Chapter 565: Sword Energy
Screams echoed in the surroundings and Jiang Yue subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
He wanted to pull his lover away from the path of the wave.
However, Yu Nianzhen had another idea.
Before Jiang Yue could pull him, the person bent down, roughly pulled a blade of grass from the ground, straightened, and without wasting time, swung the grass towards the coming wave.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
In one moment, a wave was rushing towards the spectators, and in another, the wave collapsed without a sword.
"We are saved." Blue Hair said with a slight tremble in his voice.
At the same time, he looked at Yu Nianzhen with a confused look in his eyes.
"Beautiful lady..." He started and subconsciously looked at the blade of grass in the woman’s hand.
"Am I dreaming?" He muttered and reflexively pinched his arm.
Soon after, a pain-filled scream broke the silence and Blue Hair subconsciously rubbed his arm to soothe the pain.
"How dare you?" An angry voice echoed in the surroundings and everyone turned to look at the speaker.
The speaker was the ancestor of the Tang family.
While speaking, the old man rushed towards the centre of the look and stood beside Tang Xiao.
"Xue Zhang, are you looking down on us?" Ancestor Qian also rushed to stand beside Qian.
Seeing this situation and hearing the words, the spectators quickly put two and two together.
"Did ancestor Xue sneak attack Grandmaster Tang and Grandmaster Qian?" Blue Hair asked in a whisper.
"Mmmmm." Jiang Yue nodded.
Although the sneak attack was hidden within the wave, it couldn’t escape his and Yu Nianzhen’s detection.
Fortunately, Grandmaster Tang and Grandmaster Qian barely managed to dodge most of the attack.
If they faced the attack head-on, they would have died without leaving a complete body.
"How could Divine Master Xue do such a thing?" Blue Hair angrily asked, his hands clenched into fists.
After all, he was almost implicated.
If the beautiful lady hadn’t protected them, he and everyone on their side of the lake would have died.
"Is there a feud between three families?" Jiang Yue asked but Blue Hair shook his head before he spoke.
"As far as I know, there is no feud between the five major families. However, the friendship between them is only superficial."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue nodded.
Although he didn’t know everything about the hidden martial arts world, he understood human nature.
In the cultivation world, cultivators fought over resources and the same was true for major families, sects, and factions.
Thinking of this, it made sense that martial artists also competed for meagre resources.
"Explain yourself or we won’t let this matter go." Ancestor Tang demanded while glaring at Xue Zhang.
"Xue Zhang, do you think our two families can’t do anything to your Xue family?" Ancestor Qian was also angry.
However, Ancestor Xue was not flustered.
Instead, he smiled and helplessly shrugged before he spoke.
"What can I do? The little girl doesn’t like either of your boys. As the head of the family, how can I force her? Don’t blame me for trying to force both boys to lose."
After saying that, ancestor Xue sighed and shook his head in regret.
If one didn’t look carefully, one would think the old man regretted Grandmaster Xue’s lack of eyesight.
However, insightful people could see that was not the case.
Rather than regretting Grandmaster Xue’s choice, the old man disliked that he was unable to kill the two young men.
Thinking of this, the old man frowned and turned to look at Yu Nianzhen.
Seeing this, ancestor Tang and ancestor Qian also looked over.
If Yu Nianzhen was an ordinary young lady, he would have taken this opportunity to introduce himself.
However, he and Jiang Yue were not intimidated.
Although they felt the looks, they didn’t care.
Instead, they leaned towards each other and spoke in a low voice.
"Azhen, how can you use sword energy?" Jiang Yue asked with a confused look in his eyes.
After all, their cultivation was sealed.
Without qi, Yu Nianzhen should not have been able to use sword intent and sword energy.
"I gained something during my practice." Yu Nianzhen said but he was also a little confused.
At first, practising the one hundred and eight basic sword moves was a way to keep fit. He didn’t expect to make any achievements or improve his sword arts.
However, reality was better than expectation.
