79: The power of the Golden Elixir!

Buzz~!

The next moment, a blue light finger, compressed from spiritual energy, materialized out of thin air!

The light finger was only about a foot long and didn't look particularly striking.

But the instant it appeared, the surrounding space began to twist, as if it could be pierced through at any moment!

A Nascent Soul Finger!

This finger was enough to easily pierce through a mountain and evaporate a river!

In the market, all the Cultivators were scared out of their wits, scrambling backward.

Fearing to be caught in the terrifying aftermath.

The old stall owner's face was ashen, his legs gave out, and he collapsed directly to the ground.

It's over!

This guy is completely finished!

After all, in front of a Nascent Soul Ancestor, what was a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator but an ant?

Chen Daoxuan felt the killing intent that could erase him.

His face turned pale.

But he did not retreat!

His father was right behind him; he couldn't take a single step back!

"Roar!"

Chen Daoxuan roared, activating the Myriad Ages Evergreen Art in his body to its limit!

Starlight burst forth around him, and an ancient longsword appeared in his hand.

He actually planned to burn his vital blood and desperately take this blow!

However, just as he was about to fight to the death,

A broad, warm hand gently pressed on his shoulder.

Chen Xu calmly stepped in front of him.

He didn't even turn to look at his son.

Nor did he look at the terrifying finger descending from the sky, capable of annihilating all beings below the Golden Core Stage.

He just stood there casually, his hands still clasped behind his back, his expression indifferent.

As if everything happening before him had nothing to do with him.

"Father!"

Chen Daoxuan exclaimed.

"Courting death!"

Cang Ya in mid-air saw this and his face darkened again!

This fellow, who didn't know his place, actually wanted to use his Physical Body to withstand his finger?

What a joke!

Boom!!!

In the blink of an eye, the blue light finger had crashed down!

It tore through the air, heading straight for Chen Xu's head!

The surrounding Cultivators couldn't bear to watch anymore and closed their eyes.

However, the earth-shattering explosion they anticipated.

The tragic scene of flesh and blood flying, did not occur.

Under everyone's incredulous gaze.

The destructive blue light finger suddenly froze in front of Chen Xu!

A layer of purple Protective Aura easily blocked that terrifying finger.

The blue light finger hung there in mid-air, the terrifying power contained in its tip wildly dissipating.

Yet it couldn't break through that thin layer of Protective Aura.

"This... how is this possible?!"

In mid-air, Cang Ya's expression instantly froze!

He widened his eyes, staring at the unbelievable scene below.

His face was filled with disbelief.

His enraged strike, let alone a Golden Core Cultivator, even a Nascent Soul Cultivator of the same stage would never dare to be so arrogant.

To block it with a body-protecting Protective Aura!

But this man... not only did he block it, he did so with such effortless ease!

Crack... a sound of shattering rang out.

A crack appeared on the blue light finger, which was suspended in mid-air.

Then, with a bang, it dissipated into the air.

Silence.

The entire market fell silent.

Everyone stood frozen in place, mouths agape.

That was a strike from a Nascent Soul Ancestor!

It just... disappeared?

An ordinary-looking middle-aged man, standing still, extinguished it with just his body-protecting Protective Aura?

What the hell is going on?!

"Hiss..."

The next moment, gasps of cold air rose and fell.

Everyone looked at Chen Xu with fear!

They already had a vague guess in their hearts!

This guy, he's not in the Golden Core Stage, is he?

Could it be... he's also a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor?

"Gulp."

Cang Jie swallowed hard.

He felt a chill run through his entire body.

Even he, as foolish as he was, understood.

He seemed to have kicked an iron plate today!

In this silence,

Chen Xu slowly raised his head, looking at Cang Ya in mid-air whose face had drastically changed and whose heart was in turmoil, and calmly said, "Fellow Daoist, it's inevitable for juniors to have a few bumps and scrapes while playing. Why get so genuinely angry?"

After a pause, although Chen Xu had a smile on his lips, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Your hand, it's stretched too far."

The instant his words fell!

Boom!!!

Chen Xu's Golden Core Stage pressure burst forth from his body!

Indeed, he was in the Golden Core Stage!

But this pressure instantly enveloped the entire market.

And in the first instant, it locked onto Cang Ya in mid-air!

"Pfft~!"

Cang Ya was struck by lightning.

He felt a terrifying pressure bearing down on him.

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted from his mouth!

At the same time, he was horrified to discover that his Nascent Soul Domain, in front of this pressure.

Was actually so weak and vulnerable.

It didn't even have a chance to expand before being firmly suppressed within his body, unable to move!

