Chapter 333: Chapter 332: Daring to say ran the fastest? (thanks to the book friends for the random rewards)

The shuttle flew at a speed hundreds of times slower than when they came, as, according to the Fifth Elder, it was to let Lu Yang and the others take in the scenery above.

Even so, the shuttle yet flew beyond one flying boat after another, at a speed so astounding that it left Lu Yang and his three companions utterly shell-shocked, precluding them from daring to look at the outside scenery.

“How about we cultivate instead? The duty of a cultivator is cultivation after all,” Li Haoran proposed, tremblingly raising his hand.

The Fifth Elder thought for a while and felt these youngsters were quite diligent: “All right, do you want me to activate the Gathering Spirit Array?”

Lu Yang waved his hand confidently: “No need, I have just learnt a Primitive Divine Ability which can gather all the surrounding Spiritual Energy, replacing the need for the Gathering Spirit Array.”

The Fifth Elder was quite surprised, not expecting such an ability. Could it have been taught by Yun Zhi?

Lu Yang, brimming with pride, craned his neck and opened his mouth, performing the Primitive Great Divine Skill of the Taotie clan — Sky devouring skill, and endless Spiritual Energy started to gather around him.

The density of the surrounding Spiritual Energy skyrocketed in an instant.

“So there is such a miraculous Divine Ability?” The Fifth Elder, drawing from his wealth of experience, recognized the exceptional nature of this ability, which hardly consumed any spiritual essence. It was much cheaper compared to the Gathering Spirit Array, with almost the same effects and without geographic restrictions, allowing one to cultivate anytime, anywhere!

Although the posture was not too elegant, with the neck tilted back and mouth open, looking like a divine dog howling at the moon.

However, as a cultivator, putting cultivation as a priority, whether it looked elegant or not was secondary.

Meng Jingzhou also recognized the brilliance of this ability and moved forward to ask, “How do you practice this ability? Can you teach me?”

Li Haoran and Qin Yanyan were also eagerly looking at Lu Yang, as they clearly wanted to learn this move as well.

“We can discuss it in peace.” Lu Yang was not stingy. After getting Fairy Eternity’s permission, he taught them the mental methods and key points of this move.

“We will learn it slowly when we get back, let’s cultivate first,” said Lu Yang, before opening his mouth to gather Spiritual Energy again.

…

“Stop, don’t run away!”

“How dare you disrespect the law within the borders of Great Xia, you still think it’s your Great Yu Dynasty!”

“Damn Great Xia, just a bunch of people who seize power through usurpation, do you really have the audacity to act so arrogantly!”

Three rays dashed through the sky. One of them was trying its hardest to lose the pursuit of the other two.

He was a Unification peak cultivator from Great Yu dynasty, who had chosen to sleep while at his peak state, to prepare for the future Great World strife.

Normally, he wouldn’t have awakened this early. As per the plan, their Imperial Teacher should wake them one by one.

However, the place where he was resting was found by a few unseeing cultivators, who, ecstatic at having found a massive chance, dug it up and ultimately broke his sleep.

That infuriated him so much that he ended up killing those cultivators.

Who would have thought that his move would alarm the local head constable, only for the latter to witness that he was enraged and therefore got in touch with higher-ups. Consequently, the Imperial City sent two Unification stage cultivators to capture him.

𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The reason for his capture was the ridiculous charge of intentional homicide.

As a Unification stage cultivator, would killing a few small cultivators matter? It was just an excuse to capture him.

In his opinion, the Great Qian Dynasty was shining bright, and such so-called Great Xia dynasty members must be power usurpers, yet they shamelessly claimed to be orthodox.

Luckily, he was prepared and was able to return to his peak state in a short period.

Moreover, he had a knack for escape techniques, making it quite easy for him to escape these pursuers.

“After I shake you two off, control a small family in secret, and then investigate the Great Xia Dynasty, this shall also pave the way for the Imperial Teacher!”

He felt that there was none like the Imperial Teacher.

Despite the fact that, at that time, the Great Yu Dynasty had powerful influences, was unifying the Central Continent, and was formidable without any rivals with its territory-swallowing momentum, with its influence continuously waxing and waning, it seemed eternal.

