First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1520 - Gobsmacked

The gaunt old man’s voice boomed throughout heaven and earth. Every word was full of entirely undisguised excitement and delight.

His head was lowered, but although no one could see it, the rims of his eyes were red.

The crowd fell silent. Everyone fell into a daze.

A terrifying, tyrannical existence had just knelt before Su Yi and addressed him as “Sovereign!”

There was only one possible response to this.

Bewilderment!

After all, all of them knew that Su Yi had only just arrived in the Immortal Realm. He was a cultivator from the Human Realm, and he hadn’t even stepped into the Cloud Soaring Realm yet.

Who could have imagined that the gaunt old man would kneel before him and proclaim him his sovereign?

Gobsmacked. Everyone was gobsmacked.

To the point that a deathly silence fell over the entire area. Even the birds fell quiet.

Everyone stood there, still as clay statues, their minds completely blank.

“Qi Fufeng... so, it’s you... No wonder you show signs of Tyrant Blood True Intent...” Su Yi said with a sigh.

These were his sixth incarnation’s emotions, and they came straight from the heart.

A long, long time ago, White Deer Mountain had been the ancestral ground of Valiant Gale Immortal Pavilion.

Its founder, Qi Changlie, was also one of Wang Ye’s thirty-six generals! The famous Sword Lord Changlie of the Central Immortal Court!

And Wang Ye clearly recalled that Qi Changlie had a son. His name was Qi Fufeng!

Earlier, Su Yi sensed that Qi Fufeng had a familiar presence about him.

Tyrant Blood True Intent! A distinctive secret art developed by Qi Changlie!

But Su Yi wouldn’t have guessed that the thin old man was Qi Changlie’s son!

“So, you recognized this junior a long time ago, Sovereign.” Qi Fufeng murmured, his lips quivering with obvious excitement, to the point that he’d lost his composure.

“Get up. You needn’t kneel before me again,” ordered Su Yi.

“Understood!” Qi Fufeng rose, but he still lowered his head. His reverence was carved into his bones.

Sovereign...? How could he be a sovereign? ...don’t tell me the rumors floating around the Domain Boundary Battlefield were true? Yu Chen thought to himself.

Back in the First Battleground, he’d heard rumors that the Eastern Profound Star Domain’s Su Yi controlled the power of reincarnation, and that he’d reincarnated more than once already.

Yu Chen had never taken the rumors seriously, but now, his conviction wavered!

No wonder Fellow Daoist Su was so fearless. So, he had mysterious, unknown origins. But why... is that guy calling him ‘sovereign?’

All sorts of questions welled in the other new ascendants’ hearts.

Prior to this, they’d taken Su Yi for a member of the same generation. No matter how great the gap in strength, they knew each other, and they’d risen from the Human Realm alongside each other.

But now, they suddenly realized that their perception had been off this entire time.

They and Su Yi weren’t at all the same type of person!

That was true back in the Human Realm, and it was true here in the Immortal Realm, too!

All of a sudden, the way they looked at Su Yi grew complicated. There was now astonishment, awe, and estrangement in their gazes.

It wasn’t just them, either. Liu Yunjing, Luo Yunzhong, and the other immortals were bewildered too. Just who is this ascendant? Just what kind of mysterious origins does he have?

Why would that old man see him as a sovereign?

On several occasions, they almost couldn’t suppress the urge to ask, but because of Qi Fufeng’s terrifying majesty, no one dared!

But Liu Yunjing seemed to have recalled something. He suddenly shook from head to toe, his eyes widening uncontrollably.

Qi Fufeng!!

A long, long time ago, that was the name of the son of the founder of Valiant Gale Immortal Pavilion!

His name, “Fufeng”, meant “Valiant Gale.” It was taken directly from the sect’s name!

Is he really that senior...? Liu Yunjing’s heart shook.

This Ascension Ground stood on White Deer Mountain, the ancestral ground of the Valiant Gale Immortal Pavilion.

How could he not connect the two of them?

But if this was really Qi Fufeng, the old man seated motionlessly by the Immortal Transformation Pool was a veritable living fossil, someone who’d survived the Age of Fallen Immortals!

Both Valiant Gale Immortal Pavilion and its founder, Qi Changlie, had disappeared during that ancient catastrophe!

When this occurred to him, Liu Yunjing felt as if he’d been struck by lightning.

An ancient, living fossil of an expert like Qi Fufeng actually called an ascendant “sovereign”! Just who is this young man?!

The crowd’s thoughts raced in all directions.

But then, a group of terrifying figures suddenly charged over from afar. They were audible even from a great distance.

“I hope we’re not too late.”

“Relax. If anyone dares fight us over the ascendants, we can just kill them!”

...But when this group arrived, they were unwittingly stunned.

What did they see?

Blood and fragmented corpses littering the ground!

“Who can tell me what happened here?” the elderly leader of the group said gravely.

He’d brought around ten people with him, and all of them were monstrously fierce, no weaker than the Five Poisons Mountain Monarch and the other Void Realm True Immortals.

But this time, their arrival didn’t make the crowd anywhere near as uneasy. If anything, their gazes were pitying.

