Chapter 237: The Taciturn Island Master of Linggui Island

The Dragon Travels the World struck the Mysterious Turtle Shield of the Island Guardian like a Mount Tai Pressing Down.

With a loud bang, the Mysterious Turtle Shield cracked, and the Island Guardian suffered a backlash, falling to the ground severely injured.

"Overestimating your own abilities!"

After a burst of laughter, Duan Fengyun flew back to the side of the others.

"Wow, Daddy is so amazing!"

Now it was Xiao Wuyou and Xiao Ruoruo's turn to look at Duan Fengyun with adoration.

Duan Fengyun, who had just flown into the crowd, sensed a powerful person approaching and shouted:

"Since you have arrived, why not show yourself?"

As his voice faded, a middle-aged man wearing a cloak and black clothes identical to the previous Island Guardian flew out.

The fallen Island Guardian saw the middle-aged man and hurriedly shouted:

"Island Master, this group of people violated the rules, killed people on the island, and even injured us. Please avenge us, Island Master."

The middle-aged man looked at Duan Fengyun and said:

"Judging by your appearances, you must have arrived at my Linggui Island not long ago.

Why did you violate the rules of my Linggui Island, kill people on my Linggui Island, and injure my Island Guardian?"

Seeing that the master had come after the servant was beaten, Bu Jingyun shouted angrily:

"These four people deserved to die; you cannot distinguish right from wrong, you deserve a beating!"

The middle-aged man said coldly:

"The dead are to be respected, yet you are so aggressive.

Since you have violated the rules of my Linggui Island, I cannot let you leave Linggui Island safely today."

After speaking, the middle-aged man clawed directly at Bu Jingyun, as he could sense the murderous aura on Bu Jingyun, indicating that it was Bu Jingyun who had killed the people.

Just as Bu Jingyun prepared to counterattack, Duan Fengyun blocked his path, meeting the claw with his palm and trading a move with the middle-aged man.

The two, palm and claw locked, began a contest of internal energy.

Duan Fengyun was astonished; his own dignified Dragon Origin internal energy from one Circulation of the Reversing Qiankun was actually matched by this middle-aged man.

Duan Fengyun was now glad that he had been the one to step out to test the middle-aged man; if Bu Jingyun had stepped out, he would likely have been forced back step by step.

Having finally reunited his family, Duan Fengyun did not want Bu Jingyun to lose face in front of Bu Tian.

The middle-aged man was also surprised, as Duan Fengyun was the first person he had encountered in many years who could contest internal energy with him.

Realizing that continuing to compete in internal energy was not the answer, the two tacitly withdrew their energy.

The middle-aged man smiled:

"You have good cultivation; to have such internal energy at such a young age.

It is a pity that you violated the rules of my Linggui Island, otherwise I would certainly have liked to discuss martial arts with you."

Duan Fengyun replied:

"You are not bad either; I did not expect there to be an expert like you on this Linggui Island.

Rules are rigid, but people are flexible; you should know how to adapt.

As my brother Yun just said, those four people deserved to die, and there is nothing worth your pursuit."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said:

"The rules of Linggui Island have been this way since its founding; no one on the island is allowed to kill each other, nor are they allowed to take lives.

Since you have violated the rules of Linggui Island, forgive me for being merciless."

The middle-aged man drew the precious blade from his back, and the blade split into two; it seemed he was also a master of the twin-blade style.

The middle-aged man held a blade in each hand, the blades gleaming with cold light; one could tell at a glance that they were rare divine weapons.

Seeing this, Duan Fengyun, out of caution and respect for his opponent, drew the Xuanyuan Sword.

Duan Fengyun drew the Xuanyuan Sword with flair, and the moment the golden blade left the scabbard, Xiao Wuyou and Xiao Ruoruo's eyes lit up with stars.

"Bu Tian, look, my daddy's golden sword is so beautiful, it looks all shiny and gold."

The unyielding Bu Tian pointed at Bu Jingyun's Peerless Sword and said:

"My daddy's Peerless Sword is cooler; your daddy's sword isn't as cool as mine."

"My daddy's sword is beautiful!"

"My daddy's sword is cool!"

The three little ones completely ignored the current situation and began to compare.

The middle-aged man gripped his twin blades and said:

"I am Ling Guang; I do not yet know your honorable name, so that if I were to lose my life at your hands, I would at least know who I died to."

Duan Fengyun held his sword and cupped his hands:

"I am Duan Fengyun!

Island Master Ling, please!"

As soon as Duan Fengyun finished speaking, their weapons collided.

Ling Guang's right hand clashed with Duan Fengyun's Xuanyuan Sword, while his left hand swung the blade toward Duan Fengyun's waist.

The battle-hardened Duan Fengyun used force to break force, pulling his sword with his right arm to knock away Ling Guang's right-hand blade, then immediately blocked the left-hand blade aimed at his waist with his sword.

Duan Fengyun then leaped into the air and kicked Ling Guang away with a Wind God Leg.

Seeing this, Ling Guang unlocked the hilts of his twin blades and connected them into a single great blade.

Holding the handle in the middle, Ling Guang spun the great blade and slashed toward Duan Fengyun.

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin!"

Out of a desire to perform, Duan Fengyun prepared to show off his martial arts moves in front of this Linggui Island Island Master and the three little ones.

The first thing he displayed was the "Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin," which had attracted countless fans.

One could see countless sword shadows appearing before Duan Fengyun, a truly intimidating sight.

