Chapter 318 - The Third String

On a winding path 1.5 kilometers away from the Pure Harmony Hal, plum trees blossomed and snow accumulated under the trees. Xiao Chen waddled as he whistled and carried a withered branch over his shoulder.

Xiaoyue followed behind and looked up at him from time to time. Each time with a little revulsion. She wondered why Xiao Chen did not possess an immortal temperament even though he was already in the Nascent Soul Realm. Instead, he looked like a hooligan in a marketplace. She whispered, “Hey… Xiao Chen, no matter what, I’m still very grateful to you.”

Xiao Chen stopped suddenly. He stretched out his hand and said, “Well, you don’t have to be grateful to me. I only hope that you do not think of killing me if I was stuck in the illusory land again.”

Xiaoyue startled, she said hurriedly, “Brother Xiao! It was a misunderstanding! That day I was just…” But before she could finish speaking, Xiao Chen had already left with Immortal-override Steps.

In a flash, Xiao Chen was already several kilometers away. The cold wind blew against his face as he watched the sun slowly set into the mountains. He took a deep breath and wondered why he had helped Xiaoyue, why he did not kill her on the stage today, and why he did not take away the Autumn Water Sword.

“Qianyu Nishang, I will kill you with my own hands one day…”

He squeezed his fist hard till the bones crackled. Suddenly, he felt a faint Devil Qi. He looked in the direction, only to see a man in a black cloak going down the hill.

“Who is that!”

As he shouted, Xiao Chen soon began to chase after the figure with the Immortal-override Steps. But no matter how fast he went, the cloaked man in front kept a distance with him and did not seem to have increased his speed.

“Stop right there!”

Xiao Chen yelled and hit out two strokes of the Roar of Ice Dragon Spirit. In an instant, everything around was frozen. However, the palm strength could not even get close to the person’s back.

Within seconds, the person in front had disappeared into the twilight, as if it was a ghost, and no matter how fast Xiao Chen went, he could not catch up.

He stopped and wondered who this devil being was to be able to sneak up the Jade Terrace Mountain with so many Orthodox Path people around today. As he wondered, he made his way to the yard.

…

Back to 30 minutes ago, somewhere in a dense forest, two people were pacing back and forth. It was Ling Yuanshan of the Ling Family and Wan Gufeng of the Order of the Divine Fire.

“What do we do? Now that the kid has the strength of the Nascent Soul Realm, it is not so easy to kill him anymore.”

The two people looked very troubled. They did not expect Xiao Chen to reach the Nascent Soul Realm in such a short time in any case, and they felt incredibly uneasy about it.

In their minds, the reason Xiao Chen had not yet to attack them was that he did not have that strength. Once he was strong enough, they would be in danger.

Therefore, they could not allow Xiao Chen to grow any stronger and he must be killed as soon as possible! This was not just hatred anymore, and they were feeling threatened by his existence.

“To kill one person, why do you have to do it yourself…” At this moment, an eerie voice suddenly appeared from a distance.

“Who is that!” Wan Gufeng quickly looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a man in black cloak slowly approached. The man’s feet were right above the ground as if he was a ghost; under the cloak was a black mist, and his appearance could not be seen.

“Who are you!” Ling Yuanshan shouted, and was immediately alarmed. With their level of cultivation, they still failed to notice that someone was nearby.

The cloaked man smiled ghastly and said, “It doesn’t matter who I am. What’s important is that I can help you to exterminate the person you want to remove…”

Wan Gufeng and Ling Yuanshan looked at each other and knew that the person he had mentioned was Xiao Chen. Ling Yuanshan said coldly, “Just be straightforward.”

The cloaked man smiled grimly and said, “That man’s Inner Demon has been born, so just make him unleash his devil. Do you think by then you have to kill him with your own hands in this Tianyuan City?”

Wan Gufeng squinted and said, “Of course we know that but how to make his devil unleash? If you have something, just say it!”

“Ahaha, haven’t you been digging on his identity? Let me tell you, he is the disciple of the Three Pure Sect in the Lingtai Mountain located in Serene Province of the Human World…”

The two looked at each other and Ling Yuanshan said, “How do we trust you? Who knows if you’re trying to get rid of what Three Pure Sect through us?”

