NIP Chapter 405 The True Ruler of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 405 The True Ruler of Heaven and Earth
At the very moment that Golden Core cultivator, known as the "old monster," exploded and disappeared on the snow.
Deep within a continuous black mountain range in the far west of the Dragon Kingdom.
Ordinary people can't get in here at all. The air here contains a very strange energy, which is what cultivators often call "spiritual energy".
On the top of a very high mountain peak that almost pierces the clouds.
There is a palace built with huge black stones.
There were no lights inside the palace, only a few very large luminous pearls emitting a cold, eerie glow.
In the innermost hall of the palace, four old men sat cross-legged.
These four old men looked even older than the old monster that Li Ze had instantly killed.
Their skin was as dry and brittle as tree bark. However, their eyes were closed, and their breathing was very long, so long that the surrounding air seemed to swirl with each breath.
The aura emanating from them was many times stronger than that old monster's.
Suddenly, an old man sitting on the far left, wearing a blue robe, opened his eyes abruptly.
A very piercing light flashed in his eyes.
"Dead?" the old man in the green robe spoke, his voice very hoarse, as if it were being rubbed against a stone.
The other three old people also slowly opened their eyes.
An elderly man in a black robe, sitting in the middle, appeared to be of the highest status. He looked at the old man in the green robe and asked, "Aoki, what's wrong?"
The old man, called Aoki, frowned and said, "That little fellow from the Wang family, the one who just broke through to the Golden Core stage not long ago, Wang Wudi, his aura has disappeared."
"Disappeared?" An old man in a red robe sneered. "What's so strange about him dying? He's a useless Golden Core cultivator who just brute-forced his way up with pills. He probably messed with some ferocious beast he shouldn't have."
Aoki shook his head and said with absolute certainty, "It wasn't a ferocious beast. The trace of spiritual imprint I left on Wang Wudi transmitted back a very blurry image before it disappeared."
"What is it?" the old man in black robes asked.
Aoki took a deep breath and said, "It was one person. A middle-aged man dressed in ordinary clothes. That person didn't make a move; he just used an extremely powerful aura to crush Wang Wudi."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other three elderly people in the hall changed slightly.
The old man in red sat up straight and said, "He didn't even lift a finger, yet he could crush a Golden Core cultivator with just his aura? How is that possible? The spiritual energy on Earth is so thin; besides a few of us, how could there possibly be any other experts of this level?"
An elderly man in a white robe, who had been sitting on the far right and hadn't spoken until now, finally spoke.
"Could it be some old man who has emerged from seclusion? Or someone who has escaped from some blessed land?"
The old man in the black robe stroked his dry beard, his eyes gleaming with a very deep light.
He said, "The Earth's environment has changed a lot in recent years. Perhaps some rogue cultivators have really obtained some great opportunity and broken through."
"Aoki, can you tell that person's cultivation level?" the old man in black robes asked.
Aoki carefully recalled the blurry scene and then said, "Extremely powerful. When that aura pressed down, even my spiritual imprint was instantly destroyed. I estimate that person was at least at the Nascent Soul stage."
"Nascent Soul stage?" The old man in the red robe raised his voice slightly.
Among these people, apart from the black-robed old man in the middle who had reached the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage, the other three were only at the late Nascent Soul stage.
If a Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly appeared on Earth, it would definitely not be good news for them.
Because Earth's resources are finite. Each additional Nascent Soul cultivator means competing with them for those extremely rare spiritual herbs and stones.
The old man in black robes snorted coldly, and the temperature in the hall instantly dropped several degrees.
He said very arrogantly, "So what if I'm in the Nascent Soul stage?"
"Even if he is in the late Nascent Soul stage, he is still just a junior in front of the four of us."
"If the four of us join forces, even a cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm will have to bow down obediently."
The old man in black robes looked at the other three and gave the order directly:
"Since this person dares to kill indiscriminately outside and has demonstrated such strength, it means he is a restless individual."
"A person like that, if left outside, will become a menace sooner or later."
"We must find him as soon as possible and then work together to eliminate him. We absolutely cannot let him affect our future plans."
The old man in the red robe's eyes lit up when he heard the word "plan".
He said excitedly, "Brother, after so many years of seclusion, are we finally going to start that plan?"
The old man in the black robe nodded, a wildly ambitious look on his face.
"That's right."
"We've stayed in this wretched place for too long. The spiritual energy on Earth is dwindling. If we continue to hide here, we'll never be able to break through to a higher realm, and in the end, we'll only be waiting to die."
"Therefore, we must go out into the world. We must control this world and make all mortals our slaves. We must send them all over the world to find resources, mine minerals, and search for medicine."
"Only by pooling the power of the entire world can we have a chance to break through and achieve true immortality!"
Aoki listened from the side and nodded excitedly.
"Big brother is right! We are all powerful beings at the Nascent Soul stage; in this mortal world, we are like immortals!"
"Why should we hide in the deep mountains and forests while ordinary people enjoy the glitz and glamour of the world? It's not fair!"
The old man in white robes chimed in, "Then let's go out! Let the people of this world witness what true power is!"
The old man in the black robe stood up.
A ring of black energy appeared around his body. This energy was terrifying; it pulverized several stone chairs in the hall into powder.
He looked at the sky outside and said loudly:
"it is good."
"The first step is that we can't just go and kill that person."
"We must first go out and demonstrate our power. We must go to the cities with the most mortals and show them our strength."
"We must make everyone on Earth understand that the old rules are no longer valid. From this day forward, we cultivators are the true masters of this world!"
"Once those mortals are terrified and kneel at our feet, we'll deal with that newly emerged Nascent Soul cultivator. Then, even if he wants to run, he'll have nowhere to escape!"
The other three old men all stood up and loudly replied, "Yes, brother!"