“Alliance Leader Liu, you may take a look, but be careful. This sword has already recognised its master. I would not want it to harm you.”
Chen Ping handed the Dragon-Slaying Sword to Liu Xue.
Liu Xue held the Dragon-Slaying Sword, feeling the waves of aura emanating from it, her eyes filled with admiration.
“Young Master Chen, if I wished to exchange something for this sword of yours, would you agree?” Liu Xue asked.
“Exchange with what?”
Chen Ping smiled playfully.
“With myself. I could become your woman and accompany you in dual cultivation whenever you wish…” Liu Xue declared.
Yan Nantian was stunned by her words. Who on earth exchanged themselves for something?
Did Liu Xue actually want to become Chen Ping’s servant?
“Hahaha…” Chen Ping burst into laughter. “Everything Alliance Leader Liu can offer me, this Dragon-Slaying Sword can offer as well.”
“And what Alliance Leader Liu cannot give me, this Dragon-Slaying Sword can also provide…”
Liu Xue was taken aback, not understanding what Chen Ping meant. She asked curiously, “Could it be that this sword can also dual-cultivate with you and let you enjoy the pleasures of a man?”
Chen Ping said nothing, merely glancing silently at the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
The Dragon-Slaying Sword instantly let out a resonant hum. Then, with a flash of white light, the sword spirit Zhong Li emerged from the blade.
“Hmph. My master is not someone just anyone can catch the eye of.”
Zhong Li shot Liu Xue a disdainful look.
“Alliance Leader Liu, this is Zhong Li, the sword spirit of the Dragon-Slaying Sword. Do you think you can provide what she can?”
Chen Ping raised his hand and pulled Zhong Li into his embrace.
Even a casual observer could tell at a glance that Zhong Li’s coquettish, bird-like dependence on him meant Chen Ping had long since been intimate with her.
Yan Nantian could not help but sigh at his own ignorance.
He had never imagined Chen Ping could “play” with a sword.
He had even planned to use Guan Jun to captivate Chen Ping and gain an advantage for the Yama Heaven Sect.
Now it was clear this sword spirit surpassed Guan Jun in both appearance and figure.
Liu Xue had not expected this either. Her expression grew somewhat awkward, and she could only return the Dragon-Slaying Sword to Chen Ping.
“Young Master Chen, I was presumptuous. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not seize what another cherishes. This sword is your beloved treasure, how could I covet it?”
Liu Xue said.
Chen Ping took back the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and Zhong Li returned inside it.
“Alliance Leader Liu, your actions against me were under orders from the Soul-Devouring Venerable, were they not? Is the Soul-Devouring Venerable currently with you?” Chen Ping asked.
Liu Xue hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “The Soul-Devouring Venerable is indeed with us, but he has sealed himself inside a mountain cave to recover. None of us can approach him.”
“Chen Ping, are you planning to settle accounts with that Soul-Devouring Venerable?” Yan Nantian asked with concern.
Chen Ping shook his head. “I am only asking. I have no intention of settling accounts with him just yet.”
Chen Ping was not foolish. With his current strength, he had no way to confront the Soul-Devouring Venerable.
Moreover, his main task right now was to find the God King and discover what had happened to the God King in the Ninth Heaven.
As long as the Soul-Devouring Venerable and the Evil Dao Palace left him alone, Chen Ping had no desire to bother with them for the time being.
“Young Master Chen, since you have no interest in me, to demonstrate my sincerity, I know of a ruin. I hope we might explore it together,” Liu Xue said.
“A ruin?” Chen Ping was surprised.
Everyone knew that ruins often contained all kinds of resources and treasures, but they were equally fraught with danger.
“Alliance Leader Liu, you mean the Tianmen Mountain ruin?” Yan Nantian asked in astonishment.
“Precisely,” Liu Xue nodded.
“Countless people have searched for the Tianmen Mountain ruin without success. Even many cultivators from the Eighth Heaven have come looking for it.”
“Who would have thought your Earth Fiend Alliance would be the ones to discover it in the end?” Yan Nantian said with evident envy.
“Sect Master Yan, what is this Tianmen Mountain ruin?” Chen Ping asked.
“This Tianmen Mountain ruin belonged to an ancient sect that once stood shoulder-to-shoulder with our Yama Heaven Sect. Yet overnight, the entire Tianmen sect simply vanished.”
“Some legends say Tianmen was destroyed in a single night by enemies from a higher realm. Others claim the whole sect was transported to a higher world.”
“In any case, it disappeared. From that day on, Tianmen Mountain, where the sect had stood, became a place where people searched for treasures and turned into the Tianmen Mountain ruin.”
“However, after so many years, the only things ever found there have been a few fragments of broken magical artefacts. Nothing else of note has ever been discovered.”
Yan Nantian explained everything to Chen Ping in detail.
