"Who is this?"
The sudden turn of events completely stifled the uproar within Yujing City.
Everyone strained their eyes to see, but outside the Xuanji Grand Array, a layer of black and white enveloped everything—one half filled with the fierce aura of demonic energy, the other with the blazing white flames of Jinzhao. It was impossible to make out the newcomer!
"Is that You Si Jian?"
"And Jinzhao's white flames—that sword seems to be his, and that golden giant just now..."
"Is it Shou Ye? Xu Xiaoshou from the Eastern Domain?"
"How could that be? Even the Space Bansheng was captured, and the Ghost Beast Shengjie was blocked... Does he have the guts to come alone?"
The crowd was in an uproar.
Too many people refused to believe that Xu Xiaoshou would dare to venture into danger alone.
Yet, above Yujing City, countless spirit swords trembled in the air.
Below, numerous apricot trees had grown, their branches and leaves radiating intense sword intent.
All these sights proved that the arrival was an ancient sword cultivator.
In the present world, the only one with such astonishing sword intent who dared to repeatedly oppose the Shengshen Hall was that so-called Shengnu, Shou Ye.
"Clang! Clang!"
Just then, the sound of swords humming rose from outside the city.
You Si Jian and Yanmang Feitian, embedded in the Xuanji Grand Array to test its strength, carried away the black and white colors.
After tracing two black streaks through the sky, the dual swords flew into the surging ghostly energy.
"Roar!"
From the wildly rampaging ghostly energy emerged the massive beast head of Greedy God, with a figure standing atop the bloodline on its skull.
He held a sword in his right hand and controlled fire with his left, with You Si Jian as the fierce sword and Yanmang as the flame sword, both suspended at his waist, exuding an air of high spirits.
To everyone's surprise, a voice from outside the city broke through the Xuanji Grand Array in an overwhelmingly domineering manner, echoing within the city:
"Tian Shang Di Yi Lou Xu Xiaoshou, I am visiting Yujing today!"
"Esteemed guest at the door, old lady, if you're not going to welcome me with a few words, at least open the gates of this grand array? Or are you afraid of me?"
When they saw the true appearance of that black-clad youth high in the sky, the entire Yujing City erupted in commotion.
"It's really Xu Xiaoshou!"
"Isn't he a Shengnu? What's this Tian Shang Di Yi Lou?"
"No! The point is, wasn't he dead? I heard he was torn apart by Shengdi Qilin..."
"Nonsense! He was the one who tore apart Qilin!"
"This guy is just a jinx, causing chaos wherever he goes. I knew something disastrous would happen in Yujing City today—it turns out he's the one coming!"
"Did you hear that? He called Xuanji Hall Master... an old lady?"
"Hiss, terrifying."
Yujing suddenly fell into chaos.
It could be said that in the current capital, or even in the entire Central Domain, there might be people who don't know about Dao Xuanji, but no one is unaware of the name "Shou Ye."
Sword-slaying Rao Yaoyao, disrupting the Four Symbols Secret Realm, tearing apart Shengdi Qilin...
Even if we don't count the messes he stirred up in the distant Eastern Domain, just based on what the spirit masters of the Central Domain are all too familiar with, this guy is like a world-shaking demon god!
And now, this jinx has descended right over Yujing City?
"Xu Xiaoshou..."
Dao Xuanji stood firmly in the high sky within the city, her hollow eyes fixed tightly on the uninvited guest, a killing intent rising in them.
She had painstakingly built up her momentum, concealing the name of Dao Qiong Cang, leveraging the power of Yujing City, raising her command flag, ready to lead an army south, starting with the Xuyue Hui Palace, to sweep through the five domains.
At this critical moment, her momentum was halted by one person!
Not only did he speak without restraint, insulting her twice with his words, but more importantly, he had brazenly stolen the spotlight that should have been hers.
The momentum of Yujing and the timely rescue by the Xuanji Grand Array were meant to highlight the great name of Xuanji Hall Master, not to serve as a backdrop for some insignificant Xu Xiaoshou!
And moreover...
Dao Xuanji lowered her gaze to the ground below, feeling a slight stir in her heart.
The Xuanji Grand Array had not been breached or invaded; under her control, it was flawless.
How had Xu Xiaoshou's voice entered the city?
Was his Tianji mastery truly that high, and where had he learned it from?
Dao Xuanji flicked her dust whisk, withdrawing her gaze from the backdrop-like patterns of the Ancestral Tree Longxing, deep in thought.
Perhaps it had nothing to do with Xu Xiaoshou's abilities...
