440: The Confucian patriarch Qi Heng!

An old man dressed like a scholar angrily said with a ruler.

Below, the students from the Five Domains looked strange.

"What's wrong with Mr. Qi? Did he eat gunpowder?"

"He's usually so gentle, why is he so hot-tempered today?"

"Stop talking, Mr. Qi is looking at you, hurry and say yes!"

However, at this moment, a young man in white suddenly stood outside the door. He just stood there, leaving all the students dumbfounded.

"Wow... this big brother is too good-looking!"

"So handsome, when I leave the academy, I must find my father and have him captured so I can look at him properly!" A little girl from a Holy Land said, and the next second, her mouth was covered by an old man.

The old man was trembling all over, covered in cold sweat, and showed the man in white the most bitter smile of his life.

"Girl, if you want your father to die, just say so!"

"Don't do this!"

The little girl broke free from the large hand; perhaps her father dared not even mobilize his spiritual energy in front of that person, which gave her the opportunity.

"Dad, what are you doing!"

"What's the matter!"

The old man's mouth twitched, and he whispered: "This is the Emperor Shen you have been thinking about and admiring for so long..."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the students were stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning, not daring to even breathe loudly.

At this moment, Shen Nian just glanced at the old man and smiled gently, not taking these trifles to heart at all.

The old man fell to the ground with a thud. He was the Holy Lord of a Holy Land, but even so, he was almost scared out of his wits. However, precisely because of this incident, it became something to brag about in the future, and during festivals, he would pull two or three friends to talk about the time Emperor Shen had smiled at him...

Immediately after, the surrounding scene changed rapidly like an illusory bubble. The red walls, black tiles, ancient trees, and courtyards of the academy disappeared instantly, replaced by a secluded green mountain. The mountains were rolling, lush and green, with clouds and mist swirling between them, as if it were a fairyland.

In these green mountains, an ancient wooden chair stood out.

On the wooden chair lay Mr. Qi, looking leisurely.

His eyes were closed, as if he was resting, and his face carried a faint tranquility and peace.

In his hand, he held a ruler, and with the time already paused, he tapped the armrest gently, maintaining a slightly raised posture. The wood grain of the ruler was clearly visible, exuding an aura of accumulated time.

Wearing a simple yet elegant long robe, the hem of which fluttered gently in the wind, his hair was neatly tied up. The surrounding green mountains, wooden chair, and Mr. Qi's figure formed a quiet and charming picture, as if time had frozen eternally at this moment.

"Shen Nian greets you, Sir." Shen Nian bowed respectfully to the old man who had been pretending not to see him, performing the rites of a Disciple.

"Hmph." Mr. Qi snorted coldly and said: "Why didn't you wait until you transcended the Universe to find me? The Great Dao is boundless, isn't there still a long road left to walk..."

However, seeing Shen Nian bow, his mood improved immediately, and his tone softened.

Shen Nian was slightly stunned; he hadn't expected the other party's personality to be so different from what he had imagined.

"Have you handled things in the Immortal Realm?" Mr. Qi asked.

Shen Nian nodded and said: "Yes, I killed Divine Profound Star."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Qi was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked Shen Nian over carefully and said: "Truly incredible. In just a few short years, you can kill gods and demons. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, even if the Dao Ancestor swore a divine oath in front of me, I wouldn't believe a single word."

"You are worthy of being the strongest generation of Demon Sealing Dao Venerable..."

"It is all thanks to the help of the past generations of demon sealing, otherwise I would not have today's cultivation..." Shen Nian said. He was not at all surprised by Mr. Qi's words. After he stepped into the Dao Venerable realm, he sensed another broken Dao Venerable aura coming from the Lushan Academy in the Five Domains.

He had also guessed the other party's identity, which was the Confucian Ancestor, Qi Heng!

In fact, even he hadn't expected that the Confucian Ancestor had not died, had survived, and was right here on the Eastern Profound Star.

"You guessed it?" "That's right!" "What in this world can still be hidden from you now..."

Qi Heng chuckled and continued: "You brat owe me three favors. The first time was decades ago when the Divine Heavenly Dao came to the Eastern Profound Star in person and even went to the Shen Family. If I hadn't sealed your memories in advance, the Soul aura that shouldn't have appeared in this Universe would likely have been discovered by the Divine Heavenly Dao immediately, and there wouldn't have been any death tribulation..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Nian's expression changed drastically, revealing a solemn look. It was not surprising that the Confucian Ancestor knew his origins, after all, the Dao Ancestor had calculated everything, but he hadn't expected that the Divine Heavenly Dao had personally visited the Eastern Profound Star.

Then why didn't he just take action and wipe everything out? Any possibility of a threat appearing should have been extinguished. He believed that the Divine Heavenly Dao was not a benevolent person!

"He discovered me, but it seemed that because of something, he couldn't exert his strength temporarily. He left after inspecting. Later, gods and demons came looking for me. I fought with him for several rounds in the depths of the Universe. He couldn't do anything to me and realized I couldn't leave the Eastern Profound Star and posed no threat, so he left. If I hadn't been injured that time, those beasts wouldn't have been so arrogant fifty thousand years ago. At the very least, I could have secretly killed one or two Immortal Kings..."

Qi Heng saw the confusion in Shen Nian's heart and explained, his ruler constantly patting his thigh, speaking lightly and calmly, as if he were just chatting about daily life.

"Back then, after the Dao Ancestor calculated the future great tribulation, he found me and The First Dao. The three of us made a plan. After the great war, The First Dao, who had the strongest strength, would block the gods and demons. The Dao Ancestor would melt his own body into a Dao array and merge it into the Immortal Realm, secretly isolating the Divine Thought of the gods and demons from the people in the Immortal Realm. This way, even if a Dao Venerable was born on the Fourth Star, the Immortal Realm wouldn't know, and the gods and demons would know even less. As for me, I faked my death to escape and protect your Dao. After all, among the three of us, I am the least capable of fighting. I became one with the World Heart of the Fourth Star and can only live here forever, unable to leave the Fourth Star..."

After listening, Shen Nian couldn't help but be moved, and a sense of admiration arose in his heart. The Confucian Ancestor and the Dao Ancestor were both invincible existences and could have completely avoided this tribulation. The gods and demons only wanted to target the Demon Sealing Sect, but they stayed behind, willing to pay so much as a price. It was no wonder that the aura of the Dao Ancestor could be sensed in the Immortal Realm; he must have exposed it on purpose, otherwise, those gods and demons would have discovered it long ago...

"Since you are here, Sir, why..." Shen Nian thought of something and spoke, but before he could finish, he heard Qi Heng say helplessly.

"Please, my Dao Fruit has been shattered, otherwise how would those gods and demons really think I was dead? Although they discovered me later, the Fourth Star is somewhat special, and they couldn't do anything to me. And it's not like I can use my strength whenever I want. Furthermore, only in adversity can one rise, right..."

Shen Nian was noncommittal about this.

"Then what about the second time?"

"Heh." Qi Heng chuckled: "Teaching you how to be a person, doesn't that count as a favor?"

"As for the third time, if it weren't for me, your woman would have died protecting that incomplete Heavenly Dao long ago. You brat, with such high cultivation, why don't you think more about your backyard?"

"Tell me, isn't this three favors?"