Chapter 455 - 453: Apology
"Damn it, who is it?"
"Who dares to cause trouble on the Ancestral Dragon Race’s territory?"
The newcomer was a member of the Dragon Race.
The gleaming golden dragon horns on his head were incredibly conspicuous, and his Realm was actually the Dao Fruit Realm.
Su Qing was stunned for a moment.
The Profound Immortal Sword in his hand instantly stopped the flow of Time around him.
This was the power of Standardization.
"Great Dao Swordsmanship!"
Su Qing swung his sword at the Dragon again.
This time,
the sword found its mark.
It passed straight through the Dragon’s body.
Killing him instantly.
But Su Qing was a little worried. His Profound Immortal Sword might only sever the soul, but that didn’t mean his opponent didn’t have a Split Soul.
He might not be completely dead.
This was the first time Su Qing had killed a Twelfth Realm existence while being in a lower Realm.
Without the Profound Immortal Sword in his hand...
Su Qing didn’t even dare to imagine it.
"Ancestral Dragon Race, listen to me! I am Su Qing. If the matter with Yan Jiao is not dealt with, the next time I see you send someone to destroy my home, I will destroy your entire Ancestral Dragon Race."
"And you, old bastard from before! I know you’re not dead. You’d better remember this."
Su Qing shouted in a low voice.
’This is strength.’
The reason the Last Life Clan was the Last Life Clan...
...was because there wasn’t a single Thirteenth Realm expert in their clan.
If they had a Thirteenth Realm expert,
they might have shed their identity as the Last Life Clan.
’Why would they still be called the Last Life Clan if a Thirteenth Realm expert appeared among them?’
’They’d just call themselves the Ancestral Dragon Race.’
...
Seeing that there was no response from his surroundings, Su Qing snorted coldly.
"Keep Yan Jiao in line."
"Otherwise, I’d like to see whether the Thirteenth Realm Dao Artifact in your hands is stronger, or if the Dao Artifact in mine is."
When it came to combat,
Su Qing was completely fearless.
Because the Dao Artifact in his hands...
...could stop Time.
It could even reverse Time.
Su Qing wasn’t afraid at all.
The Profound Immortal Sword was currently Su Qing’s most powerful Dao Artifact.
’Just look at what those two sword strikes did.’
’Look at the state the Ancestral Dragon Race’s territory was left in.’
’And look at how a Twelfth Realm Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator was instantly obliterated.’
’With the Rule of no-cost usage,’
wielding the Profound Immortal Sword was as easy as breathing.
After making his threat,
Su Qing finally left the area.
He returned to the Taichu Daoist Palace.
After this incident,
he figured Yan Jiao wouldn’t dare try any more tricks against him.
If he did,
then he couldn’t blame Su Qing for annihilating his clan.
’Does he really think I’m a pushover?’
’They’re already coming after me directly.’
’Only a fool would just stand there squeaking and not do anything.’
’If you have strength, you let your strength do the talking.’
’When the other party can’t match your strength,’
’reasoning with them becomes remarkably straightforward.’
Su Qing returned to the Taichu Daoist Palace.
Almost immediately, Yan Jiao received a message from his clan.
"Yan Jiao, look what you’ve done! Offending someone with such immense potential."
"What in the world were you thinking?"
"Clan Leader, I..."
"Say no more. I don’t want to hear your excuses. If you can’t get Su Qing’s forgiveness, then I’m afraid the Ancestral Dragon Race will sever all ties with you."
"You will no longer be a member of the Ancestral Dragon Race."
The communication was cut off.
Yan Jiao felt utterly miserable.
’How did it come to this?’
’How could Su Qing be this powerful? Is even the Ancestral Dragon Race no match for him?’
’That’s a complete, major power!’
’And in the Eastern Domain,’
’they’re a power you absolutely don’t want to provoke.’
’To think they were threatened by Su Qing to the point of abandoning their only clan member in the Taichu Daoist Palace.’
A deep sense of powerlessness washed over Yan Jiao.
"Perhaps... I was wrong from the very beginning,"
Yan Jiao reflected for a moment.
He decided he had to find Su Qing and apologize.
’He should be in the Taichu Daoist Palace.’
As for an apology gift...
...it had to be seeds.
Everyone knew that Su Qing loved collecting seeds.
Yan Jiao quickly gathered his things.
