Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 455 Heavenly Diligence Displays Its Power
As soon as the flying boat was revealed, Fei Enhua, who was in a dominant position, became serious. In contrast, Peng Daoren did not look relaxed either.

"Let's go!" The former was decisive and headed straight for the road.

Pu Honggu, on the flying boat, only had Peng Daoren in his eyes and paid no attention to the three little guys and the little turtle in front of him. He stopped Huang Si Niang, who was about to make a move, composed himself, and was about to get off the flying boat to greet Peng Daoren when a gray light suddenly appeared out of thin air and flashed by quickly.

"Boom"

The cultivators felt a jolt beneath them, and the enormous roar made even the most advanced cultivators tremble. Pu Honggu frowned, and the joy he had felt upon seeing Peng Daoren vanished in an instant.

"That vile servant She Fuyi!! When I get back, I will definitely slaughter every single family in my jurisdiction who has any connection with Wuwei Tower!!" Li Yun couldn't hide her anger as she shouted angrily.

"Senior Brother, the flying boat has cracked!" Wei Guze, who was piloting the flying boat, exclaimed in surprise, "This is the treasure of the Liangyi Sect, passed down for generations and for over a thousand years! It's just destroyed like this?!"

Wei Guze didn't have time to feel sorry for long. After he finished speaking, once he saw the scene outside, his expression turned serious.

He could only see a giant bird with wingspans that could almost cover half the sky outside the flying boat.

The beast outside had eyes full of sharp light, and every feather on it was stained with murderous aura. Even though Wei Guze was a dignified cultivator who had cultivated for many years and experienced many life-and-death battles, he still narrowed his eyes and dared not look directly at those round pupils.

"It's that old bird from the Fei family!" Huang Si Niang murmured softly, a hint of fear showing on her not-so-good-looking face.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be difficult for someone who has cultivated to such a level to develop a calm and composed mindset. However, when faced with this matter of life and death, Huang Si Niang still felt a bit flustered.

Aside from Pu Honggu, the leader of all cultivators, only Li Yun remained calm on the Two Elements Sect ship.

Pu Honggu frowned, knowing that he could no longer hide. Even though he knew he was no match for Fei Tianqin, he still took the lead and leaped out of the flying boat. With a formidable enemy at hand, the remaining cultivators had long since put aside their recent resentment and followed closely behind Pu Honggu.

Facing four cultivators alone, Fei Tianqin was not afraid. It even had time to scan the area behind it with its divine sense. Only when it saw that Peng Daoren had been captured by Wu Feng Shangxiu did it come back to its senses and focus on dealing with the group of Golden Core cultivators from the Liangyi Sect who were attacking it in concert.

"If I kill them all, I wonder if Bai Canhong from Zhaixing Tower will come looking for trouble?!" A terrible thought flashed through Fei Tianqin's mind. He was slightly excited. He first used a feather to block Huang Siniang's nine-foot red ribbon, then used another feather to block Wei Guze's Xuanwen steel ruler. Finally, he made a fierce chisel, almost piercing through the Yin-Yang Micro Dust Diagram used by Li Yun.

After passing the three cultivators blocking its path, the Juntian Bird, without looking back or paying any attention, flapped its wings and pounced towards Pu Honggu. The latter could see that the old bird's beak glowed with spiritual light, its claws gleamed with ferocious light, its wings were like sharp blades, and its thousands of feathers formed spears.

The old cultivator felt a chill in his heart but showed no fear on his face. His hands swirled with spiritual light, and the seven broken silver jades arranged on the sunny side of his natal magic weapon, the Taiyi Xuanji Barrier, drew down star power to create a light screen, barely blocking the attacking ferocious bird. The earth vein magnetic mother stone embedded on the shady side had just set up the Yuan Qi barrier by using the earth's magnetic field when Fei Tianqin felt his body sink, as if he were carrying the Five Sacred Mountains on his back.

Seeing this, Huang Si Niang was overjoyed, thinking that her senior brother had suppressed Fei Tianqin's ferocity. However, the smile on her face lasted only a few breaths before Fei Tianqin, whose first attack had been blocked by Pu Honggu, let out a sharp cry and a dazzling white light flowed around his body.

