Crossing into Immortal Cultivation

  Xu Ziqing's heart was filled with doubts, but he didn't sink his consciousness into the seal to ask questions at this time. Because the truth of the matter was not yet clear, it was better for him to be more cautious.

  Just as he was worried and entangled in his thoughts, he looked up and saw someone approaching from a distance.

  The one walking in front, wearing a brocade robe with wide sleeves, had an elegant and refined demeanor, exuding both the bearing of an immortal and the charm of a young noble. He was none other than Tang Wenfei, the current gatekeeper of the Golden Elixir Sect's Ascending Dragon Gate.

  By his side walked two others, one dressed in magnificent attire with an arrogant expression; the other wore plain grey robes but had a hint of composure. They were Hu Guangyuan, the great-grandson of the sect master of the Wu Liang Sect, and Zhang Chi, the true genius of their sect who was almost at the tenth level of Qi Refining.

  Hu Guangyuan and Zhang Chi obviously went to inform Tang Wenfei after the incident, so they came together with him this time. It's just unknown how Tang Wenfei will view this matter and how he will handle it.

  Everyone saw Jin Dan Zhen Ren arrive and stopped discussing, they all bowed and said: "Tang senior."

  Tang Wenfei waved his hand: "Let me take a look first."

  The monks hastily made way and let Tang Wenfei walk over.

  Tang Wenfei stood in front of Fang Zhanglao's corpse, looked down at it with his eyes cast down, and then furrowed his brow.

  The monks who saw his expression also moved in their hearts. Being able to make the guardian of the 'gate' frown, is this matter difficult to resolve? Or... is there something inside?

  For a moment, everyone secretly thought of various possibilities, each with their own speculations.

  Tang Wenshan's face turned solemn as he said, "Fang Zhanglao was injured by Sword Qi."

  Sword aura!

  The monks looked at each other in dismay, all of them utterly bewildered.

  Among the crowd, many practice flying swords, but those who can emit sword energy are few and far between. Most cultivators use flying swords as their magic weapons, in fact, it is because of its strong attacking power, but they have not cultivated 'essence' deeply.

  While there are those who know the sword's energy, there are none who know the sword's aura.

  However, there were a few people from the 'Gate of Divine Sword' who could analyze it.

  Zhang Tian Tai said: "We who practice the knife, after years of accumulation can condense the light of the knife into a shape, transforming it into a half-misty state, thus becoming the aura of the knife. The knife is overbearing and powerful, making it easy to condense its form, therefore when the aura of the knife is further condensed, it becomes the halo of the knife. We who practice the knife, once the light of the knife has been gathered, it is already a knife shape, with little distinction between the halo and the aura. Since both knives and swords are deadly weapons, I suppose there's no difference."

  If it is said that way, Jian Gang should also be a thing of sword energy condensing into shape, only more severe than sword energy.

  Tang Wensheng shook his head: "The knife's energy is easy to condense, but the sword's energy is difficult. The knife is big and bold, fierce and overbearing, with few exceptions; the sword is clever and changeable, if you don't understand the sword's intention, then the sword's energy can't be formed. If the sword's energy can't be formed, then it can't be called a sword cultivator."

  As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze swept across the faces of the monks.

  Tang Wenfei's eyes were dull, but anyone who was seen by him would feel an extremely strong pressure on himself, as if even his five internal organs and six entrails were transparent to Tang Wenfei, leaving no room for hiding.

  So everyone who saw him looked down and didn't dare meet his gaze.

  Soon, all the monks took a look at him one by one until they saw Xu Zifeng, and Tang Wenfei's line of sight finally stopped.

  "Xu Zifeng?" he asked aloud.

  All the monks were stunned and looked at Xu Ziyu together.

  Xu Zifeng's figure stood tall and upright, with a handsome brow and starry eyes, his demeanor extraordinary. What drew even more attention to him was the sword aura that surrounded him, which differed from the other cultivators who merely enjoyed flying swords for their power; the aura around him was purer, carrying a sharp, keen air reminiscent of the "Sword" wielders among the Hundred Soldiers Gentlemen.

