"Could it be that my magnificent Spirit Fighting Commerce is now being bullied by any random nobody?"

Such a thought surged in Wei Duzheng's heart, his expression turning extremely grim. He had already decided to use these two brazen fools who didn't know their place to reassert the authority of Spirit Fighting Commerce to the world.

"I've already said who I am, but you haven't answered my question yet!"

Upon hearing Wei Duzheng's question again, Xue Qi visibly furrowed her brow, her tone becoming somewhat displeased. Did this old fellow, who seemed to be the leader of Spirit Fighting Commerce, not understand her words?

"This is my answer!"

Agitated by Xue Qi's matter-of-fact response, Wei Duzheng's anger was quite extraordinary. With a shout, his late-stage Lingyun Realm Meridian Qi cultivation erupted, filling the grand hall with a violent energy.

Such an aura caused many elders in the commerce to stagger, directly retreating several steps under the impact. Simultaneously, they saw that the girl named Xue Qi finally couldn't withstand this aura and retreated a step.

But at that moment, the robed elder who had followed Xue Qi closely from the moment they entered the hall, without saying a word, took a step forward as she retreated and blocked her front.

"Die!"

Wei Duzheng had never paid any attention to this robed elder; his focus was merely on Xue Qi's middle-stage Floating Life Realm cultivation. What tricks could this seemingly servant-like old man possibly have?

Therefore, Wei Duzheng didn't hesitate for a moment, striking with his right hand toward the robed elder's head, believing that if his palm landed, the old man's head would burst like a watermelon dropped from height.

"Hmm?"

Just as the palm of Wei Duzheng's right hand was about to touch the robed elder, the latter took another step forward, bringing his entire body toward Wei Duzheng's chest.

"Not good!"

The moment the robed elder made his move, Wei Duzheng, who hadn't paid much attention to him earlier, felt something was off, silently calling out in his heart.

The two were so close that even if Wei Duzheng sensed something was amiss, it was already too late to make any move.

In that instant, Wei Duzheng felt a force like a landslide hitting his chest, and his entire body was sent flying backward, soaring several meters away.

Crash!

Bang!

The force behind a late-stage Lingyun Realm expert's flight was immense, especially with the robed elder's wild energy.

As they collided, Wei Duzheng first crashed into the chairman's chair, creating a loud noise, and then the sturdy chair was shattered into pieces.

"Poof!"

Having rolled twice on the ground, Wei Duzheng barely steadied himself and struggled to rise, only to find an underlying dark force in the energy detonating within him, causing him to uncontrollably spew a mouthful of crimson blood.

"This..."

This scene left all the Spirit Fighting Commerce elders in the hall dumbfounded, for the one being tossed was their dignified Chairman, a genuine late-stage Lingyun Realm expert, ranked fourth on the Heavenly List, one of the strongest on Tenglong Continent.

Yet such a level of expert couldn't withstand even a single move from the robed elder, and it happened under Wei Duzheng's initial attack, which inevitably meant something the elders were all starting to grasp.

"Heav... cough... Heavenly Realm expert!"

Finally suppressing the blood in his throat, Wei Duzheng's eyes held extreme shock, experiencing much more clearly than the observing elders.

Wei Duzheng, a late-stage Lingyun Realm expert, throughout Tenglong Continent, could even dismiss the rankings of Wu Zhukong and Xue Tianao before him on the Heavenly List, as they also had only late-stage Lingyun Realm cultivation.

Perhaps only with the top-ranked Lu Yanji, the President of the Meridian Refining Master Association, possessing peak Lingyun Realm power, could he be outdone, but even then, only slightly.

Wei Duzheng reckoned that if he fully unleashed everything he had, he could withstand ten moves against Lu Yanji, which was the confidence of the Spirit Fighting Commerce Chairman.

But in front of this robed elder, he couldn't withstand even one move without being gravely injured. That meant something he could understand even with his toes.

The Heavenly Rank is divided into Floating Life, Lingyun, and Heavenly. Above the Lingyun Realm is the Heavenly Realm, which previously hadn't been reached by anyone on Tenglong Continent.

Even Lu Yanji, the acclaimed top expert on the continent and President of the Meridian Refining Master Association, hadn't broken through to that level. Imagining this fact, Wei Duzheng felt waves of shock in his heart.

He racked his brain but couldn't figure out where these two extremely unfamiliar individuals had come from. Moreover, it seemed that the white-clothed woman was leading, while the old man in sackcloth simply followed orders.

