The Rise of the Sect: I am the most persistent person in the world of immortal cultivation

When Ye Yang stepped through the door, the sweetness of the Qingxin Lotus Tea and the warmth of the Qinglian Sword Intent still lingered on his fingertips.

He closed the door behind him, and the azure sword intent around him, which had not yet been fully subdued, flowed spontaneously.

It even cast faint patterns of light on the ground.

In no time, the cyan sword intent intertwined with the spiritual energy inside the room, forming a net.

The three days and three nights of sparring with the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal yielded far more benefits than he had imagined.

Not only have the sword techniques shed their former impetuousness and ferocity, but they have also gained a more natural and harmonious quality.

Thinking of this, Ye Yang walked to the window and raised his hand to make a grasping motion.

The phantom of the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword condensed in his palm, and the dragon patterns on the sword seemed to come alive, faintly emitting a deafening dragon roar.

He could feel it clearly.

The sword intent of today is not only more refined, but also has a touch of the "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" charm of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.

Where there used to be a slight hesitation when wielding the sword, now it flows like clouds and water, with strength and gentleness hidden within its power, and sharpness containing roundness.

Just as Ye Yang was about to sit down cross-legged to fully digest this insight, a slight noise suddenly came from behind him.

He turned around and saw that Su Wanqing had stood up at some point.

She was standing by the desk looking at him, her face still pale from just waking up, but her eyes were no longer gentle as before, instead filled with complex emotions.

There was reverence, there was inferiority, and there was also a hint of determination.

"Fellow Daoist, you've regained consciousness. Are you feeling better?"

Ye Yang withdrew his sword intent and spoke gently.

Su Wanqing did not answer, but walked towards him step by step.

Her steps were light, yet carried a heavy sense of desperation. When she reached three feet in front of Ye Yang, she suddenly stopped, her eyes instantly reddening, and large tears rolled down her cheeks without warning.

"senior……"

Her voice choked with emotion, trembling uncontrollably.

“I know that you are an unparalleled cultivator who is single-mindedly pursuing the Dao, while I am just an ordinary cultivator with mediocre talent and low cultivation level. I am not worthy of you at all.”

Ye Yang frowned slightly, about to offer some words of comfort.

Just then, Su Wanqing suddenly raised her hand and took off her outer garment.

Her plain white clothes slipped down, revealing her slender shoulders and thin back. Moonlight shone through the window lattice onto her, making her appear even more delicate.

She didn't stop; her fingertips continued to slide, and her inner shirt slipped down, leaving her completely exposed in front of Ye Yang.

"I know I am not worthy of my seniors, and I dare not ask for any title or recognition."

Su Wanqing bent her knees and knelt heavily on the cold ground, tears dripping onto the blue bricks, spreading out wet spots.

"I only ask that you give me a chance to serve you for one last night. After that, I will leave on my own and never disturb your cultivation."

"Fellow Daoist, please rise. What are you doing here!"

Ye Yang's heart tightened, and he wanted to step forward to support her.

Although a cultivator's body is not necessarily afraid of the cold, how could she withstand such torment while kneeling on the ground, especially since she had just woken up from serious injuries?

But just as his hand was about to touch Su Wanqing's shoulder...

A piercing shriek suddenly came from outside the window!

Immediately afterwards, the entire Lingxiao City trembled violently, as if a giant beast had shattered the barrier between heaven and earth.

Ye Yang's expression changed drastically. He turned to look out the window and saw that the sky, which had been dimly lit, was now completely shrouded in thick black clouds.

The dark clouds churned and surged like boiling ink, bubbling with a nauseatingly thick demonic aura.

Countless jet-black auras poured down from the clouds, instantly staining most of the city.

"Demon energy!"

Ye Yang's pupils contracted, and his sword intent surged instantly. He casually unleashed a cyan light shield that spontaneously enveloped the entire room.

Before long, cries of alarm and screams echoed throughout the city.

Wherever the demonic energy passed, ordinary cultivators were powerless to resist. They were all corrupted by the demonic energy, their eyes turned bloodshot, they lost their minds, and began to frantically attack those around them.

Further away, amidst the dark clouds, a colossal demonic shadow faintly appeared, radiating a chilling aura.

The entire Lingxiao City was instantly plunged into annihilation.

