Chapter 101: Chapter 78: Yellow Weasel Seeking Conferment

"Master Xu, what are you looking at?"

Cyan Sparrow was a little confused.

"Nothing."

"I was just wondering, is power really that important? How many people have to die for a single throne before it’s enough?"

The wind and rain grew stronger.

Su Chen lifted the carriage curtain, gazing out at the mountains and rivers of the world, once again shrouded in an endless curtain of rain. Within him, the Cyan Jade Qi suffused his entire body.

He had reached the Perfection level of Minor First Grade.

The next step...

...was Grand First Grade.

The First-Grade Ceremony and the Wish of All Living Beings were requirements for an Extreme Realm First Grade to complete when stepping into the Grandmaster realm.

After obtaining the Wordless Book...

...Su Chen could finally see the path before him clearly.

Extreme Realm First Grade.

It was also divided into Minor First Grade and Grand First Grade.

When one’s body was perfected and Qi suffused it completely, forming an Inner Circulation, with inexhaustible Qi and endless blood—that was Minor First Grade.

He had always been at the Minor First Grade.

Connecting externally to heaven and earth, breaking past the perfection of flesh and blood to give birth to Essence Qi that manifested as a pillar of smoke, sealing the heavens and locking the earth, and forming an Outer Circulation—that was Grand First Grade.

Grand First Grade was, in essence, no different from a Grandmaster.

But it was even stronger than a Grandmaster.

However, it had been a very, very long time.

He hadn’t unleashed his full power.

Not even a Grandmaster could force him to.

Su Chen himself didn’t know just how powerful he was when he unleashed his full strength.

"The wind and rain are getting a bit heavy."

"There’s a ruined temple up ahead. A good place to take shelter."

Su Chen said.

In the distance, amidst the wind and rain...

...stood a dilapidated Mountain God temple.

A lavish carriage from the Seal Master was parked there. The Chief Eunuch of the Imperial Seal, Sikong, along with several red robes, stood guard near the carriage.

They were also taking shelter from the rain, their expressions quite tense.

Moreover, they didn’t dare venture deep inside the ruined temple.

This was because the temple, while seemingly ordinary, concealed numerous evil entities. It was teeming with ghostly shadows, and even they did not dare to be careless.

Under normal circumstances, they should have left.

Unfortunately, the important person in the carriage was rather domineering. Despite being told of the dangers, this person insisted on taking shelter. Even Sikong, who had one foot in the Peak realm, did not dare to disobey and could only remain on high alert.

"What a coincidence."

"Chief Eunuch Sikong, you’re here too?"

The carriage came to a stop.

Su Chen, holding an umbrella and leading Cyan Sparrow, also stepped out of the carriage.

"Who is this person?"

"He looks so unfamiliar. Why is he in a Western Depot carriage, and how does he know Lord Sikong? He’s not one of the Eight Tigers or the red robes."

"Could it be that his cultivation has already reached the Peak? Why can’t I sense any realm from him at all? He just looks like an ordinary person..."

The red-robed chief eunuchs murmured amongst themselves.

"Heh!"

Sikong had intended to be sarcastic, to make it clear that the factions of Zhou and Liang could not coexist and that they were mortal enemies. But then he remembered that after months of searching, he hadn’t found a single Hundred-Year-Old Cyan Fruit, so he could only force a dry laugh.

"Captain Xu, I trust you’ve been well."

At this, the red-robed chief eunuchs had a sudden realization.

So this was *the* Captain Xu.

The lucky guy from the Library Pavilion who, despite having no cultivation, controlled the Western Depot’s fortunes and spent all day behind closed doors!

A hint of contempt appeared in their eyes.

The Military Supervision Bureau was on the verge of collapse! Only Chief Steward Yum had inexplicably become a First Grade and paraded around for a while under the banner of the Wind Snow Sword Immortal, making him worthy of a second glance.

Captain Xu?

Hah, this man wasn’t even worth mentioning.

’The world is in chaos, yet this mortal is traveling with a child. Isn’t he afraid of dying out here?’

’The Seal Master and the Military Supervision Bureau are mortal enemies. Should we make a move in secret? Get rid of this guy and teach Yum Zhong a lesson?’

