Chapter 1 Violent Explosion

The violent explosion almost woke the entire Wen Family Mountain City.

The intense shaking and vibration made people realize that something big had happened.

Some cultivators with good eyesight had already flown onto rooftops and upper floors, gazing towards the source of the tremors.

However, very few cultivators actually came running upon hearing the sound.

Watching the excitement is human nature, but preserving one's life is even more so.

Anyone with a bit of sense knew that some spectacles were best left unwatched.

It's fine to watch a street brawl, because it's entertaining and generally risk-free. But who with any guts would dare to get close to a truly deadly gunfight?

"Bold Xiao Ye, you dare to collude with demonic outsiders, destroying my Wen family's ley lines, trying to cut off our Wen family's fortune! Today, I will definitely not let you live!" Wen Liangjue shouted loudly, leading a group of Wen family cultivators, standing at the forefront.

In a corner nearby, Wen Tingting, who had come to give the warning, was being held in place by a charm cast by an elder of her clan, unable to move. She could only widen her eyes, displaying intense resistance.

Hearing Wen Liangjue's slander, Wen Tingting reacted even more vehemently... but it was all in vain.

She was indeed talented and valued by the Wen family's ancestor, but that was all. The Wen family was far from being led and controlled by her.

Taking advantage of the explosion's power, Ye Chuxiao, who had broken free from the formation's restraints, was unable to escape directly. Instead, he was entangled by several Wen family retainers who had been lying in ambush.

These five Wen family retainers, though all at the Huajing (Transformation Realm), formed a battle formation when they joined forces, making them very difficult to deal with. Unable to concentrate on dealing with them, Ye Chuxiao was unable to break free in a short time.

But if he focused on breaking the formation, Wen Liangjue, who had been waiting on the sidelines, would surely take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

This man's cultivation was not bad, but his methods were quite despicable.

In theory, his realm was half a level higher than Ye Chuxiao's, but he didn't directly confront Ye Chuxiao in public at all.

"Wen Liangjue! You don't need to smear me with dirt. To kill me, you actually blew up your own family's ley lines. Such perverse actions will lead to the downfall of the Wen family if the power falls into your hands!" Ye Chuxiao shouted loudly, even using sound-manipulation techniques to make his voice more penetrating so that more people could hear it.

Ye Chuxiao and Wen Liangjue each spoke only one sentence, but both were full of hidden intentions.

The reason the Wen family could take such aggressive action against Ye Chuxiao, without worrying about the consequences of exposure, was naturally because Ye Chuxiao and Mister Nanshan were very different in their identities.

Mister Nanshan had dedicated twenty years to the Wen family, his contributions and efforts were obvious, and his reputation for virtue was widely known. If Mister Nanshan were forcibly slandered as a demonic outsider, very few would believe it. The Wen family would find it difficult to shake off the label of using and discarding, and being ungrateful.

The Wen family's retreat before was less due to Mister Nanshan's methods, and more due to Mister Nanshan's reputation.

And this reputation was clearly something that the Wen family had strongly promoted for its own benefit.

It could be said that they were hoist by their own petard.

However, Ye Chuxiao was different. To many cultivators, he was just a stranger with some reputation. Whether it was Tyrant Blade or Heaven Blade, it was just an impersonal Jianghu (martial world) title.

The Wen family's claim that Ye Chuxiao colluded with demonic outsiders to destroy the mountain city's ley lines was in a state of believable and unbelievable. As long as Ye Chuxiao was killed on the spot, the Wen family could spend more effort on public relations afterwards, adding more to Ye Chuxiao's list of crimes. Who would really care about the truth behind this smear?

Ye Chuxiao's response was also very clever. He knew that it was the entire Wen family that was acting against him, but he deliberately avoided the main culprit, instead characterizing the matter as Wen Liangjue's personal revenge.

In this way, he greatly reduced the credibility of the previous 'smear', while also temporarily leaving 'room' for the Wen family. After he escaped today, the Wen family would have two choices: either continue to spend a lot of manpower and resources to hunt him down, or admit that it was Wen Liangjue's personal motives and temporarily let Ye Chuxiao go on the surface.

This was tantamount to Ye Chuxiao winning over Wen Liangyu's faction.

Because after Ye Chuxiao escaped, they would have something to gain.

Listening to this, Ye Chuxiao's handling seemed a bit cowardly.

But what else could he do?

He had entered the Huijing (Wisdom Realm), but the Wen family had more than one or two Huijing experts, as well as Yi (Intent) realm cultivators and a clan-protecting divine artifact. Even if Ye Chuxiao stacked the Denglou Mis Shu (Ascension to the Tower Secret Technique) to a hundred layers, he could not confidently declare that he could take on the Wen family alone.

Of course, if he had the opportunity in the future, Ye Chuxiao wouldn't mind retaliating against the Wen family.

