17: Chapter 17 Setting Off Back to Tianfu City

"Let's go. Take this lady to see the gathering place of your Human Race."

After obtaining the phoenix feather brush, Xing Mu was clearly very excited, her pretty face full of triumph.

Before Ye Xiu could answer.

A loud roar erupted from a sacred mountain not far away.

The sound was extremely thunderous, clearly not something an ordinary Yao Beast could produce.

Ye Xiu looked toward the sacred mountain and grinned.

For some time now, he had been holding in a bellyful of anger, fretting over having nowhere to vent it. Now, it was perfect—something had delivered itself to his doorstep to be used as a punching bag.

He said indifferently to Xing Mu, "I'll go kill a member of the Yao Race to vent my anger first. Wait for me here."

"Suit yourself. However, this lady also wants to go and see. Otherwise, given how black-bellied you are, I'm afraid you'd just run off."

"..."

Ye Xiu's face darkened, and he said nothing.

Xing Mu was too mysterious; she could even open the protective array in front of the Blade Master's tomb. If she entered Tianfu City, no one would know what the consequences might be.

Now that the Legacy was in his hands.

Shaking her off was the correct choice.

After all.

If this woman were to lose her mind in Tianfu City, it might trigger a huge disaster.

"Looking at that expression of yours, this lady knows exactly what you're planning. Since you've received this lady's Karma, if there are certain things you don't do, the consequences will definitely be something you don't want to see."

There was a strong sense of threat in Xing Mu's tone.

Boom!

A burst of force erupted.

Xing Mu, who had just flown to Ye Xiu's side, was blown away by the powerful force.

"I know you are a Human Race member revived from the old era, but I am not. Your bullshit Karma and return plans have nothing to do with me, and I don't want to concern myself with them."

"Eras can be divided into levels, but races never will be."

Xing Mu, however, didn't care at all.

She seemed as if she would never be troubled, smiling faintly. "There are many things you don't want to do now simply because you haven't reached that point yet. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet."

A bet?

Ye Xiu frowned slightly. "Fine, tell me."

"Hehe, are you sure you want to bet?"

Xing Mu was somewhat surprised; she had thought Ye Xiu wouldn't fall for her trap.

"I said I wouldn't participate, so I definitely won't. Since it's a guaranteed win, what's the harm in betting?"

"You said that yourself. If you lose, this Karma will be significant."

"Fine. If I hold firm to my own ideas, you are not allowed to force the so-called Imperial Court order onto any member of the Human Race."

"...The Human Race will only feel honored."

After Xing Mu finished speaking, she took out the phoenix feather brush from her bosom.

She began to carve unknown ancient characters into the air.

After a while, she let out a delicate shout: "Great Evolution Infinity, let Heaven and Earth bear witness. I, Xing Mu of the Celestial Race, hereby swear an oath with the [Heaven-Breaking Martial Body], forever engraving this Karma."

As the words fell.

A wisp of each of their auras separated and vanished into the world.

There was no change to their bodies, but Ye Xiu knew that he and Xing Mu had engraved a Karma, a type of Karma that transcended the rules and the Dao.

"Alright, let's go. Let's see what kind of Yao Beast is in the mountains. Since I woke up, I haven't had a good meal. Hey, can you roast meat? In the myriad worlds, there is a Turkey Race, and that taste is truly a gift from the heavens..."

Amidst Xing Mu's chatter, the two arrived in the mountains.

They saw a winged humanoid Yao creature currently locked in battle with a thirty-meter-long tiger. Looking at the situation, it was clear that the shapeshifted Yao creature had the upper hand.

After Ye Xiu arrived, he couldn't be bothered to watch this kind of battle.

From several hundred meters up in the air, he activated the [Demon Slayer] stance and slashed down with a palm-blade.

Whoosh!

A black Saber Qi several hundred meters long slashed directly onto the ground.

It instantly killed the two battling Yao creatures.

"Not bad power."

Ye Xiu looked at the deep fissure slashed into the ground below and was quite satisfied. Although the [Demon Slayer] Saber Qi only had a three-fold amplification, its consumption was low, making it suitable for regular combat.

"Not bad. With this strength, in the ancient times, you could be considered a heaven-gifted prodigy."

"Stop acting... it's too fake..."

Ye Xiu glanced indifferently at Xing Mu and flew toward the east, the direction of Tianfu City.

The two crossed the high mountains.

Flying at an altitude of several thousand meters above the ground.

The feeling of clouds beneath one's feet was truly wonderful.

This was Ye Xiu's genuine feeling.

Less than a month after the Spiritual Qi recovery, he had gone from a mere Mortal to a powerful martial cultivator at the 6th grade of the [Sky-Soaring Realm].

The scene he could once only experience on an airplane, he could now experience by detaching from modern technology, truly feeling the joy of flying at high altitudes.

Thinking back to his childhood, whenever he saw sword immortals in Xianxia dramas, he would always fantasize about flying on a sword, roaming freely between Heaven and Earth.

Now it seemed that sword flight probably didn't fit his temperament.

After all, he had already inherited the Blade Master's Legacy.

If he were to fly by stepping on a sword, if the Blade Master knew, he would probably crawl out of his coffin.

"Hey, kid, what's your name? This lady can't just keep calling you 'hey, hey, hey' all the time, right?" Xing Mu sat on the golden brush and asked.

"Ye Xiu."

"Ye Xiu? The 'Ye' as in leaf? The 'Xiu' as in rest?"

"The 'Xiu' as in Cultivate..."

"Oh, alright, I get it. Ye Xiu, right? Do you want to come up and sit?" Xing Mu invited, patting the spot beside her as she spoke.

Ye Xiu didn't speak.

He glanced indifferently at the golden brush, which was over two meters long.

The phoenix feather brush was a supreme treasure; that was beyond doubt.

Xing Mu, this girl who had revived from the ancient times, had an extremely mysterious background. Perhaps in the era of the Ancient Imperial Court, her status was very high.

Otherwise, how could she know so many ancient secrets?

After flying in silence for a while.

Ye Xiu suddenly asked, "What was your status in the Imperial Court?"

"Are you very curious?" Xing Mu sat sideways on the golden brush, the breeze blowing through her hair, revealing her somewhat youthful, pretty face.

Ye Xiu didn't speak, but his gaze remained fixed on Xing Mu, waiting for her answer.

Xing Mu felt a bit creeped out by the stare. After pouting, she said, "I don't remember. It's been too long. Many memories can only be recalled as my Realm improves."

A memory Seal?

A flash of slight surprise crossed Ye Xiu's eyes. What exactly happened in the ancient times?

What did the 'they have returned' in the Blade Master's memories refer to? Even an invincible figure like the Blade Master had died in battle.

Furthermore, in the Ancient Imperial Court, there was definitely more than one invincible figure like the Blade Master. Had they all died in battle as well?

What kind of existence could destroy the Ancient Imperial Court that unified the myriad worlds?

Before the ancient era was the darkest era. Was that era the Primordial Era? After all, the [Heaven-Breaking Martial Body] he had awakened was the Bloodline of a Martial Venerable from the Primordial Era.

Ye Xiu looked at Xing Mu, hoping to get some answers from her.

"Xing Mu, do you know how the Ancient Imperial Court was destroyed?"