The cloaked man smiled grimly and said, “Believe it or not, I have already passed you the message. I will remind both of you that there is a very powerful devil sealing formation near Lingtai Mountain. If you had been infected with the devil Qi, then I suggest that you don’t get close…”

Wan Gufeng said coldly, “We are of the Orthodox Path, how would we be infected with the devil Qi!”

“Ahaha, Orthodox Path…” laughed eerily the cloaked man as he slowly drifted away.

After a while, Ling Yuanshan looked at Wan Gufeng and said, “Are we going to do what he said? If we were to be found out by the Immortals’ League, we will no longer have a foot in the Orthodox Path. Besides, if we do something to that boy’s sect before he dies, I’m afraid we will have endless troubles.”

Wan Gufeng pondered for a long time, said, “I have an idea; let’s go and see…”

…

Xiao Chen hastily made his way back to the courtyard and saw that Murong Xian’er and Zhiluan were playing in the flower garden. He was then a little relieved and asked, “Was anyone here just now?”

Murong Xian’er stomped with her hands on her hips as she saw his return, and snorted, “I saw!”

“You saw? A man in a black cloak was here?!”

Xiao Chen immediately used his Divine Sense to search the various corners of the courtyard. Murong Xian’er tilted her head and snorted, “I saw you hitting on Fairy Xiaoyue! I’m going to tell it to Sister Muxue!”

“What, what?” Xiao Chen was stunned. Then he forced a smile and said, “Who taught you these words?”

Murong Xian’er whispered a few words at the ear of Zhiluan, and chuckled. “Sister Yan told me that that action is called ‘hitting on’!”

Xiao Chen held his forehead. What kind of nonsense did Shangguan Yan teach her in the Human World previously…?

“But Xian’er thinks that Fairy Xiaoyue is not a bad person, and she’s so pretty. Why does Brother Xiao Chen dislike her so much?” Murong Xian’er walked towards him as she spoke.

Xiao Chen frowned and said sternly, “Xian’er, you should not go too close to this person in the future, and don’t even talk to her.” Then he looked at Zhiluan and said, “You too, Leopard Cat Spirit.”

Zhiluan folded its two paws in front of its chest and said carelessly, “I know. There’s no need for you to say it.”

Two days had passed. In the past two days, many sects had come to pay their visit and to congratulate. Xiao Chen was very busy, but it would be rude to shut people out. Xiao Chen had suddenly become famous because he had ranked 8th in the Immortal’s Sword Assembly. Many reporters had put his name in the magazine.

Xiaoyue was promoted to the 9th from the 10th, Su Zimu dropped from the 8th to the 10th, and the original 9th Zuoqiu Yang was pushed out of the Heaven List. The rest of the rankings remained unchanged. Yu Yifeng was still 11th, many continued to call him Eleven Yu.

It was a sunny and breezy day, the snow on the Jade Terrace Mountain had gradually melted. It was the day of the award ceremony. As compared to the Immortal’s Sword Assembly on the previous two days, there were a lot lesser people in the square today. The people of Fallen Immortals Sect had left as well. Although One-dot Red made it into the strongest five, which could also receive generous rewards, they disdained.

Many famous prestigious families continued to watch the ceremony in the square. After the speech by the 2 elders who were giving out the awards, the top 20 contestants entered the stage respectively to receive their awards. Most of them were either Spirit Stone or common magic treasure Immortal’s Sword.

Murong Xian’er seemed very excited. “Brother Xiao Chen, your reward must be the best!”

Xiao Chen smiled, although it said that he was on behalf of Jade Qing Sect, his heart was for the Mystic Cyan Sect. Finally, it was his turn to receive the award. An elder took a Jade Zither from a disciple at the back. The zither was full of brilliance, except for a missing a D sharp major string, the rest of it was translucent.

“It’s another Archean Eon divine zither!” Many people exclaimed. They had seen Xiao Chen destroying Divine Mist Sect’s Eight-treasure Haotian Tower with a divine zither before.

Xiao Chen also suddenly stood up from the chair. He doubted, how could Fuxi Zither’s D sharp major string be in the Immortals’ League? Last year, he once heard from a soul of Rogue Immortal under a cold pond that the two Civil and Martial chords of Fuxi Zither were transformed from Yinglong and Qiongtian. Then this D sharp major string shall be the Archean Eon evil dragon, Qiongtian.

Thousands of years ago, the Fuxi Zither split, and the seven strings were separated from the body. They scattered everywhere. Where did the Immortals’ League get this string?