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"Congratulations, Elder. You have unified the Southland of Sorcerers and awed the world."
"Elder Spiritual Vulture, you are invincible. Everybody in the Silver Wolf Mountain will follow your lead."
"Elder! Elder! Elder!"
"Ahhh!"
Ling Lanyin was suddenly woken up from the bizarre, evil nightmares. She couldn't help but moan. It was not until then that she discovered that the flattering voices she heard in her dream were indeed from around the Fire Rude Clan's town.
She felt that she had fallen into an ice cave. Her body was shivering, and the Jin Dan inside her stomach was flickering like a candle in a storm. It was not until she breathed for a long time that she finally remembered that she was not in Huo Wujiu's camp, which was a mess, but in the depths of the town of the Fire Rude Clan.
She was safe for now.
Although there was no telling how long she would be safe.
For Ling Lanyin, everything that had happened in the past day was like a nightmare that she would never wake up from or get rid of.
Before yesterday, she had been the most eye-catching talent, the rarely-seen training genius, and the Orchid Fairy that everybody envied.
She had grown up in the Ling family, a noble family of the Great Qian Dynasty. Although she was a girl, she was not despised by the family because of her talents in training. Instead, she was given more abundant training resources than the men.
She did not disappoint the family, either. She had distinguished herself when she was twelve and officially joined the Purple Pole Sword Sect, the family's patron. Her path of Cultivation had been smooth and unstoppable. After only several decades, she had become one of the youngest Jin Dan Sword Cultivators in the Purple Pole Sword Sect and even in the entire Great Qian Dynasty.
Ling Lanyin thought highly of herself and thought that there was nothing in the world that her orchid sword could not solve.
Although it was the first time that she had left the mountain for training, she did not think too much of it since she was only dealing with a bunch of ignorant barbarians.
Besides, she was just a support. Her senior brother, 'Thunderous Straight Swordsman' Lou Chongxiao, was the real main force, and everything was under his control. What was there for her to worry about?
But as it turned out,
His senior brother and the elite swordsmen in his sect were all beheaded. Master Black Moon, who had always been on good terms with the Cultivators in the central plateaus, had defected to the enemy's camp. The enemy was bold enough to send such an important person as Han Yuantai, the Lord of Behemoth Eagle. Then, at the most perilous moment when there was no hope of redemption, a creepy, creepy Master Spiritual Vulture popped out of nowhere.
What, what on earth is going on here?
Ling Lanyin was completely at a loss. uu1;
It was only at this moment that she realized how weak and powerless her true self, who usually hid under her indifference and aloofness, was.
"Lan 'in!"
Right then, Ling Shoujing, her father and the Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers, heard the call. He knocked on the door and walked in.
Ling Lanyin had been training in the Purple Pole Sword Sect for decades and seldom returned to her hometown. She had always been distant from her father.
Also, after she refined Jin Dan, her attitude gradually changed because of everybody's adulation. She even began to look down on her father, who was in the beginning level of the Core Formation Stage, and believed that she was the pillar of the Ling family.
On their way to the south, her father had been obsequious and respectful to her identity as a 'Jin Dan Sword Cultivator', which made her even more arrogant.
It was not until this moment, when the situation was more chaotic than ever that the calmness of Ling Shoujing as a level-two official finally showed.
While Ling Lanyin was at a loss, her father soon recovered from his confusion and considered the situation carefully, trying to save the day.
"Father, what's the situation outside?"
Ling Lanyin hurried to greet her father and asked.
They were now caged in the Fire Rude Clan's town by Master Spiritual Vulture. Nobody was allowed to leave the town without Master Spiritual Vulture's permission.
Although the barbarian Cultivators guarding outside could not stop them at all, when they thought of Master Spiritual Vulture's brutal methods in the bloody dawn, the father and the daughter did not dare to act recklessly despite their Cultivation in the Core Formation Stage.
"Right now, we can't tell friend from foe, and the situation is unclear. I have asked Yuan Wu to meet Master Spiritual Vulture officially and see what he is thinking. Yuan Wu has always been smart. There should be news soon. Don't be hasty, my son."
Ling Shoujing waved his hands and drank up the pot of cold tea on the table. It was obvious that the level-two official of the court, who seemed to be calm, was greatly shocked, too.
"See what he is thinking."
Ling Lanyin was at a loss. Thinking for a moment, she comforted herself. "But Master Spiritual Vulture brutally killed Master Black Moon and heavily wounded Han Yuantai the moment he showed up in the morning. So to speak, he must be on the court's side loyally, isn't he?"
Ling Shoujing was amused by her words. Thinking for a moment, he explained, "My son, you may not know the twists and turns of the story, but it's not your fault. Master Spiritual Vulture was a senior who was active almost eighty years ago and lived in the Southland of Sorcerers most of the time. He never set foot in the central plateaus. Therefore, his brutality was not well-known. It's perfectly normal that the younger generation has never heard of him before."
