Chapter 259 - 135: We Should Have Our Own Territory

Chapter 259: Chapter 135: We Should Have Our Own Territory

Yu Sheng and Lin Shu were very famous.

One was a budding Immortal Descendant, the other held the title of Trial’s First Disciple.

But what did "Trial’s First Disciple" truly mean?

To put it bluntly, it just meant he had achieved dazzling results among the younger generation, the newcomers who had just stepped into the Cultivation Realm.

But no matter how dazzling, he was still just a greenhorn.

He might earn praise and admiration from the crowd, but it was difficult for him to command emotions like respect.

Forget the position of Mountain Master Disciple; even when Lin Shu was made a lecturer at the Martial Arts Academy, many students were unconvinced, believing their own cultivation and strength surpassed his.

Furthermore, with the fall of Yongzhou Pass, the events that had transpired there were buried along with the Immortal Descendants who had perished.

Of the two hundred disciples who escaped, most had never even been to Shihu City during their trial in the Border Region.

They had never even met the master and disciple. No matter how much they hyped up the story of their return, it was hard to provide any convincing details.

But now, the four grotesque, severed heads and the powerful cultivation Yu Sheng had suddenly revealed completely shattered everyone’s perception of the master and disciple.

"The disciple single-handedly slayed four Core Formation Perfection experts, living up to his name as Mountain Master Disciple. And his Master, so young, is only a step away from the Golden Core Realm—already showing the bearing of a Celestial Pride!"

"No wonder they were able to rescue so many disciples from Yongzhou Pass."

"How did she become so powerful?"

The onlookers were stunned and amazed, but they couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.

Among them were not only lecturers and students from the Martial Arts Academy, but also many adult Immortal Descendants who had come to the Scholars’ Academy for advanced studies.

Before adulthood, Immortal Descendants mostly relied on Inheritance Spiritual Light to accelerate their growth. But once they reached Core Formation, the shackles of their bloodline meant they needed vast quantities of treasures to arduously advance their cultivation.

An Immortal Descendant whose bloodline power wasn’t pure or potent enough might never reach the Golden Core Realm in their entire lifetime under this restriction, let alone the Nascent Soul Realm—a realm that would put them on par with a Half-Life Immortal Family.

So-called Celestial Prides were those among them with the potential to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

Their bloodlines were formidable; when they consumed the same treasures, the boost they received far surpassed their peers, and their ultimate potential was also higher!

This was the source of everyone’s confusion.

Even if Yu Sheng truly had the aptitude of a Celestial Pride, who would have bankrolled her?

Lin Shu had previously been just a Trial Disciple, relying on accumulated merit to exchange for Inheritance Spiritual Light. It was already a remarkable feat for him to have helped his Master reach adulthood; it would have been impossible for him to do more.

This had nothing to do with his strength, but rather the fact that his status was simply too low.

Forget Lin Shu—even if the City Lords of Yongzhou Pass were to bleed themselves dry, they could never have gathered that many resources.

At the very least, it would take a Golden Core Senior with a deep heritage, one willing to empty their entire family coffers without a second thought.

But don’t forget, Yu Sheng was an orphan!

What senior from the Yu Family would be insane enough to treat her like that? With so many resources, why wouldn’t they cultivate their own biological children?

"Wait a minute."

Suddenly, an Immortal Descendant student had a realization.

’An orphan... his own child... Could it be Elder Qiheng, who garrisoned Yongzhou Pass?’

Elder Qiheng was a Mid-stage Golden Core expert who held sole command of the Border Region. His only regret in life was that he had no children.

If this elder had discovered Yu Sheng’s astonishing talent, and considering her status as an orphan, wouldn’t it have been a perfect match?

"I was wondering how Yu Sheng, with no one to rely on, dared to confront Yu Duchuan. It turns out she latched onto the biggest backer in the Border Region."

Many Immortal Descendants of the Yu Family wore looks of envy.

He was an old man with no heir. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that inheritance?

Not only did Yu Sheng get her fill, but the old couple also unfortunately met a tragic end. She didn’t even have to do anything for Elder Qiheng and his wife in return. She was still a free agent and could even seek patronage from other elders.

She gained both fame and fortune.

This woman was the biggest winner from the Demon disaster at Yongzhou Pass!

And only this explanation could account for the terrifying strength Lin Shu was now displaying.

Yu Sheng couldn’t afford to support a Mountain Master Disciple, but couldn’t Yu Qiheng?

The master and disciple were both monstrously talented geniuses who happened to meet Immortal Qiheng, a man with no children. They enjoyed the treatment befitting a Celestial Pride and a Mountain Master Disciple, and successfully converted those resources into an appallingly deep foundation.

Now, this pair of monsters had returned, with no ties and no obligations.

It was obvious that Vice Mountain Master Mingxuan didn’t understand the situation and had made a grave miscalculation.

Now, Yu Sheng was no longer the Vice Mountain Master of the Martial Arts Academy who had been artificially propped up.

And Lin Shu was certainly not a Mountain Master Disciple unworthy of the name.

’Senior Mingxuan is in for a world of hurt...’

And just as everyone expected, amid the collapsed ruins of Qingfeng Pavilion, a dozen or so lecturers from the Martial Arts Academy sat on the ground, covered in dust and grime.

Faced with the sharp interrogation of Yu Sheng’s Sword Feathers, they looked up and swallowed hard. Their faces were tense, yet for some reason, they betrayed a hint of guilt.

After a long moment, someone finally mustered the courage to speak. "Immortal Yu Sheng, our Master... Master is normally so busy. How could he possibly keep an eye on every single disciple? How were we supposed to know what Liu Wentao and the others were planning?"

"You destroyed Qingfeng Pavilion based on nothing but their heads! That’s completely unreasonable!"

The disciples seemed to be making a reasonable point, but the expressions of the crowd below instantly turned strange.

Faced with the destruction of their pavilion and the heads of their three senior brothers, the first reaction of these Martial Arts Academy lecturers wasn’t anger on behalf of their Master, but an instinct to shirk responsibility and distance themselves from Liu Wentao and the others.

They might as well have had "guilty" written all over their faces.

"This world is really falling apart."

The Ruan siblings were silent for a long while before letting out a heavy sigh.

Demons have already conquered Yongzhou Pass, yet the Immortal Descendants in the Prefecture City are still playing these power games, trying to use the Demons to eliminate their rivals.