A black-clad figure wearing a mask with intricate colorful patterns was blocked by a Guiding Official from the Seeking Immortal Palace.
The sudden explosion that just occurred was the sound of the masked figure condensing Qi and Blood power five hundred paces away and attacking the carriage where Ning Yutan was, only to be intercepted midway by the hidden Guiding Official among the Armored Guards.
"Kill!" Having missed the strike, the masked figure did not respond but instead waved a single hand and issued a raspy command.
Immediately, nearly a hundred masked figures appeared behind him, charging towards the entire guard squad.
"Just entered the Qi Blood Realm and still dare to attempt to kill an Immortal Seedling? Who gave you this courage?" The Guiding Official who intercepted glanced at the attacking masked figures, coldly snorted, and released a mist-like Qi and Blood power, charging directly at the leader.
Indeed, also a Qi Blood Master!
There were only a hundred attackers in total, yet all were experts of Bone Forging Realm and above, with the leader being a master who had just entered the Qi Blood Realm.
Facing them, the Armored Guards were quickly defeated, for the majority of the Marquis Mansion's Armored Guards specialized in Skin Polishing and Solid Flesh.
The opposing group being able to gather nearly a hundred experts of Bone Forging Realm and above was truly remarkable.
Only after the formation shifted, with the Institute's guards from Chong'an Prefecture's Seeking Immortal Institute and the Guiding Official's squad from the Seeking Immortal Palace challenging the masked figures with experts of Blood Exchange and Bone Marrow Forging, and nearly ten guards to one masked figure, could the assault be barely held off.
Yet before taking a breath of relief, a powerful pressure suddenly approached.
Another expert!
"How dare you!" The Duke Dingguo and the leader of the Guiding Official flew out swiftly, closely guarding above Ning Yutan's carriage.
"Boom!" Almost in an instant, a streak of red light shot over, causing a dramatic change in the expressions of Duke Dingguo and the Guiding Official as their Qi and Blood surged.
Even the defense formed by the combined Qi and Blood power of both individuals collapsed instantly upon encountering the red light.
"A Grandmaster with Qi and Blood like a Dragon bullying two juniors, have you no shame?" In the nick of time, what surprised everyone was the faint flash of brilliance from below as the old coachman on the lead carriage slowly stood up.
"Uncle Chen! Please!" Duke Dingguo exhaled sharply, urgently retreating behind the old coachman.
"The legend is true!"
"Could that old coachman be the Old Marquis's life-and-death confidant, a person listed on the Grandmaster List?"
"Hidden so deeply!"
...
In an instant, everyone around exclaimed in admiration, looking at the old coachman with newfound respect.
Ning Sujin beside Li Ji'an was rendered speechless; it was this old coachman who brought her back from the Su Family back then. People said the Marquis Mansion trivialized her by only sending a coachman to fetch her; considering now, having Elder Chen personally escort her was the highest honor from the Marquis Mansion.
Looking again at her biological father Ning Haichan, Ning Sujin was slightly moved, dissipating the core of resentment she hardly had.
When she arrived at the Marquis Mansion at ten years old, she had once strived to get that Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill to enter the Immortal Realm in pursuit of her brother.
Ultimately, she lost to her sister Ning Yutan.
She resented this somewhat.
But in the end, Ning Yutan's potential and achievements proved the Marquis's previous judgment right.
She also moved from initial resentment to a habitual and symbolic rivalry with Ning Yutan.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The opponent did not pause due to Elder Chen's unexpected intervention but continued attacking, each move targeting the carriage behind Elder Chen.
Elder Chen rose into the air, gathering Qi and Blood to form a Qi Shield in front, catching all of the opponent's killing blows.
"Humph!" The Grandmaster with Qi and Blood like a Dragon coldly snorted, strengthening his Qi and Blood by another three points, and instantly, a ten-zhang-long scarlet dragon fiercely charged.
Elder Chen's expression became grave, no longer daring to underestimate, and unleashed his full strength, a golden dragon equally surged out.
However, it was evident Elder Chen's golden dragon was slightly smaller than the opponent's scarlet dragon by three points.
