The Way of The Dao

Ling Tian took Qing Sha to another place to feed her.

On the way, the three attracted attention, either because of Ling Tian's charming face, the little white fox on his shoulder, and the little girl wearing a beautiful dress made of a fine cloth, even though the little girl's face remained hidden in Ling Tian's lower neck.

The little white creature would look at all people while she was over Ling Tian's shoulder, conveying a peculiar feeling of arrogance and superiority to whoever looked at her.

After finding a place for him to feed Qing Sha, Ling Tian ordered several dishes for Qing Sha.

He had gotten money after selling some simple weapons that had no use for him.

Ling Tian fed Qing Sha calmly, making the little girl eat shyly at first and accepting that Ling Tian would feed her.

The little white fox also seemed to like the food and Ling Tian asked for food for her as well, which both of them ate nutritiously.

Since they were somewhat apart, no one noticed Qing Sha's face, so they had no problems while they were eating.

After a while, Ling Tian felt that the spirit mark he had left on that young man was somewhat close before he quickly left.

Strangely, the young man seemed to be heading towards the Chen family.

After they had finished eating, Ling Tian began to address the Chen family in the same way, beginning to feel that the sense of alarm in his intuition was beginning to grow.

'What could this mean? Could it be that this boy has something to do with what my instincts are telling me?' Ling Tian thought internally as he walked through the streets, with a group of women behind him grouping together and growing by the second.

Ling Tian did not hide his face because it was useless as he had Qing Sha and the little white fox with him, which would draw attention wherever they went.

Qing Sha again hid her face in Ling Tian's neck as she hugged him, not wanting anyone to notice her.

Feeling the mark he had left on the young man, Ling Tian felt that he was no longer moving, as if he were standing still or hiding.

Indeed, the young man was heading towards the Chen family every time he moved.

'I'm glad I marked him, otherwise I couldn't know what would happen...'. Ling Tian kept his spirit sense expanded by scanning his surroundings.

Amazingly, his Spiritual Energy had recovered just over half and his Consciousness Sea was slowly beginning to grow.

However, his inner wounds from the battle against the Void Beast were not yet healed.

'Couldn't you help me a little this time? I don't have any pills to recover quickly...' Ling Tian told the World Tree in his heart, but said nothing else.

That strange aspect he had detected in the World Tree kept him worried, as if it were really dying...

Ling Tian did not curse the World Tree this time, as he did not want to use the remaining vitality in case he was unfortunately dying.

The vitality of the Tree of the World was of the utmost importance to him, so he would prefer to take time to heal and then use it only when he unleashed the Heavenly Seal and had to face heavenly punishment.

What Linqi had told him about the World Tree was that this spirit in his heart was indeed the true World Tree, but at the same time it was not, as if it were only a part of it, so it might not be complete...

That was the only explanation Ling Tian could think of now.

"Hey kid, stop right there."

A clearly arrogant voice interrupted Ling Tian's thoughts.

Yet Ling Tian didn't stop and keep walking; he could already imagine what these guys wanted from him.

"Didn't you hear, you bastard?"

The voice was heard once again, this time echoing in the street and making everyone pay attention.

A group of five people suddenly appeared and interrupted the path where Ling Tian was walking.

These were 3 men and 2 women.

Their clothes had a certain resemblance, and somewhere on them would be a symbol of a small shiny sword pointing upwards.

"Why don't you do me a favor and give that little creature to my junior sister?"

The man in the middle, who looked like the leader, approached Ling Tian and ordered him arrogantly, without any respect.

"I am an external disciple of the Immortal Sect of the Thousand Swords who is about to become an internal disciple. In that way, I could help you and give you a recommendation to enter and become an external disciple of the sect."

The look on this guy's face clearly conveyed arrogance and disdain as he watched Ling Tian.

The men in his group also looked at him with contempt, thinking that they were giving him a lot of face.

