Boom!!!
Under this overwhelming pressure, Li Hua and his two companions had no strength to resist.
With a loud thud, they fell to their knees, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Their faces turned pale, and their spirits wilted!
They felt a chill in their hearts.
They never expected that the usually low-key Pavilion Master of the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion was actually an Immortal Venerable…!
Had they known, they would have behaved better earlier.
No wonder Immortal Emperor Yin Yang advised them to be more respectful; it made sense now.
He probably thought that if they dared to cause trouble, they might not make it back to the Immortal Emperor’s Palace alive…
“Pavilion… Pavilion Master,” Li Hua stammered.
An Immortal Venerable carried a lot of weight…
Nangong Jing said, “I seem to have heard someone say they wanted to flatten my Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion?”
“No, no, it was a misunderstanding, Pavilion Master. Li Hua was just talking nonsense earlier, but he’s clear-headed now, really!” Li Hua replied nervously.
“That’s good.” Nangong Jing nodded and then suddenly withdrew his Immortal Venerable pressure.
Li Hua and his companions let out a sigh of relief.
“You may return to the Immortal Emperor’s Palace. Nangong Jing has already explained everything clearly to you. It’s your own fault for being too dense. I believe if you relay my exact words to Immortal Emperor Yin Yang, he will understand.”
With that, Nangong Jing waved his sleeve and disappeared.
“Ahem,” Kong Nanzhen coughed lightly, his face returning to calm, as if the red-faced, angry person from earlier wasn’t him at all.
“Luckily, the Pavilion Master didn’t hold it against you. Let’s go.”
Kong Nanzhen glanced at Li Hua, then led the other nine elders away like a big brother.
Only Li Hua and his two companions, whose faces alternated between black and purple, and a few stunned disciples remained.
Li Hua, unable to contain his anger, bared his teeth at the disciples, scaring them into running away!
“Hmph, damn it!” Li Hua cursed under his breath, naturally not bothering with the disciples.
“Let’s go back to the Immortal Emperor’s Palace and report everything that happened here to the Immortal Emperor. I believe he will seek justice for us!”
Li Hua wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and he and his two equally disheveled companions disappeared.
…
As Li Hua and his companions traversed the void, they suddenly saw a hunched old man standing in their way.
They abruptly stopped, their expressions changing slightly.
“Who are you?” Li Hua asked, his face darkening.
Ever since they arrived at the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion, nothing had gone right. They used to walk around with impunity.
And now, someone dared to block their way?
“Heh, Grandpa Turtle just doesn’t like you and came to teach you a lesson,” Old Turtle said, arms crossed, with a mocking smile.
Hearing this, Li Hua also laughed, but it was a laugh of anger. He asked, “Do you know who we are?”
“Grandpa Turtle doesn’t care who you are!” Old Turtle laughed and cursed, suddenly disappearing from his spot and reappearing behind Li Hua and his companions!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With three swift chops, Li Hua and his companions rolled their eyes and fainted.
Normally, three Immortal Kings wouldn’t be knocked out by a few chops, but Old Turtle was the second most powerful being under Ambrose Lu in the Five Immortal Realms. Knocking out three Immortal Kings was a piece of cake.
“Heh heh,” Old Turtle chuckled lewdly and got to work.
He stripped them of all their clothes, leaving them stark naked, then tied them up with ropes.
Finally, he grabbed one end of the rope and dragged the unconscious trio into the void, heading towards the Immortal Emperor’s Palace.
…
Meanwhile, inside the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion,
Nangong Jing flipped his hand, revealing four wooden plaques engraved with countless runes. He solemnly floated the plaques in the air.
Infusing them with immortal energy, the plaques trembled and began to glow faintly. He then spoke solemnly to the four plaques,
“Immortal Emperor Ling Tian, Immortal Emperor Yin Yang, Immortal Emperor Feng Jiu, Immortal Emperor Wu Shi, Nangong has deduced at the cost of a million years of lifespan that the Ancestral Divine Realm… the Divine Path… the Nether Demonic Clan… at least ten Immortal Emperor-level experts…”
Soon, Nangong Jing finished explaining the impending catastrophe in the Immortal Realm.
