Chapter 96: His Talent Defied Heaven
With a grand entourage, Ye Jiuyao departed in sweeping fashion. His first destination was an eighth-rank sect in the neighboring town.
He had scarcely given it any thought. The instant he arrived, the fighting erupted with lightning speed.
The sect had only just survived a battle and was already exhausted to the bone. How could it possibly withstand the assault from Ye Jiuyao and the others?
Especially when Xuan Tianzha and Tong Zhantian were seen among them.
At once, everyone’s expression turned strange, and fear surfaced in their eyes.
There was hardly any need for a major clash before their ranks collapsed, and they fled their sect in all directions.
One sect after another was swept clean by Ye Jiuyao’s group, smoke rising everywhere and the stench of blood spreading over the ground.
But this was... debt collection.
They had no choice but to resist or run.
As time passed, every sect that had taken part in the assault on Tongxuan Sect became a fallen sect at the hands of Ye Jiuyao and the others, without exception.
...
Inside the hall of Falling Leaves Sect, Duanya lay on the floor, covered in wounds, groaning in pain.
“Speak. What happened?”
Duan Tianlang stared at Duanya on the ground, his face full of rage, and barked the question in a deep, furious voice.
“The matter of the Heavenly Jade Sect was a conspiracy, a scheme to toy with the people of the various sects. Their saintess was already betrothed...”
“And that person was...”
The elder who had followed Duanya suddenly hesitated there.
“Who was it?!”
“It was... it was the son of that Mu Wan!”
“What?!”
Duan Tianlang and the elders were all stunned. Mu Wan’s reputation was too great, so great that they did not dare speak of her lightly.
“And what happened to Duanya?!”
“The Holy Son was suppressed by Mu Wan’s son alone against six men. In the end, he was badly injured...”
When the elder finished speaking, everyone fell silent. They truly could not imagine how terrifying a one-against-six battle would be.
“Who were the other five?”
“Three from sixth-rank sects, two from seventh-rank ones...”
“And as for the man rumored outside to be Lord Qin Yu’s adopted son, he was also nearly killed by Mu Wan’s son!”
“What?”
As those words fell, it was like a stone dropped into a still lake, sending ripples through everyone’s hearts.
This news was even more shocking than the last.
Qin Yu was the very name of absolute strength.
And they were reliant upon him, which was precisely why they were so astonished upon hearing this.
Duan Tianlang fell silent for a moment, then said, “Are you certain that man is Mu Wan’s son? Is there a crystal record?”
“Yes, yes, yes. When Qin Jueqiong was nearly killed, I took notice and made a recording.”
At once, the elder took a small crystal from his spatial ring, flung it toward the sky, and a projection immediately appeared.
Scenes from above the Heavenly Jade Sect played out one after another, like images projected by a lantern, and everyone’s expressions grew increasingly strange.
“This person looks like... Ye Jiuyao!”
Ye Qing stared at that peerlessly graceful youth and suddenly blurted it out, instantly drawing everyone’s attention.
“Ye Qing, is this true?!”
Duan Tianlang’s gaze fell upon Ye Qing, and with it came a suffocating pressure that made his expression extremely ugly, yet he still answered.
“Sect Master, I have fought Ye Jiuyao many times. Though he does not look quite the same, that power of the stars cannot be wrong. Moreover, as for that sword art, I dare say there is no one else who could use it besides him!”
Ye Qing declared with certainty. At once, the elder’s face turned pale with panic.
After all, he had failed to recognize the mortal enemy of his own sect right before him and had not struck him down on the spot. That was his mistake.
“Report!”
Just as the people of Falling Leaves Sect were deep in thought, a hurried voice broke the stillness.
“Report.”
“Speak.”
Duan Tianlang looked toward the messenger and said.
“Reporting, Tongxuan Sect was attacked by other sects. A seventh-rank sect made a move, and the number of eighth-rank sects was even more numerous, while ninth-rank sects were everywhere...”
