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Chapter 155: Topping Up on Ji Xuanyuan
🕑 Added 2024-09-30 08:21:38 +0000 UTC"Who are you?" Qin Zi frowned as he saw the man standing above him with such arrogance.
"Hand over whatever you've found." Ji Xuanyuan extended his right hand, as if he were a god commanding what was rightfully his.
"You're dreaming!" Qin Zi sneered, mocking him without hesitation.
In fact, he hadn’t obtained anything, but he didn’t feel the need to explain. Explaining would only make it seem like he feared this person. Why should he?
"Hmph, seems like you refuse to drink a toast and would rather drink the penalty wine," Ji Xuanyuan’s face darkened, the sun, moon, and stars swirling around his body began to shine brightly, as if the celestial bodies themselves were awakening.
"Only speak as loudly as your strength allows. Otherwise, you'll just embarrass yourself." Qin Zi sneered back.
Starting from the Nine Suns Dynasty, he had encountered plenty of people trying to put on airs in front of him. Didn't they all end up the same?
"Hmph!" Ji Xuanyuan waved his hand, and instantly, a massive sun began to condense in his palm, growing larger and larger.
A blazing sun, filled with divine might!
"Hold on, Brother Ji!" A voice called out, and three figures quickly flew over, seemingly to mediate.
Xuan Tianji!
Qi Huang!
Chu Zhongtian!
"What, do you know this person?" Ji Xuanyuan extinguished the sun in his hand and frowned.
"He is Qin Zi, the grand-disciple of our Eastern Victory Divine Sect, a disciple of Old Ancestor Feather Emperor," Xuan Tianji explained with a smile.
"So, he’s Qin Zi?" Ji Xuanyuan looked Qin Zi up and down, then said playfully, "I heard he’s been expelled from the sect. He has no connection with your Eastern Victory Divine Sect anymore."
"Connections are hard to sever. Whether you acknowledge them or not, they still exist."
Xuan Tianji chuckled. "Though he may no longer be a part of the sect, his seniority remains. Since I encountered him, I can't just ignore it."
Ji Xuanyuan’s eyes sharpened as he stared at Xuan Tianji.
But Xuan Tianji's eyes, with yin-yang fish swirling within, seemed unfathomable, as if they were drawing Ji Xuanyuan’s gaze inward.
"He may have a connection to you, but not to me. I see no reason to give you face."
Ji Xuanyuan spoke coldly.
Xuan Tianji remained silent, while Chu Zhongtian added, "I have some ties to him as well, Brother Ji. Can you give us some face?"
Qi Huang also smiled, saying, "Qin Zi has a good relationship with my follower Shui Qinghan. Please show some leniency, Brother Ji."
Subtly, the three of them joined forces, their combined aura pressing toward Ji Xuanyuan.
Ji Xuanyuan's eyelid twitched, and a flicker of seriousness crossed his gaze.
Among all the young elites entering this relic, these four were the strongest. Now, with the other three pressuring him, the situation wasn’t in his favor.
"Since all three of you are saying so, I’ll let him go for now. However, he arrived first. He must have taken a lot of treasures. He should hand them over, and we can split them equally."
Ji Xuanyuan’s voice was cold.
Immediately, everyone turned to look at Qin Zi.
Qin Zi scanned the crowd, then sighed helplessly, "I really didn’t get anything. I was transported here by a teleportation array and hadn’t even figured out where I was before you all showed up."
"Heh!"
Ji Xuanyuan scoffed, then turned to Xuan Tianji and the others. "See? Even if you protect him, he may not appreciate it. Now he wants to hoard all the treasures for himself. What do you say?"
The three were silent.
Earlier, they had helped Qin Zi out of respect and a desire to build goodwill. But now, Qin Zi didn’t seem to appreciate it.
They had come for the treasures in this relic. If Qin Zi intended to keep everything for himself, what were they supposed to think?
Even if they didn’t care much about the treasures, continuing to protect him now would only make them look foolish.
In other words, they would be humiliating themselves by pleading on his behalf.
To put it bluntly, it would be degrading.
Though they understood that Qin Zi might truly have found nothing, how could anyone be certain?
"Qin Zi, don’t be foolish. Hand over whatever treasures you’ve found, or Young Master Ji will truly kill you!"
Shui Qinghan shouted anxiously, clearly worried for Qin Zi.
