But after taking just two steps, Ye Xuan stopped again.
Why did she leave so suddenly?
Ye Xuan’s brows furrowed.
After a moment, his right hand slowly clenched. That girl was afraid of dragging him into trouble, so she chose to return to the Yan Clan on her own.
At this thought, Ye Xuan sighed softly, “Silly girl!”
At that moment, Li Lan quickly approached, bowing respectfully, “Young Master Ye!”
He held great respect for Ye Xuan. Could someone who gifted the Divine Codex be ordinary?
Moreover, he had heard about the Yan family yielding.
Clearly, this Young Master Ye was even more formidable than he had imagined!
Ye Xuan looked at Li Lan, smiling faintly, “Senior, I have some matters to attend to, I’ll visit another day, please forgive me!”
Li Lan hurriedly asked, “Is there anything I can help with? If so, just say the word!”
Ye Xuan laughed, “I’m going to fight!”
Li Lan asked, “Fight whom? I have plenty of men!”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, “The Yan Clan of the Divine Mountain in the Desolate Universe!”
Li Lan’s expression froze.
Ye Xuan laughed heartily, “Senior, please look after my horse!”
With that, he rose on his sword, vanishing at the edge of the starry sky in an instant.
Li Lan stared at the carriage before him, “…”
…
In the starry sky.
Ye Xuan suddenly stopped, opening his palm to reveal the Xuantian Token. He activated it, and moments later, Nan Qing appeared before him. Seeing Ye Xuan, Nan Qing bowed deeply, “Young Master Ye!”
Ye Xuan’s expression was calm, “Where is the Desolate Universe?”
Nan Qing immediately said, “I’ll arrange it at once!”
He turned and left.
Soon, Nan Qing returned, opening his palm to release a storage ring. A massive teleportation array appeared before Ye Xuan.
He had brought the array straight from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion to Ye Xuan!
At the same time, nine Zhi Xuan realm experts appeared.
Nan Qing bowed slightly, “Young Master Ye, all the powerhouses from our Immortal Treasure Pavilion branch in the Universe of Gods are here. If you think it’s not enough, I’ll summon more from other universes!”
Ye Xuan looked at Nan Qing, “Do you know what I’m doing?”
Nan Qing said, “No idea! Whatever Young Master Ye asks, we’ll do!”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, “I appreciate the gesture, but I’m enough on my own!”
With that, he stepped into the teleportation array and disappeared.
In place, Nan Qing’s expression shifted, and he said, “To the Desolate Universe!”
An elder beside him hesitated, then said, “President, didn’t Young Master Ye say he didn’t need us?”
Nan Qing snapped, “Fool! If he says he doesn’t need us, we just stay put? He’s clearly going to fight. He may not want our help, but we can’t not show up, understand?”
The elder frowned, “Why?”
Nan Qing sighed softly, “Stop just cultivating, read some books like Young Master Ye!”
Elder: “…”
Nan Qing said gravely, “He can say he doesn’t need us, but we can’t not go. It’s like sending gifts or hosting dinners in the secular world. Whether they come is their choice, but we must do our part. If we don’t, hmph, at best, it’s a lack of social grace, at worst, it’s cutting off our own future, got it?”
Elder: “…”
Nan Qing said no more, stepping into the teleportation array.
The elder stood silent for a moment, then muttered, “Is this why, after all these years of loyal service, my pay is still lower than yours?”
With a shake of his head, he sighed and followed the other powerhouses into the array.
…
Desolate Universe.
After an unknown time, Ye Xuan slowly opened his eyes. The moment he did, he found himself in a valley filled with hundreds of teleportation arrays!
These must have been built by Qin Guan!
Ye Xuan felt a headache coming on, he’d forgotten to ask where the Yan Clan’s Divine Mountain was.
Just then, a nearby teleportation array trembled, and a bloody head flew out.
Ye Xuan turned to look. Following the head, a woman stepped out slowly.
She looked about sixteen or seventeen, wearing a long black dress adorned with crimson plum blossoms on the hem, which, upon closer inspection, were bloodstains. Her long hair was tied high, bound with a blood-red ribbon, hanging like a ponytail.
Her eyebrows, naturally arched, framed a pair of icy eyes that chilled to the bone with a single glance.
At her waist hung a curved blade, its handle tied with a thumb-sized blood-red gourd.
As she emerged, she glanced at Ye Xuan, her expression cold and devoid of emotion.
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then asked, “Miss, where is the Yan Clan’s Divine Mountain?”
The woman looked at Ye Xuan, silent.
Ye Xuan glanced at her, then turned to leave. This woman clearly wasn’t someone to mess with, better not provoke her!
Just then, she pointed to the right.
Ye Xuan turned to her, “Right?”
She nodded.
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, “Thank you!”
He rose on his sword, vanishing at the horizon’s edge in an instant.
But then, he turned back, noticing the woman was following him.
Ye Xuan blinked, “Why are you following me?”
The woman glanced at the brush at Ye Xuan’s waist, then at him, “Same path!”
Her voice was cold, bone-chillingly so, and uncomfortable to hear.
Same path?
Ye Xuan glanced at her, then said, “You’re not planning to rob me, are you?”
