384: Chapter 384 You dare steal my horse!

Bang!! Before True Disciple Yan Sen could react, Ji Taichang kicked him, sending him flying. A clear shoe print appeared on his face, and he spat out teeth mixed with blood. His originally handsome face twisted and deformed, swelling up like a pig's head.

Ji Taichang held Qin Shishi and landed on the back of the exotic steed, pulling the reins casually: "Giddy up!"

"How dare you steal my horse!!" True Disciple Yan Sen's head buzzed. Seeing this scene, he was so angry that smoke seemed to pour from his seven orifices: "I will have you both killed!"

True Disciple Yan Sen's eyes turned red, and he was seething with rage. He immediately drew a precious sword, unleashing his full cultivation of the Earth Immortal Realm seventh stage, and slashed out a golden Sword Qi.

Ji Taichang flicked his hand, and the golden Flying Sword he had snatched turned into a bolt of lightning, striking True Disciple Yan Sen's sword with precision. A crisp, deafening metallic clang rang out, knocking the sword away instantly.

The golden Flying Sword continued its momentum, piercing through True Disciple Yan Sen's chest, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood and suffer severe injuries!

"Giddy up!!" Ji Taichang raised the reins again.

However, the exotic steed let out a violent roar, struggling and shaking violently, attempting to throw Ji Taichang off.

Bang! Ji Taichang did not hold back, slamming a fist directly onto the exotic steed's head with a dull thud. He forcibly caused its skull to cave in, cracking the bone and causing it to bleed from its seven orifices!

"Either submit or die!" Ji Taichang's cold voice was like a whisper from the Reaper!

The exotic steed's body trembled, and its eyes instantly cleared. It immediately flapped its wings, surprisingly taking flight, and carried Ji Taichang and Qin Shishi as it sped rapidly toward the Benlei Sect!

"No... my horse!!" Seeing this, True Disciple Yan Sen was so angry that he spat blood again, and his vision went black!

This was a precious horse he had bought with his entire savings after becoming a True Disciple. It possessed the legendary Pegasus Bloodline and could tread on air to fly even while in the Earth Immortal Realm; it was worth a fortune!

"Hiss!! This person is so brutal, actually daring to steal a True Disciple of the Wuyun Sect's horse!"

"To be able to beat True Disciple Yan Sen down so effortlessly, this person must be a Prodigy from some major Sect. True Disciple Yan Sen has kicked an iron plate this time."

"This horse can actually fly..." Many Cultivators around were drawn by the scene, secretly shocked and whispering among themselves.

The Wuyun Sect Cultivators behind them launched an all-out effort, attempting to pursue Ji Taichang. But there were no True Immortal experts among them, so they could not catch up to the flying exotic steed and could only watch helplessly as Ji Taichang rode further and further away!

"So handsome!!" Qin Shishi lay in Ji Taichang's arms, looking up at his handsome face. Her tender gaze was almost overflowing, and her little heart was pounding "thump-thump."

[Ding! Qin Shishi's favorability has increased by 5 points. You may claim 10% of Young Master Liu Huaqing's cultivation/ability. Please choose.] [Qin Shishi's favorability: 80 (There will be a surprise when favorability reaches 100!)]

Ji Taichang silently thought: "Claim cultivation!" [Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10% of Young Master Liu Huaqing's cultivation.]

As Ji Taichang had achieved his Breakthrough to the Earth Immortal Realm, Young Master Liu Huaqing's cultivation was no longer very useful to him, only providing a slight boost. ... The exotic steed's flight speed was not slow, almost comparable to a True Immortal flying at full speed. The journey that Ji Taichang and Qin Shishi had originally estimated would take two months was completed in just two and a half days thanks to the exotic steed's tireless galloping. The exotic steed ran too fast for the Wuyun Sect's pursuers to catch up.

The Benlei Sect's station was located within the Ancient City of Luohe, a quite ancient and vast city where many powerful Sect influences were situated. Ji Taichang rode the exotic steed into the Ancient City of Luohe and sold it cheaply in the black market for one hundred thousand Immortal Crystals, then wiped his hands of it and left. By then, it would be difficult for the Wuyun Sect to trace it back to him.

