"The title of Sword Saint... it’s best not to bring it up." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Senior, why do you say that?" Teng County asked casually.

Jing Huaisong pointed to a corner, at a cold-looking man dressed all in black, holding a Long Sword, his hair disheveled.

"See that one all in black? He’s a Sword Saint from a place called the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"The woman in the middle wearing red is the female Sword Saint of Maple Country."

"In any case, on this Flying Celestial Ship, if you meet ten people who use a sword, eight of them were probably called Sword Saint back in their homelands."

"So, past vanities are best left unmentioned!"

After speaking, Jing Huaisong shook his head and ambled away.

The adverse reaction from the gap between his former status and current reality was perfectly exemplified by Jing Huaisong.

In truth, Jing Huaisong had long known that the Eastern Earth Immortal Realm was a different world entirely.

But he still believed that once he arrived, he would be one of heaven’s chosen, just as before.

The reality, however, was a harsh slap in the face that Jing Huaisong still found difficult to accept.

But while there were those like Jing Huaisong who fell into despair, there were also those like Zou Feng who were completely unconcerned.

Su Qingyu was another Martial Artist who had quickly adapted to the change in status.

Now that she had appeared, she was once again shrouded in a constant veil of poisonous smoke.

And beside her was the ultimate sycophant, Bai Chen.

"Greetings, Palace Master!"

As Su Qingyu approached, Teng County and Zou Feng greeted her in unison out of habit.

But Su Qingyu waved her hand. "Now that we’re in the Eastern Earth Immortal Realm, there’s no need to call me Palace Master anymore. It will only make us a laughingstock."

Before Zou Feng or Teng County could respond, Bai Chen quickly interjected, "In my heart, you will forever be my supreme Palace Master!"

With that, he immediately knelt and performed a grand bow.

Su Qingyu looked up at the sky and rolled her eyes, completely speechless.

"Silence!"

Seeing that nearly everyone had arrived, Chen Zifan spoke in a loud voice.

The crowd quickly fell quiet.

"I thought that since you were all considered elites in your respective Earth Realms, there were some things I wouldn’t need to spell out..."

"But it turns out, some people still don’t understand the situation!"

As Chen Zifan spoke, his gaze sharpened. He swept his eyes over the crowd and roared, "Whoever did the killing, step forward!"

’Is he going to seek justice for the dead?’

The area fell silent; no one responded.

The perpetrator obviously intended to play dumb, but the commotion from the earlier conflict had been quite large, and there was no shortage of witnesses.

So after a moment, someone stepped forward to report the culprit.

"Brother Chen, I saw it with my own eyes! Those five people were killed by this woman!"

A man with thick eyebrows and large eyes stepped out, pointing at the golden-haired woman who had stunned the crowd earlier.

Hearing this, those who hadn’t witnessed the conflict were quite surprised. Their first instinct was to think it was a false accusation.

’How could such a beautiful and pure woman be a reckless murderer...?’

People with such thoughts were clearly letting their judgment be led by their eyes.

Hearing the accusation, Chen Zifan frowned slightly. "Do you have proof?"

"I saw it myself, and there are several other witnesses who can also testify," the man said emphatically.

Chen Zifan looked at the golden-haired woman, and his initially furious expression gradually turned strange.

"Luo Yingning, was it you?"

The golden-haired woman called Luo Yingning held her head high without a trace of fear. "That’s right. It was me."

Chen Zifan’s expression immediately became troubled.

Obviously, his original plan had been to punish the killer severely as a warning to others.

This plan wasn’t born from any sense of justice, but because the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect disciples in charge of this reception mission had performance quotas.

The more Outer Realm disciples they brought back, the greater the rewards they would receive from the Sect.

Therefore, in their eyes, the five dead bodies were equivalent to lost performance numbers.

Moreover, if they couldn’t curb this kind of foolish behavior—people acting recklessly on the Flying Celestial Ship without understanding the situation—their performance numbers would likely get worse and worse.

That was why Chen Zifan had angrily gathered everyone, preparing to display his thunderous methods and make an example of someone.

But after learning that the culprit was actually Luo Yingning, a sense of helplessness mixed with Chen Zifan’s anger.

After all, Luo Yingning represented the highest-quality asset on this ship.

’I can’t just kill her, can I?’

"Luo Yingning, why did you kill them?"

In truth, the question was almost unnecessary. Just by standing there, Luo Yingning was like a Holy Body that tempted people to commit crimes.

