Chapter 4: Starry Pavilion

  After Hong Jun entered the Golden Elixir period, his cultivation speed was extremely fast, and the growth rate of the nameless substance was also much faster than before. In just over two months, he had already reached the middle stage of the Golden Elixir, with the Golden Elixir completely covered by the nameless substance, becoming a gray-colored Golden Elixir, or more appropriately called a Gray Elixir.

  Hong Jun let Gu Pan open the boat, Gu Pan is now repaired to be higher than him. Hong Jun only has a strong physique, but his actual attack power is much smaller than Gu Pan's. However, with the ring of Hong Jun and a pile of immortal artifacts and divine artifacts, he can unexpectedly kill any cultivator or demon cultivator below the Upper Immortal level.

  The ship sailed at a very fast speed and covered thousands of millions of miles in less than a month. If it weren't for the limited capacity of the ship, even a billion miles could be reached.

  After playing in the sea for so long, Hongjun finally had the idea of getting into the water.

  The underwater demon beast world, where countless sea beasts live. The underwater demon beast world currently has three major forces, the Starry Sky Pavilion is the strongest, occupying a water area of 1 billion and 200 million miles near the Submerged Dragon Continent, with eleven caves, the headquarters of the Starry Sky Pavilion is still in the original Crimson Blood Cave, but the name of the Crimson Blood Cave has long been cancelled, it's just called the Starry Sky Pavilion.

  For millions of years, relying on Jiang Lan's remaining great array, Xingchen Pavilion developed extremely quickly. Its headquarters had long since moved to Tenglong Continent, where it was the only demon cultivator force, ranking third.

  Hong Jun and Gu Pan are now outside the Starry Sky Pavilion, Jiang Lan's array naturally can't hold Hong Jun, this little array master, and they enter the Starry Sky Pavilion in a few moves.

  Xingchen Pavilion still adopts the structure of Qin Yu's time, with three pavilion masters, one positive and two negative. The current pavilion master is Sha Qi, whose true body is a tiger-toothed white shark, the only lower-level divine beast among sharks, at the early stage of Kongming.

  Hong Jun and Gu Pan walked leisurely into the Dayue Hall, where the former glory still existed. In the center of the hall, three portraits were hung, with Qin Yu, Hong Jun's father and the first master of Xingchen Pavilion, in the middle. The other two portraits were naturally those of Hou Fei and Hei Yu.

  "Who are you? How dare you sneak into the Day and Night Palace!" The two of them didn't hide, openly admiring the three paintings. Naturally, they were discovered by the patrolling demon beasts. The Starlight Pavilion's alarm sounded loudly, and countless guards rushed to the entrance of the Day and Night Palace. Without the permission of the pavilion master or vice-master, no one dared to sneak into the Day and Night Palace.

  The alarm also startled Sha Qi and the two deputy premiers, who were discussing something. Upon receiving the alarm, they flew towards the Dayue Temple together. In the thousands of years since Sha Qi became the premier, it was the first time that someone had dared to enter the Dayue Temple without regard for their own life.

  Hong Jun and Gu Pan sat in the central seat of the grand hall, chatting and drinking as if nothing was wrong. Sha Qi had just arrived when he saw the two sitting in his chair, and instantly became furious, directly throwing out the top-grade spiritual artifact in his hand at the two.

  Sha Qi looked at the little guy in white clothes and saw that he was only in the middle of the Golden Elixir stage, but the one in black clothes was unfathomable. However, Sha Qi was very confident, as the early-stage Void Spirit beast was absolutely superior to the late-stage ordinary demon beast. The spirit weapon wielded by Sha Qi also struck the man in black, who was Gu Pan.

  More than 30 guardians who stayed in the Starlight Pavilion also rushed over, seeing that Sha Qi had already taken action, and together with the two deputy pavilion masters, they charged into the hall, all of them attacking Gu Pan. Hong Jun was ignored by them. A small Jindan cultivator at the middle stage wasn't someone who could be easily killed.

  Gǔ pán's weapon was a battle-axe, also an extreme-grade spiritual artifact called the Kāi Tiān Fǔ (Heaven-Cleaving Axe). With a light swing of his axe, Gǔ pán easily deflected Sā Qǐ's extreme-grade spiritual artifact, which flew back into Sā Qǐ's hand.

