Chapter 174 - Gone Fishing (2/2)

He was at the precipice of power in the world. Only a very few people who were practically the stuff of legends would have rivaled his prowess. He had met a few young heroes like the boy who killed Lin Hu throughout his life and some of them ended their lives while combating him.

“That boy’s name is Chen Beixuan, and he must have reached the Transcendent State lately. So people are calling him the Young Grandmaster.” The middle age man put in.

“Young Grandmaster!” The old man’s face hardened more if it was even possible.

To achieve the level of Grandmaster required a lot of dedication. Even the old man himself didn’t have what it took to work on it until he was thirty. It was unthinkable that a seventeen-year-old boy could have already achieved such power. That being said, the old man was aware that there were a few well-hidden mystic arts and special elixirs that could boost one’s attainment straight to the Transcendent State. He knew at least one Daoism Sect that practiced hermeticism that might have possessed such mystic arts.

If that was how the boy achieved his Transcendent State, he had no chance of advancing his cultivation any further since the rushed progress would have spent his potential.

“Indeed. We heard news from China three days ago that he had killed the family Lord of the Lu Family, Lu Tianfen in front of a large crowd of martial artists.” The middle aged man’s voice trembled a little. Hearing the news coming out from his mouth, he still found it surreal.

“Some of the witnesses claimed that Lu Tianfen looked like a plaything in his hands. During the brief confrontation, the boy was unharmed. Someone suggested that the boy was both a Transcendent Master, as well as a Physique Refinement Grandmaster.”

“snap!”

The white line in the old man’s hand was suddenly broken from about two inches above the water surface. The loose strand fell to the calm water, like a lock hair.

“Master Lei!”

The middle age man was shocked by the development.

He knew that his master had been holding on the same fis.h.i.+ng line ever since he started cultivation on the tundra. He fused the line with his True Qi every morning, strengthening it and extending it just so slightly. Over time, the quick-dissipating Qi had materialized into a solid form and reached miles long under the ice cover.

However, it was suddenly snapped after the old man heard the news. The nearly inaudible snap spoke loudly of the old man’s distraught mental condition.

“That’s fine.” The old man remained calm. However, a light started to glow in his eyes. “Lu Tianfen was not a powerful man. Despite his reputation as a Grandmaster, his performance was disappointing during our secret duel. To bad that I couldn’t kill him myself back then.”

The middle aged man’s face changed color when he heard the old man’s words.

The old man was regarded by the world as the most powerful Grandmaster whose needs had already transcended the worldly matters. It was hard to imagine that a boy could have done something that even the old man conceded that he couldn’t just a few years ago.

“Grandmasters are the true dragons. Defeating a Grandmaster is one thing, but killing one is entirely a different matter. It should have been impossible.” The old man suddenly sprung to his feet as he spoke.

In his previous haunched position, he looked scrawny and thin. Now he stood upright and pushed his chest out, looking like a sky-bound spruce tree or an unsheathed long sword that shone through the night.

“Our fight happened seventeen years ago. Now, I won’t even need both hands if I want to do away with Lu Tianfen.”

The old man stamped on the ground as he said so.

Suddenly, a wave of explosions rippled out from under the old man’s feet. The thick ice covers were blown off the lake, revealing bubbling water underneath.

From the broken ice cover, a hundred-meter long web made out of thin white threads rose into the air. In the net were countless trout, pikes and white fish. They jumped and thrashed around in the net, trying to break free. Among the fish was a two-meter-long seal. It writhed and wiggled its plump body in the net but to no avail.

“It. It..”

The middle aged man was stunned by sight. He knew that the large net was not made out of any material of this word, instead, it was formed by condensed True Qi. The fish in the net would weight over a few tons, yet the old man could hold them by just using his True Qi. How powerful exactly was he?

“Ten years ago, I had a single strand of thread, now, I have a huge net that can capture a dragon and cut through metal. With his deadly weapon, I wouldn’t need to lift a finger should I want to kill Lu Tianfen.”

The old man let out a peal of laughter.

Suddenly, the Qi Net folded into itself like a shrinking cage.

“Sthththtla!”

The fish and the marine mammals that were trapped in the net were sliced into countless chunks of b.l.o.o.d.y flesh, each the size of a pinky finger and were surprisingly uniform in shape. Blood poured down like a summer storm, turning the lake into a sea of blood. Looking from afar, it looked like a flower of death had bloomed a few hundred meters above the silent lake.

“Master Lei.”

The middle aged man dropped to his knees in sheer awe.

The old man’s power had exceeded his wildest imagination. What was the difference between his master and an immortal? He asked himself.

Lei Qianjue linked his hands behind his back and sauntered away, without wasting one more glance at the place where he had spent his last ten years of life. From the void dimension, a voice drifted in. “Let’s go. I will go to China and meet Chen Beixuan.”

“Yes, Master Lei!”

The middle aged man looked up, eyes glinting with joy.

It has been seventeen years since his master returned to the safety of seclusion to recuperate his injury. But now, he was back and was more determined than ever to change China.

“Chen Beixuan and Ye Nantian, just wait. This time, the Hong Sect will finally even the score with you.”

The middle aged man said as murderous intent burned in his eyes.