Chapter 126

Ji You slashed through the Sword Forest, preserving a shred of dignity for the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, so they naturally did not need to leave in a panic, nor did they have to worry about anyone coming to mock them again.

Thus, He Lingxiu decided to stay for one more day, firstly for the sake of Yu Buyu's injuries, and secondly to wait for Ji You to descend the mountain.

During this time, everyone was silent.

Only the Long Xiandi could be seen gesturing with his sword, embellishing the hearsay about the Sword Forest as he described it to the crowd.

"Brother Ji's sword fell in all directions, then he swung it to slash through, shouting, 'How could a mere Sword Forest stop me!'"

"The direct disciple of Profound Jianfeng was right behind him, her beautiful eyes wide open, as if she wanted to become his fiancée the very next second, watching that youth in white raise his sword!"

"'No, a mere Profound Understanding realm cultivator cannot break my Spirit Sword Mountain's sword array!' the Spirit Sword Mountain Elder was still being stubborn."

"At that moment, a cold laugh was heard, Ji You spread his arms, and seven swords soared!"

"'Do you all truly think this is the extent of my strength?!'"

"As the words fell, Yan Ye's plump buttocks trembled, and then the seven swords were seen slashing through the Sword Forest like dragons!"

Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin, and the others watched this scene, their lips twitching slightly, their toes curling so hard they could have dug out a Cloud Top Heavenly Palace, thinking to themselves, where is all this coming from? He speaks as if he were actually there.

If you have this kind of talent, why cultivate? Couldn't you make a living as a storyteller?

And that Yan Ye is nearly fifty years old; you even looked at those buttocks, didn't you?

However, although his account was outrageous, it made more people fall into silence, as if images were drifting before their eyes.

Yu Buyu lay silently on the bed, listening to Bai Rulong's clamor, his gaze unfocused; in his mind, he was not thinking of Ji You, but of that direct disciple of Heaven Jianfeng who had slashed a sword at him.

That sword strike lingered in his mind, and his state of mind could not calm down.

He knew that his Dao heart had been shattered by that sword.

Zhuang You...

That's right, it was him. Yu Buyu had now recalled that he had seen this person six years ago at the Wandering Immortal Assembly.

This was also the reason why he felt the other party looked familiar when he first saw Zhuang You on the arena.

At that time, Zhuang You was just an unremarkable outer disciple of Spirit Sword Mountain, attending the assembly with his sect, and had a sparring match with an outer disciple of the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion that stopped at the point of contact.

Neither his cultivation nor his sword Dao had anything worth noting.

And at that time, Yu Buyu had already touched the threshold of the Merging with the Dao Realm and had been officially selected as a direct disciple of the Auspicious Hall.

So, although he had watched that match, Yu Buyu did not have a deep impression of him.

How would a direct disciple of a Hall Master pay attention to an unremarkable disciple in another Immortal Sect?

But who would have thought that in a mere six years, he would have become so powerful, especially that final violent sword strike, which actually made him feel despair.

Does such talent really exist in the world? Or is Spirit Sword Mountain's sword Dao truly that formidable?

This made him unable to help but think of Ji You...

He entered the academy at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms, a self-cultivator from the countryside, who cultivated to the Middle Realm of Profound Understanding in half a year, and now, after he and He Lingxiu were defeated, he directly broke the opponent's Sword Forest.

Yu Buyu had previously investigated Ji You, but he had not found out how long it took him to reach the perfection of the Lower Three Realms.

But even if it took half a year to break directly into the Middle Realm of Profound Understanding, one would have to call him a peerless genius.

And besides him, there was also Chu He in the outer academy; although he was slightly inferior to Ji You, he also charged into the Initial Realm of Profound Understanding in less than half a year.

One must know that in previous years, when the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan selected new disciples, those who broke through to Profound Understanding only appeared near the time of the Inner Tian Shuyuan's Autumn Battle.

In fact, there were a few years where no one broke through to Profound Understanding until the Autumn Battle began, and they still chose students from the previous year's Profound Understanding realm to enter the Inner Tian Shuyuan.

If it were not so, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan could not possibly only accept one person each year.

But what has happened to this world today? Ji You, Chu He, and especially that Zhuang You...

At the last moment, he used the Dao technique passed down by his aunt to raise his combat power to the point of approaching the peak of the Merging with the Dao Realm, yet he was still slashed and broken by a single sword, which made him feel it was unbelievable.

Could it be that the era of the human race's hundred flowers blooming has arrived, and he is the most mediocre one?

Yu Buyu could not help but clutch his chest, feeling only that Qi energy was constantly colliding, and his whole body began to heat up, making it hard for him to restrain...

And behind the Sword Forest of Heaven Jianfeng, in the quiet courtyard outside Qi Zhengyang's residence, the soaring sword intent was constantly rising, blocking the Heaven Jianfeng Elders outside the gate.

They could not cross those sword intents, so they could only stop there, discussing it heatedly.

"Was he really learning sword earlier...?"

"He resisted with his physical body..."

"Are all seven swords Small Heavy Mountains?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was standing gracefully to the side at this moment, her cold eyes looking toward the deep residence.

She had come because she was worried about Ji You's safety, and when that 【Thought Si Wu Xie】 rose, she had already brewed sword Qi, preparing to strike when he could no longer hold on.

She was a little afraid, afraid that this man she had only met three times would die.

However, the true strength Ji You displayed truly exceeded her expectations.

She did not expect that the ring of swords like dragons would truly slash down hard, grinding that 【Thought Si Wu Xie】 to pieces, the sword Qi piercing straight through the Sword Forest, the sword intent resounding through the mountains.

