I Can Destroy Planets with My Psychokinesis-Chapter 248. Meet face to face

Qiu Yan, at first glance, appeared intelligent and elegant, radiating a fairy-like aura.

Yet at this moment, as she exhaled smoke, she resembled those from the world of debauchery.

In response to her words, while driving, Lu Li replied, "I, too, would very much like to kill Major Ito."

To outsiders, such talk would surely seem outrageously boastful, and Qiu Yan teased,

"How interesting. Ito Taitaka is a top Innate granted a title by the Chuyun Emperor. With your meager cultivation, where do you get such courage?"

Having nothing better to do on the drive, Lu Li casually said,

"A low level of cultivation doesn’t mean one should be fearful... especially when facing beasts. Turning to run would only make them even more rampant."

The last line was something he had heard from his great-grandfather when he was a child, and now he spoke it with feeling.

But Qiu Yan lost interest in the conversation on hearing this.

She had intended to give him a few knocks and then try to recruit him, but this man’s words were too naive, no different from the members of the Kill Body Society or the Dragon Sect.

It was pointless to talk more with such a person; better to let him self-destruct.

"What a waste of talent."

Glancing at Lu Li’s handsome profile, Qiu Yan looked out the window, falling silent.

Meanwhile, Nan Jiping found herself increasingly satisfied with Lu Li, thinking it a pity that there were fewer and fewer young people like him... otherwise, why fear a mere Chuyun?

Hua Ruoxi, meanwhile, was stealthily assessing Qiu Yan.

She was an agent from the Hua Mountain Sect, placed by Governor Jiang Shixiang’s side.

With such zeal, she seemed intent on turning the Jiushan Sect into "Hua Mountain’s subordinate institution."

Hua Ruoxi’s smile hid her determination: [They absolutely cannot get away with this easily.]

At this moment, each member of the party had their own thoughts.

The car sped on, and the Jiushan Sect could soon be seen in the distance.

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As the full view of the Jiushan Sect came into view, Lu Li felt somewhat disappointed.

This so-called "Jiushan" was in fact just a small hill in the "Nandagang Wetland," not even reaching an altitude of 1,000 meters.

If it weren’t for the glittering palaces built atop it, it would hardly resemble a formal sect occupying a Spirit Vein.

However, the expressions of the three Innates turned grave, as Master Nan said,

"A mountain need not be high; it’s famous if it houses immortals. This place was originally flat, but a Spirit Vein burst from the ground at the end of the former dynasty, raising this Jiushan."

"Emerging from the ground?"

Lu Li was curious, and Hua Ruoxi explained with a smile,

"I’ve heard it said that Spirit Veins and Spirit Mechanisms are actually the planet’s ’geomangetic field’"

"Geomagnetic field..."

Lu Li immediately called up related content from his mind.

The geomagnetic field is generated by the Earth Core.

It shields us from deadly cosmic radiation, transports heat from the Earth Core to the surface, and balances the gravity that holds our atmosphere in place—it’s fundamental to sustaining our ecosystem.

At this point, Qiu Yan inquired, "Manager Hua, who did you hear this from?"

All smiles, Hua Ruoxi mentioned a name, "Xu Shou."

"It’s the man who created the steam engine and steamships!" Qiu Yan lamented, "Such a pity he can’t cultivate."

Lu Li had vaguely heard of this person, known by many titles—pioneer in modern shipbuilding, father of chemistry, and so on.

A pity he was born in the wrong era; otherwise, he would certainly have been a top-tier scientist.

After this exchange, the car arrived at the gate of the Jiushan Sect.

Someone was already waiting there to welcome them.

Dressed in a blue Daoist robe, with a childish face and a somewhat haughty demeanor, he announced himself,

"Cronos!"

Upon seeing him, Nan Jiping couldn’t help shouting, "Where have you taken a sibling pair! Release them immediately!"

So it was the representative of the Jiushan Sect at the Divine Heart Association—Cronos.

He looked coldly at Nan Jiping, and despite his babyish appearance, spoke with a mournful tone,

"The siblings have a fateful connection with immortality; our Sect Leader has taken them as disciples. You should be happy."

"You..."

As Nan Jiping was about to speak further, she was stopped by Hua Ruoxi.

