876 Cutting the Bond (1/2)

No one else had arrived at the front yard of Peach Mountain so far.

The three disciples of the Academy did not come.

Chen Pipi stood on the altar, looking towards the direction where Tang Xiaotang came from and smiled to her, ”It seems our Brothers and Sisters were stuck by some matters. I think you should leave first.”

”I can't leave now.”

Tang Xiaotang smiled back, and then turned to the blood-colored Sacred Sedan of Judgment. She switched to a serious look and asked, ”What are you waiting for?”

No one could understand why she had chosen to challenge the Great Divine Priest of Judgment. Only herself, Ye Hongyu, and Ning Que who was still hidden in the crowd knew that that was from a promise years ago in the Wilderness.

At that time Ning Que, Mo Shanshan and Ye Hongyu had just come out of the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine. On the ropeway, they found a snow white puppy in a basket as well as Tang Xiaotang, who had gone there in search of her dog.

The four of them traveled through the rocky valley carved out by predecessors from the Devil's Doctrine. They cursed badly on each other, but none of them could beat Ning Que, the disgrace of the Academy.

Ning Que looked at the blood-stained Tang Xiaotang who was still holding her iron stick. All of a sudden he remembered the first time they met her. At that time, they had heard her voice before seeing her in the foggy valley. She had yelled, ”Who dares to touch my dog!”

Today at the Rite to Light in the Peach Mountain, she had once again yelled, ”Who dares to kill my man?” It seemed Chen Pipi was no less important to her than the white wolf dog at that time.

He could not help but laugh while remembering the incident. The other footboys found him very weird, as they wondered, How could you still be so cheerful in such a situation?

Ning Que mood was actually not cheerful at all, as he thought about Shanshan, away in the Great River Kingdom, and Ye Hongyu in the sacred sedan. Back then, they were in their prime. Now, after a few years had passed, they were still young, but no longer the youngsters they used to be.

Ye Hongyu looked at Tang Xiaotang outside her sedan and smiled.

She did not waste any time talking.

Her natal sword buzzed, eager to get out of its sheath.

Almost at the same time, as though hearing that signal, the swords of the deacons of Divine Hall of Judgment were drawn.

Dozens of swords flew out and encircled Tang Xiaotang immediately.

Tang Xiaotang wielded her roaring iron stick and hit the dozens of swords onto the ground at a speed that no one could follow.

Continuous clicking sounds were heard in front of the altar, like some cheerful music.

Ye Hongyu's natal sword was the last to arrive in front of the altar, and it stabbed directly towards Tang Xiaotang's face.

Tang Xiaotang shouted out with a clear yell and pulled back her iron stick swiftly, barely managing to ward off the sword.

Rather than a stick hitting a sword, it was more like a sword cutting an iron stick. The sword was not damaged in the least, but the iron stick trembled uncontrollably.

Tang Xiaotang turned pale, as blood leaked out of the corner of her mouth. She had been seriously wounded previously. Taking the hit from Ye Hongyu's natal sword, her former injuries seemed to all open up again.

But she was still fearless. Looking at the sword flying above, she held tighter to her iron stick.

But that sword did not stab towards her again.

Inside the sacred sedan, Ye Hongyu said coldly, ”You can try hit me again after you figure out how to break out of my Confinement.”

Only then did Tang Xiaotang realize that the swords she had previously warded off had all been inserted into the stone ground, forming some straggly fence.

Some very strong energy arose from the fence of swords.

That was the highest-level array of West-Hill's Divine Hall of Judgment: the Confinement.

How could she break out of the Confinement? Tang Xiaotang did not expect that Ye Hongyu had reached such a high level. But she knew that by confining her, Ye Hongyu was actually showing her mercy.

But she was not pleased.

Stuck in the confinement of swords, she shouted at Ye Hongyu in the sacred sedan, ”I wanted a real fight!”

Ye Hongyu did not bother answering her.

Many others were not pleased either. The elder divine priests from the West-Hill Divine Halls thought that the head of Divine Hall of Judgment was too soft hearted toward Tang Xiaotang. There was one person who was even more irritated. Ye Hongyu had just killed one of her martial uncles and wounded the other. Yet now she was showing mercy to this evil girl from the Devil's Doctrine!

Little Yu from the South Sea accused, ”Who would have expected the head of Divine Hall of Judgment to be friends with this evil girl from the Devil's Doctrine. If you won't kill her, I'll do it for you!”

Upon these words, a very thin sword came up from behind her, toured a half circle round the front yard of Peach Mountain, got through the fence of swords and stabbed to Tang Xiaotang directly.

She deserved her fame of a genius in Taoism who had reached Knowing Destiny State at the age of seventeen. A simple sword strike like that possessed exceptional power. What was more scary was that it had actually flown through the fence of swords!