The scene was silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
More than ten cultivators stared at Qin Guan kneeling on the ground, their faces full of disbelief, stunned on the spot.
The sole successor of Triumphant Mountain, comparable to the existence of the emperor's seedling, just kneeled down like this?
Everyone looked at Chen Xia again, their expressions varied, really unable to see through.
Chen Xia's expression was plain, exhaling lightly.
Before, when Qin Guan kicked a rock to disturb him from watching the lake, Chen Xia thought about the big yellow dog and didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he just glanced slightly.
But then Qin Guan kicked again, which was purely provocative, which was what Chen Xia said itchy feet.
At this point, Chen Xia was a little impatient, he was not in a good mood originally, coupled with the fact that he did not really have the habit of enduring the weak, so there was the conflict now.
Qin Guan's expression was indignant, but he couldn't stand up no matter what, his feet were weak, as if they were completely broken, unable to feel the aura fluctuating. At the moment, he gritted his teeth and stared at Chen Xia, the hatred in his eyes churning, and shouted angrily.
"You actually dare to attack me, Triumphant Mountain will not let you go. Wait for it, Triumphant Mountain and my master will come to demand justice themselves, and you will have to pay back twice as much!"
He then turned to Zhen Hu and shouted angrily, "You Starry Sky Pill Sect are really good, arrogantly arrogant, do you really think that no one can deal with you anymore in the middle layer of the Realm?!"
Zhen Hu crossed his arms, his expression indifferent, and said indifferently, "That's exactly what I think, what can you do?"
"A cultivator in the Inverse Sea Realm has no manner of the Inverse Sea Realm, really thinking he can confront the Heaven Patching Realm? This is the Realm, not the messy outer starry sky, either do it or kneel down."
"It's just that there are too many foreign cultivators, who brought the customs of the outside world to the Realm. Otherwise, no matter how high your talent is, if you can't beat it, you have to kneel down for me!"
This is the rule of the Realm.
No matter what ancient race, supreme race, emperor race you are, as long as your combat power is not up to standard, then be honest and don't be arrogant outside.
It was only until now that Qin Guan was beaten, and it was also because the style of the Realm had changed in nearly 10,000 years.
If it were in Zhen Hu's era, a cultivator in the Inverse Sea Realm who dared to be so arrogant would have been beaten until his mother couldn't recognize him.
"Good good good!" Qin Guan gritted his teeth tightly, and the faint sound of teeth grinding could be heard, obviously he had reached the extreme of anger.
His legs kept trying to get up, but to no avail, unable to get through the aura, so he could only use aura to replace it. Just as he was about to get up, the aura throughout his body suddenly dispersed.
Chen Xia looked at him in confusion and asked, "Who allowed you to stand up? No one made a peep!"
"That's right, that's right." Zhen Hu echoed on the side.
The two stood side by side, singing a duet, looking very much like accomplices.
Qin Guan gritted his teeth, and suddenly opened his mouth slightly, and a small invisible mystic art silently circulated out, about to head towards the sky.
But suddenly an inappropriate hand appeared, grabbed this mystic art, gently rubbed it, and it was gone.
Chen Xia raised his hand and laughed lightly, "Still want to call someone?"
Zhen Hu frowned, "How can you call someone for a one-on-one fight? You are really shameless. With your miserable look, you still have the cheek to call yourself the helmsman of the younger generation? Aren't you ashamed?"
Bai Jie nodded on the side, "Indeed, I would be too embarrassed to call myself that."
Qin Guan looked indignant, his face twitching, and angrily questioned, "Don't tell me you dare to kill me?!"
He didn't believe Zhen Hu had the guts. Triumphant Mountain was much stronger than Starry Sky Pill Sect. There were three people like Zhen Hu in Triumphant Mountain, plus one ancestor master at the fifth heaven of the Heaven Patching Realm.
Triumphant Mountain was long eligible to ascend to the upper layer, but just didn't want to, so it stayed in the middle layer of the Realm to be the so-called local despot.
When Qin Guan said this, Zhen Hu frowned slightly. He really didn't dare to kill him. If he really killed Qin Guan, it would be equivalent to cutting off the next generation of Triumphant Mountain. That old guy in seclusion would definitely not let it go.
But it was okay to just seriously injure Qin Guan. With Triumphant Mountain's style, they would only ask Qin Guan to fight back in the future.
But he overlooked someone.
Chen Xia.
So he saw a figure flashing, followed by the violent sound of ground shattering.
Qin Guan was no longer kneeling, but lying down, lying on the spiderweb-like ground, his head stepped on tightly.
Chen Xia stared at him, there was some fierceness fluctuating in his eyes, sharp sword energy was already circulating in his hand, and he said in a low voice.
"Either die here, or give me your soul lamp. You've wasted too much of my time already."
Once a cultivator's soul lamp is refined, it has the effect of transferring the soul to escape. If the cultivator dies, he will lose 30% of his cultivation base, fortune, and talent. The soul will be reforged in the soul lamp, and it is an extremely powerful escape technique.
But if the soul lamp is shattered, the cultivator will be neither dead nor alive, with at least 80% drop in cultivation base. That is to say, a cultivator in the Inverse Sea Realm can instantly drop to the Great Vehicle Realm, and his talent and fortune will also be greatly reduced, almost equivalent to useless.
Holding a cultivator's soul lamp is usually a means of subduing slaves.
When Qin Guan heard this, he suddenly became furious, and shouted angrily, "Kill me, you really dare to kill me, and you still want to hold my soul lamp, bastard, do it if you have the guts!"
