Shocking Turn of Events

Waving a hand, Wang Xian walked out through the Sword Sect's mountain gate without waiting for his senior sister Dantai Xiaoxue to accompany him.

Thinking that night was about to fall, he hurried to leave this place.

Perhaps he might still run into the senior who had given him four spirit swords along the way.

He had earned quite a few spirit stones this time. No matter what, he had to give half to her.

Master would never have to live in poverty again. Bear Two and his senior sister would also have money to spend on their journey to the East Sea...

Just as he sped along the long stone steps.

A sudden rush of wind sounded behind him, followed by a thunderous roar: "Little thief, don't run! Return my sword!"

Wang Xian stiffened at the words. Without looking back, he quickened his pace!

"You're courting death!"

Shangguan Wuchen streaked through the air, violent as thunder, his eyes instantly turning red. While still in midair, he thrust a palm forward!

"Stop!"

At that moment, Dongfang Nishang had already flown out of the mountain gate and shouted a warning at Shangguan Wuchen from afar...

Bang!

Before Wang Xian could even draw his sword, he was hurled like a meteor toward the ten-thousand-foot cliff beside the stone steps!

"Ah... Hundred Flowers Valley... are you insane?!"

Watching the scene unfold, Dongfang Nishang felt as though her soul had left her body!

The sky was about to collapse!

If Wang Xian died in the Sword Sect, everyone here would be unable to bear her senior brother's wrath!

They were truly courting death!

Crack!

A bolt of white lightning descended from the heavens. In a flash, it struck Shangguan Wuchen's outstretched arm!

Before he could recover his senses!

Before Dongfang Nishang could make a move!

Shangguan Wuchen's right arm was severed in an instant and fell toward the cliff below...

And that was not all!

The lightning was like a sword, instantly reducing his arm to fragments. Flesh and blood scattered through the air before slowly falling...

A white figure, swift as a startled swan, flew toward the ten-thousand-foot cliff.

In the blink of an eye, it swept up the falling Wang Xian and soared into the sky!

An indifferent voice echoed through the skies above the Kunlun Sword Sect.

"What a fine elder of Hundred Flowers Valley. Truly venomous at heart, to actually attack a Foundation Establishment boy!"

"So these are the heroes of All Under Heaven. Swept aside by a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"Tell Baili Wenqiu to give up that thought!"

Every word was like a sharp sword stabbing into everyone's chest!

Baili Yuhuang of Hundred Flowers Valley, in particular, stood frozen and speechless.

She had never expected Shangguan Wuchen to launch a sneak attack on Wang Xian from behind!

Attacking him was one thing!

What did it matter if he killed a little Daoist?

But she had never imagined that while the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole waited behind.

Who could have known that an even more powerful expert had been coldly watching everything that happened in the square from the shadows?

Dongfang Nishang stared blankly at Wang Xian's disappearing figure in the sky and let out a faint sigh.

As though something had come to mind, she did not even spare Shangguan Wuchen a glance before turning and leaving.

On the viewing platform, Dongfang Feihong looked at Baili Yuhuang before him with a bitter smile.

He muttered, "You'd better pray that Wang Xian is unharmed. Otherwise, I fear that old Daoist will wield his sword and flatten Hundred Flowers Valley."

Baili Yuhuang inwardly cried out in alarm. That little Daoist was no ordinary person—he had a formidable master behind him.

What... what were they to do now?

As nearly a thousand people in the square cried out in shock and argued incessantly.

Buzz...

A faint golden light descended from the sky and landed before Duanmu Xi.

When the golden light faded, a woman appeared before the crowd. She had flowing black hair, wore a dark ink-colored gown, and her face was veiled in mist.

The woman ignored the elders on the viewing platform and seemed unable to see the prodigies in the square.

Instead, she looked at Duanmu Xi and asked, "What is your name? Would you be willing to take me as your master?"

Duanmu Xi looked at the woman, who seemed like an immortal, and carefully asked, "Senior, are you also a senior from the Sword Sect?"

The woman shook her head. "The Kunlun Sword Sect is not worthy of taking you as a disciple."

After saying that, she coldly called out to Dongfang Feihong on the stands, "Old Dongfang, I want to take this girl as my disciple. Do you have any objections?"

Dongfang Feihong froze for a moment, then shook his head. "You should ask her mother about this..."

The woman smiled faintly. "In that case, there is no need to ask."

