"You... who are you?" The Sect Master of the Thousand Wind Sect stammered out these words, his voice trembling.
Staring at the middle-aged man before him who looked like a beggar, he was truly terrified beyond reason. Although the man emanated not a shred of aura and appeared to be an ordinary person, those eyes alone sent chills straight to his core, a bone-penetrating cold that settled deep into his marrow.
What was more, even though he hadn't been able to make out how the man had arrived here, he had a vague sense that the man had descended from the sky. What did that mean? It meant that this person was at least a powerhouse of the Heaven Martial realm.
The Heaven Martial realm — that was a level not a single person in all of Qingzhou had ever reached. Only within the Jiang Dynasty, the overlord of the Nine Provinces Continent, did such formidable figures exist. It was absolutely a realm that only the pinnacle experts of the Nine Provinces Continent could attain.
Yet as far as he knew, even within the Jiang Dynasty, those who had reached the Heaven Martial realm were all elders of similar age to himself. But this man before him was clearly middle-aged! To reach the Heaven Martial realm at such an age was something he simply could not accept.
"You shouldn't have made a move against him," the beggar-like man spoke, his voice incredibly steady, carrying the arrogance of a king — a sovereign surveying his domain.
"Shouldn't have made a move against... whom? Was it... that kid?"
"I-I'm sorry, I was blind and couldn't recognize the mountain. I had no idea that young friend had any connection with you. Please, show your greatness and mercy, and spare my life."
As a sect master, he quickly made the connection to all of Chu Feng's unusual qualities. If Chu Feng truly had a relationship with this man, and he had just tried to kill Chu Feng, then right now, his life truly hung by a thread.
"Please, spare me... spare me..."
With that thought, the Thousand Wind Sect Master actually dropped to his knees. He kowtowed repeatedly against the hard ground before the beggar-like man, completely disregarding his lofty status and position. When life itself was under threat, he chose to abandon everything — including his dignity.
*Boom boom boom* At that moment, thunderous footsteps rang out from the distance. Moments later, clouds of sand rose into the air, and looking closely, dense masses of figures were sprinting toward the graveyard. Their attire marked them as the army of the Thousand Wind Sect.
The Thousand Wind Sect was different from the Azure Dragon Sect. Although both were close to this wasteland desert, the appearance of the graveyard this time had been an orchestrated scheme by Elder Zhuge of the Azure Dragon Sect.
So from the very beginning, the Azure Dragon Sect had a clear objective: have the Core Disciples collect the treasures scattered throughout the graveyard, but none of them entered the mist. The moment they had the treasures, they withdrew.
The Thousand Wind Sect, ignorant of the truth, had continuously dispatched powerful experts after the graveyard opened, sending a great many of them, determined to hoard every last treasure here for themselves. Never had they imagined they would fall into Elder Zhuge's trap, suffering devastating losses.
And this contingent of the Thousand Wind Sect army was likewise made up of people who didn't know the truth — reinforcements that had only just arrived. But upon witnessing this scene, they were rendered speechless.
"Insolent! Who are you, daring to threaten our Sect Master!"
The Core Elders of the Thousand Wind Sect recognized their own Sect Master at a glance. But seeing their Sect Master actually kneeling and begging for mercy, they were struck by a wave of fury and outrage. Without a second thought, they led the army charging forward.
The Thousand Wind Sect Master, however, paid them no mind whatsoever. He simply continued kowtowing to the beggar, desperately hoping for forgiveness. He knew that against a figure like this, numbers meant absolutely nothing.