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Volume I Rise to the Youth

Chapter I Cataclysm

Legend has it that the Forgotten Continent was a Heaven Mending Stone used by deities to replenish the sky and leave the mortal world.

The midwife had been in the room for some time, but nothing had happened. Su Qinghe paced back and forth outside the room's door. Right now, he no longer had the demeanor of the number one expert in the world. He was like a child who had done something wrong as he anxiously looked at the room's door. There were several times that he wanted to rush in to take a look, but the maidservants that went in and out of the room were probably too busy to think about it. Seeing that he blocked the door, they very impolitely told him to stay out of the way.

In the end, he did not rush in and awkwardly opened the door. Suddenly, the long sword in his hand trembled, and there was a faint clanging sound. Su Qing He was about to investigate further when he heard the sound of a baby crying inside the room. After a while, the midwife came out with the child to congratulate them.

Before he could hear what the midwife said, he carefully removed the swaddling clothes and shouted, "Good! At least the Su Clan's incense will not fall into my, Su Qing He's hands. Since you were born along with the clanging of the divine sword, then I shall call you Jian Ming, hahaha … "

… ….

Since the manor lord had come, then the Ming Sword Villa naturally had to celebrate.

On the twelfth day of the fourth month of the year 830 of the calendar, in the entirety of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa, lanterns and decorations were displayed as endless congratulatory gifts were presented. Due to time constraints, many sects were unable to rush over. However, those disciples who happened to be training near the Ming Sword Villa would basically all send representatives to express their congratulations.

Everyone sat down according to their respective identities, and soon, a flurry of delicacies was announced. Villa Owner Su was truly happy for the old man, and so he naturally became a bit more amiable as well. At a time like this, all the respected people would come and toast him. Su Qinghe did not refuse either and drank it all up.

After the grand characters finished, a few small sects and schools came up to toast them. They wanted to take this opportunity to fawn on the big tree, the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa. After all, this was a rare opportunity.

At the edge of the square, in an unremarkable corner, there were several tables full of well-dressed people congratulating them. Usually, the clothes of the sect disciples were uniform and had the sect's insignia on them. Generally speaking, these disheveled cultivators were itinerant cultivators who didn't have a sect.

These rogue cultivators were basically all from sects that had been destroyed or betrayed. Although they didn't have much power, they all had their own unique skills. The beast king seventh place expert known throughout the continent, the Martial Marquis of Beasts, was just a rogue cultivator. Therefore, even though the sect disciples didn't like these rogue cultivators, they didn't dare to underestimate them.

At this time, a forty year old rogue cultivator at a table next to them stood up. He gestured for the rogue cultivators at the tables to quiet down. First, he slightly cupped his hands and said, "Villa Owner Su is very happy today. All the big doors are gathered here to offer their congratulations. Just a moment ago, the various sects also toasted to Villa Owner Su, but none of us Loose Cultivators came up to toast. That's right, we are rogue cultivators and cannot compare to the big sects. We don't have any expensive gifts, but our respect is no less than the big sects. Therefore, little brother here also wants to use the manor lord's wine to toast the manor lord to show our respect as rogue cultivators. Everyone, how about it? "

His words were quite loud, so Su Qinghe, who was in the distance, naturally heard them. He stood up and looked over. With a smile on his face, he said, "Today, everyone present is my, Su Qing He's, honored guest. The honored guest toasts me with wine, how could I, Qing He, dare to reject? "Men, fill the cup with wine, I want to have a drink with this friendly Taoist!"

As the sound of his voice faded, one of the attendants beside him immediately brought a jug of wine over. Right at this moment, he saw the rogue cultivator leap forward with a jug of wine and pounce towards Su Qing He. The others who saw this were all dumbstruck, but Su Qinghe did not have any strange expressions on his face. With a wave of his hand, he stopped the surrounding disciples of the Ming Sword Villa who wanted to come close to him.

At this time, the rogue cultivator had already landed in front of Su Qinghe. Seeing that Su Qinghe was as steady as Mt. Tai, the corner of his mouth unconsciously flashed with a strange expression. He first stopped the waiter who was about to pour the wine, then raised his voice and said, "Manor Lord Su is indeed worthy of being our Forgotten Continent's number one expert. Just his bearing is not something an ordinary person can possess!"

Su Qinghe did not comment, but the rogue cultivator raised the wine pot in his hand and said loudly, "Although it is also the Manor Lord's fine wine, we still need to personally fill up the pot for the Manor Lord." Villa Owner Su, you don't mind, do you? "

He did not wait for Su Qing He's reply as he poured the wine from the jug he brought over to Su Qing He.

Seeing this, Su Qinghe did not refuse. He took the wine and said, "Then Qing He will thank this Fellow Daoist here!" With that, he bowed to the rogue cultivator and disappeared.

When the cultivators saw Villa Owner Su acting so magnanimously, they all cheered and applauded.

At this moment, there was a sudden, violent explosion and a chunk of flesh fell to the ground. When everyone returned to their senses, they discovered that Villa Owner Su had long since been badly mutilated. The scene instantly became chaotic.

A few people rushed out of the plaza in panic, but were controlled by the disciples of the Ming Sword Villa. Those who were at Su Qinghe's table were all well-known figures. Although they were also affected, the Spiritual Energy within their bodies circulated automatically in times of danger, reducing most of the damage. It only caused everyone's faces to be covered in dirt.

