Above the vast expanse of Southern Xinjiang, Su Chengyu, who was preparing to leave completely amidst the clouds, stopped suddenly upon hearing the name.
The next second, without any hesitation, Su Chengyu broke through the clouds, diving directly towards the ground, a sudden action that startled everyone.
"What's wrong with Su Chengyu?"
Yang Junmo asked, somewhat dazed, and everyone's gaze turned to Xu Nanzhi, clearly the most likely person to know here.
"Xiaoxiao, she's his sister from another father and mother."
Everyone froze in place, evidently unaware that Su Chengyu had a sister at all.
And before Xu Nanzhi could elaborate, Feng Jieyu spoke up.
"Let's split up and act. Nan Zhi, you take the youngsters down to have a look. Long Xuan, continue contacting the people over at the Dragon Soul Department. I'll wait here."
The sudden change disrupted everyone's original plans, but Su Chengyu's urgent actions made it clear to everyone that this wasn't something that could be stopped by persuasion.
Xu Nanzhi turned to let Yang Junmo and a few other Earth Core Lotus Fragment holders follow along to have a look, while Long Ao Tian stayed in place, considering their somewhat special status; it was better not to act rashly before meeting with the Dragon Soul Department.
Noticing that Yu Yanshu's complexion seemed off, Xu Nanzhi also had her stay by Feng Jieyu's side, not letting her follow along.
After Xu Nanzhi and the others left, Feng Jieyu quietly said, "Alright, Su Chengyu is gone now. You don't have to keep it up, do you?"
Yu Yanshu was taken aback then looked up at Feng Jieyu and said, "Senior... you noticed?"
"Not just me, Long Xuan also noticed. But since you don't want to speak, we naturally won't reveal it in front of Chengyu. How are you doing?"
Yu Yanshu gave a wry smile: "Worse than I thought."
Feng Jieyu frowned: "Even if you lent some power to Chengyu for unification, it shouldn't affect the very foundation of your existence, right?"
Yu Yanshu nodded: "That's generally the case. Master's actions are bold, but with my support, taking just one step shouldn't have been a burden for me. Except..."
"The one who took away a part of my most fundamental power was not just Master, but that Demonic Path's Cui Manlou as well."
The Dragon Slayer Sword fell in response, directly severing the Buddhist chant, crashing heavily to the ground.
The massive momentum immediately caught the man's attention. He let go of Su Xiaoxiao, turned to take a look at the Dragon Slayer Sword that landed first, and commented.
"Good sword. If reforged by a master, it has the prospect of becoming a true Immortal Soldier."
"Wasteland Battle Ground!"
Harnessing the momentum of heaven and earth, an attack embodying the Power of Destruction directly faced the man.
The man looked up, blinked slightly, and the miniature flying sword in his hand fully revealed its original form. The Taiji Sword Formation accompanied by the Yin Yang Array emerged beneath his feet, and the sword tip collided completely with the Wasteland Battle Halberd.
The massive thunderous rumble engulfed everything around, yet the man within the Taiji Array was not affected in the slightest.
The man looked up at Su Chengyu, whose face was full of anger, and calmly said, "Friend, you're striking so heavily, aren't you afraid of affecting the two beside you?"
The agitated Su Chengyu looked at the man with a face of anger and said, "How I use the sword is none of your business!"
Having failed with one strike, Su Chengyu was already preparing for the second move of sword momentum. The Dragon Slayer Sword recalled back to his hand, Su Chengyu began to try infusing it with two kinds of Power of the Heavenly Dao simultaneously.
The man watched this scene, his brow inadvertently wrinkling, then spoke slowly.
"You really have chosen this path. Enough, I'm not here to fight you."
The man spoke, but Su Chengyu showed no sign of stopping. Noticing the Power of the Heavenly Dao on the sword and halberd growing increasingly intense, the man finally couldn't help but shout.
"Do you so wish for the disciple you took to die a little faster?!"
The stern reprimand finally elicited a reaction from Su Chengyu. He stopped the actions in his hands, looked at the person in front of him, and frowned, "What do you mean by that, who exactly are you?"
The man didn't answer, just sent his sword directly to the air, the yin-yang Taiji pattern in the middle of the sword's tassel especially prominent.
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"I used to be. Not anymore."
The man spoke, then retrieved his weapon.
Su Chengyu's brows furrowed tightly: "If you hail from Wudang, why do you make a move against my sister?"
"I didn't. I just wanted to find you. They were uncooperative, so I scared them a bit. Besides..."
The man turned to look at Qian Xiaohua, who was still on the ground: "My Wudang's Soul Searching Technique is extremely gentle. Even though this young lady has Earth Immortal's Divine Sense protecting the Spiritual Platform, I am confident I can learn everything I want without hurting her the slightest."
"Who would believe you!"
Qian Xiaohua spoke excitedly, then turned to Su Chengyu: "This guy wasn't earlier. He clearly wanted the young lady's life!"
Su Chengyu glanced at the maid on the ground, then asked in confusion: "You call Xiaoxiao young lady, who are you?"
The maid was taken aback, unable to answer the question.
The Qian family had long known about Su Chengyu and furthermore knew about him and Su Xiaoxiao. Their repeated help before was precisely because of this, to repay the Su family's favor and not wanting Su Xiaoxiao to be caught in the vortex around Su Chengyu.
"Brother! Don't scare Xiaohua; she doesn't have bad intentions."
Su Chengyu turned to look at Su Xiaoxiao beside him, his expression instantly softening.
Noticing this, the man wisely retreated to one side, making way for Su Chengyu, and said helplessly.
"Even if you don't trust me, you should believe in the Earth Immortal up in the sky that's been watching over here, right? Though Ms. Feng is a junior, now she's also an Earth Immortal in the Initiate Realm. I am not confident facing the two of you alone."
Upon hearing this, Su Chengyu finally walked to Su Xiaoxiao's side and embraced her.
Feeling the familiar scent, the familiar warmth, Su Chengyu for the first time in a long while felt a touch of warmth.
"Xiaoxiao, I finally found you."
"I'm sorry, brother. I should have come looking for you earlier."
Su Chengyu shook his head on her shoulder, gently rubbing her hair and said, "I'm the one who should apologize. It's my fault I've been useless all these years with no news of you."
"No! Brother, it's not your fault! It's those old-timers from the Qian family; they wouldn't let me out and blocked all my communications with the outside world. Otherwise, you would have found me long ago."
Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Su Chengyu glanced back at the maid still on the ground.
The latter's obviously evasive look confirmed Su Chengyu's suspicions, and many things that were unclear before now got answered at this moment.