Instead, the two women who were beautiful and were being watched by the men nearby, watched in fascination the little white fox on his shoulder, and then alternated their gaze on Ling Tian's face, beginning to blush and play coyly with the tips of their hair with their fingers, as if they were shy little maidens watching their charming prince.

"Did you hear that?"

"He will become an internal disciple of the mighty Immortal Sect!"

"If he becomes an internal disciple, then he may indeed recommend that someone may join the outer sect!"

"I wish I had a creature as exotic as that guy, so I would be the one to enter the longed-for sect..."

"That guy must feel the heavens are smiling down on him!"

The whispers and exclamations began to accumulate as they watched the group in the middle of the street.

Nevertheless, Ling Tian looked at the guy indifferently without responding.

This man in front of him was in the Chi Gathering Peak Stage, so he quickly understood the formation of this supposed sect.

It seems that the external disciple would be for those in the Chi Gathering state, while the internal disciples would be in the Foundation Establishment state.

Most likely, a central disciple, or elder, would be someone from the Golden Core stage.

The Laws of Heaven and Earth of this little world would allow one to reach perhaps at most the realm of Separation and Reunion...

Having proved his strength against the Void Beast, Ling Tian would not mind a mere cultivator in the realm of Separation and Reunion.

However, he was now wounded and could not fully manifest his power...

"Are you deaf or what? Shouldn't you show respect to your seniors?" The guy was angry when Ling Tian didn't respond, feeling furious and deeply envious when he noticed that even his junior sisters were showing looks of love when they saw the young man in front of him.

"You are just a weak little white face..." The man ridiculed Ling Tian and he extended his arm without saying anything else to grab the little white fox from his shoulder.

He was not afraid of Ling Tian and moreover, he could not feel even a hint of power in him.

Before his hand reached out to the little white fox, Ling Tian's hand reached out and grabbed the man's wrist.

"You dare to defend yourself?!" The guy wanted to say that when he felt the bones in his wrist start to hurt when a deep pain spread through his arm.

"ARGH!"

A moan of pain came from his mouth when he tried to remove his arm without success.

Ling Tian squeezed the guy's wrist tightly in front of him when finally some sounds of bones breaking were heard.

* Crack... *

The intense pain assaulted the guy as he threw himself to the ground and rolled over after Ling Tian released him, covering his wrist with his other hand as he writhed from the pain.

When Ling Tian was about to continue on his way to his destination, his spirit sense caught up with several people.

The two men with him were stunned by this before they jumped at him.

"You dare to hurt senior brother?!"

"Do you want to die that badly?!"

When the two men jumped in the direction of Ling Tian, a powerful force drove away the two men who had jumped into Ling Tian.

Ling Tian would have no problem with this weak energy that had arrived and did not even have the need to use his power to defend himself; only with his own body's resistance could he resist it and emerge immune.

But now there was the little girl in his arms who had no strength to resist and there was also the little white fox on his other shoulder.

So, Ling Tian quickly retreated, making it seem that this force had affected him.

"L-look!"

"They are the Immortals of the Immortal Sect of the Thousand Swords!"

"They are flying in their swords!"

"Isn't that the Elder Immortal Fu Yishuang?"

"He also comes with some of his genius disciples!"

"There is the beautiful sword princess, He Qianye!"

"And there is also the handsome sword prince, Quo Qifan!"

"How I wish they would look at me!"

"I wish I could fly like them!"

The exclamations soon filled the place when 6 people appeared in the sky, each flying on their own swords.

Ling Tian had been aware that they would arrive earlier, so he was not surprised and looked at the old man who had the highest level of them all.

Golden Core Peak Stage...

The other young people were between the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment and the Early Stage of the Golden Core.

Ling Tian stood looking directly at the old man, who was apparently the elder Fu Yishuang.

The latter also noticed his gaze and frowned when he saw him.

Suddenly, a young man from the group descended on his flying sword and approached Ling Tian.