There were still more than two months until the Benlei Sect's Disciple Recruitment Conference, but many Cultivators had already gathered near the Benlei Sect's station. This was because there was a Thunder Refining Pagoda left behind by the Benlei Sect here; only Cultivators who passed the trial of the Thunder Refining Pagoda could obtain a pass to use the teleportation array within the station to head to the Liefeng Immortal Prefecture and participate in the recruitment conference. Similar Thunder Refining Pagodas existed in the eighteen Immortal Mansions under the jurisdiction of the Liefeng Immortal Prefecture. This was the preliminary selection for the recruitment conference.

The Thunder Refining Pagoda was now open, and young Cultivators were entering it one after another. Many older Cultivators around wore expressions of anticipation and anxiety. Ji Taichang and Qin Shishi strode into the Thunder Refining Pagoda.

The interior of the Thunder Refining Pagoda was a space unto itself. Ji Taichang felt his vision blur, and before him was only a flight of blue stone steps. Qin Shishi and the other Cultivators had all vanished; clearly, the Thunder Refining Pagoda was a solo trial.

Ji Taichang stepped onto the blue stone steps, and an invisible pressure surged forth like a tide. This stage tested one's Immortal Dao Foundation; the pressure seeped into the marrow, placing immense strain not only on the Physical Body but also on the Primordial Spirit and Immortal power. The further one went, the more astonishing the pressure became; those with a poor Immortal Dao Foundation could not finish. Ji Taichang, however, seemed not to feel the pressure at all, walking as if on flat ground, covering ten zhang with every step, and reaching the end of the blue stone steps in an instant, entering the second level of the Thunder Refining Pagoda.

A hazy mist surged forward, carrying an aura that deluded the mind. This was an illusion array capable of stirring up the deepest desires in one's heart, testing one's Dao Heart and willpower. Many young Cultivators were stuck on this level, struggling bitterly and trying their best to resist the desires buried deep within their hearts. But Ji Taichang's gaze was calm and indifferent; the Creation Green Lotus Dao Seed and the Double-Pupil Immortal Eyes both possessed the ability to resist illusions, so the illusion array on this level was completely ineffective against him! He walked straight through the illusion array and entered the third level.

Another flight of blue stone steps appeared before his eyes. The difference was that the blue stone steps were covered in blinding lightning, spreading like thunder snakes and emitting a sharp edge that made one tremble with fear. The Benlei Sect's greatest strength was their Thunder Techniques, so this stage tested one's affinity for the Dao of lightning! Either one practiced Thunder Techniques and had an affinity with lightning, which could greatly reduce the damage from the lightning. Or, one's Physical Body had to be strong enough to forcefully endure the lightning strikes and advance while bathing in the thunder!

Ji Taichang strode forward. The surging, turbulent lightning continuously struck him, but instead of causing damage, it was absorbed into his body and forcefully refined! Gradually, when Ji Taichang reached the end of the blue stone steps, wisps of lightning light appeared within his Double-Pupil Immortal Eyes, flickering in and out of existence!

The fourth level of the Thunder Refining Pagoda. What came into view was a simple, unadorned stone tablet with a charred lightning strike mark on it, faintly emitting a heart-palpitating pressure. This stage tested Comprehension Ability! Ji Taichang's eyes swirled with wisps of mysterious light; with just a single glance, his Double-Pupil Immortal Eyes instantly analyzed the mysteries of the Thunder Techniques contained within the lightning strike mark, mastering them with ease!

Crack! Ji Taichang casually formed a seal, and a dazzling electric light bloomed, striking the stone tablet fiercely and shattering it, causing it to turn into a patch of runes and vanish.

The fifth level. Accompanied by flashes of lightning, three Vicious Beasts of different appearances appeared around Ji Taichang. Their eyes were fierce and vicious, and their cultivation was the same as Ji Taichang's: the Earth Immortal Realm first stage.