"This... what kind of power is this?!"

Fear instantly showed in Cang Ya's eyes!

What shocked him even more was... he found that under the shroud of this Aura, his Divine Soul was trembling.

The spiritual energy circulation within his body became incredibly sluggish.

Golden Core?

To hell with Golden Core!

How could there be a Golden Core Cultivator in this world who could make a Nascent Soul Cultivator spit blood just by pressure?!

This guy must be some reclusive old monster!

He's a Soul Transformation Cultivator, or even a powerful being beyond Soul Transformation!

He deliberately disguised his cultivation and was playing around in the mortal world here!

In an instant, Cang Ya understood the crux of the matter.

But what followed was an unspeakable terror!

It's over!

He actually, unknowingly, attacked such a terrifying existence!

This was simply like lighting a lantern in a toilet—courting death!

"Se... Senior... spare me!"

In front of Chen Xu's immense pressure.

Cang Ya disregarded the dignity of a Nascent Soul Ancestor and the face of the Azure Scale Sea Clan.

He immediately spoke, trying to beg for mercy.

Chen Xu, however, ignored his pleas.

He simply slowly extended a finger, pointing at Cang Jie, whose face was already ashen, and calmly said, "Today's matter, this Venerable One gives you three choices."

"First, your junior here provoked first and injured someone later. Now, immediately, in front of everyone, kowtow and apologize to my son."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar!

To make the Young Lord of the Azure Scale Sea Clan kowtow and apologize in public to an unknown inland boy?

This would make him suffer even more than killing him!

Cang Jie's face instantly flushed red.

He was a Young Lord!

When had he ever... apologized to anyone?

But just as he was about to retort, he was glared back by Cang Ya's murderous gaze.

Chen Xu ignored their expressions and continued to raise his second finger.

"Second, he acted recklessly, damaged this Fellow Daoist's stall, and disturbed the peace of the market. All losses shall be compensated twofold by him."

The old stall owner, upon hearing this, shivered.

His face showed extreme joy!

Chen Xu's gaze finally fell upon the seven-colored spirit nurturing coral. He raised his third finger, his voice growing colder.

"Third, my son saw this coral first. If your junior wants it, that's fine. Either bring a treasure of higher value to exchange for it. Or..."

Chen Xu's gaze fell on Cang Jie's hand, which was resting on the coral.

The corner of his mouth curved slightly.

"...exchange it with his disobedient hand."

Boom!

The three demands, all reasonable, yet each word was a stab to the heart!

The entire market completely erupted!

Overbearing!

This was true overbearingness!

This was no longer about reasoning.

This was using absolute power to ruthlessly press the face of the Azure Scale Sea Clan to the ground and repeatedly rub it in!

"You... you're going too far!"

Cang Jie finally couldn't hold back.

He pointed at Chen Xu, his entire being filled with extreme anger.

However, what responded to him was Chen Xu's intensified pressure.

"Pfft!"

Cang Ya spat out another mouthful of blood, feeling his bones shattering inch by inch.

His Nascent Soul was even more dim.

As if it could collapse at any moment.

He knew that if he didn't do as the other party said today, he and the Young Lord would not leave this place alive!

Face?

How could face be more important than life!

"You wicked creature! Why aren't you kowtowing and apologizing to this Young Master!"

Cang Ya let out a roar.

Disregarding everything else, enduring his severe injuries, he suddenly flew down.

Grabbing Cang Jie.

"Third Uncle! I..."

Cang Jie was both shocked and angry, wanting to say something more.

"Shut up!"

Slap!

Cang Ya backhanded him with a slap, making Cang Jie see stars, and half of his face instantly swelled high.

"I told you to apologize! Don't you understand?!"

Cang Ya's eyes were bloodshot, looking like a madman.

At this moment, he was truly furious!

The person in front of you, is he a Soul Transformation Cultivator big shot?

No apology, only a dead end!

Then, under everyone's shocked gaze.

This Nascent Soul Stage Sea Clan Elder personally pressed his Family's Young Lord's head.

Making him kowtow and apologize to Chen Daoxuan!

Thud!

A dull thud.

The street's floor was directly dented into a shallow pit by that impact.

Cang Jie's forehead was instantly bloody and mangled.

He was completely stunned.

"Say! I'm sorry!"

"I... I..."

"Say it!"

Thud!

Cang Ya pressed his head again, another fierce impact!

"I... am... sorry..."

Under fear, Cang Jie still, with extreme humiliation, apologized.

For a moment, the entire market was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Everyone stared blankly at this scene.

