by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Should we alert the alliance head?” probed the fourth boss.
“And tell her what?” snorted the old man.
Hearing that reply, the bosses couldn’t say anything. They knew that the old man was still a bit angry that despite him going to Qu Jianying, Qu Jianying hadn’t led her army to Pill Valley.
The few of them had just left when they faintly heard the old man mumble, “In any case, I won’t say anything to her. If someone’s bored, they can tell whoever.”
The bosses exchanged a smile. The old man definitely had a soft spot for Qu Jianying, but he refused to lower his face.
He wouldn’t tell Qu Jianying personally, but if others told her, he wouldn’t care.
After thinking about it, Boss Bao decided to go personally. He had been thinking of sending Chang Hao, but then he thought that this matter was too important.
When Qu Jianying learned that Long Chen had returned, a weight fell from her shoulders.
In truth, of everyone, the one who had been under the most pressure was Li Tianxuan. Back then, he had sworn that Long Chen had some trump card and would return alive. It was like he had sworn that he would cut off his own head as retribution if he was wrong.
That had been the only way to placate the old man. Without that, even if the Martial Heaven Alliance didn’t take action, the old man would have charged over to Pill Valley on his own.
Although Li Tianxuan knew of Long Chen’s identity as a Heaven-Defier, legends were just legends. It was said that such a figure could not die to man. They would only die to the Heavenly Daos. But things in legends weren’t dependable. What if Heaven-Defiers could die to man, what if Long Chen wasn’t a Heaven-Defier? Who could say anything for sure?
If something really had happened to Long Chen, how was he supposed to explain himself to the old man, Qu Jianying, and the Martial Heaven Alliance?
So although he had put on a calm appearance, he was more nervous than anyone. He had been forced to maintain a confident look while so nervous.
“I’m not doing this ever again.”
Upon receiving news of Long Chen, Li Tianxuan finally managed to relax. He silently promised himself something.
News that Long Chen was still alive did not spread to more than ten people within the Martial Heaven Alliance. They were all people that Qu Jianying fully trusted. There was no need to worry about it being leaked.
Furthermore, since the Heavenly Fate Island had been plucked by the roots, no one could calculate that Long Chen had gone to the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect. With the old man standing guard, there was no need to worry about Long Chen’s safety.
However, the curious thing was that although Long Chen had escaped, Pill Valley’s formation remained locked. It was unknown what they were up to.
It was only after seven days that Pill Valley’s divine formation was opened, and the various heavenly geniuses spread throughout the continent. Only then did people learn of what Long Chen had done within the Brahma secret realm. Although they had prepared, they were still dumbfounded by what they heard.
Now they knew why Long Chen was so heavily injured. He had fought thirteen Empyreans with awakened manifestations, killing two of them, and if the divine daughter hadn’t appeared in the end, who knew just how many of them would have managed to survive?
Upon obtaining photographic jades of the events, even Netherpassage experts shook in fear. This was a true battle of heavenly geniuses. Ordinary Netherpassage experts had already been thrown into the distance by the uprising generation.
However, after a moment of shock, Qu Jianying and the others’ hearts grew heavy once more. Perhaps even more awakened Empyreans would be appearing within Pill Valley’s camp.
As for the Martial Heaven Alliance, they didn’t have the ability to stimulate the manifestations of Empyreans. The difference between them was silently growing.
Fortunately, Long Chen had ruined Pill Valley’s plans, or it was unknown just how many more awakened Empyreans would have appeared. Their main worry though was Pill Valley’s divine daughter. Once Yu Qingxuan came out, would there be anyone in this world capable of stopping her?
Time passed bit by bit. It had already been over half a month since Long Chen had escaped from Pill Valley. Just as rumors were swirling throughout every corner of the continent, a huge phenomenon silently descended, shaking the entire continent.
