Chapter 118: You Are The Sword Master’s Son
After hearing Ye Guan’s words, the spear-wielding young man’s expression turned ugly.
“Retreat!” he yelled before turning around to flee at breakneck speeds.
There were two reasons they decided to challenge Ye Guan: his low cultivation base and the fact that they had a Divine Mage in their ranks.
Their Divine Mage could slow Ye Guan down, but their Divine Mage was dead, which meant that they could no longer control Ye Guan’s speed. Ye Guan was lightning fast, and he was a Sword Sovereign as well, leaving them with no choice but to run.
Would Ye Guan let them run?
A shrill sound filled the air, and the spear-wielding young man’s eyes narrowed. He whipped around and was just about to swing his spear, but a sword got to him first and pierced his forehead.
Blood spurted out from his head and dyed Ye Guan’s sword red.
The spear-wielding young man froze. Is this my end?
He died with eyes full of regret.
After killing the leader of the group—the spear-wielding young man—Ye Guan turned and glared at the large-framed man holding a shield. The latter glared back at Ye Guan, but there was fear in his eyes. He no longer looked as imposing as before.
Ye Guan disappeared once again.
A sword light dazzled the large-framed young man. He squinted and raised his shield up, but there was no impact.
Startled, the large-framed young man turned around, but a sword lacerated his throat. Blood spurted out wantonly from the wound in his throat, and he slowly crumpled to the floor.
Ye Guan diligently collected his spoils and took the large-framed man’s shield, armor, and storage ring. He also didn’t forget the storage rings of the spear-wielding young man and the woman wearing a white skirt.
The group was pretty rich; their storage rings contained a total of ten million gold spiritual crystals.
Ji Xuan walked toward Ye Guan and showed him the storage ring in her hands.
Ye Guan looked to a corner and saw a corpse. Ji Xuan had killed the assassin who had been hiding in the dark.
Ye Guan smiled and gave Ji Xuan five hundred thousand gold spiritual crystals. She was about to say something, but Ye Guan shook his head and interrupted her. “Don’t turn me down.”
“How can I possibly reject so much money?” said Ji Xuan with a smile before accepting the storage ring.
Ye Guan’s smile deepened.
He swept his gaze at the corpses around them and said, “I underestimated them.”
Ji Xuan shook her head and corrected him, “I don’t think so. I think you were just ignorant of how a Divine Mage fights.”
Ye Guan nodded. Nanling Yiyi was the only Divine Mage he knew, but he hadn’t really seen her fight. The battle just now had made Ye Guan realize that a Divine Mage was a force to be reckoned with.
Ji Xuan explained, “Divine Mages have their own realms as well. They’re categorized within the first nine ranks at first, but afterward, they would enter the Sky Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Saint Realm, and finally, the Imperial Realm.”
She pointed at the woman in a white skirt’s corpse and said, “She’s a Divine Mage, but she’s still within the nine ranks. If we had encountered a Sky Realm Divine Mage, we would have had no choice but to be careful.”
Ye Guan frowned slightly. “Really?”
Ji Xuan nodded. “Yes, and I think her inheritance wasn’t that great. Otherwise, she would have been much stronger than just now.”
Ye Guan’s expression turned grim, and he made a mental note to himself. He would be wary of Divine Mages. If he found himself in a life-or-death battle against a Divine Mage in the future, he had to kill them first.
“The path to the peak of Divine Mages will require more money than the typical cultivator,” said Ji Xuan. “They burn money just to cultivate!”
Ji Xuan paused before saying, “The Main Guanxuan Academy has a Divine Dao Department filled with Divine Mages. Naturally, the Divine Mages in that department are powerful Divine Mages in their own right.”
“I’m hoping that we won’t encounter any Divine Mages from the Divine Dao Department. Otherwise, we’ll be in danger.”
Ye Guan nodded. He looked around before saying, “We should continue our journey to Qingzhou!”
Ji Xuan nodded and took out the cloud ship once more.
The two boarded the cloud ship and continued their journey to Qingzhou.
Ye Guan stood at the bow of the ship and was staring blankly into the distance in deep thought. The mercenary group that he had encountered earlier was indeed a powerful group.
If the large-framed young man wielding a shield had made sure to protect their Divine Mage, Ye Guan would have had issues finding an opening to kill the Divine Mage.
If the battle had become a long, drawn-out battle, he would have been in danger. After all, his cultivation base was low, so he would run out of profound energy quicker than them.
Unfortunately for Ye Guan, the mercenary group that he had encountered just now was just one of the many groups he would surely have to find in the near future.
One month! Ye Guan gripped his sword tightly. Will I live long enough to reach Qingzhou?
He had no idea. He didn’t have an answer, but he was aware that his journey would be a tumultuous one.
He suddenly thought of something, which made him glance at Ji Xuan.
He was about to say something, but Ji Xuan laughed and said, “Are you trying to chase me away?”
Ye Guan sounded serious as he said, “Lady Ji Xuan, we’re going to embark on a bumpy road, and I really don’t want to drag you down with me.”
Ji Xuan smiled and said, “You’re great at everything, but I don’t like how you love to nag.”
Ye Guan smiled meekly.
Ji Xuan sounded serious as she said, “How about this? I’ll run if we encounter an enemy that is too strong for me to handle. What do you think?”
Ye Guan shook his head and chuckled.
Ji Xuan glared at him and exclaimed, “I’m being serious here!”
Ye Guan chortled and said, “All right, I understand.”
“You don’t sound like you understand at all!” Ji Xuan rolled her eyes.