But through this, she finally took a serious look at the black-clad youth whose name she had heard for so long and was now seeing for the first time.
No matter what, things had come to this— a battle was inevitable.
She might as well use his vile blood to consecrate the flag and justify the Shengshen Hall's campaign into the Southern Domain!
"You are Xu..."
"Stop! Don't pull that outdated routine. Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me speaking?"
As soon as Dao Xuanji opened her mouth, Xu Xiaoshou outside the city crushed a Sanri Dongjie in his hand, stepped on Greedy God's head, and interrupted:
"Who I am, the five domains all know."
"Aside from the deaf, blind, and mute... oh, and maybe you, this illiterate, earless old hag."
"If you're still not sure of my identity, just listen to what the people under your feet are calling me!"
With that, Xu Xiaoshou spun around beneath him, and an array disk lit up on Greedy God's head.
Zhong Yuanzi's eyes brightened as he examined it closely.
He saw Xu Xiaoshou instantly enter a state of enlightenment, like a unity of heaven and man.
With a wave of his hands, countless spirit threads flew out, precisely embedding into the... array eyes of the Xuanji Grand Array?
"This array..."
Xu Xiaoshou pondered briefly, then smiled instead of being alarmed.
This array was clearly derived from the Kyoto Grand Array—just a different name for the same thing.
In terms of weaving mastery, it was essentially the same.
Of course, that made sense...
If Dao Xuanji could replace his brother Dao Qiong Cang's decades of exquisite research with just one day's effort, then she could take those ten thrones for herself!
And speaking of the Kyoto Grand Array...
Xu Xiaoshou was all too familiar with it; he had started studying it as soon as he entered the city.
Every discovery left him marveling at how truly obnoxious that flashy old Daoist was...
"Arise!"
Xu Xiaoshou split his focus to control it, raising his hand and using the spirit threads to forcefully manipulate the array, as if drawing out the soul of the Xuanji Grand Array.
Though he couldn't fully crack it, disabling the minor sound-isolating array within was effortless.
Whoosh!
In an instant, the clamor from within Yujing City spread out with his wave.
"Under scrutiny, passive value: 9999."
"Under discussion, passive value: 9999."
"Under admiration, passive value: 9999."
"Under fear, passive value: 9999."
Notifications popped up rapidly.
It felt like relieving a month's worth of constipation; Xu Xiaoshou's expression brightened instantly.
"Awesome!"
He withdrew his hands, clasping them behind his back.
Towering over Yujing, his momentum surged with a simple raise of his head, like a giant from the Qi Tun Shan He illusion descending.
You Si Jian and Yanmang suddenly leaped, crisscrossing around him and tracing splendid sword flowers—purely for show, with no real purpose.
With the frenzied Greedy God underfoot, Xu Xiaoshou stood casually, chin slightly raised, and said:
"Tell this old lady, who am I?"
This casual remark echoed lightly across Yujing City in all directions.
The people inside the city lost all their chatter, driven by an invisible, intangible force like a hidden hand.
Countless millions shouted in unison:
"Shou Ye! Shou Ye! Shou Ye!"
After three shouts, everyone snapped out of it, exchanging bewildered glances, shocked and unsure of what had just happened.
"Under cheers, passive value: 9999."
Xu Xiaoshou finally fulfilled his dream, his mood exploding with joy.
He dug at his ear, flicked his nail, and smirked: "Now, even your earwax must be shaken out. Do you know who I am?"
"Ha ha ha ha..."
Though his body might be restrained, his spirit could not.
Ye Xiaotian, bound in forbidden chains, heard this and grinned wider than if he'd swallowed honey, slapping his thigh: "Great! Great! Great ah ah ah ah!"
As expected of you...
On the south city wall, Yu Zhiwen leaned against the side, arms folded, gazing at the shining figure in the sky.
The corner of her eye curved slightly; she wanted to laugh.
But she couldn't, because the other side was, after all, her master.
In the air outside the city, Fang Wenxin, Yu Kunpeng, and Zhong Yuanzi stared blankly at the figure atop the Ghost Beast, their expressions wonderfully varied.
This young man was clearly the one who had toyed with everyone outside the city earlier.
Upon his return, he seemed to have swallowed a bear's heart and a leopard's gall, daring to play with the entire city's people.
And right in front of Dao Xuanji, he was toying with her!
But what technique was this?
What kind of momentum was this?
Dao Xuanji's expression was beyond ugly, as if Yujing City was no longer her city, but one controlled by Xu Xiaoshou.
