The Shocked Sect Master of the Azure Dragon Sect

"Which bastard disturbed my quiet cultivation?"

Sensing something, Long Aotian flew out of the statue, cursing all the while.

Ever since Li Xiao had brought him back, his cultivation had risen another level. The treatment he received in the Li Lineage was far better than what he had enjoyed in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. His days were wonderfully comfortable, and ordinarily, no one dared disturb him.

Now, the dragon blood in his body surged as though something were drawing it out, leaving him deeply puzzled.

He had spent all these years guarding that dragon vein and could not recall doing anything outrageous. How could he have descendants?

Could someone have come attacking, unafraid of death?

Just as Long Aotian was puzzling over this, a bedraggled figure with disheveled hair appeared before him.

The next moment, Du Lie came hurtling toward him.

There was a bang.

Du Lie seemed to slam into an invisible pane of glass. The force sent him flying several yards, adding to his injuries.

On the ground, Du Lie felt a sweet taste rise in his throat and spat out another mouthful of blood.

He stared incredulously at the invisible barrier before him, his heart filled with shock.

"This is the Li Lineage? What is going on with this array?"

The array's power was anything but ordinary. Some unseen force had locked onto his body.

Had he revealed even a trace of killing intent just now, he would likely have gone to meet the King of Hell.

"This grand array is truly extraordinary. It is far stronger than the Azure Dragon Sect's Azure Dragon Grand Array. I wonder whose handiwork it is."

Du Lie murmured to himself.

The next moment, a grating voice rang out.

"Where did this old bastard come from? Here to beg for scraps? Shoo, shoo!"

Long Aotian looked at Du Lie a short distance away and cursed.

At those words, Du Lie could not help giving a bitter laugh.

The dignified sect master of the Azure Dragon Sect had actually been mistaken for a beggar. If word got out, people would laugh themselves to death.

He immediately clambered to his feet, ready to teach that arrogant fellow a lesson.

He turned his gaze toward Long Aotian. The next moment, he seemed to see something utterly unbelievable.

"A-Ancestor?"

Du Lie's voice trembled, a glimmer of tears appearing in his eyes. He looked just like a child who had spotted his parents after being beaten.

Long Aotian was startled by his burning gaze.

"Ancestor, my banana hammer! I'm still a virgin! Where would I get descendants? Don't you ruin this old dragon's reputation."

But Du Lie did not seem to hear what Long Aotian had said. His hands trembling, he stepped toward Long Aotian.

"Old bastard, don't play dumb with me. Take another step and I'll destroy you."

Seeing the man before him coming closer and closer, Long Aotian could not help issuing a vicious warning.

The next moment, a voice echoed through the air.

"Long Aotian, let him in."

Hearing that voice, Du Lie came to his senses, a trace of fear flashing through his eyes.

"What a powerful presence."

Then he gathered himself and stepped into the barrier array.

The moment he put one foot inside, the presences within left him trembling with fear.

His face turned pale, and he froze on the spot, unable to move yet unable to remain still.

He had only just entered the Li Lineage, yet he had already sensed so many Saint Realm presences, as though one further movement would make him vanish from the face of the earth.

It left him feeling as though he faced a formidable enemy, his heart torn.

Should I run or not?

What the fuck had happened during these few months of seclusion? This world no longer felt like the one I knew.

Wasn't the Li Lineage just an ordinary great lineage?

When had it become so powerful? Here in the Upper Realm, this force already stood far above the Four Symbols Sects.

Had Saint Realm cultivators become a dime a dozen while I was in seclusion?

Moreover, the moment he stepped into this place, he felt powerful spiritual power surge through his limbs and every bone in his body. The concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Li Lineage was actually greater than in his Azure Dragon Sect.

His Azure Dragon Sect's Changbai Mountain had a natural dragon vein!

In just a few brief moments, he felt his entire understanding of the world turn upside down.

"Are you the sect master of the Azure Dragon Sect?"

The next moment, Li Xiao appeared at the entrance to the Li Lineage and asked.

Du Lie's hair stood on end in an instant, his eyes fixed on the young man in blue robes before him.

"Peak Saint Realm."

Du Lie swallowed.

"I am Du Lie, sect master of the Azure Dragon Sect. Forgive my offenses."

Li Xiao looked Du Lie over and carefully sensed his condition.

It was indeed the power of the Azure Dragon, but how had the dignified sect master of the Azure Dragon Sect ended up in such a sorry state?

"So you're from the Azure Dragon Sect. I was wondering why some force kept tugging at me."

Beside them, Long Aotian spoke unhurriedly.

Now he understood. He had absorbed true dragon blood, while the old man before him possessed a trace of Azure Dragon bloodline.

No wonder he had called him Ancestor.

Du Lie glanced at Long Aotian, then at Li Xiao before him, his expression complicated.

"My name is Li Xiao, the current head of the Li Lineage."

Li Xiao introduced himself.

Du Lie stared at Li Xiao in disbelief.

Li Xiao? An eighteen-year-old at the peak of the Saint Realm?

"This world has truly gone mad," Du Lie sighed.

"The younger generation is truly formidable. Truly formidable."

"No, wait. Why haven't they set their sights on you?"

Du Lie seemed to remember something and continued, puzzled.

At those words, Li Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on Du Lie's chest. Sure enough, deep within his body, a concealed mark was branded deeply into him.

"Do you know something? Have you met them?"

With that brief examination, Li Xiao had discovered a faint remnant of a Saint Realm presence within Du Lie, and his internal injuries had clearly been caused by backlash during a breakthrough.

From this, he could determine that the Azure Dragon Sect's master before him had forcibly interrupted his breakthrough to the Saint Realm.

"You... you know too?"

Du Lie stared at Li Xiao in shock.

Li Xiao said nothing, his piercing gaze fixed on Du Lie.

Du Lie hesitated, then took a stone from inside his robes. An Azure Dragon design adorned its surface.

"Du Lie, remember this: do not break through to the Saint Realm, or a great calamity will be upon you."

A voice came from the stone.

"This is a communication method unique to our Azure Dragon Sect. It can transmit messages no matter where we are."

"The previous sect master sent this message before my breakthrough. He was ambushed years ago and went into hiding, not daring to show himself."

Du Lie explained.

Li Xiao carefully sensed the presence on the stone, then tore open space, taking Du Lie and Long Aotian with him.

"Come, let's meet your Azure Dragon Sect's previous sect master."