Chapter: 977 (1/2)

AST 977 – Ji Clan’s Old Ancestor, An Old Monster With A Strength of 4,000 Stars

With a single stomp, everyone was stunned. Even the three ladies looked at Qing Shui in astonishment. Although they knew that Qing Shui was very strong, they still felt a bit of shock. That kick was just too powerful.

The people from the other side all had their mouths wide-agape, unable to accept this scene.

The few old men Zu Sui had brought with him were now looking at Qing Shui with stunned expressions. They had never expected that this seemingly handsome young man would be so powerful. To be able to kill Third Master Zu, Zu Sui, with one kick… just how strong was he?

Qing Shui could easily sense his opponent’s level, but his opponents couldn’t sense his. Usually, cultivators would be able to sense each other’s level, but they wouldn’t be able to do so accurately. Even if they sensed that the other party was powerful, it was just a rough idea. They won’t be able to accurately judge how the other party compared to themselves.

Only those with a sharp spiritual sense would be able to clearly tell. People with strong spirit energy would also be able to do the same. If one’s spirit sense wasn’t powerful enough, as long as the opponent didn’t exude a powerful enough aura, one wouldn’t be able to sense their opponent’s power accurately.

Otherwise, if cultivators were able to sense each other’s abilities from just their auras, there wouldn’t be any need for them to fight anymore. Only people like Qing Shui with a sharp spiritual sense and powerful spirit energy would be able to sense the existence of people who were stronger than him.

These old men opposite him were Peak Martial Saints and were definitely powerful existences. This was because on the surface, there weren’t any Martial Saints in Greencloud Continent. However, he now knew that it was only appearances, and in the dark, there were even hidden clans in the Greencloud Continent. Even the General Manor in General Country was a powerful existence.

“Who’s the one in-charge of General Manor? I don’t wish to kill too many people, get the person-in-charge to come talk to me.” Qing Shui said to his opponents. Compared to him, they were really weak. They had no power over the current Qing Clan.

An old man left quickly and Qing Shui didn’t stop him.

“You, tell me about the things in General Manor!” Qing Shui pointed to a short and fat old man and said.

“Yes, yes…” The short and fat old man was trembling slightly. This young man was able to kill Zu Sui with a single kick. If Qing Shui were to land an attack on him, he would definitely die.

“General Manor is formed by three clans. Zu Clan is one of them, and there are another two clans, Tie Clan and Ji Clan. General Manor is primarily headed by Ji Clan. In comparison, Tie Clan and Zu Clan are much weaker.” The short and fat old man looked at Qing Shui and said slowly.

“Why is General Manor headed by three clans?”

“Is the power held by one of the clans or do they hold power together?”

“On the surface, it’s like all three clans share the power,” the short and fat old man quickly said.

“Then in the dark, it’s not true?”

Hearing Qing Shui’s words, the short and fat old man said, “In the past, General Manor’s head had three kids. Ji Clan is General Manor’s orthodox lineage.”

“Tie Clan and Zu Clan were formed by the foster children of Ji Clan in the past. Their ancestral teachings were that all three brothers had to collaboratively lead General Manor and if anything were to happen, they must discuss it together.”

This made Qing Shui feel very strange. Why were the Ji Clan’s ancestral teachings like that? By right, in those days, foster children were unable to call the shots, even if they were together with blood descendants. But why did the Ji Clan want their two foster children to lead the clan together with their blood descendant?

“Could it be so that they could restrict each other?” Qing Shui was puzzled.

“What kind of people are in Zu Clan?” Qing Shui didn’t care if the old man was speaking the truth. He just treated this as a means to waste time.

“Third Master Zu is from the second generation. There’s an older generation above him and I’m not sure if there are any others from the previous generation.” The short and fat old man said carefully.

“What about Tie Clan and Ji Clan?”

The short and fat old man didn’t dare to withhold any information. His life was in Qing Shui’s hand so he said, “Tie Clan and Zu Clan are about the same. I’m not sure about Ji Clan.”

Qing Shui sat there, tapping lightly on the armrest of the chair. General Manor’s Ji Clan, was at least a secluded clan and it should be the same for Zu Clan and Tie Clan. It was no wonder that Zu Yanglong dared to be so arrogant. It wasn’t only in General Country, he would have the rights to be arrogant even in Greencloud Continent.

However, there should have been seniors who had warned him not to leave General Country. Usually, no one in General Country would resist him, and even if anything were to happen, they would be able to arrive within a short period of time to take care of the situation. General Manor was still quite confident of their abilities.

Qing Shui didn’t wish for there to be any delays to his journey, nor did he think of killing all of these people completely. Of course, it would also be dependant on how the other party reacted. If they didn’t know what’s good for them, he wouldn’t mind killing them.

After 30 minutes, a series of footsteps rang out and more than ten people came up. This time around, Qing Shui locked his gaze on the old man in the lead.

Early Martial Emperor!

Qing Shui was astonished as well. One really couldn’t judge based on appearances alone. It seemed like it wasn’t that the people from the other continents didn’t wish to dominate here, but actually they couldn’t do so. There was no need for powerful cultivators or clans to come to Greencloud Continent to dominate. And if people of mediocre abilities were to come, they would die an unknown death.

Qing Shui was stunned. He looked at the old man in the lead who wore white clothes. The old man had snow white hair, beard, long brows, and his eyes appeared very upright.

“You guys must be from Heavenly Palace. Let me apologize on behalf of General Manor for offending you guys.” The old man in the lead bowed and said to Qing Shui.

Qing Shui was stunned by the old man’s sudden action, and so were the other people from General Manor. These people were from Heavenly Palace… Right now, news of Heavenly Palace had spread very far, especially about that young Patriarch they had.

Zu Yanglong looked at Qing Shui in a daze. He probably felt like dying now. He hadn’t expected to come across someone from Heavenly Palace. Heavenly Palace was one of those groups his clan had warned him not to offend.

Why did his grandfather suddenly attacked them? Was it out of fury or was it negligence…?