Martial Cultivator

Approaching the Sword Sect, Chen Chao was still toying with the Restoration True Pill sealed inside its box. He could not calm his mind.

Yu Xiyi’s voice came from outside the carriage. “This Feng Liu is actually pretty good. An open and straightforward man.”

Chen Chao did not respond. He only rubbed his face, then somewhat tiredly put away the Restoration True Pill. Something this precious could no longer be measured by value alone.

“He smiles and jokes, but his heart is still sincere. I may have misjudged him.”

Chen Chao smiled slightly, somewhat pleased.

In the past years, he had seen too many selfish cultivators with only their own interests at heart. Suddenly encountering several people like this now, he was still a little unaccustomed to it.

Yu Xiyi said with a laugh, “His cultivation isn’t low. If he really made a move just now, I might not have been able to force him back.”

Sword cultivators had the strongest killing power, and great sword immortals even more so. But someone like Yu Xiyi still clearly understood himself.

He would not think he was truly invincible in the world.

Chen Chao coughed twice and smiled. “If you’re weak, then train more. Great Sword Immortal Yu, you’ll eventually become the second-strongest sword immortal in the world.”

Yu Xiyi asked curiously, “Second?”

“Nonsense. The strongest is naturally is my wife.”

Chen Chao said this matter-of-factly.

The corners of Yu Xiyi’s mouth twitched, only feeling a wave of disgust. It was just that the woman wasn’t here, if she were, it would be even worse.

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The carriage could not reach the Sword Sect. For the remaining distance, Yu Xiyi personally carried his sickly friend up the mountain.

Lying on Yu Xiyi’s back, Chen Chao looked around. He had always been curious why the Sword Sect was built behind a mountain village.

While Yu Xiyi was thinking something else entirely. The young great sword immortal sighed. “Little Chen, it would’ve been great if you were a woman. That way there’d be a nice legend left behind. But you’re a man, and not only a man, you even like women.”

Chen Chao felt a wave of disgust. “Put me down. Your Father can walk by myself!”

Yu Xiyi clicked his tongue. “You still have that ability? Oh right, they’re already calling you the number one human cultivator now. How about I take this chance to fight you? If I win, I become the number one human cultivator.”

Chen Chao rolled his eyes and ignored him.

The two passed through the mountain village and finally reached the area behind it, arriving at the Sword Sect.

Yu Xiyi stepped lightly, carrying Chen Chao as they soared forward, entering the Sword Sect.

The current Yu Xiyi could no longer be regarded as some young disciple. This young great sword immortal, if seen by the other Sword Sect disciples at this moment, would have to be respectfully addressed as Great Sword Immortal Yu.

However, in order to avoid unnecessary complications, Yu Xiyi still avoided the Sword Sect disciples and brought Chen Chao to the cave dwelling where the Sword Sect Master cultivated.

The Sword Sect Master appeared there, looked at the two of them, and calmly said, “Come up.”

Yu Xiyi muttered, “Xiao’an hasn’t even come here before, yet you brat already don’t know how many times you’ve come.”

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Inside the cave dwelling where the Sword Sect’s Sect Master cultivated, Chen Chao sat cross-legged, his aura weak.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master frowned and said, “I knew your injuries would be severe, but I didn’t expect them to be this severe.”

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master had also fought the Demon Emperor before, so he naturally knew how powerful the Demon Emperor was, and also understood what kind of battle Chen Chao had gone through. But Chen Chao’s current condition still exceeded his expectations.

At this moment, Chen Chao was like a house leaking wind from all sides, causing the family fortune that had been painstakingly accumulated to continuously flow outward.

Not a bit could be retained.

Chen Chao bitterly smiled. “This is still considered alright, at worst it just needs patching up. The more troublesome thing is the hidden move the Demon Emperor left inside my body.”

If Chen Chao’s own injuries were merely a house leaking from every direction, then the Demon Emperor’s hidden move was like leaving behind a burly man wielding an axe inside that house, constantly hacking at the pillars, doors, and windows, completely intent on destroying the house altogether.

Hearing this, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master extended two fingers and pressed them against Chen Chao’s forehead. Sword qi entered Chen Chao’s brow and circulated through his body once before the Sword Sect’s Sect Master’s expression grew solemn.

Chen Chao looked at the Sword Sect’s Sect Master and said, “Although the Demon Emperor’s cultivation realm is high, something like this hidden move shouldn’t be enough to trouble Sect Master, right?”

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master nodded. “Wanting to remove that strand of demonic qi naturally isn’t difficult.”

“But do you know what the difficult part is?”

Chen Chao naturally knew, and smiled faintly.

“In your current state, can you still withstand my sword qi battling his demonic qi inside your body? The moment even the slightest bit of qi leaks out, your broken-down house will immediately collapse.”

As for what would happen once the house collapsed, the outcome was self-evident.

That would mean Chen Chao himself bidding farewell to this world forever.

Chen Chao asked, “Then does Sect Master think there’s any other method left?”

Hearing this, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master also frowned. Indeed, there really was no better method. If Chen Chao’s condition were not this terrible, they could have proceeded gradually and slowly dissolved the Demon Emperor’s demonic qi. But if his condition were not this terrible, then he also would not fear the Sword Sect’s Sect Master’s sword qi battling the Demon Emperor’s demonic qi within his body.

This had already become a dead end.

“Given Sect Master’s unparalleled sword dao attainments, I imagine even wanting something to go wrong would not be an easy thing, right?”

Chen Chao smiled. “Besides, I think this broken-down house of mine still isn’t that easy to collapse.”

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master was never someone who liked wasting words. After thinking for a moment, he asked, “Have you thought it through?”

Chen Chao said, “I’ve already traveled south from the Northern Frontier for over half a month. If I hadn’t thought it through, I wouldn’t have come to see Sect Master.”

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master said nothing further. He merely sat down cross-legged and seriously said, “Protect your qi palace. If you still have spare strength, then protect your five viscera, six bowels, and seven channels and eight meridians as well. If it were someone else’s methods, it would not matter much, but since it’s the Demon Emperor, there’s no telling what other tricks he may have left behind. If something happens then, I may not necessarily be able to look after you.”

Chen Chao nodded his head.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master extended two fingers and placed them upon Chen Chao’s glabella. With a slight thought, a strand of sword qi overflowed from his fingertips and entered Chen Chao’s body.

In just an instant, Chen Chao’s brows furrowed tightly. At that very moment, countless beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, the fine droplets resembling crystalline pearls.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master closed his eyes and carefully sensed the flow of sword qi. He had never before wielded a sword within another person’s body, but as the number one swordsman in the world, he naturally possessed this confidence.

And at this very moment, far away in the depths of the Demon Domain, within the demon race’s royal city, the Demon Emperor opened his eyes upon the throne.

The strand of demonic qi he had left behind was naturally connected to him. Ever since leaving behind that strand of demonic qi, it had remained dormant, waiting precisely for this moment.

This emperor who had ruled the Demon Domain for countless years said coldly, “Did you really think it will end like this?”