“Hahaha... Tongxuan Sect is finished!”
Duan Tianlang laughed heartily, and the others were also beaming with joy. Yet the messenger’s expression remained peculiar, and he continued.
“Within Tongxuan Sect, a heaven-shaking power emerged, and with a single finger, it destroyed the master of that seventh-rank sect. The people of Tongxuan Sect then repelled the others with pills and spiritual weapons...”
“What?!”
“Later, Ye Jiuyao returned and swept through the various sects. Fortunately, our Black Heaven Town was too weak to be summoned to join, so Ye Jiuyao never came...”
Everyone was stunned once more.
Tongxuan Sect’s strength was actually so terrifying?
It even concealed the power to slay a seventh-rank sect master with a single finger. After thinking of it, everyone could not help but shiver inside.
“Send the order: Falling Leaves Sect is to be on full alert!”
Duan Tianlang seemed to realize the seriousness of the situation and immediately issued the command. The disciple hurried away.
At the same time, Heavenly Sword Sect was the same.
“Tongxuan Sect... has risen.”
Li Henjian looked toward the sky and said.
...
Inside Tongxuan Sect.
“Remember to clean up tomorrow. After all, they don’t want the spirit crystals and such, but we can take them.”
Ye Jiuyao issued the instruction.
“Yes.”
Zhong Shaoshan and Xing Juexing, among others, looked at Ye Jiuyao and let out a sigh. This youth... was too strong.
...
“Mother, what secret do you think Tongxuan Sect has?”
“Tongxuan Sect possesses the Heavenly Demon Fire, a thing from beyond the heavens. Back then, Emperor Hen Diao’s strength rose because of it, though it also seems to carry backlash...”
“By now, it should be a hundred years old. Perhaps the fire has already gained spirit and awakened intelligence. If you subdue it, your strength could soar!”
“This is Tongxuan Sect’s secret!”
“And this Heavenly Demon Fire is not only that. I’ve heard it is also the key to entering the higher realm, the land known as the Thousand Sects World.”
After Mu Wan finished speaking, Ye Jiuyao wore a somewhat strange expression.
Unknowingly, he had obtained the key to opening the gates between worlds, and it seemed not difficult at all to master.
“Son, today Mother will help you with this.”
Luo Qingyu looked at Ye Jiuyao’s peculiar expression, then glanced at Mu Wan, and already understood a thing or two in her heart.
“Mother, do you mean this?”
Suddenly, a scorching aura burst forth in Ye Jiuyao’s hand.
“The... Heavenly Demon Fire?!”
Mu Wan was shocked by the sudden appearance of the Heavenly Demon Fire, then looked at Ye Jiuyao in utter disbelief.
“You... refined the Heavenly Demon Fire?”
“Yes. It was a very simple thing.”
Mu Wan felt an urge to slap Ye Jiuyao to death on the spot, but remembering that he was her own son, she restrained the impulse.
“From today onward, Mother will supervise your cultivation. If you do not reach the Heavenly Human Realm, you are not to go out!”
“Mother, is that so?”
Ye Jiuyao’s voice rang out, and a surge of aura even more terrifying than that of an ordinary Heavenly Human Realm cultivator spread forth, enveloping the heavens and earth.
Mu Wan’s expression became strange, as though she were looking at a monster.
“Mother, actually... Jiuyao’s talent is outrageously heaven-defying. Just how heaven-defying it is, you will discover later. Even when he did not cultivate before, merely eating and sleeping, he was already the pinnacle existence of the New Life Realm...”
Luo Qingyu tactfully helped Ye Jiuyao add a few words, which made Mu Wan’s expression even stranger. What kind of monster son had she given birth to?
He did not even need cultivation to break through, and from Luo Qingyu’s meaning, these were breakthroughs without bottlenecks at all.
At once, she felt a little disoriented by life.
Just as the three of them were conversing, terrifying powers suddenly appeared high in the sky, and the faces of the people of Tongxuan Sect changed drastically...