Chapter 34 - 32: Li Family Patriarch: Something Big Is About to Happen in Xingyue City

Chapter 34: Chapter 32: Li Family Patriarch: Something Big Is About to Happen in Xingyue City

Hearing Li Fengchun’s words, Li Qingyi seemed to snap awake instantly.

As if triggered by something, she hastily stopped her father. "No, Father. Absolutely not."

At this, the Li Family Patriarch and the rest of the Li Family members were slightly taken aback.

Li Fengchun sensed that something was amiss. He looked at Li Qingyi and asked, "Yi’Er, what exactly happened to you all?"

Only then did Li Qingyi’s breathing become rapid. She gasped for air, her eyes still filled with horror as she looked at Li Fengchun. "Father, Jiang Hao... Jiang Hao is... He is the youth we met at Wuyang Mountain."

"The youth you met at Wuyang Mountain? Which youth?" Li Fengchun and the others didn’t react immediately, asking subconsciously.

Li Qingyi’s eyes were brimming with disbelief as she said, "Jiang Hao! Jiang Hao is that peerless monster who stepped from the Creation Realm First Layer to the Unity Realm in just fifty days! The one who opened eleven Spirit Vortices!"

"What did you say?"

BOOM!

Her words caused the entire Li Family to erupt in an uproar. Li Fengchun looked as if he had been struck by lightning, staring blankly at Li Qingyi.

"Miss, you... are you saying that the peerless monster is Jiang Hao? The Jiang Hao from our Earth Realm in Xingyue City?"

"How is that possible? Miss, how could this be? Did you see wrong?"

Countless Li Family experts felt their mouths go dry as they chimed in one after another.

Meanwhile, the young men and women who had accompanied Li Qingyi to the Ye Family were like frightened birds, their voices trembling as they spoke.

"It’s him. It really is him. We couldn’t have seen it wrong. The person on Wuyang Mountain was Jiang Hao! Jiang Hao is that peerless monster."

"From the very beginning, there was never any Chosen One passing through Wuyang Mountain. It was Jiang Hao! The person who broke through to the Unity Realm on Wuyang Mountain is the same fool from three years ago!"

RUSTLE!

Following their words, everyone in the Li Family felt as though a bolt of lightning had struck from a clear blue sky. Shock filled their eyes, and they were so astounded that they subconsciously stood up.

"Impossible! This absolutely cannot be true! If it really is that youth, doesn’t that mean he didn’t break through from the Creation Realm First Layer to the Unity Realm in fifty days, but... but..."

"But stepped from the Peak of Body Refining Realm into the Unity Realm in just three months!"

RUMBLE!

This sentence exploded like a sudden clap of thunder in everyone’s hearts.

To step from the Peak of Body Refining Realm to the Unity Realm in a mere three months—how shocking was this? What kind of absolute fantasy was this?

"In other words, that piece of trash broke through twenty-seven minor realms and three major realms in three months?"

That was equivalent to thirty realms!

This was simply unheard of. How could such an earth-shattering feat happen in a barren place like the Xingyue City Earth Realm? How could it happen to a piece of trash?

For a time, the entire Li Family hall was shocked beyond measure.

Suddenly recalling something, Li Fengchun slowly raised his head, his eyes clouded with shock. "In tomorrow’s life-and-death battle... something massive is going to happen in Xingyue City."

This battle.

This seemingly disparate battle.

The entire Xingyue City Earth Realm was likely going to have its sky overturned. This night was destined to be a sleepless one for the Li Family Mansion.

Time slowly ticked away.

As the morning sun slowly rose, revealing blood-red morning clouds at the edge of the horizon, the entire sky turned a fiery crimson, as if foreshadowing the unusualness of this day.

In a secluded courtyard of the Ye Family.

Ye Qingxian, Ye Tiannan, and Ye Canghai stood in different positions, silently watching the figure standing in the courtyard, who was slowly gazing up at the firmament.

Jiang Hao looked at the rarely seen fiery morning clouds at the edge of the horizon, his entire being terrifyingly quiet. This day was destined to be the most extraordinary day of his life. After today, he would officially set foot on the path of no return that all Cultivators must tread.

"Hao’Er?"

"Little fool?"

Whether it was Ye Qingxian, Ye Tiannan, or Ye Canghai, looking at Jiang Hao’s back at this moment, they all hesitated to speak.

This was a life-and-death battle, not a one-sided crushing by Jiang Hao. The power of the Qi Family’s Qilin Child was obvious to all. Even for Jiang Hao, this was a battle of unknowns.

However, he still turned his head to look at the three of them and slowly nodded. Looking at the entirety of Xingyue City now, if there was anyone who truly cared about him, they were undoubtedly all right here.

Seeing Jiang Hao nod, Ye Canghai stepped forward slowly. From out of nowhere, he produced an ancient sword that exuded a cold gleam.

"This is the Qingfeng Sword left behind by the Ye Family ancestors. Child, Grandpa cannot help you with much, and neither can the Ye Family. Take this sword as a blessing for your future cultivation journey. I hope it can help you cut through thorns and thistles."

"Grandmaster Ye...?"

Jiang Hao originally wanted to refuse. He knew of the Qingfeng Sword; it was the Ye Family’s treasured heirloom passed down from generation to generation, having been nourished into the Rank-Seven Magical Artifact, the Qingfeng Sword.

