This scene was somewhat similar to the madman who appeared in the past. Those who had witnessed the madman's breakthrough before understood.
Qin Wentian had stepped into that level, transcending mortality and entering sainthood, transcending immortal emperors.
"How terrifying." Many people felt their hearts trembling. Murong Xiaoxiao and the others stared in shock at Qin Wentian. Tens of years ago, he was merely a mid-stage immortal emperor during the Lifelong Grand Banquet. Now, in just tens of years, he had broken through consecutively, breaking through the limits of the peak-stage of the immortal emperor realm, stepping into this realm that countless people yearned for.
As for that madman, he was said to have sharpened his sword for a thousand years. From this, one could very well imagine how terrifying the disparity between them was.
"This is what comprehension is. Maybe, although he is at the mid-stage of the immortal emperor realm, his comprehension has already surpassed many peak-stage immortal emperors or even transcendent-stage immortal emperors. For example, Shan Lengqiu."
Back then when the two of them discussed the sword dao, Qin Wentian clearly had a deeper comprehension of the sword compared to Shan Lengqiu.
"Congratulations senior." Yi Qing spoke. Right now, he didn't even refer to Qin Wentian as Brother Qin, he should refer to him as senior instead. In the cultivation world, the strong were always revered. As for age, it wasn't something that could be seen with one's eyes. In addition, it didn't mean that he had to respect you just because you have lived longer. For example, in the Lifelong Realm, there might be some old fellows who had lived longer than the Lifelong Realmlord. But could it be that the Realmlord would have to bow to them as juniors?
Unless it was to the elders of his clan or to people he deeply respected. Only then would he do so.
For example, if Qin Wentian met some elders with lower cultivation bases, he would still refer to them as senior. This was a form of respect. But for strangers, he naturally wouldn't use age to determine seniority. It was strength.
"There's a difference in seniority in comprehending the dao. But only those who can become an empyrean are truly extraordinary." Someone sighed.
"In the past, I've heard that when one reached the peak-stage of the immortal emperor realm, their cultivation base would already be at the peak of perfection. If one wants to take that final step, it can no longer be achieved by increasing one's cultivation base. Instead, it has to depend on one's comprehension. Some people could comprehend it in a single move while others couldn't. Now that senior has stepped into the empyrean realm, this point has been verified."
"Yeah, before this, Senior Qin was already at the peak-stage of the immortal emperor realm. But now, by relying on his comprehension abilities, he managed to reach this step in a mere ten plus years. We are all filled with admiration for him." Everyone's attitude changed again. Ten years ago, they were grateful to Qin Wentian for saving their lives, and they were already in awe of his powerful combat prowess. But now, they regarded Qin Wentian as a figure of another level. In their eyes, there was only respect for extraordinary figures. After Qin Wentian took this step, it meant that there was a real gap between them and a figure of another world.
Although Qin Wentian had only comprehended a single law attribute, given his talent, since he could comprehend a single law attribute within ten plus years, most probably, he would be able to comprehend the other laws sooner or later. At that time, he would be a character on equal footing with the empyreans of the nine world palaces. Characters at that level were naturally lofty existences. Hence, the respect they had for Qin Wentian was extremely natural.
Only Shan Lengqiu had a gloomy expression on his face. He only felt pain and torment in his heart. He had always been cultivating here, hoping that he would be able to break through one day. However, only ten plus years had passed. To cultivators at their level, this period of time was extremely short. He still hadn't comprehended anything yet Qin Wentian had already broken through. When he thought of this, he felt extremely depressed.
However, this was merely Shan Lengqiu's personal feeling. Qin Wentian didn't even glance at him. He stood in the storm and nodded lightly to everyone. After that, his silhouette flashed as he transformed into a beam of sword light and vanished from sight, directly leaving this place.
Upon seeing Qin Wentian leaving, everyone felt a sense of disappointment and frustration. Their hearts had yet to calm down. Breaking through to the empyrean realm within ten plus years? This was simply too terrifying. If Qin Wentian had already comprehended for many years, they might still be able to understand. However, they had all heard that tens of years ago, Qin Wentian was only at the mid-stage of the immortal emperor realm.
However, Qin Wentian naturally wouldn't care about the thoughts of everyone. His entire person was like a beam of sword light, shuttling through the air. Not long after, he arrived at a flaming mountain. This flaming mountain exuded a terrifying heat and in the center of the flaming mountain, there seemed to be a startling red color that resembled fresh blood. The redness caused one's heart to tremble.
Qin Wentian enveloped his body with his sword intent. The sword law energy around him was like a layer of armor, enveloping him within. He stepped out step by step, entering the flaming mountain and arriving at the center. Over here, there were many rocks that resembled fresh blood. The surroundings were filled with a blood-red gas. There were no other types of energy here, only flames could exist.
Qin Wentian used his sword to pick them up before tossing them away. He knew that such a terrifying destructive ore wouldn't be able to be taken away using an interspatial ring. It would directly incinerate the ring. Only an empyrean would be able to store it.
Qin Wentian walked around here for several days. After that, he transformed into a sword and left, continuing to roam the Taotie Mine. He didn't come here for the ores, he came here for his cultivation.
