Chapter 193: Chapter 182: Baihua Sect Master

At this question, Luoqing City stopped her sighing and couldn’t help but look at the young man.

Shattering a Royal Family’s Top Grade weapon in a single move and flattening a Peak Powerhouse of Qi Sect into a meat patty with one slap... what kind of power was that?

The two had considered that Nie Yun might be an Ultimate Venerable, but they immediately dismissed the thought.

The sheer difficulty of becoming an Ultimate Venerable Powerhouse was evident from the small number of them in the Divine Wind Empire. The youngest genius in history, Mo Yanqing, had reached the Ultimate Venerable Level at thirty-one. And this young man before them?

He wasn’t even seventeen!

An Ultimate Venerable who was less than seventeen years old... would anyone believe it?

"My strength? My true power is only at the Early-Stage Ultimate Venerable level. As for my combat strength... it’s probably a bit higher!"

Since he had already decided to reveal his power in a public setting, Nie Yun saw no need to hide it from Luoqing City.

"What? He really is an Ultimate Venerable?"

"A seventeen-year-old Ultimate Venerable..."

Luoqing City swayed. Even though she had suspected it, she was still so frightened that she trembled all over, unable to believe it.

As for Yalian, her knees gave out, and she collapsed to the ground.

An ordinary person would be scared witless, their limbs going weak, just from hearing that a General or an Emperor was in their presence. That was exactly how Yalian felt now.

She had seen an Ultimate Venerable Powerhouse before, but hearing the young man admit his strength still made her head spin. She felt completely drained of all power.

An Ultimate Venerable—a powerhouse at the very peak of the Qi Sea!

’Senior Sister actually has a friend like this... How come I’ve never heard of him before?’

He chuckled.

Seeing their reactions, Nie Yun shook his head helplessly. This was exactly why he had been reluctant to tell anyone he’d reached the Ultimate Venerable Level—he was afraid the news would be too shocking.

"I wonder which friend has come to my Baihua Sect. Baihua Xiu received no prior notice, so I have failed to give you a proper welcome. Please forgive my offense!"

Just then, a light, crisp voice rang out from the distance, and a figure in white came flying over like a bolt of lightning.

"It’s the Sect Leader!"

Hearing the voice, Luoqing City and Yalian’s expressions turned serious, and they both straightened up.

"The Baihua Sect Master, Baihua Xiu? Heh, perfect timing. Her own disciple is being forced into marriage by the Zhao Family, and I was just about to ask her what kind of master she is!"

Nie Yun snorted, his expression darkening.

In the fight with Zhao Yan just now, he had used the power of an Early-Stage Ultimate Venerable. ’If the Baihua Sect Master, an Ultimate Venerable Powerhouse herself, couldn’t sense that, she might as well be dead!’

"Nie Yun, my master is an Ultimate Venerable Peak Powerhouse! Even if you’re strong, don’t be reckless. Please, speak politely. If you make her angry, it’ll be a disaster..."

Hearing the young man muttering to himself, Luoqing City’s face turned pale.

Although her master was a woman, she was ruthless and decisive. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her, as a lone woman, to establish such a massive Sect in the Divine Wind Empire!

She had personally witnessed an Ultimate Venerable from the Demon Race launch a sneak attack on the Sect. Her master had crippled him with a single palm strike, then burned him alive with raging flames. His agonizing screams had echoed at the mountain gate for two full days. It was a gruesome sight!

’The young man just admitted he’s only an Early-Stage Ultimate Venerable. The gap between that and my master’s Ultimate Venerable Peak must be enormous. If a conflict breaks out and my master makes a move, it’ll be a real disaster!’ 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

As the girl’s thoughts ran wild, the white-robed figure flew over. Her garments billowed in the wind, making her look like a fairy gliding on water—proud beyond compare!

"So you’re the Baihua Sect Master, Baihua Xiu?"

This was the first time in either of his lives that Nie Yun had gotten a good look at the woman named Baihua Xiu.

