Chapter 369: Hidden Crisis (Bonus Chapter 25 for Average Subscriptions)

The Jiuhua City Branch.

Unlike the perennially gloomy weather at the Half-City Branch, the sky above this city was, most of the time, always illuminated by warm, gentle sunshine.

Even now, as the weather grew colder and winter began to set in, the sunlight in the sky still carried a trace of warmth.

Looking out through the large, transparent glass windows, several young cultivators could be seen practicing their fist techniques on the street, completely oblivious to anyone else.

A young man dressed in purple slightly bowed his right hand and swept it toward the ground, shouting loudly, "Wuse!"

A ball of scorching cultivation qi transformed into a crimson flame, darting out across the ground at an extremely fast speed.

"Haha... Hahaha... Hahahahaha!" The young man ran his hand through his hair and burst into his trademark three-stage laughter, "From now on, please call this young master Iori Yagami!"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost!" Lin Shaobai rolled his eyes at him, "The real Iori Yagami's Yamaiarai is clearly a purple flame, but yours used with the Song Family's Six Yang Formula turns out crimson. You might as well learn Kyo Kusanagi's fist techniques."

"How hard can that be!" Song Qingfeng laughed loudly, threw a punch, and immediately a ball of fire exploded past his fist, followed by an uppercut that blasted out another fierce flame!

Aragami, Kokusen, Yasabi...

As each fierce fist technique was displayed, flames erupted in all directions and heatwaves rushed over, making the originally cold winter day suddenly feel like the scorching summer.

"Awesome!"

"A true Kyo Kusanagi!"

"Do an Orochinagi!"

"...This young master hasn't learned that yet!" Song Qingfeng looked embarrassed.

"How hard can that be?" At this moment, Nalan Mingxue and Lan Yan could be seen walking toward the shop entrance at a leisurely pace.

Nalan Mingxue raised her right hand, and an icy blue, highly concentrated cultivation qi that resembled both flame and mist gathered in her hand, before she swung the icy blue flame out!

Sheets of light blue qi, looking like flame and mist, surged forth with a freezing temperature that seemed to solidify the surrounding air, as clumps of ice crystals formed and shone brilliantly under the sun, dazzling the eyes.

"Oh—!" The eyes of the others went wide, "How did you learn it so fast!"

"Do you know the Final Showdown Mystery Wushiki?!"

"I don't know that one yet for the time being!" Nalan Mingxue's lips curled up slightly as she stepped into the shop.

In the early morning hours, Jiang Xiaoyuan sat at the counter eating instant noodles while counting the money. Nalan Hongwu ordered a box of spicy sticks and carried a bowl of instant noodles, followed by Old Fu. The only difference was that Old Fu was also cradling two bottles of Cola in his arms as the two walked over to the sofa and sat down.

Su Tianji had already begun eating on the sofa with her two disciples, Fenghua and Yuexin, while An Huwei walked in from outside the shop entrance with a swaggering stride.

Xu Zixin and Shen Qingqing sat comfortably on the sofa, drinking Cola...

The disturbances at the Half-City Branch did not seem to affect the peace and tranquility here at all. Except for the shop being larger, everything looked exactly the same as when Fang Qi had left.

"Kid Fang has been over at the Morning Star Sea Realm for so long now." Nalan Hongwu shook his head and said, "Sometimes when this kid isn't around, it really feels a bit unfamiliar."

"Weren't we just watching shows together?" Lan Mo said while eating instant noodles.

"Isn't that all illusory? How can it be the same as the real person." Su Tianji said.

"Sigh! I wonder when the boss will be back." Song Qingfeng finally finished showing off his fist techniques, carried a bowl of instant noodles, and plonked himself onto the sofa, "This young master has completely mastered the Sword Control Technique now. If I fly again this time, I guarantee I will look completely magnificent!"

He was still brooding over the last time he almost landed face-first.

"Xiaoyuan." Lan Yan ordered two bowls of instant noodles and said, "Boss Fang has been out for so long this time, do you miss him?"

