The immortal is beside me

Chapter 53 I heard someone wants to see me?
At the same time, at the Tianji Academy’s external reception office.

Zheng Yi Qiu slowly drank the last sip of tea in the cup and placed it on the porcelain plate beside the table.

The teacup collided with the porcelain plate, making a slight sound of porcelain colliding. The people on both sides were slightly startled, and their eyes looking at him were all alert.

"It's been almost an incense stick, and Dean Luo still hasn't given a response?"

Zheng Yiqiu shook his head and stood up. "It seems that the sincerity of Tianji Academy is questionable. It's a pity. I will take my leave now."

"However, before I leave, I have a small request."

The secretary standing aside had a slightly changed expression, but still said, "Elder Zheng, please speak."

"I've long heard that the 'genius of the generation,' Yuan Tiangang, the Yuan Tianshi, is in Tianji Academy, and we've long admired his reputation. This time, I wonder if I can pay my respects to you, Senior?"

The secretary's eyes twitched slightly, and he said coldly, "There are regulations in the hospital. No one is allowed to meet without a warrant."

"Oh? Really?" Zheng Yiqiu chuckled, "Is it that he is not allowed to meet with me, or is it that Master Yuan Tianshi is unable to meet with me?"

The air seemed to suddenly become several degrees colder, and the faces of the people in the Tianji Academy around them all darkened. The armed men outside had even started to put their hands on their weapons.

When Zheng Yiqiu saw that scene, a smile appeared in his eyes.

The so-called cultivation of immortality is to cultivate a sense of energy and soul. As a spiritual cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm, although he could not judge a person's karma by simply reading their face like a cultivator of Yishu, he could still see the basic fluctuations of energy.

At the mention of "Yuan Tiangang," the spirits of those in the Tianji Academy began to tremble. In the eyes of the cultivators, this was proof more powerful than words.

From the moment he entered Tianji Academy, he had been secretly exploring the place. Since it was surrounded by official cultivators, he couldn't directly release his spiritual sense, so he kept stalling for time and infiltrating secretly, trying to discern the truth from various details.

And now that time has passed, he has gotten the answer he wanted.

"It seems that we will not have the chance to meet the Heavenly Master. What a pity."

He slowly turned around and walked towards the door: "Then I will take my leave first."

The words disappeared without warning in the middle of his speech, and a huge energy rushed into his perception, causing his face to suddenly freeze.

"I never thought that Elder Zheng would have such intentions."

The sound of Baobao's footsteps came from outside, and a figure appeared outside the door, like a gust of wind blowing over, blowing away all the gloomy atmosphere.

"The Yulu Sect has gone to such great lengths to bring us here, how can we let them leave with regrets?"

The man waved his folding fan and smiled, "Since Elder Zheng is so willing, why don't you stay in Tianjiyuan for a while and discuss a few more things?"

There was a dead silence. All the people from the Tianji Academy who were guarding nearby were stunned. Zheng Yiqiu, who was at the front, had a drastic change of expression. He was so angry that he almost collapsed on the spot.

The man standing before him had a scholarly complexion, jet-black hair, and skin as smooth as a baby's. He clearly possessed the natural, simple nature of a powerful being. He didn't possess the oppressive presence of a typical spiritual cultivator, yet his unfathomable aura was as profound as the abyss, making it difficult to glimpse into it.

"Master Yuan" Zheng Yi Qiu called out his name with some difficulty.

About ten years ago, he represented the Yu Lu Sect in negotiations with the Yizhou officials, and at that time he had a glimpse of the face of this Yi Shu Tianshi from afar.

Although Yuan Tiangang had not yet reached the Five Degenerations of Heaven and Man at that time, he had already shown the effects of the backlash from Heaven, and his Qi was much weaker than that of an ordinary Divine Transformation cultivator.

When his life span was about to end, Yuan Tiangang secluded himself in Tianji Academy all day long and rarely appeared in various activities. In the eyes of the "orthodox" monks, this undoubtedly meant that his end was approaching.

