Chapter 186: Sword God

"Want to deal with the Songshan Sect? Okay, that's easy!"

Dongfang Bubai agreed without hesitation after hearing Ye Xiu's request to use the Sun Moon Sect's name to deal with the Songshan Sect.

"Dongfang, this time, I intend to eliminate the Songshan Sect directly. If I use the name of your Sun Moon Sect, it will likely have a significant impact on your Sun Moon Sect. After all, even your Sun Moon Sect has never destroyed a sect of the level of the Songshan Sect. If you did, it would provoke hostility from forces like Shaolin and Wudang."

Although Ye Xiu intended to use the name of the Sun Moon Sect to deal with the Songshan Sect, he still made a statement in advance, outlining all the pros and cons for the Sun Moon Sect.

"Don't worry, the Songshan Sect is nothing. As for Shaolin and Wudang, there's even less to worry about. After all, I'm a Grandmaster now. Even though Shaolin and Wudang are guarded by Grandmasters, they won't necessarily be allowed to intervene. As long as they're kept at bay, they won't be a problem for our Sun-Moon Sect," Dongfang Bubai declared domineeringly.

Seeing Dongfang Bubai's reaction, Ye Xiu remained silent. After all, that was his original plan. He explained this simply because he didn't want this to affect his relationship with Dongfang Bubai.

"Yihua Palace can also intervene," Yao Yue said from the side.

"There's no need for Yihua Palace." Ye Xiu shook his head. "After all, there's no conflict between Yihua Palace and the Songshan Sect. If Yihua Palace suddenly took action against the Songshan Sect, it might arouse suspicion. The Sun-Moon Sect is already a hostile faction to the Songshan Sect. It would be much more natural for the Sun-Moon Sect to nominally target the Songshan Sect."

Seeing this, Yao Yue said nothing more.

Despite being the Grand Master of Yihua Palace, Yaoyue wasn't particularly adept at handling various matters. Instead, she relied heavily on recklessness. Lianxing was responsible for most of the planning regarding Yihua Palace's development strategies. Having made his decision

, Ye Xiu planned to head to the Songshan Sect with Dongfang Bubai and the others.

Of course, Dongfang Bubai also began mobilizing members of the Sun Moon Sect to support Ye Xiu.

At the very least, this would create the impression that the Sun Moon Sect was targeting and destroying the Songshan Sect, and that Ye Xiu of the Huashan Sect had nothing to do with him.

However, just as Ye Xiu was about to leave for the Songshan Sect,

the woman who had been lying unconscious on Huashan Mountain finally woke up.

"Senior Brother Ye, Senior Brother Ye, that woman is finally awake! She's awake!" Yue Lingshan excitedly ran up to Ye Xiu and said.

"That woman? Which woman?" Ye Xiu was stunned.

"It's that woman we found on the road on our way back from Nanjing, severely injured and nearly dead. She's finally awake," Yue Lingshan explained.

"So it's her! I didn't expect her to respond. But it's not surprising. Her injuries have almost healed. The reason she didn't wake up before was probably because her injuries were so severe that her body automatically went into hibernation. Now that she's almost fully recovered, it's normal for her to wake up." Ye Xiu nodded, feeling somewhat surprised by the woman's awakening.

After all, it was

Ye Xiu who had saved her life bit by bit. From the very beginning, when the woman was seriously injured, it was Ye Xiu who used the Shenzhaojing to heal her. It was only before Ye Xiu left for the Qingcheng Sect that he stopped using the Shenzhaojing to heal her, once her injuries were almost healed.

It's fair to say that Ye Xiu had truly invested a tremendous amount of effort and energy in this woman.

So, Ye Xiu was truly delighted and happy that she had woken up, even a hint of pride lingering.

Ye Xiu followed Yue Lingshan to the woman's room.

Besides Ye Xiu, Dongfang Bubai, Yao Yue, and the others, upon hearing the news, followed Ye Xiu to check on the woman.

After all, she'd been so severely assaulted before, nearly dying.

Naturally, they were curious about the woman who had consumed so much of Ye Xiu's energy and attention. To put it bluntly, they even felt a certain envy of her, as Ye Xiu had never expended so much energy and attention on them.

When Ye Xiu followed Yue Lingshan to the woman's room, she was sitting on the bed.

Perhaps due to her prolonged coma, she looked a little listless, her eyes etched with a sense of confusion and even weakness.

However, that was merely a slight sign of weakness.

However, her complexion was actually quite good, rosy and radiant, not like someone who had just woken from a long coma.

Her healthy complexion was due to the nourishment of the Shenzhao Meridian.

When Ye Xiu used the Divine Illumination Sutra to heal her, its Qi also nourished her body. That's why, despite being in a coma for nearly a month, her complexion remained remarkably good.

Upon seeing Ye Xiu, the woman's eyes subconsciously flashed with a hint of alarm, followed by a hint of surprise.

"You saved me?" the woman asked softly.

"Well, we saw you lying on the road, nearly dead, so we used some means to bring you back." Ye Xiu nodded.

