I Am Yang Yan's Master (Part Two)

"Even a Qi Grandmaster doesn't have finger force like this, so... who exactly is this person?"

"This hole was probably left during a fight. It wasn't even struck with full force. If it's this powerful without full force, just how strong is this person?"

No one who could become a family patriarch or elder was a fool. After only one look, they understood what had happened, and every one of them began trembling from head to toe.

"Who is making such a racket here, disturbing my cultivation?"

Just as everyone stood stunned, an incomparably tyrannical aura suddenly surged from behind the rock. Beneath that aura, the several elders and Yang Tiesheng were like ants crawling before a Divine Dragon, utterly unable to summon even the slightest will to resist!

"What kind of strength is this..." Cold sweat streamed down everyone's foreheads.

"Though I have not reached the strength of a Qi Grandmaster, I am already at the peak of the seventh level of the Weapon Armor Realm, very close to it. This is absolutely not an aura a Qi Grandmaster could possess. A Qi Grandmaster's aura could not leave me completely unable to resist. Could this be a supreme-level expert?"

Yang Tiecheng trembled all over.

Although experts of the eighth level of Qi Sea Nine Heavens, Qi Grandmasters, had already reached the level of grandmasters of their generation and possessed formidable strength, they definitely did not wield such overwhelming pressure! This pressure was so powerful that its owner was likely at least a supreme-level figure!

Supremes were the highest level of Qi Sea Nine Heavens. There were only a handful in the entire Shenfeng Empire... How could one appear in a small place like Luoshui City?

"Senior, we were merely passing through this place and had no intention of offending you..."

Though terrified, Yang Tiecheng and the others did not dare leave rashly, afraid that they might anger this senior and be killed with a single finger! They did not believe their bodies could be sturdier than a granite boulder dozens of meters across!

"You disturbed my quiet cultivation, yet you still dare claim you had no intention of offending me? Get over here!" The voice behind the rock seemed extremely angry as it gave a cold shout.

With that shout, the crushing pressure surged even stronger, like a tide that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, pressing down on them until they could barely breathe!

"Patriarch, what do we do? Should we go over..." Hearing that they were being told to approach, the elders all hesitated.

They did not know who this person was. What if they went over and angered him, only to be killed in a single breath?

"We go. If we do not, we may only make him angrier. A senior with such strength is someone we simply cannot afford to offend!"

Drawing a deep breath, Yang Tiecheng made his decision.

The other party could release such terrifying pressure and pierce such an enormous boulder with a single finger. His strength had already far surpassed their imagination. Since he had told them to come over, he surely did not mean them great harm. Otherwise, even if they refused to go over, he could still kill them all!

Yang Tiecheng certainly did not think he could escape from the hands of such an expert with his own strength!

"All right!" Though the elders were extremely unwilling, after considering it, they too felt that going over was their best choice. They nodded together and followed behind Yang Tiecheng toward the rock.

Behind the rock lay an open, level stretch of ground. Once they rounded it, they saw a man in black sitting cross-legged atop a stone over thirty meters away.

This man in black had white hair and beard, and an immortal, otherworldly bearing. One glance was enough to tell that he was a super expert with immensely profound cultivation.

"The Patriarch of the Yang Family of Luoshui City, along with the elders, pays respects to Senior!"

Though the man in black now seemed to possess no aura at all, Yang Tiecheng knew that killing them would be effortless for him. He did not dare act arrogantly and immediately performed the salute of a junior.

Whoosh!

The moment his words fell, the man in black slowly opened his eyes. A dazzling golden light suddenly shot from his pupils!

"Essence and qi entering Spirit Transformation? A supreme-level expert—he is absolutely a supreme-level expert!"

At the sight of that dazzling golden light, Yang Tiecheng cried out inwardly, his heart churning like storm-tossed seas.

He had once read descriptions of supreme experts in the family's books. It was said that people at this level could achieve Spirit Transformation through essence and qi, and that when they circulated their power, faint golden light would appear in their eyes!

This man in black matched the descriptions in the books. Added to the methods and pressure they had witnessed, what else could he be but a supreme-level expert?

"The Yang Family of Luoshui City? Do you know Yang Yan?" the man in black suddenly asked.

"Yang Yan? He is indeed my son..." Yang Tiecheng had no idea why the other party would ask this. His heart gave a jolt, and he did not know whether this was fortune or disaster.

"Normally, anyone who disturbs my rest is killed on the spot! But since you are my disciple's father, it would not be proper for me to act. Leave at once. If I find you wandering around here again, watch your dog lives!"

The man in black casually waved a hand.

"My disciple's father? Senior, are you... my son Yang Yan's master?" Yang Tiecheng's heart leaped violently at the black-clad man's words, and he was nearly scared to death.

"That boy Yang Yan suits my taste very well. I casually bought him a Blazing Axe and gave it to him, then taught him a set of axe martial arts. He counts as half a disciple. Hmph! If not for that, do you think I would have spared you today?"

When the man in black heard the question, his eyes widened. A towering aura descended from above once more, like a heavenly god coming into the world. The immense pressure made Yang Tiecheng and the others' knees go weak at the same time, and they nearly collapsed to the ground!

"Yes, yes! We will leave at once..." Feeling that aura, Yang Tiecheng knew the senior before him had become angry. Terrified, he did not dare ask another question and fled in panic with the elders.

They raced away for more than two or three li before they could no longer sense that deadly aura. Only then did they all let out a breath. When they turned around, they found that every one of their clothes had been soaked through with cold sweat, clinging tightly to their bodies in miserable discomfort.

"Patriarch, he said he casually bought a Blazing Axe for Yang Yan... That means he was the one who killed Yang Jun, the first heir..."

After a while, one elder finally reacted.

"So what if he killed him? Are you going to seek revenge from him?" another elder said irritably.

"Seek revenge from him..." The first elder recalled the pressure from earlier, and cold sweat immediately welled up on his forehead again. "I haven't lived long enough... Let alone me, even if all of us joined forces, we probably still wouldn't be his match..."

"Though he killed Yang Jun, he accepted Yang Yan as his disciple. If we can build a good relationship with Yang Yan, wouldn't that mean our family will have a supreme-level expert backing us in the future?" The second elder suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up.

"This..."

Hearing this, all the elders were somewhat tempted. However, the final decision still rested with the patriarch. After all, both Yang Yan and Yang Jun were his sons.

Hearing their discussion, Yang Tiecheng also began to ponder.

What could he do even knowing the other party had killed his son? The man was simply too powerful. If he angered him, let alone one son, even the entire Yang Family could probably be wiped out in the blink of an eye!

In this world, if one wished to survive, there were no eternal enemies—only eternal interests!

Though he was the murderer of one son, he was also the master of another. With strength like that, if they could truly build a good relationship with him, the Yang Family's rapid rise and its becoming the foremost family of Luoshui City would likely be only a matter of time!

"You are right. It seems I must start paying attention to this son I have never valued..."

Drawing a deep breath, Yang Tiesheng sighed.

The other party had killed his son, yet he still had to find a way to curry favor with him. There was no helping it—this was strength!

"Let's return. Today's hunt is over. There is no need to continue!"

Having figured out what he should do, Yang Tiesheng waved a hand and led the elders swiftly toward the rest of the clan.

The purpose of the hunt was to select the family's first heir. With such excellent conditions laid out before them, was there any need to choose anyone else?