Translator: CinderTL
"What is this Chiyang Sword Sect? How dare they bully the future Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy of our Taixu Sword Sect?"
Qin Zhou snorted lightly, quickly taking out the communication jade talisman and composing a message.
"Possible conflict between the Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy and the Chiyang Sword Sect. How should we handle this? Awaiting the Sect Master's instructions. Urgent!"
Since it concerned the Flaming Phoenix Sword Cultivator, he naturally communicated directly with the Sect Master.
The message was to be sent directly to the Sect Master.
However...
Just before sending the message, he paused.
After all, he hadn't seen the person yet.
Everything was still just his speculation.
Whether that person truly possessed the Flaming Phoenix Blood, whether they had joined the Chiyang Sword Sect, and whether someone was guiding them in cultivating the Profound Phoenix Sword Qi—all these were unknowns.
Everything would have to wait until he met the person.
Thinking this, he mounted his sword and flew straight towards the Chiyang Sword Sect.
"Wait! I can't be too conspicuous! Otherwise, if a sword cultivator with the Flaming Phoenix Bloodline appears within the Chiyang Sword Sect's territory, they would surely try to stop him, or even forcibly take him as a disciple. That would lead to unnecessary complications."
After flying for a while, Qin Zhou suppressed his sword light and instead headed at full speed towards the Chiyang Dao Academy on the outskirts of the Chiyang Sword Sect.
...
Less than twenty kilometers away from the forest, high in the sky.
Zhao Taiyi, fully armed and in peak condition, was riding his Spirit Bird, heading straight for the forest filled with dozens of corpses.
"Faster! Faster! Faster!"
He continuously urged the Spirit Bird, his eyes filled with the desire to obtain the Flaming Phoenix Bloodline.
Before the cultivators descended, he had been a Ph.D. in biology at the imperial capital university, already having published several works at the age of twenty-five.
After the cultivators descended, although he was tested to have a spiritual root, it was only an ordinary one.
With such talent, while achieving the Core Formation Realm wasn't entirely hopeless, it was extremely slim.
Thus, he had never given up on finding alternative paths, diligently studying biology, genetics, and heredity, aiming to improve his qualifications through "bloodline."
Two years!
A full two years!
Ever since Zhang Qing accidentally discovered the possessor of the Flaming Phoenix Bloodline, he had been remotely controlling Zhang Qing to conduct experiments with the most advanced instruments.
Now, the time for harvest had finally come.
"Huh?"
At that moment, a sword light flashed briefly in the void ahead.
But soon, the sword light was suppressed and disappeared.
"What was that?"
To be able to wield a sword...
One had to be at least a top-tier Qi Refining cultivator who had refined the essence of the sun and moon.
And that was only if they had a flying sword.
Such cultivators were rare even in the outskirts of the Chiyang Mountain Range.
Especially...
He felt that the sword light looked familiar.
In the next moment, a flash of lightning seemed to strike his mind.
"Him!?"
That Core Formation Realm sword cultivator!?
The one who split the Qingluan Peak with a single sword, investigating the death of the Flaming Phoenix Bloodline possessor!?
Recognizing this, Zhao Taiyi felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.
Had the Core Formation sword cultivator already joined forces with Li Chunjun, who possessed the Flaming Phoenix Blood?
Zhao Taiyi's thoughts raced.
He finally realized why Yu Feng, Ran Renxiong, Mao Ying, and the others—over forty cultivators—had all been annihilated by Li Chunjun, a sword cultivator who at most had reached the Sword Qi Thunderclap level.
Core Formation!
He had a Core Formation sword cultivator protecting him!
With a Core Formation cultivator by his side, how could he possibly experiment on Li Chunjun and extract the Flaming Phoenix Blood from him?
"How could this happen?"
Zhao Taiyi's heart sank into a bottomless abyss.
It was over, completely over.
He even had to find a way to extricate himself from this matter as soon as possible; otherwise, if the news got out, his fate would be utterly miserable.
Looking at the now-suppressed sword light, he didn't even have the courage to investigate further, quickly steering his Spirit Bird to flee back to the sect at full speed.
...
Chiyang Southeast Dao Academy.
Li Chunjun pushed open the door to the academy head's office.
"No one?"
It wasn't even five in the afternoon yet.
During working hours, the academy head was actually not here?
He glanced around and turned to the deputy academy head's office.
Pushing the door open...
Still no one.
Li Chunjun paused.
Compared to these two academy heads, An Yuan could actually be considered diligent and dutiful.
"Who are you? Did you damage that wall?"
At that moment, a shout came from behind.
The security personnel had heard the commotion and hurried over.
Li Chunjun didn't speak, instead looking at the six people who had rushed over.
Among the six, the strongest was a Body Refining Third Level cultivator.
The other five were at Qi Refining or Body Refining First or Second Level.
Looking at Li Chunjun's unfamiliar and youthful face...
Unfamiliar, not a known big shot.
Young, likely not highly cultivated.
The security team had to be adept at reading people, with sharp judgment.
The Body Refining Third Level cultivator leading the group felt slightly reassured and shouted again, "I'm talking to you, are you deaf? Answer me!"
"Your words are unpleasant, but I've already killed enough people today."
Li Chunjun said, "You asked who I am, I'll tell you."
He looked at the six people before him: "The one who killed the Dao Foundation cultivators of Chiyang Dao Academy, first eliminated the ten pursuers led by Yu Feng, then annihilated the thirty Law Enforcement Team members led by Ran Renxiong, and just now, killed your Chiyang Southeast Dao Academy deputy head, An Yuan."
His tone was calm and steady, each word carrying weight.
But every sentence he spoke made the six people's brows twitch.
They were part of the security team, not the Law Enforcement Team.
But they still belonged to the same system.
They had all heard about the events of the day, knowing that someone in the academy had died, and that Yu Feng had led a pursuit with no news since.
They hadn't yet heard about Ran Renxiong and the others, but they knew that the thirty Law Enforcement Team members had gone out in pursuit.
Now, the Law Enforcement Team members who had gone after the killer were missing, but the killer himself had reappeared in Chiyang Dao Academy and accurately recounted their deeds...
They were likely in dire straits.
As for the deputy head...
The six glanced at the deputy head's office, which was in complete disarray from the battle, and the office that had remained silent since...
Whether it was the Body Refining Third Level or the Qi Refining Second Level, all six couldn't help but swallow hard.
Terrified!
Trembling with fear!
"Step aside."
Li Chunjun said to the six.
He didn't need to take action.
Under the terror of such a fearsome record, anyone would know the consequences of blocking this murderer.
Among the six, five involuntarily stepped aside.
But...
One of the five, a Qi Refining cultivator in his early twenties, had been wanting to say something for a while.
Finally, he couldn't hold back: "This is Chiyang Dao Academy! The outer sect of the Chiyang Sword Sect, the hegemon of the three kingdoms! No matter your reasons, killing within our Chiyang Sword Sect is wrong! Besides, Senior Sister was a good Senior Sister, she never did anything wrong!"
He shouted, "I advise you to stop now and turn yourself in to the Hall of Justice. You might still receive leniency. Otherwise, when the Law Enforcement Disciples are sent out, you won't even have a chance to plead your case before being executed on the spot!"
(End of the Chapter)
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