Chapter 100

A proud roar rang out, and the beast's foot crashed down; by this time, Ji You had already scooped up the young child.

But that heavy, powerful beast foot was also stomping down directly toward his head, too late to dodge.

At the critical moment, Ji You swung his fist upward directly; the mountain-shaking fist force shot into the sky, causing the exotic beast to let out a roar toward the heavens before stumbling half a step to the right.

For a time, the entire long street went silent.

A tiger-backed, bear-waisted demon race member flipped down from the beast, his aura dancing wildly and his presence overbearing.

The next instant, a gleaming silver spear came straight at him, killing intent overflowing.

"Damn it, you don't flee after causing an accident and you're still hitting people? Do you have any sense of reason?"

Ji You retreated rapidly while holding the young child, unable to stop himself from cursing angrily.

He hadn't come to stir up trouble; he was only trying to save someone, yet he hadn't expected the other party to attack so unreasonably.

He did not know if the demon race's cultivation techniques were the same as the human race's, but he clearly perceived that the owner of this spear was much stronger than himself; caught off guard, he could only dodge.

Who knew that the silver spear had no intention of sparing him, chasing after him directly like a flood dragon.

With a 'clang', Ji You drew his sword directly, filling the blade with spiritual energy before meeting the attack fiercely; as the sword energy sliced through the air, a sound like dragon roars and tiger howls erupted.

The silver spear looked light and flexible, but the force of the sweep was extremely massive; upon collision, Ji You's three-foot iron sword sent sparks flying everywhere, and his hand went numb.

What the hell do demon race members drink to grow up? Strength-enhancing potions?

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The spear-wielder was also a demon-human with horns on his head; he was very surprised to see this scene.

This was his first time in human territory, and he was escorting a noble from his clan, so the risks were unpredictable. Thus, this demon guard had actually been keeping his nerves taut, especially before landing, he had been watching the front.

So, when he felt the fluctuation of spiritual power, he immediately thrust his spear.

Yet he hadn't expected that this person, despite clearly having a low cultivation base, could withstand his three 'Water-Splitting Tunes' without any issues, not even cracking the webbing between his thumb and index finger.

One must know that his 'Water-Splitting Tune' was practiced by horizontally splitting water pools; although it hadn't reached the point of truly cutting off water flow, it could be considered to have the force of a thousand jun, sweeping through his clan.

Moreover, among the ten thousand races of Azure Cloud, the human physique was the weakest; it should have been impossible for him to block it.

The demon-human regained his senses and raised his spear to attack again, thrusting forward in a flurry of spear flowers.

Ji You couldn't spare his other hand at this moment and could only try his best to use spiritual energy to dodge; the iron sword collided with the silver spear continuously, and amidst the clanging, he had already been forced back ten zhang, his blood and energy churning from the attacks.

Those demon race members who followed behind had also arrived at Longevity Avenue by now, their brows furrowing deeply as they watched this scene.

"This human cultivator is somewhat interesting."

"A-Qiu is using the 'Water-Splitting Tune', which can split water flow with the spear shaft; a human body can actually withstand it?"

"It's useless, A-Qiu's interest is piqued. Three moves—I bet that in three moves, this human will be defeated."

The sudden sound of battle attracted quite a few cultivators; when they saw Ji You being beaten so badly he couldn't even lift his head, everyone was instantly stunned.

Looking at the opponent, they were immediately shocked.

The demon race!

It had been nearly a thousand years; since the Primordial War, there had been no demon race in the Nine Provinces.

How could they not be surprised, as if seeing a creature that shouldn't exist?

And what surprised them even more was why this demon race member was fighting with Ji You of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

"What happened?"

"Uh, I don't know why the demon race suddenly came to Shengjing. Just now, when they landed, they were about to step on a young child, and Ji You saved him."

"That... that really is his style..."

Everyone watched from afar and saw Ji You retreating continuously while holding the young child, unable to fight back while constrained.

The demon race's martial arts are different from the human race's, making it hard to judge their realms, but observing his aura, one could roughly tell that the spear-wielding demon should be above the Realm of Merging with the Dao, yet he did not have the aura of the Realm of Responding to Heaven.

The most critical point was that although his spear intent was incomparably fierce, it contained no techniques at all, relying entirely on strength.

At this moment, some people were watching coldly, looking at Ji You, thinking to themselves that this person had stirred up thousands of storms in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan and was arrogant beyond compare; they hadn't expected him to be beaten down today, which was truly satisfying.

"Serves him right; it seems wicked people have their own wicked people to grind them down."

"This Ji You is always stirring up trouble; does this count as kicking an iron plate now?"

Amidst the discussion, Ji You flew horizontally with his sword, then used massive spiritual energy to increase his speed, dodging the sweep of the long spear, and his sharp sword fell directly with a clear, cold chime.