The invisible barrier around its body seemed to be broken in an instant. The old bird glared fiercely, crossed its wings and flapped them, and the overwhelming feathers, like spears, descended upon Pu Honggu!
The latter usually had some pride in his natal magic weapon, thinking that few below the level of a True Immortal could break it. But today, after only a brief encounter with this old bird, Pu Honggu already felt extremely strained.

The clanging sounds were extremely jarring. Pu Honggu felt the starlight barrier in front of the magic weapon growing fainter and fainter. As his heart sank, he also had an idea.

"Junior Brother Li!!"

Li Yun immediately understood, without even needing to greet Wei and Huang, who immediately grasped the meaning. The three Golden Core cultivators converged in mid-air and rushed towards the location of Peng Daoren.

"How dare you, you brat!!" Fei Tianqin roared in fury, and Pu Honggu was immediately surrounded by a violent storm, on the verge of imminent danger. However, the latter was, after all, a peak cultivator, and he couldn't just stand there and take the beating.

Seeing that Fei Tianqin was about to turn back to help, the old cultivator bit his tongue and spat out his yang blood, pouring it onto his natal magic weapon. Instantly, onlookers could see that Pu Honggu's originally upright back suddenly hunched over.

The initially furious Fei Tianqin calmed down instantly upon seeing this scene, and muttered, "This junior does have some skills. I really want to kill him more and more!"

Seeing that the light barrier formed by Pu Honggu's natal magic treasure Taiyi Xuanji Barrier on the sunny side was already riddled with holes, it was now completely renewed; the earth vein magnetic mother on the shady side suddenly cracked open, and the barrier formed was even more powerful than before!

Fei Tianqin felt an invisible spiritual pressure fall back on him, and his wings, which were covered with spiritual light, seemed to be bound by hundreds of chains, making him feel unusually free!

As the three cultivators opposite him drew closer, Sect Leader Kang, who was standing with Cultivator Wu Feng, suppressed his fear and muttered to himself, "Why do I feel that Ancestor Tianqin is not as confident as he said beforehand?"

Kang Dabao wondered to himself, "Am I going to crash and burn this time?"

His actions did not escape the notice of Fei Nanying and Wu Feng Shangxiu. The former did not react, but simply stared expressionlessly at the three cultivators opposite him; the latter, however, was not so indifferent. Instead, he picked up the Peng Daoren, whose life or death was unknown, and urged the Great Master Kang: "Boy, don't shrink back, come up and help me!"

Kang Dabao cursed inwardly, but seeing that Fei Nanying made no move, he had no choice but to step to Wu Fengshangxiu's side and summon the Chess Immortal Disc to save his life.

After losing his natal magic weapon, even with Kang Dabao's help, Wu Feng Shangxiu couldn't be sure if he had any chance of winning against Huang Si Niang, the weakest of the three.

However, Wu Feng Shangxiu was still unhappy to see Master Kang run away. After all, in case of defeat, he needed to leave someone behind to save himself a better chance of survival.

"Please wait a moment, senior brothers, while I go and rescue Master Peng!"

The moment Huang Si Niang saw Wu Feng Shang Xiu, her eyes lit up.

After she finished speaking, without caring whether her two senior brothers, Li Yun and Wei Guze, agreed or not, she bypassed the imposing Fei Nanying and rushed towards Wu Feng Shangxiu, whose face was grim.

Fei Nanying didn't stop her. He simply greeted the two cultivators in front of him with two beams of halberd light and shouted, "Don't worry, Ancestor, we can hold out here!"

No sooner had they finished speaking than Li and Wei unleashed their magical weapons, and a thunderous roar suddenly erupted behind them:

"What a joke!! I, the patriarch, am right here. Why would I need a brat like you to show off your power here?!"

A few breaths later, even the cultivators in the arena could not see what secret technique Fei Tianqin had used, when a crisp "crack" was heard.

