Chapter 40 - I Gained A Lot

Chapter 40 I Gained A Lot

“Huala!”

As soon as it had completed the recital of the mantra, the soul figure looked toward the mountains and forests, as if paying respects to a god.

Unfortunately, Jiang Cheng did not feel anything

After seeing this old man send out his spiritual altar, Jiang Cheng also recalled that he himself was a spiritual altar realm expert.

Immediately after that, he also sent out his own spiritual altar.

The entire sky suddenly turned golden, and the light it emitted was boundless!

At the point where the light converged, a tall golden spiritual altar could be seen floating in the sky. It seemed to have eclipsed the light of the scorching sun, making it impossible for others to see its specific form.

One could only see that there seemed to be mysterious rivers surrounding the spiritual altar. The shadows of immortal birds and beasts flickered in the distance, and one could hear the ethereal sounds that were filled with the mysterious charm of the Great Dao emanating from it.

Under the illumination of Jiang Cheng’s spiritual altar, Duanmu Hong’s spiritual altar’s true form seemed to have been revealed. The latter’s spiritual altar seemed to no longer exude any luster whatsoever, and had lost all semblance of its earlier awe-inspiring appearance.

“This is…”

“Is that… a divine-grade spiritual altar?”

“According to the descriptions from the ancient records, this is indeed a divine-grade spiritual altar!”

“Impossible, impossible! Aren’t divine-grade spiritual altars just the stuff of legends? How could one really exist?”

“Other than the divine-grade spiritual altar, what other grade of spiritual altar could suppress a mystic-grade spiritual altar to such an extent?”.

The elders of the Duanmu family who were watching the scene unfold from the hall nearly went crazy, as if they had witnessed the descent of a true god.

This was too unbelievable!

Qinglan Prefecture did not even have a saint-grade spiritual altar, yet now they were looking directly at a divine-grade one?

One could imagine how shocked Duanmu Hong was when discovered that his opponent possessed a divine-grade spiritual altar.

“You, you…”

“This is all fake!”

“This is an illusion. Don’t even think about deceiving me…”

He had really gone crazy. He had believed Jiang Cheng to be just a weak soul division cultivator that could be killed with a single move. In the end, he was the one that seemed more like a weak chicken.

When his spiritual altar faced off with Jiang Cheng’s spiritual altar, it was like an unremarkable chicken meeting an awe-inspiring eagle.

Swoosh!

The spiritual altars clashed, and the invisible power of the souls rushed over.

In an instant, Duanmu Hong’s soul seemed like a candle in the wind, swaying dangerously on the verge of collapse.

Cracks actually started appearing on the originally jade-like spiritual altar.

His body and soul also suffered heavy damage from the aftermath of the clash.

Puff!

Duanmu Hong spat out a mouthful of blood and tried to escape.

He retreated quickly but, at this moment, would Jiang Cheng even give him the chance to run?

Jiang Cheng’s spiritual altar was like a mountain pressing down on him, which shattered his jade spiritual altar into pieces, after which Duanmu Hong could no longer even stand.

Clang!

A sword light flashed, and a human head flew off.

This formidable figure of the Qinglan Prefecture had died so easily in a random valley that no one cared about.

Were it for the fact that he carried the image projection spiritual artifact with him, which allowed the elders of the Duanmu family to watch the fight with their own eyes, no one would have ever believed that he had really been killed by Jiang Cheng.

The hall turned dead silent.

After a long time, a wail erupted from inside the hall.

“The patriarch… is dead!”

Jiang Cheng did not pay much attention to the matter, since he still did not know the identity of this old man.

After all, it had not been long since he transmigrated to this world, so he could still be considered a newbie in the cultivation world. How would he be able to recognize all these big shots?

Anyway, he was still undoubtedly an enemy.

Having destroyed four sects, it was easy for him to remain calm now. As he looted Duanmu Hong’s body, he was overcome with glee to the point that he almost took off the latter’s underwear.

“Wow, this old fart is really rich!”

“There are so many high-grade spirit stones here!”

“What is this? Sixth-level spiritual armor? Sixth-level spiritual sword?”

“Spiritual altar realm cultivators are indeed tycoons!”

After checking, he found that Duanmu Hong’s storage ring was full of high-grade spirit stones, which could be exchanged for almost 4000 points. There were also more than ten bottles of pills meant for spiritual altar realm cultivators.

