Mu Xue looked at Ye Fan’s cave residence from a distance, with a lot of thoughts in her heart.
In three years, all the people Mu Xue had brought into the secret realm had died. It could be said that for Mu Xue’s trip to the secret realm, the income was not as good as the effort. What made Mu Xue even more disappointed was that the heavenly fire actually disappeared.
Thinking of the instructions given by her ancestor when she came in, Mu Xue couldn’t help but feel sad.
Last time she left Ye Fan and the four brothers behind. As a result, after the battle, there was no news about the four brothers, but Ye Fan settled down again in the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest.
Mu Xue always wondered if Ye Fan had killed the four brothers, but when she thought about it, she thought it was impossible.
Mu Xue felt that the four brothers all had a high level of cultivation, and the spiritual weapons in their hands were not ordinary things. If Ye Fan really killed them, it would be too exaggerated.
There were many people who witnessed that battle. Mu Xue was not sure whether the four brothers died at Ye Fan’s hands, but there were other cultivators who were sure.
For a time, the death of the four brothers from Rongtian Palace at the hands of Ye Fan caused a stir.
At first, the foreign cultivators did not believe that the four brothers of Rongtian Palace really died at the hands of Ye Fan, a native of the Eastern Continent. However, everyone began to believe this rumor after they did not see the four brothers show up for a long time.
Knowing that the four brothers died af Ye Fan’s hands, everyone naturally guessed that the Rongtian Mirror was in Ye Fan’s hands, and many people started thinking about Ye Fan again.
The Rongtian Mirror was a heaven-level spiritual weapon. Taking it back to the elders of the sect was no small credit. Even if they didn’t consider the Rongtian Mirror, the four brothers had killed many people in the secret realm. The spoils alone were enough to make people excited. However, Ye Fan killed all four brothers, making everyone hesitate to act.
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Inside the cave residence.
Ye Fan sat in the room a little depressed, pouting.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “What’s wrong? Are you not full?”
Ye Fan glanced at Bai Yunxi helplessly and thought to himself: He was not angry because he was hungry.
”It’s really annoying to have a bunch of flies spinning around,” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi raised his eyebrows, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and said, “In that case, kill everyone who comes to spy.”
Ye Fan glanced at Bai Yunxi, a little surprised that Bai Yunxi was so murderous. “Kill them all?”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Yes, in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures are necessary.”
Bai Yunxi secretly thought: If they couldn’t contain the snooping people at the outset, he was afraid there would be more and more people in the future. If these people united, it would be difficult to handle.
They settled down in the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest, but they still wanted to find the heavenly fire. If these people stayed here and caused trouble when the heavenly fire appeared, they would be in big trouble.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay.”
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “You don’t have to worry. I’ll do it.”
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, “Ah!”
Bai Yunxi looked at the sword in his hand and said, “Sooner or later, I have to adapt to the rules of this world. Might as well start now.”
Ye Fan: “…”
……
”Senior brother, have you heard? Bai Yunxi started killing people,” Luo Dieyi said.
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Lin Mo nodded and said, “Yes, I heard about it.”
Ye Fan’s alchemy skills were amazing, and he had opened the heaven-level spiritual spring. His reputation in the secret realm was not small, to the point that Bai Yunxi beside Ye Fan had become a foil. However, Bai Yunxi finally took action, and showed his superb skill. His swordsmanship and his indestructible sword intent frightened all the cultivators from outside the Eastern Continent.
”Fellow Daoist Ye and Fellow Daoist Bai have really given us a lot of face,” Luo Dieyi said happily.
The four of them had been frequently provoked by foreign cultivators recently. When they heard that these foreign cultivators were unlucky, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.
Lin Mo frowned, sighed, and said, “Ye Fan is so arrogant. I’m afraid he will attract powerful enemies.” In terms of overall strength, these people were far behind those foreign cultivators.
Luo Dieyi nodded and said, “I heard that one of Jiang Baihe’s junior brothers died at the hands of Bai Yunxi. That person is probably going to find Bai Yunxi.”
In the secret realm, Rongtian Palace and the Ten Thousand Demons Sect were the most powerful. Once the Rongtian Palace quadruplets died, the others from Rongtian Palace couldn’t handle the situation.
Jiang Baihe of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect was a troublesome figure. He was the leader of the group that came from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect. Now that one of his people had died, Jiang Baihe would be embarrassed if he didn’t go check the situation.
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A white shadow appeared outside Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi’s cave residence.
Jiang Baihe stood in the void, dressed in white and appearing detached from the world, exuding an aura a bit like a peerless master.
