56: Thunder God Body A Zi

As Feng Qiqi and Huang Yan brought Heaven-Rending to attack the Divine Phoenix Realm!

In Qingyan City of the Immortal Realm, Lin Xuan was thriving in Captain Liu's team, while Zhao Yuanhao was as miserable as if he had swallowed a fly. Watching Captain Liu laugh and chat with that new pretty boy, even taking him on missions, Zhao Yuanhao's eyes turned red with jealousy.

"Father! That kid is definitely problematic!" In the side hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Zhao Yuanhao cried to a middle-aged man wearing a dark golden immortal robe, with a dignified face but a hint of gloom in his eyes. "A True Immortal who just ascended! Xuanhuang World? A small world I've never even heard of! The passage has been sealed for ten thousand years, how could he ascend? And directly fall into the Flowing Fire Desert? He's lying! I think he's a high-level spy sent by the Asura Clan! He used some secret method we don't know to sneak in!"

Sitting at the head was none other than Zhao Yuanhao's father, Zhao Wuji, the Golden Immortal Elder of Qingyan City. He held a teacup, slowly skimming the foam, his eyes flickering. He knew his son's thoughts clearly; it was nothing more than vying for affection. But Lin Xuan's identity as an ascender was indeed a weakness that could be exploited.

"The passage has been sealed for ten thousand years, it's not entirely impossible for it to have loosened," Zhao Wuji put down his teacup, his voice low. "The Origin Tracing Immortal Mirror also showed no problems; on the surface, he is indeed innocent."

"Father! What good is that broken mirror? The Asura Clan is full of schemes, maybe there's a way to fool the Immortal Mirror!" Zhao Yuanhao grew anxious. "Think about it! As soon as he arrived, that woman Captain Liu started treating him differently! Now, she's even brought him into the patrol team! If he causes any trouble in the city, we'll both be in deep trouble! The City Lord already has a low opinion of us..."

At the mention of City Lord Tie Zhan, Zhao Wuji's eyes grew even more sinister. Tie Zhan was upright and never really liked him, a Golden Immortal Elder who rose through connections. With the front lines tight, it was a time when people were needed, so Tie Zhan couldn't openly move against him, but Zhao Wuji knew his own past wasn't clean.

"Enough!" Zhao Wuji barked, interrupting his son's incessant chatter. "Let me think about this. Grab his handle, and strike to kill! Moving against a True Immortal without evidence, especially someone Captain Liu is protecting, Tie Zhan won't agree to it."

Zhao Yuanhao was unwilling, but could only sullenly shut his mouth, the resentment in his eyes growing even stronger. Lin Xuan? Hmph, just you wait! I'll make you get out of Qingyan City sooner or later!

Lin Xuan was well aware of the Zhao father and son's schemes, but he didn't take them to heart at all. They were just two buzzing flies; if they really annoyed him, he'd just swat them to death. He was currently busy 'observing' in Captain Liu's team, and incidentally pondering how to 'coax' this heroic Captain Liu into the future Immortal Realm branch of the All Heavens Star Palace.

A month later, it was Lin Xuan's team's turn for city patrol duty. In reality, it was just strolling along a fixed route, maintaining order, and handling trivial disputes. Lin Xuan, carrying that broken iron sword, ambled along a relatively quiet flagstone path with two other team members.

"Damn it, this patrol is so boring, I'd rather go out and chop bugs," one team member complained. "Be content, it's our turn to rest our feet today," another team member yawned.

Lin Xuan didn't respond, his gaze casually sweeping over the street corner. Suddenly, a suppressed sob and arrogant shouting reached him.

"Little bastard! Run! Run again and I'll break your legs!" "Wuwu, my spirit stones, they're for my mother's medicine..." "Medicine? Your mother, that sick old hag, should have died long ago! These spirit stones are for your granddaddy!"

Lin Xuan frowned, following the sound. He saw three burly men in Zhao family servant attire, with brutish faces, at the Void Refinement stage, cornering a small girl in a dead-end alley. The little girl looked only eight or nine years old, her clothes tattered, her small face dirty, and a rare mess of dark purple short hair. She was clutching a tattered cloth bag tightly, which one of the burly men was roughly trying to snatch. The little girl was surprisingly strong, struggling desperately. Lin Xuan's Chaos Eyes saw faint arcs of electricity flickering in her purple hair.

