169: Goodbye Feng Zixian

Facing the assertive Long Aotian, Cang Jue, Ling Yu, and the other Protectors from the Dharma protectors of the conference Enforcement Group couldn't help but twitch their mouths, not daring to utter a single sound.

They were all afraid!

And they had all cowered!

However, Dan Xin was the only one among the Protectors of the Enforcement Group who smiled upon seeing Long Aotian forcefully cut in line. Long Aotian's impression of her immediately improved significantly.

Among the good-for-nothings of the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, only she was pleasing to his eyes. The others all wore such ugly expressions, as if they had swallowed a cockroach. Long Aotian didn't owe them money, so why were they giving him such looks?

No matter how ugly their expressions, they still didn't dare to utter a single sound when he cut in line, did they?

This is a world where strength is respected!

Long Aotian had already given them a lot of Face, and they clearly didn't want to actively stick out their Faces for him to continue hitting... After leading the Cloud Palace Team to forcefully cut in line and receive their trial jade tokens, Long Aotian instructed a few Grand Elders of the Cloud Palace to look after the team, as he needed to leave for a moment.

Under the cover of his powerful Divine Sense, the entire venue was within his sight. He also spotted the four State-Level Giant Cultivation Factions of the Eastern Continent, including Sha Maike, Mu Tianxiao, Gu Yu, and Jiang Zhahui, who had previously visited the Eastern Barrens.

These four individuals had all been severely hammered by his Soul Divine Hammer, especially Sha Maike, who was still in a critical condition, with his Sea of Consciousness almost destroyed, rendering him unable to use his Divine Sense.

Next were Mu Tianxiao and Gu Yu; these two were also injured, though not as severely as Sha Maike. Their Sea of Consciousness was not destroyed, their Divine Sense could still be used, and the injuries within their Sea of Consciousness were in the process of healing. However, such fundamental injuries were not easily recovered from.

Among the four, Sha Maike's gaze towards the Cloud Palace Team revealed an uncontainable killing intent.

Perhaps, for Sha Maike now, everyone from the Eastern Barrens deserved to die!

Only by slaughtering everyone in the Eastern Barrens could he quell the pain and hatred in his heart!

Long Aotian hadn't expected Sha Maike to harbor killing intent towards the Cloud Palace Team. Although Sha Maike's killing intent was hidden among the vast crowd, how powerful was Long Aotian's perception now? He pinpointed Sha Maike in a matter of seconds.

In an instant, Long Aotian knew why this fellow harbored such strong animosity towards the Cloud Palace Team.

“Hmph, I spared your life before, yet you still harbor ill intentions towards the Eastern Barrens. It seems that death is the path you must take!”

Upon sensing Sha Maike's killing intent towards the Cloud Palace Team, Long Aotian mentally sentenced Sha Maike to death.

Now, killing Sha Maike would be as easy as turning his hand. He could even directly use his Soul Divine Hammer to kill Sha Maike without anyone noticing.

However, Mu Tianxiao and Gu Yu did not harbor as much animosity towards the Cloud Palace Team as Sha Maike. They were more or less displeased with the Cloud Palace Team, having suffered such a significant loss in the Eastern Barrens. But if they were asked to hate everyone from the Eastern Barrens on account of that, they claimed they couldn't do it.

Not everyone is as narrow-minded as Sha Maike.

As for Jiang Zhahui, he certainly wouldn't have such thoughts; after all, he still wanted to take Long Aotian as his master. It was just Long Aotian's assertiveness that made him somewhat apprehensive, and for a while, the thought of becoming a Disciple gradually subsided.

Mu Tianxiao, who wanted to be Senior Brother to Jiang Zhahui, saw that Jiang Zhahui had clearly cowered and likewise secretly abandoned the idea of becoming a Disciple... Under the cover of his powerful Divine Sense, Long Aotian located the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace and quickly found two familiar figures.

Wu Xin and Feng Zixian!

Wu Xin was one of the Grand Elders of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, appearing at the venue this time as a Protector.

Feng Zixian was Long Aotian's fiancée and the first Saintess of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace. However, her presence at the venue was not merely because she was the first Saintess of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace; her Cultivation Realm had already broken through to the seventh stage of the Mahayana Realm, indicating that she was also here to participate in the ranking competition.

Long Aotian was also incredibly surprised when he saw Feng Zixian's Cultivation Realm. One must know that this girl was three years younger than him, and only twelve years old now. His current achievements were thanks to his special Physique, Ao Zhan's gifts, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower.

But what about Feng Zixian, this little girl?

Her growth rate was actually no worse than his? How could Long Aotian not be shocked by this?!

However, after the shock, Long Aotian quickly came to terms with it.

He had learned about Feng Zixian: she had awakened the Phoenix Undying Emperor Body. Long Aotian had also learned about this martial Dao Physique from Ao Zhan's memories. Although it couldn't compare to the Chaos Dao Body, which consistently topped the list, it was still a powerful martial Physique that ranked among the top ten on the special Physique list in the Myriad Realms.

Of course, if it were merely due to possessing the Phoenix Undying Emperor Body, Feng Zixian's growth rate would still be far inferior to Long Aotian's, who possessed the Chaos Dao Body. But if Feng Zixian was the Reincarnation of the first Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, then that would be a different story.

The first Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace rose to fame millions, even millions of years ago. After Reincarnation back to the Lower Realm, although her Cultivation was completely lost, once her Reincarnation body awakened, her memories from her previous life would continuously unseal, allowing her to advance in the martial Dao with unstoppable momentum.

Coupled with the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, a colossal entity, providing high-quality Cultivation resources and an excellent Cultivation environment without reservation, it was possible for Feng Zixian's Cultivation speed to catch up to, or even surpass, Long Aotian's in a short period.

Looking at Feng Zixian, who was growing more beautiful by the day, transforming from a young girl into a young woman, Long Aotian was filled with many emotions. He wondered if this girl was indeed the Reincarnation of the first Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, and if, upon Awakening her memories, she would still acknowledge this rather comical arranged marriage?

In a flash, Long Aotian appeared in the main camp of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace Team. Looking at Wu Xin and the dozen or so other Grand Elders of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, Long Aotian slowly spoke: “I presume all Seniors know that Feng Zixian is still my fiancée. I wish to speak with her privately, and I hope all Seniors will accommodate me!”

“...We wouldn't dare, Daoist Long, please do as you wish!”

Feng Ji, the Grand Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, and Lin Wan, the Second Palace Master, both frowned slightly but ultimately granted permission.

They were indeed aware that Feng Zixian was Long Aotian's fiancée. Historically, the Saintess of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace had always remained unmarried for life, and there had never been a case of a Saintess having an engagement with an outsider. If it were anyone else, the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace would have unceremoniously and forcefully broken off the engagement. Wu Xin's previous attempt to break off Feng Zixian's engagement in the Eastern Barrens at the slightest disagreement was good evidence of this.

But the person in question was Long Aotian.

They had all witnessed Long Aotian's excellence and power. They knew very well that Long Aotian speaking to them calmly was already giving them a lot of Face. If this young man were truly provoked, he would absolutely act.

If the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace took away someone's fiancée, and that person came to claim his fiancée, it was not certain that the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace would be in the right.

After some deliberation, Feng Ji and Lin Wan quickly made a decision: this young man could not be offended. If they could recruit him into the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace through Feng Zixian, the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace wouldn't mind making an exception to recruit a male Disciple.

It was just that they didn't know what Feng Zixian, the Reincarnation of the first Palace Master, was truly thinking...