131: Chapter 131 The Realm of Unity

Inside the first-floor lobby, the crowd stopped moving instantly, and everyone's gaze shifted in unison toward the stairs.

There, a tall and thin figure was slowly walking down the steps.

The person arriving was none other than Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan.

He had a long, narrow face with protruding cheekbones and deep-set eye sockets. His pair of cloudy, old eyes were narrow and sinister, naturally carrying an aura of malevolence. Just standing there, he gave people a great sense of discomfort.

Lin Qing and the other three stopped at the sound and slowly turned around.

Yun Nian and the other two, who had been following behind Lin Qing, moved two steps to the sides, clearing the central space completely to let Lin Qing and Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan face each other directly.

Only at this moment did Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan see that Lin Qing was wearing the robes of a True Disciple of the Chuyun Immortal Sect.

Upon seeing the robes clearly, a flash of astonishment crossed Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's eyes, which was quickly replaced by intense anger.

He had originally assumed that the other party was some hidden Prodigy or a direct descendant of an Empire aristocratic family; he never expected that the other party would actually come from the Chuyun Immortal Sect.

The next instant, his aged voice rang out in the silent lobby, sounding a bit sharper than before:

"So you are actually a Disciple under the Chuyun Immortal Sect! Has the Chuyun Immortal Sect not taught you to respect your Senior?!"

He questioned Lin Qing with a fierce but cowardly tone, posing exactly like a Sect Elder lecturing a Junior.

Others in the lobby held their breath, none daring to make a sound.

Yet, facing Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's questioning, Lin Qing's expression remained indifferent.

He had never been interested in verbal disputes. When he could use his fists, there was no need to use his mouth.

Thus, Lin Qing directly raised his right hand, curled his five fingers into a void grip, and grabbed forward through the air!

Crimson Spiritual Qi instantly condensed into a giant palm in the lobby, grabbing toward Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan opposite him.

"How bold!"

Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan never expected that this Junior would actually dare to strike at him first!

The other Cultivators in the lobby scattered in all directions, fearing they would be caught in the aftermath of the clash between these two experts.

Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan could become a Guest Elder of the Chuyun Immortal Sect, so naturally, he was not just famous for nothing.

Not only had his cultivation reached the eighth rank, but he was also a Formation Master with considerable attainments. With this dual advantage, even among the many Guest Elders of the Immortal Sect, he belonged to the middle-to-upper tier.

In his view, facing the attack of a seventh-rank Junior with many Cultivators watching, if he were to dodge, he would instead lose all face.

Thus, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan roared angrily and also raised his right hand, striking forward. An earth-yellow giant palm of Spiritual Qi likewise took shape, meeting Lin Qing's crimson giant palm head-on.

This would be the most erroneous decision Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan ever made in his life.

The moment the two palms collided, an invisible wave of Qi swept through the entire lobby, forcing the surrounding people to retreat several more steps.

Then, only a crisp cracking sound was heard!

Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's earth-yellow giant palm, carrying eighth-rank Spiritual Qi, shattered instantly like glass. The crimson giant palm, its momentum undiminished, grabbed straight toward the now pale-faced Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan!

"What kind of joke is this?!"

Although Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan could not accept the reality before him, the crisis was upon him, and he could not afford to lose focus.

In his haste, he mobilized all his Spiritual Qi, condensing a layer of Spiritual Qi shield on his body surface while desperately trying to dodge to the side.

However, Lin Qing's Move was not a rigid linear attack; it was a manifestation of Spiritual Qi under his control.

Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan had shifted less than a zhang horizontally before being grabbed by the pursuing giant palm of Spiritual Qi!

The creaking sound of bones under pressure rang out clearly. Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's entire body of Spiritual Qi was forcibly suppressed, and he completely lost the ability to resist.

The entire scene remained silent, though the crowd had gained a hint of dullness compared to before.

A seventh rank confronting an eighth rank head-on, not only winning, but a one-hit kill.

The eighth rank is called the Unity Realm.

