The atmosphere at the scene was heavy with tension. Tai Xuan Zhenren seemed to want to say something but hesitated, ultimately compelled to follow the sect leader’s orders.
Shui Miao waited for quite a while before finally seeing Tai Xuan Zhenren emerge. He quickly stepped forward with a respectful bow.
Tai Xuan Zhenren explained the situation to Shui Miao: “Brother, you’ve come at a bad time. I don’t want you getting involved in this mess. Therefore, I think it’s better if you just…”
“No, I want to get involved in this mess. If I had no ability at all, what right would I have to join the Yu Xu Sect? Today, I’m determined to take this temporary supervisor role!” Shui Miao had been waiting for this opportunity to seek revenge and would never easily refuse.
“This…”
Seeing Shui Miao’s sincerity and straightforwardness, Tai Xuan Zhenren felt even more reluctant to let him take such a risk.
Shui Miao took a deep breath and said earnestly, “Brother, I know you mean well for me, but you must understand—I’m not some delicate flower raised in luxury. I’ve survived through the rough and tumble of the wilderness. If I can’t even handle a small matter like this, what right would I have to join the Yu Xu Sect?”
“Good!”
Tai Jin Zhenren exclaimed in approval, stepping forward with Tai Huo Zhenren.
Each of them carried a large red box containing brocade robes for immortals, a jade badge for the temporary supervisor, and two immortal artifacts—one a mid-grade protective artifact and the other a top-grade longsword.
Shui Miao smiled slightly, his mind sensing the contents of the boxes instantly.
With a surge of spiritual power, Shui Miao donned the brocade robe, accepted the artifacts, bid farewell to the three Zhenren, and followed Xiao Shuang toward the immortal artifact treasury.
Along the way, Shui Miao asked coldly, “Are they still there?”
“Yes, definitely. They’re being very arrogant, even saying they’re waiting for me to bring someone over.” Seeing Shui Miao’s determination, Xiao Shuang’s confidence surged.
“You said ‘they’?” Shui Miao raised his eyebrows. “Does that mean there are many of them?”
Xiao Shuang nodded heavily. “Besides Hua Tianxiong, there’s Qiu Erye, Situ Nan, Zhang Zhaolong, and Wang Qi. They’re all Golden Immortal Realm cultivators. Moreover, Tai Chang Zhenren is also there. He’s another supervisor, but he’s siding with Hua Tianxiong and won’t listen to reason at all!”
“Quickly, lead the way!”
Shui Miao’s killing intent surged. This was the perfect opportunity to eliminate these brats while Hua Yuting was away.
Xiao Shuang hurriedly sped up, darting toward a mountain peak.
Atop the mountain stood a grand mansion—the immortal artifact treasury of the Yu Xu Sect.
Currently, gathered on the mountaintop were dozens of Golden Immortal cultivators, two Immortal Monarchs, Tai Chang Zhenren, and Tai Ji Zhenren, who had recently entered the Immortal Sovereign Realm.
Shui Miao landed at the entrance of the immortal artifact treasury hall. Seeing a group of Golden Immortal cultivators loitering at the gate, he frowned and coldly demanded, “Who are you people? Report your names to this Zhenren!”
Shui Miao’s tone lacked authority.
One of the Immortal Monarchs retorted, “You say you’re a Zhenren, but we’ve never seen you before. What kind of Zhenren are you? Do you even have a jade badge?”
His enemies were right in front of him, but Shui Miao remained calm. He patted his nose and revealed his badge. “I’m Tai Fa Zhenren, the temporary head of the Discipline Division.”
“Temporary?”
“Haha! Did I hear that right?”
“Come on! The sect leader actually sent us a temporary supervisor!”
…
The group of idle immortals completely disregarded Shui Miao.
At this moment, a long-faced immortal holding a jade badge stepped forward. “Friend, I’m Tai Chang Zhenren, the head of the Discipline Division. Since you’re only temporary, you should obey me. Now I order you to return. This matter is under my jurisdiction.” After speaking, Tai Chang Zhenren sneered coldly and turned to enter the hall.
