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"Give me that jade sword of yours as well," Yan Zhaoge extended his hand, Shi Jun handing over the jade sword that he had kept with him.
Yan Zhaoge received it, the blades of the two jade swords clashing lightly as a bright lustre expanded.
"Senior Brother Xu also has a jade sword. He should have received the signal by now. Let's meet up with him outside the Star Shifting Sea."
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge and the Northern Ocean Clone swept along Shi Jun and Shen Ying, flying into the distance.
Brought along by Yan Zhaoge, Shen Ying's expression was gloomy as well as uneasy.
Shi Jun looked at her with concern. Shen Ying gave him a smile, indicating that she was fine, but it looked a little forced.
Thinking of Yan Zhaoge's earlier words, Shi Jun gradually came to some realisation.
If Shen Ying could return alive and tell the whole story of what happened that day, Shi Jun would be able to wash away the injustice he had suffered.
Shi Jun had killed Nian Wei, so Nian Chen must have hated him to the core and wanted to kill Shi Jun for revenge.
However, Changli Shan was able to stand on the side of reason, straightening his back to protect Shi Jun.
As one of the Seven Pillars of Good, while Changli Mountain's strength was inferior to that of the Blood Dragon Sect, it was also impossible for the Blood Dragon Sect to do as they pleased.
If Nian Chen continued to keep an eye on him, it would be extremely dangerous for Shi Jun to travel outside. However, as long as he remained within Directionless Island's Changli Mountain, Nian Chen would not be able to do anything to him.
Nian Chen did not possess a clear advantage in attacking Changli Mountain.
If he wanted a life and death struggle, Water Crystal Palace and the other sects would naturally not sit by and watch.
But if this injustice could not be cleared, Shi Jun would have to bear the reputation of kidnapping other people's female disciples. In the righteous martial world, everyone would really want to beat him up. If Nian Chen killed him, others would even applaud.
It was just that if it were the other way around and the truth of the matter was revealed, it would be the Blood Dragon Sect's turn to become the laughingstock of the world.
Even if Nian Wei died, there would still be people saying that he deserved it.
It was just that as a disciple of the Blood Dragon Sect, Shen Ying could not help but care about the reputation of her sect even if she disregarded Nian Wei who had intended to violate her.
Her father being the Chief of the Blood Dragon Sect, the sect having raised her, all of this was affecting her judgement.
From a certain perspective, to Shen Ying, now that Nian Wei was dead, all her anger and hatred had been vented. Even the few Blood Dragon Sect disciples who had been closest to Nian Wei had mostly died under his sword.
The entire sect and the other disciples in the sect did not have any enmity with her at all.
However, how could Shen Ying remain indifferent as she watched Shi Jun, who had stood up for her and ended up being condemned by thousands of people?
That was why he had a worried look on his face.
As for the Blood Dragon Sect, killing Shi Jun as well as rendering Shen Ying unable to speak, the truth would be up to them.
Back on that deserted island, Shi Jun had brought Shen Ying away with him. Other than those of the Blood Dragon Sect, there had been many other people who had witnessed it. Now, this matter had even spread throughout the Vast Ocean World.
At this point, the arrow was nocked on the bowstring and had to be released.
Not to mention Nian Chen, even if Shen Shicheng knew the truth of the matter, he would only protect his daughter's life. He might not show mercy to Shi Jun, and it was even more likely that he would continue to make mistakes.
After that, if Nian Wei really died in Shi Jun's hands, the matter would no longer be left at that.
While Shi Jun still did not fully understand all this, he had already gradually come to some understanding. His expression was unsettled.
Glancing at Shi Jun, Yan Zhaoge smiled, "Others don't believe you, but I do. Let's see if Nian Chen has the ability to make a move on you?"
The Northern Ocean Clone beside him also revealed a smile, his clenched fist relaxing slightly as streams of bloodred light and golden light instantly flickered interchangeably.
Shi Jun and Shen Ying were both taken aback, Shen Ying blurting out, "Nine Dragon Fingers?!"
"Just one in nine." Facing the shocked gazes of the two, Yan Zhaoge said casually, "Not long after you left that foreign dimension, I arrived, as did Nian Chen. Seeing Nian Wei's corpse, the old man was a little enraged. Thus, we exchanged blows, and I broke one of his fingers."
