บท 164: No One Can Escape from Those I Want to Kill
"Never would I have thought that you turn out to be an elder of the Everlasting Life Sect." Chen Xia regarded the delicate and effeminate figure before him and chuckled softly.
"Merely an ordinary position, hardly worth mentioning. In comparison to you, senior, it's utterly insignificant." The delicate figure hastened to reply, while secretly shuddering with trepidation in his heart.
He had never expected that Lu Hua would provoke such a terrifying being and embroil him in this mess. At this moment, he truly harbored the urge to slay Lu Hua!
Lu Hua and the purple-robed elder were both dumbfounded, their eyes darting back and forth between the delicate figure and Chen Xia, utterly astonished by this unexpected turn of events.
Especially the purple-robed elder, who was dying to figure out how on earth a cultivator like Cao Gao, merely at the middle stage of the Mountain Moving Realm, could have befriended such a formidable and fearsome power.
Damn it! If you knew him, why the hell didn't you say so earlier?
Had you spoken up earlier, who would have dared to lay a finger on you?!
"Hey, Lu Hua, is the job done?" The voice of the young acting headmaster of Yutai Mountain rang out from Lu Hua's ring.
Lu Hua didn't dare to respond, gazing at Chen Xia with a look of dread.
"Give it to me." Chen Xia beckoned.
Lu Hua hurriedly handed over the ring.
"Things have surely gone awry. Are you prepared to die?" Chen Xia inquired into the ring.
The young acting headmaster's voice faltered for a moment, then he asked in bewilderment, "Who are you? How dare you speak to me in such a tone? I am the young acting headmaster of Yutai Mountain. I warn you not to meddle in our affairs, or you won't be able to withstand the wrath of Yutai Mountain!"
"No need to withstand. Wait. I'll come for you shortly." Chen Xia replied impassively, then crushed the ring with a single squeeze.
The delicate figure stood by deferentially and asked, "How do you wish to handle this?"
He was referring to Lu Hua and the purple-robed elder.
Chen Xia waved his hand nonchalantly and replied, "Kill them."
Lu Hua's eyes widened in shock, and in an instant, he dropped to his knees, tears and snot streaming down his face as he pleaded with Chen Xia, "Spare my life! Please have mercy on me. I swear I'll turn over a new leaf. I beg you!"
"Shh." Chen Xia placed his index finger against his lips, while a flying sword pressed against Lu Hua's lips.
"Quiet. In your next life, strive to be a decent person. Decent folk don't meet their end at my hands."
Lu Hua's expression was one of abject despair, his eyes dull and lifeless, his body trembling uncontrollably. He dared not utter another word, only weeping silently.
Chen Xia's countenance remained impassive, showing not the slightest hint of softening.
When faced with death, every soul would come to recognize their mistakes, plead for mercy, and regret their actions.
But once death loomed large, such pleas and regrets lost all significance.
"You do it. I can't be bothered to lift a finger. And keep an eye on this ferry and him for me. If anything goes awry by the time I return, you'd better start scouting for a favorable burial plot." Chen Xia casually instructed.
The delicate figure nodded hastily, "Yes, yes."
The purple-gold flying sword and the golden flying sword remained by Cao Gao's side. In a flash, Chen Xia's figure vanished, streaking across the starry sky towards Yutai Mountain.
Previously, he had been unable to find his way and thus had to trail the ferry for all these years. Now that he remembered the route, the journey of several million miles didn't seem all that far.
He commandeered a million flying swords to form a makeshift ferry, transforming into a colossal beam of sword light that seemed capable of tearing apart the entire starry sky, hurtling forward at breakneck speed.
Cao Gao stood at the ferry terminal of the Everlasting Life Sect, staring blankly at the sword light in the sky, his mouth agape. A complex mix of emotions swirled within him.
The delicate figure, meanwhile, extended his hand and set about following Chen Xia's orders.
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The young acting headmaster of Yutai Mountain had been in a foul mood these past few days, his face perpetually clouded over, and he had been ill-tempered with the cultivators under his command.
Lu Hua was out of contact, the purple-robed elder was unreachable, and even the damned Everlasting Life Sect had gone silent.
