Volume 1 Chapter 32 Stunned Silence
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“Please calm your anger, Master! This was all caused by your disciple!”
Ye Qinghan, the little actress, sprang into action at once and dropped to her knees beside her master.
Everyone assumed she was about to admit her mistake, but her next words left them utterly stunned...
“Master, please spare the elders. Sect Master Cheng is your junior fellow disciple, after all!”
What?
You’re asking him to spare us?
Is this scene really playing out correctly?
Your master is about to go to war with the heads of all these sects for your sake. Aren’t you begging the wrong person?
[Qinghan, if I don’t reveal some of my strength today, I’m afraid neither of us will be able to leave!]
[Even if it comes to a fight, I may be able to destroy heaven and earth, but I still can’t withstand this many people!]
[I can only strike first and unleash a powerful move to intimidate them!]
[Only then can the two of us escape!]
Su Cheng held the Frostfall Sword and paid no attention to Ye Qinghan’s words. He had already made up his mind: today, he was going to put on an incredible display no matter what!
Not even the immortals could stop him!
When Ye Qinghan heard this, she thought it sounded rather good. After all, she had come precisely to set the mood. She had never intended to stop him!
Her master was so handsome!
She loved her master so much!
“Frostfall, Army-Breaking Form—Heaven-Sundering.”
There was a trace of sorrow in his voice, as though he were a lonely king pitying all the people of the world. His eyes were filled with compassion.
The sword gleamed with icy light, and the intent of the Frostfall Sword slowly emerged. Lightning flashed and thunder roared across the sky, while the raging wind cut like tiny blades, scraping painfully against the skin.
His dark robe cracked loudly in the howling wind, and his black hair whipped wildly behind him.
However...
When the long sword descended, the world-destroying strike Su Cheng had imagined did not appear.
[What the hell?! Don’t tell me this is happening! You can’t screw me over like this!]
[Don’t tell me the Frostfall Sword Art can only be used inside the Soaring Immortal Hall? Then what was the point of showing off?!]
[I hadn’t even finished putting on my act before everything collapsed!]
To be fair, Ye Qinghan reacted incredibly quickly. Her master wanted to show off? Not a chance of him failing!
Don’t be afraid! His disciple is here!
She dropped to the ground with a terrified expression while carefully choosing the right direction...
At the same time as she crushed the jade slip in her hand, she wrapped her arms around her master’s leg and covered her ears, just like a child setting off firecrackers during the New Year festival!
Cheng Liang froze for a moment.
“Hm?”
“You’re putting on an act...”
Before he could finish, a thunderous boom erupted. The sword energy tore through three mountains in succession, ripping up the earth wherever it passed.
High in the sky, it cleaved through heaven and severed the clouds, leaving a sword scar stretching across the vast ten-thousand-meter firmament.
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With the tremendous roar, Ye Qinghan let out a deliberately frightened scream. She thought she had done an amazing job!
Wouldn’t this have her master completely wrapped around her finger?
However, Ye Qinghan had been in such a hurry that she seemed to have taken out the wrong jade slip. After all, they all looked exactly alike. This one probably was not the Army-Breaking Form, but it did not matter. None of them knew the difference anyway!
[Ahhh! My precious Qinghan!]
[As expected of my good disciple! I knew you wouldn’t let me down! You’ve filled me with emotional satisfaction!]
Kneeling at Su Cheng’s feet with an apparently delicate and pitiful expression, she pressed her foxlike head against his leg.
“Master, Qinghan is scared!”
All the elders were dumbfounded!
Every cultivator present was dumbfounded!
Cheng Liang was even more incredulous, his jaw practically hanging to the ground!
Dongfang Jue was completely stunned as well. She had considered the possibility that Su Cheng was not an utterly useless good-for-nothing, and had even imagined that he might be powerful.
But she had never imagined that he could be this powerful!
A pale-blue system panel appeared before Dongfang Jue, displaying Su Cheng’s information.
[Name: ■■■ Su Cheng]
[Race: No authorization]
[Gender: No authorization]
[Identity/Social Background: Master of the Soaring Immortal Hall, Commander of ■■■, ■■■, ■■■...]
[Cultivation/Techniques: First Level of Qi Refining / None]
[Owned Treasures: No authorization]
[Personal Profile: No authorization]
First Level of Qi Refining?
This was the first time Dongfang Jue had ever seen the system display “no authorization.” It was also the first time she had seen someone whose cultivation could be concealed from the system!