"Thank you, thank you for saving my life, my benefactor. I—" The woman's face was filled with gratitude at Ye Xiu's words, and she almost uttered, "I can't repay your kindness, so I can only repay you with my own body."

But when she noticed Ye Xiu was accompanied by a group of women, and most importantly, they were every bit as beautiful as she was, she swallowed back her words of gratitude.

"It's just a coincidence that we met, and I can't just stand by and watch someone die. By the way, I don't know the girl's name, and where she's from?" Ye Xiu asked.

"

My name is Liu Xu, and I live in the coastal area of Fuzhou." Liu Xu introduced. "So Miss Liu Xu is from Fuzhou." Ye Xiu nodded.

After that, Ye Xiu had some simple exchanges with Liu Xu, and seeing that a bit of fatigue appeared on Liu Xu's face, he turned and left.

...

"Do you think, is what Liu Xu said true or false?" Huang Rong asked with a smile.

"Huh? Isn't what she said true?" Yue Lingshan was stunned.

"After all, you all know our situation, so we can't be sure whether she is here for Ye Xiu as well." Huang Rong said with a smile.

"Well, this is really possible!" Qu Feiyan looked at Ye Xiu with a smile.

Ye Xiu was a little confused listening to their conversation: "Hey, hey, hey, please speak more clearly, I feel a little confused. What else is it that is directed at me?"

"Because you are so handsome. Just like Jiang Feng, the most handsome man in the world before. You are so handsome, and your reputation has gradually spread. It is inevitable that some women will peek at your appearance, so they will find ways to get close to you." Huang Rong said with a smile, and gave Ye Xiu a thumbs up to praise his handsome face.

Ye Xiu was a little speechless. "Can you please use your brains a little more? Stop letting your imagination run wild. Miss Liu Xu was so badly injured, she almost died. Even if I didn't know the Divine Illumination Sutra and had cultivated it to a high level, she would have most likely died. Did she need to risk her life to achieve this? Just to get close to me? Am I that unapproachable?"

"That's right, Ye Xiu, you are very approachable. You just went to Qingcheng Mountain, and on the way back, you met Murong Qiudi, and then—" Dongfang Bubai sneered at this time.

"Uh…" Ye Xiu looked around awkwardly.

Ye Xiu noticed that Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue, Huang Rong, and the others were all looking at him with half-smiles. Ye Xiu could even see a hint of coldness in Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue's eyes. Of course, this coldness wasn't directed at Ye Xiu.

But it was clear that they were not in a good mood.

"How did you—" Ye Xiu wanted to ask them how they knew. But then he considered the power of the Sun Moon Sect and the Yihua Palace, and their already significant interest in Ye Xiu.

Furthermore, Ye Xiu hadn't concealed anything about his relationship with Murong Qiudi, so their discovery seemed quite natural.

"I'm sorry, I—" Ye Xiu apologized to Dongfang and Yaoyue with a wistful expression.

After all, Dongfang and Yaoyue had already established relationships with Ye Xiu, and without their permission, Ye Xiu had slept with Murong Qiudi. While

the first time was a forced act due to a combination of circumstances, Ye Xiu had been very proactive since then.

Ultimately, Ye Xiu's actions were truly unkind to Dongfang and Yaoyue.

Ye Xiu didn't try to hide his feelings or offer any excuses, simply apologizing directly. This, in turn, sapped

Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue's tempers. After all, they understood the situation better than Ye Xiu did. Given Ye Xiu's strength, character, and even his experience in the martial arts world, it was perfectly natural for Murong Qiudi to trick him and then have him sleep with him.

Besides, the moment Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue confirmed their relationship with Ye Xiu wasn't exactly glorious. Even now, they were still on top, leaving Ye Xiu lying on the bottom, constantly passive.

"What are you going to do with Murong Qiudi?" Dongfang Bubai asked Ye Xiu directly.

"Well, she—" Ye Xiu frowned. He himself wasn't sure how to best treat Murong Qiudi. It would have been fine

if Xie Xiaofeng had died long ago, but Xie Xiaofeng was still alive, and Murong Qiudi couldn't completely forget him.

Ye Xiu even felt that Murong Qiudi's treatment of him was perhaps equivalent to that of, well, a tool.

After all, Murong Qiudi was a woman too, with physical needs. She might not have encountered them before, but wasn't she drugged? Then, by some strange coincidence, she had sex with Ye Xiu, and her desires were aroused—that's what Ye Xiu thought.

Ye Xiu didn't think Murong Qiudi loved him, so in his heart, Murong Qiudi's status was inferior to that of Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue. Even Huang Rong and the others held a higher position than Murong Qiudi.

As Ye Xiu pondered and mentally determined Murong Qiudi's position, Murong Qiudi's expression was not particularly pleasant. Xie

Xiaofeng, who had faked his death for years, had resurfaced.

It was said, it was said, that Xie Xiaofeng, under the name "Useless Aji," was living in seclusion in a brothel, working the most menial and menial of jobs.

Then, by chance, he encountered a troublemaker.

