A Sword Came from the East

The immortal grabbed the giant snake and flew to a higher place, where it could no longer be seen above the clouds.

Out of everyone's sight, the giant snake transformed into a young girl and threw herself into Qin Yi's arms. "Brother!"

Surrounded by Ye Ling's embrace, Qin Yi harbored no ill intentions; in fact, he was quite pleased to see this silly snake. Her defensive, head-covering behavior upon seeing him proved she was still the same silly snake, unchanged. He knew Ye Ling too well; this silly snake shouldn't be the evil demon who personally came to destroy Lihuo City. There was likely more to the story.

But he couldn't let his imagination run wild, so he suppressed his emotions and put on a stern face. "You've grown up now? Bringing monsters to destroy Southern Li?"

"No, brother," Ye Ling shook her head desperately, "I came to help Southern Li."

"Oh?" Qin Yi hurriedly asked, "Tell your brother what happened quickly. Is it related to Cheng Cheng?"

Ye Ling tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Of course there's a connection, it was probably caused by the King..."

As if afraid that Qin Yi would misunderstand, she quickly continued, "The Queen recently emerged from seclusion and broke through the Ten Thousand Forms realm. The first thing she did was, of course, to destroy the other two countries. The first Guo Country. She originally thought that Xiao Kingdom would join forces to come to the rescue, but unexpectedly, not a single bird from the Xiao Kingdom appeared... The Queen then figured that Xiao Kingdom's elite troops might have run to the top of the rift valley, so she sent me up to take a look."

"Howl! "Qin Yi immediately thought of those four-eyed strange birds; they were indeed low-level 'howls'.

But this is still a bit strange. When he first saw Xiao, he didn't judge that Xiao Kingdom had come up on its own. Instead, he immediately thought of Cheng Cheng. This was because Cheng Cheng shouldn't be completely unaware of the migration of such a large number of monsters. It was more likely that she had conquered them and then sent them.

But now that Ye Ling has said this, Cheng Cheng really doesn't know that Xiao King has indeed secretly run away to the human world.

Did that woman become less intelligent because she was more capable?

Forget it, I have no right to blame her. She doesn't need to be responsible for Southern Li.

In reality, the Xiao Kingdom's arrival in the mortal realm was suicidal. Even if she didn't intervene, other powerful cultivators would soon follow suit, because after the Demon Calamity Minghe spoke of, demons running rampant in the mortal world were the common enemy of all cultivators. Perhaps Cheng Cheng was just watching them die; what did it matter to her what happened to Southern Li?

These thoughts raced through Qin Yi's mind, and he sighed, "What about the Xiao King?"

"I've been fighting with the Xiao King for the past two days," Ye Ling said angrily. "It can't beat me, but its Technique Method is very strange. It always disappears inexplicably, making it hard for me to find it. I fight it, and then it runs away. We've been playing hide-and-seek for two days."

"..." Qin Yi finally understood. The Xiao King was held back by Ye Ling, so the monsters below were leaderless when they swarmed to attack Lihuo City, which allowed Li Qingjun to escape. Otherwise, if the Xiao King had come to Li Huo in person, Li Qingjun might not have been able to escape.

Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat, cupped Ye Ling's face and rubbed it several times. "Thank you so much, Ye Ling."

"I know my brother wouldn't want anything to happen to Elder Sister Qing Jun," Ye Ling said, trying to take credit. "Actually, I've already killed a lot of the monsters from the nearby Xiao Kingdom. They were everywhere before."

Qin Yi picked up Ye Ling and spun her around. "Clever snake."

Ye Ling giggled, very happy.

Seeing Qin Yi was enough to make her happy. He was the first person in the world to treat her kindly, and her feelings of affection for him were incredibly strong. Even though the monsters of the White Kingdom were all very kind to her now, Qin Yi's position was irreplaceable.

Qin Yi also discovered that Ye Ling had already condensed her core, and even reached the mid-stage... This wasn't surprising. When he left, she was already at the peak of the Transformation Realm. With Cheng Cheng's guidance and the resources and status of the "Crown Prince," breaking through wasn't difficult for her. Don't call her a stupid snake; in the path of cultivation, she was actually a genius snake, to the point that she could even defeat the Xiao King.

"But where is the Xiao King right now? Can you sense him?"

Ye Ling shook her head. "I couldn't sense anything. We sent people to search separately. We originally planned to deal with the monsters in Lihuo City were at it, but we just happened to run into my brother."

Qin Yi looked down and saw several familiar figures entering Lihuo City to help humans fight monsters.

Gang Jing, Sand Sculpture, Whining Creature... How I miss the Eastern Palace Four Great Guards... Qin Yi was in tears.

Since Ye Ling had already arranged for his subordinates to search for the Demon King's whereabouts, presumably they had done so before, Qin Yi felt somewhat relieved. He decided to deal with the monsters in the city first. The two descended from the heavens side by side, Ye Ling laughed along the way, "Actually, I've gathered my four personal guards! But that guy always breaks his promises; I wonder where he's run off to again."

