Eternal life begins with saving my clan

"If that was it, I wouldn't be panicking right now. The terrifying part is…" He sucked in a cold breath to arrange his thoughts.

Everyone widened their eyes, fixing their gaze on the old man, waiting in anticipation and fear for him to complete his statement.

"The terrifying part is those under him."

Those under him?

Confusion etched on their faces as they couldn't link the story. If their leader was terrifying enough.

Why would he be scared and panicked about those weaker than him?

"From the Phantom sword, we could predict their leader being in the higher realm than everyone. A Core Refining Expert."

A Core Refining Expert!

Everyone inside the hall was stupefied. They held their breath, and their bodies were trembling vehemently.

Who was a Core Refining Expert?

A mighty expert that could vanquish one hundred peak Foundation Building realm as if they were killing flies.

In Zizhu prefecture, the Prefecture lord was the strongest.

He was only at the Early Core Refining realm stage 3, while other powerful clans only had half-step Core Refining and Core Refining realm stage.

There was no clan that had a stage 2 Core Refining expert apart from the Prefecture clan.

From this, it shows how terrifying and difficult it is to become a Core Refining stage expert.

Therefore, they realized such an expert was in their city. They were thrown into a web of conflicting emotions.

The two most dominant emotions were fear and panic. With such an expert, if he decided to take charge of the city, who would dare say no.

Their clan as the lord of the city would be replaced if not exterminated in the twinkle of an eye.

As they dwelled in the rabbit hole, they heard the voice of the old man.

"You don't have to worry about that. The expert didn't seem to care about the city apart from his store."

Hmm?

They creased their brows with a stunned expression, expecting him to elaborate on what he meant by that statement.

But the old man seemed not to be interested.

"You don't have to worry about that. Why I told you all this is because of our young master."

"Young master, what do you think of the Celestial Heavenly store attendant?" He asked.

Ye Zhen tried to control his conflicting emotions by taking a deep breath. What he just learned caused everything he knew and believed to shatter into pieces.

Still, he gathered his emotions together and said seriously. "They are not strong at all. They are in the Intermediate Qi Refinement realm. Only a few are in the peak."

"Good." The old man soothed his long white beard.

"If you fight with any of them what would be the result?"

Ye Zhen didn't think much about it and responded confidently.

"I'll kill them in one exchange."

Everyone in the hall nodded, affirming his response. The gap between a Foundation Building realm and Qi Refinement realm was too large that they can't be compared at all.

"Wrong!" The old man's voice shattered their illusion.

En!

Ye Zhen and everyone looked at the old man with wide eyes. How could he say he won't be able to kill an ordinary Qi Refinement warrior?

Sighed. The old man shook his head and said slowly.

"You won't even last a second in their presence. Not even you. I won't even last more than two moves in their presence."

"Impossible!" Ye Zhen shouted.

"Nothing is impossible. Their existence tells otherwise. Why do you think their store has no guards protecting it? Hmm?"

"Five Crimson Jade Pavilion elders in the Foundation realm entered the store to cause problems but never came out."

"During the war with them, they killed Qi Refinement warriors like ants and Foundation Building realm experts like bigger ants."

"It doesn't matter if you're in the early or Peak Foundation realm. You won't last more than three moves in their presence."

"They are the horrifying force that sends everyone into panic. In front of such force, who are we? Ants."

"And if such force decided to join the Hidden Dragon tournament what do you think will happen?"

Ye Zhen dragged his feet back to his courtyard. He came back home filled with pride and confidence.

When he found out about the novelty of the Spirit Comms, he just decided to try it on a whim.

The ingenuity of such invention shocked him and opened a wider world to him. To relax from his intense training, he decided to participate in the ranking.

Enjoying the thrill and love from his newfound fans. He wanted to become the leader by all means, and that was what led him to call the elders.

He hoped the elders would give him more funds to use. But who would have expected he would receive the lecture of his life.

The thrill and fun he derived from the ranking disappeared into thin air. He was sad and depressed.

He had cultivated very hard and endured much humiliation to have his current strength.

And now, he was told he won't even last a single move from an ordinary Qi Refinement expert.

What about his hard work and the humiliation he endured to become this strong?

He raised his head and stared intently at the full moon in the sky with a defiant appearance deep in his eyes.

"I don't agree. I won't agree" He muttered with firm determination.

"Since he looked down on me so much. I will prove him wrong and defeat them with a single attack." He vowed.

Taking a deep breath, he sent his consciousness into the Spirit Comms and wrote something.

While everyone was looking at the ranking with anticipation and excitement. Shocking news spread throughout the You Connect.

Quickly, everyone that was still online heard the news. Besides, the You Connect brought to the front trendy news.

Instantly, everyone logged out of the You Connect as if they were scared not to be implicated by the news if they lingered too much on the Spirit Comms.

They would be part of what to come next.

They couldn't understand what Ye Zhen was thinking for him to write such a post. Did he not hear about the carnage that happened a couple of weeks ago?

Instantly, the electrifying atmosphere turned into a deafening tension that would leave the city sleepless.