Of course, Xie Xiaofeng usually ignored such incidents; after all, he had worked in such places for so many years and had encountered every possible situation.

But this time, the troublemaker nearly killed the Lao Miaozi family, who had been so kind to Xie Xiaofeng when he was masquerading as "Useless Aji." Even before that, they had repeatedly humiliated them.

Xie Xiaofeng, in this situation, lost his temper and drew his sword to kill them.

After the murder, the useless Aji naturally disappeared, replaced by Xie Xiaofeng, the third young master of Shenjian Villa.

News of Xie Xiaofeng's return spread incredibly quickly. Within a day or two, word of Xie Xiaofeng's return had spread throughout the entire Ming Empire.

This speed of spread was unusual in every way.

After all, the Ming Empire was a vast territory, and transportation was extremely inconvenient.

For news to spread normally within the Ming Empire, it would take at least six months, even a year, or even several months.

Yet, Xie Xiaofeng's return to the underworld spread throughout the Ming Empire in just a day or two. It would be impossible to assume that someone was behind this.

In reality, the news of Xie Xiaofeng's return was spread by members of the Sun Moon Divine Cult and the Yihua Palace. Even the channels for disseminating the news were secret, which was why the news spread so quickly.

Furthermore, the individuals who forced Xie Xiaofeng to return to the underworld were actually arranged by the Sun Moon Divine Cult.

It could be said that after learning from the diary that Xie Xiaofeng was not dead but was instead living in seclusion in a brothel, Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue immediately sent people to search for him.

After finding him, they began to provoke and pressure Xie Xiaofeng. Eventually

, through observation, they discovered that Xie Xiaofeng was particularly concerned about the family of Lao Miaozi, the manure carrier, and so they began to target Lao Miaozi. Ultimately, Xie Xiaofeng was forced into action, and then he returned.

It can be said that Xie Xiaofeng's return to the underworld was orchestrated from beginning to end by the Sun Moon Divine Cult, a move that neither the Sun Moon Divine Cult nor the Yihua Palace deliberately concealed.

Murong Qiudi's Tianzun organization naturally discovered this, and when the news reached her, she was nearly furious.

"Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue, you two just wait and see!!!"

Although the three of them had never officially met, Murong Qiudi, Dongfang Bubai, and Yaoyue were already at loggerheads.

"Tianzun, I wonder if Xie Xiaofeng—" The person who reported the news lowered his head, not daring to look up.

Murong Qiudi's eyes were cold, her expression icy, and her aura was unnaturally chilly, as if anything placed there would freeze to death in the next moment.

"Xie Xiaofeng—find out his whereabouts. Beyond that, there's nothing else to do," Murong Qiudi said in a gloomy voice.

"Yes!"

After the messenger withdrew, Murong Qiudi lost control of herself. With a loud slap, she slammed her hand down on the table, and the next moment, the table, which had been intact, instantly shattered into pieces.

"Xie Xiaofeng, Xie Xiaofeng! Why don't you just die? Xie Xiaofeng!" Murong Qiudi's heart was filled with a strong curse, as if she wanted to use the Seven Arrows Book to curse Xie Xiaofeng to death.

But Murong Qiudi couldn't deceive herself. At the mention of Xie Xiaofeng's name, a strange feeling still welled up in her heart.

After a long silence, Murong Qiudi decided to go meet Xie Xiaofeng.

She wanted to handle the relationship between herself and Xie Xiaofeng.

Without Ye Xiu and the diary, she would have been torn between targeting Xie Xiaofeng and wanting him to be harmed. She would have been torn between these two, almost refusing to even speak to him face to face.

But now, Murong Qiudi's mood had changed, and her pursuits had shifted.

So, instead, she wanted to meet Xie Xiaofeng, have a proper conversation, and unravel her feelings.

Ultimately, she would have to kill Xie Xiaofeng, give up her feelings for him, or forgive him.

A choice had to be made, and she would have to confront Xie Xiaofeng. So, now was the time to proactively search for him.

Xie Xiaofeng wasn't difficult to find.

In other words, the Sun Moon Cult and the Yihua Palace were desperately recording Xie Xiaofeng's whereabouts 24/7, relaying them to Murong Qiudi immediately.

So, even if others couldn't find Xie Xiaofeng, Murong Qiudi certainly wouldn't.

After making the decision, Murong Qiudi simply stopped hesitating and went directly to find Xie Xiaofeng.

At the same time, the news that Xie Xiaofeng had returned to the martial arts world was spreading rapidly throughout the entire Ming Dynasty. So, a group of people came with swords, wanting to challenge Xie Xiaofeng to a duel, wanting to become famous by stepping on Xie Xiaofeng's previous sword body.

For Xie Xiaofeng, this group of people were not even appetizers before the meal, and it was too easy to deal with them.

Of course, there were also people who really wanted to challenge Xie Xiaofeng to a duel, such as Yan Shisan.

Yan Shisan was already ready to sell his sword and retire, but he heard the news about Xie Xiaofeng again, so he rushed out immediately and tried to find Xie Xiaofeng to challenge him to a duel.