Asura Mad Emperor

Chapter 248 Yu Hudie

The aura around Yuan Qingtian rose steadily.

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"Holy Realm Early Stage."

"Holy Realm Intermediate Stage."

"Holy Realm Late Stage."

It stopped rising only after reaching the Great Saint Realm Early Stage.

"He had been hiding his true strength!"

Gongsun Zi's pupils contracted, and he calculated internally, "An assassin of the Great Saint Realm Early Stage."

The scar-faced elder exuded a particularly sharp aura, which Gongsun Zi had already taken note of.

However, within Shadow Hall, there were only so many at the Saint level, and even fewer were Great Saints—in his memory, this scar-faced elder was not one of them.

But now was not the time to ponder on this, as Gongsun Zi gathered Qi in his hands, with his Palm Mystique ready to unleash, while mentally estimating how long he could hold the enemy off with his own Holy Realm Intermediate Stage strength.

Leng Dao gazed at Qinchuan with a piercing look, as if he was looking at a dead man.

For a moment, the atmosphere was filled with tension, like a standoff at the brink of breaking out.

Just then, Ye Xuanji took a step forward, and the peak Holy Realm strength burst forth from his body in an instant.

"What? Another Saint!"

"And at the peak level of Holy Realm, no less."

Everyone let out a gasp, wondering when Saints had become so common.

"With a peak Holy Realm protector, no wonder this brat dares to be so unrestrained."

"Look there, isn't that the company of the Eldest Prince by the boy's side?"

The majority of cultivators on the second floor of the Exquisite Pavilion were below the Spirit Martial level and were not attendants of the transference conference, so they did not recognize Bai Ruoxi and Qinchuan, but many did recognize Li Zhi.

"It is indeed the Eldest Prince; this youngster is relying on the Eldest Prince. I was wondering how an ordinary person could have a Saint as a protector."

By then, everyone had come to regard Ye Xuanji as the Eldest Prince's protector.

Yuan Qingtian had already noticed Li Zhi and Bai Ruoxi; he too presumed that the Saints above them were protectors for Li Zhi and Bai Ruoxi.

Seeing Ye Xuanji stepping forward to take a strong stand, he couldn't help but frown. He had heard of Ye Xuanji, the youngest Saint in nearly tens of thousands of years in Tianyuan Nation, and if Ye Xuanji was to interfere with today's affairs, it wouldn't go smoothly. He shouted out immediately.

"Ye Xuanji, in earlier years I heard you held some integrity, refusing to join the Imperial Family. How many years has it been, and you've become the protector for the Eldest Prince, even going so far as to stand up for this kid?"

Ye Xuanji, with an unperturbed expression, moved next to Qinchuan and spoke indifferently, "Who told you I joined the Imperial Family?"

The implication was clear; he was Qinchuan's protector!

"Boom!"

Another wave of astonishment swept through the crowd, some remembering who Ye Xuanji was, others surprised that Ye Xuanji, with his peak Holy Realm strength, was not the Eldest Prince's protector but rather this youngster's.

The crowd speculated wildly about which power this youngster could be from and what abilities he possessed that would allow Ye Xuanji to act as his protector.

The appearance of Ye Xuanji resulted in the situation lapsing into a stalemate again, and Leng Dao too knew that Yuan alone could not hold off both Ye Xuanji and Gongsun Zi.

Qinchuan remained composed as ever, shouting towards the top of the staircase, "What's the matter, been watching for so long and now that someone specifically asked to see you, are you still hiding up there instead of coming down to clean up the mess?"

Everyone followed Qinchuan's gaze, but all they saw at the stair entrance on the third floor was emptiness; there was no sign of anything unusual.

Just when everyone thought Qinchuan was putting on a mysterious air, suddenly from above the staircase came the sound of footsteps: "Da... Da... Da..."

Then, a coquettish voice rang out, "Ah, I didn't think you would actually discover me, it's really quite uninteresting."

A flirtatious-looking girl appeared at the entrance of the staircase. This young woman had her hair adorned with pearls, and her eyes contained pools of spring water, with a slightly demonic charm that added to her allure.