As for whether he could escape from Wen Family Mountain City tonight, Ye Chuxiao had never worried about this issue.

Although Wen Liangjue was narrow-minded and lacked ambition, he was not stupid, as he was being cultivated as the Wen family's successor.

He understood the hidden meaning in Ye Chuxiao's words after only thinking about it for a moment, and then a burst of anger burned in his heart.

"Kill! Kill him!"

"Demonic outsiders, everyone has the right to punish them. There's no need to waste words with him or listen to his sophistry." Wen Liangjue was determined that he could not let Ye Chuxiao leave tonight, otherwise, he would be in an extremely passive and unfavorable position.

In an instant, a sky-covering blanket of azure needles, like a cloud of mist, enveloped Ye Chuxiao's direction.

These azure needles were as thin as cow's hair, but they were extremely agile. Simply using large-scale spells to cleanse them would not be able to deal with them cleanly.

Not only that, but they also had the ability to break through protective energy and damage spells. Once these things got close, even Huijing cultivators would be troubled.

Ye Chuxiao knew that he could not completely avoid these hair-thin azure needles while entangled with the five retainers, so he used his agile movements to use the five retainers as shields.

Of course, Wen Liangjue would not let Ye Chuxiao escape so easily.

With a whistle, invisible Gu (poisonous) insects, like shadows, pounced on him, entangling Ye Chuxiao's figure and squeezing his space.

Ye Chuxiao remained calm. The Yuanyang (Primordial Yang) Treasure Blade emerged, its momentum fierce and intense, looking like a raging fire that could burn everything in an instant.

Only when you got closer could you discover that this fire-like saber technique also contained a delicate, water-like aspect.

With Ye Chuxiao's current abilities, combining the Water and Fire styles of the Nine Styles of the Blade Master in an instant was not difficult at all.

What excellent saber techniques!

Some cultivators watching from afar couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Compared to the mysterious mental games, this kind of pure technical skill was more direct and commendable.

At this time, many people felt that 'a good reputation is indeed deserved'.

While Ye Chuxiao was dealing with the azure needles and Gu insects, Wen Liangjue finally got the opportunity to strike.

The short spear was like a poisonous dragon emerging from its lair, flashing and appearing next to Ye Chuxiao as if teleporting, then stabbing straight at Ye Chuxiao's side waist.

If this hit firmly, Ye Chuxiao's kidneys would be ruined, and he would have to rely on the Nine Deaths Demonic Art to be reborn.

However, the more advanced the battle, the less you could easily expose your trump cards for survival.

Huijing and Yijing cultivators had reached the point of 'I am the will of Heaven'. Divine techniques like the Nine Deaths Demonic Art could often only have a surprising effect.

Once the opponent knew about it and was prepared, it would be extremely difficult to make it work again.

Just when all the cultivators watching this battle were lamenting that Ye Chuxiao was in danger...

Suddenly, at Ye Chuxiao's feet, in a shadowy area, another shadow demon suddenly emerged, using a vicious shadow thorn to stab Ye Chuxiao's sole, wanting to cripple his mobility.

One sudden burst after another directly raised the level of danger and predicament that Ye Chuxiao was facing by several notches.

If the original difficulty was three, it was now at least ten.

It turned out that only arranging five Huajing retainers to encircle Ye Chuxiao was also a tactical method.

It was to make Ye Chuxiao relax his vigilance.

To make him think that the Wen family's targeting and killing were nothing more than this.

So what about Ye Chuxiao?

Would he really fall in such a suddenly increased difficulty encirclement and suppression?

He saw Ye Chuxiao pull up on the spot, without any borrowing or accumulation of strength, but his body jumped up a section.

He actually collided the two energies in his body directly, generating force from within to carry out an illogical movement, dodging the first wave of attacks with great danger.

And such methods could only be used after stacking the Denglou Mi Shu to the thirtieth floor, with a deep foundation.

Otherwise, such a collision would make his Qi and blood restless and difficult to calm down, which would be suicide in such a situation.

Ye Chuxiao flew up three meters in a completely illogical manner, without any momentum, and then shook his treasure blade, like a pocket, netting a large number of azure needles and Gu insects.

Then, with a flick of the blade, these azure needles and Gu insects flew towards the five retainers forming the battle formation at an even more elusive speed.

Their cultivation was the worst, but the battle formation they formed restricted Ye Chuxiao to a certain extent.

So Ye Chuxiao dealt with them first.

Ah! The five retainers screamed, then fell from mid-air. After a short time, their legs straightened, their bodies covered with traces of azure needles and Gu insects corroding and gnawing on their corpses. After another breath, they turned into thick blood, and their corpses disappeared.

It could be seen that the azure needles were poisoned with a deadly poison.

Not to mention being stabbed by a large number of azure needles...

Even if you were only hit by one or two, you couldn't withstand it.

