In that very instant, Jiang He treaded over thin air while the silhouette of a dragon and an elephant circled above his head, their roars and trumpeting never-ending.
Starlight flickered around his body as he charged the Nine Heavenly Stars Body Formula, while the sound of a tidal storm resounded form his body when he triggered his Strengthened Nine Yang Technique.
Snikt!
His Scarlet Flame Sword hung above the air, its Sword Qi stretching over dozens of kilometers.
Jiang He was actually aware that many elites had gathered at Lingzhou City because of the Sky Demons and those elites were drawn to the burst of aura from the Cloudscraper Vine. Also, they were driven by their curiosity, which was why they extended their spirit to observe.
Even so…
Is my house for you to spy upon on a whim?
If you and everyone else came to peek a little, would I still have any privacy left?!
What Jiang He must do was to threaten every elite there was and have them perish the thought of spying upon him.
Indeed, the face of every elite dropped even as they looked in that direction. Even Void-tier individuals felt a tremendous pressure as well as a mysterious panic that arose within them…
They would be struck down with a single strike if Jiang He attacked them.
Hence, there were looks of shock and fury as the many figures hovered up above the skies of Lingzhou City. Even Dong Haichuan took a step forward and offered Jiang He a fist-palm salute from the distance, saying, “Brother Jiang He, everyone was merely curious when they sensed that frightening aura extending from the direction of your house, and so, they came to take a look. Do be understanding, Brother.”
“So it’s you, Grandmaster Dong.”
Jiang He returned his salute. Sweeping his gaze over the crowd of elites from almost twenty kilometers away, he then withdrew his presence and sheathed the Scarlet Flame Sword, smiling, “And here I thought the Sky Demons had come…But don’t peek on me on a whim, people. I’ve always been hot-tempered and might start stabbing with my sword—it would have been alright if it ends with an injury since I could help with that, but if someone’s killed… there’s no helping that.”
Dong Haichuan’s mouth twitched at that.
Jiang He had quite the short fuse.
Still, it was as it should be.
Having accomplished such feats despite his young age, if he had been born in their age, would Yang Luchan even gain the title of ‘Peerless Yang’?
He would beat the snot out of him!
As Dong Haichuan and Jiang He conversed from the distance, the other divine-tier and Void-tier elites who were not acquainted with Jiang He hence descended.
“By the way, that aura just now…”
Dong Haichuan’s tone changed as he asked with a smile, “Have you reached Void-tier in martial arts, Brother Jiang He?”
He was aware that Jiang He was a cultivator and that his martial cultivation was outstanding, but Jiang He shook his head and smiled. “My martial cultivation only reached divine-union yesterday, and I’m still far away from Void-tier… it was one of my pets that had ascended just now.”
Dong Haichuan was dumbstruck.
He opened his mouth, but was unable to say anything right then.
Damn it!
Comparing oneself to another person was truly frustrating.
He had been a top elite in the martial world 200 years ago and only Yang Luchan was an equal in that generation. Who would have dared to tell him what’s what in all of Jianghu, despite all its vastness, innumerable sects, clans, and fine gentlemen?
Even so, it took him 200 years to reach Void-tier, and along came that brat Jiang He…
Who was comparing him to his pets?
Meanwhile, the many elites in Lingzhou City found their jaws dropping to the ground when they heard it. Some of them who were rather upset with Jiang He’s arrogance appeared mystified now.
That was when another figure took to the air—it was Elder Lin.
Laughing out loud, he congratulated Jiang He.
Jiang He’s eyes lit up too, and he exclaimed, “Congratulations on reaching divine-tier, Bro Lin.”
Elder Lin waved him off, saying that he dulled in comparison to Jiang He’s pet, although the smile on his face could hardly be disguised.
Having escaped the gates of hell and now living over 200 years, how could he not be happy?
Jiang He invited both Elder Lin and Dong Haichuan to his house as guest, and both accepted, assuring him that they would drop by doing lunch. Laughing, Jiang He said, “Very well, I’ll have my maid start cooking right away. Coincidentally, I’ve just cultivated some soul grain that tastes incredible.”
Soon, both Dong Haichuan and Elder Lin landed within Lingzhou City.
Likewise, Jiang He returned into his house.
The Cloudscraper Vine had finished ascending now, its eighteen tendrils having split into thirty-six. Each were now immeasurably colossal, reaching 500 meters long and ten meters thick.
“Tut, tut!”
Jiang He could not help clicking his tongue in wonder.
Special flora were so incredible.
Other aspect aside, its size alone was Feral Emperor level…was there anything bigger?
Still, there seemed to be that Thunderflood Titanoboa, an ancient mutant that had ranked among the top Feral Serpents of the world and was one of the strongest Ferals there was, reaching around eight hundred meters in length and living in the depths of the ocean.
Though the Cloudscraper Vine was lacking compared to the Titanoboa, did it not have thirty-six tendrils?
“An 800-meter-long snake…”
Jiang He clicked his tongue in wonder once again.
Even with the number of mouths to feed at his house, it would last them a long time if he killed the snake for meat.
Then, a massive tendril reached out toward Jiang He.
Touching it, Jiang He felt the simple mind extending from the tendril and couldn’t help scowling…
The Cloudscraper Vine was that not that intelligent in the first place.
Therefore, even if it was Feral Emperor now, its wits were still lacking in comparison to the willow tree. Right now, its thoughts were conducting toward Jiang He intermittently. “Master, I want to enter you… I want to enter your… body.”
Slapping away the tendril, Jiang He was ready to leave the farm when his eyes lit up and he turned toward the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers who were practicing their air blades in a corner of the farm.
Hetui!
Hetui!
Their weird exclamations were extending incessantly.
The Blade Will emanating from their bodies were becoming stronger the more blades they breathed. Adding that to the huge increase in Yuan Qi within the farm recently and cultivation assisted by substantial Orirocks…
In that very moment, the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers’ auras changed slightly.
Their auras were mutually connected, developing an exceedingly unique balance.
But suddenly, Eldest Brother’s aura was wildly expanding with a boom… and thanks to that unique balancing, the other six brothers’ auras were developing as well.
A phenomenon was occurring over the horizon—Yuan Qi was rolling towards them, and affected by the phenomenon, it was dyed like a rainbow stretching over dozens of kilometers, corresponding to the Bottle Gourd Brothers’ red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple hues respectively.
***
Back in Lingzhou City, the many martial elites who had just landed minutes ago all looked up at the horizon, all of them looking stunned. Despite wanting to take a look, they remembered what Jiang He said and became rather wary.
Fortunately, Jiang He took to the air in time and laughed awkwardly, before saying, “No need to panic, people… it’s the grandkids I planted—I mean, adopted, reaching divine-tier together.”
There was silence as the martial elites were left weirded out.
It took the seven-colored Yuan Qi that stretched over dozens of kilometers over half an hour to slowly fade. But just as they were about to sit down together, share about their cultivation, and discuss how they should fight the Sky Demon legion, another frightening aura reached out from above Jiang He’s house.
“Damn it!”
Three Blades Lin yelled at the top of his lungs, “What is Jiang He actually doing?”
While the other martial elites traded jaded looks and were actually not bothered to find out, Jiang He’s loud cursing could be heard just then—
“Curses!”
“What the flying freak?!”
“The Sky Demons…have actually opened their Stargate above my house?!”
***
Treading upon a sword light up in the skies above his house, Jiang He appeared ashen-faced. He was a little baffled at first, but when he felt a faint stirring in the air…
Jiang He mostly understood then.
The Sky Demons were arriving ahead of schedule.
And up in the sky, the Stargate was gradually taking shape.
