Floating Immortal Order

Chapter 228: Why Are You So Weak?

The expression of the man in the black armor fell, turning unsightly. He yelled out from afar, “Damn human, if you dare to help that woman and block us, I’ll let you know what—”

Before he could even finish, endless water yin lightning burst forth from the youth’s body with a deafening roar. Black lightning crackled across the water in serpentine fashion, impaling through Luo Xue’s body in an instant.

Water Yin Lightning Scroll, Spirit Suppressing Yin Lightning!

Xu Disheng waved his hand and sent out a stream of profound qi. In one smooth motion, he sent the lifeless woman slamming down into the Quicksand Sea and snatched the Jade Green Light Cicada.

The black-armored man hadn’t even finished his sentence, but his jaw dropped as he gaped in shock. The other monsters behind him stopped in their tracks, hovering above the sea, completely dumbstruck.

Luo Xue, a peak Dao Foundation stage cultivator, was exterminated in the blink of an eye, before she even had time to react!

A few moments later, the monsters finally regained their composure. Looks of terror appeared on their complexions, and they swallowed hard. Having made up their minds, they all turned tail and fled.

“Get back here.”

The youth’s icy voice echoed in their ears.

As the black-armored man thought of the terrifying might of the all-encompassing water yin lightning that appeared just now, his face contorted into a smile that looked even worse than a crying expression. He slowly flew back over and gave him a bashful smile. “Respected sir, this is a misunderstanding. It’s really all just a misunderstanding.”

Xu Disheng stifled a laugh and replied, “What misunderstanding?”

The black-armored man was at a momentary loss for words and looked somewhat beseechingly to his left and right for help. Who would have thought that the other Transformation stage monsters with him all had their heads lowered, looking at the surface of the Quicksand Sea as if they hadn’t heard a word.

“This…”

Xu Disheng wasn’t intentionally trying to put him in a difficult spot. He put away the Green Jade Light Cicada and said, “Do you know where Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain is located? The map jade slip I possess only indicates that it’s in these whereabouts, but the only thing here is the boundless Quicksand Sea. No Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain or anything of that sort.”

“Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain?” the black-armored man echoed, looking completely confused. His expression didn’t look feigned in any way. “I won’t hide anything from respected human sir. I was born here in the Quicksand Sea region, and in all my 500 years residing here, I have never heard of a place called Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain.” 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝘯𝑜𝘷𝑒𝑙．𝑐𝘰𝘮

Xu Disheng merely nodded in response, not paying these Transformation stage monsters any more attention. He transformed into a beam of light and shot off into the distance, disappearing beyond the horizon.

“Lord General, I don’t suppose the Green Jade Light Cicada just…” a bungling, somewhat dimwitted-looking Transformation stage monster started, coming forward. Before he could finish his sentence, he received a ruthless slap from the black-armored man.

“Pitiful disgrace! You want me to die? That human was clearly a Dao Foundation stage genius from a large-scale sect in another Territory. Even if a bunch of tiny rogue cultivator monsters like us were to swarm him all at once, we wouldn’t stand a chance!”

“Then why did he kill Luo Xue, but not us?”

The black-armored man glanced at the spot where Luo Xue had plummeted into the sea. When he spoke, his tone unexpectedly carried a hint of sympathy in it. “Luo Xue was a famous human Dao Foundation stage rogue cultivator from these waters, similar to us. If she had simply run, we wouldn’t have been able to catch up. But she took the wrong path and got that genius wrapped up in the matter. He casually swatted her down like a fly, but she can blame no one but herself for her demise.”

An incredulous look on his face, the doltish monster that spoke earlier exclaimed, “Don’t tell me a genius from a large-scale sect is that strong?! Luo Xue, who also had a human Dao Foundation stage cultivation, couldn’t do anything against him!”

“If my guesses aren’t wrong, I would say that based on his demeanor and aura, rather than being a Dao Foundation stage genius from a large-scale sect, he’s actually from an overlord sect!”

