Inside the divine temple of the "Heaven Source Alliance," people came and went every day; they were all people of status engaging in business dealings.
Among them were disciples of many great worlds, the cores of sects. There were also some minor officials of the Heavenly Court, the Chief Inspectors of various great states, and some cultivators of unorthodox paths, as well as Golden Immortal demonic beasts transformed into human forms…
These people were complex and ever-changing, with experts hidden among them, deeply concealing their true depths.
Now, almost all of them had gathered around, looking at Young Master Nangong who was kneeling on the ground, constantly cursing and roaring, yet unable to move at all.
Young Master Nangong's face was blood-red, and the fresh blood from his seven orifices on top of his head transformed into smoke and soared upwards. Although he was suppressed, he still possessed thought and could see his surroundings even more clearly. Fang Han seemed to be deliberately humiliating him and did not seal his senses. This allowed him to vividly see many people watching him.
At this moment, Young Master Nangong could no longer describe his state of mind.
Humiliation, boundless humiliation.
The dignified and highly-positioned young master of a great monarch aristocratic family was actually sealed by restrictive methods and made to kneel in broad daylight. Who could endure this?
This kind of shame was simply more terrifying than being killed, having one's bones crushed and ashes scattered, and having both body and soul entirely destroyed.
No one could endure this kind of shame, especially a Golden Immortal with status.
Every Golden Immortal was a cultivator with status and position in the Heaven Realm.
"Young Master Nangong is ruined now. The reputation of his entire life is left with a stain that is hard to wash away. Sigh! Even if his future achievements are high, an eternal stain has still been left behind."
"What a joke, having restrictive seals placed on him, forcefully kneeling here for many people to watch, the shadow of failure will forever remain in his heart. After he goes back, even if he can be rescued, he is finished. All his spirit and drive will completely vanish. What achievements could he possibly have?"
"It is indeed like this. After returning, he will completely lack any spirit. Moreover, he will also face the contempt of the other young masters of the Nangong Aristocratic Family. The Nangong Aristocratic Family has more than just him as a young master. That Patriarch of the Nangong Family, Nangong Luo, has over a hundred sons in total. Every single son is wildly ambitious and glares like a tiger watching its prey at the supreme power of the Patriarch. Although this Nangong Hong is considered upper-middle among those sons, after this incident occurred, it is definitely impossible for him to compete for the position of Patriarch anymore."
"The family has already classified him as an object of shame; it is possible he will be imprisoned right after going back."
"Stop talking, look, an expert has come? It seems he wants to lift the restrictive seals and rescue Nangong Hong back."
"It's not just one expert; people from the Nangong Aristocratic Family have come over."
Just as many experts were discussing animatedly, suddenly an endless wave of killing intent transmitted from the doorway. Fully more than ten Golden Immortals dressed in white clothes walked in from the doorway. When their gazes landed on "Young Master Nangong, Nangong Hong" kneeling on the ground, their expressions instantly changed abruptly, turning as cold as frost.
"Damn it!"
The one leading them was an old man. Giving a long howl, the sounds of wind, clouds, the four qis, and armored horses charging conveyed from the void. Accelerating abruptly, he dashed right in front of Nangong Hong who was kneeling on the ground: "To actually dare to insult my Nangong Aristocratic Family like this! Truly worthy of ten thousand deaths! Break for me!"
He fiercely mobilized his divine abilities, and boundless phantoms of armored horses and ancient desolate god warriors appeared behind him, all condensing on his palm. With a palm strike grabbing towards Nangong Hong, he intended to break Fang Han's restrictive seals and allow the kneeling Nangong Hong to stand up.
No matter what, they could not let this young master of the Nangong Aristocratic Family remain kneeling.
"Ah! This is a peerless expert of the Nangong Aristocratic Family, Nangong Baxin! Rumor has it that he will soon be able to break through to the Ancestral Immortal realm. This person has cultivated the supreme divine fist, the Divine Luo Mandala Fist. With a single strike, he can randomly kill over a dozen experts of the same realm."
