Chapter 288

Chapter 288: Xiao Yang, the old man is here to drink and discuss swordplay with you!

Under the moonlit night, amidst the mountain ridges, the mountain wind howled.

On two adjacent peaks stood two figures.

One was dressed in white, with long hair flowing, exuding an ethereal aura, like a celestial being descending from the heavens.

The other was shrouded in a black robe, surrounded by demonic energy, revealing only a pair of chilling red eyes.

They were the Sect Holy Daughter and the mysterious demon from the demon race.

“Haha, Sect Holy Daughter, how does it feel to be with a man?”

The mysterious demon’s ancient voice echoed.

“Despicable and shameless!”

The Sect Holy Daughter was infuriated upon hearing this.

If it weren’t for this demon spawn, she wouldn’t have lost herself to the traitor’s son of the sect.

The Sect Holy Daughter was a symbol of purity, a goddess in the hearts of the sect members.

As the Sect Holy Daughter, she must never marry, must always maintain her virginity to serve the true immortals.

If the sect found out she was no longer a maiden, the consequences would be dire.

One generation’s Sect Holy Daughter had fallen in love with a mortal, birthed a child, and was directly executed by the sect leader.

“As the Sect Holy Daughter, losing your purity, you know the consequences. Why not just join our demon race?”

The mysterious demon said, pleased with herself.

“As long as I kill you, no one will know about this.”

The Sect Holy Daughter glared furiously at the mysterious demon on the opposite peak.

“Can you kill me?”

The mysterious demon scoffed.

“Kill!”

The Sect Holy Daughter was done talking with this monster. With a wave of her mind, five beams of sword light shot from her, piercing straight towards the mysterious demon.

The chilling sword energy surged, startling countless birds hidden in the mountains.

“What is this…”

Hundreds of miles away, Xiao Yang was flying in the air when he suddenly sensed a powerful sword intent surging from the left front.

This sword energy felt somewhat familiar.

He had intended to return to Qingyun Mountain.

He hesitated for a moment and then turned, flying towards the source of the sword intent.

“This…”

Upon arrival, Xiao Yang saw two figures in black and white swiftly moving through the air, colorful sword lights illuminating the night sky.

Two strong practitioners were engaged in battle.

“Is that her?”

Xiao Yang was momentarily stunned, gazing at the ethereal figure draped in white.

With long white hair and a sword that flew like a celestial being, she was none other than the Sect Holy Daughter who had just broken his virginity.

The Sect Holy Daughter moved gracefully, her demeanor exuding celestial charm.

She commanded five beams of colorful sword light, forcing the mysterious demon to retreat.

Seeing that mysterious demon, Xiao Yang was filled with rage; if it weren’t for this jerk, he wouldn’t have lost his most precious thing!

In his previous life, he remained a virgin for a thousand years, cultivating to the Sacred Martial Realm and becoming a legendary Sword Saint.

Now, due to misfortune, he had broken through to the Half Saint realm, but to be forcefully taken by the Sect Holy Daughter? What a loss of face!

“Five Elements Sword Formation, activate!”

At this moment, the Sect Holy Daughter unleashed her big move.

“Whoosh!”

A sword cry echoed through the heavens.

In the next moment, countless sword lights appeared around the mysterious demon, intertwining into a massive sword formation, instantly trapping the demon within.

In an instant, the sword energy surged into the sky, changing the color of the clouds.

“What…”

Xiao Yang was utterly shocked at this scene.

The Sect Holy Daughter had actually become powerful enough to form a formation with just a thought?

If he hadn’t witnessed it with his own eyes, who would believe there were people who could actually do this? This was the supreme magical power of the formation path!

At that moment, the Five Elements Sword Energy shook the heavens and earth.

The spiritual energy of the five elements surged throughout the realm.

Even a Sword Saint couldn’t accomplish this!

“Haha… I’m done playing!”

The mysterious demon laughed out loud and vanished into thin air, disappearing in an instant.

“What?”

The Sect Holy Daughter was stunned at this sight.

The enemy could escape from her Five Elements Sword Formation?

How did she manage that?

In the next moment, a demonic shadow appeared miles away in the sky.

It turned out the mysterious demon could only manage to flee a few miles away.

The Sect Holy Daughter retracted her Five Element Flying Sword.

The countless sword lights forming the sword formation dissipated into the void.

The mysterious demon must have some escape artifact.

Otherwise, that foul creature wouldn’t have been able to escape from her Five Elements Sword Formation.

At this time, the mysterious demon transformed into a beam of demonic light and shot into the sky.

Could the Sect Holy Daughter let her go?

She immediately chased after her, an immortal and a demon, disappearing into the moonlit night.

Even Xiao Yang found their speed astonishing.

Both the Sect Holy Daughter and that mysterious demon were incredibly powerful.

And he felt far too weak.

If he used the Futian Sword, he probably still wouldn’t be a match for either of them.

Besides, the cost of using the Futian Sword was significant, and the consequences severe.

He would absolutely not use the Futian Sword unless it was a matter of life and death.

Xiao Yang contemplated this, then turned around and flew toward Qingyun Mountain.

Soon, Qingyun Mountain came into view.

When Xiao Yang descended and landed outside the Qingyun Great Hall, Liu Qingyun, Ling Xian’er, Zhao Fan, and Nangong Hui immediately rushed out of the hall.

Seeing Xiao Yang return, they were both shocked and overjoyed.

A huge weight was finally lifted from their hearts.

Ever since Xiao Yang was captured by the mysterious person, they had been anxious, unable to eat or sleep, worrying about him.

“Junior brother…”

Liu Qingyun rushed up and hugged Xiao Yang tightly.