However, before Jiang Hao could finish speaking, Ye Canghai raised his hand to stop him. "Child, the Ye Family has already declined. No one can unleash its true power. Even if it stays in the Ye Family, it will fall into the hands of thieves sooner or later.

"Take this sword as a small token of remembrance for your grandpa. Let it accompany you to see the magnificent mountains and rivers of this world."

Clearly, Ye Canghai and the other two also knew that if Jiang Hao won this battle, this Earth Realm would no longer be able to contain him. When he returned again, who knew what year or month it would be, or whether Ye Canghai would still be alive in this world.

"Take it, child."

Only when Ye Canghai urged him again did Jiang Hao slowly reach out to take the sword.

The moment his hand touched the sword, a wave of sword might rippled outward, like a gentle breeze brushing against his face, uniting his mind and spirit.

The sword was in hand.

CLANG!

A crisp sound echoed through the courtyard as the sharp blade was drawn from its sheath. A mesmerizing, clear light radiated from it, and waves of terrifying sword might completely erupted. The rhythmic humming of the sword sounded as if it were celebrating.

This was the first time Jiang Hao had a Spirit Sword of his own. A sword with an awakened spirit was a Magical Artifact, possessing sentience.

At this moment, the Qingfeng Sword seemed to merge into one with its master. The man was the sword, and the sword was the man.

"Child, you are a true dragon. These mountains and rivers cannot lock you down, nor can they trap you. Let Grandpa see you off. I want to watch with my own eyes as my Hao’Er flies out of this barren land."

Prompted by his words, Jiang Hao sheathed the Qingfeng Sword. He slowly looked toward the very center of Xingyue City. That place seemed to be the first tribulation on his path of cultivation. The Qi Family’s Qilin Child seemed to already be standing there, like an insurmountable mountain.

And indeed, that was the case.

At this moment, in the very center of Xingyue City, the city was still the same city, and the stage was still the same stage. However, standing on the Battle Platform now was a single figure whose presence was so oppressive that it left the crowd almost breathless.

Right now, countless Cultivators had already gathered in this area, too many to count. Compared to the Pill Master Competition, the Cultivators of Xingyue City were far more eager to witness the Qi Family’s Qilin Child make a move with their own eyes.

Meanwhile.

"Is this boy the Qilin Child of Xingyue City who awakened a Celestial Tier Martial Soul?"

Far away from the vast Battle Platform, inside various Tea Pavilions with expansive views, countless young figures gazed across the distance. Through the sea of people, they stared at the Celestial Tier Martial Soul Awakener who was standing on the Battle Platform with his eyes closed in meditation.

Each of these young figures possessed a terrifying aura. Their gazes burned like torches, and their every movement seemed to carry an innate arrogance that looked down upon the world. They were all the world-shocking contemporary geniuses of the Eastern Domain.

Their purpose in coming to Xingyue City was not for the new generation of Pill Masters. Rather, it was to see this Qilin Child born in a barren land with their own eyes.

In a high-altitude private room of a Tea Pavilion, an elderly figure spoke faintly, addressing the young girl wearing a bamboo hat beside him. "The Qi Family’s Qi Tianyang, a Celestial Tier Martial Soul Awakener. In the future Genius Hegemony of the Eastern Domain, this person might just be one of your most troublesome rivals."

Hearing this, the young girl remained unfazed, but boundless battle intent erupted from her body.

In another Tea Pavilion, a terrifying youth with his hands clasped behind his back slightly curled his lips upwards. Gazing at that figure, he spoke nonchalantly. "To think that a true Qilin could actually be born in this desolate land. If it weren’t for the fact that the Genius Hegemony has yet to begin, I would really like to cross paths with this Qilin Child."

As soon as the former finished speaking, another youth beside him, who also possessed a terrifying aura, hooked the corners of his mouth into a smile.

"Brother Xuanyuan, underestimating the enemy is the greatest taboo in the Genius Hegemony. Absolutely do not look down on your opponent’s strength. With a Celestial Tier Martial Soul, this person’s potential is no less than yours or mine.

"It’s just a pity that the person fighting him in a life-and-death battle is a piece of trash who even missed the optimal time for Martial Soul Awakening. If this were a battle between two geniuses, we might have been able to see this person’s true talents."

The Genius Hegemony.

It was the most cruel path of tribulation through the ages, and also the path by which geniuses rose to prominence. It was clear that even though the Eastern Domain’s Genius Hegemony had yet to begin, the geniuses were already secretly sizing each other up. Only by knowing oneself and the enemy could one emerge victorious in every battle.

On this day, it could be said that Xingyue City ushered in the most resplendent era in its history.

Looking back over the past thousand years, when had so many world-shocking geniuses ever appeared on this land at the same time? Whether it was the representatives of various factions attracted here after the roster for the Pill Master Competition was released, or the various geniuses who had come to probe the true strength of the Qi Family’s Qilin Child, all of them had pushed this remote Earth Realm into its peak era.

However, when the various geniuses heard that the person fighting Qi Tianyang in a life-and-death battle was a piece of trash who had only been at the Peak of Body Refining Realm three months ago, they all felt it was a pity. If he were dueling another genius, they would have been able to gather much more information regarding the strength and potential of the Qi Family’s Qilin Child during the battle.

"What a pity. The one fighting him is just a piece of trash. It’s impossible for him to force Qi Tianyang to go all out."

Many geniuses felt somewhat regretful.

Little did they know that in this battle, they would witness with their own eyes the rising of another terrifying new star, making their trip entirely worthwhile.