Chapter 253

Volume 1 Chapter 253 Jiang Ting Gets Targeted Again

The Qingyang Sword Sect was about to confer the title of Sect Holy Son.

The news spread like wildfire, causing a stir throughout the Northern Region.

You see, it was only recently that the Qingyang Sword Sect claimed victory in the Grand Competition and just settled into the Yuanwu Immortal Domain.

To everyone, it seemed odd that the Qingyang Sword Sect was in such a rush to confer the title of Sect Holy Son when they hadn’t even firmed up their foothold in the Yuanwu Immortal Domain!

People were shocked and curious.

Speculation abounded as to why the Qingyang Sword Sect was in such a hurry to bestow the Holy Son title.

Even Xiao Yang found it a bit surprising.

Jiang Qitian was ready to announce Qin Fei as the new Sect Holy Son for the Qingyang Sword Sect—so soon?!

Let’s not forget, during the Grand Competition, Qin Fei thought he had lost all his cultivation after self-destructing his dantian, so he jumped out to challenge Xiao Yang.

Who would have guessed that he’d get his pants pulled down in front of everyone, revealing that he was a castrated eunuch!

Xiao Yang, who had lived another life, knew Jiang Qitian’s temperament all too well.

Jiang Qitian was all formality, full of appearances, and he cared a lot about face.

With Qin Fei having become an eunuch and embarrassed in front of the world, how could Jiang Qitian easily make him the Sect Holy Son?

However, facts speak louder than everything.

Xiao Yang was familiar with Jiang Qitian’s handwriting.

This invitation from Jiang Ting was indeed penned by her father, Jiang Qitian, which left no room for doubt.

“No way, you’re actually going to attend this so-called conferment ceremony?”

At the peak of Qingyun Mountain, inside the back hall of the Qingyun Great Hall, Liu Qingyun looked at Xiao Yang in disbelief.

“Why not?” Xiao Yang countered.

“Aren’t you disgusted?” Liu Qingyun asked.

Xiao Yang had been the Sect Holy Son of the Qingyang Sword Sect before. Now that they were reappointing one, wouldn’t his attendance just be digging his own grave?

“Do you think they want to see me make a fool of myself? Believe me, I’ll turn the Qingyang Sword Sect into a joke across the Northern Region.”

Xiao Yang suddenly laughed at Liu Qingyun.

“What?” Liu Qingyun was taken aback. They had just won back their mountain stronghold, and offending the Qingyang Sword Sect wasn’t exactly wise!

“What, are you afraid of offending the Qingyang Sword Sect?” Xiao Yang chuckled.

“Ha! I, Liu Qingyun, have roamed the Northern Region for hundreds of years! I’ve never been afraid of anyone; do you think I’d fear offending the Qingyang Sword Sect? What a joke!”

Liu Qingyun laughed dismissively.

“Is that so?”

Xiao Yang knew that Liu Qingyun was just putting on a brave face.

He understood that in Liu Qingyun’s eyes, given the current strength of the Qingyun Sect, going against the flourishing Qingyang Sword Sect was akin to cracking a rock with an egg.

But Xiao Yang didn’t share that sentiment.

He possessed the most powerful martial body in the Northern Region and had cultivated his divine consciousness; using the Spirit to Control the Sword, even if the Sword Saint showed up, he could have a proper match, let alone the fact that no one in the Qingyang Sword Sect had reached that level yet.

In his previous life, both Jiang Qitian and Qin Fei from the Qingyang Sword Sect would become Saints, but it took Jiang Qitian five hundred years after entering the Yuanwu Immortal Domain to do so.

Xiao Yang surpassed him by a hundred years.

That guy Qin Fei reached the Sacred Martial Realm only ten years after Jiang Qitian reached Saint level.

If he’d figured out Qin Fei’s true colors a bit earlier in his past life, he would have sliced him down in a heartbeat.

Unfortunately, he only learned at the last moment that Qin Fei was an undercover agent for the Demon Sect, and even worse, he was the sect’s young master.

At that time, with the help of Jiang Qitian and Jiang Ting, Qin Fei had already reached the Sacred Martial Realm and became the third Sword Saint of the Qingyang Sword Sect.

In his previous life, the Qingyang Sword Sect had three Sword Saints, becoming the strongest sect in the Northern Region.

But just as the Qingyang Sword Sect was at its peak, the Demon Sect finally struck.

The Qingyang Sword Sect could not escape its doom.

The strongest sect in the Northern Region was nothing more than a joke.

As Xiao Yang recalled the events of his past life, gritted teeth formed.

Jiang Qitian, this time, you won’t humiliate me again.

A murderous aura burst forth from Xiao Yang’s body.

“This…” Liu Qingyun was taken aback.

“I’ll help you refine your martial body right now, get you into the Heavenly Martial Realm!” Xiao Yang earnestly looked at Liu Qingyun.

“Really? That’s amazing!” Liu Qingyun was both shocked and delighted.

For centuries, he had dreamt of breaking through to the Heavenly Martial Realm.

Liu Qingyun called for Ling Xian’er.

Ling Xian’er stood by to protect.

Without hesitation, Xiao Yang had Liu Qingyun take the Nine Turns Muscle and Bone Transforming Pill.

Liu Qingyun immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and started running his mysterious cultivation technique.

The cultivation method of the Qingyun Sect was the best in the Northern Region.

Although Liu Qingyun’s physique and talent weren’t that great, he had lived for hundreds of years because of a spiritual herb he consumed.

