Urban Martial Saint

Seeing Fu Qingping walk down like this, Ye Qing was also excited beyond measure. In this battle, he had originally been worried about whether Fu Qingping could preserve his life. Who could have expected that not only did Fu Qingping preserve his life, but he also broke through absolute constraints and defeated The Immortal Lord, who had been famous for over a hundred years, achieving a great victory.

This battle by Fu Qingping not only brought him fame all over the world, establishing him as one of the few beyond peerless masters of the current age, but also gave everyone new hope. Most of the peak masters on this Mount Tai have been in the Pinnacle Realm for many years but have been unable to advance further. They all want to improve their strength but find it simply impossible. In fact, because breaking through the pinnacle is so difficult, later generations have basically come to believe that the pinnacle is the limit of human capability. As for the realm beyond The Pinnacle, not one may appear in a hundred years, and among billions of people, not one might achieve it, so many simply do not view this realm as attainable by human effort.

Yet this time, Fu Qingping broke through the shackles of the pinnacle alive in the eyes of the world, reaching the realm beyond The Pinnacle, completely overturning people’s previous understanding. The pinnacle is not the limit of human capability; ultimately, one can rely on one’s strength to break through the shackles of the pinnacle. Therefore, for the people of the world, Fu Qingping’s achievement of becoming a beyond peerless master this time is deeply significant, completely breaking their previous beliefs and giving everyone confidence to break through the pinnacle.

Especially for those on Mount Tai, most of whom are reclusive peak masters. Having emerged this time, many are nearing the end of their lifespan and urgently need to break through the pinnacle to extend it. However, these people have not been able to break through the shackles of the pinnacle for many years and have deemed it impossible to overcome with one’s strength, thus placing their hopes on Heaven Earth Man Three Gates. Yet the hope given by Heaven Earth Man Three Gates is quite slim, given that few can enter among them. Now, Fu Qingping has broken through the pinnacle with his own power, giving everyone a new hope, so how can their hearts not be excited?

Honestly, for these people on Mount Tai, Fu Qingping breaking through the shackles of the pinnacle is far more exciting than if they had broken through themselves.

Just speaking of those surrounding him from the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance and Twelve Green Halls, their expressions are extremely excited. Especially with Fu Qingping beside him, followed by Shijia, the number one master of the contemporary Buddhist Sect, someone whom everyone could only worship.

Aolingyun stood at the back watching, having previously believed Fu Qingping to be a figure of the same era as himself, with similar seniority, and having had interactions with Fu Qingping early on, so he didn’t regard Fu Qingping too highly. Now, with Fu Qingping breaking through the constraints of the pinnacle, they are no longer figures of the same level. Now, he can only look up to this figure who was once his peer; his inner anguish is imaginable.

As for Shijia, Aolingyun certainly has nothing to say. Shijia has been famous for over two hundred years, being the number one master of the contemporary Buddhist Sect; in front of him, Aolingyun is merely an inferior. Therefore, seeing Shijia, he certainly would be respectful.

In the respectful gaze of the crowd, Shijia, with Fu Qingping, completely ignored the surrounding people’s eyes and directly walked over to Ye Qing, extending his oily hand to pat Ye Qing on the shoulder.

”Amitabha, Master Ye, we really do seem to have a destined connection, meeting again!”

Shijia folded his hands and spoke as if a truly accomplished monk, yet looking at him like this, Ye Qing only felt uncomfortable all over. This old man had found him, there’s definitely bad news. And when this old man is about to swindle someone, he always speaks with such solemn righteousness. What on earth does this bald monk want?

No one noticed Ye Qing’s expression; seeing Shijia speak with such attitude to Ye Qing, the crowd immediately widened their eyes. Most of these people are peak masters who have recently emerged; thus, they are not very aware of the current situation. They have heard of Ye Qing becoming the Alliance Leader of the World but don’t know about Ye Qing’s relationships with various forces, nor about Ye Qing’s relations with figures like Shijia Wuji. Seeing Shijia come down now, completely ignoring the surrounding peak masters and strong families, and first looking for Ye Qing to speak so politely, how could they not be shocked?

Without realizing it, the crowd began to whisper, quietly discussing why Shijia exhibited this attitude toward Ye Qing.

