Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!

It was as if to buy oneself a "ticket".

And such a "ticket", even for Shangqingguan and Western Tuo Mountain with the support of their divine ancestors, each purchasing one would require them to grit their teeth.

The fact that Sword Disciple Mountain sent three representatives at once, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they had spent a small fortune.

Chances are, the Ancestors of Sword Disciple Mountain had spent half of what they had earned in the three hundred years after their ascension.

"Hand over the money, Junior Brother Tan! I can make the decision to let your soul suffer torment for just a hundred years!" Seeing that the young Daoist and the monk did not speak again, one of the three ancestors from Sword Disciple Mountain, the woman, glanced at Tan Shuchang with indifferent eyes, then commanded as if giving an order.

"My fellow Daoists are indeed alike!"

At this moment, Tan Shuchang couldn't help but express the same sentiment as An Yunxin.

Previously, when accompanying him to peruse the ancient texts of Luoja Mountain, An Yunxin had brought up this matter. At that time, facing the ancestors communicating across realms from Luoja Mountain, she felt that these ancestors, whether they were from Luoja Mountain, Terrestrial Immortal Cave Mansion, Taixu Immortal Sect, or Jinglong Cave Heaven, all seemed to be of the same aloof bearing.

That condescending posture was as if it were cast from the same mold.

Although, perhaps for motivating them to work, this sense of superiority was somewhat restrained. But An Yunxin, being naturally perceptive and able to vaguely sense others' true thoughts, was very aware that these ancestors considered their ability to converse with them a supreme blessing.

Thus, after the ancestors severed the connection with Luoja Mountain, An Yunxin couldn't help but share those thoughts with her Mirror Grandma. (As mentioned in chapter 116)

"Alike in what way?" Tan Shuchang's sudden expression of emotion took the five ancestors by surprise, even the three from Sword Disciple Mountain who had been icy in demeanor since their arrival were curious.

"Our fellow Daoists are exactly the same in your lofty positions!" Tan Shuchang laughed, "Facing me, you are just like the officials of the mortal world, looking down on the commoners who support them. While you suck their blood and consume their marrow, you also despise them, calling them 'rustic bumpkins, country oafs'."

Upon hearing Tan Shuchang's words, the three ancestors from Sword Disciple Mountain remained unmoved, while the young Daoist from Shangqingguan's eyes flickered slightly. He understood the meaning behind Tan Shuchang's words, but did not see an issue with it.

The ancestor from Western Tuo Mountain felt the same.

After all, both Shangqingguan and Western Tuo Mountain have many works full of philosophy. Especially the earlier works from Western Tuo Mountain reached a pinnacle in this regard.

"Are you done?"

The female ancestor from Sword Disciple Mountain merely glanced at Tan Shuchang with haughty indifference.

"I'm done, so may I invite you all to depart!" In an instant, blood-light filled the heavens and the earth, but Tan Shuchang did not reveal his undying blood form. Instead, the world around him seemed to split in two with him at the center.

On one side, the sky blazed with fire, and the ground turned into magma, while on the other side, snowflakes fell thickly, the landscape was blanketed in white, and endless ice blades came from all directions.

It wasn't that the region had transformed into such a state.

Instead, it was Tan Shuchang wielding his two Divine Skills—Melting Stone Golden Flow and Endless Snow Drift.

This display of Divine Skills, with the boost of Tan Shuchang's five hundred years of cultivation, had reached a power surpassing the Dharma Realms of ordinary cultivators who had attained enlightenment.

Within the area where the heavenly fire fell, the three ancestors from Sword Disciple Mountain were trapped, suffering four layers of fiery torment that vividly demonstrated the unpredictable fierceness of fire!

Their expressions, usually cold and indifferent, could no longer maintain that detachment.

It seemed that Tan Someone's display of Divine Skills had warmed the three ancestors of Sword Disciple Mountain.

On the other side, the young Daoist and the monk began to struggle under the onslaught of endless ice blades. Because these endless ice blades were the forces of heaven and earth, and when would such power ever be exhausted?

At least, with the power of the ancestors from both Shangqingguan and Western Tuo Mountain, they couldn't exhaust the forces of heaven and earth.

However, these five were ultimately cultivators who had ascended through three stages of enlightenment; thus, they quickly managed to break free using their own methods.

"Young friend Tan has remarkable Divine Skills, this practice of Water-Fire Power—even those who cultivate the Dao of Yin and Yang, wielding Water-Fire Divine Power more advantageously, cannot match even half of your prowess," the monk from Western Tuo Mountain said with barely concealed amazement. He had thought highly of Tan Shuchang, but never expected that with a single use of Divine Skills, he would put the five of them in such a disarray.

You must remember, this was one against five!

Not one on one!

Three hundred years ago, they had all attained the third stage of enlightenment, and although they had directly moved to the third stage from the first by taking advantage of the fortune and opportunities in the Jiawu Realm, thus skipping the second stage, they had long since made up for their deficiencies over the past three hundred years and had cultivated their abilities to the extent of four to five hundred years!

With such cultivation, even if they were suppressed by the heavens and earth and could not exert strength beyond the first stage, they still had the foundation of being third-stage ascendants!

Furthermore, they had four to five hundred years of cultivation!

The stronger the cultivation, the stronger the Divine Skills!

And now, Tan Shuchang also couldn't help but silently admire the prowess of these five individuals in his heart.

Keep in mind, his Melting Stone Golden Flow was a Divine Skill obtained from divine fortune in the Jiawu Realm. And his Endless Snow Drift, although not directly acquired from divine fortune, was also cultivated through the insights from "The Twenty-Four Seasons," its power not inferior to Melting Stone Golden Flow.

Yet these five managed to break free from his Divine Skills in just a moment.