Apart from the spiritual weapons and spiritual armor, there were also fourth-level spiritual talismans.

Unfortunately, Duanmu Hong had not had the time or chance to use them earlier.

In addition, the later levels of the Duanmu family’s cultivation, sword and secret techniques were also recorded inside the manuals in this storage ring.

This was, of course, because Duanmu Hong was the patriarch of the Duanmu family.

It was a normal practice for such important manuals to be kept by the patriarch or sect master.

However, who would have imagined the patriarch of such a distinguished family would be killed alone in the wilderness like that?

After accepting all of these ‘rewards’ thankfully, brother Cheng could not help but let out a sigh. Killing this one enemy had earned him more points than his extermination of the entire Extreme Moon sect.

The last scene that the Duanmu family elders saw was that of Jiang Cheng placing the image projection spiritual artifact into his storage ring, thus severing the connection.

However, they did not need to guess what would happen next.

Thinking about the death of their patriarch and how his fortune had been plundered, everyone’s hearts bled.

However, no one dared to clamor for revenge.

They would be giving away more spoils to the owner of the divine-grade spiritual altar for no reason if they did try to avenge the patriarch.

What they were more worried about now was Jiang Cheng attacking them.

“What should we do?”

“The Duanmu family is facing a life-and-death crisis!”

Duanmu Chi and Duanmu Hong had both been killed one after the other. Now, the Duanmu family only possessed two spiritual altar realm cultivators.

These elders were as anxious as headless chickens. They behaved as if the sky was about to collapse.

“Send the elite disciples away to seek refuge. Also, contact the Flying Cloud state…”

“Should we ask them for help?”

“I’m just afraid that they’ll take the opportunity to ask for too much.”

“It’s better than letting the family be destroyed!”

If Jiang Cheng knew what was happening there, he would be very confused.

He was still unaware that the Duanmu family had attacked him, and he had not set out to destroy the Duanmu family this time. His goal was only to destroy the Crimson Sun sect. He could never have imagined that the Duanmu family would fall into a state of chaos even before he arrived at their doorstep.

When he finally arrived at the Crimson Sun sect, there was already a sea of people outside the mountain gate waiting for him.

These people were all rogue cultivators who had come here to watch the show.

In their eyes, Jiang Cheng had either come here either to exterminate the sect or to sue for peace. Either way, it would have a great impact on the overall situation in Qinglan Prefecture.

“That’s Jiang Cheng?”

“I have to admit that he is indeed very handsome!”

“Didn’t you say that he was only a soul division realm cultivator? Why is it that, after my probing, I can only see that his spiritual qi is as deep as the ocean. He seems much stronger than the ninth level of the soul division realm?”

“Could it be that he’s also an expert at the spiritual altar realm?”

“Of course. Let me tell you, I’ve long seen through him. How could a person who managed to annihilate four sects be only at the soul division realm?”

“He’s already in the spiritual altar realm at such a young age? He’s practically a heaven-blessed genius!”

Hearing these discussions, brother Cheng’s heart was filled with joy and satisfaction.

He had no intention of concealing his cultivation level at all, because that would not be flashy enough.

The Crimson Sun sect had long been prepared for his arrival.

“He really came alone?”

Daoist Master Gui Yan, the sect master of the Crimson Sun sect, felt incredulous but, at the same time, he felt that he had been looked down upon. Jiang Cheng dared to barge in here alone, and he was even making a big fuss about it. Was he not disparaging the prestige of the Crimson Sun sect with his actions? Did he think that this was his own backyard, and that he could come and go freely?

“He must be here to sue for peace.”

“What else could he be here for? Although he managed to destroyed those four sects, even if the forces behind him attacked together, it would be suicidal for them to charge into our Crimson Sun sect.”

Although they did not know who the ‘forces’ behind Jiang Cheng were, they unanimously believed those forces to be those few major powers from the other prefectures.

Even if they were to attack head-on, the Crimson Sun sect would not be at a disadvantage.

They had never seen the Three-eyed Tiger before, nor did they know that Duanmu Chi and Duanmu Hong had been killed.

They were not worried at all since this was still the Crimson Sun sect’s home ground.

“Even if he wants to sue for peace, we have to show him our might first.”