At the peak of the Sword Tomb.
Chen Xuan held his precious sword, pointing it at the three Emperor Swords.
Whoosh...
A gust of wind blew past.
It messed up Chen Xuan's hairstyle.
From the central Emperor Sword, a massive figure slowly emerged.
The moment the vengeful spirit appeared, an incomparably evil aura shot straight into the clouds.
Suddenly heaven and earth changed color. The blood moon, dyed red by evil qi, emitted crimson light, as if announcing to the world how powerful this evil spirit had been in life.
The entire Eastern Region shook again. Ancestors and giants awakened once more, immediately issuing their decrees.
"Another evil spirit has appeared—what's going on? Go investigate quickly!"
"Could it be that a great era is approaching? Is a new battle for destiny about to begin?"
A certain ancestor muttered to himself, then closed his eyes and continued sleeping in his blood coffin.
Qin Jiaojiao and Liu Yunmeng were instantly terrified the moment they saw that evil spirit, subconsciously hugging each other.
The aura that evil spirit emanated was simply too terrifying—it pressed down on Liu Yunmeng until she could barely breathe.
She wanted to call out for Chen Xuan to escape, but after shouting in her heart for a long time, she couldn't utter a single word.
She could only watch helplessly as Chen Xuan faced that terrifying fiend.
They were done for—this time they were really done for!
Qin Jiaojiao directly didn't dare to look anymore. Without thinking, she knew that Chen Xuan, this big bad guy, was definitely going to be swallowed by that evil spirit.
"Eh! This guy is quite impressive! Much stronger than the illusions created by the fellows I encountered down the mountain."
Chen Xuan's face was filled with excitement.
"Let's see if you can withstand my level-122 sword strike!"
As he spoke, he swung his sword with full force.
A sword light descended from the sky, striking the vengeful spirit.
Bang!
The vengeful spirit instantly transformed into white light and entered Chen Xuan's body.
"Not bad. The experience points are quite high—almost equivalent to that big turtle. It's a pity guys like this aren't around every day."
Chen Xuan's voice wasn't loud, but on this empty barren mountain, it could carry far with the wind.
Qin Jiaojiao and Liu Yunmeng, who were huddled together, suddenly weren't afraid anymore after hearing these words—instead, they felt like hitting someone.
We were scared to death, yet you still dare to say such things. Don't you know how dangerous your actions just now were?
But the two girls ultimately didn't say these words out loud—they had personally witnessed that supreme evil spirit being instantly killed by Chen Xuan with one sword.
Their hearts were like riding a roller coaster; they needed to calm down.
Chen Xuan put away his precious sword and turned to descend the mountain. After only taking a few dozen steps, he saw two shadows huddled together below.
"Vengeful spirits have this kind of hobby too?"
"Who are you calling a vengeful spirit?"
Qin Jiaojiao couldn't help retorting. She had just secretly come to see what bad things he was doing—did he have to release an evil spirit to scare people?
That voice sounded familiar.
Chen Xuan took his precious sword and tentatively walked a few steps forward before finally seeing the two people's faces clearly.
"Junior Sister Qin, Miss Liu—why are you two here?"
"..."
Liu Yunmeng was embarrassed to say she had followed Chen Xuan—after all, a girl following a man up a barren mountain in the middle of the night would be hard to explain no matter what.
"It's all because of you, releasing an evil spirit in the middle of the night. Senior Sister Liu and I came to investigate."
Qin Jiaojiao's mind worked quickly, and she immediately thought of a reason.
"Junior Sister Qin is right."
Liu Yunmeng nodded in agreement—since she couldn't explain, she would just go along with the other's point.
"Evil spirit?"
Chen Xuan looked puzzled—was he himself the culprit?
That was impossible!
"You're not talking about the vengeful spirit from just now, are you? I chop one or two vengeful spirits like that every month."
Qin Jiaojiao was momentarily at a loss for words—treating an evil spirit as a vengeful spirit to chop—are you speaking human language?
"Young Master Chen, are you saying this isn't the first time you've encountered such a fiend?"
Liu Yunmeng seized on the key point in Chen Xuan's words.
"Of course. During my days at Wushang Sword Sect, they've been my companions. I learned this sword technique from them. Do you two want to learn?"
Chen Xuan asked in return.
"No, no, no."
Qin Jiaojiao shook her little head like a rattle drum.
"Then when was the most recent time you encountered such an evil spirit?" Liu Yunmeng asked.
"Correction—it's a vengeful spirit. But a vengeful spirit as big as this fellow, I've only encountered twice. The last time was just a day or two before I met you."
Chen Xuan couldn't quite remember—after all, when you chop vengeful spirits every day, who would remember so many?
Liu Yunmeng had an expression of sudden enlightenment: "So that's it. It turns out the fiend we searched so hard for has already been slain by Young Master Chen."
"That counts as a fiend?"
Chen Xuan was stunned. "Don't fool me—calling a vengeful spirit a fiend. From now on, my Wushang Sword Sect will have no peace."
"You call this a vengeful spirit?"
Qin Jiaojiao was also dumbfounded—for a moment she couldn't tell whether Chen Xuan was pretending or genuinely couldn't tell the difference.
"Isn't it? Besides making some illusions to scare people, it has no other techniques. After seeing these illusions enough times, you get used to them."
Chen Xuan explained earnestly with a serious face. He couldn't quite understand why these two women were making such a big deal out of a single vengeful spirit tonight.
"Illusions?"
Liu Yunmeng didn't know how to explain to Young Master Chen—that wasn't an illusion, it was a celestial phenomenon.
"Grown-ups like you should get used to this kind of thing after seeing it more. Another day when such a vengeful spirit appears, I'll take you both to kill another wave."
Chen Xuan said earnestly.
"No need. We girls aren't interested in chopping vengeful spirits."
Liu Yunmeng was afraid Chen Xuan would drag her along to chop that evil spirit another time—then she'd directly be gone.
Qin Jiaojiao didn't contradict Liu Yunmeng's words either, just nodded vigorously.
"That's a pity."
Chen Xuan still wanted to use this opportunity to exchange some sword techniques with them—too bad girls were all the same, afraid of ghosts.
"It's getting late. Let's go back."
Liu Yunmeng found a reason to change the subject.
"Alright, let's go back."
Chen Xuan said this and walked down toward the two girls. Seeing them still sitting on the ground hugging, he asked with confusion:
"Why haven't you two left yet?"
Hearing this, Qin Jiaojiao and Liu Yunmeng's faces instantly flushed red—they couldn't exactly say they were so scared their legs had gone numb and hadn't recovered yet.
"Leg cramps."
Qin Jiaojiao's mind worked quickly and she immediately came up with an excuse.
"Right, right, right."
Liu Yunmeng also nodded along—absolutely couldn't admit she had been scared by a vengeful spirit. That would lower her standing in the young master's heart.
"That's a bit troublesome!"
Chen Xuan frowned slightly. If it were just one girl, he could carry her—but two? Was he supposed to hoist them?
"We'll be fine after resting a while."
Liu Yunmeng saw Chen Xuan looking thoughtful and a bad premonition arose in her mind.
"Alright then, I'll sit here and keep you company for a while."
Chen Xuan said and sat down beside the two girls. The atmosphere suddenly fell silent...
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