Leng Yueyan Chapter 1 The Peace of the Countryside is Broken
A small river flowed within the surrounding mountains. Farmland lined the river, and with the sun’s warm rays already lighting up the land, the farmers had long since gotten to work.
The oxen were walking back and forth on the farms, pulling on the plows that broke apart the earth. But the farms had water in them, and as the oxen traveled, the muddy water splashed. Whether it was the oxen or the farmers, they were all covered in mud.
One farmer appeared to be in his thirties. Through the layers of mud, it was vaguely possible to see he was a suntanned man busy with his honest labor.
He was constantly shouting, directing the oxen. Only once the land was level could he begin planting the seedlings. This entire year’s crop depended on the spring, so he couldn’t waste this sunlight.
“Dad!”
Suddenly, a tender shout rang out. The man turned to see a little girl who appeared to be between three or four years old running over to him on the embankment between farms. She held two wild fruits in her hand as she excitedly shouted.
The little girl wore her hair in pigtails, and she wore a cotton jacket. Although it was spring, this early spring morning was still a bit chilly.
She was a beautiful girl who seemed like an adorable doll, with her jade-like face and her crescent eyebrows. Her eyes were the perfect proportion of white and black.
“Little Yan, why have you run over here? Look, you dirtied your jacket. Aren’t you afraid your mom will spank you?” The suntanned man immediately smiled, looking at the little girl with love. Even his tiredness was swept away by her arrival.
“Mom won’t hit me. I came here to bring dad some fruit! Aiya!”
“Careful!” the suntanned man cried out. The embankment was very muddy, and the girl slipped and fell. Those two fruits she was carrying fell into the mud, and even her dress was dirtied.
She immediately began to bawl. The man hastily ran over and wiped her dress a few times. Picking her up, he placed her on a larger rock to the side of the embankment.
“Little Yan, what hurts? Tell dad,” he said, worriedly looking at her.
“I’m sorry dad, Little Yan is too stupid. I got the fruit dirty…” Little Yan cried, obviously feeling both embarrassed and angry from having her good deed ruined.
Hearing that, the man immediately relaxed and smiled. “What’s so dirty about them?” The man directly dug the two fruits from the mud, wiped them a few times, and then took a big bite.
“Dad, they’re dirty! Mom said that if you eat dirty things, they’ll grow insects inside your stomach! I’ll go wash them in the river!” cried the girl.
“Haha, that’s something that will only happen to children. Your dad’s stomach is strong and he can eat them without worry!” The man patted his chest confidently.
“Really? Dad is amazing!” The girl actually believed him and looked at him worshipfully.
“Come, give dad a hug. Dad will bring you home and have your mom change your clothes. If you’re so dirty, you won’t look like a little fairy.” The man took off his outer clothes and lifted the girl. He was afraid of getting the girl’s clothes dirty. He clearly doted on her.
“Dad, am I holding up your work?” she asked.
“Of course not. I’ve already worked for a while and I needed a break. Let alone your dad, even the oxen need a rest,” comforted the man.
“Dad really is the best!” The girl leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.
“Don’t. Your dad is dirty, so you can’t kiss him. If you eat any dirt, bugs will grow in your stomac
h!” The man hastily dodged with a laugh.
“Then I’ll wait until dad is clean!” The girl hung onto his neck.
Carrying the girl, the man crossed the farmland and arrived on the path to return to the village.
“Hey, Leng Erhei, this girl of yours has such pale skin. It’s a completely different color from yours. It couldn’t be that your wife wasn’t loyal to you, right?” joked a fellow farmer who was busy in the fields when he saw them passing.
These farmers all liked to joke around, and in truth, they were very close to each other. This joke didn’t harbor any ill intent. They were all used to it.
“Screw off. You and your wife are both so pale, but your child looks like he is made of mud. I heard that he fell once, and it was impossible to tell him apart from the ground. It was only the next day that you found him. You’re clearly just jealous,” laughed the man who had been called Leng Erhei.
