Qixuan Zhenren flew into the square.

He was an old man over 200 years. White-bearded and white-haired, his back was straight. Wearing a gray robe, he stood there and released such a powerful presence that the whole world stilled in front of him.

Qixuan Zhenren had a great reputation in the world of self-cultivators. 200 years ago, he had been a famous strong fighter on the Earth and was unrivalled in Huaxia.

One hundred years ago, when the world of Huaxia’s self-cultivators was in danger, he had helped them fight the devil forces, which was why many self-cultivators admired Qixuan Zhenren very much.

Now, the world of Huaxia’s self-cultivators was facing a great crisis that had not happened in the last thousand years. Under the assault of ten thousand western self-cultivators, the world of Eastern self-cultivation was in the danger of extinction.

At this critical moment, Qixuan Zhenren walked out of his cultivation abode and took the mantle of a leader among Huaxia’s self-cultivators.

“Qixuan Zhenren, when will the selection for the Chief of Huaxia self-cultivators begin?”

“Yeah, Qixuan Zhenren, please announce the time since we have waited here for a long time. Besides, you must tell us the competition rules.”

“Qixuan Zhenren, don’t delay anymore. Most of the disciples in our sect have been killed by the western self-cultivators.”

The attending self-cultivators began to ask him questions all at once.

If it had been another person who was presiding over the competition, the self-cultivators would have been beating him up by now. But due to the great prestige and reputation of Qixuan Zhenren, the gathered self-cultivators were restrained and only offered their suggestions and ideas.

Qixuan Zhenren extended his withered hand and smoothed his white beard before saying, “Calm down, everyone. We will announce the alliance chief selection rules after some powerful isolated self-cultivation sects show up.”

“Qixuan Zhenren, all the powerful self-cultivation sects have come. What other sects are we waiting for?” a short-haired woman asked.

Qingfeng Li frowned when he recognized the short-haired woman as Xiao Li. Qingfeng Li had saved her in Hell and she harbored some secret affections for Qingfeng Li.

Looking at the pretty face of Xiao Li, Qixuan Zhenren smiled. He explained, “There are hidden dragons and tigers in the world of Huaxia self-cultivators. During the ancient era, there were many powerful sects.

Some of them were destroyed and some have concealed themselves. They hid in remote places and will not show themselves until the moments when the world of Huaxia’s self-cultivators faces the danger of extinction.”

Xiao Li blinked and said “Oh, I understand now.”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh…

At that moment, a group of black-clothed people showed up. Clothed in black robes, they walked in the air and released a strong chilling presence.

The powerful black-robed self-cultivators were not orthodox self-cultivators because their eyes gave off a chilling light of evil. They landed in the center of the square and looked at the surrounding self-cultivators.

The surrounding self-cultivators turned pale and began to retreat, not daring to look them in the eye.

Qixuan Zhenren frowned at the black-robed self-cultivators in disapproval. He said, “Guys form Ghost-Emperor Sect, since you are here, you must follow the rules here. We are all Eastern self-cultivators and face the common enemy of the Western self-cultivators. You must not look at the people around you with hostility.”

Hearing Qixuan Zhenren’s admonishment, the leader of the black-robed self-cultivators smiled slightly and nodded in understanding.

Qingfeng Li looked out and saw the leader was a middle-age man in his fifties.

The man was pale and gloomy. With a thin figure, his long and narrow eyes flashed chilling lights which gave people goosebumps.

Chapter 1398: Hidden Monster

 

“Ghost-Emperor Sect, I can’t believe he’s from the Ghost-Emperor Sect.” Qingfeng Li’s eyebrows curled as a shred of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

As a self-cultivator in Huaxia, Qingfeng Li had undoubtedly heard legends about the Ghost-Emperor Sect. It was said to be a mysterious supreme and impregnable sect that usually remained hidden away. When it did appear though, a blood storm would be stirred up and a reign of terror would be carried out.

The Ghost-Emperor Sect was also an intermediate emperor level sect, just like the Blaze Sect.

The Sect Master of Ghost-Emperor Sect was named Xiao Gui. He was said to have control over immense ghost power and could command ferocious phantoms from hell.

Xiao Gui looked at Qingfeng Li coldly and said sternly, “You are Qingfeng Li, right? You are the one who killed my disciple, Ghost King, are you not?”

Qingfeng Li responded cooly and without a care, “Ghost King was trying to kill me then, so I definitely had to fight back and kill him first. Do you have a problem with that?”

Qingfeng Li still held a grudge against the kind of person Ghost King was. Back then, Ghost King belonged to the Ghost King Palace and was incredibly strong. He abducted Ruyan Liu and almost caused Ruyan Liu, who was pregnant at the time, to lose her life and the life of her baby.

Qingfeng Li was furious because of that, so he not only killed Ghost King, but also the Black and White Impermanences of the Ghost King Palace, Hell King, and many others.

From what it seemed now, the Ghost King Palace of the Tianjing City was probably related to the Ghost-Emperor Sect somehow. Or else Xiao Gui wouldn’t know so much.

“Qingfeng Li, how dare you slaughter the disciples of the Ghost-Emperor Sect! Today, I will let you know that we are not people that you can mess with and then walk away without any consequences.” Xiao Gui’s face became scary as he threatened Qingfeng.

Qingfeng Li smiled calmly. He took the threat lightly because he did not feel threatened by Xiao Gui at all.

Those who were watching heard Xiao Gui’s threat and became astonished; they even found the intimidation a little funny.

These people had just witnessed the fight between Qingfeng Li and the Sect Master of the Blaze Sect. Qingfeng Li held no regard even for the Blaze Sect, let alone the Ghost-Emperor Sect.

