Chapter 60
"Since you've come to keep my appointment today, it means you have feelings for me," Shen Xingyan confidently, as if he could see right through her.
"No, I really didn't lie to you. I've never liked you, never." Ye Qingyao, unusually, didn't lower her head to avoid his gaze. Looking into his eyes, she said earnestly, word by word.
Her body appeared so small, so fragile, so easily pushed over by him under the moonlight, yet he felt her drifting further and further away, becoming increasingly out of his control.
Is this the person he's been longing for for four years?
Perhaps if we miss this opportunity, it will be a missed opportunity forever.
Despite her repeated rejections, his desire had reached its peak, and he was experiencing a kind of frenzied excitement—"the more you resist, the more excited I become." He forcibly picked her up and carried her to the edge of the Spirit Spring.
"Ye Qingyao, since you refuse to listen to reason and are going to force yourself on me, then don't blame me for taking advantage of you. You have Pure Yin Physique, making you the best Furnace for a soulmate. Even for the sake of your unique physique, I cannot let you go!"
Ye Qingyao: Dirty! Disgusting! Pui!
Chapter 60
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A streak of icy blue sword light hurtled towards him, startling Shen Xingyan into releasing his grip and dodging to the side. "Who is it? How dare they ruin my plans!"
"Shen Xingyan, you, the young sect leader of the Kongtong School, actually tried to force yourself on my junior sister? Have you no shame?" Ye Qinghui flashed to the front of the Spirit Spring and questioned him with her sword.
"None of your business!"
Without saying a word, the two began to fight fiercely beside the Spirit Spring.
In recent years, Ye Qinghui has cultivated day and night. With his Innate Sword Bone and the support of Spirit Plant Spirit Pill, his cultivation has reached the Late Void Refinement and he is about to break through to the Body Integration Realm. Shen Xingyan, with the help of the Chaos Pearl, has also cultivated to the Late Void Refinement. The two sword lights crisscrossed, with boundless power, constantly stirring up high splashes of water. For a time, it was difficult to tell who was stronger.
Ye Qingyao's cultivation progressed the slowest among them; she was still in the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
Seeing that Ye Qinghui and Shen Xingyan were evenly matched, she drew her sword and joined Ye Qinghui in attacking Shen Xingyan. Her fighting skills were terrible, but her damage output was extremely high. Shen Xingyan looked at her with pleading, desperate eyes, breaking down in tears, and cried out, "Ayao, I've been so devoted to you, and you actually conspired with Ye Qinghui to kill me! How cruel you are!"
Caught off guard, he was struck hard by Ye Qinghui's sword and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Shen Xingyan dodged to the side, using her sword for support, and said with a mocking smile, "Ye Qingyao, Ye Qinghui, don't be so smug, you've both fallen for their trap."
"Fell into a trap? What do you mean?"
"Did you think that by drawing my attention away, no one would know where Ye Qingchuan and the others went? My father has already laid Heaven-and-Earth Net in the sect's forbidden area; if they break in, they're doomed."
"Ayao, if you come with me, I might be able to persuade my father to spare their lives," Shen Xingyan, half tempting and half threatening.
Upon hearing the commotion of the fight, a large group of Kongtong School disciples quickly surrounded Ye Qinghui and Ye Qingyao.
Worried that Ye Zhenzhen and the others might be in danger, Ye Qinghui was extremely anxious. He unleashed several powerful sword Sword Moves in succession, knocking down all the Kongtong School disciples who surrounded them. Then, he took Ye Qingyao and rushed to the forbidden area of Kongtong School.
"Chase them!" Shen Xingyan led the remaining disciples in pursuit.
Ye Qinghui and Ye Qingyao entered the forbidden area without any hindrance, passed the Nine-Headed Serpent, and arrived at the secret chamber. Coincidentally, after trying more than a hundred times without stopping, Ye Qingchuan and his companions finally cracked the code "wood-earth-metal-fire-wood" on the secret chamber door and opened it.
Several hundred female cultivators from various sects were imprisoned in the dark room. Their hands and feet were all Immortal-Binding Rope, rendering them unable to move.
After the group successfully reunited, they untied the female cultivators one by one. Jiang Wan's junior sister gave a brief account of how Immortal Venerable Shen and His Son colluded with the demons of Mist Marsh Mountain to kidnap them and use them as cultivation vessels at the Kongtong School Furnace. Everyone was indignant upon hearing this, and they condemned Immortal Venerable Shen and His Son for their hypocritical behavior and for doing such a thing that violated the laws of Heavenly Dao.
Just as everyone was preparing to leave this place of trouble, a piercing laugh suddenly rang out, "You little brats, do you think you can save these women with just a few of you? How naive!"
A familiar figure appeared before them.
Sensing that the door to the secret chamber had been opened, Immortal Venerable Shen moved almost silently, like a ghost, instantly creating a clone that arrived at the forbidden area from the Ascension Platform. He had no intention of attacking these people, whom he considered still children, intending to send them to his precious little darling— the Nine-Headed Serpent —as food. However, he hadn't expected that they would be able to break through Xiangliu's defenses and arrive at the secret chamber unharmed.
They've got some skills...
Why not meet them in person?
"Immortal Venerable Shen, as the supreme being of the Cultivation World and the Sect Leader of the Kongtong School, how could you do such a thing that violates the laws of Heavenly Dao, abducting so many female cultivators to be your Furnace? What difference is there between you and those evil demons and heretics?" Ye Qinghui questioned righteously.
"Evil and heretical paths? Hahahahahahaha." Immortal Venerable Shen laughed as he stroked his beard, saying dismissively, "Naive. In this world, only the victor is king and the loser is a bandit. What does it matter if it's righteous or evil? As long as you win in the end, evil and heretical paths can become models of the righteous path."
"Aren't you afraid of being disgraced and suffering infamy?"
"Those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish. As long as I am the strongest in the Six Realms, who dares not respect me, and who can do anything to me?" Immortal Venerable Shen held his head high, looking arrogant and domineering.
"Then today, we will act on behalf of Heaven and rid the Cultivation World of you, you great demon!" Ye Qinghui, along with Ye Qingchuan, Ye Qingyao, and Jiang Wan, charged forward with their swords, attempting to surround Immortal Venerable Shen.
Unexpectedly, Immortal Venerable Shen easily raised his hand, and the four of them were sent flying by a brown energy blade, unable to move for a moment.