Chapter 37 (1/2)

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There were two on Island On the ridge of the back mountain, the dense forest was far away froure of a personso swiftly it was like a gust of wind, and went straight for the edge of the cliff

The tips of his feet tapped lightly on the uneven side of the crag as he made his way up, eyes set on a ‘withered herb' with neither flowers nor leaves at the edge of the precipice In a single swipe, he plucked it out cleanly with its roots And then he did a flip in the air, fingers digging into thehis body onto the raceful and agile that there was an air of carefreeness around them Only when he had landed did his appearance beco man, about fifteen to sixteen years old He looked back to quickly sweep his eyes over the cliff, then he turned around with a faint siant eagle guarding the ‘withered herb' realize that its treasure had been stolen It ier And yet, despite its ire, the beast was very intelligent As if knowing that it stood no chance against the perpetrator, it stayed where it was, hesitating for a ive chase Only a short while had passed, but the young ure had disappeared into the thick forest without a trace

Suddenly, the long and loud shout of a le took off into the sky, away fro the fored beforehand

The birds in the forest flew straight to the sky, their cries resonating, and dispersed quickly as they fled

When the young man heard this, his expression re to the roots of the ‘withered herb', tucked it into his robe, and swung the ordinary-looking wooden sword in his hand twice He clicked his tongue “Clingy bastards [1]”

Turns out, this youngQian

Five years had passed in a heartbeat The young child fro , which was gifted to hi in the Land of the Tender back then, he had not grown ugly

In the blink of an eye, four to five people appeared fro Qian Their leader did not have a pleasant appearance, his face like charcoal It was Zhang Dasen

Before co Dasen had already ress with his cultivation base, so he had a bit of a reputation aue cultivators His weapon was a two-headed halberd He was already quite proud to begin with, and with the good-for-nothing rogue cultivators constantly sucking up to hiain, brat,” In the past five years, not only had Zhang Dasen's grudge with Cheng Qian not lessened in the slightest, it had beco Qian, he couldn't help gritting his teeth “Hand over the thing obediently”

Cheng Qian held both hands behind his body, wooden sword hanging at his side, occasionally tapping on his leg There was an apt a ‘I don't understand what the dog is yipping'

Zhang Dasen had always been the type to put on a threatening act If others had traded insults with him, he would feel a littleQian's complete indifference to worldly teht instantly sprout a faceful of beard

One of theQian a cold smile “Little fellow, if you're a sensible one, hurry and hand over the ‘Wupeng Herb' If you continue to resist, we're going to drop all courtesy”

Hearing this, Cheng Qian immediately turned to him The youth held his sword levelly, lowered his head in a respectful bow, and cupped his fist with his other hand in obeisance “I wouldn't dare, please”

Seeing the uncooperative attitude, the ed forith perfect coordination

When they attacked, it was easy to tell which of the the main attackers, supporters, sneak attackers, and which were the ones cutting off the ene Qian rereat skill

It was obvious that both parties were very fa Dasen's two-headed halberd produced a powerful ith one swing, co the behind Cheng Qian With a loud howl, his long sword ca Qian didn't even turn around The wooden sword in his hand was like an agile snake — Withouta beat, it accurately pressed down on the sneak attacker's wrist And then, supporting his entire weight on this point, Cheng Qian leapt into the air The sawdust his opponent had sliced froitated by this move, so it im Dasen's group hurried to back off, their coordinationQian found a gap arasp a tree branch, took a leap, and went straight up like a bird, his clothes fluttering behind hiive chase, but none of the Qian was When they had finally recoe distance in between the Qian

This very brief instance was all Cheng Qian needed

With theTides', there was instant cla a loud co Dasen couldn't move his two-headed halberd freely in that space, so he was directly hit with the sword aura

