Su Sheng, clad in a Daoist robe adorned with celestial charts, appeared beside the two men. "Xingyu..."
Bei Xingyu's face contorted in alarm. "Mr. Su, hurry and go! I'm no match for him. I'll stall him as best I can, you escape!"
Ming Zhi Tian smiled faintly. With a sudden grab, he seized Bei Xingyu's shoulder, contorting his face into a grimace.
Su Sheng frowned. To have found them here and be unharmed meant he was no ordinary individual. "Let him go."
Ming Zhi Tian still smiled faintly. "And what if I don't?"
Su Sheng absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, then roared from his mouth, "Silent Roar!"
With the sound of space fracturing, it swept towards them!
Ming Zhi Tian held up the entire space with one hand. The Silent Roar crashed against it, dissolving into nothingness after a mere impact.
Ming Zhi Tian took a deep breath of stale air, then spewed it from his mouth, "Silent Roar!"
"!"
An unstoppable, silent force shattered space, fragment by fragment!
Su Sheng and Bei Xingyu involuntarily dropped to their knees, their clothes tearing… their skin splitting…
Ming Zhi Tian had no intention of harming them; it was merely a test. Su Sheng looked up with difficulty. "Who exactly are you? Why do you know my master's, Old Demon Pu Teng's, Silent Roar?"
Ming Zhi Tian raised his hand and helped them up. "Get up first. My name is Qiong Chi. I've come to the Demon Spirit City to fulfill a request from Old Demon Pu Teng."
Su Sheng quickly invited Ming Zhi Tian into the villa. Ming Zhi Tian said, "You are Old Demon Pu Teng's nominal, albeit unworthy, disciple, Su Sheng?"
Su Sheng nodded. "Yes. May I ask who you are?"
Ming Zhi Tian replied, "Who I am is not important. What matters is that I am here to fulfill Old Demon Pu Teng's final wish."
Su Sheng suddenly stood up. "His… wish? Does that mean Master has already ascended?"
Ming Zhi Tian nodded. Su Sheng slumped onto a chair.
Ming Zhi Tian continued, "Now is not the time for despair. He took no formal disciples in his life, and he couldn't let go of this Demon Spirit City, nor his only nominal, unworthy disciple, you."
Su Sheng's voice choked with emotion, his eyes already brimming with tears.
Bei Xingyu had never seen him like this. "Mr. Su..."
"Come, I will now pass on Old Demon Pu Teng's cultivation techniques and fortune to you."
Ming Zhi Tian pointed a finger at Su Sheng's brow. A bright light emanated from within. The shortcomings and enhancements of the Silent Roar, "Darkness Without End," and "Demonic Transformation of a Thousand Ages" were all imparted to him.
"I hope you will govern the Demon Spirit City well, and not let Old Demon Pu Teng of the Divine Spring Nine Nether down."
...
The Demon Capital City, the Immortal City, the Demon Spirit City – Ming Zhi Tian had searched them all, yet there was no trace of the Jade Physique.
Just as Ming Zhi Tian was at his wit's end, not knowing where else to search, a slender golden leaf, enveloped in a wisp of golden energy, floated by.
Ming Zhi Tian instantly grabbed the swiftly vanishing golden leaf, his senses suddenly on high alert. "This is! ...A powerful and profound aura!"
...
Boundless Emperor pointed to a magnificent, seemingly endless golden tree. "Na'er, I know you like watching swaying snow pines. While you were asleep, I specifically planted millions of them for you in this small space. Do you like it?"
Goddess Tilanna nestled her chest against him. "Shou Yan... you're so thoughtful. I love it."
Boundless Emperor smiled faintly and gently stroked her. "Na'er, you are my only woman now. You are my everything. If you desired the heavens, I would pluck them for you. If you desired the earth, I would rend it with my bare hands. Whatever you wish for, I will fulfill it all."
Ming Zhi Tian stepped out from the void, witnessing the tender scene. Boundless Emperor was about to kiss Goddess Tilanna when he froze.
Boundless Emperor then turned his head to look at the newcomer. "You have disturbed me."