Just as Duan Fengyun had expected, upon seeing such a flashy move, Ling Guang stood rooted to the spot, while the three little ones, including Xiao Wuyou, had stars in their eyes.

Bu Jingyun coldly scoffed:

"All show and no substance!"

If others didn't understand Duan Fengyun, how could they, his fellow disciples, not understand him?

Having only learned a superficial grasp of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, it was merely all show and no substance.

As the countless sword shadows attacked Ling Guang, Ling Guang had already made every preparation, exerting his full strength as he sought to block this strike from Duan Fengyun.

But when he truly engaged with the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, he realized something was wrong.

This move was not as fierce as it looked; it felt like it was merely all show and no substance.

Ling Guang immediately realized that Duan Fengyun was trying to intimidate him.

A somewhat irritated Ling Guang grabbed his broadsword and strode toward Duan Fengyun to kill him.

"War Sword Art!"

The performance was over; it was time for the real deal.

Once the War Sword Art was unleashed, the Golden Sword Qi of the Xuanyuan Sword became even more imposing.

One could see the sharp-edged Xuanyuan Sword colliding with Ling Guang's broadsword.

Now Ling Guang felt the power of Duan Fengyun and the Xuanyuan Sword.

The broadsword that had followed Ling Guang for many years snapped directly under the terrifying Sword Qi of the Xuanyuan Sword.

It was to be expected; the Xuanyuan Sword, which had followed the Yellow Emperor through battles since ancient times, had long since evolved as the Yellow Emperor grew stronger, and the current Xuanyuan Sword could already be considered a divine artifact.

Ling Guang looked at the broadsword in his hand, now broken into several pieces, and said with lingering attachment:

"Old friend, you have followed me for so long; I never expected you to leave me today."

He raised his hand and forcefully drove the broadsword into the soil.

The broadsword that had followed him for so long was thus buried by him.

Ling Guang was now extremely angry; the precious blade that had followed him for so many years had been broken by Duan Fengyun just like that.

He began to circulate his own True Essence, wanting to put Duan Fengyun to death.

Sensing Ling Guang's continuously rising momentum, Duan Fengyun also began to slowly circulate his own True Essence.

Just as the two of them pushed their respective True Essence to the limit and were about to make a move, Xiao Sanxiao arrived.

"Duan Fengyun, you all started fighting with the clansmen on Linggui Island as soon as you arrived, isn't that a bit improper?"

There was no blame in Xiao Sanxiao's words, only banter.

Having lived for thousands of years, his inner heart was actually not much different from Xu Fu; they had experienced too much regarding life, old age, sickness, and death, as well as the partings of life and death. Their hearts had become numb, so to them, these were all just passing clouds.

And when Ling Guang saw Xiao Sanxiao, he, who had been full of murderous intent and imposing momentum, fell to his knees before Xiao Sanxiao with a thud.

"Ling Guang pays respects to the Patriarch!"

Xiao Sanxiao looked at Ling Guang and smiled:

"Little Ling Guang, I remember you have lived for nearly five hundred years now, haven't you?

Why are you still fighting with these wet-behind-the-ears youngsters like Duan Fengyun? Do you have any demeanor of an elder at all?"

Unaware of the truth, Youruo and the others felt that Xiao Sanxiao might be crazy after hearing his words; how could there be anyone in this world who had lived for hundreds of years?

Although Chuchu had seen the Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen, the Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen had also relied on the lives of his clansmen to live for so long.

Therefore, they just took Xiao Sanxiao's words as a joke.

Ling Guang knelt on the ground and replied:

"Patriarch, Duan Fengyun and the others violated the rules you established, taking lives on the island, and they even injured the island-guarding envoys who came to investigate the situation.

I am merely upholding the rules you set, Patriarch."

Xiao Sanxiao turned his head and asked:

"Duan Fengyun, is that so?"

Duan Fengyun replied:

"Island Master Ling is right, we did kill those four people.

Those four people were spewing filth at our family members, and we could not tolerate it, so we took action and killed them.

Then those island-guarding envoys could not distinguish right from wrong, so I took action to teach them a lesson."

Xiao Sanxiao looked at Ling Guang and said:

"You heard it all, didn't you?"

After hearing this, Ling Guang remained unrelenting:

"But even so, they should have handed those four people over to us to deal with.

In any case, taking lives is forbidden on Linggui Island!"

Duan Fengyun was also getting annoyed by Ling Guang's aggressiveness; he had originally intended to befriend Ling Guang because he saw that he was an upright person, but he hadn't expected him to be such a blockhead.

Duan Fengyun asked impatiently:

"Then how do you want to punish us, Island Master Ling?"

Ling Guang said:

"I want you to give those four a grand burial, and then go into Seclusion before their graves for ten years!

For these ten years, you must kneel before their graves every day to burn incense and pray, to express your sincerity."

Duan Fengyun sneered:

"Island Master Ling, you really have the nerve to say that."

I never thought that I, Duan Fengyun, would one day kneel to a few lecherous and base scoundrels!

Are these four despicable villains even worth us burning incense and praying for them?

Even if we were to burn incense and pray for people like them for a lifetime, they are still destined to go to hell.

Since you say we killed them, then I, Duan Fengyun, will trade life for life today, using this life of mine to exchange for the lives of those four!"

Duan Fengyun placed the Xuanyuan Sword directly against his own neck.

Seeing such extreme behavior from Duan Fengyun, Ling Guang, Youruo, and the others were immediately panicked.

Brought to you by the great author Duan Fengyun, "Transmigrating Through the Heavens Starting from Wind and Cloud"