In midair, Meng Zhichao's heart suddenly sank.
As though it were plunging into a bottomless abyss.
As an Inner Sect Disciple of the Guiyuan Sect and a direct descendant of the Meng Family, Meng Zhichao's cultivation journey had gone as smoothly as a fair wind. Before even reaching twenty, he had already advanced to high-level Qi Condensation.
His prospects were boundless!
This time, Meng Zhichao had followed his fellow disciples to Great Qian to take over this mortal tributary state that had originally belonged to the Yunyang Sect. The main reason was that his family wanted to temper his will and broaden his experience of life.
According to the plan, Meng Zhichao would serve as Protector Heavenly Master in Southern Shao for the next three years before returning to the Guiyuan Sect.
Then he would naturally enter the ranks of the true disciples!
Of course, Meng Zhichao knew about the conditions in the mortal world, and he had prepared himself to "endure hardship."
But he had never imagined that he would be facing death the moment he arrived!
Before coming to Southern Shao, Meng Zhichao had learned quite a lot about the situation here. He knew that the current Protector Heavenly Master was Wang Chen, a disciple of Sunset Peak of the Yunyang Sect.
At the seventh level of Qi Condensation.
Sunset Peak was the lowest-ranked branch among the Yunyang Nine Peaks. This Wang Chen was an obscure nobody who had supposedly entered the Inner Sect only by luck after earning merit, without any connections or backing whatsoever.
In Meng Zhichao's eyes, he would not need anyone else's help. He alone could Make a Move and take Wang Chen down.
A descendant of the Meng Family should possess such confidence and pride!
If Wang Chen knew what was good for