Chapter 244: Do Not Act Rashly

Li Musheng thought to himself, planning to try and find an opportunity to look into it later.

However, for now, he should first continue absorbing some of the Divine Blood.

At this thought, he gently clenched his palm, and a mighty aura directly crushed and scattered the black fire core in his hand; the scorching firelight that erupted in an instant burned fire-patterned cracks into the surrounding space.

Immediately after, he raised his hand and grabbed at the ditch in the street below; in an instant, the Divine Blood within Master Chihuo's body poured out through his flesh, then flowed in thin streams toward his palm.

After finishing all this, Li Musheng moved his figure and returned to the roof of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion, sitting on the ridge, absorbing the Divine Blood while continuing to perfect the Green Dragon Azure Sky Scripture.

Meanwhile, in a wine tower not far away, the dazed old man in hemp clothes and Lin Xun'er only slowly came to their senses after quite some time.

The two stiffly turned their heads, the old and the young locking eyes; in each other's gaze, aside from indescribable shock, there remained only a long, wordless silence.

"Is he... still human?"

Lin Xun'er's body went limp, and she plopped down onto the ground, unconsciously murmuring the question.

"Plop!"

The old man in hemp clothes also fell to the ground right after, his aged face contorting rapidly with changing expressions, yet he could not utter a single word.

Previously, Master Chihuo had descended upon the sky above Hundred Refinement City like a Fire God arriving.

The grandfather and grandson had never seen such a terrifying existence before; the opponent's power both shocked and terrified them, and at the same time, made them truly realize the horror of the Fallen God Peak, this colossal force of the Jianghu.

The only thing they could do at that time was to quietly hide their figures, praying in their hearts that Li Musheng, the benefactor who had saved their lives, could escape from Master Chihuo's grasp.

However, what they could never have imagined was that Li Musheng, facing that terrifying existence who seemed to control the Flame God, completely ignored the opponent.

Not only did he block every single one of the opponent's powerful moves, but just as he had killed the Peak Lord of Hundred Refinement Peak and the eldest disciple of the Fallen God Sect's Zhang Sect previously, he pierced through the opponent's skull with a single finger.

Furthermore, the opponent had finally stolen the black fire core that resembled the body of the Fire God, using it to burn his own palm, yet despite directly contacting such terrifying flames, nothing happened to him!

The old man in hemp clothes took a heavy breath, and after a long silence, finally spoke:

"I feel that there are very few people in this world who can be his match; aside from the three legendary Wu Shen, in these Five Great Dynasties and across the entire Jianghu of the world, I fear no one else can be found to contend with him."

Hearing this, Lin Xun'er gently raised her head, those clear and bright eyes cautiously gazing toward the figure in the darkness atop the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion; she bit her lip, turned back, and asked:

"Could it be that... he is already invincible under heaven?"

As she spoke, her slender eyebrows knitted tightly together, her small face full of surprise and doubt, as she looked at the old man in hemp clothes and asked:

"How can he be so powerful? Could it be that he began cultivating martial arts since he was in the womb?"

"Or perhaps, like me, he cultivates some special Martial Way cultivation technique, and is actually an old man as old as Grandpa?"

Hearing this, the old man in hemp clothes unconsciously shook his head, clearly unable to answer Lin Xun'er's question.

However, very quickly, he frowned, reached out, and tapped his granddaughter's head, saying:

"How are you speaking? Who is an old man?"

"Also, do not let that person hear these words; if you provoke him, I do not want an extra hole in my head."

Lin Xun'er immediately hurriedly closed her mouth, cautiously gazing again toward the direction of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion's roof; then, a look of unease appeared on her small face as she said:

"Um... my attitude seemed not very good before, and I spoke to him a bit loudly; he shouldn't hold a grudge, right?"

The old man in hemp clothes sat on the ground, gazing at the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion's roof as well; after hesitating for a moment, he waved his hand:

"Rest assured; for small characters like us, as long as we have not truly provoked the other party, we should not be noticed by him."

As he spoke, he sighed, then glanced toward the direction of Hundred Refinement Peak, saying:

"Young Master Li is truly our benefactor; as long as we wait a little longer, until the experts of the Fallen God Sect are all killed by him, we can go to Hundred Refinement Peak to take our revenge."

Hearing this, Lin Xun'er withdrew her gaze and also looked toward Hundred Refinement Peak; for a moment, her eyes held both expectation and undisguised killing intent.

Immediately after, she looked at Li Musheng's figure again and said:

"If his strength has already reached the level of Wu Shen, then even if the Zhang Sect of the Fallen God Sect comes in person next, he will likely still die."

Meanwhile, on a mountain path less than ten li away from Hundred Refinement City, a rock path that had been constantly extending forward in the dark night suddenly stopped.

Immediately after, a rock peak about ten-something zhang high rose from the ground, and a black-clothed old man who seemed to have merged with the rock appeared silently atop the rock peak.

He raised his head, his gaze fixed on the direction of Hundred Refinement City ahead.

Watching the gradually disappearing firelight, feeling Master Chihuo's gradually fading aura, for a moment, his eyebrows knitted tightly, and an extremely solemn expression appeared on his face.

After a short while, the expression on his face changed from solemn to disbelief and shock.

Although he had not witnessed everything that happened in Hundred Refinement City with his own eyes, he could now determine that Master Chihuo's aura had completely vanished; without a doubt, he had perished in Hundred Refinement City.

"Senior Brother Chihuo actually lost?"

"Who exactly did the Great Li Court send here? How could there be such powerful Martial Way strength!"

The black-clothed old man muttered to himself, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.

If even Master Chihuo, who controls the flame and possesses such a killing divine talent, is not the opponent of the person in Hundred Refinement City.

Then if he rushes to Hundred Refinement City now, the final result will likely be no different from that of the opponent.

"No, although Senior Brother's death is indeed sorrowful, this Venerable One must not act rashly; this matter still requires Senior Brother Zhang Sect and two Senior Uncles to step in to control the situation."

The black-clothed old man's eyes grew dark; then, raising his hand and waving, a square green rock about ten-something zhang in circumference nearby was slapped away by a huge yellowish-brown hand.

The green rock flew a distance toward the sky above the main peak of the Fallen God Sect, then exploded with a boom, producing a deafening explosion sound, while simultaneously stirring up a cloud of green rock ash that rapidly rose and floated into the sky.

The main peak of the Fallen God Sect.

On the summit of the thousand-ren cliff, above the main hall "Fallen God Hall" supported by nineteen golden pillars, the weather and sea of clouds surged; then the clouds and mist slowly parted, revealing the figure of the Fallen God Sect's Zhang Sect sitting cross-legged in mid-air.

Surrounding his body were streams of green cloud qi, and his own aura seemed to have merged with heaven and earth; at this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze turning toward the direction of Hundred Refinement City.

And upon seeing a cloud of green-gray dust and smoke slowly rising between the mountain ranges in the sky, the expression on the Fallen God Sect's Zhang Sect's face instantly changed.

(End of this chapter)