"Stop!" A team member beside Lin Xuan couldn't stand it anymore and shouted sharply, "What are you doing? Bullying a child?" The three burly men turned around and saw the patrol team. Not only did they show no fear, but they even revealed contemptuous smiles. The leader, a burly man with triangular eyes, recognized Lin Xuan and sneered, "Oh, isn't this the new ascender? What? Captain Liu isn't here, so it's your turn to meddle? The Zhao family is handling business, outsiders get lost!"

Lin Xuan ignored the barking dogs. His gaze was fixed on the little purple-haired girl!

Just as the little girl struggled and the electric arcs flickered in her purple hair, the long-dormant system prompt in his mind exploded like a lightning strike!

Ding! Detected special physique: SSS+ grade Innate Thunder God Body, unawakened! Ding! Detected potential disciple target! Ding! Triggered ten-thousand-fold return critical strike omen! Does the host wish to immediately take her as a disciple?

Thunder God Body? SSS+ grade? Ten-thousand-fold return critical strike?

Lin Xuan's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably! This Immortal RealmNovice Village (newbie village) really was full of treasures! He could just stroll around and pick up a peerless genius of this level?

The three Zhao family lackeys, seeing Lin Xuan's lack of reaction, thought he was a coward and became even more arrogant. The triangular-eyed burly man snatched the tattered cloth bag from the little girl's arms, and a few dull lower-grade immortal crystals scattered onto the ground.

"Damn it! Bad luck! Just this pathetic stuff!" The triangular-eyed burly man spat, then raised his foot to kick the helpless little girl. "Little bastard! For not watching where you're going! Blocking your granddaddy's way!"

Just as his dirty foot was about to kick the little girl!

Whoosh!

No one saw how Lin Xuan moved! It was as if he had been standing there all along!

Lin Xuan's figure appeared like a ghost in front of the little girl, one hand casually extended, gripping the triangular-eyed burly man's ankle like an iron clamp, effortlessly!

"Ah?" The triangular-eyed burly man only felt an irresistible force gripping his ankle; intense pain shot through him, and his entire body was immobilized, unable to move!

The other two burly men, seeing this, roared and swung their fists at Lin Xuan! Fists whistled, carrying the power of the Void Refinement stage!

Lin Xuan didn't even turn his head. He casually swung the hand gripping the triangular-eyed burly man's ankle to the side!

Bang! Bang! The two charging burly men were sent flying backward with screams, as if struck by a rampaging wild bull, crashing heavily against the stone wall of the alley, seeing stars, and unable to get up!

The triangular-eyed burly man, held in Lin Xuan's hand, was even more terrified, feeling as if the bones in his ankle were about to shatter! He looked in horror at Lin Xuan's still expressionless face, and shrieked, putting on a brave front, "You? You dare to touch someone from the Zhao family? You're dead! Young Master Zhao won't let you off!"

"Zhao Yuanhao?" Lin Xuan's lips curled into a cold arc, an arc tinged with impatience. "What is he?"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Xuan, still holding the burly man's ankle, casually slammed him to the ground!

Boom! The flagstone ground shook violently! Dust billowed!

The triangular-eyed burly man was slammed hard into the ground, only his head remaining exposed, bleeding from all seven orifices, eyes rolling back, completely unconscious! Like a radish forcefully hammered into the ground!

The entire process was as fast as lightning! The other two team members hadn't even reacted; the battle was over! They looked at the unconscious burly man on the ground and the two groaning at the base of the wall, then at Lin Xuan, who stood in front of the little girl without even a wrinkle in his clothes, their eyes nearly popping out!

This? Was this still the novice True Immortal who would pant after killing a few sand beasts and whose swordplay was terrible? That speed, that strength, casually sending two Void Refinement stage cultivators flying? And slamming another into the ground? They felt like they might be hallucinating!

Lin Xuan ignored his teammates' shock. He turned around and crouched down, the hint of impatience on his face instantly vanishing, replaced by what he believed was his most amiable smile, looking at the little girl who was trembling in the corner, faint electric arcs still flickering in her purple hair.

"Little sister, don't be afraid. The bad guys have been chased away," Lin Xuan's voice was very soft, trying to sound gentle. "What's your name? Why were they trying to take your things?"

A Zi timidly raised her head, her pure, amethyst-like eyes still brimming with tears, teardrops hanging from her long eyelashes. She looked at Lin Xuan, seeming to sense no malice from him. Her small mouth puckered, and she said with a sob, "I, I'm A Zi. Those, those were for Mother's medicine money. Mother is sick, very sick..." As she spoke, her gaze fell upon the scattered lower-grade immortal crystals on the ground, her small face filled with heartache and despair.

