My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

A sudden gust of wind arose, and the world changed color.

On the high platform.

Elder Xue Li's withered, claw-like ghostly hand, carrying a thick, nauseatingly foul stench of blood, pressed down on Ning Xiu's crown like a mountain.

This strike carried the deadly intent of a Golden Core stage expert.

Let alone a down-on-his-luck scholar who can't even kill a chicken. Even a small mountain made of cast iron would be reduced to dust under this claw.

however.

Standing still, Ning Xiu not only did not retreat, but instead slowly straightened his thin spine.

His once gentle and clear eyes now seemed to be ignited with two dazzling golden flames.

"Its energy is supremely vast and extremely strong!"

Ning Xiu's voice was not loud.

But it possesses a strange magic that can penetrate the soul and resonate with the laws of heaven and earth.

As these eight words were uttered.

The space suddenly rippled violently.

"Buzz—!"

An indescribable, boundless golden light surged into the sky from Ning Xiu's body.

This golden light was righteous and peaceful, without the slightest violence or killing intent, yet it carried an inviolable supreme majesty.

Amidst the stunned gazes of tens of thousands of cultivators in the audience.

The golden light instantly condensed above Ning Xiu's head into a thick, mountain-like golden shield. On the surface of the shield, countless ancient characters from sages seemed to flow and flicker.

next second.

"boom!"

Elder Xue Li's sure-fire killing claw slammed into the golden light shield!

There was no sound of bones and flesh shattering as I had imagined.

There was only a loud sizzling sound, like cold water being poured into a pot of boiling oil!

"Aaaaaahh ...

Elder Xue Li suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream.

His prized, demonic hand, stained with the blood of countless mortals, reacted the instant it touched the golden shield of light. It was as if it had encountered the most terrifying flames in the world, and began to frantically emit white smoke!

That is the natural restraint of righteous energy against evil and demonic arts!

It is the purest law of the universe, a ruthless crushing of evil and heretical paths!

"What kind of evil magic is this?!"

Elder Xue Li was terrified and desperately tried to pull his hand back.

However, that righteous energy, like a persistent, insidious infection, surged through his fingertips, frantically drilling into his meridians. Wherever it passed, the bloodthirsty demonic energy he had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years crumbled away like melting snow!

"Get out of here!"

Elder Xue Li, with the courage of a warrior cutting off his own arm, bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of his life essence blood, which forcibly repelled the strange golden light.

He was sent flying backwards like a kite with a broken string.

They retreated more than ten feet before finally regaining their footing.

When he looked up again, the entire audience gasped in shock.

This once dignified Golden Core elder of the Blood Fiend Sect was now disheveled and in a sorry state. His right hand, purified by the righteous energy, was riddled with holes, revealing the bare white bone!

One word and the Golden Elixir is gone!

The entire hall was deathly silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, as if they were looking at a god who had descended to earth.

"The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or supernatural beings!"

Before everyone could recover from their shock, Ning Xiu spoke again.

He raised his right hand, his fingers forming a sword shape, and gently pointed at Elder Xue Li in the distance.

"Zheng—!"

A clear and high-pitched sword cry resounded throughout the heavens.

The righteous energy in mid-air gathered wildly and actually condensed into a holy sword that was ten feet long and radiated a dazzling golden light!

Where the sword points, all evil will be shunned!

"go."

Ning Xiu uttered a single word.

The holy sword, formed from pure literary energy, slashed down at Elder Xue Li with an overwhelming momentum as if it were creating the world!

"How dare you, you brat!"

Elder Xue Li was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

He couldn't understand how this mortal, who showed no signs of spiritual energy, could unleash such terrifying power.

Moreover, this method completely restrained his cultivation technique, leaving him with a Golden Core cultivation level but unable to unleash even half of his full power.

"Blood Demon Shield!"

Elder Xue Li frantically burned his true essence, condensing a thick, blood-red shield above his head.

"Boom!"

The holy sword fell.

The Blood Demon Shield shattered after only half a breath. Elder Xue Li was once again struck, coughing up blood, and rolled on the ground like a broken-legged old dog, desperately trying to dodge.

