Chapter 19

However, the reason Qi Tian knows Li Zhangsheng is that the scene must be dragged back to a very long time ago!!

At that time, Qi Tian was still a vigorous youth; he went out for training, passed a market town at the foot of White Cloud Mountain, stayed there, and incidentally bought some everyday cultivation supplies.

At that time, the Longevity Sect on White Cloud Mountain had just been founded; there was a cultivator who had just attained the Dao and become an Emperor Realm expert. Although he had entered the Emperor Realm lineage, his foundations were not yet solid.

Qi Tian clearly remembered that just then, the Longevity Sect had one cultivator who had attained the Dao and become an Emperor, and another peak Quasi-Emperor preparing to attain the Dao and become an Emperor.

Moreover, at that time the heavenly tribulation had already descended—that was the day Qi Tian came to the market town at the foot of White Cloud Mountain.

That day, heavenly thunder rolled, Emperor's tribulation descended, as if it were the end of the world!!

That commotion directly shook the entire Nine Provinces continent.

Of course, the reason the Nine Provinces continent shook was not because of that heavenly thunder.

But because the Longevity Sect had just not long ago had someone attain the Dao and become an Emperor, and now another person is about to attain the Dao and become an Emperor?

If you succeed in attaining the Dao, then the pattern of the Nine Provinces continent will completely change!!

One sect with two Emperors is naturally something those ancient aristocratic families do not wish to see.

Therefore, five Emperors from the ancient aristocratic families arrived together, attempting to stop that Quasi-Emperor of the Longevity Sect from successfully attaining the Dao and becoming an Emperor, and incidentally wipe out this newly risen force of the Longevity Sect.

That very day, at the foot of White Cloud Mountain, Qi Tian saw a white-clad youth with a sword on his back rush out from inside the Longevity Sect, come to the air before the mountain, and alone block the five Emperors who had come to cause trouble.

Originally, Qi Tian thought there would be a tremendous battle, and he feared he would die today in the aftermath of those Emperors' fight!

After all, battles between Emperors are terrifying beyond compare; at that distance, no matter how Qi Tian fled, he could not escape the shockwave range of several Emperors' battle.

Therefore, Qi Tian simply gave up struggling.

He stopped fleeing and just stood there, quietly watching the few terrifying Emperor Realm experts in the sky!

Even being able to witness the Emperors' battle before death makes this life not wasted!!

At that moment, Qi Tian saw the white-clad youth draw the sword on his back and then swing a single sword!!

He swung only that one sword!!

Then those five Emperors were wiped out by that white-clad youth with a single sword, as easy as sweeping away ants.

Yes, one sword, five kills!!

An ordinary, unremarkable sword strike, and those five Emperors all met their demise.

They came in haste and left in haste!

Immediately after, the sky split open with a gap that could not heal for a long time!

That scene left a huge impact on Qi Tian's young spirit!

It turns out that after becoming an Emperor, there exists such a vast disparity in strength!

Qi Tian also saw that after the white-clad youth wiped out the five Emperors with a single sword, as if doing something trivial, he leisurely floated down, came to the market town, bought a jug of wine, and then floated up the mountain.

Qi Tian also got a clear look at the white-clad youth's face—a face that anyone would never forget in a lifetime.

Qi Tian is the same; he will never forget that face!!

Later, while training, Qi Tian obtained a manual called the 'Turtle Breath Technique' in a secret realm.

The Turtle Breath Technique has both advantages and disadvantages in cultivation.

The disadvantage is that cultivating this technique advances one's realm very slowly.

The advantage is that practicing this technique grants a very long lifespan; at the same realm, his lifespan is almost several times that of others.

Afterward, he secluded himself in the Clear Wind Pavilion, cultivating without ever going out, and never engaged in battle that would consume his qi and blood.

That is why he has lived for such a long time.

