58: Chapter 58 The Holy Son of Yao Guang arrives to expose the fraud!

At the summit of Changge Peak, clouds and mist swirled.

Su Changge was pinching that pitch-black stone, turning it over and over against the light of the setting sun to examine it.

“Fragment of the Absolute Beginning Divine Stone... It sounds like quite a big deal.”

He muttered, tentatively channeling a sliver of Spiritual Qi into it.

The moment the Spiritual Qi touched the stone, it was like a drop of water falling into a dead sea; it vanished without a trace, not even producing a single bubble.

“System, how on earth do I use this piece of junk? It couldn't really just be a decorative ornament, could it?”

He lazily asked in his mind.

【Ding! Insufficient permissions, unable to analyze.】

【Host can spend 10,000,000 emotion points to perform a deep analysis of the Divine Stone.】

“Ten million?”

Su Changge's eyelid twitched violently.

He almost failed to hold onto the stone in his hand.

“Why don't you just go rob someone! Ten million just to analyze a stone? I could buy a God-Tier Sword Dao Comprehension for that price!”

This cost was enough to wipe out all the emotion points he had painstakingly accumulated overnight.

Risking his entire fortune for a 'possibility' with an unknown use?

Not worth it.

Totally not worth it.

“Forget it, forget it. Whoever wants to can have it, I'm not researching it anymore.”

He decisively abandoned the money-burning thought and tossed the stone back into the System space.

How could exploring the secrets of the world be as comfortable as lying down and sunbathing?

Su Changge lay back down in his rocking chair, preparing to continue his great career as a salted fish, his whole body radiating a lazy aura of 'the Great Dao is simple, and I have no conflict with the world.'

He didn't know that his series of movements just now had been fully observed by Ye Qingyao, who was standing quietly under an ancient pine tree not far away.

She watched as her Revered Master first gazed at the Divine Stone with a slight frown, as if engaging in a battle of Divine Thoughts with an eternal existence.

Then he suddenly seemed enlightened, put away the Divine Stone, and returned to a state of calm and indifference.

This scene set off a massive wave in Ye Qingyao's heart.

“Revered Master has gained enlightenment again...”

Her breathing became light, for fear of disturbing that mysterious Dao Rhyme.

She had also seen that black stone.

Although its appearance was unremarkable, how could something that Revered Master treated so solemnly—even needing to close his eyes to comprehend—be an ordinary object!

“This stone must be the foundation of Revered Master's Great Dao!”

In Ye Qingyao's mind, countless thoughts flashed wildly, connecting themselves into an earth-shattering truth.

“Perhaps this stone is a relic from some Ancient Immortal Court, containing the secret of Ascension!”

“Or perhaps, this is simply a piece of unpolished jade of the Great Dao. It looks like a common stone, but in fact, it contains the Origin Laws of the entire world, and only someone of Revered Master's Realm can glimpse its mysteries!”

“Revered Master's contemplation just now must have been deducing the heavenly secrets and comprehending the ultimate path to transcendence!”

The more she thought, the brighter her eyes became, her heart filled with endless reverence and a sense of mission.

For an existence like Revered Master, every single thing he did would inevitably affect the veins of the world.

“No! Revered Master's great plan for Ascension must not be disturbed!”

“I must act as Revered Master's Protector!”

Ye Qingyao made up her mind and gripped the sword in her hand.

From this day forward, guarding Changge Peak and protecting Revered Master's quiet cultivation would be the primary priority of her cultivation!

The days on Changge Peak returned to tranquility once more, within a strange atmosphere where one of the Revered Master-Disciple duo was truly a salted fish and the other was hallucinating wildly.

However, the world below the mountain had completely boiled over because of Su Changge's sword strike.

A storm was brewing.

...

Half a month later, outside the mountain gate of the Taixuan Sect.

“Rumble—”

From the edge of the firmament came a dull, thunderous dragon roar, causing the sea of clouds to churn.

Nine black flood dragons, each hundreds of feet long with grim scales and a terrifyingly fierce aura, were pulling an extremely luxurious and massive carriage, tearing through the clouds.

The carriage was forged entirely from rare Warm Sun Treasure Jade and Star Essence Gold, surrounded by Immortal Qi and draped with thousands of jeweled ornaments. Wherever it passed, golden lotuses appeared out of thin air in the Void Realm, accompanied by ethereal immortal music, making the display of grandeur reach its peak.

“What... what is that?!”

“Nine dragons pulling a carriage... it's the ‘nine dragon sinking incense carriage’ of the Eastern Wasteland's Yaoguang Holy Land!”

“Heavens! People from the Yaoguang Holy Land are here! And it's the specifications of the Saint's personal arrival!”

At the foot of the mountain, countless Loose Cultivators waiting to join the Sect and scouts from various parties saw this scene and were all scared into Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering. They retreated one after another, their faces filled with awe and fear.

The Yaoguang Holy Land was a supreme overlord standing at the peak of the Eastern Wasteland.

