An Unexpected Outcome

Before anyone else could react, Pi Lu Xian had already charged directly at Hong Ze.

With seemingly ordinary palms pushed outwards, a surge of immense Immortal Spiritual Power directly struck towards Hong Ze.

Hong Ze hadn't expected Pi Lu Xian to suddenly attack him. At that moment, dodging was impossible.

He could only circulate the magic power throughout his body, preparing to take Pi Lu Xian's blow head-on.

After all, Hong Ze didn't believe that Pi Lu Xian would dare to kill him.

Moreover, he still had the Water Fire Daoist Robe that Master Tongtian had bestowed upon him, which was a top-tier defensive magic treasure.

At the same time, everyone was shocked by Pi Lu Xian's actions.

Gui Ling Holy Mother even directly shouted, "Pi Lu Xian, are you trying to die?"

Saying this, she prepared to step forward to rescue Hong Ze. After all, she knew better than anyone that Hong Ze's cultivation was indeed only at the Heavenly Immortal realm.

It was just a pity that Duo Bao Daoist acted at this moment, directly blocking Gui Ling Holy Mother.

At this point, Gui Ling Holy Mother no longer cared that Duo Bao Daoist was her senior brother. With a casual wave, a surge of immense immortal power instantly erupted.

Duo Bao Daoist was actually forcefully pushed back several zhang by Gui Ling Holy Mother before he could barely stabilize his figure.

At the same time, he only felt a surge of qi and blood, almost spitting out blood on the spot.

This also couldn't help but make Duo Bao Daoist secretly shocked, thinking to himself that this Great Luo Golden Immortal was indeed not fake.

Although Gui Ling Holy Mother repelled Duo Bao Daoist with one move, it was already too late to rescue Hong Ze.

She could only watch helplessly as Pi Lu Xian's palms struck Hong Ze's body.

But in the next moment, something that no one had expected happened.

Daoist charm flowed around Hong Ze's entire body, and a powerful pressure that made it difficult for people to even breathe instantly surged forth.

It directly sent Pi Lu Xian flying backward, and a mouthful of fresh blood was spat out from Pi Lu Xian's mouth.

This was not the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing was that Pi Lu Xian's cultivation actually began to drop.

It dropped directly from the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal to the early stage of Heavenly Immortal before stopping.

The cultivation realms of the cultivators in the Great Desolation, from bottom to top, are Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Mysterious Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Sage, Saint, Heavenly Dao Sage, and Great Dao Saint.

There are a total of twelve major realms, and each major realm is divided into four minor realms: early, middle, late, and peak.

In other words, Pi Lu Xian's cultivation dropped by a full five major realms. It was likely that besides heavenly punishment, nothing else could have such power.

Even Hong Ze hadn't expected that not only was he not harmed in the slightest, but he also caused Pi Lu Xian's cultivation to drop to the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Although Hong Ze didn't understand why this result occurred, he still had to put on a show.

Hong Ze looked at Pi Lu Xian with a somber face and said, "This is a lesson I'm giving you. If there's a next time, I will grind your bones to dust and scatter your soul."

After speaking, he let out a cold snort and turned to leave, walking towards the back mountain of Golden Turtle Island.

Watching Hong Ze slowly disappear from everyone's sight, all the Jie Sect disciples were stunned in place.

It wasn't until they could no longer sense Hong Ze's aura that someone finally came back to their senses.

"How can Senior Brother be so strong? He didn't even make a move, and Pi Lu Xian was directly reduced to a Heavenly Immortal."

"It's estimated that Senior Brother held back. Otherwise, Pi Lu Xian's cultivation would probably have been completely crippled by now."

"Terrifying! It's a good thing I chose to support Senior Brother. It seems my good days are finally here."

While the disciples of the Jie Sect were discussing in low voices, Jin Ling Holy Mother spoke directly.

"Senior Brother Duo Bao, I don't want something like this to happen again today. Otherwise, I will definitely inform Master."

After speaking, she didn't forget to let out a cold snort, then turned and walked back into her cave dwelling.

Gui Ling Holy Mother and Wu Dang Holy Mother followed closely behind and entered Jin Ling Holy Mother's cave dwelling.

Duo Bao Daoist was stunned in place at this moment, unable to even believe everything that had just happened.

He muttered to himself, "How is this possible? How could there be a Saint's aura?

Could it be that Senior Brother has already attained Sainthood long ago, and the Heavenly Immortal cultivation he displayed was merely a disguise?"

While Duo Bao Daoist was muttering to himself, the Jie Sect disciples behind him also quietly left one after another.

Finally, Duo Bao Daoist left with a dejected look, as if even his cultivation had decreased.

As for Pi Lu Xian, he was even more miserable at this moment, only able to be supported by Chang Er Ding Guang Xian as he followed behind Duo Bao Daoist.

At the same time, Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Maidens were also completely shocked.

They chose to support Hong Ze, not because Jin Ling Holy Mother and the other three Great Luo Golden Immortals supported Hong Ze.

Rather, they felt that since he was the Senior Brother appointed by their Master, they had no right to change it.

Even if Hong Ze's cultivation was only at the Heavenly Immortal realm, even if he were a mere mortal, Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Maidens would not have any objections.

However, the siblings had never expected that the Senior Brother, who seemingly only had Heavenly Immortal cultivation, would be so terrifying.

The four siblings nodded to each other, then headed towards Jin Ling Holy Mother's cave dwelling.

As for the other Jie Sect disciples, they naturally returned to their own cave dwellings to cultivate, each with their own thoughts.

Inside Jin Ling Holy Mother's cave dwelling, Jin Ling Holy Mother spoke with a smile on her face.

"It seems that Junior Sister Wu Dang and I were not mistaken. Senior Brother's cultivation is not at the Heavenly Immortal realm at all.

What I didn't expect was that Senior Brother's strength has already reached the Saint realm."

Gui Ling Holy Mother, who was beside her, said with a proud look, "I knew Master wouldn't let a Heavenly Immortal be the Senior Brother. Now you see, Senior Brother has already attained Sainthood long ago."

Wu Dang Holy Mother also nodded repeatedly. Even now, she couldn't calm the shock in her heart.

At this moment, Bi Xiao spoke with a puzzled look, "Senior Sisters, you say Senior Brother is clearly so powerful, why does he insist on pretending to be a Heavenly Immortal?"

Bi Xiao's question stumped everyone, as no one could give Bi Xiao a satisfactory answer.

In the end, Bi Xiao came up with an answer herself, one she considered quite perfect.

"Although I don't know how the senior sisters guessed, I think Senior Brother has been hiding his cultivation for the Three Sects Dao Debate Assembly a thousand years from now.

At that time, he will shine brightly at the Three Sects Dao Debate Assembly, allowing our Jie Sect to completely suppress the Human Sect and Elucidation Sect and become the head of the Profound Gate Three Sects."

Although Bi Xiao's explanation was somewhat wishful thinking, it received unanimous approval from everyone.

After all, besides this, they couldn't think of any other reason.

At this moment, Yun Xiao spoke to Jin Ling Holy Mother, asking, "Senior Sister Jin Ling, I'm afraid your ability to attain the Great Luo Dao Fruit, along with the two other senior sisters, is also inextricably linked to Senior Brother, isn't it?"