Chapter 123: Mu Tiandao

Little Pagoda was so startled by Ye Guan’s words that his soul almost left his body.

Fuck! This bastard actually harbors such thoughts? Young Master wanted to kill his father, while this bastard?wants?to kill his father and mother! This is absurd!?If Young Master and Young Mistress find out that this bastard has such thoughts, I’m screwed!

Little Pagoda realized that it was getting harder to predict how things would go. He finally understood what it meant to feel like dying. It was so difficult to control this brat!

Little Pagoda sighed to himself, full of worry about the future. He had already decided to retire after he was done with Ye Guan. He did not want to do this anymore.

Ye Guan nodded slightly and took Little Pagoda’s silence as consent.

Without Little Pagoda’s support, some things were just impossible to achieve.

Little Pagoda was speechless.

Ji Xuan next to him smiled and said, “It’s great that the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan is no longer targeting you. You have one less great clan targeting you.”

Ye Guan nodded. Honestly, he didn’t really care whether or not he had one less enemy, as there were just too many people coming after him. One less or one more enemy no longer made a difference.

Of course, Ao Qianqian’s apology had truly come as a curveball to him.

The star ship traveled slowly into the depths of the starry skies. It was quiet everywhere, and stars shone brightly upon them, creating a picturesque scene similar to a painting coming alive.

Ao Qianqian silently stared at the star ship from afar; her thoughts were inscrutable.

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

A black-robed old man next to her hesitated for a while before saying, “Young Clan Leader, should we inform the Clan Leader and the elders?”

“No need!” Ao Qianqian replied.

The black-robed old man opened his mouth to say something, but he decided not to say it.

Ao Qianqian noticed that, and she turned toward the black-robed old man with a frown.

The black-robed old man’s voice was trembling as he said, “Young Clan Leader, I’ve already informed the Clan Leader and the elders!”

Ao Qianqian narrowed her eyes, and a strong murderous intent inundated the black-robed old man. A terrifying dragon might immobilized him as well.

The black-robed old man’s expression changed in the face of Ao Qianqian’s wrath. He knelt on the ground and was about to say something, but Ao Qianqian sent a palm strike to his head.

Boom!

The black-robed old man exploded into a bloody mist, and even his soul was annihilated.

The nearby members of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan retreated in horror. They didn’t expect that the Young Clan Leader would suddenly kill one of them without saying anything.

“A dumb ally does more harm than a strong enemy.” Ao Qianqian spat coldly. She turned and glanced coldly at her clan members before saying, “All of you better not make a move against Ye Guan. Mark my words—I’ll kill those who dare to attack him!”

Ao Qianqian proceeded to carve a rift in space in front of her.

She stepped into the rift and disappeared.

She had to return to the clan to deal with the matter personally because she was well aware that those arrogant old fogeys of the clan would definitely attack Ye Guan.

She had to stop them in time, or the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan would face a disaster in the future!

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan members remained frozen where they were—they didn’t dare to make a move after Ao Qianqian’s declaration.

…

Meanwhile, someone else had been observing Ye Guan…

It was none other than Liu Bing of the Hantian Clan.

Liu Bing was silent as he observed the star ship from afar. He felt indignant about his loss back then, and it was all because he didn’t get to unleash the full extent of his cultivation base.

However, Liu Bing realized that he was no longer Ye Guan’s match after witnessing the battle between Ye Guan and Cao Bai.

He was doubtful if he could defeat Ye Guan, even if he gave it his all. Of course, he had a trump card up his sleeve, but it wasn’t like Ye Guan had zero trump cards.

Revenge?

Liu Bing pondered over it and hesitated.

I don’t feel good giving up just like this, but I’m too weak to take revenge.

Liu Bing thought about it for a long time, but he eventually sighed and turned around to leave. He hadn’t given up on taking revenge.

He vowed to take revenge on the future. However, his plan was to keep delaying his revenge until he was certain that he would defeat Ye Guan. Until then, he wouldn’t do anything against Ye Guan.

I’m not dumb enough to attack him right now.

Ye Guan was too strong, and there were only a handful of people capable of fighting him toe-to-toe, especially among his peers. In other words, Liu Bing couldn’t afford to take revenge.

However, he could always take revenge anytime as long as Ye Guan was still alive!

Liu Bing vanished and disappeared into the depths of the starry skies.

…

Ye Guan and Ji Xuan’s star ship came to a halt.

They had no choice but to stop because there were a thousand people ahead.

A young man stood at the helm of the group. He was wearing a brocade robe, and he was carrying a sheathed longsword in his right hand. He was smiling, but his smile was without mirth nor resentment.

A standard-bearer stood next to the young man, and the former was carrying a banner emblazoned with two bold words—Riverside Mercenary.

Another mercenary group?

