83: Chapter 73 Sword Sound (First Update!) 83: Chapter 73 Sword Sound (First Update!) The piece ended, the lingering sound still not dying away.

The trailing notes of the Song of the Vast Ocean were still vibrating.

But if you listened carefully, you could discover…

entwined within the sound of the zither, there was also a trembling note.

That was the Sword Sound.

The “Reed Sword” in Yuan Yi’s arms was quivering incessantly, the little girl clutched the sword’s sheath tightly, staring intently at Chu Man not far away, her cheeks flushed red with excessive anger.

“Mr.

Xie.”

Chu Man spoke softly, “Your timing is quite coincidental.”

“It is indeed coincidental.”

Xie Xuanyi replied indifferently, “I happened to run into your people on my way here; this fellow must have lost his way, so I brought him to see you.”

Chu Man slightly lowered her head.

She glanced at the corpse on the ground.

The Thin Ghost was dead, his Divine Soul shattered to pieces, his death pitiful to behold.

In his dying moments, he clutched the Divine Soul ornament given by the Prince, which was shattered from the shock, leaving only a piece of wreckage.

“What’s more coincidental is.”

Xie Xuanyi paused, then looked past Chu Man to the gathering of Evil Cultivators from the South Border behind her, saying with a radiant smile, “All the venerable guests are here, a truly fortuitous encounter among the mountains and rivers.”

His gaze swept over the crowd, making eye contact with the Meat Buddha, the Old Crone, and the Child, one by one.

The three Grotto Heaven Realm Evil Cultivators had solemn expressions, their eyes filled with apprehension.

The Thin Ghost, just died like that?

Treated like a ball, being kicked and shoved to the doorstep!

A complete loss of face!

But this was the true horror…

The seemingly ordinary Xie Zhen at the banquet actually possessed such ability?

“Mr.

Xie.”

Chu Man stood up, softly beckoning with one hand, the ancient zither which had been steady before her knees was lifted by her like a long sword, one end sticking to the palm of her hand.

Her tone was calm, “You and I are not enemies.

The Prince once said in private that he hopes someday you could become a distinguished guest at the Prince’s Mansion.”

“A distinguished guest at the Prince’s Mansion?”

Xie Xuanyi laughed upon hearing this.

He stretched out a finger toward the three Evil Cultivators from the South Border and asked, “Like them, distinguished guests?”

The Meat Buddha, the Old Crone, and the Child had unsightly expressions.

Chu Man said, “The Prince’s Mansion does not inquire about one’s background for distinguished guests.”

“Then the Prince and I are quite different.”

Xie Xuanyi expressed regretfully, “I am a man who likes cleanliness, unwilling to associate with the lowly and filthy, even standing together…

would feel dirty.”

“Xie Zhen!

You’re going too far!”

As these words came out.

The child who had been quietly crouched on Meat Buddha’s shoulder now burst with rage, leaping out in an instant!

The child’s speed was incredibly fast.

In a flash across the sky, he shot like a loosed arrow straight at Xie Xuanyi!

A loud “smack” resounded!

Xie Xuanyi, expressionless, reflexively slapped back, the slap precisely hitting the child’s cheek, sending him flying away!

The latter came quickly and left even faster, spinning like a top filled with force, crashing directly into a stone wall and stirring up a cloud of dust before falling silent.

“…”

For a moment, the scene fell silent.

Meat Buddha squinted his eyes, as if deep in thought.

The Old Crone’s expression was dark as she raised her sleeves, flashes of silver light visible between her fingers.

“Stop pretending.

That slap didn’t hurt much.”

Xie Xuanyi looked towards the indented stone wall and said lightly, “If you want to set up an array, there’s no need to hide.”

With these words.

A figure slowly emerged from the dust.

It was the child who had just been slapped, in a matter of a few breaths, he had already laid out several talismans, serving as the base of the array…

“Array Patter Master, Mechanism Master.”