“Hehe, my second son is two years older than your girl. Those ages just happen to be suitable. What do you think about setting them up?” That farmer’s eyebrows rolled several times.
“Don’t even think about it. This girl of mine is like a heavenly fairy. But your son really is not bad. He’ll definitely be a capable hunter in the future.”
“What do you mean?”
“He’ll be invisible once he’s tossed to the ground, and even prey won’t notice him.”
“You!”
“Hahaha.” Leng Erhei laughed and left, bringing his daughter into the village.
The village wasn’t very large. There were only a few dozen households. They lived off the land, relying entirely on farming, hunting, and gathering.
Once the two of them arrived, a few women looking after children immediately smiled toward them, praising the girl for being smart and attractive. Although they often saw her, it always felt like it wasn’t enough.
The girl was also very adorable, cutely calling them third aunt, second aunt, and so on. These villagers lived simple and honest lives here, and they all got along with each other.
“Aiya, my little girl, what happened to you? Are you alright?” A woman immediately walked over upon seeing them. Seeing her current appearance, she was both angered and distressed.
“She’s fine. She just fell down and got her clothes dirty. Why don’t you go ask mom to change your clothes? I’ll get back to work.” Leng Erhei rubbed the girl’s head and then left.
The girl’s mother brought out a set of clean clothes for Little Yan. She had just helped her change into them when the sound of rapid hoofbeats rang out along with several startled cries.
“What are you doing?!” Leng Erhei was amongst them. But after a muffled groan, his voice was cut off.
“Little Yan, don’t move. Mom will go out to take a look.” Little Yan’s mother hastily ran out of the courtyard to see over ten black-robed men.
Each of them was large and stocky, and they were currently shouting something. Little Yan’s mother quickly saw Leng Erhei on the ground.
“Erhei!” cried Little Yan’s mother. She ran over to his side and saw that his nose was sunken in. His teeth had been knocked out of his mouth and his face was covered with blood.
The entire village was panicked. They had never seen such strong people. The villagers quickly grabbed their children and stared fearfully at the black-robed men.
Some of those black-robed men carried swords on their backs, some carried sabers on their waists. They seemed like evil fiends to these villagers.
Following the panic in the village, the men working on the farms all rushed back. Seeing Leng Erhei lying on the ground, they shouted furiously, “What are you doing!?”
Pfft! One man had just opened his mouth when one of those black-robed men with a scar on his face unsheathed his saber and cut off that man’s head.
“AH! They’re killers! Run!”
PFFT! One of the shouting women was directly cut in two by another man. The villagers were all scared stupid. The sound of crying and terrified shouts echoed.
“How vexing. We were actually sent to this region. How are we supposed to find any good seedlings amongst these peasants?” One of the black-robed men spat on the ground as his gaze swept across the quivering villagers.
His gaze was focused on the children the women were carrying. A cold light shone in his eyes.
“What a waste of time. Kill them all. Such inferior people aren’t fit to live in this world. They should make room for useful people,” said the scar-faced man who seemed to be the leader. As he spoke, he randomly slashed his saber. One man was directly killed.
“I won’t let you!” One village man attacked one of the black-robed men with a farming pick.
But he had only just raised it when a sword pierced his chest. That man looked at the sword piercing his chest and unwillingly collapsed.
“Dad!” A seven-year-old boy ran over, wailing. With a single kick from the black-robed man, that child was sent flying.
One of the black-robed men arrived in front of Leng Erhei. At this time, Leng Erhei had just been woken by his wife. Seeing the black-robed men, he immediately pushed his wife behind him and shouted, “If you have any guts, then come at us! Leave the women alone!”
“The weak don’t have the qualifications to set conditions!” The black-robed man kicked Leng Erhei in the chest, and he and his wife were both sent tumbling back.
The black-robed man raised his sword again. It began to fall toward Leng Erhei’s neck without the slightest mercy.