Ling Shoujing sighed and introduced Master Spiritual Vulture's deeds in the past to his daughter. uu2;
The Golden Core female sword cultivator clicked her tongue and sucked in a deep breath.
"Master Spiritual Vulture and Master Black Moon hated each other deeply. It is said that Master Black Moon found an opportunity to kill Master Spiritual Vulture almost seventy years ago because he was greedy for the treasures left by their master, Elder Five Despairs."
With a bitter smile, Ling Shoujing said, "But judging from the situation right now, Master Spiritual Vulture was not destined to die yet. Perhaps, he had other fortuitous encounters and trained himself in seclusion for decades. Recently, he finally grasped the ultimate arts and came back to seek revenge from Master Black Moon.
"He had been hiding in our army and even holding back the pain of being burned by the venomous fire, waiting for the best opportunity to finish off his senior brother Master Black Moon in one attack.
"Although the brutal man killed Master Black Moon, it was purely for his personal grudge. He might not necessarily be on the Great Qian Dynasty's side.
"It would've been easier if he had killed Han Yuantai in one attack, too. But it's a pity that Han Yuantai was only heavily wounded and captured, leaving new variables."
"He is a brutal barbarian from almost a hundred years ago?"
Ling Lanyin found it hard to believe. "Then, why does he look so young?"
"There are a lot of evil arts in the Southland of Sorcerers," Ling Shoujing said. "All kinds of weird things could've happened during his decades of seclusion. It's not unusual for him to possess someone else and create a brand-new body of poison.
"The brutal man was one of the rarely-seen Jin Dan experts in the Southland of Sorcerers almost seventy years ago. After decades of seclusion, he must've grasped the most mysterious arts and advanced into the middle level or even the high level of the Yuanying Stage, becoming one of the few unparalleled experts in the world.
"My son, you must not underestimate him just because he looks young. He is definitely one of the most dreadful brutal men in the world."
Ling Lanyin nodded quickly.
Whoever dared to be careless after witnessing the brutal man's brutality at dawn would certainly feel that their life was too tough.
"Then …"
Pondering for a moment, Ling Lanyin asked again, "Father, which side do you think this Master Spiritual Vulture, who has just broken out of seclusion and avenged himself after decades of seclusion, will be on? The Great Qian Dynasty or the Ghost Qin?"
Ling Lanyin was rather worried.
She felt that the brutal man's brutality was similar to the brutality and viciousness of the people of Ghost Qin that her sect had been spreading. They were jackals of the same tribe.
"It's hard to say. It's hard to say."
Ling Shoujing shook his head with a bitter smile. "He is a senior who has disappeared for decades after all. He was not very famous in the central plateaus before. We know very little about Master Spiritual Vulture's temperament and style of doing things.
"Not to mention that this person is a ruthless and merciless person that seeks revenge for the smallest grievance, and has a vicious nature. He's a figure that's completely impossible to guess and estimate, and he acts entirely based on his own speed. He's simply a complete and utter madman."
"This man is ten times more difficult to grasp than Master Black Moon. Nobody knows which side he will stand on for what reason, or perhaps he will not stand on any side at all. He just acts alone and does whatever he pleases."
"However, my son, for the Great Qian Dynasty, for the Ling family, and for the Purple Pole Sword Sect, we must try our best to draw the man to our side."
"Well …"
Obvious resistance was popping up on Ling Lanyin's pretty face.
The Purple Pole Sword Sect was a righteous sect. The ideology of upholding justice was deeply rooted in everybody's heart.
She had a natural resistance to Master Spiritual Vulture, a brutal barbarian who was somewhere between heretics and evilness.
"My son, look at the situation we are in. You must consider the big picture."
Ling Shoujing sighed and said solemnly, "I know that you can't stand Master Spiritual Vulture's sordid style. Not just you, even I don't want to pretend to be nice to such a barbarian.
"However, the fact that he suppressed two Yuanying in a one-versus-two battle instantly indicates that his Cultivation is immeasurable. If such an unparalleled expert joins Ghost Qin instead of the court, how much trouble will he bring to the Great Qian Dynasty?
"Besides, his brutality has been known in the Southland of Sorcerers for decades. Today, he brutally killed Master Black Moon, the best expert in the Southland of Sorcerers, in front of so many people. Countless tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers were awed.
"His attitude will likely decide the future of the Southland of Sorcerers, too.
"The situation in the Southland of Sorcerers, on the other hand, concerns the survival of the thousand members of the Ling family and the entire Purple Pole Sword Sect. Your master should've explained that to you before you left the mountain."
With a complicated expression, Ling Lanyin nodded rather helplessly.
"Everybody in the court is gloating over our trip to the Southland of Sorcerers. They are waiting for us to make a show."
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