  This person is also a young genius known in the small world, who can turn sword light into sword energy at the age of twenty or so, and can be called a freak. However, being able to emit sword energy is not trivial, but if it is said that he can kill a high-ranking person in the Yuan Dynasty, it would be too much praise for him.

  Is it possible that Tang Wenfei saw something they didn't know? With a slight guess, one can't help but suspect that Xu Zifeng has actually condensed his sword energy into a sword aura...

  Xu Zifeng, although also having a proud and unyielding personality, was not an arrogant person. How could he not know that others suspected him? If it were really his doing, he would certainly have acknowledged it openly. Unfortunately, he only knew how to turn sword light into sword energy, but had yet to grasp the 'door' of sword aura. He also didn't deign to drag out this lie. With a calm and composed lift of his hand: "Indeed, it was I."

  Tang Wenhui nodded: "You come at me and let's see."

  Xu Zifeng nodded: "Junior obeys orders."

  As soon as he finished speaking, his fingers moved slightly and he already held a flying sword in his hand. Afterwards, he swung it with ease, and a white sword energy burst out from the tip of the sword, shooting straight at the mountain wall in front of him!

  "Bang!" A crisp sound, the mountain wall was suddenly hit and shattered, flying rocks and sword energy pierced through it, revealing a hole about the size of a fist.

  The sword's aura was indeed powerful, but cultivators above the Huan Yuan stage knew that this sword aura couldn't take their lives.

  Tang Wenshan slightly nodded: "Already has a few parts of the fire, but it's still far from condensing into a sword aura." He paused, "Are you going to be a sword cultivator?"

  This means that although Xu Zifeng is supposed to be a sword cultivator and everyone in the small worlds thinks so, in reality his sword aura has not yet formed and he cannot be called a "sword cultivator".

  The monks looked at Xu Zifeng again, and their eyes became somewhat complicated. It's not clear whether to secretly laugh at him for his insufficient cultivation or to congratulate him for having eliminated this suspicion...

  Xu Zifeng himself did not have a hint of despair on his face, and said: "I will only be a sword cultivator!"

  He was so resolute that Tang Wenfei didn't say anything more, and his expression also became somewhat estranged from him.

  Xu Ziqing saw this and couldn't help but think to himself, "Could it be that there are no sword cultivators in the 'door' faction of this Golden Elixir True Person?" However, he immediately didn't have any further thoughts because Tang Wenfei's line of sight had already begun to sweep over these several cultivators who were standing together and had been chosen for their spiritual roots.

  Tang Wensheng said: "Fang Zhanglao's move is likely to be 'desiring' to make things difficult for several people."

  He spoke in a veiled manner, but how could the monks not understand? In fact, even if he didn't say it, everyone's heart was already very clear.

  Just as they had previously speculated, the Venerable Fang of the Boundless Sect emerged in the dead of night, and was surely going to make a ruthless move to eliminate the outstanding talents of other sects and factions, so that his own sect's "gate" could gain more opportunities.

  Since we want to get rid of other factions' talents, it's naturally the ones with great potential that are more threatening and easier to eliminate, especially when the cultivators who came to protect them were not at their peak...

  This was not the first time others had such intentions, but they wouldn't be so impatient and definitely wouldn't make a move before figuring out the situation - Fang Changsheng's actions served as a warning to them, and it turned out that there was a hidden sword cultivator who could kill a high-ranking Nascent Soul stage cultivator!

  Some behind-the-scenes means may also need to be carefully considered...

  All the monks were no fools, and after repeated consideration, they fixed their eyes on a young man in green.

  This person is most likely the one Fang Lao wants to take action against.

  Tang Wenfei's gaze also fell on the young man's face: "Xu Ziqing, did you hear any movement yesterday?"