Bai Yunxi looked at the cultivator in front of him coldly, with an air of ice all over his body.
”He’s here.” Xu Mingyang frowned and thought secretly: Jiang Baihe really came.
Ye Fan looked at Jiang Baihe suspended in the air and couldn’t help but say, “This guy really deserves a beating!”
Xu Mingyang frowned and said with some confusion, “What is your wife thinking? He actually wants to challenge Jiang Baihe to a duel.”
Ye Fan said nonchalantly, “It’s okay, let Yunxi take the lead first. After a while, if the situation is not good, I’ll go up and cripple that stinky brat who is pretending to be cool.”
Xu Mingyang: “…”
Bai Yunxi had killed many people recently, which greatly damaged the reputation of the foreign cultivators. Knowing that Jiang Baihe was going to cause trouble for Bai Yunxi, many people came over to watch the fun.
”Jiang Baihe finally took action. This little white face is going to be in trouble.”
”Yes! Two natives from the Eastern Continent are so arrogant. I think their good days are coming to an end.”
”The four brothers from Rongtian Palace really died at the hands of those two people? Is it just a rumor?”
”I heard that they are really dead. Those four brothers are not fuel efficient lamps*. If they aren’t dead, it makes no sense that they wouldn’t come out to refute the rumors after hearing the news of their own deaths!”
……
”Miss, look at those puppets.” Huo Shanshan shrank her neck and said with lingering fear.
Huo Xuan’er said with displeasure, “A puppet is just a puppet. What’s the big deal?”
”Miss, why don’t we just stop watching the fun this time? What if Ye Fan has the puppets create an explosion again?” Huo Shanshan asked.
Huo Xuan’er glanced at Huo Shanshan and said calmly, “What are you afraid of? I was not prepared last time, so I capsized in the gutter and was injured. This time, I am prepared. There will be no problems. If the situation is not right, I will take you away and you won’t die.”
”Miss, the man you like is opposing Jiang Baihe. He is actually opposing Jiang Baihe…” Huo Shanshan said.
”Opposing is opposing,” Huo Xuan’er said while walking.
”He actually dared to challenge Jiang Baihe to a duel.”
Huo Xuan’er said with joy, “After all, he is the man I like! Tsk tsk, he is courageous.”
”But, Miss, that person has a partner, and he is a native of the Eastern Continent, so you can’t take him away,” Huo Shanshan said with regret.
Huo Xuan’er said with some regret, “It’s rare to meet someone who can catch my eye, but we are destined to have no fate!” Huo Xuan’er didn’t know that Bai Yunxi was from the Eastern Continent at first, so she gave him the token. After knowing this, although she knew that Bai Yunxi might not be able to use the token she gave him, she didn’t take it back.
”You’re the one who killed my junior brother?” Jiang Baihe looked at Bai Yunxi and said coldly.
Bai Yunxi glanced at Jiang Baihe indifferently, and said calmly and coldly, “I have killed many people. I don’t know who your junior brother is. Maybe your junior brother was among those I killed.”
Jiang Baihe twitched the corners of his mouth, his eyes filled with killing intent.
Ye Fan said happily, “What my wife said is really domineering.”
Ao Xiaobao shook his head and said helplessly, “What an injustice! Bai Yunxi was such a gentle and elegant person before! After staying with Ye Fan for a long time, he’s become a villain.”
Ye Fan: “…”
”Okay! I didn’t expect that there are talents like you in the Eastern Continent,” Jiang Baihe said with a smile.
Bai Yunxi glanced at Jiang Baihe and said, “If you want to fight, then fight. Why do you need to speak all this nonsense?”
Jiang Baihe was immediately angered. Not many people in the Southern Continent dared to talk to him like this. “Okay, since you are looking for death, I will fulfill your wish.”
A sharp sword light struck toward Bai Yunxi.
”Come.”
Bai Yunxi summoned twelve flying swords, formed a sword formation, and met Jiang Baihe’s sword.
The flying swords collided and they were evenly matched.
Huo Xuan’er touched her chin with interest and said, “He can actually control so many flying swords at once. This guy’s soul power is not weak!”
”Miss, that flying sword is of good quality!” Huo Shanshan said.
Huo Xuan’er nodded and said, “Yes! I don’t know how it was refined.”
Bright red blood shadows flew out and surrounded Bai Yunxi.
”Purgatory Prison! The fight has just begun, and Jiang Baihe has actually used such a powerful killing move,” Huo Xuan’er said in surprise.
