Chapter 1082 - I’ve Come to Bed Su Xuanjun
Heaven and earth were silent. Everyone was too shaken for words.
How terrifying was the Painter’s imprint of will?
Who’d have thought a slash would execute him in the blink of an eye?
But when they watched Elder Yin die, the crowd wasn’t all that surprised.
He’d already been a captive awaiting execution. Now that his founder’s will imprint had been destroyed, how could Elder Yin possibly survive? Or even struggle?
Now, when the crowd gazed up into the dome of heaven and took in that tall, upright figure, they couldn’t help but feel rueful.
The Red Pine Yao Emperor muttered to himself, “After five hundred years, the legend whose sword once suppressed the heavens… has returned!”
It was just one sentence, but it went off in the others’ ears like thunder.
Five hundred years ago, the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force died inexplicably. His death shook the Wilds, stirring up an unprecedented wave of uproar.
Throughout the Wilds, countless cultivators were at a complete loss, and countless people mourned.
But at the same time, countless peak factions were excited. It was as if the impenetrable iron curtain that had weighed down the Wilds for countless years had been lifted. Their future looked bright.
The Wilds lost its existing order and descended into upheaval. Bloody battles unfolded throughout the Wilds as the long-established balance of power shifted and was formed anew.
The Abstruse Force Alliance was a good example of this; it was in those years of turmoil that they rose to prominence and dazzled everything beneath the heavens.
Everyone had thought that the era of Su Xuanjun’s dominance over the Wilds had come to an end. The Wilds had welcomed an all-new balance of power!
But now, five hundred years later, the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force had returned to the Wilds after achieving rebirth through the cycle of reincarnation!
This meant that the legend of Su Xuanjun had neither withered nor disappeared. Rather, he’d achieved rebirth, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. He’d begun a new rise to prominence, and soon, he would reach the top once more!
Admittedly, the reincarnated Swordmaster of Abstruse Force was only in the Profound Illumination Realm.
But he already had the power and foundations to slay Profound Serenity Realm Emperors with ease. Moreover, the Painter was the founder of the Studio of the Heart, but Su Yi had just cut through his imprint of will in a flash!
If he was this strong in the Profound Illumination Realm, how strong would he be in the Profound Serenity Realm?
Or when he returned to the Profound Unity Realm?
Just thinking about it made their hearts shake uncontrollably.
Meanwhile, beneath the dome of heaven.
Su Yi wasn’t all that emotional, as this was already his third time slaying an imprint of the Painter’s will. He’d long since grown accustomed to it.
It wasn’t that the Painter’s imprints of will weren’t strong, but that every time they met, the Painter had no idea who Su Yi was, or how strong the powers at his disposal were.
And Su Yi? He knew his opponent well. Given the circumstances, it would have been difficult to lose even if he wanted to.
Of course, Su Yi didn’t let himself get complacent.
After all, the ones he’d killed were mere remnants of the Painter’s will.
He put away the Tiny Heart of the Cosmos, turned around, and returned to the ground.
…….
As night fell.
Ye Luo crouched beneath a blazing bonfire, grilling meat.
Su Yi sat cross-legged, meditating on a nearby boulder.
Bai Yi sat beside him, sharpening his sword and silently watching over his master.
Wang Zhuofu was drinking, and his expression was somber.
Today’s incident had dealt him far too great a blow. Even now, he couldn’t truly calm down.
Yao Emperors Red Pine, Dark Mountain, and Blue Ox gathered together and had a hushed conversation. From time to time, they glanced at the skewered meat Ye Luo was roasting, their expressions strange.
Those were the Blood Feather Yao Empress’s wings. They’d been bled, plucked, and washed in the river before being chunked, skewered, and roasted.
“Aih, Blood Feather died at His Excellency Su’s hands. That’s good fortune enough already. Now, her flesh can serve as his nourishment. How fortunate! She’s sure to descend to the nine springs with a smile on her face,” the Blue Ox Yao Emperor said wistfully, his expression complicated.
Yao Emperors Red Pine and Dark Mountain looked at each other at a loss for words. The Blood Feather Yao Empress was the old ox’s subordinate!
A night wind blew by, and the smell of roasting meat gradually permeated the air.
The Red Pine Yao Emperor gulped imperceptibly. Then, his keen senses detected Dark Mountain gulping; the smell was obviously enticing to him too.
Even the Blue Ox Yao Emperor was practically drooling.
The Red Pine Yao Emperor sighed to himself. The roasted wings of a Profound Serenity Empress… I’m afraid even a god or immortal wouldn’t be able to resist such a flavor…
But then, he was dazed.
A scrawny figure had suddenly appeared by the fireside. Her long hair was a mess, and her clothes were filthy, as if she were a refugee fleeing in panic.
She was facing away from Yao Emperor Red Pine, so he could only see her scrawny figure and profile, but her features were clear and fair.
Red Pine tensed, a chill coursing through his heart.
There’d been no warning whatsoever. The scrawny, dirty young woman appeared beside the fire out of nowhere. Who wouldn’t have been surprised?
Moments later, the Dark Mountain and Blue Ox Yao Emperors were stunned. They prepared themselves to face a powerful opponent.
Bai Yi, who was sharpening his sword in the distance, suddenly looked up. His eyes glinted like swords.
Wang Zhuofu, who was busy drowning his sorrows in wine, shook.
