NOVPUBXu Zimei had just stepped out of the Wind Domain when he saw the Sad Taoist waiting for him.
As he watched Xu Zimei emerge, the Sad Taoist slightly furrowed his brows and said indifferently, "Boy, don’t say I didn’t warn you, stay away from our young miss in the future."
"Do I need you to teach me how to handle my affairs?" Xu Zimei replied indifferently.
"Kid, don’t be too arrogant just because you have some talent. Do you know who we are?" the Sad Taoist scoffed with disdain.
"Do you know who I am?" Xu Zimei asked in return.
The Sad Taoist was taken aback; he truly did not know Xu Zimei’s background.
He had watched Lan Ke’er grow up from a young age, and although the Lan Family would not intervene in the marriages of clan descendants, he personally had a very poor impression of Xu Zimei, which was why he took it upon himself to create this scene.
"My father is the Deputy Sect Master of True Martial Holy Sect and also the current ruler of the sect," Xu Zimei said with a light chuckle.
Upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words, the Sad Taoist’s expression stiffened.
True Martial Holy Sect, the sect founded by the first person of the human race, the True Martial Great Emperor, and after the precipitations of a lineage of four emperors, was no weaker than their Lan Family.
The Sad Taoist fell silent for a moment, then slowly said, "True Martial Holy Sect may be strong, but... "
"There are no buts. Even here in the Central Continent, True Martial Holy Sect is a peak-level sect," Xu Zimei interrupted the Sad Taoist’s words and said indifferently, "Don’t think of yourself as too high and mighty. In fact, you’re nothing more than a dog.
Do you believe that even if I killed you, the Lan Family would be helpless against me?"
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, the Sad Taoist’s face turned awkward, and he scoffed coldly before striding off into the air.
He knew that staying would only bring more humiliation upon himself.
Xu Zimei watched the back of the Sad Taoist as he left, shaking his head with a light chuckle.
In fact, both the Sad and Happy Taoists were outstanding among the Emperor Pulse Realm powerhouses.
The experiences of both their lives were filled with drama.
The Happy Taoist was born into a wealthy and noble family. From the day he was born, he lacked nothing.
When it came to martial cultivation, he was detected to have first-class aptitude and was directly favored by the Sect Master of a local sect, who took him as a direct disciple.
Since then, he began a smooth and prosperous cultivation journey.
He advanced to the Condensing Vein Realm at the age of twenty and the Empty Vein Realm at fifty.
After the age of two hundred, he reached the Esteem Vein Realm, and now, having cultivated for seven hundred years, he had also become a powerhouse in the Emperor Pulse Realm.
This pace of progression would not be considered much for people from the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect, but one must know that he had always been a loose cultivator before this, and even the initial sect he joined was but a minor one.
Compared to the Happy Taoist, the life of the Sad Taoist was far more tragic.
His mother died in childbirth on the day of his birth, and in his childhood, his father was also hacked to death by bandits.
From a young age, he began a life of wandering. For a long time, he lived as a beggar, and there was even a period when he went completely insane.
During his insanity, he accidentally consumed a divine herb, which subsequently began to change his life.
Later, fate curiously brought the Sad Taoist and the Happy Taoist together, and the two unintentionally shared their own stories with each other.
One had experienced all the hardships of the human world, while the other had always had a smooth sailing life.
Both gained insights from each other’s stories, then realized the Great Dao of Sorrow and Joy, and afterward joined the Lan Family.
......
The Sad Taoist hadn’t been gone long when Ren Pingsheng came drifting through the air and found Xu Zimei.
"Young Master, the entire Myriad Beasts Sect is on the lookout for you," said Ren Pingsheng with a hint of helplessness. "I heard that whoever provides information on your whereabouts will be rewarded with an Earth Tier weapon."
"Do they know my identity?" Xu Zimei asked. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"They shouldn’t," Ren Pingsheng shook his head and replied.
"Do you want to play a big game with me?" Xu Zimei said with a smile.
"Play what?" Ren Pingsheng asked, puzzled.
"Destroy the Myriad Beasts Sect," Xu Zimei said, enunciating each word.
Ren Pingsheng was startled and quickly responded, "Young Master, things haven’t escalated to that point between us and the Myriad Beasts Sect. If you just reveal your identity and apologize properly, they wouldn’t dare to trouble you."
"I don’t want to apologize, so the only option is to annihilate them," Xu Zimei replied indifferently.
Ren Pingsheng fell silent for a moment before speaking with resignation, "But with just the two of us, we can’t eradicate them."
"That’s where the Great Emperor’s True Artifacts in your possession will come in handy," Xu Zimei said.
Afterwards, Xu Zimei led Ren Pingsheng to a vacuum area in the Wind Domain, where there was a thin black membrane within.
Xu Zimei knew this was a Formation, and inside the Formation was the heart of the Pure Moon Divine Realm, where the Pure Moon Altar was located.
This Formation was an eighth-tier Formation that martial artists below the Saint Vein Realm couldn’t break directly with their strength.
Even a martial artist of the Saint Vein Realm would need some time to break through the Formation, but during that time, the Myriad Beasts Sect would certainly be alerted.
What Xu Zimei needed to do was to enter the Formation quietly without drawing the attention of the Myriad Beasts Sect.
He said to Ren Pingsheng, "Let the Sun Devouring Axe find one of the Array Seals and consume it, then take its place and open a gap for us to enter."
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Ren Pingsheng was a bit puzzled, but he still awoke the Artifact Spirit within the Sun Devouring Axe.
Black spiritual energy twined around the Sun Devouring Axe, and a majestic voice resounded from within.
"Junior, for what purpose have you awakened me?"
Ren Pingsheng hurriedly conveyed Xu Zimei’s suggestion to the Sun Devouring Axe.
After sizing up the Formation, the Artifact Spirit said with self-satisfaction, "An eighth-tier Formation, even a typical Great Emperor’s True Artifact would struggle to enter without making a sound.
However, my devouring attribute just happens to counter it, junior, this is the second task I have done for you."
Hearing the Artifact Spirit’s words, Ren Pingsheng nodded quickly, knowing that after ten tasks, according to the agreement between the Artifact Spirit and the Great Emperor, he would gain his freedom.
Soon after, the entire Sun Devouring Axe was shrouded in black qi, and demonic qi enveloped a small part of the Formation, with strands of devouring power permeating it.
After a while, a one-meter-tall small door suddenly appeared on the black membrane, into which Xu Zimei and Ren Pingsheng quickly walked.
The Sun Devouring Axe had simply consumed the Array Seal, and once Xu Zimei and Ren Pingsheng had entered, it replaced the Array Seal back in its original place.
Then, the small door gradually closed behind them.
...…
Having entered the heart of the Pure Moon Divine Realm, the space inside was immense. Xu Zimei estimated that it was probably larger than the combined space of the four Spirit Domains outside.
Xu Zimei led Ren Pingsheng eastward for about half a day until they finally saw a barrier in the distance.
This barrier enveloped a hundred li within the Pure Moon Divine Realm, and at the entrance of the barrier, an old man wearing a green Taoist robe was sitting quietly at the door.