More than ten thousand years ago, a geomancer of the Longevity Sect discovered a small clump of 'all-thing soil' beneath a snow mountain surrounding the Clear Wind Pavilion.

The Longevity Sect then scattered some Ice Soul Snow Lotus seeds downward and ordered the Clear Wind Pavilion to tend them, thereby making the Clear Wind Pavilion a subsidiary force of the Longevity Sect.

At that time, the Longevity Sect had Yang Xuanji presiding over it.

After all, it is also an Emperor-level doctrine, so the Clear Wind Pavilion naturally gladly became a subsidiary force of the Longevity Sect.

Originally, Qi Tian thought that with the passage of time, the Longevity Sect would gradually decline, and that person was probably long gone from this world, having ascended!!

Otherwise, how could that person possibly watch the Longevity Sect decline to this point helplessly!

But unexpectedly, after many years, today I actually saw that face again.

And that person hasn't changed at all.

Still as young, as handsome, and as suave!!

If it had been just a few days earlier, seeing that face would have made Qi Tian jump for joy, after all they had not yet broken with the Longevity Sect!!

But now, when Qi Tian sees that face, only fear remains; the scene of that one-sword five-kill keeps playing in his mind.

Qi Tian shivered in the corner and sighed, "Ah, I'm really stupid, truly..."

……

On the other side, Qi Li frantically poured magical power into the token in his hand and sent a transmission.

"Ancestor, the sect is in danger, come out quickly to rescue us!"

"Ancestor, the sect is in danger, come out quickly..."

Inside the secret room, beside Qi Tian, a token was violently vibrating, but Qi Tian ignored it, saying, "Don't call me, I'm not here!"

Qi Li grew increasingly anxious, wondering why there was no response at all.

"Ancestor, ancestor, ancestor..."

Meanwhile, Li Zhangsheng and a few others were quietly watching Qi Li anxiously transmitting via the token.

Seeing no response for a long time, Qi Li gave an embarrassed look to Li Zhangsheng and the five others, saying, "Um... sorry, the signal isn't very good!"

Li Zhangsheng gave a light smile, then loudly said, "If you don't come out now, I'll casually wipe out half of your Clear Wind Pavilion."

"The several generations of operation of your Clear Wind Pavilion could be destroyed in an instant."

Qi Tian also realized he could not escape, so he hurriedly opened the secret room and rushed out.

Qi Li saw Qi Tian come out, his confidence greatly bolstered, and he hurriedly said: "Elder Ancestor, they……"

He was just about to bitterly complain, saying how cruel Li Zhangsheng and his lot were, how many they had slain from Clear Wind Pavilion, when he discovered that his own Elder Ancestor was already kneeling before Li Zhangsheng, his whole body trembling as he kowtowed.

"I, Qi Tian, pay my respects to the Exalted Immortal!"

He directly called Li Zhangsheng Exalted Immortal, and in his view, Li Zhangsheng was no different from an immortal!

Qi Li stared wide-eyed. "No, this script is all wrong—shouldn't the Elder Ancestor be flying into a rage?"

Li Zhangsheng curiously scrutinized the gaunt old man before him: "Do you know me?"

You know, Li Zhangsheng once slept for over twenty thousand years at a stretch.

Over twenty thousand years, the seas have turned to fields, things change and people are gone; while not impossible to recognize him, it's surely rare.

At the very least, this skinny old man before him leaves no impression on him!

But his reaction in the secret chamber, Li Zhangsheng saw it clear as day, so he's a bit curious.

"I once had the fortune to catch a distant glimpse of the Exalted Immortal; the impression remains vivid!" Qi Tian continued, trembling as he kowtowed, not daring to lift his head.

"Since you know me, you must surely know my scene of wind clearing after snow."

"Isn't your Clear Wind Pavilion's development to this day thanks to our Longevity Sect?"

"How could you do such an ungrateful, forget-your-ancestors thing?"

"What, you want to be exterminated?"

Li Zhangsheng asked lightly.