The usually aloof Ling Xian’er had tears in her eyes.

Zhao Fan was so happy that he cried.

Nangong Hui remained fairly calm.

She knew how strong Xiao Yang was.

Not only was his cultivation unfathomable, but he also had the protection of a holy beast.

Trying to kill Xiao Yang was no easy feat.

Sure enough, Xiao Yang was back.

They welcomed him into the hall.

Once seated, everyone asked about his capture.

Of course, he couldn’t reveal what had happened to him.

It was just too embarrassing!

Seeing that he didn’t want to say much, they respected his wish, although they were curious about his encounter.

When Xiao Yang learned that everyone who came for the Qingyun Sect’s entrance examination had left, he couldn’t help but explode with rage.

He knew exactly who was behind it.

That Qin Fei was truly despicable.

He had actually spread rumors saying that the Qingyun Sect had offended the Demon Sect, scaring off would-be candidates for the entrance examination.

In that case, he would have to find another way.

The Qingyun Sect absolutely had to recruit disciples.

And he needed to cultivate a batch of martial artists in the shortest time possible.

He wanted the people to know that he, Xiao Yang, had left the Qingyang Sword Sect only to live a better life.

“Zhao Fan, you will return to Qingyun City tomorrow, and use the Zhao family’s influence to select suitable young people to send to Qingyun Mountain.”

Xiao Yang said thoughtfully.

Finding people shouldn’t be difficult.

Others might be unwilling to join the Qingyun Sect, but there were plenty of youngsters in Qingyun City eager to practice martial arts.

After all, in this world, only by cultivating martial arts or immortality could one become strong.

Only by becoming strong could one change their destiny.

Who wouldn’t want to become a martial artist and change their fate?

“Yes, Master!”

Zhao Fan obeyed the order.

Xiao Yang thought to himself, having just robbed so many pills from Qin Fei, it would be a piece of cake to cultivate a batch of martial artists.

“Alright, you all go back to what you were doing!”

With that, Xiao Yang left the Qingyun Great Hall and returned to the Qingyun Secret Realm in the Back Mountain of Qingyun Mountain.

He was going to start researching the formula for the Breaking Realm Dan.

Ling Xian’er and Liu Qingyun could still improve their cultivation.

Nangong Hui also had room for progress.

Currently, the Qingyun Sect was not only short of people but also lacking experts.

Although Qin Fei failed to kill Xiao Yang this time, he had successfully sabotaged Xiao Yang’s plan to recruit disciples.

And a few days later, when the Qingyang Sword Sect opened its doors wide to recruit disciples, someone arrived at Qingyun Mountain.

Xiao Yang personally welcomed the guest.

The visitor was the legendary figure from the Qingyang Sword Sect, the Sword Guardian Chen Taixu.

This was a real powerhouse!

“Xiao Yang, the old man is here to drink and discuss swordplay with you.”

Chen Taixu chuckled.

And he wasn’t alone.

On the mountain path leading to Qingyun Mountain, dozens of young people were heading towards the peak.

They were all from the Chen family.

The Chen family was a second-tier cultivation family in the northern region.

Centuries ago, the Chen family was one of the top cultivation families in the northern region.

At that time, they could even rival forces like the Heguan Sect and the Carefree Palace.

But since Chen Taixu entered the Qingyang Secret Realm and became the Sword Guardian, he had never returned to his family.

In the hundreds of years since, the Chen family, without the support of Chen Taixu, had been on a downward slope.

As of now, the Chen family could barely maintain its second-tier status.

Just as the Chen family struggled to hold on, their ancestor, Chen Taixu, returned.

The Chen family instantly rose back to the first tier.

The family was large and prosperous, and there were many young people among them.

Knowing Xiao Yang was in the Qingyun Sect and understanding its situation, Chen Taixu brought the Chen family members to Qingyun Mountain to seek apprenticeship.

When Chen Taixu learned that the Qingyun Sect’s lineage had not truly been severed, he was even more delighted.

After all, centuries ago, the Qingyun Sect was one of the three major sword sects in the northern region, alongside the Qingyang Sword Sect and the Fuyiao Sword Sect.

The Qingyun Sect’s legacy was hardly weaker than that of the Qingyang Sword Sect.

Individuals from the Chen family being able to join the Qingyun Sect to receive true teachings would undoubtedly strengthen their family.

With the backing of the Qingyun Sect, the Chen family could rise rapidly.

The two would benefit each other.

The Qingyun Sect was short of people, wasn’t it?

The Chen family members would also gain opportunities in the Qingyun Sect.

If they were to join another sect, unless a Chen family member possessed extraordinary talent, they would only be outer or inner disciples of other sects.

To become a direct disciple or a personal disciple was exceedingly difficult.

Chen Taixu was indeed a tremendous help to Xiao Yang.

“Master, I’ve been wanting to spar with you!”

Xiao Yang, having made significant advancement, felt restless upon seeing the Sword Guardian.

“Then let’s not postpone; how about we head to the Back Mountain right now to practice?”

Chen Taixu also wanted to gauge Xiao Yang’s capabilities.

“Haha, sounds great!”

The two laughed heartily as they walked toward the Back Mountain.

Chen Taixu never expected Xiao Yang would still be able to cultivate after exploding his dantian.

Moreover, Xiao Yang’s physical prowess had reached a terrifying peak; every punch and kick packed immense power.

Even with his ultimate moves, Chen Taixu was only able to match Xiao Yang evenly.

Xiao Yang’s fists were simply monstrous.

He was able to use just his physical strength to clash with flying swords, remaining impervious to blades and spears.

He still held back a bit.

Chen Taixu was utterly shocked. Was this the legendary method of physical cultivation that could attain sainthood?