148: Chapter 148 Tianjizi, who understands human relationships and worldly wisdom

"Don't just stand there dazed! Hurry up and pack!"

While Master Tianjizi was packing, he kept urging his two Disciples.

"Once we're done packing, we need to leave immediately! We must strive to be the first to arrive!"

"No!"

"We must be the first to arrive!!"

After Master Tianjizi finished speaking...

...he began to get busy again.

There was no other way.

Although their Tianji Sect School had very few Disciples—only these two in each generation...

...however...

...they were the School with the longest-standing Legacy on the Xingyuan Continent!

It was much older than the current three top Sects.

Therefore...

...their School's foundation was countlessly vast, far deeper than any top Sect's foundation!

It was precisely for this reason that they needed to pack bit by bit.

It wasn't until half an hour later...

...that the three of them finished packing. Then, they soared into the sky from the valley where the Tianji Sect was located, speeding toward the Xuanyun Sect.

And at this moment...

...within the Xuanyun Sect...

...it had already been completely taken over by the Imperial Dynasty.

Inside and outside the mountain gate, Imperial Dynasty elite soldiers clad in black armor could be seen everywhere. They held long halberds and had war sabers hanging from their waists; their gazes were as sharp as eagles, and their Auras were as cold as iron.

Every patrol squad that passed by carried a suffocating killing Qi.

All the important locations that originally belonged to the Xuanyun Sect were now under the control of the Imperial Dynasty's army.

Those once-haughty Xuanyun Sect Disciples could now only huddle in designated areas, trembling, not even daring to look up.

And on the plaza at the very core of the Xuanyun Sect!

A thousand Divine Martial Guards...

...were assembled in formation!

They wore uniform black martial attire with standard-issue long sabers at their waists. Their Auras were as solid as an abyss, and the weakest among them was at the Early Stage Dharma Manifestation Realm!

The Auras of the thousand men were faintly connected, converging into a terrifying Aura capable of making heaven and earth change color.

In the very center of the plaza...

...was a newly constructed high platform.

Ge Nie sat high in the seat of honor.

He just sat there quietly, gazing calmly into the distance, yet he naturally possessed a sharpness that made people not dare to look directly at him, like a peerless divine blade hidden in its scabbard.

At his side...

...was Ye Tian!

The Deputy Commander of the Divine Martial Guard, a powerful figure responsible for presiding over the daily affairs of the Divine Martial Guard.

Although he was young, sitting on the high platform, he also possessed a steady temperament.

Behind Ge Nie and Ye Tian were the Five Elements Dharma Kings.

They sat there cross-legged in silence, with no Aura leaking from their bodies, but their mere presence caused the surrounding Void Realm to distort faintly.

Between the five of them...

...the Five Elements Laws circulated subtly, forming a perfect cycle, as if the five of them were one—the sturdiest barrier and the sharpest blade in this world.

However...

...their seating order was behind Ge Nie and Ye Tian.

This was the rule.

Although The Five Great Dharma Kings were powerful, all being at the Peak of the Unity Realm, within the system of the Divine Martial Guard, they were only Guest Elders.

Whereas Ge Nie and Ye Tian were the grand commander and Deputy Commander of the Divine Martial Guard personally appointed by Your Majesty.

This was identity.

This was status.

No one could change that.

The Five Great Dharma Kings had no objections to this.

Because Ge Nie and Ye Tian did not represent their own strength, but rather...

...Wang Chen's will!

In the entire Tianxuan Dynasty, no one dared to question it!

Meanwhile...

...in the high sky a hundred miles away from the Xuanyun Sect...

...the Void Realm suddenly tore open a gap.

Immediately after...

...three figures hurriedly stepped out from that spatial rift.

The leader was dressed in a long white robe, with white hair and beard and a lean Face, looking quite like a transcendent immortal with Dao-like bones.

They were none other than...

...the Sect Leader of the Tianji Sect—Master Tianjizi.

And behind him...

...were his two Disciples.

"Huff... huff..."

One Disciple was gasping for air, his Face somewhat pale.

There was no helping it.

The strength of the two of them was limited, only being at the Land Immortal Realm.

Following Master Tianjizi in transmigrating through the Void Realm for a long time, even with Master Tianjizi's protection, was a heavy burden for them!

"Mas... Revered Master... have... have we arrived..."

Master Tianjizi ignored him.

Instead, he looked up at the towering mountain gate a hundred miles away and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Fortunately... fortunately we made it in time..."

He murmured to himself.

A trace of a lucky smile inevitably appeared on his Face.

For this so-called "first place," he had truly gone to great lengths.

The distance from the Tianji Sect to the Xuanyun Sect...

...was more than hundreds of millions of miles.

If traveling normally, even with his Early Stage Unity Realm cultivation, it would have taken a lot of time.

But who was Master Tianjizi?

He was an old fox who had lived for tens of thousands of years!

He was an expert in deducing the secrets of heaven and understood best how to judge the situation!

From the moment Ge Nie's voice spread throughout the Xingyuan Continent, he knew—

He must be the first to arrive!

He had to show the greatest sincerity before all other forces!

Therefore...

...he did not hesitate to lead his two Disciples and tear through the Void Realm all the way, not sparing a massive consumption of mana to rush with all his might!

For a Unity Realm expert to tear through the Void Realm to travel, the consumption was extremely high; no one was willing to do so unless necessary.

But Master Tianjizi didn't care.

No matter how great the consumption, could it be more important than his life?

Could it be more important than clinging to a powerful backer?

"Let's go!"

Master Tianjizi took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and tried to make himself look more composed and solemn.

"From now on, we need to... walk there."

Upon hearing Master Tianjizi's words...

...his two Disciples were instantly dumbfounded...

Walking?

Was that something they, as cultivators, should be doing?

Never mind that their Revered Master was a Unity Realm expert; even the two of them, minor characters at the Land Immortal Realm, wouldn't usually travel on foot...

If people saw them, wouldn't they be laughed to death?

"Walk there? Revered Master, it's still over a hundred miles from here to the Xuanyun Sect... Besides, as dignified cultivators, wouldn't walking be a bit too... too demeaning?"

"Nonsense! What do you know!"

Master Tianjizi glared fiercely at his two Disciples in annoyance.

"If we fly directly over, what if it's taken as a provocation? What if it's taken as disrespect?"

"Walking is the only way to show our piety! To show our respect! Do you understand?"

"You are still young; there are many things you still need to learn!"

After the two Disciples heard this...

...their expressions were still a bit unnatural. In their minds, this was just too much bootlicking...

It truly made it hard for them to save Face...

However...

...even if they didn't understand, they still had to listen to their Revered Master's words!

Thus...

...the dignified Sect Leader of the Tianji Sect, an Early Stage Unity Realm expert, led his two Disciples and obediently walked toward the Xuanyun Sect from a hundred miles away, step by step.

One step.

One step.

And another step.

Every step was taken with utmost piety and respect.

Of course...

...they were, after all, experts with profound cultivation. Even if they were walking, their speed was not something ordinary people could compare to.

Over a hundred kilometers...

...if they really went at the speed of ordinary people, wouldn't it take several damn days...

And them?

In just one hour, they had already arrived outside the mountain gate of the Xuanyun Sect.

"Halt! Who goes there?"

[I don't even want to say anything anymore, I'm not in the mood...]