517 The Restless Curmudgeons (1/2)

Chen Fan's battle had far-reaching consequences.

The Curmudgeons who had been hiding behind the curtain for decades were more disturbed by the development than the rest of the world.

The Immortal State Warriors dominated the world and except for the superpowers of the world, no one else could have brought them down. Not even Ye Qincang or Lin Shuming could guarantee to end the life of an Immortal State Warrior without the latter sneaking away.

However, Chen Fan's performance caught them by surprise. However powerful his opponents were, he had brought them to heel with a single sweep of a blade. It was evident that Chen Fan had dominated the fight.

\”This lad reminds me of the Great Magus who lived three hundred years ago, Zhang SanFeng who lived five hundred years ago, and the Exalted Cultivator who lived a thousand years ago.\”

One Immortal State Curmudgeon exclaimed.

\”Humph! I don't understand what the big deal is. We will join forces and deal with him the same way we did with Ye Qincang.\”

Someone inside the Dragon Tiger Mountain grunted.

\”Lin Langya's death was a huge loss to the Lin Family of Southeastern China. I wonder how Lin Shuming is faring without his most trusted assistant.\” Many people focused their attention on the Lin Family and waited expectantly for the hundred-year-old Sword Master to show up.

Lin Shuming was the oldest Immortal State Warrior in the world. He was one of the only people, other than Ye Qincang who could possibly rival Chen Beixuan.

\”People told me that they heard the humming of Lin Shuming's blade a while ago. But the old man faltered in the end. I wager the next time he comes out of hiding, he would have reached the Earth Level Deity Level.\”

Someone put in.

\”Earth Level Deity. Tsk..tsk..\”

The thought made everyone quiet.

Although no one had reached that legendary state for a thousand years, it remained the ultimate goal for generations of Immortal State Warriors. The nuclear powers of the present-day world had forced the Immortal State Warriors into hiding, but it also gave them plenty of time to focus on their cultivation.

Ten days, twenty, thirty…

Chen Beixuan had disappeared for a month ever since he entered the Valley of No Return. Many people started to suspect that he was killed by the divine spells of the Earth Level Deity.

However, they learned their lesson from what happened after the battle of the Warg Valley. Chen Fan had reappeared after he was missing in action for over a year and utterly crushed the Russians.

That being said, Chen Fan's absence did have some effect on the world.

\”Kaboom!\”

A crack of lightning erupted at the top of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

The legendary Heavenly Master, Yao Daoyi, who had banished the many evil creatures from the world, finally finished his seclusion cultivation.

Yao Daoyi rose to fame during the most tumultuous time in Chinese history around the turn of the 20th century. As war and famine ravaged the land, many sadistic and unscrupulous sects climbed the ladder of chaos and rose to power. As the Bearer of the Thunder Seal, Yao Daoyi had taken upon himself to banish evil from China. In the end, he was forced to retire after being confronted by Ye Qincang with an army of a hundred thousand strong.

However, Yao Daoyi was not the only one.

A few months ago, some tourists had claimed to see a white-haired old man with a surprisingly youthful face walking in the clouds.

Old Taoist monks from the Temple of Violet Cloud claimed the old man had been there when he was a young lad. They insisted that the old man lived somewhere at the side of the mountain and looked just the same as when the monk was a child.

\”He is Li Changsheng from the Wu Dang Primordial Dao Sect. He practiced Dharma Spell and Martial Arts dual cultivation and was only a few years younger than Lin Shuming.\”

Someone online recognized the old man on the grainy image.

The news had become the flashpoint in Chinese media. Both Yao Daoyi, Li Changsheng were legendary warriors active a few decades ago. To everyone's surprise, they aged exceptionally well and were full of vigor.

\”They must have been disturbed by Chen Beixuan's killing the three Immortal State Warriors.\”

Someone on the internet pointed out.

Right after that, many more strange things happened all over the world.

In Thailand, people reported the sightings of an old man riding on a snake-like beast with a large horn sticking out from its scaly forehead.

In Japan, the Ise Grand Shrine's empty hall was filled with ghastly apparitions and nerve breaking noises.

In India, the Middle East, and Northern Africa, similar events also unfolded.

Many of these strange developments were recorded and that footage and images were uploaded to the internet.

Chen Fan's battle against the Grand Magus God had shown the Myanmar public his godly power. As a result, the Myanmar public worshipped Chen Fan as a god.

That was only the beginning of a larger awakening of the public to the supernatural elements of the world. More and more videos and images of astonishing sightings spread on the internet like an infectious disease despite the government's effort to discredit these sightings. More and more people started to take a second look at the reality they knew of and created many websites dedicated to such discussions.