Chapter 5068 — A Demand for an Explanation
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"The Heaven Dao Realm!" Again the crowd drew a collective sharp breath. In fact, during their earlier investigations they had already discovered that these high-level cultivators were strong beyond all common sense, but because they had never crossed blows directly, the notion had not struck them forcefully, and many had dismissed it as their own illusion. Today it was finally confirmed—these people were all Heaven Dao experts!
The revelation broke the crowd into a cold sweat. Thank goodness they had restrained themselves earlier and not acted rashly; had anyone let their hot head carry them into charging forward to seize someone outright, they would have died without even knowing how.
"Indeed. Foundation Establishment experts are merely ordinary disciples in our Tai Gu Alliance. Above them are the even mightier Golden Core stage, and beyond that, the legendary Nascent Soul old monsters!" Xue Jianming had deliberately meant to show off before Qiu Lingshan, which was why he had taken the trouble to say so much. Seeing the crowd's stunned expressions, he said with a disdainful look, "The mortal world may be vast in territory, but in terms of cultivation it amounts to nothing more than frogs at the bottom of a well. Everything I have described lies at the very pinnacle of realms that you mortal-world cultivators can scarcely touch, or even imagine. In truth, telling you is pointless, for you will never come into contact with such beings."
Though they knew full well they were being looked down upon, the crowd could not help swallowing hard. After all, what the man said was true. The strongest experts they could ordinarily encounter were Heaven-Tier Great Perfection at best; they could not even imagine Foundation Establishment, let alone Golden Core or Nascent Soul.
Qiu Lingshan, however, was not among them. Apart from not knowing of the Tai Gu Alliance, she had long since learned of all these realms from Wei Zhao's letter—and knew far more besides.
From what the man implied, Nascent Soul experts seemed to be the top-tier existence in the Tai Gu Alliance, yet on Cloud Terrace Island they counted for nothing at all; experts surpassing the Nascent Soul stage were legion. It seemed the Tai Gu Alliance fell far short of Cloud Terrace Island in stature.
Frogs at the bottom of a well? He was probably speaking of himself. Knowing nothing of Cloud Terrace Island, yet posturing as though the Tai Gu Alliance were peerless under heaven—if that was not a frog at the bottom of a well, what was?
"In that case, the Tai Gu Alliance and we mortal-world cultivators should keep to our own sides of the river. So what brings you to my Mysterious Investigation Bureau today?" Qiu Lingshan asked.
"True enough. Our Tai Gu Alliance has an explicit rule against disrupting the order of the mortal world; otherwise, with so many Foundation Establishment experts suddenly coming out for training, your mortal world would long since have been thrown into chaos." Xue Jianming nodded loftily, and only then finally came to the matter at hand. "It was supposed to be each keeping to their own side, but things are different now. Two disciples of our Tai Gu Alliance are dead."
"What?" Everyone was greatly shocked. If the Tai Gu Alliance was made up of Foundation Establishment experts, then in this mortal world they were invincible—and yet two of their disciples had died all at once?
"You are not about to say this has something to do with us mortal-world cultivators, are you? The strongest among us are Heaven-Tier Great Perfection at best—no match at all for your Tai Gu Alliance disciples. Besides, we have never taken any action in that regard; at most we conducted some covert investigation," Qiu Lingshan said with a frown. (To be continued.)