Chapter 76: The Mysterious Guardian Strikes, Severely Wounding the Azure Dragon Elder, Silencing Them Completely

At the entrance to the Supreme Secret Treasury, Jun Xiaoyao and others appeared.

Jun Xiaoyao wore a white robe, ethereal and handsome, untouched by dust despite having just endured a great battle, as if he had merely taken a leisurely stroll.

This calm, unrestrained demeanor caused many female cultivators around him to scream, their eyes sparkling with admiration.

Jun Xiaoyao was utterly their ideal god.

Yet before these fanatics could erupt in excitement, two immense Holy Realm auras erupted uncontrollably.

They came from Ji Bangyin and the Elder of the Azure Dragon Clan.

These two overwhelming auras instantly silenced the noisy Taihuang Forest.

Many powerful figures from various factions stared with grave expressions, knowing what followed would not be easily resolved.

Jun Xiaoyao’s actions were truly without restraint.

He had driven the Azure Dragon Clan’s dragon daughter into a frantic retreat.

He had severed the arm of Ji family’s Young Saint.

Had this been done by any other prodigy from a different faction,

He would have been obliterated the moment he appeared by the elders of the Azure Dragon Clan and the Ji family.

“Jun Xiaoyao, they say leave a line of retreat for others, so you may meet again someday—have you not gone too far?”

Ji Bangyin’s face was cold and grim, utterly livid.

Beside him stood Ji Xuan, teleported here by a Grand Teleportation Talisman.

But Ji Xuan now had a deathly pale face, vacant eyes, clutching his severed arm stump like a lifeless corpse.

Any observant person could see Ji Xuan’s Dao heart had completely shattered.

For a prodigy, defeat was not terrifying.

What was terrifying was the complete collapse of one’s Dao heart—then there was no saving them; they would become a waste.

Ji Xuan, this Young Saint of the Ji family, had arrived at the Yuan Tian Secret Treasury full of confidence and pride.

Now, he had become this lifeless shell.

No wonder Ji Bangyin was so enraged.

“Too far? How have I gone too far? It was merely a normal sparring match.”

Facing Ji Bangyin’s Holy Realm pressure, Jun Xiaoyao remained expressionless, utterly composed.

He feared not even the pressure of a Supreme-level demonic corpse—how could he fear the pressure of a mere Saint?

“You old bastard, what do you intend to do to my grandson?” Jun Zhantian flashed forward, standing before Jun Xiaoyao.

At the same time, the Elder of the Azure Dragon Clan arrived with Long Bichi.

Long Bichi shrank behind the Elder, her gaze toward Jun Xiaoyao still filled with fear.

Her Dao heart, though not shattered like Ji Xuan’s, was hardly better.

At the very least, Jun Xiaoyao had left an indelible shadow in her heart.

“Jun Xiaoyao, I’ll set aside what you did to our dragon daughter for now—but that dragon bone was originally taken by the Yuan Tian Supreme from our Azure Dragon Clan. Shouldn’t it be returned to its rightful owner?”

The Elder of the Azure Dragon Clan spoke gravely.

Given the Azure Dragon Clan’s arrogance, had any other faction obtained the dragon bone, the Elder would have seized it by force immediately.

But the bone was in the hands of the Jun family’s divine heir—making the situation extremely difficult for the Elder.

“Hah. The once arrogant and domineering Azure Dragon Clan actually speaks reason now?”

“But this dragon bone was obtained by me through my own strength—why should I return it?”

Jun Xiaoyao smiled, cold and mocking.

The Elder’s cheek twitched slightly, then said: “Fine, forget the four ancient dragon bones—but the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Bone must be returned.”

Hearing this, Jun Xiaoyao laughed even colder: “Azure Dragon Clan, don’t push your luck. Have you already forgotten the pain of You Long the Supreme?”

“You insolent brat!”

Jun Xiaoyao publicly exposing the Azure Dragon Clan’s wound made the Elder’s face darken, and he couldn’t help but roar.

Yet at the very moment the Elder roared—

From afar, a piercing, high-pitched guqin note rang out.

The note transformed into a killing blade, slicing through space, hurtling straight at the Elder.

The ferocious pressure made even Saints feel their scalps tighten.

Puch!

The guqin blade flashed past, cleaving half the Elder’s body open, spraying vivid, crystalline dragon blood.

One strike—severely wounding a Saint!

A stunned uproar erupted across the land.

The Elder recoiled violently, his eyes filled with unprecedented horror!

“Who is the great one who struck?” the Elder trembled.

But there was no reply.

Instead, Jun Zhantian’s eyes flickered with a hint of surprise: “Xiaoyao, it seems your guardian has acted.”

“Guardian?” Jun Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow slightly.

His guardian was indeed mysterious—never showing his face.

But using a guqin note as a weapon was somewhat novel.

“Your guardian is no ordinary figure—you’ll find out someday,” Jun Zhantian said cryptically.

Jun Xiaoyao’s gaze sharpened.

Who exactly was the guardian assigned to him by the Jun family?

Yet while the speaker meant nothing, the listeners heard everything—every cultivator around them now hid shock in their eyes.

The Jun family had assigned Jun Xiaoyao such a powerful guardian.

Normally, even immortal factions granted only Saint-level guardians to their prodigies.

“It seems the Jun family’s divine heir holds an extraordinary position indeed…” many murmured.

The Elder of the Azure Dragon Clan gritted his teeth, clamped his mouth shut, and dared not speak another word.

He feared that one more word might send him straight to the netherworld.

Ji Bangyin turned even paler, filled with extreme caution, and said nothing more.

The entire trouble was effortlessly suppressed.

“It seems neither of you has anything to say—then I shall take my leave,” Jun Xiaoyao said coolly.

As he left, he couldn’t resist one final taunt—striking at the soul.

The Elder of the Azure Dragon Clan and Ji Bangyin’s faces turned purple, yet they swallowed their rage, saying not a word.

The Jun family and Jiang family and others departed together.

Only after they left did the Elder and Ji Bangyin roar in fury, their wrath shaking three thousand li.

Two immortal factions had never suffered such humiliation.

“Ah, no wonder the Jun family is one of the Three Great Houses—they silenced two immortal lineages without a word.” Some cultivators sighed.

The Yuan Tian Secret Treasury ended in this manner.

Though many had initially guessed that the Jun family’s divine heir would be the most outstanding figure in this secret treasury,

No one imagined he would shine this brightly.

He had completely overshadowed every other prodigy.

The Azure Dragon Clan’s dragon daughter, Ji family’s Young Saint, the Ancient Wang Clan’s Nine-Headed Lion, the Devouring Heaven Sparrow—none were his match.

In the end, Jun Xiaoyao even subdued the Supreme demonic corpse.

This utterly stunned everyone.

Word of it would shake half the Huang Tian Immortal Realm.

Some already claimed Jun Xiaoyao would be among the very top figures of this era.

In short, through this journey in the Yuan Tian Secret Treasury, Jun Xiaoyao had become famous throughout the Huang Tian Immortal Realm.

Yet while some rejoiced, others grieved.

In Nantian City, two figures appeared—a man and a woman: Wu Mingyue and Xiao Chen.