Ever since you joined the Sword Pavilion five years ago, you had never seen anyone else there—only Lin Tian.
According to Lin Tian, all the other senior brothers and sisters were training abroad and rarely returned.
When you thought of the words "training abroad," you suddenly remembered that it had already been five years since you left Green Prefecture.
You had once told Ye Chuxue that you would return within five years at the latest.
This year also seemed to be when Ye Chuxue faced a small tribulation. You wondered whether her journey to the Qin Kingdom to save Lin Qi had gone smoothly.
Thinking of this, you decided to make a trip back to Green Prefecture.
In the end, you told Lin Tian about your plans to return to Green Prefecture.
"Green Prefecture? So Little Junior Brother, you're from Green Prefecture!"
Lin Tian had always subconsciously assumed that you were from You Prefecture.
"Green Prefecture... I seem to remember Sixth Senior Brother is in Green Prefecture."
"After you return to Green Prefecture, you can go find Sixth Senior Brother. He really wants to see you, but he's never had the chance to come back."
Hearing Lin Tian say that Sixth Senior Brother was in Green Prefecture, you were somewhat surprised. Then you asked where in Green Prefecture he was.
"Sixth Senior Brother seems to be... in a secular empire called the Qin Kingdom."
"What? The Qin Kingdom?"
You had not expected Sixth Senior Brother to be in the Qin Kingdom, a place you often visited. But the Qin Kingdom was merely an ordinary secular empire—why would Sixth Senior Brother, a Spirit Transmutation Stage cultivator, be there?
You could not understand it. Clearly, the Three Great Sects were better forces to infiltrate.
Just like Wan Yemo—he had already gone undercover and become an elder of the Myriad Devil Sect. His status was anything but low!
"What? Don't tell me your home is in the Qin Kingdom?"
Seeing how strongly you reacted, Lin Tian looked somewhat surprised as well.
You shook your head, saying that you were not from the Qin Kingdom, though this trip home happened to include a visit there.
"Then perfect! Sixth Senior Brother already knows about you anyway. It's just a pity that you won't get to see Fifth Senior Sister!"
After bidding Lin Tian farewell, you left the Sword Pavilion alone.
After breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, your endurance had grown stronger. In just one month, you returned to Green Prefecture using the Great Void Technique.
You did not choose to go directly to the Qin Kingdom. Instead, you first returned to Desolate Village.
After arriving at Desolate Village, you discovered that Ye Chuxue was no longer there.
Seeing this, you did not hesitate and repeatedly used the Great Void Technique to head toward the Qin Kingdom.
The moment you arrived in the Qin Kingdom, you saw two heavily wounded figures flying toward the Sky Abyss.
"Ye Chuxue?"
Through your senses, you discovered that the two were Ye Chuxue and Lin Qi. What you had not expected was that Ye Chuxue's cultivation had already reached late Core Formation.
After your early intervention, at the same point in time, Ye Chuxue's realm was nearly an entire major realm higher than before.
The Great Void Technique activated, and you instantly appeared before the two of them.
When Lin Qi saw a man suddenly step out from a purple void gate ahead, he looked at you with vigilance.
"Who are you?"
"Su Ming?"
At that moment, Ye Chuxue caught up and stared in shock at you as you emerged from the void.
"Su Ming, is it really you? You're back?"
Seeing people chasing after Ye Chuxue, you grabbed her and turned to look at the newcomers.
"Oh? You demonic cultivators have reinforcements? But today, every last one of you will die here!"
A man clad in Azure Cloud Sect robes looked at you and Ye Chuxue with a mocking expression.
Seeing that he was merely at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, you immediately lost interest.
You shook your head in slight disappointment, then casually raised a hand and unleashed a strand of Great Void Sword Intent.
The Azure Cloud Sect man was pierced through by the Great Void Sword Intent the next instant, the mocking expression still frozen on his face.
Before long, several more Azure Cloud Sect disciples at Core Formation Great Perfection arrived.
You raised your hand and unleashed another strand of Great Void Sword Qi. The Azure Cloud Sect disciples instantly turned into blood mist in midair.
"Leave this place first!"
As soon as you spoke, you used the Great Void Technique to take Ye Chuxue and Lin Qi away.
One day later, you returned to Desolate Village.
Just as you landed and were about to enter the house, Ye Chuxue suddenly stared behind you in shock.
"What is it?" you asked Ye Chuxue curiously.
"There... there's someone!"
Ye Chuxue pointed behind you, her voice trembling.
"What?"
You immediately turned around. What met your eyes was a handsome man dressed all in white.
The instant you saw him, every hair on your body stood on end.
You had no idea when he had followed you, nor could you sense the slightest aura from him, as though he were merely an ordinary person.
But you knew that he could not possibly be ordinary!
"Who are you?"
You looked at him solemnly and asked.
Since he had been able to pursue you here, it meant that you could not escape even with the Great Void Technique.
This was the first formidable enemy you had encountered since cultivating the Great Void Technique!
Seeing how cautious you were, the man in white nodded in satisfaction and sized you up a few times.
"Mm... not bad, not bad!"
You frowned tightly at him, unable to understand what the man in white meant.
"Little Junior Brother! Your Great Void Technique still isn't cultivated well enough!"
"Little Junior Brother?"
Ye Chuxue and Lin Qi both turned their gazes toward you. They had not expected you to have such a powerful senior brother.
After hearing his words, you froze where you stood and stared blankly at the man in white.
At the same time, you recalled what Lin Tian had told you when you left the Sword Pavilion.
"You're Sixth Senior Brother?"
"Looks like Little Eight already told you about me!"
The man in white nodded, looking at you with a faint smile.
"Wait! Sixth Senior Brother, how did you know I cultivate the Great Void Technique? And how did you catch up to me?"
You were utterly puzzled as to how he knew about the Great Void Technique. After all, the Great Void Technique was an inheritance from the Bronze Divine Hall.
Logically speaking, the Great Void Technique should have been lost since ancient times.
The man in white smiled upon hearing this.
"Why would I know the Great Void Technique? Do you still not know what Eldest Senior Sister's identity is?"
"Eldest Senior Sister? What does this have to do with Eldest Senior Sister? Senior Brother Lin never told me anything about her!"
After hearing Sixth Senior Brother's words, you felt as though your five years in the Sword Pavilion had been spent for nothing. You knew nothing at all.
"The Great Void Technique is the inherited art of Eldest Senior Sister's Lineage. So, didn't Eldest Senior Sister teach you the Great Void Technique?"
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