1075 - Ye Chen
“Haha, I’m afraid this is none of your business.”
The warden of the Peerless School looked at Ye Qingtang somewhat impatiently.
“Really…”
The corners of Ye Qingtang’s mouth curved up slightly. She shielded her face with her sleeve. Within the span of ten breaths, her beautiful young girlish face quickly transformed into that of a handsome young man.
And this young man was the Ye Chen that they were looking for just now!
A half-smile hung on Ye Qingtang’s lips.
Her gaze passed over everyone as she said, “I’m Ye Chen… are you looking for me?”
“You… are Ye Chen?!”
Perfected Xuanchen stared at his own disciple, completely shocked and somewhat disbelieving
Ye Chen was actually a girl… and a Yang Lord?! How was that possible!
“You are Ye Chen!”
The Full Moon Peak Master, Xuanyuan Yi, looked at Ye Qingtang in shock and disbelief.
“Xuanyuan Yi, your grandson Xuanyuan Lie has already died. As a grandfather, aren’t you afraid that your grandson will be lonely? Shouldn’t you keep him company?” Ye Qingtang lifted her eyes slightly and glanced at the Full Moon Peak Master, Xuanyuan Yi, from the corners of her eyes.
“What did you say!”
Xuanyuan Yi’s expression was one of shock.
“Come here!” Ye Qingtang exclaimed.
A cold light suddenly flashed across Ye Qingtang’s smiling eyes. Without giving Xuanyuan Yi a chance to open his mouth, she suddenly grasped his neck and choked him.
At that moment, Xuanyuan Yi was in Ye Qingtang’s grasp and was unable to struggle. His body left the ground as Ye Qingtang lifted him up into the air.
“Have… have mercy…” Xuanyuan Yi’s face was flushed as he stared at Ye Qingtang in terror.
“Mercy?”
When she heard Xuanyuan Yi’s plea, the smile lurking at the corners of Ye Qingtang’s mouth seemed to deepen.
When she had left the Falling Sky Valley earlier, Xuanyuan Yi had continually pursued her. Had he shown any sign of mercy?!
“If you want mercy, you better ask for it in hell…” Ye Qingtang said blandly.
In the next second, there was a “snap”. Without giving Xuanyuan Yi a chance to speak, Ye Qingtang had swiftly twisted Xuanyuan Yi’s neck.
Ye Qingtang glanced at the lifeless Xuanyuan Yi and then casually threw the body at the feet of the warden from the Peerless School.
“You…”
The envoy from the Peerless School was both shocked and angry. He glared at Ye Qingtang.
“What’s the matter? Doesn’t your Peerless School want to capture and question me?” Ye Qingtang looked at the Peerless School warden. “I’m here now. Why don’t you act?”
However, the Peerless School warden did not dare to say anything. He only clenched his fists, speechless.
Their pride in being a warden of the Peerless School made them unable to humble themselves. Although the person before him had injured disciples of the Peerless School, she was also a genuine Yang Lord…
If they started a fight with a Yang Lord as Ye Qingtang had suggested, their fate would probably be the same as that of the Full Moon Peak Master, Xuanyuan Yi…
“Ye Chen… We represent the Peerless School… you previously injured some disciples of the Peerless School. You should… give an account!” The warden of the Peerless School looked at Ye Qingtang and said.
“An account?” Ye Qingtang’s gaze swept across the warden of the Peerless School. Her face showed no expression. “I have already given you an account. I am here now. You can act whenever you want.”
“You…”
The Peerless School warden gritted his teeth in anger but was unable to argue.
“Ye Chen… it is true that you are a Yang Lord. But you are not showing the Peerless School any respect at all!” The Peerless School warden said.
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1076 - Am I Afraid?
“Peerless School?” When she heard that, Ye Qingtang’s eyelids drooped. The corners of her mouth curved in a small smile. “What about Peerless School? I don’t even care about the Formidable Heavens Dynasty’s Beiming Manor. There are two Beiming Manor Yang Lords out to kill me, but I have already killed one of them. I’m not even afraid of the Beiming Manor, so why should I be afraid of the Peerless School?”
“You… killed a Yang Lord from the Beiming Manor?!”
The Peerless School warden was taken aback by Ye Qingtang’s words.