Including Aolingyun, his expression was the same. When Shijia waved at Ye Qing earlier, he had already felt something amiss. Now, with Shijia’s attitude toward Ye Qing, he was even more surprised. It must be noted that senior figures from the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance and Twelve Green Halls were present, along with his two disciples, yet Shijia didn’t concern himself with them but spoke first to Ye Qing. Evidently, Ye Qing’s status in Shijia’s eyes was extremely high. But the key question is, why does Ye Qing have such high status? Isn’t Ye Qing someone without any background whose martial arts have been abolished?

Aolingyun took a deep breath; he wasn’t foolish, naturally knowing something was amiss. There must be some information he wasn’t aware of, surely some aspects about Ye Qing he did not know!

”What’s going on?” Aolingyun quietly glanced at Ao Wuchang beside him and whispered, ”What is the relationship between Shijia and Ye Qing?”

”They should...should be friends…” Ao Wuchang quietly replied.

”Friends?” Aolingyun widened his eyes and whispered, ”How is that possible? Look at his age, and Ye Qing’s age, what seniority, how could they possibly be friends?”

”This…I really don’t know either…” Ao Wuchang said helplessly, ”Anyway, Shijia and Ye Qing have a good relationship; every time Shijia appears, he comes looking for Ye Qing. You know, Shijia usually appears and disappears like the Divine Dragon; many search all their lives and may never see him once. His disciples might not even see him often. But every time he appears, he seeks out Ye Qing, so…I suspect... I suspect their relationship is quite good…”

Aolingyun drew a sharp breath. He was quite aware of what Ao Wuchang said. Once, a peak master wanted to thank Shijia for aid given early on but searched for decades without ever seeing him, finally dying with regrets. Even Aolingyun’s father once wished to meet Shijia, yet never did; such is the difficulty of meeting him. Now Ao Wuchang says that whenever Shijia appears, he visits Ye Qing, which is hard for him to accept. Especially since Shijia goes to find Ye Qing rather than Ye Qing seeking him out, which is two different things. How good must their relationship be?

”You say that whenever he appears, he goes looking for Ye Qing. How many times has he appeared?” Aolingyun whispered.

Ao Wuchang thought for a moment, ”About five or six times in half a year.”

”Five or six times? In half a year?” Aolingyun’s eyes almost popped out. Such frequency left him utterly speechless. What more could be said? At this moment, he only regretted why he chose to provoke Ye Qing. Now thinking about it, no wonder Helian Tiehua kept stopping him earlier; that’s the reason. Now, having offended Ye Qing is akin to also offending Shijia, thus setting up a great enemy against the Seven Rudders of Hong Alliance. When the Supreme Elders emerge, if they probe into this matter, how will he explain? This is indeed a grave error!

Actually, Ao Wuchang only mentioned the situation in Shenchuan City to Aolingyun. In fact, outside Shenchuan City, Shijia met Ye Qing several times as well. If these occasions were added, Ao Wuchang wouldn’t know how shocked Aolingyun would be at Shijia’s frequency in seeing Ye Qing. After all, Shijia has been famous for so many years, and no one has seen him as frequently as this. The person who can be found so frequently by him must not be simple. Although Shijia wanders freely, being termed the number one master of the contemporary Buddhist Sect is certainly not without merit.

Taking another deep breath, Aolingyun angrily glanced at Ao Wuchang, saying quietly, ”Why didn’t you tell me these things earlier?”

”I…” Ao Wuchang almost spat blood. I wanted to tell you, but did you give me the chance? After emerging, you directly joined with people from the Seven Great Families, became inflamed immediately upon hearing about Ye Qing from them, and clamored to give Ye Qing trouble. I wanted to tell you these things, but would you listen? When I advised against opposing Ye Qing, you rebuked me; now you blame me?

Ao Wuchang felt extremely aggrieved, knowing his son’s temperament and intending to advise Aolingyun. But Aolingyun is so self-assured that once he decides something, no one can change his mind. More so, before closing himself off, Ao Muh Han hadn’t been born; upon emerging, he found a grandson, naturally cherishing him unusually, following Ao Muh Han’s every word. Ao Muh Han constantly spoke ill of Ye Qing in front of Aolingyun, leaving no room for Ao Wuchang to interject, leading to this situation. Now Aolingyun puts the blame on Ao Wuchang, making Ao Wuchang the most aggrieved.

Aolingyun, of course, did not consider what Ao Wuchang felt; he is immensely self-assured, only blaming his son for not fully informing him, leading to the present situation. While blaming his son internally, he considered more how to remediate the issue. If it truly caused a rupture between Ye Qing and the Seven Rudders of Hong Alliance due to him, he might lose his influence within the Elders Council.

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