Seeds.
Rare seeds.
Thousands of them, in fact.
He had spent all the Taichu Coins and connections he had accumulated over fifty Star Sea Eras.
Just to gather them.
He arrived at the entrance to Su Qing’s world.
He called out Su Qing’s name.
Su Qing hadn’t expected this. He had just returned to the Taichu Daoist Palace less than half an hour ago.
And now Yan Jiao was here looking for him.
Su Qing emerged, his expression blank. "What is it?"
Yan Jiao forced a smile. "My apologies, Su Qing. I was in the wrong. I promise I will not take any action against the Jianmu Omniscience Institute ever again."
"This is a token of my apology."
Yan Jiao took out everything.
They were all rare seeds.
Among them,
were three seeds that could grant a special constitution.
The other seeds also seemed quite powerful.
[Crystal Dragon Beard Ginseng Seed: Unique to the Star Sea Great World. Consuming the seed provides powerful blood qi and enables a special Dragon Dao Path, granting the Mark of Dragon Transformation. A fully grown plant yields the Crystal Dragon Body.]
[Water Flower Seeds: Unique to the Star Sea Great World. Consuming the seed grants a small amount of Water Affinity. Upon maturity, one can obtain the Water Mark, embark on the Water Dao Path, and gain the Water Flower Body.]
[Calamity Flowing Brightness Seed: A rare seed. Consuming it grants the Calamity Brand and allows one to embark on the Calamity Dao Path. Upon maturity, one can obtain the Ominous Calamity Constitution.]
...
"Fine. I’ll take the seeds. But if you try any more little tricks..."
"...don’t blame me for what happens next."
Su Qing nodded and accepted the seeds. If he had to collect them himself,
it probably would have taken a very long time.
Su Qing took the items and returned directly to his own world.
He couldn’t be bothered to exchange any more words with Yan Jiao.
Some things had already happened.
As for how many had died or been injured,
Su Qing didn’t care.
That wasn’t his concern.
These seeds...
If they could be cultivated, they would become very powerful.
If not,
they weren’t of much use.
He had barely sat down for a moment
when someone else arrived.
It was Bai Di and Yu Hu.
Su Qing opened the entrance to his world and let them both in.
"Su Qing, this is great! You’re okay!" Yu Hu was the happiest of the two, his smile especially radiant.
Bai Di was also happy, saying, "Yeah, we thought something had happened to you."
"How could anything happen to me? Where did you hear such a rumor?" Su Qing chuckled helplessly.
’Are these two worried about me?’
’But what could have happened?’
’Even if it was about the incident on Jianmu, there’s no way they could have found out so quickly.’
"The Taichu Daoist Palace’s rankings! You suddenly disappeared from the top spot. Everyone thought you were dead," Bai Di said in exasperation.
"Huh?" Su Qing was surprised.
’Taichu reacts that fast? I just broke through, and it already updated the rankings?’
’Unbelievable.’
Su Qing didn’t know what to say.
’It seems Taichu is also very mysterious.’
"Then again, Taichu is very powerful."
"But what about you, Bai Di? Why haven’t you broken through to the Daoist Initial Realm yet?" Su Qing asked Bai Di, exasperated.
"You should think about it. Why would I disappear from the top spot of the Tenth Realm rankings?"
Hearing Su Qing’s words,
Bai Di and Yu Hu both shuddered.
Bai Di’s eyes widened in disbelief as he asked, "Don’t tell me... you broke through?"
Su Qing nodded.
"That’s right. I broke through."
"I’m not in the Tenth Realm anymore."
"What!" Yu Hu shouted in shock.
His eyes also looked at Su Qing in disbelief.
It was just too incredible.
In such a short amount of time,
how could he possibly break through two major Realms?
And the Tenth Realm, no less.
No matter how you looked at it, it was hard to accept.
Breaking through the Tenth Realm was already an amazing feat, but to think he broke through to the Eleventh Realm in less than a Star Sea Era...
The two of them couldn’t even imagine if Su Qing might break through to the Twelfth Realm within this same Star Sea Era.
If that were the case,
he would be a true Demon.
Bai Di lamented, "I never thought the gap between us would grow wider and wider."
Yu Hu nodded at his side. It was truly too difficult to imagine.
"Yeah, the gap between us really does seem to be getting bigger."
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