Chapter 1101

Seeing the plan to surround and kill Qin Qi fail, the black-clad attackers made a swift decision.

One of them shouted violently, "Something’s wrong! Retreat!"

As he spoke, they’d already decided to escape simultaneously.

"Trying to run?" Housekeeper Wu’s expression was furious.

With his Eighth Layer Cultivation of the Core Formation Stage, he seized the opportunity, swiftly manipulating his mana and slapped down with his palm.

Under that palm, a gigantic black hand, dozens of meters wide, suddenly appeared overhead.

As the black hand neared, it was like blotting out the sky and sun, directly grabbing at the slowest fleeing black-clad attacker.

That attacker was exactly one of those who had joined forces to cast Profound Mystery Thunder Light.

Clearly, after using Profound Mystery Thunder Light, his mana was hugely depleted, leaving him nearly incapable of resisting against this black hand!

Instantly, he was pinched in its palm as easily as a chick pecking rice.

Accompanied by two cracking sounds.

The black-clad man’s aura dissipated and he died right then and there!

Soon, as the black hand vanished, only the corpse of that attacker remained in the scene; the rest had all fled, as if the siege and ambush had never even happened!

Housekeeper Wu dragged over the corpse, quickly tore off his veil, and saw his true face clearly.

"Hmph, as expected, he’s from Xuan Yi Sect!" Housekeeper Wu said, hands behind his back. "I recognize him—he’s one of the Core Formation cultivators Xuan Yi Sect dispatched to the main battlefield, named Xue Feng!"

Qin Qi seeing this, couldn’t help but say, "Housekeeper Wu, this counts as solid evidence. Xuan Yi Sect dares to openly attack their fellow cultivators here on the main battlefield. Is nobody going to deal with this and punish Xuan Yi Sect?"

Housekeeper Wu gently shook his head. "Xuan Yi Sect may be formidable, but under the alliance of the main battlefield, they’re still a step down. If there really is solid proof, even Xuan Yi Sect would be taken care of by alliance leaders!"

"But this is just a few lackeys, hardly can be called hard evidence. Today we’ve got the corpse of one attacker, but tomorrow, Xuan Yi Sect can simply expel this man from their sect and claim the ambush today was nothing but his personal conduct!"

"Besides, there’s no definite proof that he really attacked us. At that point, Xuan Yi Sect might even bite back!"

Qin Qi’s mouth twitched as he listened.

Damn it, no wonder Xuan Yi Sect dares to murder me so brazenly—they’d already planned every contingency!

Qin Qi frowned, "So, are we just going to eat this loss for nothing?"

"Leave this matter to the Palace Master," Housekeeper Wu squeezed out a rare smile. "You were handpicked by the Palace Master as the Young Master. Today, Xuan Yi Sect dared to strike—clearly treating the Palace Master as nothing!"

"This evidence will be handled by her. I imagine there’ll be some other outcome. Even if she can’t topple Xuan Yi Sect, making them pay some price is no problem at all, with the Palace Master’s abilities!"

Only then did Qin Qi let out a breath of relief at these words.

Thinking about it now, agreeing to join Primordial Heart Palace under Yan Shuiming was really the right choice.

He’d ultimately overestimated himself and underestimated Xuan Yi Sect’s determination!

These bastards really do dare to blatantly take his life.

"Besides, my strength still isn’t enough. Although I’ve grown a lot stronger, it’s not enough." Qin Qi clenched his fist tightly.

After silently thinking this, Qin Qi spoke aloud, "Anyway, I really owe you, Housekeeper Wu. Without your help, who knows how things would’ve ended for me today!"

"Young Master, you’re being too polite." Housekeeper Wu spoke instantly in a serious tone. "As the Palace Master’s ghost servant, protecting the Young Master is only right!"

"And actually, the only reason we survived this calamity today is because of you, Young Master. If you hadn’t displayed your might and neutralized Profound Mystery Thunder Light, even I wouldn’t have been able to keep you safe!"

Qin Qi waved his hand, "Housekeeper Wu, you’re too kind!"

But Housekeeper Wu was insistent, "Young Master, I’m not flattering you. You know what ghost cultivators fear most?"

"Just like evil demons, we dread those purest yang items—of all things in this world, nothing is more pure and yang than the power of thunder."

"I may be stronger in cultivation than these people, but the Profound Mystery Thunder Light you faced—even if I had a hand free, I couldn’t have helped you at all!"

"If you hadn’t broken Profound Mystery Thunder Light yourself, I couldn’t have driven these attackers away. At the end of the day, it was your own skill. Now, I can somewhat understand why the Palace Master chose you to be the Young Master!"

Qin Qi finally understood as Housekeeper Wu said this.

Thunder and lightning seem to restrain ghost cultivators and evil demons—it wasn’t out of his expectations.

However, what truly surprised him was that his thunder skill could actually devour Profound Mystery Thunder Light, which was also a power of thunder—this was beyond what he’d thought possible.

"Does this thunder skill actually have a devouring effect?" Qin Qi narrowed his eyes. "But the Celestial Spirit Pure Yang Skill didn’t mention that in detail—what a pity. I don’t even have the right to use it a second time anytime soon!"

On the surface, Qin Qi remained polite. "This magic technique only luckily broke Profound Mystery Thunder Light—call it a twist of fate, but it saved my life!"

"A twist of fate? Luck?" Housekeeper Wu smiled helplessly. "Young Master, it seems you really don’t understand the power of the thunder skill you used!"

He looked calm, but in his heart was a surging storm.

Qin Qi looked puzzled, "Housekeeper Wu, you mean...?"

Seeing Qin Qi truly didn’t understand, Housekeeper Wu was amused and explained, "Young Master, do you know the difference between a Nascent Soul stage cultivator and a Core Formation one?"

Qin Qi replied doubtfully, "I heard that once you fully cultivate your core, you can transform the core into a baby—what they call the nascent soul."

"Young Master, you only spoke of the surface. The true power of the Nascent Soul stage, you don’t really know!"

Housekeeper Wu lamented, "Forming a golden core to blossom the nascent soul—the greatest strength is that the nascent soul can leave the body, can sense the power of heaven and earth!"

"So, what truly makes Nascent Soul stage cultivators powerful is their ability to harness the power of heaven and earth, and wield earth-shattering destruction!"

"But even so, changing the celestial phenomena is still extremely difficult. Yet Young Master, do you realize your spells just now completely changed the celestial phenomena!"

"To change the celestial phenomena without utilizing the power of heaven and earth—this, I’ve never even heard of!"

Qin Qi stood frozen, murmuring, "Damn, is the stuff recorded on the Silver Palace Book Pages really this crazy? No wonder casting that thunder skill emptied my mana completely!"