Just moments ago, Ye Chen, who appeared extremely weak, suddenly stood up, gripping his sword with both hands, and slashed at the woman.

"Swish!"

The sharp sword light cut through the night sky.

The terrifying power unleashed by the Sword Qi was truly horrifying!

The woman turned pale, cursing herself for speaking unnecessarily, and hastily erected a Yuan Power barrier in front of her.

She knew that her aura had been locked onto, and she couldn't evade, only confront it head-on!

"Boom!"

The barrier shattered!

The flamboyantly dressed woman exploded into a mist of blood.

The remaining three people exchanged glances.

Ye Chen said he could strike one more sword, and now he had already done so...

Which meant it was time to act!

But right then, light glowed again from the raised sword in Ye Chen's hand!

"Seems like, I can still deliver one more strike. How about someone comes forward to test it?" Ye Chen pointed his sword at a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man flinched, gave Ye Chen a deep look, then retreated swiftly into the darkness, disappearing.

"One coward ran away, so it's your turn." Ye Chen looked at an old man.

The old man took a deep breath, flicked his arm, and also hurriedly fled.

The last one didn't even wait for Ye Chen to speak and followed closely behind the old man to escape.

The crisis was temporarily averted.

Ye Chen was exhausted to the point of collapse.

Although he had recovered a bit earlier, wanting to slash again was basically impossible!

"Elder Qingyi, there's no one around now, right?" Ye Chen asked.

"For now, no one, but not sure if others might come. You should hurry and run. Leave this troublesome girl alone, her trouble is much bigger than yours. If you take her with you, you'll be doomed too."

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "If I do that, how am I any different from despicable scum like Gu Yue?

I come from a small place and don't understand grand principles.

But I know that if others are good to me, I should be good to them.

If others aren't good to me, I will be even worse to them!

Moreover, if I really abandon Hua Qianxue to her fate, wouldn't even you, Elder Qingyi, look down on me?"

Luo Qingyi was silent for a moment, then said, "Quickly escape. Though I can help you ignite the Dao Sword's origin, it also requires using your power as a medium. Right now, you and this Dao Sword can't hold on any longer."

......

Soon, Ye Chen found a pitch-black cave nearby and placed Hua Qianxue inside, then he hurriedly entered the Sword Tomb.

Luo Qingyi's figure flew out from the depths of the Sword Tomb, landing in front of Ye Chen.

"How does it feel to play the hero saving the beauty?" Luo Qingyi asked.

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "This feeling is quite frustrating. What's hero saving the beauty, it's a joke. Since leaving Qingyun City, without Hua Qianxue, even if I had ten heads, they'd all have been chopped off!

After Hua Qianxue encountered trouble, I still had to rely on your power, Elder Qingyi, to fight against those scumbags. Fortunately, they weren't too ruthless. If we met someone more ruthless, I might not have scared them off.

Right now, I'm still too weak!

I want to become stronger!

I must become stronger!"

Luo Qingyi gave him an approving look and said, "It seems you haven't let tonight's victory get to your head, which is good."

Ye Chen said, "Elder Qingyi, can I break through to the True Essence Realm if I continue refining the tombstones of the first layer of the Sword Tomb?"

Luo Qingyi shook her head and said, "No, because you haven't obtained the second layer cultivation technique of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual.

Originally, the Sword Qi contained in these tombstones could elevate someone with no cultivation from the Gathering Yuan Realm First Layer to the Peak of the Tenth Layer of Yuan Gathering Realm.

But you started at the Gathering Yuan Realm Fifth Layer, plus you gained the energy of a spiritual seal from Yang Tianji a few days ago, so without refining many tombstones, you've already reached the Gathering Yuan Realm Tenth Layer."

The Nine Heavens Sword God, with all his being, transformed into 10,800 Sword Qi, forming the Sword Tomb.

The first layer of the Sword Tomb consisted of 1,080 tombstones formed by Sword Qi.

Ye Chen had only refined less than 300 tombstones so far.

Luo Qingyi looked at Ye Chen and said, "Do you really think that reaching the Gathering Yuan Realm Tenth Layer is the time to break through?

The path of the Gathering Yuan Realm, you're only just beginning!

What you need to do next is continuously refine the tombstones to strengthen the ten Qi Swirls within you.

When you refine all the remaining tombstones, your foundation at the Gathering Yuan Realm stage will be far more robust than others!

Of course, if you're capable of using the remaining tombstones to lay your foundation and further strengthen it with external forces, then congratulations, your foundation will surpass even that of the Nine Heavens Sword God!"

Ye Chen understood.

Everything within the Sword Tomb is actually a reflection of the Nine Heavens Sword God. If he follows the prescribed path to obtain everything within the Sword Tomb, the highest level he might reach would at best match the Nine Heavens Sword God.

The Nine Heavens Sword God is mighty, as described by Luo Qingyi. With one sword, he can break myriad laws, roam freely between heaven and earth, and at any time sever the shackles of the great Dao, venturing into even grander and more magnificent worlds.

But the Nine Heavens Sword God was still not strong enough!

If he was truly strong to the utmost, he wouldn't have died.

Of course, Ye Chen didn't dare to say this aloud, fearing that Luo Qingyi might kill him if he did.

Ye Chen nodded silently and then walked towards the remaining tombstones. After taking a deep breath, he activated the first layer cultivation technique of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual, the Sword Essence surged forth.

One by one, the tombstones began to transform into Sword Qi, which then rushed into his body, being refined by Ye Chen and infused into the ten Qi Swirls within his Dantian.

The ten Qi Swirls spun rapidly, becoming more substantial and heavier during the process!

"Roar!"

The ten Celestial Demon remnants gathered and pounced on Ye Chen.

Without even looking, Ye Chen pressed his index and middle fingers together and made a sharp jab.

"Whoosh!"

The Sword Qi shot out.

The Celestial Demon remnants were annihilated.

Ye Chen's fingers... were a bloody mess.

"Idiot!"

Luo Qingyi castigated sharply, "You saw Hua Qianxue doing this before, right? Hua Qianxue has tempered her body with countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures since childhood. She has the cultivation at the Peak of the Sea of Qi, so naturally, she can do that with ease.

But you?

Just obediently practice steadily and systematically. When you forge your Sword Body in the future, that's when you can use such techniques."

Ye Chen felt a bit embarrassed.

He thought Hua Qianxue's casual release of Sword Qi looked so graceful before... so he wanted to try it, but it went wrong. Fortunately, it wasn't a big issue, no problem.

Being reprimanded by Luo Qingyi didn't really matter either.

Women are just saying one thing and meaning another.

Hua Qianxue acted all mighty before, and she fainted without warning.

Now, with Luo Qingyi saying what she did, she's probably already very impressed with me!

Thinking of this, the embarrassed look on Ye Chen's face vanished, and he concentrated on refining the tombstones.

After refining more than forty tombstones,

he felt a bottleneck!

The Qi Swirls in his Dantian reached their limit and could no longer be filled.

Forcing more in felt like one of the swirls might explode, along with his Dantian.

"You go out first, get accustomed to it, and come back later. Also, that bratty girl is about to wake up, so if you want to give her a good beating, now's your chance, otherwise you'll miss it."

Ye Chen looked at Luo Qingyi.

Why is she always urging me to hit Hua Qianxue?

Could it be she's jealous seeing how well I treat Hua Qianxue?

Ye Chen wanted to ask but held back and nodded before voluntarily leaving the Sword Tomb.

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