Chapter 4838
“Are you deliberately targeting me?” Kai asked the cloth-robed man.
“Why would you think that?” The man looked puzzled.
“Damn it! With your current strength, no one can make it to the fourth level. There’s no way past you!”
Kai was furious—this was simply unfair!
The cloth-robed man chuckled. “You’re clearly powerful but conceal your strength, pretending to be at the third level of the Mahayana Realm. You can deceive me, but why can’t I single you out?”
“I am at the third level of the Mahayana Realm! When did I ever lie to you?”
Kai roared in frustration.
“Impossible! No one at that level could be this strong!” The man shook his head in disbelief.
Kai spread his arms. “Then check for yourself! I won’t move—see what realm I’m really in.”
Hearing this, the cloth-robed man sent his divine sense into Kai’s body.
“Huh? It’s true… you really are at the third level of the Mahayana Realm. Kid, you’re absolutely monstrous!”
The revelation left him stunned.
“Great, so I got beaten up for nothing…” Kai muttered in exasperation.
The cloth-robed man let out an awkward chuckle. “My bad! I’ll give you the pass mark now—you can proceed to the next level.”
But Kai shook his head. “I don’t care about the mark. I just want to know your name, senior.”
“Li Chunfeng,” the man replied, cupping his fists. “You’re incredibly strong at such a young age. I imagine your background is extraordinary. May I ask your name?”
“Kai,” he answered. Then, with a deliberate tone, he asked, “Senior, are you here voluntarily, or were you forced into this role?”
In truth, Kai already knew the answer—Nan Batian had told him long ago that these guardians were prisoners.
Li Chunfeng scoffed. “Who in their right mind would volunteer for this miserable place? I was imprisoned here! Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother letting them pass.”
He sighed. “Honestly, I let most cultivators on my level go through. That way, I can get some rest.”
Kai smirked. “Senior, you don’t seem like a bad person. So why were you imprisoned here?”
Kai asked curiously.
“I can’t say, I can’t say…” Li Chunfeng shook his head repeatedly.
“Senior, if I could help you escape from here, how would you repay me?”
Kai wanted Li Chunfeng to work for him, but he found it difficult to say outright.
Li Chunfeng scoffed. “Don’t joke around. I have a prisoner’s mark on me—I can never leave unless I’m pardoned.”
“Enough nonsense. Here’s your pass mark. You’d better leave!”
He clearly didn’t believe a word Kai was saying.
At that moment, a familiar voice rang out.
“Old Li, Mr. Chen isn’t joking.”
Nan Batian appeared.
Li Chunfeng was stunned. “Batian? Why are you here? Weren’t you imprisoned too?”
Nan Batian grinned. “I was locked up on the first floor. Never expected to find you guarding the second.”
Kai raised an eyebrow. “Wait, you two know each other?”
Nan Batian laughed. “Of course! I wasn’t the only one who spied on the Golden Immortal’s daughter while she was bathing. We did it together.”
Kai was dumbfounded. He turned to Li Chunfeng in disbelief.
A man who dressed like an immortal, wielded a sword with grace, and carried an air of wisdom—he did something like that?
“Shut up!” Li Chunfeng shot Nan Batian a glare.
Now it all made sense. Kai finally understood why Li Chunfeng had avoided answering his question earlier—he was embarrassed!
Nan Batian smirked. “Old Li, Mr. Chen can break the prison seal and set you free. All you have to do is serve him for three hundred years.”
Li Chunfeng’s eyes widened. “Seriously?”
Kai nodded. “Yes.”
Li Chunfeng hesitated before asking, “But breaking the prison seal means enduring heavenly punishment. Do you really think you can withstand the power of the Golden Immortal’s tribulation?”
He looked at Kai skeptically.
Kai studied Li Chunfeng’s expression and realized this man was far more cautious than Nan Batian.
Unlike Li Chunfeng, Nan Batian hadn’t mentioned the heavenly punishment at all—and because of that, Kai had nearly been destroyed by it.