This young girl showed no trace of Qi on her body, truly appearing frail, but the crowd dared not underestimate her in the slightest.

For at this moment, Gongsun Zi respectfully approached the young girl, bowing and performing a salute.

Someone who could be treated in such a way by the head butler of the Pavilion must be Yu Hudie, the rumored current Pavilion Master of the Exquisite Pavilion.

Yu Hudie, with her steady tapping footsteps, walked slowly while curiously sizing up Qinchuan, inwardly full of wonder.

"With my Great Saint Realm Early Stage power and the cultivation of the Stealth Hiding Technique, even a Supreme Saint would have difficulty detecting my presence. How did this boy discover me?"

"Although the Stealth Hiding Technique can hide part of one's Qi, if someone is attentive, it can still be detected."

How could Qinchuan not understand what Yu Hudie was thinking? He said indifferently.

The crowd didn't understand what he meant, but Yu Hudie's face changed instantly. Aside from being shocked that Qinchuan could see through her thoughts at a glance, she was more surprised by how he knew her cultivation method.

The Stealth Hiding Technique is a secret technique of the Exquisite Pavilion, passed down by the former Pavilion Master Yu Linglong. In the Pavilion, aside from Yu Hudie, only her senior brother Yu Qilin knew and practiced this technique.

"How does this boy know about these? Could it be that senior brother has taken a student outside?"

"Once this matter here is resolved, I must find out clearly," she thought.

With this in mind, Yu Hudie regained her composure and gracefully walked to the center of the great hall.

She spoke in a tender voice, "Visitors are guests, and since you've all come to the Exquisite Pavilion, whether it's to dine or to purchase information, let's all be civil. Fighting and killing are not nice."

With that, she threw a flirtatious glance at Yuan Qingtian and asked, "Elder Yuan, wouldn't you agree?"

Yuan Qingtian remained unmoved, chuckled with a 'heh heh', and his face's scar twitched as he said, "The Pavilion Master of the Exquisite Pavilion is elusive, like seeing the head of a Divine Dragon but not its tail. If we don't employ some tactics, how can we meet the true head of the place?"

Only then did the crowd realize that Leng Dao and Yuan Qingtian had deliberately caused trouble in order to bring out the Pavilion Master of the Exquisite Pavilion.

Qinchuan scoffed, "Interesting, it's my first time seeing someone seeking help with such an overbearing attitude."

Yuan Qingtian glared at Qinchuan, his eyes filled with coldness and a hint of confusion.

Indeed, he had come to the Exquisite Pavilion with a purpose, but originally he had planned to force Yu Linglong to capitulate, then to propose a deal of mutual benefit. However, now Qinchuan had preemptively revealed his intentions, and it seemed that his previous plans would come to nothing.

"How does this boy know?"

Qinchuan seemed to see through Yuan Qingtian's doubts and disdainfully said, "Although your cultivation has reached the Great Saint Realm, during the Holy Realm Early Stage, a great battle caused damage to your Divine Sense, causing you Divine Sense to forever remain at the Holy Realm Early Stage. The gap between Divine Sense and your realm is too vast. Although you can still make progress in your strength now, you will never break through to the Supreme Saint in your lifetime."

Yuan Qingtian looked at Qinchuan in a mixture of shock and disbelief.

"I have never spoken of the damage to my Divine Sense to outsiders, even the Old Ghost Leng does not know; how could this boy be aware of it?"

Divine Sense, unlike one's realm and strength, is not easily discerned by others if not deliberately exposed. This is also one of the reasons why no one has been able to detect the Asura Great Emperor in Qinchuan's Divine Sense.

But he didn't know that Qinchuan had already awakened the Innate Pupils, which he had accumulated over nine lifetimes of planning and were unique in the world. With the ability to see through all things and peer into Divine Sense, this was naturally within his capabilities.

Qinchuan continued, "Although over the years you have always been looking for a way to repair and nurture your Divine Sense, repairing damaged Divine Sense is extremely difficult. You will not be able to heal your damaged Divine Sense in this lifetime."

"So, you've come to the Exquisite Pavilion just for one treasure."