Chapter 95: Mother and Son Meet

Chapter 95: Chapter 95: Mother and Son Meet

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Inside First-Grade Hall, Young Master Qing stared as the century-old Spirit-Connected Immortal Sword pierced the clouds, flying toward Dao Yi Mountain. His expression was as if he had been struck by lightning.

"No, it’s impossible..." If the sword hadn’t sensed something, it would never have left First-Grade Hall on its own. It had to be...

"Shangguan!" His heart seemed to clench fiercely.

Over the next few days, Young Master Qing’s state of mind grew extremely anxious. The omen of the Lingxiao Immortal Sword made him guess a certain possibility, but he denied it in his heart, refusing to believe it was true. The only way for him to find peace was to wait for news from Dao Yi Mountain...

He waited for five days.

Because a large group of his forces had gone to attack Dao Yi Mountain, the current First-Grade Hall was left as an empty shell. And today, Young Master Qing finally received news.

An ordinary member of First-Grade Hall, covered in blood, rushed into the hall howling miserably, "Dead, they’re all dead...

"Everyone who went to Dao Yi Mountain is dead!

"Shangguan Sword God, Mr. Yan Kai, Mr. Xie, Iron Tree Divine Monk, Mr. Xiao Sheng, Liuu Shengmen’s Grandmaster, Blood Butcher, Master Lü Shan...

"All the Grandmasters and our members were killed on Dao Yi Mountain!"

Hearing this bolt from the blue, Peacock hurriedly pushed Young Master Qing’s wheelchair into the courtyard. Young Master Qing’s face was as pale as paper. His lips trembled, and his voice was so faint it was almost inaudible as he asked, "They’re all... dead?"

With so many experts from First-Grade Hall, they would have had a decent chance of conquering a nation’s Imperial City. How could they all be dead?

"Why!" Veins bulged on Young Master Qing’s face. Gnashing his teeth, he lunged out of his wheelchair and grabbed the returning member’s neck. He was so weak from his blood disease that he collapsed onto the ground, yet he glared fixedly at the man. "Tell me why!!"

He couldn’t understand how this could happen when they had attacked with forces several times stronger than Dao Yi Mountain’s. The advantage was clearly his! "Why is it that in a battle where I held all the advantages, my First-Grade Hall was entirely annihilated?!"

Terrified out of his wits by Young Master Qing’s appearance, the member who had narrowly escaped trembled his lips and said, "There is an Immortal on Dao Yi Mountain!

"Their Sect Leader, Chen Sha, can scatter beans into soldiers and split himself into three! He conjured several First-Grade Great Innates out of thin air. He... he is not human, he is an Immortal! How can we mortals fight an Immortal, Young Master?"

"...What nonsense are you talking about!" Young Master Qing’s face twisted in shock and rage. Grabbing the member by the collar, he roared, "An Immortal? Are you telling me I lost to an Immortal? Say it again!"

Peacock quickly stepped forward to hold Young Master Qing back and separate the two, gesturing for the man to leave immediately. "Young Master, he’s clearly been scared to death. He’s delirious. You can’t believe his words."

"Which part shouldn’t I believe? That I lost to an Immortal! Or that I..." Young Master Qing trailed off mid-sentence. The corners of his mouth twitched into a numb smile as he said, "All the experts of First-Grade Hall are completely wiped out. Five years of my foundation, all burned to ashes!"

After weakly finishing his sentence, his body crashed to the ground.

"Young Master!" Peacock cried out in alarm, rushing forward to help him back into his room.

Over the next few days, in Peacock’s eyes, Young Master Qing seemed to have been reduced to an isolated and abandoned solitary figure whose grand ambitions had crumbled. He lay on his bed, utterly devastated, refusing both food and water.

It wasn’t until the third day that Peacock heard a faint call. "Pea... cock... Bring me the ’Thirty-Six Pills’..."

"But, aren’t you worried it will damage your Cultivation?"

......

......

Ten thousand miles away on Dao Yi Mountain, it was already the tenth day after the great battle.

The traces of First-Grade Hall’s massive invasion, aside from a few palaces that had been flattened and couldn’t be repaired in a short time, had mostly been erased over the past ten days. At the foot of Dao Yi Mountain, the nearby commoners continued to burn incense and worship as usual.

Today, on the path up the mountain, the commoners noticed a figure in red slowly ascending the steps, followed by a limping man with a scarred face.

