Only I am Venerable

When the two of them reached the summit, they gazed out in all directions. Endless mountain ranges stretched before them, with magnificent peaks rising one after another in a beautiful and divine vista. The view was vast and majestic, evoking a sense of immense grandeur.

"This place really is quite nice!" Shangguan Shiyu let out a long breath, spreading her arms slightly to welcome the wind, her hair dancing in the breeze.

Qin Li closed his eyes and focused his mind, beginning his search for the entrance to the Mysterious Land. Before long, his Divine Sense caught a strange fluctuation of energy that pulsed once every fifteen minutes or so.

Qin Li walked up to a giant boulder and said, "This is it!"

Shiyu also closed her eyes to concentrate. A long time passed before she opened them and said with admiration, ’If I were the one searching, it definitely wouldn’t have been this fast!’

Qin Li chuckled. "It’s a specialty of mine. You can’t imitate it!"

Shangguan Shiyu shot Qin Li a coquettish glare, then said, "Oh, right. That powerful guy from before... he wouldn’t come back here and call a whole group of people to ambush us, would he?"

Qin Li was taken aback for a moment. She had a point. Although the gray-robed man had fled in a direction away from the mountain, who could guarantee he wouldn’t circle around from another path?

"Alright, wait a moment while I check." As Qin Li spoke, he stood before the giant boulder, and his Divine Sense began to spread out like quicksilver flowing across the ground, following the formless Energy Gate and starting to permeate it.

A massive resistive force closed in on Qin Li’s Divine Sense from all directions, as if trying to expel it.

But Qin Li’s Divine Sense remained unshakable, pushing straight forward like a rushing river. The opposing forces were like stones and sand in the riverbed, having no effect at all.

Breaching the barrier presented some minor difficulty; the Energy Gate wasn’t so easily broken. If Qin Li hadn’t possessed the Innate Purple Qi Technique, his Divine Sense would never have become so powerful.

Of course, Qin Li himself didn’t feel the difficulty. In truth, the Innate Purple Qi Technique was a true immortal Cultivation Technique! In this world, only a powerhouse who had passed a Thunder Tribulation and reached the Earth Immortal realm would possess a Divine Sense that could possibly rival the one cultivated from the Innate Purple Qi Technique.

Below the Earth Immortal realm, no one’s Divine Sense was stronger than Qin Li’s!

The far end of the Energy Gate was like a giant spring. Qin Li’s Divine Sense charged it several times, only to be bounced back each time. Although he wasn’t injured, the feeling wasn’t pleasant. Moreover, Qin Li didn’t dare use too much force. He had no idea what consequences would arise if he actually caused the Energy Gate to collapse, but he was sure it wouldn’t be anything good.

Finally, just as Qin Li was growing impatient, an extremely fine crack appeared at the far end of the Energy Gate, like a fissure that occasionally splits the sky. Qin Li’s Divine Sense instantly latched onto it, rushed forward, and immediately wrenched the tiny crack wide open, tearing a huge rift.

His Divine Sense finally surged through like a torrent. Although Divine Sense has no eyes, it is actually more effective than them. The surrounding terrain appeared in perfect detail in Qin Li’s mind.

Interestingly, the other side was also an immense mountain peak. There were no powerful presences where his Divine Sense first passed through. It wasn’t until his Divine Sense had spread out for about ten li around the peak that he sensed several powerful fluctuations. He surmised that these fluctuations had to be from beings at least in the Venerable Realm!

Their auras were long and deep, seeming to have merged with nature itself. If not for a freak like Qin Li with his monstrously powerful Divine Sense, even someone at Shiyu’s level of the Shattered Void realm would have had difficulty detecting them.

A cold sneer couldn’t help but touch the corners of Qin Li’s mouth. ’It seems this Mysterious Land really isn’t as peaceful as I thought!’

The gray-robed man was indeed from this Mysterious Land, because Qin Li’s Divine Sense had already perceived him. Qin Li could even feel the furious emotions contained within the man’s Spiritual Power.

’Looks like he was so infuriated about not getting the upper hand just now that he’s waiting for me and Shiyu to enter so he can launch a surprise attack!’

But Qin Li was also a little puzzled. ’How did this gray-robed man know I was going to enter this Mysterious Land? Could it have just been a coincidence?’

Qin Li shook his head. He felt that possibility wasn’t very high. But besides Shiyu, no one else knew his destination for this trip.

Unable to figure it out, Qin Li decided not to dwell on it. He quietly withdrew his Divine Sense, then smiled at Shiyu. "Those guys are indeed lying in wait on the other side."

Shiyu was also startled. "How did they know we were going to enter?"

Qin Li shook his head and smiled. "I don’t know. But those guys seem to be very cautious. It shouldn’t be possible for Spirit Beasts to reach this level of cunning!"