However, those of the Ghost-Emperor Sect had just arrived and had no idea about what had happened there before their arrival. If they knew of Qingfeng Li’s power and that he had the Treasure Daoist and Linger Yao on his side, they would not have tried to threaten him.

Xiao Gui took a look around at the self-cultivators surrounding him, their reactions confusing him.

Xiao Gui could not understand why the self-cultivators looked astonished and even entertained instead of being intimidated when they heard his threat to Qingfeng Li. Their reactions were as though they believed Qingfeng Li to be some kind of invincible master.

Xiao Gui said to the Third Elder beside him, “Go teach Qingfeng Li a lesson. Let him know the consequences of messing with the Ghost-Emperor Sect.”

An elderly man in a black robe beside Xiao Gui walked out and moved towards Qingfeng Li.

He was an elderly man in his 70s, yet his hair was not grey, but shiny black, dark, and voluminous.

Those of the Ghost-Emperor Sect practiced a kind of unorthodox cultivation technique. As a result, all of their skin and hair were black instead of white-grey due to aging.

The Third Elder of the Ghost-Emperor Sect knew an unorthodox technique that allowed him to attack self-cultivators with sound waves that could shatter the self-cultivators’ spirits.

Qixuan Zhenren saw that the Third Elder of the Ghost-Emperor Sect had walked forward and warned, “The competition for the Chief of the world of self-cultivators is about to start. Fighting is forbidden here.”

Upon hearing Qixuan Zhenren’s words, the Third Elder of the Ghost-Emperor Sect nodded in compliance, “Now that the esteemed Qixuan Zhenren has spoken, I will spare Qingfeng Li’s life for now.”

Needless to say, as a senior figure in the world of self-cultivators in Huaxia, Qixuan Zhenren had unsurpassable power and reputation, even the elder of the Ghost-Emperor Sect had to obey him out of respect.

Qingfeng Li frowned and secretly let out a sigh. He actually did not mind if the elder of the Ghost-Emperor Sect started a fight with him at all. That way, he would have an excuse to badly cripple him.

Now that Qixuan Zhenren had warned the crowd about fighting, Qingfeng Li had to show respect as well, so he refrained himself.

The crowd had moved to the plaza at the front and patiently waited for Qixuan Zhenren to speak again.

However, Qixuan Zhenren seemed to be still waiting for other powerhouses to show up, as he remained silent.

A moment later, an aeroboat flew across the sky and landed in front of the crowd.

The aeroboat was enormous, the size of a small mountain. Every part of the aeroboat was made with precious meteor stones.

Moreover, countless Heavenly Dao talisman scriptures were carved on the surface of the aeroboat. Between the heavenly Dao talisman scriptures lined a great amount of rough stones. The flight array formation formed by the rough stones and talisman scriptures was the reason this enormous aeroboat could fly.

The front of the aeroboat held many people, and the leader of them all was a middle-aged man who was likely in his late 30s. Every feature on his face displayed his resiliance and strength – his square face, bold and dark eyebrows, and straight Grecian nose. Wearing a long teal robe, every part of him was giving out a powerful aura.

A single glance downward exuded terrifying atmosphere, and everyone couldn’t help but lower their heads, too afraid to look up again.

Qingfeng Li also felt a sting in his eyes. He could tell that this middle-aged man was immensely powerful and had invincible strength, even more so than the Sect Masters of the Blaze Sect and the Ghost-Emperor Sect.

Qingfeng Li asked Fengwu Cao who was standing next to him, “Who is this? How is he so strong?”

Fengwu Cao looked concerned and replied solemnly, “I had read about him in the Hidden Figures of the World of Self-cultivators in Huaxia. He is Taixu Jiang, the Sect Master of the Five-Elements Sect.”

“Five-Elements Sect? What kind of sect is that?” Qingfeng Li asked as he frowned.

Looking even more concerned, Fengwu Cao whispered, “Qingfeng Li, let me tell you this. The Five-Elements Sect is an advanced emperor level sect, and their Sect Master is a master at the eighth level of the Spirit Emperor Realm – he is invincible.”

Fengwu Cao’s words brought a hint of worry onto Qingfeng Li’s face. He now understood why he felt oppressed by the presence of this middle-aged man. Masters in the eighth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm were extremely powerful. At his current level, Qingfeng Li would not stand a chance against them.

Qingfeng Li was surprised that the competition for the alliance chief of the world of self-cultivators in Huaxia had drawn out so many hidden monsters.

Qingfeng Li had heard that the Five-Elements Sect had their heritage from the ancient continents. Even back then, the Five-Elements Sect was an acclaimed sect with great reputation. The sect was situated on the Five-Elements Mountain, an alp with a long history tracing back to the primordial chaos.

The Five-Elements Mountain supposedly had existed since the primordial chaos and had survived the prehistoric era, the uncivilized era, and the ancient era. Even now, the Five-Elements Mountain still stood firm and upright, only now, the location of the Five-Elements Mountain had become a secret to many self-cultivators. It was said to be hidden in a clandestine corner of the Earth, even more difficult to locate than the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

What were the five elements? They were Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth – the most basic forces of the world and the most basic elements of life.

Qingfeng Li gave Black Puppy a little kick and asked quietly, “Puppy, do you think you can defeat the Sect Master of the Five-Elements Sect?”

Black Puppy rolled its eyes as it responded, “Even back in the ancient era, when I was at the top of my game, I was only able to tie with the Saints from the Five-Elements Sect. Now that their Sect Master is at the Eighth Level of the Spirit Emperor Realm, and I have only just entered the Spirit Emperor Realm, I am certainly no match for him.”