Immortal of the Nine Realms

”We’re finished! We’re finished!” Zhong Yue and the other two were sweating buckets. The Heavenly Southern Sect was the largest sect in the south, and it had a senior at the grand completion stage of Foundation Building Realm at its helm! Now that their sect leader had killed one of their disciples, that senior will differently not sit still! They were definitely done for!

Jin Nan’s expression shifted erratically, bewildered. He never expected Fang Chen to actually make a move out of the blue like this!

Finally, after a brief moment of pin-drop silence, all hell broke loose. The disciples stared at Fang Chen with fury spilling out of their eyes.

”Kill him! Avenge Senior Brother Feng!”

”Didn’t I tell you that there will be a good show?” Daoist Ya’s expression was strange. “But it looks like the swordsman has some kind of vendetta with the Heavenly Southern Sect?”

Elder Su and the others looked at each other, but they remained seated. They weren’t planning on getting involved in any of this.

Fang Chen turned to the sixth king, a smile on his face. ”Was that performance to your liking?”

The sixth king fixed his gaze on Fang Chen, and his lips suddenly curved. ”You think that’ll scare me? I want to see how you’ll talk this one out with the Heavenly Southern Sect.” He then looked at the Foundation Building Realm disciples of the Heavenly Southern Sect, who had already surrounded Fang Chen’s jade platform. ”He killed one of your disciples in your very own sect. Let’s see how you’ll handle this.”

The faces of the Foundation Building Realm disciples were very ugly. Glancing at the corpse sprawled on the floor, they turned their heads toward Fang Chen slowly, their eyes filled with dread.

This was supposedly the Qingzhou Sword Sect Master. It was necessary to determine the relationship between him and Long Tianxing before they did anything.

One of them had seen Jin Nan speak with Fang Chen before, so he figured they were acquainted. He looked at Jin Nan. ”Elder Jin Nan, who exactly is this? And why did he kill one of our disciples?”

Jin Nan’s face fell.

Worried about Fang Chen’s backing, he decided to sit on the fence on this one.”There should be a misunderstanding somewhere,” he said.

Everyone was stunned.

A misunderstanding?

How could an Elder of the Heavenly Southern Sect say this when one of their disciples had just been killed in their sect?!

As shocked as the Foundation Building disciples were, they weren’t idiots, so they were quick to notice that something was afoot here, and they eyed Fang Chen suspiciously.

Xia Yu and Liu Suifeng looked at each other and saw the deep horror in each other’s eyes. ”Who exactly is he?!”

A Foundation Building Realm cultivator couldn’t take that, and he barked, ”A misunderstanding!” Turning to Elder Jin Nan slowly, he thundered, “Feng Buping was my disciple! And this person just killed him right in front of me! What misunderstanding could there be!”

The sixth king watched this unfold with his lips curved in glee. ”Now this is interesting.”

Looks like the new sect master of the Qingzhou Sword Sect has quite the origin....

”Let me handle this... I will offer everyone a satisfactory answer later,” said Jin Nan in a deep voice.

Hardly had Elder Jin Nan said that when Yu Yuefan, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth. ”Elder Jin Nan, I’ll take care of this. Junior Brother Feng and I have always had a good relationship. Now that he was killed in front of me, I’ll be the one to offer him an explanation in death.”

The disciples of the Heavenly Southern Sect were suddenly excited. ”Senior Brother Yu is going to make a move!”

The few Foundation Building Realm cultivators immediately fell silent, tactfully agreeing with Yue Yuefan.

Seeing everyone’s gaze converging on him, Yu Yuefan waved his sleeve, closing Feng Buping’s eyes. He then looked at Fang Chen. “You’ve killed Junior Brother Feng during my celebration banquet because of a small misunderstanding,” he said “I want to know, are you a demonic cultivator?” Before Fang Chen could reply, Yue Yuefan chuckled. ”Forget it, you don’t have to answer. You’ll be joining him soon anyway.”

