Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor

"This portrait looks so ugly; look at the nose, the eyes, there's no spirit at all. The level of the Immortal Sword Sect's painters is really bad, huh?"

Li Chen pointed at the two wanted posters as if he were a master of traditional painting critiquing a student's work.

Lian Hongshang, with a face full of embarrassment and helplessness, said to Li Chen: "My brother, they are issuing a warrant for us, and yet you still have the mood to critique the quality of the painter's work?"

"It's just a wanted notice; it's not like it hasn't happened before!"

Li Chen appeared unconcerned and said nonchalantly.

He truly didn't care, not to mention his previous life on Earth. Just talking about this year since he arrived in the Cultivation Realm, he had already been wanted three times.

Speaking of painting skills, Ling Shuanghua's were the best, at least the facial features were clear and pleasing to the eye.

Thousands of miles away, in Yingzhou Immortal Sword Sect:

Ling Shuanghua was grinding ink, painting on rice paper.

Her subject was none other than Li Chen!

Thinking of how Li Chen had fallen into the Dragon River, a situation of certain death, she felt an inexplicable surge of sadness, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help but moisten.

"Drip-drop!"

Despite her best efforts to restrain herself, tears still involuntarily fell, wetting the still-drying portrait.

Seeing the portrait dampened by tears, Ling Shuanghua, whether due to distress over the ruined painting or some other reasons, buried her face into the desk and started sobbing.

In reality, she was very aware that logically speaking, Li Chen's permanent disappearance would be beneficial to her and the entire Cloud Sea Sect without any downside.

Especially for her, with Li Chen's death, no one would ever know that she had lost her virtue to him.

However, emotionally, she felt an indescribable pain, as if she had lost something incredibly important, leading to profound sadness.

After crying for who knows how long, Ling Shuanghua finally got up. She vigorously rubbed her eyes and unleashed a hysterical roar at the sky.

"Li Chen, you bastard, you promised to take responsibility for me. Now that you've fallen into the Dragon River and died, who do I turn to?"

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"Yawn!"

Li Chen, who was appreciating the wanted posters, suddenly sneezed loudly.

"Who's thinking about me like this?"

Lian Hongshang rolled her eyes and said, "How do you know they are thinking about you and not cursing you?"

Li Chen rubbed his nose and casually changed the subject, saying, "Let's go."

Lian Hongshang was surprised and asked, "Go where?"

"To the Immortal Sword Sect!"

Lian Hongshang was shocked: "Go to the Immortal Sword Sect? They're actively searching the whole world for us!"

Li Chen, pointing at the portrait, casually said: "Their painters' skills are too bad, I can't stand it!"

Lian Hongshang just rolled her eyes.

It reminded her of a stupid thief on Earth who, after seeing the ugly wanted poster the police issued for him, actually went to the police station to correct it.

She now realized that Li Chen was just as foolish as that thief.

Of course, Li Chen wouldn't do something so trivial. He had heard that inside the Sword Tomb of the Immortal Sword Sect, an Immortal Sword was nurtured.

If the Immortal Sword Sect hadn't provoked him, he wouldn't have considered taking that sword.

But now, he had decided he would claim that sword.

Lian Hongshang stood still, shouting at Li Chen's departing figure.

"Hey, Chen, are you really going to the Immortal Sword Sect?"

Li Chen nodded and said, "Of course, just don't try to stop me!"

Lian Hongshang shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I'm not trying to stop you, I just want to tell you that the Immortal Sword Sect is in this direction, and you're going the opposite way!"

Huh? The opposite way?

Li Chen looked at the direction he was walking, and then at the direction Lian Hongshang was pointing, it indeed seemed like he had gone the wrong way.

This was indeed embarrassing.

Lian Hongshang, seldom seeing Li Chen make a mistake, covered her mouth and giggled.

The Immortal Sword Sect was located eight hundred miles northwest of Qingyang City, on Immortal Sword Mountain.

Compared to the towering mountains of the Southern Barbarians, Immortal Sword Mountain might not seem spectacular, with an elevation of only three thousand meters.

However, it had a very unique characteristic: steepness!

The entire mountain resembled a giant sword, piercing through the clouds, daunting to whoever looked upon it.

Li Chen took out the Seven-star Compass to search for the direction of the Sword Tomb.

It showed that the Sword Tomb was behind the main peak.

Li Chen turned to look at Lian Hongshang and said, "Hongshang, keep your aura concealed and stick close to me!"

Lian Hongshang nodded, and together with Li Chen, they transformed into two streaks of flowing light, speeding towards the Sword Tomb at the back mountain.

The deeper they went, the stricter the security became.

However, for Li Chen and Lian Hongshang, these alerts were almost useless; they just had to take a bit of a detour.

After entering the back mountain, the number of patrolling disciples surged, among them not a few were Golden Core Cultivators.

Above their heads, one could vaguely see many hunting falcons encircling Sword Mountain, wrapped in electric light.

These were Third-level Demon Beasts, Electric Eagles, not only extremely fierce but also with exceptionally sharp eyes that could spot a fly on the ground from ten thousand meters in the air.

Some sects and aristocratic families often used these demon beasts for mountain patrolling and alerting.

"The immortal swords within the Sword Tomb are about to emerge, this is a critical moment, everyone be on full alert!"

A Golden Core Level Deacon shouted loudly at the patrolling disciples.

"Deacon Bai, who is so daring to cause trouble in our Immortal Sword Sect, must be tired of living, right?"

"Exactly, our Immortal Sword Sect is about to be promoted to an Earth-level Sect and become the absolute ruler within three thousand miles!"

Thinking of this, the disciples of the Immortal Sword Sect's eyes gleamed with excitement, their faces filled with fervor.

Over the years, with the growing reputation of the Immortal Sword Sect, the disciples have also become increasingly haughty, considering themselves superior to others.

"No matter what, keep a tight watch, better safe than sorry!"

As a Deacon and of a higher rank than the disciples, he agreed with what the disciples said. Though he was as excited as them, he did not show it on his face.

After they left, two figures quietly appeared.

The figures were none other than Li Chen and Lian Hongshang.

Lian Hongshang looked towards the direction of the Sword Tomb and said, "Chen, it seems this is the entrance to the Sword Tomb, let's hurry inside!"

Li Chen looked ahead and shook his head, saying, "There's a Sword Array up ahead!"

Lian Hongshang was surprised and asked in confusion, "A Sword Array? How come I didn't feel it?"

Li Chen surveyed the surroundings and replied, "You didn't notice because the Sword Array hasn't been activated yet. But once we enter, it will automatically activate!"

Lian Hongshang was stunned and looked at Li Chen, asking, "So what do we do now? If the Sword Array activates, the experts of the Immortal Sword Sect will surely come rushing here immediately!"

Li Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then let's prevent the Sword Array from activating!"

Lian Hongshang blinked her big eyes and asked, "Do you have a way?"

Li Chen did not answer, only giving her a mysterious smile.