The reason they drew attention was because the woman in red possessed an incredibly astonishing aura. It was as if she was born to attract the gaze of all living beings, meant to be guarded and revered by all things in the world.

"To think that First-Grade Hall, which rose to power over the last five years, was entirely annihilated on Dao Yi Mountain," the scarred, limping man following the woman in red clicked his tongue and said. "Rumor has it that it was the Sect Leader’s son, the current Dao Yi Sect Leader, who turned the tide alone. With his own strength, he crushed all the invading enemies.

"I, Mo, have long heard that the Demon Sect’s Holy Blood is a lineage passed down from ancient times. Once awakened, it grants astounding aptitude. Throughout history, those from the Demon Sect who had the Holy Blood flowing in their veins eventually became generations of demonic conquerors.

"With the Sect Leader’s biological son possessing such a rare bloodline, coupled with cultivating Chen Canxuan’s unrivaled ’Great Yellow Court,’ it’s not incomprehensible for him to have this level of strength in his twenties!"

These two were none other than Demon Queen Yun Shouxuan and Heaven’s Artisan Mo Ziming, who had traveled from the Southern Border to the Central Plains.

Yun Shouxuan, walking up the mountain with her hands clasped behind her back, said indifferently, "The Holy Blood Awakening requires a ceremony at the Demon Sect’s altar. When I gave birth to Sha’Er, he was too young for the ritual... I planned to initiate it for him when he turned ten. He would have been the next generation’s Demon Sect Saint Master, destined to unite the Six Paths in the future, but..."

When Chen Canxuan heard that he finally had a male heir in the Mortal Realm, he barged straight into Celestial Destiny Palace and snatched the child from her hands. That parting had lasted twenty years, leading up to today.

Mo Ziming’s face showed sheer shock at these words. "You mean to say, Young Sect Leader Chen hasn’t even awakened the special bloodline in his body yet?"

Even so?

He had actually stepped into the First-Grade Great Innate Realm?

"No matter how shocking my son’s achievements are, it is only natural," Yun Shouxuan said. Suddenly, she turned sideways and looked up at the distant clouds. A black dot was rapidly approaching.

"Hmm?" With the eyesight of the world’s sixth-ranked Demon Queen, she could already see that the black dot tens of miles away was actually a sword howling toward Dao Yi Mountain.

"Is that the ’Spirit-Connected Immortal Sword’ forged by Immortal Sword Manor a hundred years ago?"

...

Meanwhile, at the mountain peak. After ten days of discussion, Song Yu and the others had finally jointly elected a candidate whom they believed had a stable state of mind. This was someone they could trust to practice the Qi Stealing Technique to steal Shangguan Qing’s Power.

"Second Senior Sister?" Chen Sha was somewhat surprised to hear this name come from Song Yu’s mouth. "The candidate you all selected is actually Second Senior Sister?"

Yuu Miaolian.

Song Yu smiled faintly. "There was no other way. You know how precious the opportunity to break through to the Grandmaster Realm is. Even the Elders, who are seasoned Daoists, all wanted this chance for themselves. None of them could convince everyone else to yield. Thus, they had to give up their own eligibility and turn their eyes to us Direct Disciples.

"Originally, I was the most suitable candidate in their eyes," he continued, looking at Chen Sha with gratitude. "But thanks to the ’Nine Yin Scripture’ you gave me, Junior Brother, which perfectly complemented some of the Martial Arts I practice, I actually stepped into the Grandmaster Realm during the year I spent down the mountain. Although my hopes of breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm in the future are slim, they aren’t nonexistent...

"And as for Junior Sister Yuu..."

He didn’t need to say more; Chen Sha understood.

Among the several Direct Disciples, excluding Chen Sha himself, Li Jianzhou originally had the highest aptitude. He was followed by Senior Brother Zhang Liting, then Senior Brother Wei Dashan. Song Yu was second to last. The one with the worst aptitude was actually their Second Senior Sister, Yuu Miaolian.

It was said that this Senior Sister was the orphaned daughter of a close friend of his father. After Chen Canxuan brought her back to the mountain, it seemed he took her in as a Direct Disciple to take care of his friend’s descendant.

Chen Sha pondered for a moment before nodding. "Alright then, let Second Senior Sister come over. I’ll pass the Qi Stealing Technique to her."

