Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Aura
Though they had already guessed his identity, having it confirmed by Chen Yihan himself still startled the group, especially Hu and Bu Yunyan. To an ordinary commoner, the Royal Family was a lofty and unattainable existence. An ordinary person might go their whole life without ever meeting a City Lord, and above the City Lord, there were countless other high-ranking officials and nobles. Yet the man before them stood above them all! He was someone even the Emperor had to treat with respect!
Who would dare doubt his promise?
Master your martial arts to serve the Imperial Family!
This saying didn’t just apply in Qin Li’s original world. It applied just the same on the Celestial Essence Continent!
So, the most obvious reaction came from Hu. As a devoted son who had always wanted a better life for his parents, his breathing grew ragged, and his face flushed red.
Although Bu Yunyan was surprised by the identity of this crane-haired, youthful-faced old man, her thirst for power was not as strong. Upon hearing his words, she was only slightly moved and did not appear overly excited.
As for Leng Yao, she was completely unmoved. Her expression was indifferent, as if the matter had nothing to do with her. Instead, she seemed quite interested in the dead Black Water Kui Ox on the ground.
Though Hu’s heart burned with excitement, he still glanced at Qin Li. In his eyes, there was no reason for Qin Li to refuse such an incredible offer. What had they been risking their lives for? Wasn’t it for a shot at wealth and glory? Now, a huge opportunity was right in front of them. As long as they could leave Phoenix Lake alive, they would have connections to the Royal Family!
At that time, the three great families of Yellow Sand City, the City Lord’s Mo Family—none of them would pose any threat to them at all! Qin Li would no longer have to hide his identity and live on the run, and Hu could make his parents into nobles overnight!
Chen Yihan was slightly taken aback. Hu’s movement had not escaped the notice of a supreme master like him. ’I didn’t expect this seemingly most incompetent young man to be their leader,’ he thought. His gaze fell upon Qin Li. He didn’t even apply any pressure, because he was afraid that if he did, the young man would be scared enough to wet his pants!
This was no exaggeration. How could an ordinary person possibly withstand the pressure of a Celestial Level master?
"What? You still need to consider it?" Chen Yihan raised an eyebrow. His voice was flat, betraying no emotion, but Qin Li clearly felt a flash of killing intent from him.
The Innate Purple Qi was extremely sensitive. Chen Yihan would never have imagined that this young man, whom he had completely disregarded, was actually a deeply hidden Martial Artist.
"Heh. If I say I refuse, will you kill me on the spot?" Qin Li retorted with a smile.
"What do you think?" Chen Yihan shot back, his gaze chilling as he stared at Qin Li.
Outmatched, Qin Li was just about to nod and agree when suddenly, a sky-shattering pressure rose from the Forest behind them. Like a great fog spreading through the mountains at dawn, it rolled towards them, overwhelming everything in its path!
To be precise, it was pressing down on Chen Yihan!
However, Qin Li and the others were still caught in its wake. In that instant, it felt as if a crushing weight was pressing on their chests, bringing them to the verge of suffocation!
Fortunately, the pressure swept past them in a flash, concentrating entirely on Chen Yihan.
ARGH!
Chen Yihan let out a furious roar, unleashing the full might of his aura as a Celestial Level Martial Artist to resist the pressure. Yet, his body was still forced backward. By the time he retreated to the lakeshore, he didn’t even have a chance to circulate his Primordial Qi to float on the water’s surface.
SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH!
With a series of splashes, Chen Yihan was forced directly into the lake!
Only when the lake water submerged Chen Yihan up to his waist did the pressure abruptly vanish. A voice, impossible to identify as male or female, rang out. It was incomparably chilling, as if seeping out from ten-thousand-year-old ice.
"Who are you? How dare you kill the Holy Beast in my lake!"
The sky had already grown dark, filled with stars but no moonlight. The voice was ethereal and tinged with fury. Standing in the water, Chen Yihan felt cold sweat instantly break out on his forehead and back.
He shouted to stop his companions at the ruins in the center of the lake, who had heard the commotion and were about to come over. What a joke! A Super Spirit Beast that surpassed the Celestial Level was here. Anyone who came over would just be courting death!
"I do not know which Senior you are. This junior is Chen Yihan, Chief Tributor of the Cyan Dragon Kingdom’s Royal Family. I came here with no intention of offending the Seniors of Phoenix Mountain. If I have overstepped my bounds, I ask for your forgiveness!" Chen Yihan suppressed the terror in his heart. While standing in the water, he didn’t even dare to use his cultivation to protect his body for fear of causing a misunderstanding with this incredibly powerful Spirit Beast.
"Hmph. If you want to go treasure hunting in those ruined buildings, then go treasure hunting. The Black Water Kui Ox offended you, so it deserved to die. But for you to then try to take its Profound Pill and drain its Essence Blood—is that not the same as looking down on all the Spirit Beasts of Phoenix Mountain?"
Hearing this, Chen Yihan grew even more terrified. Make an enemy of every Spirit Beast on Phoenix Mountain? Forget him, not even the entire Royal Family of the Cyan Dragon Kingdom would have the guts. It wasn’t that they couldn’t necessarily defeat these Spirit Beasts, but if a real fight broke out, it would be a pyrrhic victory. Who would do something so pointless?
He was a bit suspicious as to why this Super Spirit Beast was being so reasonable, not just swatting him dead with a single claw from the start. But right now, Chen Yihan’s heart was filled with nothing but relief!
Anything could be faked, but this aura... this aura could absolutely not be faked! To be able to pressure him, Chen Yihan, to such an extent, forcing him back into the lake without him even being able to muster the will to resist—who else could possibly do it, other than a Spirit Beast that had broken through the Celestial Level and reached the Transformation stage?
