[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star":3,"chapter-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-234":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After Fifteen Years of Secret Cultivation, I Start as a Top-Grade Ultimate Peak!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2282342,4464,"Chapter 234: The Disciple Master","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-234",234,"\u003Cp>The carriage sped past the long-vanished gate of Bailian City; in the night, an intense stench of blood clung to the surrounding walls, yet the carriage did not pause, as if utterly indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the city, the carriage passed through the shattered blue-brick Changjie street, crossed several alleys, and finally halted before Baixiang Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Muxian, seated atop the pavilion’s roof ridge, looked down and raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this newly arrived carriage, he spotted two familiar faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting where the driver should have been were an old man and a little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two were precisely the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner, who had planned to sneak to Bailian Peak for revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, they encountered the Disciple Master of Luoshen Peak, who came to Bailian City; after a confrontation, they were captured. Even though the cloth-clad elder, a Tianren expert, fought desperately to escape, he could not get away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Disciple Master of Luoshen Peak used his folding fan to lift the carriage curtain and looked up toward Li Muxian atop Baixiang Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Li Muxian was indeed as young as the messenger had described, his expression shifted slightly, and he asked calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was it you who defeated our Luoshen Peak’s Peak Master just now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Muxian said nothing, merely gestured with a finger toward the ravine in the street beside Baixiang Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attention was fixed on the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner; he studied them for a moment and noticed both looked terribly pale—especially Lin Xuner, whose small face twisted with anger and fury, as if filled with unbearable regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the young man glanced at the pile of corpses in the street’s deep ditch, his gaze lingering briefly on the body of Zheng Yunfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lifted his head to look at Li Muxian atop the pavilion, his expression unreadable, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you an official of the Great Li Court? Yet I’ve never heard of any such young expert emerging from the Great Li Court.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to the young man’s question, Li Muxian withdrew his gaze, glanced at him, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s much you haven’t heard of—but your courage is considerable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Li Muxian raised an eyebrow and added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you didn’t immediately shout for bloodshed, I’ll give you a suggestion: bring more people. Best to summon every top fighter from Luoshen Peak. Otherwise…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, thinking, unsure what else to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For even if the other truly summoned every Luoshen Peak member, the outcome would be the same—no “otherwise,” no “surprise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man stared at Li Muxian atop Baixiang Pavilion, squinting slightly, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for the warning, but you’re mistaken on one point: I came to Bailian City not because I’m bold, but because I’m confident enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Muxian blinked slightly, studied the young man below for a moment, saw nothing unusual, then nodded and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Glad you’re pleased.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man clearly sensed Li Muxian’s condescension, yet he seemed unconcerned; he turned to glance at the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner on the carriage and said slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On my way to Bailian City, I encountered these two. They’re not from Luoshen Peak and harbor ill intent—I originally planned to kill them on the spot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But they claimed to have a deep connection with you, so I brought them along.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, the young man looked casually at Li Muxian and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think I should do with them? Or do you believe they’re valuable enough to serve as leverage in my hands?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner both looked up at Li Muxian atop the pavilion, their eyes filled with urgency and pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, when the Disciple Master of Luoshen Peak had threatened to kill them, they had been desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They carried blood feuds of their own; they had just glimpsed hope of revenge, only to have it snatched away mid-journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, death was their only fate, so in desperation, they lied—claiming ties to Li Muxian, the expert who had just slain the Bailian Peak Master—to buy temporary survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, facing their gaze, Li Muxian stroked his chin, ignored the young man’s question, and asked instead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m curious—how exactly did they claim to be connected to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the young man seemed unconcerned and replied coolly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They said you’re both agents of the Great Li Court, sent here to Bailian Peak on a secret mission ordered by the Great Li Emperor—but only you know the mission’s details.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Li Muxian chuckled, glanced at the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner, and suddenly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know quite a lot. I should’ve killed you both to silence you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner froze, then exchanged glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the grandfather and granddaughter clearly saw shock in each other’s eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There really is a secret mission?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did we actually guess right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Disciple Master of Luoshen Peak frowned in thought, stared at Li Muxian atop the pavilion, then narrowed his eyes and nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you intend to protect them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, the young man’s lips curled into a faint, teasing smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then if you answer me three questions, I’ll spare their lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner immediately perked up, turning their eyes once more to Li Muxian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Muxian waved his hand toward the young man below:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t make this complicated. I suggest you just attack directly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the young man slowly shook his head, about to speak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next instant, he suddenly sensed danger; his surrounding heavenly qi surged violently, and his body grew ethereal and insubstantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cloth-clad elder and Lin Xuner both felt it and turned to stare at the young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they saw a bloodied hole, piercing clean through his right chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the young man showed no sign of serious injury; faint crimson light emerged from the wound, and surrounding flesh and membranes slowly writhed, the hole healing visibly before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, the Disciple Master of Luoshen Peak glanced at the wound on his chest, then looked up at Li Muxian atop the pavilion and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just now, you intended to pierce through my skull, just as you did to Zheng Feng?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I admit your strike was undetectable and too swift to block.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the young man suddenly grinned slyly and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But let me be clear: no matter how you strike, you cannot kill me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1089,"2026-06-20T01:43:39.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e981e8d19eff48d1ae84452d0484c979ee92627a0e56df369b3017e28edef06f","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-235","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-233",259,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-cover.jpg"]