Just then, a figure leaped over—it was Jiang Naoyi.
Jiang Naoyi didn't know what dogged courage made him show up in such a grand situation, but for some reason, he pulled out a portrait and came to Dao Xuanji's side:
"Xuanji Hall Master, he really is Xu Xiaoshou. Don't you remember..."
Dao Xuanji swung her palm back.
Jiang Naoyi's head tilted, leaving two bloody teeth in the air as his body embedded itself into some crevice, whereabouts unknown.
Xu Xiaoshou watched with great amusement.
He casually sat down, shaking Greedy God dizzy, then propped one hand on his knee and sneered: "Nice hit!"
"In a standoff between armies, strike your own strategist first—you know how to fight."
Dao Xuanji's pupils trembled slightly, her dust whisk's white feathers shaking as if with her clenched fist.
"Under angry gaze, passive value: 1."
Already angry?
It seems that flashy old Daoist didn't teach you self-restraint!
"Your divine soul is boiling..."
Xu Xiaoshou commented with interest.
He chuckled, leaning forward and wagging his finger: "That's not good. A Tianji master with such emotional fluctuations will make mistakes later."
"Fang Wenxin!" Dao Xuanji could endure no more, turning and shouting, "For colluding with the Ghost Beast, what is the crime?"
This was quite the show.
Setting aside positions, every move Xu Xiaoshou made hit Fang Wenxin's sweet spots.
If he were a hundred years younger, Fang Wenxin would want to do the same...
But alas, he was old.
When Dao Xuanji's words targeted him, Fang Wenxin knew he couldn't stand by. He said flatly:
"Death."
Dao Xuanji raised her dust whisk:
"Then execute him!"
"Hold on!" Xu Xiaoshou raised his hand in time, somewhat regretfully saying, "A dying man has one more doubt. Could you clarify, old lady?"
Pfft.
Yu Zhiwen on the south city wall couldn't hold back her laugh, though it blended into the crowd below, probably unnoticed.
She quickly covered her lips.
To be fair, Xu Xiaoshou was really good at nicknames.
Though her master didn't look old, calling her "old lady" fit someone so rigid and serious...
Oh no, oh no... Little Yu, what are you thinking? She's your master! Yu Zhiwen lightly scolded herself and gave her cheek a small slap.
Xu Xiaoshou, atop Greedy God, didn't give Dao Xuanji time to respond. He pointed suspiciously at the crowd below and asked himself:
"I'm not sure if I heard wrong, but they're calling you... Xuanji Hall Master?"
"Hmm? So where's Dao Hall Master?"
"Aren't you the Three Emperors' Dao Xuanji, on the same level as Ai Cangsheng..."
Pausing, Xu Xiaoshou looked around:
"Such a big setup, and no Evil Sin Bow arrows flying out."
"I called his true name, and he didn't react. Could it be..."
"He's also moved by worldly desires and is eyeing the Zhan Shen Official's inheritance?"
Xu Xiaoshou's expression was surprised, with a hint of secret delight.
Yu Lao was stunned, exclaiming inwardly.
This young man's thinking was just as Dao boy described—overly meticulous.
How could he guess so close to the truth?
Dao Xuanji felt that only now did Xu Xiaoshou truly feel a bit of fear toward her hall master identity and the sacred mountain power she could command.
Finally scared? She sneered coldly:
"This hall is Dao Xuanji!"
"Ah—" Xu Xiaoshou drew out the sound, disdainfully saying, "Don't keep spouting nonsense. Your ears and brain not working? Can't you hear I'm asking about the hall master position—where's that flashy old Daoist gone?"
"Ha ha ha..."
Ye Xiaotian's laughter hadn't fully formed before it turned into spasms: "Ah ah ah! Bai, Bai Long Qian, save, save..."
Dao Xuanji suddenly understood.
On the sacred mountain's internal wanted list, after various battles, the labels like "glib-tongued" and "spewing nonsense" that had been crossed out for Xu Xiaoshou, and specially marked as top-tier traits for "lip service warfare" by her brother...
Others would never understand without experiencing it firsthand...
One word from her, and he could retort three times!
After retorting, he could retort again!
Sometimes, she couldn't even get a word in!
"The most rational choice is not to engage in a verbal battle with him—attack directly upon meeting."
But right after that note, Dao Qiong Cang had added, "Except for this hall."
Today, Dao Xuanji refused to believe it!
As the master of the Shengshen Hall's main hall, could she not suppress this frog in the well, this ignorant Xu Xiaoshou?