"Afterwards, I was busy looking for you, not continuing."
Shi Jun and Shen Ying were both rendered rather speechless for a time. While they had already known that Yan Zhaoge had slain Spirit Rhino Island Chief Fang Kan, a Transcending Mortality Martial Grandmaster and a Transcending Mortality Martial Grandmaster wielding a Sacred Artifact were two completely different concepts.
The Chief of Myriad Sword Pool Yan Gang who wielded the Sacred Artifact, the Floating Sinking Sword, and the Chief of the Sacred Evil Sect Lin Qiancheng who was a Martial Saint had similarly been unable to do anything to Yan Zhaoge.
However, being able to contend against and emerge victorious against a Martial Saint, even wresting away a Nine Dragon Finger, the difficulty of this was naturally incomparable.
This meant that Yan Zhaoge who was accompanied by the Northern Ocean Clone was even more powerful than they had expected, even more powerful than the number one expert of the Blood Dragon Sect, Nian Chen who wielded the Nine Dragon Fingers.
Shen Ying looked dazedly at Yan Zhaoge, wanting to say something, yet daring not to.
Shi Jun exhaled slowly, sighing in admiration as he looked at Yan Zhaoge, "Indeed senior apprentice-uncle Yan. Other than you, who else has the ability to stand at such heights at this age!"
Yan Zhaoge smiled, appraising Shi Jun all over, "Let's not talk about me first. You, on the other hand, have truly surpassed your master. Good, very good!"
Shi Jun was currently only twenty years of age, already having reached the early outer aura Martial Scholar realm, having completed the second cleansing of the marrows within his bones, only a step away from the mid outer aura stage.
Having experienced slaughter and fleeing these past days, while his mind had been highly strained, it had also been tempered. As long as he settled down a little, he would immediately be able to step into the mid outer aura stage.
Not only was such a cultivation speed unparalleled in the current Vast Ocean World, it was also at the peak of the Eight Extremities World.
At the same age, his cultivation speed was already faster than that of his Master Xu Fei, faster than that of most of Broad Creed Mountain's direct disciples like Lu Wen.
Of the young martial practitioners that Yan Zhaoge was familiar with, there were only Ying Longtu, Sikong Qing and Feng Yunsheng who were faster than Shi Jun.
And those people were all somewhat special to some extent.
It was worth mentioning that Shi Jun was not a disciple of Changli Mountain at the end of the day, being a guest like Xu Fei. The resources that he had obtained in the process of his cultivation would definitely be inferior to that of the core disciples of Changli Mountain and the other major sects.
Even Yan Zhaoge felt that it was rare for him to still be able to look down on those of the same generation under such circumstances.
It did not have to be asked how much sweat and effort Shi Jun had put in these past few years had flowed behind his back.
His desire to possess the strength to protect his mother and his intense desire to prove himself were all immense motivations that spurred Shi Jun on, not daring to halt his footsteps.
Praised by Yan Zhaoge, a rare look of embarrassment appeared on Shi Jun's tough, arrogant face, "Don't laugh at me, senior apprentice-uncle. If others praise me, I can just thicken my face and accept it. You praising me, however, makes my face burn up."
He knew what kind of figure this young senior apprentice-uncle before him was.
While their ages were not too far apart, Yan Zhaoge's accomplishments really left him in awe of a high mountain. Looking at Yan Zhaoge, he could only feel that he was still that little child from back then.
Still, having obtained Yan Zhaoge's acknowledgement, Shi Jun was exceptionally happy.
It was just that after his happiness, Shi Jun's smile gradually vanished.
Yan Zhaoge knew that while he had his support and his life was not in danger, if his name was not cleared, Shi Jun would still be condemned by all in the Vast Ocean World in the future, his name full of curses.
"We have reached the borders of the Star Shifting Sea. Out of here, unaffected by the starlight spring, we will be able to find senior apprentice-brother Xu and the others very quickly." Yan Zhaoge did not say anything further, just looking at Shi Jun and then at the similarly silent Shen Ying before bringing them along in flying towards the heavens and earth that were enveloped by the blurry starlight. (To be continued.)
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