First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1404 - Release Her!

A fist-sized furnace lay on the battlefield.

Mo Yuanshan walked up and put it away. This was Su Yi’s treasure; it wouldn’t do for it to get lost.

“Go scour the battlefield for trophies on Fellow Daoist Su’s behalf,” ordered Mo Yuanshan.

Not long ago, the other Mo Family old-timers would have displeased. Just how lofty were their statuses? Who would dare order them about? And for such a trivial task?

But now, they were all too happy to agree.

Su Yi had won this battle.

And the Mo Family had effectively won too! They didn’t even need to think to know that the Mo Family and Su Yi’s relationship would improve after this.

So what if this made them the common foes of all other revenants? They could simply disregard it!

......

“No wonder that punk kid was so fearless. So, he’s actually in possession of such terrifying power...”

A yellow dog was watching from far, far away. Its gaze was distant, heavy, and uncharacteristically solemn.

“Ee? That mutt can actually talk?” exclaimed a nearby revenant.

The dog smacked him with its paw. The revenant cried out as he was sent flying.

“Blind, idiotic trash!” The yellow dog spat, then turned and left.

It had chere on Daoist Master Red Cloud’s orders. It had originally hoped to intervene, rescuing Su Yi from disaster at a critical juncture.

But now, it seemed there was no need for that.

On the contrary, Su Yi’s terrifying display had shocked the dog too. It had to return as quickly as possible to report to Daoist Master Red Cloud.

......

Red Lightning Immortal Mountain.

This was the Hong Family’s territory, and it was shrouded in blood-red lightning year-round.

Within a pavilion, an elderly servant in gray said solemnly, “Miss Qing Tang, this old man has been ordered to escort you safely out of the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone.”

“Hong Feiguan is really lettinggo?” Qing Tang couldn’t help but ask.

The day the Tailor had first delivered her here, Hong Feiguan said that he wouldn’t hurt an innocent over his grudge against Su Yi. Thus, regardless of who won and lost their duel, he’d let her go.

But Qing Tang had only half believed him. She didn’t know Hong Feiguan, and she naturally couldn’t trust such a promise.

“Our young leader has always conducted himself forthrightly, and he makes his decisions with a clear conscience. He agreed to let you go, so he naturally won’t go back on his word,” the elderly servant in gray said solemnly.

“That so...?” Qing Tang hesitated, then said, “Then... can you leadto Mount Luowu?”

The elderly servant shook his head. “My only mission is to escort you safely out of the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone.”

Qing Tang’s brow knit slightly, but in the end, she nodded. “Very well.”

Leaving the Hong Family first worked too.

She and the elderly servant promptly set off, but shortly after leaving the pavilion, someone intercepted them.

“Stop right there! The family head says that Miss Qing Tang is not permitted to leave!” An ornately dressed middle-aged man appeared and said expressionlessly.

The elderly servant had an unsightly look on his face as he clasped his fist and said, “Fifth Elder, these were the young leader’s orders, and he already acquired the family head’s approval.

The middle-aged man said icily, “The family head said it won’t be too late to decide whether Miss Qing Tang comes or goes after the young leader has returned.”

The elderly servant immediately fell silent.

Undisguisable disappointment appeared on Qing Tang’s face, and she couldn’t help but jeer, “So, this is the weight of Hong Feiguan’s word? Turns out it was just another empty promise.”

Whap!

The middle-aged man in gray slapped Qing Tang across her picture-perfect face, which reddened and swelled. Her graceful figure staggered back, and she almost fell.

The ornately dressed middle-aged man said icily, his gaze rife with disdain, “Remember your place. You’re nothing but a prisoner. If you dare slander our young leader again, I’ll leave you longing to die, yet unable to do so!”

Qing Tang’s starry eyes frosted over, but she wasn’t at all bothered by the humiliation this slap had brought her. “So what if I’m a prisoner? If I die, what will the Hong Family have to threaten my master with?”

“You dare talk back?” The ornately dressed middle-aged man’s expression darkened, but just as he was about to punish her, a short sword appeared in her grip.

She placed its edge against her throat and said calmly, “It's been a long tsince I last felt I wanted to live. Go ahead and try me.”

The middle-aged man’s expression shifted. Word had yet to return from Mount Luowu, and he dared not kill Qing Tang lightly.

But it was then that an indifferent, undignified voice rang out, booming throughout heaven and earth. “Where is my disciple, Qing Tang?”

His words boomed like the low rumble of thunder, shaking Red Lightning Immortal Mountain. The restrictions covering the mountain trembled violently.

Qing Tang was stunned, and her eyes filled with disbelief. Master!?

The ornately dressed middle-aged man’s expression shifted. What’s going on? Why is Su Yi at our gates? How is this possible?

He wasn’t the only one who felt as if he’d been struck by lightning. The Hong clansmen scattered throughout Red Lightning Immortal Mountain were stunned too, and uproar arose on all sides a moment later.

“Who dares be so impudent as to act wantonly before the Hong Family’s gates?”

A group of Hong Family experts soared into the air and shot toward the gates. There, they saw two figures standing beneath the distant dof heaven.

One was dressed in blood-drenched blue robes, his body covered in wounds.

The other was a girl dressed like a man, an extraordinary beauty.

These were none other than Su Yi and Mo Qingchou.

When the Hong Family old timers’ saw them, their expressions shifted, and a sense of foreboding arose in their hearts.

