Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 311: Chapter 307: Moon God Palace, Ye Chenyu

The starry night was brilliant, the pool’s water clear and serene.

Ye Chenyu sat by the edge of the pool, revealing a pair of small, snow-white feet. Her toes were like tender lotus roots, and the flesh on the arch of her feet was so translucent you could faintly see the blue veins beneath.

Her entire foot was slender and exquisite, flawless. It possessed a natural delicacy, as if a work of art sculpted by the heavens, perfect in its beauty.

She dangled her feet, gently brushing them against the water and creating sparkling droplets and concentric ripples.

A snow-white dress adorned her, outlining her graceful and shapely figure. Her full head of silver hair shimmered as beautifully as the Galaxy. She sat there quietly, looking like a Moon Palace Fairy—ethereal, otherworldly, and peerlessly beautiful.

A veil covered her face, obscuring her features. Yet, anyone could tell that beneath it lay a beauty that was breathtaking and unparalleled.

"Chenyu, what is it? You look very happy."

The sound of footsteps echoed as several figures approached.

The speaker was a beautiful woman. A captivating fragrance wafted from her, and her skin was as smooth as jade. A simple daoist robe draped over her body, yet it faintly outlined a wonderful, mature, and alluring figure.

She appeared to be a woman under thirty, but the aura of a mature woman she exuded—like a ripe honey peach—made it clear she was not as young as she looked.

Su Yuying.

If Ning Jiang were here, he would have recognized her as the woman who had accompanied Ye Chenyu back to the Cyan Cloud Country.

"I heard his name. He’s doing very well."

Ye Chenyu replied. Her voice was ethereal and graceful, like a sound from heaven that was instantly likable and unforgettable.

"Him?"

Su Yuying frowned, remembering something. "Are you talking about that brat from the Cyan Cloud Country? Chenyu, don’t tell me you still haven’t forgotten him."

Su Yuying disliked that person from the bottom of her heart.

Arrogant and conceited.

That was her first impression of Ning Jiang.

Back then, she had advised Ning Jiang to face reality. She had told him that he and Ye Chenyu were from different worlds, that he shouldn’t overestimate himself and try to be with Ye Chenyu. A dragon does not consort with a snake.

This was what she truly believed. People needed to know their place. Chasing after something unattainable would only bring them harm. In her mind, her words had been for Ning Jiang’s own good.

But who would have thought Ning Jiang would tell her: the Great Dao begins from the smallest of things.

How can Mount Tai be measured with a ruler? How can the great rivers and seas be measured by the bushel?

He even said that one day, he would stand before the gates of the Moon God Palace, and on that day, they would see whether he was a dragon or a snake.

Those words had infuriated Su Yuying.

’A man from a small mud puddle, dreaming of being worthy of someone with innate Heavy Pupils?’

At this moment, recalling the words Ning Jiang had spoken back then, Su Yuying’s expression turned cold. "Chenyu," she said, "how many times do I have to tell you before you understand? He is merely a frog in a well, while you are a Phoenix soaring through the Nine Heavens. The gap between you is too vast. You are destined not to be together. Forgetting him is the best outcome for you both."

"Palace Master Su, you are mistaken. Your vision is too narrow."

Ye Chenyu’s voice was pleasant and melodious, betraying no hint of joy or anger.

Even though she was speaking to one of the Moon God Palace’s Vice Palace Masters, she was still blunt, stating that Su Yuying was wrong.

"Chenyu, you’re too stubborn."

Su Yuying’s delicate brows furrowed. She wanted to get angry but felt a sense of helplessness. The Palace Master had personally appointed Ye Chenyu as the Saintess; in terms of status, she was not actually beneath her.

At most, she could only reprimand Ye Chenyu.

"Palace Master Su, who are you talking about?"

A disciple following behind Su Yuying grew curious and couldn’t help but ask.

"A man named Ning Jiang. Arrogant, conceited, and utterly ignorant of his own limitations," Su Yuying said irritably.

"Ning Jiang?"

The disciple’s expression changed, and her voice suddenly shot up as if she had heard something shocking.

"Hm? What is it? Is there a problem with that name?" Su Yuying asked in surprise.

"Palace Master Su, you’ve only recently come out of seclusion, so you might not know about some recent events. Just in the past few days, a man named Ning Jiang has shaken the Six Eastern Provinces. Right now, his name is as radiant as the midday sun!"

"What? What’s going on? Tell me, quickly."

"Yes. This news came from Qing Province. I heard that..."

After the disciple finished recounting everything she knew, Su Yuying could no longer maintain her composure. The look on her beautiful, charming face changed dramatically.

"He killed four Earth Martial Realm experts in a row and slaughtered over ten thousand soldiers of the Evil Spirit Sect’s army?"

Su Yuying’s beautiful eyes were wide with shock. She couldn’t believe it.

’The person who was a mere frog in a well in her eyes had actually accomplished such an unbelievable feat?’

Looking across all Six Eastern Provinces, how many young people were capable of such a brutal achievement?

When she first met Ning Jiang, his Cultivation was only at the Innate Realm. It had only been about a year since then. How could his progress have been so immense?

"Perhaps... it’s just someone with the same name."

Su Yuying’s voice faltered. She still couldn’t believe that the minor figure from the Cyan Cloud Country could possess such abilities.

"Palace Master Su, I told you that you were mistaken."

At that moment, Ye Chenyu’s voice sounded again, seeming to drift down from the heavens with an ethereal quality.

"Hmph. So what if it really was him? Accomplishing something with the help of Array Power only proves that the Array is strong. I bet that Array was set up by the Heaven-Reaching Realm expert backing him. The only one who’s truly strong is that Heaven-Reaching Realm expert behind him."

Su Yuying snorted coldly.

"One day, you will change your mind." Ye Chenyu slowly closed her eyes and said no more.

"Since you think so highly of him, I’ll have to see for myself what kind of an establishment this Myriad Swords Sect of his is, and just how much he himself is truly worth."

Su Yuying’s expression turned chilly. With a flick of her sleeve, she departed.

"Saintess, Palace Master Su’s words were for your own good. You shouldn’t have contradicted her," a disciple said.

"For my good?"

Ye Chenyu opened her eyes and tilted her head to look at the disciple, her voice as firm as hammered steel. "No one can stand in the way of my relationship with him. Anyone who dares to get between us, no matter who they are, has only one path: death!"

As she spoke, another pupil materialized within each of her dark, starry eyes.

One red and one blue, her two Heavy Pupils overlapped, looking mysterious and profound.

For a moment, the disciple’s breath caught in her throat.

She felt that the Ye Chenyu before her was no longer the serene and ethereal Fairy of the past, but a Witch who would kill at a moment’s notice for the person she loved.

Whether a Fairy or a Witch, it was all decided in a single thought!

...

「Qing Province.」

As the Six Eastern Provinces buzzed with news of Ning Jiang and the Myriad Swords Sect, the seven-day deadline drew closer by the day. Correspondingly, the atmosphere in Qing Province grew increasingly tense.

At the same time, people noticed that many powerful experts from outside the province seemed to have appeared in Qing Province.

Without a doubt, they were all here for the Myriad Swords Sect!

Finally.

As everyone watched with bated breath, the moment the eastern Taiyang rose...

The seventh day arrived!