Shiyu’s lovely brows furrowed slightly as she said softly, "You’re right. Even She She and the Golden Eagle, who have some intelligence, are innocently adorable compared to scheming humans. Even that Old Ape is just ill-tempered and suspicious, not what you’d call exceptionally brilliant. To be able to post sentries outside, and even know to set up an ambush after taking a loss... why do I get the feeling there’s a human hand behind all of this?"

"You have that feeling too?" Qin Li glanced at Shiyu and said with a wry smile, "So do I!"

"So... do we go in or not?" Shiyu asked softly.

"Of course we go in!" Qin Li gave a faint smile. "I’ll go first. I’ll draw those guys out and see what they’re up to. You can come in after a little while."

Shiyu looked at Qin Li with worry, her voice gentle. "Why don’t I go first?"

Qin Li patted Shiyu’s shoulder. "How could I let my woman take the lead?" With that, his figure flashed and he rushed into the Energy Gate.

Watching Qin Li’s disappearing back, Shiyu stomped her foot lightly and pouted. Her beautiful eyes were filled with worry, but even more so with a feeling of being touched.

She also knew that the effect of her going in first might not be as good as his. After all, he was the type who never let himself be at a disadvantage.

The moment Qin Li entered the Energy Gate, he felt a massive force envelop him, as if it wanted to use its pure power for a Marrow Cleansing of his body.

But Qin Li’s body, which had been reformed by all sorts of peerless treasures and the *Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable* combat technique, had no need for such a Marrow Cleansing. Therefore, that irresistibly immense power had no effect on him at all. It simply enveloped his body and instantly teleported him to the other side.

The instant Qin Li’s body appeared, he felt several attacks simultaneously blasting toward him. If he hadn’t been prepared, he would have been caught completely off guard.

Qin Li’s body was like a slippery loach. The moment he appeared, he dropped to the ground like a thousand-pound weight. The powerful attacks missed their mark, and two of them even collided with each other, creating a massive BOOM in mid-air.

Qin Li’s feet hit solid ground. Before he could even survey his surroundings, the attacks shadowed him relentlessly, rocketing toward his position. His figure flickered like a Ghost, vanishing from his original spot in an instant.

The place where he had been standing was instantly blasted into a huge crater over ten meters deep. Shattered rock, soil, and plants shot out in all directions with astonishing force.

Qin Li snorted coldly, now genuinely angry. This completely unprovoked attack from his opponents infuriated him. ’Even if you’re resisting invaders, shouldn’t you at least ask a few questions first?’

The Blood-Drinking Sword was unsheathed in a flash. An *Only I am Venerable* Sword Intent instantly locked onto one of the attackers. The attacker’s movements froze for a moment, and he let out a terrified cry.

The other attackers charged at Qin Li with even more frenzy, as if willing to sacrifice a companion just to blast Qin Li into dust.

If Qin Li insisted on killing the man locked by his Sword Intent, he himself would inevitably be annihilated by their attacks.

Qin Li’s body flashed again. Purple Sword Qi crisscrossed the sky, sweeping toward the other attackers. Even if he had to evade, he wasn’t going to let them off easy.

The attackers probably never expected Qin Li to be able to use such a move. They scattered in terror before coming to a stop, surrounding Qin Li.

The two sides began a standoff!

The gray-robed man stared deadly at Qin Li with his beady, triangular eyes, which shot out a cold and venomous light, as if Qin Li had murdered his father.

The others were also dressed in gray robes, and all of them were hideously ugly. There wasn’t a single one who was easy on the eyes.

"Intruder, die!" one of them, a gray-robed man with a full head of white hair, a long horse-like face, and thick, protruding lips that looked like two sausages, said coldly.

Then, his body bent low, shattering a huge boulder under his foot. Using the force from that stomp, he shot toward Qin Li. His two cattail fan-like hands swung at Qin Li’s head with overwhelming force.

The power of that slap could shatter iron or stone, let alone a human head.

As this ugly gray-robed man moved, the others moved with him. A torrent of powerful attacks once again howled toward Qin Li like a raging tidal wave.

A heaven-shaking aura suddenly erupted from Qin Li. A Sword Intent, like that of a sovereign ruling over their domain, locked onto the ugly, speaking gray-robed man. A streak of purple Sword Qi, as if flying from beyond the heavens, slashed toward him at an extreme speed!

"Hah!"

The gray-robed man roared, his fan-like hands meeting the Sword Qi that had filled him with an inexplicable panic.

PFFT!

"Aaargh!" With a blood-curdling scream, both of the gray-robed man’s large hands were instantly severed by the sharp, purple Sword Qi!

As for Qin Li, he twisted his body amid the other attacks, finding the one and only sliver of open space. He dashed into it, and as he passed by one of the gray-robed men, the Blood-Drinking Sword flashed!

A spray of fresh blood once again flew through the air! (To be continued. For more Chapters and to see what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. Support the author and read the official version!)

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