Tian Lin was one of two Great Lords of World Planes in Crimson Flame Planet. With his status as a World Paragon, he might not be supreme in the cultivation planets in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, but in Crimson Flame Planet, which was located at the periphery, he and the other World Paragon could be said to be the most awe-inspiring voices in Crimson Flame Planet.
That was why once Tian Lin greeted Su Ming as someone of equal status, the hundreds of cultivators in the area wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed to him.
Su Ming stood on the Crimson Python Phoenix's head, and a smile appeared on his face as he wrapped his fist in his palm towards Tian Lin as a response.
"I am Su Ming. Since I got along well with this beast, I brought it out. If I caused this planet to fall into chaos, please forgive me." When Su Ming spoke, Tian Lin smiled, and a hint of fondness towards Su Ming rose in his heart.
In his eyes, there was no hint of arrogance in Su Ming's words. Instead, he was speaking as someone of equal status to him. After all, respect usually came from both parties when their levels of power were similar. When he saw Su Ming speaking politely, along with everything that had happened previously, his desire to befriend him grew even stronger in his heart.
"Fellow Daoist Su, you're being too polite. I dare not accept your forgiveness. I'll tell you about this later. First, let me introduce a friend to you." Tian Lin did not even spare a glance at the hundreds of cultivators around him. In his eyes, besides the ferocious beasts that had lost their intelligence, there was only one person in Crimson Flame Planet who was worthy of his attention. But now, Su Ming had appeared as well.
At the same time he spoke, a cold harrumph came from the air. A person walked out from the air to the east of Crimson Flame Planet before Tian Lin. It was an old woman. Her face was covered in wrinkles, her eyes were dark, and her hair was a mess. However, there was a murderous air about her, making her look like a ferocious spirit of the world. Once she appeared, the old woman immediately looked towards Su Ming, and a dark light shone in her eyes.
Su Ming stood on the Crimson Python Phoenix's head and lifted his head to meet the old woman's gaze.
There was a dark look in the old woman's eyes, but Su Ming's eyes were cold, as if there was not a hint of emotion in them. The two of them looked at each other in midair, then the old woman narrowed her eyes. Once she shifted her gaze away from Su Ming, she first looked at the Crimson Python Phoenix, then at the eight-colored crystal in Su Ming's hand. After some time, she opened her mouth and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"I am Mei Lan. Fellow Daoist Su, you should be passing by Crimson Flame Planet, right? The galaxy is vast, and all those who come from afar are guests. Once you rest for a while, seven days later, fellow Daoist Tian and I will personally escort you away. The old woman had a fake smile on her face. Her voice sounded like teeth grinding against each other, and it was extremely unpleasant to the ears. When the hundreds of cultivators around her heard it, they felt a stabbing pain in their hearts.
Tian Lin frowned as he looked at the old woman, and a pensive look appeared on his face.
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Su Ming looked at Tian Lin and asked faintly, "Fellow Daoist Tian, do you have the same thoughts as well?"
Tian Lin frowned, but before he could say anything, the old woman let out a cold harrumph.
"Fellow Daoist Su, could it be that you intend to stay in Crimson Flame Planet for a long period of time?"
"I didn't want to, but now I've changed my mind. I can live here for a long time." Su Ming's voice was neither too fast nor too slow, but there was a biting chill in his voice that caused illusionary snowflakes to appear around him.
He knew that he could not retreat now. Once he did, not only would he not be able to gain a foothold in this place, he would also arouse the suspicions of the people around him. In fact, in this Barren Lands of Divine Essence where the strong preyed on the weak, unless he immediately left Crimson Flame Planet, if he showed any signs of weakness, he would definitely bring disaster upon himself.
In the face of Su Ming's unyielding attitude and aloof words, the old woman fell silent. Once she scrutinized him a few times, uncertainty appeared in her heart, but soon, a cold sneer appeared on her lips.
"Since you intend to stay here for a long period of time, then I'd like to see whether you've hidden your power. If you only have that ferocious beast and that eight-colored crystal, then you don't have the right to gain a foothold in this place!" The old woman's words were ghastly. She took a step forward, and the power that belonged to a World Paragon erupted from her body. That power swept through the world, causing a large amount of ripples and tumbling about in the sky. A gigantic, mighty pressure descended on the ground, causing the breathing of the hundreds of cultivators in the area to quicken as they retreated.
In their eyes, this was a battle between World Paragons. This sort of battle was rarely seen in Crimson Flame Planet, and perhaps it would be beneficial to their cultivation base if they could see it with their own eyes. It was especially so for those in Heaven Cultivation Realm. Their eyes shone brightly.
"It's said that Senior Mei stepped into World Plane Realm seven hundred years ago and became a World Paragon. I wonder what her level of cultivation is now, but this place is barren of resources, and the power of World Planes is rare. She should be at the threshold of the initial stage of World Plane Realm …"
"Even if she's at the threshold of the initial stage of World Plane Realm, she can still possess the will to make the sky and earth shatter, understand the changes in the world, and fuse with Crimson Flame Planet …"
Quite a number of the hundreds of cultivators immediately started discussing among themselves. However, most of their voices were transmitted to each other, and they did not actually speak.
