Chapter 2: Luo Yexi

When he descended into this world, Lingyun appeared before this Fengming Mountain. At the place where he appeared, there was an infant on the verge of death, and surrounding this infant was a circle of wolves. Just as the infant was about to become food for the wolf pack, Lingyun took action to drive the wolves away and saved the infant.

By means of the Heavenly Mystery Star Calculation Art, Lingyun gave the baby girl he had saved the name Luo Yexi and took her in as his first, and only, disciple in this world. When Luo Yexi was discovered by Lingyun, it was the dead of winter, and heavy snow was falling from the sky, causing her to be invaded by cold energy, which left her weak and sickly from a young age. Moreover, at that time, most of Lingyun's power was focused on analyzing the laws of the world, so he was somewhat unable to give his all in treating Luo Yexi. However, Lingyun was no pushover; he went deep into Fengming Mountain, defeated countless Strange Beasts, snatched medicinal herbs from under their claws to nourish Luo Yexi's body, and supplemented this with Pure Yang Power to temper her physique.

After five years of time, the cold energy within Luo Yexi's body was finally completely expelled. Although she suffered quite a bit during this period, she also opened up all the meridians in her body as a result, possessing the potential to become a top-tier expert.

It seems that because of the cold energy entering her body in her youth, Luo Yexi's choice of martial arts leaned toward the masculine, and she practiced the Nine Suns Heavenly Art. That's right, what Luo Yexi learned was the Nine Suns Heavenly Art after it had been modified by Lingyun. The Nine Suns Heavenly Art is the peerless sword technique of Juan Shoutian, one of the famous "Twin Shows" from the Pili series; its power is boundless, and once the sword is drawn, it has the momentum to incinerate the four wildernesses and eight desolations.

After experiencing ten years of Lingyun's teaching, Luo Yexi finally received Lingyun's permission to leave the mountain. After leaving the mountain, although Luo Yexi was only at the age of reaching womanhood, her martial arts were already supernatural, and she had defeated many experts. This record was achieved even without her drawing her sword; one must know that a full sixty percent of Luo Yexi's martial arts lay in her sword.

When Luo Yexi walked the jianghu, she used the Nine Yang Divine Art used by Zhang Wuji from The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. After this technique was improved by Lingyun specifically for Luo Yexi's constitution, it counted as a super-first-class technique within the Fengming Kingdom. When this technique was used, red light would radiate in all directions, resembling a red sun. Coupled with the fact that Luo Yexi always walked the jianghu in red clothes and never revealed her name to outsiders, people in the jianghu called her Hongyi.

Luo Yexi left the Bamboo House, and with a flash of her figure, she appeared on a large tree. She stood at the peak of the tree, looking at this paradise, and revealed a faint smile. This place was built by her and Lingyun over the course of ten years; although for the first few years she could only "soy sauce" on Lingyun's back, it was the home of the two of them.

"The books say that after a woman reaches the age of fifteen and puts up her hair, she can talk about marriage. I am already sixteen this year, I wonder if..." The voice in Luo Yexi's mouth grew lower and lower, making it impossible for people to hear what she was saying.

In the Bamboo House, a sharp glint appeared in Lingyun's eyes: "The cold-faced Divine Catcher Leng Qi, he should belong to the Divine Catcher Gate under the current Crown Prince Feng Ming! I hope you all can be sensible and not hurt my disciple, otherwise, even if you are Feng Ming, I will beat you into Feng the Mute!"

Lingyun was an extremely protective person; he would not allow others to bully his own disciple.

Divine Catcher Gate, study.

Feng Ming looked at the scrolls in front of him and reached out to flip through them. In front of him, Tie Ying spoke up: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, these are the files of all the officials killed by Hongyi over the past year. These officials vary in size and rank, and no connection can be found. As for the evidence of their crimes that she left behind, after verification by the Divine Catcher Gate, they are all true."

"It seems this Hongyi's ability is truly not small! There are people in here that even Leng Qi cannot find evidence against, yet this Hongyi was able to dig them all out without missing a single one!" Feng Ming flipped through the scrolls in front of him and spoke leisurely.

"This subordinate is ashamed; my men are actually not even as good as a person from the jianghu!" Tie Ying had a look of shame on his face.

"No need for that, people of the jianghu have their own sources of information; in some aspects, it is indeed something we cannot compare to!" Feng Ming waved his hand. "The urgent matter is to catch Hongyi. Even though all she kills are corrupt officials, they are, after all, imperial officials. It is the court's business to judge them and behead them. Her way of doing things is undoubtedly a provocation to the majesty of the royal family. If we don't catch her, where will the court's face be?"

Tie Ying frowned slightly: "But this Hongyi has always been mysterious and unpredictable, coming without a shadow and leaving without a trace, and we know nothing about her hiding place. This subordinate does not know how to bring her to justice."

Feng Ming reached out and pointed at a name on the document: "Hongyi's next target must be him! Perhaps this is already her last time taking action. You go down and prepare, bring all the best hands from the Divine Catcher Gate; this time, we must catch her!"

Looking at the name on the document, Tie Ying's brow furrowed at once, but he knew that Feng Ming had always been able to predict things like a god. Many of the Divine Catcher Gate's thorny cases were solved in his hands. This time, he chose this person, so he must have seen some kind of connection among the people who were killed.

Watching Tie Ying's departing back, the corners of Feng Ming's mouth hooked into a mysterious arc: "Hongyi, oh Hongyi, this time, I want to see how you will escape from the palm of my hand!"

In the Taoyuan of Feng Yin Shan.

Lingyun, who was resting on a bamboo chair, felt his heart jump violently, and he couldn't help but frown. As he reached out to calculate, a trace of an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

Outside the Bamboo House, red True Qi spat and flickered on Luo Yexi's body, with faint traces of golden light mixed within, looking extremely gorgeous. Slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air, Luo Yexi opened her eyes, and traces of golden light flashed and vanished in her pupils.

"My cultivation seems to have improved a bit. Is the Nine Suns Heavenly Art that Master taught me limitless? I've practiced for so many years and haven't encountered a single bottleneck!" Luo Yexi, who was slowly withdrawing her power, muttered in a low voice.

Luo Yexi, having withdrawn her power, took out a small booklet from her bosom. Many names were recorded in the booklet, but most of the names had already been crossed out.

"For such a good Fengming Kingdom to have so many people involved in that matter, it really is rotten to the core." Luo Yexi's gaze landed on the last name. "Tired for more than a year, finally about to get it all done."

Watching Luo Yexi run into the Bamboo House and start rummaging around, Lingyun spoke up: "What, going out again?"

"Oh, Master, this is the last one this time. Don't worry, with your disciple's methods, nothing will go wrong." Luo Yexi put the things she found into a small bundle and carried it on her back.

"Is that so? Then I won't stop you. However, take this with you!" Lingyun grabbed the air with his right hand, and an Ebony Box flew into his hand.

Luo Yexi took the box and opened it to see that inside the box was a long sword with white and gold as its main colors.

"Nine Suns Heavenly Sword? Master, this..." Luo Yexi looked at the box in her hand and frowned slightly.

"Go, go, I predict that your trip this time will not be too smooth. Remember, draw the sword when it is time to draw the sword. You are my, Lingyun's, disciple; I won't allow others to bully you!" Lingyun waved his hand, signaling that she could go.