Chapter 418 - The Tasted Sword (1/2)

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The voice that boomed with power and an innate sharpness entered Yan Zaizen's ears. Within his room, he softly pet the snow-white puppy as he contemplated, his eyelids half lowered in thought. His original intentions were to join the Soaring Sword Sect and observe his faint, yet familiar connection with Long Wulin.

Unfortunately, his will always eclipsed his intentions. If he wished to kill, he would do so. If he wished to obtain information now, he would definitely not wait later. His Dao of Sovereign Ascension was his personality, and while he could be warmer than a father's embrace at times, most of the times he was tyrannical to the extreme.

Softly shaking his head, the sides of his lips tugged into a faint smile.

”Forget it. I'll take Old Man Bo and just travel about.” After making this decision, his eyes flashed with an amber-gold light that released brilliant rays of haughtiness and imperial might.

He lifted the snow-white puppy and reached the deck of the skyship. On the deck, countless figures were trembling beneath the sharp aura of a group of men that stood in midair, looking directly at the ship from a distance. At the lead, a young man with a clean shaven face, sharp eyebrows, and radiating an aura of an elite stood upright with his hand upon his sword's hilt.

Yan Zaizen arrived with a casual air. He swept his calm gaze towards the ten experts in the distance and didn't give them a second glance. He made his way towards Old Man Bo who seemed to have lost his soul slightly. His eyes swirled with confusion and fear.

Yan Zaizen didn't blame him. He brought him here, then crippled the examiner without much warning. Lifting the snow-white puppy, he gestured to Old Man Bo to receive it. Absentminded, Old Man Bo just subconsciously grabbed it as he gazed at Yan Zaizen's figure.

”Don't hold him too tightly.” After he instructed Old Man Bo of this, he turned his body towards the group of nine who were inspecting him with all sorts of senses. There were eight cultivators at the late & peak-Qi Unification Realm, with the young man at the lead at the initial-Origin Core Realm.

They were quite a line-up for the overall strength of Presba. While they weren't top experts or powerhouses, they were definitely nothing to scoff at. Yan Zaizen smiled faintly.

He took a deep breath, his body started to rapidly circulate with Dao Energy as he fully decided to utilize the cultivation support of his Heavenly Dao Seed. He started to cultivate the Immortal Herculean Method with intensity.

”Who are you?!” The young man exclaimed with questioning authority. Despite his youthful appearance, his eyes betrayed his age as he seemed to be nearing a thousand years.

Yan Zaizen slowly stepped until he reached the bow of the skipship. Beneath his body, the faint amber-gold light was rapidly circulating. He calmly said, his voice soft yet booming like a max volume speaker, ”My name's Yan Zaizen. I'm the Yan Clan's Ancestor, and I'm here to find out why my clan was hunted and killed without reason.”

Yes.

Yes!!

Yan Zaizen did not hide his intentions, nor did he even have the thought of doing so. He exposed his identity without question, proclaiming himself as the Infamous Devil Clan's ancestor! He would never stoop so low as to hide this fact. His mother and father gave him his blood, body, and soul. If he even considered keeping it quiet, he would feel unworthy to be named Yan.

The expressions of everyone, including Old Man Bo violently changed. While Yan Zaizen had introduced himself to Old Man Bo, there wasn't enough time for that middle-aged man to appropriately process the name or its meaning. The Yan Clan's infamy was taught, but it would be how a poor mortal might not know an infamous family who killed a hundred people.

”Ancestor?!” The young man started, his head reeling back in shock. This was supposed to be a simple capture of a criminal who killed a disciple of the sect. In fact, the examiner had long since intended to betray Yan Zaizen. During the three days preparation, he had thoroughly investigated Yan Zaizen and discovered that Yan Zaizen had been nothing his entire life.

This meant he had to have a treasure or a legacy far beyond normal to have this abrupt rise. An orphan with dubious origins yet extraordinary ability was a steaming pile of meat to the ravenous cultivators of this world. He had always intended to hand Yan Zaizen over, this was why he didn't try to get close to him during this period in hopes of keeping his intentions down.

The current young man who stood at the lead was his clan's patriarch. His lifespan wasn't as vibrant as his face, nearing its end, so this could easily be a huge boom to their power if they could obtain Yan Zaizen's secrets.

This was why, despite not knowing that the examiner had been crippled or killed, the young-looking man had arrived with the direct declaration to take in the murderer of their disciple. This was more than enough for Yan Zaizen to realize these things.

”What do you mean?!” The young man shouted with emotion and a tinge of fear. What did it mean to be an Ancestor? It meant an individual who had lived before in the Clan since an early period of development, having exceeded all the current members in seniority. How could the Yan Clan, the clan that nearly pushed Presba to the brink of extinction, be alive?!

He had nearly forgotten about the inconsistency of Yan Zaizen's youthful life aura or his lack of cultivation. It was only when a quick-thinking and perceptive member of his line-up informed him of this did he slowly calm down.

Yan Zaizen didn't bother with all this nor anymore questions lunged at him by the group. Instead, he felt his body undergo massive changes as the profound Herculean Path shaped his body without error. Before, it took him several months to touch upon this level in the Deep Mines.

How, with the support of his Dao Energy, he had reduced that to the matter of a few days. He merely used this final infusion of Dao Energy to push his body to that stage.