After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 328 Obstacle
However, the man's expression suddenly changed the moment he finished speaking.

At the same time, the true energy of heaven and earth surrounding the entire restaurant surged like a turbulent tide, and the doors, windows, tables and chairs all around trembled slightly.

The man and the two old men in black robes looked up at the restaurant. At that moment, they could all feel a powerful and refined martial arts aura brewing there.

"Is this... someone advancing to the Martial Dao Celestial Realm?"

An old man in black robes frowned and spoke, saying that there was a great chasm between a martial arts grandmaster and a celestial being, and one had to be extremely careful when advancing to the celestial being level.

However, this person is advancing in Gaofu City, a place teeming with all sorts of people, which is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

If you are slightly disturbed by someone with malicious intentions, you may lose all your previous efforts, your martial arts cultivation may collapse, or even your life may be in danger!

"Take care of these two first, and get the stuff back."

At this moment, the man temporarily withdrew his gaze, intending to continue attacking Li Musheng and his companion.

However, when he looked around, he found that there was no one in front of him. Li Musheng and the other person had disappeared without a trace.

The man was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, and his face turned extremely ugly as he said:

"Chase them! We can't let them escape!"

After saying that, he rushed out of the restaurant first, wanting to catch up with Li Musheng and the little beggar.

However, just as the man rushed to the entrance of the restaurant, he seemed to have crashed into an invisible iron wall, and suddenly his whole body flew backward.

The two black-robed elders behind him reacted quickly and caught the man, thus dissipating the force of the recoil from his body.

"How is this going?"

The man clutched his chest, straightened up, and looked toward the restaurant entrance, but there was clearly nothing there.

Upon hearing this, the two black-robed elders frowned, and then each of them unleashed several palm strikes, aiming at the entrance of the restaurant and the surrounding windows and walls.

However, the several blood-red palm prints that swept down with a gust of wind were unable to penetrate the restaurant's main door. The palm prints that struck the walls and windows were also blocked by an invisible force, causing them no damage whatsoever.

"This……"

The two black-robed elders were immediately surprised, and then continued to try to break through the invisible barrier in front of them, but they still could not do it.

……

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of a shop not far from the restaurant.

The little beggar was finally able to move freely again. He sat on the roof ridge, flexing his hands, then looked at Li Musheng and said:
"Why didn't you kill those members of the Sun Moon Demonic Cult just now?"

Hearing this, Li Musheng raised his eyebrows and said:

"They are too weak, which makes me not even want to make a move. Besides, this is such a small matter that I don't need to get involved."

The little beggar stared at Li Musheng for a while, then rolled his eyes. However, when he thought of the other party's terrifying speed before, he hesitated.

She quickly regained her normal expression.

Clearly, although this guy in front of me looks extremely arrogant, his strength should not be underestimated.

"What martial arts skills do you intend to use to trade with me for the Thief Saint's agility and lightness skills?"

The little beggar bit his lip and suddenly looked at Li Musheng and asked.

Li Musheng glanced at the other person and said casually:
What kind of martial arts do you want to learn?

Upon hearing this, the little beggar pouted:
"You're making it sound like you'd know everything I wanted to learn?"

Li Musheng chuckled and waved his hand, saying:

"If you don't know what you want to learn, then you should hand over your movement techniques and martial arts first, and then you can think about it slowly."

"That won't do. It's the rule of the trade: cash on delivery. What if you renege on your promise?"

The little beggar shook her head warily. She knew she couldn't escape Li Musheng's grasp. Now she could only bite the bullet and agree to Li Musheng's demands, and then consider how to maximize her benefits.

And then... she will remember the humiliation she suffered today and vow to avenge it in the future, and make Li Musheng call her "Grandpa"!
However, the little beggar's gaze suddenly shifted, drawn by the soaring martial arts aura emanating from the restaurant ahead.

"There really is someone who has advanced to the Celestial Realm here. This is an extremely rare occurrence, and I never expected to run into it."

The little beggar's dark eyes shone brightly as he gazed in the direction of the restaurant, seemingly unwilling to miss this rare and precious moment.

Meanwhile, the increasingly intense fluctuations of true energy within the restaurant also attracted the attention of martial arts masters in the surrounding area.

Soon, many martial arts figures arrived from all directions and gathered around the restaurant to watch.