He had to admit, the woman was stunningly beautiful, perhaps even more so than Luoqing City.

Her oval face was as white as snow, and her skin was like polished jade.

More radiant than any flower, more delicate than any blossom.

An innate noble aura and majesty radiated from her, filling the air and making anyone who saw her feel instinctively inferior.

Based on her appearance alone, she looked to be in her early twenties, but Nie Yun knew that this woman, Baihua Xiu, was likely at least seventy years old.

For a seventy-year-old woman to maintain her looks and figure so perfectly, it was no wonder people had given her the nickname "Immortal Fairy"!

The Immortal Fairy, Baihua Xiu!

"I am. And to which expert do I have the pleasure of speaking? Forgive me for my poor eyes, but I do not recognize you."

The Baihua Sect Master glanced at the young man, her brow furrowed. She didn’t recognize him.

She was a master of preserving her youthful appearance, so when she saw how young he was, she assumed he was like her—an old monster in disguise. But she wracked her brain and couldn’t think of any old monster who looked so young!

It was no wonder she thought so. With the Qi Sea Nine Heavens, each successive layer was harder to break through. This was especially true for the Qi Sect and Ultimate Venerable levels; reaching them was incredibly difficult and utterly impossible without decades of accumulation.

Even with a frown on her face, every move Baihua Xiu made carried a soul-stirring charm. She was like an immaculate fairy—holy and proud.

"I’m just a Loose Cultivator! I’m not famous, so it’s perfectly normal that the Baihua Sect Master wouldn’t recognize me."

Others might have been utterly captivated by such a beautiful fairy, but Nie Yun was different. When you counted his past life, he was an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years. He remained completely unmoved, and his tone was anything but friendly.

"A Loose Cultivator?" The Baihua Sect Master’s expression turned cold, like a block of thousand-year-old glacial ice. "Zhao Yan was my guest. For you, Your Excellency, to kill him here without so much as informing the host... isn’t that taking things a bit too far?"

As she spoke her icy words, a chill wind seemed to sweep through the courtyard, making it as cold and gloomy as a cellar.

"Master, Nie Yun is my friend! He was just visiting me when he got into a conflict with Zhao Yan... He didn’t do it on purpose, I beg you to forgive him, Master..."

"Shut up!"

The Baihua Sect Master cut off Luoqing City’s explanation with an indifferent glare, then descended from the air step by step.

With every step she took, the air grew colder, as if she herself were made of Cold Ice, making it impossible for anyone to get near.

Cold and noble, like a fairy from beyond the mortal world—this was how everyone viewed the Baihua Sect Master.

"Having reached the Early-Stage Ultimate Venerable level, you should understand reason and etiquette. This is the Baihua Sect. To kill my guest here is unacceptable, regardless of your reasons!"

Her feet touched down lightly on the ground. The Baihua Sect Master’s elegant brows shot up as she snorted coldly.

Nie Yun made no effort to conceal his aura. In the eyes of the Baihua Sect Master, the power of an Early-Stage Ultimate Venerable was nothing special.

Once one reached the Ultimate Venerable Level, the difference between the early, middle, and late stages was as vast as the heavens—truly incalculable. Barring any surprises, even if ten or twenty Early-Stage Ultimate Venerables were to fight an Ultimate Venerable Peak Powerhouse, the former would be the only ones to fall.

"’Unacceptable regardless of my reasons’? Heh, I’ve really had my eyes opened today!"

Nie Yun began to laugh, a wild and unrestrained sound.

"When someone tries to snatch your own disciple to be his wife, not only do you not stop it, you actually help them? How could Qingcheng have an animal like you for a master? Even an old dog protects its pups! The Baihua Sect... and you have the gall to call yourselves the Divine Wind Empire’s Cultivation Holy Land? In my eyes, you’re worse than a kennel!"

His merciless words seemed to soar to the heavens, and the expression on everyone’s face changed in an instant.