"Dao Qiong Cang, the judge of the Heaven Ladder, has fled in fear of crime and can be executed by anyone!" Dao Xuanji raised her voice again toward Yujing City below, her tone arrogant.
Now, she no longer needed to prove her identity; Xu Xiaoshou's questions had perfectly highlighted her hall master status once more.
The city erupted in discussion again.
Even Yu Zhiwen on the city wall couldn't help but furrow her brow; she still had doubts about this claim, but...
If her master said it, it was absolutely not a joke in public.
She valued her face too much.
Atop Greedy God, Xu Xiaoshou was petrified.
After a long daze, he managed: "So, the situation now is that you've taken over that flashy old Daoist's position?"
"Succession." Dao Xuanji uttered lightly, exuding an aura of unyielding authority.
Xu Xiaoshou jumped to his feet, his eyes blazing with light.
He tried to suppress his lips from curling up, then they twitched wildly, and finally, his teeth showed.
He covered his mouth, staring dead at the Xuanji old lady opposite, thinking of "unfathomable Dao Qiong Cang" no more, replaced by "nameless junior Dao Xuanji"...
"Pfft!"
The suppressed laugh slipped through his fingers.
At that moment, all of Yujing City fell into dead silence...
No extra words.
No extra expressions.
Dao Xuanji felt the ultimate insult!
This laugh was like someone stepping on her head and grinding it into the ground.
She glanced around, seeing the various saints quickly lowering their heads, and the people in Yujing City trembling as if walking on thin ice.
No one spoke.
But everyone's reactions were essentially saying one thing—they all thought...
I'm inferior to him?
Dao Xuanji's body shuddered, her teeth gritted, and she forced out word by word:
"What... are... you... laughing... at!"
"Sorry, sorry..." Xu Xiaoshou hurriedly waved his hand, but his unrestrained lips "pfft" again, with saliva dripping from his chin.
He shamefully wiped away his drool, his face flushing red as he said, "My bad, I just remembered something funny."
The air exploded with energy.
Dao Xuanji unfurled the Cangqiong Scroll under her feet, her hair flying in rage as she was about to speak...
Xu Xiaoshou quickly changed the topic, pointing at her feet in surprise: "Wow, the Cangqiong Scroll! I know that—hard to cultivate... Did your brother teach you?"
Yu Lao inhaled sharply, his back drenched in cold sweat.
This wasn't just stepping on a landmine.
This was jumping around and dancing wildly in Dao Xuanji's minefield!
Unbearable!
"Xu Xiaoshou!!!"
Dao Xuanji's eyes turned suddenly red; she stepped on the Cangqiong Scroll, dust whisk in hand, and as a Tianji master, charged out of the Xuanji Grand Array's protection, striking at Xu Xiaoshou with a single palm.
In the howling wind, her arm emerged from her sleeve, revealing glistening jade-white skin.
Tianji Dao patterns lit up on it, the inscribed runes so complex they made one's scalp tingle.
But at the same time, Xu Xiaoshou's expression completely sobered; his sleeves turned to ash in a scoff.
The jade-white hand that had blocked a Shengdi strike on Void Island, like Dao Qiong Cang...
The sleeveless, fully divine Red Jiao Hand...
Crashed together!
"Don't!"
"Xuanji Hall Master, don't be impulsive!"
"He's no ordinary Wangzuo; he has a Bansheng-level body!"
Fang Wenxin, Yu Lao, and Zhong Yuanzi were all shocked, unsure why Dao Xuanji had suddenly become so reckless.
But as they tried to intervene...
"The Dao of the Heart, gods to my left, troubles as bonds."
"The Dao of Mo, wounds the true body, severs realms as rivers."
Tai Cheng Xing Tian!
Striking later but arriving first!
A surging sword intent river appeared out of nowhere before the three saints, with red plum blossoms like waves, roaring madly.
Upon contact, worldly troubles invaded their minds, and Mo Jian's red plums slashed at their true bodies.
Zhong Yuanzi felt exhausted, wanting to return to the sacred mountain to continue his elemental fusion research...
Fang Wenxin reflected on his life, asking himself that if he started over, he wouldn't join the Red Clothes...
Yu Lao saw a chubby little cutie waddling over, babbling about "bo-bo" or "hug-hug," only to trip and fall, crying loudly.
"Oh dear!" He was so angry he wanted to split the ground and take his precious great-granddaughter back to the sea.
This single sword controlled the three saints!