Ye Guan frowned at the sight.

The young man smiled at Ye Guan and said, “Young Lord Ye, I am the leader of the Riverside Mercenary. Young Lord Ye is too powerful for us to defeat one-on-one, so we decided to besiege you, you don’t mind us doing that, right?

Haha…

”

“Besiege!” the group of mercenaries shouted at once. They clearly believed that they had a high chance of winning if they were to gang up on Ye Guan rather than fight him one-on-one.

Ye Guan wordlessly stared at the young man.

The young man smiled sinisterly and said, “Everyone! Follow—”

Swoosh!

Ye Guan abruptly disappeared with his sword.

The space in front of the young man was torn open. The young man’s pupils constricted, and he reached out to unsheathe his longsword. However, Ye Guan’s sword was already inches away from his forehead.

Fresh blood stained Ye Guan’s sword as he pushed it slightly into the young man’s forehead.

The young man’s eyes shot wide open.

He was about to open his mouth to speak, but Ye Guan shook his head and exclaimed, “I don’t want to hear it!”

Slash!

The young man’s head went flying.

The faces of the remaining mercenaries instantly changed. They were about to charge toward Ye Guan, but Ye Guan declared, “The first person to move will die.”

The?first person to?move will die?

The mercenaries stopped in their tracks.

Who would make the first move?

The mercenaries looked at each other, but no one dared to do anything.

Moments later, a mercenary shouted, “Damn it! All of us should—”

Shwik!

A flying sword pierced the mercenary’s forehead, interrupting him.

The remaining mercenaries were horrified.

Ye Guan swept his gaze at the mercenaries and said, “I will kill whoever makes the first move and whoever speaks first.”

They stared at Ye Guan in fear.

He’s too scary! He’s strong enough to kill any one of us in just one sword move!

Ye Guan ignored the remaining mercenaries and gathered his spoils.

Afterward, he turned around and returned to the star ship.

The mercenaries looked at each other, but none of them dared to do anything. They didn’t want to die!

Just like that, they watched as Ye Guan’s star ship departed.

Ye Guan closed both of his eyes. He could have killed them all if he wanted, but he chose not to do so because he was sure that there were lurkers waiting for him to exhaust himself after killing those mercenaries.

What could he do once he was exhausted? Ask Master Pagoda for help?

Master Pagoda was injured, so it wouldn’t be nice to ask him for help! Furthermore, Master Pagoda had already helped him many times before, and he couldn’t always rely on the former.

Ye Guan clenched his fists. He had to stay calm during times like this, and he couldn’t afford to be reckless!

The mercenaries of the Riverside Mercenary didn’t dare to move and only watched him depart. They were terrified upon seeing their leader die in the blink of an eye.

They definitely stood a chance if they attacked him at once, but how many of them would lose their lives? They had come here to make a fortune, not to throw their lives away.

In the end, the Riverside Mercenary left, defeated.

A young woman was staring at Ye Guan’s star ship from afar. Her attire was rather plain; she was wearing a white skirt and a pair of slippers made from cloth. Her clothes were simple, but her appearance was alluring. She was so beautiful that everything else seemed dull in comparison.

A beautiful woman was standing behind her.

The young woman stared at Ye Guan and asked, “Is he the one who defeated that cultivator from Milky Way?”

The beautiful woman nodded and said, “Yes, and he even killed the Heavenly Dao of the Zhongtu Divine Continent!”

“Impressive!” replied the young woman.

“He’s not just a simple cultivator. In fact, we still haven’t been able to uncover his identity or origins,” said the beautiful woman. She paused for a few moments before continuing. “If we kill him, we’ll obtain three strands of Great Dao Destiny…”

The young woman shook her head and said, “The An Clan is the root cause of this issue. They’re sore losers adamant about winning, and this has nothing to do with Young Lord Ye. If I were in his shoes, I would have done the same as him.

”We shouldn’t take the An Clan’s side just because of their special status.”

The beautiful woman nodded slightly, but she fell silent.

The young woman suddenly frowned and said, “I truly didn’t expect to see the Academy blatantly siding with the An Clan and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan.”

The beautiful woman shook her head and replied, “This matter is more complicated than what it seems. They’re targeting Young Lord Ye, but the aristocratic families faction and the great clans faction within the Main Guanxuan Academy are doing that to suppress the academic faction in the bigger picture.”

The young woman muttered, “The Academy no longer upholds justice.”

The beautiful woman’s face changed slightly, and she hurriedly said, “Young Miss, you mustn’t criticize the Academy!”

The young woman ignored the beautiful woman and looked away to stare at the star ship. Moments later, the young woman opened her palm and sent a storage ring toward the beautiful woman.

“Give this to him for me,” she said.