The old eunuch narrowed his eyes, smiling, "Then please, Mr. Cronos, lead us to see the Sect Leader."

Mr. Fan Shiji bowed in greeting and said,

"Master is in closed-door cultivation and cannot receive guests. As for the ’etiquette donation,’ just tell Manager Hua how much and Jiushan Sect will accept it all."

This was clearly a refusal to meet!

Hua Ruoxi’s expression slightly changed, and Qiu Yan sneered,

"How discourteous of Jiushan Sect. Three Innate Martial Artists visit and can’t even see the Sect Leader?"

The gazes of the Innate Martial Artists swept across like knives, but Fan Shiji’s cherubic face still carried an arrogant expression,

"In Jinmen, it’s not the turn of Hua Mountain Sect to speak."

In just a few words, the atmosphere had become tense.

Qiu Yan, on the other hand, smiled and said to Hua Ruoxi,

"Jiushan Sect is trying to hide something obvious. We can simply leave and report the facts as they are."

With that, he turned to leave.

Lu Li frowned; he still wanted to take a look inside the sect...

Fortunately, at that moment, an old and resonant voice floated down from the top of the mountain:

"Shiji, let the guests come up."

Hearing this, Fan Shiji bowed toward the mountain peak, "I will respectfully follow Master’s orders."

He pulled out a strange short sword from his waist—a human femur bone!

Then with this bone, he stirred in the empty air...

In an instant, a semi-transparent "curtain" was parted, revealing a portal.

Fan Shiji gestured with his hand, "Honored guests, please come in."

The semi-transparent "curtain" seemed to cover the entire mountaintop!

Lu Li’s pupils shrank, instantly thinking—Mountain Protection Array!?

At this moment, the three Innates nonchalantly walked through the portal.

Lu Li also lowered his head and discreetly entered.

Fan Shiji scrutinized with cold eyes... a cripple, a driver, a non-threatening lackey.

He quickly labeled Lu Li and then paid him no further mind, leading the few people toward the mountaintop.

Meanwhile, Lu Li carefully kept his head down, capturing everything in the corner of his eye—

The layout, the purposes of the buildings, the cultivation of the disciples passing by...

"Not many people, shouldn’t exceed 500, but all with Refining God Cultivation."

"The higher we go, the higher the cultivation, the more magnificent the buildings... prime targets for bombing!"

By the time they reached the mountaintop, Lu Li already had a good sense of the situation.

And at that moment, the Kunlun Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly became restless, bursting with intense desire!

With a slight glance up, he saw a palace with soaring eaves and corners, with a plaque hanging that bore the words "Spiritual Spring Palace."

What the Kunlun Mirror wanted was inside!

Just then, Fan Shiji said, "Master is here, esteemed guests, please."

The three Innates steadied their breath and tensed their bodies.

This was where the Spirit Vein was located. It might look empty, but in reality, it was the most dangerous forbidden area of the Sect.

A Soul Emergence Expert guarding the Spirit Vein could burst forth with tremendous fighting power! Not to mention the Mountain Protection Array!

The visitors filed inside, with Nan Jiping falling half a step behind Lu Li, as a precaution against unexpected events.

Yet upon entering the palace, everyone’s tension slightly eased.

They saw an old Taoist in a blue brocaded Daoist robe, stroking his beard and smiling at them.

This was none other than the Sect Leader of Jiushan—Master Fan Chengxun.

"I’ve been in closed-door cultivation for some time; it seems to have caused you some concern."

Master Fan Chengxun greeted them with a bow and a smile, exuding an air of hermit-like elegance and extraordinary demeanor, not at all as if anything was amiss.

He also addressed Nan Jiping,

"The matter with the Chen siblings was an over-eagerness on Shiji’s part. Mr. Nan can freely take them home. If I truly wish to take them as disciples, I will personally visit to ask."

"Thank you... Master Fan."

Nan Jiping always found the other’s smile a bit off, but since it’s hard to rebuke a smiling face, he could only return the gesture with a fist salute.

Things seemed to be moving in a positive direction, but just then... Qiu Yan suddenly swung his hand!

Innate True Qi formed a small gale, sweeping over Master Fan Chengxun’s body... and ripples appeared like those in water, as if disturbing an image!

"This is a Soul Emergence Divine Soul! Not the real body!"

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