At that moment, an elderly figure descended gracefully from the distant sky, drawing his sword while stroking his beard, and even freeing a hand to fling his fan with cold ruthlessness.
The fan was inscribed with bold, unrestrained strokes: "Though Er Er."
Cao Er Zhu was thrown flying by the old immortal, his eyes wide as he exclaimed: "Xiao Shou bro, I thought I saw wrong earlier—you really have the fully divine possession type?"
"Shut up; your old man's Xing Shen Xing Jie can control people from afar, but I don't think you can."
"What? You're underestimating me?!"
At this point, Dao Xuanji seemed to snap out of it from Cao Er Zhu's roar.
She realized she had been interfered with by some guiding force and tried to retreat.
"Shenxiao Kuishou!"
With a thunderous shout, a sea of thunder descended, nearly flooding half of Yujing City's sky.
From it rose a towering thunder giant, hundreds of zhang tall, clad in blue thunder armor, draped in purple lightning cloak, with a massive energy barrel underfoot, shield in left hand, axe on right shoulder.
The axe and shield were even larger than the giant itself!
Not just Dao Xuanji was stunned—Xu Xiaoshou was dumbfounded by Cao Er Zhu...
Something's off with you!
This isn't the strength of a Wangzuo!
And you have a sword image... wait, thunder image?
"Damn it!"
Cao Er Zhu's thick brows shot up; he grabbed with his left hand and raised his right high.
In the thunder sea, Shenxiao Kuishou mimicked the motion, slamming the shield down while charging the axe, darkening the heavens.
No need for the thunder axe to strike; just the sweeping shield light and thunder shadows forced Dao Xuanji to have no escape.
In the thunderous roar, her jet-black, neatly combed hair stood on end, turning into a hedgehog.
Not only that, as the thunder shield hit, her entire body—even her face—turned to charred coal.
Zzzzt zzzzt zzzzt...
Electricity crackled as Dao Xuanji convulsed.
Xu Xiaoshou dispelled his vanishing technique, seeing Xuanji Hall Master in such a sorry state, his usually quick tongue stunned.
He cursed Cao Er Zhu for not distinguishing friends from foes while grabbing Dao Xuanji's stiff, convulsing arm with his sleeveless Red Jiao Hand and yanking hard.
Boom!
A violent sound wave exploded in the void.
Yet Dao Xuanji's body twisted, and her charred arm convulsed but didn't break.
"Outrageous!"
Xu Xiaoshou was shocked and chose to activate the dragon pearl power in his chest.
Unlike his second true body, his original had many energies the former couldn't copy.
And each one, taken alone, could dominate the second true body.
"Roar—"
He let out a dragon's roar from his mouth.
The sleeveless Red Jiao Hand was overlaid with red-golden scales.
In that instant, Xu Xiaoshou's eyes bulged with fury, his pupils igniting pure violence.
"Dao! Xuan! Ji!"
Golden light exploded as he shouted, kicking Dao Xuanji in the chest while gripping her right arm and pulling back with force.
The sky darkened.
First the violent giant appeared, then the extreme giant blocked the sun.
In this push and pull, kick and yank, cracking sounds came from Dao Xuanji's shoulder, unable to bear the load.
Finally, with a bang, crystalline jade-gold liquid sprayed out.
Dao Xuanji's arm was forcibly torn off by Xu Xiaoshou, and her body was kicked flying by the extreme giant, slamming into the Xuanji Grand Array.
Pfft!
She spat blood.
For over thirty years, who dared to disrespect her like this?
In her daze, Dao Xuanji seemed to realize how many similar attacks Dao Qiong Cang had endured openly and secretly during his time.
This seat was not easy to hold!
The Xuanji Grand Array was fully activated, allowing no external invasion.
Thus, Dao Xuanji crashed heavily into the array, her waist bending as the immense force bounced her back.
Her trajectory headed straight toward where Xu Xiaoshou had hidden Ku, drawing You Si Jian!
In the blink of an eye, the distance closed.
At that moment, Dao Xuanji recovered from the Xing Shen Xing Jie's paralysis and clearly saw Xu Xiaoshou's ferocious face and the incoming fierce sword...
And even then, he hadn't given up on magical attacks, still outputting verbally:
"Remember, old lady, when I talk to you seriously... you don't even compare to a single hair of that flashy old Daoist!"
Thank you to "Northern Domain Genius Jiang Naoyi" for the 10,000 reward to Sang Lao. Sang Lao, come out and say something?
Sang Qiye: "Just sit back and watch my disciple perform—it's all I taught him."
(End of chapter)
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