Looking at Ning Xiu, who was displaying great power on the stage.

Hiding in a corner of the crowd, Li Chen was holding his head in his hands, his expression even more unpleasant than if he had swallowed a fly.

"Words become law... a battle of wits..."

"Damn! He actually managed to get it working!"

Li Chen roared inwardly, his worldview shattered.

I remember a few online novel settings that I casually recalled from staying up all night reading novels in an internet cafe in my past life.

In this absurd world, a down-on-his-luck scholar actually regarded it as the supreme path and even succeeded in cultivating it!

"This is blatant cheating!"

"I painstakingly endured being struck by lightning to form my golden elixir, and he thinks he can catch up to me just by reciting a few lines of poetry?"

Li Chen took a deep breath, trying to calm his mind, which was on the verge of collapse.

"No, I have to go home. The Tang Dynasty is the place for normal people to live."

Just as Li Chen was mentally ranting and raving...

The situation on the platform changed once again.

Seeing Elder Xue Li forced into a perilous situation by a mere mortal, the Blood Fiend Sect had lost all face.

Another elder in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, sitting in the next seat, finally couldn't sit still any longer.

This man is named Xue Shazi. He has a violent temper and kills people without hesitation.

"Useless piece of trash! Can't even handle a mere mortal!"

Blood Fiend snorted coldly.

He completely disregarded the martial ethics of senior masters. With a flash, like a streak of blood-red lightning, he instantly circled behind Ning Xiu.

"Kid, your act's over!"

Blood Fiend sneered.

A white bone sword, radiating intense resentment, appeared out of thin air in his hand. With an extremely sinister angle, it pierced directly towards Ning Xiu's fatal acupoint in the back!

Although Ning Xiu had grasped the righteous energy, he was, after all, a scholar who had just stepped into the threshold of cultivation.

He lacked both divine sense and extensive combat experience.

When he noticed the sound of something cutting through the air behind him, the white bone sword was less than three inches away from his back!

"Brother Xiu, be careful!"

Xing'er, who was trapped to the side, let out a desperate scream.

Ning Xiu turned his head abruptly, his pupils contracting instantly.

It’s over.

There was no time to defend.

"well……"

At this critical moment.

A long sigh, filled with helplessness and frustration, suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Followed by.

"boom--!!!"

A deafening, terrifying thunderclap that made the entire world tremble exploded on the Blood Fiend Sect's White Bone Plaza!

A bolt of purple-gold lightning, as thick as a water bucket, resembled an ancient thunder dragon tearing through the sky.

It burst out of the crowd at a terrifying speed that exceeded the visual limits of everyone present!

"Bang!"

The purple-gold lightning struck the White Bone Death Sword in Blood Fiend's hand with perfect precision.

That mid-grade magic weapon, which has drunk the blood of countless cultivators.

The moment it came into contact with the purple-gold lightning.

It was like a fragile piece of porcelain, letting out a mournful cry before shattering into countless white bone dust!

"Who goes there?!"

Blood Fiend was forced back five steps by the recoil of the lightning, his right hand went numb, and he looked in horror at the direction from which the lightning had come.

Tens of thousands of cultivators in the audience turned their heads in unison.

The violent lightning slowly dissipated.

A handsome young man with a wild and cold smile on his lips, dressed in the outer disciple's robes of the Qingyun Sword Sect.

Step by step, he strode through the void and slowly walked up to the high platform.

He stood in front of Ning Xiu.

Like an insurmountable, towering mountain, it blocked all the killing intent and oppressive aura from its side.

"Who are you? How dare you meddle in the affairs of my Blood Fiend Sect!" Blood Fiend Child stared intently at the young man before him, his eyes filled with apprehension.

The young man stretched his neck, and his joints cracked like popping beans.

He raised his head.

In those deep eyes, purple-gold lightning leaped wildly like boiling magma.

"I?"

The young man grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth.

"I will not change my name or surname."

"I am Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty!"

"He is indeed the greatest brute of the Tang Dynasty!"