Chapter 186: What? More Experts? All of Them Experts?
Ke Qinhux didn’t think too much about it.
After all, in his mind, demon cultivators were all ruthless, savage characters.
So he didn’t even associate the seemingly innocent group in front of him with demon cultivators.
Moreover, they were fighting just at the foot of the mountain, not far from the sect gate.
He could always return to the sect whenever he wanted, so he didn’t have to worry too much about that guy hiding inside.
Thus, he cheerfully sneaked behind the group, making his way to a small forest at the foot of the mountain.
In the small forest, the wind whistled through the trees, and leaves fell with a rustling sound.
Shi Qingyan and Master Yu Xia faced off, their eyes filled with hostility.
Si Jingzhu, on the other hand, cowered on the side, looking pitifully at the two.
Young Master Sang stood impassively next to Shi Qingyan, coldly telling Master Yu Xia:
“Give it up.”
“Unless you kill both of us today, I won’t go with you.”
“Then I’ll kill this bitch and forcibly take you back.” Master Yu Xia snarled.
Shi Qingyan held her sword with a tragic glint in her eyes: “Brother Sang.”
“Today we will meet our end here. In life, I’m yours, in death, your ghost. In the next life, we’ll still be lovebirds, only envying the mandarin ducks, not the immortals…”
“Shut up!”
Furious, Master Yu Xia suddenly struck with her sword.
Feeling the power of a Crossing Tribulation Stage grandmaster’s strike, Shi Qingyan knew she couldn’t block it. She quietly closed her beautiful eyes, waiting for death.
But who would have thought that at that moment, a figure suddenly blocked Shi Qingyan.
Master Yu Xia, startled, couldn’t retract her sword in time. The tip pierced a blood bag Young Master Sang had prepared.
Instantly, blood sprayed everywhere. Young Master Sang also spat blood and pale, weakly fell into Shi Qingyan’s arms.
“No! Sang Lang!” Master Yu Xia cried out in despair.
“Brother Sang!” Shi Qingyan, with tears in her eyes, hugged him tightly.
Ke Qinhux watched in excitement.
Here it comes!
The classic trope in soap operas! A once-in-a-lifetime heroic sacrifice!
What a touching feeling to sacrifice one’s life for the person loved!
“Brother Sang, how could you be so foolish…” Shi Qingyan wept.
Pale, Young Master Sang looked at Shi Qingyan, trembling as he reached out, seeming to want to touch her face:
“Qingyan…”
“At the Naihe Bridge… I’ll wait for you.”
“In the next life, I will definitely marry you…”
With that, his head tilted, and he died.
“No!”
Crying out, Master Yu Xia rushed over to embrace Young Master Sang, sobbing uncontrollably: “Sang Lang! How could you like this!”
Ke Qinhux was secretly delighted.
She appeared!
How dramatic, yet predictable! How could they do such a thing over a mere fight?
At that moment, Shi Qingyan’s eyes turned fierce. Taking advantage of Master Yu Xia being in distress, she lunged forward with her sword aimed at her chest.
But the next second, another figure executed their own once-in-a-lifetime appearance.
What?
There’s another expert?
With Shi Qingyan’s sword tip pressing against Si Jingzhu, Si Jingzhu coughed up blood, weakly falling into Master Yu Xia’s embrace.
“No! My daughter!”
“Mom…” Si Jingzhu reached out tremblingly, trying to touch Master Yu Xia’s cheek, “In the next life, I will still be your daughter…”
Ke Qinhux was dumbfounded. He didn’t expect another twist, even a mother-daughter bond in this love drama?
But the next moment, Shi Qingyan coldly shouted: “If you want to die for her, then your little bitch of a brother can die too!”
Saying that, she thrust her sword toward Si Jingzhu.
Wait, there’s more stabbing? Ke Qinhux was shocked.
As a sword fell, yet another figure quickly moved to protect Si Jingzhu.
What? You can also do this?
Master Yu Xia took a strike for her daughter, coughing up blood.
“No! Mom!”
