Chapter 353

The Governor took two deep breaths, forcibly suppressing the urge to kick his subordinate away.

Keeping people in a prison cell—do you think the people who came are from the Profound Heaven Sect?

He glared fiercely at his subordinate: "Go, invite the immortal sect disciples over. There are still a few empty guest rooms in the residence; you go tidy them up. Set up Spirit-Gathering Arrays where they should be set up, and place Heart-Nurturing Stones where they should be placed."

"Yes!"

Soon, three immortal sect disciples walked into the prefectural office—two men and one woman, all looking spirited, their eyes revealing confidence.

The Governor looked at the three immortal sect disciples and nodded secretly; they were indeed worthy of being immortal sect disciples—one look and you could tell they were dragons and phoenixes among men.

To achieve Jin Dan at such a young age—what terrifying talent.

The Governor could see the three's realms; they had just formed their cores. According to the reply information given by the immortal sects, these three were not yet eighteen years old.

An eighteen-year-old Jin Dan stage, and all of them had formed First-Grade Golden Cores—this kind of cultivation speed was rarely seen in history.

It was likely that in the future struggle for the Great World, such outstanding talents would be the protagonists of the era.

"Greetings, my lord Governor. This young lady is Lan Ting from the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace." Lan Ting was slender and graceful, a white dress fluttering like a bird, her eyes bright and clear like brilliant stars, her skirt ribbons flying as she walked.

"I am Bai Ming of the Five Elements Sect." Bai Ming's expression was cold as always.

"Suppressing Prison Sect, Yan Tianzhi." Yan Tianzhi was sparing with his words.

"I will have to trouble the three junior disciples with the commentary for tomorrow's grand ceremony competition." The Governor's face was brimming with smiles. Although those participating in the competition tomorrow were all of the same generation, these three, as immortal sect disciples, had extraordinary insight, and commenting on tomorrow's grand competition would be more than enough.

"We will certainly do our best."

"By the way, have the three junior disciples seen the people from the Profound Heaven Sect?"

The three shook their heads. They had set off from their respective sects and met in Qingzhou, and had not seen the people from the Profound Heaven Sect.

"That is strange. The Profound Heaven Sect replied to me saying they would send two people this time, one named Lu Yang and one named Meng Jingzhou. They are the two most outstanding geniuses of the Profound Heaven Sect's current generation. Judging by the time, they should have arrived by now." The Governor was puzzled, unable to figure out the reason.

Hearing the familiar names, Lan Ting recalled the days of running a barbecue shop in Yanjiang County. She had received a sect mission and tried every means to infiltrate the Decayed Sect, but the timing was off, and she missed the Decayed Sect's recruitment period. Later, she met Lu Yang and the other two and learned that they had successfully joined the Decayed Sect.

At the end of their time in Yanjiang County, she and Lu Yang's group worked together to kill the branch leader of the Yanjiang branch.

Lu Yang's group even gained the appreciation of the Decayed Sect's higher-ups and were promoted, while she returned to her sect to report on the mission situation.

She had even been thinking about whether to contact Lu Yang to ask if there was anything she could help with, preferably to take down another branch.

Who would have thought that less than two months later, news of the Decayed Sect's destruction would arrive.

When she first heard the news, she was stunned for a long time, thinking she had heard fake news.

It had only been two months!

Although the public announcement was that the Profound Heaven Sect and the imperial court had joined forces to wipe out the Decayed Sect's lair, Lan Ting dared to be certain that Lu Yang was absolutely involved in this!

Later, when she went to the Profound Heaven Sect for a meeting, the Profound Heaven Sect's eldest senior sister even proposed that she and Lu Yang get married, which scared her master so much that he grabbed her and ran, fearing they would be left behind.

She also didn't know why her master was so afraid of the Profound Heaven Sect's eldest senior sister.

"I see..." The Governor was worried, but then felt relieved. Since the Profound Heaven Sect's reply said the two would come, they would definitely come. Perhaps they were enjoying the grand ceremony today and would go directly to the judges' table before the grand competition started tomorrow.