Now hearing the exclamations of others about him, her eyes narrowed slightly of their own accord, revealing a trace of pride that was not easily detected.

However, there was still worry in her heart, not knowing what Qi Zhengyang would do to him.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was in the Responding to Heaven Realm, and with the Spirit Mirror, she could exert the Qi energy of the Upper Five Realms, so dismantling Qi Zhengyang's sword was not a big problem.

But now it was under the eyes of everyone, and everyone thought she had come because the Sword Forest was broken by an outsider, so she could not easily strike.

Actually, this was mainly to blame for that final sword Qi tearing Ji You's robe, which left her stunned for a long time; otherwise, she would have had the chance to keep him before Elder Qi took him away.

However, there was another very strange thing.

That was when the sword Dao rolled in, Ji You, who was in the air, did not struggle at all; otherwise, he would not have been rolled away so easily.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's mind began to present that full, explosive physical body again, her eyes went blank for a moment, her brain could not think too much, and she could not help but purse her pink lips.

That strange man's body was seen by the people all over the mountain...

At this time, other people also arrived one after another, bowing and saluting after walking to her side, their expressions respectful, and she nodded in response.

"Does the Inspector seem to be in a good mood today?"

"Probably because the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan questioned Spirit Sword Mountain, and lost both battles."

"But the fact that a Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple broke Elder Qi's Sword Forest is not a good thing..."

"I wonder if Elder Qi will choose him to inherit his sword Dao mantle..."

"Impossible, he is a Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple, Elder Qi has a sense of proportion."

"But a true clear sword heart, I'm afraid Elder Qi will be tempted after seeing it. His own son died in the ruins, refined by the Zheng family ancestor. He set up the Sword Forest again, isn't it to find a disciple with excellent aptitude? To avoid the sword Dao from having no successors?"

"This..."

At the same time, in the large residence separated from the sword Qi.

A thin man was sitting on a cushion wiping his sword with deerskin, his movements rigorous and serious.

The sword being wiped was bright and sharp, blooming with a terrifying cold light, with infinite killing intent within, flying about in the residence like a monstrous wave.

Yet the person wiping the sword had no sorrow or joy on his face, only a numb fighting spirit constantly brewing.

He was the Heaven Jianfeng Elder Qi Zhengyang, the head of Spirit Sword Mountain's sword Dao, a sword cultivator at the perfection of the Upper Five Realms, who had spent most of his life sitting in the deep mountains comprehending the sword, his sword Dao pure.

As a cultivator with a different surname, being able to reach this position in the Azure Cloud World, there are only two possibilities.

One is being born well, and the other is being truly strong.

Half a month ago, the son Qi Zhengyang had in his later years died in the ruins.

Since then, the Sword Forest was set up, with infinite killing intent within, and countless Spirit Sword Mountain disciples who wanted to learn his sword Dao were slashed and seriously injured, and have not yet recovered to this day.

This Azure Cloud World has many coincidences, as if someone wanted to learn the sword, and so there was a Sword Forest.

But some coincidences actually have causality existing in secret.

The origin of all things still came from the ruins.

And in his residence, the strong man in women's clothing rolled in by the sword Qi was waiting on the side.

The bleeding from his right shoulder had stopped by now, and his majestic spirit had gradually converged; he stood in the hall and exhaled lightly, but there was no panic or confusion.

Qi Zhengyang's movements of wiping the sword suddenly slowed down, and he turned his head to stare at the man in women's clothing in front of him for a long time.

He felt a bit strange.

Because when this person was rolled in by his sword Qi, he did not struggle at all, and even had an intention to accommodate, which made him quite puzzled.

Looking again at his ill-fitting sword robe tightly straining his full chest, a trace of strangeness was revealed in his numb expression.

"You are not a Spirit Sword Mountain disciple?"

"Junior Ji You of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, pays respects to Elder Qi."

Qi Zhengyang spoke with a faint expression: "I did not expect that there would truly be someone in the world with a clear sword heart like you, yet not a disciple of my Spirit Sword Mountain."

Ji You pulled at his ill-fitting clothes and said: "Junior just took a shortcut, it cannot be considered a clear sword heart, at most it is just some small cleverness."

"The words 'taking a shortcut' are not false, but this physical body of yours, what exactly is going on?"

"It has been this hard since birth, I don't know why either."

Qi Zhengyang withdrew his gaze, looking at the Sword Qi Facing Heaven Map hanging in the hall and muttered: "Everyone has secrets, which is why they cannot learn the cleanest sword."

Ji You's eyelids twitched slightly, thinking to himself, this is not false.

For example, he does not come from this world, for example, his explosive spiritual essence.

For example, he had gnawed on the little hoof of the Spirit Sword Mountain Inspector, and had been seen all over his body by Yuan Caiwei; these are things that cannot be spoken of.

Just as he was thinking, Qi Zhengyang's movements of wiping the sword continued, the swishing sounds rising and falling in his ears.

Ji You came back to his senses and glanced at him: "The Elder has been wiping the sword, are you going to kill someone?"

Qi Zhengyang raised the sword blade to the sky, observing the sword body quietly: "You stole the sword of my Spirit Sword Mountain without permission, why do you not think this sword is used to kill you?"

"To kill me, a Profound Understanding realm cultivator, does not require such a strong sword."

"Being able to break my 【Thought Si Wu Xie】, you are no longer an ordinary Profound Understanding realm cultivator; perhaps it really would take a fast sword to kill you."

"But the direction of the Elder's sword intent is not me, it seems to be on Heaven Jianfeng."

(End of chapter)