A sense of spatial distortion washed over me, and after a bout of dizziness, the scene before me gradually became clear.
The fresh, slightly salty air, truly belonging to Earth, filled my lungs. I couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling a sense of alienation, as if I were in another world.
When Shen Qian, who was standing in mid-air, came to his senses, he immediately sensed a solemn atmosphere.
Standing next to him were Lin Sanmo and the others, but everyone's face was tense.
The cause was quickly discovered before the sinking.
The oppressive aura emanating from the kings and nobles locked onto the seven people, and... there was more than one king and noble.
The seven emerged from the plaza above where they had entered the Nine Heavens Battlefield. Below, the emotions contained in the countless gazes looking up were far too complex. Shen Qian only glanced briefly at Tantai Qin's cold face, and before he could even feel anything, he immediately turned his gaze to the sky.
Wu Wei, Ma Gongzuo, Pingyang Bo, Xuanming Hou, Luoshen Bo... one by one, the kings and marquises he was familiar with were fixing their gazes on them.
High in the sky, there were many more figures he didn't recognize, but the aura of each figure made him tremble.
Without a doubt, the dozen or so figures in mid-air at this moment were all kings and marquises, and all of them were powerful among kings and marquises.
What alarmed Shen Qian was that he sensed hostility within these auras, especially one particularly strong one. Even though he couldn't discern its direction and it was at a great distance, it still caused a stinging sensation on Shen Qian's skin.
However, when he looked back on the past, he couldn't recall where he had seen this aura before.
"Teacher, what brings you here?"
Mu Ziyan was the first to exclaim in surprise as she looked up at a stunningly beautiful figure in a blue dress high in the sky.
Qianhuanbo!
Upon hearing Mu Ziyan's address, Shen Qian immediately understood the woman's identity.
Cao Qian then approached a middle-aged man, and unsurprisingly, the man with the peaceful face was none other than Uncle Minnan.
Among the many figures high in the sky, the one that attracted Shen Qian's attention the most was a young man in gray clothes, who stood next to Yi Dao Hou, whom Shen Qian had seen in Jingcheng.
At first glance, the gray-clad youth seemed unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, he appeared as if he were from an abyss.
Seemingly noticing Shen Qian's gaze, the gray-clad youth looked up.
boom!
It was as if a giant sword had suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, thrusting straight towards Shen Qian.
Everything around him vanished, leaving only Chen Qian and the sword that seemed to crush everything.
Despair spread through his heart, and just as the alarm bells were ringing, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
The giant sword vanished, and everything returned to normal, as if what had just happened was merely an illusion before the sinking.
"He wasn't targeting you intentionally. It's just that at his level, every move he makes exudes a natural Daoist aura. Even just a glance from him would be unbearable for an ordinary martial artist."
A calm and familiar voice rang in Shen Qian's ears.
"headmaster!"
Upon seeing the Earl of Pingyang appear beside him, Shen Qian bowed and then couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Who is he?"
"The Heavenly Swordsman." The Earl of Pingyang didn't keep them in suspense and uttered the three words softly.
"The Heavenly Swordsman?"
Shen Qian paused for a moment, then glanced at the gray-clad youth again.
Aside from a few low-profile and mysterious powerhouses, there are forty-five kings and marquises in China. However, for most ordinary martial artists, apart from the nine kings of the first generation, the rest are high-ranking figures in China like Wu Wei and Ma Gongzuo who are in the public eye.
Very few people know the name "Heavenly Swordsman".
But Shenqian happened to be one of them.
Because both his third senior brother Shi Dingyan and his fifth senior brother Ling Xiao had mentioned it to him and highly praised it.
"My swordsmanship is not to be questioned by others, not even by 'heaven'."
Ling Xiao took this bold statement from Tian Jianke as his motto. When drunk, Ling Xiao often lamented that he had actually wanted to become Tian Jianke's disciple, but Tian Jianke had introduced him to the Marquis of Jingcheng instead.
This also shows that Tianjianke and Jingchenghou should have a good relationship.
Seeing Lin Sanmo approaching the Heavenly Swordsman, Shen Qian understood why the other party had appeared here.
"So Lin Sanmo was his disciple."
The Earl of Pingyang also showed a look of realization, "When Lin Sanmo suddenly appeared, countless people speculated about his master's lineage, but they were all wrong."
Shen Qian wasn't too surprised. When he first showed his talent, he was taken in by the Marquis of Jingcheng. How could a genius like Lin Sanmo not have a powerful sect?
As for Bai Fei being a disciple of Yi Dao Hou, it's not surprising at all.
"Principal, who is that king standing on the mythical beast and that burly man in the black suit? I feel like they've been watching me."
Shen Qian recalled the hostility he had just sensed and asked again.
Other than that, those two were clearly not good people, and Shen Qian couldn't possibly ignore them.
"Before I sink, I ask you, are you involved in the deaths of Qin Xiaoke and Wu Yi?"
The Earl of Pingyang finally remembered the important matter and immediately asked seriously.
“It’s irrelevant.” Shen Qian wasn’t surprised how the outside world knew about their deaths. He said in a deep voice, “This matter involves a conspiracy of the Spirit Witch Clan. I was just about to report to Minister Wu. Lin Sanmo and the others also know the inside story.”
"The Spirit Witch Clan?"
The Earl of Pingyang narrowed his eyes, but after receiving a signal from Wu Wei, he didn't ask any more questions. He was relieved to hear Shen Qian's explanation.
“The one standing on the back of the beast is Marquis Liegu, and the one in the black suit is Qin Ba, the current head of the Qin Guangwang family… Both of them are domineering. Wu Yi and Qin Xiaoke are the core successors of their respective families, so you must be careful later.”
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