Chapter 1050: Jade Leaf King

This alien clansman was not tall, and the aura emanating from him was not strong, clearly inferior to the Stone Leaf King not far away.

But his eyes gave a feeling of extreme coldness, especially his skin, which was as crystalline as jade. Between breaths, the intervals were extremely long, showing at a glance that his cultivation was profound.

"Young master, he is the Jade Leaf King!" Purple Leaf King's voice transmission sounded softly in his ear, with a tone that seemed to tremble slightly: "He practices the Residual Jade Art. Not only is his physical body strong, but his primordial spirit is also terrifying, having reached half-step Departure Incarnation..."

"Half-step Departure Incarnation?" Zhang Xuan was startled. Looking again, he indeed found that the alien clansman's brow shone brightly, as if his primordial spirit was about to take the final step at any moment, leap out, and roam the sky.

The fifth level of the Saint Domain, Departure Incarnation, refers to the primordial spirit leaving the body, able to fly freely. Such people can more easily merge with heaven and earth, borrow the power of nature, and unleash stronger combat strength.

Departure Incarnation and Primordial Spirit realms are a huge dividing point. Like Zhang Xuan now, he could ambush and kill Primordial Spirit realm experts, but encountering a Departure Incarnation expert, he would flee as far as possible, unable to defeat them at all.

Even breaking through to the Saint Domain wouldn't make it possible!

Although half-step Departure Incarnation is not as terrifying, it is not something that ordinary physical attacks can kill.

No wonder it could make Purple Leaf King so wary; this strength was even more formidable than the Stone Leaf King before him.

"I miscalculated. I should have informed the Qingyuan Master Teacher Branch about the news of the Ten Kings of Qingtian and asked them to send more powerful master teachers..."

Zhang Xuan felt somewhat helpless.

At that time, he had successively killed several kings, and with the seal of the Master Teacher Pavilion guarding the place, he thought the alien clansmen couldn't enter, so he didn't pay much attention.

Now on their side, the seven-star master teachers were only Wu Shi, Mu Shi, and the three deans. Feng Xun and others from the War Teacher Hall had also reached seven stars, but their actual strength was still far from this half-step Departure Incarnation.

It could be said that their overall strength was... not even on the same level as the Ten Kings.

If he had known it would be so passive, he would have reported in advance and asked them to send more powerful master teachers.

Although the Master Teacher Pavilion of the Qingyuan Empire was only a branch, there should be no shortage of master teachers at the peak of Saint Domain fourth level.

"Forget it, it's useless to say anything now..." This thought flashed through his mind, and he stopped dwelling on it.

Anyway, dwelling was useless. Besides, six of the ten had already been killed. With a bit more effort, the remaining four shouldn't be too hard, right?

"I called you here so urgently because there is indeed a matter that needs your help..."

Stone Leaf King stepped forward.

"Oh?" Jade Leaf King looked over.

"It's like this. The one lying on the ground is said to be a being of very high status among the humans. I hope you can use your hand to verify his true identity!"

Pointing at Feng Xun lying on the ground, Stone Leaf King said.

Let's not talk about the Heaven-Approved Master Teacher matter first. After the other party verifies, if it matches, there will be no more doubt.

"Verify his true identity?" Jade Leaf King looked over: "Judging by his clothes, he should be a war teacher. Does he have some other identity? Also... Purple Leaf King, why are you here?"

After speaking, he stared intently at Zhang Xuan with piercing eyes.

"It's like this..." Zhang Xuan repeated the lie he had told Stone Leaf King, except... he again did not mention the Heaven-Approved Master Teacher.

"You say you followed this human of status, concealed your name, disguised yourself as a human, and deliberately led him here?"

Jade Leaf King found it somewhat strange, but still nodded: "Alright, let me see what identity he has that made you do this. If it is truly venerable, I will help you apply for merits from the Qingtian Emperor!"

With that, he flipped his wrist and took out an altar. This object was different from the one Zhang Xuan had obtained from Purple Leaf King. It was made entirely of bronze, larger in size, and carved with many strange runes that made one feel dizzy and as if their soul would be devoured at a glance.

"This is the Jade Purity Altar unique to Jade Leaf King. Among the Ten Kings, the Qingtian Emperor granted it only to him... Using this altar to sacrifice to the Spirit God can verify true identity and distinguish truth from falsehood!" Purple Leaf King secretly transmitted to him.

"Only to him?" Zhang Xuan was curious.

This person was neither the strongest nor the last among the Ten Kings, so why was it granted only to him?

"Jade Leaf King is in charge of criminal law and interrogation in the Qingtian lineage, overseeing the Criminal Hall..."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

Being in charge of criminal matters naturally required the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood; otherwise, random judgments would cause chaos even without attacks.

Looking at the altar, he couldn't help but wonder: judgment and discernment should be a special ability; what did it have to do with this object?

His doubt did not last long before he saw Jade Leaf King, with a solemn expression, take out a pile of sacrificial items.

The altar emitted a faint light, burning the sacrificial items, and a pure white radiance enveloped him and the nearby Feng Xun.