If it had been the other Elders in the Sect, Chen Sha might have needed to judge from various angles and consider carefully before he could set his mind at ease. However, he could be completely reassured when it came to these few who were as close as his own siblings.

Chen Canxuan had only taken these few disciples in his entire life. Since they called his father ’Master,’ it meant he was like a father to them as well. In other words, these people were Chen Sha’s siblings, as close as family.

Seeing Chen Sha nod, Song Yu said pleasantly, "Good, I’ll go get Second Junior Sister."

Originally, Zhang Liting was the most suitable candidate. But right now, Third Brother had gone down the mountain and wasn’t around. No one knew when he would return, so they could only let Junior Sister Yuu enjoy this opportunity.

Half a cup of tea’s time later.

Chen Sha handed over a Secret Manual containing all the contents of the Qi Stealing Technique, along with a ’Pusique Snake Gallbladder’ he had obtained from Dugu Qiubai’s Chapter, slowly placing them into Second Senior Sister Yuu Miaolian’s hands.

"Second Sister, this is a snake gallbladder that can increase your body’s Essence Qi. Eat it first. Then, spend the next seven days nourishing the Qi Points in your stomach. When the time comes, I will personally assist you in infusing that Innate Level Power into your body."

He also knew the Qi Stealing Technique, so even if his Second Senior Sister had no True Qi, he could help channel the technique to steal Shangguan Qing’s Power.

"The Power of an Innate Level expert... It would be better to wait for your Third Senior Brother to return. He is the most suitable..." Yuu Miaolian hesitated.

Chen Sha replied, "You don’t need to worry about Third Brother. Now that I am in charge of the Sect, everyone will have their share of opportunities like this today. No one will be left out." Just like the Nine Yin Scripture he gave to Song Yu, the Pusique Snake Gallbladder he was giving to Yuu Miaolian today, and the Soft Hedgehog Armor he had gifted Zhang Liting when the latter went down the mountain...

Chen Sha was backed by the Southern Heavenly Gate. As long as he could clear the Cosmic Light Fragments behind it, he would be rewarded with various items. He would frequently give away the things he couldn’t use to the people around him.

The two of them were about to say something else when a disciple shouted, "Sect Leader, bad news! A Flying Sword descended from the sky and is darting all over our Dao Yi Mountain Gate. Although it hasn’t hurt anyone, it seems to be searching for something. Please go take a look..."

Hearing this, Chen Sha exchanged a glance with his two fellow disciples before walking out of the room.

"Sect Leader, it’s right in the White Jade Plaza!" Along the way, many Daoists had already gathered, promptly reporting the situation to Chen Sha.

When Chen Sha arrived at the White Jade Plaza, he indeed saw a jade-green longsword gliding through the air like a small dragon, searching for something in the ruins that Shangguan Qing had crashed into.

Seeing a sword flying on its own, Chen Sha couldn’t help but marvel, "There’s actually this kind of Immortal Sword in the Martial Hero World?"

But right at this moment, he saw the tip of the Immortal Sword flick up and aim directly at him.

"Oh? Interesting. Could you be Shangguan Qing’s sword?" Chen Sha spoke softly.

Looking at the sword’s behavior, it was obviously searching for Shangguan Qing’s aura. Unfortunately, the woman had her scapula pierced, and her body’s Qi Power was completely sealed while locked in the mountain dungeon. It would be difficult for the sword to find her based on aura alone.

But just when Chen Sha thought the sword was going to attack him...

HUMMM!

It turned around above the White Jade Plaza, and its tip suddenly aimed in the direction of the mountain path! It seemed to have sensed an aura even stronger than Chen Sha’s!

"Why does this aura feel... somewhat familiar and intimate?" Chen Sha frowned and looked in the direction the sword tip was pointing.

On the small stone-stepped path leading up the mountain, two figures slowly appeared. The person in the lead wore a red dress and exuded a graceful and majestic aura. As she walked up the mountain with her hands clasped behind her back, even the flowers and grass alongside the steps slightly shifted their direction, looking toward her like sunflowers facing the sun. Behind her followed a scarred, limping man.

The moment Chen Sha saw this woman in red, he was stunned. "And you are?"

Yun Shouxuan also looked at the person standing over ten zhang away. What met her eyes was a young Daoist whose face was younger than the man in her memory, yet filled with a completely different aura.

She parted her red lips slightly and said, "Sha’Er."