In this mainland, the three biggest powers each had four Yang Lords. This kept things in balance so that they were on equal footing. But if one of the powers lost a Yang Lord, then the balance of power among the three would be lost… Either the Peerless School or the Phantom Valley could attack the power that had lost a Yang Lord. The outcome of a fight between four Yang Lords and three Yang Lords could be imagined.
“I still have some internal matters to settle in the Falling Sky Valley today. I don’t have time to bandy words with you. Scram!” The warmth in Ye Qingtang’s eyes had swiftly faded.
The warden of the Peerless School just needed to bring back the news that the Beiming Manor had lost a Yang Lord.
“Humph!”
The Peerless School warden scoffed coldly. He immediately rose and led the Peerless School disciples out of the great hall and into the Falling Sky Valley without a backward glance.
As the Peerless School warden left, Ye Qingtang’s gaze fell on the two Peak Masters of Cut Water Peak and Blue Cloud Peak.
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At that moment, the two Peak Masters were struck dumb. They did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Who would have thought that Perfected Xuanchen’s disciple, Ye Chen, had now… appeared in the Falling Sky Valley as a Yang Lord? If they had known about this, they would never have dared to collude with Full Moon Peak.
“From now on, you are stripped of your positions as Masters of Blue Cloud Peak and Cut Water Peak. You are expelled from Falling Sky Valley.” Ye Qingtang looked at them and said calmly.
“You… why…”
The two of them were shocked.
“Why?” Ye Qingtang’s expression seemed imbued with a trace of bone-chilling frost. Her gaze swept over them inch by inch. “You colluded with the Full Moon Peak to do such underhanded things. Have you forgotten about them? You have better vanish forever from my sight before I change my mind. I won’t repeat myself.”
When they heard Ye Qingtang’s words, the Blue Cloud Peak and Cut Water Peak Masters were so frightened that they were soaked in cold sweat. They did not dare to speak anymore and immediately got up. They only wished they had been born with a few more legs. They swiftly fled and vanished without a trace.
It was all too easy for a Yang Lord to kill martial cultivators of their level. With just a thought, they could be smashed into smithereens and transformed into nothingness.
As she looked at the two of them flee, Ye Qingtang resumed her original appearance. She looked at the shocked Perfected Xuanchen, and the sharp look in her eyes completely faded and was replaced with gentle
amusement.
“Master, are you pleased with this conclusion?”
“Are you… really Ye Chen?!”
Perfected Xuanchen felt as if he was in a dream. He could not imagine how Ye Chen, who was clearly a male, could now become a female, especially one with terrifying powers of the cultivation of a Yang Lord…
“Master, I was originally a girl, but when I first came to Falling Sky Valley, I had no choice but to present myself to others as Ye Chen,” explained Ye Qingtang.
“I see…”
When Perfected Xuanchen heard Ye Qingtang’s explanation, he realized that Ye Chen was Ye Qingtang’s false name.
“So… What is your real name?” Perfected Xuanchen asked Ye Qingtang.
“Ye Qingtang.” She answered honestly.
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1077 - The Old Valley Master
“Ye Qingtang… the girl who obtained the Fiendcelestial Beast cub… in the Hell of Avicinaraka?” Perfected Xuanchen was shocked.
“Yes.” Ye Qingtang nodded.
“In that case, I understand…” Perfected Xuanchen nodded.
Ye Qingtang had obtained a young Fiendcelestial Beast in the Hell of Avicinaraka. This news had spread throughout this mainland. If Ye Qingtang had not disguised herself and completely changed her appearance, she would not have lived until today.
However, before Perfected Xuanchen could continue speaking, exclamations could be heard from outside the great hall.
Ye Qingtang and Perfected Xuanchen immediately walked out of the great hall together.
Outside the great hall stood a white-robed old man. On the ground lay dozens of corpses.
One of the corpses was the Peerless School warden. The Peak Masters of Cut Water Peak and Blue Cloud Peak were also there.
Perfected Xuanchen looked in surprise at the white-robed old man who was standing nearby. “Old Valley Master… you…”
“Old Valley Master?”
Ye Qingtang looked thoughtful when she heard Perfected Xuanchen’s words.
