Chapter 468: The Disparity

A strange hand had just appeared, yet the feeling it gave Shen Daoxing was one of utter terror—more terrifying than anything he had ever encountered.

"Elder Blood Dragon, what in the world are those things?"

Shen Daoxing couldn’t help but ask the Blood Dragon again.

The Blood Dragon’s voice suddenly echoed in Shen Daoxing’s mind. "Now is not the time for you to know. You need to hide your identity and continuously increase your strength. Getting involved with those things will easily attract the attention of those troublesome fellows from the Celestial Court."

Hearing this, although Shen Daoxing had many questions, he suppressed them and didn’t ask.

However, a sudden thought made Shen Daoxing freeze. "But, Elder Blood Dragon, if those things are always under Pengze Immortal Island, what happens if they break out?"

"Rest assured, as long as that Ancient Stone Stele is there, those things won’t be able to break out."

The Blood Dragon’s voice slowly echoed in Shen Daoxing’s mind once more. "However, you must be on your guard during your cultivation from now on. Those things are constantly trying to tempt outsiders into releasing them. You must be careful!"

Shen Daoxing paused. He suddenly understood why Ancestor Dan Chen had forbidden the disciples of Pengze from living on Pengze Immortal Island in the past. It was likely to prevent them from being tempted by the terrifying things beneath the Immortal Island.

"Elder Blood Dragon, what about the disciples on the island now?"

As he spoke, Shen Daoxing couldn’t help but look down. He saw that atop Pengze Immortal Mountain, Gu Muyun was currently sitting before the Ancient Stone Stele on the summit.

Ever since Gu Muyun had arrived on Pengze Immortal Island, she hadn’t left the Ancient Stone Stele for a single moment, constantly trying to comprehend its mysteries.

The Blood Dragon’s indifferent voice slowly sounded out. "It’s fine. With me here, those things won’t dare to act recklessly. Besides, they suffered from what just happened. They won’t dare cause trouble again anytime soon."

The Blood Dragon then looked down at Gu Muyun. "As for that girl, the safest place on all of Pengze Immortal Island is probably right here by the Ancient Stone Stele. She will be fine."

Shen Daoxing nodded and resumed his cultivation. The one hundred and eight acupoints in his body opened, greedily absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

Sure enough, over the next few days, the things beneath Pengze Immortal Island quieted down and made no further attempts to lure Shen Daoxing.

The Celestial Essence Spiritual Vein had been established to work in tandem with the Ancient Stone Stele to suppress those things, and it continued to gush forth with energy. Shen Daoxing, naturally, wasn’t going to be polite about it.

Shen Daoxing only ended his cultivation and walked out of his personal hall when the Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat in his robes woke up, SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAKING insistently for food.

The Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat had long since set its sights on the Spirit Beast Garden of Pengze Immortal Island. Without waiting for Shen Daoxing’s command, it drooled and shot off with a WHOOSH.

But the Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Beast Garden were all extremely precious and rare. How could Shen Daoxing let the Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat go and wreak havoc?

He reached out, grabbed the escaping Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat, and lifted it up. He then took it to the Desert of Death. The Desert Poison Scorpions there were rampant and plentiful—perfect for the Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat to feast on.

The Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat landed and let out a few dissatisfied SQUEAKS. ’To be forced to eat these hard-shelled things instead of those delicious Spirit Beasts! Besides, even for a glutton like me, eating the same thing over and over gets boring.’

But when the Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat saw Shen Daoxing’s icy glare, it immediately stopped squeaking and, with a WHOOSH, burrowed into the desert.

Compared to having nothing to eat at all, these hard-shelled Desert Poison Scorpions were simply divine.

Afterwards, Shen Daoxing went to see Elder Yuan Hong. For the past few days, Elder Yuan Hong had been managing Pengze Immortal Island in perfect order, leaving Shen Daoxing with nothing to worry about.

Shen Daoxing was naturally pleased. He entrusted all of the sect’s affairs, large and small, to Elder Yuan Hong. This way, he didn’t need to concern himself with trivial matters and could focus solely on his cultivation.

Later, Shen Daoxing went to the Martial Arts Arena. Pengze Immortal Island was uniquely blessed, with abundant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. The disciples, rarely permitted to live here, were naturally unwilling to waste the opportunity and were all training hard.

However, Shen Daoxing had only been at the Martial Arts Arena for a moment when a graceful figure in white appeared before him. It was Gu Muyun, who had been comprehending the Ancient Stone Stele on the summit of Pengze Immortal Mountain.

Upon seeing Shen Daoxing, Gu Muyun immediately drew a Treasure Sword.

"Shen Daoxing, I challenge you! You don’t need to hold anything back. Please, use your full strength!"

Gu Muyun said coolly.

Shen Daoxing raised an eyebrow but didn’t refuse.

「The next moment.」

A brilliant white light erupted from Gu Muyun, and in an instant, the entire Martial Arts Arena was frozen over with ice crystals.

Heaven and Earth!

Gu Muyun directly manifested her giant Golden Body Dharma Aspect. Ethereal and shimmering with golden light, it resembled an Exiled Immortal from the heavens.

Shen Daoxing could clearly sense that her strength had increased significantly compared to when they fought for the Celestial Mirror Order several dozen days ago.

It seemed her comprehension of the Ancient Stone Stele over the past few days had been remarkably effective.

However.

Shen Daoxing only took a single step. His figure flickered and vanished. The next moment, he was already behind Gu Muyun, slowly sheathing his Great Ming Demon Sparrow with his back to her.

Gu Muyun’s giant Golden Body Dharma Aspect froze. Suddenly, brilliant golden light burst forth from the cracks that had appeared all over it, and then the entire Dharma Aspect shattered with a deafening crash.

Gu Muyun’s own face turned deathly pale. With a THUD, she crashed heavily onto the floor of the Martial Arts Arena.

Just one move!

Although Gu Muyun’s strength had improved significantly.

In front of Shen Daoxing, she was still defeated in a single move.

’So this is how vast the gap is between us!’

Gu Muyun lay stunned, gazing at the sky and muttering to herself. Then she abruptly stood up, shot Shen Daoxing a look of steely resolve, and without another word, turned and leaped into the Cloud Sea, landing on Pengze Immortal Mountain.

The watching Pengze disciples were still completely bewildered. The match had ended before they could even clearly see how Shen Daoxing had attacked.

Only Elder Yuan Hong, standing at the side, couldn’t help but nod, his eyes filled with gratification as he looked at Shen Daoxing.

As an Elder of Pengze and an expert at the Refining Dust realm, Yuan Hong had naturally seen Shen Daoxing’s strike clearly.

That was the power of a Divine Technique, seemingly a Divine Power that could control time. Though it all happened in the blink of an eye, Shen Daoxing had in fact delivered over a hundred sword strikes.

Subsequently, Yuan Hong couldn’t help but suggest that Shen Daoxing give some guidance to the Pengze disciples.

As the Pengze Island Master, Shen Daoxing naturally had the responsibility of teaching the Pengze disciples.

It was just that he had always only known how to practice the sword, not how to teach it.

He could only slowly draw his sword and teach by example through actual combat.