Chapter 59

Despite calling out several times without response, the expressionless Liu turned and lifted the curtain of the carriage behind him, staring at the Family Head seated on the soft cushions inside. He spoke word by word, "Family Head, are you even listening to me at all?""Oh, Priest Liu..." Sёarᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The middle-aged man sitting on the soft cushions of the carriage, with a complex expression on his face, remained silent for a long while before finally lifting his head and hesitantly looking at Liu in front of him. "Do you think, if I chop down this last Bull also, is there a chance I could gamble out a White entry 'Nine Ox Power'?"

"I don't know why."

"I just have this very strong premonition that as long as I chop down this one, I can definitely gamble another Nine Ox Power!"

"..."

Looking at the Family Head's frantic gambler-like expression, Liu let out a sigh, drew the carriage curtains closed without a word, and leaned against the carriage, massaging his temples as he felt a headache beginning to throb.

He didn't want to explain anymore.

If the Family Head hadn't treated him well these days, he would have run away long ago.

What on earth is stuffed inside this man's head?

Just at that moment—

He suddenly felt the ground violently shaking, and a strong, pungent smell, accompanied by fierce winds, invaded his nostrils. In the distance, he saw a dense mass of demon beasts charging in his direction.

The thick demon energy almost took solid form!

It must be hundreds of thousands of demon beasts stampeding together to cause such commotion.

"Damn it!"

Priest Liu trembled and jolted with fear flashing in the depth of his eyes. Without a second thought, he opened the carriage curtain, pulled the Family Head out of the carriage, and frantically slapped them both with 'Swift Movement Talismans' as he shouted.

"Family Head, run for it, back to Fufeng City!"

"The demon beasts are in frenzy!"

For now, he didn't want to know where these demon beasts came from; he only knew that the chances of the official road protecting them were slim. Their best bet was to escape to Fufeng City as quickly as possible. Although Fufeng City was a mortal city and didn't have many high-level cultivators,

It was still one of the three hundred and sixty-five large cities of Da Xia!

Inside was a City Lord appointed by Da Xia himself, carrying the Qi Fortune of Da Xia, whose strength far exceeded that of cultivators of the same level, making them invincible among their peers. As long as they made it to Fufeng City, they could seek protection.

And the target of those rampaging demon beasts at the end of their sight seemed to be—

Fufeng City!

As massive fluctuations of Spiritual Energy spread across the official road, the Array Stones on either side began to flicker incessantly. A golden-yellow barrier enveloped their section of the road, able to defend against any attack from cultivators below the Golden Core Stage.

And the 'Wind Formation' embedded underneath the road was also activated in an instant!

Bestowing Wind Walking Skill upon every creature on the road, it increased their running speed to twenty times the usual!

With the augmentation of the Wind Formation and Swift Movement Talismans,

Liu and the Family Head's speed surged to near-instantaneous rapidity, fleeing along the road toward Fufeng City with a speed that was hard to catch with the naked eye, much faster than when they had arrived.

And the steed pulling the carriage was not stupid either.

After forcefully shaking off the reins over its head, the horse turned and bolted after them at an impressive speed, also frenzying down the road under the boost of the 'Wind Formation.' Its intermittent neighing seemed oddly excited for some reason.

Priest Liu also smacked his forehead as realization struck, quickly pulling out more Swift Movement Talismans and slapping them onto the four limbs of the horse following behind. Then grabbing the Family Head, he climbed onto the horse's back and continued their frenetic escape.

Their current speed was much faster than traveling by Sword Flight.

After all, Sword Flight would leave the official road and thus lose the acceleration of the 'Wind Formation.'

Temporarily escaping the crisis, Liu looked back uneasily at the massive horde of demon beasts following them like an incoming tide, experiencing for the first time on land what it meant for the sky and water to blur into one color.

The pitch-black wave of beasts and the clouds that seemed to suck one's soul into their darkness nearly merged into one.

He didn't know what had happened.

If he wasn't mistaken, within the borders of Da Xia, demon beast herds of this size were always overseen by high-level demon beasts with Spiritual Wisdom. These high-level demon beasts were well aware of the consequences of slaughtering their way onto an official road—they would never be so reckless!

How did these damned demon beasts appear within the boundaries of Da Xia?

Fortunately, they hadn't gone too far from Fufeng City. At this rate, they would reach Fufeng City within half an hour.

Then, even if the sky were to fall, there would be someone tall enough to hold it up.

It wasn't his problem anymore!

...

