If I become a saint, a celestial official will summon me to raise horses.

Chapter 698 Fight to the death
Facing the Yellow Wind Immortal Lord who had revealed his true form, Li Ya and the boy in plain clothes felt even more pressure. The boy in plain clothes, in particular, felt as if he might explode at any moment. There was a suffocating sense of oppression around him, squeezing his body and causing his blood and qi to become disordered.

Li Ya was terrified; he could sense the murderous intent of Huang Feng Xianjun.

If he refuses again, Immortal Lord Huangfeng will definitely kill him!

And he will be completely powerless to fight back!

At this moment, memories from the past surfaced in Li Ya's mind.

Those were memories from Xuan Valley. He, Gu An, and Meng Lang followed their senior brother Zhang Chunqiu to plant seeds. At that time, Meng Lang liked to order Gu An around, while he always watched from the sidelines.

This memory had long been blurred, but for some reason it became clear again at this moment.

Huang Feng Xianjun watched him quietly, waiting for his decision. The magnificent and boundless Heavenly Ascension Staircase still stood behind Huang Feng Xianjun, as if it were the end of the world, an insurmountable chasm.

The young man in plain clothes couldn't turn his head to look at his master, but he could feel his master's torment.

This deity spoke eloquently, but his aggressive manner clearly indicated ill intentions.

only……

If he dies here, he will have no chance for revenge...

The boy in plain clothes was filled with fear and unease.

Li Ya remained silent for a long while. When Huang Feng Xianjun shifted his gaze to the young man in plain clothes, he finally spoke: "I will not agree to your request. Even if you kill my disciple, doing so will only make me angrier. If I survive, I will definitely regard you as my greatest enemy. Even if the Heavenly Court protects you, I will stop at nothing and do everything in my power to take revenge on you."

"A fight to the death."

His tone wasn't fierce; in fact, he seemed to be struggling to speak, but his eyes were so cold.

Huang Feng Xianjun frowned slightly, his killing intent intensifying.

How dare a mere mortal threaten him like this!

boom!
The boy in plain clothes suddenly exploded, blood and flesh flying everywhere, splashing onto Li Ya and staining half of his body with blood. His face was still covered with bits of flesh and blood, but this did not change his expression.

He kept his eyes fixed on Huang Feng Xianjun, seemingly unaffected by his disciple's death.

Huang Feng Xianjun revealed a contemptuous smile and said, "Do you think you still have a chance? If you refuse me, not only will you die, but everyone related to you will be plagued by misfortune and suffer a fate worse than death in the mortal hell until they die."

He raised his right hand and extended it towards Li Ya.

Li Ya remained expressionless, but the coldness in his eyes intensified.

Snapped!
Suddenly, a hand landed on Huang Feng Xianjun's left shoulder, and Li Ya, who was facing him, finally changed his expression, with the corners of his mouth turning up slightly.

Huang Feng Xianjun's expression changed slightly. He turned his head slightly and glanced at the person behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Standing behind him was Gu An, but even though the two were next to each other, he couldn't see Gu An's face clearly.

"Sword Master Fudao, you've finally shown yourself."

Huang Feng Xianjun spoke, his tone playful.

"Your entry into the Heavenly Spirit World must have been an accident. If you truly wanted to support that emperor, you wouldn't have sent him out to join the Heavenly Court. I would have personally petitioned the heavens on your behalf."

“You have no choice but to accept. You have captured Taiyi Immortal Lord and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong, which is a grave sin. If you cannot become an immortal or god before Heaven notices, you will face the wrath of Heaven. At that time, you will be facing an existence that is countless times more terrifying than me.”

Li Ya stared intently at Huang Feng Xianjun, now it was his turn to wait for Gu An's choice.

"Can you truly represent the Heavenly Court?"

Gu An's voice rang out, and Huang Feng Xianjun's body stiffened. Just as he was about to answer, a terrifying force suddenly shattered his physical body, causing him to follow in the footsteps of the plain-clothed youth. However, he did not explode into blood flowers, but turned into ashes and scattered.

Seeing that Huangfeng Immortal Lord was completely powerless against Gu An, Li Ya wasn't surprised, but his expression became complicated. Junior Brother Gu…

Why couldn't you have appeared sooner?
Li Ya thought bitterly to himself that he had no right to criticize Gu An, because the death of the young man in plain clothes was due to his involvement.

Even though he had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and had even witnessed the tragic death of his disciples, he was still filled with guilt and resentment.

Just then, he noticed a change in Gu An's eyes; a dark red, cold light flashed, making him feel dazed.

"Master..."

A familiar voice reached Li Ya's ears, as if calling him from afar, and the voice gradually grew louder.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if waking from a dream. He turned his head and saw that his apprentice, a young man in plain clothes, was standing right next to him.

“Xianyou, you…”

Li Ya looked at the boy in plain clothes and spoke in astonishment. He was completely dumbfounded and couldn't understand the situation at all.

A young man named Li Xianyou, dressed in plain clothes, stood in front of Li Ya and said excitedly, "Master, I'm not dead! I'm still alive! I thought I was going to die just now. Was I under an illusion?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ya looked down at his robes and noticed that the bloodstains on them were rapidly disappearing.

The previous scene was definitely not an illusion!
Li Ya turned his head to look at Gu An not far away. Gu An was looking at him, but in his eyes, Gu An's figure was so blurry that he could not see what expression Gu An had at this moment.

"Junior Brother Gu... what just happened?"

Li Ya couldn't help but ask, and the moment he uttered the words "Junior Brother Gu," Li Xianyou's eyes widened, and he turned to look at Gu An.

“Everything that happened before was real, not an illusion. I just made his death appear as an illusion, but he is still alive.”

Gu An replied, which made Li Ya and Li Xianyou even more astonished.

They couldn't understand Gu An's meaning at all, which made them feel awe towards him.

Such unimaginable methods require an incredibly high level of cultivation.

Li Xianyou asked anxiously, "Was that immortal or deity really dead just now?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ya also became nervous, awaiting Gu An's reply.

With his back to the Heavenly Ascension Staircase, Gu An replied, "Immortals and gods are immortal and indestructible. What he was just now was merely an avatar. In fact, he summoned the Heavenly Ascension Staircase not to demonstrate the might of heaven to you, but to summon a path to the mortal realm for a stronger being."

An even stronger being?
Li Ya and Li Xianyou felt a chill run down their spines, and they subconsciously looked towards the Heavenly Staircase.

At the top of the Heavenly Staircase, a ball of white light appeared at some unknown time, leading to the end of the universe, and was slowly growing stronger.

Li Ya and his companion's hearts raced; they felt a chill, as if they were being watched by an unknown entity.

"Sword Master Fudao, since you know this, you still dare to come. Who exactly are you? Whom do you work for? What do you want?"

The voice of Immortal Lord Huangfeng rang out, his tone chilling, and killing intent enveloped the boundless sea of ​​clouds.

Gu An slowly turned around, facing the Heavenly Ascension Steps.

At the top of the Heavenly Staircase, a figure descended amidst dazzling white light. The million-foot-high Heavenly Staircase appeared to him as ordinary stone steps in the mortal world.

He was bathed in the intense light of the Heavenly Dao, making it impossible to see his true form, but his mere presence brought Li Ya and the other two immense pressure.

With every step he took, there was a terrifying, awe-inspiring force, as if the sky were collapsing.

(End of this chapter)