Chapter 123 Qin Hao: Teacher, you have raised a Celestial Emperor!

"A Core Formation Yao Beast!" Scarface's expression changed drastically, inwardly cursing his rotten Luck.

The strongest among them was only at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection; they were no match for this tiger demon at all.

"Retreat!" Scarface shouted, turning to flee.

Everyone's faces shifted violently; without the slightest hesitation, they scattered like startled birds.

Qin Hao's cultivation was still shallow, and his body stiffened under the tiger demon's pressure, making his reaction half a beat slow.

By the time he regained his senses and prepared to run, a sudden gust of wind struck his back.

"Little brother, I'll be borrowing your life!"

Scarface's face was twisted in a grimace as he ruthlessly struck a palm toward the center of Qin Hao's back.

This strike was incredibly sinister; not only did it send Qin Hao stumbling toward the tiger demon, but Scarface used the counterforce to instantly flee into the distance.

In the blink of an eye, the members of the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group had vanished.

Qin Hao stabilized himself, his blood and Qi churning in his chest.

Looking at the fleeing crowd, he could only grit his teeth and curse their despicableness.

But there was no time for further thought, as the Great White Tiger Yao had already fixed its gaze on the piece of fat meat delivered to its mouth.

The white tiger roared and slammed its front paw down.

At the critical moment of life and death, Qin Hao could only roll on the ground, dodging clumsily.

Perhaps due to the blessing of Luck, this Core Formation tiger demon was clearly injured, and its movements were slightly sluggish.

Its tiger claws, capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones, would inexplicably miss by half an inch every time it lunged at Qin Hao.

It would either crush dead wood on the ground or crash into a nearby boulder.

Though Qin Hao faced danger after danger and his clothes were torn in several places by the wind, he managed to save his life at every critical juncture.

One person and one tiger engaged in a fierce chase through the forest.

Amidst the lush foliage of the towering ancient trees, Lin Xiao stood in white robes with his hands behind his back, looking down at them from above.

"As expected of a Son of Luck, this 'dog-Luck' buff is truly Heaven-Defying."

"Using Foundation Establishment cultivation to kite a Core Formation tiger demon... isn't this just ridiculous?"

Below, Qin Hao stumbled along in a panic, fleeing blindly under the white tiger's frantic pursuit.

Unknowingly, he had been cornered in front of a cliff covered in vines.

Qin Hao gasped for breath, his eyes filled with despair.

Just as he thought he was going to meet his end today...

An extremely faint yet inexplicably familiar throb suddenly came from deep within the cliff.

Qin Hao felt as if some will was calling to him from the darkness.

He instinctively pushed aside the vines.

Behind the vines, there was clearly another world.

Seeing a hidden cave here, Qin Hao couldn't help but be startled.

The entrance was obscured by thick vines, making it impossible to see from the outside.

Seeing the tiger demon approaching, Qin Hao had no time to think and immediately slipped into the cave.

The Great White Tiger Yao, which had been chasing relentlessly, suddenly stopped the moment it reached the vines.

In its crimson beast pupils, a rare trace of fear actually emerged.

The tiger demon whimpered, its front paws skidding, and it immediately fled with its tail between its legs without looking back.

Inside the cave, it was cold and damp.

Qin Hao's foot hit empty air, and he rolled down a steep slope, left dizzy and disoriented.

After a long while, he managed to struggle back to his feet.

Thump! Thump!

Qin Hao's heart suddenly pounded for no reason, and that summons originating from his Bloodline grew even stronger.

He swallowed hard, endured the pain throughout his body, and walked step by step toward the depths of the cave.

After walking for about the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, an underground karst cave appeared before his eyes.

In the cave stood an ancient and weathered stone door.

On the stone door was a palm-sized indentation, identical in shape to the Qin Family Jade Pendant.

"It's here!" Qin Hao trembled with excitement and quickly stepped forward.

Just then, light and shadow flickered before the stone door, slowly condensing into a phantom of an elderly figure.

The figure wore an ancient Daoist robe and had white hair; though it was only a phantom that had endured countless years, it still radiated a heart-palpitating pressure.

"Time flows on, and at last, I have waited for the Bloodline of my clan."

The elderly figure slowly opened its eyes, its gaze seeming to pierce through the eternal ages to land on Qin Hao.

Qin Hao's knees went weak, and he knelt on the ground with a 'thud', his voice trembling:

"Junior Qin Hao pays respects to the Ancestor!"

The phantom nodded slightly, its eyes full of loneliness and the passage of time.

"I am the ninety-first generation Patriarch of the Qin Family, Qin Xuan."

"Back then, the Heavenly Dao was fragmented and the Immortal path was severed. Unwilling to be trapped until death in this Lower Realm cage, I gathered the entire clan's immortal vein foundation, intending to forcibly strike open the Heavenly Gate and achieve a Heaven-Defying Ascension."

Speaking to this point, Qin Xuan sighed.

"Regrettably, it fell short in the end."

"My failure to break through even caused the Qin Family's Luck to be severed, falling from the pedestal of an ancient great clan."

"I am the sinner of the Qin Family."

Qin Hao's heart pounded wildly; these secrets were exactly the same as his Revered Master Yu Xiaoshuang's deductions.

The phantom of Qin Xuan looked upward, a trace of sorrow added to his tone.

"I know my sins are heavy."

"As my life and Dao were dissipating, I burned my last bit of Origin to peer into the secrets of heaven."

"I calculated that many years later, a descendant of the Qin Family with great Luck would surely bring the jade pendant I left behind and find this place."

"This place is the final Legacy I left for the descendants of the Qin Family."

"Future descendants only need to merge their own essence blood into the jade pendant and insert it into the groove to break the seal."

The phantom of Qin Xuan gradually grew dim, like a candle in the wind.

"I hope you can inherit my unfulfilled will, restore the Qin Family's immortal veins, and lead the Qin Family back to the peak!"

As the words fell, the last projection left by Qin Xuan immediately turned into specks of starlight and completely dissipated into the world.

The cave returned to dead silence once again.

"Rest assured, Ancestor! I, Qin Hao, will not fail your trust! I will surely restore the Qin Family to its former glory!"

Qin Hao kowtowed heavily three times, his eyes filled with ambition.

"Heh, this position of Qin Family Patriarch is already reserved for me, Qin Hao!"

"And you, Lin Xiao—I heard you have a beautiful Revered Master. Since you dare to steal my Wanyu, then I shall steal your Revered Master!"

At the thought of the clapping sounds he had heard that night, Qin Hao's fists immediately clenched hard.

He suddenly bit his fingertip, forced out a drop of essence blood, and dripped it onto the jade pendant.

The originally dull jade pendant instantly burst forth with a brilliant red light.

Qin Hao tremblingly inserted the jade pendant into the groove.

Rumble...

The stone door, which had been silent for untold ages, slowly opened amidst a dull grinding sound.

Qin Hao's eyes widened, the corners of his mouth curling up frantically.

"Haha! Everything is just as Teacher expected!"

"Don't worry, Teacher; sooner or later, I will tell the whole world that you have taught a god!"

Just as he was about to step through the stone door...

"Freeze!"

A cold voice containing the Laws of the Great Dao suddenly rang out.

As the space distorted, a tall and slender figure in white instantly appeared beside Qin Hao.