Xie Xuanyi folded his arms, smiling, “Plus a Body Refiner, Miss Chu has brought quite a complete team…

you’ve really put a lot of effort into this Secret Realm.”

Bai Ze, the great sage, was proficient in array patterns.

This Secret Realm was maintained by a great array on the outside—

If one were to enter the interior next, there would inevitably be the need to decode mechanisms and disassemble array patterns.

When necessary, the two Body Refiners could even attempt to break through the barriers with their physical bodies!

Add to that her, a Cultivator who specializes in Divine Soul.

The Chu Family’s preparation for this endeavor was indeed flawless!

“Mr.

Xie flatters me.”

Chu Man said, “As I said before, entering the Secret Realm will undoubtedly be fraught with danger, it’s always good to be more prepared.”

“However…

we are still in need of a Divine Soul Cultivator.”

Chu Man earnestly said, “Mr.

Xie, if you are willing to join us, the Chu Family is willing to share thirty percent of the gains with you.”

“Thirty percent?”

The several Evil Cultivators from the South Border exchanged glances, surprise evident in their eyes.

They were part of this operation, yet each could only take ten percent of the gains, and this was a life-risking endeavor!

“That’s too little.”

Xie Xuanyi shook his head, he joked, “I want one hundred percent.”

“One hundred percent?”

Chu Man was momentarily stunned.

Xie Xuanyi looked around at these Evil Cultivators, then uttered a phrase more fitting for an Evil Cultivator than they were.

“As long as I kill all of you…

everything in the Bai Ze Secret Realm will be mine.”

Isn’t this one hundred percent?

As these words were spoken, Chu Man’s constantly gentle expression finally showed a hint of indignation.

“Must it be this way?”

She angrily stared at the black-clothed youth before her, “Is it necessary to fight to the death?”

“Yes.”

Xie Xuanyi reached out and grasped the sword from Yuan Yi’s arms, “You die, I live.”

Buzz!

Chu Man gently shook the zither base!

Strumming the zither strings, an extremely broad wave of invisible sound struck out, Xie Xuanyi drew his longsword, with the high-pitched Sword Sound of the Reed Sword, suppressed within the sheath, now exploded completely.

This radiant sword light almost illuminated the entire dark great hall.

In just an instant, it shattered Chu Man’s sonic blade—

Before holding the sword.

Xie Xuanyi’s cultivation was “mediocre”, his Primordial Energy had merely broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and his sinews and bones were barely “half a step into the Golden Body”.

After holding the sword.

Primordial Energy, physique, everything became irrelevant.

Chu Man retreated explosively.

The reason she was willing to share “forty percent” of the benefits was that on the pirate ship earlier, she realized…

this Xie Zhen was an extremely troublesome individual!

Setting aside identity, external objects, everything.

Merely that momentum.

Made Chu Man feel “fear”.

At this moment, watching the surging sword light crushing towards her, four words suddenly burst forth in her mind.

A “Reincarnated True Person” of the Taoist path!

That’s it.

Just like a Reincarnated True Person, that kind of extremely shocking oppressive force could not at all be cultivated by someone in the Cave Heaven Realm.

Besides, she couldn’t see Xie Zhen as someone from the so-called Cave Heaven Realm.

“Attack!”

Chu Man hoarsely cried out.

Three Evil Cultivators from the South Border acted simultaneously.

The flesh Buddha took the lead with both palms lifted in front of his face, beginning to run.

Because of his huge body, he appeared to be moving at an “incredibly slow” speed, but he arrived before Chu Man in just an instant—

With the first step he took, the flesh Buddha’s head was coated with a layer of dazzling gold color, and when colliding with the sword light, this gold had already enveloped his entire body—

Dang!

The Reed Sword’s light struck the body of this Golden Body Realm Body Refiner, exploding right then and there, and the entire great hall’s ground was drowned in the violent sounds of the explosion!

