Chapter 54: The Elusive Master of Wuji, the Demonized Shifu

  No one would have thought that the young man, who had not spoken since entering the grand hall, would suddenly utter these words. He wrapped his arm around the frail waist of Shangguan Qiyue, his slender figure standing tall in the grand hall, his handsome face calm and collected, with a hint of madness at the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed intently on the leader of the Wuji Sect, his words spoken with an air of recklessness and abandon, filled with sarcasm.

  "Tang Jing...... you!"

  Shangguan Qixue's already pale face turned even paler, her expression shocked and frightened. She never could have imagined that Tang Jing's audacity would be so great, to the point where he dared to openly defy the leader of the Wuji Sect!

  "This is the leader of the Wuji Sect, which dominates thirty cultivation gates! Tang Qing! Don't you want to live anymore?"

  "You ignorant youngster! How dare you offend the leader of the Wuji Sect? Kneel down at once!" An elder immediately stood up and scolded.

  "Hmph!" Tang Jing's calm and serene eyes swept away, his mouth slightly raised, revealing a hint of overbearing smile, saying, "I, Tang Jing, kneel down, even the heavens and earth dare not accept it, what qualifications does a small and insignificant Wuji Sect Master have?"

  "Desist! Don't say another word!" Tang Jing's overbearing manner had frightened Shangguan Qiusuo to the point where her spirit was trembling. She had originally intended to kneel again, but Tang Jing's arm had wrapped around her tightly, rendering her unable to move due to her already weak state. Looking at the leader of the Wuji Sect, she said, "Tang Jing is young and ignorant, his words were presumptuous, please don't lower yourself to his level."

  Although Shangguan Qixue was frightened, her mind was not chaotic. This sentence she spoke was particularly clever. If the master of Wuji Sect were to fly into a rage and behead Tang Qing on the spot, it would inevitably lead to people saying that the master of Wuji Sect had such a small heart.

  "Two hundred years, transcending tribulations to become an immortal, one year to break through the boundary of Qi with the body of the earth. Haha, a proud and ambitious person! However, some words are better left unsaid, lest they become laughable." The master of the Wuji Sect still sat calmly on his throne, his warm and gentle face still unreadable, smiling and saying, "Young man, it's essential to have self-awareness. Don't be ignorant of your limitations. I'll give you three hundred years, if you can break through the boundary of Qi, you'll be the greatest in history. At that time, even if I were to yield my position as the master of the Wuji Sect to you, it would be no big deal."

  "Hahaha!"

  Tang Qing threw his head back and laughed loudly, his laughter as majestic and unrestrained as a stormy sea. He stopped laughing after a while, looked at the leader of the Wuji Sect, and said in a deep voice, "How high is the sky? How thick is the earth? I don't know, nor do I want to know. Let alone you, the small leader of the Wuji Sect. Even if you were the leader of a great sect, I wouldn't bother to take a look at you. And you're giving me 300 years? Ha ha... three hundred years is enough time for ten cycles of ascension."

  Tang Qing's words were even more outrageous, and the shamelessness was simply naked. Every single person present had cultivated for hundreds of years and still remained in the Yuan realm, yet Tang Qing claimed that three hundred years could be exchanged for ten times of immortality, which was clearly a blatant insult to them all.

  Tang Qing's words were not entirely false. During his cultivation, he made a breakthrough every three steps, entered a new realm every five days, and achieved success every seven months. After twenty years of cultivation, he had already reached the peak. In this sense, it was not an exaggeration to say that he could become a celestial being ten times in 300 years.

  "I say a year is just a year, in one year I will break through the boundaries of the atmosphere with my body as vast as the earth. Come and kneel down to give back the dignity that Shangguan Qiyue knelt for today! Do you dare?"

  "How dare you!"

  Tang Qing was so humiliated that even if the master of Wuji had the best temper, he couldn't sit still. He let out a loud roar, like thunder rolling, shaking the great hall and making the atmosphere inside suddenly quiet. The air condensed in an instant, and the originally sunny weather turned cold as ice and frost. A strong pressure, like a mountain range, pressed down on Tang Qing!

  Shangguan Qixue had already been intimidated by Tang Jing's overbearing manner, her heart racing with anxiety. The pressure from the leader of the Wuji Sect was closing in on her, and her slender body couldn't help but tremble violently, even her breathing becoming somewhat labored.

  But Tang Qing stood there, motionless as a statue, his cold expression calm as still water, his arrogant eyebrows raised in excitement, his ancient well-like eyes like boundless deep seas, sometimes stormy and rough, sometimes calm as a mirror.

