Chapter 274

Chapter 274: The Dao Does Not Die!

Ye Tianming looked down at the Sword Ancestor in his hand and noticed it trembling slightly. He was a little surprised, but soon the Sword Ancestor returned to calm.

In the void above, the white-bearded elder clearly had no intention of wasting any more time. He slowly opened his right hand, and in an instant, a terrifying pressure of heaven and earth came rolling in from all directions, then bore down on Ye Tianming below.

Seeing this, Ye Tianming was about to act, but Liu Sha reached out and held him back.

Ye Tianming looked at Liu Sha, who said earnestly, “Let me handle it.”

With that, he stepped forward. He raised his head to face the terrifying pressure rolling in from heaven and earth, opened his palm, and a pale yellow leaf slowly drifted up from within it.

It was just an ordinary leaf. The ordinary leaf floated slowly toward the sky, and then, incredibly, it rose up to meet the force head-on, pushing back every last bit of the white-bearded elder’s dao power. Not only that, the white-bearded elder himself was actually forced back out of the real universe by this yellowing leaf.

Everyone’s faces were filled with shock.

What the hell?

Ye Tianming was equally stunned. “Junior Uncle, what is this?”

Liu Sha said, “This is the bookmark Senior Brother used when he read books……. He gave it to me offhandedly back then, said I could use it if I ever ran into danger. I only just remembered.”

Ye Tianming: “…….”

Everyone stared in disbelief at the scene before them. The white-bearded elder had actually been forced back out of the real world by a single leaf?

What on earth?

Even the white-bearded elder himself was a little dazed. He looked ahead to where the leaf floated several hundred zhang away from him. It was an extremely, extremely ordinary leaf, yet at this moment, he felt as though a divine being stood blocking his path, making it impossible for him to advance even half a step.

Naturally, the elder was not willing to accept this. First his cultivation had been suppressed by a law, and now his path was being blocked by a leaf?

How could this stand?

The white-bearded elder stepped forward, and the moment he did, his pupils suddenly contracted. He felt as though hundreds of millions of mountains had come crashing down on him at once, and that terrifying dao power forced him back several hundred star domains again.

How could this be?

After the white-bearded elder came to a stop, he stared in disbelief at the leaf still floating before him.

Below, the powerful cultivators from Shenlin Territory also wore expressions of grave solemnity and wariness.

The Cultivator Academy!

This super faction ranked first on the universe rankings — was it really this powerful?

In truth, ever since the new god of Shenlin Territory had emerged — their young lord — and after their young lord had revealed his “divine fate,” all of Shenlin Territory had begun to expand rapidly. There had also been rumors back then that the reason the old god had given up the divine seat was precisely because the new god had descended.

But now, having witnessed the strength of Liu Sha from the Cultivator Academy, they realized that they had apparently been greatly underestimating this “Cultivator Academy” all along.

Wubian Zhu also looked at the leaf with some curiosity. As if thinking of something, he raised his head toward the owner of the Dao Brush. The owner of the Dao Brush remained calm, glanced at the leaf, then looked away.

Ye Tianming was genuinely shocked as well. He had to admit he truly had not expected that a single leaf left behind by his senior uncle could possess such terrifying power.

Just a single leaf, and it had suppressed a Huaquan-realm cultivator.

Even though the white-bearded elder’s cultivation had been suppressed, strictly speaking, he was still Huaquan realm!

And yet he couldn’t even withstand a single leaf from Senior Brother.

Then there was Third Senior Sister, who had once suppressed the Sacrifice Clan with one hand…… the Heaven-Opening Divine Fist, which he still couldn’t learn.

And this Junior Uncle in front of him, who had learned and applied it on the spot.

And his teacher Mu Guanchen, who had created the Law of All Beings!

Looking across the entire sect, he seemed to be the weakest one!

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile. He really was single-handedly dragging the whole sect down!

And as the white-bearded elder was completely suppressed, the faces of the Shenlin Territory cultivators instantly turned extremely ugly. They had originally thought that coming to this civilized universe would be an effortless crushing victory, but none of them had expected the situation to turn out like this.

Everyone looked toward the highest-ranking figure on the field, Xiao Zhuguo. Xiao Zhuguo remained silent. The moment the Huaquan-realm cultivator had appeared, everything on the field had ceased to be his concern.

Whether to keep fighting or retreat — he knew that a decision had certainly already been made above. All he had to do now was wait for orders.

“Impressive!”

Just then, a low murmur slowly drifted in from the depths of the universe.

Everyone looked up toward that distant part of the universe, and saw a refined, middle-aged man slowly walking out. He wore a simple moon-white robe, his long hair draped over his shoulders, and he held a flute in his hand — the picture of elegance.

Upon seeing who it was, Xiao Zhuguo and the others’ expressions immediately changed, and they bowed respectfully at once.

Shenlin Territory, one of the three great Emperor Lords — Emperor Lord Tinglan.

Emperor Lord Tinglan’s gaze fell on the leaf, and he smiled. “Worthy of being called the most reasonable person in the Cultivator Academy. Within a single leaf, you have actually contained the most fundamental truth in the world.”

As he spoke, he suddenly extended two fingers toward the leaf.

In an instant, the entire stretch of star river where he and the white-bearded elder stood turned hazy and illusory.

