Chapter 868 - 818: Qilian the Demi Immortal, Long Time No See! (2)

"There’s a road to heaven, yet you refuse to take it! Since you want to be stubborn, I’ll indulge you! Remember me, I am Qi Lian the Demi Immortal! The first Guardian Institute Director after the founding of the country!"

Chuanshu.

In a disordered gaming room.

An old man in simple hemp clothes pressed one hand on a middle-aged man’s forehead and the other under his chin.

As he spoke in a sinister and malicious tone,

he gave the other party no chance to respond.

A quick twist, one hand forward and the other back.

The man’s eyes widened in shock and horror, and his life ended there.

The name Qi Lian the Demi Immortal was not unfamiliar to him.

The name Guardian Institute was even more famous in the Martial Arts World.

But he never imagined such an inhumane butcher was the revered Qi Lian the Demi Immortal!

Nor did he expect treachery within the Guardian Institute!

Though Qi Lian the Demi Immortal had long retired from the institute and disappeared for decades.

Wasn’t the institute’s creed "once a guardian, always a guardian"?

Why?

Why did he die innocently at the institute’s hands?

No one could give him an answer.

Perhaps only in the Netherworld could the four Guardian Heavenly Kings explain.

Letting go,

the mid-stage Dark Energy Martial Artist fell helplessly.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal didn’t spare him another glance.

Surveying the chaotic gaming room, illuminated by their lights.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal chuckled sinisterly, relishing the moment.

"The light, how wonderful it is!"

To him, these inhumane slaughters bore no repulsion.

For he understood one truth, there are no free meals in this world.

Every reward is destined to come with a price.

Compared to enjoying the light once more.

Compared to finding a way and opportunity to pursue the Vast World.

What does slaughtering these ants matter?

Overthrowing the Martial Arts World, spreading disaster throughout it, why not?

One must admit.

Those decades of darkness, darkened not only Qi Lian the Demi Immortal’s eyes but also his heart.

Decades of mental torment had made him extremely extreme in his solitude.

Extreme enough to willingly become a demon!

Extreme enough to forget his original identity and oaths.

To cut a path to the Vast World.

To carve a chance to seek Ascension and the Heavenly Dao.

This was his only thought and goal.

For this goal, he wouldn’t hesitate to serve the Heavenly Dao’s child!

Yet in his sinister and insane self-musing.

Outside the gaming room.

A voice, ethereal yet full of mocking sarcasm, drifted in.

"Light is indeed wonderful, but what about death?"

Swish-!

Hearing this sudden voice.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal shuddered.

"Who???"

"Qi Lian the Demi Immortal, long time no see!"

Following Qi Lian’s words.

Qin Fan, having hidden his aura, leisurely walked into the room, smiling harmlessly as he spoke of their long absence.

"You actually found me here?"

Seeing Qin Fan appear, Qi Lian the Demi Immortal was first struck with terror.

He had considered the entire Guardian Institute coming for him.

He’d thought of powerful hidden experts emerging to quell disorder.

But he’d never considered Qin Fan getting involved.

Given Qin Fan’s well-known ties with the Forbidden City,

Perhaps Qin Fan yearned for more chaos in the Martial Arts World, why would he muddy the waters to oppose them?

"Finding you is as easy as flipping a hand! You should thank the fate lady, she granted you half a day more to live!" Qin Fan scoffed, shaking his head.

"You want to kill me?" An old brow furrowed, Gang Realm energy blasting forth. Qi Lian the Demi Immortal glared at Qin Fan like an enraged King Kong, yet subconsciously retreated a few steps.

"What else?" Qin Fan remarked mockingly at Qi Lian’s hint of retreat.

"Where are they?" Feeling Qin Fan’s aggressive gaze fixed on him, Qi Lian the Demi Immortal gritted his teeth and asked.

"Dead! You’re next!" Qin Fan shrugged.

"Useless, a bunch of trash!"

Hearing the four Heavenly Kings were dead.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal wasn’t sorrowful, but furiously cursed.

This reaction left Qin Fan dumbfounded!

Those old drunkards, they served such an old thief?

"Master, how can you say such things? How could those words come from your mouth?"

As Qi Lian’s words fell.

A figure darted in from the outside.

It was Hua Xiaotian, staring at Qi Lian the Demi Immortal in disbelief, eyes full of shock and unfamiliarity.

"Xiaotian, you’re here? Quick, kill this bastard!"

Suddenly lunging, Qi Lian the Demi Immortal pulled the unsuspecting Hua Xiaotian in front of him, shouting anxiously.

"Master! Wake up, how much longer will you be insane! Do you know, Master Jiu, Master Monk, Master Idle, Master Niu, they’re all dead! All dead!"

Gazing at Qi Lian like a stranger, Hua Xiaotian screamed in madness and tears.

Changed, changed, everything has changed!

This Qi Lian the Demi Immortal before him felt nothing but foreign!

No longer the loyal Guardian Institute Director for Huaxia!

No longer the kind and loving Demi Immortal Master!

Instead, he had become a selfish demon!

A madman with no integrity!

Seeing Qi Lian’s eyes that regained their light, he didn’t question how it happened.

The tears streaming down Hua Xiaotian’s face were his only expression!

"You ungrateful wretch! If it weren’t for me, you’d be wolf food! If it weren’t for me, would you be where you are today? If it weren’t for me, could you be the revered Master Hua? It was I who gave you everything! Now someone wants to kill me, and you shrink back? Haha- hahaha! I must have been blind to pick you up back then!"

Deranged and frantically shouting.

Qi Lian the Demi Immortal unexpectedly yanked Hua Xiaotian and dashed out.

Seemingly catching Qin Fan by surprise.

He hurled Hua Xiaotian towards Qin Fan.

Then swiftly turned into an afterimage and vanished outside the gaming room.