Pu Honggu's natal magic treasure, the Taiyi Xuanji Barrier, had its seven broken silver jade pieces on the yang side shatter into pieces, scattering jade fragments everywhere. The earth vein magnetic mother on the yin side, which was already flawed, instantly turned into dust. The pain caused the old cultivator's eyes to go black, and blood gushed out like a pillar, almost causing him to faint.

"You damned feathered beast!" Pu Honggu cursed, but the expected storm did not come. Instead, he saw that the old bird in front of him had abandoned him and turned to the battlefield below.

"Junior brother, be careful!!"

Before Li Yun could figure out which senior brother had called out the warning, he felt a murderous intent rising behind him and hurriedly moved the Yin-Yang Dust Diagram in a different direction.

The current leader of the Liangyi Sect's usual cautious approach indeed saved his life.

The Two Elements Dust Diagram, the two treasures of the Two Elements Sect, had its spiritual light dimmed by the old bird's sharp beak, clearly indicating that its vital energy had been damaged. Li Yun's hand seal collapsed, and a burst of spiritual light exploded in his hand, leaving his right palm a bloody mess, with all five fingers revealing the bone.

Li Yun had just survived the attack of this top-tier demonic beast, feeling no pain, only relief. But the next moment, he heard Wei Guze let out a miserable howl.

"This old bird is still using a feint attack!"

Li Yun didn't see what methods Fei Tianqin had used; she only saw that Wei Guze's robes were tattered, his eyes were filled with fear, and he dared not fight anymore.

However, the latter is still a mid-stage cultivator. After hundreds of years of cultivation, he must have a few trump cards at his disposal. When he is on the run, his speed can be described as terrifying.

Fei Tianqin hadn't expected Wei Guze to be so reckless, fleeing as soon as they engaged. With Pu Honggu and Li Yun holding him back, even the most swift and agile veteran like Fei Tianqin was still a step too slow, allowing Wei Guze to escape.

Huang Si Niang, who was pressing down on Master Kang and Wu Feng Shang Xiu and was retreating step by step, saw clearly that her senior brother Wei had only managed to escape by using a life-saving ray of light that he had cultivated over a hundred years of seclusion. She was startled.

Knowing that everyone knows their own situation, Huang Si Niang knew that her skills were far inferior to any of the other senior brothers in the arena. Fearing that Fei Tianqin would find her to be a pushover, she was decisive and turned to leave without even caring about the instructions given to her by her senior brothers. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Wu Feng Shang Xiu, who had been suppressed and unable to breathe, was still full of fighting spirit.

While desperately urging the magical artifacts borrowed from the Yunjiao Prefecture Treasury, she also loudly urged Kang Dabao to step forward and help. For a time, even the extremely entangled Huang Si Niang found it difficult to escape.

Enraged, Huang Si Niang lost all composure and launched into a tirade of curses. Her red silk ribbon, brimming with murderous intent, danced incessantly, putting Wu Feng Shang Xiu in grave danger and keeping the wandering Master Kang on his toes.

His junior sister had lost the will to fight and insisted on leaving, but Li Yun had no time to think. The moment Fei Nanying attacked him, he had no choice.

Fortunately, although the latter was quite skilled, he was still relatively inexperienced. Even though Li Yun was injured, he was still able to fight her to a standstill.

Pu Honggu didn't want to give up, but he still couldn't stop Fei Tianqin from unleashing his fury, which severely injured another junior brother who was guarding him. He immediately sighed.

His natal magic weapon was severely damaged and he could no longer control it, so he could only randomly grab another magic weapon to fight back. Naturally, it was difficult for him to match the latter, and before long he was beaten to the point of vomiting blood again, and his already depleted vital energy was further dissipated.

Because of Fei Tianqin's sharpness, Wu Feng Shangxiu, who was originally struggling to hold on, seemed to have inexhaustible spiritual power. Even in this desperate situation, he was still no match for the red ribbon in Huang Siniang's hand. However, Wu Feng Shangxiu was truly resilient and managed to block most of Huang Siniang's rapid attacks.

Even if Wu Feng Shangxiu was incompetent in the Golden Core stage, he was still far superior to the current Headmaster Kang. For safety's sake, the latter could only use his pupil technique on Huang Si Niang from a distance.