"Could they be from that place?"

As the President of Spirit Fighting Commerce, Wei Duzheng had to admit that his mind worked quickly. Upon considering a possibility, he finally achieved a bit of balance.

At this moment, the old man in sackcloth had already retracted his aura and slowly retreated behind the white-clothed woman, as if nothing had happened. Throughout, he didn't speak a single word.

This was truly the kind of situation where people remain still unless necessary, and once they move, it's like thunder. With just one move, he terrified all the experts of Spirit Fighting Commerce.

Everyone knew it was futile to struggle in front of a Heavenly Realm expert. Didn't they see that even the President, who was at the late stage of Lingyun Realm, was seriously injured with just one move?

They even believed that if these two didn't have some other purpose, it was uncertain whether the President could still be alive; killing a lower ranker of Lingyun Realm by a Heavenly Realm expert was no different than killing a chicken.

"Judging by your expression, you should have guessed our origin. Yes, we are indeed from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud!"

Seeing the continuously changing expression on the face of the blasted-away Wei Duzheng, Xue Qi finally stopped withholding the truth, turning his speculation into reality.

"So, they're from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, no wonder!"

At this moment, all the Elders of Spirit Fighting Commerce, including Wei Duzheng, were enlightened and felt much more balanced at heart. After all, that's the highest plane of the Nine Dragons Continent.

These cultivators of the Tenglong Continent naturally didn't know that above the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, there is a special plane called the Li Yuan Realm. They only knew that the Nine Dragons Continent is divided into the Lower Five Realms, Middle Three Realms, and Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

Since these two were from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, everything could be explained. In that supreme plane, Heavenly Rank experts were as common as dogs, Saint-rank experts roamed freely, and cultivators at the Heavenly Realm were just the bottom tier.

And this cultivation, which was the bottom tier in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, upon reaching the Tenglong Continent, was the most supreme and formidable. With just one move, they gravely injured one of the sovereigns of the four top forces, demonstrating their might.

"Now, can you answer my previous question?"

Xue Qi paid no mind to the expressions of the Elders at the headquarters of Spirit Fighting Commerce. This was already her third time asking this question. If she couldn't get an answer again, perhaps her last bit of patience would be completely worn out.

"Previous question?"

It was only at this moment that Wei Duzheng and the Elders remembered this woman had asked a question before entering the main hall and had mentioned someone's name. Instantly, their faces dramatically changed.

Previously, Wei Duzheng and others had never paid attention to this old man and young woman, so they ignored that question. But now, they had no choice but to take it seriously.

"Lady Xue Qi, are you a friend of Yun Xiao?"

After a moment of contemplation, Wei Duzheng tentatively asked, having already formed some guesses in his heart, thinking that if this woman really had a connection with Yun Xiao, the major feud of Spirit Fighting Commerce might not be avenged.

Simultaneously, Wei Duzheng's heart roared with anger. How could Yun Xiao's luck be so good? Not only was he talented, but his companions were also extremely formidable.

Now, there's even such a friend from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. How come such good fortunes never befell him?

Wei Duzheng was already seventy to eighty percent certain that since this woman asked about Yun Xiao right after arriving, it indicated a significant relationship with him. If she learned that Spirit Fighting Commerce had offended Yun Xiao, would she obliterate the Spirit Fighting Commerce?

"Friend?"

As soon as Wei Duzheng's question fell, Xue Qi initially hesitated and then a peculiar smile appeared on her face. Nod and said, "Hehe, I'm not only his friend but also his sister."

"What?"

As soon as Xue Qi said this, the bodies of the many Elders of Spirit Fighting Commerce all trembled, with Wei Duzheng trembling the most, inwardly thinking that Spirit Fighting Commerce was truly finished this time.

If they were merely friends, Wei Duzheng believed that if he submitted and refrained from provoking Yun Xiao, even offering an apology, perhaps this grudge could be resolved.

But now, since they were revealed to be siblings by blood, after Xue Qi learns what Spirit Fighting Commerce had done, was there any chance for Wei Duzheng to survive? The answer is obviously no!

"But my brother is rather disobedient. I'm not sure whether he would still acknowledge me as his sister now?"

Xue Qi paid no attention to the feelings of the cultivators associated with Spirit Fighting Commerce and playfully retorted while a faint, youthful image, blurred and unclear, appeared in her mind.

Since the upheaval of the Shang Family, Xue Qi had been separated from Yun Xiao for six or seven years. The youthful boy from her memory was probably no longer the same as he was back then, right?