Immortals of the End Times

Chapter 15: Brother-in-law Takes Action, Candidate Saintess
Having obtained the Huangting Neijing Jing, Zhao Wuji quickly left the area around the inn.

Almost immediately after he left, a large number of heavily armed soldiers arrived and surrounded the entire inn.

Then, a eunuch leader dressed in a dark purple, narrow-sleeved short robe darted into the inn like a ghost, creating a tense atmosphere.

"The Grand Eunuch is the head of the eunuchs serving the Emperor."

Zhao Wuji saw this scene from a distance on the street and was glad that he had managed to escape quickly.

After the previously severely injured eunuch leader left, he was clearly not giving up and immediately summoned other reinforcements to surround and block him.

It now appears that two of the four chief eunuchs of the imperial palace have already been dispatched.

These are all grandmasters of the Returning to Truth Realm, which is enough to demonstrate the importance attached to them.

Zhao Wuji didn't want to linger for a moment longer and continued on his way back.

At this time, his official residence near the palace was naturally safer, as the streets of the outer city were in complete chaos.

People on the streets rushed back home, while squads of guards and policemen headed out of the city to provide support. Many residents, upon hearing of the Wushang Sect's disturbances, sealed their doors and windows, and everyone lived in fear.

He had only traveled a short distance when he saw from afar that the inner city gates were already closed.

At the city gate, a small group of patrolmen were fighting with someone, who were likely madmen from the Supreme Cult.

Just as Zhao Wuji was about to take a detour to avoid them, he suddenly spotted a familiar figure among the patrol officers.

"Hmm? It's Nantai."

He paused, seeing that the four police officers, including Nantai, were already injured and at a disadvantage.

The two Supreme Sect madmen, though wounded, fought with increasing ferocity and considerable strength. The sword and blade flashes they unleashed were incredibly sharp, clearly indicating that they were both experts at the Meridian Opening Realm.

Zhao Wuji's figure flashed, approaching like a great bird taking flight. With a flick of his sleeve and a flip of his hand, two golden needles shot out from the sky in an instant.

One of the Supreme Cult's madmen, who was fiercely fighting, suddenly saw a flash of golden light before his eyes.

A beam of bright light shot through the air right in front of us.

He cried out in surprise and immediately raised his sword to parry.

With a 'ding', an astonishingly sharp force struck the sword in his hand, and the small golden needle transformed into eleven astonishing forces that pierced through it.

The longsword instantly broke in two.

Before the man could dodge, another volley of golden needles rained down, piercing his brow, eyes, and lower abdomen, passing right through his body.

Two screams rang out in quick succession.

Zhao Wuji's figure appeared outside the battle circle in an instant, watching as one of the madmen, whose acupoints had been pierced by a needle, was hacked to the ground by Nantai and others.

The other person was hit by several needles, staggered back a few steps, blood suddenly seeped from between his eyebrows and eyes, and he fell backward.

"Thanks for the help!"

A police officer looked at the madman who had been easily killed by the golden needles, his eyes wide with surprise, and quickly clasped his hands in a salute to Zhao Wuji.

"Brother-in-law! What are you doing here?" At this moment, Nantai saw Zhao Wuji appear and exclaimed in surprise, losing his composure and calling out a title he rarely used.

Zhao Wuji looked at Nantai with amusement and shook his head, saying, "If your sister hears you call him brother-in-law, you'll get a scolding again!"

I came out to see the sights of the outer city today, and I never expected to run into you here.

He spoke casually, but his mind was highly focused and tense.

Just now, his spiritual senses suddenly detected an unusually powerful aura emanating from not far behind him, making him feel like he had thorns in his back.

However, the fluctuation of his aura quickly subsided, but with his powerful spiritual sense, since he had already locked onto the other party, he could still detect him even if the other party concealed his aura.

"This aura... feels somewhat familiar. It's like I've encountered it before," Zhao Wuji pondered. At that moment, Nantai excitedly stepped forward and lightly punched him in the chest, expressing his admiration.

"Hey, since you're going to marry my sister sooner or later anyway, it's fine to call her brother-in-law in advance."

