"Die!"
Golden Dragon didn't care about Li Xuan's blathering or his feigned profundity.
All he wanted was to charge at the puny cultivator!
Then kill him with a single sword strike!
Yet even though the distance was only a few thousand li, it seemed as far away as the ends of the earth.
Golden Dragon kept flying and flying!
But he could never reach the puny cultivator.
Atop the mountain, Li Xuan watched Golden Dragon fly around in the Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array like a headless fly, howling as he tried to kill him, and cackled with laughter.
Fortune favors the bold! He'd made the right choice!
Then Li Xuan waved his hand, activating the array's power!
Grand Profound Illusory Realm!
Inside the array, Golden Dragon suddenly let out a bloodcurdling scream, filled with boundless fear and terror.
Li Xuan sighed, feeling that he was a gentleman.
Though he took lives, he couldn't bear to hear their cries or watch them die, so he promptly shut off his senses.
A short while later.
"Ding! You have completed the task of saving Third Generation Kirin, Qi Ying. You receive a ten-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll, an Innate Spiritual Treasure: Fire-Tipped Spear, a spirit pill: Great Luo Creation Pill, and a divine ability: Heavenly Law and Earthly Form." "Ding! You have completed the task of killing Second Generation Dragon Clan, Golden Dragon. You receive a hundred-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll, an Innate Supreme Treasure: Sea-Calming Pearl, an immortal pill: Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, a divine ability: Nirvana Finger, and an enhanced Incarnation Outside the Body technique."
The pleasant notifications rang in Li Xuan's ears.
At once, his whole body grew warm as a full 110,000 years of cultivation experience poured into him, raising his cultivation to the eighth level of Mystic Immortal.
At the same time, a scarlet spear appeared on the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.
Alongside it were thirty-six deep-blue pearls, wreathed in a hazy, profound light, as if a vast blue ocean had appeared before him.
An Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Fire-Tipped Spear!
An Innate Supreme Treasure, the Sea-Calming Pearl!
"Now those are some fine treasures!"
Both were renowned treasures, and Li Xuan's eyes lit up as he gazed at them.
Then a stream of profound memories flooded his mind: the divine abilities Heavenly Law and Earthly Form and Nirvana Finger!
A Great Luo Creation Pill and a Nine Revolutions Golden Pill also appeared before him.
The enormous haul had Li Xuan grinning from ear to ear, his eyes full of excitement.
Making the right choice really did bring great rewards...
Li Xuan immediately popped the Great Luo Creation Pill into his mouth.
He put away the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill. He now had two of them.
The Great Luo Creation Pill transformed into a surging wave of heat, raising his cultivation by another level.
Then Li Xuan closed his eyes and carefully studied the divine abilities Heavenly Law and Earthly Form and Nirvana Finger.
"Fine abilities..."
A day later, Li Xuan opened his eyes and praised them. Then he raised one hand and pointed ahead!
"Nirvana!"
As he murmured the words, his face suddenly paled.
A thin streak of black light shot from the tip of his index finger.
In an instant, it pierced through ten thousand li and vanished from sight.
Yet a black mark remained in its wake, continuing to burn for a full half-stick of incense before slowly fading away.
A single finger of Nirvana!
That one attack had consumed a full third of Li Xuan's spiritual energy and magical power!
But its might was truly terrifying...
Li Xuan smacked his lips, took a deep breath, and steadied his spiritual energy. Then he gave a low shout: "Heavenly Law and Earthly Form!"
Rumble!
His whole body began to grow!
Ten zhang! A hundred zhang! A thousand zhang!
Li Xuan grew to more than five thousand zhang, nearly as tall as Mount Taixuan, and appeared high in the sky!
A powerful sense of strength filled his entire body. Li Xuan felt that he could smash Mount Taixuan with a single punch!
But the speed at which he was consuming spiritual energy left him speechless.
With his current reserves, he could maintain Heavenly Law and Earthly Form for at most half an hour.
He punched the air, unleashing a thunderous blast. The sheer power left Li Xuan very satisfied.
Then he stomped and dispelled the ability, returning to his normal height of 1.78 meters.
"Excellent!"
Li Xuan sat contentedly on the lotus platform and nodded. Then he took out the Qiankun Diagram and gave it a casual shake.
Four little dots flew out and transformed into four figures.
Bright Rabbit and the others had been drifting about inside the Qiankun Diagram, with no idea which way was which.
Now that they were out, they were just as disoriented. They wandered around for a while before finally coming to their senses.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Once Bright Rabbit, Little Blue, and Little Purple recovered, they immediately knelt before Li Xuan with reverent faces and paid their respects.
After spending these past few thousand years outside, they had grown up, matured, and become more sensible.
Naturally, they felt sincere respect and admiration for the strong—especially for someone like Li Xuan, who had protected them.
The little Kirin, Qi Ying, merely furrowed his brows and looked at Li Xuan on the lotus platform. "Who are you? Where's the person who saved us?"
Bright Rabbit noticed that Qi Ying's words sounded disrespectful and hurriedly looked up to whisper to him, "Your Highness, my lord is the one who saved us."
"Him? A Mystic Immortal saving us?"
Qi Ying was a direct descendant of the Kirin clan, and he still had pride in his bones.
He gave Li Xuan a closer look, then scoffed. "Impossible! You there, stop putting on an act and tell me where that lord is. I, Qi Ying, wish to thank him in person. As for you, a mere Mystic Immortal—you're probably just that lord's attendant, aren't you?"
Looking at the little Kirin, Li Xuan couldn't help but find the situation amusing.
He was actually questioning him?
Sure, Li Xuan was a Mystic Immortal, but where were they?
They were on Mount Taixuan!
This was his territory!
So Li Xuan said coolly, "You're still young, so I'll overlook your offense this time. But let it be the last."
Little Blue and Little Purple also changed expressions. They hurriedly looked up at Qi Ying. "Your Highness, please don't be rude! It really was my lord who saved us!"
Qi Ying looked at the "lord" before him, who seemed even younger than he was, and sensed his aura. The more he looked, the less believable it seemed.
This was clearly a Mystic Immortal. What lord?
Were they stupid? They were bowing to a Mystic Immortal?
This fellow had to be that lord's lackey, putting on airs here!
Right! That lord was probably fighting the Golden Dragon right now and couldn't spare any attention for this place.
Having figured it out, Qi Ying sneered and pointed at Li Xuan. "You're just an attendant, yet you dare to put on airs here? You may fool the little rabbits, but you won't fool me! Do you know who I am? I'm Qi Ying! My grandfather is Prime Kirin!"
"Your Highness! You mustn't speak recklessly!"
"My lord! Please forgive us! His Highness is young and doesn't know any better. Please forgive him!"
"Your Highness! How can you be so rude to my lord? Apologize at once!"
Qi Ying's tirade left Bright Rabbit and the others dumbfounded, then panicked.
They pleaded with Li Xuan for forgiveness, or reached out to tug at Qi Ying's sleeve, urging him to kneel.
Qi Ying flung his sleeve, shaking off Bright Rabbit's hand, and snapped, "Have you lost your minds? You're bowing to a Mystic Immortal? Get up! He's just fooling you!"
Then Qi Ying looked back at Li Xuan and snorted. "You puny cultivator, how dare you put on airs in front of me? You're asking for a beating!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he actually moved, charging straight at Li Xuan.
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