Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Ancient Sword Art, Easily Perfected

Seeing his two guards killed with a single strike, the wax-faced man shook with fear.

In the next moment, Chen Ansheng’s figure appeared before him.

Immortal power sealed off the radius of a hundred zhang, leaving the wax-faced man unable to move, let alone escape.

“Senior, there’s a misunderstanding… My name is Su Tianqi, the Saint Son of the Su family from the Tianyan Domain. I hope that Senior will…”

Slap!

Chen Ansheng delivered a sharp slap.

“I called upon Brother Ge to discuss this matter with you, originally intending to offer you a way out, but you didn’t cherish it.”

Chen Ansheng’s expression remained stone-faced, his killing intent cold.

“I recognize my mistake, and I hope that Senior will give me a chance… If you spare my life, I will definitely repay you handsomely.” Su Tianqi pleaded, his face twisted in despair, kneeling before Chen Ansheng.

It wasn’t that Su Tianqi was cowardly; it was the overwhelming aura exuding from Chen Ansheng that shattered his composure.

“Hand over all the items in your storage bags.” Chen Ansheng said calmly.

Hearing this, Su Tianqi’s heart leaped with joy; as long as this person wanted money instead of his life, everything would be negotiable.

He would return to his family and bring a powerful expert back to deal with Chen Ansheng later!

With this thought in mind, Su Tianqi hurriedly released all the items from his ten storage bags.

Various treasures, spirit pills, weapons, spirit stones piled up into a small mountain.

Most of these items were useless to Chen Ansheng, but the sect would need resources to train disciples in the future; it wouldn’t do to rely solely on immortal crystals, so this was perfect for the initial capital of the True Immortal Sect.

With a thought, Chen Ansheng stored all the items in his storage bag.

The space of the storage bag was at least a million cubic units, far beyond what any ordinary storage bag could hold.

“Thank you, Senior, for sparing my life. When I return home, I will surely offer a substantial gift in gratitude.”

Fearing that the other party might not relent, Su Tianqi hastily promised further benefits.

“Spare you? Did I ever say I would spare you?”

A cold smile curled at the corners of Chen Ansheng’s lips.

In that moment, Chen Ansheng felt exhilarated, just like Li Zhengyang had previously taught him, to do as he pleased in the lower realm!

“Senior… you can’t do this! Even if I die, I deserve to know what happened! Senior?” Su Tianqi cried.

Chen Ansheng was too lazy to respond. Li Huaizhen stepped forward a few paces and coldly said, “Do the distinguished often forget? Do you recall a few days ago when you surrounded and attacked me?”

Upon seeing the swirling demonic aura around Li Huaizhen, Su Tianqi finally understood the situation.

So this immortal realm expert was the backing of that blind man!

“Brother, I apologize for the previous offenses. I’m here to make amends, and I hope you can forgive me.”

“Sorry, I am a demon cultivator.”

As the words left his mouth, Li Huaizhen swung a sickle, swiftly cutting across Su Tianqi’s neck.

“You…”

Su Tianqi’s eyes widened as blood filled his throat, falling to the ground, unable to close his eyes.

Immediately, Li Huaizhen turned to Chen Ansheng and bowed, “Young Master, if this person remains alive, he will seek revenge. Thus, I dared to kill him. Please punish me.”

Chen Ansheng laughed heartily and said, “Those who cultivate demonic arts indeed have their own character. A real man must not be indecisive; he did well!”

Chen Ansheng was not overly concerned about the other party’s power.

Even if the Su family had a group of immortal realm experts, he could return to the immortal realm and buy a bunch of killing talismans to take care of them all.

Not afraid, but the mindset of cutting the weeds and digging up the roots must be maintained.

Ge Hongzhi and the others looked at the corpse on the ground, feeling some concern.

“Brother Chen, to avoid retaliation, killing him is indeed correct. But his family will surely come looking for the truth. This matter might be concealed for a time, but not forever.” Ge Hongzhi sighed.

