Chapter 26: Generous Almsgiving

Ying Wuji!

Everyone present recognized him, some in disbelief.

Ninth Province's peerless sword cultivator prodigy—Ying Wuji!

He entered the Carefree Sect at six, reached Qi Refining at seven, Foundation Establishment at nine, and Golden Core at thirteen!

And the moment Lu Xiangxiang saw Ying Wuji, her face almost turned green, a flash of hatred in her eyes.

In her previous life, Ying Wuji was the person who treated her the coldest. And after she severed ties with the Carefree Sect, whenever he saw her, he acted as if she didn't exist, and repeatedly stole her spotlight!

Back then, after Song Yan caused her to fall into demonic cultivation, Ying Wuji had once chased and tried to kill her, even nearly cutting off one of her arms!

Among everyone in the Carefree Sect, she hated Ying Wuji the most!

Lu Xiangxiang saw Ying Wuji embracing Yuan Yao and felt an indescribable emotion, but she quickly suppressed it, realizing a problem—

Ying Wuji's arrival meant that this black dragon was very likely to fall into his hands!

Lu Xiangxiang's expression shifted; although she disliked Ying Wuji, she could not doubt his strength.

"Youngest Senior Brother!" Yuan Yao spat out blood, then turned her head to see that the newcomer was indeed her youngest senior brother, Ying Wuji!

"How did you come here?" Ying Wuji's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly; he was clearly not too pleased.

"I wanted to come."

Ying Wuji: "... Come to seek death?"

At this moment, the black dragon lunged toward them again.

As a result, Ying Wuji swung his sword without even looking back.

With just one strike, he flung the black dragon to the ground!

Boom!

Yuan Yao snapped, "Ying Wuji, watch your mouth."

The black dragon crashed heavily to the ground, furious beyond measure, then leapt up again, charging toward Ying Wuji and Yuan Yao.

"Has your cultivation broken through?" Ying Wuji asked while continuing to swing his sword without looking back.

Boom——

The huge black dragon was again sent flying by the fierce sword qi, letting out a miserable cry.

The black dragon came again!

Again sent flying by Ying Wuji's sword!

Back and forth, over and over.

Yuan Yao saw this, her face twitching slightly; looking at her youngest senior brother's unflappable demeanor, she instantly felt that calling him a pretentious show‑off by the 250 System was not an exaggeration.

Before, she only knew her youngest senior brother was strong, but she had no real sense of it.

Now she finally got to see it.

Yuan Yao bared her teeth in a smile, "Right, am I awesome or not?"

"Average."

Ying Wuji's tone was indifferent.

Yuan Yao rolled her eyes at him.

Song Yan and Cang Li let out a breath of relief upon seeing Ying Wuji appear.

Ying Wuji embraced Yuan Yao, leapt down, and stood before Song Yan and Cang Li.

He released Yuan Yao.

"Eldest Senior Brother." Ying Wuji called out, looking at Song Yan.

Cang Li's face was expressionless: "Why don't you call me?"

Ying Wuji looked at him, "If you need me to, I can call you."

"Don't think that just because you're stronger than me you can disrespect me, your third senior brother!" Cang Li snorted coldly.

"Stop arguing, stop arguing!" Seeing this, Yuan Yao stretched out both hands, wanting to shove them apart.

But she hadn't expected them to stay rooted in place, unmoving.

Yuan Yao: "……"

The third, fourth, and fifth senior brothers are so close in age that they never address each other as senior or junior brothers, instead calling each other by name directly.

However, they do respect the eldest senior brother and second senior sister, who are two or three years older than them.

Song Yan said gently, "Let's first take care of what's in front of us."

"Alright." Ying Wuji nodded, looking at the black dragon that had been flipped over many times, "Yao Yao, do you want to make it your mount?"

"No, it's too ugly."

Upon hearing this, the black dragon: "???"

"I want it! I want it!" Cang Li exclaimed, raising his hand excitedly, "I want to use it to make pills! Dragon blood, dragon elixir, dragon flesh, and dragon horn are all supreme ingredients for alchemy!"

Black dragon: "!!!!"

The black dragon's pupils contracted; ignoring its pain, it hastily scrambled up from the ground, preparing to flee.

At that moment, a voice came: "Youngest Senior Brother, could you give me the black dragon as my mount?"

Following the sound, they saw the white‑clad girl who had been hiding in the corner step forward, a faint smile on her face.

Ying Wuji followed Yuan Yao's gaze and saw Lu Xiangxiang.

Cang Li's excitement vanished the instant Lu Xiangxiang spoke; he gazed at this new junior sister with mixed feelings.

Song Yan furrowed his brows slightly.

Lu Xiangxiang smiled and said, "Youngest Senior Brother, I am a new disciple personally accepted by our master, and also your seventh junior sister."

As soon as she said that, those who had thought Lu Xiangxiang was overreaching instantly changed expression, secretly thinking: After ten years, the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord has actually taken on another disciple?!

This is the seventh disciple of the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord?

Lu Xiangxiang continued: "Eldest Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, Youngest Senior Brother, I know my request is somewhat abrupt, but my cultivation is low; I thought if I could have a mount as formidable as a black dragon by my side, I would surely have the power to protect myself."

Speaking, she lowered her eyes slightly, putting on a delicate appearance.

Song Yan wanted to speak but held back.

Yuan Yao turned her head to look toward Ying Wuji.

Ying Wuji saw Yuan Yao looking angry, and thus realized that Yao Yao at this moment was not very happy.

Ying Wuji reached out and pinched her puffed cheeks, then said lightly: "This black dragon is for the Third Senior Brother."

Lu Xiangxiang, upon hearing this, showed a deep look of disappointment on her face; she couldn't help but look toward Song Yan and Cang Li.

Song Yan didn't say anything, merely avoiding Lu Xiangxiang's gaze.

Cang Li immediately clasped his hands together and said gratefully: "Thank you, Fifth Younger Brother, for your generous gift."

Lu Xiangxiang: "?"

Having said that, he grabbed Ying Wuji and headed toward the black dragon.

"Fifth Younger Brother, grab it! Tonight I will stew it!"

The black dragon, which had originally intended to sneak away, upon hearing these words, was greatly startled and immediately fled at top speed!

Ying Wuji gripped the silver long sword, calmly pursuing behind the black dragon.

This inadvertently imposed a tremendous sense of pressure on the black dragon.

The black dragon's breathing became erratic, cold sweat pouring forth, as it pushed its speed to the limit.

In order to shake off Ying Wuji's pursuit, the black dragon desperately increased its speed, pushing its potential to the limit.

But after only three seconds, the black dragon suddenly felt a strong chill coming from behind. It stiffened in terror, discovering a sharp silver long sword hurtling toward its dragon head at astonishing speed!

The black dragon's pupils contracted sharply; at this critical moment, it exerted all its strength, trying to block this deadly blow.

Clang——

The sword clashed hard against the black dragon's horn, sending up a spray of sparks.

Although the black dragon had exerted all its strength, its horn was still chopped off a small piece; intense pain instantly spread throughout its body, causing it to involuntarily twitch.

It instantly realized that this human youth truly intended to kill it!

As the silver long sword lunged again, about to pierce its body——

The silver long sword, however, suddenly halted in midair.

Those present were slightly stunned, unable to help but look toward Ying Wuji.

Ying Wuji did not turn his head, so everyone could not clearly see his expression at that moment.

"Cang Li, you have formed a contract with it."