The woman pointed at the Great Dao Brush at his waist, “Let me play with it!”
Ye Xuan was shocked. Did she want the Great Dao Brush? Had she recognised it?
But he quickly shook his head, dismissing the thought.
So far, only Qin Guan had recognised the Great Dao Brush!
This woman likely just sensed its uniqueness!
Thinking this, Ye Xuan looked at her and shook his head, “No!”
Her eyes narrowed, her left hand resting on her blade’s handle. In an instant, a terrifying blade aura enveloped Ye Xuan!
Ye Xuan’s brows furrowed!
Half-step Dong Xuan!
With the Great Dao Brush, he could discern her realm.
She stared at him but didn’t act, seeming wary.
Ye Xuan ignored her, turning to vanish at the horizon.
She hesitated, then followed!
Divine Mountain.
In the Desolate Universe, countless forces existed, but the strongest were the Shura City in the south and the Yan Clan of the Divine Mountain.
The Yan Clan worshipped Ancient Gods.
As for these so-called Ancient Gods, no one knew what they were, only that they didn’t belong to this era.
On the way to the Divine Mountain, Ye Xuan glanced at the woman, who was still following.
He stopped, and she stopped too.
Ye Xuan walked towards her. She watched him, eyes narrowing. In an instant, the blood-red plum blossoms on her dress began to spin, and the surrounding space-time warped!
Ye Xuan’s heart jolted!
This woman was fierce!
He suddenly took out the Great Dao Brush, waving it, “Fix!”
Boom!
The warped space-time instantly returned to normal!
Great Dao Brush: “…”
Seeing this, the woman’s pupils constricted, a trace of wariness in her eyes.
Ye Xuan looked at her, “Do you know stealing is wrong?”
She stared at the brush in his hand, silent.
By now, Ye Xuan was in front of her. She gripped her blade tightly, highly alert.
If Ye Xuan made the slightest move, she’d strike!
Ye Xuan glanced at her blade, then said, “Can I play with your blade?”
Her eyes narrowed, a flicker of killing intent in them.
Ye Xuan quickly said, “Look, you won’t let me play with your blade, yet you want my brush. Is that fair? You should put yourself in others’ shoes, you…”
She suddenly took the curved blade from her waist and handed it to Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan’s expression froze.
What the hell?
You’re not playing by the rules?
Looking at the blade she offered, Ye Xuan fell silent.
She stared at him, silent.
Ye Xuan thought, then said, “I can let you play with it, but just play, and you’ll need to do something for me!”
She nodded, “Fine!”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Follow me!”
He turned and left.
This trip to the Yan Clan’s Divine Mountain likely wouldn’t end peacefully.
This woman was clearly a skilled fighter, an extra hand wouldn’t hurt.
As if recalling something, he stopped and turned to her, “I might have to fight the Yan Clan, are you scared?”
She looked at him, “Not scared!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, “Let’s go!”
He vanished on his sword.
She quickly followed.
…
Soon, Ye Xuan and the woman arrived at the Divine Mountain, towering tens of thousands of feet into the clouds, its peak invisible to ordinary eyes.
At the mountain’s base, Ye Xuan looked up. Just then, a black-robed figure appeared before him.
It was the same black-robed figure he’d met before!
His body had now been restored.
The black-robed figure looked at Ye Xuan, “I didn’t expect you to actually come!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “I want to see Yan Bei! And take her with me!”
The black-robed figure shook his head, “What if I say no?”
Ye Xuan laughed, “Does your word represent the Yan Clan?”
The black-robed figure nodded, “It does!”
Ye Xuan thought, then smiled, “I’ve been reading a lot lately, I don’t want to lose my temper!”
The black-robed figure looked at him, “I’d like to see you lose it!”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Alright!”
As his voice fell, he opened his palm, “Sword, come!”
Buzz!
The surrounding space-time trembled violently. Countless swords from across the myriad realms surged forth, and in an instant, millions of swords gathered in the sky behind Ye Xuan!
In that moment, the entire Divine Mountain was shaken.
The woman glanced at Ye Xuan, silent.
At the mountain’s base, Ye Xuan’s aura surged, instantly shifting from Zhi Xuan to Dong Xuan, and still rising wildly!
The powerful aura swept across the Divine Mountain like a storm, overwhelming every Yan Clan powerhouse with a suffocating pressure!
Ye Xuan looked at the now-petrified black-robed figure, smiling, “Ever seen such a young Dong Xuan realm expert?”
The black-robed figure trembled, “N-never…”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, patting his shoulder lightly, “Three breaths. If I don’t see Yan Bei in three breaths, I’ll start slaughtering the clan!”
“Slaughter the clan? What a braggart!”
Just then, a loud laugh echoed from the mountain’s peak, followed by a terrifying aura soaring upward. An elder charged forth!
A Yan Clan powerhouse!
And a Dong Xuan realm expert!
At that moment, Ye Xuan waved the brush.
A stroke slashed out.
Swoosh!
In the sky, the head of the newly appeared Dong Xuan elder flew off…
An instant kill!
Before Ye Xuan, the black-robed figure’s legs gave out, and he knelt, trembling, “Boss… Miss will be out soon…”
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