Just as Ye Yang was about to rush out of the room to check the situation, a strange aura suddenly came from behind him.

He turned around abruptly and saw that faint black energy was beginning to emanate from Su Wanqing, who was kneeling on the ground!
The black aura started from her fingertips and quickly climbed up her skin.

Wherever it passed, the originally fair skin turned as black as ink, and the eyes were gradually stained by black mist, losing their former brilliance and replaced by a deathly blackness.

In just a moment, the aura around her turned cold and violent, completely different from her previous gentle demeanor.

"not good!"

Ye Yang's heart sank.

The opponent had just woken up from serious injuries, his foundation was not yet stable, and his mind was relatively fragile. He was taken advantage of by this sudden demonic energy!

Without hesitation, he swiftly reached out with his left hand, avoiding Su Wanqing's body, and carefully pressed his fingertips, gathering pure cyan sword intent, against her brow.

The sword intent was as gentle as a lotus, with the effect of calming the mind and focusing the spirit. It was the protective technique that he had learned from the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal when they were fighting.

"Concentrate! Guard your true self!"

Ye Yang said in a deep voice, his voice containing sword intent, which directly entered Su Wanqing's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Demonic energy is merely an external evil; as long as your heart remains unmoved, it cannot erode your Dao heart!"

Su Wanqing's body trembled violently.

Dark demonic energy and azure sword intent clashed fiercely within her body, her eyes constantly shifting between clarity and chaos, and painful groans escaped from the corners of her mouth.

Ye Yang could sense that her Dao heart was putting up a strong resistance, but the demonic energy was too domineering, and coupled with her own insufficient cultivation, she was gradually unable to hold on.

"Protect your heart and focus your mind!"

Ye Yang let out a low shout, and the azure sword intent around his body surged once more.

This time, it was no longer in an attacking state, but transformed into countless tiny blue lotuses, flowing into Su Wanqing's body through her brow.

In an instant, wherever the green lotus passed, the black energy dissipated as if it had encountered its nemesis, emitting a "sizzling" corrosive sound.

At this moment, outside Lingxiao City, the demonic shadow in the dark clouds seemed to sense Ye Yang's sword intent and let out an angry roar.

Immediately afterwards, a thick, black demonic pillar shot straight down from the clouds, its target being Ye Yang's room. The terrifying power contained within that pillar was enough to reduce the entire courtyard to dust.

"court death!"

Ye Yang's eyes turned cold.

He is currently focused on saving Su Wanqing and cannot afford to dodge, but that does not mean he will sit idly by and wait for his death.

He suddenly raised his right hand, and the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword appeared out of thin air in his palm.

In a short while, the azure sword light instantly surged to several meters in length, and the dragon's roar on the sword resounded through the sky.

Ye Yang didn't turn around. He locked onto the demonic pillar with his spiritual sense, flicked his wrist, and slashed his longsword forcefully towards the sky!

"One sword shatters illusion!"

The moment the words fell.

This sword strike combined the Qinglian Sword Immortal's mellowness with his own fierce power.

The cyan sword energy, like a bolt of lightning piercing the darkness, carried the power to purify all evil spirits and crashed directly into the black demon pillar.

"boom!"

A deafening roar echoed throughout the entire Lingxiao City.

The cyan sword energy and the black demonic pillar collided violently in mid-air, and the terrifying energy shockwave spread in all directions. A huge hole was torn in the dark clouds, revealing a sliver of sunlight behind them.

The black demonic pillar, eroded by the cyan sword energy, rapidly disintegrated like melting ice and snow, eventually turning into a sky full of black mist and dissipating.

After the azure sword energy shattered the demonic pillar, its momentum remained undiminished, continuing to slash into the depths of the dark clouds.

A piercing scream echoed from the dark clouds.

A massive demonic shadow was grazed by the sword energy, half of its body was instantly purified, and it retreated back into the dark clouds in a sorry state.

The surrounding demonic energy seemed to be stunned by this sword strike, and its surging momentum slowed down significantly. Those cultivators who had been initially corrupted by the demonic energy also took the opportunity to regain some clarity.

Ye Yang slowly sheathed his sword, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

This sword strike, though seemingly effortless, actually took a lot of his energy, as he also had to protect Su Wanqing.

