Chapter Seven: Qin Fang

  Inside the gate, three big men rushed out with a battle axe, a long spear and a large knife respectively. Finally, Li Biao was killed, and the last three people of Liang City's Seven Tyrants couldn't help but take action.

  Their goal was simple: kill the beautiful girl in front of them.

  Compared to saving lives, the girl's beauty was secondary.

  "Hmm..."

  Yun Xiao Xi's unintentional smile, sheathed her longbow, and suddenly a gleaming dagger materialized in her right hand. The next moment, her beautiful slender body had transformed into a fleeting shadow, carrying a chilling energy as it drifted out. In just a few movements, she lightly landed on the plaque of a nearby pavilion.

  "Hmm...Hmm...Hmm..."

  Three muffled sounds, and the three remaining people of Liang City's Seven Overlords fell to the ground one after another, with a clear blood mark on their necks. The girl's move was too fast, her strength completely surpassing everyone else's.

  Ye Yang slowly got up and helped Zhang Tianhe up, finding that the injury of this straightforward young man was not too serious, just a broken rib, and he couldn't get up for a while.

  Faced with Yun Xiao Xi's incredibly strong power, Ye Yang and Zhang Tian He were both secretly amazed in their hearts. Yun Xiao Xi looked to be around the same age as them, yet was already so much stronger!

  ……

  Akuroku Gatlin, a pair of blood-red eyes initially showed resentment, then shock, and later turned into cunning. He suddenly clenched his fists and smiled at Yun Xiaoqi: "I thought it was someone else, but it's actually the famous Qingyu Men disciple! The Jianghu legend says that Qingyu Men is the number one sect on the mainland. These seven tyrants of Liangcheng are really hateful, killing them is a good deed for the people! I still have some business to attend to, Yun Xiaoqi, we'll meet again in the Jianghu!"

  As he spoke, Ge Lin turned around and was about to slip away quietly.

  "Who would have thought," Cloud Creek said with a soft laugh, "that you could run faster than my Pursuing Cloud Bow?"

  "Th...!" Ge Lin's face was shocked, trying to calm down, and said calmly: "Yun Xiaoxiao, we didn't have any grudges before, why did you shoot me? Isn't your mission this time to assassinate the Seven Lords of Liang City?"

  Yun Xiao Xi held a longbow in her left hand and fiddled with her hair with her right, smiling sweetly: "That's right, this time the mission is to kill Liang Cheng's Seven Overlords, but a month ago my mission was to kill Ge Lin, the Red Wolf. Because you've been hiding your tracks, I couldn't complete the mission and got scolded by Master. Hmph, do you think I'll let you off today?"

  Ge Lin was shocked: "I, Red Wolf, have always acted openly and honestly, why does Qingyou Gate want to kill me?"

  Yun Xiao Xi stretched out his right hand, raised one finger: "Firstly, 7 years ago, you raped the wife of Hai Ren from Pei County, killed Hai Ren's entire family and stole the martial arts manual of Xuan Jie Zhong Cheng - the 'Liu Huo Zhang Fa' (Fierce Fire Palm Technique)."

  "Secondly, five years ago, you killed a merchant from Youzhou and stole goods worth three thousand taels of silver."

  Yun Xiao Xi raised her third finger, hesitated for a moment, but then laughed: "Hmph, I temporarily forgot the third one, but the first two are already enough to kill you ten times over!"

  Ge Lin burst into a rage, suddenly urging the true energy of his whole body, flames enveloping him, and in an instant he became extremely ferocious. He looked at Yun Xiao Xi, coldly saying: "Little girl, when I first started out, you didn't even know where you were. Today, I won't show any mercy or quarter, I'll kill you, and Qing You Men can't blame me!"

  Yun Xiao Xi let out a soft hum, and a proud expression flew onto her face: "Bring it on!"

  Akuro Kurenai almost went mad, he also knew that he had to take her down with one hit, otherwise he wouldn't be a match for the girl in front of him. So he urged his true energy to its peak state and struck out with all his might!

  "Boom!"

  A massive palm print condensed from fierce flames slapped heavily towards Yun Xiao Xi.

  Ye Yang and Zhang Tianhe were sweating bullets. Once Yun Xiao Xi was gone, they would definitely be unable to escape Ge Lin's poisonous hands!