  Two deputy cabinet ministers and more than thirty guardians had not yet flown to the front of Gu Pan, but were blocked by a mysterious force, and all retreated.

  "What kind of people are you? Why did you break into the core of my Starry Pavilion?" Sha Qi was not stupid and had already seen that this black-clothed person was absolutely not easy to deal with. There were no such people in the Starry Pavilion, so how did they get inside? What shocked Sha Qi the most right now was that these two could break through the Great Array of the Stars, something that no one had done for millions of years.

  "I've long heard of the great reputation of Xingchen Pavilion, but it's nothing special after all, haha!" Hong Jun laughed exaggeratedly for a few times, and felt refreshing to tear down his own father's stage.

  "Little guy," the new god realm's Zixuan Fu, Qin Yu shook his head and smiled. After Xiaofeng recovered her memory, her personality had changed a bit. In the past, Xiaofeng wouldn't have teased people like this.

  "You little brat, you're looking for death!" Guardian Jintai angrily shouted, holding the large knife in his hand, flying to Hongjun's front and raising the knife to chop.

  The big knife chopped onto Hong Jun's body, Hong Jun's body swayed, but the golden tail was shaken off far away.

  Hong Jun pointed at his clothes that were cut by the big knife, and smiled to Jin Wei: "You cut my clothes, you have to compensate me with a new one, do you know?"

  Sha Qi and the other guardians were shocked in their hearts. They knew about Jin Wei's strength, which had already reached the mid-stage of the Dongxu period. The knife in his hand was also a high-quality spiritual instrument. With one slash, this Jindan period youngster didn't even flinch, but Jin Wei was knocked back a great distance. This white-clothed youngster's strength absolutely wasn't at the Jindan period; he must have used some sort of secret method to disguise it.

  This time they were all wrong, Hong Jun indeed only had a mid-term Golden Elixir, but the strength of his physical body was comparable to that of a middle-grade immortal, and it would be strange if Jin Wei could cut him down.

  "What brings the two seniors to our Starlight Pavilion? If you're friends, please speak up and avoid any misunderstandings." The behavior of the two was beyond Sha Qi's expectations, their abilities were far superior to theirs. The priority was to stabilize the situation first, then think of a plan. Sha Qi's tone couldn't help but lower down.

  "My brother and I just swam to the Starry Pavilion, to take a look at the long-heard-of Starry Pavilion, there's no other intention, you don't have to be flustered!" Hong Jun smiled and spoke to the thirty or so people below the stage, still drinking wine with Gu Pan.

  Sha Qi was anxious, Hong Jun's words were light and easy, as if Xing Chen Pavilion was a tourist attraction, anyone who wanted to take a look could take a look. But the current situation was not as expected, they could only swallow their anger and secretly send a message to the headquarters of Xing Chen Pavilion on Teng Long Continent, requesting support from experts.

  "You've seen and sat enough, can you come down now?" Deputy Master Wan Zhong was a straightforward person, glaring at the two of them with anger, almost charging forward.

  "No rush, I'm asking you, who are these three portraits of?" Hong Jun pointed to the three portraits on the wall, smiling at Sha Qi.

  Sha's expression changed, and he respectfully bowed to the portrait, saying: "These three are the founding masters of our Starlight Pavilion. The one in the middle is our first pavilion master, Qin Yu, Pavilion Master Qin. On either side are Hou Fei, Deputy Pavilion Master, and Hei Yu, Deputy Pavilion Master!"

  Qin Yu, Hou Fei and Hei Yu founded the Starry Sky Pavilion, which squeezed out the original third-largest force in the ocean floor demon world, the Jiuxiao Temple, and eventually became the largest force, lasting for millions of years without decline. Other forces have changed many times over the years, but only the Starry Sky Pavilion has been passed down continuously, and all the demons in the Starry Sky Pavilion worship the three founders very much.

  The Grand Hall of the Day and Month is only used for meetings when there are important matters in the pavilion, usually not even the three pavilion masters are present. Now, the glory of Xingchen Pavilion for thousands of years has been trampled on by the two people in front of them. The members of Xingchen Pavilion, from the pavilion master to the guards, all glare at Hongjun and Pangu.

