Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Oh, Miss Suxin once made a bet with me, saying that whoever lost must take the other’s surname, and in the end, she lost!”

Seeing everyone looking surprised, Yun Xiao had to explain again, then turned back to Ye Suxin and said, ”Miss Suxin, you haven’t forgotten, have you?”

When Yun Xiao brought this matter to light, Ye Suxin nearly ground her teeth to pieces, especially when she sensed the strange looks from the two Elders of the Killing Heart Sect. She almost wished she could find a hole to hide in.

Back in the mountains north of Lushan City, Ye Suxin did indeed speak such harsh words, and ultimately let Yun Xiao escape. Technically, she did have to keep her promise to change her surname to Yun.

However, since it wasn’t a Heavenly Tribulation Poison Oath, and the Seven Killings Guardian, Zheng Qiming, who had heard those words, was already dead, Ye Suxin certainly wouldn’t shout it across the continent herself.

Unexpectedly, this guy brought it up again at this moment. Ye Suxin wanted to refute it, but didn’t know what to say, and could only stay silent, a strange feeling rising in her heart.

On the Tenglong Continent, many married women had to change to their husband’s surname. Could this guy have some other intention by suddenly bringing this up?

Ye Suxin overthought it. She used to deeply loathe Yun Xiao, but since the Xuanyin Hall incident, she no longer had the courage to seek revenge, and even developed a trace of fear.

”You, why are you bullying a little girl?”

Luckily, there was someone present who could mediate. Xu Hongzhuang gently pushed Yun Xiao, her words tinged with a hint of reproach, as girls tend to be more sensitive.

”Haha, who told her she wanted to kill me so badly back then?”

With Xu Hongzhuang mediating, Yun Xiao finally didn’t push it further, laughing twice, which made Ye Suxin grit her teeth even more, though she felt relieved, with a sprinkle of inexplicable disappointment.

”What an annoying guy!”

Ye Suxin naturally didn’t dare to voice this, and while she realized Yun Xiao was just teasing her earlier, for some reason, knowing it was just a joke suddenly brought a touch of melancholy to her heart.

During their conversation, they finally arrived at the West Gate of Gushan City. However, the massive city gate was shut tight, with vague silhouettes on the city wall, indicating that the city’s rulers hadn’t relaxed their vigilance on this least pressured West Gate.

”Since you all came from the city, go up and call for the gate to open!”

Yun Xiao turned to Ye Suxin and said, to which she nodded, stepped forward, took a breath, and shouted up to the top of the city wall.

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Time rewinds to an hour earlier!

Inside Gushan City, on the East City Wall, an old man appeared somewhat irritable. This person was the current power holder of Gushan City, the Elder of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, Liao Qiguang, a veritable Late Stage Earth Bending Realm expert.

Nowadays, among all top-tier or first-class forces, except for those who have reached the Heavenly Rank, almost all cultivators have entered this Slaughter Spirit Battlefield.

As a Late Stage Earth Bending Realm expert, like Liao Qiguang, he was undoubtedly the backbone of a city. Furthermore, with the support of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, he had won the hearts of many Gushan City cultivators.

However, the attacks from the strange spirits outside the East City Gate have been fierce in recent days. Many strange spirits have the ability to climb walls, resulting in numerous human cultivators who guarded the city, dying at the hands of strange spirits.

Reluctantly, Liao Qiguang sent out Slaughter Spirit Teams like the one from the Killing Heart Sect from the South Gate and North Gate, attempting to raid and assault the rear of the strange spirits’ army.

However, Liao Qiguang knew well that this strategy was akin to drinking poison to quench thirst, as he never expected those Slaughter Spirit Teams he sent out would return alive.

”What’s going on? Why have the attacks of the strange spirits weakened?”

While Liao Qiguang was feeling anxious, he suddenly focused his gaze because the strange spirits that were climbing the city walls to invade had suddenly quieted down, and the assault momentum had noticeably eased.

This change, however, did not relax Liao Qiguang. Instead, he felt a trace of unease, knowing that there were strong leaders commanding the strange spirits. Strange spirits of the Ninth Rank were not necessarily inferior in intelligence to human experts.

”Report!”

Just as Liao Qiguang was concentrating on the strange spirit army below, he suddenly heard a loud voice from a distance. Turning to look, he realized it was the messenger he had sent to patrol the gates.

”Reporting to Elder Liao, there is movement in the strange spirit army outside the city. They seem to be heading towards the North Gate and South Gate, and even the West Gate!”

The messenger was a bit out of breath, and upon hearing these words, Liao Qiguang’s face changed dramatically. He immediately leaped off the East Gate City Wall, determined the direction, and rushed towards the West Gate with a few Earth Bending Realm cultivators.

Liao Qiguang didn’t go to the North Gate or the South Gate because he had already stationed strong guards there. Conversely, the West Gate, backed against the Yin Sha Mountains, was obviously the most weakly defended spot.