As he practised, Yu Nianzhen began to realise something.
Just five days ago, he was able to unleash sword energy.
"As expected, my Azhen is the most awesome." Jiang Yue whispered with a proud look in his eyes.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen chuckled.
Unfortunately, Blue Hair couldn’t tolerate this and directly broke into their world of two.
"You two..." He called and quickly continued.
"The ancestors are looking at you." He said.
When they heard that, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen knew they couldn’t ignore the situation for much longer.
However, they didn’t plan to take the initiative.
Instead, they stopped whispering and turned to look at the ancestors.
Seeing this, Blue Hair almost rolled his eyes in frustration.
"Why don’t you talk?" He whispered.
"Talk about what?" Jiang Yue asked with an innocent look.
Hearing this, Blue Hair almost lost his cool.
’Why didn’t I know this guy was so difficult to deal with?’ He wondered. However, despite his frustration, he gritted his teeth and continued to whisper.
"Greet the ancestors." He said but Jiang Yue just smiled without saying anything.
In the cultivation world, juniors were responsible for greeting their seniors.
Although the hidden martial arts world was different from the cultivation world, the principles were the same.
If he and Yu Nianzhen greeted the ancestors, they would automatically position themselves as juniors.
Ordinarily, this was not an issue.
After all, the ancestors were seemingly older than them.
However, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen had already seen the virtue of the few old men.
If they positioned themselves as juniors, they would place themselves at a disadvantage.
Considering this, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen chose not to act as juniors.
’What are you going to do?’ Jiang Yue thought, smiled, and looked at the few old men.
Seeing this, the surroundings became tense and the spectators couldn’t help but worry.
After all, the ancestors of the Tang, Qian, and Xue families were in the Divine master stage.
If they were angered, everyone would suffer.
In this tense silence, a voice suddenly resounded.
"This Taoist friend is not old but already a young hero." Someone said and everyone turned to look at the person.
The person was a middle-aged man.
He was a little fat, with a childish face, and had a bright smile.
Looking at the person, Jiang Yue couldn’t be arrogant.
’It’s difficult to hit a smiling face.’ He thought and also smiled.
"I thank you on behalf of my wife." He said and a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man.
The man was called Wu Geng.
Like the Tang, Qian, and Xue families, his Wu family was among the five major families in the hidden martial arts world.
Seeing that the situation was not good, he came out to alleviate the tension.
Now that the tension was broken, he couldn’t help but be a little surprised when he heard the ordinary-looking man was married to the beautiful swordswoman.
’Birds of a feather flock together. Since he can marry the beautiful swordswoman, he shouldn’t be an ordinary person.’ Wu Geng thought and continued to smile.
"My surname is Wu and my given name is Geng." Wu Geng introduced himself.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue smiled and held his lover’s hand.
"My name is Jiang Zhen and my wife is Yu Yue." He said without going into details.
"There is a Jiang family in the hidden world but I have never heard of the Yu family." Someone said and the spectators began to discuss amongst themselves.
"Taoist friend Jiang, are you a member of the Jiang family?" Wu Geng asked with a frown on his face.
Although he couldn’t say he knew all the powerful people in the hidden world, he knew most of the powerful members of the five major families.
From what he knew, the current generation of the Jiang family did not have such a person as Jiang Zhen.
’Did the Jiang family secretly cultivate a genius? What about Yu Yue?’ Wu Geng wondered.
At the same time, other people were thinking along the same lines.
Unfortunately, their speculations couldn’t be further from the truth.
"My wife and I are casual martial artists." Jiang Yue said.
However, no one believed this.
Earth was almost barren and resources were extremely scarce.
Without a powerful family, a martial artist couldn’t reach the level Yu Yue had shown.
"In that case..." Wu Geng started but a flurry of movement interrupted his words.
When everyone looked, they saw two people rushing towards Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
These people were Tang Xiao and Qian Chen.
For some reason, both had determined looks and seemed to be competing to run faster.
