A Hero, Spare My Life—This Venerable One Will Be Your Ox and Horse

"Brat, what did you just call This Venerable One?"

The Blood-red Demonic Monster sneered, staring disdainfully at the two before him.

He was in high spirits. With so much blood food, he would have enough to eat for a long time.

Moreover, he had a particular hobby—he especially loved watching ants struggle before him, their faces twisted in pain!

Watching the ants' despairing expressions made him feel incomparably satisfied!

It felt absolutely wonderful!

"Bufan, what do you think about having this demon as your mount?" Hua Yunfei stood with his hands behind his back, glancing calmly at the Blood-red Demonic Monster as he spoke.

"He's a little ugly. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to ride him around?" Ye Bufan was quite clever. He knew Hua Yunfei did not truly intend to subdue the demon as a mount; he simply thought the Blood-red Demonic Monster was too arrogant and wanted to mock him.

"Hehe, indeed. He is rather ugly."

"If we rode him back, those mischievous Martial Uncles might laugh themselves to death. Especially Martial Uncle Tianji—he's the most improper of them all."

Hua Yunfei gave Ye Bufan a satisfied look. This child could be taught. Smiling, he said, "Since you find him ugly, then slaughter him!"

"I'll listen to Master."

Ye Bufan smiled and nodded. He had great confidence in Hua Yunfei's strength.

"Brat, This Venerable One asked you a question. Didn't you hear me?"

The ignored Blood-red Demonic Monster roared with all eight of his bull heads. A mass of dark clouds actually flew in overhead, thunder exploding along with his fury!

He possessed Heavenly Human Realm cultivation. His every word and action could stir the power of heaven and earth.

Yet this young man before him dared to ignore him. It made him extremely unhappy.

Hua Yunfei said, "You regard the people of Luoyang City as ants, but in my eyes, you too are an ant—one I can kill with a raised hand!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand.

The Blood-red Demonic Monster was so furious that he laughed instead. With a loud laugh, a bolt of lightning instantly descended from deep within the dark clouds, striking toward Ye Bufan!

He did not attack Hua Yunfei. Instead, he wanted Hua Yunfei to experience the pain of losing someone important!

Once Hua Yunfei lost his current composure, he would thoroughly humiliate him!

Only then would it be satisfying!

"Very good!"

Seeing his classic villainous behavior, Hua Yunfei smiled. "In that case, I'll let you experience what a Fear Abyss truly is."

"Perfect. This Seat will use you to test the power of the Chaos Bell."

Using an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken, Hua Yunfei flipped his hand and took out the Chaos Bell.

"Hiss... fuck me... am I seeing this right?"

The moment he saw the Chaos Bell in Hua Yunfei's hand, the Blood-red Demonic Monster's expression changed drastically.

His enormous body trembled wildly as though struck by lightning!

The eyes of all eight bull heads went wide, their mouths hanging open so far their jaws nearly dropped.

An Imperial Weapon!

That was a fucking Imperial Weapon, wasn't it?

How could an Imperial Weapon be pulled out of a Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven?

Had he been shut away for too long? Had the world changed? Could Imperial Weapons now be controlled at will and stored within one's body?

"Sir... let's talk this over properly..."

"No, wait, Hero, spare my life! This Venerable One is willing to be your ox and horse, and also..."

Boom!

Vast Imperial Might stretched boundlessly, while Chaos Qi billowed thickly like clouds.

Golden Dao light descended from the edge of the heavens. Divine beast phenomena roared, and faintly, a majestic figure appeared.

In an instant, the Blood-red Demonic Monster was swept by a streak of Imperial light.

Aah!!

Amid a scream, the Blood-red Demonic Monster's enormous body turned to flying ash beneath the Imperial light in an instant!

"Great Emperor!"

"The Great Emperor has manifested!"

Throughout the city, everyone instantly fell to their knees. Tears streamed down their faces, their expressions filled with excitement as they thanked the Great Emperor for saving their lives.

Mortals, cultivators—everyone gave their thanks with utmost devotion!

The Great Emperor was revered by all!

Hua Yunfei put away the Chaos Bell and glanced at the worshipping crowd below. Then he left with Ye Bufan.

Yet even after he had departed, the people of Luoyang City did not rise.