Snowflakes fell, and the surrounding temperature dropped a lot.
”Ice sword intent.” Huo Xuan’er frowned and said, “The sword intent has manifested into shape. This guy has actually comprehended sword intent to this level.”
Huo Shanshan blinked and said, “Isn’t it said that the level of cultivation in the Eastern Continent is relatively low and it is not easy to produce talents? Yet now not only is there a spiritual-level alchemist, but also a sword genius!”
Huo Xuan’er squinted her eyes and said, “With such qualifications, if he was in the Southern Continent, those sword cultivating sects would probably rush to accept him as a disciple.”
”Kill.” Jiang Baihe roared angrily, his sword intent condensing into a blood shadow and rushing toward Bai Yunxi.
When the sword intent struck, Bai Yunxi seemed to be encased in a sea of blood.
”Break.” Bai Yunxi recalled his flying sword and tore the blood shadow into pieces.
”Boundless sea of blood.”
”A world of ice and snow.”
Huo Shanshan looked at Jiang Baihe and Bai Yunxi in amazement and said, “Miss, Bai Yunxi is actually as good as Jiang Baihe. If Jiang Baihe can’t defeat Bai Yunxi today, he will be miserable when he goes back.”
Huo Xuan’er nodded and thought secretly: Jiang Baihe came from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect of the demonic path*. The competition in that sect was fierce. Jiang Baihe was one of the top masters in the Foundation Establishment period of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect. If this guy lost to an outside cultivator, the Ten Thousand Demons Sect would also lose face.
Jiang Baihe and Bai Yunxi exchanged hundreds of moves, shaking the sky and the earth.
Lin Mo looked at Bai Yunxi, full of surprise. Jiang Baihe wanted to come to Ye Fan to settle accounts, which caused an uproar in the secret realm.
Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi killed all the cultivators snooping around a while ago, which made the cultivators in the Southern Continent lose face.
When they heard that Jiang Baihe was coming to find Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi, they all felt that the two of them were going to be unlucky, so they came over to watch the fun. What they didn’t expect was the scene where Bai Yunxi and Jiang Baihe were evenly matched.
Lin Mo narrowed his eyes and thought to himself: If Jiang Baihe and Bai Yunxi were tied, it was actually a loss for Jiang Baihe.
Jiang Baihe was already at the peak of Foundation Establishment, while Bai Yunxi had just entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment, so in this battle, it was a leapfrog challenge* for Bai Yunxi.
”Bai Yunxi’s cultivation has improved so fast!” Luo Dieyi couldn’t help but say.
”It’s probably due to the heaven-level spiritual spring,” Cang Yun said.
”That’s right, the heaven-level spiritual spring must be of some use,” Luo Dieyi said.
……
”Ah! That guy is going to do something shameless,” Ye Fan said.
Xu Mingyang frowned and watched Jiang Baihe throw out a talisman. Not to be outdone, Bai Yunxi also threw out a bunch of talismans.
”The talismans in Jiang Baihe’s hands are pretty good!” Ye Fan said.
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Yes, the Ten Thousand Demons Sect has a heaven-level talisman master, which is very impressive.”
”Heaven level!” Ye Fan raised his eyebrows and said, “One day, I will also be heaven level.”
”This guy is acting shameless, so I will be shameless too.” Ye Fan called out the puppets and rushed out of the protective formation. Ye Fan directed the puppets to attack Jiang Baihe.
Jiang Baihe looked at Ye Fan and said angrily, “Ye Fan, this is a battle between me and Bai Yunxi. What do you want to do?”
”If you bully my wife, I will beat you to death,” Ye Fan said without hesitation.
Jiang Baihe said, “Ye Fan, do you know the rules of dueling…”
Ye Fan said reasonably, “My wife and I have a good relationship. Two of us are one. You, a single dog, wouldn’t understand.”
Jiang Baihe didn’t understand what a single dog* was, but he could guess that it was not a good thing.
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T/N: *Not a fuel efficient lamp – not easy to deal with.
*Righteous and demonic – the two paths for human cultivators. Demonic techniques are sometimes referred to as “evil” in cultivation novels, but as has been mentioned repeatedly, it’s impossible to so clearly distinguish between good and evil in the cultivation world. It was mentioned in Chapter 192 btw that both Tiangang Sect and Xuanjian Sect (Lin Mo’s sect) are part of the righteous path alliance.
*Leapfrog challenge – to challenge/fight above your rank.
*Single dog is modern slang, which is why Jiang Baihe doesn’t know the term. Used to mock/tease those who are single.
