Ascension Day

Yuan Qi poked its head out from Xu Ying’s collar and asked, "Elder Pei, your Pei Family has so many Nuo Immortals. Did they meet with misfortune in their later years?"

Pei Jingting’s expression changed abruptly. He called someone over and said, "Go see if the water for the tea has boiled yet."

The man replied, "Not yet."

"Since the water hasn’t boiled, let’s not bring this up," Pei Jingting said.

Yuan Qi took the hint and didn’t press the matter.

Even with 1,800 years of Dao Practice, the two White Rhino Demon Gods grew weary after flying for half a day. The other mounts of the Pei Family were also struggling, so the group descended to find a place to rest.

There was a town nestled in the mountains, which still had residents. The group landed in the town, drawing many curious onlookers.

Pei Jingting glanced around and felt a chill in his heart. He noticed that the breathing of some of the townspeople was incredibly drawn out; they would only take one breath in the time an ordinary person took a dozen!

’We’re being watched.’

Pei Jingting’s eyes glinted as he whispered, "Pei Yu, take our people and offer incense to the two old White Rhinos. Have them recover their Incense Smoke Qi quickly! Also, tell everyone not to wander around town, and don’t eat anything from outside!"

That Pei Family disciple was startled. Realizing the gravity of the situation, he hurried off. However, quite a few other Pei Family disciples took advantage of the break to run off into town for some fun.

Pei Jingting was extremely cautious. He ordered his own cooks to start a fire and prepare a meal, resolute in not using anything from the town. By the time the meal was ready, over thirty people had not returned. A Grand Nuo from the Pei Family went to search for them, but he didn’t return either.

After the meal, the group planned to wait a bit longer, but Pei Jingting shook his head. "We’re not waiting. We leave immediately!"

Everyone hastily mounted their steeds. The two White Rhinos summoned Xiangyun clouds beneath their feet and soared into the air, pulling the Treasure Chariot up into the sky.

As the group flew farther and farther from the town, their moods grew heavy. Dozens of people had vanished in that small town, leaving no trace, not even a body.

Pei Jingting walked out of the Treasure Chariot and looked down. The small town had already shrunk until it was barely visible.

The old man sneered. With a casual press of his palm downward, the entire small town suddenly collapsed, sinking more than a hundred feet into the earth!

The town and its surroundings, for several miles in every direction, were now contained within a gigantic Palm Seal.

"I couldn’t act inside the town, but I can still avenge you," Pei Jingting said coolly.

Just then, a light breeze blew past. The massive head of a speeding White Rhino suddenly detached from its neck without a sound.

In the breeze, one Pei Family expert after another was silently torn to pieces. Pei Jingting turned his head and saw glints of cold light flashing in the wind. In just a few moments, most of the Pei Family experts accompanying him were dead or wounded!

The two White Rhinos that had served the Pei Family for 1,800 years were also dismembered in the breeze!

The White Rhinoceros Treasure Chariot was also shattered to pieces in the breeze!

Inside the Treasure Chariot, Xu Ying was enjoying the song and dance of seven graceful women when, suddenly, the seven maidens were also decapitated. The entire palace within the Treasure Chariot disintegrated in the breeze!

The terrifying breeze reached him, then suddenly parted, blowing past on either side of him.

A single strand of the young man’s hair brushed against the breeze and instantly disintegrated.

Only then did Xu Ying realize he was sitting in mid-air, surrounded by the Pei Family’s Nuo Masters, Grand Nuo, and Demon Gods, all of whom were disintegrating in the wind!

"Ying!" Yuan Qi cried out in alarm.

Xu Ying remained calm and composed. "No need to panic. The Pei Family will handle it. This person’s technique is sloppy. They damaged one of my hairs."

Pei Jingting moved to block the wind from the remaining Pei Family disciples, his fury blazing. He abruptly pushed his Cultivation to its absolute limit. Behind him, an Otherworld of Jade Glaze materialized, with the Nine Great Cave Heavens rooted within the Glazed Glass!

His ferocious Primordial Qi surged forth. His own soul appeared within his Hidden Land, standing tall and as ethereal as an immortal!

"Boundless Ocean!"

Pei Jingting roared and thrust his palms toward the breeze. Thunder shook the heavens as a vast ocean surface materialized, stretching for thousands of miles. It surged forward with his Palm Power, advancing with unstoppable force!

The ocean’s surface was dark and gloomy, wracked with thunder and lightning. Its immense weight shattered the breeze and, in the next moment, crashed into a high mountain dozens of miles away!

The mountaintop exploded with a BOOM, and cracks spiderwebbed across its body. However, the Boundless Ocean Divine Power seemed to meet resistance, as if it had slammed into an invisible wall. The surging seawater erupted in all directions with a deafening ROAR!

Pei Jingting’s gray-white hair whipped in the wind as he roared again, his Primordial Qi flaring and his Palm Power increasing explosively!

The mountaintop was obliterated. As the seawater rolled over it, a voice was heard rapidly retreating, laughing, "Pei the Second, I was just playing a joke on you, and you go all out. You’re so petty, can’t even take a joke..."

Pei Jingting’s face was ashen. He dispersed his Divine Power, and the vast ocean vanished.

He looked back. He had brought nearly three hundred Pei Family disciples and pupils, but now, including himself, only two remained!

The other Pei Family disciple was none other than the "Seventh Young Master" Pei Ye, who had been severely wounded by Yuan Qi. His face was pale with fright, and he looked completely lost.

Pei Jingting looked toward Xu Ying and saw him floating steadily in the air, streams of Sword Qi flowing around his body, his expression as calm as ever.

Pei Jingting suppressed the roaring fury in his heart and calmed his turbulent Qi Blood. In a low voice, he asked, "Aren’t you afraid, Xu Demon King?"

Xu Ying shook his head. "I once said that it’s not yet certain who is coercing whom. Have you forgotten, Elder Pei?"

Pei Jingting’s eye twitched. With a light stamp of his foot, a great river stretched across the sky. His expression returned to normal as he said, "This way, Xu Demon King. I’m afraid the Demon King might get his shoes wet this time."

Xu Ying smiled. "Getting my whole body wet wouldn’t be a problem either."

He landed on the river’s surface and dispersed his Sword Qi. The waves of the Long River in the sky supported his feet, carrying him forward at a surprisingly fast speed.

Pei Jingting led the Seventh Young Master, Pei Ye, maintaining his Long River Divine Power to escort Xu Ying forward. ’He is Xu Demon King, a master of a Qi Refiner’s Demon Techniques,’ he thought. ’No one will dare attack him, but they will certainly attack us...’

The thought had barely crossed his mind when suddenly, the Seventh Young Master, Pei Ye, collapsed stiffly, a sharp arrow protruding from his back. He was dead.

He had been shot and killed without a sound!

Pei Jingting’s eyes twitched violently. Suppressing his rage, he continued forward.

---- Five thousand characters. Does that count as a long Chapter?