“Miss Mo, you—” A Hong Family old-timer recognized Mo Qingchou and was just about to speak when she coldly interrupted him.

“The Hong Family lost the battle of Mount Luowu,” she said. “And Hong Feiguan promised to let Fellow Daoist Su’s disciple, Qing Tang, leave. Now, it’s tfor you to return your hostage.”

We... lost!? The Hong Family higher-ups reacted as if they’d been struck by lightning, and their expressions shifted dramatically.

“That’s absolutely impossible!” someone cried out.

“Miss Mo, don’t talk nonsense!” someone said with a dark look on their face.

This news had cfar too suddenly. Who could possibly have accepted this?

The Hong Family had already prepared a banquet, and they were waiting for Hong Feiguan to return in triumph to feast and celebrate.

But what alarmed and confused them was that Su Yi had appeared here, still alive. He was even accompanied by Mo Qingchou.

This told them that something really might have gone awry in today’s duel!

“You say I’m talking nonsense?” Mo Qingchou frowned, and was just about to say something when Su Yi waved for silence.

His sharp, forceful gaze swept across the group. “Return Qing Tang, and the Hong Family can escape annihilation.”

Su Yi’s gaze left the Hong clansmen thoroughly uncomfortable, but his words left them both ashamed and furious.

A Cosmic Enlightenment World King, that’s all, but he dared threaten the Hong Family? He was simply sick in the head!

“Restrain your anger, everyone,” Family Head Hong Tianyun said gravely.

He had a steady presence and a dignified countenance as he gazed at the distant Su Yi. “Please, rest assured. Once we’ve grasped the situation, we’ll naturally let your disciple go.”

Su Yi said nothing. He just attacked directly. His robes billowed around him as he pressed his fingers into a sword and slashed.

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled.

A terrifying streak of sword qi descended upon the world below, like the boundless river of stars pouring on the Human Realm, grand and terrifying.

Throughout Red Lightning Immortal Mountain, countless formations collapsed with a bang. Firelight swept outward, destroying countless halls and pavilions.

The Hong clansmen throughout the mountain scampered about in panic. Terrified shrieks rose and fell in waves.

It was just one slash, but it destroyed their formations and sent their gates crashing to the ground!

That terrifying power made every last Hong Family expert’s hair stand on end. They almost dared not believe their eyes.

How could a mere World King possess such power!?

“I’ll say it one last time. Let her go,” said Su Yi, his gaze cold and indifferent, as if he were a sovereign issuing a decree. Tyrannical power surged around him

“Brazen!” a Hong Family old-timer roared in fury. “This is the Hong Family’s territory. You—”

Bang!

A streak of sword qi shot through the air and bore a hole right through his head. His body exploded a moment later.

It happened too quickly! To the point that no one could tell how Su Yi had attacked!

Witnessing this slash made the Hong Family experts freak out, and their courage failed them.

The slain Hong Family expert was at the peak of the Cloud Soaring Realm. Before becoming a revenant, he was just one step away from stepping onto the Immortal Dao and transcending mortality altogether.

Who’d have thought that Su Yi would kill him with ease before he even knew what was happening?

Who wouldn’t have been surprised?

“Don’t just stand there! Let her go!” bellowed Family Head Hong Tianyun. His face was ashen as he forcefully suppressed his feelings of anger and stifled frustration. He had no choice but to endure and make concessions.

In truth, he still wasn’t sure what was going on. He couldn’t even imagine how Su Yi had escaped Mount Luowu alive or why he was so terrifying.

All of this filled his heart with dread, and he dared not act recklessly.

Su Yi’s tyrannical display shocked Mo Qingchou, too. She couldn't help but take another look at him, a hint of bewilderment on her face.

If she hadn’t seen everything with her own eyes, she would have suspected that Su Yi wasn’t a young World King, but rather, an unrivaled sovereign of the Immortal Realm!

His tyrannical methods and contemptuous bearing were far beyond even immortal revenants! Mo Qingchou was a descendant of an Immortal Lord clan. How could she not have noticed this?

But that was exactly why she found this so confusing. Su Yi seemed like a bundle of mysteries, or as if he were shrouded in impenetrable fog.

Before long, the ornately dressed middle-aged man rushed over, Qing Tang in tow.

“Master! So, it really is you...” When Qing Tang saw that familiar figure standing beneath the dof heaven, her delicate frquivered uncontrollably, and she couldn’t help but cry out.

That picturesquely beautiful face looked dazed, delighted, and excited.

As if she found this difficult to believe, and suspected she might be dreaming.

She was completely dazed, as if she could see nothing but that familiar figure, and as if she had full faith that his shoulders could support the weight of both heaven and earth.

A moment later, her long-suppressed emotions finally found release. Two lines of hot tears poured down her cheeks.

This was her master across three lifetimes!

“Silly child.” Within Su Yi’s sea of consciousness, his soul avatar sighed with emotion.

Both as the Temple Master and as Su Xuanjun, Qing Tang had been his legacy disciple. How could outsiders possibly understand such a bond between master and apprentice?

But his body was still under the control of his sixth incarnation, who frowned and said coldly, “Who hit you?”

The entire area fell silent as everyone noticed that the left side of Qing Tang’s fair, beautiful face was eye-catchingly red and swollen.

This is bad! The ornately dressed middle-aged man reacted as if he’d been struck by lightning. His heart thudded in his chest, and his expression shifted.

Su Yi’s cold gaze was as sharp as a sword slicing through the sky as he locked onto the middle-aged man.