  "I'm asking you, dare or not?"

  Tang Jing's voice was as still and quiet as his person, condensed but not scattered, exploding in the air like a thunderclap.

  "I'm asking you, dare or not?"

  Tang Qing's voice burst forth once more, like a series of thunderclaps crashing down in succession.

  The main god of the Wuji Sect on the grand hall was solemn in color, with a sharp light shining through his eyes, and a hint of killing intent hidden between his eyebrows. However, he was somewhat surprised in his heart, for he had not expected that this young man would not be intimidated by his own pressure. Could it be that the Earth Body was indeed so difficult to shake? He had never come into contact with the Earth Body before, but since it was a precious body and also known as the Rock Body, it should have an unshakeable power.

  "I'm asking you, dare! Or don't dare!"

  Tang Qing repeated himself, his voice urgent and sudden, like a flash of lightning and thunder, the invisible sound wave was like a bolt of thunder, directly attacking the heart of the Wuji Sect Master.

  The face of the leader of the Wuji Sect gradually became somewhat unsightly, and his mind was inexplicably flustered. He let out a cold snort and said, "What if I dare? What if I don't?"

  "If you don't dare to, then kneel down now and give her back some dignity! If you do dare to, one year later, after I break through the boundary of air with my earth body, you can kneel again!"

  "What an arrogant and ignorant little brat!" The master of the Wuji Sect's expression was almost twisted, extremely ferocious, gritting his teeth, with black and white lights flashing wildly around him.

  Witnessing this scene, the several elderly men present were shocked and lost their composure. Having cultivated for hundreds of years, they had seen much and knew a lot, and it was clear that the master of the Wuji Sect suddenly became flustered and his mind was distorted, his primordial spirit unstable, on the verge of going berserk. They couldn't understand how the young man's few questions could make the master of the Wuji Sect, who had always been deeply cultivated, with a calm and composed mind, and a stable primordial spirit, suddenly lose his rationality and be on the verge of going berserk.

  Li Changlao took the lead, flashing past first, followed closely by the other elders, all of whom waved their arms, pinched their fingers in a gesture, and launched a series of white lights that enveloped the leader of the Wuji Sect.

  "Wuji Sect Master, he..." Shangguan Qixue thought that Tang Jing was definitely going to die this time, but unexpectedly things turned out like this!

  "It's all over!" Tan Qing said calmly and lightly, putting his arm around Shangguan Xue and turning to leave!

  Suddenly, a loud and frantic voice came from outside the main hall.

  "Hahaha! Master's junior apprentice, you've also gone crazy?! Hahaha! Wuuu... How could you go crazy?!"

  This voice sometimes wailed loudly and sometimes laughed loudly, sometimes was overjoyed, and sometimes was deeply sorrowful.

  The elders in the great hall heard this voice, and none of them had an unusual expression. They knew that in the Wuji Sect, only one person was qualified to shout "Master Uncle of the Wuji Sect", and that was the highest-ranking elder of the Wuji Sect, Xuan Rong Shu Shu.

  "Hahaha! Did you also gain insight into the Nirvana Diagram like me? Haha! Come, come, come! I now have some understanding of the Nirvana Diagram too, maybe I can help you!"

  "Nirvana, what is Nirvana? To transcend life and death, to enter the realm of stillness and non-being. All phenomena are impermanent, birth must be followed by death; no birth means no death. This extinction is the greatest joy. All things from their origin are always in a state of nirvana."

  "Ah! I don't understand! I really don't understand!! Waaah, Wu Wang Ju Shi, the 'Extinction Map' you left behind has made me suffer so much!"

  "Woe is me!! Wu Wang, your heart is desolate and oppressed, the lonely heart rushes to the ninth heaven, the melancholy heart presses down on the nine hells. Slaying immortals and demons, woe is me! Must I be like you in order to comprehend the diagram of stillness? Woe is me! Unfortunately, I am unable to do so, nor do I dare!"

  "Tell me what to do, Sir Wu Wang, where are you? Can you give some guidance to your junior?! Wuuu... You've gotten me into such a mess!!!"

  "Hahaha! Among the heavens and earth, the mysterious diagram left behind by Wu Wangzi is the most precious, hiding the ultimate mystery. People compete to comprehend it, but after understanding, eight or nine out of ten people go crazy, hahaha! Greed, greed..."

  "Master Nephew, don't worry, I've been practicing for 90 years and I'm still alive and kicking! Hahaha! Master Aunt, I'm here!!!"