Old Acquaintance

[The Blood Demon Sect had learned of Miao Liwu's whereabouts in advance.]

[They also knew that an Apex Grandmaster from the Sword Establishment Sect was protecting Miao Liwu.]

[The Blood Demon Sect directly dispatched six Apex Grandmasters to encircle and kill him.]

[After a fierce battle, the Apex Grandmaster from the Sword Establishment Sect died on the spot to cover Miao Liwu's escape.]

[Miao Liwu was seriously injured and fled.]

[The Blood Demon Sect didn't fare well either, losing two Apex Grandmasters in the desperate fight.]

[The other four were also seriously injured, and one of them died shortly after returning to the Blood Demon Sect.]

[Miao Liwu and the Apex Grandmaster from the Sword Establishment Sect, in effect, worked together to kill three Apex Grandmasters and seriously injure three more.]

[Such a record is quite brilliant.]

[Miao Liwu hid all the way, trying to escape back to the Sword Establishment Sect.]

[But he was intercepted by Zhou Qiyun, the leader of the Blood Demon Sect, on the way.]

[Miao Liwu, already seriously injured, was no match even when exerting all his strength.]

[In the end, he died with lingering regret at Celestial Peak Snow Mountain.]

[A generation of peerless genius thus fell.]

[Lin Jingzhi, the Sect Leader of the Sword Establishment Sect, upon learning of his beloved disciple's murder, went to the Blood Demon Sect alone.]

[Lin Jingzhi is known as the number one sword in Great Qian, and his strength is extremely formidable.]

[The remaining eighteen Apex Grandmasters of the Blood Demon Sect were all mobilized.]

[Lin Jingzhi paid the price of serious injuries, killing four Apex Grandmasters and seriously injuring nine.]

[Afterward, the seriously injured Lin Jingzhi was rescued by the Apex Grandmasters from the Sword Establishment Sect who had arrived.]

[And three years later, which was a few days ago.]

[Lin Jingzhi announced that he would no longer serve as the Sect Leader of the Sword Establishment Sect, and that he would once again attack the Blood Demon Sect in a personal capacity.]

[The Blood Demon Sect had already lost seven Apex Grandmasters in the previous two encounters, and its strength was greatly reduced.]

[The Blood Demon Sect dared not face Lin Jingzhi head-on again.]

[Therefore, Zhou Qiyun, the leader of the Blood Demon Sect, announced that he would face Lin Jingzhi alone.]

[Lin Jingzhi's ultimate goal was to personally kill Zhou Qiyun.]

[So the two agreed to fight at Celestial Peak Snow Mountain, where Miao Liwu had died, seven days later.]

You listened to the narration of the person next to you, your heart trembling.

You didn't expect Miao Liwu to really be dead.

Your impression of Miao Liwu was still of him as a snot-nosed kid.

The image of Miao Liwu with his simple and honest little face, calling you Uncle Yu, appeared before your eyes.

Your face was cold, and you felt anger in your heart at Miao Liwu's death.

So, in a fit of anger, you got a little angry.

There's no way around it, you're only in the middle stage of Bone Tempering. Apex Grandmaster Zhou Qiyun could smash your head with one slap.

You can't beat him, you simply can't beat him.

You left the inn.

You headed southeast.

You plan to go to the Sword Establishment Sect to pay respects to Miao Liwu.

The Sword Establishment Sect is quite far away, it will take a month to reach.

When you reached the tenth day, you had already heard the result of the decisive battle between Lin Jingzhi and Zhou Qiyun.

The corpse of Zhou Qiyun, the leader of the Blood Demon Sect, was pierced by a long spear and hung at the highest point of Celestial Peak Snow Mountain.

Lin Jingzhi returned safely to the Sword Establishment Sect.

The martial world was shocked.

Everyone knew that Lin Jingzhi was ruthless, but they didn't expect him to be this ruthless.

No matter what, the Blood Demon Sect is one of the three great demonic sects.

Zhou Qiyun, as the leader, his own strength and foundation belonged to one of the most outstanding small group of Apex Grandmasters.

He was actually taken down unscathed by Lin Jingzhi.

The Blood Demon Sect also did not expect this result, and panicked for a while.

Therefore, on the second day of Zhou Qiyun's death, the Blood Demon Sect hurriedly established a new leader.

And the Blood Demon Sect declared that Zhou Qiyun was only a temporary leader and had not signed a formal labor contract with the Blood Demon Sect.

