Travel through the heavens

The big ship was sailing slowly on the She River. Inside the cabin, Li Chungang, Fang Muye and Xu Fengnian were sitting at the table, drinking tea and talking.

Xu Fengnian asked, "Senior, now that you have returned to the realm of earthly immortals and have regenerated your broken arm, can you defeat Wang Xianzhi? After all, he is still in the Celestial Realm."

Li Chungang curled his lips. "Realm is realm, and fighting is one thing. A top-tier master has four realms: Vajra, Mysterious Finger, Celestial Phenomenon, and Land God Immortal. If they really come to blows, it all comes down to martial arts achievement. In a life-and-death battle, even a Land God Immortal might not be able to defeat the first three, especially Wang Xianzhi. Realm level shouldn't be used to judge superiority. Besides, do you really think Wang Xianzhi is at the Celestial Phenomenon realm?"

"But people in the martial arts world have always said that he is at the celestial realm." Xu Fengnian said as a matter of course.

Li Chungang shook his head. "Twenty years ago, when Wang Xianzhi and I had our last battle, I was half a terrestrial immortal and half a celestial being, just a hair's breadth away from becoming a terrestrial immortal. Wang Xianzhi's realm was similar. After he defeated me in that battle, I'm afraid he became a terrestrial immortal. Wang Xianzhi has a problem. He disdains divine weapons and only fights with his bare hands. He always fights opponents of the same realm, striving to make his opponents fight with all their might until they lose with conviction. This is probably because his opponents are only at the highest level of the celestial realm, so people mistakenly believe that he is also at the celestial realm."

Xu Fengnian uttered an "oh" and suddenly realized something. He asked, "So you still can't beat Wang Xianzhi now?"

The old Sword God immediately blew his beard and glared, saying angrily: "Whether I can win or not, of course I have to fight to know."

Xu Fengnian asked again: "Do you want to fight Wang Xianzhi when you go to Wudi City this time?"

"I don't have such plans. I'm old now, and I only want to find Miss Jiang and pass on my sword skills." Li Chungang looked at Fang Muye and said, "Let Wen kid do the fighting with Wang Xianzhi."

Fang Muye smiled slightly: "Since Senior doesn't want to take action, then I will refuse it disrespectfully."

Xu Fengnian looked very excited: "I bet Wen Hua will win."

The old Sword God rolled his eyes and snorted coldly, "Is anyone willing to bet with you?"

Xu Fengnian smiled awkwardly, and at this moment, Shu Xiu walked out of the cabin and whispered, "Prince."

"What's the matter?" Xu Fengnian asked in a deep voice.

Shu Xiu paused, a bit bewildered, and said cautiously, "You'd better come out and take a look."

The three of them immediately walked out of the cabin and onto the deck. Following Shu Xiu's instructions, they looked towards the shore.

But on a big rock on the shore, there was a young child in mourning clothes kneeling. He had beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth. In his hand, he was holding a piece of white cloth with the words "Xu Xiao is my biological father, hello brother" written in large characters.

Fang Muye's mouth curled up. Zhao Xuansu from Longhu Mountain was really arrogant. He dared to get on the boat even though he knew that Xu Fengnian had two land immortals on his side.

Xu Fengnian looked at the child on the shore, frowning and saying coldly, "Shuxiu."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shu Xiu understood what he meant. She stepped on the ground, jumped up, and landed lightly on the big rock. She picked up the child and returned to the boat, throwing him roughly on the deck.

The child's eyes rolled around and fixed on Xu Fengnian. He first called out "Big Brother" in a crisp voice, then burst into tears, crawled over using his hands and feet, and grabbed the hem of Xu Fengnian's robe with his two little hands.

Xu Fengnian kicked him away, looked down at him, and asked in a deep voice, "You said Xu Xiao is your biological father?"

The child sobbed miserably, "I didn't believe it at first, but my mother said that when he and Dad met, Dad was on his way to conquer the world and conquer all the powerful families. It was all a bad fate, but she didn't regret it. I went to find my eldest brother because I wanted to go back to Beiliang with him to find out the truth."

Xu Fengnian said calmly, "Why didn't you ask before?"

"My mother has always been reluctant to tell me my father's identity."

"Then why are you willing to tell me now?"

"He was seriously ill and said this before he died."

"No one is alive?"

The child tugged at his mourning clothes and said, "I'm still wearing this."

Xu Fengnian looked strange: "Just passed away?"

"Just buried."

