He really left?
Seeing Ye Xuan vanish completely, Dao Ling felt as if struck by lightning, stunned in place!
In the distance, Venerable Lan’s lips curled into a sneer, “This is the person you’re risking your life to protect? You…”
Mid-sentence, her pupils shrank. She spun around, raising her arm to block.
*Boom!*
A burst of sword light erupted from her arm!
*Boom!*
Venerable Lan was flung back ten thousand feet!
As she stopped, a shadow darted toward her—not Ye Xuan, but Dao Ling!
A fist imprint roared straight at her face!
A glint of ferocity flashed in Venerable Lan’s eyes. She flicked her sleeve.
*Boom!*
The space-time before her collapsed and annihilated!
At that moment, a sword light appeared behind her without warning.
Venerable Lan’s body trembled, and she instantly appeared tens of thousands of feet away!
The sword strike missed!
After stopping, she looked up at Ye Xuan, tens of thousands of feet away, “A sneak attack?”
In the distance, Ye Xuan smiled faintly, “Yes!”
Venerable Lan stared at him, “You’re a sword cultivator. Don’t you find such actions shameful?”
Ye Xuan countered, “You, with your high realm, come to bully us weaker ones. Don’t you find that shameful?”
Venerable Lan chuckled lightly, “Smooth talker!”
As her voice fell, she pointed at Ye Xuan from afar.
*Boom!*
A finger imprint surged through the arena, charging at Ye Xuan.
In the distance, Ye Xuan drew his sword and slashed.
*Boom!*
The finger imprint shattered!
Seeing this, Venerable Lan frowned slightly, “You… you haven’t transcended time!”
Ye Xuan laughed lightly, “Transcend time? Only ordinary folk like you chase realms. I, Ye Xuan… don’t cultivate realms, got it?”
Venerable Lan looked at him, “Not cultivating realms? Are you joking?”
Before Ye Xuan could respond, Shi Tian suddenly called out, “Brother Ye… can you stop chatting and deal with that woman first, then come help?”
Ye Xuan glanced at Shi Tian in the distance. Shi Tian was being overwhelmed by Lord Jie, his body scorched in multiple places by lightning, looking rather pitiful!
Tian Qi was slightly better off!
His physical body was so terrifying that, though Master Yun was suppressing him, he couldn’t defeat him!
Ye Xuan turned back to Venerable Lan. She smiled, “He’s right. If you want to save them, you’ll have to deal with me first!”
Ye Xuan suddenly turned to Dao Ling nearby, “What are you standing there for? Go heal!”
Dao Ling was stunned, then nodded quickly, “Alright, alright! Brother Ye, good luck!”
With that, he vanished into the distance!
Ye Xuan looked at Venerable Lan, silent.
Killing this woman?
A bit unrealistic!
Though he had fully merged with the river of time, he hadn’t yet mastered controlling its boundless expanse. At best, he could only hold her off!
But if this dragged on, Shi Tian and Tian Qi would be in grave danger!
Risk everything?
If that would work, he’d go all out, but the problem was, even if he did, he couldn’t kill her now!
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then opened his palm. The Xuantian Token appeared. He activated it, and the next moment, the masked old man appeared before him. Seeing Venerable Lan and the others, the old man’s heart jolted. He looked at Ye Xuan, trembling, “Young Master Ye…”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, “Relax, I’m not asking you to fight!”
The masked old man was still nervous. He never quite trusted Ye Xuan’s words!
Ye Xuan said, “Issue a bounty for me. Whoever kills the woman in front of me gets one million cosmic veins!”
The masked old man hesitated, then said, “Young Master Ye, I can issue the bounty, but you must actually have one million cosmic veins!”
He paused, adding, “If you don’t, it’ll severely damage Xianbao Pavilion’s reputation!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “You think I don’t have them?”
The masked old man quickly shook his head, “No such thought, just protocol!”
Ye Xuan flicked his finger, and a storage ring landed before the old man, containing exactly one million cosmic veins.
The masked old man took the ring, “Young Master Ye, please wait!”
With that, he vanished.
In the distance, Venerable Lan sneered, “One million cosmic veins? To kill me? Ye Xuan, I’m seriously doubting your sanity!”
Ye Xuan remained calm.
At that moment, the masked old man reappeared before him, saying gravely, “Young Master Ye, someone contacted me. To kill this woman, they want at least three million cosmic veins.”
Three million!
Ye Xuan frowned but didn’t hesitate. He turned to Dao Ling and Shi Tian in the distance, “Hand over all your cosmic veins!”
Without hesitation, Shi Tian and Dao Ling used space-time to send their storage rings to Ye Xuan, who passed them to the masked old man.
The old man immediately left.
In the distance, Venerable Lan frowned, “You actually have that many cosmic veins!”
As she spoke, her right hand slowly clenched. At that moment, her pupils shrank. She spun around, throwing a punch!