"That smelly boss, why should I miss him?" Jiang Xiaoyuan pouted, looking unhappy, "The cultivators over at Half-City are so powerful, and there are so many pretty older sisters, he's probably happy over there and hasn't thought about coming back at all, humph!"

"Achoo!" Just then, the sound of a sneeze echoed down from the stairwell, "Why is it that early in the morning, I hear someone speaking ill of me?"

"This voice... why does it sound a bit familiar?"

Everyone involuntarily turned their gazes and looked over.

"Bo—ss—?!" Jiang Xiaoyuan covered her small mouth in disbelief, "How did you come down from upstairs?!"

"This is all because of the power of this deity!" A red and black cloud followed him down, floating, "This deity's strength reaches the heavens and shakes the past and present, forcefully sending this kid here from who knows how many tens of thousands of miles away!"

Everyone was even more bewildered: "Boss, what is this?!"

"This deity is the noble Saint Demon born between heaven and earth!" An arrogant voice came from the red and black cloud, "You mortal ants should address me as the Holy Demon Sovereign!"

"There is such a powerful thing?!"

"Saint Demon? Both saintly and demonic, what on earth is it...?"

An outburst of discussion erupted. After all, who in the Jiuhua City Branch had ever seen such a thing?!

"Get lost!" Boss Fang directly slapped it back upstairs, "This is the newly minted teleportation array from our main family. Because a small problem occurred during the production process, so..."

Boss Fang pointed at his head: "It has a problem here."

Everyone: "..."

"You're the one with a problem in the brain!" That black cloud flew down again, roaring, "Listen well, this deity is the legendary Saint Demon who is proficient in the laws of heaven and earth. If any of you respect me as the Holy Sovereign and obey this deity's command, this deity can teach you to comprehend the laws of heaven and..."

Before the words could be finished, it was stepped on from mid-air down to the ground.

"Ah—! Ah—! You dare treat this deity like this, after this deity escapes, I will definitely skin you alive and pull out your... ah—!"

After a series of miserable screams, it was kicked back upstairs with another thud, "Clang"!

The door to the stairwell shut.

Boss Fang finally clapped his hands, and then pinched the cheek of Jiang Xiaoyuan, who was holding her instant noodles: "Girl, you've eaten until you've grown fat."

"..."

...

At this very moment, far away within the Taixi Faction.

Inside the secret lands of the Taixi Faction.

"You dogs of the Taixi Faction, you will die horrible deaths! Ah—!" A sharp, miserable scream echoed from the depths of the secret land.

Inside the secret land, lightning flashed, and Venerable Duanyou, dressed in a white robe with gold patterns, looked cold: "It has been so long, yet someone is still persisting?"

A middle-aged cultivator beside him stepped forward: "Venerable, the elders of the various factions have arrived."

Various major forces such as the overseas Yuqiu Mountain, the Longhai Daoist Palace, and the Linglang Mountain had all been invited here. A short, plump cultivator dressed in brocade robes and a jade belt asked first: "Venerable, I wonder how the treatment progress of our disciples is going?"

Venerable Duanyou did not answer, but looked at the middle-aged cultivator beside him.

"You dogs of the Taixi Faction, are you afraid?" Just then, a loud roar came from inside.

The middle-aged cultivator's face darkened as he said, "Most disciples are progressing well, but unfortunately, there are still a few disciples who are poisoned far too deeply, and the situation is not optimistic."

"What?!" The face of the middle-aged cultivator in the brocade robe changed drastically, "This internet addiction is actually this formidable?!"

The cultivator of the Taixi Faction said, "We also did not expect that this poison would be so powerful. Fortunately, we discovered it early, otherwise, we are not trying to be alarmist, but this poison of internet addiction might endanger our entire cultivation world. If everyone present also falls victim to this poison, the entire cultivation world will be in peril!"

"Then... what can be done?!" The three grand sacred factions had been the authorities of the entire cultivation world for thousands of years. Even though they rarely walked the world, the authority of their words to the entire cultivation world went without saying.

The cultivator of the Taixi Faction said, "Naturally, only by completely destroying that shop and eliminating the source of this poison can we save this catastrophe!"

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