Immortal of the Nine Realms

The Sixth King chuckled. ”I’ve just heard that you killed the Sea Dragon Sect’s young sect master back when you docked your ship at the Bai Family port, Sect Leader Fang.”

The smiles on the faces of the Liu and Huang family ancestors froze suddenly, and uncertainty welled up in their eyes.

Even the Bai Family ancestor was stunned. He killed the young sect master of the Sea Dragon Sect?

Fang Chen nodded with a smile. ”Yeah, I did do that.”

”Well, what a coincidence we have here! These two over there were just saying that they are helping the Sea Dragon Sect by leveling the Bai Family.” The Sixth King pointed his finger at Huang Xuankong. “I wonder what you think about this?”

The Bai Family members were quick to catch on. This man in the silver mask was the one who had killed the young sect master of the Sea Dragon Sect?

The Bai Family’s ancestor’s face lit up with excitement. ‘We’re saved!’

Fang Chen turned to Huan Xuankong. ”You’re saying the Sea Dragon Sect asked you to wipe out the Bai Family?” He pointed at himself. ”Is it because of me?”

Huang Xuankong broke out in a cold sweat. ”Y-y-y-you are...”

The Liu Family ancestor didn’t say a word, but one could tell how nervous he was by his trembling hands.

Fang Chen’s lips curled. ”I was the one who killed the Sea Dragon Sect’s young sect master, and I was also the one who killed two of their Island Lords.”

Silence fell upon the two men.

The members of the two families grew scared.

Huang Lingyue had already been able to tell that something just wasn’t right here. But when he heard Fang Chen confess to these things so directly, his heart sank.

Suddenly, Bai Qianqian stepped forward, clasping her fist. ”Senior, we’re the ones who told you about the Sapphire Lotus Seeds, and these two families want to exterminate our family because of that, so I implore you to uphold justice!”

Huang Xuankong took a deep breath, trying to calm his throbbing nerves. He thought back to the fact that he had the support of the Sea Dragon Sect, which offered him a bit of solace in this dire situation. “You’re twisting your words, young lass. We’re only acting on behalf of the Sea Dragon Sect. This has absolutely nothing to do with anything between us.” He turned to Fang Chen with a clasped fist. “I am Huang Xuankong, and I was just doing what I’ve been entrusted to do,” he said. “I trust you won’t blame me for this.”

Those words pulled the Liu Family ancestor back to his senses. Indeed, they had the Sea Dragon Sect backing them, what could they possibly be afraid of?

A smile came to rest on his lips, and he began, ”Immortal Sea Dragon is the only cultivator in the Golden Core Realm in this region. We have no choice but to obey his orders.”

Underneath his words was a hint of threat, and it was suggesting to Fang Chen that he’d better not do anything out of line.

None of the people around were naturally scared by his attempt to threaten them.

With a raised brow, Daoist Ya curiously asked, ”Don’t your families have any informants? Haven’t you heard of any of the news that has been circulating around lately?”

The two men were taken aback. ”What news?”

”Sigh. Being out of touch can really lead to trouble,” said Daoist Ya, shaking his head.

A Foundation Building Realm cultivator smiled and said, “Immortal Sea Dragon was at the Heavenly Southern Sect a few days ago. Sect Leader Fang was also there.”

Another person added, ”But Sect Leader Fang killed the late-stage Foundation Building Realm Passing Dragon Island Master even before that, way back. I suppose you were unaware of this too?”

The members of the two families were struck dumb, and their eyes widened and their mouths went agape as they looked at Fang Chen.

”He... killed the Passing Dragon Island Lord?”

The Passing Dragon Island Lord was ranked in the top three of all the Foundation Building Realm experts of the Sea Dragon Sect, just behind another late-stage Foundation Building Realm expert and a grand completion stage Foundation Building Realm expert.

He was actually capable of killing such a figure?!

”But wait, I don’t understand. Given the enmity between Immortal Sea Dragon and Sect Leader Fang, how is he still alive if they’d come face to face?” asked Huang Xuankong instinctively.

Daoist Ya chuckled. ”Yeah, well, that’s the whole point. Immortal Sea Dragon was slapped away by a senior from Sect Leader Fang’s sect. We don’t know if he’s alive or dead, but he isn’t coming back any time soon, that’s for sure.”