That made sense.

"By the way, the Suspended Temple asked me to bring a message to the Governor. Originally, the Suspended Temple was going to send Senior Brother Shi Chan, but unfortunately, Senior Brother Shi Chan encountered some accidents while spreading Buddhist teachings and is unable to come. And the Suspended Temple has few people to begin with, making it difficult to send anyone else."

Shi Chan was the current true disciple of the Suspended Temple.

"Did he encounter danger? Do you need me to send people to help?"

"It's not exactly danger; it's just that he has been unable to understand the phrase 'put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot,' so he joined a slaughterhouse to see if he could become a Buddha when he puts down the butcher's knife."

The Governor held his breath for a long time, completely at a loss for what to say, and could only say: "It's getting late, the three young friends should go to the residence to rest."

After the Governor left, Lan Ting suddenly asked: "Senior Brother Bai Ming, when the Governor mentioned Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, your expression changed. Do you know these two?"

Bai Ming sighed: "It's more than just knowing them; I've even crossed hands with him."

"Senior Sister Lan Ting might not know, but four months ago, my Five Elements Sect went to the Profound Heaven Sect for an exchange. In the Foundation Establishment stage competition, Lu Yang successively displayed Five Elements spells like the True Fire of Three Flavors and the Earth-Escaping Technique. I pride myself on being able to look down on my peers in Five Elements spells, but Lu Yang suppressed me in every aspect."

"At the moment of my defeat, I had an epiphany, broke through the bottleneck, and broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage on the spot. What I didn't expect was that Lu Yang hadn't been using his full strength from beginning to end. When he saw me break through on the spot, he was like a different person; his eyes and movements changed. Before I could even make a move, he defeated me in one strike. If it weren't for my master intervening in time, I would have been dead or injured."

The five great immortal sects had harmonious relations, and those of the same generation addressed each other as senior brother and senior sister.

"So strong!" Lan Ting was surprised. She knew Lu Yang's spell talent was amazing, but she didn't expect Lu Yang to be able to defeat Bai Ming in one strike.

Yan Tianzhi also widened his eyes, revealing an expression of extreme surprise.

He had crossed hands with Bai Ming; the other party was proficient in spear techniques and Five Elements spells, extremely difficult to deal with in both long-range and close-quarters combat. To be defeated in one strike?

"According to my master, what Lu Yang displayed was a lost ancient great divine ability—the Water-Avoiding Technique. If there is no special way to counter it, this move is unsolvable; it can drain all the moisture from an enemy's body and turn them into a dried corpse." Bai Ming recalled the scene of Lu Yang casually displaying the Water-Avoiding Technique and felt a lingering fear.

Seeing him use an ancient great divine ability as if it were nothing, he feared that even if he could withstand the Water-Avoiding Technique, there would be other great divine abilities waiting for him.

"Not only that, the Profound Heaven Sect's Great Elder personally admitted that Lu Yang, while in the Foundation Establishment body, challenged those of higher realms."

Yan Tianzhi smiled and didn't care. All three of them could challenge those of higher realms; it wasn't something worth showing off.

Bai Ming said in a deep voice: "He crossed three major realms in a row. When he was in the Foundation Establishment stage, he defeated Jin Dan, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation!"

Lan Ting and Yan Tianzhi were shocked speechless. Crossing three levels in a row was simply a fantasy.

Lan Ting thought of the battle where she and Lu Yang killed the Yanjiang branch leader together. Lu Yang had always been at ease; it turned out he had never used his full strength.

"I suspect that when he challenged those of higher realms, he relied on favorable timing, location, arrays, elixirs, and other conditions." Bai Ming analyzed, otherwise he couldn't imagine how a Foundation Establishment stage could defeat a Spirit Transformation stage.

Even so, being able to fight across three major realms was an extremely terrifying thing.

At the very least, the three of them couldn't do it.

"It's a pity, I don't know where these two went."

"Perhaps we will see them during the grand competition tomorrow."

The second update is at 10:30.

(End of chapter)