Bai Tang: The geniuses who appear once in a thousand years aren't dead yet

"Alas, the rigid are easily broken. He's going to suffer at the hands of my old friends."

Jing Yuan had no intention of stopping him. With Yanqing's temperament, it would be good for his old friends to take him down a peg. At least they knew Yanqing was his disciple and would go somewhat easy on him.

Blade and Dan Heng started fighting, and Yanqing slipped between them to block Blade's sword. But who had taught Blade his swordsmanship? Jingliu had carved those skills into him, one sword strike at a time.

So Blade found an opening, threw the Shard Sword, and stabbed Dan Heng hard in the chest.

"Kid, let me introduce him."

Blade raised both hands. Arise, my love! (Crossed out.) Having stabbed Dan Heng into a little azure dragon, he said in satisfaction, "The man behind you committed the Ten Unpardonable Sins... He betrayed the Xianzhou, plunged it into chaos, and was exiled for eternity.

Water enveloped Dan Heng. A water dragon soared into the air, and the little azure dragon came walking across the water.

"The Vidyadhara High Elder, Imbibitor Lunae."

Blade walked past Yanqing toward Dan Heng.

He looked imposing, but really, he was just trying to save face, sneaking over to pick up his sword.

"Bai Tang, send me a copy."

Jing Yuan saw that Bai Tang was recording. Remembering how much brainpower he had spent dealing with this lot's antics, he figured he should at least get a copy.

"Sure."

Bai Tang didn't refuse. A little image editing and some sound removal, and releasing it would be enough to socially kill Blade. Hehe.

"In that case, I'll have to take both you and him into custody and leave the general to pass judgment!"

Hearing the words of Yanqing, whom she had beaten up, Bai Tang looked at Jing Yuan beside her.

Jing Yuan: "..." Yanqing, you can't beat them. Really.

Bai Tang tilted her head. "Of five people, I, Yanqing, must fight four?"

Jing Yuan gave Bai Tang a long look. "...You could say five."

Bai Tang was so much like Baiheng. How could she not count as one of them?

In any case, his world had no Bai Tang who had become Jingliu's disciple and gotten along well with him.

What a pity. Yanqing could beat ninety-nine percent of the people on the Xianzhou, yet he always picked fights with the remaining one percent.

"Good thing nobody stabbed me. Stelle got stabbed, and Dan Heng got stabbed too. March 7th should be next."

If March 7th got stabbed, Evernight would probably go berserk.

No, that wasn't right. In the story, March 7th had handed her body directly over to Evernight and hadn't been stabbed. Uh, actually, that still counted as having died once.

What did she mean by that?

Jing Yuan's mind raced. Could she also have a legendary hidden power?

Knowing Bai Tang's tendency to hide things, she surely wouldn't want it exposed. At least on the Xianzhou, he would help her keep it safe.

"As long as I'm not dead, there's no need to worry too much. If I die, it'll be too late to say anything."

Bai Tang made the remark offhandedly, then settled down to enjoy watching Blade and Dan Heng team up to beat Yanqing. They really knew how to have fun.

Blade had been hunting Dan Heng all this time, and suddenly they were teaming up. It was hilarious. Blade was one thing—with the script and Kafka nearby, teaming up was actually possible. But Dan Heng, what was going on with you? Weren't you going to beat Blade up first?

Kafka had already helped Blade undo his restraints, and he was starting to go mad.

Bai Tang's hands itched for a fight, but in the end, she didn't help suppress his Mara-Struck condition. At the very least, she had to wait until they finished beating Yanqing.

"Jing Yuanyuan, Yanqing really is a swordsmanship genius. Want me to help teach him?"

Bai Tang marveled. Knowing was one thing, but learning it after a single look—that kind of talent appeared only once in a thousand years. Ordinary people couldn't beat him.

Although the swordsmanship geniuses from the last two millennia weren't dead yet either.

Just like Yingxing was a genius who appeared once in a thousand years. His tremendous talent let him do as he pleased in the Artisanship Commission.

