“You have worked hard, Die’er.”
“Not hard at all, big brother Ling Xiao. But that shadowy soft sword of yours should be almost useless now, right? Can you give it to me to eat?”
The butterfly girl said with a cheerful grin.
“Yes, now that my realm has broken through, the soft sword is gradually becoming unsuitable for me. To better unleash the power within my body, it is best to have a heavy sword!”
A heavy sword without edge!
What Ling Xiao needed now was a heavy sword that could allow his moves to be released to the maximum extent!
“Hee hee, I knew big brother Ling Xiao treats me the best. Then I will go rest first. Every time after a fight I feel so tired.”
The butterfly girl yawned, and Ling Xiao sent her into the Mountains and Rivers World.
It seemed that in this world, only the butterfly girl, as a living being, could enter his Mountains and Rivers World without turning into his martial soul.
The little one’s secrets, even up to today, Ling Xiao had not fully figured out. But it did not matter.
To him, the butterfly girl was like a daughter.
Although as a seventeen-year-old youth, he did not yet fully understand what father-daughter affection truly felt like, he knew very clearly that he must cherish and protect this little cutie.
That was also why, for such a long time, he had basically not let the butterfly girl fight.
Today’s situation had truly been a last resort.
After the butterfly girl entered the Mountains and Rivers World, Ling Xiao walked over and glanced at Jia the steward, scaring him into hurriedly retreating.
“Rest assured. As long as you tell me who is behind this, I can spare your life.”
Ling Xiao said disdainfully, “I already said it before. Jia Tianfeng would not say, Kong Ming would not say. You will tell me.”
“I am not saying it for your own good. Knowing their identities will bring you no benefit at all.”
Jia the steward said hurriedly.
“Whether it brings benefit or not is not for you to judge. Now, you only need to tell me who they are. That is enough.”
Ling Xiao said calmly.
Jia the steward had actually hesitated for a very long time. When he was crippled by the butterfly girl earlier, he had already thought it over. Today, no matter what, he had to preserve his life.
A dead person could not come back.
However, even if his hand and foot tendons were all severed, even if his cultivation was completely destroyed, there was still a possibility of cultivating back again.
Once dead, there was nothing left.
“Fine, I will tell you. But whatever happens afterwards, do not blame me for not warning you.”
Jia the steward resigned himself. He gritted his teeth and said, “I only have one demand. Let me go.”
“No problem. I have no great interest in killing a cripple.”
After his cultivation breakthrough, Ling Xiao no longer took Jia the steward seriously. Not to mention that Jia the steward was now a cripple, even if his cultivation had not been destroyed, he could no longer be his opponent. What was there to fear?
“Good. Actually, the one behind us is the Yuan…”
At this point, Jia the steward suddenly showed a look of terror.
Then his body went limp and collapsed to the ground.
Sure enough, he had still been killed. It was a sharp and extremely hard-to-detect sword qi from within the crowd.
“Killed someone and still want to run?”
Ling Xiao pointed with one finger. Terrifying aura pierced through the crowd and directly nailed a fleeing figure to a tree.
However, that person instantly chose to commit suicide.
Much more decisive than Jia the steward.
“A death warrior?”
Ling Xiao sighed. He did not go over to check. Checking would be pointless. Usually, people sent to silence others left no clues on their bodies, unless the intention was to frame someone else.
Looking would be a waste.
But Ming Jin still went over to inspect. The result was just as Ling Xiao had guessed. Apart from knowing that the death warrior was a third cave heaven realm martial artist, nothing else could be found.
“Yuan? Yuan what?”
Ling Xiao frowned, pondering the clue Jia the steward had left behind.
Feng Yinshan’s expression looked somewhat unnatural. He seemed to have thought of something, but in the next instant he calmed down.
“Brother Ling truly has great fortune and a strong life. To escape such a deadly situation and still survive in the end. It seems I was right not to intervene.”
Feng Yinshan smiled as he stepped forward, cupping his hands towards Ling Xiao.
“I never expected you to intervene. In today’s scheme, is the one who benefited the most not you? Do you think your plan was set up very well? Very clever?”
Ling Xiao looked at Feng Yinshan calmly and said, “We are allies, but I also want to remind you. In the future, do not scheme against me like this. I am not a fool. Sincere cooperation benefits both of us.”
Feng Yinshan, however, smiled without changing his expression. “Is Brother Ling blaming me for not coming to your aid?”
“Do you think I would?”
Ling Xiao sneered. “This trouble was caused by me. It is right that you did not get involved. You and I are not friends. There is no need for you to clean up my mess, and naturally I have no need to clean up yours.”
In fact, from the very beginning, Ling Xiao had known that he and Feng Yinshan could never become friends. This person’s scheming heart was too heavy.
If it was only scheming against enemies, he would not mind. But if even friends and family were to be schemed against, he would feel displeased.
Feng Yinshan felt very awkward, but he did not feel any regret.
Although the butterfly girl’s appearance had surprised him, even if he had to make the decision again now, he still would not go save Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao was a very strong ally, but he was also very hard to control.
Feng Yinshan liked the feeling of having everything under his own control!
“What about Yanran?”
Ling Xiao did not continue to mock Feng Yinshan. After all, they were still allies. Sometimes he could still make use of him.
At the very least on the surface, he could borrow Feng Yinshan’s name to do some things. It was more convenient than acting alone.
He looked towards Feng Yanran and asked.
“Yanran wanted me to save you and even went to find reinforcements. As a result, I knocked her out.”
Feng Yinshan replied. On this point he was not lying.
“You actually managed to do that to her. Heh.”
Ling Xiao smiled. It was unclear whether it was sarcasm or if he genuinely found it funny. He walked over, woke Feng Yanran, and said thank you.
When Feng Yanran saw Ling Xiao alive, although she did not know what had happened, her heart finally settled.
She had many things she wanted to say to Ling Xiao, but Ling Xiao was in a hurry to go somewhere else.
Leng Mei and the Moon Lady were still in battle. Ling Xiao was worried about them.
However, just as he was about to set off, the two of them returned.
Leng Mei was completely unharmed, and in her hand she held a severed head. It was the head of an elder from the Peacock Clan!
The Moon Lady was also unscathed, looking spotless as if she had not fought at all.
In fact, there truly had been no battle.
Those three people’s goal was to stall her, and she had great confidence in Ling Xiao. Unless Ling Xiao faced life-threatening danger, she would not act.
So until Jia the steward was killed and those three left, the Moon Lady had not made a move.
“Everyone, leave Lingyue Courtyard.”
Ling Xiao suddenly said.
“Why?”
Many people were very puzzled upon hearing this.
“Because I am going to destroy this place.”
Ling Xiao’s voice was very calm and very firm.
This place had been created by his parents. Presumably, Lingyue Courtyard carried the meaning of being jointly built by the two of them, and it was also related to his elder sister.
In the beginning, this place was probably beautiful and peaceful.
But now, it was filled with extravagance and filth. It had been completely defiled by the Jia family.
Rather than leaving it, it was better to destroy it!