… …

Green Jade Light Cicadas were extremely rare in the Shan Mountain Territory. Xu Disheng had recently been studying many ancient texts, so he recognized it.

In any body of water, there would be Green Jade Coral. It was extremely common, and it was usually the lowest level spiritual life form in any body of water.

However, under extremely rare circumstances, Green Jade Coral could produce a highly precious spiritual life form called a Green Jade Light Cicada. A single Green Jade Light Cicada was worth at least several thousand spirit stones.

Xu Disheng didn’t really care much about the Green Jade Light Cicada. The reason why he had slain Luo Xue was because she was clearly harboring schemes to use him. He didn’t expect a human rogue cultivator like her to be so weak to the point that she wasn’t even able to block a single move of his Water Yin Lightning Scroll.

Xu Disheng rarely left the Shangqing Sacred Sect, so he had no idea what kind of reputation the disciples of the Shangqing Sacred Sect had in the Shan Mountain Territory and the neighboring Territories.

There were many rogue cultivators in the eastern region of the Human Realm. Wandering ghosts, little monsters that had acquired spiritual awareness, and human rogue cultivators could all be considered under the blanket term of rogue cultivators. They were generally the bottommost rung in the world of profound cultivators.

One step above them were the small-scale sects or the small clans. These kinds of groups usually had a few Divine Core stage cultivators in their ranks as their strongest fighters.

Another step up was the medium-scale sects, the medium-sized clans, the large-scale sects, and the large clans. They usually possessed fighting prowess at the Primordial Spirit stage. The vast majority of organizations at this level were subordinate or branch sects of an overlord sect.

The apex existences in most Territories were overlord sects like the Shangqing Sacred Sect, with long histories and ancient inheritances. Organizations at this level had produced Divine Sea stage beings in the past and even had Clone Avatar stage existences in their ranks. They often possessed incredible might that allowed them to reign over an entire Territory with an iron fist. The entire eastern region had been lifted to its current heights by the many overlord sects of the various Territories occupying the region.

Setting aside the extremely rare demon paradises, celestial lands, and peak-level sects, most of the disciples from overlord sects could casually steamroll any rogue cultivators at the same cultivation realm. Luo Xue, that woman in the white dress, was a Dao Foundation stage rogue cultivator, and she didn’t even have any common Magic Treasures. It went without saying that even if there were 20 of her, she still wouldn’t have stood a chance against Xu Disheng, a Sacred Son ranked genius. In the end, she was fated to be crushed.

Although the ordinary Sea of Qi stage disciple in the Shangqing Sacred Sect only earned several spirit stones per month in cultivation resources, they would never know the harsh reality that human rogue cultivators had to endure. Being at the lowest rung of cultivators, rogue cultivators were often hard-pressed to scrounge up a measly 10 spirit stones, even after an entire year’s worth of intense hardship.

In a field of Green Jade Coral that could be just about found anywhere, Luo Xue had inadvertently stumbled across a Green Jade Light Cicada!

The value of this Green Jade Light Cicada would have allowed Luo Xue to safely cultivate for decades. She would have no longer had to use her poor, deprived body to solicit other people!

However… she was a bit too clever for her own good. Too clever, one might say, to the point that she had thought of the idea to use Xu Disheng as a shield. However, while she could come up with such a scheme, she could have never imagined the result for trying.

… …

Xu Disheng’s brows furrowed as he allowed the trembling half-Transformation stage monster before him to flee into the depths of the sea. This was already the seventh monster he had asked, but he still hadn’t been able to find the slightest lead about Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain.

However, there was no way that Primordial Lord Yangze would possibly have him go to a place that didn’t exist.

Xu Disheng crushed the vague, imprecise map jade slip between his fingers. He was just about to proceed forward when he heard a grating voice from the sky.

“A human? A human rogue cultivator actually dared to come to the gate of the Quicksand Sea Paradise?”

Several Transformation stage monsters with powerful auras flew over from the distance. Astonishment played on their faces as they sized up Xu Disheng.