Within the spiritual space, the Immortal Fairy rested with her jade-like feet dangling casually. She cast an indifferent glance at Perfected Faxian. Her eyes were half-closed, her expression languid, and she stretched out her slender fingers, admiring them closely while paying Perfected Faxian no mind whatsoever.
"Who are you?!" Perfected Faxian demanded harshly. In truth, he lacked any confidence. The spiritual space should have contained only Lu Yang. How could two people be inside? It defied all common sense!
Moreover, when he attempted to probe this languid woman's cultivation realm, he found he could not see through her at all.
This meant she was at least on par with him.
Why would someone like that choose to stay inside the spiritual space of a Foundation Establishment cultivator?
The Immortal Fairy let out a bored yawn, showing no inclination to acknowledge him.
Perfected Faxian bristled with rage. As fellow Body Integration cultivators, who could possibly be inferior to whom? When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
Since she had no intention of talking, they would let their fists do the speaking!
Perfected Faxian condensed his essence, qi, and spirit into an Overlord Saber. Planting his feet firmly on the ground like two coiled flood dragons rooting into the earth, he channeled power upward. His soul body crackled with snapping noises as if a valve of power had opened, unleashing everything he had!
He concentrated the whole of his strength into the Overlord Saber. The blade light gleamed like a bolt of white silk, so piercing that one could hardly open their eyes!
A phantom of a colossal ox demon filled the entire spiritual space. Its eyes burned red, its muscles bulged, and its strength was boundless—an ancient demon beast of great renown!
As the Overlord Saber slashed down, it carried the sheer weight of the four seas and five sacred mountains toward the Immortal Fairy. The magnitude of this force gave the impression that it could annihilate everything under the heavens.
This was Perfected Faxian's signature ultimate technique, wielding crushing power capable of obliterating any obstacle blocking his path!
"Ox Demon Overlord Saber!"
The phantom ox demon moved as well, trampling forward toward the Immortal Fairy. Perfected Faxian intended to crush her with overwhelming force, forcing her to see the gap between them and teaching her that the strong reigned supreme!
Faced with Perfected Faxian's full-strength strike, the Immortal Fairy did not even bother lifting her eyelids. Instead, she softly uttered a single word.
"Noisy."
She spoke the word casually, without a trace of worldly fire, yet it weighed down like a mountain of millions of jin upon Perfected Faxian.
Perfected Faxian felt an unfathomable divine force descend from above. Brutal and unyielding, it bore down on him, stripping him of any possibility to resist.
Under the weight of that single word, the ox demon phantom dispersed, the Overlord Saber forged from his essence, qi, and spirit shattered, and every anomaly vanished into thin air.
With a loud thud, Perfected Faxian dropped to his knees, unable to lift so much as a finger.
Terror seized his heart. Her power completely transcended anything he could comprehend; this was definitely not a power a Body Integration cultivator could possess!
Tribulation Transcendence, or perhaps an even higher level... Perfected Faxian did not dare imagine further.
He remembered clearly that just moments ago, she had referred to herself as "this immortal."
Between the Body Integration stage and the Tribulation Transcendence stage lay an impassable chasm that could not be crossed by any means. The difference between the two realms was like cloud and mud, leaving Perfected Faxian utterly incapable of resistance.
As for the realms beyond that, they lay entirely past the limits of his imagination.
"Senior, perhaps there is a misunderstanding between us..." Perfected Faxian forced an ingratiating smile, trying every possible way to explain himself to the Immortal Fairy.
To have reached the Body Integration stage in ancient times, he naturally knew when to bend and when to stand tall.
The Immortal Fairy finally raised an eyelid and glanced at Perfected Faxian kneeling in submission, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.
"Who gave you permission to look directly at this immortal?"
Another surge of divine might pressed Perfected Faxian's head downward, thoroughly crushing any remaining will to resist.
Bitterness flooded Perfected Faxian's heart. He had originally thought Lu Yang was a reward from the heavens, only to realize when attempting body seizure that the heavens had offered him up as a reward to Lu Yang.
Why was there such a formidable existence inside the spiritual space of a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator?
"Now, this immortal grants you permission to explain everything," the Immortal Fairy said indifferently.
Perfected Faxian dared not conceal a single detail. He knew grand figures often possessed the ability to discern truth from falsehood, and he dared not wager whether the grand master before him had such a skill.
"My Daoist name is Perfected Faxian. There are four other Body Integration cultivators outside Buyi Town. The five of us were contemporaries from the Great Yu Dynasty. Constrained by limited talent, we found ourselves stuck at the Body Integration stage, unable to advance an inch. The Tribulation Transcendence stage was a target we could see but never reach.
"Back then, we heard a rumor, though no one knew where it originated. It claimed that spiritual activity had waned and spiritual energy had entered a dormant period, making cultivation exceptionally difficult. But after more than a hundred thousand years, spiritual energy would gradually awaken, reviving the glorious era of antiquity. At that time, opportunities of all kinds would emerge, and achieving immortality would no longer be impossible.
"Some said the rumor came from the imperial palace; others claimed the Imperial Preceptor had divined it; still others said the Directorate of Astronomy received revelations by observing the sun. In short, there were all sorts of claims.
"After discussing it, the five of us brothers concluded that since we couldn't reach Tribulation Transcendence anyway, rather than idling away our days in the Great Yu Dynasty, we might as well seal ourselves in spirit stone marrow and quietly await the world's reawakening.
"Even if the rumors proved false, we wouldn't lose anything. Five Body Integration cultivators would be a force to be reckoned with in any era or place.
"When the five of us awoke beneath Buyi Town, we were thrilled to discover that our long-stagnant bottlenecks showed signs of loosening. Cultivation in this present era is indeed far easier than in our time.
"We were still some time away from fully awakening and did not wish to be discovered by cultivators of this era, so we joined forces to construct the rules of Buyi Town, gathering intelligence while recovering our strength.
"I had the worst luck of all. Something went wrong with the spirit stone marrow sealing me; my physical body perished with the passage of time, and the marrow only preserved my soul.
"After waking, I seized the body of the person with the best aptitude nearby. Since that body was fragile and prone to accidents, the five of us consulted and decided that having me become the town mayor of Buyi Town would be the safest approach.
"Just like that, I turned myself into an undying existence. While devouring mortals and beasts, I accelerated my cultivation speed to master the Faxian Secret Method as quickly as possible."
Perfected Faxian confessed everything truthfully from below. Daring not raise his head, he failed to see the Immortal Fairy's little antics.
The Immortal Fairy was winking and making faces at Lu Yang, her jade-like feet kicking excitedly as if saying: *See? I can be reliable too. Show me some respect from now on.*
Ever since her revival, she had suffered one setback after another—first suppressed by Eldest Senior Sister, and then failing every single time she tried to showcase her merits to Lu Yang. Now that she had finally found an opportunity to hold her head high, how could she pass up the chance to put on a grand show?
Lu Yang let out a silent sigh. *Fairy, acting like this, how am I supposed to think you're reliable?*
Sensing that Lu Yang's gaze carried very little respect, the Immortal Fairy pouted and ignored him.
She had clearly proved just how reliable she could be.
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