Time continued to flow. Qin Wentian didn't care about external affairs, temporarily pushing everything to the back of his mind. The news of Princess Kitamura in the past had greatly stimulated him. Without strength, there was nothing he could do about all of this.
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During these years when Qin Wentian disappeared, there were incidents happening every day in Lifire City. However, the greatest incident was still the death of the Jialan Monarch. This matter had yet to be investigated and it was said that the Lifire Empyrean was infuriated because of this. He continued to announce that the Lifire Empyrean was in charge of all the regions under the Lifire Palace's control, using extremely great benefits to tempt the bandits to surrender themselves.
Also, several years ago, there was actually a greedy person who came to the Lifire Palace. This person was none other than one of the bandits from Heavenly City and he used his immortal sense to sketch out the appearance of the bandit leader. However, no one was able to recognize this person. Zhuge Xiong suspected that this bandit leader must have changed his appearance. Also, this bandit leader's defenses were extremely tight, the bandits didn't know each other at all. There was basically no way for him to find any clues.
Zhuge Xiong knew that it was basically hopeless to start investigating from the bandits.
Hence, that immortal king who received the rewards was still fantasizing about his future. After enjoying a few years of good days in Lifire City, he finally decided to leave the city and head to other places. However, on the first day he left the city, he was already killed by someone. All the cultivation resources he obtained, other than the ones he used up, were all taken back by someone else.
Luckily, the other bandits didn't lose their rationality because of greed. That was why they didn't court their own deaths.
In the Lifire Palace, Zhuge Xiong was reporting this news to the Lifire Empyrean.
"It has been so many years but there's still no news about Jialan's death?" The Lifire Empyrean's voice was filled with unhappiness.
"Reporting to palace lord, the bandit leader only appeared once. Also, none of the bandits were acquainted with each other. I guess that the bandit leader who killed Jialan might have used some sort of disguise method. There's basically no clues at all. There's only one piece of news that is more suspicious." Zhuge Xiong spoke.
"What news?" The Lifire Empyrean asked. The Jialan Clan made use of this matter to make a big fuss. Right now, even the Lifelong Saint Hall knew about this and sent people to question them. This caused him to feel extremely unhappy.
"The gathering of the bandits seemed to have started from Heavenly City. And Heavenly City was the place where Ye Qianyu's Thousand Feathers Palace was located." Zhuge Xiong spoke.
The eyes of the Lifire Empyrean flashed with a terrifying sharpness. "You still suspect Qin Wentian?"
"Without evidence, this subordinate doesn't dare to suspect anyone." Zhuge Xiong lowered his head. Right now, Qin Wentian was no longer the same as before. He was no longer the Qin Wentian of the past.
"Zhuge Xiong, through these years, you have always been my follower. The matters in Lifire City have always been handled by you. This seat has always trusted your intelligence. If you have anything to say, just say it, no matter who it implicates." The Lifire Empyrean spoke. Zhuge Xiong had always been extremely intelligent, he was his advisor and was deeply trusted by the Lifire Empyrean. Hence, Zhuge Xiong had always been the grand governor.
"Palace lord, since this is the case, this seat will speak directly. According to our investigations, we know that Governor Qin is proficient in the art of disguise. Back then in Heavenly City, he had appeared with a different appearance." Zhuge Xiong analyzed. "Also, after the Jialan Monarch died, all of us instantly suspected him. But in truth, Governor Qin is indeed the most suspicious."
"But back then in the governor's manor, there were indeed many people who saw Qin Wentian leaving the governor's manor. There's no mistake about this matter." The Lifire Empyrean spoke with certainty.
"This is exactly what this subordinate wants to say. What sort of character is Governor Qin? Does he need to give an explanation when he leaves? Those people from the governor's manor, which one of them would dare to disturb him normally? Although he did it very casually that day and didn't seem to be intentional, I still feel that he did it intentionally. The timing is too coincidental. "Zhuge Xiong furrowed his brows.
"In addition, there's another very important point. Since Qin Wentian is proficient in disguise, in that case, wouldn't there be other cultivators who are proficient in disguise who could disguise themselves as Qin Wentian?" Zhuge Xiong asked.
The Lifire Empyrean's eyes flashed when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he still shook his head, "After leaving the governor's manor, if he cooperated with others, the risk would be too great. Also, who would have the guts to cooperate with Qin Wentian? I feel that this isn't reliable."
"Palace lord is truly impressive. This subordinate also feels that this isn't reliable." Zhuge Xiong spoke. The Lifire Empyrean glared at him, "Since you said that this isn't reliable, why are you telling me this?"
"Because, this subordinate has an even bolder conjecture." Zhuge Xiong spoke.
"What conjecture?" The Lifire Empyrean asked.
"Qin Wentian must have cultivated some kind of avatar technique. This avatar technique is extremely powerful, allowing one to temporarily possess his aura." Zhuge Xiong spoke. In an instant, the Lifire Empyrean's eyes flashed with an incomparably resplendent light.
Zhuge Xiong's words seemed to have enlightened him. It was like everything was about to become clear. He felt that there was a very high possibility that this was the truth!
Upon thinking of this, the Lifire Empyrean's eyes narrowed as killing intent flashed in his eyes!
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