Inside the restaurant, a man from the Sun Moon Demonic Sect and two black-robed elders were trying various methods, but they were still unable to leave the restaurant.

The three of them eventually focused their attention on Cao Gaoshan, who was advancing to the Celestial Realm.

"It's very likely that this person has blocked off the restaurant. The only way we can leave now is to deal with him."

The man suddenly spoke with a grim expression. Upon hearing this, the two black-robed elders exchanged a glance, then nodded and said:
"There is no time to lose. We must take advantage of this crucial moment in his promotion. He is at his weakest right now, which is our opportunity."

Without hesitation, the three of them headed upstairs.

After all, Li Musheng and the little beggar had already escaped, and the longer the time dragged on, the slimmer their chances of catching up with them became.

However, the moment the three of them entered Cao Gaoshan's room, a sharp blade flashed out, aiming straight for the heads of the three black-robed elders.

When Cao Gaoshan ascended to the realm of Heaven and Man, his mind was clear and he was in harmony with heaven and earth. He could hear everything happening around the restaurant with extreme clarity.

The so-called "Heaven and Man" refers to the initial achievement of the unity of heaven and man, absorbing and controlling the true energy of heaven and earth with a mortal body, and at the same time, merging one's own martial arts energy with heaven and earth.

Therefore, Cao Gaoshan naturally heard everything that happened in the restaurant lobby earlier.

At the same time, he also knew that Li Musheng had deliberately left these three people to him to deal with.

"It's really you!"

The man sensed the killing intent emanating from Cao Gaoshan and, along with two black-robed elders, hurriedly blocked the sudden attack. His face turned extremely pale.

Earlier, when he was in a corner of the restaurant, he noticed that Li Musheng and his group were acting strangely.

Unexpectedly, he was right about everything; the other party was targeting his group at every turn.

Not only did they let that little beggar steal their things, but now they've trapped them in the restaurant, clearly intending to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

"Good, good, good. This is outrageous and extremely arrogant. Even at such a crucial time as promotion, they still dare to attack us. They don't take us seriously at all."

One of the black-robed elders laughed angrily, then roared and attacked Cao Gaoshan with all his might:
"Today, it's either you or me who dies!" Cao Gaoshan sneered.
"You are nothing but whetstones for my ascension to the Celestial Realm!"

Having said that, he swiftly attacked, engaging the three members of the Sun Moon Demonic Sect in battle.

The big black cat, who had originally wanted to witness the ascension of a celestial being, sat on the windowsill, watching the battle unfold before it with a bit of boredom.

Because Li Musheng used his true energy to isolate the inside and outside of the restaurant, it couldn't get out and could only stay here to fight with Cao Gaoshan.

At the same time, an elderly man dressed in gray and a young man approached from afar and stopped in front of the restaurant.

Through the open doors of the restaurant, upon seeing the scene inside, the young man's expression instantly changed. His gaze fell upon the headless corpses of the man and woman, and he said:

"No wonder they never returned; they died here."

As he spoke, the young man prepared to enter the restaurant to collect the two bodies.

However, the next moment, he was stopped by the gray-robed elder, who frowned and said:
"Don't rush. When I ascended to the Celestial Realm, the true energy of heaven and earth was in chaos, like a raging dragon overturning the sea. All the vegetation within a hundred feet was leveled to the ground."

"Although the true energy of heaven and earth here is in considerable turmoil, it is far weaker than it was back then. Even this restaurant is completely undamaged."

Upon hearing this, the young man frowned, then looked at the gray-robed elder with a puzzled expression and asked:

"What Elder Sun means is..."

"What I mean is that this place has been sealed off by a master using the true energy of heaven and earth, and you cannot enter."

The old man in gray slowly shook his head, then flicked his finger, and a wisp of condensed martial arts true energy shot into the restaurant like an arrow.

However, when that wisp of martial arts energy reached the gate, it seemed to hit an invisible wall, and then in the blink of an eye, it shot back towards the gray-robed old man.

Upon seeing this, the gray-robed elder frowned slightly, a strange expression appearing on his face:
"Hmm? This is rather interesting."

With a casual wave of his hand, the wisp of true energy that had been shooting back quietly dissipated.

At this moment, the young man standing nearby frowned upon seeing this scene and asked:
"Does Elder Sun have a way to break through this blocking true energy?"