Poisoning, in the process of fighting, always seemed to be the cheapest but most profitable method.

No wonder everyone criticized it, but everyone couldn't help but hide one or two similar methods.

The five Huajing cultivators forming the retainers died, and immediately there were other Wen family retainers who filled their positions.

Two middle-aged female cultivators who looked exactly alike, but whose faces could only be considered ordinary, each holding a long and short sword, surrounded Ye Chuxiao from different directions.

They were proficient in swordsmanship, and their swordsmanship could complement each other and make up for each other's shortcomings.

With Ye Chuxiao's eyesight, he could see that their moves had been honed over and over again.

Before a thousand moves, there were no obvious flaws.

Ye Chuxiao could certainly break through with force.

But Wen Liangjue and the shadow demon, squatting on the side, were waiting for Ye Chuxiao to use his full strength and reveal his flaws.

However, Ye Chuxiao, who was in mid-air, felt his body heavy, and he fell like a thousand pounds.

Then, his figure twisted into a twist, and the knife in his hand danced wildly as well.

The sound of weapons colliding was endless in mid-air.

Wen Liangjue seized the opportunity and stabbed Ye Chuxiao again with his spear.

He was very confident in this attack.

There were dozens of different forces condensed on the tip of his spear, waiting to explode in Ye Chuxiao's body at the same time after hitting him.

Even if he couldn't kill him with one blow, it would leave Ye Chuxiao with a lot of trouble, reducing his means and strength, and making him unable to withdraw.

And this shot was clearly aimed at Ye Chuxiao's brow.

Surrounded by two twin female retainers, and interfered and threatened by shadow demons below.

At this time, Ye Chuxiao was still in a situation where he could not avoid it.

Just at this moment, Ye Chuxiao's figure collapsed, and he forcibly changed his height with the integrated Transformation and Illusion Technique. Ye Chuxiao, who was originally 1.8 meters tall, shrank to 1.5 meters in an instant.

He shrank by thirty centimeters and dodged Wen Liangjue's sneak attack again.

At this time, Ye Chuxiao no longer chose to pinch the soft persimmon first.

Instead, he raised his knife straight up. The moment he dodged Wen Liangjue's sneak attack, the blade had cut through Wen Liangjue's thigh, only one millimeter away from cutting off his roots of trouble. Ye Chuxiao deliberately left this millimeter.

At this moment, what Ye Chuxiao had to do was to make Wen Liangjue panic and fear, instead of strengthening his anger and determination to fight to the death.

Sure enough, Wen Liangjue's face changed drastically. He hurriedly retreated in a panic, and blood spilled from mid-air, staining a large area of his crotch red.

With his retreat, a huge hole and flaw appeared in the original encirclement.

Ye Chuxiao's movement was agile and his speed was amazing.

After escaping from the encirclement, he was not in a hurry to leave.

He backhanded and slashed again.

With this knife, the twin female retainers were split in two from the middle of their bodies, shattered into corpses, and scattered on the ground.

With one blow, he forced Wen Liangjue back, and with another blow, he killed the twin female retainers.

Ye Chuxiao had completely torn apart this deadly encirclement.

Although there were still a large number of Wen family cultivators around, the gap between their cultivation and Ye Chuxiao was too great, and they did not dare to rush up to die.

Huijing cultivators were not so easily overwhelmed by the sea of people.

At this time, Ye Chuxiao stepped on the ice lotus and flew quickly towards the border of Wen Family Mountain City.

The more at this time, the more he tensed his nerves, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

The closer he got to escaping, the more he couldn't be careless.

The Wen family had Yijing cultivators, who knew if they would suddenly attack mercilessly?

Flying to the border of Wen Family Mountain City, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to outside Wen Family Mountain City, Ye Chuxiao suddenly felt chills down his spine.

He took out a jade tablet in his hand, held it tightly in his hand, and then stimulated it with his true energy.

In an unmanned building not far away, a fire suddenly broke out, and a violent explosive storm swept dozens of meters around, blowing out a deep pit.

"Guess how many of these Thunderfire Bombs I have placed in Wen Family Mountain City these days?" Ye Chuxiao asked loudly.

The feeling of fear was even worse, but Ye Chuxiao gradually began to feel at ease.

Not making a move in the first time meant that there was still entanglement.

The possibility of making a move after that gradually decreased over time.

Compared with capturing and killing Ye Chuxiao, the stability of Wen Family Mountain City was more important.

The Wen family's Yijing cultivator who aimed at Ye Chuxiao did not dare to gamble at all whether Ye Chuxiao had buried a large number of Thunderfire Bombs in Wen Family Mountain City.

Holding the jade tablet, Ye Chuxiao left Wen Family Mountain City, floating in the air, looking back at the brightly lit lights behind him.

Then he turned his head, stepped on the ice lotus, turned into aurora, and first retreated towards the far north.