*Boom!*
The space-time before her exploded. Venerable Lan was forced back tens of thousands of feet. Just then, a shadow charged at her!
Its momentum was overwhelming!
Venerable Lan’s heart jolted. Not daring to be careless, she opened her palm, and an umbrella appeared. She thrust it forward.
A palm imprint slammed into the umbrella.
*Boom!*
The umbrella shattered, and Venerable Lan was flung back hundreds of thousands of feet. As she stopped, the starfield behind her annihilated. At the same time, the shadow rushed to her again!
Its speed was so fast that even Ye Xuan couldn’t accurately track its trajectory!
Terrifying!
In the distance, seeing the shadow charge at her again, Venerable Lan’s face changed. The speed was too fast. She clenched her hands, and a terrifying force surged from her body.
*Boom!*
With her at the centre, the surrounding space exploded, and a terrifying pressure and force swept across the starry sky.
*Boom!*
A shadow was suddenly flung back wildly from the starry sky!
It was Venerable Lan!
As she retreated, the shadow appeared above her, stomping down with a foot.
*Boom!*
Venerable Lan plummeted straight through the starry sky, crashing into the ground below, creating a massive abyss.
But the next moment, she shot out of it. As she emerged, the shadow appeared above her again, stomping down once more.
*Boom!*
Venerable Lan was driven back into the abyss!
At that moment, Master Yun in the distant starry sky stopped. He turned and rushed toward the shadow, clearly trying to ease the pressure on Venerable Lan!
The shadow spun around, throwing a punch!
*Boom!*
Master Yun was blasted back over a hundred thousand feet!
As he stopped, his body cracked, blood spurting!
Master Yun was stunned. This terrifying?
He looked at the distant shadow, trembling, “Who are you? Do you know we’re from Xianling?”
The shadow ignored him, charging toward the abyss below!
Clearly, it aimed to finish Venerable Lan!
Nearby, Ye Xuan suddenly turned to Tian Qi, “Tian Qi, let’s go!”
With that, he charged at Master Yun!
Seeing Master Yun injured, he was thrilled. With Venerable Lan occupied, this was the perfect chance to kill Master Yun and Lord Jie!
Ye Xuan moved swiftly, his sword light slashing at Master Yun, while Tian Qi, hearing Ye Xuan, also charged at him!
Seeing the two rush toward him, Master Yun’s face changed. He was wary of Ye Xuan and Tian Qi, especially Ye Xuan, who had just held his own against Venerable Lan for so long. Plus, he was now badly injured!
Without hesitation, Master Yun turned and fled, vanishing at the edge of the starry sky in a blink!
Seeing this, Ye Xuan and Tian Qi were stunned.
He just ran?
Ye Xuan suddenly turned to Lord Jie in the distance. When Venerable Lan fled, Lord Jie had already disengaged and vanished at the edge of the starry sky!
Seeing this, Ye Xuan’s face darkened!
Damn it!
These guys ran when they couldn’t win—spineless!
As if struck by a thought, Ye Xuan looked into the abyss below, wondering, *Is Venerable Lan dead?*
At that moment, a shadow appeared before him—the same shadow!
Ye Xuan looked at it, inwardly on guard!
Even standing before him, he couldn’t see its true face!
The shadow suddenly said, “She escaped!”
Ye Xuan frowned. She actually got away!
At that moment, the masked old man appeared before him, returning the three million cosmic veins!
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then took out five hundred thousand cosmic veins and offered them to the shadow, “This is for you!”
The shadow looked at Ye Xuan, “No need! I didn’t complete the task, so I take nothing!”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, “It’s for your effort!”
The shadow was silent for a moment, then said, “My principles!”
With that, it turned and vanished at the edge of the sky.
Principles!
Ye Xuan looked into the depths of the starry sky, saying softly, “Senior, who was that?”
The masked old man said, “You’ve met him.”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “She Shen?”
The masked old man nodded.
Ye Xuan was curious, “What’s his background?”
The masked old man shook his head, “I don’t know. Very mysterious!”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then said, “I want all the information on Xianling!”
The masked old man hesitated.
Ye Xuan smiled, “Is that difficult?”
The masked old man quickly shook his head, “No…”
He took out a scroll and handed it to Ye Xuan, “Young Master Ye, my hesitation wasn’t for any other reason, just didn’t want to discourage you… Lord Jie and the others aren’t the real threat. The real threat is Xianling behind them. Their strength…”
Ye Xuan glanced at him, “I hate when people talk about who’s behind someone! I’ve got backing too, but am I bragging?”
With that, he snorted coldly, “They should be glad I, Ye Xuan, don’t want to be a king of backers. Otherwise, I’d damn well rely on my backing to wipe out this universe. Believe it?”
The masked old man hesitated, then said, “Young Master Ye, if I may… boasting isn’t a good habit. You… shouldn’t boast recklessly!”
Ye Xuan said seriously, “This time, I’m not boasting!”
The masked old man nodded, “I understand, I understand!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
