Just as Wen Zhi was pondering this matter seriously, someone suddenly shrank several inches overnight. Elder Liu had escaped from Envy Fish City, disguised himself as a short, fat fisherman and was hurrying on his way.
Last night, he seized the opportunity to flee in panic. Although the city gates of Envy Fish City were tightly closed, the guards could not find him at all. He ran hundreds of miles in a panic before he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Elder Liu pondered that now that his actions in Envy Fish City had been exposed, judging from the situation at the time, Liu Xiu would probably not fare well either. He had finally gotten his revenge, but it was a pity that he couldn't witness Liu Xiu's fate.
But now that he can't return to the Profound Heaven Sect, where should he go from here?
Go back and find that one?
No.
Elder Liu shuddered. That person had never tolerated any abandoned pawns; for him to return would be tantamount to courting death. Now, he could only take it one step at a time.
To evade capture by the four great immortal sects, Elder Liu disguised himself and planned to find a mortal city to hide in for a while. A towering city gate was already visible in the distance; dawn was breaking, and the gate would soon open.
Once he blends into the city, he can remain hidden in plain sight; then who will be able to find him?
Elder Liu was secretly pleased with his own cleverness. He wiped the sweat from his brow and was about to enter the city when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
Has the wind picked up?
Elder Liu turned around suspiciously. As he turned, his field of vision suddenly became extremely high. He saw bird nests in the trees and cicadas on the tree trunks. When he looked down again, he saw his short, stout body still standing in the same place, with a scar the size of a bowl on his neck, and his head had vanished.
He jolted awake, realizing that it wasn't his field of vision that had increased in height, but rather that his head had flown into the air!
Who chopped off his head?!
Not only did he not notice the other party's attack, he didn't even feel it at first! Only the lingering Sword Qi around him told him how fierce the attack was!
Elder Liu quickly chanted an incantation and withdrew his Divine Sense. After all, he was a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and at the moment his head and body separated, there was still a sliver of hope for his survival!
Just as his Divine Sense descended and sank into Nascent Soul Dantian, he saw a pair of snow-white boots.
Following the white boots upwards, there were flowing sleeves that cascaded down like clouds. The long sleeves were embroidered with silver cloud patterns that shimmered brilliantly. Elder Liu recognized that this was a robe woven from Cloud Mountain Ice Silkworm Silk, an expensive and rare item that could not be bought with Spirit Stone alone. In the entire Cultivation World, there were no more than five people who possessed such a robe.
Of these people, only one was a sword cultivator.
Elder Liu Divine Sense his head and saw a face as cold as ice, handsome and otherworldly. The first rays of dawn fell on his shoulder, giving him a chilling feeling like the first snow.
"Wang... Immortal Venerable Wanghan!" Elder Liu's voice trembled with terror. How could Immortal Venerable Wanghan be here?! Why would he attack him?!
Elder Liu was utterly bewildered. The only thing he knew was that, in front of this Cultivation World, even if he tried to escape with his Divine Sense, he would have absolutely no chance of survival!
Because his Divine Sense couldn't possibly outpace this person's sword intent.
"Immortal Lord, I have no idea where I have offended you. I am willing to apologize! I have a cave abode on Long Sky Peak, containing many rare treasures. I offer them all to you, my lord, and beg you to spare my life!"
His Divine Sense trembled within his Nascent Soul, desperately begging for mercy.
He had no acquaintance with Bai Fu whatsoever, but who in the Cultivation World didn't know that Immortal Venerable Wanghan cultivated the Guardian Sword Dao, protecting all living beings under heaven? Cultivating this path meant one shouldn't easily resort to killing. How could the Immortal Venerable possess such a strong killing intent?
Hiding within his Nascent Soul, he was nearly scared out of his wits by the murderous aura.
Immortal Venerable Wanghan gave him a cold look, a look that nearly froze Elder Liu Nascent Soul into ice on the spot. Immortal Venerable Wanghan wouldn't let him go, and he broke down, "What have I done to offend you, Immortal Venerable, that I would provoke your murderous intent?"
Bai Fu's voice was as cold and clear as ice. "You deserve to die."
First he refined evil pills, then he participated in the siege of Ethereal Peak. The evil he committed is beyond redemption even if he were to die a hundred times.
The moment he raised his hand, a chilling aura surged forth, his sword intent sharp and fierce.
Elder Liu's Purple Mansion Nascent Soul was shattered in an instant, and his Divine Sense was torn into countless pieces.
"Ah!!" Elder Liu's soul let out a bloodcurdling scream. In his last moment, he saw the black sword intent amidst the overwhelming sword shadows, "Demon--"
He only managed to utter one word before Elder Liu breathed his last.
Bai Fu turned around, not glancing at the corpse on the ground again, and his slender figure disappeared into the forest.
As the biting chill subsided, Elder Liu's decapitated and shattered Nascent Soul soul twitched eerily twice. Then, enveloped in a black mist, a human figure gradually solidified within it.
A moment later, the corpses on the ground vanished, and the shadow shrouded in black mist let out a maniacal laugh, " The Saint Pill! The Saint Pill really works!"
Hahahaha!!
The voice, so similar to Elder Liu's, chuckled for a while, then looked in the direction where Immortal Venerable Wanghan had left, "What 'Number One Sword Under Heaven'? It was nothing but the biggest lie in the world!"
" Bai Fu, we have no past grudges or present enmity, yet you come to kill me. Now that I know your secret, tell me, how should I properly repay you?"
The voice was laced with barely concealed malice, "I can't wait to see the day you're utterly disgraced!"
Just as Elder Liu came back to life, the morning glow bathed the courtyard of Envy Fish City. The crowd of onlookers dispersed, and the disciples who had been ordered to clean up the courtyard looked at each other in bewilderment— Hall Master Liu's body was gone!
The corpse was just here a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, while large pools of blood still meandered on the ground, the corpse had vanished without a trace!
Who stole Hall Master Liu's body?!
The disciples were filled with unease, for the events of the previous night inevitably led them to speculate: could it be that one of Hall Master Liu's lovers had stolen his body?