“Then what does it matter? If they can’t find out, it’s their good fortune; if they do find out it was me, then the fate of his family is sealed.” Chen Ansheng said dismissively.

Hearing this, Meng Bufan felt something unusual in his heart, thinking, this person is ruthless; his character is reckless, he likes to stir up trouble, and will ultimately draw huge problems upon himself. Inviting him to join the Ascending Immortal Alliance is definitely not a good idea; it’s best not to mention it.

After a while, Chen Ansheng struck out a palm, reducing Su Tianqi’s body to nothingness.

Where his corpse had been, a dark green ring floated.

This was the defensive immortal artifact!

“Brother Meng, take this artifact.” Chen Ansheng said.

Meng Bufan felt a shiver; if he took it, it would definitely bring endless troubles, so he said, “This item is the war trophy of Brother Chen; how could I dare to take it?”

Chen Ansheng smiled and looked at Ge Hongzhi, “Brother Ge, in two or three years, you will be facing the ascent to the Immortal Tribulation, right? This defensive immortal artifact is perfect for you; take it.”

Ge Hongzhi repeatedly shook his head, “How could I, a mere Earth Immortal, be worthy of this? Only Brother Chen is fit to wield it.”

“Really don’t want it?”

“Don’t want it.”

Chen Ansheng waved his hand, took the ring back, and peacefully stored it in his storage bag.

“With this matter settled, Brother Meng, Brother Ge, how about accompanying me to explore the forbidden area?” Chen Ansheng proposed.

“That forbidden area is filled with demonic qi; even if there are treasures inside, they must have been left by demon cultivators. It’s not suitable for us disciples. We’d better not go.” Meng Bufan replied.

“Alright then.” Chen Ansheng nodded and added, “You two should come to the True Immortal Sect for tea whenever you have free time.”

“Certainly, certainly. For now, let us part ways; we’ll speak again another day.”

Meng Bufan and Ge Hongzhi clasped their fists to Chen Ansheng and took off into the sky.

After they left, Chen Ansheng muttered, “Indeed, cultivators from the immortal realm down here are quite cautious, even remaining unmoved by defensive immortal artifacts. Impressive, impressive.”

“Master, there’s also an old man with this person; it would be best to eliminate him as well.” Li Huaizhen reminded.

“Hmm.” Chen Ansheng nodded, “He does need to be dealt with. Otherwise, when I go into seclusion and he comes to cause trouble, it won’t be easy to deal with. You should investigate now, and if you find him, use the immortal artifact to launch a surprise attack and kill him.”

The old man was also at the mid-stage of the Great Ascension realm; in a one-on-one confrontation, even if Li Huaizhen used the immortal artifact, he wouldn’t have full confidence in killing the opponent.

But if it were a surprise attack, the situation would be different; a single blow would be like cutting his throat.

“Understood, Young Master!”

Li Huaizhen accepted the command and soared into the air.

Chen Ansheng returned to the palace.

He went to the training hall and took out the scroll of the “Storm Sword Art” that Meng Bufan had given him.

“It seems not difficult.”

Chen Ansheng scanned through it with his powerful mental energy. This sword art had a total of nine levels and eighteen forms; once perfected, it could use a sword to channel some rule power, thereby enhancing combat strength.

“Magnificent heavenly might, wielded by the sword… Good! The first sword, ‘Sword Control Style,’ sounds quite promising.”

Chen Ansheng sat cross-legged, closing his eyes; his consciousness transformed into a mental entity in his sea of consciousness and began practicing the sword art.

An hour later, Chen Ansheng had completely understood all nine levels of the sword art and seamlessly integrated them.

“This sword art is too simple; I wonder how powerful it is?”

In reality, it wasn’t that this sword art was simple, but rather that he possessed the Pure Sword Body.

The Pure Sword Body had an extremely high affinity for sword arts, resulting in double the efficiency in practicing sword arts, and even creating sword techniques without a master wasn’t difficult at all.