Volume 5: Return to Donghua Chapter 18: Getting by
"Qi Ji, why is it you?"
Amid the uproar in the audience, Yu Xujiang asked Qi Ji, "Did you rescue Xiang Wenkui and the others?"
"Pavilion Master." Qi Ji smiled and nodded to Yu Xujiang. "I set out a day earlier than you, so I can move faster."
Xiang Wenkui pointed at Qi Ji and finally spoke after holding back for a long time: "You... aren't you Mr. Kuang? How did you become Qi Ji again?"
Qi Ji looked at Xiang Wenkui and said with a smile: "Elder Xiang, in order to save time explaining, I temporarily borrowed an identity, please don't mind."
Xiang Wenkui shook his head violently: "This is not right! Although I have never seen him in person, I have heard that Qi Ji was the genius who won the first place in the martial arts competition for our Sword Pavilion two months ago. He was not yet extraordinary at that time, so how could it be you!"
He took a deep breath and said, "You are obviously the 'Mr. Kuang' who killed the top fourth-level masters 'Ye Feng' and 'Ghost Face Gentleman'!"
After Xiang Wenkui said this, it was Yu Xujiang's turn to be shocked : "You said Qi Ji killed a fourth-level master? Wenkui, did someone beat you up after you were captured?"
Qi Ji shook his head helplessly. He was afraid of facing this kind of situation, so he didn't like to reveal his identity.
I don’t know how to explain it to others.
But in the current situation, it is impossible not to reveal his identity. As the leader of Jiange, Yu Xujiang will have a big battle with the Xuan family next. He cannot allow a master of unknown identity to stay in the Jiange team.
Qi Ji could only bite the bullet and find a barely acceptable excuse: "Pavilion Master, I went to the Western Cang Continent before this and had a wonderful encounter there, so my strength increased quickly."
Yu Xujiang suppressed his shock and said with a sigh, "But this is not called 'relatively fast'. In the entire Donghua Continent, according to previous records, the most amazing super genius in the past thousand years must be Mr. Yangming. After he came to the Outer Realm from Chaofan, it only took him half a year to break through from the first level to the third level, and then he devoted himself to practice for three years. When he came out of the mountain, he had already reached the peak of the fourth level, and in the fifth year he entered the realm of demigod."
He looked at Qi Ji again: "Mr. Yangming's promotion speed is unprecedented in the entire Outer Realm, but compared to you..."
Yu Xujiang didn't say anything else. Qi Ji's upgrade speed could no longer be described by common sense.
"No." Yu Xujiang felt it carefully again, frowned, and suddenly said: "Qi Ji, you haven't reached the fourth level yet?"
Pavilion Master, please stop digging. If you continue to dig up my past, no one here will be able to explain themselves.
You know, being able to kill a top-level fourth-level person at a level lower than the fourth-level is more terrifying than rapid promotion.
Qi Ji quickly shook his head and said to Yu Xujiang: "Pavilion Master, you must have made a mistake. Of course I am already at the fourth level."
As he spoke, he summoned the Berserker Armor to instantly cover his entire body: "Look, I already have the Qi Armor!"
In order to avoid being exposed, he summoned the armor for only a moment before putting it away. In the eyes of others, only a top-level fourth-level master could do this.
Xiang Wenkui who was standing next to him immediately praised: "Mr. Kuang... No, Qi Ji, this Qi armor of yours is incredible. It is so close to the real thing. It must have reached the limit of what a fourth-level Qi armor can achieve. No wonder you were able to kill a top-level fourth-level expert."
Xiang Wenkui, are you stupid?
Qi Ji's set of armor is real armor, it is not condensed by Qi at all!
This kid actually has the ability to summon things from a distance!
Yu Xujiang was about to say something, but when he saw Qi Ji's look, he realized what was happening and silently changed his words, "That's true. I didn't expect that your method of hiding your breath almost fooled me."
He gave Qi Ji a look that indicated he would talk to him in detail later, and then let the matter go.
Then, he turned to the Sword Pavilion disciples who were following behind him and were still shocked by Qi Ji's identity and said loudly: "Dear Sword Pavilion's backbone forces, I believe you all know why we have traveled thousands of miles to this desert!"
When he said this, his face turned cold, and under everyone's expectant gaze, he shouted: "Destroy the Xuan family!"
"Destroy the Xuan family!"
"Destroy the Xuan family!"
Following Yu Xujiang’s loud shout was the unison shout of more than a thousand extraordinary warriors from the Sword Pavilion.
Yu Xujiang waited for everyone to calm down a little, and immediately said: "But, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Now we have arrived here, no more than 50 kilometers away from the Xuan family. We can attack at any time. Therefore, everyone should rest and recuperate today. Tomorrow, we will unite with our allies and defeat the enemy head-on!"
All the disciples of Jiange responded loudly.
Afterwards, Yuxujiang began to arrange various preparations.
Now, apart from Qi Ji, there are only seven fourth-level masters left in Jiange. Among them, there are two life masters who major in healing and recovery. They were arranged by Yu Xujiang to examine and treat the more than 300 Jiange disciples who had been detained for two days.
At the same time, Yuxujiang quickly assigned the 1,300 Jiange disciples into seven teams. Each team had nearly 200 people, and each team was led by seven fourth-level elders. He himself was only responsible for conveying tomorrow's battle plan to the elders.
After several hours of battle arrangements, Yu Xujiang grabbed Qi Ji and brought him to a remote place.
"Qi Ji, tell me, what happened?" Yu Xujiang looked at Qi Ji with admiration, "What Xiang Wenkui said just now, that you killed two fourth-level masters with your own hands, is it true?"
Qi Ji scratched his head and said, "It is indeed true."
"I can see at a glance that you are only at the third level. How did you manage to kill a fourth-level one?" Seeing Qi Ji admit it himself, Yu Xujiang was still shocked even though he was mentally prepared.
After several hours of consideration, Qi Ji had already found a reason to explain to Yu Xujiang.
He pretended to hesitate, and then hesitantly said to Yu Xujiang: "Master Yu, have you ever heard that there are higher levels of existence above the fifth level?"
Yu Xujiang's eyes widened, and he pressed Qi Ji's shoulders with both hands: "Could it be that you saw the legendary sixth-level "Earth Immortal"!?"
Qi Ji nodded and said, "I entered a holy place in the Western Cang Continent. There was a cultivator named Merlin. With his gestures, the Qi between heaven and earth bowed to him and obeyed his command. He was as powerful as a god. He claimed to have reached the sixth level, but he did not use the title of "earth immortal" as the Pavilion Master mentioned just now, but called himself a "pseudo-god."
Yu Xujiang let go of Qi Ji's shoulder and took a half step back in excitement: "No wonder! No wonder you have made such miraculous and incredible progress, it turns out that you got a great opportunity from that sixth-level master!"
Looks like I got away with it!
Qi Ji hadn't expected that bringing out the title of sixth level would be so useful. Now Yu Xujiang had obviously determined that his strength came from the support of the powerful.
However, it seems that a fifth-level master like Yu Xujiang obviously knows that there are higher-level powerful beings in this world.
Qi Ji asked curiously, "Master Yu, from what you said, the sixth level above the fifth level is indeed recognized to exist? The invincible strong man I met is not a special case ?"
Yu Xujiang glanced at him and nodded seriously: "Originally, this kind of news is almost equivalent to myths and legends, but since you already have a destiny to be immortal, it would be interesting to tell you about it."
Then, his expression changed, and he said seriously, "This matter is considered a secret of the outside world. You can keep it to yourself after listening to it, and do not spread it."