’If you ask me...’

’...we don’t even need to act. If one of the evil entities in this temple makes a move, this kid won’t even know what hit him.’

The red-robed chief eunuchs communicated secretly among themselves.

However, what they failed to notice was that as soon as Su Chen entered, all the evil entities lurking in the temple, who had been feigning sleep, snapped awake. Their hair stood on end as they grew tense.

Even the most powerful of them, the Mountain God Statue, discreetly shifted its position to lean against the wall. Not daring to even breathe, it began to play dead.

This blood and Qi, as terrifyingly vast as the Great Sun, was all too familiar to them.

"I suggest you leave quickly."

Sikong sighed to himself.

’If I’d known this would happen, I never should have eaten that piece of Cyan Fruit. Who could have known that a Hundred-Year-Old Cyan Fruit would be so hard to find, forcing me, a man who never owes anyone anything, to be indebted to my mortal enemy?’

"Why should I leave?"

"This ruined temple seems perfectly safe to me."

Su Chen said with a smile.

"HAHAHA!"

Inside the ruined temple, the red-robed chief eunuchs roared with laughter.

What a reckless fool.

It was one thing that he couldn’t sense the danger from the evil entities in the temple—after all, he was just a weak mortal with no cultivation—but he didn’t have a shred of vigilance.

The Military Supervision Bureau and the Seal Master were mortal enemies!

With so many First-Grade experts among them, a single one of them could easily take his life right here.

He didn’t even bring guards when he went out.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think that he, Captain Xu, possessed world-shaking cultivation, enough to roam the world unopposed.

"Chief Eunuch, should we make a move?"

They looked toward Sikong.

Sikong, however, pulled the Exorcism Jade from his waist and tossed it to Su Chen.

"We’re even."

With that said, he closed his eyes to rest.

The red robes were somewhat envious. That was a treasure comparable in value to a First-Grade item! It could warn of any approaching evil entity and even block an attack from anything below a Great Demon Fiend...

And he just gave it to this mortal captain of the Western Depot.

Su Chen was starting a fire.

Wherever his gaze fell within the temple, numerous First-Grade evil entities shivered uncontrollably, on the verge of kowtowing and begging him for mercy.

"Thanks."

He had no use for it.

But he picked it up anyway, intending to put it away.

However, the next instant...

...the Exorcism Jade flared with a cyan light and exploded into dust.

Inside the ruined temple, the red robes were aghast.

"This is..."

Even Sikong’s expression changed. His heart trembled as he looked outside the temple.

Inside the Sword Box...

...the little turtle poked its head out, its eyes shining as it drooled uncontrollably.

In the ruined temple...

...the numerous First-Grade evil entities appeared all at once, kowtowing toward the entrance. The Mountain God Statue even struck its head on the ground, holding up seven Immortal Stones high in offering.

"We have failed in our duties... We are terrified... Please punish us!"

Outside the temple...

...a large yellow weasel was running through the rainy night, as fast as a streak of light. Its fur was glossy, and its eyes held a human-like intelligence.

The wind and rain avoided it, the thunder kept its distance, and even the flowers, trees, rocks, and rivers seemed to fear it.

It had come from afar.

"Wonderful!"

Seeing so many people inside the temple, it was overjoyed. The Yellow-skinned Old Immortal stopped outside, cupped its paws in a bow, and began to ask for its enfeoffment.

"Honorable sirs, what do you see? Am I a demon, or am I an immortal?"

The Yellow-skinned Old Immortal looked at them expectantly.

However, as soon as these words were spoken...

...the red robes who knew the inner details and the identity of the Yellow-skinned Old Immortal, along with Sikong, all felt their scalps go numb. A bone-chilling fear washed over them, their vision went black, and they nearly fainted on the spot.

"The weasel’s plea for enfeoffment!"

"This is the fucking weasel’s plea for enfeoffment!"

"Dammit!"

"How did we run into this?"

"If I’d known, we should have left sooner! Why did we even stop to shelter from the rain...?"

Inside the temple, only Su Chen remained unfazed. His expression unchanged, he continued to tend the fire, not even sparing the Great Demon Fiend a single glance.

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