Previously, in the Formidable Heavens Dynasty, it seemed that Ji Yixuan was looking for the Regeneration Stone to allow the Old Valley Master to continue living… and the Old Valley Master had been seriously injured by the Peerless School Warden.
Perfected Xuanchen looked in shock at the old man who was standing nearby. Although the Old Valley Master had obtained the Regeneration Stone and managed to survive, he had not been able to recover from his severe injuries and had been recuperating behind closed doors. What had caused him to leave his seclusion to return to the Falling Sky Valley?
“Old Valley Master, are you injuries better?” Perfected Xuanchen asked the old man.
When she saw that Perfected Xuanchen was about to walk over to the old man, Ye Qingtang caught hold of him.
This old man’s aura was rather peculiar, and the bodies on the ground were inexplicable.
Ye Qingtang looked at the Old Valley Master pointedly and said, “Old Valley Master… did you kill the Peerless School warden and these other people?”
“Old Valley Master killed them!” One of the Falling Sky Valley disciples hurriedly nodded.
The Old Valley Master looked at Ye Qingtang and studied her for a moment before a strange smile lit his face. “Peak of the Seventh Heaven of Yin Yang Perfected Lord… Not bad, not bad at all.”
After he had spoken, the old man ignored Ye Qingtang and the others. A pitch-black pearl surfaced on his brow.
Under the glow from the black pearl on the old man’s brow, the Peerless School warden and the dozens of other corpses transformed into black mist and instantly rushed into the black
pearl.
“This…”
When Perfected Xuanchen saw the Old Valley Master’s appearance, he was shocked and was somewhat disbelieving.
The Old Valley Master looked like he had suffered from Qi Deviation during his recuperation or had cultivated some kind of sinister power…
However, the Old Valley Master ignored Perfected Xuanchen. He looked towards the void and sighed softly. “Um… time is running out…”
“Time is running out?” Perfected Xuanchen was taken aback when he heard that. He involuntarily asked, “In what way are you short of time?”
Ye Qingtang followed the Old Valley Master’s gaze, and after a moment, she also frowned slightly.
The Old Valley Master was studying the area in which the Dimension Wall had been smashed… as if the Old Valley Master knew something.
“You, come here.”
The Old Valley Master gestured slightly with his right arm. The Peak Masters of the other twelve peaks instantly had their necks broken by the Old Valley Master.
The next moment, the ground was littered with numerous corpses.
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1078 - The Conspiracy
“Old Valley Master, what are you doing?!”
Perfected Xuanchen was completely dumbfounded upon witnessing the situation. His face was full of disbelief.
The old Valley Master killed a few Peak Masters instantly.
“Master, don’t go.”
Ye Qingtang stretched her hand out and pulled Perfected Xuanchen back to prevent him from getting near the old Valley Master.
“Qingtang, did the old Valley Master enter the Qi Deviation during his treatment!” Perfected Xuanchen looked towards Ye Qingtang immediately.
Ye Qingtang squinted her eyes and scanned through the elder in front of her.
Ye Qingtang pulled back her sight and shook her head towards Perfected Xuanchen. She frowned and said, “Master, I don’t think that the old Valley Master… entered the Qi Deviation.”
When a cultivator entered the Qi Deviation, his own injuries would only get worse. However, based on the old Valley Master’s current situation, he was full of energy and vitality with no trace of injury at all.
Furthermore, if a cultivator entered the Qi Deviation, his martial ability would not increase exponentially. The aura that the old Valley Master revealed just now let Ye Qingtang feel threatened as well…
According to her knowledge, the old Valley Master’s martial ability was just a normal Yang Lord at his peak time.
“Not the Qi Deviation…” Perfected Xuanchen was shocked. If it was not because of the Qi Deviation, what made the old Valley Master like that now?!
The few Peak Masters’ corpses turned into a ball of black fog under the influence of the black pearl at his glabella and were absorbed by the pearl.
“This is weird… Why is the Dimension Wall broken…” The old Valley Master murmured to himself after absorbing the bodies of the few Peak Master.
The old Valley Master’s murmur entered Ye Qingtang’s ears.
At the same time, a black glint radiated out from the old Valley Master’s glabella and surrounded the enter Nine Nights Dynasty.
“It should be enough to use all living creatures in the Nine Nights Dynasty as the price…” The old Valley Master said softly.