Seeing that the radiance had enveloped him, and Purple Leaf King had not come out, Jade Leaf King frowned.

Stone Leaf King's expression also turned unpleasant, and he couldn't help shouting: "Purple Leaf King, we are now verifying this person's identity; you should leave first..."

"No need... I caught this guy myself; I want to watch with my own eyes..." Zhang Xuan shook his head.

He didn't understand the principle of the other party's test, but Feng Xun was certainly not a Heaven-Approved Master Teacher. If he left, nothing would be detected.

Being enveloped might reveal his identity, but he was confident that before the other party saw through his disguise, he could make them discover the identity of the Heaven-Approved Master Teacher.

Of course, this Heaven-Approved Master Teacher identity was to be pinned on Feng Xun.

"Suit yourself!" Seeing that he refused to leave, his eyes full of vigilance, Stone Leaf King thought he was worried about his own safety and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Continue!"

Jade Leaf King said nothing more and continued to place the items needed for the sacrifice into the altar.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, lightly pressing his foot against Feng Xun's back, and channeled the special aura of a Heaven-acknowledged master within his body, gently sending it into the latter's body.

This aura allowed a master to easily identify his identity, but if not activated, it would remain hidden, undetectable.

It was precisely because of this reliance that he deliberately claimed Feng Xun was a Heaven-acknowledged master, without any fear.

Hum!

The light enveloping the two grew increasingly intense. Zhang Xuan saw nothing unusual, but opposite him, Jade Leaf King couldn't help but frown.

"This person's identity is indeed extraordinary..."

Having said that, he continued tossing treasures onto the altar.

The items on it were already exhausted.

Stone Leaf King also couldn't help clenching his fists.

Zhang Xuan didn't quite understand this ritual, but he knew very well that the more items the ritual required, the higher the identity of the person opposite.

After several offerings, the light on the altar finally slowly stopped, displaying four large characters—Heaven and Earth's Approval!

"Indeed!"

Seeing the characters clearly, Stone Leaf King's eyes immediately reddened, and his breathing became somewhat rapid.

It seemed that Purple Leaf King had not lied; the one lying not far away was indeed a Heaven-acknowledged master like Master Kong.

As long as he handed this person over, it was foreseeable that his status and identity would undergo earth-shaking changes.

"Heaven and Earth's Approval... Heaven-acknowledged master?"

Jade Leaf King's eyes also revealed fervor.

As the third-ranked among the Upper Five Kings, he naturally knew what these four characters represented.

"No wonder these two fellows were so eager to call me over... they caught such a big fish..."

Jade Leaf King clenched his fists.

"Jade Leaf King, this guy was captured by me and Stone Leaf King. Since the verification is done and his identity is confirmed... I hope to get approval for us to immediately send him back to the clan!"

Seeing that his method had succeeded, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said.

This statement seemed simple, but it actually carried a hint of provocation.

By deliberately saying that he and Stone Leaf King had captured him and then requesting to leave, he effectively cut Jade Leaf King out of the credit.

"This..."

Hearing this, Stone Leaf King immediately understood and his face changed.

Returning to the clan was inevitable, but... not to say it out loud now, otherwise, the other party would surely think they wanted to monopolize the credit.

Sure enough, before he could explain, he saw Jade Leaf King frown, his expression turning unpleasant.

Then the corners of his mouth lifted, revealing a half-smile: "The task assigned by the Emperor hasn't been completed yet. If you leave like this, I'm afraid it will be troublesome!"

"No trouble. After all, this guy was captured by us two, and it has nothing to do with the other kings. If punishment is due, we two are willing to bear it..."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

Hearing this, Stone Leaf King nearly fainted from vomiting blood.

Jade Leaf King was already displeased; at most, he could be coaxed by saying the credit belonged to everyone... but he directly said it had nothing to do with the other kings...

Clearly showing no regard for the other party.

"Jade Leaf King, that's not what he meant..."

He hurriedly jumped up to explain, but saw Jade Leaf King's face darken like blood, about to explode: "You mean it has nothing to do with me, is that it?"

"Of course! Stone Leaf King and I have already discussed it. If you know your place and say nothing, fine. But if you cause trouble and try to embezzle our credit, we won't hesitate to kill you!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, looking over with an indifferent expression.

Stone Leaf King swayed, his vision going dark.

When the hell did I ever say that?

I asked you to probe, not to confront...

Even if that's what he thought, it should be done secretly... saying it outright loses the advantage—isn't that asking for death?

"Very good, very good. I, Jade Leaf King, have roamed for so many years and haven't been threatened like this in a long time..."

Gnashing his teeth, Jade Leaf King's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he coldly looked at Stone Leaf King and the other, full of killing intent.

"Jade Leaf King, it's not what you think. Capturing this Heaven-acknowledged master..."

Cursing 'useless teammate' under his breath, Stone Leaf King hurriedly tried to explain, hoping to ease the tension, when he heard a "Hmph!" from not far away.

Feng Xun, lying on the ground, rubbed his head as if trying to stand up.

"What's wrong? What Heaven-acknowledged master?"

In a daze, Feng Xun heard a phrase and couldn't help asking.