Yue Yuefan’s spiritual energy began to spill outwards, and in an instant, even the Qi Refining Realm cultivators present felt immense pressure weighing down on their chests.

Even the early-stage Foundation Building cultivators around couldn’t help but feel astonished; they hadn’t expected Yue Yuefan to be this strong. Even though he had just broken through to the Foundation Building Realm, he seemed no weaker than them.

Fang Chen looked calmly at Yu Yuefan. There were no signs of spiritual energy around him at all, unlike Yue Yuefan. It didn’t seem as though he was about to confront a Foundation Building Realm cultivator.

Gritting his teeth, Jin Nan swooped in to stand in between the two, his back to Yue Yuefan.”Daoist Fang Chen, can you give me some face? I know you have remarkable backing, but your strength.... You still can’t compare to someone at the Foundation Building Realm. As the saying goes—a wise man never fights when the odds are against him. Why don’t you listen to me this time?”

Daoist... Fang Chen?

The expressions of the many people around shifted.

The sixth princess stared blankly at the man wearing a silver mask. He’s Fang Chen? Grand Xia’s Fang Chen?

Elder Su, Fire Cloud Immortal, and Daoist Ya, who had all once been to Grand Xia, looked at each other in astonishment.

Could it be a coincidence? Similar names?

Although the Fang Chen they knew had a remarkable background, his actual strength wasn’t really all that high. How could he have suddenly become the Qingzhou Sword Sect Leader?

Moreover, they’d heard that the current Qingzhou Sword Sect Master had killed a late-stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator, which didn’t match what they knew about Fang Chen.

”Elder Jin Nan, who is this Daoist?”

Jin Nan was astonished to hear that, and he turned to look at them. ”Don’t you know? He is Daoist Fang. We met him in Grand Xia.”

Everyone was dumbfounded to hear that.

How could it be him?!

Recalling one point, Xia Yu took a cold breath. He turned to the two beside him and they all saw the shock in each other’s eyes. The way Fang Chen killed Feng Buping... it felt very familiar; they had seen it once, in that place!

”This doesn’t make any sense...” said the sixth princess under her breath.

It was then that Pancake Zhang suddenly left the side of Elder Su and walked up to Fang Chen. With clasped hands, he bowed. ”Zhang Xiaoke pays respects to you, my lord.”

”Isn’t that Elder Su’s promising new disciple?”

”He knows him, too?”

”What’s he doing? Even if he knows him, he can’t go greeting him right now!”

Whispers erupted among the guests.

Elder Su furrowed her brow even more, but she didn’t say anything. Meanwhile, Yan Ruyue beside her seemed lost in thought.

”How could it be him...?” murmured Daoist Ya.

Looking at Pancake Zhang for a moment, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Fang Chen’s lips. ”Silly child,” he called. “Why would you let everyone learn that you know me in this situation?”

Zhang Xiaoke smiled. ”I am delighted to see you here. If I can join hands with you to face the enemy today, I will have no regrets even in death.”

The faces of Zhong Yue and the other two froze. The genius Spirit Beast Valley had just recruited was willing to stand against the Heavenly Southern Sect with their leader? That was tantamount to betraying the Spirit Beast Valley! They had never heard of such a thing ever happening in the empire before!

This guy had just stepped onto the first stage of the Qi Refining Realm, yet he had not only almost defected from his sect, but he had also dared to oppose the Heavenly Southern Sect!

Everyone suddenly swiveled their heads to look at Elder Su subconsciously.

Elder Su’s face grew uglier by the second. She glared at Zhang Xiaoke hotly. ”If you come back right this second, I will pretend I didn’t hear what you just said.”

Zhang Xiaoke looked at Elder Su, his smile apologetic. ”Master, my life was given by my lord. I can only return it to him if need be,” he said. “You’ve always taken good care of me back at the sect—which I am eternally grateful to you for. I hope we can be master and disciple in the next life too.”

The sixth princess was stunned. Why... would a street vendor from Grand Xia be willing to face death with Fang Chen?