In Liao Qiguang’s view, the Strange Spirits must have scouted the weakness at the West Gate, feigned an attack at the East Gate, and planned to secretly breach through the West Gate. Thus, his first target was the West Gate.

In fact, Liao Qiguang guessed correctly. The Strange Spirits’ side also had clever individuals. If the strong attack on the East Gate worked, so be it. Otherwise, their extensive army had already been redirected from the south and north towards the West Gate, hoping to achieve a decisive victory with a single strike.

And when Liao Qiguang and his men arrived at the West Gate City Wall, the Strange Spirit army had not yet arrived, but there were a few human cultivators below the wall calling for the gate to be opened. This immediately aroused a strange thought in his naturally suspicious mind.

”Elder Liao, it’s Xu Hongzhuang from the Killing Heart Sect. We should open the gate and let them in, or else they might not survive if the Strange Spirit army surrounds them!”

One of the Middle Stage Earth Bending Realm experts beside Liao Qiguang came from the Southwest Region on the outskirts of Tenglong Continent, where the headquarters of the Killing Heart Sect was located. He immediately recognized the white-clad young girl shouting to open the gate as a renowned genius among the younger generation of the Killing Heart Sect.

In fact, Liao Qiguang had dispatched dozens of Slaughter Spirit Teams this time and didn’t pay much attention to the presence of anyone from the Killing Heart Sect. Upon hearing the words from the expert beside him, he instinctively nodded.

”Then let’s first... wait!”

However, just as Liao Qiguang was about to order the gate to be opened, his eyes suddenly sharpened, because out of the corner of his eye, he unexpectedly spotted a rough-clad boy carrying a wooden sword not far behind Xu Hongzhuang.

”Elder Liao, what’s wrong?”

The Middle Stage Earth Bending Realm expert who was about to open the gate was slightly stunned by this, his movements coming to an abrupt halt. As he turned his head, he seemed to see a trace of gritting teeth on Liao Qiguang’s face.

”Is it him?!”

After all, as a Late Stage Earth Bending Realm expert, Liao Qiguang’s eyesight was extremely sharp. He finally recognized the boy carrying the wooden sword and knew who he was.

”Yun Xiao!”

Liao Qiguang didn’t call out this name, but upon considering the special instructions given by Vice Chairman before coming to the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, he realized he might have to make some difficult-to-understand decisions this time.

Liao Qiguang was the Sixth Elder of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, and he had another identity, which was a trusted confidant of Vice Chairman Lu Tianrun. He followed Vice Chairman Lu’s lead implicitly.

Although strictly speaking, neither Liao Qiguang, the Sixth Elder, nor Lu Tianrun, the Vice Chairman, had ever met Yun Xiao, that didn’t hinder their understanding of the boy.

Back when Yun Xiao participated in the Spirit Fighting Conference, the special envoy Xia Yong from the Spirit Fighting Commerce Headquarters, sent by Lu Tianrun to the city of Yu, ended up dying at Yun Xiao’s hands. Even the Xuanyang Earth Pearl that Xia Yong had obtained was taken by Yun Xiao.

Later, the headquarters protector, Situ Lang, who Lu Tianrun sent the second time, also died at Yun Xiao’s hands. Even Su Jian, the top genius of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, did not escape Yun Xiao’s grasp.

Such grievances were relayed back to the Spirit Fighting Commerce, prompting both Chairman Wei Duzheng and Vice Chairman Lu Tianrun to list the boy named Yun Xiao as a target for elimination.

Wei Duzheng, the President of the Spirit Fighting Commerce who had seen Yun Xiao in Extreme Yin City, also clearly understood the boy’s talent and potential. Since they had already become enemies, given time, he would certainly become a life-long adversary of the Spirit Fighting Commerce.

Although the Strange Spirits were indeed the common enemy of all human cultivators, the moment Liao Qiguang recognized Yun Xiao, only the Vice Chairman’s instructions echoed in his mind. No matter what, Yun Xiao needed to be dealt with first.

”The gate cannot be opened!”

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Liao Qiguang spoke in a deep voice. As soon as these words were uttered, those nearby showed puzzled expressions, wondering what was wrong with Elder Liao. Would he really allow those human cultivators to perish at the West Gate City Wall of Gushan City?

”The Strange Spirit army is here!”

The expert who spoke earlier was full of confusion, but another expert on the other side spoke in a deep voice. Everyone’s gaze turned in two directions, and from the distant northern and southern corners of the city walls, dense groups of Strange Spirits kept emerging, covering the sky, stretching endlessly.

”Elder Liao, we should still open the gate, or they’ll all die!”

The Middle Stage Earth Bending Realm expert named Duan Gen was somewhat anxious. He couldn’t understand what prompted Elder Liao to make such a decision at such a critical moment. Those were several human lives.

”Don’t you think it’s strange that they appeared under the West Gate at this time?”

A flash of insight appeared in Liao Qiguang’s deep-set eyes. Naturally, he couldn’t reveal the true reason. As he pointed to the people below, the words he spoke contained a deeper implication, leaving those present to ponder deeply.