Chapter 1873: Chapter 1873: No More Twins
"Up ahead should be the East Smoke Territory."
Xiao Yi muttered to himself.
Up in the sky, a streak of black light flashed past.
The East Smoke Territory, along with the territory he’d just left, still counted as the border region.
Past the East Smoke Territory, after crossing a few more territories, one would step into the Central Region.
Speaking of which, Xiao Yi had stayed in the Central Region for a while, but he hadn’t actually trained there.
After all, it was the Central Region, right in the middle of all the great territories.
So, things were relatively peaceful there.
There weren’t many demon beast calamities, nor Evil Cultivators rampaging about.
There also weren’t many places worth training in.
As for the time Xiao Yi spent there, counting it up, that was already several years ago.
It was back when he’d been at the Heavenly Hidden Academy.
The Heavenly Hidden Academy just so happened to be within the Central Region.
This time, flying straight across, he would also pass through the Heavenly Hidden Territory, but there was nothing there worth him staying for.
"Hm?"
After flying at full speed for an hour, Xiao Yi frowned slightly and looked down.
Below, a fierce battle was raging.
Looking carefully, it was actually a bunch of "old acquaintances."
The ways of the world were truly bizarre—he had just been thinking about the Heavenly Hidden Territory and the Heavenly Hidden Academy, and now he’d run into the most outstanding young Heavenly Talents of this generation from the Heavenly Hidden Academy.
That group of "old acquaintances" was precisely Guu Feifan, Huoo Linlang, Zhang Nanfeng and the others.
Fang Shushu, Chu Rou, Muu Ning and the rest were conspicuously among them.
And the ones fighting against their group were actually...
Xiao Yi swept his senses over them, his brows knitting slightly.
They were a group of Evil Cultivators.
Their leader’s Cultivation had reached the Supreme Realm.
The rest were at least at the Late Stage Saint Emperor Realm and above.
However, the battle didn’t last long.
With a single sword strike, Guu Feifan cut down the leading Evil Cultivator.
The remaining Evil Cultivators were also slain one by one by Fang Shushu and the others.
"Hm?" Just then, Guu Feifan had just been about to sheath his sword when he saw a streak of black light speeding toward them from the sky.
"Another Evil Cultivator?" Guu Feifan’s eyes went cold, and he rose with his sword in an instant.
Xiao Yi’s figure was immediately intercepted.
"Do you have a death wish?" Xiao Yi’s tone was icy.
The hoarse voice made Guu Feifan’s expression tighten.
"So you’re not an Evil Cultivator, sir?" Guu Feifan carefully sized Xiao Yi up.
But under the wide Black Robe, he couldn’t make out the face within.
Guu Feifan’s hand tightened slightly on his sword.
Bang...
From within the wide Black Robe, a pair of white gloves extended, and a wisp of Silent Annihilation Poison condensed out of thin air.
The terrifying poisonous aura made Guu Feifan hastily kick off the air a few times, retreating a bit.
"Fight, or move aside." Xiao Yi’s words were simple and to the point.
He and Guu Feifan had no real grudges.
However, in his impression, Guu Feifan wasn’t exactly smart, but he wasn’t exactly stupid either.
But at times, he could be very troublesome.
Xiao Yi couldn’t be bothered to tangle with him.
"Hm?" After Guu Feifan retreated a bit, he pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly reacted.
"If I’m not mistaken, you must be the Black Mage who made a name for himself in the Eastern Range a few days ago—Black Robe Xiao Xun."
Xiao Yi said nothing.
"My offense just now." Guu Feifan nodded, offered a perfunctory apology, and his figure flashed as he dropped back down.
Black Mages mostly acted alone and had eccentric temperaments.
Guu Feifan had no interest in provoking one.
Let alone a Black Mage with a reputation.
Xiao Yi ignored him and flew off, Controlling the air.
Guu Feifan landed back on the ground and finally sheathed his sword.
"Hmph." At this moment, Huoo Linlang snorted coldly. "The Eastern Range’s Evil Cultivation Branches were just swept clean by Yi Xiao not long ago."