“What’s that look supposed to mean? Are you people sick of living!?” the old man glowered and bellowed. Their pitying gazes offended him, making him ashamed and indignant.

“Kill them,” said Su Yi without so much as glancing at them.

“Got it!” Qi Fufeng soared into the air.

Clang!

The edge of his saber flashed between heaven and earth, and tyrannical, blood-red saber qi ran rampant.

A moment later, the dozen fierce new arrivals, all of them Void Realm True Immortals, had died brutal deaths.

Witnessing this left the crowd numb.

This was what it meant to seek out your own demise!

Qi Fufeng put away his saber and said respectfully, “Sovereign, this place isn’t suitable for an extended stay. I humbly request that you accompany this junior elsewhere.”

Su Yi subtly inclined his head. This really wasn’t the time to reminisce.

But there was still something he had to do before he left.

“Everyone.” Su Yi turned to look at Yu Chen and the others. “It won’t lie to you. Everything that happened here today was targeting me and me alone. All of you simply got mixed up in my mess.”

“You needn’t concern yourself about that, Fellow Daoist Su. We already understand,” said Yu Chen, a complicated look on his face.

The others nodded. If they still didn’t understand that by now, they’d be fools.

Su Yi continued, “In light of this, I’ll have Qi Fufeng take all of you away. We’ll find you all a safe place to rest.”

Yu Chen, Qin Suxin, and the others were visibly delighted. A massive weight lifted from their shoulders.

Earlier, they had indeed been worried. After all, even if Su Yi left, those immortal factions would surely take action against them in order to seek out Su Yi’s whereabouts.

“But I have an unreasonable request. Before I help you, I need to erase your memories of everything that happened here today,” said Su Yi.

The crowd exchanged glances.

“Very well!” said Yu Chen. He was the first to agree, but the others soon followed suit.

All of them understood. Su Yi’s origins were far too mysterious and extraordinary. The more they knew, the more likely they were to bring disaster upon themselves.

Erasing their memories would actually help them avoid being implicated further.

In simple terms, the less they knew, the safer they’d be!

Su Yi nodded, then turned to look at Qi Fufeng. “Are you proficient in the Dream of the Heart Incantation?”

“I am!” said Qi Fufeng.

“Excellent. Help them erase their memories of today, then bring them away. Take care not to damage their souls.”

“Understood!” said Qi Fufeng. He immediately got to work.

Su Yi, meanwhile, turned his attention toward Liu Yunjing.

Liu Yunjing seemed to realize what was about to happen. He said in a quavering voice, “Sir, if we lose our memories of what happened today, I’m afraid the Church of the Pure One will hold us accountable and punish us severely. Please...”

Su Yi waved dismissively. “If you refuse, you die.”

Liu Yunjing’s expression shifted erratically, but in the end, he grimaced, then slumped in dejection. “I understand. Letting us live is magnanimous enough. How could we... refuse to exchange a day’s memories for your mercy?”

Su Yi took a deep look at him. “Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.”

He actually wasn’t afraid of Wang Ye’s enemies realizing his identity. He just didn’t want to implicate innocents like Yu Chen, Qin Suxin, and the others any further.

All he could do was erase their memories and get them out of here. What happened to them next was none of his business.

Shortly afterward, Qi Fufeng reported in. “Sovereign, all of them cooperated. Everything went smoothly.”

Yu Chen, Qin Suxin, and the others were conversing not far away. All of them looked dazed and bewildered; they clearly had no idea what had just happened.

Liu Yunjing and the others didn’t remember anything either, but they were still unconscious.

Naturally, Qi Fufeng had done this on purpose. After all, were they still awake, they’d surely try to prevent them from leaving.

When Su Yi saw this, he said softly, “This is ultimately a temporary solution. If an Immortal Lord of Mount Buzhou’s Jadelight Pure Lands uses their Mind Calling secret art, they’ll be able to recover today’s lost memories. Oh well... that’s a problem for later.”

He shook his head. “Take them with us.”

“Got it!” said Qi Fufeng. He took out a gourd and placed Yu Chen, Qin Suxin, and the other ascendants inside. “Sovereign, please, follow me.”

With that, Qi Fufeng waved his sleeves, and a hundred-foot-wide auspicious cloud rose into the air, carrying him and Su Yi through the sky.

Not long after they left, Liu Yunjing and the others started regaining consciousness.

“What... what are we doing here?” someone said in bewilderment. “Dammit! It looks like someone wiped away my memories!”

“Mine too...” Liu Yunjing and the others’ expressions shifted dramatically. Chills coursed down their spines.

All of them were experts of the Immortal Dao. How could they fail to realize that someone had wiped away their memories of everything that had transpired today?

“At least we only lost today’s memories. Whoever did it most likely didn’t want to hurt us; they just wanted to keep something secret,” whispered Liu Yunjing.

But when he saw the carnage and fragmented treasures strewn all over the ground, he could no longer keep his cool. Horror was written all over his face.

Just how many Void Realm True Immortals died here? And it looks like the dead include some of the Jing Province’s top experts! Whatever happened, it seems like we’re lucky to have escaped with our lives...