Chapter 116 - 101: Return to Xingyue City, Qin Xiangyuan’s Farewell

Chapter 116: Chapter 101: Return to Xingyue City, Qin Xiangyuan’s Farewell

After eight years, he was finally about to step foot onto that familiar land once again.

Meanwhile, Xingyue City was already seething with commotion.

This commotion was not due to the legends of Jiang Hao, but rather because the ancient ruins had been closed for over three months, yet not a single one of the geniuses from the Xingyue City Earth Realm had returned.

"Just what is going on? Have all the geniuses from our Xingyue City Earth Realm perished inside?"

"Send more people to investigate! Everyone, go search!"

"Patriarch, this is already the tenth batch we’ve sent out. They’ve all vanished without a trace. Not a single person has returned."

"If ten batches aren’t enough, send twenty! If twenty aren’t enough, send thirty! No matter how many people we have to send, you must find them for me!"

Countless cultivation clans in the Xingyue City Earth Realm were in a state of absolute panic, frantically searching for their families’ geniuses.

Little did they know that the surroundings of the Xingyue City Earth Realm had already been besieged by countless factions. People were allowed to leave, but no one was allowed to enter. Almost all the geniuses from the various clans of the Xingyue City Earth Realm were detained outside.

"Everyone, we mean no harm. We simply ask that you help us guard the various entrances to the Xingyue City Earth Realm. If you spot that youth named Jiang Hao, report it to us immediately."

"Rest assured, as soon as Jiang Hao appears, you will be free to return to the Xingyue City Earth Realm."

At this moment, countless geniuses of Xingyue City were controlled by various factions. Their goal was simple.

These factions had never seen the youth, yet everyone wanted to beat the others to the punch. Whoever caught that Chosen One first would have the chance to claim the legacy from him.

Even if that failed, they could still obtain the Chaos Sword Embryo.

Therefore, these geniuses from the Xingyue City Earth Realm became the ’eyes’ they intercepted and utilized.

The pitiful people inside the Xingyue City Earth Realm still had no idea what was happening outside.

Within the crowd, Ye Xiaotian and his group had incredibly grim expressions. They had just jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.

But there was nothing they could do. In this world where the strong reigned supreme, the weak had no say.

Time slowly slipped by.

When Jiang Hao entered the Xingyue City Earth Realm, he instantly sensed those unimaginably terrifying aura fluctuations.

It went without saying that the countless terrifying factions of the Eastern Domain were all trying to pry the Ancient Imperial City’s legacy and the Chaos Sword Embryo from him.

Sensing those auras, Jiang Hao quickly concealed himself, bypassing batch after batch of experts as he headed toward the Ye Family.

With his current strength, even a Great Power of Transcendence might not easily discover his tracks.

However, while rounding a mountain peak, a figure happened to come face-to-face with Jiang Hao.

The two stared at each other, both momentarily stunned.

This person was none other than Ye Xiaotian.

Because the Chaos Sword Embryo couldn’t disguise its appearance, Jiang Hao had also shed his black attire, preventing both of his identities from being exposed.

The moment Ye Xiaotian saw Jiang Hao, he instantly recognized the figure.

He first glanced at a Cultivator from a terrifying faction who was holding him hostage not far away, then looked back at Jiang Hao.

The next moment, Jiang Hao, believing he was about to be exposed, had already placed his hand on the Chaos Sword Embryo.

Unexpectedly, Ye Xiaotian slowly shifted his gaze away, pretending he hadn’t seen Jiang Hao.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao immediately fled into the distance.

Watching the figure disappear into the mountain forest, Ye Xiaotian’s eyes were filled with complex emotions.

He knew that even though that person was well aware a heavy dragnet had been laid out waiting for him, he had still returned.

The reason for his return was self-evident.

The person he cared about most was here, and that person was Ye Xiaotian’s biological sister.

BOOM!

Within the endless mountain forest, Jiang Hao practically teleported; with a single step, he instantly appeared hundreds of meters away.

While passing a particular Spirit Peak, Jiang Hao saw over a hundred terrifying figures.

"The Celestial Sword Sect!"

Seeing the people of the Celestial Sword Sect once again, the killing intent in Jiang Hao’s eyes began to blaze.

Not only were they accompanied by Zhao Wuji and over a dozen terrifying elders, but they had also gathered quite a few horrifying, peerless monsters. Among them was the one known as Sword Nine, one of the nine terrifying existences of the Celestial Sword Sect.

