Supreme Elder
The old man's voice suddenly rang out, seemingly filled with boundless rage.
He wore a robe embroidered with the Limitless Sect's emblem and slowly stepped down from mid-air. His face was cold and stern, and his eyes exuded an imposing aura.
But none of that mattered. As everyone stared at his empty feet and watched him descend step by step from the sky, fear instantly overwhelmed them.
Traveling through the air, this is traveling through the air!
No matter how powerful a cultivator becomes, they are still within the realm of mortals and need external aids such as flying Law Artifact to fly.
In the eyes of cultivators, the only ones who can fly through the air are probably immortals who have successfully ascended to heaven.
Therefore, cultivators who can fly without reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Realm are called "Half-Step Human Immortal".
Clearly, the person who suddenly appeared before everyone was a Half-Step Human Immortal.
"Speak, who destroyed my Limitless Sect?!" the old man asked again, his voice, which was specially infused with Spiritual Qi, so loud that even the Crane Islet City beneath the immortal sect could hear it clearly.
The sect leader and elders were all charred black, neatly arranged together. Looking at them, there were more than a dozen black faces, making it really hard to tell who was who.
The old man's arrival was sudden, and all the powerful figures from the Limitless Sect who recognized him were already lying down, so his questions received no answer for a moment.
Upon seeing this extraordinary old man, Sang Ying and the others on the other side felt their hearts, which had only recently settled, tighten once again.
This is Half-Step Human Immortal! If he were to target Sang Ying, could they still protect Sang Ying?
Jimo Qing and Ji Fucang exchanged a glance, both of them temporarily concealing their apprehension.
Under the old man's repeated questioning, a figure finally stepped forward from among the disciples of the Limitless Sect. The male cultivator, whom Sang Ying had seen before, was one of Sect Master Wu's disciples.
Suppressing his fear, the young male cultivator stood up and stepped in front of his fellow disciples. "May I ask how you are addressed, senior, and what brings you to my Limitless Sect?"
The old man sneered, "The people of the Limitless Sect are getting more and more backward with age. It's one thing for the juniors not to recognize me, but don't they even look at their surroundings? This is no longer the Limitless Sect; it's clearly a ruin!"
As the young man listened to the old man's words and recalled his earlier question, "Who destroyed my Limitless Sect?", an idea immediately popped into his head.
"May I ask, senior, are you a Supreme Elder of my Limitless Sect?" he asked cautiously, but his tone was firm.
The old man scoffed, "To recognize me, you're not entirely ignorant."
Hearing his affirmative answer, the young man's tense expression did not relax at all.
Seeing the bewildered expressions on the faces of his fellow students, the young man felt his already pounding heart tighten even more.
Others might not know, but he, as the sect leader's disciple, was well aware that the Limitless Sect had a Supreme Elder, but the elder was very low-key and had been traveling around for many years without participating much in sect affairs.
The reason why Sect Master Wu dares to act so recklessly is partly due to his excessive leniency.
Moreover, this Supreme Elder seems to be an extremely protective person. Now that the Limitless Sect has suffered a great calamity, even if they were in the wrong first, if the Supreme Elder knew the truth, he probably wouldn't let Fellow Sang Ying and the others off.
The young man frowned, a hint of sorrow in his heart.
"Now that you know my identity, why don't you answer my questions? Who exactly destroyed my Limitless Sect?!" His tone grew increasingly agitated, as if he would make her pay once he knew the person's identity.
The young man pursed his lips, refusing to speak. He wanted to help his benefactor, but there were plenty of people who wanted to step in and kick Sang Ying and the others while they were down, He Xiu was one of them.
"Elder, our Limitless Sect was ruined by that despicable female cultivator!" He Xiu's voice suddenly rang out, leaving the young man no time to stop him.
The old man, the Supreme Elder, immediately sharpened his gaze. He looked at He Xiu, who was hurriedly squeezing out from the crowd, his expression unreadable. "Oh, then point it out to me, who exactly committed such an evil deed?"
He Xiu couldn't hide the joy on his face for a moment. He looked at the group of people who were watching him with great tension and then focused his gaze on Sang Ying in the center of the crowd.
He didn't actually harbor much ill will towards Sang Ying; in fact, because she saved the Black Tortoise Realm, He Xiu even held a faint affection for her. But who told her to be so foolish as to destroy their Limitless Sect in order to protect that black dragon?
He Xiu is a descendant of the Limitless Sect elders. For so many years, he has been tyrannical in the Black Tortoise Realm because of the Limitless Sect's strength. Now, more than ten elders of the Limitless Sect are seriously injured, and the most powerful sect leader is practically crippled.
Having lost someone to rely on, he naturally resented Sang Ying, the one who had exposed everything.
He Xiu pointed at Sang Ying: "Elder, that villain is the female cultivator from the Immortal Spirit Realm, Sang Ying!"
As expected, the Supreme Elder's gaze followed He Xiu's direction and slowly fell on Sang Ying.
Dong Fuzhu and the others immediately tensed up and quickly stood in front of Sang Ying, trying to protect their senior sister in this way.
But in the end, Sang Ying patted her shoulder and pushed her away. "It's alright, Fuzhu. This matter needs an explanation. Limitless Sect hasn't given us an explanation for the grievances Jiang Zhuoxue suffered."
Her voice wasn't quiet, and it immediately reached the ears of the Supreme Elder, who frowned.
He Xiu had been watching his expression closely, immediately retorted angrily, "You still want an explanation from me? Our sect leader and elders suffered unjustly because of you, and our sect has been destroyed by you! How dare you ask us for an explanation?!"
He grew angrier as he spoke, his face contorting slightly.
Before he could continue, the Supreme Elder raised his hand to stop him. "So you are Sang Ying, who destroyed my Limitless Sect?"
Sang Ying stepped out of the crowd. "Reporting to Senior, it's me."
"Then let me ask you, what grudge do you hold against our Limitless Sect that you want to destroy my sect?" the old man asked, puzzled.
Seeing that he didn't seem to intend to attack directly, Sang Ying breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this powerful figure could still be reasoned with.
Before she could explain, He Xiu interrupted again, "Elder, what's the point of talking to this villain? She herself has allied with an evil dragon, which is why she's targeting our Limitless Sect. Now Limitless Sect an elder of the Wuji Sect is injured and the entire sect is destroyed, it will likely decline drastically in the future. Elder, you absolutely cannot let her go!"
Hearing He Xiu's words, the old man's expression indeed grew even more unpleasant.
Seeing this, He Xiu's smile became even more pronounced. With the Supreme Elder present, Sang Ying and the others were sure to meet a bad end this time!
However, before He Xiu's smile could fully bloom, the old man behind him spoke again, "Do you have the right to interrupt when I'm talking to this female cultivator?"
With a crisp "smack," He Xiu was sent flying ten miles away by the old man's light slap.
The arrogant old man glanced at Sang Ying again and said, "You, continue."