Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 94 Dangerous Jianghu
Chu Linyi was startled when she saw the ghostly figures filling the sky. She looked around in panic, wondering if her master had returned. She also wondered if she could ask her benefactor for help.

It was even more unbelievable that Yang Qisheng suddenly said that these evil spirits were her ancestors from five hundred years ago.

"How can this be?"

Five hundred malevolent spirits in the air are fighting against three cat demons and four Taoist nuns.

The evil spirits searched everywhere for the descendants of the Chu family. They tore up the tiles and lifted the beams of the houses, leaving a mess in their wake.

The cat demon and the Taoist nuns were no match for so many evil spirits. After barely holding on for a while, they all rode the wind and flew away on their swords to escape the Fairy Maiden Temple and headed straight for their master, He Hongqu, in the Western Mountains.

Chu Linyi's vision was obscured by the overwhelming Yin energy, and she didn't see that her senior sisters to the south had already left. Seeing that the Fairy Maiden Temple was about to be destroyed, she mustered her courage and stepped forward:

"Chu Linyi, the eldest daughter of the Chu family of Tianyang Prefecture, is here! Who are you all, and what do you want with the Chu family?"

When the Chu family appeared, a dark mass of ghosts swarmed over, and evil spirits of all ages and genders, including men, women, and children, glared at her.

Chu Linyi is still unable to set up a furnace to refine evil spirits and is still in the Foundation Establishment stage. In her daily life, she can only deal with ordinary evil spirits when exorcising ghosts and subduing demons. When she encounters more powerful demons, she has to summon cat demons to help her fight, or even ask her senior sister and master to come out of the mountains.

Now surrounded by five hundred fierce ghosts, the chill seeped into her body as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She couldn't help but tremble, her face turning deathly pale. Even the black cat was so frightened that it burrowed into her sleeve and dared not come out.

Fortunately, Yang Qisheng was there, giving her a great sense of security.

Chu Linyi moved closer to Yang Qisheng, less than a foot away. She secretly used a secret technique to let golden light emerge from her body and cover her entire body, while feeling the heat coming from Yang Qisheng's side, which made her feel a little better.

Yang Qisheng sensed her fear, so he silently sent a breath into the cauldron in his abdomen, making the Five Elements Evil Fire burn even brighter.

The young man was already full of yang energy, and when the pill fire started, he became like a furnace, causing nearby ghosts to automatically stay away.

The Chu family patriarch, holding a ghost staff, looked down at Chu Linyi repeatedly, then took a deep breath and nodded slightly: "Not bad, she is of the Chu family bloodline!"

"Girl, do you know Chu Hanfeng?"

Chu Linyi shook her head: "This humble girl does not know."

The head of the Chu family was furious: "Isn't this recorded in your family genealogy?"

"The first person in our family genealogy is the Prime Minister of Yue State more than 300 years ago, whose name was Shangyuan Xiatang."

"Nonsense! What Yue Kingdom? Three hundred years ago, and we died five hundred years ago, that was after that." The Chu family patriarch asked patiently, "What about before Chu Yuantang? He didn't just spring from a rock, did he?"

"Please forgive my ignorance, but the times are too long ago. Our Chu family has moved from Yuezhou several times, and even three times during this dynasty. This time, we moved here because Father is serving in Tianyang Prefecture."

The Chu family patriarch said angrily, "I can't reason with a little girl like you! Find your father, who's a prefect! Bring the family tree, and any elders in your clan! Call them all over! Let's have a proper chat about our bloodline!"

Chu Linyi didn't quite believe what these evil spirits were saying, so she turned to look at Yang Qisheng.

Yang Qisheng said, "They should be your ancestors. It's not convenient to talk about them here. Take them home and have a good talk with your father."

Chu Linyi was worried that her father did not know magic. With more than 500 evil spirits entering the house at the same time, and so many people in the mansion, even if they were not frightened, they would still fall seriously ill after being swept by the cold ghost energy.

She was even more worried that if these ghosts had other plans, or if they became displeased and went on a killing spree, the Chu family would be doomed.

After much deliberation, she trusted Yang Qisheng more, so she said in a pleading tone, "After returning home last time, I often thought of your great kindness in saving my life. I wanted to go to Xia Ku Mountain to find you after I finished setting up the furnace and refining the evil spirits, but I was too lazy and my foundation building is not yet complete. I am so fortunate to have met you this time. Please, beg you to come to my humble home and be my guest. I will entertain you for a few days to repay your great kindness."

Yang Qisheng saw through her thoughts and thought that if these evil spirits were confirmed to be ancestors of the Chu family, he could leave. If he had found the wrong ones, he would have to take the evil spirits with him, either to find another descendant of the Chu family or to find a way to convert them.

He agreed, and Chu Linyi was overjoyed. She then went to invite the Chu family patriarch to her home and said, "Everyone in the household is a mortal and cannot withstand such heavy Yin energy from you all. Could you please stop your supernatural powers and leave only two or three representatives? Let's establish our identities and relationships first, and then we can discuss other matters."

Fearing that these evil spirits might object, she added, "If you are truly my ancestors, you surely wouldn't want to see your descendants suffer from the afflictions of evil spirits and become weak and sickly in the future, would you?"

The Chu family patriarch thought about it and realized it made sense. He then raised the ghost staff in his hand, and the skull at the top of the staff opened its mouth and sucked in the remaining ghosts.

Then he swayed and transformed into an ordinary old man. His murderous aura subsided, and he stood firmly on the ground. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't see his shadow under the sun, he would be almost indistinguishable from a real person. Even the dark clouds in the sky seemed to disperse.