  "It was you who were the ancestors of the opening hall, and the dignity of the opening hall must be maintained. We will come down!" Hong Jun smiled and walked down the steps with an ancient plate, thinking to himself: If you knew my true identity, how would you address me? The son of the opening hall ancestor, this identity is also quite impressive.

  "Two seniors, please go to the side hall, we have prepared a sumptuous banquet for you, please follow me!" The two of them walked down, and Sha Qi let out a long sigh. If they were allowed to continue sitting in the main hall, he might as well just step down as the head of the cabinet.

  The Star Pavilion of the Underwater Monster World held its breath, stabilizing the two people. The Star Pavilion of the Dragon Continent had already turned upside down. The current Master of the Star Pavilion of the Dragon Continent was the mid-level divine beast, Hailong, who had gone through eleven calamities. Hailong immediately ordered three loose cultivators at the fifth calamity to go to the Underwater Monster World and capture those two reckless troublemakers.

  Hong Jun and Gu Pan Anxin accepted Sha Qi's delicious contribution with peace of mind, and they ended up staying at Xingchen Pavilion.

  The ancient disc's Heaven Cleaving Axe was good, but its grade was too low. Hong Jun casually gave Gu Pan a top-grade immortal artifact. The divine artifact Sea was temporarily not given to him, as the power of the divine artifact was too great and could already cause harm to Hong Jun. If it were to be seized by an opponent, it would be a huge hidden danger. It's better to give it to Gu Pan when his realm is higher later on.

  Seven days later, the masters sent by Tenglong Continent arrived at the Sea Bottom Demon Beast World. Sha Qi finally felt the arrival of hope. During these seven days, he was dragged away by Hong Jun to practice boxing with them. Every time, he was beaten up by Gu Pan and lost his sense of direction. When facing Hong Jun, that powerful physique always made him feel helpless. These seven days were considered by Sha Qi as the most humiliating seven days in his life.

  The envoy of Tenglong Continent has arrived, and Sha Qi immediately took three envoys to the place where Hong Jun and others lived.

  "It's interesting, and they've even brought helpers!" As soon as the three envoys arrived, Hong Jun sensed that these three were masters, and secretly smiled.

  "Sha Gezhu, who are these three people? Are they here to practice boxing with us?" Hong Jun smiled and sat on the stone chair, staring at the four people who came in.

  "Presumptuous little brat, ignorant of life and death! One is in the late stages of emptiness, the other in the middle stages of golden elixir, yet they dare to come to my Star Chariot Pavilion and cause trouble. Today will be your day of doom!" The leader, a burly man with a bulge on his forehead, looked at Sha Qi with disdain, thinking that just two people could stir up the headquarters of the Star Chariot Pavilion was a sign of Sha Qi's incompetence.

  "You're quite arrogant, I wonder what titles you should be addressed as?" Gu Pan mimicked Hong Jun's tone and teased the few of them.

  "Your Excellency, that kid in white is absolutely not in the Golden Elixir stage. I've been fighting him for several days and haven't won once!" Sha Qi hastily explained, seeing that the envoy's tone was off.

  "It's not the Golden Elixir period, I'd like to see what he's capable of!" Drum Bag Big Han said as he instantly moved in front of Hong Jun, one hand lifted him up and laughed loudly: "Is that all? Sha Qi, you're just making excuses for your dereliction of duty!"

  A flash of grey light in Hong Jun's eyes, a small dagger suddenly appeared in his hand and directly stabbed into the belly of the drum package big man.

  Drumming Package Great Han did not notice for a moment, didn't think that Hong Jun's speed was so fast, directly being stabbed, staring at Hong Jun in shock, slowly falling down, Yuan Ying transformed into a true spirit and absorbed into the Sealing God List.

  This dagger was a birthday gift that Qin Yu once gave to Qin Feng, the second-rate Hongmeng Lingbao 'Wuying Knife', the dagger itself has an acceleration function, how can the four calamities of the scattered Yao resist the attack of the second-rate Hongmeng Lingbao.

  "You're the first person who dares to mention me like that!" Hong Jun said coldly, looking at the corpse of the big man with a swollen face.