Had it not been for him not receiving the true heritage of the Qingyun Sect, he could’ve long made it to the Heavenly Martial Realm.

If he had received even a bit of the true heritage in these hundreds of years, he would have reached the Heavenly Martial Realm by now.

After all, it had been hundreds of years—regardless of how poor Liu Qingyun’s talent and physique were, there’s no way he could be stuck at the Divine Ability Realm for so long.

Now, with Xiao Yang opening the sect’s secret realm, Liu Qingyun obtained the Qingyun Sect’s true heritage.

On top of that, with the Nine Turns Muscle and Bone Transforming Pill refined by Xiao Yang, he was finally ready to challenge the Heavenly Martial Realm.

In less than twelve hours, a powerful Qi Fluctuation erupted in the back hall of the Qingyun Great Hall.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth at the peak of Qingyun Mountain suddenly surged toward the back hall of the Qingyun Great Hall.

“What the…”

Outside the Qingyun Great Hall, Nangong Hui looked up in shock at the sky.

She practiced the most advanced demonic technique in the Demon Sect, the Ten Directions Annihilation Formula.

In astonishment, she sensed the surrounding spiritual energy converging toward the back hall.

“Liu Qingyun, has he broken through to the Heavenly Martial Realm?”

Nangong Hui found it hard to believe.

To her, even if Liu Qingyun received the Qingyun Sect’s true heritage, it would take him several years to break through to the Heavenly Martial Realm.

But Liu Qingyun had managed to do it so quickly.

No need to ask—this was undoubtedly the work of Xiao Yang.

There was no one else in the Qingyun Sect with such capabilities.

Even Ling Xian’er and Nangong Hui herself wouldn’t be able to help Liu Qingyun break through to the Heavenly Martial Realm in such a short time.

“Roar!”

At this moment, a long, excited howl erupted from the back hall of the Qingyun Great Hall from Liu Qingyun.

After hundreds of years, he had finally broken through to the Heavenly Martial Realm.

The feeling was simply indescribable.

In the back hall, Liu Qingyun sensed the powerful new strength within his body, filled with surprise and joy.

“Finally broken through…”

“Finally, I’m through!”

Tears streamed down Liu Qingyun’s face.

He had been stuck in the Divine Ability Realm for so long that he had forgotten how long it had been since he reached that stage.

Now, he had finally made it through.

“What’s the big deal about the Heavenly Martial Realm? Do you really need to be that excited?”

Xiao Yang couldn’t help but shake his head.

“Junior Brother, you wouldn’t understand my excitement. Do you know how long I’ve been stuck in the Divine Ability Realm? I thought I’d never break through to the Heavenly Martial Realm in this lifetime!” Liu Qingyun sighed.

Xiao Yang had the True Sun Holy Body and was a genius in cultivation.

His path had been smooth.

After living another life, his progress skyrocketed, so he had never experienced being stuck at a certain level for an extended time.

“Consolidate your cultivation well. Let’s see if you can break through to the Greater Heavenly Martial Realm in ten days.” Xiao Yang handed Liu Qingyun a small jade bottle containing Nine Turns Muscle and Bone Transforming Pills.

“Ten days to reach the Greater Heavenly Martial Realm?” Liu Qingyun was utterly stunned.

How was that possible?

Ten days to go from the initial Heavenly Martial Realm to the Greater Heaven level—that speed was faster than geniuses with cultivation holy bodies!

“Can I… do it?”

Liu Qingyun looked at Xiao Yang in disbelief.

“Whether you can or not, you get to decide!”

Xiao Yang’s expression turned serious as he looked at Liu Qingyun.

“Right, whether I can or can’t, I decide!”

Liu Qingyun suddenly felt a surge of confidence.

If he didn’t believe in himself, then he truly wouldn’t accomplish it.

Xiao Yang stepped out of the back hall.

Ling Xian’er continued to protect Liu Qingyun in the back hall.

Xiao Yang exited the Qingyun Great Hall.

At that moment, at the foot of Qingyun Mountain…

Jiang Ting decided to wait at the foot of the mountain, not believing that Xiao Yang would stay up there forever.

Outside the gate of Qingyun Mountain lay a small town.

Once upon a time, this town was bustling.

Now, however, it had become quite desolate.

Since the Qingyun Sect was annihilated by the Demon Sect, this town had also been affected.

Most people in the town were killed by those from the Demon Sect.

For hundreds of years now, few remained in this town.

There was only one inn in the town.

It wasn’t big, but recently quite a few guests had started staying there.

After Jiang Ting checked into the inn, a ragged middle-aged man with a beard began to frequently lurk around the inn’s vicinity.

The middle-aged man stayed out of Jiang Ting’s sight.

One night, three shadowy figures appeared near the inn.

They exchanged glances, then stealthily made their way toward Jiang Ting’s room.

The middle-aged man lying under the eaves across from the inn opened his eyes.

Soon after, a black-clothed man hoisted Jiang Ting out through the window.

The other two followed closely behind.

“Just as I thought—someone’s targeting Jiang Ting!”

Under the moonlit night, two figures stood atop the inn’s roof.

“Master, didn’t you say you weren’t going to get involved with this girl?”

Right beside Xiao Yang stood Nangong Hui.

Seeing those three scoundrels carrying Jiang Ting about to disappear, Xiao Yang prepared to chase.

“Huh?”

He suddenly noticed someone had already pursued after them.

“Is that him?”

Xiao Yang recognized the figure.

“Master Uncle Long Chen?”

Xiao Yang was puzzled—what was Long Chen doing here?