Peerless Immortal Emperor in City

Chapter 1060 977: Can a Grain of Rice Shine Bright? (Two Chapters in One)

Fang Pingjiang!

Azure Sky Divine Palm!!

The people around them widened their eyes in disbelief as they looked at this middle-aged man who just appeared. This name, this title, truly resounded like thunder!

"It's actually Fang Pingjiang, renowned for many years, who stepped into Half-Step Innate fifty years ago!"

"What, this Azure Sky Divine Palm had already reached Half-Step Innate fifty years ago, but he looks less than fifty years old!"

"What do you know? A Half-Step Innate master can already faintly sense the Heavenly Essence of the outside world and can cultivate a thread of Innate True Qi to maintain a youthful state effortlessly!"

"If that's the case, then a true Innate Grandmaster must be like an Immortal?"

"Exactly, to ordinary people like us, an Innate Grandmaster is akin to an Immortal, without a doubt. And someone like Azure Sky Divine Palm, at Half-Step Innate, could almost be called an Earth Immortal!"

"Earth Immortal!! That's amazing!"

"This Earth Immortal seems quite displeased with that young man, haha, that guy's going to be in trouble soon!"

"Haha, more than just trouble, I think he's completely doomed!"

The crowd discussed fervently. After understanding what kind of existence Fang Jiangping was, they were all astonished. To them, a Half-Step Innate was truly akin to an illustrious immortal!

Fang Jiangping listened to the people's exclamations and couldn't help but nod slightly, saying with a smile, "I'm merely a Half-Step Innate; I'm nowhere near being called an Earth Immortal. Please, don't overpraise me, haha."

Though he was verbally modest, his expression showed that he indeed enjoyed the flattery from those around him.

Why practice martial arts?

Isn't it to attain power far beyond that of ordinary people?

And why gain such power?

Isn't it to earn respect, instill fear, make people see oneself as enormously powerful, and thus inspire awe and admiration?

This feeling is truly wonderful!!

Fang Jiangping felt slightly elated, finding the experience of being complimented and being the center of attention absolutely fantastic and exhilarating, truly something to be infatuated with.

For a moment, he even forgot about Qin Heng's presence.

After all, in Fang Jiangping's view, Qin Heng was at best a Grandmaster of Transcendence, possibly even just a Half-Step Transcendence, and such a martial artist was nothing more than an ant compared to him, entirely insignificant.

Solving such a nuisance would be effortless, not even requiring a flicker of strength.

But right at that moment, Fang Jiangping suddenly felt his heart sink; his whole body couldn't help but tremble. A terrifying sense of crisis swept over him without warning, leaving him defenseless!

This feeling was akin to an ordinary beast suddenly encountering a tiger, shivering on the spot, body turning to jelly, the mere idea of resisting completely suppressed. It was utter fear!!

"What's going on!?" Fang Jiangping's heart was filled with terror. He slowly turned his head to look at Qin Heng and saw those extremely cold eyes that made him feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar; his limbs felt cold, and his knees buckled—

Thud!!

Fang Jiangping knelt on the ground and bowed to Qin Heng!!

His whole body trembled!!

His teeth chattered, shaking uncontrollably, eyes wide open, pupils contracted, embodying the pinnacle of fear!

"Innate! Yes! This feeling, no doubt about it, must be Innate!!"

Fang Jiangping was aghast, looking at Qin Heng in disbelief. In his perception, Qin Heng's gaze seemed to encompass vast seas, boundless and infinite!

And he himself was like a leaf, adrift in the ocean!

At this moment, that gaze was calm, like the ocean before a storm, allowing the leaf to float on the surface, but if the ocean stirred even slightly, that leaf would either sink or be shredded!!

There's simply no chance of any resistance!

The gap was too wide!

With his strength, there was absolutely no way to oppose an Innate Grandmaster!!

At this moment, Fang Jiangping was in a state of supreme terror, almost wanting to kowtow to Qin Heng and beg for mercy, yet he was filled with immense confusion.

Why does Qin Heng look only eighteen or nineteen years old!?

How can this be!?

In this world, there should be no eighteen or nineteen-year-old Innate Grandmasters. Even after breaking through to Innate, cultivating Innate True Qi, purging one's own impurities, and rejuvenating oneself by decades, one shouldn't reverse to being eighteen or nineteen!

In Fang Jiangping's understanding, when an Innate Grandmaster breaks through, they might, at most, look two or three decades younger.

If their young appearance was merely eighteen or nineteen, it would mean they were possibly only under fifty at the time of breakthrough or even younger!!

How could that be?!

It's something utterly impossible!!

As someone trapped in Half-Step Innate for decades, Fang Jiangping was utterly sure of this—in this era of thin Heavenly Essence, reaching Innate before fifty was impossible!!

Yet the air around this young man was undeniably genuine with its vastness and imposing presence!

Why!?

Why on earth!?!!