Chapter 107: A Memory

Chapter 107: A Memory

Words flashed through his mind. Xixings voice, echoing over time and space to sound in his ears once more.

Undead cultivators I wouldnt fight one unless I had an entire realm on them. They negate our magic and techniquesour qi splashes off them like water, it cant even damage them.

Huis eyes lit up. He threw all his death qi out in front of him. A wave of black ducks rushed at the wind blade, wings snapping at the air, letting out a quack to shake the heavens. A massive boom rang out as they impacted with the wind blade.

Black smoke and dust billowed. For a breath, Hui couldnt see anything. Then the black smoke cleared. Only a few ducks remained, the rest dissipated with the black smoke. The wind blade continued to rush at him, uninterrupted.

Unless I had an entire realm on them entire realm on them entire realm

Hui swallowed. Ah. Right. Im so many realms under Sect Master Mu. My death qi is unable to overturn heavens on its own!

As his life rushed before his eyes, Hui felt intense regret. His body shivered, and he frowned. I need more playing-dead techniques! If I had a teleporting one, or a faster escape technique for my skin technique, or if I had a body-puppet or clone who could get killed in my place

The wind blade filled up his entire vision. Wind sliced at his face, hair, and robes, pushed along ahead of the wind blade. There wasnt even time to play dead.

Ah if only

A bolt of gold lightning flashed from the heavens. Thunder rolled out, loud as a toppled mountain. When it cleared, the wind blade was gone. As if to impress upon all who saw it how dominating it was, the lightning bolt flashed once more, then dissipated.

Who dares lay a hand upon my disciple?

Weiheng Wu towered over both Lan Taijian and Sect Master Mu. Arms clasped behind him, he wore a thunderous expression, hair and pure-white ribbon dancing in the wind. Lightning flickered around him, sparking spontaneously in the air.

Sect Master Mu stared. His lips moved, and barely, Hui made out: A mere sixth-stage cultivator I used less than a breaths worth of qi, but he still?

Master! Hui shouted joyfully. Relief flooded his heart. He stepped toward Weiheng Wu. Earnestly, from the bottom of his heart with no reservations, he thought, Im so fortunate Master picked me as his disciple!

A heavy thrum rang out, and Sect Master Lan appeared from a bolt of light. He frowned at Sect Master Mu. Did you attempt to kill one of my disciples in my sect?

Only after he crippled one of mine, Sect Master Mu replied evenly.

After he infected our disciples with qi seeds! Li Xiang interjected, unable to hold back any longer.

Sect Master Lan frowned at Sect Master Mu.

A long-extinct demonic plant? Its a wild story, Sect Master Mu said dismissively, waving his hand.

Li Xiang cannot tell lies, Sect Master Lan replied.

Shes been deceived by that disciple over there. She doesnt know she speaks lies. Sect Master Mu flicked his sleeve at Hui.

All eyes fell on Hui. Only Weiheng Wus remained unclouded and firm.

Sect Master Lan flicked his sleeve. A pitch black sword appeared in his hand, dotted with spots of silver like the midnight sky. As he moved his hand, the stars in the sword shifted, as though his sword held infinity within it. It exuded a heavy pressure of its own, almost as weighty as the Sect Masters own pressure.

One of the disciples near Hui gasped. Starbound Sword? The sword the Sect Master forged from a fallen piece of the Heavens?

Opposite him, Sect Master Mu drew his wooden sword. The mysterious light swirled thickly in a rainbow of colors. The green mist retreated, giving them space.

Sect Master Lan slashed. A wave of black void rushed at Sect Master Mu. Narrowing his eyes, Sect Master Mu struck downward viciously. A beam of prismatic light smashed into Sect Master Lans void.

The void broke through. It rushed at Sect Master Mu.

Clicking his tongue, Sect Master Mu summoned a palm-sized wooden shield from his sleeve. Scarred and worn, the shield bore an ancient air. In the space of a breath, the shield grew ten meters tall and wide. The void wave smashed into the shield, cutting a gash across the shields center. The shield trembled, then spiraled back into Sect Master Mus sleeve, growing smaller as it fell.

Even as the shield fell, Sect Master Mu threw a sprout at Sect Master Lan. The sprout grew, instantly bursting into a stem, then a tree. Twisted and wrinkled, branches reaching like gnarled arms, it gave off a bizarre aura. The roots jabbed downward and the branches climbed up, twining together to net in the sky and the earth.

Sect Master Lan narrowed his eyes and pointed the sword at the tree. A starlight-colored sword beam rushed from the tip of his blade toward the tree. The beam blasted a hole in the tree. It wavered. Silver light rushed through it from the inside, beaming out from the gnarled strands of the trees bark.

All at once, the tree exploded. Bark and fragments of branches flew everywhere. Hui jumped and shieled Li Xiang. Ignoring him, she stepped forward. Her sword danced like rain, and the branches fell aside, not so much as scraping her flesh.

Sect Master Mu? Sect Master Lan? Whats going on?

The last two sect representatives appeared over the mountain. The Azure Fang sect master frowned, wiping liquor from her lips, while the silver-robed merchant stared around, bug-eyed and nervous.

In that instant, Sect Master Mu whirled and rushed off, carrying the rest of his disciples after him. The green mist blocked out the shape of Sect Master Mu.

Sect Master Lan frowned. He drew back his sword, then hesitated. After a moment, he lowered it, then flicked it back into his sleeve and retracted his pressure.

Right, no matter how angry he is, Sect Master Lan is still the master of a sect. If he attacks Sect Master Mu right now, hell injure the Mysterious Heavenly Forest Sect disciples. How could a righteous sect stand up and claim to be righteous after destroying so many lower-level innocents of another righteous sect?

Even if he were to defeat Sect Master Mu, Mysterious Heavenly Forest Sect has Grandmasters and other high-tier cultivators. Defeating the Sect Master would force them to come after us to prevent other sects from seeing them as weak and snapping them up. And thenwhat I dont want! Our sects would fight each other to extermination. War!

Hui nodded sagely. Good call, Sect Master, good call!

The Azure Fang Sect Master took another swig of alcohol and glanced at Sect Master Lan. Eh? Did I interrupt something?

The silver-robed cultivator from Silk Heart Sect rubbed the back of his neck nervously. Under his breath, he muttered, Wheres Sect Master Golden Merchant when you need her?

Hui whipped around. Could elder expert please repeat that? Sect Master Golden Merchant? Dont tell me, the Golden Merchant from the last Bai Clan banquet?

Wait, the all-silver theme er, let this small disciple hazard a guess. Are you the Silver Merchant?

So whyd Sect Master Mu leave? the Azure Fang Sect Master asked, glancing at Sect Master Lan.

Sect Master Lan let out a heavy sigh.