  Green-shirted youth - Xu Ziqing was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile wryly.

  It's also possible that Elder Fang made a move, and it could only be Xu Ziqing.

  There are three reasons:

  In this Rising Dragon 'Door' Conference, only two single spirit roots appeared. If it weren't for the single spirit root, how could a high-ranking Nascent Soul stage cultivator take action to secretly harm?

  Secondly, these two single spirit roots appeared in the Scattered Cultivation Alliance at the same time. Fang Zhenren's Wu Liang Sect also had a grudge against the Scattered Cultivation Alliance and naturally did not want to see him become prominent.

  Thirdly... Xu Ziqing is just a loose cultivator outside the alliance, it can be seen that the previous loose cultivators did not know that he had such talent. In the loose cultivator alliance, his position was not high or low, just barely passable. The relationship between the outer and inner alliances is general, there are entanglements but after all, they are used more often. If Xu Ziqing were alive, he would naturally add chips to the loose cultivator alliance. If he died, the loose cultivator alliance might not make a big fuss about it. After all, the loose cultivator alliance did not have enough trust in him, nor was it enough for them to pay the price of tearing their faces with another sect.

  Moreover, only two powerful cultivators came from the Scattered Cultivator Alliance, and among them, there was only one in the Hua Yuan stage. He must be going to protect Xu Ziqing's junior, Su Xun. Peng Zhanglao, who was protecting Xu Ziqing, was only in the Building Foundation stage, which seemed not far from the Hua Yuan stage, but in reality, it was a huge difference, and he absolutely could not stop a Hua Yuan stage cultivator from taking someone's life!

  If many monks can make such inferences, Xu Ziqing naturally could too.

  Because of this, he saw that Tang Wenfei had already focused his attention on him, and the corners of his mouth would only reveal a bitter intention.

  And this matter is indeed related to him, and he is not being wronged at all.

  Xu Ziqing had also figured out by now why his good friend Yun Lie would resort to killing people... It was just a gesture of protection for him.

  Last night, a sneak thief came to spy on him and wanted to kill him quickly after. However, Yun Liao detected the plot first and directly killed him! A dignified high-ranking cultivator of the Houtian stage actually resorted to such despicable means to secretly harm this young man who had not yet built his foundation, Xu Ziqing felt no shame or guilt towards him.

  "Replying to Senior Tang, I didn't hear any noise yesterday."

  He indeed had never seen Yun Lüe take action, it was just a guess, this is not a lie, but the truth.

  Tang Wenfei slightly raised an eyebrow and said: "Tell me about what happened to you yesterday."

  Xu Ziqing smiled and said calmly, "Yesterday, Zhuo Niang was injured. We were all worried in the Scattered Repair Alliance, so we went to visit her."

  At this time, Su Xun also said: "That's right, Brother Zi Qing will go with us."

  Zhuo Han's internal injuries had almost fully recovered overnight, with only the true yuan being forced out. Fortunately, Xu Ziqing was there to help him during this period. As it turned out, Xu Ziqing was also being targeted by Wu Liangzong Fang Changlao due to his involvement in the Sanxiu Alliance, and she wasn't an ungrateful person, so she spoke up for Xu Ziqing and finished saying what he couldn't bring himself to say.

  "Xu Ziqing has a single wood spiritual root, I was seriously injured, he transmitted the wood attribute spirit power to 'stimulate' the vitality in my body, exhausting his spirit power several times, it took half the night's work, and can be said to be extremely exhausted. Afterwards, he returned to the cave, presumably unable to hear any movement."

  The rest of the scattered cultivators in the alliance also chimed in: "We can all vouch for him!"

  Xu Ziqing smiled slightly and looked at Tang Wenfei, saying: "After returning to the cave yesterday, due to difficulty in concentrating my mind, I didn't enter meditation but fell asleep instead. It was only when Shou Xun came to wake me up this morning that I woke up. As for this Fang Changlao...I really didn't see him last night."