Chapter 96 | The Max-Level Big Shot Ascends by Picking Up Scraps!

Chaotic times?

A stone statue of the Dao Ancestor stood within the Daoist temple; using her divine sense to probe inside would be disrespectful.

Jiang Lu slapped an Invisibility Talisman onto herself and walked inside, where she saw several people in the courtyard.

Upon a stone table in the courtyard sat two cups of tea and a chessboard.

One man wore luxurious robes, while the other was dressed in coarse cloth with a horsetail whisk resting beside him. The two sat facing each other.

Their attendants stood at a distance.

The Daoist in the courtyard closed his eyes for a moment. After a long while, he slowly opened them.

“Your Highness possesses the aura of one destined to rule the world. However, a grand undertaking cannot be achieved alone. You must meet a destined benefactor to assist you before you can secure the realm.”

The man who had spoken earlier grew anxious and immediately pressed for the benefactor's whereabouts.

The Daoist smiled faintly and shook his head. “This benefactor is hidden from the world, and their tracks are currently elusive. It cannot be forced. When the time is right, you will naturally meet.”

Jiang Lu looked at the man's head. Indeed, a faint draconic qi emanated from him, its color quite deep, with a subtle golden glow within it. This man truly cared for the realm.

But with the onset of chaotic times, any lord contending for the throne would bear draconic qi; it remained to be seen whose fortune would prevail.

However, she found herself somewhat unable to see through it all. It seemed as though her own aura was somehow intertwined with these chaotic times.

Yet she was certain she would never carelessly interfere with mortal karma.

In that case, there must be some other anomaly at play.

Once the man who called himself a prince departed, Jiang Lu left as well.

The Daoist glanced in the direction of Jiang Lu's departure. Stroking his white beard, he tapped his fingers together in calculation and muttered to himself:

“A heavenly phenomenon... Chaotic times have emerged, disasters manifest in the heavens, the stars are misaligned, and the flames of war sweep across the Nine Provinces. The great tribulation of a chaotic era has descended. An immortal descends to the mortal realm, using celestial strategies to quell the wars on all sides, soothe the world's turmoil, bring peace to the people, and stabilize the mountains and rivers.”

With that, he closed his eyes and began to meditate under the tree.

At dawn, he had discovered a purple star rising from the darkness, surrounded by several other stars.

The mortal realm had hope.

“Little Junior Sister, is it really here?”

Xi Siyu poked his head out from behind a tree, following closely behind Liu Qingqing.

Looking at the dense forest before them, which bore clear signs of having been cleared, he felt a lingering fear.

“There's absolutely no mistake, Third Senior Brother. Don't you believe me? I feel like there's something incredible here, and it will definitely benefit us.”

Liu Qingqing pulled Xi Siyu out from behind the tree, stopping at the spot with the cleared traces.

“But... Little Junior Sister, I keep feeling like it's really eerie around here.”

Xi Siyu hesitated, speaking up again after a moment of thought.

Seeing this, Lu Lingfeng pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation. He wondered if he should report this to their Eldest Senior Sister.

The three of them had snuck out. He had a premonition that their Eldest Senior Sister would be charging over very soon!

“Ah—”

Liu Qingqing cried out in alarm as a violent pulling force suddenly dragged her forward.

“Little Junior Sister!”

Xi Siyu immediately grabbed her hand, his eyes widening as he watched the space behind Liu Qingqing slowly tear open.

Just as Lu Lingfeng was lost in thought, he suddenly saw Liu Qingqing touch something. A black hole appeared, sucking both her and Xi Siyu inside.

He immediately reached out to grab them, only to be dragged in as well.

By the time Fu Yao rushed over, she only caught a glimpse of the hems of their robes. The black hole vanished instantly along with them.

Realizing something was terribly wrong, she quickly ran over, but the forest around her was completely empty, as if what she had just witnessed was a mere hallucination.

Without a second thought, she quickly sent a transmission to her master.

Those three troublemakers!

Just as she was about to leave, a jade stone tumbled out from where the black hole had just closed.

She walked over and picked it up. Suddenly, a dense wave of spiritual energy surged from the jade, rapidly flowing into her body.

The bottleneck that had stymied her cultivation for several years began to loosen...

Upon receiving Fu Yao's transmission, Shi Yan spilled the tea from his cup onto the ground, and the mouthful of tea he was drinking sprayed right out.

He sprayed it directly onto Ye Qing, who was sitting opposite him.

Shi Yan: ...

Ye Qing: !!!

The veins on Ye Qing's forehead throbbed. With a flash of a Cleansing Spell from his hand, his damp robes instantly restored to their original state.

Ye Qing snapped at him, “If you want to fight, just say so.”

Shi Yan immediately shook his head and recounted everything Fu Yao had reported. Then, his eyes gleaming, he looked at Ye Qing.

“Junior Brother Ye, I've always cared for you like my own brother. Your martial nieces and nephews have ended up in the mortal realm. You must have Lu'er take good care of them.”

Hearing this, Ye Qing was somewhat speechless.

He couldn't even contact Jiang Lu right now; how was he supposed to tell her to look after them?

Besides, as senior brothers and sisters, needing their junior sister to look after them—wasn't that just embarrassing?

“Sigh~”

Shi Yan sighed, staring intently at Ye Qing.

Feeling helpless under his gaze, Ye Qing held out his hand and performed a divination for them.

“Rest assured, they will be fine this time, and they will even reap significant rewards.”

Hearing this, Shi Yan finally felt at ease.

“Oh, where is this?”

Liu Qingqing opened her eyes, and a barren landscape met her gaze.

She scrambled up and tried to channel her spiritual energy, only to suddenly discover that her strength had plummeted to early-stage Qi Condensation.

An instant wave of panic washed over her.

“H-how did this happen?”

Turning around, she saw her Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother not far away. She immediately ran over and shook them awake.

“Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, wake up quickly!”

There was a sob in her voice. The mysterious drop in her strength filled her with endless dread.

Lu Lingfeng and Xi Siyu opened their eyes, taking quite a while to regain their bearings.

They tried to sense the spiritual energy in their bodies and were instantly shocked.

Their strength had also dropped to the Qi Condensation realm!

Then, furrowing their brows, they recalled their master's hesitant messages.

Could they have ended up in the mortal realm?

Although it was the mortal realm, their Qi Condensation strength here would only make them slightly stronger than ordinary martial artists.

Moreover, there was no spiritual energy here. If they depleted the spiritual energy in their bodies, they would truly become no different from mortals.

“Senior Brothers, what should we do?”

Liu Qingqing's vulnerability right now was not an act; she was genuinely at a complete loss.

“I don't know either. We can only take it one step at a time,” Lu Lingfeng said in a low voice.

The mortal realm was an insignificant place to them. They had never expected to end up stranded here, so they naturally knew very little about it.

However, as a transmigrator, Liu Qingqing had a premonition that the mortal realm they had arrived in was akin to ancient times.

If it were a peaceful era, their safety would be somewhat guaranteed. But if it were a chaotic era, with their appearances and current strength, things could get very dangerous.