“Daughter… In the next life, I will still be your mother…” Master Yu Xia, eyes blurred from tears.
With that, her head tilted, and she too died.
Si Jingzhu, enraged, looked at the fallen Young Master Sang, bellowing: “It’s all your fault! You killed us all!”
“I won’t let you die peacefully!”
Saying that, she stabbed her sword towards Young Master Sang.
What? More necromancy? Ke Qinhux was deeply shaken.
But somehow, it felt like all three had exchanged souls.
So, could it be…
As expected.
Shi Qingyan also executed her once-in-a-lifetime appearance, blocking in front of Young Master Sang.
One sword fell, and Shi Qingyan coughed up blood, weakly collapsing into Young Master Sang’s embrace.
“No! Qingyan, how could you be so foolish!”
“Brother Sang…” Shi Qingyan tearily murmured: “At the Naihe Bridge… I’ll wait for you. In the next life, I will still marry you…”
With that, her head tilted, and she followed to die.
Sure enough, everyone got stabbed; you weren’t missing out on the fun either.
Wait, hold on.
Weren’t you dead? Ke Qinhux stared blankly at Young Master Sang.
Young Master Sang, furious, shouted: “You killed my Qingyan; I will kill you!”
Saying that, he stabbed towards Si Jingzhu.
Young Master Yu Xia, who had supposedly died, suddenly sprang up to block the sword, coughing blood, eyes filled with tears…
What the heck, you’re not dead!?
Ke Qinhux was fully confused by the chaotic relationships of these few.
At this moment, it was like a Russian nesting doll, one stabbing another, another resurrecting to block, only to die again. Ke Qinhux felt deeply that this circle was indeed chaotic.
Why are you blocking her?
Why would you take a hit for her?
Weren’t you just trying to kill her? Why block for her now?
Mother-daughter incest? Rival lovers turning into love? The older sister suddenly falling for the little girl?
How much hidden love and stories are there among you?
To figure everything out, Ke Qinhux forced himself to cool down his burning CPU, trying to untangle this messy web between these people.
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On the other side.
Xuan E Lao Yao, feeling bored after Ke Qinhux left, slumped in his room, utterly bored.
Suddenly, a loud noise from the mountain gate startled him.
“Hm? What happened?”
Immediately after, an aura from a Crossing Tribulation Stage expert, not belonging to Ke Qinhux, seemed to surge from the mountain gate, causing Xuan E Lao Yao to gasp in surprise.
“What? Speak of the devil, and she shall appear? This girl found her way here so quickly?”
After a brief panic, he quickly calmed down.
Calm down.
The Sect Leader is also a Crossing Tribulation Stage expert.
It’s not so easy for that girl to get in here.
I must trust the Sect Leader.
But what if the other party came prepared…? Xuan E Lao Yao still felt a wave of deep unrest.
Just then, a robust, Amazon-like Fierce Tiger Sect female disciple rushed in to report:
“Reporting, Elder. An unknown female cultivator is attacking the mountain gate. The Sect Leader is currently engaged in battle with her and specially tasked me to inform you not to run around but to oversee the situation here.”
“I understand.” Xuan E Lao Yao’s face darkened.
But just as the female disciple turned to leave, she was suddenly called back.
“Wait a moment.”
“What’s your name?” He squinted his old eyes, coldly asking, “I don’t seem to recognize you?”
“Returning to Elder, my name is Xiao Lian.” The disciple respectfully replied: “Perhaps my looks aren’t memorable, Elder forgot.”
“Just joined?”
“No, I’ve been in for a year and a half.”
“Where are you from?”
“From Gejia Village in the west mountain of Cloud Cow Mountain.”
Seems there’s no problem. Xuan E Lao Yao’s expression turned slightly cold.
“Alright, you can go down.”
The disciple bowed respectfully and turned to leave.
But after just two steps,
The next moment, a loud crash echoed behind her.
When the disciple turned back, she saw a massive hole in the roof, and Xuan E Lao Yao had already vanished without a trace.
