Translator: CinderTL
"Did you hear that? They will all die because of your betrayal!"
Bai Yang's Divine Sense echoed through the void.
These words were heard by Elders Yan Wuya and others with calm indifference.
They were just some mortals.
Natives of a minor realm.
If they died, so be it.
But Li Chunjun's eyes flickered with emotion.
To Yan Wuya and the others, these people were just natives, mortals. But to him...
"Despicable and shameless!"
At this moment, Qin Zhou couldn't help but curse: "Bai Yang, you old scoundrel, how can you stoop so low!? Don't you understand the principle of not involving family members in personal conflicts?"
"Your Taixu Sword Sect has no right to talk about not involving family members. When has your Taixu Sword Sect ever acted without exterminating the entire family? The Taixu Demon Sect back then, how easily was it cleansed?"
Elder Tianjian swiftly retorted.
"When we kill enemies, exterminate sects, we always do it openly, with equal retaliation. We don't use the lives of mortals to threaten others," Qin Zhou shouted.
"Our Chiyang Sword Sect has never been like your Taixu Sword Sect, breaking our own words! The Nine Sect Agreement states that talents in each sect's territory belong to that sect. Yet your Taixu Sword Sect secretly sent people to lure away our talents? What sect credibility is there to speak of?"
Yan Wuya couldn't help but interject.
"Nonsense! How much of a role would a future Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy play in the battle against the Divine Race? But if he were to go to your Chiyang Sword Sect, he would be wasted! I am considering the greater good of the war between humanity and the Divine Race! How dare you slander me!?"
"Hah, stop making excuses. Our Chiyang Sword Sect is fully capable of nurturing a Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy," Yan Wuya said.
"Enough, there's no need to waste time quarrelling with him."
Bai Yang turned to Li Chunjun: "But you, if you are willing to return and become a True Inheritor Disciple of our Chiyang Sword Sect, all the previous promises still stand."
He spread his hands: "You will receive personal guidance from the Sect Leader, and the sect will spare no effort in nurturing you. You can still grow into a Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy! You will also be enfeoffed as the Lord of Guangzhou. Everyone you know in Guangzhou, your teachers, classmates, friends, will all take pride in you and be proud of you."
After saying this, he smiled casually: "Even if you want to take revenge on me later, I am willing to accept it! For the future development of the sect, to prevent the loss of talent... whether it's infamy or suffering, I, Bai Yang, will bear it all!"
"Junior Brother Li, don't believe that liar..."
Qin Zhou quickly said.
"I know."
Li Chunjun responded.
If they could take him back first.
Once the meat is in the pot, how they handle it will be up to them.
His expression returned to calmness.
"I can't save them, so you can kill them."
"Huh?"
Bai Yang was startled.
He responded directly with action.
Taking out a token, he ordered: "Xing Yang, take people to Guangzhou City in the Great Shang."
Then he turned to Li Chunjun: "You think I'm joking?"
"I believe you, this kind of thing, you would do it, after all... they're just mortals."
Li Chunjun said.
"So, you'll just watch them die? Watch them one by one, be slaughtered by me!? Watch Guangzhou City run red with blood because of your selfish, treacherous betrayal!?"
Bai Yang coldly stared at Li Chunjun.
"I will become an immortal and revive them."
Li Chunjun said.
Upon hearing this...
Not just Yan Wuya, Tianjian, and Bai Yang, even Qin Zhou was stunned.
Become an immortal?
A Qi Refining Sword Cultivator, claiming to become an immortal?
"And as revenge."
Li Chunjun looked at Bai Yang, then at Yan Wuya and Tianjian...
His gaze swept over each of them.
"In the future, if I become an immortal, I will kill everyone connected to Bai Yang, using bloodline and soul tracing to exterminate all related beings."
"If I become an immortal, I will crush the Chiyang Sword Sect's mountain gate, refine all the people of the Chiyang Sword Sect, ensuring that no cultivator in the world can claim to be a member of the Chiyang Sword Sect."
"If I become an immortal, I will erase all traces of 'Chiyang Sword Sect' from the river of history, making 'Chiyang Sword Sect' a forbidden term in the world."
His voice was not loud, but it resonated deeply.
Bai Yang, Yan Wuya, Tianjian, and the others felt the determination in Li Chunjun's words, their hearts chilled.
But then, they found it laughable.
Revenge on them, they believed, but to crush the Chiyang Sword Sect!?
Even if he were the Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy, such words were beyond his reach.
A young man who doesn't know how high the sky is or how thick the earth is.
Qin Zhou, however, felt a chill run down his spine.
He wanted to remind Li Chunjun to focus his revenge on Bai Yang and the others, not to involve the Chiyang Sword Sect.
Because Li Chunjun had no idea what kind of behemoth the Chiyang Sword Sect was.
But...
When he looked into Li Chunjun's dark eyes, his calm expression, he swallowed his words.
No matter what, at this moment, he had to stand firmly by Li Chunjun's side, not contradict him.
"Hah, as soon as I arrived, I heard someone wants to destroy our Chiyang Sword Sect's legacy? Truly... bold words!"
At this moment, a Divine Sense suddenly spanned hundreds of miles of void, permeating the area.
This Divine Sense, which had been vast, grand, and unfathomable a second ago.
In the next moment, it was like dark clouds rolling in before a storm, instantly covering the entire void, filled with a suffocating pressure.
"Zhan Chiyang!"
Qin Zhou let out a mix of shock and anger: "Are you going to break the Nine Sect's unspoken agreement and start a Nascent Soul war!?"
