Chapter 473: Encountering Guan Yun Again

After that, Xu Lei could no longer use his original identity.

So he disguised himself as a young beggar in the city.

「Just one day later.」

Xu Lei saw a short, stout figure roaring through the sky above the small city where he had been staying.

It was none other than His Majesty the Emperor of the current Great Wu Dynasty.

The number one Martial Arts expert of the present day, a being at the Martial Saint Level.

‘The tide of the times… truly, the times create the hero.’

Xu Lei sighed with emotion.

It was said that the Emperor of the Great Wu Dynasty had originally been nothing more than an unvalued, illegitimate son in his Noble Family.

He was even severely bullied by some of his legitimate half-siblings.

But one day, the Ancient Immortal Martial Secret Collection fell from the heavens, allowing him to defy his fate. He could finally hold his head high, putting all the family members who had bullied him in their place, and he subsequently became a core member of the family.

He was carefully cultivated by his family for several years. Afterward, the family was swept away by the Royal Family’s army of Firearms, and many of the family’s Martial Arts Masters were killed.

But he managed to escape and went into hiding, cultivating arduously until he became a Martial Saint.

He burst onto the scene, suppressing all in his path!

He directly killed the old Emperor and became the Emperor himself.

Such a massive change had occurred in just a few short years.

This was a textbook case of the times creating the hero.

This raging torrent of the new era was something that not even Xu Lei could stop, even if he wanted to!

Although he had brought out Gunpowder, Machine Guns, and cannons, it had only delayed the collapse of the Great Kang.

‘I wonder where the Saint Master is now? What would he think if he saw this scene?’ Xu Lei couldn’t help but wonder.

After all, back then, in the Celestial Palace, the Daoist Scripture Hall had opened.

Originally, everyone could have entered it together to obtain Treasures and inheritances, sharing them all.

Xu Lei guessed that all the Ancient Immortal Martial Arts inheritances in the world today must have come from the Daoist Scripture Hall.

If the Saint Master hadn’t stirred up trouble back then, and everyone had shared the Secret Collection…

…then all the people in the Celestial Palace would have surely become the masters of this era, the most elite figures.

Ordinary people on the ground like these would never have had a chance!

Unfortunately, the Saint Master had insisted on causing trouble. He wanted to devour all the benefits for himself and even burn the bridge after crossing it by killing everyone else!

In the end, he had forced Xu Lei’s hand, leaving him no choice but to blow everything up.

This was what caused the Ancient Immortal Martial Secret Collection to fall into the Mortal World, giving countless ordinary people the chance to come into contact with this Ancient Immortal Martial Arts Extraordinary Path.

It even allowed people like the short, stout middle-aged man in the sky to defy their fate and become a leading figure at the pinnacle of the current era!

Xu Lei estimated that Jue Xuan, Bodhisattva Guan Yun, and the Saint Master were also probably hiding somewhere in the world.

And they too were likely disguised as ordinary people, living amidst society.

Their Magical Power probably hadn’t been restored, either.

It had surely recovered to some degree, but it wasn’t complete.

‘I wonder if they have any talent for Martial Arts Training? But they probably couldn’t cultivate to the Grandmaster or Martial Saint Realm anyway.’

‘Otherwise, in the decades since the revival of Ancient Immortal Martial Arts, it would be impossible not to have heard any legends about them.’

Xu Lei had made simple inquiries about every major figure in the field of Ancient Immortal Martial Arts, and none of them resembled the three.

‘Of course, perhaps they are just lying dormant.’

‘After all, they were the figures at the absolute peak of the last era of Cultivation.’

‘Bodhisattva Guan Yun and the Saint Master practically dominated the last era of Cultivation.’

‘Any Ascender would have been at their mercy.’

‘Let alone the Imperial Authority on the ground.’

‘If they had wanted to control it, they could have done so with ease.’

‘Back then, they had the aid of special Treasures from the Celestial Palace like the Spiritual Liquid. Any Magical Power they consumed could be restored with it.’

‘They could also use the Spiritual Liquid to preserve their youth and extend their lifespans.’

‘So, if they had wanted to be emperors on the ground back then, it would have been entirely possible.’

‘It’s just that they wouldn’t have chosen to live on the ground; they would have chosen to live in the Celestial Palace.’

‘After all, living in the Celestial Palace was beneficial to their Cultivation.’

‘It made it harder for their bodies to age, allowing them to live longer.’

But now the Sun Palace has been destroyed. They can only live on the ground now.

And their lives on the ground are probably not that great.

‘To think they’re now ruled by these ordinary people who have mastered Ancient Immortal Martial Arts!’

Of course, Xu Lei estimated that they would probably rise again one day.

‘After all, Bodhisattva Guan Yun and the Saint Master were the two top figures of the previous era!’

‘As for Jue Xuan, even back then, Xu Lei couldn’t see through him—what trump cards he had, or what his origins were.’

‘But so many people in the Celestial Palace died, yet he survived. It just goes to show, he is far from simple.’

His Majesty the Emperor of Great Wu dispatched men to search the local area.

But naturally, they didn’t find Xu Lei or his mother.

Although His Majesty the Emperor of Great Wu possessed Extraordinary Martial Arts and immense individual Power, when it came to finding people, he couldn’t just fly around everywhere searching by himself.

This was also the reason why he sought to seize power and authority.

After Xu Lei’s mother fled into the mountain forests, she disappeared without a trace.

The Emperor of Great Wu couldn’t just wander around the mountains by himself, searching endlessly.

And it was difficult for a large army to conduct a search within the mountain forests.

The ability of a Grandmaster to hide in the mountain forests was still very strong.

If they hid among dangerous cliffs and rugged mountain ranges, they would be even harder to deal with.

As for Xu Lei?

Wearing a Human Skin Mask and blending into the sea of people, he was naturally even harder to find.

The world had only just been stabilized, so it was still in a state of disrepair, with many beggars and refugees wandering about.

Xu Lei casually blended in among them, and no one suspected a thing.

In truth, at this moment, the Emperor of Great Wu still had one move that could kill Xu Lei: slaughter every single boy of the right age in all the nearby cities.