However, the Imperial Teacher insisted that there was no such thing as an eternal dynasty. Even the ancients had their end days. And, no matter how strong the Great Yu Empire was, it couldn’t be stronger than the ancients who hosted the Four Immortals of the Ancients; the Great Yu Dynasty wouldn’t last forever.

Therefore, there was only one way to let the Great Yu Dynasty govern the world anew, and it was to resurge in the era of a new dynasty, keep pushing forward in the Grand World Strife, establish the Great Yu Dynasty once more, and continue the influence of the Great Yu Dynasty!

He shook his head to dispel these thoughts temporarily. The most important task at hand was to get rid of these two people in pursuit.

Two cultivators from Great Xia wore troubled looks on their faces; the opponent’s speed was amazingly fast, ranking among the top ten even in the Unification stage. Even if they used Speed Boost Talismans, they are still slightly slower.

A cultivator accidentally caught sight of a shuttle, which seemed very familiar.

“Elder Chu, you pursue him first, I’ll find someone to help.”

Elder Chu, not understanding the intentions behind it, felt that it was too late to find help. However, believing in his partner’s judgment, nodded, “Okay.”

…

A cultivator from the Great Xia knocked on the shuttle, the Fifth Elder opened the hatch, and let him in.

As soon as the cultivator from the Great Xia entered, he saw Lu Yang opening his mouth towards the sky, and Meng Jingzhou’s three people sitting around Lu Yang in a triangular formation, meditating together. The atmosphere was quite eerie.

Was this the newest cultivation method of Seek Dao Sect?

Nevermind, now isn’t the time to think about this. The cultivator from the Great Xia looked at the Fifth Elder standing with his hands behind his back, a smile spreading across his face.

What a great savior.

“Ha ha, Zhou Xin, I knew this shuttle was yours!”

The Fifth Elder turned his head, looked at the other party, visibly cautious, “Yu Qian, my shuttle didn’t overspeed, why are you looking for me?”

Seeing a cultivator they do not recognize, who nevertheless knows the Fifth Elder, Lu Yang and the others slowly opened their eyes. They wanted to ascertain the situation.

The Fifth Elder casually introduced: “This is Yu Qian, a constable of the Great Xia Dynasty. In the past when I used to drag race shuttles, he would chase after me every day, issuing tickets to me. After I stopped drag racing shuttles so much, he stopped chasing me.”

Lu Yang twitched, realizing that the Fifth Elder was at least at the Spirit Transformation Stage when he used to drag race shuttles. This Yu Qian, a constable and a contemporary of the Fifth Elder, had to be a powerhouse himself, even if he was a constable. He must be an important person like the Head Constable of the Imperial City.

Yu Qian seethed, veins throbbing visibly: “You’re talking rubbish! What do you mean by ‘you stopped drag racing so much afterward’? You clearly kept doing it since nobody could catch up to you to begin with!”

“Not more than a fortnight ago, I listened to someone complain about you drag racing shuttles again!”

The Fifth Elder’s troublesome habit of drag racing shuttles in his youth made Yu Qian and the others go through quite a hassle. And the reason Yu Qian could run so fast now was all owing to his past experience of chasing the Fifth Elder.

“You can’t just say anything. When have I drag raced shuttles since I’ve stopped? Do you have any evidence?”

Yu Qian just wanted to hit someone in frustration. The Fifth Elder would fly so fast that even a Recording Orb would fail to capture the shadows of his shuttle. Where would he find evidence?

“Enough,” he decided to change the topic, “quit messing around. Something important is happening right now. Did you see that person who just sped past? He’s a cultivator from the Great Yu. Chase him!”

Yu Qian was so aggrieved by the Fifth Elder that he almost forgot the main issue.

“He claims himself to be the fastest person in the Unification stage of the Great Yu era, and we couldn’t catch up to him.”

The Fifth Elder lifted his eyes to take a glance at the man from Great Yu speeding away, and scoffed: “And with this, he dares to claim that he is the fastest?”

“Everyone, hold on tight!”

The Fifth Elder was preparing to get serious now. Never before had someone dared to challenge his supremacy in the field of open-air flight.

Yu Qian heaved a sigh of relief. When the Fifth Elder was an opponent, he was quite troublesome, but when he was on your side, you couldn’t be luckier.