Chapter 1977: Chapter 67: Zu Wenqiu
The flames burned, making a ’crackling’ sound in the silent void.
The ruins submerged in the sea of fire quickly melted away, even the rubble...
Yun Qi and the Five Ghost Kings looked around with uncertainty and suspicion.
Yet there was no change in the surrounding stillness.
So much so that they couldn’t help but cast a doubtful look at Chong Hua.
Chong Hua’s expression was slightly tense, his gaze swept around, and suddenly stopped on a distant ruin, his voice was slightly cold:
"Do you really need me to invite you out?"
After a brief silence, a slightly surprised voice echoed faintly from the ruins where Chong Hua’s sight was fixed:
"Double Pupil... you shouldn’t be from the Sea of Chaos Realm, right?"
The voice paused slightly, and then further inquired:
"Did you come from the Immortal Forbidden Land?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Five Ghost Kings were astonished, and Yun Qi’s heart shook!
Chong Hua’s expression remained unchanged, he just looked coldly at the distant ruins.
A middle-aged man slowly flew out from the ruins.
His stature was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, with a face that seemed honest, carrying a slight gentle smile, appearing somewhat ordinary, but compared to the people of Red Sky Palace and Hundred Ghost Mountain, he appeared exceptionally normal, even somewhat handsome.
Chong Hua slightly squinted his eyes.
On this man’s body, for the first time, he indeed felt an unprecedented sense of danger.
"Jade Pot Realm person?"
Chong Hua’s tone was very certain though he was guessing.
The man clapped his hands and let out a light laugh:
"Taoist Friend, you indeed have remarkable insight. Yes, I am Zu Wenqiu, a disciple under Master Chang Ying of the Jade Pot Realm, ranked seventh, so you can call me Zu Liu."
This peculiar self-introduction of ranking seventh but being called Zu Liu made people inevitably a bit bewildered.
However, upon hearing this name, both Yun Qi and the Five Ghost Kings changed their expressions!
Even faintly horrified!
"Zu, Zu Wenqiu!?"
"It’s actually him!"
"Could it be for Qiao Wensong?"
He is one of the few figures who uphold the reputation of the Jade Pot Realm besides Master Changying!
Chong Hua’s expression remained unchanged, he took in the changes of everyone thoroughly and looked at Zu Wenqiu calmly, without the slightest curiosity, merely asking plainly:
"I wonder why you’re called Zu Liu and not Zu Qi?"
Zu Wenqiu shook his head with a light laugh:
"Because our senior brother died young, our master was extremely heartbroken and didn’t want to mention it, so the disciples behind all moved up one rank."
Chong Hua’s tone held almost no fluctuation:
"It seems your master values his disciples quite a lot."
"Indeed," Zu Wenqiu nodded approvingly and said:
"So since you ended Junior Brother Qiao Wensong’s life, I have no choice but to take you back to await our master’s judgment."
Chong Hua’s heart tightened!
Almost simultaneously as he spoke, an unassuming sword energy appeared in Zu Wenqiu’s hand.
This sword energy had no sheath nor hilt, just a simple sword body, and the blade seemed to have never been honed.
But that wasn’t important.
Almost at the moment when this sword energy was held in hand, the surrounding void seemed to be locked!
The phantom of the sword energy hovered above.
Clearly a sword, yet at this moment, several people had the illusion of being shrouded by countless sword lights.
Yun Qi and the Five Ghost Kings shivered all over!
It wasn’t excitement, but fear penetrating to the bone!
Chong Hua’s expression slightly darkened:
"Seventh-Order Tao Domain!"
"Yes, it indeed is Seventh-Order Tao Domain, but not quite like Yun Zaitian’s."
Zu Wenqiu said with a smile.
Standing with hands behind his back, his fingertips gently plucked behind.
The next moment, whoosh—
A sword light whistled down from above instantly!
Like the collapse of mountains, the sinking of the sun and moon!
Yun Qi was terrified in his heart!
Although the sword light wasn’t fast, he had no power to evade!
As if his whole being had long been nailed here, just waiting for the sword light to arrive as scheduled!
Right at this time.
Bang!
A golden-red Blood Energy instantly blocked in front, colliding with the sword light fiercely!
"Master!"
Yun Qi’s eyelid twitched!
Chong Hua stood above Yun Qi, his expression cold, with one hand gripping the descending sword light, and gently pinched, the sword light distorted, and then slowly dispersed without a sound...
However, there wasn’t a trace of joy in his heart.
"What Zu Wenqiu said is right, his Tao Domain, and Yun Zaitian’s Tao Domain give me a completely different feeling!"
"Yun Zaitian’s Tao Domain is like a leaky boat everywhere, but he is like an iron boat, without any flaw."
As if seeing what he was thinking, Zu Wenqiu laughed and said:
"Tao Domain is something crucial for cultivators to achieve cultivation ascension. If it’s hastily achieved outside, it’s just like building a house with sand, looks good in normal times, but collapses at the slightest storm, as you might have realized just now."
"It’s laughable that Yun Zaitian thinks his Tao Domain reached seventh tier and he could be invincible in the Sea of Chaos Realm, yet doesn’t realize in our inner world cultivators’ eyes, he’s still a frog in the well, pitiful and pathetic."
"Those outer realm cultivators can’t be compared at all with the inner world cultivators."
Chong Hua slightly narrowed his eyes, indeed Ji Wujiu’s information couldn’t be taken seriously.
According to Ji Wujiu’s words, only Master Changying and his peers in the Jade Pot Realm were late-stage integration, yet in reality, Master Changying’s seventh disciple was also a late-stage integration existence.
And according to Zu Wenqiu, even if it’s a Seventh-Order Tao Domain, there is a significant gap between inner and outer world cultivators.
"No, more accurately speaking, it should be whether the Tao Domain is derived from self-cultivation!"
Chong Hua quickly realized the key in his heart.
In outer world cultivation, Dao Intent naturally arises, even without much cultivation, Tao Domain can quickly reach a high stage, just like Yu Wuheng, but the result was Yu Wuheng couldn’t withstand even one move when fighting the Six-fingered Innate Divine Demon in the past.