Chapter 46 - Illusory Glass Sword

The Yang patriarch looked disappointed when Long Chen reappeared. Perhaps Lord Wolf wasn’t going to reward Long Chen after all.

The Bai family sighed in relief. If Long Chen had followed Lord Wolf to Yuanling City and they killed the Yang family, they’d have to worry about a much-improved Long Chen returning for revenge. “The Lingwu family didn’t take him in despite his talents. You can see how high their standards are!”

The Yang patriarch had already reunited with his family. Now that he was the mayor of Baiyang Town, all the powerful people of the town congregated with him. The Bai family, on the other hand, was all alone. “Chen’er, where’s Lord Wolf?”

“He has returned to Yuanling City.”

When they heard that Lord Wolf had left, everyone congratulated the Yang patriarch once again and excused themselves.

The spectators started to leave the plaza but the Bai family approached the Yang family instead. Leading them were Bai Sheng and Bai Li, whose stern glares were fixed on the Yang patriarch and Long Chen. Their eyes were filled with fury and reluctance to surrender.

Based on their hostile demeanor, they were clearly there to cause trouble.

As the two approached, Long Chen could sense the strength of two Ninth Draconic Stage warriors.

The Bai family stopped when they were still some distance away from the Yang Residence.

Bai Sheng’s and Bai Li’s solemn gazes met the Yang patriarch’s own. He was not afraid even though they had two masters on their side.

Bai Sheng snickered. “Yang family? Mayor? In your dreams.”

The Yang patriarch couldn’t care less about engaging in conversation. But Long Chen despised the two old men and smirked, “You were just two dogs sitting on your tails with Lord Wolf around. And when he’s gone, you’re out to bite?”

The people around them burst into laughter because Long Chen’s description of their behavior was too accurate. The Bai masters’ faces darkened in response to being humiliated.

They both looked at each other. Then, Bai Li looked at Long Chen and said, “You think you’re so smart but you don’t know what true power looks like. Lord Wolf didn’t take you in; that’s just unfortunate for you. Eight days. You have only eight days left to live.”

He smirked coldly when he said “eight.”

Long Chen knew he was talking about their conflict over the Ascension Fruit.

However, he pretended to be confused and said, “I don’t know what the dog’s saying. I’m a human, I can’t understand dog language.”

Bai Li raged but Bai Sheng pulled him back and reminded him in a low voice, “Second Brother, the kid’s very cunning, and arguing will just make us angrier. The entire Yang family will die very soon, why should we argue now?”

Bai Li sneered coldly and said, “You’re right. We’ll let them be happy for a few days, then ...”

“Right. Second Brother, are your friends from the Blood Saints reliable? With his ability, it’s difficult for us to destroy them and if ...”

“Big Brother, don’t worry. My friend is reliable. He has attained the Human Core Realm so it doesn’t matter if it’s Yang Cangqiong or the so-called prodigy, they’re clowns to him.”

Bai Sheng stared coldly at the Yang patriarch and Long Chen. When he thought about how they both would be dead soon, he grinned to himself

. You guys enjoy while you can. When the time comes, and you watch your family members die one by one, you’ll regret being born into this world.

The crowd was nervous when they realized the two families were about to break into a fight but then they started laughing when they saw the Bai family slipping away after just a few words. The Bai people were too cowardly.

Only Long Chen’s brows remained deeply furrowed. He had a feeling that the fight over the Ascension Fruit was going to be furious. One wrong move and the entire Yang family would be in mortal danger!

Two months ago, Long Chen wouldn’t have cared if anything happened to the Yang family but now he had people he wanted to protect. The life and death of this family were now closely tied to his own life.

Therefore ... the whole Bai family must die for me to live in peace.

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Back at the Yang Residence, the patriarch called everyone together once again to talk about the administrative roles of the family and also the rewards they had received.

The Yang patriarch only kept Yang Qingxuan, Yang Xueqing, Yang Yuntian, Yang Wu and Long Chen in the room. He took out the Universe Pouch and said, “I’ve looked through the rewards from the Lingwu family. They gave us 20,000 spirit jades and three divine jades. There’s also one Advanced Yellow-tier spirit sword and an Advanced Yellow-tier sword technique.” The patriarch was clearly excited as he spoke.

Twenty thousand spirit jades alone was almost the equivalent of the Yang family’s entire wealth. As for the three divine jades, each of them was made out of countless spirit jades at its core so one divine jade contained the Qi of 10,000 spirit jades. This meant that they had been given approximately spirit jades in 50,000 total.

Usually, only warriors in the Divine Core Realm could use divine jades.

