Martial Cultivator

The white-robed daoist pondered for a moment. He was considering Chen Chao’s current condition and deciding whether to retreat. But before he could make up his mind, the young martial artist across from him already laughed casually and said, “Thinking of running? It’s too late” “Too late.”

The moment the young martial artist said those words, the white-robed daoist already felt something was wrong, but it was indeed already too late. Just as he prepared to retreat, the young martial artist was already in front of him.

A punch smashed down unreasonably.

A vast surge of qi forcibly shattered the daoist techniques forming the white-robed daoist’s defensive barrier. Between heaven and earth, it was as if a mirror had shattered.

The white-robed daoist swallowed hard, an uncontrollable sense of fear rising within him. Only at this moment did he belatedly recall something.

That when this young martial artist was not injured, he was one of the only two known Fuyun cultivators in the entire human race.

Fuyun... just those two words alone were enough to evoke endless imagination.

Yet, he actually gave rise to the idea of killing a cultivator at such a realm?

The white-robed daoist did not know whether it was because he understood he was about to die here, but in this instant, he thought of many things.

The difference in cultivation realm was already enormous to begin with. At this moment, the white-robed daoist’s dao heart inexplicably wavered, and there was even less room for any accident. Chen Chao’s second punch landed, instantly shattering the daoist’s enqiergy flow.

“Don’t get distracted, especially when you’re fighting to the death with this official.”

Chen Chao gave what seemed like a kindly reminder, smiling as he looked at the white-robed daoist. In the next instant, he snapped the man’s neck without any mercy.

Dropping the white-robed daoist’s corpse, the young martial artist took a deep breath before looking toward the distance.

The green-robed daoist had been paying close attention to the situation here all along. At this moment, seeing Chen Chao effortlessly kill the white-robed daoist, he was instantly terrified to the point of mental collapse.

He struck out with a palm, forcing Huang Kong back. Then without any hesitation, he turned and fled into the distance, his speed like a streaking meteor.

Chen Chao said calmly, “Can you escape?”

Huang Kong stared blankly at the young martial artist. At this moment, he actually felt a faint sense of anticipation, wanting to see the methods of this peerless martial artist. But in the end, the young martial artist simply stood with hands behind his back and did nothing.

Only a streak of sword light flashed across the sky.

In an instant, it split the fleeing green-robed daoist in half.

Blood scattered across the sky.

A young sword cultivator in green robes appeared high in the air, muttering, “Who gave you the guts to wear the same color as me?”

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The young sword cultivator, or rather, the young great sword immortal, landed on the long street and looked somewhat displeased at the young martial artist, clicking his tongue and saying, “I thought Lord Warden Commander was so impressive, but in the end I still had to clean up for you with a sword?”

He had originally intended to watch Chen Chao make his move, which was why he had hidden in the sky without showing himself.

But in fact, Chen Chao had long known he was there.

It was simple.

Since Zhu Xia had arrived, either Yu Xiyi or Yun Jianyue would definitely have followed.

And this time, it would definitely be Yu Xiyi. There was no doubt about that.

Chen Chao smiled and said, “Great Sword Immortal Yu has arrived. One sword strike from you, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a daoist sage or even the demon princess, it would still just be a single slash!”

Upon hearing the words “demon princess,” Yu Xiyi’s expression immediately darkened. He stepped up to Chen Chao and lowered his voice, cursing, “Surname Chen, stop being sarcastic. Your Father came to save you, and you don’t show any gratitude, and instead you talk like that? Your Father can kill you right now!”

Chen Chao clicked his tongue and said, “Great Sword Immortal Yu, if you kill me now, the spit from these commoners would drown you.”

Only then did Yu Xiyi notice the surrounding commoners holding all kinds of objects, and he lamented with vicissitudes of emotion, “You really are quite popular among the people.”

Chen Chao laughed it off.

Then, this green-robed great sword immortal pointed at the somewhat unsteady, thin young martial artist and asked, “What about this punk? Kill him?”

Although Huang Kong was also a Nepenthe Realm, in Yu Xiyi’s eyes, killing him would be as easy as lifting a hand and striking a sword, there was no need to worry about it at all.

Chen Chao shook his head, looked at Huang Kong, and smiled, “Thank you.”

Huang Kong snorted, “I’m not helping you. I still don’t like you. I just think killing you would be too troublesome.”

Chen Chao didn’t care much and simply asked, “How about coming to serve the imperial court?”

Huang Kong’s expression remained blank. The corners of his mouth twitched and he said nothing. He just picked up the horizontal saber he had stuck into the ground, turned, and left.

Yu Xiyi nodded approvingly. “Not bad, has character. I like him.”

Chen Chao added, “Pity he’s a man.”

Yu Xiyi’s face darkened as he warned, “Your Father doesn’t have those kinds of tastes. Surname Chen, are you not afraid Your Father will kill you right now?”

Chen Chao could not be bothered to argue with him and simply waved at the local warden and the deputy general.

These two needed no further explanation. The warden faction’s officials were part of Chen Chao’s own administrative system. In fact, they only needed to obey Chen Chao. After all, appointments within the warden faction never required approval from the Ministry of Personnel.

As for the provincial army outside the northern frontier frontier forces, there had already been an imperial edict from the Crown Prince last time ordering them to obey Chen Chao’s command. Thus, both of their superiors could be said to be Chen Chao.

Calling them over, Chen Chao had no particularly important instructions, only asking them to disperse the civilians and clean up the scene. As for the origins of the cultivators who came to kill him, Chen Chao would naturally have others investigate.

Yu Xiyi leaned in and asked, “Any leads? Is it remnants from the Glaze Temple? Or the Green Algae Sect? Or that Purple Leaf Grotto you wiped out previously?”

Chen Chao just glanced at him.

Yu Xiyi smiled again. “Or maybe it was actually something done by Infatuation Daoist Temple behind A’Yue’s back. If that’s the case, we should just go there and pay them a visit. I just unleashed a sword strike and it feels incomplete - uncomfortable all over.”

Chen Chao said helplessly, “Leaving aside whether I’m seriously injured right now, even if I wasn’t, do you really think going to the Infatuation Daoist Temple means you can just do whatever you want?”

The Infatuation Daoist Temple was absolutely one of the sects in this world with the deepest heritage. No one knew how many old monsters were hidden inside.

In any case, it was definitely not as simple as it looked.

Chen Chao understood this very well.

“Great Sword Immortal Yu, I really want to ask you now, do you have any guilt at all? You delayed so long and nearly got Your Father killed. Don’t you feel even a bit guilty?”

Chen Chao stared into Yu Xiyi’s eyes. When they descended the mountain, Yu Xiyi had left a strand of sword qi on him so that he would be the first to know if anything happened to Chen Chao. But no matter how it was calculated, from the moment Chen Chao started fighting until now, too much time had passed. Dragon Horn Commandery was within Yellow Dragon Prefecture, Yu Xiyi absolutely should not have arrived this late.

Yu Xiyi looked at Chen Chao with a guilty conscience.

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