Looking at the little girl's helpless yet stubborn eyes, and feeling the hidden, thunderous yet deeply suppressed Innate Thunder God Body essence within her, Lin Xuan's last trace of hesitation vanished.

Playing the pig to eat the tiger? The Zhao father and son? Qingyan City's rules?

I, Lin Xuan, Master of the All Heavens Star Palace! Ascended True Immortal! Demon Venerable of the Ancient Devil World, picked up an SSS+ grade Thunder God Body disciple in the Immortal Realm, and I still have to hide it? Still have to cater to a bunch of ants?

This was not Lin Xuan's style!

The All Heavens Star Palace, it was time to show its fangs in this Immortal Realm!

"A Zi," Lin Xuan reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the little girl's face, his voice not loud, but carrying an unquestionable firmness, "Brother will help you pick up those crystals. Brother will help cure your mother's illness. From now on, no one can bully you again. Will you be my disciple?"

A Zi looked at Lin Xuan blankly, her amethyst-like eyes full of confusion. Taking a master? That word was too distant for her. She only knew that this person had driven away the bad guys, said he would help her, and even help her mother with her illness?

Just then, a flurry of hurried footsteps and arrogant shouts came from the alley entrance!

"Who's the blind idiot who dared to touch someone from my Zhao family? Tired of living?" Zhao Yuanhao's distinctive duck-like voice rang out! He rushed into the dead-end alley with a large group of fierce Zhao family guards, full of murderous intent! Clearly, the guy who was slammed into the ground, or the two at the wall, had found a way to inform him.

Zhao Yuanhao immediately saw the triangular-eyed man pinned to the ground, and his groaning subordinates at the wall, as well as Lin Xuan, who was crouching in front of the little girl with his back to him! New and old grudges instantly surged in his heart!

"Lin Xuan! It really is you, you little bastard!" Zhao Yuanhao's eyes were bloodshot, his folding fan pointing at Lin Xuan, he roared at the guards behind him, "Go! Break his limbs! Cripple his cultivation! Grab that little bastard too! I'll make them wish they were dead!"

Over a dozen Zhao family guards, at the Integration, Grand Ascension, and Tribulation Transcending stages, and even two at the early Heavenly Immortal stage, pounced like hungry wolves! Immortal power erupted, blades flashed and swords gleamed, instantly sealing off the entire alley!

Lin Xuan's two team members turned pale with fright, instinctively backing away.

Lin Xuan slowly stood up, still with his back to the charging Zhao family guards. He didn't look at the murderous thugs, only gently patted A Zi's little head, and said softly, "A Zi, close your eyes and count to three. When you're done counting, the bad guys will be gone."

A Zi instinctively closed her eyes.

Lin Xuan turned around, facing the surging attacks, his face devoid of any expression. Only in the depths of his eyes, a wisp of chaotic, nihilistic Sword Intent, like a sleeping giant dragon, slowly awakened.

"One," A Zi's tender voice rang out. Lin Xuan held his fingers like a sword. "Two," his sword-fingers lifted, pointing at the void, and he casually made a stroke. "Three!" Hiss!

A gray, unremarkable wisp of air, as if capable of severing time, swept silently through the entire dead-end alley like a breeze over water!

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

All the charging Zhao family guards suddenly froze! Their ferocious expressions fixed! The blades and swords in their hands, the spiritual power light erupting from their bodies, even their menacing eyes, all lost their color in an instant!

Then, like a pencil drawing erased by a rubber, over a dozen guards, along with their weapons and the spiritual power they unleashed, silently turned into the finest dust, scattering down!

On the spot, only Zhao Yuanhao remained, maintaining the posture of waving his hand to give orders, the cruel smile on his face not yet faded, completely frozen in place! He felt as if invisible ice water had been poured over him from head to toe, all the blood in his body frozen! A fear originating from the deepest part of his soul instantly seized him! He watched with wide eyes as the elite guards he brought, enough to sweep through a patrol squad, vanished into thin air with a gust of wind!

Thump!

Zhao Yuanhao's legs went soft, and he collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud, his crotch instantly wet, a strong stench of urine permeating the air. He looked in terror at Lin Xuan, who slowly turned around, his eyes as indifferent as if looking at an ant, and made a strange gurgling sound in his throat, unable to utter a single word.

In the dead-end alley, there was a deathly silence. Only the sound of dust falling, and A Zi's tender echo of counting with her eyes closed.

"The bad guys are gone?" A Zi cautiously opened her eyes, looking at the empty alley and Zhao Yuanhao, who was sprawled on the ground, having wet himself. Her amethyst-like eyes were filled with surprise and a hint of admiration?