A clear voice carrying a trace of familiarity reached the ears of the despairing man.
At some unknown point,
Yang Qingyuan had already appeared beside him.
With just two fingers, he had caught the terrifying blade radiance that swept across the sky for ten thousand zhang with such ease,
making it impossible for the latter to advance even an inch!
It was as though it had solidified, frozen a foot or so in front of him.
At that instant,
one could even clearly sense the terrifying sharpness radiating from the blade's glow!
Every hair on his body stood on end beneath that needle-like edge, and his heart leaped into his throat at that very moment!
However, at this time,
the man no longer had the mind to pay attention to any of that.
He turned his head in astonishment,
and saw Yang Qingyun's face, shock and disbelief written across his own.
"Yang, Yang Heavenly Venerate!"
The man opened his mouth wide and stared with bulging eyes, stammering out only those few words.
"Daoist Friend Xie, you and I are senior and junior brothers of the same sect, and we even entered in the same period. There's no need for you to be so polite with an outsider."
"Just call me Senior Brother Yang."
A faint smile touched the corners of Yang Qingyun's mouth as he nodded slightly at Xie Qingtian.
That was right,
the person he had just saved
was none other than Xie Qingtian, the most famous and strongest outer disciple of his generation many years ago, when they had both been outer disciples under the Sacred Extremity Sect!
Back then,
Yang Qingyun had also shared a period of friendship with him.
However, later,
because of the immense pressure brought about by Yang Qingyun's rapid rise,
Xie Qingtian had