Just now, I was chatting with someone at home, talking about "This world is totally messed up," "It must be a problem with the cultivation method," and so on. But before I could finish my sentence, I was slapped in the face by someone else's dry goods—oh no, not dry goods, it's the goods that came to me directly—that basically disproved everything. What is this called?
This is what you call a slap in the face, right?
Isn't it said that the greatest thrill of the protagonist is slapping faces? Why am I getting slapped?
Am I not the protagonist?
Wang Qi immediately fell into deep self-doubt about his life.
The girl saw that Wang Qi wasn't responding and frowned slightly. Suddenly, a sharp aura exploded from her body. Wang Qi felt as if the girl in front of him had turned into a weapon covered in cold light. It felt like he was being pressed down by a thousand-pound weight, unable to move!
"Snap out of it!" Zhen Chanzi's voice echoed in Wang Qi's mind. Wang Qi suddenly woke up and desperately tried to use his meager amount of spiritual power to resist the pressure from the foundation-building expert.
However, this was completely pointless. No matter how hard Wang Qi struggled, he couldn't break free from the opponent's attack. Based on the speed of the flying sword, Wang Qi estimated that it would only take a moment before the opponent chopped him into pieces.
"Old man, do you think... can you come up and fight her now?" Wang Qi asked.
"Don't even think about it," came the reply.
Fine. Wang Qi's mind quickly turned, showing eight teeth as he forced out a perfect smile. "May I ask, this beautiful fairy, what business do you have with me?"
"You come when I call! If I wanted to kill you, I would've pierced a transparent hole through you with my sword long ago," the girl said, and without giving Wang Qi any chance to react, she grabbed his collar.
Wang Qi immediately plastered a flattering smile on his face. "You tell me why I'm not more at ease, huh?"
The girl tilted her head, looking at him with interest. "Is there a difference?"
Zhen Chanzi's voice came again in Wang Qi's mind: "This little girl probably hasn't seen many sect disciples. Kid, keep talking to her. The more info we get, the greater our chances of escaping!"
Wang Qi snorted coldly in his mind, but kept the smile on his face: "Fairy, there's an old saying: 'Fear of the unknown is a common human trait.' If you don't tell me anything and just drag me away, are you planning to use me to test some medicine, poison, or maybe make me a eunuch before entering the palace?"
The girl suddenly burst out laughing. "Haha, you're quite interesting. But... 'Fear of the unknown is a common human trait,' isn't that something the masters from the Sun God Sect came up with when researching? How do you know about it?"
Wang Qi opened his mouth. "Sun God Sect?"
"Wait, are you the type who accidentally stumbled upon ancient cultivation methods and then shut yourself up at home?"
Wang Qi scratched his head awkwardly. "Miss, you have a great insight. I really know nothing about today's immortal path."
The girl glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late, and I need to get back. Just remember one thing: for someone like you practicing ancient methods, today's immortal path will never allow it!"
With that, the girl grabbed Wang Qi and shot back in the direction she came from.
However, just as the girl flew a thousand feet away from Wang Qi's house, a sudden change occurred! Four golden beams of light shot up into the sky. Countless electric snakes surged between the four beams, forming a giant prison the size of a square mile!
The electric snakes almost brushed against the girl's clothes. Looking back at the grand magical formation that nearly trapped both him and the girl, Wang Qi broke out in a cold sweat.
However, Zhen Chanzi's shock was even greater than Wang Qi's: "Four grandmasters at the Great Ascension stage! How could this be possible!"
In the era a thousand years ago, when Zhen Chanzi was still alive, there were fewer than ten Great Ascension stage grandmasters, and he had never seen such a scene where four of them teamed up!
Zhen Chanzi had once scanned the entire Big White Village with his spiritual sense. This wasn't a place rich in spiritual energy nor a place full of negative energy from the underworld. What could possibly be worth four Great Ascension stage experts working together for?
Zhen Chanzi's confusion didn't last long. A hoarse voice suddenly echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
"Hai Zhenren, come out, no need to hide anymore!"
Then, a long sigh entered everyone's hearts.
"Why?"
"Hai old man!?" Wang Qi was stunned. The voice sounded incredibly familiar—this was the voice of the lazy old man from the village!
"Hai Zhenren, we respect you as a senior of the Floating Mist Sect, and we don't want to argue with you. But you need to consider the position of your master, the Quantum Master, and the Great Earless Master!" A cold voice continued.
"Why!?" Hai Zhenren's voice suddenly became a little hysterical. "Yes, I assisted the Great De Emperor in creating the world-destroying weapon, but before I attained Dao, I was also a citizen of the Great De Empire. Many disciples of the Floating Mist Sect are also from the De people. What crime have I committed? And what are you holding in your hands?"
"The Heavenly Sword technique and the Heavenly Sword artifact are meant to protect the world, not to belong to one person or one country!" another voice said.
"Absurd! I would rather die than accept your accusations!" Hai Zhenren retorted.
A gentle female voice replaced the previous speaker: "Hai Zhenren, please don't say that. The Immortal Alliance is not seeking you to punish you..."
Hai Zhenren interrupted. "Madam Ma, you are a heroic woman, yet you speak such foolish words? You know better than anyone what kind of cultivation method you are using. No matter how many people you save with your techniques, you can never undo what happened to Mr. Ma, who fell into madness!"
"You..." the female cultivator sighed, no longer speaking. Another male cultivator stepped forward. "Hai Zhenren, this is just your prejudice..."
"To have the Vice Palace Master of the Heavenly Sword Palace, Qian Zhenren, personally come here, I am truly flattered," Hai Zhenren replied sarcastically. "But here, you are the least qualified to capture me. Hehe, 'Five Masters Perish.' Have you ever heard the cries of the five military souls under your sword when you hear that nickname?"
At this point, the villagers were all awakened by the strange scene in the sky. But Wang Qi had no time to care about this. A series of conversations had caused him to break out in a cold sweat.
Things are getting weird! How can we be in an immortal world and suddenly hear the word "quantum"? Bohr? Niels Bohr!? Did he come here with me? Wait, based on the timeline, I should've been with him... then 'Five Masters Perish'? What's the connection between my senior and the old Qian master!?
Hai Zhenren, seeing no one else speak, let out a loud scream into the sky. "Look! Look at this! You little people! Come, come! Today, let me show you all the legendary Heavenly Sword!"
With that, a dark shadow shot up into the air from the western side of Big White Village. If Wang Qi's eyesight were sharp enough, he would have recognized that this was Hai Zhenren, who had lived in the same village as him for over ten years.
But now, Hai Zhenren's aging face had disappeared. His old, wrinkled face returned to a youthful appearance, and the humble aura he once had was completely gone, replaced by a majestic, imposing presence!
Haisenbao...
Even though Wang Qi had lived two lifetimes, he couldn't find a word to describe his feelings at that moment.