Moments later, the light from the plaques dimmed and they turned to dust.
Nangong Jing sighed heavily.
He had made the severity of the situation clear.
Finally, he looked towards the Dao Courtyard within the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion, shrouded in a black veil, lost in thought.
…
Southern Immortal Realm, Immortal Emperor’s Palace.
When Old Turtle cheerfully tossed the three naked bodies down,
Many high-ranking officials in the Immortal Emperor’s Palace were shocked!
What was that?
Why were Immortal King Li Hua and the other two Immortal Kings tied up with red ropes…
And by the way, their… were so small.
One of the Immortal Kings quickly released his immortal energy to catch Li Hua and his companions, and at that moment, Old Turtle snapped his fingers.
Li Hua and his companions woke up.
They groggily opened their eyes, meeting the bewildered gazes of the high-ranking officials of the Immortal Emperor’s Palace.
What was going on? Weren’t they just facing an old man?
How did they end up back at the Immortal Emperor’s Palace in the blink of an eye?
“Everyone, what’s going on…” Li Hua asked, confused.
At the same time, he felt a chill and wondered why he felt so cold.
“Ahem. Immortal King Li Hua, could you please untie the red ropes and put on some clothes before we talk,” one of the Immortal Kings said, blushing.
Exposing oneself like this was somewhat disrespectful.
And so small…
Ugh!!
Li Hua and his companions were suddenly shocked. They looked down and were horrified to see themselves stark naked, tightly bound by red ropes, looking as if they had some bizarre fetish…
What terrified them even more was their… so small…
Li Hua and his companions were immediately ashamed and furious!
In the next moment, Li Hua erupted with immortal energy, but the red ropes, made of some unknown material, showed no signs of breaking!
The other Immortal Kings were shocked and hurried to help, but no matter what they did, the ropes remained tightly bound.
Li Hua felt a sense of despair and shouted, “Quick, go get Immortal Venerable Tian Sheng!”
In the end, even the so-called Immortal Venerable Tian Sheng had no solution, saying they had to wait for Immortal Emperor Yin Yang to return. Li Hua and his companions were utterly despondent.
Not only had they lost face, but they wouldn’t be able to show themselves for a long time.
That damn hunched old man! This grudge must be avenged!
…
After Ambrose Lu saw the scenes in the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror at the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion, everything seemed to come to a standstill.
Except for time.
Time flew by, endlessly, like a rushing river, day and night!
In the blink of an eye,
Five hundred years had passed…
During these five hundred years, the innkeeper Jeremy Zhang, who had been brewing Peach Blossom Wine in Moyu Town of the Spirit Dust Realm, waiting for that gentleman, had long passed away…
Those mortals who had seen Ambrose Lu had also long entered the cycle of reincarnation.
In the Cyan Cloud Sect, with the help of the heavenly treasures bestowed by Ambrose Lu, Mark Gu reached the Tribulation Crossing stage two thousand years earlier than expected, while Christopher Tong and Leonard Lin both achieved Divine Transformation with the help of those treasures. Andrew Chen also reached the Elemental Infant stage.
When the four of them revealed their cultivation levels, the entire Spirit Dust Cultivation Realm was shocked.
Everyone speculated that they must have some supreme treasure; otherwise, their cultivation speed was simply unreasonable!
But Mark Gu and his disciples had been hiding for so long, and now that their cultivation had advanced, they naturally had nothing to fear!
Another hundred years passed.
Mark Gu faced his Ascension Tribulation. Under the watchful eyes of countless people, he crossed the Rainbow Bridge and entered the ascension passage.
Leaving behind only one sentence,
“Disciples, your master is going to see the gentleman first. Don’t be envious.”
…
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