These words caused the rolling Divine Sense to pause for a moment.
The next second...
"Bring this lunatic who dares to speak of destroying our Chiyang Sword Sect's legacy for judgment! If any Core Formation cultivator from the Taixu Sword Sect dares to interfere... kill them all!"
The order was clear and direct.
The long hesitant Yan Wuya and the others, upon hearing the Sect Leader's command, were invigorated.
The five of them had been unable to subdue Qin Zhou for a long time, partly because Qin Zhou, as a Sword Cultivator, was extremely fast with his sword techniques, but mainly because they didn't dare to use their full strength.
They had to control their techniques to avoid causing fatal consequences that would be hard to handle.
But now, with the Sect Leader's direct order...
And with Li Chunjun's bold words, the five Core Formation cultivators had no more reservations.
If you want to destroy our legacy, then we'll deal with you accordingly!
"Qin Zhou, if you continue to be obstinate, you will die!"
Terrifying surges of technique fluctuations erupted from the five of them.
Since they dared to intercept Qin Zhou, a Sword Cultivator, they were among the best in Core Formation. Now, unleashing their full power, the fluctuations of their techniques...
"Let's go!"
Qin Zhou grabbed Li Chunjun, his body piercing through the air, pushing his sword techniques to the limit.
Yan Wuya, Tianjian, Bai Yang, and the other Core Formation cultivators were a bit slower, but because Qin Zhou was carrying someone, the difference wasn't much.
They couldn't create any distance.
Moreover, this was the Chiyang Sword Sect.
The Chiyang Sword Sect had more than five Core Formation cultivators.
If they couldn't escape the pursuit of these five Core Formation cultivators, when other Core Formation cultivators arrived and surrounded them from the front, even with Qin Zhou's speed, they would be completely surrounded and unable to escape.
"Like a sticky plaster."
Qin Zhou, feeling the relentless pursuit behind him, gritted his teeth.
Three thousand miles!
He had never imagined that a three-thousand-mile journey, which would normally take about an hour, could feel so long.
"Put me down."
Li Chunjun said.
"Don't talk nonsense, unless I die, they won't be able to take you back."
Qin Zhou firmly refused.
"You really might die."
Li Chunjun said.
"Huh..."
Qin Zhou was momentarily stunned.
He knew Li Chunjun was telling the truth.
If they didn't find a way out soon...
At most five hundred miles, he would be surrounded by the Chiyang Sword Sect's Core Formation cultivators.
But they were three thousand miles from Yandang Mountain.
If they could hold out until Yandang Mountain...
Not only did the place, rich in precious minerals, have three Core Formation cultivators stationed there, but it also had a top-tier third-grade formation. With this formation, even if over a dozen Core Formation cultivators from the Chiyang Sword Sect attacked, they could easily hold out for three to five days.
And with the speed of Core Formation cultivators, even if they started from the Taixu Sword Sect's headquarters, it would only take a few hours to reach Yandang Mountain.
But the problem was...
He might not be able to hold out for these three thousand miles.
But he couldn't show this, instead joking: "Then you can just revive me after you become an immortal, right?"
"It's better if you keep living."
Li Chunjun said, taking out a Talisman: "You forgot about this?"
Qin Zhou glanced at it: "A Minor Teleportation Talisman? A Minor Teleportation Talisman can only teleport a thousand miles at most..."
"I'll teleport directly to Yandang Mountain. The remaining thousand-plus miles, I'll run at full speed. It'll take a bit longer, but I have the Void Jade. If I'm careful, I might not be discovered. Besides... with you creating a diversion, there won't be any danger."
Li Chunjun said.
"This..."
Qin Zhou was really uneasy about letting Li Chunjun go.
With his strength, if any Core Formation cultivator spotted him, he would be unable to escape.
"This is the best way."
Li Chunjun glanced back.
"I..."
Qin Zhou's mood was a bit low.
After a moment, he said: "I'm sorry, I failed to protect you... If I hadn't been recognized, the Chiyang Sword Sect might not have reacted so quickly."
"It's fine, it's also my fault."
Li Chunjun shook his head.
Qin Zhou had his issues, but Li Chunjun killing at the Chiyang Dao Academy at the foot of the Chiyang Sword Sect was also a problem.
"It's not your fault, all Sword Cultivators face this mental barrier, struggling to control their instincts in the midst of killing..."
"Not being able to control oneself is a form of incompetence."
Li Chunjun said, not intending to argue with Qin Zhou about right and wrong.
"Activate your Protective Energy, block their vision and Divine Sense."
"Alright."
Qin Zhou nodded.
Activating his Protective Energy, he also took out a token: "Take this to Yandang Mountain. I'll send word for them to receive you and do their utmost to protect you!"
"Okay."
Li Chunjun took the token, wore the Void Jade close to his body, and suppressed his aura to the extreme, not letting a trace leak out.
Even a Core Formation cultivator wouldn't be able to detect him unless they saw him with their own eyes.
"I'll do my best to buy you time. We'll meet again at Yandang Mountain."
Qin Zhou said solemnly.
"Maybe I'll just go straight to the Taixu Sword Sect."
Li Chunjun said.
"That would be even better."
Qin Zhou forced a smile.
With that, Li Chunjun wasted no more time.
He activated the Minor Teleportation Talisman, which only core members were qualified to receive.
In the next moment, his body was enveloped in a spatial fluctuation and disappeared.
(End of the Chapter)
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