  Facing Ge Lin's full-force strike, Yun Xiao Xi's beautiful eyes were extremely calm, and she opened her snow-white five fingers. A powerful aura burst forth!

  "Boom!"

  It's unbelievable that Chi Lang's full-force fiery palm was actually dispersed by Yun Xiao Xi with just a casual wave of her hand!

  "This... this can't be!"

  Chi Lang Ge Lin clenched his fists and let out a loud roar, pouncing on Yun Xiao Xi with a powerful second strike.

  Yun Xiao Xi closed her eyes, and in the next moment, a pair of beautiful eyes suddenly opened wide!

  The red wolf cannot move, completely at the mercy of humans!

  Overwhelming!

  This girl actually used the legendary oppressive aura, which is an aura attack that can only be generated by a strong person of at least level 7!

  A cold light flashed by, and the heavy body of the red wolf thudded to the ground with a loud crash. The girl was already holding its head in her hand.

  Yun Xiao Xi cast a faint glance at Ye Yang, then turned around, her clothes fluttering, and she seemed like an illusion, disappearing into the bamboo forest!

  ……

  "Master, master! Are you alright?"

  Zhao Cai and Jin Bao, two household servants, finally came to their senses and rushed to Ye Yang's side to express their concern.

  Ye Yang shook his head and carried Zhang Tianhe on his back, stumbling home.

  Night, in the Ye family's main hall.

  Ye Nan Tian sat upright with a serious expression, while Ye Bei Chi bowed his head and said: "Big brother, the Seven Tyrants of Liang City are dead."

  "Dead?" Ye Nantian was slightly shocked.

  "Hmm, Li Biao has already advanced to the third stage of the Great Earth Realm, but he still died. This matter involved Zi Yu and one of his friends, who were both injured. Zi Yu even fought against Chi Lang!"

  "What? Zi Yu, this kid, actually dares to challenge Chi Lang?" Ye Nan Tian suddenly stood up.

  Yebei Chi smiled slightly: "No need to worry, hasn't he returned safely?"

  "Did Chi Lang let Zi Yu go?"

  "No, Red Wolf is dead."

  "What? How did Red Wolf die?" Ye Nantian was shocked beyond measure: "With his strength, there are no more than five people in the entire Liang City who can kill him!"

  Ye Bei Chi nodded: "That's right, but Red Wolf is still dead. The one who killed him was a beautiful girl under the age of 20, Yun Xiao Xi!"

  "Cloud Creek?"

  "He took a deep breath: 'She is the legendary genius girl of Qingyu Gate, Yun Xiaoxiao?'"

  "Yes!"

  "It seems that something big is going to happen in Liang City! By the way, how's Zi Yu's equipment upgrade going?"

  "Haha, Zi Yu is naturally talented and has made rapid progress. I estimate that within half a year, he will be able to forge a 9th-grade sword on his own!"

  "Haha, Zi Yu didn't disappoint me after all!" Ye Nan Tian burst out laughing.

  ……

  Pian Fang, Zhang Tianhe quietly lay on the bed, self-cultivating his internal energy to heal his injuries.

  Next door, Ye Yang sat cross-legged on the bed, silently operating the Fire God's residual volume of martial arts, with flames swirling around his body, making him look extremely calm, peaceful and composed.

  Perception stretched out, Ye Yang could almost sense everything that was happening around him, Zhang Tianhe's qigong breathing, the whispers of the two concubines in the side room, everything was under his control.

  Suddenly, when his perception extended to the back yard of the ancestral hall, Ye Yang suddenly felt a dizzying sensation, as if something there was resisting his perception!

  Could it be... Divine Battle Axe Yao Yang?

  It's unlikely, Yao Yang's properties have already merged with Ye Yang very naturally and shouldn't be in conflict with him!

  What else?

  Arrived at the door, the night was quiet.

  Ye Yang drew his sword and walked to the back courtyard of the ancestral hall, faintly sensing a weak power pulsating like a heartbeat, only much weaker.

  It is said that behind the temple is a forest, where there are sparse stone tablets standing, which are the ancestral tombs of the Ye family.

  In the distance, a faint flame flickered, as if there was a voice calling out to Ye Yang's heart: "Young man, come!"

  A sudden jolt, Ye Yang furrowed his brow, this feeling was too real!

  He pulled out an iron shovel and began to dig on the ground, using the Fire God's true energy. He didn't feel tired at all, and his digging speed was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, a five-meter-deep pit had already been formed.