"These Evil Cultivators still dare to show their faces."
Guu Feifan’s expression twisted with a hint of jealousy.
"I wonder if that guy has come out of seclusion yet." Huoo Linlang suddenly smiled brightly, muttering to herself.
"Even though he didn’t go to the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb, the next time we meet, he’ll definitely be even stronger—so strong it’ll be outrageous."
Clearly, Huoo Linlang had never gotten over Yi Xiao missing the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb.
Guu Feifan snapped coldly, "Why bring up someone who has nothing to do with us?"
"Linlang, don’t forget, he’s our Heavenly Hidden Academy’s enemy."
"Ever since he made a scene at our Heavenly Hidden Academy and injured people, he’s been our enemy."
"Grandpa wasn’t angry with him in the slightest." Huoo Linlang pouted.
"A twin Supreme Monster like that—Grandpa couldn’t bear to blame him at all."
"He was mad at you idiots for forcing his fourth Direct Disciple away back then."
"Hmph." Guu Feifan’s face grew even uglier, and he let out another cold snort.
"So what if they’re twins? I, Guu Feifan, will catch up to them in the end."
"With my current strength, forget ordinary Evil Cultivators—even if Poison Robe shows up, I still have the strength to fight."
"And Linlang, let me remind you again, there are no twins anymore."
"That Xiao Yi little thief is already dead."
"Back then, the Old Dean not taking him in as a Disciple wasn’t necessarily a bad thing."
"Otherwise, with that man’s despicable nature and poor character, the Old Dean’s reputation built over so many years would have been ruined overnight."
"Guu Feifan." Fang Shushu’s face instantly turned ice-cold and ugly.
"If my Brother Xiao Yi truly had poor character and a despicable nature, would you even still be alive here to spout such nonsense?"
"Have you forgotten who it was that saved us from the Blood Moon Formation?"
"Also, let me remind you of one thing—my Brother Xiao Yi is not dead."
"Hmph." Guu Feifan snorted again, but after hearing that, he didn’t argue further.
"Senior Brother Xiao Yi, he..." Zhang Nanfeng clenched his teeth.
"Hehe." Chu Rou covered her mouth with a smile. "If you say Young Master Xiao Yi is dead, I absolutely don’t believe it."
"Even though the death news has spread from both Main Halls."
"But I’d rather believe the two Masters of the Main Hall are just getting old and blind."
"Young Master Xiao Yi has always been full of surprises."
"In the past, how many times was he in certain-death situations? How many times did all of us think there was no way he could survive, yet didn’t he still stand alive in front of us every single time?"
"Enough nonsense, let’s continue our training." Guu Feifan clearly didn’t want to hear those names or those matters anymore.
Twins—whichever one it was, whether Xiao Yi or Yi Xiao—he didn’t want to hear.
He was the Heavenly Hidden Academy’s number one Heavenly Talent, the First Academy Chief of the Central Region, and he swore... he would eventually surpass those two.
"Before the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb, we forcibly pushed our Cultivation up by a level."
"We really do need to seize the time to train and solidify our Cultivation." Fang Shushu looked at Huoo Linlang and the others and spoke seriously.
...
Far away, at the horizon, even though Xiao Yi had already flown off, he still heard their conversation.
He had only intended to listen in on how they were doing, but he hadn’t expected to hear such words.
"They all have that much faith in me?" Xiao Yi shook his head.
"Sigh." Xiao Yi let out a helpless sigh.
In truth, he himself had no confidence, nor any assurance that he could repair this ruined body.
Strictly speaking, he had absolutely no way at all.
The despair he’d felt back in the Extreme East was by no means baseless.
As far as the Martial Arts level he understood, there truly was no way.
Even with all the Supreme means he possessed, he couldn’t do a thing about it.
The only thing he could do was continue cultivating the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book and increase his strength as quickly as possible.
"Forget it, stop thinking about it." Xiao Yi shook his head.
Recovering his strength was the most important thing right now.
...
Fourth update. (Burst)