Amidst the humming sound, a long mark was slashed into the stone road, but he couldn't get close to the spear-wielding demon at all, and instead was chased by a spear thrust toward his brow.

Ji You dodged with a whistle, retreating three steps, panting for breath.

Just at this moment, the cultivators who had been watching for fun suddenly furrowed their brows, a sense of displeasure welling up in their hearts.

Because they suddenly realized that the human race was the master of the Azure Cloud world, and in their cognition, the demon race was a level below them.

Now that the demon race was acting violently within the human imperial city, and with other demon race members on the side betting on how many moves it would take for Ji You to be defeated, the meaning of the situation had changed.

Several of them looked at each other, thinking to themselves that they didn't know why the demon race had suddenly come, and why they had happened to run into Ji You.

If they had run into some direct disciple of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, let's see if this monster would still dare to be so arrogant.

Just at this moment, Ji You finally retreated while fighting until he reached the front of the silk shop, and so, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the child in his arms was tossed out and landed in a bamboo basket filled with soft silk.

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"He had been looking for a place to put the child down?"

The spear-wielding demon was suddenly enraged; exerting force in his palm, he thrust the spear out again.

Just at this moment, Ji You stood his ground and then met the attack with his sword; amidst the clashing of sword intent, waves of sword energy surged wildly.

At the same time, the storage gourd at his waist flashed with spiritual light, and the remaining two swords instantly unsheathed, floating into the air.

Seeing this scene, the cultivators standing around immediately widened their eyes; they heard a 'clang', and Ji You, in multiple sword vibrations, kept trying to get close to him, the webbing between his thumb and index finger already red and purple.

Hum!

As the sword waves surged, the demon guard immediately retracted his spear to sweep, but Ji You switched swords at this moment, taking one directly to thrust forward.

The demon guard's pupils contracted sharply.

What kind of sword style is this?!

Before he could react, Ji You's sword had already arrived, blocked by his horizontal spear, but the next instant, the left-hand sword pierced upward toward his crown.

No techniques, no techniques, no techniques!

Ji You muttered, switching between the three swords continuously; the sword waves surged wildly, actually pushing back the ten zhang he had been forced to retreat earlier.

As long as there were no techniques involved, when it came to competing in spiritual energy volume and speed, Ji You was not afraid at all.

At this moment, the few demon race members standing behind the demon guard gradually retracted their smiles, frowning in astonishment, while those watching from the sidelines gradually widened their eyes.

The next instant, humming sounds erupted everywhere, and two swords whistled through the wind.

The demon guard seemed to have never seen such sword usage and had his pace and rhythm disrupted; at this moment, a sword pierced through, leaving a bloody mark directly on his face, blood streaming down.

Ji You then retracted his sword and retreated, standing on the street, sword intent chiming.

And the surrounding human cultivators were stunned for a long time, finally clenching their fists, thinking to themselves that it still had to be this rustic private cultivator...

The demon race had suddenly come to the human imperial city; regardless of the reason, the first conflict would inevitably spread, and thus the significance of this sword strike would be magnified countless times.

Since the demon race was the first to bleed, the human race's face had been preserved.

"Damn, it really had to be him..."

"Three swords—did you see clearly? Only three swords, and he damn well hasn't even used his full strength yet!"

At this moment, the demon guard heard the whispers from all sides and wiped a patch of blood from his face, suddenly flying into a rage, his entire body's aura surging wildly, the spear shaft trembling; but just then, a voice behind him shouted "Stop!", causing him to freeze in place.

Their demon race delegation had come to negotiate trade with the Great Xia; although it was only superficial, it wouldn't be good to keep fighting.

A human cultivator had blocked the demon delegation on the street; if they had accidentally killed someone while being vigilant, that would be one thing, but if they insisted on killing a human here, it would be hard to explain.

The demon race didn't even fear the Seven Great Immortal Sects, so naturally, they didn't fear the Great Xia imperial family, but even so, having just entered the Nine Provinces, they shouldn't form a grudge with the human race too early.

"Good sword. May I ask your name?"

"I don't change my name when I go, and I don't change my surname when I sit. I am Chu He, a disciple of the outer court of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan. My home is in Youzhou, right in the northwest direction of Shengjing; you can find out by asking anyone."

"Damn, he's really shameless..."

The cultivators upstairs felt their mouths twitch after hearing this, thinking to themselves that this was a good move of shifting the blame; this damn ability to lie with eyes wide open was his true masterpiece, damn it.

The young demon who spoke was no different from a human, only his pupils were a demonic blue; hearing this, his gaze was slightly startled.

Outer court? Just the outer court?

He sized Ji You up, then furrowed his brows, and led his people toward the imperial palace.

"Send word back: the human cultivators are not as weak as we thought. The previous information may have been mistaken."

