Stuck on the highway, I just flew home on my sword!

One of the henchmen finally broke down, threw away the half-section of the steel pipe in his hand, screamed, and turned to run away.

Fear is contagious.

The thugs, who had been so aggressive just moments before, now wished they had two more legs and scattered in all directions, tumbling and crawling as they fled.

Dao Ge's legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up at all, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.

"Hero, spare me! Hero, spare me! I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness!"

Lin Ye completely ignored him.

He walked straight up to Wang Manman, who was already terrified.

At this moment, Wang Manman was no longer the shrew she once was; she huddled by the car door, trembling.

Lin Ye glanced at her.

Just one glance.

Wang Manman's eyes rolled back, and she fainted from fright.

Lin Ye shook his head, stepped over the steel pipe wreckage on the ground, and walked towards home.

On the top of the wall.

Bai Zhi scattered the melon seeds in her hand all over the ground.

She opened her mouth wide, her jaw almost dislocated.

"Sword energy transforms into threads...effortless mastery..."

As a martial arts prodigy, she knew all too well the significance of that move.

She could also break a steel pipe with her inner energy.

But with a single dry branch, you can cut eight steel pipes in an instant and also give eight people a precise haircut without damaging their scalps in the slightest.

This requires more than just strength.

Rather, it's an abnormally precise control over energy!

"So handsome! He's just too handsome!"

Bai Zhi came to her senses, her eyes practically overflowing with stars.

She leaped down from the wall and chased after it like a little tail.

"Hey! Hero! Master! Spectator!"

"What was that move you just used called? Could you teach me?"

"Can I become your apprentice? I'm rich, I have tons of money!"

Lin Ye stopped and turned to look at the girl who was like a piece of chewing gum.

"No, I can't, I'm busy."

A polite three-part refusal.

"Don't be so cold," Bai Zhi said, leaning closer with a fawning look. "I'm very sincere."

"And with the commotion you caused today, the Dragon Pavilion will definitely have a record of it."

"If you're willing to teach me even a move, I'll take care of all your troubles, how about it?"

Lin Ye looked at her.

"You think I'm afraid of trouble?"

Bai Zhi was speechless.

Yes, for a ruthless person like him who can cut steel pipes like tofu, worldly troubles are nothing.

"Don't follow me."

Lin Ye turned around, his tone slightly cold.

"My yard is too small to accommodate a large Buddha statue."

After he finished speaking, his body swayed slightly.

Bai Zhi only felt a blur before her eyes, and Lin Ye's figure instantly appeared ten meters away.

Shrinking the earth to an inch!

Before she could react, Lin Ye had already disappeared at the end of the alley.

Only one sentence lingered in the air:

"Go back and tell your bunch of old men to stop bothering me."

Bai Zhi stood there, stomping her foot in anger.

"Hmph, what's with the arrogance!"

"I refuse to believe I can't win you over!"

She glanced at the mess on the ground, then at the "Mediterranean" thugs still bewildered in the wind, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"This guy... is actually quite humorous."

……

When Lin Ye returned home, his second uncle was not there.

He probably went to the town's card room to chat with his old friends.

This saves the trouble of explaining.

Lin Ye locked the courtyard gate, returned to his room, and sat cross-legged on the bed.

Only at this moment did he truly relax.

Although he enjoyed showing off earlier, in reality, every move he made was depleting the still unstable spiritual power within his body.

The spiritual energy on Earth is far too thin.

So thin as to be almost negligible.

That move, "Splitting Light and Shadow," would have been a minor drain on energy in the cultivation world, something that could be recovered in the blink of an eye.

But here, Lin Ye felt that the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian had dimmed considerably.

"We need to use it sparingly."

Lin Ye closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his sea of ​​consciousness.

In the center of that vast golden sea of ​​consciousness floated an ancient jade scroll—the "Heavenly Evolution Dao Chapter".

This is the legacy hidden within the peach wood sword.

With a thought, Lin Ye slowly turned the pages of the book.

Countless golden words flooded into his mind like a stream.

The Shushan Sword Sect, the first holy land of slaughter in ancient times.