"Even you don’t believe me?"
Qin Zi smiled bitterly, then shrugged helplessly. "But I really didn’t find anything. Besides, I already possess some valuable items. Should I hand over everything I’ve acquired outside as well? I’d be losing big."
"Stubborn fool!"
Ji Xuanyuan snorted coldly. He took a step forward, and the light of the sun, moon, and stars around him intensified, descending upon Qin Zi like the vastness of the universe.
"Who do you think you are!"
Qin Zi sneered, swinging his right fist forward. An overpowering, brute force erupted in an instant.
Boom!
The image of the sun, moon, and stars shattered, and the shockwave of his punch surged toward Ji Xuanyuan.
At that moment, Ji Xuanyuan formed a golden sun in his right hand, clenching his fingers.
Swish, swish, swish!
The sun in his grasp shot out blinding rays of light, each beam forming graceful golden arcs as they slashed toward Qin Zi, searing hot and razor-sharp, capable of cutting through mountains.
"Ever-changing Dragonfish!"
Qin Zi’s hands weaved through the air, tracing the pattern of a Taiji symbol. Ripples of power radiated outward.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Around him, waves surged, forming the image of a vast sea. Golden carp leaped from the water—first one, then two, then more and more, racing ahead in competition!
At first, they were fish. But as they leaped higher and faster, they began to transform. Their fish heads became dragon heads, their bodies elongated, and their fins turned into claws. Eventually, they became golden flood dragons!
A tempest of waves, with countless dragons dancing in the skies!
"This aura… Could it be the Dragonfish of the Eastern Victory Divine Sect?!"
"I’ve heard that Qin Zi slaughtered many of the sect’s dragonfish to refine true dragon blood for his techniques, which led to his expulsion from the sect. It seems that was true!"
The crowd murmured in shock.
Meanwhile, the tidal wave of dragons crashed against Ji Xuanyuan’s beams of light, dispersing them. The flood dragons roared as they rushed toward Ji Xuanyuan.
"Cut!!"
Ji Xuanyuan grasped the air, and a massive golden sword appeared in his hand. Gripping it with both hands, he spun the sword in a full circle before slashing forward.
Whoosh!
A domineering sword light swept through the sky, slicing through the entire swarm of flood dragons and continuing into the distance.
Boom, boom, boom!
The sheer force of the sword strike caused all the dragon images to explode.
But in that instant, a figure burst through the shockwave of the explosion, a streak of golden light arriving before Ji Xuanyuan. Seizing the moment when Ji Xuanyuan was thrown off balance after his slash, Qin Zi launched a punch.
Clang!
In a desperate move, Ji Xuanyuan flipped his giant sword, using its broad side to block the punch.
However, the sheer force behind Qin Zi’s blow was too immense, passing through the sword and striking Ji Xuanyuan in the chest.
Ji Xuanyuan grunted in pain, his body sent flying backward.
Qin Zi pressed forward, his hands moving outward as if pulling apart a curtain. A massive green tornado formed behind him and surged toward Ji Xuanyuan, swallowing him whole.
"One sword… to cleave it all!"
Within the tornado, Ji Xuanyuan's body was tossed about, but his aura flared. He raised his giant sword overhead, gathering a fearsome sword light to slice through the storm.
Whoosh!
But just then, a scorching red light shot straight through the tornado!
Boom!
In the next instant, the enormous tornado collapsed, revealing Ji Xuanyuan still holding his sword aloft.
Behind him, Qin Zi stood with his back to everyone, gripping his flaming Emperor Weapon spear, the red flames gradually extinguishing.
"You call that strength, and you dare act superior to me?"
Qin Zi sneered in disdain.
Suddenly, Ji Xuanyuan coughed up a mouthful of blood. His sword slipped from his hands, and his body crumpled, falling to one knee in midair.
Hiss!
"Ji Xuanyuan, the Ji family’s young master… has been defeated."
"How is this possible?"
The crowd gasped in disbelief as they witnessed the scene before them.
At the same time, far away on Shenxia Mountain, Qin Chuan was lounging in a chair by the cliff, enjoying the sun. Suddenly, he received a notification from the system.
[Ding! Your son successfully humiliated Ji Xuanyuan, young master of the Ji family, automatically earning you 4 points of Fatherly Prestige value. You now Now you have 8.2 Fatherly Prestige left!]
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