Boom~
The dual dragons collided, and the golden dragon only held for three breaths before turning to dust.
While the scarlet dragon still had force left to impact the carriage.
Surprised, Elder Chen no longer cared for anything else, quickly changing his hands' movements and thrusting a punch: "One Punch Breaks Heaven!"
Boom~
The golden image of the fist shattered the scarlet dragon, its residual force pushing the masked figures far away.
"Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist—Chen Xiaosheng!" The masked figure spoke for the first time, his old and raspy voice showing slight surprise.
As he spoke, several people below had their expressions shaken again.
"What? That old coachman is Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist—Chen Xiaosheng?"
"Thirty years ago, from West Mountain, he challenged and reached the twenty-eighth position on the Grandmaster List as a Grandmaster with Qi and Blood like a Dragon!"
"Disappeared suddenly twenty years ago, never thought he'd put down his world-shaking fame and become a coachman at the Marquis Mansion?"
...
Especially some elderly from the Marquis Mansion, watching Chen Xiaosheng at this moment were shocked, some with fear, some frightened, all recalling if they had been disrespectful to him.
"Chen Xiaosheng! He is indeed the world-renowned Grandmaster Chen Xiaosheng!" Ning Sujin was more profoundly shocked.
Growing up in the family of Qi Blood Masters, her understanding of Grandmasters was more profound than ordinary people, and she knew well the weight of a Grandmaster with Qi and Blood like a Dragon.
Her grandfather was only among the top fifty on the Grandmaster List but was able to establish a family, connecting to Dukes above and managing a prefecture below, practically a local emperor.
Chen Xiaosheng's fame back then exceeded her grandfather's!
Especially his mastery of 'Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist', fierce and sharp, even those with equivalent Qi and Blood cultivation struggled against his prowess.
It is said some desired to rank his 'Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist' among the top ten martial arts in the world, only abstained by not wanting to present it to the Court.
"Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist!" Li Ji'an also had his spirit instantly lifted.
Of the several lists of martial arts in this realm, he was uniquely interested in the Martial Arts List.
After all, within the Qi Blood cultivation, without a superior martial art to condense and display Qi and Blood, the greatest power couldn't be manifested.
Chen Xiaosheng and the opponent battled fiercely just now; the initial external Qi and Blood was merely the power itself, potent but not maximizing the potential, only by showcasing martial arts and releasing Qi and Blood in full, revealing true strength.
The cultivation technique varies in activating one's Qi and Blood, inferior techniques managing three-tenths at best; superior techniques can do five-tenths, with ranked martial arts condensing seven to eight-tenths, even nine-tenths.
Some speculate Chen Xiaosheng's 'Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist' might condense nine-tenths.
Equal Qi Blood Realm and strength, the more superior the martial art, the stronger the combat ability.
If unattainable as an Immortal Seedling by thirty, he inevitably needs to study superior martial arts.
"Since you know my name, hasten to retreat!" Chen Xiaosheng did not pursue victory, but instead voluntarily called for a cease-fire.
For as, through his lens, the opponent's true identity wasn't simple, possessing Qi and Blood significantly stronger by three parts than him, possibly ranking within the top twenty of the Grandmaster List, unless unveiling his life-defining martial art, he might not prove a match.
"Hehe~ Ignorant, if you turn back now, I shall spare your life," the masked figure raspily chuckled, showing disdain.
Chen Xiaosheng's eyes lowered, understanding today's must decisive end, refrained from speaking and exerted full strength, allowing the fists and wind to rise.
The opponent also wasn't passive, promptly unsheathing the long sword from his back, within an instant the place enclosed by rapid punches and sword shadows.
"Such fearsome worldly might!" Li Ji'an stared blankly at the fierce battle between the two Grandmasters with Qi and Blood like a Dragon, his heart slightly stirred.
Though the two's battle prowess fell short of obliterating the path or reversing reincarnation, nor achieve shifting mountains and filling seas, it greatly exhilarated Li Ji'an!
Given its resemblance to the Immortal Techniques from some fantasy worlds before his transmigration.
At the very least, it proved personal might could indeed fear not armies and cavalries!