Chapter 5754
Led by Shi Yan and Ying Wu, Kai, accompanied by the little fire qilin, traversed rugged mountain paths and hidden trails.
Although both were seriously injured, they were extremely familiar with the terrain, avoiding several areas where dangerous demonic beasts might lurk.
After traveling for about half a day, as the setting sun painted the sky orange-red, they arrived at a secluded valley nestled between two mountain peaks.
The valley entrance was obscured by dense vines and illusion arrays, making it extremely difficult to spot without a guide.
Passing through the illusion arrays, the valley’s interior suddenly opened up.
Dozens of houses built of massive stones and timber stood against the mountainside, with a relatively tall stone hall in the center. In the plaza before the hall stood a blurry stone sculpture of a colossal beast, exuding an ancient and desolate aura.
Several cultivators with distinctly beastly features were active in the valley, some cultivating, some patrolling, and some processing the demonic beast materials they had hunted.
This was the Rock Valley, an important stronghold of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect located on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.
Seeing Shi Yan and Ying Wu return with a strange human youth and a powerful-looking Qilin cub, the beastmen cultivators in the valley cast curious and scrutinizing glances.
Especially when they sensed Kai’s mere seventh-grade Human Immortal aura, many looked on with disdain and a hint of rejection.
In the dog-eat-dog world of the Tenth Heaven, especially among the beastmen who revered strength, those of lower cultivation levels were often disregarded.
Shi Yan and Ying Wu didn’t bother to explain, leading Kai directly to the largest stone hall in the center.
Inside, an old man wearing brown leather armor, with gray hair, a dignified face, and a ferocious claw mark on his forehead, sat in the main seat, listening to a disciple’s report.
The old man possessed a powerful aura, clearly a fifth-grade Heavenly Immortal, none other than Elder Li Yan, who oversaw this place.
“Elder Li!”
Shi Yan and Ying Wu stepped forward and respectfully bowed.
Elder Li Yan raised his eyelids, glanced at the two, and frowned slightly when he saw their injuries: “What happened? Did you run into those scum from the Myriad Souls Demon Sect again?”
His voice was like the friction of sand and gravel, carrying an unquestionable majesty.”Reporting to Elder, that’s right!”
Shi Yan hurriedly recounted his ordeal of being surrounded and nearly killed by the Myriad Souls Demon Sect team, and how Kai saved him.
He emphasized Kai’s lightning-fast attacks and astonishing strength in instantly killing five Demon Sect disciples.
However, when Elder Li Yan’s sharp, hawk-like gaze fell upon Kai,
and he carefully sensed that Kai was indeed only at the seventh rank of the Human Immortal Realm, the slight solemnity on his face instantly turned into undisguised suspicion and disdain.
“Seventh rank of the Human Immortal Realm? Instantly killing five Demon Sect disciples, including a fifth-rank Heavenly Immortal?”
Elder Li Yan sneered, his voice filled with sarcasm. “Shi Yan, Ying Wu, are you two perhaps too badly injured and hallucinating? Or have you been deceived by this person using some kind of illusion?”
He simply didn’t believe it!
A Human Immortal challenging a Heavenly Immortal was already incredibly difficult, let alone instantly killing multiple opponents of a higher realm?
This was simply a fantasy! In his view, this stranger must have used some trickery or scheme to help by chance, and then exaggerated the story, probably trying to take advantage of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
“Elder, it’s absolutely true! This junior is willing to guarantee it with his life!”
Shi Yan said urgently, and Ying Wu nodded vigorously beside him.
“Hmph!”
Elder Li Yan snorted coldly, ignoring Shi Yan and Ying Wu, and looked at Kai with arrogance, as if he were appraising a piece of merchandise, “Boy, no matter what methods you used, since you saved my Ten Thousand Beasts Sect disciple, my Ten Thousand Beasts Sect will not treat you unfairly.”
He casually took out a few low-quality, spiritually weak immortal stones from his storage bag and threw them at Kai’s feet like charity.
Then he said indifferently, “Take these immortal stones and leave Rock Valley. This is not a place for you. The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range is full of dangers. Be careful not to lose your life here.”