Simultaneously, an old crone controlling silken threads crouched down.

She placed both hands on the earth!

Beneath Xie Xuanyi, suddenly numerous silver-white threads burst out, breaking through the ground—

As if possessing foreknowledge.

After Xie Xuanyi drew his sword, he stretched out his other hand, grabbed Yuan Yi’s frail shoulder, and the moment countless silver-white threads emerged from the ground, two figures drifted back.

Xie Xuanyi, in mid-air, swiftly struck out his second sword, a snowy white Sword Qi howling as it collided with the flesh Buddha, merging with the sword energy that had previously exploded!

With a boom!

This Golden Body Realm Buddha was directly blasted away, his feet uncontrollably lifted off the ground, and he crashed into the area where the Array Pattern Master had set up the formation!

“No!

No!!!”

The young child’s pupils contracted, watching as the looming shadow in front of him suddenly enlarged, and screaming as he activated his talismans.

Body Refiners might have formidable bodies, but they also had their clumsiness.

The flesh Buddha endured two sword energies.

Although his body was not destroyed, this Buddha’s Golden Body that suddenly flew into the formation tore through the patterns as easily as rotting wood splits!

Rumble—

After a tremor, countless talismans turned into scraps, drifting down onto the Buddha’s body!

The young child, who narrowly escaped a disaster, clutching a protruding rock, looked at the array patterns he had painstakingly set up, now gone with the wind.

His eyes red with rage, his breathing rapid, he roared, “Xie Zhen!

Damn you!”

Obviously!

This was all designed by Xie Zhen!

To face four enemies, one had to make arrangements from the start…

such a duel could not afford the slightest carelessness, the slightest relaxation.

Array Pattern Master, Mechanism Master, Body Refiner, Divine Soul Cultivator.

Once these four from Grotto Heaven completed their coordination, the destructive power they could unleash would grow exponentially!

Facing this situation, to break through…

obviously, you had to kill one first.

And it had to be the easiest one to kill.

Upon this thought, the young child’s pupils slightly contracted.

The easiest one to kill?

He caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure, like a wraith, and then felt a chill at his neck—a heart-piercing coldness assaulted him, and in the next moment, the world spun—

The Sword Qi slashed past.

The young child’s head flew high into the air, his expression bewildered as he looked at his own small body.

It might have been an illusion.

At this moment, he seemed to still feel that penetrating coldness…

In his mind, a very low trembling sound echoed.

It wasn’t the lingering sound of a vast sea chant.

It was Sword Sound.

“Buzz buzz buzz—”

The sound of the Sword Sound resonated in everyone’s hearts.

The young child’s head soared high before falling.

Xie Xuanyi descended even faster, plummeting from the air, directly into the center of this group of South Border Evil Cultivators, hired by the Chu Family.

He then hugged the ground, swung his sword in a complete arc.

These Foundation Establishment Realm, Artifact Control Realm Qi Refining Masters, had no time to react.

At this point, their realms were irrelevant…

A thread of sword light snaked forward, its speed as fast as lightning.

These Evil Cultivators didn’t even have time to feel fear; their bodies exploded on contact with Xie Xuanyi’s Sword Intent!

In an instant, blood mist erupted, and limbs shattered!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

It was a tune more violent, more bloody, more shocking than the vast ocean chant—

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

Xie Xuanyi returned to Yuan Yi’s side, inserting the Reed Sword back into its sheath.

Yuan Yi turned pale, stunned like a wooden chicken, trembling all over.

More accurately, it was the sheathed longsword still trembling.

The final Sword Sound ended with the heavy sound of heads hitting the ground!

“Bang!!!”

The young child’s head hit the ground, smashing into a pool of startlingly red blood.

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(PS: 1.

Today is still expected to be an explosive update of over 10,000 words; this is the first update.

2.

The first subscription is just a little bit short, just a tad short of breaking 10,000 TAT pleading for first subscriptions, begging for monthly tickets)