Hou Yi Zeng suddenly turned around, this time discovering that a slightly hunched, white-bearded old man had appeared beside him at some point. The old man held a fishing rod, and the fishing line hanging in front of his eyes belonged to the fishing rod in the old man's hand.

He hadn't noticed at all when this white-bearded old man had appeared. Hou Yi Zeng no longer cared about Mo Wuji, and quickly retreated. However, after only retreating a dozen meters, a terrifying pressure appeared on his neck.

Hou Yi Zeng quickly stopped, seeing that the fishing line that had been hanging in front of his neck was now locked around it, a fishing line without a hook.

"Senior is an Immortal Mortal?" Cold sweat broke out on Hou Yi Zeng's back. He was at the True God Realm Perfection, yet he couldn't avoid a small fishing line. If the other party wasn't an Immortal Mortal, what were they?

Was there an Immortal Mortal in the Lost Continent? If there was an Immortal Mortal, why didn't they go out to stop the extra-territorial cultivators?

"None of your business." With a tug of his hand, the white-bearded old man pulled Hou Yi Zeng, who quickly leaped in the direction he was being pulled, otherwise, his neck would have been directly severed by the fishing line.

Mo Wuji watched as the old man hooked a big fish in the air with his fishing rod.

"Greetings, Senior." Mo Wuji quickly stepped forward and bowed respectfully. He recognized this old man; he was the one fishing by the cliff in front of the Pill Pagoda when he went to find Linglong Granny.

The white-bearded old man sized up Mo Wuji, and after a while, he seemed to remember something, abruptly asking, "Right, why did you withdraw from the Wen Tian Academy?"

Mo Wuji knew that the white-bearded old man knew his identity perfectly well. He bowed again and said, "Junior was just an outer disciple in the Wen Tian Academy. The Wen Tian Academy wouldn't miss one more of me, nor would it lack one less of me."

The white-bearded old man thought for a moment, then nodded. "That's right, the Wen Tian Academy is indeed not suitable for you. Let me think, let me think..."

After saying this, the old man grabbed his white beard, lowered his head, and pondered. After a long while, he raised his head and asked, "Show me what you got at the top of the Wen Tian Stairway."

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Wuji directly grabbed the Wen Xian Token and handed it to the white-bearded old man. The white-bearded old man took the Wen Xian Token and looked at it for several minutes before asking, "Do you still want this thing?"

Mo Wuji said nonchalantly, "Senior can have it if you like it. This thing is of no use to me."

He was secretly shocked, thinking that if you don't want people to know, don't do it. He thought that no one else knew about him stepping onto the Wen Tian Stairway, but this white-bearded old man seemed to have seen it with his own eyes. He even knew clearly that he had taken something at the top of the Wen Tian Stairway.

"Good, then give it to me..." The white-bearded old man said halfway, then seemed to remember something again, "No, you want to harm me, don't think I'll fall for it."

After saying that, he quickly threw the Wen Xian Token back to Mo Wuji.

"Senior, please let me down. Junior comes from the True Mortal Continent and is here to defend the Lost Continent against the invasion of extra-territorial cultivators." Hou Yi Zeng's voice was squeezed out as he was being hung by the fishing line. He was worried that the power on the fishing line would suddenly increase, causing him to die directly. He had just tried to mobilize his Yuan Force, but he couldn't get rid of this fishing line at all.

The white-bearded old man frowned. "What does that have to do with me? You're not defending against extra-territorial cultivators for the Wen Tian Academy."

"Senior, if we hadn't come, more disciples of the Wen Tian Academy would have died at the hands of extra-territorial cultivators, and even the First Dean would have had difficulty protecting himself." Hou Yi Zeng quickly explained.

The white-bearded old man snorted, swung Hou Yi Zeng in an arc in the air, and dropped him at his feet. "So what if the disciples of the Wen Tian Academy die? It's not like the Wen Tian Academy has been destroyed. What does it have to do with me?"

"But Senior is an Immortal Mortal, isn't it beneath you to bully a True God Realm ant like me?" Hou Yi Zeng really had no temper left with the white-bearded old man.

"Huh, that sentence sounds a bit like human speech." The old man exclaimed.

Mo Wuji couldn't bear it anymore, stepping forward and saying, "You ambushed me with your True God Realm, don't you think it's shameless?"

As he spoke, the Heavenly Machine Staff in his hand unobtrusively jabbed Hou Yi Zeng in the chest.

Hou Yi Zeng was restrained by the white-bearded old man and had no power to resist. With just one strike from Mo Wuji, all of his spiritual channels were destroyed. Mo Wuji's Yuan Force turned upwards and shattered his dantian and Purple Mansion.

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Hou Yi Zeng's eyes were about to split open. This was even more painful than killing him.

The white-bearded old man acted as if he hadn't seen Mo Wuji's actions, looking at Cen Shuyin in Mo Wuji's hands and saying, "This girl is out of breath, right?"

Mo Wuji nodded. "Yes, she died to save me, ambushed by this person."

The white-bearded old man said, "This girl is not bad, how about you let me take a look?"

"Senior can save her?" Mo Wuji excitedly handed Cen Shuyin to the white-bearded old man.

"Don't know." The white-bearded old man replied, without taking Cen Shuyin, he first bent down to take off the red-faced cultivator's ring, then squeezed his clothes, seeming to think the clothes weren't good, before reaching out to tear off a string of things from under his neck.

After doing all this, the white-bearded old man rolled up Cen Shuyin. "I'm going back to the Wen Tian Academy. I'll save her if I can, and if I can't, I'll throw her into Sword Lake. Anyway, she's from Sword Lake."