But now he looks like this, not to mention that his end is approaching, even his aura is several times stronger than it was ten years ago, it's like he's back to the top!

How can it be? !
A chill ran through Zheng Yiqiu's heart, and his eyes trembled. But he was still an elite, so he didn't lose his composure. Instead, he quickly calmed down and turned to deep thought.

Yuan Tiangang was not dead, which was beyond his and Yu Lu Sect's expectations, but now he was meeting this monster up close, which was also a rare opportunity.

Kill him right here? No, with the numerous Tianji Academy guards present, many of them elite cultivators, even if he were at the Nascent Soul stage, the chances of him succeeding by force would be too low. However, since this was Tianji Academy territory, it would be inconvenient for him to attack, but these Tianji Academy members would certainly not dare to touch him easily, so there was still room for maneuver.

Perhaps we can invite him to attend the sect's activities in the name of negotiation, and then have the sect arrange assassins to kill him; perhaps we can take this opportunity to test his background and prepare for future actions; or perhaps
Zheng Yiqiu's mind raced, and he came up with dozens of plans in a flash. And just then, he heard a soft, crisp sound.

Click.

That was the sound of melon seeds being cracked.

Following the sound, I saw a young man in a sweatshirt and sweatpants leaning against the doorpost outside, holding a plate of melon seeds he had brought from the teahouse. He was cracking the seeds and looking at everything here, as if he was watching a real-time shadow play.

Judging from his clothing, he didn't look like someone from the Tianji Academy at all, which was particularly out of place in this situation. From Zheng Yiqiu's perspective, he couldn't detect a single aura from this person, as if he was just an ordinary person who had never been exposed to spiritual practice.

Why would such a person appear here? And with Yuan Tiangang, who had suddenly regained his life.
Zheng Yi Qiu subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the man, his mind working, trying to find out the other party's background. At the same time, the man seemed to have noticed what he was thinking, turned his eyes away, and seemed to meet his gaze unintentionally.

For a moment, it seemed as if the heaven and earth shifted, and everything around him turned into mountains and pressed down on him. Before that gaze, his soul was like an ant on the ground, and he had no time to struggle before he was crushed by the mountains.

With a thud, everyone in the Tianji Academy behind was startled. They saw Zheng Yi Qiu fall to the ground without any warning, his pupils dilated in an instant, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to shout but no sound came out. He twitched on the ground for a moment and then stopped moving.

Everyone in the room was frozen in place, unable to react to this sudden change, and not knowing where it came from.

After a while, someone stepped forward cautiously and tested it with spiritual power, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"He's dead!"

A cry of surprise rang out, and everyone in the Tianji Academy felt as if they had been struck by lightning. Things had happened so quickly that they couldn't even understand what had just happened. Zheng Yiqiu had died right before their eyes.

This was a major sect elder! Even if one ignored his status and considered his strength alone, he was definitely a strategic figure. Yet, the noise he made when he died was no louder than a mosquito being swatted to death.

"Master, this..."

Luo Mingxian, who was standing at the side, was the first to react. He hurriedly looked at Yuan Tiangang, but saw that the Taoist priest was still calm. He just slowly turned around and glanced at Zhou Qing who was standing behind him eating melon seeds. His expression seemed helpless, and there was also a hint of accustomedness.

"That's all, that's just his style."

Under the confused gaze of his personal disciple, Yuan Tiangang put away his folding fan and casually pointed at the corpse on the ground.

"Bury him."

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　　【Recommendation】：
　　"My name is Ryan, I'm a Paladin, and the grace I received is called [Sun]."

　　"A lot of people misunderstand me and say I'm too arrogant."

　　“I emphasize this again.”

　　"For those weaker than me, I only have compassion for all beings, just like the blazing sun in the sky. How can I be arrogant?"

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　　……

　　The next day, major newspapers in the empire rushed to report the event.

　　"Her Royal Highness the Regent Princess' fiancé, the Sun Paladin, admitted in his autobiography—'I was too arrogant.'"

(End of this chapter)