"This road is blocked." The old immortal sneered, and the group of immortals behind him burst out laughing. There was no doubt that the Jie Sect only acknowledged strength. As for all the hearsay and rumors, they merely added to my prestige rather than theirs, so the meaning behind blocking me was self-evident.
"How about I turn back and take the long way around?" I asked tentatively.
"It seems the road behind you is blocked now, too." The female immortal beside the old immortal quickly spoke up. As soon as she did, another group of immortals blocked my retreat.
"So the immortals are looking for trouble with me?" I sneered. The group of immortals immediately laughed again, as if they had encountered something hilarious.
The world was vast and full of strange things. Even the Ninth Heaven was clearly a place where filth and corruption hid. The Dao Alliance was relatively easy to deal with, but the Jie Sect was another matter entirely. The cultivators here were not limited to human immortals; there were demon immortals as well. What kind of good birds or bad birds could one not find here? There would be no shortage of sinister existences.
On the chessboard of the great powers, every region was not necessarily interconnected. Some regions were accustomed to playing the villain and fighting for resources. One could hardly expect them to suddenly turn benevolent and make way.
"Looking for trouble? You could put it that way. I heard that Leader Xia borrowed a road through our Jie Sect's territory and gave the other powers enormous benefits. Surely our Jie Sect should get a share as well, right? How about this? We won't make things difficult for you, but you'll have to pay a toll for using our road, won't you? As