After saying this, the white-bearded old man disappeared.

Mo Wuji was dumbfounded. Was this an Immortal Mortal? Was he here to rob?

Looking down at the red-faced cultivator paralyzed on the ground, spitting blood from his mouth, Mo Wuji was speechless. All the valuable things on this guy had been robbed by the white-bearded old man, and he hadn't even gotten a sip of soup.

"The Wen Tian Academy will be razed to the ground by Star Emperor Mountain..." Hou Yi Zeng said sternly, seeing Mo Wuji looking at him. His neck had been locked by the white-bearded old man's fishing line for so long, yet Mo Wuji hadn't seen the slightest trace.

"Oh, who knows?" Mo Wuji said, already wielding the Heavenly Machine Staff.

Hou Yi Zeng was stunned. That's right, who knew what happened here? Gu Shaoyin knew that he had intercepted Mo Wuji and Cen Shuyin, but Gu Shaoyin didn't know that he had been killed by the hermit of the Wen Tian Academy, let alone that there was an Immortal Mortal in the Wen Tian Academy.

"Puff!" The Heavenly Machine Staff fell, and the red-faced cultivator's head was smashed into pieces.

Once the remaining soul overflowed, Mo Wuji didn't wait for it to escape far before sending a lightning arc over. He would never allow the red-faced cultivator the slightest chance of survival.

"Crack!" The lightning arc fell, and the red-faced cultivator's soul was directly blasted into nothingness.

Mo Wuji first climbed down the cliff, dug a not-small cave on the cliff face, then made the cave old, and sprinkled some broken spirit stones on it. Only then did he come up to roll up the red-faced cultivator's corpse, summon his flying ship, and quickly leave this place.

A day later, Mo Wuji turned the red-faced cultivator into ashes with flames in a remote valley. Feeling that he had done a good job, Mo Wuji didn't let it go.

Another day later, Mo Wuji went to an ordinary cultivation city to spread some rumors before heading to Yu Lin.

……

If there was anything most desirable on the True Mortal Continent, it would definitely be the Human Realm Ranking, Earth Realm Ranking, and Heaven Realm Ranking. Although the value of these three rankings was not as high as the Starry Sky Ranking, almost all the strong people on the Starry Sky Ranking had been on these three rankings, or even on the Heaven Realm Ranking or Earth Realm Ranking.

Almost every larger cultivation city or guild entrance had four rankings erected. And at this moment, almost everywhere there was a Human Realm Ranking, there were countless people surrounding it and discussing it fiercely. Because the first place on the Human Realm Ranking had changed its name, originally it was Gu Shaoyin of Star Emperor Mountain, but now he had fallen to second place, and the first place was occupied by a guy named Loose Cultivator 2705.

"Loose Cultivator 2705? Where did this strange name come from? Could it be a new addition to Star Emperor Mountain?"

"Who knows where Senior Brother Gu is now? Could it be that this Loose Cultivator 2705 won against Gu Shaoyin through despicable means?"

"Could Senior Brother Gu have gone to the Starry Sky Battlefield?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Senior Brother Gu is the first on the Human Realm Ranking, but he hasn't entered the Earth Realm yet, how could he go to the Starry Sky Battlefield?"

……

Mo Wuji hadn't even gone to the True Mortal Continent yet, and discussions about him had already appeared in every corner of the True Mortal Continent. Even some top sects had begun to inquire about this Loose Cultivator 2705. Anyone who could win against Gu Shaoyin knew that his future prospects would be great.

Only some people from Star Emperor Mountain knew that this Loose Cultivator 2705 was likely not a cultivator from the True Mortal Continent, but from the Lost Continent, where cultivation was backward.

……

At the same time, the competition in Yin Capital Plaza ended. One hundred outstanding individuals were selected to go to the True Mortal Continent.

In the Yin Capital Imperial Palace, Xia Mu was frowning as he questioned Gu Shaoyin, who was standing in front of him.

"You said that when you left, Elder Zeng had already restrained that Loose Cultivator 2705. Why hasn't he returned yet?" Xia Mu's tone was a bit cold.

Gu Shaoyin didn't know, and he didn't answer Xia Mu's words.

Xia Mu clenched his fists in anger. If it were an ordinary guy, he would have had them dragged out and skinned alive long ago. But this Gu Shaoyin in front of him was not someone he could move casually. Even though Gu Shaoyin could listen to some of his orders, he was still the first on the Human Realm Ranking. Even if he dominated Star Emperor Mountain, he couldn't just kill such a talent.

At this moment, a short man hurried in.

"Rod, have you found anything?" Seeing this short man, Xia Mu immediately stood up and asked eagerly.

The short man named Rod nodded. "I heard some rumors in a cultivation city near the fight between Loose Cultivator 2705 and Shaoyin. The rumors said that Loose Cultivator 2705 fought a cultivator named Gu Shaoyin, and then a strong man surnamed Zeng seemed to ambush Loose Cultivator 2705.

Later, Gu Shaoyin left, and the strong man surnamed Zeng asked Loose Cultivator 2705 why his spiritual root aptitude was so ordinary, yet his strength was so great? Then he forced Loose Cultivator 2705 to hand over some treasure. Loose Cultivator 2705 refused, and later the strong man surnamed Zeng forcibly took Loose Cultivator 2705 away."

"Who spread this kind of talk?" Xia Mu's face was a little ugly.

"It was also a loose cultivator. He had been hiding in a nearby cliff for closed-door cultivation and didn't know about this beforehand. I later went to the cliff where the fight took place and saw that there was indeed a cultivation cave near the top of the cliff, with some scattered spirit stones inside," Rod replied.

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