Ye Guan suddenly asked, “Lady Ji Xuan, how did they find us?”
Ji Xuan calmly answered, “Why are you asking such an obvious question? They definitely bought information about our whereabouts from the Immortal Treasures Pavilion.”
Ye Guan asked, “You can do that?”
Ji Xuan nodded, “Of course, as long as the buyer is willing to spend money. It won’t be an issue for them to track us down using the Immortal Treasures Pavilion’s extensive intelligence network.”
The Immortal Treasures Pavilion! Ye Guan inwardly asked, “Master Pagoda, aren’t you familiar with the Immortal Treasures Pavilion founder?”
Little Pagoda was silent for quite a while. He had no choice; he had to make sure that he wouldn’t inadvertently leak more information than necessary. In the end, he could only say, “Just ask me directly; don’t ask me such questions.”
Ye Guan was at a loss for words.
It seemed that Little Pagoda had caught on.
Ye Guan thought about it and asked, “I felt a sense of familiarity with the portrait of Pavilion Master Qin in the Immortal Treasures Pavilion. My name is Ye Guan, and her name is Qin Guan. Master Pagoda, am I related to her?”
Little Pagoda and the mysterious voice cursed at the same time. “The fuck?”
After a while, Little Pagoda answered, “Your name is Ye Guan, and the Sword Master is Ye Xuan, did you also feel a sense of familiarity with him the moment you saw his statue?”
Ye Guan chuckled and said, “Honestly, yes.”
“It’s a shocking coincidence, then!” Little Pagoda exclaimed and said, “The Sword Master’s name is Ye Xuan, and the Pavilion Master of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion is Qin Guan, while your name is Ye Guan. I think you’re their son!”
Ye Guan was startled. He took a moment to compose himself before laughing. “I think that’s too absurd, even for me, Master Pagoda! I was just curious; you shouldn’t have taken my words so seriously. How can I be related to them?”
Little Pagoda heaved a huge sigh of relief. Goodness!
He had to go in a roundabout manner with this brat. Otherwise, he would certainly make a mistake. The brat was too smart for his own good.
Fortunately, Little Pagoda had already left a way out for himself. He had told Ye Guan the truth, and now, it was up to Ye Guan whether or not to believe it. In the future, Ye Guan couldn’t accuse Little Pagoda of hiding the truth from him.
Just then, the mysterious voice praised, “Little Pagoda, I think you just made the smartest move you’ve ever made in your whole life.”
Meanwhile, Ye Guan emptied his mind and closed his eyes. He was in trouble, so he had to be careful about his next steps. He knew that it wouldn’t be that easy for him to reach Qingzhou.
“Pffft!” He laughed, prompting Ji Xuan to look at him in bewilderment.
“Why are you laughing?” she asked.
Ye Guan grinned. “I’m thinking about our next steps.”
Ji Xuan asked, “What’s funny about it?”
Ye Guan’s grin grew wider as he said, “I will kill everyone in my way.”
Ji Xuan blinked in confusion and asked, “Kill everyone?”
Ye Guan stared into the distance and said, “Yes, I will kill everyone! This journey is destined to be bloody. Since I can’t avoid trouble, then I will just kill everyone who dares to block my way to Qingzhou.
”I only have one lowly life, so bringing someone down with me to the afterlife would be a one-to-one exchange, while I would profit by killing two people.”
Ji Xuan was amused, and she stared deeply at Ye Guan. Ji Xuan had long realized that Ye Guan was warm and gentle on the outside but was a passionate man inside.
Gentle but domineering, kind but cool! He seemed to excel at everything, but he had zero flirting skills. Perhaps he swings that way?
Ji Xuan’s face turned red. Bedazzled by him, she was starting to have strange thoughts.
Ye Guan suddenly exclaimed, “Something’s off!”
Ji Xuan snapped back to reality and turned to Ye Guan.
Ye Guan’s eyes were narrowed as he said, “You can’t feel it, right?”
Ji Xuan looked around. Moments later, her eyes narrowed as she pointed out. “I can’t feel the wind.”
The cloud ship was speeding through the starry skies, so it was strange that they couldn’t feel any wind despite their speed.
“A Mirage Domain!” Ji Xuan’s expression darkened. “We’re in a Mirage Domain, but I’m not sure if this was made by an Array Master or a Divine Mage!”
Ye Guan closed his eyes and examined the surroundings. Intense sword intent flowed out of him, distorting the space around him.
Everything felt real.
Ye Guan’s eyes shot wide open. He whipped around and hurled a sword.
The sword sliced through space as it made a beeline for a retreating figure.
The sword struck the figure, and a woman wearing a slit skirt was revealed. Her eyes were sparkling as she stared at Ye Guan, and she was giving off an aura of grace and charm.
“As expected of a Sword Sovereign, you saw through my Mirage Domain so quickly!” the woman wearing a slit skirt licked her lips and stared at Ye Guan seductively before saying, “What do you think of me, boy? Am I pretty?”
Ye Guan vanished and unleashed the Instant Death Strike.
His sword shattered the spacetime rules to instantly appear in front of the woman wearing a slit skirt.
The woman’s expression changed abruptly, but before she could even think of escaping, Ye Guan’s sword pierced her forehead.
Blood spurted in all directions…
The woman’s eyes quivered in fear, and she stared at Ye Guan in disbelief.
Ye Guan stared at her face and said, “As if you’re pretty...”
He retracted his sword and slashed out.
The woman’s head flew into the air.