The cultivation of a seventh-rank Cultivator involves integrating Spiritual Qi within the body into the Spirit Pill, constantly improving the quality of Spiritual Qi and the size of the Spirit Pill. However, the size of the Spirit Pill has a natural limit, a limit determined by the Spiritual Qi itself, unrelated to the Cultivator's talent.

When the Spirit Pill reaches this limit, it begins to collapse inward, forming a Spiritual Qi black hole; this is considered achieving the eighth-rank Unity Realm.

Because one must reach this limit to break through, the Spiritual Qi quality of an eighth-rank Cultivator is certainly stronger than that of a seventh-rank.

Under such circumstances, Lin Qing actually won in a head-on confrontation; how could this not shock everyone?

And there was naturally a reason why Lin Qing could win.

Firstly, it was his "Words Manifesting into Law" talent. The same Move, when performed by him, was the perfect state of that Move, belonging to a crushing level of technique.

Secondly, and most importantly, although he used fire-attribute Spiritual Qi, the Spiritual Qi within his body was a harmonious fusion of the Five Elements. It was different from the collapse limit of ordinary single-attribute Cultivators.

For his Spirit Pill to collapse, the requirement for the quality of Spiritual Qi was higher. In other words, although his Spirit Pill had not yet collapsed, his Spiritual Qi quality was already not inferior to that of an eighth-rank Unity Realm Cultivator.

With the dual crushing of stats and technique, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's defeat was naturally a matter of course.

In mid-air, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan, who was being held tightly, finally panicked completely. His voice trembling, his face full of fear:

"You! Let me go! I am a Guest Elder of the Chuyun Immortal Sect! You, a mere Junior Disciple, how dare you harbor murderous intent against a Sect Senior?!"

At this time, someone in the crowd finally recognized Lin Qing.

"I know! He is Lin Qing!!"

"Which Lin Qing?"

Someone nearby asked quickly.

"Didn't you watch the Chuyun Immortal Sect entrance examination a while ago? He was the one in charge of it!"

"My heavens! I previously thought he only held a high position because of support from his Elders; I didn't expect his own combat power to be terrifying to this extent!"

Regarding Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's clamoring and the surrounding discussion, Lin Qing ignored them. He took out a communication token and transmitted a message to the other end:

"Senior Brother Sect Head, there is a Guest Elder in the Sect named Mo Shuxuan. I want to deal with him, please check his information."

Lin Qing had extremely high authority; he not only held the Sect Head's communication token but also had communication tokens for Elders of the Sect's real-power departments, such as the Punishment Hall and the Mission Hall.

A concise voice came from the other end of the token:

"Okay."

Upon hearing their conversation, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan dared not be arrogant anymore and hurriedly softened his stance to beg for mercy, his voice panicked and trembling:

"Young Master Lin! Young Friend Lin! It is this old man who was wrong! This old man knows he was wrong!"

"I am willing to make amends! I have a massive amount of Spirit Stones, and I will immediately resign from my position as Guest Elder. I beg you to spare my life!"

Lin Qing still ignored him, just waiting quietly. He did not want to repeat himself.

After just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the communication token vibrated slightly, and the Sect Head's voice sounded again, still concise and direct:

"You may deal with him!"

These three short words were equivalent to passing a death sentence on Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan.

Receiving the reply, Lin Qing did not hesitate at all, and the giant hand of Spiritual Qi in the air tightened violently!

Bang—!

A dull sound of flesh exploding rang out!

In an instant, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's Physical Body shattered, directly crushed into a ball of blood mist.

From Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan blocking the way and clamoring, to lecturing, until he finally died and dissipated, Lin Qing never said a single word to him from beginning to end.

Subsequently, Lin Qing grabbed through the air, taking Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's Storage Ring into his hand, then turned around and took Yun Nian and the other three, walking straight out of the gates of the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce.

Only after the group had completely left did the Chamber of Commerce staff dare to come forward to clean up the mess.

The Wanhe Chamber of Commerce naturally had rules prohibiting private fighting, but everyone knew that within this territory, the Chuyun Immortal Sect was the biggest rule.