The unscrupulous Daoist

"Boy, you'd better stay in the Tianxuan Holy Land for the rest of your life and never leave!" Fang Jin's face darkened, his eyes venomous.

"For insulting the Yaoguang Holy Land, you'll be hunted down through life after life!"

Since beginning his cultivation journey, he had never suffered such humiliation!

Within the Tianxuan Holy Land, the dignity of the holy lands kept him from rashly making a move, but once they were outside...

Fang Jin swore he would never let Luo Yan leave the Eastern Wasteland alive!

"What a coincidence. I was just planning to stay in the holy land for the rest of my life!" Luo Yan shot back.

"If possible, I hope you live for six thousand years!" Suddenly, Luo Yan added another baffling remark.

Only then did the Tianxuan Saintess speak. "Wei Yi's master is the Holy Lord's senior brother, which makes Wei Yi my junior brother. Brother Fang, on whose behalf do you intend to discipline my junior brother?"

Her gaze was piercing, as though it could bore through the human heart, and held the power of the Great Dao. Even her voice carried an aura of slaughter.

She truly deserved her reputation as the flawless, unsullied woman who had drawn several great figures renowned throughout the Eastern Wasteland to her side, its foremost saintess. With just one sentence, she made this prospective Holy Son of the Yaoguang Holy Land turn ashen and spit out a mouthful of stagnant blood.

"Please forgive me, Saintess. I didn't know this child was your junior brother!" Fang Jin panicked. Against Luo Yan, he could flaunt his standing in the Yaoguang Holy Land, but he lacked the courage to do so before her.

The perfect woman before him was not merely the greatest beauty of the Eastern Wasteland, but a peerless prodigy who towered above the Holy Sons and Saintesses of every faction. Rumor had it that the Tianxuan Saintess had crossed the great threshold of the Immortal Platform ten years ago. Her current strength might well rival that of the Holy Lords.

Killing him would be as easy as crushing an ant!

And afterward, the Yaoguang Holy Land would not hold her accountable; instead, it would come to her door to apologize. Such was the pressure the Tianxuan Saintess exerted on the Eastern Wasteland's prodigies-an insurmountable mountain among her peers.

Wei Yi also seized the opportunity to claim their connection. "Senior Sister, you're mighty!"

"Senior Sister, you're invincible!"

"Senior Sister, you're unmatched through the ages!"

He had gone from calling her Saintess to saying "Senior Sister" at every turn.

The Tianxuan Saintess, a peerless beauty, turned with a faint, mesmerizing smile. "Fellow Daoist Luo Yan, please come in."

"This is someone I specially invited to help me catch the thief. Please don't misunderstand!" the Tianxuan Saintess explained.

Only then did those supreme prodigies at the Holy Son level look his way. Anyone the Tianxuan Saintess treated with such respect had to be extraordinary! Even they might not receive such regard from her.

Luo Yan followed the Saintess to the medicinal garden she tended. Brilliant colors abounded as countless flowers vied for beauty, all blooming together. Wave after wave of medicinal fragrance cleansed the meridians. Cultivating here would surely yield twice the results for half the effort!

"Isn't that dragon orchid grass? Judging by its age, it must be at least a thousand years old. They say it can counter most poisons in the world. Outside, you couldn't obtain a single stalk even with a fortune, yet there's a whole patch here!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that peach tree is a second-generation offspring of the Yaochi Holy Land's Flat Peach Immortal Tree. That tree has always been their sacred tree. I never imagined the Yaochi Holy Land would bear to give one away!"

"Unfortunately, it hasn't borne any flat peaches yet."

Within the Yaochi Holy Land stood a sacred tree grown from a branch cut from the true Immortal Peach Tree and planted in the Immortal Pool. Its flat peaches possessed half the medicinal potency of the true immortal flat peaches, making it equivalent to half an Immortal Medicine. This second-generation offspring came from that tree!

They had long heard that the Yaochi Holy Land had given away a flat peach tree carrying part of the Immortal Peach Tree's bloodline. Seeing it today still left them utterly astounded!