As he spoke, he looked at the two corpses in the hall and said:

“They were both kind to me, and even though I can’t avenge them for now, I will bring their bodies back.”

Upon hearing this, the gray-robed elder pondered for a moment before nodding slightly and saying:
"Logically speaking, I shouldn't disrupt the arrangements made by that expert in the shadows. However, since you've made the request, I might as well test the limits of the true energy in this area."

After saying that, the gray-robed old man slowly raised his hand. Instantly, the chaotic true energy of heaven and earth around him converged on his palm from all directions like rivers flowing into the sea, and then formed a soaring wind around him.

Immediately, the old man in gray clenched his fist lightly and threw a punch forward.

A terrifying fist intent, carrying surging true energy of heaven and earth, slammed out towards the open door of the restaurant.

The commotion caused by the old man in gray immediately drew the attention of the surrounding martial arts masters.

Everyone quickly realized that the gray-robed old man was a master of the Celestial Realm.

But the next moment, the gray-robed old man, a master of the Celestial Realm who had just thrown a punch, suddenly changed his expression.

His punch landed in front of the restaurant, then vanished as if it had disappeared into the sea, leaving the restaurant completely undamaged.

The next instant, the immense true energy of heaven and earth that he condensed from his fist intent rebounded back in the same way as the wisp of martial arts true energy he had previously released.

Upon noticing this, the gray-robed elder dared not be negligent. He naturally knew that his punch, though seemingly ordinary, had used more than 90% of his strength.

If he hadn't intervened, half the street behind him would have been reduced to rubble by that punch.

Rumble!
The old man in gray threw another punch, meeting the rebounding punch head-on. Instantly, the fist intent surged and the terrifying true energy collided, causing the aftershock to directly shatter a section of the street tiles where the old man in gray was standing into dust.

Dust billowed up, forming a black dust storm that shot into the sky, but it was quickly dispersed by the gray-robed old man with a wave of his hand and a strong gust of wind.

Upon seeing this, the young man's expression changed immediately, and he said:
"Old Sun, even you can't do anything about it?"

The old man in gray looked rather grim, but remained silent for a moment before shaking his head.

Although he only used 90% of his strength, he knew very well that judging from the strength of the true energy barrier in the restaurant, even if he went all out, he still wouldn't be able to break through.

At this moment, the little beggar on the roof of a shop not far from the restaurant, who had been watching the restaurant's ascension to the Celestial Realm, naturally also saw what the gray-robed old man was doing.

Moreover, she clearly recognized the two elderly men in gray, and then looked at Li Musheng beside her with a surprised expression, asking:
"What's going on? Why can't they get into the restaurant?"

Upon hearing this, Li Musheng gently shook his head and said:

"It's simple, if I don't let them in, they naturally won't be able to get in."

Upon hearing this, the little beggar paused for a moment, then scratched his head vigorously and said:
Why do I always feel like you talk in such an annoying way?

"If it was your doing to block those people, then just tell the truth. It's not like I don't understand."

"But you just had to say something that sounded really strange, it gave me the creeps."

Li Musheng glanced at the little beggar indifferently, waved his hand, and said:

"What do you know? That's how real masters are."

As he spoke, he glanced at the little beggar with some disdain and said:
"Have you decided what kind of martial arts you want? To be honest, you smell a bit strong, young lady. How long has it been since you took a bath?"

Upon hearing this, the little beggar stopped scratching his head, then turned his head and said:

"None of your business. If a beggar doesn't smell, can he still be called a beggar?"

As he spoke, the little beggar's eyes darted around, and with a mischievous glint in his eye, he suddenly lunged at Li Musheng.

Since you're no match for your opponent, it's good to annoy them a bit.

However, she obviously couldn't succeed. She froze in mid-air as soon as she made a move.

"The Thief Saint actually took a beggar as his apprentice. Does this mean that the Thief Saint was actually a beggar as well?"

Li Musheng spoke leisurely, and with a wave of his hand, the little beggar was forced back two steps in mid-air, and then he was able to move freely again.

The little beggar gritted her teeth in anger. This guy in front of her was completely sure of her. Even though she had the agility and martial arts skills of a master thief, they were of no use at all in front of him.

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to learn your acupoint striking technique."

At this moment, the little beggar suddenly stared intently at Li Musheng and spoke.

(End of this chapter)