However, these Immortal Emperors and Immortal Exalts lost interest in Jian Chen very soon. In under three days, Jian Chen could sense that no one was spying on him anymore. Instead, he could still vaguely sense Immortal Exalts secretly keeping an eye on the Immortal Devouring Orchid.
As for Immortal Emperors, there really were not a few Immortal Emperors bold enough to send in the senses of their souls to spy on a Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor Immortal Devouring Orchid. Even if they did, they did so carefully from very far away, afraid to cause any offence.
“I shouldn’t be able to maintain my fabricated background for much longer. Especially after what happened here, the peak organisations on the Reverent Observance Heaven that originally were not particularly interested in the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens have all s.h.i.+fted their gazes over. If they all band together to investigate me, they’ll probably get to the bottom of this in just a few years.”
“After all, everything that I relied on to create this background originated from the Immortal-destroying Thunder. There are obviously only a handful of people in the Immortals’ World that can create an Immortal-destroying Thunder of such quality. If they focus on the Immortal-destroying Thunder and comb through the clues, I won’t be able to fool them for much longer.”
“There’s the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants as well. They’ve lost eighty-one Immortal Monarchs and ten Immortal Emperors this time. The entire sect has probably been weakened. They obviously won’t just let such a great loss go without pursuing the matter. I don’t fear Immortal Emperors, but if the Immortal Exalt ancestors of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants return, how am I supposed to fend them off?”
“There is the Samsaric Immortal Exalt’s warning, but I’m afraid they might take the risk given their rage.”
“After all, the Samsaric Immortal Exalt is only protecting the legacy of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens, stopping the lineage from dying out. He never said he would protect every single person from the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens. The reason why these great organisations that secretly target the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens don’t have the courage to touch the disciples of the sect is because the deterrence of a Grand Exalt is far too powerful. If there’s no good reason, no one would want to test a Grand Exalt’s bottom line over these insignificant matters.”
“As a result, my priority right now is to try everything that I can to awaken the artifact spirit of the Primeval Divine Hall as soon as I can. As long as I awaken the generals slumbering in there, our Sword Sect of Violet Heavens will have the right to stave off these peak organisations.”
Jian Chen was slightly worried. Even until now, he had yet to find a method to awaken the artifact spirit of the Primeval Divine Hall. After all, the essence blood of Grand Exalts was anything but ordinary. How could he find it simply because he went out searching for it?
At this moment, Chen Feng walked in from outside in a hurry. He looked at Jian Chen with a rather mixed expression. He did not bow, instead saying directly, “A great elder of our Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords has come to the Reverent Observance Heaven. He’s coming to the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens to take a look.”
“Only a great elder?” Jian Chen was rather disappointed. Figures like great elders no longer bore much weight in his eyes, but fortunately, this was a good start. He immediately sat up straight and stared straight at Chen Feng. “When will he be here?”
“Jian Chen, I don’t care what your background is, but you need to understand that the great elders of our Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords are anything but normal. They’re completely different from the regular organisations. I hope you can show some respect to the great elder,” Chen Feng immediately said with displeasure when he saw how Jian Chen had no sense of respect at all.
“Chen Feng, I’m the sect master of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens right now, while you’re only one of the core disciples, so you need to watch your position,” Jian Chen said calmly.
When he heard that, Chen Feng’s face sank slightly, but he clearly refused to bicker with Jian Chen about this. “The great elder of our Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords will arrive before long. Sect master, you must be ready to welcome him. Do not snub him.”
“Yeah, I do have to welcome him properly. He has come all the way here after all. Elder Nong, elder Chen, immediately contact the disciples below to organise a welcoming ceremony. Our entire Sword Sect of Violet Heavens will warmly welcome the arrival of the great elder from the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords.” Jian Chen immediately ordered.
After receiving the news, elder Nong and Chen s.h.i.+fang beamed with joy. A great elder of the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords visiting the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens at a time like this held great significance to the sect.
After all, the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords was one of the twelve courts of heaven. Their great elders already possessed a certain level of authority. Their opinions carried weight.
Very soon, the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens opened their formation. All the disciples gathered at the entrance, a.s.sembling various formations to welcome the great elder from the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords.
Jian Chen stood at the very front with elder Nong and Chen s.h.i.+fang. They gazed into the distance and waited quietly.
Before long, a streak of light flew over from afar. It moved like lightning, crossing the vast distance instantly and arriving at the entrance of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens.
He was great elder Xiong from the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords!
“The sect master of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens, Jian Chen, leads the many disciples of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens to welcome the great elder of the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords!” Jian Chen cupped his fist and said loudly. He had already learnt a little bit about great elder Xiong from Chen Feng, so he recognised him with a single glance.
As soon as Jian Chen said that, music began playing over the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens. The disciples that had been arranged beforehand all released their spiritual Qi, weaving a multicoloured banner of energy in the sky. Several hundred female disciples danced around in the air like heavenly maidens, demonstrating an otherworldly sway.
The Sword Sect of Violet Heavens had truly gone to quite some lengths to welcome great elder Xiong.
However, great elder Xiong was not a fan of this. He frowned slightly and said indifferently, “You can stop with all of this. I didn’t come all the way here to see these gaudy performances.”
Seeing how great elder Xiong was displeased, elder Nong immediately stopped them. Very soon, the music stopped playing, and the surroundings suddenly fell quiet.
Great elder Xiong looked at Jian Chen and said, “You’re the sect master of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens?” However, before Jian Chen could reply, great elder Xiong seemed to sense something. He looked towards the depths of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens.
In the next moment, he vanished, having arrived in the forbidden grounds of the back mountain of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens, standing before the Immortal Devouring Orchid.
“Elder Nong, elder Chen, please come with me to the back mountain. The other disciples can go back to what they were doing.” Jian Chen instructed them before bringing elder Nong and Chen s.h.i.+fang to the back mountain.
As soon as they arrived there, they saw great elder Xiong from the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords staring excitedly at the Immortal Devouring Orchid.
In the next moment, great elder Xiong bowed deeply towards the Immortal Devouring Orchid and said excitedly, “Senior, do you still remember me? I’m little Xiong from before. The little Xiong that you saved the life of in the past.”
The gorgeous flower of the Immortal Devouring Orchid shook gently. It felt perplexed.
Jian Chen, elder Nong, and Chen s.h.i.+fang standing to one side were all taken aback. The mighty great elder of the Immortal Sect of Myriad Swords, great elder Xiong, was actually referring to himself as little Xiong? Why did the name sound a little hilarious when it was used on him?
Great elder Xiong seemed to read the Immortal Devouring Orchid. He continued, “Over four million years ago, I was training in the Sword realm created by the ancestor. That time, I encountered life-threatening danger. I was supposed to have died there, but in the end, you lent me a hand, senior, which allowed me to escape.”
“In the past, I was only a Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal. Perhaps you don’t remember someone as minor as me, but in the past, you loved a certain spiritual fluid that the Sword realm produced. Whenever I entered the Sword realm, I would gather this spiritual fluid for you, senior. Because of this, you even specially bestowed me with a piece of Metal Spirit Wood. Afterwards, I used the Metal Spirit Wood to forge a low quality G.o.d artifact sword. Do you remember this, senior?”
“I originally thought I would never be able to see senior again. I didn’t think that senior would actually still be alive.”
“You are a little different from the past already, but I can still recognise you with a single glance, senior.”
Jian Chen, elder Nong, and Chen s.h.i.+fang looked at one another as they listened to great elder Xiong’s murmurings before the Immortal Devouring Orchid. In particular, elder Nong and Chen s.h.i.+fang’s expressions became extremely bizarre.