Now, he had no choice but to dispatch other elders of the Sea Moving Realm to the Everlasting Life Sect to investigate the situation.
He suspected that Lu Hua might have colluded with other elders of the Everlasting Life Sect to pull off this elaborate ruse, intending to swallow the ferry and the spirit stones all for themselves.
The more the young acting headmaster thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. Gnashing his teeth in fury, he cursed himself for having informed Lu Hua of the news. Had he waited for Cao Gao to return to the ferry terminal of Yutai Mountain, wouldn't he have been able to do as he pleased with him?
He had been too hasty, and now he had lost both the lady and the soldiers.
Seething with indignation, the young acting headmaster was just about to summon the elders of the Sea Moving Realm when a clamor of shouts erupted from within Yutai Mountain.
He turned to look.
There, in the starry sky, a beam of sword light came hurtling towards them at breakneck speed, like a celestial light plummeting to earth!
It crashed directly into the confines of the Yutai Mountain sect, atop the fifth peak!
The sword light gradually dissipated.
A young man in white robes stood there, dusting off his sleeves and chuckling, "I've come to find someone, your young acting headmaster of Yutai Mountain."
The young acting headmaster's pupils constricted in an instant. This man's voice was identical to the one he had heard from the ring!
Gritting his teeth, he flashed forward in an instant, coming face to face with Chen Xia and snarling, "You've got some nerve, hijacking my ferry and still daring to come to Yutai Mountain. You're truly courting death!"
"The one courting death is more aptly you." Chen Xia grinned, then stomped his foot.
In an instant, the young acting headmaster was sent reeling, his head slamming into the ground with a thud. Chen Xia pinned him down with a single foot, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"Sir, you're being a bit too audacious." A gloomy voice rang out from within the peak. An elder in feathered robes appeared, facing Chen Xia.
The young acting headmaster's eyes lit up, and he cried out hastily, "Grand Elder, save me!"
"All right." Chen Xia rubbed the tip of his nose and smiled blandly.
"This is Yutai Mountain." The elder in feathered robes repeated his gloomy warning.
"Mm." Chen Xia nodded, still smiling. "But that doesn't stop me from killing."
"You can try." The elder in feathered robes thrust his single hand downward. Instantly, the nine peaks of Yutai Mountain lit up in unison, and a deep green, resplendent formation materialized at the foot of the mountain, converging beneath the elder in feathered robes.
"With the great formation of Yutai Mountain and my cultivation at the ninth level of the Sea Moving Realm, you're dreaming if you think you can kill someone here."
"Try?" Chen Xia grinned, increasing the pressure on his foot, on the verge of crushing the young acting headmaster's head.
"Swap." The elder in feathered robes murmured softly.
In a flash, the young acting headmaster vanished. Chen Xia's foot stomped down, sinking half an inch into the peak.
Chen Xia didn't seem to care. He rolled up his sleeves slightly and smiled, "No one I've set my sights on has ever escaped."
"Then today will be the first." The elder in feathered robes lifted his two fingers and bellowed, "Collapse!"
Chen Xia's body was sent hurtling backward a thousand miles, crashing into the ground and tumbling into a crater, sending up a cloud of dust.
After a moment, the dust settled.
Chen Xia emerged unscathed, looking at the elder in feathered robes' hand gestures with a glimmer of interest. "Your supernatural power is rather fascinating."
"Just the power of the nine peaks of Yutai Mountain." The elder in feathered robes uttered what sounded like a modest remark, while simultaneously thrusting his single hand downward.
"Crush."
The sky seemed to descend, and the starry sky came crashing down.
Chen Xia's entire body was instantly swallowed up by the crater, plummeting downward as if about to bore through the entire Yutai Mountain.
Chen Xia frowned, allowing his body to fall, looking rather vexed.
He couldn't use his flying swords openly, as it would be all too easy to be recognized. After all, where in the world had anyone seen a sword cultivator capable of wielding so many flying swords?
His eyes flickered, the darkness within them growing deeper.
A thick, dark fog emerged on the horizon of Yutai Mountain, spreading rapidly and soon obscuring the entire mountain.
The elder in feathered robes frowned as he gazed at the dark canopy, then after a long while, spat out a single word.
"Dead Star Region!"
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