Everyone in the Falling Sky Valley froze on the spot and could not believe what was happening.
The black light contained unimaginable power that could destroy everything.
“Come here.”
The old Valley Master looked at some senior members and disciples of the Falling Sky Valley and smiled. In the next second, everyone was killed with his invisible power.
“Stop!” Perfected Xuanchen shouted.
The old Valley Master sized up Perfected Xuanchen.
“Old Valley Master, what… what are you doing?!” Perfected Xuanchen’s voice quivered.
The old Valley Master laughed softly and said, “Xuanchen, you’re my favorite person in the entire Falling Sky Valley… If not, I would not ask you to replace the position as the Valley Master back then. However, I’m back now, and you should die in honor.”
The old Valley Master lifted his arm and tried to grab Perfected Xuanchen after he finished his words.
Ye Qingtang immediately blocked Perfected Xuanchen, and her divine power of a Yang Lord exploded out from her body to suppress the old Valley Master’s terrifying power.
“Hehe… A Yang Lord at such a young age… You’re quite extraordinary, even at my age. However, you don’t need to rush. It’ll be your turn after I kill everyone else.” The old Valley Master looked at Ye Qingtang and smiled.
“Your age…” Ye Qingtang frowned slightly when she heard the old Valley Master’s words. He was not as simple as how he appeared…
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1079 - Ten Thousand Years
“Old Valley Master of the Falling Sky Valley… what’s the relationship between you and the extraordinary lady?” Ye Qingtang stared at the old Valley Master and contemplated.
“The extraordinary lady?” The old Valley Master was slightly stunned after hearing Ye Qingtang’s words.
“The extraordinary lady who used her Spiritual Abode to create this mainland,” Ye Qingtang said coldly.
The old Valley Master was taken aback and stared at Ye Qingtang in surprise.
After a while, the old Valley Master said, “How did you know about that?”
“You don’t need to know about that.” Ye Qingtang replied coldly.
The old Valley Master’s response proved that Ye Qingtang’s guess was correct. The old Valley Master must be related to the extraordinary lady who created the mainland.
“You know quite a lot based on your age. The extraordinary lady you mentioned… was regarded as a God by us. After she came to the mainland, she led us to the magnificent martial civilization… She used her own Spiritual Abode to create the land for us…”
The elder was immersed in deep thought as if he had returned to that age.
“However, things did not go well… Her divine power was used up as she lost her Spiritual Abode… However, without her divine power, she still enjoyed our worship and respect… She really treated herself as a God… How funny was that hahaha…” The old Valley Master’s expression was getting a little insane.
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Ye Qingtang was slightly stunned after hearing his explanation. The extraordinary lady had passed away around ten thousand years ago. According to the old Valley Master’s words, it seemed that he lived in the same age as the extraordinary lady and had even served her before…
Perfected Xuanchen and the rest all froze, stunned. None of them could understand the conversation between the old Valley Master and Ye Qingtang… Who was the extraordinary lady, what Spiritual Abode, God were they talking about…
Ye Qingtang looked at the old Valley Master coldly and said, “The extraordinary lady had passed away for around ten thousand years. It seemed that you lived in the same age as her.”
“Hahaha… Young girl, you’re very clever. No wonder you can become a Yang Lord at your age… I have lived for more than ten thousand years… I was the first Sect Master of Yunxiao Sect, and I created the Falling Sky Valley. I always change my identity every few hundred or thousand years.”
Ye Qingtang’s expression changed slightly as well after the old Valley Master finished his words.
The person in front of her… really had lived for ten thousand years!
“What a pity… there isn’t enough spirit energy on this mainland. Furthermore, the extraordinary lady you mentioned used her remaining divine power as a curse to build the Dimension Wall after she passed away. The Dimension Wall could shield any outsiders and also prevent us from leaving this mainland… If not, I believe some of us would have become Emperor-level figures…” The old Valley Master sighed softly and helplessly.
Ye Qingtang did not know about the curse from the little white tiger.
Even the little white tiger might not know about that.
The old Valley Master was right. If it was not due to the power of the curse that prevented the group of ancient people from leaving the mainland, they all had the chance to become Emperor-level figures after living for ten thousand years…
“You… How did you manage to live so long…” Ye Qingtang frowned and asked.