Chapter 282

**Chapter 282: Sword Defeats Jiang Qitian**

Xiao Yang could never have imagined that the dignified Sect Leader of Qingyang Sword Sect, Jiang Qitian, was actually a beast who betrayed his master and ruined his junior sister’s reputation.

Years ago, he was the one who killed their master, kidnapped the junior sister, and used the most despicable means to ascend to the position of Sect Leader of Qingyang Sword Sect.

Xiao Yang had preserved the evidence of Jiang Qitian’s crimes with a special mirror.

He wanted to make Jiang Qitian a laughingstock.

Jiang Qitian was too arrogant, too conceited.

Did he think that holding onto the Qingyang Sword Sect made him invincible?

Jiang Qitian wanted to eliminate Long Chen directly.

Xiao Yang couldn’t just stand by and watch as Long Chen fell to this despicable hypocrite’s sword.

He took action.

Putting on a mask, Xiao Yang threw his Futian Sword.

The sword plummeted from the sky, shattering Jiang Qitian’s Nine Yang Burnt Heaven ultimate move.

Xiao Yang floated down from above, landing on the hilt of the Futian Sword embedded in the ground.

“Kill!”

Without hesitation, Jiang Qitian attacked Xiao Yang.

Because today, either this mysterious Sword Saint or Long Chen had to die.

Nine beams of sword light appeared again.

“Nine Yang Burnt Heaven!”

Jiang Qitian unleashed his ultimate move once more.

The nine beams of sword light charged towards Xiao Yang.

Where the sword light passed, the void vibrated.

The ground continuously heaved and fell under the relentless sword energy.

Jiang Qitian’s power was truly overwhelming enough to change the color of the wind and clouds, rendering the sun and moon dark.

Even cultivators a thousand miles away could sense the commotion.

Of course, Qin Fei and Jiang Ting, situated thousands of years away, wouldn’t be able to feel the fluctuations of spiritual energy here.

With the mask on, Xiao Yang leapt into the air, making a swift grab, and the Futian Sword flew into his hand.

Holding the Futian Sword, Xiao Yang’s aura transformed entirely.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qitian’s Qingyang Sword began to tremble.

Xiao Yang merely pointed his sword at Jiang Qitian, and the nine beams of sword light barreling towards him were halted by an invisible force of sword doctrine, freezing in midair.

“What…”

Jiang Qitian stared, dumbfounded.

The opponent hadn’t even drawn his sword but had already blocked his ultimate move?

How was that possible?

Additionally, he could distinctly feel his Qingyang Sword trembling as if it were afraid.

This was one of the three divine swords of the Northern Region!

Divine swords have spirits, much like humans; they can also feel fear.

Was there a sword in the Northern Region that could intimidate the Qingyang Sword?

Xiao Yang gently shook the Futian Sword in his hand.

Then, the nine beams of sword light frozen in midair erupted, and countless sword rays scattered into the void.

Jiang Qitian’s ultimate move was once again shattered by Xiao Yang.

“This is impossible…”

Jiang Qitian was going mad.

How could this be?

The opponent’s sword emitted no sword energy fluctuations.

Yet, he could break Jiang Qitian’s ultimate move.

“Buzz!”

Jiang Qitian poured his full strength into his sword, but the Qingyang Sword in his grip kept vibrating, seeming to want to escape from his grasp.

The Qingyang Sword wouldn’t dare attack this mysterious Sword Saint?

Jiang Qitian couldn’t believe it.

He had held the position of Qingyang Sword Sect Leader for nearly twenty years.

He had wielded the sect’s treasure, the Qingyang Sword, numerous times.

But he had never encountered such a situation.

The Qingyang Sword was out of control!

“I have a sword that can subdue the heavens!”

Xiao Yang acted.

He merely held the Futian Sword and casually stabbed it towards Jiang Qitian.

Then, the Qingyang Sword slipped from Jiang Qitian’s hands and flew away.

Next, Jiang Qitian seemed struck by lightning, spewing a mouthful of blood, and went flying, crashing into a forest a thousand feet away.

“What the…”

Long Chen, behind Xiao Yang, gasped in disbelief.

This mysterious person simply thrust a mundane-looking sword and defeated Jiang Qitian like that?

Moreover, this was Jiang Qitian, wielding the Qingyang Sword!

No one understood better than Long Chen how terrifying Jiang Qitian was with the Qingyang Sword in hand.

He couldn’t muster even an ounce of resistance in front of Jiang Qitian holding the sword.

However, the mysterious figure before him had defeated Jiang Qitian with a single sword.

At that moment, the Qingyang Sword that flew from Jiang Qitian’s hand let out a cry and shot skyward, breaking through the air.

“Oh no, Jiang Qitian is escaping…”

Long Chen exclaimed.

Xiao Yang didn’t make another move.

If Jiang Qitian wanted to flee, let him flee.

He aimed to expose Jiang Qitian’s crimes against his master in front of the gathered crowd.

He wanted to make sure Jiang Qitian was completely disgraced.

“Senior…”

Long Chen tried to say more.

But Xiao Yang shot into the air and departed.

He didn’t chase after Jiang Qitian.

Having escaped death and now knowing the secrets of that year, Long Chen wished he could tear Jiang Qitian to shreds.

But when he calmed down, he realized he couldn’t do anything to Jiang Qitian after all.

It was simple; mere words couldn’t prove anything!

Especially when it came to the crime of betraying one’s master.

Without substantial evidence, it was absolutely impossible to disgrace Jiang Qitian.

Realizing this, Long Chen felt a deep regret that he hadn’t recorded Jiang Qitian’s words with a sound-recording talisman earlier.