However, the publicly acknowledged number one expert of the continent was blasted into a bloody mess in this damned explosion. The calming crowd immediately thought of another problem: Why was everyone alright, only Villa Owner Su was blown up like this? It had to be known that Villa Owner Su was publicly acknowledged as the number one expert in the continent.

At this moment, Madam Su, who was extremely weak due to childbirth, had already rushed over. She knelt in front of her husband who had been badly mutilated, one hand holding her husband's head, and the other holding the newly-born Su Jian Ming, she was already crying silently.

As the Second Manor Lord of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa, Liu Xingyun had always been present. He didn't say anything, only gloomily swept his gaze over the crowd, looking as if he was about to choose someone to devour. At that moment, the crowd fell silent. No one dared to look Second Manor Lord Liu in the eye or even breathe out loud.

A rogue cultivator walked out from the crowd and looked at Su Qinghe's mangled body. He then started to slap himself, completely ignoring Liu Xingyun's devouring gaze.

"That senior did not lie to us. This medicine can kill the Old Manor Lord Su Qing He. Although it is not directly fatal, but from the looks of it, the Old Manor Lord Su is not going to live, right?" "Haha …"

Just as he finished speaking, Liu Xingyun had already rushed towards him. He raised his hand and stopped Liu Xingyun, "Second Manor Lord Liu, there is no need to take action. Since we dared to come to the Ming Sword Villa to assassinate Villa Master Su, there is no one who is afraid of death and we did not want to return alive. You don't have to be in a hurry to capture me and torture me. "Haha …"

As expected, Liu Xingyun didn't immediately capture him after hearing his words. He only glared at him.

Just then, the rogue cultivator collected his thoughts and said: "Firstly, why did we kill Villa Owner Su? Why? Surely none of you know? " As he spoke, he took off his shirt. He wasn't in a hurry as he slowly took off his shirt as if he was performing an art show. After he took off the unmarked rogue cultivator uniform, he revealed the uniform of the sect. There was a sect symbol on it, and some people recognized that symbol. This was the symbol of the Minshan School, which had been completely wiped out in the struggle for good and evil three years ago.

"Second Manor Lord Liu probably doesn't recognize this symbol, right?" The rogue cultivator earnestly stroked the symbol, "This is our Minshan Sect's symbol, but..." Right now, there is no longer anyone from the Minshan Faction! "

At this point, he suddenly felt a bit excited. He paused for a moment, and then waited for his calm to return before he continued:

"Second Villa Master Liu, you still don't understand, right? That's right, why would a famous sect like you care about the life and death of small sects like us? Let me tell you directly! Three years ago, when the struggle between right and wrong was about to end, the alliance sent out an order for us in the mountain to attract a group of Devil Sect cultivators. The Alliance said that they wanted us to attract them and then dispatch an army to eliminate the demon army. However... But until the destruction of our entire sect, we haven't even seen a single reinforcement army! "

He began to get excited again, but soon recovered his composure.

"Unfortunately, the heavens didn't kill me, I survived! Even though I was stabbed three times in the chest, I survived. I'm not the only one that survived, the one that self-destructed just now was also from my Minshan Sect. The two of us finally returned to the camp, only to find that you had already retreated. "Later on, we found out that you and the Devil Sect had reached an agreement and ended the war long ago." After saying that, he laughed at himself and suddenly shouted, "But why hasn't anyone come to notify us?"

As he spoke to here, he completely erupted, as if he were about to go crazy.

"Betrayal! Betrayal! All of you have betrayed the Minshan Sect! We didn't die in the hands of the Devil Sect, we died under your betrayal! "Haha …"

Everyone understood now, but he didn't give them the chance to speak. He seemed to be very good at controlling his emotions, and when he had calmed down again, he began again.

"Aren't you all curious how we killed Villa Owner Su?" Of course, everyone saw that it was my junior who self-detonated and killed Villa Owner Su, and it was my junior who used his life to steal his life. But who was Villa Owner Su? Cultivators of the great circle of the Nascent Soul stage, how could they be injured by a cultivator of the early Foundation Establishment stage self-destructing? What's more, he was not only injured! "Haha …"

Originally, we didn't plan on doing anything after returning to the sect. After all, we are just two small Foundation Establishment cultivators. After the sect was taken away, we became rogue cultivators. But just last month, a mysterious senior came to find us and gave us a pill. It is said that it can temporarily remove a person's power, so no matter how powerful your divine arts are, you will become like a mortal in six hours. I have never believed it, but now I believe it, because Villa Owner Su is about to die, haha... Traitor, all of you can die now … "

Before he could finish his last sentence, he had already self-destructed. If someone else wanted to stop him, it wouldn't be too late. Fortunately, they were prepared this time, and no one was injured. Another chunk of flesh slowly fell down, just like snow. However, it was red.

The people on the scene didn't feel too good about such a happy occasion happening to them. Looking at the delicacies that he had just eaten, yet now stained with chunks of flesh and blood, he was so timid that he started vomiting.

This strange scene was extremely depressing, and no one dared to make a sound. Only Madame Su was there crying her heart out.

Liu Xingyun's expression had been dark the entire time. No one knew what he was thinking. However, there was one thing that everyone knew: Su Qing He was not going to live, so who should he pass the position of Villa Master to? Although Su Qinghe had a son, he was only a day old. The position of the Manor Lord would probably end up in the hands of Liu Xingyun.