Cultivation: the Rise of a Live-In Son-In-Law-Chapter 395 - 393: Battle Against the Mortal Realm Seventh Layer Grandmaster—Desert Elder of the Southern Territory; Lu Ye’s First Fight After Advancing to the Sixth Layer
"Another Mortal Realm Grandmaster has arrived?!"
Nangong Xihua’s face tightened, as she had not yet fully recovered.
Her strength had already suffered considerable loss when passing through the Devouring Elemental Insect passage earlier.
Now, after continuously bombarding the protective barrier of the mystical garden, she was left with only half of her strength at best.
Suddenly seeing such a Mortal Realm Grandmaster descend, Nangong Xihua instinctively stepped back two paces.
At this moment, the one-armed elder finally landed here through the teleportation array.
Upon seeing the state of this valley, the one-armed elder burst into a fit of laughter.
"No wonder I smelled something peculiar; it turns out to be a mystical garden, haha, fate has led me to fortune!"
In the next second, seeing that most of the mystical garden had already been scavenged, the one-armed elder’s face suddenly darkened.
Looking at the slightly fearful Nangong Xihua, the one-armed elder snorted coldly.
"Even a small Martial Arts Grandmaster like you dares to covet my belongings? Hand over the spirit medicine you obtained earlier, and if I’m in a good mood, I might spare your life."
It had to be said, the one-armed elder’s words were quite cleverly phrased.
He didn’t say he would spare her life if she handed over the items but added the word "might" in front.
In other words, even if she handed over the spirit medicine, if he was in a bad mood, Nangong Xihua would likely not survive.
Nangong Xihua gritted her teeth, wanting to retort.
But looking at the other party’s aura, at least at the Mortal Realm Grandmaster’s Middle Stage, Nangong Xihua could only manage to stammer out,
"You’re quite domineering; we were the ones who arrived first..."
"Heh, little girl, this old man doesn’t have much patience," the one-armed elder sneered.
First to arrive?
Who cares about first come, first served?
As long as my fist is bigger, what does it matter who came later?
Of course, the one-armed elder knew that there were two people here, but...
He just glanced at Lu Ye in the distance and then shifted his focus away.
Someone at the mere Postnatal Second Layer wasn’t worth his attention; first, he would deal with this blind little Grandmaster woman.
Just as the one-armed elder scoffed and waved his sleeve at Nangong Xihua, a thought flashed through his mind.
...Something’s wrong!
All of a sudden, it struck the one-armed elder that something was amiss. This mystical garden’s barrier was not something a Postnatal Realm Second Layer could activate!
Unless... it was this woman in front of him who did it.
She was responsible for activating the garden’s shield, and that man was in charge of gathering the spirit medicine; this made sense. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Though a Martial Arts Grandmaster was nothing to him, in the Southern Territory, she was considered a powerful force.
Seeing that the one-armed elder wasted no time and directly aimed to capture her, Nangong Xihua’s face turned pale.
The intense aura locked onto her, and even if she were at her peak, she couldn’t withstand a strike from a Mortal Realm Grandmaster.
In her current state, it was impossible.
She gritted her teeth, ready to use the life-saving relic her master had given her...
In a flash, a figure suddenly teleported from behind and clashed with the one-armed elder’s strike.
Boom!
Suddenly, cracks appeared on the ground beneath them, a result of the powerful force dispersing beneath their feet.
Thud... thud... thud...
The next moment, the one-armed elder staggered back three steps before stabilizing himself.
"I guessed right; so you are also a Mortal Realm Grandmaster!" The one-armed elder narrowed his eyes and said, "I knew it, how could a mere Martial Arts Grandmaster evade the Devouring Elemental Insect passage? You must have struggled to bring your lover here."
"I don’t want to fight you; offer up sixty percent of your spoils, and with my status, letting you keep forty percent is a blessing," the one-armed elder said coldly.
Despite being forced back three steps after exchanging blows with Lu Ye while his opponent didn’t move an inch,
the one-armed elder knew his previous strike was merely a casual one meant for Martial Arts Grandmasters.
This Mortal Realm Grandmaster had taken advantage of a sneak attack.
As the Desert Elder of the South, he was a Mortal Realm Grandmaster at the Seventh Layer!
A true Late-stage Mortal Grandmaster!
The Desert Elder could not believe that this unassuming young man could surpass him in strength.
His initial attack was only because Nangong Xihua, as a Martial Arts Grandmaster, had no right to negotiate terms with him.
Now willing to split sixty-forty was to avoid complications and recognizing Lu Ye as a Mortal Realm Grandmaster.
After all, by the time one becomes a Mortal Realm Grandmaster, each cultivator would have some life-saving cards, and the Desert Elder suspected this young man was no different.
Hearing this, Nangong Xihua looked at Lu Ye, letting him decide.
If Lu Ye chose to give away half of the spirit medicine, she had no objection.
Nangong Xihua understood that this suddenly appearing one-armed elder was indeed too powerful!
Lu Ye looked calmly at the one-armed elder: "Will you leave the valley yourself, or... should I send you off?"
These words infuriated the Desert Elder.
"Looking at your age, you must have just recently advanced to Mortal Realm Grandmaster, young man... don’t overestimate yourself!"
The Desert Elder thought his earlier demand for only sixty percent was too lenient, leading this young Mortal Realm Grandmaster to believe that he had never slain a Mortal Realm Grandmaster before?
"I’ll give you one more chance; hand over seventy percent of your harvest..."
"Otherwise, I, the Desert Elder, may well add another Mortal Realm Grandmaster to my tally!"
The words dripped with chilling killing intent, no longer concealed.
If the opposite party continued to be uncooperative, he wouldn’t mind two more corpses littering the valley.
Lu Ye, unwilling to waste more words, raised his hand, substituting his finger for a sword, and unleashed the first form of the Heaven-Defying Three Swords. The piercing Sword Qi slashed toward the distant Desert Elder.
The Desert Elder hadn’t expected his opponent to act even more decisively by attacking directly, and upon seeing the sword light, he was taken aback.
Celestial Tier Sword Technique?!
Could this be the killing move mastered by the young Mortal Realm Grandmaster?!
As for deploying such a Martial Technique at the outset, the Desert Elder could guess it was merely an attempt to intimidate him from the start.
Unfortunately, although a Celestial Tier Martial Technique was exquisite, the Desert Elder wasn’t without his own.
"Celestial Tier Martial Technique... allow me to show you! Golden Snake Frenzy Sand!"
The Desert Elder, with a swing of his one remaining right arm, conjured a several-meter-long serpent imbued with an aura of yellow sand, fiercely charging towards the Heaven-Defying First Sword that had slashed forward!
By now, Nangong Xihua had smartly retreated to the rear, fearing to disturb the duel between the two Mortal Realm Grandmasters and risk getting caught in the crossfire.
Watching the Sword Qi and the faintly golden-hued frenzied snake entwine and the clash of Source Qi, Nangong Xihua couldn’t help but gasp.
The Desert Elder had fully revealed his aura, manifesting his status as a Mortal Realm Grandmaster at the Seventh Layer.
Yet, Lu Ye still cloaked himself with the inscrutable guise of a Postnatal Realm Second Layer, though even a fool could tell it was false.
"To contend with a Mortal Realm Grandmaster Seventh Layer, even if only for a single move, one would need at least the strength of a Mortal Realm Grandmaster Third Layer at the very least!"
"Hiss..."
Does this mean, while she had been coveting the Starfall Spirit Sword, the seemingly slightly weaker Lu Ye...
Had now left her so far behind she couldn’t even see his dust?!
