Translator: Seventh Peril Editor: Anuvrat
The spacious stone temple is incomparably majestic, with huge stone pillars erected all around and ancient prayer mats [1] were placed on the ground. However, due to the passage of time, nearly half of these stone pillars had already been crumbled. As for the ancient prayer mats, they were basically destroyed a long ago. But even so, one could vaguely recognize that this should have been a place like the Main Assembly Hall of the Innate Temple back then. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so grand. However, due to the corrosion of time, this place had become extremely worn out.
At this moment, the main hall was filled with numerous figures, even though there were quite a few scattered across the four corners. However, there were dozens of people gathered in the center. These people were dressed in dark green martial robes and were extremely arrogant and domineering. One could tell with a single glance that they definitely came from some major clan or power. The powerhouses around did not show any reaction when faced with such arrogance. This was because they clearly understood the origins of the group of people acting haughty before them!
They were from the Ye Clan, one of the Five Great Clans! Although the overall strength of the Five Great Clans was not as terrifying as that of the Xingxiang Sect, they still had one more thing in common, and that was cohesiveness! If someone from the Xingxiang Sect was provoked, the Xingxiang Sect may not stand up for him. After all, there were myriad disciples in the Xingxiang Sect. However, the people of the Five Great Clans were united as a piece of iron plate when it came to external strife, even though there were endless internal strives among them.
Moreover, among the Ye Clan’s younger generation, two extremely famous disciples were leading the team, making it so that no one dared to touch their stroke of bad luck. It was probably only a character like Song Shaochen or Mo Fanlong that could beat them, right?
At the end of the stone temple, there was a simple and unadorned altar. There were mottled steles placed on top of the altar. At present, there were damages all over the main part of these steles.
There were ten-feet tall stone statues on both sides of the altar. These stone statues were mottled all over, but one could still see a stream of vicious aura emanating from their bodies as if they were living things.
As for the two stone statues, they seemed to be holding something in their hands. It was just that they had already lost those two items.
And at the front of the altar, there are now three slender figures of young girls sticking together, except for the enraged girl in green dress who was standing at the front, with the other two behind her. The hot-tempered girl on the left, with a delicate fragrance of white jasmine, but her eyes surfaced with a few hints of panic. However, the other girl was as cold as a deep valley orchid, and although she was facing this kind of situation at the moment, her face did not have much change.
“Heh, three young beauties……if you don’t hand over the item, I’m afraid my Elder Brother won’t know how to show tender affection to the fairer sex! Moreover, take a look with your own eyes. With my Elder Brother and this much of our people, can you three handle it?” Among the Ye Clan crowd, someone with a playful smile opened his mouth, but his fiery eyes were filled with evil intentions, each of these three young beauties’ skins were fairer and more tender than the next. It should make one’s saliva drip steadily if one was able to fondle around their bodies!
Surrounded by the Ye Clan crowd, the three girls standing in front of the altar were none other than the Outer Disciples of the Xingxiang Sect whom Ye Zhong had met that day. The petite girl in the green dress who was addressed as Xiang Qiyu [2] had a frosty look on her face as she said, “Don’t you go too far! It was the three of us who discovered that Spirit Vessel first. Since you guys have already gotten one, then hurry up and scram! If not, once our Senior Brothers and Sisters arrive, you people surnamed Ye will not even know how you will die!”
Although Xiang Qiyu’s party wished that they could kill all the Ye Clan powerhouses right now, the strength of the three of them was only at the Third Layer of Body Tempering, and the people leading the group of the Ye Clan were two heaven-warping geniuses with extremely terrifying strength, plus dozens of Ye Clan’s younger generation who were not weak in strength were eyeing them covetously, if they were not afraid of their identity, the Ye Clan younger generation would have already taken the initiative. Therefore, it was basically impossible to take back the Spirit Vessel from the three of them.
“Heh, Senior Brother or Senior Sister? Song Shaochen? Rong Tian? Or Su Yu, which one are you referring to?” He played with the dagger in his hand with a frivolous expression. The dagger was a dark red in color and a fiery-red bird was carved on it. Streams of terrifying heatwave were emitted from the dagger, and the faint sound of birds chirping could be heard.
Many gazes in the main hall looked at the fiery-red dagger in the man’s hand. Their eyes were filled with greed. This was a mid-grade Spirit Vessel with extraordinary might. When the main hall was just opened, the two stone statues were holding two daggers in their hands, now, one was acquired by Xiang Qiyu’s party and the other one was in the hands of Ye Clan. The other experts didn’t even have the strength to lay a finger on or get a share of the items.
However, after they obtained another dagger, the Ye Clan people were obviously unsatisfied. They could tell that these two daggers were a pair. Only by combining them would they be able to unleash their potential. Therefore, the Ye Clan people were unwilling to let the Xiang Qiyu’s party go.
After playing with the fiery-red dagger in his hand for a moment, the man from the Ye Clan raised his head. A faint smile appeared on his handsome face. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding Ye Clan people’s voices fell.
“Xiang Qiyu, I know that since you become a disciple of the Xingxiang Sect, you must have an extraordinary status, so we don’t want to hurt you. As long as you hand over the Ice Sparrow Dagger, I will guarantee your safety.”