Their faces were filled with disbelief.

The dignified Young Lord of the Azure Scale Sea Clan, the overlord of the East Sea, was actually forced to kowtow and apologize in public?

After all this was done, Cang Ya then tremblingly pulled out a Storage Pouch filled with High-Grade Spirit Stones from his Storage Ring and threw it to the already dumbfounded stall owner: "Fellow Daoist... this is compensation."

Then, he took out a blue treasure pearl emitting astonishing water-elemental fluctuations.

This was one of his Lifebound Treasures, the "Vast Sea Pearl".

Its value was far above that of the seven-colored spirit nurturing coral.

He handed the pearl to Chen Xu, humbly saying, "Senior... this coral, we'll exchange it."

Chen Xu didn't even look at the pearl, he just said to the stall owner, "The coral is mine, this pearl is yours."

The stall owner was stunned for a moment, then ecstatic!

He tremblingly accepted the Vast Sea Pearl, so excited he almost fainted on the spot.

He's rich!

He's really rich this time!

Having completed everything, Cang Ya then carried the already unconscious Cang Jie, and the group of terrified guards, and fled the market.

Until their figures disappeared.

The oppressive atmosphere in the market then dissipated with a roar.

"Hoo... hoo..."

Countless Cultivators gasped for breath.

As if they had just been pulled out of water, their backs drenched in cold sweat.

With the commotion settled, Chen Xu handed the seven-colored spirit nurturing coral to his son.

"Remember this feeling today."

His voice slowly echoed in Chen Daoxuan's ears: "Being able to solve problems with reason isn't because reason itself is powerful."

"It's because your fist is hard enough to make the other party have no choice but to sit down and calmly listen to your reasoning."

Chen Daoxuan took the coral, which emitted a seven-colored glow, and felt the warm Divine Soul power emanating from it.

Recalling the thrilling scenes from earlier.

He nodded heavily.

His father's figure, in his eyes, grew taller and more imposing.

"Son, I understand."

...Meanwhile.

Far from the market, on the top floor of the Tide Listening Tower.

A woman dressed in the East Sea Sword Sect's moon-white Daoist robe, with a graceful figure and a cold temperament, stood by the railing, taking in everything that had just happened in the market.

Her face was exquisitely beautiful, her skin fairer than snow, and her Phoenix eyes were incredibly clear.

Yet they carried the unique sharpness of a Sword Cultivator.

"Golden Core Stage cultivation fluctuations, yet her Aura can firmly suppress a Middle Nascent Soul Stage Cang Ya, even forcing him to be unable to expand his Domain..."

The woman's red lips parted slightly, and she murmured to herself.

"This person is definitely not simple."

"Could it be a Saint from a Holy Land in Central Continent on a training journey, or some reclusive old monster?"

A strong interest flashed in her eyes.

"It seems this trip to the Dragon Fall Sea Trench will be much more interesting than planned."

As her words fell, her figure swayed slightly, then seemed to merge into the wind.

Silently disappearing from where she stood... Night deepened.

Wanghai City was still brightly lit, and countless Cultivators were still in taverns and teahouses, excitedly discussing the earth-shattering scene in the market during the day.

The Nascent Soul Elder of the Azure Scale Sea Clan was actually forced to press his own Young Lord's head and kowtow and apologize in public?

This was simply an unprecedented marvel in the East Sea for hundreds, even thousands of years!

And who exactly were that mysterious and overbearing middle-aged man and his son, whose Foundation was equally terrifyingly strong?

For a time, there were many different opinions, and various speculations spread throughout the city.

However, Chen Xu and his son, the center of the storm, had already quietly left the Tide Listening Tower.

Outside the city, a black iron flying boat was hidden in the clouds, speeding towards the depths of the vast dark night.

"Father, where are we going?"

Chen Daoxuan stood at the bow of the boat, feeling the sea breeze, his excitement still not settled.

The scene during the day had too great an impact on him.

Even greater than during the Qingyun Immortal Sect's Secret Realm!

"To an interesting place."

Chen Xu stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze piercing through the clouds, falling on the distant horizon.

"Manager Qian of the Tide Listening Tower gave me a free piece of information when we left."

"In the nearby sea area, there is an island called Black Reef Island. Three days ago, thousands of fishermen on the island completely disappeared overnight."

Chen Daoxuan's heart tightened: "Disappeared? Were they attacked by sea beasts?"

"No."

Chen Xu slowly shook his head, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes: "Manager Qian sent people to investigate, and there were no traces of a struggle on the island."

No traces of a struggle!

Thousands of people, just vanished into thin air?!