How... how was that possible?
Two months later, Dongfang Jue once again checked Ye Qinghan’s information.
[Name: Ye Qinghan]
[Race: Fox Demon Royal Bloodline]
[Gender: Female]
[Identity/Social Background: First Disciple of the Soaring Immortal Hall, Fox Demon Princess of the Northern Demon Capital]
[Cultivation/Techniques: Early Foundation Establishment, First Level / No authorization]
No authorization!
Just as she thought!
The technique Ye Qinghan cultivated was a special method Su Cheng had given her! No wonder she was so powerful despite having only recently established her foundation!
Could it be an immortal-grade technique?
[Owned Treasures: Innate Supreme Treasure Frostfall Sword (Enhanced Version), Innate Supreme Treasure ■■■ Sword Case (Reforged Version), ■■■ Jade Pendant (Top-Tier Immortal Grade), Desire-Severing Bracelet (Top-Tier Immortal Grade), Glazed Water-Sleeved Dress (Top-Tier Immortal Grade), Immortal-Felling Ruler (Top-Tier Immortal Grade), Soul-Locking Mirror (Mid-Tier Immortal Grade), eleven top-tier immortal-grade flying swords, one low-tier immortal-grade flying sword.]
What?
Dongfang Jue’s mind completely collapsed!
Where had Su Cheng gotten so many treasures?
Even if he possessed that many treasures, he had actually given every single one of them to Ye Qinghan?
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It was one thing for her to possess so many top-tier immortal-grade treasures!
But what was this innate supreme treasure supposed to be? And it even had an enhanced version?!
Most of the time, Ye Qinghan had no use for these treasures. As for the Soul-Locking Mirror, she had only taken it out because she had suddenly remembered that it might be able to bring Xu Zhanfeng out of the secret realm. She had not yet had the chance to return it.
[Personal Information: Due to interference from an irresistible force, only past records can be viewed.]
An irresistible force? What the hell?!
What kind of monster was this Su Cheng?
So as long as something was connected to him, none of it could be viewed?
After that single strike, no one nearby dared to speak. The world had become extraordinarily quiet...
“Ah!”
Su Cheng suddenly shouted.
He had just remembered something!
Ye Qinghan’s whole body jolted. She had not been frightened when a single sword strike had shattered three mountains, but her master’s sudden yell startled her badly.
“Master, what’s wrong?”
“Today is the day we collect the sect subsidy!”
The gloom that had covered Su Cheng’s face vanished in an instant, replaced by visible delight!
“Master! What could possibly be more important than the sect subsidy? It’s a full two hundred taels!”
Although Ye Qinghan did not think it was a particularly large sum, she still opened her small mouth and put on an exaggerated expression.
“You’re right, Qinghan! Let’s go!”
As Su Cheng spoke, he helped Ye Qinghan to her feet. His entire face was filled with affection and indulgence, as though his tenderness alone could melt her.
“Master, after we collect the money, could you take Qinghan out to eat?”
Ye Qinghan tugged on Su Cheng’s arm like a young woman in love, leaning her body against him.
“Now that we have money, Qinghan can eat whatever she wants today!”
“Then Qinghan wants stir-fried meat slices with chunks of meat!”
“What kind of dish is that...?”
“I don’t care! Qinghan wants it!”
“All right, all right. Whatever you say...”
The two of them walked away amid the stunned gazes of the cultivators and sect masters, chatting and laughing as they went.
After a long while, Elder Shi finally broke the silence.
“Sect Master Cheng... Has the Soaring Immortal Hall always been like this?”
Cheng Liang let out a long breath.
“Whew... Senior Brother cares about his dignity. Though he lives in poverty, he has never accepted help from anyone.”
In truth, Su Cheng’s habit of picking up discarded vegetable leaves from the street was no secret. Everyone knew about it; they simply had no idea how to break the awkward silence.
During those moments of silence, Cheng Liang had simulated countless battles against Su Cheng in his mind. Yet no matter how he tried, he could not think of a way to deal with him...
He had to admit it: this time, Su Cheng had completely intimidated everyone.
“Master, I have disappointed you.”
Standing behind Cheng Liang, Shangguan Rou looked like a frostbitten eggplant, as though she had lost all meaning in life.
“It’s all right. Judging from what we’ve seen, it is understandable that you were no match for Ye Qinghan. Go heal your injuries and get some proper rest.”
“Thank you, Master.”
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