Chapter 192

"Killing the Huang family cultivators—how could this be possible? Could there be some misunderstanding in this matter? I ask that you two fellow Daoists show me a little respect, let the people below stop their hands first, and wait until we have investigated this matter clearly before deciding how to handle it. How about that?"

Huang Siyuan shook her head, gave a cold laugh, and said, "So many people saw it with their own eyes; it was this group of people below who just now moved against my Huang family's cultivators first. If this matter cannot be settled clearly right now, how will I answer to the hundreds of cultivators in the Huang family in the future?"

After speaking, Huang Siyuan did not wait for Gao Yubai to reply. She flicked her sleeve, revealing a purple flying sword. Immediately following this, a purple light shot out from the flying sword, heading straight for Gao Yubai's head.

The purple light cut through the high sky, turning into a lingering shadow, and was upon Gao Yubai in an instant.

Seeing that Huang Siyuan clearly had no intention of talking to him, Gao Yubai's expression changed. He knew that the Huang family definitely did not intend to let them off easily today. He could only bite the bullet, take a tortoise-shell magic treasure from his storage bag, and lightly toss it. It instantly grew several times in size, hovering in front of him and firmly blocking Huang Siyuan's strike.

Seeing that the item Gao Yubai used was actually a rare second-tier defensive magic treasure, Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised. One must know that although he had several second-tier magic treasures in his hands, he did not yet have a single defensive one. Such good items were not often seen in the marketplace.

After blocking Huang Siyuan's sword light, Gao Yubai no longer cared about the remaining low-tier cultivators inside Duanliu Mountain and directly turned his escape light, wanting to head back the way he came.

But before he could fly two steps, another sharp white sword light attacked him from the side. The one who had struck was none other than Song Qingming, who had been blocking his path from behind all along.

Seeing this, Gao Yubai hurriedly dodged the sword to the side and stopped his attempt to flee.

"Song Qingming, today is, when all is said and done, a matter between the Huang family and my Gao family. You are helping the Huang family attack me so blatantly—are you not afraid of breaking the rules of the Xiaoyao Sect and having your entire Song family wiped out in the future?"

"Sigh! Fellow Daoist Gao is joking. Song Mou is merely passing through this place today and happened to have his path blocked by the two of you fighting. That is why I had no choice but to strike in self-defense. When have I ever harmed anyone from your Gao family?" Song Qingming stroked the flying sword in his hand and said with a serious, smiling face.

After hearing this, Huang Siyuan followed up with a sneer: "Your Gao family, in order to seize Duanliu Mountain that day, did not hesitate to bribe rogue cultivators to kill over a dozen of my Huang family's clansmen. Who was it that broke the Xiaoyao Sect's rules first? Should we also invite fellow Daoists from the Xiaoyao Sect to come and investigate this matter?"

Before setting out this time, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingming had already discussed it. The main purpose of this battle was to help the Huang family recover Duanliu Mountain, and the second was to surround a point to strike at reinforcements, to see if they could ambush the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Gao and Lu families and give them a taste of their own medicine.

Gao Jinhe was still stationed at Qinghe Marketplace and definitely could not rush over in a short time. The only ones who could come to support this time were Lu Xingde and Gao Yubai. As long as these two did not arrive together on time, the Huang family side should be able to ambush one of them.

Originally, they had thought that since this place was closer to the Lu family, the one who would come over in a while would be Lu Xingde. They had not expected that the first to arrive would be Gao Yubai. Naturally, they would not let him go.

"Since that is the case, two fellow Daoists, let us see what we are truly capable of today!" Gao Yubai shouted, and immediately following this, he took out two short blades and charged straight at Song Qingming.

Facing Gao Yubai's active attack, Song Qingming also did not retreat. He gathered strength in his flying sword and met him head-on. The two people's magic treasures collided at close range in the air just like that.

With a loud "Bang," both of them were forced back a distance in the air, with Song Qingming clearly retreating further.

At this moment, Song Qingming looked at Gao Yubai, and a trace of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"After I cultivated the Jade Profound Scripture, my internal spiritual power was clearly stronger than cultivators of a similar realm. Gao Yubai is only at the third layer of Foundation Establishment; I did not expect his internal spiritual power to be so much greater than mine. It seems the cultivation technique this fellow is practicing is not just any ordinary one."

Although Gao Yubai had reached Foundation Establishment two years earlier than Song Qingming, his age was much younger than Song Qingming's. He was only in his forties now. The cultivation speed of a dual-spirit-root genius far exceeded that of an ordinary cultivator like Song Qingming. If this fellow were allowed to grow up in the future, his prospects would definitely be limitless. It was estimated that he would be even harder to deal with than Gao Jinhe.

Thinking of this, a trace of cold sweat could not help but break out on Song Qingming's back. It would be great if he could keep this fellow here today.

Just as the two of them were clashing, the flying sword in Huang Siyuan's hand, carrying a monstrous momentum, had also killed its way here. She slashed a sword down head-on at Gao Yubai, who had just landed and was not yet steady, swearing to split him in two with one blow.

Gao Yubai saw that this strike was somewhat powerful and hurriedly dodged to the side, using his movement technique to avoid the fierce blow.

However, before Gao Yubai could be happy for even a moment, a mist suddenly rose up all around him. Feeling something strange coming from his feet, he hurriedly lowered his head to take a look.

He discovered that two iron chains, as thick as arms, had shot out from a spiritual talisman nearby and had directly entangled his feet.

This was a second-tier spiritual talisman that Song Qingming had used, specifically for trapping enemies.

Gao Yubai saw that the situation was not good and also became ruthless. He slashed his magic treasure more than a dozen times, directly cutting one of the iron chains in two.

Just as he continued to try to cut the other iron chain on his foot, a red flame, more powerful and shaped like a large saber, suddenly appeared in the sky and submerged toward him.

Gao Yubai saw that he was already unable to escape first and could only use his tortoise-shell magic treasure again, pushing with all his might to forcibly take Huang Siyuan's attack.

With a loud "Ding," the tortoise shell above Gao Yubai's head was split into two by this red fire saber. It instantly lost its spiritual light and turned into an ordinary shell.

Along with this, Gao Yubai himself was sent flying more than ten zhang away by the aftermath of the strike, nearly falling from the sky.

The strike Huang Siyuan had just launched was the second-tier mid-grade spiritual talisman, the "Fire Saber Talisman." The attack power of this talisman far exceeded that of an ordinary first-tier spiritual talisman and could be considered her greatest trump card.

Seeing that Gao Yubai not only had his defensive magic treasure cut in two by them, but was also sent flying along with it, spitting blood and suffering no light injuries, one could see the great power of that spiritual talisman just now.

Gao Yubai saw that his greatest reliance, his defensive magic treasure, had been destroyed. If he continued to fight, he feared he would leave his life here. He hurriedly threw out several low-tier spiritual talismans to block the two of them and quickly fled in the other direction toward the Lu family.

Huang Siyuan's strike just now had also sent Gao Yubai flying dozens of zhang away, which also gave him a very good opportunity to escape.

This place was not far from the Lu family. When he came, he had already sent a message to Lu Xingde. By rights, he should not be far from here. If he wanted to save his life now, he could only pin his hopes on quickly reuniting with Lu Xingde.

"Pursue!"

After Huang Siyuan and Song Qingming exchanged a glance, the two released the flying swords in their hands, which turned into two streaks of green light and chased after him.

Rest early.

(End of chapter)