Published: February 24, 2025
Chapter 27: Underlying Currents Surge
Tan Yun frowned and withdrew his right foot, "Who is the Senior Brother Linghu you mentioned?"
Wei Qi, who had just returned from the brink of death, hurriedly replied, "Linghu Changkong!"
Then, seeing the confusion on Tan Yun's face, Wei Qi hesitated and said, "You mean to say you haven't heard of Senior Brother Linghu's name? I see now; you must be a new disciple, right?"
"This junior brother, it doesn't matter that you haven't heard of him before. Once I tell you about him, you'll know." As soon as Wei Qi mentioned Linghu Changkong, his expression turned extremely worshipful, "Senior Brother Linghu is the great-grandson of the chief elder of the Inner Sect's Holy Spirit Lineage. In terms of strength, he ranks first on the Hidden Dragon Rankings; among the millions of outer sect disciples, no one can match him!"
Tan Yun's heart sank, his expression turning extremely grave!
"Junior brother, I'm thinking of your future! Consider this: if you kill me, do you still have a way to live?" Wei Qi pleaded, "As long as you let me go, I promise I won't tell anyone about your killing of Huang Feihu and his three companions. What do you say?"
At this moment, although Wei Qi was seeking Tan Yun's opinion, he was already convinced that as long as he mentioned Linghu Changkong's name, Tan Yun would not dare to kill him and would instead try to curry favor with him!
He secretly resolved that once he escaped danger today, he would take Tan Yun's head in the future and ensure Tan Yun's death would be a miserable one!
While Wei Qi was still contemplating how to take revenge on Tan Yun in the future, Tan Yun's next words sent him plummeting from heaven back to hell!
"Hehe, not much!" Tan Yun mocked, then, with a cold expression, declared, "In my world, I never provoke others, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid! Likewise, anyone who dares to provoke me will have only one outcome: death!"
As he spoke, Tan Yun stomped down towards Wei Qi's head!
"Tan Yun, I curse you to a miserable death..." Wei Qi's curse was cut short as his head burst like a watermelon!
"Hmph!" Tan Yun snorted coldly, casually withdrawing his high-grade spiritual sword from Wei Qi's corpse when suddenly, the teleportation array in the cave dwelling emitted a burst of light!
"Who!" Tan Yun turned sharply, only to see a young man at the ninth level of spirit embryo realm appearing out of thin air from the teleportation array.
"You dare to kill someone from Senior Brother Linghu's faction? You're dead!" The young man left behind a chilling remark before hurriedly activating the teleportation array and disappearing from Tan Yun's sight!
Tan Yun took a deep breath, his expression grave, whispering, "Liu Rulong, Wang Futong, Murong Kun, it seems I've added another opponent, Linghu Changkong!"
Tan Yun closed his eyelids, quietly standing in the swirling snow, as images of four formidable enemies surfaced in his mind.
He had destroyed the Liu Family in Wangyue Town and made an enemy of Liu Rulong, who ranked third on the Hidden Dragon Rankings! His background included an outer sect law enforcement elder as a master and an outer sect Elder Ten as an adoptive father!
He had killed Wang Fuchen during the selection in Falling Star City, offending Wang Futong, whose rank was ninth on the Hidden Dragon Rankings and was his cousin!
On the way back to Huangfu Sacred Sect with Mu Mengyi, he had made a deadly foe of Murong Kun, who not only ranked tenth on the Hidden Dragon Rankings but was also the grandson of the elder two of the Inner Sect Beast Spirit Lineage!
Now, he had also offended Linghu Changkong, who ranked first on the Hidden Dragon Rankings and was the great-grandson of the chief elder of the Inner Sect's Holy Spirit Lineage!
After firmly imprinting the information about his enemies in his mind, Tan Yun opened his eyes, his gaze deep and hopeful, "Strength, I crave powerful strength!"
Then, he recalled that the outer sect elder would gather a million outer sect disciples twenty-five days later to announce an important matter, so he released the bloodwing spirit lion from his Spirit Beast Bag, riding it as it soared into the sky, weaving through snow-capped peaks, eager to find a secluded place to train and make every second count...