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Chapter 99
Chapter 99
Chapter 99
The beautiful girl floating in the clouds looked at Qin Ran. Although she had already seen all of Qin Ran's body when he was crossing the tribulation, she still felt shy at this moment. She spread her five fingers and covered her eyes, saying,
"What a rogue, not knowing shame even when naked."
Qin Ran was quite speechless. Could he be blamed for this? He was just about to get dressed when groups of people started coming one after another.
"Let me put on some clothes."
Qin Ran smiled awkwardly. Under everyone's gaze, he slowly walked towards the nearby bushes.
He walked very slowly, afraid that walking too fast would provoke these people to do something bad. It took a good while before he reached the bushes.
In front of the bushes, he squatted down slowly. One hand held Chase Wind in his arms while the other reached into the bushes to take out a temporary universe bag. He held it up to signal that he was going to take clothes out of it, just clothes.
Then...
The universe bag suddenly exploded!
Dazzling white light burst out from the universe bag, forcing all creatures that saw things with their eyes to involuntarily close their eyes.
Qin Ran took the chance to turn around and jump away, transforming into an invisible water man. More than a dozen identical transparent water men split out from his body, each hugging a little white tiger, and scattered in all directions to escape.
The five-tailed fox spirit opened her eyes to see the sky filled with transparent bald naked men, all fleeing far away from here. She raised the long sword in her hand, but was at a loss for a moment because her eyes were dazzled and her brain was overloaded from too many people that she didn't know which one was real.
After the Lingnan Immortal Sect members opened their eyes, they saw white mist rising from the ground with water clones everywhere.
"He... ran away just like that?" The peerless beauty was dumbfounded.
"Be careful, the mist is poisonous!" The handsome man warned and swung his sleeve to blow the mist away.
The peerless beauty covered her nose, not really understanding, "Why did he run away?!"
"He can't get away!" Elder Ning said coldly. He stretched out his hand and a huge illusory palm reached forward, scooping directly into the river to fish out a handful of water and a little white Xuanming Spirit Tiger.
The handful of water converged in Elder Ning's palm, turning back into Qin Ran with a solemn expression.
"Where would you run after embarrassing me like this?" Elder Ning said to Qin Ran.
Qin Ran took a deep breath and held Chase Wind over to cover his private parts before finally asking, "I wonder who Your Excellency is and what business you have with me!"
Just now, he had already escaped into the water, performing the techniques to blend into the water completely. But that big hand came with supreme might, making him feel as if the space here had solidified and time had stopped. He didn't dare to move anymore and was forcibly separated from the water.
This man was at least beyond the Primordial Infant Stage!!
A direct confrontation would leave him no chance at all. Qin Ran decisively admitted defeat.
One must understand that the increase in cultivation realms follows an exponential pattern. The higher one goes, the greater the gap between realms.
If the Foundation Establishment Stage is 2, then the Golden Core Stage would be 2 squared, 4. The Primordial Infant Stage would be 2 cubed, 8. The Divine Transformation Stage would be 2 to the power of 4, 16!
When Qin Ran was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, relying on his solid foundation and exquisite escape techniques, he was confident he could escape from the hands of those at the Primordial Infant Stage. But now that he was at the Golden Core Stage, he didn't have the slightest confidence in escaping from someone at the Divine Transformation Stage.
The difference between 2 and 8 was far smaller than between 4 and 16.
"Actually there's no business. This old man is just curious..." Elder Ning said, "Where are you from?"
Yes, no matter if Qin Ran was an outsider demon or an old monster that had seized control of someone, Elder Ning didn't care. He was just curious and felt it was interesting. Because even if Qin Ran was a demon from another world or a wandering soul from some other place, what harm could he bring to himself? What business was it of his?
As soon as Qin Ran heard Elder Ning's words, he understood the implication behind them. Elder Ning seemed to have sensed that he was a transmigrator!
"This junior is from the Dao Sword Sect’s Chief of Dan Peak, named Qin Ran!" But Qin Ran still answered like this... He couldn't possibly say he was a transmigrator after all.
"You’re from the Dao Sword Sect?" The peerless beauty picked up the conversation. "Why did you come here to cross your tribulation then?"
"I just happened to break through here, so I casually crossed a tribulation." Qin Ran said with a smile.
No one believed his words, especially those who had witnessed his bizarre and terrifying heavenly tribulation. But the immortal cultivation world was filled with secrets in everyone's hearts, so they didn't try digging deeper into it.
"This is Su Changqing of the Lingnan Immortal Sect, pleased to meet you Qin brother." The handsome man bowed with clasped hands to Qin Ran.
The Lingnan Immortal Sect?!
Qin Ran's pupils shrank. The place they were currently in was called the Lingnan Region, and the 'Lingnan' came from none other than the name of Lingnan Immortal Sect.
The Lingnan Immortal Sect was the kind of legendary massive sect that had its own small inner world...
In short, in the entire Lingnan Region, the Lingnan Immortal Sect was the biggest power. Compared to them, the Dao Sword Sect was like the difference between an ant and an elephant, or to put it more clearly, the difference between a louse and an elephant. After all, the entire Lingnan Region could be considered the territory of the Lingnan Immortal Sect.
"So you are all disciples of the immortal sect! This humble Dao Sword Sect cultivator from the countryside didn’t recognize the immortals before him and truly offended you, please forgive me!" Qin Ran made the greeting ritual with one hand while the other held Chase Wind to cover his lower body, looking rather sorry.
"It’s nothing. We are all travelers on the path of immortality. Status and hierarchy don’t matter. Where is there offense and no offense?" Su Changqing said. "It’s just that we saw Brother Qin's tribulation earlier and were amazed by Brother Qin’s cultivation level and strength, so we rashly stopped Brother Qin. Please forgive us if we startled you.”
What impressive bearing! As expected from someone of a top sect. Qin Ran sighed inwardly.
"What strength do I have, don’t laugh about it!" He replied.
The two chatted for a few more polite remarks before the peerless beauty at the side introduced herself and joined the conversation. Qin Ran then requested again to find some clothes to wear.
"You won’t try to run away right?!" The woman named Bai Ruoxi joked.
"Of course not. Now that I know you are disciples of the immortal sect, how could I still do something so embarrassing." Qin Ran said with a laugh.
But he scolded inwardly, no one would dare to have any tricks with that old monster Elder Ning here at the Divine Transformation Stage!
Elder Ning let Qin Ran down and allowed him to go to a place to take out his universe bag and put on clothes.
"Your methods are truly abundant..." Bai Ruoxi marveled.
From Qin Ran’s various ingenious ways of dealing with the tribulation earlier to the universe bags all over the ground now, Bai Ruoxi had learned a lot.
"Haha, not at all."
"Brother Qin has deep forethought and detailed planning. We have much to learn from you." Su Changqing said.
The five-tailed fox spirit had been watching all along. No one forced her to leave so she stayed. She witnessed all of Qin Ran's series of operations and felt that he was even more cunning than foxes like her, with follow-up traps one after another.
She had a feeling that if not for the people from the Lingnan Immortal Sect disrupting things, she might have suffered a big loss.
"He must be a transformed fox spirit!" She couldn't help but retort.
Su Changqing just smiled at her without responding. Instead, he said to Qin Ran, "Our rude interruption of Brother Qin has two purposes. One is that we admire Brother Qin’s profound cultivation and wish to have an exchange to learn from you. The other is that we want to give an Immortal Spirit Token to Brother Qin."
"Immortal Spirit Token?" Qin Ran's expression shook and he said modestly, "I don’t have that level of ability!"