Chapter 506 - 29: Old Grudge
"Senior Brother, it’s been a while. I trust you’ve been well?"
From the distance,
a deep, sonorous voice called out,
its tone seeming to hold concern, yet faintly tinged with a sarcastic ambiguity.
"I’m fine. No need for you to worry, Junior Brother."
Hearing that voice,
Master Wandering Dragon’s expression remained unchanged and his voice was cold, but his gaze had already locked onto the newcomer.
"I hear the Immortal Sect is preparing to move against the Celestial Demon Sect. If you have nothing better to do, Junior Brother, why not take a trip to the Western Celestial Domain? Slay a few of those Demon Cultivator whelps. It would be good to relieve some pressure for our fellow Sect members."
"It’s just that your strength is lacking, Junior Brother. You must be careful on the battlefield. Don’t make it so the next time I see you, you’re just a pile of dirt, forever separated from the living."
"You seem quite concerned, Senior Brother. However, you needn’t trouble yourself with my affairs."
The newcomer snorted coldly at the barbs hidden in Master Wandering Dragon’s words.
"Come, meet your Senior Martial Uncle."
The man patted the disciple behind him, his tone laced with mockery:
"Although, after a while, you might have to start calling him Senior Brother instead."
"But for now, at least, he is still your Senior Martial Uncle. We wouldn’t want people thinking my disciples are discourteous."
"Xiao Chenyang greets you, Senior Martial Uncle!"
The disciple stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"A decent boy. A shame he’s following the wrong person."
Master Wandering Dragon glanced at Xiao Chenyang, his gaze utterly calm.
But when his eyes fell upon the figure opposite him once more, a glint of cold malevolence flashed within them.
"I don’t recall hearing that your disciple, Junior Brother, would also be entering the Spirit Transformation Pool today."
"It seems you are quite ’concerned’ about me indeed, Junior Brother!"
Before his words had even faded,
an invisible pressure erupted from Master Wandering Dragon’s body, crushing down on his opponent like a collapsing mountain or a tsunami.
In an instant, the light dimmed and space itself warped as an incomparably terrifying aura swept across heaven and earth!
The oppressive force was so great that even a Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Peak would likely be paralyzed with fear!
"You jest, Senior Brother. It was merely a coincidence."
A cold sneer appeared on the newcomer’s face.
He pulled Xiao Chenyang behind him and took a step forward. A faint golden light began to glow around his body. Vaguely, the phantom of a giant’s body, as if cast from gold, appeared in the void behind him—so tall it propped up the sky and stood firm on the earth, piercing through heaven and the void.
The vast, boundless pressure of his aura billowed out,
crashing into Master Wandering Dragon’s aura as if it were a physical thing!
BOOM!!!
The two auras collided like a pair of tsunamis,
shaking the very void!
The air erupted with a series of CRACKLES and POPS—the sound of the air itself exploding as the terrifying collision of auras manifested in the physical world!
The two colossal figures,
now seemed to each occupy their own separate heaven and earth!
And now,
on the plaza below,
Shen Changchuan looked up at the magnificent clash of auras in the sky, his breathing growing labored.
’So this is the terrifying power of the Divine Travel Peak Realm!’
’Master and his opponent are already holding back, focusing their auras on each other. The aura leaking out is probably less than one ten-thousandth of the total!’
’But even this tiny sliver of leaked aura is so terrifying... It’s simply unbelievable!’
Originally,
Shen Changchuan had felt a certain amount of pride in his own accomplishments.
But now,
witnessing the two figures in the sky, as unfathomable as the abyss,
that trace of pride had vanished completely.
On the climbing path of Immortal Cultivation,
he was still just a newcomer at the foot of the mountain!
His supposed dominance over the Cultivators of his own generation was nothing but an illusion.
Before a truly powerful Cultivator,
he was nothing!
And yet,
despite this,
Shen Changchuan did not feel beaten down or discouraged.
Instead, his longing and yearning for the scenery at the higher peaks of the Immortal Dao only grew stronger!
’That person...’
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart,
Shen Changchuan’s gaze shifted to the figure opposite Master Wandering Dragon, and he took a long, hard look.
Then he quickly lowered his gaze.
’If I’m not mistaken,’
’that person’
’is Vajra’s Furious Gaze Wu Zhen, who, like my master, is one of the Seven Immortal Sect Sons of the Yuqing Immortal Sect!’
Back when the Dragon Cloud Sect was first established, that man had brought his new disciple to their door to cause trouble,
and that young disciple of his had ultimately been defeated by his own hand.
Between them,
there was an old grudge.
The image of Xiao Chenyang standing behind Wu Zhen flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.
’So,’
’is this all directed at me...?’
Shen Changchuan understood.
’That must be why’
’Master unleashed his aura to confront him!’
’Because Master also knew that Xiao Chenyang was here for me!’
’And the reason Wu Zhen was doing all this’
’was simply to target Master!’
Shen Changchuan lowered his head, his gaze profound, lost in thought.
...
"Hmph!"
After an unknown amount of time,
suddenly,
Wu Zhen let out a muffled grunt and took half a step back.
"It seems your strength has improved again today, Senior Brother. Truly, congratulations are in order!"
"It’s just a pity that no matter how hard you try, I fear you’ll never be able to defy the heavens and change your fate!"
Evidently, in this confrontation of auras,
Wu Zhen had come out on the losing end.
But despite this, Wu Zhen’s words were still laced with his usual sarcastic ambiguity.
"That is no concern of yours, Junior Brother."
"Instead of paying attention to me, you should reflect on yourself, Junior Brother, and consider whether you’ve been working hard enough lately."
"Running around frantically for the sake of worldly possessions is, after all, not the Righteous Dao!"
"Hmph! Whether it’s the Righteous Dao or not isn’t for you to decide!"
Wu Zhen snorted coldly,
took a step forward,
and looked as if he were about to charge and fight Master Wandering Dragon.
However,
at that very moment,
"Enough!"
A magnificent voice suddenly thundered between heaven and earth.
The voice seemed to possess an unparalleled power, supreme throughout the heavens and the earth!
Whether it was the tyrannical aura emanating from Master Wandering Dragon or from Wu Zhen,
under the power carried by that voice,
it melted away like snow under the scorching sun!
"Martial Uncle, forgive us!"
The two of them immediately ceased their confrontation,
composed themselves, and bowed with clasped hands toward a certain point in the empty void.
"Brawling so fiercely before the junior members of the Sect—what has become of your decorum?!"
"Now get lost!"
the ancient voice from the void said nonchalantly.
"Yes!"
Master Wandering Dragon bowed with clasped hands and retreated.
On his way, he glanced at Wu Zhen, who was not far off.
Coincidentally, Wu Zhen was also glancing at him.
Their gazes met,
and sparks seemed to fly.
In the end, however, neither dared to act presumptuously before their Martial Uncle.
Each transformed into a streak of light and flew off in a different direction.
"Changchuan, my disciple, that Xiao Chenyang boy is definitely acting on Wu Zhen’s orders to obstruct you. Although he is only at the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Peak, his strength is not to be underestimated."
"That kid is also from the Dongping Domain. His record against Xuan Guangdao was eight wins in ten battles. After he fully joined the Immortal Sect and became an Inner Sect Disciple, he gained Wu Zhen’s favor and guidance. His strength should have improved again since then, and he is certainly much stronger than Xuan Guangdao."
"If things look bad, use the trump card I gave you immediately. Don’t be frugal with it. If you use it up, I’ll just get you another one... In short, be careful!"