Huang Xuankong and the others felt a chill run down their spines, and their skins pimpled with goosebumps as they went rigid all over. They quickly tried to read into the expressions of the Sixth King and the others, but the looks on their faces only added to their fright. They were actually dead serious!

The Bai Family ancestor looked at the two men with schadenfreude. He then turned to Fang Chen and bowed. ”Sect Leader Fang, these two people have deep ties with the Sea Dragon Sect,” he said. “They often claim to be their partners so that they could strengthen their position around the coastal areas.”

The Sixth King suggested, ”Since we’re raiding the Sea Dragon Sect, Sect Leader Fang, shouldn’t we deal with all the small fries tied to them first? What do you think?”

”Then let’s kill them all. I’ll take their treasures. You can have their spiritual herbs and spirit stones, I don’t need those,” said Fang Chen with a smile.

”Wait, wait!” said Huang Xuankong quickly, waving his hand in the air. ”There’s no enmity between us! We were only slightly involved with the Sea Dragon Sect...”

The Sixth King sneered. ”That’s enough.”

Before long, the Bai Family port found itself to be a lot emptier than it was. A mound of people had appeared close by, all piled up on one another, and among whom were the two ancestors, their corpses littered with open wounds. They had been attacked by more than ten Foundation Building Realm cultivators, who had been led by the Sixth King. They were able to hold on for about ten minutes before it became too much and they succumbed to their injuries.

Fang Chen pilfered their corpses, searching for treasures and spiritual materials and storing them in his ring. After everything was done with the Sea Dragon Sect, he’d feed these things to Little Sword.

A chill ran down The Bai family members’ spines as they watched this unfold. Two major cultivation families of the area had been cleanly leveled, utter annihilation. The Sixth Kind and his company didn’t even flinch as they had killed them, as though they were casually crushing a few ants....

It was worth noting that if it weren’t for the arrival of the Sixth King and his group, they would’ve been the ones killed!

Two hours flew by, and finally, Zhong Yue arrived with everyone from the sect.

They didn’t wait around and everyone quickly boarded the large ship that had been prepared for them before it set sail in the direction of the Sea Dragon Sect.

The Bai Family ancestor sighed as he watched the ship disappear into the distance. ”Thankfully you’ve left a good impression on that senior, Qianqian. We would’ve been in fatal danger otherwise,” he said, giving Bai Qianqian an approving look. He then suddenly smiled and added, “We should pay the Huang and Liu families’ manors a visit.”

”Ancestor, that senior was the one who killed them both. Is it okay for us to make a profit on his account?” whispered Bai Qianqian softly.

The Bai Family ancestor’s smile curled a little more. ”We are just tidying up the place on his behalf.”

Everyone immediately understood what their ancestor was getting at; this was an opportunity to gain the favor of that senior!

***

Fang Chen was standing at the forefront of the deck. Surrounding the ship from all directions were ten, hundred-foot-tall water dragons that broke through the sea surface before they fell back into the sea constantly as the ship sailed. They dove down and then burst out of the sea, creating a spectacular scene.

This scene caused the Foundation Building Realm cultivators aboard to be struck with surprise.

”Those are ten, hundred-foot-tall water dragons. Sect Leader Fang has a really high mastery over element manipulation!”

Jin Nan watched this scene with mixed feelings.

He was at the mid-stage Foundation Building Realm yet he could only control about nine, hundred-foot-tall water dragons, and he couldn’t even do that as leisurey as Fang Chen controlled ten of them.

In less than a year, this young man from Grand Xia had grown so strong that he could completely dominate the cultivation scene in the Flame Empire.

The Sixth King watched Fang Chen practice with a smile, and struck with a thought, he suggested, ”Everyone, look at how Sect Leader Fang is working so hard. Why don’t we take this as a chance to practice our control over the elements with him?”

And so, everyone began to practice.

The scenery around the ship was magnificent, with all manner of ancient, exotic beasts flying about in the sea, up and down.

Wherever the ship sailed, all the sea creatures trembled in fear before fleeing as quickly as possible!