“A space ship?” The beautiful woman froze. She hesitated for quite a while before asking, “Is this necessary, Young Miss?”

The young woman shook her head and said, “I agree with what you said earlier. He’s not just a simple cultivator, so help me out.”

The beautiful woman was unwilling. She didn’t want to wade into the muddy waters around Ye Guan.

The young woman silently stared at the beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman’s expression changed.

She had accompanied the young woman for such a long time that she could easily deduce the latter’s thoughts. Her deduction was telling her that the young woman was starting to get mad, so she didn’t hesitate any longer.

She turned into a ray of light that chased after the star ship.

Ye Guan’s eyebrows furrowed. He whipped around and slashed out, and his sword force collided against a ray of light.

Boom!

The ray of light dimmed, revealing the figure of a beautiful woman.

Ye Guan stared murderously at her.

The beautiful woman hurriedly said, “Young Lord Ye, I have no ill intentions!”

She opened her palm, and a storage ring floated over to Ye Guan. Ye Guan examined the storage ring and found a space ship inside of it, and it was more than five times bigger than the star ship he was using.

Ye Guan was stunned. Space ships were fast despite their size, so Ye Guan reckoned that he would reach Qingzhou in at most ten days using a space ship.

However, Ye Guan was slightly confused by the unexpected boon.

He stared intently at the beautiful woman and asked, “Why?”

The beautiful woman replied, “Young Miss told me to give you that space ship in hopes that you’ll reach Qingzhou as soon as possible.”

Ye Guan was bewildered. “Young Miss?”

The beautiful woman nodded and glanced somewhere. Ye Guan followed her gaze and saw a young woman standing thousands of meters away. She was standing in the void silently, and her looks bedazzled Ye Guan.

She’s beautiful!

It was Ye Guan’s first time seeing another woman whose beauty was comparable to Little Jia’s beauty.

The young woman was surprised to see Ye Guan staring at her.

She clasped her hands tightly and hesitated for quite a while before nodding slightly in greeting. She was clearly not that great at socializing, and she also seemed a bit meek.

Ye Guan stared at the beautiful woman once more before asking, “Who is she?”

The beautiful woman shook her head and said, “I can’t tell you anything, Young Lord Ye, unless Young Miss explicitly tells me to do so.”

Ye Guan pondered briefly before asking once more, “Can I talk to her?”

The beautiful woman shook her head once again and said, “Young Miss isn’t that great at socializing, and she’s not fond of talking to others, so I’m afraid that I will have to reject your request, Young Lord Ye.”

The beautiful woman didn’t wait for Ye Guan’s reply as she turned around and left.

“All the best, Young Lord Ye!” said the beautiful woman before she disappeared into the distance.

Left all alone, Ye Guan frowned.

Who was she?

Ye Guan seemed to have thought of something, so he inwardly asked, “Master Pagoda, do you know her?”

Little Pagoda replied sarcastically, “Am I omnipotent?”

Ye Guan didn’t know what to say.

Meanwhile, the beautiful woman approached the young woman, who seemed a bit displeased. As expected, the young woman grumbled, “You could have just left after giving him the storage ring, why did you drag me with you in front of him?”

The beautiful woman chuckled bitterly and replied, “How do you think he would interpret it if I only did that, Young Miss?”

“I understand.” The young woman shook her head in resignation and said, “Let’s go.”

“Young Miss, where are we going?” asked the beautiful woman.

“We’re going to the Main Guanxuan Academy,” the young woman replied, “There are many ancient books there, and we might stumble upon Master!”

The beautiful woman smiled and said, “I don’t think Department Chief Mu is in the Academy right now.”

The young woman smiled as well and explained, “Let’s just go there and try our luck!”

The beautiful woman seemed to have recalled something, and she said, ?“Young Miss, I don’t think the Guanxuan Universe’s Main Academy will let us in if we just go there like this.”

The young woman’s lips curved up slightly. She opened her palm, revealing a sword.

“I have the Heavenly Dao Sword that Master gave me, so I don’t think they’re daring enough to stop me.”

The beautiful woman chuckled and nodded. “You’re right. They’re not

that

daring.”

With that, the two flew and made their way to the Main Guanxuan Academy.

The beautiful woman suddenly asked, “Young Miss, is it because you helped Young Lord Ye out of the kindness of your heart that you didn’t want to let him know who you are?”

The young woman chuckled and replied, “I simply wanted to do a good deed. There was no need to reveal my identity because I’m not expecting any repayment.”

.

Hearing that, the woman shook her head and sighed.

Young Miss is great in every aspect, but her one weakness is that she’s too kind. Yes, kindness is a huge weakness in the world of cultivation.

The beautiful woman turned to look in Ye Guan’s direction before sighing once again.

We lost another?space ship, and we’re getting nothing in return once again! What a waste!