What Zhou Qiyun did in the past does not represent the position of the Blood Demon Sect, and the Blood Demon Sect has nothing to do with Zhou Qiyun anymore.

[The Blood Demon Sect's series of actions were smooth and practiced, as if they had rehearsed them many times.]

[You couldn't help but give the Blood Demon Sect a big thumbs up for their crisis management.]

[The Sword Establishment Sect, seeing the Blood Demon Sect admit defeat, didn't pursue the matter further.]

[A month later, you arrived at the Sword Establishment Sect.]

[After explaining your identity, you entered the Sword Establishment Sect.]

[You met Wei Xia.]

[Wei Xia was only a year younger than you, making her over seventy years old as well.]

[Knowing you were coming, she hobbled out to greet you, leaning on a cane.]

[Unlike your still youthful appearance,]

[Wei Xia was already white-haired, her face full of wrinkles, with tear stains often visible in the corners of her eyes.]

[She carefully scrutinized you.]

[After a long while, Wei Xia sighed, "I am nearing the end of my life, but Young Master He's elegance remains unchanged."]

[You didn't see Miao Jiayao. You knew Miao Jiayao must have passed away, after all, he was almost twenty years older than Wei Xia.]

[Wei Xia shuffled her feet, accompanying you to Miao Liwu's grave.]

[A peach tree was planted in front of Miao Liwu's grave, and the peach blossoms were in full bloom.]

Wei Xia burned paper money while muttering about Miao Liwu's affairs.

[When she spoke of Miao Liwu, Wei Xia's dull and listless eyes would regain their sparkle.]

[She recounted Miao Liwu's glorious deeds one by one.]

[From Miao Liwu's rise in Willow Tree Village to his gaining a small reputation in the martial world,]

[Then to his joining the Sword Establishment Sect and becoming the number one person under the Apex Grandmaster,]

[And finally, becoming the sole candidate for the next Sect Leader of the Sword Establishment Sect.]

[Wei Xia remembered every single thing about Miao Liwu clearly.]

[She even remembered every word Miao Liwu said when he brought her good news.]

[As an old friend of Wei Xia's family, she couldn't wait to tell you everything about Miao Liwu's life.]

[Wei Xia became increasingly happy as she spoke, her eyes constantly flashing with pride and self-esteem.]

[A long-lost smile appeared on her wrinkled, sagging face.]

[But as she spoke, Wei Xia's gaze fell on Miao Liwu's tomb.]

[She stared blankly into space.]

[As if suddenly deflated.]

[Wei Xia realized that Miao Liwu was truly gone.]

[She shook her head and didn't say anything more.]

[At that moment, she lost all desire to confide.]

[Wei Xia stood up with difficulty and silently turned around.]

[She sighed deeply, "Actually, it would have been nice for our family to live in Willow Tree Village for our entire lives."]

[Leaning on her cane, she hunched over and slowly moved away.]

[Her back was still small and thin.]

[The timid, thin back she had when she first came to your small courtyard to peek at you and was chased away by you, gradually merged with the back of the old woman before you.]

[You knew that Miao Liwu's death had brought Wei Xia tremendous psychological trauma.]

[The precious son she had tried so hard to conceive had now passed away before she did. Just thinking about it made you feel the immense pain.]

[You burned a few more pieces of yellow paper for Miao Liwu.]

[At this moment, Lin Jingzhi arrived.]

[This ruthless person, who could easily kill Apex Grandmasters of the same rank, stood before you.]

[He looked at you and said, "Young Master He, actually, speaking of which, I am Liwu's second master, and you are his first master."]

["Sect Leader Lin is joking."]

[You had only unintentionally guided Miao Liwu into martial arts and left him some cultivation methods and martial equipment.]

[You certainly weren't Miao Liwu's master.]

[Lin Jingzhi took out a box that wasn't small.]

["Young Master He, this is what he originally intended to give you, but he couldn't find you, so it didn't work out."]

[You guessed that it was because you later entered the deeper parts of the Black Dragon Forest, so Miao Liwu couldn't find you either.]

[You took the box.]

[After opening it, inside were 500 Inner Divinity Pills and a gleaming, cold-looking treasured saber.]

[Miao Liwu, that snot-nosed kid, is already buried in the ground, but he's still dropping equipment for you. He really burned himself out.]

[You pocketed the Inner Divinity Pills and put away the treasured saber.]

[You patted Miao Liwu's tomb, "Good kid, awesome!"]