Chapter 794: The Sword in the Monarch's Hand
"Ancestor, save me!" Seeing the Qinghe Ancestor appear, Wan Yuan clung to him as if he were a lifeline.
Qinghe Ancestor glanced at Wan Yuan, then at the remaining forty or fifty members of the Qinghe Sect, his expression clearly not good.
Wan Yuan had brought with him all the main forces of the Qinghe Sect, yet so many had died.
Whether they could conquer the Bounty Hall or not, it was undoubtedly a devastating loss for the Qinghe Sect.
"Damned fool, you're going to ruin the Qinghe Sect!" Qinghe Ancestor cursed at Wan Yuan.
At this moment, Wan Yuan dared not say anything. This matter was definitely a major blunder. First, he shouldn't have rushed to attack Bounty City without proper investigation; second, he shouldn't have failed to notify the Qinghe Ancestor. If Qinghe Ancestor had been involved from the start, such a huge loss would not have occurred.
"Ancestor, I was wrong, please, save the Qinghe Sect!" said Wan Yuan, extremely somber.
"You protect the remaining people, retreat while fighting, and leave Bounty City as soon as possible," Qinghe Ancestor ordered, staring at Xiao Yun, his expression was not very pleasant.
Xiao Yun was strong, no, to be precise, extremely strong.
Both her own strength and the longsword in her hand were terrifying. Together, they had already surpassed the average Half-Step Immortal Monarch.
Honestly, he had no absolute confidence in defeating Xiao Yun.
Both being Half-step Immortal Monarchs, it was hard to predict.
"Old man, you're quite strong. Come on!" Xiao Yun shouted lightly, her longsword suddenly vibrating, blood light emerging.
An impressive longsword!
Qinghe Ancestor was somewhat shocked. His own longsword was already very powerful, even considered high-grade among weapons of the Immortal Monarch level.
But compared to the longsword in Xiao Yun's hand, it felt significantly inferior.
Could it be that this young girl holds a weapon of the Immortal Emperor level?
With this thought, Qinghe Ancestor felt almost dizzy.
Immortal Emperor's Treasures are not something anyone can possess; generally, only cultivators of the Immortal Emperor level would have them. Moreover, they are extremely scarce, with an Immortal Emperor possessing at most one or two Immortal Emperor-level weapons.
If Xiao Yun has an Immortal Emperor-level weapon, it must have been obtained from the Immortal Emperor's tomb or bestowed by an Immortal Emperor-level elder.
Xiao Yun is only a Half-step Immortal Monarch. When the Immortal Emperor's tomb opens, many Immortal Monarchs and even Immortal Emperors enter, a Half-step Immortal Monarch obtaining treasures is almost impossible.
Thus, the most likely possibility is that the Immortal Emperor's Treasure was bestowed by an Immortal Emperor-level elder.
Immortal Emperor!
The thought alone is terrifying!
What kind of person did this idiot Wan Yuan provoke?
Can't you properly investigate someone's background? Acting recklessly without knowing anything, you're really seeking death!
"Uh… this, little… little cultivator." Qinghe Ancestor didn't know what else to call Xiao Yun, so he settled for "little cultivator", "This whole incident was a misunderstanding. I will now take my people and withdraw from Bounty City. Also, I will offer some compensation as an apology, can we cease hostilities?"
What?!
Wan Yuan was bewildered, what was the Ancestor doing? Was he trying to make peace with Xiao Yun?
Our Qinghe Sect has been slaughtered so terribly by this one person, isn't this the time to fight back? Not only do you want to make peace, but you also say you want to offer compensation.
Compensation should be coming from Tang Rao to us, we've lost so many cultivators, almost all of our Heavenly Immortal-level and more than half of Luo Xian Realm cultivators.
"Ancestor…"
"Shut your mouth!" Qinghe Ancestor roared angrily, he clearly knew what Wan Yuan wanted to say. Do you think I don't want revenge? Do you think I feel good groveling and begging for peace?
But can you freaking look at the current situation? Not to mention whether I can defeat Xiao Yun, just the forces behind Xiao Yun alone are not something Qinghe Sect can afford to provoke.
Immortal Emperor's Treasure, do you really think a Half-step Immortal Monarch can obtain the Immortal Emperor's Treasure with his own power? Bullshit! This possibility is even smaller than you defeating Xiao Yun in a cross-level battle.
After being shouted at by Qinghe Ancestor like this, Wan Yuan immediately shut his mouth.
Though it was quite embarrassing to be scolded, the ancestor was the last hope of Qinghe Sect, Wan Yuan didn't dare to argue anything. But still, Wan Yuan was not happy about it.
After all, I am the Sect Master of Qinghe Sect.
Although you are the ancestor, in principle, you should still listen to me.
Xiao Yun looked at Qinghe Ancestor. She felt disappointed; this old guy actually suggested making peace, how boring it was.
"Tang Rao, what do you think?" Xiao Yun turned her head to look at Tang Rao.
Tang Rao remained casually seated, only his chicken leg had been swapped with a duck leg, which looked oily and fragrant.
Hearing Xiao Yun's question, Tang Rao shrugged his shoulders, then slowly uttered four words: "The sword is in your hand."
The meaning was very clear: the sword is in your hands, and so is the decision. Whether you say fight or make peace, it's all up to you.
Xiao Yun grinned and said, "Tang Rao, you know what I like the most about you? It's this kind of confidence that despises everything else."
Tang Rao's implied message was: no matter what you do, it's all within my control.
These words were quite awesome.
"Then, let's fight!" Xiao Yun grinned. Just kidding, with things coming this far, make peace my ass.
Besides, I was just enjoying the battle, how could it just end abruptly like this!
After speaking, Xiao Yun swung her sword forth, Immortal Power surged, bringing with it Sword Intent and sword light, tumultuous and fierce.
Qinghe Ancestor felt hopeless, he could only internally sigh, it seems that Qinghe Sect is really doomed.
Even if he could defeat Xiao Yun, there was still Tang Rao seated. In the eyes of Qinghe Ancestor, Tang Rao was even more terrifying than Xiao Yun.
Facing a mountain collapse without changing his expression, absolutely not something an ordinary person could possess.
"Stupid Wan Yuan!" Qinghe Ancestor cursed Wan Yuan in his heart again.
But curse as he might, the fight with Xiao Yun had to happen, he couldn't just stand there waiting for death.
Seeing Qinghe Ancestor engaged in fierce battle with Xiao Yun, Wan Yuan's mind became active again, completely ignoring Qinghe Ancestor's earlier instruction to retreat while fighting. His new target was Tang Rao.
If he could control Tang Rao, he could control the battle, and even make Xiao Yun hesitate.
Thus, Wan Yuan started sneakily approaching Tang Rao.
Tang Rao glanced sideways at Wan Yuan's little movements, a look of disdain appeared on his lips. Sorry to say, your idea is good, but unfortunately, you no longer have a chance.
"Kill!"
"Heads, I'm coming for you!"
"Immortal Stones, and lots of Immortal Stones, go for it!"
The next moment, three masked men suddenly appeared, two of Luo Xian Eighth Level and one of Luo Xian Fifth Level, needless to say, it was Xiao Yue, Ah Quan, and Cha Xiangzi.
With the arrival of these three guys, other cultivators who were still hesitating, immediately rushed out too.
Hundreds of people, mighty and fierce.
Just the Luo Xian alone numbered seventy to eighty.
Wan Yuan was startled by this sudden scene, what… what is happening...