Their Saint was hailed as the number one person of the younger generation, a sun and moon that countless Prodigies had to look up to.

Why would such a legendary figure, whose head is seen but not his tail, suddenly grace this 'backwater' Taixuan Sect?

The carriage slowly came to a halt a hundred feet before the Taixuan Sect's mountain gate.

A guard commander clad in golden battle armor, with eyes as sharp as an eagle's and an aura as deep as the sea, stepped out from beside the carriage. His voice was like a great bell, echoing across the land:

“Yaoguang Holy Son Ji Wushuang has arrived at the Taixuan Sect! Sect Head of the Taixuan Sect, come out and welcome him immediately!”

The voice carried an arrogance as if giving an order, brooking no doubt.

Sect Master, who had already received the news, led a group of Elders and hurried out from the mountain gate, his face wearing a forced smile.

“We did not know Your Highness the Saint was coming. We have failed to welcome you properly; please forgive us!”

Sect Master lowered his posture significantly and bowed in greeting.

There was no choice; the Sect's strength was inferior to others, and this was reality.

The bead curtain of the carriage was gently lifted by a well-defined, pale, and slender hand.

A young man dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, wearing a purple-gold crown, and with a face so handsome it made heaven and earth lose their color, stepped out slowly.

The moment he appeared, it was as if all the light and sound had been stolen by him alone.

He was none other than the Yaoguang Holy Son, Ji Wushuang.

Ji Wushuang's gaze only paused on Sect Master for half a breath before moving away indifferently, as if one more look would be a waste.

He didn't even acknowledge Sect Master's bow, speaking directly with a cold voice that carried an innate loftiness.

“Where is the one called Su Changge?”

“Tell him to come out and see me.”

This was not a question.

It was a command.

Extreme arrogance and insolence, without any concealment.

His goal for this trip was only one—to expose the fraud!

A tiny place with meager Spiritual Qi was also worthy of giving birth to a peerless sword immortal who could 'split the heavens with one sword'?

In his view, this was nothing more than a clumsy scam self-directed and acted out by the Taixuan Sect to gain fame.

Today, he would personally tear apart this lie in front of all the forces in the Eastern Wasteland watching this place, and trample that fraud named 'Su Changge' under his feet!

Let the world see clearly who is the true Dominator of the Eastern Wasteland's younger generation!

Hearing these extremely rude words, Sect Master's face instantly stiffened, and a surge of anger rushed to the top of his head.

But at the thought of the colossus behind the other party, he could only suppress it firmly.

“Reporting to Your Highness the Saint, Senior Su is currently in quiet cultivation on Changge Peak and does not like to be disturbed by outsiders...”

“Quiet cultivation?”

The corners of Ji Wushuang's lips curled into a mocking arc.

“I think he's acting like a turtle hiding in its shell, not daring to come out and see anyone, right?”

The three thousand Feather Forest Guardss behind him erupted in a uniform, low sneer, their voices merging and filled with a sense of oppression.

The Disciples of the Taixuan Sect were all so angry their fists were clenched and their faces flushed, but they were afraid to speak out.

Just as the atmosphere reached a point of extreme suppression.

A voice as clear as an ice spring came from within the mountain gate.

“Are people from the Holy Land so lacking in etiquette?”

Ye Qingyao, dressed in white, with her hand on the hilt of her sword, stepped out slowly.

Her gaze was cold as frost, staring directly at the high-and-mighty Ji Wushuang.

Ji Wushuang's gaze fell on Ye Qingyao, and his pupils constricted imperceptibly.

What a stunning woman!

What a pure and sharp Sword Intent!

But this trace of surprise was fleeting; he returned once more to his posture of looking down on all living beings, his voice indifferent: “This Saint came to find Su Changge, not to waste words with a minor character like you.”

“You do not have the qualification to speak with me.”

“You!” Ye Qingyao gritted her silver teeth, and the Sword Qi around her body surged.

Ji Wushuang, however, no longer bothered to look at her, nor did he bother to waste more words with Sect Master.

His figure flickered, turning into a golden stream of light, actually ignoring the Taixuan Sect's Mountain Protection Grand Array directly. Leading a large group of followers behind him, he forcefully charged towards the direction of Changge Peak in a grand manner!

“Stop them!” Sect Master cried out in alarm and roared.

However, how could the elite guards of the Yaoguang Holy Land be stopped by the Elders and Disciples of the Taixuan Sect?

Under the booming collision, the people of the Taixuan Sect were instantly thrown into chaos.

The news spread like a storm to the summit of Changge Peak.

Su Changge, who was lying in his rocking chair and feeling drowsy, was awakened by the bursts of clamor and Spiritual Qi fluctuations from down the mountain, and he opened his eyes irritably.

He sighed, his face filled with the helplessness of having his peaceful dreams disturbed.

“Again?”

“Why is it so hard to have a quiet life?”

“Insisting on rushing up to disturb my sleep, is this even letting a person live?”