But Chen Zifan was looking for a way out. As long as her reason for killing was plausible, he could just reprimand her and let the matter drop.

Unexpectedly, Luo Yingning offered him no such way out. She smiled and said, "Because they were too ugly, and on top of that, they lived next door to me. It was too disgusting!"

Chen Zifan was stunned, then said angrily, "You..."

"If there’s nothing else, I’m heading back." Not bothering with Chen Zifan in the slightest, Luo Yingning turned and walked away.

This blatant disregard for Chen Zifan, an official disciple of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, left everyone present completely dumbfounded.

In everyone’s minds, you could offend anyone on this ship except for official disciples like Chen Zifan.

But Luo Yingning’s fearless and arrogant attitude was something nobody could quite understand.

’What is this woman relying on? Surely her brain hasn’t been kicked by a donkey...?’

At that moment, Chen Zifan genuinely felt the urge to kill. He wanted nothing more than to strike immediately and tear Luo Yingning limb from limb.

The problem was, he really didn’t dare...

The reason was simple. He had already contacted the Sect in advance to report the news that Luo Yingning possessed a natural Spirit Bone, essentially taking credit for the happy discovery.

If he were to kill her now, and the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect investigated, it would be impossible for Chen Zifan to hide the truth.

A natural Spirit Bone, even in a massive Immortal Sect like the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect with its unfathomable foundations, was a rare talent.

This Flying Celestial Ship had already gathered several thousand people from various Outer Realms.

But Luo Yingning was the only one with a natural Spirit Bone.

Spirit and Flesh, Spiritual Vein, and Spirit Bone were all "immortal seedling" physiques that one could only hope to encounter by chance. Among them, Spirit and Flesh was relatively the weakest.

Su Qingyu’s Calamity Poison Body belonged to the category of natural Spirit and Flesh.

While rare, it wasn’t enough to attract special attention within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

But Luo Yingning, with her natural Spirit Bone, was a real hot commodity.

Luo Yingning was clearly aware of this, which was why she was so fearless.

Seeing Luo Yingning turn and leave with such a defiant attitude, Yuan Fang suddenly had a bad feeling.

Although he had his own backing, he absolutely didn’t dare to provoke Chen Zifan and the others, at least not on this Flying Celestial Ship.

But Luo Yingning did!

’Doesn’t this mean that if this woman decides to settle the score for my earlier frivolous act of asking her to name her price, I’ll be in grave danger?’

At this thought, Yuan Fang quickly shrank back into the crowd, afraid of drawing Luo Yingning’s attention.

In the end, Chen Zifan calmed down.

It was true that a natural Spirit Bone would be highly valued by the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect during the entry phase, allowing her to be "parachuted" directly in as an Inner Sect Disciple.

But a good start didn’t mean she could remain so arrogant after entering the Inner Sect.

The Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had an enormous number of disciples. Countless elites from the Outer Realms gathered there. What kind of genius hadn’t they seen? What kind of physique hadn’t they encountered?

He was just an Outer Sect Steward in charge of reception, so he truly couldn’t do anything to someone already designated as an Inner Sect Disciple. But if Luo Yingning dared to be this arrogant after entering the Inner Sect, then all sorts of "harsh lessons" would be waiting for her...

Thinking of all this, even though he’d already lost face, Chen Zifan still forced himself to say with a cold snort, "As for Luo Yingning’s crime, the Law Enforcement Hall will naturally investigate once we reach the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect!"

"Remember this! Anyone else who dares to cause trouble will have their limbs chopped off and be thrown off the Flying Ship!"

In reality, even without having one’s limbs chopped off, being thrown from the Flying Ship at this point was essentially a death sentence.

In the vast Forest Sea below, who knew how many strange demons and Exotic Beasts lived, all of them hoping every day for "little snacks" to fall from the Flying Ship.

"Everyone, scatter!"

With that, Chen Zifan flicked his sleeves and left.

The people nearby quickly dispersed, but Zou Feng didn’t move. Instead, he stared at Yuan Fang’s back in the distance.

He was certain that Yuan Fang had been poisoned.

And the poison had been administered just now by Luo Yingning.

Although Zou Feng could tell that Yuan Fang was poisoned, he couldn’t determine the specific method Luo Yingning had used.

Even he, a titan of the Poison Dao, couldn’t help but acknowledge her expertise.