Not including himself?
Ye Xuan fell silent.
This girl was great in every way, except her words were too blunt, no sugarcoating at all.
Ye Qingqing suddenly said, “How about we two go kill him?”
Ye Xuan was slightly taken aback, then said, “Just the two of us?”
Ye Qingqing nodded, “Are you scared?”
Ye Xuan hesitated, then asked, “Have you ever fought the Master of the Great Dao Pen?”
Ye Qingqing shook her head, “No. But I’m not afraid of him.”
Ye Xuan was silent.
She might not be afraid, but he was feeling a bit uneasy.
Ye Qingqing said, “Let’s go find the Master of the Great Dao Pen.”
She was impulsive, ready to act on her words.
Ye Xuan asked, “Do you know where he is?”
Ye Qingqing replied, “I don’t know.”
Ye Xuan was silent.
Ye Qingqing added, “But we can go look for him.”
Ye Xuan asked, “Where?”
Ye Qingqing was quiet for a moment, then opened her palm, revealing the Great Dao Pen.
She looked at it, “Where’s your master? If you don’t tell me, I’ll cut you down with one swing.”
The Great Dao Pen trembled, “I’m one of you.”
Ye Qingqing frowned, “Since when were you one of us?”
The Great Dao Pen quickly said, “I’ve been with Young Master Ye for a long time. Really.”
It was still a bit scared of this woman.
This woman wasn’t just unreasonable; she was downright wild.
Especially wild.
Ye Qingqing looked at Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan hesitated, then said, “Great Dao Pen, do you know where your master is?”
The Great Dao Pen gave a bitter smile, “Young Master Ye, I’ve been abandoned. How could I know where my master is?”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, about to speak, when Ye Qingqing suddenly said, “Then who knows where your master is?”
The Great Dao Pen hesitated, then said, “My master drifts unpredictably. No one knows his whereabouts unless he wants you to know.”
Ye Qingqing frowned, “Is he in the Void Realm?”
The Great Dao Pen replied, “I’m not sure.”
Ye Qingqing’s gaze turned cold instantly. The Great Dao Pen hurriedly added, “I really don’t know. You can ask the Small Tower. It’s read a lot of books; it might know.”
“What?”
The Small Tower was instantly furious, “What does this have to do with my reading? You broken pen, you were created by your master. How could you not know where he is? Are you afraid Sister Destiny will kill him? You traitor.”
The Great Dao Pen was speechless.
Ye Xuan suddenly said, “Girl, if we go to kill the Master of the Great Dao Pen now, what are our chances?”
Ye Qingqing said calmly, “One hundred percent.”
Ye Xuan looked at her, silent.
Ye Qingqing turned her head, “I said one hundred percent.”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
If they couldn’t kill the Master of the Great Dao Pen, they’d be walking into a trap.
So Ye Xuan said, “Let’s plan this carefully.”
Ye Qingqing asked, “How do we plan?”
Ye Xuan said, “Let’s go.”
With that, he grabbed Ye Qingqing’s hand and they vanished from the spot.
Below, Ye Xuan and Ye Qingqing reappeared in front of Elder Xuan and Li Ge. Ye Xuan looked at Elder Xuan, “Elder Xuan, do you know where the Dao Gate is?”
The Dao Gate.
Elder Xuan frowned, “What do you want with the Dao Gate?”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Just want to take a look.”
Elder Xuan hesitated, then said, “The Dao Gate is at Dao Mountain, but it’s very desolate now.”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Desolate?”
Elder Xuan nodded, “Yes. The Dao Gate was once glorious, the supreme overlord of this region. But later, they declined.”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “The Master of the Great Dao Pen is still around. How could they decline?”
Elder Xuan smiled, “The Master of the Great Dao Pen hasn’t appeared in a very long time.”
Ye Xuan was silent for a moment, then asked, “Where’s Dao Mountain?”
Elder Xuan glanced at Ye Xuan, then said, “A million miles to the right.”
Ye Xuan nodded, then turned to Ye Qingqing, “Let’s go check out Dao Mountain.”
Ye Qingqing nodded, and the siblings vanished on the spot.
Elder Xuan looked into the distance, murmuring, “Dao Mountain…”
Soon, Ye Xuan and Ye Qingqing arrived at Dao Mountain. The entire mountain had only one solitary, dilapidated small palace.
Ye Xuan approached the palace, and a young girl came out to greet them, looking curiously at Ye Qingqing and Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan smiled, “Little girl, where’s your Dao Master?”
The girl said calmly, “That’s me.”
What?
Ye Xuan froze.
Ye Qingqing also frowned.
Ye Xuan looked the girl over. She was at most five or six years old, wearing a small Daoist skirt, holding a tiny whisk in her hand.
Ye Xuan hesitated, then asked, “You’re the Dao Master?”
The girl nodded, “Yes. What’s the problem?”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
The girl suddenly looked at Ye Qingqing, “You seem pretty strong.”
Ye Qingqing stared at her, “Drop the ‘seem.’”
The girl met Ye Qingqing’s gaze without backing down, “When I grow up, I could take on ten of you.”
Ye Xuan’s expression froze.