"A-Qiu, you have lost face for the clan. Go back and pull out your own scales."

"Yes..."

At this moment, Ji You looked back toward the end of the street and, seeing that the young child was unharmed, sheathed his sword.

Xiang Xiang Kuangcheng had already run downstairs by now to check on the child, then came to Ji You's side: "How is it? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but that spear force was truly formidable; it made my wrist ache. If I hadn't used a trick, I really might not have been able to land a sword strike on him."

"This demon race is truly overbearing. You hurry back to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan; I'm going to the Inspectorate of Immortals to report them!"

"Report them to death."

Xiang Xiang Kuangcheng nodded and then ran toward the Inspectorate of Immortals.

Ji You stood there for a long time before turning back to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

At this time, You You Buyu and He He Lingxiu had already come from the white jade pavilion in the Purple Bamboo Zen Forest to the Ascending Immortal Bai Yu Terrace of the outer court, gathering the disciples who were going to 'Ask the Dao', intending to give them instructions before they set off.

But the assembly time had already passed by half an hour, and Ji You still hadn't arrived; You You Buyu's expression became extremely gloomy.

When he first got the list, he had furrowed his brows upon finding that Ji You was also in the group, and then thought about how to give him a 'welcome gift' (a show of force), but he hadn't expected that he would be the one receiving the 'welcome gift' first.

Originally, the inner and outer courts had been discussing how a direct disciple of a Hall Master couldn't compare to an outer court disciple in the heart of the Pill Sect's daughter, which made him extremely annoyed.

Now, seeing that Ji You didn't even show up, showing such disregard for him, his killing intent rose even higher.

Just at this moment, Ji You came from down the mountain, swinging his wrists as he walked onto the divine path of the mountain gate; a flash of harshness instantly crossed You You Buyu's eyes.

However, before he could act, the three Hall Managers of the Management Hall hurried down the mountain, looking extremely flustered.

Ji You had just walked into the mountain gate when he was intercepted by the three Hall Managers, followed by a burst of whispering with furrowed brows and glaring eyes.

There had been Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples in Shengjing city just now; they were walking toward the Bai Yu Terrace while watching, and before they had taken two steps, they saw You You Buyu and immediately bowed to pay their respects.

"What did Ji You go to do?"

"He... he went to the street to fight."

You You Buyu's expression was gloomy: "Cultivators should have no dust in their hearts, yet he, an outer court disciple, is always fighting and brawling. The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples were besieged in the ruins by the Spirit Sword Mountain and the Asking Dao Sect; I'm afraid that was also because of the private grudges he stirred up, causing my Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to lose face. It seems I need to go there myself."

Hearing this, Ban Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin, and Pei Pei Ruyi in the crowd widened their eyes in anger.

They were eyewitnesses to the siege and naturally knew that the matter had nothing to do with Ji You.

This You You Buyu had actually slapped such a big label on him the moment he opened his mouth; wasn't he trying to kill him and destroy his reputation!

You You Buyu looked at that disciple at this moment: "Who did he fight? A fellow disciple, or a traveler from another sect?"

"With... the demon race."

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Hearing these two words, the Bai Yu Terrace went quiet for a moment, followed by a burst of exclamations; countless gazes were filled with disbelief.

One must know that the demon race hadn't appeared in human territory for nearly a thousand years; now that they had suddenly appeared in Shengjing, they had actually fought with Ji You.

This could almost be considered the first clash between the human race and the demon race in a thousand years!

As they thought about it, exclamations rang out again.

This time, the ones who exclaimed first were naturally the smart ones, who finally understood why the three Hall Managers had suddenly come down the mountain themselves to find him.

Because they all simultaneously realized one thing: this clash, regardless of its size, concerned the face of the human Immortal Sects.

"Who won?"

"Ji You is unscathed, but the demon race member was stabbed by him with a sword."

Hearing this, You You Buyu widened his eyes in astonishment, realizing that the label he had originally intended to pin on him had completely lost its meaning.

Furthermore, he couldn't even act on it on the spot.

At the same time, the managers of the Management Hall seemed to have heard a similar description and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The first battle between the demon race and the human race had been represented by the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan; although it happened suddenly, if they had lost at this critical juncture, there would be no point in talking about going to Spirit Sword Mountain to 'Ask the Dao'.

But they never expected that Ji You hadn't lost, and had even injured the other party—and injured him on the face at that!

The three Hall Managers looked at Ji You, their eyes becoming extremely complex.

And Ji You, seeing that they had nothing left to ask, walked past them, floated onto the Bai Yu Terrace, and just as he was about to ask what was going on, he was attracted by He He Lingxiu standing in front.

Whoa, this Senior Sister, she actually possesses such great freedom.

(Seeking monthly tickets)

(End of chapter)