One divine jade could be exchanged for 10,000 spirit jades but 10,000 spirit jades did not guarantee that one could get a divine jade. They were simply much rarer.

With three divine jades in hand, the Yang family’s cultivation would rise quickly. Everyone was overjoyed to hear about them.

When they heard about the Advanced Yellow-tier spirit sword and sword technique, they broke into grins.

The Yang family only possessed one advanced fighting technique, which was the Dragon Seal. Now, the Yang family had doubled its wealth and cultivation. The Advanced Yellow-tier was just icing on the cake.

There were few spirit swords in the entire Baiyang Town, much less one in the Advanced Yellow-tier. Anyone who possessed this sword and used the Advanced Yellow-tier sword techniques would be insanely powerful!

The Yang patriarch took out the sword technique and sword at the same time. The sword looked like it was made of pale green glass. It had an extraordinary aura of sharpness!

A sword like this could cut a hair blown onto its blade. “This sword is called the Illusory Glass Sword!”

The Yang family eyed the Illusory Glass Sword with approval. It contained powerful ripples of energy and it would definitely raise a person’s capabilities in battle!

“And the advanced Yellow tier sword technique is called the Illusory Seven Killings Sword Scripture!

The name alone told them that this was no ordinary technique. It was definitely at least as powerful as the Abyssal Heaven Fingers and Dragon Seal. If paired with the Illusory Glass Sword, the results would be terrifying!

The Yang patriarch looked at everyone and said, “I brought you all together today to decide together who would get the scripture and the Illusory Glass Sword. Naturally, anyone can cultivate the sword technique but there’s only one sword so ... I’m getting busier these days and the Dragon Seal has already taken up my entire life. I need to focus on breaking through to the Divine Core Realm so this sword will go to one of you.”

He then looked at Long Chen and said to them, “Chen’er has helped the Yang family immensely this time. I’ll give this sword to him, what do you all think?”

Everyone was amenable to Long Chen getting the sword. Yang Qingxuan and the others nodded. However, Long Chen said, “Grandfather, the Dragon Seal is enough for me. I’m not planning to take up a sword technique anyway. You can give this to someone else.”

Long Chen already had the Dragon Seal, which was at the same level as the Illusory Glass Sword. Secondly, Ling Xi was the true sword master here. With her, Long Chen had no plans to pick up the Illusory Seven Killings Sword Scripture.

What he needed were higher-level techniques. There were people who needed the sword more than him in the Yang family.

The Yang patriarch heard the determination in Long Chen’s voice and knew that if Long Chen learned the Illusory Seven Killings Sword Scripture, it might not be as powerful as the Dragon Seal anyway. So he nodded and looked at the others. Yang Qingxuan smiled bitterly, “Father, I’m the same as you. The Dragon Seal is enough. It’ll only be a distraction if I study the Illusory Seven Killings Sword Scripture.”

Yang Xueqing nodded too. Only Yang Wu and Yang Yuntian remained. After seeing his siblings express their opinions, Yang Yuntian said, “I haven’t even attained the Eighth Draconic Stage and haven’t mastered the Dragon Seal. I can’t even consider the Illusory Seven Killings Sword Scripture.”

Yang Wu said too, “I’m in a similar situation as Second Uncle. I’ll think about it again after I’ve mastered the Primordial Dragon Seal.”

Long Chen then suggested, “Only Lingyue and Lingqing haven’t learned the Dragon Seal. They’re both at the Sixth Draconic Stage as well. We can let them cultivate the Illusory Seven Killings Sword Scripture first and whoever succeeds first will get the sword. What do you think?”

The Yang family were aware that Long Chen and Lingqing were close, yet he didn’t favor Lingqing but rather let the two girls compete for the sword on their own merits. It was a fair fight.

The Yang family nodded. “Then it is decided. As for the spirit jades and divine jades, I will keep them and distribute them according to merit. Chen’er has helped us greatly so I’ll give him one divine jade first.”

There were naturally no objections.

Long Chen had never seen a divine jade before. He didn’t object and took it from the patriarch’s palm. A potent wave of earthly Qi rushed over him. He took a gentle inhale and felt energized.

The patriarch smiled and turned to everyone. “Now that we have become the rulers of the town, I need Qingxuan and Yuntian to stay behind to help me deal with the paraphernalia. Everyone else can leave.”

Yang Xueqing and Yang Wu nodded, about to leave when Long Chen said suddenly, “Wait.”

Everyone looked at him, puzzled. He took a deep breath and asked, “Grandfather, do you know of the Ascension Fruit?”

When he heard the name, the Yang patriarch trembled and asked with great emotion, “You know of one?”