After a whole day, the Old Ancestor Qing Shan stepped into the realm of the Martial King from the realm of the Martial Spirit, as if a carp jumping over the Dragon Gate. This is considered to be one of the top achievements in the entire Nan Sha cultivation world.
"Hahaha... Xuanwu, Xuanwu, you have forced me to accept your challenge. But if you knew that I have broken through to the realm of the Martial King, I wonder what your expression would be," Old Ancestor Qing Shan said, his face radiating with glory, sweeping away his previous look of exhaustion.
"Congratulations, Master, on breaking through to the realm of the Martial King," Luo Lan Xue respectfully knelt and said.
Qingshan Laozu flew over and helped Luo Lanxue up with both hands, saying, "Xue'er, get up quickly. I was wrong to suspect you before. You, Luo Lanxue, are a great contributor to my Qingshan Sect and will be recorded in our annals."
"You flatter me, Master. It was Xue'er's duty," Luo Lanxue replied.
"By the way, I've been busy breaking through all this time. How about that mortal...no, senior? What's the matter with him?" Qingshan Laozu asked urgently, stroking the martial arts book in his hand.
"He looks very young and handsome, with an extraordinary temperament..." Luo Lanxue enlarged the figure gradually. "At the time, I didn't think much of it, but looking back now, his behavior and manners had a feeling of a grandmaster..."
Qingshan Laozu squinted his eyes and carefully pondered Luo Lanxue's words.
"He runs a small martial arts gym and sells many martial arts books..." Luo Lanxue added.
"Many martial arts books?" Qingshan Laozu was short of breath and opened his mouth wide.
Luo Lanxue nodded solemnly.
"Xue'er, don't be fooled by his youth. Based on your description, I suspect he's a super old monster," Qingshan Laozu said. "And I guess his level of cultivation is at the Martial Emperor realm!"
"Martial Emperor..." Luo Lanxue was greatly surprised.
In this world, most people cultivate martial arts and are divided into Martial Artists, Martial Masters, Grand Martial Masters, Martial Spirits, Martial Kings, Martial Emperors, Martial Ancestors, Martial Celestials, Martial Saints, and Martial Supreme. Although the Martial Emperor realm is only in the middle of the system, the existence that has reached this level is still rare. After all, the higher realms are even harder to achieve.
Despite having only the cultivation level of the Martial Emperor realm, the first ancestor was able to create the Qingshan Sect's gate with a single sword.
"However, this is only my preliminary guess. We need to meet this senior in person to know for sure," Qingshan Laozu pondered deeply. "So, Xue'er, you and I will go down the mountain together to visit this senior."
Upon hearing this, Luo Lanxue trembled and said hesitantly, "Master, I...I'm afraid I've already offended this senior!"
All the worries in Luo Lanxue's heart finally burst out, and regret flooded her face, almost making her feel sick to her stomach.
These past couple of days, her heart has been so tangled and complicated that it almost made her unable to breathe. Although the crisis of the sect has been resolved with the breakthrough of the Qing Shan ancestor, the memory of her disrespect in front of the stall that day left her feeling dead inside. Under the interrogation of the Qing Shan ancestor, Luo Lanxue nervously confessed to what happened at the stall. Qing Shan's ancestor's expression changed when he heard it.
"I was wrong, Master." Luo Lanxue expressed her regret to her Master, her head bowed to the ground as tears streamed down her face. She admitted to misjudging the man's abilities, believing him to be an ordinary person rather than an extraordinary expert who had not yet revealed himself to the world.
"Hmph!" Qing Shan's ancestor's face turned grim as he pointed at Luo Lanxue. "Even if he was an ordinary person, you should not have only given him one gold coin!"
"But, but I only had one gold coin on me at that time!" Luo Lanxue anxiously explained. "And I took only that one book. One gold coin was definitely enough for me to show my respect to you and Xuan Wu's ancestor in the competition, so I made a big mistake in a moment of impulsiveness."
Qing Shan ancestor fell silent. He had thought that Qing Shan Sect had a bright future, but now one small mistake could lead to the sect's destruction.
"It's really lucky that you came back alive!" Qing Shan's ancestor sighed. Luo Lanxue's tears were brimming as she felt bitter inside.
In retrospect, she had almost lost her life and caused trouble for the entire Qing Shan Sect.
"Fortunately, Yin Luoli was there," Luo Lanxue said. "Although I only gave the senior one gold coin, he didn't pursue the matter further and treated it as if he gave the book to Yin Luoli as a gift. I guess he spared me because he found Yin Luoli cute."
"So, it's better for Master to go and see the senior himself." Luo Lanxue said.
Qing Shan's ancestor pondered for a moment, then shook his head solemnly. "Not only should you go, but you must go."
"But, Master, if I go and anger that senior, it might cause trouble for Qing Shan Sect. The consequences..." Luo Lanxue raised her head and asked.
"Hmph, what do you know?" Qing Shan ancestor scolded. "With that senior's discerning eye, do you think that he wouldn't know that you are my disciple and a member of Qing Shan Sect even if you don't go?"
Luo Lanxue shuddered at the thought.
"Since that senior didn't care about these small matters at that time, we should go and apologize to him properly." Qing Shan's ancestor said. "With his status, he won't bother to argue with someone like you. Instead, if we do anything sneaky behind his back, that's when we might provoke him."
"Master, you're right. I will take the blame and let that senior handle it." Luo Lanxue clenched her teeth and said.
Then, Qing Shan ancestor grabbed Luo Lanxue and turned into two streams of light, heading towards Pingjiang City...