Ten thousand years ago, Earth was the core star region where the cultivation civilization flourished, and it was known as the "Ancestral Star".

At that time, sword immortals rode their swords through the azure sky, powerful beings seized stars and the moon, and all races came to pay homage.

However, a catastrophe known as "Severing the Heavenly Connection" descended upon us.

All the spiritual veins were severed, and all the blessed lands and grottoes were sealed and folded.

In order to survive, cultivators had no choice but to migrate in groups, fleeing this gradually depleting planet and heading to the depths of space.

The Shushan Sword Sect, as the main force covering the rear, was wiped out in battle, leaving only this last spark of its legacy, sealed in a peach wood sword, waiting for a destined person.

"I see……"

As Lin Ye processed this massive amount of information, a storm raged within him.

It's not that Earth is unsuitable for cultivating immortality.

Rather, the Earth is "sick," or rather, "locked up."

"Therefore, I am now the only orthodox cultivator on this planet."

Lin Ye opened his eyes, a glint of shrewdness flashing in them.

This feeling is wonderful.

It's like a fully-equipped, top-tier player suddenly appearing on a server full of bronze-level players.

Unrivaled in the world.

But the world was silent.

"However, now that I have inherited the Shu Mountain lineage, I will have to break this lock sooner or later."

A smile appeared on Lin Ye's lips.

He was not a savior, nor did he ever intend to save the world.

But he didn't want to have to carefully calculate whether he had enough spiritual energy just to fly on his sword in the future.

If you want to live comfortably, you have to make your environment comfortable.

That makes sense.

The first page of "Tianyan Daozhang" contains not only the mental cultivation techniques and incantations, but also a basic formation called "Gathering Spirit Formation".

It is possible to forcibly gather the surrounding free-floating spiritual energy by placing special materials.

"Material……"

Lin Ye touched his chin.

Setting up a spirit-gathering array requires jade or antiques that possess spiritual power.

In this degenerate age, such things are rare and hard to come by, and they are often very expensive.

"Looks like I need to make some money."

Lin Ye sighed.

Even if one becomes a cultivator, one cannot escape the fate of making money.

this is life.

Just then, my phone, which was on the bedside table, suddenly vibrated.

Lin Ye picked it up and took a look.

It's a WeChat friend request.

The profile picture is of a cartoon white rabbit holding a carrot as a sword.

The verification message contains only three characters:

"I have money."

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This little girl from the Dragon Pavilion really... hits the nail on the head.

He slightly moved his finger and clicked "Approved".

The moment I added them as a friend, they sent me a message, so fast it was as if they were right next to my phone.

Little White Rabbit (Bai Zhi): [Master! I finally added you! I want to invite you to dinner! You choose the place and the time! I want to discuss a big business deal with you!]

Lin Ye thought for a moment and replied:

[I'll skip the meal. I heard your Longge has connections in the underworld, so could you help me find a few uncut jade stones, the old mine kind?]

Since a sucker... oh no, a business partner, has come knocking on our door, we might as well take advantage of it.

Bai Zhi replied instantly: 【No problem! Leave it to me! I'll deliver it to your doorstep tomorrow morning!】

[But master, what do you need the rough stone for? Are you gambling on it? That's a very risky business; nine out of ten times you lose!]

Lin Ye didn't explain, he just replied with one word:

[Going to sleep.]

Then he simply and decisively tossed the phone aside.

On the other side, Bai Zhi gritted her teeth in anger, cursing Lin Ye countless times in her heart, but she was helpless against him.

……

Outside the window, the first snowflake fell.

Lin Ye looked at the night outside the window, his eyes gradually becoming deep.

The Transcendent Realm is just the beginning.

Since I am the only one in this world who cultivates immortality.

Then I will cultivate a path to heaven, and cultivate a state of freedom and ease.

Those so-called ancient martial arts masters, those so-called superpowered individuals.

If they were law-abiding citizens, that would be fine.

If anyone dares to block our way...

Lin Ye pointed his fingers like a sword and gently slashed at the empty space outside the window.

"laugh!"

A snowflake falling outside the window was split in two by an invisible sword aura in mid-air.

"Then don't blame me for using a 'dimensional reduction attack'."

……