Everyone remained kneeling there devoutly, thanking the Great Emperor for manifesting and saving them from peril.

Kaoshan Sect.

After two days of travel with Ye Bufan, Hua Yunfei finally returned to the Kaoshan Sect.

From afar, they could see seven colossal immortal peaks piercing into the clouds.

Immortal mist drifted through the air, while a sea of clouds blanketed the sky. Powerful disciples rode swords through the air, and female disciples passed by in groups, drifting among the clouds.

The scenery was too beautiful to take in.

"This place is no worse than the Dao Yi Immortal Sect. It truly deserves to be called the Kaoshan Sect. I always wanted to come and see it before, but it was simply too far away!" Ye Bufan exclaimed.

Hua Yunfei's apparent cultivation was only at the Heavenly Human Realm. Without using a teleportation array, even traveling at full speed had taken him three days!

For others, it would likely take more than a month to arrive.

Hua Yunfei had done this deliberately, letting Ye Bufan experience what it felt like to be powerful.

To stir the pride in his heart that belonged to the Primordial Sacred Body.

So that in the future, Ye Bufan would make surpassing him his goal.

"You are This Seat's eldest disciple. From now on, you may enter and leave Dao Origin Peak freely. You are also the third person to possess this privilege."

The first was his father, Hua Cangqiong.

The second was his hot-tempered mother.

"Thank you, Master. Bufan will certainly not disappoint you!"

"Hehe, I'm happy that you have such confidence. Come, let's go home!"

As he spoke, the two landed before the majestic mountain gate of the Kaoshan Sect.

To enter the Kaoshan Sect, one had to pass through the main gate. This was an ironclad rule of the Sect.

Although Hua Yunfei was a Peak Master, he still obeyed it!

The elder on gate duty immediately rose upon seeing Hua Yunfei and greeted him. "Greetings, True Person Dao Origin. True Person, this is?"

"This Seat's disciple!"

"Oh?"

"Congratulations, congratulations! The Peak Masters and the Sect Master will surely be overjoyed!"

The duty elder looked at Ye Bufan, took out a Purple Mansion Realm artifact sword, and said, "This elder has nothing particularly valuable. Please don't disdain it."

This was a meeting gift!

Before Ye Bufan could speak, Hua Yunfei smiled. "Quickly, thank Elder Shi."

"Thank you, Elder Shi."

Ye Bufan held the sword in both hands and offered his sincere thanks.

A Purple Mansion Realm artifact was a magical artifact used by Purple Mansion Realm cultivators. It was worth a fortune. Giving one to a mere mortal was already an exceedingly generous gift!

Back in the Dao Yi Immortal Sect, let alone receiving a meeting gift, even the elders guarding the sect had never given him a proper glance.

Ye Bufan was deeply moved and silently committed Elder Shi's appearance to memory.

Elder Shi chuckled. "You're welcome. True Person Dao Origin, go on back. The Sect Master and the others should be coming to congratulate you shortly."

Hua Yunfei nodded slightly and was just about to return to his peak.

Suddenly, Hua Yunfei turned and looked toward the sky behind them.

Elder Shi sensed it as well. Frowning, he fixed his gaze in that direction.

High in the sky, a meteor came hurtling straight toward them, its landing point being the Kaoshan Sect's mountain gate!

As it drew closer, they discovered that the meteor was not some object at all, but a person!

That was...

True Lord Tianji!

At this moment, True Lord Tianji's face was dark red, and cracks covered his body as though he were about to shatter into pieces.

His left arm had been torn off, and there was a translucent bloody hole in his abdomen!

He had suffered a devastating blow and was now nearly at death's door!

"Peak Master Tianji!"

Elder Shi cried out in alarm!

He had originally been an elder of Tianji Peak.

Today was merely his turn to stand guard. Seeing his own Peak Master so grievously injured, he was utterly shocked.

Hua Yunfei immediately waved his hand, releasing gentle Spiritual Power that gathered into a cloud and caught the falling True Lord Tianji!

Elder Shi hurried forward and caught True Lord Tianji in his arms.

At this moment, he was already barely conscious, his eyes half-closed as though he could faint at any moment.

With the last shred of his strength, he shouted, "Fuck, there's an assassin!"

Hua Yunfei: "..."

Elder Shi: "..."

Ye Bufan: "..."