Two kinds of dao that surpassed everyone’s understanding were clashing and colliding.

Gradually, the smile on Emperor Lord Tinglan’s face began to fade, replaced by gravity.

Soon, his hand touched the leaf, but a moment later, he withdrew it.

Everyone was puzzled.

Emperor Lord Tinglan stared at the leaf before him, and after a long moment, he shook his head. “I am not your equal.”

Upon hearing this, the hearts of all the Shenlin Territory cultivators sank to the bottom.

“But…….”

Just then, Emperor Lord Tinglan suddenly smiled. “It is only a leaf. Naturally, it cannot do anything to me.”

As he spoke, before everyone’s eyes, he pinched the leaf between two fingers, and with a light squeeze, the leaf crumbled directly into ash.

The Shenlin Territory cultivators all burst into smiles at the sight.

But just then, the ash that had been the leaf began to reconstitute itself, bit by bit.

The smiles on the Shenlin Territory cultivators’ faces instantly froze.

When Emperor Lord Tinglan saw the leaf reappear, his eyes immediately narrowed. “The dao does not die!”

He stared deeply at the leaf. “You have actually reached such a level.”

There was no response at all. The leaf simply floated there in silence.

Yet it had stopped two Huaquan-realm cultivators in their tracks!

It was worth noting that Emperor Lord Tinglan had not had his cultivation suppressed — this was a genuine, full-strength Huaquan-realm cultivator.

The Cultivator Academy!

The people observing from Guanxuan Universe all looked toward Liu Sha beside Ye Tianming. They were naturally unfamiliar with this Cultivator Academy.

Ye Tianming was also stunned at this moment. He had not expected his own sect to be this ridiculously powerful!

He was starting to feel like just lying flat and doing nothing.

Come to think of it, he really could lie flat. In the future he could do exactly what Junior Uncle did — focus on academic research. Damn it, when it came to fighting, just let the fighters handle it.

Liu Sha suddenly looked up at Emperor Lord Tinglan. “So many of you, all this powerful, coming here to bully my rookie junior nephew — that’s really a bit much.”

Emperor Lord Tinglan looked at Liu Sha and smiled. “He is a member of your Cultivator Academy?”

Liu Sha nodded. “Yes.”

Emperor Lord Tinglan glanced at Ye Tianming, studied him carefully, then smiled. “You don’t seem to be yourself.”

Ye Tianming knew the other party had spotted something.

Emperor Lord Tinglan turned to look at Xiao Zhuguo, who in turn looked down at Xin Gongzi. Xin Gongzi said in a low, firm voice, “He is not the young lord.”

He pointed furiously at Ye Tianming. “He is Ye Tianming.”

Ye Tianming!

The moment those words were spoken, everyone on the field was shocked, and they all looked toward Ye Tianming.

Xin Gongzi glared fixedly at Ye Tianming. “You are not the young lord at all. You are Ye Tianming. You took over the young lord’s body.”

Took over his body?

Everyone looked confused.

Ye Tianming just smiled. “Brother Xin, what’s gotten into you? First you collude with outsiders to commit treason, and now you’re accusing me of being Ye Tianming…… what’s wrong with you? Did something happen to you?”

Xin Gongzi stared hard at Ye Tianming. “Ye Tianming, stop pretending. I know it’s you. Even though I don’t know how you……”

Ye Tianming let out a quiet sigh. “Brother Xin, the Yang family has treated you well. Why would you do this?”

Xin Gongzi sneered. “You’re still going to keep up the act?”

Ye Tianming said nothing, simply flicked his sleeve, and in an instant, an imperial dharma form appeared behind him.

At the sight of this imperial dharma form, everyone froze, then turned to look at Xin Gongzi as if looking at a fool.

Xin Gongzi was also stunned. He stared in disbelief at the imperial dharma form, but Ye Tianming turned and dismissed it immediately.

Xin Gongzi kept his eyes locked on Ye Tianming. “Something’s wrong. This is completely wrong.”

Ye Tianming let out a quiet sigh. “Since you say I’m Ye Tianming, then I’m Ye Tianming. As long as you’re happy.”

Everyone: “…….”

“Ye Tianming!”

Xin Gongzi said furiously, “What kind of game are you and the Yang family playing!”

He knew that for Ye Tianming to have become the young lord, the Yang family must have permitted it and was cooperating. Otherwise, Ye Tianming could never have pulled it off.

This time Ye Tianming said nothing, only looked at him with pity.

When Xin Gongzi saw that look in Ye Tianming’s eyes, he immediately flew into a rage. But soon he realized that the upper echelons of Shenlin Territory were still present on the field, and he couldn’t lose his composure. He took a deep breath, then said, “Ye Tianming, no matter what game you’re playing, you will die today.”

Ye Tianming ignored him entirely and slowly looked up at Emperor Lord Tinglan. “At this point, there are really only two options — we talk, or we keep fighting. What do you think?”

It was clear that Emperor Lord Tinglan was now the one calling the shots on the Shenlin Territory side.

Emperor Lord Tinglan gave a slight nod. “Then let’s fight!”

He chose to fight!

Ye Tianming wasted no more words and immediately stepped back behind Liu Sha. “Junior Uncle, you’re up!”

Liu Sha: “…….”