Otherwise, he could have nailed Jiang Qitian for good.

Long Chen felt unwilling but helpless.

What he didn’t know was that Xiao Yang had already preserved everything Jiang Qitian had said with his special mirror.

Long Chen left the mountain range.

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At this moment, Xiao Yang was thrilled to have collected evidence against Jiang Qitian; he was gleefully buzzing inside.

This time, Jiang Qitian was certainly doomed.

After toppling the hypocritical Jiang Qitian, what chaos could Qin Fei stir up?

Xiao Yang directly returned to Qingyun Mountain.

At Qingyun Mountain, Liu Qingyun and Zhao Fan anxiously awaited his return.

When they saw Xiao Yang come back safe, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They still didn’t know just how powerful Xiao Yang had become.

This time, they had intercepted the medicinal pills from Qin Fei and his crew midway, so now they were well supplied.

But they lacked people.

The Qingyang Sword Sect had begun accepting disciples.

They couldn’t fall behind in the Qingyun Sect.

Soon, news of Qingyun Sect’s recruitment spread.

This inevitably prompted a wave of ridicule and scorn.

The tiny Qingyun Sect, of all places, was opening up recruitment.

Were they trying to compete with the Qingyang Sword Sect for talent?

Honestly, it was laughably overconfident.

Not long after, Song Qiang arrived.

He brought the latest news from the Qingyang Sword Sect.

No surprises here.

After returning, Qin Fei was utterly lambasted by Jiang Qitian.

Being the Sect Holy Son of Qingyang Sword Sect, not only had he lost the medicinal pills purchased from the Heavenly Medical Sect, but even Jiang Qitian’s Star Sword was also snatched.

And Qin Fei had signed a purchasing agreement with the Heavenly Medical Sect at three times the original price!

Jiang Qitian was so furious he nearly spat blood.

Three times the price?

How many high-grade spirit stones would that take?

Such a fortune of spirit stones was something even the current Qingyang Sword Sect couldn’t quickly gather.

If they breached the contract, they would suffer a huge disgrace.

No trust, no credibility; if they casually tore up the agreement, who in the future would dare do business with the Qingyang Sword Sect?

Qin Fei promptly shifted all the blame onto Xiao Yang.

But Xiao Yang was no longer a disciple of the Qingyang Sword Sect.

Though Jiang Qitian was furious, he couldn’t touch Xiao Yang.

Then, Qin Fei was punished by Jiang Qitian to face the wall on the back mountain.

While chatting with Song Qiang, Xiao Yang learned that many disciples in the sect still supported Qin Fei.

They believed Qin Fei, possessing the Innate Dao Body, had an extraordinary constitution that would surely lead to greatness given time.

Jiang Ting also backed Qin Fei.

The debacle over the medicinal pills couldn’t fully be blamed on Qin Fei.

Hearing this, Xiao Yang couldn’t help but shake his head in a bitter chuckle.

Those in the sect were so blindly optimistic about Qin Fei.

Believing that because he had the Innate Dao Body, he would undoubtedly become a big shot someday, they all began to worship him.

They genuinely thought Qin Fei would lead the Qingyang Sword Sect to become the number one sect in the Northern Region.

But only Xiao Yang knew that this was absolutely impossible.

Qin Fei was a mole planted by the Demon Sect.

He had entered the Qingyang Sword Sect solely to obtain the Qingyang Sword.

In a past life, after obtaining the Qingyang Sword, Qin Fei had immediately revealed his true colors, colluding with the big shots of the Demon Sect to break into Qingyang Sword Sect’s stronghold, slaughtering everyone within it without leaving a single soul behind.

Even Jiang Qitian ended up dead at Qin Fei’s hands.

Ironically, Qin Fei had used the Qingyang Sword gifted to him by Jiang Qitian to slay Jiang Qitian.

To the end, Jiang Qitian couldn’t believe he had raised a backstabbing wolf.

At that time, Jiang Qitian and Jiang Ting probably regretted it terribly.

Jiang Qitian thought that after Xiao Yang departed from the Qingyang Sword Sect, the sect would improve.

Little did he know that Xiao Yang’s departure only accelerated the sect’s demise.

Song Qiang spent three days at Qingyun Mountain.

During those three days, Xiao Yang guided Song Qiang’s cultivation.

Song Qiang made rapid progress.

Other disciples of the Qingyang Sword Sect were able to enter the Yuanwu Immortal Domain for training, but Song Qiang and Lin Wangchuan were unable to.

They were left at Qingyang Mountain to guard the sect’s gate by Jiang Qitian.

At that time, they were also responsible for the sect’s recruitment.

In the days to come, while Qingyun Sect faced a drought in applicants, the gates of Qingyang Sword Sect buzzed with excitement.

Countless young people from the Northern Region rushed to the Qingyang Sword Sect to participate in the entrance examination.

On the other hand, the Qingyun Sect saw no one come forward to seek discipleship.

Liu Qingyun was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

He dreamed of expanding Qingyun Sect, re-establishing it as a leading sect in the Northern Region.

Yet, everyone opted for Qingyang Sword Sect, and no one was coming to Qingyun Sect to be his disciple.

But Xiao Yang wasn’t worried.

Recruitment was something that couldn’t be rushed.

If they saw no benefits, who would come to join?

After all, the Qingyang Sword Sect was the number one sect in the Northern Region.

That brand was too loud!

Qingyun Sect, on the other hand? Nothing at all.

It had no appeal whatsoever.

Xiao Yang soon came up with a plan, and suddenly, Qingyun Sect’s gates were nearly overwhelmed with eager disciples.