Shui Miao suddenly exuded a chilling killing intent and spoke coldly, “So you’re Tai Chang Zhenren?”
“What? Do you have an issue with that?”
Feeling Shui Miao’s killing intent, Tai Chang Zhenren frowned in displeasure.
Shui Miao suddenly grinned and waved his hands repeatedly. “No issue, of course no issue! You’re my superior. How could I possibly have an issue with you? Farewell, farewell…”
Shui Miao suddenly transformed into a fawning sycophant!
Xiao Shuang was stunned.
The immortals on Hua Tianxiong’s side burst into laughter, cackling with glee.
Shui Miao turned and swiftly flew away, seemingly frightened.
Xiao Shuang hurriedly ran to find his uncle, Tai Yi Zhenren…
Tai Chang Zhenren returned to the hall, smiling at Hua Tianxiong and Tai Ji Zhenren inside. “Just a temporary supervisor. Scared him off with a couple of words…”
Tai Ji Zhenren shook his head and laughed. “Interesting. The sect leader actually sent a temporary supervisor! Doesn’t he feel ashamed?”
“This Tai Yi Zhenren, I’ve always said he’s a spineless coward. You guys didn’t believe me. Look, I beat his nephew, and he didn’t even dare to utter a word. How can he continue to be the sect leader?” Hua Tianxiong lounged on a reclining chair, with an extremely flirtatious female Golden Immortal beside him.
Hua Tianxiong’s hand was shamelessly groping her chest, causing the female immortal to moan with pleasure.
Seeing this, Tai Ji Zhenren and Tai Chang Zhenren exchanged sinister smiles.
“What! What did you say? Say it again!”
Inside the Chi Xiao Hall, upon hearing Xiao Shuang’s report, Tai Yi Zhenren immediately flew into a rage again! He had never expected that while trying to make good use of Zhao Tianyi, the latter turned out to be a groveling sycophant. Had he not just brought trouble upon himself? Had he not smeared his own face with filth?
Xiao Shuang hastily repeated the story.
Before Xiao Shuang could finish, Tai Yi Zhenren immediately sent a mental transmission to summon Tai Xuan Zhenren, Tai Jin Zhenren, and Tai Huo Zhenren for an emergency meeting.
“Boom!”
As soon as Tai Yi Zhenren and the others entered the secret chamber, a deafening explosion erupted from outside!
The sound was like a mountain collapsing.
Everyone rushed out to see and found that a large portion of the mountain housing the weapon treasury had been severed. A massive black dragon was darting away!
“That’s…?”
“Damn it! An evil dragon has invaded our Yu Xu Sect!”
“Let me deal with him!”
Seeing the dragon, Tai Jin Zhenren and Tai Huo Zhenren immediately flew into a rage and wanted to chase after it.
However, Tai Yi Zhenren raised his hand to stop them, speaking in a strange tone. “This evil dragon managed to break through our sect’s formation. He must be at least an Immortal Emperor-level cultivator. I’ve heard that Ao Hong from the wilderness has ascended to the Immortal Emperor level. I suspect this dragon is him. He’s a powerful Immortal Emperor! How could we possibly be his match? We should quickly assess the damage and report to the higher authorities for handling.”
Tai Yi Zhenren wasn’t entirely sure if the opponent was indeed Ao Hong.
He couldn’t confirm whether their group of Zhenren could defeat Ao Hong.
But he knew that Hua Tianxiong and his group were in trouble, and for that alone, it was enough.
“What? Not going after the evil dragon, but instead calculating losses?”
“Is the sect leader out of his mind?”
Tai Jin Zhenren and Tai Huo Zhenren were momentarily confused.
