Immortal of the Nine Realms

Fang Chen sighed softly. ”Daoist Chai, your junior’s temperament is not good. I’m afraid he won’t amount to much and might easily bring trouble to your Chai family.”

The Chai Family’s ancestor immediately struck Chai Long with a palm, shattering all his immortal veins.

”Ancestor...”

Chai Long knelt. With every breath he took, blood rushed out of his mouth. He stared at his family ancestor in disbelief.

However, the Chai Family ancestor didn’t even look at him. Instead, he cautiously smiled at Fang Chen and said, ”Daoist Dongfang, your reminder was timely. It has prevented a disaster for my family in the future. I am deeply grateful, deeply grateful!”

Fang Chen nodded lightly after witnessing his decisive action. ”You have a future.”

Fang Chen then took out a storage ring and handed it to the Chai Family’s ancestor, transmitting his voice, ”This is a storage ring left by a Golden Core cultivator. I don’t know what’s inside, but with it, your visit here won’t be in vain. Nurture Chai Shun well; he can shoulder great responsibilities.”

The Chai Family ancestor tightly grasped the storage ring, suppressing his inner joy, and transmitted, ”Thank you very much, Daoist!”

He deeply admired his own wisdom in choosing wisely. He had picked the right side to stand on! Sometimes, choices were more important than efforts!

Fang Chen turned to Chai Shun and nodded with a smile. ”Chai Shun, I’ll see you again in the future.”

The black and white paper figures immediately turned into wisps of green smoke and disappeared. Fang Chen also transformed into a sword light, shooting into the sky and disappearing into the horizon.

The four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had finally managed to calm down their nerves and let out sighs of relief.

However, when they saw Fang Chen transform into a sword light, they were shocked again.

”Th-this is the Sword Transformation Technique!”

The Chai Family ancestor’s pupils dilated. ”It’s actually the Sword Transformation Technique...”

“Ancestor... Ancestor, what is the Sword Transformation Technique?” Chai Shun asked cautiously.

The Chai Family ancestor looked at him adoringly. ”Child, I once had the privilege of meeting a sword cultivator and the Sword Transformation Technique is one of their hallmarks. In this world, only sword cultivators can transform into swords and travel.

”You have fostered a good relationship with Daoist Dongfang. There may be a great opportunity in the future. From now on, you will be the young master of the Chai Family.”

The Chai family disciples had complex expressions, tinged with envy. When Chai Long heard this, he was so enraged that he rolled his eyes and passed out on the spot.

”Let’s leave first. Daoist Dongfang has killed the son of the Azure Dao Prefecture’s Prefect. Although we aren’t directly involved, it may bring some trouble.” the Chai Family ancestor explained, leading the disciples away.

As long as they left in time, even the Prefect of Azure Dao Prefecture wouldn’t be able to find them. The Central Continent was vast, and nobody knew exactly where the Chai Family was located.

”A sword cultivator... he’s actually a sword cultivator...”

”No wonder he could obtain the Daoist inheritance. The inheritance of sword cultivators is not weaker than that of the Daoist sects, and in some cases, it may even be stronger!”

”Who exactly is he? Do any of you recognize him?”

”Look at that Immortal Tomb!”

Everyone looked toward the Immortal Tomb. They saw the gate suddenly close. Then, the tomb turned into a phantom and disappeared into thin air before their eyes.

Such eerie methods made them feel even more terrified of the owner of the Immortal Tomb!

”We can consider ourselves lucky to survive this ordeal,” the old woman said resentfully, glancing at the three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

The three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators nodded in agreement.

It truly was a narrow escape. Fortunately, they refrained from taking action against that junior in the Immortal Tomb. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable. They had initially thought the junior would soar to great heights with the Immortal Tomb’s fortune, only to discover that he was already a sword cultivator!

The identity of a sword cultivator alone was enough to deter most people from provoking him. If he had revealed himself as a sword cultivator earlier, Qi Ran might not have dared to brazenly snatch the fortune, and the tragedy might have been avoided.

Many sighed and shook their heads as they departed. Aside from broadening their horizons, this trip yielded almost no benefits. If anything, the only thing they left with was their nerves in a mess.

The four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators also left with their respective disciples. Before long, the number of cultivators in Black Mountain Valley dwindled to less than a tenth of what it had been.

The black paper figure sneered from the darkness. ”My lord, how can the inheritance of sword cultivators compare to that of the Daoist sects? These people here think the current Daoist sects are the same as those of the past. They are truly short-sighted.”

Meanwhile, even though the white paper figure remained silent, the disdain on its face was evident, clearly scoffing at those people’s beliefs.

Fang Chen contemplated silently. In ancient times, powerful cultivators from Daoist Sects could cultivate techniques like the Heavenly Abhorrence Technique, which might not have been weaker in terms of methods compared to the sword cultivators, and perhaps even stronger. However, in the present day, sword cultivators were universally recognized as those with the strongest techniques.

Just then, Fang Chen’s gaze locked onto several Foundation Building Realm cultivators. In the next moment, he silently arrived at the shadows behind them and observed quietly.

”What should we do? Not only did this mission fail, but Qi Ran was also killed. There might be repercussions from Azure Dao Prefecture.”

”It shouldn’t affect the lord’s plan, right? After all, the prefect has collected enough wealth, and they don’t know our true identities...”

”Let’s return to Azure Dao Prefecture first. My transmission talisman can’t transmit messages over such a distance in time to inform the lord.”

”Yes, let’s go back and report to the lord, and also inform the senior members of the sect about what happened today. Those two paper figures were truly bizarre and probably used some remarkable technique. If the sect’s powerful figures can secretly seize them, perhaps one day we’ll all have a chance to cultivate such techniques.”

”Although the mission failed, as long as we deliver the message quickly, our superiors shouldn’t blame us.”

After discussing briefly, several Foundation Building Realm cultivators broke through the air toward Azure Dao Prefecture. Little did they realize, a figure had been shadowing them all along.

Months later...

Several Foundation Building Realm cultivators entered the territory of Azure Dao Prefecture and halted. One of them took out a transmission talisman and was about to make a move when the token was suddenly smacked out of thin air by a hand.

When they saw that the person who had unexpectedly appeared was Fang Chen, their shock and horror were beyond words.

One of the Foundation Building Realm cultivators gathered the courage and said,“S-Sir, we have no grudges with you.”

”You may not have a grudge with me personally, but I have some history with the Spirit Blood Sect.” Fang Chen smiled. ”Who is your ’Lord’? Tell me, and I might spare your lives.”

Upon hearing the words ”Spirit Blood Sect,” they were alarmed and attempted to scatter and flee. However, metal prisons suddenly materialized in the air, trapping them inside with unbreakable strength derived from the power of metal.

Fang Chen chuckled. ”There’s no escaping now. Cooperate, and you might live.”

”Why did you deliberately take the Heavenly Evil Fruit from the Immortal Tomb? How did you know about our plans!?” asked one of the cultivators instead of cooperating.

His expression turned grave as he tried to extract information from Fang Chen.

Fang Chen muttered softly, “Let’s use them to test the Azure Lightning Technique...’”

He began attempting to establish a connection with the Lightning Divine Beast using the methods he knew. Suddenly, everything around him dimmed, and he felt as though he were in the dark expanse of the universe. In the farthest reaches, he faintly saw a burst of lightning.

The Lightning Divine Beast?