“Don’t hurt daddy!”
At some unknown point, the little girl had also run over. She stood in front of Leng Erhei’s body. She stared at the black-robed man with her black and white eyes. A courageous light shone in those eyes, a light without the slightest fear.
Seeing Little Yan run over, Leng Erhei was startled and hastily pulled her back, giving her to his wife. “Bring Little Yan away!”
Little Yan’s mother picked her up and immediately fled for her life. The black-robed man was about to chase when Leng Erhei grabbed his waist and swept out his leg. In his carelessness, the black-robed man actually tripped to the ground.
“Die!”
With a furious roar, that black-robed man smashed a fist at Leng Erhei’s back.
Leng Yueyan Chapter 2 The Weak Seek to Live
Crack.
The sound of bones breaking rang out and Leng Erhei’s spine was instantly destroyed. He was just an ordinary person, while his opponent was a cultivator.
But even with his spine broken, even as he lost all connection to his lower body, Leng Erhei continued to hang onto the black-robed man.
BOOM!
In his fury, the black-robed man’s body suddenly shook. A powerful qi wave directly shattered Leng Erhei’s arms, and he was sent flying, wildly vomiting blood.
Leng Erhei smashed into a wall. His body was completely deformed and no longer looked human. He stopped breathing, but his eyes were still looking in the direction his wife had fled. They were filled with longing.
“Dad!” Little Yan let out a heart-rending cry as she tried to escape from her mother’s hold. But she was too weak, and she was carried away.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Suddenly, Little Yan’s mother trembled. A sword had stabbed into her back and out through her chest. The tip left behind a shallow cut on Little Yan’s cheek.
“Mom!” Little Yan cried out, looking at her mother. Her mother’s eyes were filled with death, and her mouth opened and closed as if she wanted to say something, but she was unable to.
Her mother’s body collapsed on the ground, her blood dyeing the vegetables. This place was her family’s garden.
“Little girl, you’re not bad looking, but you don’t have any spiritual qi fluctuations. You don’t even have a Spirit Root. Ugh, useless. You can die now.”
That black-robed man looked at the crying Little Yan and ruthlessly sent a kick her way.
She was sent flying and crashed int
o a wall. This kick of his was something that would kill any ordinary adult, let alone a child.
The man didn’t even give her a second glance. He turned and went in another direction. He had no idea that the girl hadn’t died.
She stood back up. Blue lines began to appear in her originally black and white eyes. A sickle appeared in her hand, and she ran over at him.
That black-robed man was looking over the scene, looking to see if there were any fish that had escaped their nets. He actually didn’t realize that a little girl was stealthily getting closer to him.
“Li Laosan, look out!” Suddenly, one of his fellows let out a startled cry as he noticed that the girl behind him had already raised the sickle in her hand.
PFFT!
Before Li Laosan could even react, that sickle struck. It was unknown from where that girl even got the power, but that heavy sickle used for cutting firewood sliced cleanly through his neck.
Li Laosan let out a startled cry, and without even thinking about it, he slashed his sword behind him.
It was an instinctive reaction. Regretfully, those instincts were for use on adults. His slash was aimed at his opponent’s waist, but the person attacking him was only a child. His sword swept right over her head. Let alone injuring her, it instead caused him to stagger and fall on the ground.
His head fell to the ground. Just as it landed, he saw that sickle growing even larger in his eyes. Then, he turned stiff, never to move again.
As if she didn’t realize he had already died, the little girl continued to crazily hack her blade down on the body. Blood dyed her entire body.
The blue color in her eyes grew, and there was even a faint pulse to them now.
With the blood splashing onto her body, she felt inexhaustible energy within her. She continued hacking her blade. Li Laosan was already turned into mincemeat, but she still didn’t stop.
Her hands were covered in blood. It wasn’t just Li Laosan’s, but also her own. The skin on her hands had been ground away, but she didn’t seem to be able to feel the pain.