Seeing that his two junior disciples still didn’t understand, Tai Xuan Zhenren quickly sent a mental message to them. “The sect leader secretly hopes for Hua Tianxiong’s group to perish. This is heaven’s assistance to us! Are you two still foolishly thinking of fighting to the death? Quickly, let’s pretend to chase after him…”
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
“Yes, yes, chase him! Chase him!”
Realizing the situation, Tai Jin Zhenren and Tai Huo Zhenren shouted loudly.
However, the evil dragon had already vanished without a trace.
No one noticed where Tai Fa Zhenren had gone.
In fact, the dragon was none other than Shui Miao in disguise. After escaping, he immediately sneaked out, transformed into a black dragon, and charged into the Yu Xu Sect with full force. Using his life-bound supreme artifact, he smashed half the mountain into pieces and then absorbed it all into the artifact. As he fled, seeing no one chasing him, Shui Miao quickly activated his time-shielding artifact, made a wide detour, and returned to the Yu Xu Sect disguised as Zhao Tianyi.
All of this happened within just a dozen breaths.
Within those dozen breaths, with the fierce activation of his life-bound supreme artifact by two artifact spirits, besides Tai Chang Zhenren being moved into the Time Pagoda, all the other immortals, along with half the mountain and all the immortal artifacts within it, were instantly crushed into dust!
The power of a life-bound supreme artifact was immense. Killing a few immortals was as simple as squashing a few bugs.
Moreover, these immortals, especially Hua Tianxiong, carried large amounts of spirit stones. Thus, Shui Miao’s life-bound supreme artifact absorbed a massive amount of spiritual energy.
Outwardly, Shui Miao casually followed Tai Xuan Zhenren, appearing indifferent.
In reality, he was concentrating, extracting Tai Chang Zhenren’s memories.
Shui Miao wanted to know why Tai Chang Zhenren had killed his father and what conspiracy lay behind it.
Shui Miao had cultivated the Dream Demon Heart Method and the Heaven Demon Heart Method. Extracting someone else’s memories was as simple as taking something out of his own pocket.
“Damn it!”
“So that’s how it is! Bai Lian, if I don’t kill you, I’ll never be a man!”
Soon, Shui Miao obtained Tai Chang Zhenren’s memories.
Tai Chang Zhenren was merely a hired killer. The one who hired him was Hua Tianxiong.
From Tai Chang Zhenren’s memories, Shui Miao deduced that the one who had asked Hua Tianxiong to kill his father was actually the thousand-year-old ghost, Bai Lian!
The reason was simple—his father knew too much!
However, Shui Miao also made a surprising discovery: Tai Chang Zhenren had kept a backup. He had collected his father’s soul into a life talisman in his secret chamber and hadn’t destroyed it.
“Tai Chang Zhenren, I could have directly destroyed you, annihilating your three souls and seven spirits, ensuring you’d never be reborn. However, you did one thing right. Therefore, I promise you now—I won’t destroy your life talisman. But you must die now!” Shui Miao transmitted his intent and immediately transported Tai Chang Zhenren into his life-bound supreme artifact, ready to take his life.
Tai Chang Zhenren hurriedly cried out, “Who are you? Let me at least know before I die!”
“You killed Chen Yiren. I am his son, Chen… Shui… Miao…”
Shui Miao spoke each word slowly and clearly. Suddenly, the formation activated, instantly reducing Tai Chang Zhenren and his entire essence to dust, leaving not a single trace of lingering consciousness.
“Dad… Father… I’m coming to save you!”
Shui Miao’s heart was filled with emotion as he hurried toward Tai Chang Zhenren’s private residence.
As soon as Shui Miao left, Tai Xuan Zhenren turned to look at his retreating figure, a sudden thought crossing his mind. He muttered to himself, “Something’s wrong! Zhao Tianyi’s behavior is too abnormal. How could someone with his personality suddenly act like a fawning sycophant? And right after leaving the immortal artifact treasury, that evil dragon appeared? This can’t be a coincidence. Could it be… Could it really be that he’s suspicious!?”
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