His Eyes of Truth had reached perfection, a level of skill far surpassing even that of ordinary Golden Core cultivators. Therefore, even though Kang Dabao's cultivation was quite low, he was not entirely incapable of causing trouble for Huang Si Niang.

Fei Enhua, who was fleeing with his two juniors, only dared to look over now, but even then, he couldn't see clearly. He could only guess that it was a battle between two Golden Core cultivators, but he couldn't discern who was stronger.

At this moment, the old donkey beneath He Chang acted up again. It was so frightened by just one glance that it defecated and urinated uncontrollably. Just as He Chang was about to unleash a torrent of curses and raise his whip, he saw a streak of light flash by in the distance, joining the battle between the two Golden Core cultivators.

The stream of light traveled without being concealed, and even He Chang, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, could see it. Naturally, it could not be hidden from the group of advanced cultivators present.

Enraged by the prolonged and desperate battle against Pu Honggu, Fei Tianqin lashed out with his wings, sending the former flying like a cannonball. Only then did he turn back and shout at the streak of light.

"Who goes there?!"

A bright flash of gunfire and the newcomer's reply arrived in front of Fei Tianqin at the same time: "Junior Xiang Tianxing of Zhaixing Tower greets Senior!!"

"The head of general affairs at Zhaixing Tower?!" Upon hearing the name of the newcomer, Headmaster Kang narrowed his eyes slightly in surprise.

Thinking that this was a disciple of a Nascent Soul sect that had ruled the entire Shannan Dao for a thousand years, Kang Dabao couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and even his pupil technique shifted slightly.

While Master Kang was still annoyed by this mistake, the golden light unexpectedly struck Huang Si Niang, who was in mid-air.

Caught off guard, the latter's robes were instantly burned to pieces by Kang Dabao's pupil technique.

After the female Taoist cried out in pain, Wu Feng Shangxiu, who had been fighting desperately, should have pressed his advantage and pursued her. However, the Taoist turned around and began to investigate Xiang Tianxing, who had just arrived.

He came from a humble background and had limited knowledge. Although he was promoted to a high-level cultivator by chance, his experience was not much better than that of an ordinary alchemist, and he was often ridiculed by his peers.

Before this, Wu Feng Shangxiu had never even seen Xiang Tianxing's true face. After seeing the latter today, he sighed inwardly: "The head of the Zhaixing Tower's general affairs is so young, and he certainly has a good appearance!"

At this moment, Fei Tianqin also shared the same feeling as Wu Feng Shangxiu. At first, it calmly used its feathers as a shield to meet the spear's edge, but after looking up and taking a closer look, the playful feeling in its heart faded a lot:

"This kid is extraordinary. He truly lives up to the reputation of being the most likely person to reach the Nascent Soul stage in the past century in the Southern Mountain Region. He's just waiting for the right opportunity, and he'll probably reach that stage soon. It's surprising that someone like him would get involved in this mess."
As for killing him, it is absolutely forbidden. If we were to kill him, it would sever the lineage of the Star-Picking Tower in this generation, and that brat Bai Canhong would probably dare to bring me, the patriarch, before the Southern King to demand an explanation!

Thinking of this, Fei Tianqin, after using the feather wall to block the successive spear strikes from Xiang Tianxing, raised his opinion of him even higher: "This fellow's skill is far superior to Pu Honggu's. He'll be quite a handful to deal with."

"No, no!! The Star-Picking Tower's early demise suggests that the Blood Path Golden Core cultivator is hiding something extraordinary!"

After the old bird thought it through, he immediately shouted, "Wu Feng, hand the man over to Kang boy!"

Though the words were not explicitly stated, which of the cultivators present did not understand?

For a moment, Wu Fengshangxiu's mind was probably racing with thoughts, but he still dared not disobey Fei Tianqin's order. After using his magic weapon to block Huang Siniang's attack, he finally stuffed the figure in his hand into the arms of Master Kang.

The latter didn't even ask a single extra question, and simply picked up Peng Daoren and left.