"This is going to be a fierce struggle between a dragon and a tiger now. The people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family will definitely hold Feng Yuan accountable for this crime. The Yuhua Sect is also not something easily trifled with."
"That Feng Yuan can casually contend against the Night Emperor's inheritor; his strength is extremely tyrannical. We can watch a good show."
"The people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family are truly overbearing, they have started driving away the spectating crowd. Look! That unorthodox path cultivator who was standing the closest was sent flying with a single strike."
A minor commotion appeared at the scene.
A Golden Immortal unorthodox path cultivator who was standing the closest, appreciating Young Master Nangong's kneeling posture, was suddenly struck by an expert of the Nangong Aristocratic Family. With a bang, he was sent flying, vomiting fresh blood.
Following that, several cultivators who were standing close, spoke caustically, and clearly had no background to rely on, were beaten until their bodies split into pieces. They flew outward, letting out continuous miserable shrieks, and squirmed continuously on the ground.
"Our Nangong Aristocratic Family encountering provocation will definitively execute the provocateur right on the spot." An expert spoke: "Fellow Daoists, if you wish to form a good connection with my Nangong Aristocratic Family, do not spread out today's matters without authorization. Otherwise, you will be enemies of our Nangong Aristocratic Family, being thoroughly treated as enemies by our Nangong Aristocratic Family!"
This expert actually began issuing warnings right on the spot.
Many people felt tense in their hearts. The Nangong Aristocratic Family was not easily trifled with; if they said they wanted to kill a person, that person basically could not escape.
"Please disperse, fellow Daoists! Do not crowd around here!"
Another expert stepped forward, his aura surging in waves, beginning to create a kingdom and seal off this location.
Rumble!
Right after the voice of this Nangong Aristocratic Family expert fell, suddenly, that old man who was undoing the seal let out a furious roar. His body was shaken into continuous retreat, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.
It turned out that right when he grabbed down and executed his divine fist, intending to rescue Nangong Hong, he unexpectedly collided with the astral qi of Fang Han's Epoch Divine Fist.
That astral qi rebounded instantly, not only breaking his divine fist but also violently counter-attacking, beating him back continuously, finally causing him injury.
"Ah! Not only did Nangong Baxin fail to open the seal, but he was also shaken to the point of vomiting blood? The people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family are not capable. Just how strong is that Feng Yuan? Just leaving behind a single seal, and no one can open it?"
"So strong! Hmph! Let the people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family be overbearing now. They met a tough nut, didn't they!"
"That Feng Yuan is indeed strong. Just a seal alone can shock and injure Nangong Baxin? Just how fierce and tyrannical is he? Even among that gang of abnormal Heavenly Court Divine Prison disciples, there are probably very few who can accomplish this."
"It's good for the Nangong Aristocratic Family to suffer a huge loss. Did you see their overbearance just now? Do they think they are the Muye Family? Possessing a Heavenly Monarch's bloodline? Within the aristocratic families, they just have a few old antiques at the Supreme Immortal level, that is all."
"Look, this group of people is attacking together to open the seal."
The viewing cultivators who had just been threatened by the group from the Nangong Aristocratic Family all became excited seeing Nangong Baxin being sent flying. They were originally prepared to withdraw to avoid offending the Nangong Aristocratic Family, but now none of them moved.
"Baxin? What's wrong? Is that seal so strong? Let us attack together. Even if it is an Ancestral Immortal's seal, it must be opened!" Another old man, feeling that the Nangong Aristocratic Family's prestige was completely lost with this, took another step forward and roared wildly. Uniting over ten people, they struck out their ultimate techniques.
Boom!
The sky collapsed and the earth caved in. Over ten people all attacked, arranging into a great array that crumbled down, as if an ancient giant god was sending down divine punishment, directly cleaving down towards Nangong Hong's seal.