Meanwhile,

Chen Qiu had already passed through the fourth round's Sword Pavilion, the Fifth Level's Scripture Pavilion, and the Law Enforcement Hall of the sixth level, arriving at the seventh level, in front of the Sect Hall. There, inscribed on the pillars of the Sect Hall were rows of characters imbued with a strong Sword Intent, so forceful that they were etched deeply into the wood.

'Magic Practitioner, fragile as glass upon touch.'

"Talisman cultivators, performing acrobats with fragile skins."

"Array Repairers, doorkeepers with fragile skins."

"Alchemy Cultivators, quacks with fragile skins."

"Artifact Cultivators, hammer swingers with fragile skins."

"Evil Cultivators, the motherless with fragile skins."

"Demon Cultivators, riffraff with fragile skins."

"Body Cultivators, not fragile but brainless."

"Sword Cultivators—

Offense and defense as one, with one swing of the sword, they can shatter the mountains and rivers far and wide!

Every plant and tree, every speck of dust and grain of sand, can become a sword to slice the stars!

When Magic Practitioners get angry, they angrily knock back three vats of Qi Replenishing Pills!

When Sword Cultivators get angry, their sword light leaves corpses over ten thousand li!

All are inferior, only Sword Cultivators are supreme!"

"..."

Chen Qiu looked at these lines carved on the pillar of the Sect Hall with a complex expression, feeling that the Chao Tian Sect seemed to have a bit of contempt for Magic Practitioners. What did they mean by, "When Magic Practitioners get angry, they angrily knock back three vats of Qi Replenishing Pills"?

You just perished too soon.

If they could be passed down to the present, give them a chance in the future to see what real Magic Practitioners are like.

Under the entry for "Dantian Expansion," his Foundation Establishment breadth had reached ten thousandths, and the capacity of Spiritual Energy was a hundred times that of an ordinary first-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Chen Qiu stopped thinking about these things.

Instead, he walked toward the depths of the hall; so far, he was the only one to reach the Fifth Level. When passing by the Fifth Level, he saw that there were three or four people attempting it, while the Fourth Level had no one at all.

With this progress, it would be very difficult for these people to catch up to him.

Although he didn't know whether other cultivators had found any treasures in the ruins near the levels, it seemed that this Secret Realm was indeed more suited for Sword Cultivators, and for him, being a Magic Practitioner, it was a bit less fitting. Only the Earth Fire Pill seemed to be some sort of consolation for Magic Practitioners.

Such discrimination, no wonder the legacy was lost.

...

Stepping into the Sect Hall, he walked straight towards the innermost part of the Sect Hall. Along the way, many inscriptions were carved on the pillars, some were about the main tenets of the sect, others were some brief stories. Enjoy new chapters from empire

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"One day in a desert, a severely injured Golden Core cultivator who was close to dying of thirst excitedly discovered a corpse, rushed forward to take its Storage Ring, used up all remaining spirit to break the ring's restrictions, and then collapsed next to the body, face full of despair."

"The Storage Ring was filled with Qi Replenishing Pills, and it contained nothing but Qi Replenishing Pills."

"The corpse was a Magic Practitioner."

"Later on, another Golden Core cultivator on the verge of death passed by and found the two corpses. Excited, he rushed to take the other cultivator's Storage Ring. After opening it, he too collapsed in despair."

"The Storage Ring was filled with demon beast meat, the previous corpse that collapsed was a Body Cultivator."

"Then, another Golden Core cultivator about to die of thirst passed by here and, after opening the last cultivator's Storage Ring, despaired once more; this time, the Storage Ring was full of talismans."

"..."

Chen Qiu, expressionless, continued deeper into the Sect Hall, every pillar within this dusty and ruined hall inscribed with discrimination against other cultivators, with most of it directed at Magic Practitioners.

To be starved for stories to mock Magic Practitioners, you began to abandon logic, didn't you?

Such a chilling story.

Until finally, he reached the end of the hall.

And there he saw the familiar Barrier.

"Fifth Level, Severing Sword."

"Pass this level, and you may inherit the position of Sect Master of the Chao Tian Sect."

"The heavens abandon us, not due to the war."

"The demise of the sect today has become inevitable. In the future, whoever reaches this point, as long as they sit on the Sect Leader's Chair, they can inherit the position of Sect Master!"

"After becoming Sect Master, you will inherit all the sect's resources, possess the highest authority over all Formations within the sect. The Chao Tian Sect is established within a small world; everything within the small world belongs to the new Sect Master."

"Only ask to glorify Sword Cultivators!"

"Let the people know that Sword Cultivators are the strongest!"