  Ye Yang dug on the one hand, and teased on the other, having just crossed over for a few days and already digging his own ancestral grave, he was indeed a completely unflial son!

  "Ding!"

  A clear clang, the iron scoop hit a metal utensil!

  Ye Yang hastily sank to the ground, stretched out his hand and swept it aside. The mud parted, revealing a faint image of a green dragon pattern. After digging several feet further, the true appearance of this thing emerged. It was a large cauldron about one meter high, or perhaps it would be more suitable to call it a furnace. On the surface of the cauldron floated eight vibrant green dragons that seemed alive and appeared to have a faint sound of dragon chanting.

  "We've struck gold!"

  This was Ye Yang's first impression, and all he saw was that the lid on top of the tripod was slightly trembling, with five yellow pieces of parchment on it, written with obscure and difficult-to-understand ancient characters, seemingly in the style of oracle bones, which seemed to be a seal strip. What exactly was sealed inside the tripod?

  Ye Yang stretched out his hand without hesitation and "brushed" away all the seals!

  "Wow!"

  A blood-red glow rose, the lid of the cauldron was lifted, and an old man with a white beard flew out of the cauldron, floating in mid-air, looking at Ye Yang with a calm expression.

  "What?!"

  Ye Yang was startled and took a few steps back, it really was something that had been sealed away!

  "Don't be afraid, child!"

  The old man smiled slightly and said: "Tell me, what era is this?"

  Ye Yang swallowed his saliva and said: "Qin Dynasty!"

  "Oh?" The old man pondered for a moment and asked: "How many years have passed since the era of Qingdi Fuxi?"

  Ye Yang was stunned for a long time, muttering: "About... about 7,000 years later..."

  "Oh, I didn't expect it's been so many years..." The old man let out a light sigh and said: "Child, you don't need to be afraid, I won't harm you, nor can I harm you. I'm just a spiritual body."

  Ye Yang nodded slightly, but his heart was still chilled to the bone. A soul body... wasn't that just a ghost?

  It seems that he had seen through Ye Yang's thoughts, the old man stroked his beard and smiled: "Child, I won't hide it from you, I was sealed in the tripod more than 7,000 years ago. As for my identity, haha, I was once the best craftsman on the mainland, under Qingdi Fuxi, and Qin Fang is my name!"

  "Qin Fang?" Ye Yang asked suspiciously, "Who sealed you in the cauldron?"

  *sigh*...

  The old man sighed: "That was a long time ago, let's not mention it! But you, child, how did you know I was hiding underground?"

  Ye Yang said: "I sense that there is a hint of spiritual awareness here!"

  "Oh?"

  Qin Fang was shocked and speechless, saying: "Unless you are a Tianchen-level strongman, it's impossible to sense the spiritual awareness inside the Divine Dragon Cauldron! Could it be... that you're the successor of the Fire God? No, that can't be right, the Fire God's decree has long been altered..."

  Ye Yang was shocked: "Fire God Successor? Fire God's Decree has been altered?"

  Qin Fang nodded and said, "That's right. I am the founder of the Huo Shen clan. Thousands of years ago, after a great war between gods and humans, the power of Huo Shen was deemed too strong by Qing Di, so it was modified and greatly reduced in power. Generation after generation, it evolved into the current Huo Shen Jue, but the original Huo Shen True Manual can still sense my soul's existence!"

  "Haha, kid, come to think of it, I should be your ancestor!"

  Ye Yang was taken aback, thinking to himself that the Fire God's residual scroll might be the very same as Qin Fang's Fire God's true method. This would explain everything - his own cultivation of the Fire God's residual scroll had caused his fire energy to become strange and even more powerful, and he could sense Qin Fang's spiritual awareness!

  He pulled out the Huo Shen Zan Juan from his bosom and Ye Yang said: "Qin Fang, Grandfather, is this the true method of Fire God?"

  Qin Fang's eyes lit up and he exclaimed loudly: "Kid, how did you get this? In my memory, the Fire God's residual scroll was already incinerated!"

  "In the bluestone statue in the ancestral hall."

  "Oh, I see. So that must be the statue of Qingdi. I didn't expect it to have fallen to such a dilapidated state..."

  Qin Fang looked around and saw that Ye Yang's house was already considered not bad in the local area, but in Qin Fang's eyes, it was no different from a pile of dirt.