However, that Epoch Divine Fist seal expanded instantly, transforming into an actively radiating golden large bell. On the body of the bell, texts and pictures that no one could comprehend manifested.
Clang clang clang! Clang clang!
That large bell rotated for a burst, and a peerless aura emanated from within it, directly disintegrating all of the attacks completely.
"How is this seal so formidable? Blood Bath Absolute Kill!"
Nangong Baxin and several other old men spurted out another mouthful of fresh blood. Each with disheveled hair, they began burning their lifespans to launch a final attack.
Their attacks were so fierce that a whirlwind blew up within this divine temple. That whirlwind was like a blade, cutting in all directions. Right on the spot, several cultivators with lower levels of skill were cut by the wind blades and slashed into two halves.
Many cultivators rapidly dispersed.
Right at this moment, Fang Han's Epoch Divine Fist seal suddenly expanded abruptly. Over ten streams of divine light shot out intensely from it, transforming into the phantoms of ten emperors, fiercely suppressing towards the over ten experts of the Nangong Aristocratic Family.
"Bang bang bang…" Bang…
Several loud booms resounded consecutively. All the experts were completely sent flying and crashed onto the ground. Each had a pale face, seemingly having suffered very heavy injuries.
"This is… Over ten Great Golden Immortals of the Nangong Aristocratic Family were all sent flying. Just a single seal is this formidable? Even an Ancestral Immortal would probably…"
"It's impossible to be this formidable unless it is a magical treasure!"
"Even if it is a magical treasure, isn't it too powerful? A supreme-grade immortal artifact definitely cannot accomplish this; could it be an absolute-grade immortal artifact?"
"It doesn't look like a magical treasure, I see it is still a seal. Its fundamentally not a magical treasure, because I cannot sense the slightest aura of a magical treasure. I, Venerable Bao, am thoroughly steeped in magical treasures; it is impossible for me not to discern this."
"Without a magical treasure, the seal itself is already this powerful? Isn't this person even more tyrannical than an Ancestral Immortal? How is that possible? That Feng Yuan only has a Golden Immortal's cultivation."
"I am also astonished. Could it be that a superior expert took action in secret?"
"No matter what, the people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family have suffered a huge loss this time, right? The seal couldn't even be opened, and every single one was shocked and injured, while that Nangong Hong is still kneeling there. I wonder what sort of figures the people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family will seek out next?"
"Perhaps experts of the Nangong Aristocratic Family who surpass the Golden Immortal will appear. Even experts from the Heaven Source Alliance will come forward to resolve this matter."
This time, the people of the Nangong Aristocratic Family suffered a huge loss. Some cultivators felt pleasure in their hearts, while also secretly shocked by the immense power of that seal.
Deep inside the Heaven Source Alliance divine temple, Hua Xiangrong and Fairy Hua Rui were keeping Fang Han company while discussing business. Suddenly, they also heard the heaven-shaking loud booms transmitting from the divine temple's entrance. Hurriedly activating restrictive methods, they looked over and discovered that astonishing scene.
"Young Master Feng Yuan… your restrictive seal?"
"That's right. Can this gang of people hope to undo my restrictive seal just by relying on themselves? It is simply a joke. A mere ten or so Golden Immortals hoping to rescue Nangong Hong is truly a fanciful illusion." Fang Han waved his hand dismissively, "Alright, I wish to purchase massive amounts of Buddha fat, and you mentioned something about an auction. What is this all about?"
"Young Master Feng Yuan, if this continues, and it provokes the descent of an Ancestral Immortal from the Nangong Aristocratic Family, the blame will be too great to bear. No matter how formidable you are, you are still a Golden Immortal; offending an Ancestral Immortal is not a wise choice. How about this, our Heaven Source Alliance will mediate from the middle. How about we turn this major matter into a minor one, and turn the minor one into nothing?"
A wave of clear light flickered on Fairy Hua Rui's body, seemingly having received an order from above.