Beside Sword Nine, there were two other peerless freaks resting with their eyes closed. Presumably, they were also two of the nine great freak sequences.

To have gathered so much terrifying foundation of the Celestial Sword Sect’s younger generation this quickly clearly meant that the moment he showed himself, it would trigger earth-shattering killing intent.

However, in the midst of this clash of geniuses, those elders posed little threat to Jiang Hao.

The ones who could truly attack him without restraint were the younger generation of the Celestial Sword Sect.

Currently, Jiang Hao no longer feared clashing with his peers. This battle was inevitable.

Only this time, he would no longer flee. After seeing the person he wanted to see, it would be the true beginning of his path to supremacy.

"Let it all begin in Xingyue City."

It was time for him to strike back. For those enemies who wanted to suppress and kill him, he would let them all know the agonizing price they would pay for making an enemy out of him.

Zhao Wuji was even more oblivious to how heavy a blow the youth he had once looked down upon would deal to the Celestial Sword Sect this time.

While Jiang Hao bypassed Zhao Wuji and the others and hurried toward Xingyue City, the city itself had yet to receive any news regarding him. Their geniuses were blocked outside, and everything within the city remained stuck in the stage from eight years ago when he had first fled.

At this very moment, in the Ye Family Mansion.

"Qingxian, it’s been eight years. Are you really still going to wait for that piece of trash?

"Yes, true, eight years ago, he did make people see him in a new light.

"But don’t forget about the Celestial Sword Sect. Do you think he can survive their pursuit?

"For all we know, that trash died a long time ago.

"Marry me, Qingxian. As long as you marry me, I promise to treat you well."

The numerous experts that the Divine Pill Pavilion had scraped together watched silently as the youth who had come calling multiple times spoke. None of them intervened or paid him any mind.

Entrusted by Gu Qingyan, they had already guarded the Ye Family for over eight full years.

Although they had taken countless benefits from the Divine Pill Pavilion over these eight years, as they stood guard over the Ye Family day after day, everyone gradually began to find it hard to comprehend.

For a peerless genius who might rise to power, wasn’t the Divine Pill Pavilion’s Young Master sacrificing a bit too much?

Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts, a faint yet incredibly melodious voice rang out.

"With just you, you want to marry Jiang Hao’s woman? What? Do you think you have more clout than Qi Tianyang did back in the day?"

Everyone looked toward the voice, their bodies jolting in shock.

"Young Master?"

"Miss?"

The countless entrusted experts turned pale with fright when they saw the newcomer.

The newcomer was none other than the Young Master of the Divine Pill Pavilion, Gu Qingyan.

After not seeing her for eight years, the current Gu Qingyan had already undergone an earth-shattering transformation. Even the breathtakingly beautiful Ye Qingxian seemed to lack something in comparison before her.

"Sister Qingyan."

Seeing that it was Gu Qingyan, Ye Qingxian immediately stepped forward, her beautiful eyes brimming with boundless anticipation.

Gu Qingyan smiled sweetly and immediately congratulated her. "Little Sister Qingxian, congratulations. Your little fool has now become the biggest beneficiary in the clash of geniuses across the entire Eastern Domain."

She summarized it in just one sentence and said no more.

However, Ye Qingxian was already so overjoyed that her eyes welled up with tears. She didn’t care what Jiang Hao had obtained; she only cared that this news proved he was still alive.

Evidently, Gu Qingyan had learned some news from within the ancient ruins, which was why she had appeared here at the first possible moment.

Yet compared to Ye Qingxian’s joy, Gu Qingyan’s eyes were filled with worry.

Sensing the other party’s mood, Ye Qingxian couldn’t help but ask, "Sister Qingyan, what’s wrong?"

At these words, Ye Tiannan and Ye Canghai also took on extremely grave expressions.

Ye Tiannan slowly looked toward the only obligatory path to enter the Xingyue City Earth Realm, speaking with deep concern:

"I’m worried that he won’t trust me and will personally come to the Xingyue City Earth Realm to see you with his own eyes. Right now, the outside of the Xingyue City Earth Realm is a true lion’s den, just waiting for him to jump in."

Even Gu Qingyan didn’t know what level of strength that youth from back then had reached today, or whether he could single-handedly face the sky full of peerless geniuses and monstrous freaks.

But there was one thing she was certain of.

That youth from eight years ago...

...would definitely return!