Almost at the instant the old woman took a step forward and activated the power of a World Paragon, the Crimson Python Phoenix under Su Ming's feet lifted its head and let out a shocking roar. Su Ming immediately sensed the mighty pressure coming from the old woman's body. He lifted his right hand, and the killing sword manifested swiftly in his hand.
With the Crimson Python Phoenix around, it could dissolve the old woman's mighty pressure. Su Ming might still be in Earth Cultivation Realm, but at the same time the killing sword exuded a piercing cold presence … there was also an indistinct murderous aura that seemed to be hiding within Su Ming's body, fighting against the old woman's mighty pressure in an unseen manner.
When Tian Lin saw that the battle was about to begin, he lifted his foot and took a step forward to stand between old Mei Lan and Su Ming.
"If there isn't any great hatred between the two of you, why must the two of you fight?" Tian Lin sighed.
"Fellow Daoist Mei Lan, we've been neighbors in this place for hundreds of years, and we've always lived in harmony. We never attacked each other, and we often discuss Arts and words. I shouldn't stop you from attacking.
"But you have to think this through. Fellow Daoist Su's eight-colored crystal is rare. He might only have one, but it would be easy for him to freeze your soul for a few breaths …"
"If you stay by the side and don't attack when my soul is frozen, then I'll have a way to break free. There's no harm in me leaving this Crimson Flame Planet, which is about to become a land of trouble," the old woman said with a cold sneer.
As Tian Lin laughed wryly, the old woman spoke again.
"I refuse to believe that you can't see my intentions. It's not that Crimson Flame Planet can't accommodate a third World Paragon, and it won't affect my training either. After all, there were three World Paragons in the past.
"But … he broke the seal on the Crimson Python Phoenix. This will take several years if it's quick, and nine years if it's slow. Once the True Guards come to patrol again and see this, they will definitely descend on Crimson Flame Planet in large numbers to investigate. At that time, it won't be just me, you will be the same. In fact, all the cultivators here … Heh heh, no one will be able to escape death." The old woman stared at Su Ming, but her words were directed to Tian Lin.
"Unless he leaves this place!" When the old woman lifted her right hand, the ripples in the world behind her immediately froze and gathered on her right hand.
"If he puts the Crimson Python Phoenix back into the seal and leaves immediately, he will be able to avoid this disaster!"
Tian Lin remained silent for a moment before he spoke swiftly. A resolute look appeared on his face. "... I hope that this place will become the second Black Ink Planet."
"Must you stop me?" A freezing glare shone in the old woman's eyes. When she saw that Tian Lin was still standing there, she sucked in a deep breath and slowly lowered her right hand before she looked towards Su Ming.
"I'll allow you to stay here for eight years. If you don't leave after eight years, then for the sake of Crimson Flame Planet, I will definitely kill you!" The old woman turned around swiftly. Just as she was about to leave, she cast a glance at Yue Hong Bang, who was standing not too far away. A glint appeared in her eyes, and she lifted her right hand to point at him.
"You are the one who brought this disaster here. I will kill you to serve as a warning to others!"
With it, Yue Hong Bang's expression immediately changed drastically. He retreated swiftly, but right before his eyes, three black threads appeared out of nowhere in the air around him. They surrounded his body and swiftly shrank. One of the three ring-shaped black threads was around his neck, another around his chest, and the last around his waist. If the three threads shrank at the same time, they would be able to tear Yue Hong Bang apart.
Fear appeared on Yue Hong Bang's face, along with madness. He did not ask for help from Su Ming. He knew that this was an incredibly important moment for Su Ming. To avoid a battle with a World Paragon who was clearly trying to kill him to vent his anger, Yue Hong Bang gritted his teeth and erupted his power in Heaven Realm. At the instant the three threads shrank, his body was torn to shreds with a bang.
However, no blood flowed out from his torn body. Instead, it turned into a withered bamboo. Yue Hong Bang's body appeared a hundred something feet away, and he coughed up a huge mouthful of blood. His face was haggard and pale. Clearly, he had used his life-saving item during the crisis just now. He might have avoided death, but he was still injured.
"Hmm? Your ancestor is Ku Zhu … Oh well, I'll spare your life for the sake of Ku Zhu in the past. " The old woman looked at the withered bamboo, and a hint of melancholy appeared on her face. She turned around and no longer bothered herself with the crowd. She turned into a long arc, intending to leave.
Even Tian Lin cast a profound glance at Yue Hong Bang when he saw the withered bamboo.
Yue Hong Bang's face was pale. He lowered his head and did not speak.
When the hundreds of people in the area saw this, they felt slightly regretful in their hearts. They knew that they might not be able to fight anymore.
Yet at that instant, Su Ming's aloof voice traveled forth swiftly.
"You humiliated me and tried to kill my servant. Mei Lan, are you going to leave just like that?" As he spoke, a heinous murderous aura that caused the expressions of all the people in the area to change drastically appeared on Su Ming's body!
The strength of that murderous aura was rarely seen in the crowd. Even in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, it was rare for anyone to sense such a thick murderous aura from a person's body. It was as if it was not a murderous aura that had existed for a single lifetime, but was instead … a shocking murderous aura that had gathered together from the countless lives that had been reincarnated!
If he let the old woman leave just like that, then Su Ming knew that his standing in Crimson Flame Planet would be shaken. The only way to avoid this … was to draw his sword! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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