Chapter 40 (2/2)

“Sure! Then I’ll tell you right now!” The male disciple suddenly attacked Xiao Chen with his palm, his momentum incomparably fierce. Chen Ying and Xiao Wan’er were stunned.

Xiao Chen laughed coldly. Perhaps this man’s speed appeared impressive to bystanders but to him right now… With a thump, he sent the male disciple flying with a kick.

The crowd immediately became dumbstruck.

Xiao Chen laughed. “A slave should have the manner of a slave. The master has not even spoken yet. How improper for you to cause so much fuss on the sidelines.”

Wen Qingyu’s gaze turned cold. Judging from Xiao Chen’s speed earlier, she estimated that he was at least in Lv 5 Qi Refining Realm. “I’m untalented. I’ll have you guide me, Junior Brother,” she said coolly before unsheathing the sword tied to her waist with a clanging sound.

Xiao Chen nodded. “Sounds good, but don’t complain that I’m bullying you. I don’t need the Unsullied Sword.” He turned to look at Xiao Wan’er and said, “Cousin Sister, please lend me your sword.”

Xiao Wan’er immediately sent her sword to him without a word. Xiao Chen caught the sword and performed a little trick with it as he did. Displaying a secret sword art with the sword in his left hand, he said placidly, “Please, Senior Sister.”

Wen Qingyu’s gaze was terrifyingly cold. Xiao Chen was disrespecting her in front of everyone. By then, quite a few people nearby had gathered here. Not only was Wen Qingyu in Lv 7 Qi Refining Realm, but her swordsmanship was also publicly acknowledged to be exquisite. Many people wanted to see how this Outer Disciple, who had caused a rather large crisis some time ago, deal with her.

With a bellow, Wen Qingyu thrust her sword. She was performing a set of swordsmanship called the “Heart-piercing Swordsmanship”. A single thrust of her sword would produce seven to eight trembling blade tips. No matter how her enemy evaded her attacks, it would be impossible to escape a rain of swords that filled the whole sky.

Furthermore, her enemy now was not far from her and the power of the sword hit at once. Under the sunlight, the swords appeared like tens of thousands of golden serpents. The swords were so dazzling that the crowd gasped and sighed in admiration at her great improvement in swordsmanship.

Xiao Wan’er and the others panicked when they saw Xiao Chen standing still without moving his sword. Just as everyone was anticipating for a clash, he finally moved with the sound of whistling winds like that of pan pipes and soft animal cries. His sword moved gently and softly, leaving his sleeves floating about. Unexpectedly, he looked like a handsome fairy dancing.

Naturally, this was the impression that bystanders had. What Wen Qingyu saw was streams of bitingly cold Sword Qi that filled the whole sky, Sword Qi that was neither avoidable nor escapable!

This swordsmanship was the invention of Ling Yin, called the 33-fold Jade Pan Pipes Swordsmanship. He could only unleash the third or fourth fold at the moment but even so, there were few swordsmanships in this world who could withstand this one.

The clanging sounds of swords resounded incessantly. Cold sweat continued to dampen Wen Qingyu’s back. She felt like she had been caught in a rain of swords herself. If she was even the slightest bit careless, the Sword Qi would immediately injure her.

She was forced into taking steps back in retreat again and again. The swordsmanship she was performing became increasingly chaotic until it failed to take proper shape. With a tap of Xiao Chen’s sword on the acupoint in her wrist, she lost grip of the sword in her hand and the sword was sent flying. The sword ended up nailing a large tree with a stabbing sound and its handle swung continuously in the air.

“What?! Impossible! Didn’t he use only one movement? Senior Sister Wen has never lost when it comes to swordsmanship alone!” Shocked voices reverberated all around.

Xiao Chen retrieved his sword and placed it behind his back. “Senior Sister Wen, you’ve let me win,” he said placidly.

Wen Qingyu was deathly pale as she continued to mutter to herself, “Impossible, impossible…”

She had always prided herself on her peerless swordsmanship but Xiao Chen’s swordsmanship earlier did not give her even the slightest chance to retaliate. If he had wanted to kill her earlier, would it not be as easy as snapping his fingers…

“Clap, clap, clap…” Right then, a burst of applause came from outside the crowd. Then, a man’s voice followed. “How interesting, for an Outer Disciple to have such exquisite swordsmanship…”

The crowd immediately cried respectfully, “Senior Brother Mo!”

The man who showed up was none other than Mo Yu. Cheng Ying and the others immediately frowned. No matter how exquisite Xiao Chen’s swordsmanship was, he was undoubtedly no match for Mo Yu who was in Lv 9 Qi Refining Realm.

Similarly, Xiao Chen felt a chill in his heart. The last time he saw Mo Yu, the latter was a mere cultivator in Lv 9 Qi Refining Realm. However, he could now vaguely feel that Mo Yu was showing signs of entering the Foundation Building Realm. The speed of Mo Yu’s progress did not lose to his own in the slightest!

Mo Yu walked to the front of the crowd and sneered. “I gave Luo Shangyan a warning a few days ago, forbidding her from bringing people in. Looks like she’s treating my words like wind past her ears…”

Everyone was so frightened that they could not speak. As long as it was Mo Yu speaking, no one in the crowd would dare interrupt him, not even the Pro-disciples of the five Elders.

Just then, Cheng Yi walked out and said quietly, “Senior Brother Mo, Senior Sister Luo has made Junior Brother Xiao a cultivation plate. So he can come here to cultivate…”

Mo Yu raised an eyebrow. “Oh? Is that true?”

“Hang on!” Xiao Chen’s expression changed. He then took out the jade tablet that he kept on his chest and said solemnly, “You said that she made me a cultivation plate. What do you mean?”