"Okay."
Without any hesitation, a word laced with a hint of fierceness sounded.
A sharp bronze sword shimmered.
Qin Guan felt a slight pain coming from his neck, spreading rapidly without any pause.
His pupils were full of disbelief.
The scene was silent.
"Wait a minute!"
Qin Guan suddenly yelled, and at the same time divine light flashed from his neck. He didn't know what magic treasure it was, but it actually barely blocked the bronze sword, but only for a moment.
The bronze sword stopped because Chen Xia did not continue to swing his sword. He frowned slightly, and the fierceness in his eyes dissipated a little.
"I'll give the soul lamp, I'll give it!" Qin Guan shouted anxiously, while moving his hand to refine his own soul lamp.
The cultivators around watched dumbfounded.
This one really isn't afraid of death, and that one really dares to kill.
Fortunately, the fearless one was still afraid in the end, and things did not evolve to the worst step.
Chen Xia beckoned, took the soul lamp, exhaled a breath of turbid air, put away the bronze sword, and waved his hand slightly.
"Get lost."
He didn't care about any aftermath of revenge, let alone Triumphant Mountain.
He dared to kill decisively, naturally he had the confidence.
Were ten top-grade Dao medicines enough to compensate for Qin Guan's life? If not, then add two more half-grade grand medicines.
Even if Triumphant Mountain was still unwilling, then would all the sixteen sects in the middle layer of the Realm want it?
As long as they helped Chen Xia, Chen Xia would give them top-grade Dao medicines, or even half-grade grand medicines.
That was confidence.
In the Star Sea Sword Ocean he dared to kill Qiong Qi, how could he still be stumped by someone like Qin Guan in the Realm?
Wouldn't that be regressing more and more?
Chen Xia touched his cheek, still confused in his heart, why was his fierceness growing bigger and bigger now? Although he had shown killing intent before, it was never so strong.
It was a bit strange, but hard to say.
Qin Guan's group of sixteen people left one after another, looking at Chen Xia with some horror in their eyes, feeling that such a reckless cultivator was a bit terrifying.
Completely disregarding the sixteen sects, let alone Triumphant Mountain, just acting on his own mood.
The footsteps of the sixteen sped up. They should tell their own sects when they go back that a new Elder Supreme has emerged in Starry Sky Pill Sect.
This was just a small episode.
Chen Xia didn't take it to heart, but turned to ask Zhen Hu about the main issue.
"What reincarnation and re-cultivation pills do you know of?"
Zhen Hu scratched his head. Although wondering why Chen Xia wanted such a pill, he didn't ask much and replied,
"If it's for a Heaven Patching Realm to reincarnate and re-cultivate, then pills at the level of Soul Continuing Pills would be enough, it has a harmonizing effect. But if it's above the Heaven Patching Realm, then it would need to go up another grade, that is..."
"Grand medicine." Chen Xia picked up.
"Right." Zhen Hu nodded, "The grand medicine for reincarnation and re-cultivation that I know of is called the Grand Pill of Reincarnation, it can harmonize the previous and present lives. The pill recipe is recorded, but Starry Sky Pill Sect doesn't have the materials, so we have never refined it before."
Chen Xia nodded and asked again, "Can it be bought?"
"It should be, it just needs a lot of spirit stones, after all it's grand medicine materials." Zhen Hu said hesitantly.
Chen Xia nodded in response.
"I'll provide the money for the medicinal materials. You guys just need to help find them. Isn't there going to be some grand assembly of ten thousand sects? During the alchemy contest segment, I'll concoct this supreme pill on behalf of the Starry Sky Pill Sect to vie for a spot at the Heavenly Border realm."
Zhen Hu pondered briefly, and felt there was no issue with this plan. He did not ask why Chen Xia wanted to concoct such a pill, but simply nodded and said, "Okay."
With that, the deal was struck.
Chen Xia did not linger. He turned and left immediately.
Zhen Hu suddenly called out, "If Triumphant Mountain comes to cause you trouble after this, notify the Starry Sky Pill Sect. I, Zhen Hu, will never back down!"
Chen Xia did not turn back. His azure robe fluttered as he strode swiftly away, leaving no footprints in the thin layer of snow. It was unclear whether his steps were light, or the snow was not deep enough.
He gently waved a hand and called back over his shoulder, "No need."
The light snow continued to fall.
His figure disappeared from view.
That 'no need' marked a clear line drawn.
Zhen Hu stood in place, sighing softly. Relationships between cultivators were mostly built upon mutual use.
Why try to fawn and curry favor?
Wasn't it to gain some benefit for oneself?
Chen Xia saw this issue very clearly. He had not gotten the Starry Sky Pill Sect tangled up in too many extraneous relations. From beginning to end, everything was merely a transaction between them.
Just like the light snow now.
It landed upon one's body and seemed to adhere closely. Yet it quickly melted into droplets of water and fell away, the boundary between them distinct.
Chen Xia stood outside his residence with both hands clasped behind his back. He steadied his emotions for a bit, dispelling all ferocity from his eyes. Then he exhaled softly, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth before he finally pushed open the door.
The big yellow dog was still fast asleep, occasionally twitching and snoring loudly.
Zhang DaoMing busied himself with sweeping away the thin layer of snow on the ground. The wine jug hanging from his waist would occasionally knock against the broom, producing clinking sounds.
Chen Xia stood in the doorway. He suddenly recalled Zhen Hu and shook his head slightly.
Now, he understood completely.
The road to eternal life did not require too many emotions.