Li Xi, an inner disciple of the Beihai Institution had been instructed by You Haibiao to mix in with the scattered cultivators in the Tongyou City to carry out detailed investigations on all of them. You Haibiao wanted to see if the evil faction was manipulating those cultivators in the dark.
When the news of the institution’s victory started to spread, there were also rumors going around that the Tongyou Institution only managed to obtain a bitter victory after sacrificing a lot of their strength.
Even more rumors popped up after that, stating how the Tongyou Institution was in bad shape. As one knew, rumors only got more and more exaggerated the more they spread. Soon, it was said that the Tongyou Institution was on the verge of collapse in the battlefield between two worlds and they had to send the resources they plundered out as soon as they could.
From what they said, the Zhu Family’s Inheritance was split evenly among the four great clans. Among the inheritance were dozens of advancement formulas, extermination origins, and even the most valuable treasure everyone pined for, the rank five advancement formula, had been obtained by the four great clans! There were also precious martial arts, scriptures, talismans, and even medicine among the loot.
Adding on the fact that the Tongyou Peak managed to crush the Four Spiritual Peak, the number of treasures possessed by the former would reach a terrifying amount!
As Li Xi mixed around with the scattered cultivators, he could vaguely feel that something was off. He could even feel that some of them were forming alliances in the dark.
“We might not dare to touch the Tongyou Institution, but why shouldn’t we try to mess with one of the four clans?”
“We are only able to chance upon better techniques out in the wild. A great opportunity has presented itself! As the sayings went, the bold will prosper and the timid will starve! Let’s see who has the guts to go through with this!”
Realizing that things were going south, Li Xi quickly made a report to You Haibiao. He had been instructed to infiltrate their ranks to look for the person behind the scenes.
That was the reason he joined the bunch of masked cultivators to assault the Shang Clan’s convoy. Otherwise, why would an inner disciple of the Beihai Institution choose to join that ragtag bunch?
They managed to receive intelligence that the weakest of the four clans, the Shang Clan, was making their way back from the battlefield between the two worlds that day. Li Xi knew that those scattered cultivators would definitely take the chance to carry out a raid.
Things happened exactly as expected. The experts leading the way made the first move and the backup team shot Shang Xia’s horse down. He appeared along with the rest of the cultivators to create some trouble. They wanted to create as much chaos as they could so that those involved would be able to hide in the crowd and run away when the time came.
When Li Xi was still thinking about whether he should change sides to help the Shang Clan, the situation changed! A young cultivator wielding two swords charged out of the fray and summoned dozens of sword lights, forcing everyone to stop where they were.
The distance between the masked cultivators and the convoy spanned several steps, but not a single person dared to move.
At that moment, Shang Xia was only using the moves recorded in the Dual Interference Sword Manual. With his current mastery, he could easily switch between the different types of qi and he was a step away from forming his sixth sword intent.
Waving both swords in the air, he managed to display the properties of both swords according to the essence of the Dual Interference Sword Manual. Light and heavy sword qi filled the air around him.
His swords were like the wind as they danced in the air. His fantastic display of the sword art caused everyone to stop dead in their tracks.
If they truly wanted to break through, charging towards Shang Xia in unison would do the trick. He wouldn’t be able to stop everyone anyway! However, all of them were too afraid to take the next step. They hoped that someone would take the lead only to realize that everyone else thought the same way.
Seeing as no one dared to square up, Shang Xia’s actions became more and more unbridled. He displayed his sword art to the best of his abilities.
When everyone thought that he was done, Shang Xia snorted coldly and a strange sight occurred. His movement changed and the feeling both swords gave off became completely unfathomable.
As he stepped closer to the group of masked cultivators, they finally understood how terrifying their opponent was. The weapons they had raised were either sent flying or it was sliced cleanly in two! Facing such a freak, they could only retreat!
Shang Xia couldn’t be bothered by their reaction at that moment as he was fully focused on his final phase of comprehension. With the threat of being overrun by the enemy, he managed to break through the final bottleneck! He finally achieved the final stage of the Dual Interference Sword Manual!
Every time his sword slashed out, the person standing in his way would definitely take a step back. It didn’t take long before he forced the entire group of scattered cultivators further away from the convoy.
With the increased distance between the mob and his clan’s convoy, Shang Xia decided to focus on the changes that were starting to happen in his dantian.
Two tiny swords appeared above his Yin Yang Diagram when he reached enlightenment in the Dual Interference Sword Manual and they entered the eye of Yin and Yang respectively.
At long last, he comprehended his sixth sword intent! His Yin Yang Sword Formation would also experience a solid increase in strength!
As he was stuck in his trance, he didn’t notice anything other than the dozens of cultivators before him. However, his actions caused a storm to batter against the hearts of the Shang Clan disciples. They stared at him like they were looking at a monster.
Even the group of masked disciples couldn’t believe their eyes.
Finally, when Shang Xia’s Jade Creek Sword flew towards one of their Martial Extremity Realm cultivators in the crowd to expose his identity, a blue sword light appeared to stop him. A loud clash rang in the ears of everyone present as someone finally managed to counter Shang Xia’s sword.
“Good technique!” Shang Xia lowered his swords and he stared at the black clothed figure three feet away. “Looks like you’re not some random nobody.”
The black clothed man waved the blue sword in his hand and growled at Shang Xia, “Then I’ll have to trouble you to give me some pointers!”