"If Bai Tang is willing, I certainly won't refuse."

She could hold her own against Jingliu, so her swordsmanship had probably surpassed her teacher's. Jing Yuan was happy to let her teach Yanqing.

Soon, Dan Heng used a water dragon to break all of Yanqing's swords.

"All right, everyone, listen to me: stop fighting."

Kafka appeared. Bai Tang no longer intended to stay hidden either. As soon as she appeared, she helped Blade suppress his Mara-Struck condition to keep him from suddenly attacking Dan Heng, then stood beside Dan Heng.

"You're here."

Dan Heng looked Bai Tang up and down. Seeing that she really was all right, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Tang spread her hands. "We're about to fight Phantylia, so of course I came to help. You're all my companions."

If she didn't push Dan Heng, was she supposed to part the sea herself?

Sorry, she didn't really want to expose herself. Dan Heng could do it instead~

Dan Heng: ...

Next, Jing Yuan came out to make arrangements. Seeing his bitter smile, Bai Tang decided to do Jing Yuan a small favor afterward.

Aaaaaah!!!

High-Cloud Quintet, just be happy together!

Why did they only bully Jing Yuan kitty?!

"Hmph."

That cold snort from Blade made Bai Tang angry all over again. People were partial by nature, so what was wrong with her favoring Jing Yuanyuan and Dan Heng? In any case, he wasn't Yingxing now.

Kafka remembered that the script said Blade would bring trouble on himself by speaking and suffer social death, but would get through it safely if he kept quiet. She quickly took a step back. This had to be the moment.

Bai Tang sneered. "Yingxing?"

Blade blurted out, "I'm not him. Yingxing is already dead."

"Ha, Yingxing is already dead~"

Bai Tang glanced at Dan Heng beside her, then at Jing Yuan, and swallowed her curse. "Why didn't you say Dan Feng was already dead when you were hunting Dan Heng down?"

As she spoke, she took a step forward and shielded Dan Heng behind her:

"What, Dan Feng has already reincarnated, and Dan Heng even suffered punishment in Dan Feng's place. He shouldn't have had to bear it, but those Dragon Preceptors were behind it. Damn it, when I get back, I'll blow those old bastards up!"

The more Bai Tang spoke, the angrier she became. If not for Dan Heng and Jing Yuan, she would have started swearing long ago.

"Blade, if Dan Feng and Dan Heng were both standing here, and Dan Feng admitted he had done it while Dan Heng denied it, who would you hunt down?"

Before Blade could react to those words, Jing Yuan reacted first and interrupted Bai Tang:

"Hahaha, you can leave now."

Hurry up and go.

Blade, take the Stellaron Hunters and get the hell out!

Bai Tang: "General, what's wrong?"

"The Nameless must be getting impatient."

Jing Yuan couldn't possibly say that Bai Tang had revealed her wish to resurrect them in her sleep, so he could only change the subject.

Bai Tang: Forget it. If he won't say, he won't say. But I really should find a way to resurrect this world's Dan Feng and Baiheng. Then Baiheng can stop Jingliu, and Dan Feng can stop Blade.

Her memory wasn't very good, so she couldn't resurrect the ones from this world, but Jing Yuan had memories of them! She could also get them from Blade. If all else failed, she'd find a way to get them from Jingliu.

She could get what she needed to resurrect them somehow.

Hmph, just because Dan Feng couldn't do it didn't mean she couldn't!

She was very capable!

Before going to Amphoreus, at least, she had to resurrect Dan Feng and Baiheng and let Brother Feng properly manage the Vidyadhara. At the very least, he had to send those elders flying.

No, she would wait until she had blown up the Vidyadhara and made them all undergo molting rebirth before resurrecting him.

Once she got back, she'd take the lead first and gather all the Vidyadhara who persecuted Bailu at the Alchemy Commission. Then she would make them willingly undergo molting rebirth.

As for the other Vidyadhara she hadn't managed to trick, she would leave them to Dan Feng. She just didn't know whether Dan Feng would be willing to be resurrected as the High Elder.