Strangely, the filthy young woman was standing right behind Ye Luo, watching as he roasted meat with practiced ease. He seemed entirely unaware of her existence.
When Ye Luo noticed Bai Yi’s gaze, he couldn’t help but laugh. “Junior Apprentice Brother Bai Yi, what’s got you widening your eyes like that? Don’t tell me you just can’t wait to eat?”
He then sprinkled on some seasoning. “Don’t be in such a rush. It’ll be even more delicious if I roast it a little longer. Don’t forget; back in the Grotto of Abstruse Force, my roasting skills were second only to Senior Apprentice Sister Jin Kui’s.”
He laughed and spoke with confidence and ease.
But this only made the others even tenser. They couldn’t help but sweat on Ye Luo’s behalf. Don’t tell me he hasn’t realized even now?
Bai Yi silently stood up, and when he saw that the disheveled young woman wasn’t moving, he warned, “Senior Apprentice Brother, there’s… a woman standing behind you.”
“A… woman!?” Ye Luo’s smile froze, and the hands holding the skewer quivered.
Suddenly, beneath the light of the campfire, he saw a long shadow cast at an angle out of the corner of his eye.
Practically simultaneously, a timid voice rang out behind him. “Don’t panic. Be careful not to burn the meat.”
“....” Ye Luo didn’t know what to say to that.
Everyone looked bewildered. Don’t tell me this disheveled young woman was lured here by the smell of roasting meat?
Over on that distant boulder, Su Yi got up and said calmly, “Ye Luo, keep roasting the meat. Everyone else, attend to your own affairs. That demoness has come here for me.”
When Ye Luo heard that, he sighed in relief, but his expression was still solemn.
A demoness had silently appeared behind him, and he had never once noticed her presence. How… How terrifying must her cultivation base be?
The others’ hearts shook too.
Here, the disheveled young woman crouched, grabbed a skewer of meat out of Ye Luo’s hands, and swallowed everything on it whole. She then licked her lips, as if she’d yet to get her fill. “That’s enough to assuage my hunger for now. I can eat my fill later.”
She then walked right up to Su Yi.
“Big Brother Su, I just knew you were still alive.” The girl’s tangled, long hair fluttered in the night breeze, revealing a beautiful, melon-seed-shaped face. She looked about sixteen or seventeen, and her eyes were clear and guileless. Her voice was soft, with a hint of timidness. It was hard not to pity her.
“‘Big’ brother? You’re older than I am.” Su Yi laughed coldly. “Also, quit acting weak. Fishing for pity at your age? Aren’t you ashamed?”
The unkempt young woman blinked, and she smiled faintly. “Don’t you look like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old too?”
Everyone held their breath. Although the girl was filthy, when she smiled, her beautiful face was an incomparably moving sight. Her scrawny figure wasn’t at all eye-catching, but even that suddenly stirred the heart and soul.
Even the mighty Profound Unity Realm Red Pine Yao Emperor felt his Dao Heart shake. The filthy young woman seemed like an entirely different person. She was utterly enticing, an unmatched enchantress who set the deepest, most fundamental of his desires ablaze.
Everyone else present looked dazed, too.
There was no doubt about it. The young woman’s inadvertent display of charm had the power to bewitch the masses. It could even affect the hearts and souls of Emperors!
This was unquestionably terrifying!
Su Yi’s brow furrowed slightly, and he said directly, “Tell me, what did you come here to do?”
When the young woman was just thirty feet from Su Yi, she stopped. Her clear, guileless eyes looked at him, and she gently bit down on her pink lower lip. In a soft, ambiguous voice, she said, “Big Brother Su, don’t tell me you forgot? You said that if I wanted to take you to bed, I’d have to defeat you first.”
This declaration caught everyone else completely off guard, leaving them astonished at a complete loss for words.
What’s going on? Has this young woman come here to take the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force’s reincarnation to bed!?
The corners of Su Yi’s lips twitched imperceptibly, and he looked at her seriously. “Does that mean you plan to fight me?”
The disheveled young woman nodded. “Recently, there have been rumors flying around that a brazen madman is impersonating the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force. I came here to see just who this imposter was. I respect Big Brother Su more than anyone. Someone would have to be sick of living to impersonate you!”
But here, her starry eyes sparkled with delight. “Who’d have thought that ‘brazen imposter’ really was you? This is truly a delightful surprise.”
At first, the young woman had seemed entirely unassuming, a pitiful, solitary figure.
But now, when she looked at Su Yi, her every smile and frown revealed enough charm to bewitch the masses. It didn’t matter that her hair was tangled or that her clothes were filthy. None of them could obscure her charm.
Even facing away from the others, they felt their hearts shake and their blood heat up. They felt as if their most basal desires had been revealed; it was almost unbearable.
Everyone present was a cultivator of the Imperial Realm. Most were in the Profound Serenity Realm. All had seen their share of wind and rain and overcome all manner of adversities. Each had a firmer heart than the one before.
Yet now, this young woman’s every word and gesture, her every smile and frown, entranced their hearts and souls!
All of this showed that her origins weren’t at all simple, and their hearts filled with trepidation.
Except for Su Yi, who seemed entirely unaffected. His expression was as tranquil as ever.
He thought for a moment, then gazed at the nearby young woman’s peerlessly beautiful face. He furrowed his brow and said, “That so? Then who told you that I was in the wilderness of the Ten Directions Yao Mountains?”
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