Ye Qingqing suddenly grabbed the girl’s braid and flung her skyward.
Boom!
The sky was smashed into a massive abyss.
Ye Xuan broke out in a cold sweat.
This girl didn’t hold back, no matter who she was dealing with.
Moments later, the girl climbed out of the abyss, a bit angry. She glared at Ye Qingqing, but when Ye Qingqing looked at her, she quickly turned to Ye Xuan, “Let’s talk business.”
Ye Xuan found it amusing. This girl didn’t dare act tough with Qing’er anymore.
Of course, he was also surprised. Ye Qingqing’s throw, though not full force, was still incredibly powerful, yet this little girl was unharmed.
Not simple at all.
The girl walked slowly to Ye Xuan and Ye Qingqing, tidied her disheveled Daoist robe, and said, “What’s the matter?”
Ye Xuan glanced around, then asked, “Is the Dao Gate just you?”
The girl nodded, “Yes.”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Where are the others?”
The girl said, “There was someone else not long ago, my master. But he died.”
Ye Xuan was surprised, “Died? How?”
The girl said, “Beaten to death.”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
The girl added, “Someone wanted us to pay protection fees. My master refused, so they fought. He couldn’t win, so he was beaten to death.”
She pointed to a small grave beside the hall, “Look, I buried him. Doesn’t it look nice?”
Ye Xuan glanced at the grave. It was small but delicately made, with a few pretty flowers placed on it. She had clearly put effort into it.
Ye Xuan looked at the girl, “If your master could see his grave, he’d be very pleased and comforted.”
The girl tidied her clothes again, then said, “You’re probably not here to fight for territory. If you’re here to rob, I can responsibly tell you we’re dirt poor, barely able to eat. If you’re here for revenge…”
She pointed at the grave, “You can dig up my master and kill him again.”
Ye Xuan was silent.
How had the Dao Gate fallen so far?
As if recalling something, Ye Xuan looked at the girl, “Why did you join the Dao Gate?”
The girl looked at Ye Xuan, “My master made me join. When he saw me, he said I had a one-in-a-million Undying Body, the top-ranked kind in the universe. So he brought me into the Dao Gate. Of course, I was starving then, and he had food, so I followed him.”
Undying Body.
Top-ranked?
Ye Xuan examined the girl closely, frowning because he didn’t sense anything extraordinary.
Then Ye Qingqing suddenly said, “Unique constitution.”
Ye Xuan looked at Ye Qingqing, who placed a hand on the girl’s shoulder. The girl looked at her, “Gentlemen use words, not hands.”
Moments later, Ye Qingqing withdrew her hand, “Born undying and indestructible.”
Born undying and indestructible.
Ye Xuan said gravely, “That powerful?”
Ye Qingqing looked at Ye Xuan, “Want to try?”
Ye Xuan hesitated, then looked at the girl, “Can I try?”
The girl nodded, “Sure.”
Ye Xuan suddenly thrust his sword through her chest, yet not a drop of blood came out. Moreover, when he pulled out the Qingxuan Sword, her body rapidly healed, returning to normal in the blink of an eye.
Ye Xuan’s expression changed.
The girl blinked, saying nothing.
Ye Xuan turned to Ye Qingqing, “Can you kill her?”
Ye Qingqing said calmly, “What do you think?”
Ye Xuan was silent.
He had to admit, he was shocked.
This girl’s constitution was absurdly overpowered.
Born undying and indestructible.
To think such a freakish constitution existed in this world… Was it too much for him to cheat a bit in his cultivation?
Ye Xuan snapped out of his thoughts and smiled, “Look, the Dao Gate is just you now. Staying here seems pointless. Want to come with me? I’ll take you somewhere.”
The girl said, “Wait.”
She turned and went into the hall.
Ye Xuan was puzzled.
Then the girl came out carrying a small bundle. She looked at Ye Xuan, “Let’s go.”
Ye Xuan hesitated, then said, “You trust me just like that?”
The girl looked at Ye Xuan, “My demands are low. Food and shelter are enough.”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll trick you?”
The girl shook her head.
Ye Xuan was confused, “Why not?”
The girl shrugged, “I have nothing. What could you trick me out of? If you want to trick me into following you, as long as you provide food and shelter, I’ll go with you.”
Ye Xuan looked her over, very satisfied.
This girl was a talent.
And with such a special constitution, she definitely wasn’t ordinary.
Ye Xuan smiled, “Let’s go then.”
The girl nodded.
Ye Xuan suddenly noticed a black ring on her right hand, “What’s that?”
The girl said, “I don’t know. I’ve had it since I can remember. My master said it’s tied to my origins.”
Ye Xuan said, “Let me see.”
The girl took off the ring and handed it to him. Ye Xuan examined it. On the surface were two black characters: Qiankun.
Qiankun Ring?
Ye Xuan was puzzled. He turned to Ye Qingqing, who glanced at the storage ring and said, “Trash.”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
The girl turned to Ye Qingqing, “My master said it’s really, really powerful.”
Ye Qingqing said expressionlessly, “Your master’s dead.”
The girl fell silent.