Chu Linyi let out a long sigh, released the black cat, and asked it to take Senior Sister Zhang back to the temple for treatment. Then she invited the Chu family patriarch to get into the sedan chair.

The Chu family patriarch flew into the sedan chair without any hesitation, and Chu Linyi carried him with golden light as they walked into the city.

Soon they encountered the wealthy young man riding up on horseback: "Miss Linyi! Miss Linyi!" As they approached, he reined in his horse and asked anxiously, "Miss Linyi, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Young Master Bai."

"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright." He then looked at Yang Qisheng and asked somewhat awkwardly, "Are you inviting this benefactor to your home? May I ask how to address him?"

Yang Qisheng could tell that this young man liked Chu Linyi, but Chu Linyi's feelings for him were somewhat complicated, so he didn't say anything and left it to Chu Linyi to answer.

Chu Linyi only said, "This benefactor once saved my life. He is an extraordinary sword immortal. He... benefactor, what is your Daoist name?"

In fact, Chu Linyi didn't know his name either, only that his surname was Yang.

"I do not yet have a Taoist name."

Chu Linyi then said, “My benefactor’s surname is Yang. He is my benefactor, and you are my friend. It is not appropriate to call him my benefactor. Just call him Master Yang.”

He then introduced Yang Qisheng: "This is Bai Letian, the young master of Xiaoyao Manor."

The young man replied, "I have long since become a disciple of Master Lu of Longyin Temple on Flying Tiger Mountain, and I am also a sword immortal." He shrugged slightly, displaying the sword behind him.

Yang Qisheng nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Just as Bai Letian was about to speak again, the Chu family patriarch inside the sedan chair became impatient and shouted angrily, "Hurry up and leave! What are you dawdling for!"

Chu Linyi quickly led the sedan chair into the city.

Bai Letian then approached and asked, "Would you please mount your horse, my benefactor?"

Yang Qisheng naturally refused: "Don't call me your benefactor."

Bai Letian smiled, tossed the reins to his subordinate, and walked alongside Yang Qisheng: "Master Yang is a remarkable sword immortal. May I ask which sect he belongs to?"

"Taiyi Palace".

"Oh, Taiyi Palace." Bai Letian had never heard of it. He had seen Yang Qisheng's amazing escape techniques and heard Chu Linyi say that he was remarkable, so he was very curious about him. "Excuse my impertinence, Master Yang, where is your flying sword?"

"It is rather presumptuous." Yang Qisheng reached out and beckoned, and a willow leaf flew from the roadside. He caught it with both hands, infused it with sharp and murderous energy, and the willow leaf immediately turned into a bright white, as if it were refined steel. He handed it over casually, "I have no sword in my hand, but I have a sword in my heart. Picking flowers and flying leaves are all flying swords."

Bai Letian took the leaf and found that the white light on the leaf was condensed and did not dissipate. The surface texture was like metal. When he lightly flicked it with his finger, it made a tinkling sound. The edges were very sharp.

"Can this really be used as a flying sword?"

Yang Qisheng, a proud and arrogant young martial arts hero, had seen many such people, but someone as foolish as him was truly rare.

Yang Qisheng wanted to tease him, so he said, "Don't you have a flying sword too? Why don't you try slashing it at him and see?"

Bai Letian was immediately somewhat unconvinced.

He could tell that Yang Qisheng was already a master of the Furnace Refining and Evil Refining stage, and that Yang Qisheng was infusing the leaves with evil energy to make them sharp.

But he didn't believe that a leaf could be turned into a flying sword by evil energy alone; at most, it would just be a dart!
In his understanding, to forge a flying sword, one must first find a precious sword that can cut through iron like mud, then continuously inject sword energy or sword aura into it, repeatedly temper it, and cultivate it daily for at least three years before it can be used at will, hitting wherever it is pointed, and truly becoming able to cut through iron like mud.

That's how the sword on his back was forged; he really put in a lot of hard work!
He stared at the leaf for a while, finally deciding that his determination to prove himself outweighed his worries about angering Chu Linyi. With a flick of his right hand, he unsheathed the flying sword behind him with a dragon's roar, drawing circles in the air as it fell, its tip lightly slicing through the leaf in his hand.

He had originally planned to trim a bit off the edge of the leaf to dispel the evil energy on it, thus proving to Yang Qisheng the true power of his flying sword without hurting the other party's feelings.

To his surprise, as his sword fell downwards and touched the edge of a leaf, there wasn't even a sound of metal clashing against metal; his sword tip was simply chipped off like a piece of paper.

Once the sword broke, the sword energy attached to it naturally dissipated, and it immediately became ordinary iron, beyond his control. With a clang, it fell to the dust!

He stared in disbelief, looking at the leaf in his hand and then at the flying sword on the ground, shocked and on the verge of tears.

Yang Qisheng, watching from the side, couldn't help but laugh: "Xiaoyao Manor is located on Sweetwater Ridge of Xiaoyao Mountain. The head of the family, Xiaoyao Swordsman Bai Xiangming, is famous throughout the world for his Xiaoyao Sword, Lingyun Step, and Paiyun Palm. I heard that after he received the life-extending elixir, the Kumu Fengchun Pill, from the divine physician Yan Qigui, he not only became younger but also had a new son at the age of seventy-two, whom he cherishes dearly. Judging by his age, that should be you, right? He must spoil you rotten and never taught you what the dangers of the martial world are."

(End of this chapter)