"Brother-in-law, I never knew that besides your handsome looks and medical skills, you were also so strong in martial arts! I rarely saw you fight before, and I only knew that you had the strength of the Meridian Opening Realm."

“Captain Nan, Lord Zhao is no ordinary expert in the Meridian Opening Realm. It seems he has already opened more than ten meridians. He is a great expert and a future young grandmaster.”

A police officer who knew Zhao Wuji smiled and complimented him, then clasped his hands in thanks.

After returning the greeting with a fist and palm salute, Zhao Wuji left Nantai and the others to deal with the corpse.

At this moment, he also realized that the powerful aura that had been secretly observing had completely disappeared from his spiritual senses, as if it had left.

He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that the imperial city was indeed full of hidden talents.

Although he possesses supernatural abilities, it is best for him to only display his martial arts prowess on the surface, so as not to attract the attention of the Supreme Sect and the royal family's true immortal cultivators. Anyone who witnesses his supernatural abilities will die.

"Fortunately, my martial arts skills are not weak either, but I still need to reach the Grandmaster level as soon as possible."

Zhao Wuji greeted the busy Nantai across the street, then, holding his imperial physician's badge, passed through the heavily guarded inner city and entered the inner city to return to his official residence.

"Wuji's strength has improved so quickly; he's already at the eleventh level of the Meridian Opening Realm."

Not long after Zhao Wuji left, a beautiful figure appeared at the window of a teahouse on the second floor. She stared at Nantai, who was busy lifting a corpse not far away, and felt helpless about his younger brother calling him "brother-in-law" in front of others.

"Uh--"

Suddenly, her breathing became disordered and scattered, and a mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. The bright red blood reflected on her fair lips, like plum blossoms blooming in the snow, and she couldn't help but frown slightly.

"That old man is too strong. Even without using my magic weapon, I'm no match for him. I'll have to lie low for a while."

Fortunately, Zhao Wuji suddenly appeared and helped when Nantai was in trouble, which made her like him even more.

If she were to attack secretly, not only would it worsen her injuries, but it could also expose her.

As a candidate saintess of the Supreme Sect, if she were to fall into the hands of the royal family at such a critical moment, given the methods of those eunuchs and the Heavenly Prison, her fate would be very tragic.

"I remember that scent, it's hers."

Upon returning to his official residence, Zhao Wuji had just changed out of his travel-worn clothes when his eyes suddenly lit up. He remembered the aura he had sensed earlier—the powerful woman in black he had secretly observed during his first spiritual journey.

Now, combining the memories of the deceased Hall Master Yang's spirit with the powerful aura of the woman in black, Zhao Wuji judged that the woman in black was very likely the so-called candidate saintess of the Supreme Sect, with the strength of a Grandmaster of the Returning to Truth Realm.

"The Supreme Sect is really powerful. The candidate saintess is already a Grandmaster of Returning to Truth. The real saintess must have cultivated immortality."

"I killed two madmen from the Supreme Cult today, and it seems this candidate saintess of the Supreme Cult has her eye on me. However, she's wary of the royal family's experts and therefore hasn't made a move."

Zhao Wuji was on guard.

He was confident that he could protect himself against a Grandmaster of Transformation, and even use his immortal skills to kill him.

But he wasn't very confident about becoming a Grandmaster in the Returning to Truth Realm.

Because masters at this level possess extraordinary perception and reaction speed; they sense the coming autumn wind before it even blows.

Previously, when the eunuch leader in the inn made his move from afar, his internal energy was so powerful that it almost solidified into a sword.

He manipulates the sword pellet with his ball-handling technique, but he may not be able to break through the qi defense of such a master, or hit a target with an extremely fast reaction speed.

On the contrary, even though he has the skills of a celestial being to kill enemies, he would still die if he were to accidentally take a hard hit from the other party.

"Cultivating immortality isn't about fighting and killing. I'll stick to cultivating immortality honestly. Now that I have the precious book, I'll take a look."

Zhao Wuji composed himself, asked Xiaoyue to burn incense and bathe him, and brewed fragrant tea, preparing to immerse himself in the Huangting Neijing Jing.
(End of this chapter)