The one who spoke was called Ye Yihao, although his name wasn’t as well-known as Ye Yufeng’s. However, those who had a little knowledge of the Ye Clan understood that the two strongest people of their generation did not include Ye Yufeng. However, these two had been concentrating on their cultivation in the forbidden area of the Ye Clan, so their reputation was still unknown to the outside! However, their strength was not something that the so-called number one younger generation, Ye Yufeng, could compare with!
Xiang Qiyu slightly bit her lower lip, there was unwillingness in her eyes, in the next moment, she coldly snorted and said, “You b*stard of the Ye Clan. If you want to snatch something from the hands of your great aunt [3], it depends on whether you have the power to do so!”
As her voice faded, she flipped her pretty little hand, an icy-blue dagger appeared in her hand. The jade blue dagger was carved with a strip of the Blue Mystic Serpent. The Spiritual Power of cold Yin spread out from the dagger, just enough to resist the scorching hot Spiritual Power emitted from the fiery-red dagger in Ye Yihao’s hand.
“Heh, Miss Xiang, a wise man does not fight when the odds are against him. Could it be that you truly think that you three little girls can fight against us? Although we won’t kill you, when we do, we might accidentally chip off your face or something like that, but no one can say for sure!” Ye Yihao sneered. Although he didn’t dare to openly kill the disciples of the Xingxiang Sect, he could just disfigure them. Presumably, the higher-ups of the Xingxiang Sect wouldn’t say anything.
Hearing this, the three girls’ complexions turned pale. The one standing behind Xiang Qiyu with an extreme fragrance of white jasmine, You Siling [4], said softly, “Qiyu, why don’t you just give the item to them?”
“No way!” Xiang Qiyu bit her lower lip, “This is the proof that we completed the Sect Mission this time. Don’t you want more Spirit Value Points?”
“Heh—— Surely a disciple of the Xingxiang Sect. She’s still thinking about the Spirit Value Points!” Standing beside Ye Yihao, a cold-tempered youth with a lean and small built around the age of seventeen or eighteen sneered. “Big Brother Yihao, it’s best not to waste words with them. Capture them all. When the time comes, you can do whatever you want with them!”
As he spoke till here, his gaze coldly swept over the three girls’ delicate bodies. His gaze seemed to reach out and fondle them all over, causing the three of them to tremble due to eeriness.
This person was the other genius of the Ye Clan’s younger generation, Ye Yiyin. He was one of the two strongest people of his generation. At this moment, he could clearly sense that the Mystic Serpent Dagger in Xiang Qiyu’s hand matched the other one’s aura in his hand very well. It should be able to increase his fighting strength greatly. Otherwise, with the Ye Clan’s background, they wouldn’t dare to cross the line with these three girls just for a mid-grade Spirit Vessel.
Moreover, if the two daggers were to be put together and used at the same time, the power would probably be unimaginable. And even the Ye Clan might not have a set of Spirit Vessels of this grade, so even Ye Yihao and Ye Yiyin were moved to the extreme at the moment.
“It’s not my wish to ruthlessly destroy a flower, but since they don’t know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is, there’s nothing they can do……” Ye Yihao let out a faint sigh and waved his hand. The dozens of Ye Clan disciples behind him quickly spread out and blocked off all escape routes for the three girls. He and Ye Yiyin slowly stepped forward and cast a cold gaze at the three of them. The fiendish power within their body slowly spread.
Inside the main hall, when the crowd saw that the Ye Clan had sent out their strongest two high-ranked experts to deal with the three beauties, they secretly curled their lips. Obviously, many people felt disdain for the Ye Clan’s tactic. However, even though this was the case, there were still some people who hid the burning look in their eyes. They would probably do such a thing if they were in the same shoes, and in a chaotic situation like this, they would do something even more outrageous!
Seeing the actions of the two. Xiang Qiyu’s pretty face turned slightly cold as she held the Mystic Serpent Dagger in her hand. Determination surfaced in her eyes, this time, even if she was to stake everything, she would still let them know that the three of them were not easy to be bullied.
“Attack!”
At this moment, Ye Yiyin and Ye Yihao had completely ignored the surrounding gazes. With a loud shout, their figures flanked from left to right, while the Qi and Blood on their bodies were boiling. An extremely terrifying pressure instantly spread out, causing the gazes of several powerhouses to change.
The one standing behind Xiang Qiyu with the cold expression in her gloomy eyes, the girl named Qu Xuan, her face remained unchanged. She had just wanted to take a step forward, but suddenly her when her expression changed, and silently withdrew herself.
“Ye Yihao, Ye Yiyin, it’s been so long since we last met. You two are still as shameless as ever……”
The faint ridiculing voice slowly sounded at this moment, causing the mood over the scene to freeze. After which, a countless number of gazes swept to the back with a disbelieving expression.
TL note(s):
[1] “prayer mat” is a round cushion made of woven cattail which is best known for practicing a sitting meditation — more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zafu.
[2] “Xiang Qiyu” formerly addressed as “Qi Yu” by Su Yu in chapter 27.
[3] “your great aunt” doesn’t really mean that she is their aunt, but it would rather imply “me” in an ironic or arrogant manner.
[4] “You Siling” formerly addressed as “Si Ling” by Su Yu in chapter 27.