Double Cultivation
shadow figure
After walking for a few more hours without a hitch, the golden carriage suddenly stopped. The guard narrowed their gaze to the shadowy figure in front, and the old man slowly stood up.
Seeing this sudden development, Su Yang also stopped his steps. The shadowy figure was wearing a black robe filled with only two of his eyes opened, looking like a murderer. However, a true assassin would not reveal himself openly and clearly.
"Is this some kind of joke?" The old man opened his mouth to ask the shadowy figure. "The Moonlight Blades have sent you, a single Earth Spiritual Realm expert here, despite being aware of my presence?"
The shadow figure chuckled and said in a hoarse voice: "i am here only to deliver a message to the young lady inside the carriage on behalf of my king."
"If you do not obediently hand over the body of the Hundred Poisons by the time the next full moon is present, then we will have no choice but to take it by force" the shadowy figure said.
When the soldiers on horseback heard the message, their eyes radiated with anger.
"How sloppy! Have you forgotten who we are?! Even if the Moonlight Blades attack us at full force, you won't even pass through the front gate!" One of the guards shouted loudly.
"How dare you threaten the young lady! It's only a matter of time before we find your hiding place and destroy you!" said another guard.
"Ha ha ha!" The shadow figure exploded laughing. "Of course, if we fight with you head-on, our Moonlight Blade will stand no chance. But who do you think we are? You should know better than anyone else that we'll never fight boxing with a fist!"
Su Yang quietly listened to the conversation held by both parties, both of them with seemingly deep backgrounds. Although he had never heard of Moonlight Blades before, they seemed to be some kind of faction living in the shadows.
"The Body of Hundreds of Poisons, yes .." Su Yang pondered the name.
"Is that what you have to say?" said the old man, who had been silent all this time. "If that's all, then you can die now …"
The old man suddenly took out a paper fan from inside his robe and gently waved it towards that shadowy figure.
A powerful ripple emerged from the paper fan as soon as the old man waved it, causing it to fly towards the shadowy figure. However, before the ripples could touch him, a shadowy figure disappeared from where he stood like a ghost, and where he stood exploded a moment later.
The old man suddenly turned to look at Su Yang and shouted: "Review!"
"Knowing that I am going to die today, I had planned to bring some of your bodyguards with me before I die. However, the face of this child is very disturbing to look at, so be kind that I will take his life instead!"
A shadowy figure suddenly appeared behind Su Yang with the black dagger in his grasp raised and ready to attack.
However, unfortunately for the shadow figure, Su Yang's grasp was already on the sword handle by his side before the shadow figure even disappeared.
A deep and fierce light flashed in Su Yang's eyes, and a large amount of sword intent burst out from within his body, causing the shadow figure to freeze momentarily from the sudden pressure.
As soon as the shadow figure froze in shock, Su Yang quickly turned around and unsheathed his sword, sending a wave of powerful sword intent towards the shadow figure.
The shadow figure could not even scream in pain before the sword easily cut its body in half like a sword cutting through a piece of paper.
"…"
The guards and the old man watched Su Yang return his sword to its scabbard with a surprised expression. What the hell just happened? At some point the shadowy figure disappeared from their sight and a moment later he became a corpse with his body neatly split in two, lying beside the young man suspiciously following them?
"Sword intent!" When the guards finally returned from their astonishment, they realized that it was the sword intent the young man had used to kill the shadow figure.
"Sterrible sword intent!" Even the old man of the Heavenly Spirit Realm was shocked by the destructive power and pressure displayed by the sword intent! It was something that even a Heavenly Spirit Realm expert like him would not be able to replicate!
The old man jumped off the carriage and approached Su Yang. "Young man, what's your name?" She asked.
"Xiao Yang."
"If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?"
Su Yang did not immediately reply and instead quietly looked at the old man, appearing in deep thought.
When the old man saw his calm expression, he smiled and said, "I'm very impressed with your sword intent, but your appearance makes it hard to see you as a mere junior."
"What's the difference between my age? The only thing that matters in a fight is one's strength and wisdom. Other things are irrelevant."
Su Yang's words made the old man speechless.
"Senior Zhong ... is everything okay out there?" A sweet feminine voice echoed from within the golden carriage, causing the old man to turn around.
"Young lady, the threat is no longer here," said the old man named Senior Zhong.
"Then let's continue our journey. We don't have much free time here …"
Senior Zhong looked at Su Yang with a bitter smile. "Although I want to talk more to you about your sword intent, we are in a hurry. I am Senior Zhong from the Divine Sword Temple. If you ever have the opportunity to visit, you can show anyone there and they will bring you to me. "
Senior Zhong handed the yellow stone slip to Su Yang.
"If I get the chance ..." Su Yang casually received the jade slip.
When Su Yang showed no reaction after he mentioned the Sacred Sword Temple, Senior Zhong was slightly surprised. Was it ignorance, or was the name 'Sacred Sword Temple' not enough to raise his eyebrows?
Senior Zhong became more interested in Su Yang's background, but unfortunately, he didn't have time to stay around to learn more about him.
After their brief interaction, Senior Zhong went to the carriage before they started moving again.