But there was no sign of fatigue on his face; on the contrary, his eyes became even sharper, and his sword intent became even more refined.

now.

The demonic energy within Su Wanqing's body had been largely suppressed by the Azure Lotus Sword Intent, her eyes gradually regained their clarity, and much of the blackness on her body had faded. However, she was still kneeling weakly on the ground, panting heavily.

"Senior, what just happened..."

Ye Yang squatted down, picked up the clothes from the ground, and draped them over her shoulders.

He condensed a wisp of spiritual energy at his fingertips and infused it into Su Wanqing's body.

"This spiritual energy can temporarily protect your Dao heart and suppress the remaining demonic energy. Once this matter is over, I will completely remove it for you."

Ye Yang helped Su Wanqing to her feet and let her sit on the edge of the bed to regulate her breathing. He then walked to the window and looked up at the sky.

Dark clouds still shrouded Lingxiao City, but the gash torn by the sword energy had not healed, and the concentration of demonic energy had clearly decreased.

At this moment, he could sense that there was more than one demon hidden in the dark clouds. Although Lingxiao City had many cultivators, they probably couldn't hold out for long against such a large-scale demonic tide.

"Senior Qinglian Sword Immortal and the others are at this moment..."

Ye Yang suddenly remembered the four sword immortals he had seen before.

The Lotus Sword Immortal, along with the Sword Immortals of Annihilation, Vitality, Purple Cloud, and Unity, gathered together for a friendly exchange of skills. Now that the demonic tide has suddenly attacked, have they already noticed it?
At this moment, in a secluded cave on the outskirts of Lingxiao City, five figures are engaged in a fierce battle.

Sword energy crisscrossed the cave. The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's azure sword intent was warm and lingering, while the Silent Extinction Sword Immortal Mo Chen's black sword intent was cold and sharp.

The green sword intent of the Vitality Sword Immortal Ling Youyun is full of vitality, the purple sword intent of the Purple Cloud Sword Immortal Zi Ning is dazzling and ever-changing, and the gray sword intent of the Returning One Sword Immortal Wei Qiu Bai is simple and unadorned, yet contains an invincible sharpness.

The five sword intents intertwined and collided, forming a huge sword domain that enveloped the entire cave.

Within the sword domain, space was constantly distorted, yet not a single wisp of sword energy leaked out, demonstrating that the five individuals' swordsmanship had reached its pinnacle.

"Senior, your sword intent has improved again."

Wei Qiubai, wielding a rusty iron sword, shattered the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's attack with a single strike, his tone calm yet tinged with approval.

The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal smiled slightly, and with a circular motion of his longsword, he deflected Mo Chen's sudden attack.

Just as the five swordsmen were exchanging sword techniques and about to enter a deeper level of understanding, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's expression suddenly changed, and his movements abruptly stopped.

"not good!"

He clearly sensed a dense demonic aura emanating from the direction of Lingxiao City, along with a familiar burst of cyan sword intent—it was Ye Yang's aura!

"Demon energy?"

Mo Chen also sensed the abnormality, and his black sword intent instantly subsided, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

"The scale of this demonic energy is extraordinary!"

Ling Youyun's face darkened.

"It's a demonic tide! I never expected that demonic cultivators would dare to launch such a large-scale invasion of Lingxiao City!"

A cold glint flashed in Zi Ning's phoenix eyes.

"Lingxiao City is a major stronghold in the cultivation world. Their actions are intended to provoke a great war!"

Wei Qiubai's iron sword trembled slightly, and the gray sword intent spread spontaneously, instantly enveloping the entire cave.

"Although Lingxiao City has a large number of cultivators, it may not be able to withstand such a large-scale demonic tide for long."

Without further hesitation, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal swung his longsword, and the azure sword intent broke through the sword domain.

"Gentlemen, let's put the sparring aside for now. Lingxiao City is in imminent danger, and we must return immediately!"

"nature!"

The other four people spoke in unison.

The five figures transformed into five streaks of light, instantly bursting out of the cave and speeding towards Lingxiao City.

The sword light pierced the sky, forming a stark contrast with the dark clouds in the city.

At this moment, Ye Yang was standing by the window, feeling the increasingly dense demonic energy in the city.

He knew that with his sword alone, he could only temporarily repel the demon, but could not fundamentally resolve the crisis.

(End of this chapter)