Qin Yi asked curiously, "What kind of monster is that?"

Ye Ling said angrily, "It's a pigeon! I'm planning to replace my personal guards, I don't want it!"

Qin Yi almost burst out laughing, "As expected, it should be your personal guard. No problem, no problem, you can add another one, and keep it. Isn't it common knowledge that the Four Heavenly Kings have five?"

As they spoke, the two had already arrived above Lihuo City and began slaying demons.

With the participation of the Crown Prince's guards, the demonic atmosphere in the city had been almost contained. But with these two entering the fray, it was like tigers among sheep. They didn't need to fight street by street. Ye Ling hovered in mid-air, and countless black flames rained down like a shower of stars, accurately striking the vast majority of the Xiao Kingdom's demons. In just an instant, the demons were almost wiped out...

Qin Yi glanced sideways. The Core Formation Serpent was terrifying...

He held the flute to his lips and played a Soul Voice.

Sonic physical attacks are difficult to control, but this kind of soul-capturing attack can be easily controlled to target specific individuals. Soon, those monsters who were entangled with humans or whose attacks were blocked by something and thus did not receive the Ye Ling Heavenly Fire were rolling around in pain, clutching their heads, and before long, they were all dead, bleeding from all seven orifices.

The brother and sister exchanged a glance and smiled.

After a long separation, everyone has made great progress.

"Is... is it the Imperial Preceptor?" An unfamiliar official from Southern Li exclaimed in surprise and delight.

Qin Yi landed beside him. "You recognize me?"

The official bowed and said, "When the Regent King Western Wasteland, I was his secretary and witnessed the Imperial Preceptor performing magic."

Qin Yi nodded, then sighed, "This calamity in Southern Li... was truly unexpected. I never imagined that those monsters would dare to defy the world and attack a human kingdom."

The official said indignantly, "There may be a reason for this."

Qin Yi asked urgently, "What do you know?"

The official said, "The Regent escorted the King a breakout, and I heard someone from the demon's rear army shouting: 'Capture her! Don't let the Startling Dragon Jade Pendant escape!'"

Qin Yi was startled and horrified.

The monsters have come for the Jade Pendant!

Perhaps the Xiao King believed that obtaining the Jade Pendant would allow him to fight against Cheng Cheng? Maybe so. This could explain why they dared to do this. In essence, their goal was not to gain a foothold on the ground, but to obtain the treasure and launch a counterattack against the Demon City.

But here's the question: how did the Xiao King know that Li Qingjun possessed such a Jade Pendant? Even Li Qinglin didn't know that this Jade Pendant was called the Startling Dragon Jade Pendant. Where did they get this information from?

"Oh no!" Qin Yi suddenly realized, "Ye Ling, quickly take me north! The Xiao King isn't hiding because he's afraid of you. He's been playing hide-and-seek with you and taking detours just to shake you off. His real goal is to chase after Qing Jun!"

Ye Ling instantly transformed into a ten-foot- Soaring Serpent, Qin Yi sat on it, quickly returning.

I've got the target wrong... The other party isn't after Southern Li, they're after the Jade Pendant on Li Qingjun's body. I came to save Southern Li by mistake, I shouldn't have left Qing Jun's side!

Hopefully, Xiao King has taken a long detour to avoid Ye Ling and hasn't caught up with Qing Jun yet!

Ye Ling's speed was many times faster than Qin Yi's own flying with the magic Law Artifact. He crossed the Nanli Kingdom in the blink of an eye and passed the border city of Daqian in an instant. All he could hear was the whistling wind in his ears, and the scenery in front of him was somewhat hazy.

It was incredibly fast, but Qin Yi wished he could teleport; even this short time felt like an eternity.

In the hazy distance, Qin Yi sensed the presence of the army and Li Qingjun not far away.

Thankfully... they are still safe.

A Yao Qi suddenly appeared from the right, winding its way in, and rapidly approached.

It's the Xiao King!

Just in time!

Qin Yi took out his flute, about to use even faster sound waves to stop the Xiao King, when suddenly a violent tremor ran through his heart, as if a very dangerous omen was about to be born. Even Ye Ling beneath him trembled violently, as if she had the same sense of dread.

A blinding Sword-Ray, seemingly coming from beyond the heavens, or like a sudden burst of light, swept across the Xiao King in an instant.

As the Xiao King flew at high speed, his body unknowingly split into two pieces. The momentum of the two halves continued to move forward, and blood flowed from the two halves of his body, turning the wilderness for miles into a long river of blood.

It flew several miles with its momentum before the two pieces of its body hit the ground with a thud. It probably didn't even know how it died.

Qin Yi and Ye Ling were both stunned.

Where did this sword come from?!