With that, she swept up a streak of golden light, carrying Duanmu Xi into the sky and toward the summit of the snow mountain...

"Mother..."

"Little Xi..."

"Stop calling. Once she grows up, she will naturally come back to see you..."

In the blink of an eye, the two had vanished from everyone's sight.

Night was about to fall, and dusk descended.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Wang Xian had first been ambushed by an elder of Hundred Flowers Valley...

Then, in the blink of an eye, he had been rescued by a mysterious woman.

After that, Duanmu Xi from the Academy had been forcibly taken as a disciple by an even more mysterious woman.

She had vanished from everyone's sight without even acknowledging her mother, Yun Yiluo.

Tang Shisan drew a deep breath.

Looking at Meng Xiaolou, she asked, "What was that...?"

Meng Xiaolou shook his head. "It cannot be spoken of. Once we go down the mountain tomorrow, we can talk slowly..."

Ximen Tinghua smiled faintly. "As long as he does not die, we will naturally see him again. Don't worry."

Concerned for Wang Xian's safety, Dongfang Nishang waved her hand and hurried off with Dantai Xiaoxue.

The Grand Elder also waved to the crowd in the square. "We'll stop here today. Tomorrow, we will determine first and second place."

The Enforcement Elder added, "Everyone, go back and rest. We continue tomorrow!"

Back at the rear mountain, seated in the reception hall, Dongfang Nishang stared blankly toward the southern mountain.

Only after a long while did she mutter, "Senior Brother, something terrible has happened..."

The old Daoist sighed. "Perhaps I should not have let him go to the Sword Sect alone..."

Dongfang Nishang sighed again. "That woman who vanished ten years ago has appeared again. What does she want?"

The old Daoist shook his head. "We'll ask my disciple when he returns."

"Can he still return?"

Dongfang Nishang cried in alarm. "I'd say there's an eighty percent chance she took a liking to Wang Xian and wants to take him as her disciple!"

The old Daoist smiled faintly. "What is wrong with having one more master?"

Dongfang Nishang was so angry that she shouted, "The emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is worried sick!"

The old Daoist could only console her. "Junior Sister, don't worry. Wang Xian disappeared for three days; he was likely with her... She probably does not intend to harm him."

"She wants to kill with a borrowed knife!"

Dongfang Nishang said quietly, "She gave all the spirit swords of the Four Great Sects to Wang Xian... Oh, right, Wang Xian returned three of them, but he alone kept Hundred Flowers Valley's Netherworld Sword..."

"Good. Granny Hundred Flowers injured him that day. This matter is not as simple as you think."

Gazing at the crescent moon in the night sky, the old Daoist muttered, "Let her come find me."

Dongfang Nishang stamped her foot. "I never expected Hundred Flowers Valley to really do such a thing."

The old Daoist gave a dry laugh and coldly said, "What did you think?"

"Master, someone is here to see you."

At that moment, Dantai Xiaoxue entered with Duanmu Xi's mother, Yun Yiluo.

Dongfang Nishang froze, then looked at her and asked, "What are you here for?"

Yun Yiluo first bowed, then sighed. "First, for my daughter. Second, I want to ask about Wang Xian."

"In that case, sit down first."

Dongfang Nishang sighed. "As for your daughter, I do not know who that woman was. Her cultivation is very high; for your daughter, this is a good thing."

"I cannot tell you the truth about Wang Xian. The Recording Jade Wall can only replay it one more time... I am afraid that if you see it, you will be silenced when you return..."

"Ah? It is that terrifying? Could Wang Xian really have been wronged?"

Hearing this, Yun Yiluo was immediately struck speechless.

The current Duanmu Clan was no match for the Academy's Enforcement Elder and the others.

On careful thought, there were many things about Wang Xian that could neither be explained nor understood. Yet the law enforcement elder and his son had always refused to explain them to her.

Could it be...

After much deliberation, Yun Yiluo gritted her teeth and dropped to her knees before Dongfang Nishang.

She said in a solemn voice, "Wang Xian made everything clear today, and my daughter has vanished without a trace. The Academy elders will surely make things difficult for me..."

"Please accept me as your disciple, Senior, and let me remain in Kunlun..."

Dantai Xiaoxue was dumbfounded when she heard this. Was she going to become the senior disciple?

Thinking of Wang Xian, Dongfang Nishang let out a faint sigh in her heart.

She reached out and helped Yun Yiluo up. "The martial world is about to be swept up in turmoil. Stay in Kunlun."