Chapter 313 - 154: Nishang Immortal Robe, the Final Scroll of the Power Barrier! Daoist Seed, Devouring the Black Market Bounty

Chapter 313: Chapter 154: Nishang Immortal Robe, the Final Scroll of the Power Barrier! Daoist Seed, Devouring the Black Market Bounty

Within the Flying Immortal Temple.

Ji Wei, who had been leaning against Ji Xiu, was about to get closer to her brother to ask about his time in the Prefecture City.

But when she heard the words that burst from Ji Xiu’s lips, her own words caught in her throat, and her eyes widened.

"Mr. Duan?"

"Isn’t he..."

The Jade-Horned Spirit Deer lying beside them didn’t even dare to breathe.

’Speak of the devil.’

’I was just thinking about how my master’s master—that cursed Celestial Killer Lone Star who threatens me at every turn—was finally out of sight now that we’ve moved.’

’And now, as soon as we run into one, the other shows up on his own.’

Even though the Jade-Horned Spirit Deer had refined its Spirit Blood and grown much stronger, it couldn’t stop trembling under the intimidating pressure of that instinctual aura. It was even more effective than a suppression of its bloodline.

As for Ji Xiu.

Even though Duan Chenzhou had only just lifted the Celestial Killing Star mask halfway, revealing only the lower half of his face from the nose down.

But from Anning County to Jiangyin Prefecture, and across the vast East Canghai, Ji Xiu had studied under Duan Chenzhou. His entire foundation had been taught by him.

It was no exaggeration to say.

The two shared the same lineage. Duan Chenzhou’s Sword Intent, as scorching as the Fiery Sun...

...he would recognize it even if it were reduced to ash.

And so, with just a single glance.

Ji Xiu’s heart pounded, and the thoughts in his mind spilled from his lips.

Upon hearing the words of his ’unfilial disciple’.

Duan Chenzhou, who was holding a head in each hand and had just removed their ’masks’, heard him, and his expression immediately darkened.

"..."

"They’re just a few worthless small fry, a bunch of clowns who can’t amount to anything."

"If I wasn’t afraid of stirring up more trouble when things haven’t even settled down, I wouldn’t have bothered faking my death to get away..."

Duan Chenzhou paused and looked at Ji Xiu.

"But you, kid."

"When you went back to Anning County, didn’t I leave you a message?"

"You didn’t listen to a single word of the warning inside."

Ji Xiu recalled the note. After hearing of Duan Chenzhou’s death from Qin Zhuo, he had only glanced at it before shattering it with his Inner Force. He tried to remember its contents.

"Master, for the last three generations of our lineage, from Martial Saint Chen Danding to Ancestral Master Wang Xuanyang... not one of them has feared death or shirked responsibility."

"Right or wrong aside, when a master dies, his disciple must come. If I was too afraid to even attend the funeral, and instead switched allegiances and acted meekly..."

"...then my path as a Martial Artist would have been for nothing."

Duan Chenzhou removed the Celestial Killing Star mask with one hand, revealing a face that was even more resolute than before.

He had clearly had some sort of fortuitous encounter.

Ji Xiu’s gaze shifted downward to the two heads Duan Chenzhou was holding. Both belonged to powerful Grandmasters with rampant True Qi; they were no ordinary experts.

He couldn’t help but speculate inwardly.

Then, he spoke up again.

"By the way, Master."

"Who exactly are these... Qi Cultivation Grandmasters?"

Based on their Qi Mechanisms alone, Ji Xiu knew he was likely no match for even one of these Qi Cultivation Grandmasters at his current level.

If he donned his Immortal Robe, fully mastered the Divine Talisman Fire, polished his Flesh, Bone, and Skin to Perfection, and refined the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, he might be able to put up a fight.

But these were clearly not ordinary Qi Cultivation Grandmasters. They were beings who had advanced extremely far in the Qi Sea Realm...

It made Ji Xiu’s back break out in a cold sweat and his heart sink. He felt as if he had just left the starter village only to run into a max-level boss.

He had indeed made many enemies in Jiangyin Prefecture, and he could understand why many people wanted him dead.

After all, there were the major Grand Lineages like fishing and medicine, the Hall Masters of Daoist School Street, and those other Schools that hadn’t yet shown their faces...

Every single one of them saw him as a thorn in their side, and their influence was immense.

But what Ji Xiu never expected was that his head would be worth so much!

Seeing Ji Xiu first puff out his chest, full of heroic spirit...

...and then look at the Grandmasters’ heads in his hands with a flicker of worry on his face.

Duan Chenzhou chuckled drily.

"You kid. You’re good at everything, except you’re stubborn and don’t listen to advice."

"Scared now, are we?"

"When I told you to lie low for a while, did you think I was trying to harm you? It’s because Jiangyin Prefecture is full of dirty, underhanded methods."

"On the surface, Jiangyin Prefecture is kept in check by the Northern Garrison Bureau and the Garrison Mansion. At least there are rules in place, which makes some things difficult to do openly."

"But in the shadows, it’s completely different from Anning County."

"In Anning County, the most you have to deal with are the Three Great Gangs and their so-called ’Lion, Leopard, Eagle, and Falcon’ Skin Refining Martial Artists. They’re small-time. They wouldn’t even dare to provoke the County Magistrate from the Wine Shop, let alone kill someone on the street."

"But Jiangyin Prefecture... heh."

Duan Chenzhou sneered, pulling off the masks of the Celestial Sword Star and the Dark Star to reveal their two faces.

"They say ’might makes right,’ and that’s even more true here in Jiangyin Prefecture."

"The Black Market, the Chaotic Heaven Bandits, the Three Hundred Rivers, the Boundary Gate Rifts..."

"This one prefecture is full of hidden masters. There are many ways to kill a person."

"These two, for example, are from the Jiangyin Black Market. They’re assassins from the Gold-Selling Cave, ranked thirty-first and twenty-ninth among the Celestial Spirit Blade Catchers: the Dark Star and the Celestial Sword Star."

"Disciple, did you know?"

"The bounty on your head on the Jiangyin Black Market’s Wanted List is almost as high as a Sect Leader’s."

’Celestial Spirit Blade Catchers, a Black Market bounty comparable to a Sect Leader!?’

Hearing these words, Ji Xiu’s expression grew darker and darker.

’So they were willing to pay such a steep price just to get rid of me?’

’From the looks of it, if I hadn’t faced Xiao Mingli at her peak in the Beicang Marquis’s Mansion’s Divine Soul Martial Domain, quenching my True Sect Level Great Five Decline Celestial Saber bit by bit to advance my Cultivation...’