Heir of Tianji Sect

“How could this be?”

“It’s one thing for him to cultivate the same Cultivation Technique as me, but his Realm is actually higher than mine?”

He Zhenghao was momentarily speechless, immediately falling into deep self-doubt.

“This is trouble…”

In an instant, many thoughts flooded He Zhenghao’s mind.

But in the end, he decided to temporarily seek refuge on Wanxian Island.

Just as he was about to activate the teleportation formation.

“I know you’re hiding in there, why don’t you dare come out and see me?” The other party’s angry roar sounded again, like thunder.

The entire Liuli Island seemed to tremble with this shout.

He Zhenghao’s face twitched. He didn’t dare to speak, only hastily activated the teleportation formation.

Who would have thought that the person seemed to have discovered his actions.

“Trying to escape? Hmph!”

A wave of Qi instantly enveloped the sky above Liuli Island.

He Zhenghao was horrified to discover that the Liuli Island teleportation formation had lost contact with Wanxian Island.

“Space Lock?!”

Cold sweat instantly dripped from his forehead.

However, in a flash, He Zhenghao reacted.

“No, it’s just that he’s temporarily affecting the connection of the teleportation formation nodes through some unknown method…”

Just as he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He suddenly discovered that the Cultivator who had suddenly come to his door had transformed into a streak of light and rushed directly towards the island’s protective grand formation below.

He Zhenghao was delighted: “So he’s a brute! My Mountain-River Star-Battling Formation is not to be trifled with, even if you are a Golden Core cultivator…”

As he was thinking this, something that made him dumbfounded happened.

The other party treated the grand formation as if it were nothing, flying in grandly.

His flight path seemed random, yet he always moved along the weakest protective nodes of the formation.

And his speed was extremely fast. In an instant, before He Zhenghao could react.

He landed in front of him.

The man stared at him coldly, his eyes full of killing intent: “You’re the brat who secretly learned my Sect’s Cultivation Technique?”

He Zhenghao’s mind instantly went blank.

He didn’t have time to think about why the other party could so easily break his proud Mountain-River Star-Battling Formation.

A terrifying, almost tangible killing intent enveloped him, and He Zhenghao’s heart began to pound uncontrollably.

“Misunderstanding! It’s absolutely a misunderstanding!”

“Fellow Daoist, please don’t act!”

Facing the threat of death, He Zhenghao shouted repeatedly.

“Fellow Daoist?” The ferocity in the other party’s eyes intensified.

“A mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, how dare he call a Golden Core Immortal Master ‘Fellow Daoist’?”

“Are Cultivators nowadays all so ignorant of etiquette?”

A pressure far stronger than that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator suddenly erupted from him.

He Zhenghao instantly felt as if a great mountain was pressing on his shoulders. His knees went weak, and he almost couldn’t hold on, nearly kneeling on the spot.

He Zhenghao was instantly filled with grievance.

Let alone Golden Core cultivators, even Nascent Soul cultivators, I, He Zhenghao, address them as Fellow Daoist!

However, with the villain before him, and for the sake of his own life, He Zhenghao had no choice but to temporarily submit to the other party’s force.

Forcing a difficult smile, He Zhenghao said with some difficulty: “Misunderstanding, it’s really a misunderstanding!”

“Senior, let’s talk it over!”

The other party scanned him with cold eyes, temporarily retracting his pressure.

“I ask, you answer!”

“If you lie to me…”

“Die!”

He Zhenghao’s heart skipped a beat when he heard what the other party said.

He nodded incessantly like a pecking chick, indicating that he understood.

“How did you obtain your Sitting Mountain Skill?” the other party asked.

“This Junior obtained it unexpectedly while exploring an Immortal Cave in my youth. It’s absolutely not…”

He Zhenghao had not finished speaking when he heard the other party ask again.

“Immortal Cave? Where is it located? Why would it contain my Sect’s Legacy?”

He Zhenghao quickly described the location and internal structure of that Immortal Cave.

The other party narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent for a moment.

Then, he actually spoke of some details inside the Immortal Cave, asking He Zhenghao if they were true.

He Zhenghao was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

Noticing that the other party’s killing intent was gradually receding, He Zhenghao couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be lost in thought, he bravely asked: “I observe Senior’s words and actions, all are unusual.”

“May I ask if Senior has just awakened from a deep sleep?”

It was not surprising that He Zhenghao would make such a guess.

Nowadays, which Cultivator still talks about ‘Sects’ all the time?

Moreover, there have been cases of ancient Cultivators awakening after sleeping for thousands of years.

He Zhenghao was not particularly surprised by this.

He just felt that he was truly too unlucky.

The other party did not directly admit it, but his expression became somewhat serious.

“I’d like to ask you, what exactly has happened these past years?”

“Why would Cultivation Techniques inexplicably generate a sense of connection?”

“The world seems to have changed…”

He Zhenghao became even more convinced of his guess.

He immediately meticulously described to him everything that had happened in the Xuanhuang World after the Heavenly Venerate’s Chuan Fa and the arrival of the Great Tribulation, as well as the current state of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

The other party’s expression changed repeatedly as he listened.

And He Zhenghao, through constant probing, finally slowly understood the other party’s identity.

His name was Li Fan, a Cultivator from the Ancient Heavenly Mystery Sect.

He had fallen into a deep sleep due to an accident.

After waking up, not only had his Realm regressed to the Golden Core Realm.

But a sense of connection had also appeared in his heart.

Li Fan, not understanding why, followed the location of the sensation to Liuli Island.

And only after discovering that He Zhenghao, who cultivated the same Sitting Mountain Skill, was not a Tianji Sect Disciple, did the scene of interrogation just now occur.

“Senior, how did you discern that I am not a Tianji Sect Disciple?”

Although He Zhenghao inwardly lamented his bad luck, he still had some doubts.

Li Fan scoffed: “After a thousand years, have Cultivators become so ignorant?”

“Your question is like asking why a Cultivator can tell at a glance that a Yao Beast is not human.”

“Our Tianji Sect Cultivators focus on the unity of heaven and man. All Cultivation Techniques within the Sect are inextricably linked to Qi. I naturally have a secret art that can distinguish.”

He Zhenghao’s old face flushed slightly as he listened to the other party’s disdainful tone.

Just as he was about to say something more, he saw Li Fan suddenly staring intently at him.

“Senior, you…” He Zhenghao couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

“How long have you been cultivating the Sitting Mountain Skill?” Li Fan asked.

He Zhenghao was slightly startled: “It’s been over a hundred years…”

“The Sitting Mountain Skill is such a divine Cultivation Technique, yet you’ve been cultivating it for so long and are only at the Foundation Establishment Realm?”

Li Fan looked at He Zhenghao suspiciously: “Could it be that you also suffered an injury and your Realm dropped?”

He Zhenghao’s face instantly turned crimson upon hearing this.

“Senior, you may not know, this Sitting Mountain Skill…”

He was about to defend himself, but then he suddenly remembered that this person was the ancestor of the Sitting Mountain Skill.

For a moment, he couldn’t speak.

He stammered and remained rooted to the spot.

However, it was Li Fan who helped him out.

He seemed to remember something and suddenly realized: “Right, you can’t sense the Heavenly Dao. No wonder your cultivation is so slow.”

“Relying only on 【Zuoshan】 without going to 【Zuoxian】. Difficult, difficult, difficult!”