And then, Cheng Qian ignored the pursuit of one of theclub, and dropped froh speed after landing and struck the root of a large tree at the sa, ‘When the tree falls, theto beat Cheng Qian didn't have tiht overhead, so they hurried to scraht their way out of theQian was already far away, i Qian brushed off a small leaf on his clothes and courteously cupped his fist with his other hand for Zhang Dasen, as if saying ‘Thank you for your hospitality, your pointers are low of the setting sun, disappearing without a trace

In the past few years, the Fuyao Sect had fully settled on the Azure Dragon Island Fortunately, the troubleso them still had to carry out his duties as the Protector, so after appearing once in the first lecture, he never caain

Of the two Main Protectors of the Lecture Hall, one was Tang Wanqiu fro, as the other Protector, was also not froins were hiddenthat could be dug up by Han Yuan's kind Tang Wanqiu had rushed to arrive at the Azure Dragon Island with Yan Zhengroup when the Celestial Market was about to open, but Zhou Hanzheng had arrived even later than her After the first day at the Lecture Hall, he had hurriedly left the following day

Most of the masters ent up the platforive their lecture and left i little to no attention to the audience of rogue cultivators

Yan Zheng ostentatiously From then on, on the days when the Lecture Hall was open, they would go there before the sun had risen to look for an inconspicuous spot They didn't really speakchar sword manuals on their own as they waited for the others to arrive After the lecture had ended, they would silently take their leave again

As tiotten by those eren't involved with theQian was an exception Cheng Qian showed his face with his martial brothers in public less and less often, basically always doing things by hih, so he couldn't protect the entirety of his sect He could only attract all the hostility others felt for the sect toward hi the burden alone

The previous year, Yan Zhenge shi+p to return rown up, including Xiao-Yue'er, back to the Yan house After all, they were only common people The peaks of their youth would only last for about a decade, it wouldn't do for the and Zheshi+, had chosen to stay, acco journey ahead

Thus, the large crowd of Fuyao Sect had been reduced greatly, so they all decided to an to cultivate peacefully

The changing of the four seasons didn't exist on the Azure Dragon Island, so it was easy to forget how much time had passed The people here often lost theht lose track of how one, how many autumns had passed out there

In those five years, Yan Zheng Qian had finally transcribed all five forh many discussions and deliberations They passed it to Li Yun, who then passed it to Han Yuan

Either because ‘teaching was the best way to learn', or because Yan Zhenged, he had finally settled down and becoht years to learn less than three forms of back in Fuyao Mountain, he had finally on Island

Shuikeng had also grown fro reat calairl was very cool-headed, though it was unclear whom she had taken after As soon as she'd learned how to speak, Shuikeng never cried anymore No matter what kind of problem she encountered, she would just cal and use her technique of ‘chattering endlessly' This was a time-tested technique that had always proved to be effective As long as she could irritate one of her shi+xiong enough, she would always have her wish granted

Because of this, her shi+xiong had secretly discussed the Yao Queen's e ht have been the incarnation of a ?

With the dead-looking Wupeng Herb, Cheng Qian returned to their courtyard He had only come to stand in front of the entrance when his face contorted against his will — While he was on the tree earlier, he had been struck on the back with the de Dasen's ed in time back then Now, he most probably had the ‘Centipede Mark' on his back, which caused hi Qian originally wanted to turn around for a look, but with just a slight twist of his neck, his back felt like it rateful that he'd worn dark clothes that day, so he could keep things hidden

After reco Qian entered the courtyard, still a little tense

Little Shuikeng was standing in the courtyard with a miserable face So the ground into a cage to keep her in place The fine and close-knitted carving, which only used the minimum a's work — Fro their shi+mei, too, it was clear that the Sect Leader was strict with others but lenient on hi's neck It was the exact same Scriptures on Clarity and Stillness that had o This object was truly a baneful existence for theo It was said that Han Yuan's head would hurt just by looking at it now

“Third shi+xiong!” Seeing Cheng Qian, Shuikeng looked like she had seen her lifesaver and hurried to call out, “Third shi+xiong, help!”