34: Chapter 34 This coffin is the great gift I, the King, have bestowed upon you!

"Go ahead and curse all you want! This Sect Master won't lose a single piece of flesh because of it! Hahahaha!"

Ling Shanxiao patted the other person's face with a smile, completely ignoring their frantic appearance.

"Alright! This Sect Master's time is precious; I don't have much time to play with you all!" Ling Shanxiao took a deep breath, and his eyes began to turn blood-red.

"Blood Origin Attraction!"

It was a secret technique he obtained after defecting to the Blood Fiend Sect.

A powerful suction force spread out, centered on Ling Shanxiao.

In an instant, everyone locked on the profound iron crosses began to tremble violently, expressions of extreme pain appearing on their faces.

Wisps of bright red blood Qi escaped uncontrollably from the tops of their heads, as if guided by a pull, directly merging into Ling Shanxiao's body.

"This is the feeling; it's too wonderful!!" Ling Shanxiao took a deep breath, an infatuated expression appearing on his face.

This process lasted for an entire incense stick's time.

When Ling Shanxiao opened his eyes again, the scarlet color slowly faded, while the people tied to the crosses all around had long since passed out, appearing to have aged a few years more.

"Not bad, this secret technique obtained from the Blood Fiend Sect is truly useful." Ling Shanxiao clenched his fists, feeling a continuous stream of power surging from within his body. "As long as I can guard my mind and not be controlled by the Heart Demon, I can continuously convert others' cultivation into my own!"

"Although I really want to kill you all... but just killing you like this? It would be too wasteful."

"Becoming this Sect Master's human medicine is your ultimate destination!"

Ling Shanxiao coldly scanned this "medicine field" before turning and leaving.

...

The next day, Qingyun Sect.

The bell rang nine times, its sound shaking the mountains.

The mountain gate plaza had been cleaned until it was spotless; today was the big day for their new Sect Master to ascend to power. On the high platform of the plaza, the incense table enshrined the spirit tablets of the Qingyun Sect's past Ancestral Masters.

At this moment, Ling Shanxiao, dressed in a brand-new purple-gold robe, stood in the center of the high platform, his face full of smiles.

The Grand Elder, acting as the ceremony officiant, loudly recited the text for the sacrifice to Heaven and Earth.

"Sect Master, it is time for you to offer incense!" The Grand Elder nodded towards Ling Shanxiao in front, then handed over the three sticks of incense in his hand.

"Good!" Under the gaze of everyone, Ling Shanxiao took the incense, bowed respectfully three times to the spirit tablets of the past Sect Masters, and inserted them into the incense burner. Afterward, the Grand Elder brought out the Qingyun Heaven-Reaching Crown, which symbolized the status of the Qingyun Sect Master, and solemnly placed it on Ling Shanxiao's head.

As the crown landed on his head, a satisfied and proud smile appeared on Ling Shanxiao's face.

He turned around to face the sea of Qingyun Sect Disciples in the plaza, a trace of triumph flashing in his eyes.

The Grand Elder took a deep breath, gathered his True Qi, and loudly announced: "The ceremony is complete! From this day forward, Sect Master Ling is the forty-seventh Sect Master of our Qingyun Sect!"

"Greetings, Sect Master Ling!"

"Congratulations on your ascension, Sect Master!"

"Long live the Sect Master!"

Below the platform, eight hundred Qingyun Sect Disciples knelt on one knee in unison, their shouts surging like a tide.

"Good, good, good! Today I succeed as the Qingyun Sect Master. I believe that under this Sect Master's leadership, the future of the Qingyun Sect will certainly reach a higher level!"

Ling Shanxiao spread his arms, heroically proclaiming his declaration.

However, just as he was filled with pride, suddenly, a loud noise came from the direction of the mountain gate, instantly drowning out all the shouts!

"Boom!!!"

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a huge black shadow flying overhead, then crashing heavily onto the open space between the crowd and the high platform!

When everyone saw the black shadow clearly, they all gasped. It was actually a black coffin!

"What is going on?!"

"Who did this?!"

"Outrageous! How dare you be so presumptuous at the Sect Master's succession ceremony!"

After a brief silence, the plaza instantly erupted, with those Qingyun Sect Disciples glaring angrily and discussing the matter heatedly.

At this moment, on the high platform, the smile on Ling Shanxiao's face, which had been full of pride, completely froze! It soon became incomparably ferocious.

The moment he had carefully prepared was actually interrupted in such an insulting way! This was no different from slapping him hard in the face in front of all the Qingyun Sect Disciples!

"Who?! Get out here, this Sect Master commands you!!!" Ling Shanxiao roared, his Xiaoyao Heavenly Realm Second Layer Aura sweeping out like a storm, covering the entire plaza.

Just then, a figure walked slowly and unhurriedly from outside the Qingyun Sect's mountain gate.

That's right, the person who arrived was none other than Xia Jin, wearing a black Dragon robe.

With his hands behind his back, completely ignoring the Qingyun Sect Disciples who looked like they wanted to eat him alive, he walked directly to the side of the coffin before stopping. His gaze swept across the livid Ling Shanxiao on the high platform, as well as the six Qingyun Sect Elders with varied expressions behind him.

Then, Xia Jin patted the coffin beside him and said with a smile: "What?"

"You people of the Qingyun Sect seem... to not recognize this Prince anymore?"

"???"

Most of the Qingyun Sect Disciples frowned directly, and some even pointed at Xia Jin and began to curse: "You bastard! Where did this madman come from, daring to run wild in our Qingyun Sect!"

"Offending the Sect Master and insulting the Sect, you deserve death!"

"Take him down! Tear him into ten thousand pieces!"

Amidst the public indignation, before Ling Shanxiao on the high platform could speak, the Second Elder, eager to show off, had a flash of cold light in his eyes. He pointed at Xia Jin and shouted: "Ignorant child, no matter who you are today, you will surely die. Then let this old man send you on your way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure jumped directly from the high platform, his Great Great Grandmaster Realm Eighth Layer cultivation erupting with full force. He struck out with a palm, wanting to directly crush Xia Jin's skull.

"I say, you people really don't understand etiquette!! This Prince kindly brought you a gift, so why do you want to fight and kill the moment we meet?" Xia Jin glanced at the Second Elder rushing towards him, couldn't help but shake his head, and sighed softly.

Just when the Second Elder's right palm was less than a foot away from Xia Jin's head, Xia Jin finally moved.

He just raised his right foot, seemingly casually and understatedly. Starting later, but arriving first!

"Bang—!!" A dull thud, accompanied by the clear sound of bone cracking.

The aggressive Second Elder didn't even see the other person's movement clearly. He only felt a blur before his eyes, a sharp pain in his back, and his whole body was smashed heavily into the ground below at a speed faster than he had come!

Silence! Dead silence!

Everyone in the Qingyun Sect stared at this scene in dumbfounded amazement, their minds blank. The Great Grandmaster Eighth Layer Second Elder was actually... kicked directly into the ground with one foot? Without any ability to fight back?!

"This guy..." On the high platform, Ling Shanxiao's face sank, and those few Qingyun Sect Elders were even more shocked.

And the Seventh Elder, standing at the end of the Elders, stiffened the moment Xia Jin made his move. Because he felt an incomparably familiar Aura from Xia Jin.

Four years ago, it was that person who severed his left arm in one move!

His lips trembling, he used all his strength to shout out a few words: "It... it's him! Great Xia's... 'Emperor of the Underworld'!!!"