Seeing Lin Xiao’s face, the Ji family’s half-step Martial Saint Ji Min, along with all the elders, revealed looks of surprise. This youth was clearly even younger than they had imagined.
“You are Lin Xiao?”
Ji Min fixed his gaze on Lin Xiao, his voice carrying heavy authority. “You killed an elder of my Ji family. Do you know your crime?”
“Heh!”
Lin Xiao let out a contemptuous laugh. “He tried to kill me, so I killed him. That is only natural. What crime is there?”
Ji Min’s face darkened slightly. The others were secretly shocked. This brat really was bold beyond belief; he even dared speak like this to a half-step Martial Saint.
“So domineering. Is he absolutely certain that Azure Dragon Sect will protect him?”
Even the Grand Peak Master felt somewhat speechless. He had never seen someone borrow another’s momentum in such an arrogant way.
Of course, deep down, he quite admired it.
“Hmph. You merely relied on external aids. The people of my Ji family are not ones you can kill whenever you please.”
Ji Min said in a low voice.
His expression was somewhat grim. With his status and strength, no junior had ever dared contradict him.
Now he had actually been rendered somewhat speechless, which only made the anger in his heart burn hotter.
“Your ninth-level Martial Emperor tried to kill me, failed, and was killed instead, and you still say I relied on external aids?
And now you come knocking on someone else’s door because of it?”
Lin Xiao sneered mockingly.
“Hmph. No matter how clever your tongue, once you offend my Ji family, there will be no good end for you.”
With a cold snort, Ji Min did not waste more words arguing with Lin Xiao. Instead he turned to the Grand Peak Master. “Grand Peak Master, my Ji family only wishes to take away an arrogant madman who secretly trespassed into Azure Dragon Sect. There should be no problem with that, right?”
The Grand Peak Master gave a light cough. “He is not an arrogant madman who secretly trespassed into Azure Dragon Sect. He has now alrea…” Before he could finish saying “already joined Azure Dragon Sect”, Lin Xiao cut in first. “Although I am not a disciple of Azure Dragon Sect, neither did I secretly trespass.”
After a brief pause, Lin Xiao continued, “I came to Azure Dragon Sect to visit my senior brother, the senior brother who comes from the same place as me. His name is Dragon-Slaying Heaven!”
His voice rang out strong and clear. The moment the words left his mouth, it was as though a thunderbolt exploded in everyone’s ears.
Dragon-Slaying Heaven!
The peak masters, elders, and disciples of Azure Dragon Sect all froze, their expressions turning to shock.
He said he was Dragon-Slaying Heaven’s junior brother?
The people from the Ji family were equally shaken. Dragon-Slaying Heaven, the man who had crushed their entire generation.
One could say he was a stain on the Ji family’s honour, a nightmare etched into the hearts of that whole generation.
A name that had not been mentioned for over ten years had now been spoken right in front of them.
And the speaker claimed to be Dragon-Slaying Heaven’s junior brother.
Not a junior brother of Azure Dragon Sect; they naturally understood what that meant.
“You say you are Dragon-Slaying Heaven’s junior brother. What proof do you have?”
Before anyone from the Ji family could speak, a resounding voice boomed from within Azure Dragon Sect. An elder’s figure shot towards them.
This person was the Second Peak Master of Azure Dragon Sect.
After he appeared, more figures followed one after another. All nine vein peak masters of Azure Dragon Sect emerged together.
The Ji family had only sent one half-step Martial Saint elder; the Grand Peak Master coming out alone was already giving them ample face.
Three peak masters appearing gave them even more face and was enough to overawe the other side.
If all nine peak masters showed up because of a mere junior, it would lower Azure Dragon Sect’s dignity.
Thus, although the other peak masters had been curious, they had stayed hidden in the shadows.
But the moment Lin Xiao spoke those words, none of them could remain seated; they all leapt out.
Some peak masters even wore expressions of thick hostility.
Aside from the peak masters, most of the elders and disciples present also looked at him with hostility. Some had complicated expressions, and only a small minority showed friendly gazes.
Lin Xiao frowned inwardly. Just what outrageous things had Dragon-Slaying Heaven done back then to make him seem utterly irreconcilable with almost everyone in his own sect?
No wonder Bi Zhuang had said it would be “exciting”. So the vast majority of Azure Dragon Sect actually bore enmity towards Dragon-Slaying Heaven.
Dragon-Slaying Heaven was probably the hatred etched in their hearts; mentioning him now really was stimulating enough.
“My brother and I refined the same essence blood, refined in the same sect.”
Despite the chilly atmosphere, Lin Xiao answered calmly.
“Refining the same essence blood, there is no one here who can verify that. It also does not prove you come from the same sect. Obtaining a lucky chance in the same place or killing the same spirit beast would let you refine the same essence blood.”
The Fourth Peak Master said.
Lin Xiao frowned slightly. Indeed, identical essence blood was truly hard to use as proof.
After all, this was not like the Demon Void Sect, where someone with the Blood Spirit Nose talent could confirm it instantly.
“We both possess thunder yuan and have cultivated the thunder arts of the same sect.”
Lin Xiao added.
The Thunder Sword Art was a core technique of Sacred Heaven Sect. When he was there, Elder Lei and some disciples had also mastered it, though none had reached the proficiency he had with the third form.
As a super genius from twenty years ago, Dragon-Slaying Heaven had certainly mastered the Thunder Sword Art.
Even if the exact same martial skill could not be identified, displaying thunder yuan would at least roughly link him to Dragon-Slaying Heaven.
After all, Dragon-Slaying Heaven had used thunder yuan attacks back then.
Without the natural talent for thunder-attribute power, it was extremely difficult to possess thunder yuan.
Only a special environment like Sacred Origin Academy, with its thunder arrays and thunder qi pagoda, had produced numerous geniuses with thunder yuan.
That was something unique to Sacred Origin Academy; other powers could hardly achieve it.
He did not need to completely prove he was from the same sect as Dragon-Slaying Heaven; just showing a connection was enough.
Of course, he could not display his thunder martial intent. Comprehending thunder martial intent already fell into the realm of personal talent and would reduce the credibility that his thunder yuan came from a sect.
For now, as long as he proved a connection to Dragon-Slaying Heaven, Azure Dragon Sect would have grounds to protect him.
After a pause, Lin Xiao took an ordinary sword from his storage ring.
Fearing a low-quality sword could not withstand his thunder power, the one he drew was a weapon from the storage ring of the eighth-level Martial Emperor he had killed from Sacred Heaven Sect.
Yet before he could even execute the Thunder Sword Art, an eighth-level Martial Emperor elder among the Ji family exclaimed in shock, “That is the sword of Zi Teng, the eighth-level Martial Emperor elder of Sacred Heaven Sect! So he killed Zi Teng too!”
The corner of Lin Xiao’s mouth twitched. He had deliberately avoided taking out the Shakelight Broken Sword precisely because he feared people would openly recognise that he had killed an eighth-level Martial Emperor from Sacred Heaven Sect.
This sword looked extremely ordinary, and he had only just pulled it out, yet someone had recognised it at a glance.
That person must have been Zi Teng’s mortal enemy, right?
Otherwise, how could he identify it in one look?
Lin Xiao felt utterly speechless.
One problem had not yet been resolved, and now another had been dragged into the open.
