Chapter 97: The Renown of the Three-eyed Tiger

"In my opinion, that Princess Ningti must be enamored by the Sect Leader." "Exactly, otherwise it can’t be explained..." This erroneous flattery had only just begun when Lin Ning interrupted. "Master Zhang, Master Song, are the two of you quite idle? Could you please go outside and give me some pointers on my swordsmanship?" She had reached the Spirit Platform Realm, clearly intending to beat someone up. The two masters quickly declined. "No, no!" "We are busy; better find someone else..." On the other side, Xiahou Jun finally couldn’t contain his doubts and approached Ningti. "Why does Your Highness concede so much? Are you actually afraid of Jiang Cheng?" "I have my own reasons." Xiahou Jun was extremely displeased, coldly sneering, "I believe Your Highness has indeed lost your mind over Jiang Cheng..." "Xiahou Jun, do you think I won’t kill you?" Ningti, who had just shown unusual courtesy to Jiang Cheng, had no friendly demeanor towards him. Xiahou Jun’s expression changed, cold sweat trickling down his back. "I dare not!" In this land far away from the emperor, Ningti stood above him in both personal strength and authority. If she really killed him, there wouldn’t be much investigation afterward. After he retreated, Ningti dismissed all the maids around her, shut the door with a flick of her hand, and set down a layer of restriction. Now only she and the maid hiding her cultivation remained inside. The maid slowly raised her head, straightened her back, no longer resembling the meek and gentle maid she had been. She walked gracefully as if within her own domain. Ningti quickly stood up, gave up her seat to her, and stood aside herself. If someone else saw this scene, they might think they were dreaming. The dignified princess of the Imperial Dynasty behaving like a servant in front of a maid, yet it seemed the two were quite accustomed to this interaction. She volunteered to come to the Feixian Sect due to the command of this green skirt maid. "Why did you stop me from killing Jiang Cheng today?" In fact, Ningti herself didn’t know the reason. Jiang Cheng was undeniably the culprit. Although she had no feelings for Xiang Ba, from the perspective of the dynasty, she still had to kill this person. Suddenly deciding to stop her actions, even beating Xiahou Jun back, was completely due to the maid secretly transmitting orders for her to do so. The situation happened so abruptly that there was no time to ask why. The maid’s thin red lips twitched slightly, with a touch of sarcastic amusement. "If I hadn’t stopped you, you would all be dead by now." "Ah!" "Why?" Ningti was shocked, followed by deep confusion. "Jiang Cheng is only at Celestial Fate Fourth Layer, even with many encounters, he can’t shake the Daoist Palace. Could he also have a way to hide his cultivation?" The maid shook her head. "Jiang Cheng merely has extraordinary encounters, his strength is not yet a concern, the truly terrifying one is that tiger." Mentioning the Three-Eyed Tiger, she also showed a deep fear. Ningti had never seen fear in her eyes, so she was even more surprised. "That Tiger Demon? Isn’t it only at Celestial Fate Ninth Layer?" The maid scoffed, "You really are as dumb as a pig, who told you it’s at Celestial Fate Ninth Layer? Based on those external rumors, speculating?" "Have you seen that Tiger Demon in action?" "Or have you fought with it?" Being scolded like this, the overwhelmingly noble Princess Ningti merely lowered her head, showing no signs of discontent. This was clearly something she was used to. "To be honest with you, if that Tiger Demon decides to destroy all of us, it would be a breeze." "What? Including you? Could it have surpassed Daoist Palace Ninth Layer?" "Daoist Palace Ninth Layer? You are underestimating it." Princess Ningti gasped, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief. "Could it be Ascending to Saint..." That level is only possible for some Sacred Land’s sect leaders or Supreme Elders to reach. The maid didn’t directly answer her. "About two months ago, the Purple Origin Sacred Land was attacked by a Three-Eyed Tiger Demon." "What? Purple Origin Sacred Land?" Princess Ningti’s face turned pale, finally exclaiming. The Purple Origin Sacred Land was millions of miles away from the Qianxing Dynasty, but she had heard of it for a simple reason. It was too strong, renowned far and wide. It was said that the Purple Origin Sacred Land had three Ascending to Saint Realm presiding over it, and there were over one hundred Daoist Palace Ninth Layer practitioners under its wing, overwhelmingly powerful! Within the Sacred Land, every Saint Heir and Saintess of extraordinary talent and encounters, made her hopeless to even think of comparing. This giant sect in the cultivation realm has stood for millions of years without ever falling! "What was the outcome? Did the Three-Eyed Tiger invade the Purple Origin Sacred Land and manage to get away unscathed?" If true, not just their group, but the entire Qianxing Dynasty would be unable to stop it. "Get away unscathed?" The maid sneered, as if looking at a frog at the bottom of a well. "If the Three-Eyed Tiger had not merely been passing through, the seven-million-year-old Purple Origin Sacred Land would have ended up a thing of the past, that was their greatest crisis since their founding." "This..." Princess Ningti was somewhat scattered in thought, unable to imagine such a scene, nor fathom its true might. "Wasn’t the Sacred Land supposed to have three Ascending to Saint Realm?" "Four!" The maid corrected her. "They also had an Ascending to Saint Ninth Layer Supreme Elder, since the day of founding, this ancient relic had been there, worthy of being called a Land Immortal!" "Since they had him..." "He wielded a Magical Treasure with full force, only to be easily repelled by the Three-Eyed Tiger. He was sent flying for thousands of miles, injured the foundation, and is still recovering from death sealing!" Though the maid knew of this long ago, she couldn’t conceal her shock as she recounted the event. "This matter isn’t much of a secret among the Thousand Spirit Realm’s upper echelons, it’s long since spread." "The Purple Origin Sacred Land once issued a call for help, afterwards the top echelons of the Sacred Lands held secret meetings, discussing how to resist the Three-Eyed Tiger." "Since then, it has disappeared into silence." "Unexpectedly, it appears here..." Princess Ningti’s mouth wouldn’t close. This power is undoubtedly the legendary Saint Tier! Now, recalling the scenes in the hall earlier, she felt cold sweat pouring, her whole body trembling. In front of the Tiger Demon, had a word been spoken wrongly at the time, her corpse would have been cold by now. Not only would she have died, the Qianxing Dynasty would have crumbled, ceasing to exist. A Saint Tier Tiger Demon, who could stand against it? "Why did it come here then, despite being so strong?" "And follow Jiang Cheng’s orders." The maid replied, "You’d have to ask them themselves." Speaking of which, she seemed somewhat displeased. "If it weren’t for fearing that Tiger Demon, would I have let Jiang Cheng take the Divine Brilliance Hairpin today?" That Pearl Hairpin was a Treasure. Its core was an unknown crystal, after wearing it, it had a strong auxiliary effect on cultivation. Not only did it independently generate large amounts of Spiritual Qi, providing continuous assistance in cultivation. It also had the effect of concentrating and calming the spirit, soothing the Divine Soul, even injuries could quickly heal. It was a very rare Heavenly and Earthly Treasure. If not out of fear of the Three-Eyed Tiger, she would absolutely not have given it to Jiang Cheng.