After the child finished speaking, he burst into tears again, with tears and snot all over his face. He looked so heartbroken that anyone who heard or saw him would cry.

"What a coincidence." Xu Fengnian remained unmoved. As his eyes turned, they met with Li Chungang and Fang Muye's gazes respectively.

The old sword god just sat there, crossed his legs and watched the fun.

Fang Muye looked at the kneeling child, then at the standing Xu Fengnian, and said jokingly with a smile on his face, "Looking at his appearance, he does look about 70% similar to you, Xu. Maybe he really is your brother. If it weren't for the age discrepancy, he could even be your son."

Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes helplessly after not getting any useful information from the two land immortals, and had to find someone else: "Shu Xiu."

Shu Xiu immediately walked over, grabbed the boy's collar and lifted him up, then slapped him on the nose. The boy immediately started bleeding from his nose and screamed in pain.

"No time." Shu Xiu turned and reported to Xu Fengnian.

The child covered his bleeding nose, sobbing and choking, his shoulders trembling as he said aggrievedly, "Brother, if you don't let me go to Beiliang, I won't go. You don't have to kill me."

Xu Fengnian sneered and asked, "What's your name?"

The child replied, "Long Yuxuan, big brother, just call me Little Bug."

"Surnamed Long?"

"Yeah, my mother's last name."

Xu Fengnian paused and looked at Shu Xiu: "Help him clean up the room."

Xiao Chong, who was sobbing in grievance, suddenly changed his expression upon hearing this. He crawled towards Xu Fengnian again, hugged his legs, and shouted happily: "Thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother."

Xu Fengnian kicked him away again and waved at Shu Xiu.

Shu Xiu immediately took Xiao Chong, who was grateful profusely, to arrange accommodation.

Only after the two men disappeared did the old Sword God pick his nose, look at Xu Fengnian, and ask, "Do you really believe that he is Xu Xiao's son?"

Xu Fengnian asked in return: "Do you think what he said is true?"

"How does he know where your ship passed by?" Li Chungang reminded.

Xu Fengnian sighed, "Senior, you are so right. What a coincidence."

Li Chungang said unhappily, "Then why did you let him get on board?"

Xu Fengnian said calmly, "It's better to keep him by your side than to keep him in the dark. Let's see what he does once he's on board."

Li Chungang looked at Fang Muye, who was still smiling, and asked, "Did you see anything, Wen?"

Fang Muye jokingly said to Xu Fengnian, who was also looking over, "Xu, your brother is no ordinary person. He's at the level of a terrestrial immortal."

"Land immortal!" Xu Fengnian was shocked. "How is that possible? He's still a child. Even if he started practicing martial arts in the womb, this realm is too high."

"It's just rejuvenation." Fang Muye explained: "He looks like a child on the outside, but he's already worn out on the inside, and his death is not far away."

Li Chungang asked, "From Longhu Mountain?"

Fang Muye nodded: "Yes. When I was gathering my spiritual energy yesterday, I sensed his aura."

He looked at Xu Fengnian, who was making faces, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I've shielded him with my Qi. He can't hear us talking."

People who practice martial arts have sharp ears and eyes, not to mention the immortals on land. Although the boat is big, the sound of people talking still cannot escape the hearing of the little bug.

Xu Fengnian was thinking of this, so he hurriedly winked at Fang Muye and Li Chungang.

After hearing what Fang Muye said, Xu Fengnian finally felt relieved. He snorted coldly and said, "An old immortal came down from Longhu Mountain. It's impossible that he felt bored on the mountain and wanted to go down to play in the human world. Now that he has sneaked onto our ship, it seems that he has ill intentions towards this prince. Maybe he even wants to kill me."

Fang Muye said: "Maybe he not only wants to kill you, but also wants to survive."

"Survival?" Xu Fengnian was puzzled.

Fang Muye said slowly, "That person is about to die. To survive, he can only ascend to become an immortal. He followed us to Wudi City. If Senior Li or I fight Wang Xianzhi, it will be the pinnacle of the human world. Perhaps we can knock on the gate of heaven and let him ascend."

Li Chungang sneered, "This guy has a good idea. Wen boy, since you know everything, why do you just let him do it?"

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Senior, as the saying goes, 'You should be grateful for what you have received.' We just received such a valuable gift from Longhu Mountain yesterday, and it's inappropriate to beat up their old immortal on Longhu Mountain territory today. He can get on the boat, but with me and you here, he won't be able to cause any trouble."

Li Chungang picked his earwax and said lazily, "Never mind. This journey has been quite boring. I'll just play with that old guy."