Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Digging Graves First, then Demolishing Houses, Right? Qin Fei, You’re Finished!

Xiao Yang was feeling pretty glum. Extracting an entire premium earth vein to forge weapons? I don’t have that kind of skill!

“Dragon contesting for pearls, a spectacle that shocks the world?” Seriously, that wasn’t me!

Wearing a golden dragon-patterned mask, Xiao Yang stood amidst the mountain ranges, holding the Taiyin Dragon Pearl high.

Below the mountains, countless dragon shadows surged out from the earth vein, soaring skyward, scrambling towards the Taiyin Dragon Pearl in his hand.

As each dragon shadow rushed into the Taiyin Dragon Pearl, the vague dragon silhouette inside began to clarify.

It was as if the dragon shadow inside the Taiyin Dragon Pearl wanted to come to life.

“This…”

Xiao Yang gazed through the mask, astounded at the dragon shadow within the Taiyin Dragon Pearl.

“Could this be the remnant soul of a true dragon?!”

Xiao Yang was in disbelief.

Meanwhile, countless cultivators escaping from the mountains gazed wide-eyed at this scene.

Even big shots like Chu Lingxiao and Li Chenyu, who were half a step into the Sacred Martial Realm, were utterly stunned.

As the final dragon shadow shot up from the earth vein and entered the Taiyin Dragon Pearl, the spiritual energy from the entire premium earth vein was completely drained.

Even though Xiao Yang had lived a second life, he was still completely shocked.

This Taiyin Dragon Pearl was just too insane!

It had drained the entire earth vein.

In his past life, this earth vein wasn’t devoured by the Taiyin Dragon Pearl; instead, Qin Fei had someone blow it up, which also got Li Chenyu killed.

Qin Fei took the opportunity and pinned the blame on the Qingyang Sword Sect.

In the past, the Qingyang Sword Sect and Guiyuan Martial Sect competed for this earth vein.

Guiyuan Martial Sect, being the second strongest force in the North, was much more powerful than the Qingyang Sword Sect.

In the end, Guiyuan Martial Sect forced back the Qingyang Sword Sect and took control of the earth vein.

It was at that moment that Qin Fei triggered the explosion.

Guiyuan Martial Sect suffered heavy losses, and even Li Chenyu from Fuyiao Sword Sect was impacted.

Then suddenly, there was a bunch of evidence proving that the Qingyang Sword Sect, unwilling to accept defeat, blew up the earth vein to take them down with them.

If they couldn’t have it, they’d rather destroy it.

That was a huge deal.

The higher-ups of Fuyiao Sword Sect and Guiyuan Martial Sect were furious.

In the past, the Qingyang Sword Sect nearly got wiped out by these two forces.

In his last life, Qin Fei’s scheme succeeded.

But now, I wouldn’t let him get away with anything.

At that moment, it seemed as if the heavens echoed with a dragon’s roar.

The Taiyin Dragon Pearl slipped from Xiao Yang’s hand and soared upwards.

“What…”

Xiao Yang was taken aback.

The next moment, the Taiyin Dragon Pearl spun a few times above his head and directly dove down, instantly entering his body.

“This…”

Xiao Yang was utterly bewildered.

Upon looking inward, he saw the Taiyin Dragon Pearl enter his dantian, merging with his Chiyang Flying Sword’s sword pill to form a mysterious yin-yang diagram that circulated within him.

This caused his speed of absorbing and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to skyrocket.

“Did Sword Saint Senior succeed?”

Li Chenyu stared at the figure in the sky, nervousness gripping her.

Others looked on in awe at Xiao Yang above.

“The Taiyin Dragon Pearl was refined?!”

Hiding in the clouds, Qin Fei nearly spat blood from anger.

This was bad.

His father, the Demon Lord, was probably going to break his legs now.

His two brothers would also kick him while he was down.

Competition within the Demon Sect was ruthless.

Qin Fei knew his brothers’ personalities well; they would be itching for his demise.

At this time, the celestial phenomenon vanished, and the whole world fell silent.

Xiao Yang suddenly soared down from the sky, vanishing from everyone’s sight.

“Senior…”

Li Chenyu came back to her senses, but when she tried to find Xiao Yang, the fake Sword Saint had already disappeared.

For some reason, Li Chenyu felt a bit lost.

Chu Lingxiao, the Abbot of Doom, God of Blade Huang Tian, and Tian Xu Daoist all left too.

The emergence of a mysterious Sword Saint was no minor event.

One must realize that a Martial Saint could alter the balance of power in the entire North.

They needed to relay the news of the Sword Saint’s appearance back to their sects.