Seeing this, Xiang Tianxing raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised. He flicked his wrists, and a spear light shot out swiftly, aiming for Kang Dabao's vitals.

Despite the fact that the latter had managed to injure Huang Siniang by sheer coincidence, once he saw the spear light that Xiang Tianxing had transformed into reach within ten feet of him, Master Kang knew that he had no chance of taking it.

After an unknown period of silence, the perfectly round gourd stirred again, and the wisp of life-saving green smoke seemed to surge to the gourd's mouth, about to break through the mismatched stopper.

At this critical moment, Master Kang remained relatively calm. He held the half-dead Peng Daoren in front of him as a shield, thinking that this would make Xiang Tianxing somewhat wary. However, the spear light was still extremely sharp, as if it wanted to pierce through the two of them!
"Are they trying to silence us?!"

Kang Dabao's mind wasn't slow, but his heart sank: "Qingyan got a peak Golden Core cultivator, so it's not too bad, is it?!"

With a clang, the fierce spear light struck half of the wing, causing a few feathers to fall.

After rescuing Master Kang, the old bird became much more certain, thinking to himself, "This junior isn't here to save people, he's here to kill! That Taoist Peng must be hiding something big!!"

With a furrowed brow, Xiang Tianxing was unaware that Fei Tianqin, who had just rushed to the aid of Sect Leader Kang, had also saved his life. Instead, he felt anxious: "The matter of instructing this Taoist to contact the Lishan lineage must not be leaked! Otherwise, even my Zhaixing Tower will become the target of all the families in the Immortal Dynasty!!"

“Ancestor,” Kang Dabao took a deep breath, about to say something, when he heard Fei Tianqin urge him first: “Take Taoist Peng back to Xuanwei City and find Chu Yanran to protect her first! We will be back soon.”

"promise!"

Master Kang, knowing the gravity of the situation, did not utter a single word at this moment. He accepted the order, mounted the Kui Xing Shuttle, and turned to leave.

“This kid’s flying boat is quite something, it must have some background.” Fei Tianqin glanced at it briefly, then flapped his wings and easily stopped Xiang Tianxing, who was trying to chase Kang Dabao back.

At the same time, Pu Honggu, who had just been sent flying like a cannonball, arrived at Xiang Tianxing's side. Although the latter hated Pu Honggu for his incompetence, he still felt more confident and dared to speak to Fei Tianqin in a deep voice:
"Senior has been in Shannan Road for a long time, and although I have never paid a visit, I have never criticized the actions of the Yunjiao Prefecture government, which shows my respect. Over the decades, our two families have had a tacit understanding in our relations. I hope that this time, senior can still do me a favor for the sake of my Zhaixing Tower. I will be deeply grateful and moved to tears."

While Xiang Tianxing's choice of words was humble, his tone was aggressive, leaving Fei Tianqin almost no room to maneuver.

"This junior is arrogant," Fei Tianqin said with a half-smile. After confirming that Fei Nanying and Li Yun were evenly matched in their battle, he spoke calmly to the two cultivators in front of him.
"Even ordinary cultivators can hardly frighten me, your ancestor. You two juniors are quite bold. It's alright if you don't value your lives. You can try to save your lives from my grasp!"

The fake smile on Xiang Tianxing's face gradually disappeared. He casually swept his spear, and a beam of spiritual light cleared away all the impurities in the arena. Xiang Tianxing looked directly into Fei Tianqin's sharp eyes without flinching. When he spoke, he was extremely indifferent: "Then I will trouble Brother Pu to go ahead. I will stay here to learn from your superior skills!"

"What a junior," Fei Tianqin seemed amused by the situation. It spread its wings, and its feathers seemed to be dyed golden by the sunlight, which also blocked a large amount of sunlight from the two people in front of it.

At the same time, its wings, which blot out the sky, also acted like two gates, completely blocking Pu Honggu's path to pursue Master Kang.

Xiang Tianxing's heart sank slightly as Fei Tianqin's chilling voice reached his ears again: "I've already told you, none of you will be able to leave alive. This is no joke, so don't hold back, or your lives may be in serious jeopardy!"

(End of this chapter)