Transcending the Nine Heavens

a white-bearded old man suddenly here?

The elderly man approached the gates and raised his head ever so slightly, his hands still behind his back.
In a cool and indifferent voice, he asked, “Is this the Law-Enforcement Hall?”

“Exactly so!” The four King-level martial artists felt incredibly repressed.

Old Master, even if you have terrible eyesight, if you just raise your head and look above you, those four big words in gold —’Ye Province Law-Enforcement Hall’— can also bedazzle you.
You can actually bring yourself to ask us that with your eyes wide open?

The elderly man gave an indifferent ‘oh’ and started to boss them around.
“Who’s the branch chief of the law-enforcement officers here? Get him out here to meet this old man!”

The guards eyed him suspiciously as they grumbled inwardly.
“This old guy’s certainly arrogant to actually demand that the Chief come out and see him…”

“May I ask who… Elder is?” asked two of the guards rather tentatively.

The elderly man in white gave them a passive smile.
He recited in a languid manner, “This body is always beyond the heavens and this heart always with the sun and moon.
Should one ask my name, it is the one most handsome in these heavens and earth!”

After reciting these two nonsensical yet extremely pompous poetic lines, the elderly man in white looked toward the two confused and bewildered guards and asked, “What are you waiting for?”

The two guards felt as though their heads had been stuffed with cotton.

F*ck, we still don’t get it even after your two lines of a poem.

How can we report this?

As Niu Dafa watched from afar, he was increasingly sure that the elderly man must be an extraordinary figure.
And so, he quickly went over.
He held his hands up in salutation seriously and bowed in greeting before he said, “This good brother, this way…”

The elderly man rolled his eyes and shouted, “Wait! What did you address me as? How dare you address me as ‘good brother’?! You’re certainly impressive1!”

Niu Dafa looked at him in bewilderment.
“I am exactly Niu Dafa… Who may this good brother…”

“Your name is Niu Dafa?” This time, it was the elderly man’s turn to be flabbergasted.
He stuck out his neck, his eyes almost bulging from their sockets as he stared at him.
Upon realizing that he had lost control of himself, he hurriedly straightened his neck and coughed a couple of times.
Stroking his beard, he rolled his eyes.
“Uhh, Niu Dafa… Sigh, this name is seriously… Never mind, we can only do this now.
I say, Niu Dafa…”

Niu Dafa also finally understood that the other party had been dissatisfied with his way of addressing him.
He said modestly, “Please go on, Elder.”

“Yes, this is more like it.” The elderly man in white chuckled.
“Niu Dafa, let me ask you, is the incident about the Extraterrestrial Demon true?”

Niu Dafa puffed out his chest.
“Of course! I dare stake my reputation on it! I guarantee it with my life!”

The elderly man rolled his eyes.
“What reputation can you speak of? And your life… how much is it worth? Is there anyone with a higher position here? This old man seriously cannot trust a slick and slippery fellow like you!”

Niu Dafa was rather embarrassed.
He forced a laugh and said, “I’m still not very sure of Elder’s identity…”

The elderly man glared at him, his gaze intent as he said in shock, “You actually didn’t get it? You, you… Are you really someone from these Nine Heavens?”

What’s it got to do with whether I’m from the Nine Heavens continent or not?

Niu Dafa was grumbling in his heart but all smiles on his face as he said, “It would be great if Elder could tell us!”

The elderly man in white glowered at him before he said, “I’ll recite another poem.
Listen well.” Then, in a rhythmical tone, he recited, “One would rather see the saber at the cliffs of the heavens than meet the cape of the seas; the saber of the cliffs of heavens could break, yet the hatred of the cape of the seas remains!”

When he finished, he looked down upon Niu Dafa smugly.
“Niu Dafa, do you get it now? Trembling yet? Worshipping me yet?”

Niu Dafa was even more confused now.
“This… This…” He racked his brains but nothing came to mind at all.
Was there such a world-shaking figure in his memories or even in the history of the Nine Heavens?

How was it that he had no impression of such a person at all?

He pondered hard over this; the other party was so forceful, his background must be very powerful! But… Where had he heard this name from?

The elderly man flew into a huge rage.
Stepping forward, he gave Niu Dafa a slap across the face! Niu Dafa felt like his world had suddenly exploded into stars.
He stumbled and fell, actually somersaulting as he got thrown out.
The elderly man didn’t let up; he pressed forward and started to slap him non-stop as he cursed, “Niu Dafa! You’re certainly goddamn impressive… To think you dare to say that you’ve never heard of me! I’ll let you be impressive, I’ll let you be…”

Niu Dafa, despite his Martial Saint cultivation, actually couldn’t retaliate under the old man’s slaps! He couldn’t even react!

The loud slaps resounded in the air as the two guards watched on in a dazed stupor.

Who exactly was this old guy? To think he dared to assault the branch chief like that in the Law-Enforcement Hall!

“Stop that!” A commanding shout drifted over from the front.

Two elderly men in black stood on the platform of the main hall, their hands behind their back.
Their eyes were bright and sharp as they watched the happenings across them.

The elderly man in white continued to rain his fists down on Niu Dafa.
“Am I supposed to stop just because you tell me to? If I don’t beat this audacious bastard to death today, this old man has no face to continue living in this world anymore… This is frustrating me to death! Truly so maddening…”

As he beat someone up, he actually said that he was being frustrated to death…

A shadow flashed and one of the black-robed elderly men drifted over.
He reached out and caught the white-robed elderly man’s arm.
“Sir, if you don’t stop, things are going to get unpleasant.”

The white-robed elderly man snorted and looked derisively at him.
“Wow, you’re certainly putting on some airs here.
Seems like you do have some kind of authority.
Who are you? Identify yourself!”

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