Soon, whispers of the mysterious Sword Saint extracting the earth vein and forging a treasure spread throughout the North.

Every major force in the North trembled.

Countless people were eager to know the origins of this mysterious Sword Saint.

However, even top-tier cultivation sects like Fuyiao Sword Sect and Guiyuan Martial Sect couldn’t uncover any information about this mysterious Sword Saint.

This enigmatic figure seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Could it be one of those old geezers who had long since gone into seclusion?

Or an outsider Sword Saint?

Countless whispers floated around about the identity of this mysterious Sword Saint.

Meanwhile, just ten days remained before the North’s grand competition held once every sixty years.

It wasn’t uncommon for a top-tier Sacred Martial Realm expert from outside the North to descend either.

Perhaps this mysterious Sword Saint had just coincidentally arrived.

Xiao Yang had hidden in the mountains for two days before leaving, returning to Yuanlong City.

This time, he had definitely become a tool for the Taiyin Dragon Pearl. Aside from breaking through to the initial stage of the Divine Martial Realm and advancing his sword realm to the twelfth level of Sword Intent, he made no other progress.

While the Taiyin Dragon Pearl did devour the entire premium earth vein, it had nothing to do with him.

He didn’t receive any spiritual energy from the earth vein.

Moreover, that Taiyin Dragon Pearl had actually settled in his dantian.

Of course, the Taiyin Dragon Pearl and his sword pill formed a yin-yang diagram in his energy sea, greatly accelerating his cultivation speed.

However, this time he did gain a significant amount of cultivation resources, including the most precious True Phoenix Nirvana Fruit.

In the evening, Xiao Yang returned to his grandfather’s old home.

“Who did this?!”

Anger surged through Xiao Yang, practically bursting from his head.

His grandfather’s old home had turned into a heap of rubble.

Earlier, while the spiritual energy from the earth vein erupted and Yuanlong City experienced a quake, with many buildings collapsing, his grandfather’s old residence was constructed from Nanshan stone and shouldn’t have collapsed.

Even if it did, it wouldn’t have been so thoroughly destroyed.

All the walls were down, even the courtyard wall was gone.

Everything inside had been demolished.

Someone had deliberately destroyed his grandfather’s old home!

How preposterous!

Xiao Yang clenched his fists.

The next moment, he shot into the sky, racing directly towards the Xiao family ancestral home.

In just a flash, he arrived above the ancestral home.

He came crashing down from the sky.

“It’s the eldest son, the young master is back.”

The Chu family disciples in the back yard were startled by the sudden drop from the sky. Upon recognizing him, they were both surprised and delighted.

“Unfilial son, how dare you come back after disappearing for days?”

A booming voice echoed as Xiao Zhenshan strode into the back yard.

“I ask you, who demolished my grandfather’s old home?”

Xiao Yang glared at Xiao Zhenshan, his eyes reddening.

His grandfather’s old residence was his only remnant in Yuanlong City.

And now, they were intent on destroying his last memory of his grandfather.

This was absolutely too much.

“Brother, why are you shouting here? Xiao Fei is still recovering here.”

Xiao Yue emerged as well.

Other Xiao family members were watching this scene unfold.

“I ordered it to be torn down. So what?!” Xiao Zhenshan declared loudly.

“Why?!” Xiao Yang was furious.

It turned out it was his own father who demolished his grandfather’s home.

“Xiao Fei said it was too old, so I planned to tear it down and rebuild a pavilion. That way, when he returns, he’ll have a place to stay. The senior brothers and sisters from Qingyang Sword Sect will also have somewhere to rest in Yuanlong City.”

Xiao Yue said dismissively.

“What?!”

Xiao Yang was nearly livid enough to spit blood, all this for Qin Fei! This was simply outrageous!

They clearly knew just how important his grandfather’s old home was to him.

And they demolished it just because of Qin Fei’s word?

“What’s wrong, the house was getting old anyway. Isn’t tearing it down and rebuilding it a good thing?” his mother, Chen Ruolan, chimed in as she arrived.

“You all…”

Xiao Yang was on the verge of losing it.

His parents and sister showed zero regard for his feelings.

All they did was dote on Qin Fei, their precious adopted son, while ignoring him completely.

“Senior Brother, you’re finally back.”

At that moment, Song Qiang and Lin Wangchuan rushed in.

Seeing Xiao Yang safe, they were both shocked and delighted.

“I thought you’d died in the earth vein!” Jiang Ting chimed in, her tone sharp.

“Where’s Qin Fei?!” Xiao Yang gritted his teeth.

So they’re digging graves first, then demolishing houses, huh? Qin Fei, you’re done for!