"That's a ten-thousand-year-old medicine king! It can extend one's life by eight hundred years! There's actually one here!"

"Not just one-there are several!" Everyone was stunned. The Tianxuan Saintess's medicinal garden contained so many divine medicines that it truly opened their eyes! It rivaled the accumulated reserves of a top-tier clan or sect!

The breathtaking Tianxuan Saintess approached gracefully, finding nothing surprising about any of it. She stopped before Luo Yan and said in a clear voice, "Please locate the thief's hiding place, Fellow Daoist Luo Yan. The Ten-Thousand-Face Flower is very important to me!"

Luo Yan said, "Give me a moment."

The Time Mirror appeared in his hand and cast a beam of light over the entire medicinal garden.

Everyone was shocked. That broken mirror actually possessed such divine power!

"Hahaha... this humble Daoist is in!" A fat Daoist with a ruddy face came rushing in on a divine rainbow. Though he looked bloated, his movements were light and nimble.

"Who are you?" demanded Fang Jin, who had shamelessly followed them inside.

Ignoring Fang Jin's challenge, the unscrupulous Daoist walked straight ahead, passing right through him.

A prodigy who had seen a similar method explained the truth. "This is a retrospective projection technique. It reenacts events from a particular time in the same location, allowing those within it to experience them firsthand. I've seen an elder use this method before! That mirror in Brother Luo's hand must contain fragments of the Time Law!"

Hearing this, Fang Jin's expression grew even uglier. It was merely a scene from the past, yet not only had he failed to recognize it, he had even challenged it. Now he had thoroughly disgraced himself.

A venomous look entered his eyes. All of this was that fellow's fault!

No one had time to concern themselves with his feelings. Everyone watched the unscrupulous Daoist.

"The Immortal Peach Tree? No, this is the Immortal Peach Tree's grandson!" The unscrupulous Daoist was not wrong to put it that way. Wasn't a second-generation offspring equivalent to a grandchild?

Only then did everyone see that the flat peach tree had originally held a dozen or so peaches. The unscrupulous Daoist picked every last one himself.

"Is this the Ten-Thousand-Face Flower? Hahaha, what a tremendous stroke of fortune for this humble Daoist! People think it can only preserve one's looks, but that's not true. Consuming the Ten-Thousand-Face Flower together with a Yin-Yang Fruit might create an acquired Spirit God Body!" As he spoke, the unscrupulous Daoist plucked the Ten-Thousand-Face Flower.

"Medicine kings?" The unscrupulous Daoist's eyes darted toward the several medicine kings nearby.

But before he could act, he heard a startled shout. "Who's there?"

"Damn! I've been discovered!"

A slender, jade-white hand swept toward the unscrupulous Daoist.

Rip! The unscrupulous Daoist's skin split and his flesh burst open, his entire body nearly smashed into pulp. Yet no one knew what cultivation technique he had practiced for his body; in an instant, he recovered, becoming a ruddy-faced fat Daoist once more.

"I'm escaping!" he bellowed, immediately burrowing underground and vanishing.

Holding the Time Mirror in his palm, Luo Yan aimed its surface at that patch of ground. A route appeared, leading from the medicinal garden to the outside, while an unfamiliar figure appeared in the mirror.

"Saintess, this man is that fat Daoist. He's currently hiding within the holy land in disguise!"

The Tianxuan Saintess nodded and gave a dazzling smile. "Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Luo Yan. Please take anything in the medicinal garden that catches your eye as your reward!"

"Then I'll accept rather than stand on ceremony!" Before everyone's eyes, Luo Yan selected a thousand-year-old great medicine, far inferior to the garden's several medicine kings.

Still, it was within what everyone could accept, and worth the price!

Luo Yan had no intention of taking part in the subsequent capture of Duan De.

Thus, before everyone's eyes, Luo Yan took Wei Yi along and left the Tianxuan Saintess's temporary residence.