fairy family

Chapter 219 Winner Takes All, This is an Ancient Immortal Flying Sword Seed
A chilling aura emanated from the two sixth-rank vengeful ghosts.

Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi, who were initially shocked and angry, immediately turned to fear.

They exclaimed, "How is this possible?!"

Not only were the two terrified, but everyone else at the scene also stared wide-eyed at the two fierce ghosts, thinking they were seeing things.

Two of the palace elders, who had been calm and collected, were now surprised and reached out to rub their eyes, thinking that their eyesight was failing.

Even the peak master of the Refinement Peak, who was originally sitting cross-legged in the main hall, was observing the scene with his divine sense.

At that moment, he stood up abruptly, his gaze sharp and intense, piercing through the hall as he looked at Yu Que.

Yu Que stood before everyone, a slight smile on his face, casually waving at the two fierce ghosts.

With a whoosh, the sixth-grade ghost energy emanating from the vengeful ghost flew towards him and then landed in the pouch at his waist.

Currently, they are in the midst of a competition, and Yu Que does not want to reveal the characteristic that his sword energy can grow by devouring ghosts. He simply lets his sword energy shatter the vengeful ghost and absorb its ghost energy, and then refines the ghost energy into his sword energy later.

In full view.

Before long, the two sixth-rank vengeful ghosts completely lost their ability to resist. They let out a mournful roar and then their ghostly bodies disintegrated, turning into two wisps of black and red mist.

Upon seeing this, Yu Que was even more delighted.

With the two ghosts scattered, he no longer needed to expend his sword energy to cut them one by one.

He immediately released the pouch, and a burst of dark light shot out onto the two wisps of black and red mist, swallowing them whole.

The scene suddenly became much emptier, with only the grotesque ghost in front of Yu Que remaining in mid-air, still writhing and twisting on its own.

Yu Que put away the two wisps of ghostly energy. He looked around and found that the scene was still quiet. Many people were staring at him with astonishment and confusion on their faces.

The dozens or even hundreds of people inside the hall, while not exactly silent, were quiet and speechless.

Seeing that everyone remained silent, Yu Que turned to Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi, and cupped his hands in greeting:
"You flatter me, fellow Daoists. How are my methods?"

Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi looked at Yu Que, their pupils shrinking slightly. After exchanging a glance, they suppressed the fear in their hearts.

Bai Jiangliu said in a deep voice:

"Impressive technique! I wonder what kind of magic weapon or secret treasure Yu Zhenchuan used, and which expert in the palace bestowed it upon him?"

Shi Lanzhi gritted her teeth, stared at the ghostly creature in front of Yu Que, and said:
“Don’t be too happy yet, Master Yu. There’s still a Rank 6 vengeful ghost in front of you.”

We agreed on three heads, so it must be three heads!

The two came to their senses and suspected that Yu Que had used an extraordinary treasure just now, and that the reason he only refined two fierce ghosts was to save the treasure's magical power, or that he could only refine two temporarily and could not refine a third.

Hearing their conversation, Yu Que looked bored. He made a sword-finger gesture and shouted at the vengeful ghost in front of him:

"Destroy!"

clank!

Strands of sword energy suddenly flew from his fingertips, transforming into a streak of light that enveloped the vengeful ghost.

Then, in everyone's eyes, the vengeful ghost only lasted for ten breaths before letting out a miserable scream, its body disintegrating, and being put into Yu Que's pouch.

Compared to before, Yu Que's current method of dealing with the vengeful ghost is undoubtedly more swift and more astonishing.

Now, Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi looked even worse, realizing that they had brought this humiliation upon themselves.

The reason Yu Que didn't finish off the three vengeful ghosts in one go was likely to save face for them and give them a way out.

Unexpectedly, they were oblivious to the situation, forcing Yu Que to take action and win the bet completely!
Their throats bobbed, their lips trembled, and they wanted to speak, but for a moment they couldn't utter a word.

Actually, they had completely misunderstood.

After dealing with the two ghosts, Yu Que asked them, actually trying to see if he could leave the third vengeful ghost intact.

After all, two sixth-grade vengeful ghosts were more than enough for his sword energy to use up. And sixth-grade vengeful ghosts were rare; keeping one intact might be even more useful in the future.

In particular, the fierce ghost bestowed by the peak master was not an evil ghost. Yu Que could refine it and feed it to his own sword ghost, or try to refine it into a sixth-rank ghost soldier.

On the contrary, if Yu Que were to use the Taiyin Sword Qi to subdue the sixth-rank ghost without dispersing it, it would be better to...

This was extremely difficult for him.

After all, his cultivation level was low. The reason he was able to kill sixth-grade evil spirits at will was not only due to the power of his sword energy, but also because the evil spirits were still under the control of the Refinement Peak Master.

He can kill ghosts, but he has difficulty trapping them.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Bai Jiangliu and the other man remained silent, but Yuan Wen, who was sitting next to Yu Que, suddenly stood up excitedly, clapped his hands, and shouted.

This man was not only happy for Yu Que, but also immediately shouted at Bai Shi and the other man:

"A bet is a bet. Since Yu Zhenchuan has already wiped out the three ghosts in one go, why don't you two quickly hand over the bet?"

Even if you are true disciples, you cannot renege on your debt!

These words made Shiraishi and his companion's expressions even more unpleasant and grim.

They hesitated, looking around, clearly not wanting to honor the bet.

Especially Shi Lanzhi, who gripped the spiritual object tightly in her hand and immediately sent a telepathic message to Yu Que:
"Brother Yu, it was just that my sister was exaggerating."

Having witnessed Brother Yu's formidable abilities today, I humbly request that Brother Yu be magnanimous and spare my sister this time.

Unfortunately, if Yu Que hadn't been eyeing the spiritual items the two possessed, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to propose the bet.

He smiled and ignored Shi Lanzhi's pleas, letting Yuan Wen beside him collect the debt for him.

Seeing that Yu Que ignored her, Shi Lanzhi's face darkened. Her eyes flickered, and she immediately sent a telepathic message to the people beside her.

Several disciples sitting behind Bai Shi and his companion lowered their heads in thought for a moment, then gritted their teeth and stepped forward to confront Yuan Wen.

"Wait a minute!"

"Today, the three true disciples are competing to subdue ghosts using their own magical powers."

"Yu Zhenchuan's cultivation level appears to be only at the lower seventh rank. How could he possibly kill two sixth-rank vengeful ghosts using only his own magical power?"

"That's right, that's right! Even if that vengeful ghost was captured by the Peak Master beforehand and its ghostly energy was greatly diminished, such a malevolent ghost still possesses such intense ghostly energy that it is definitely not something a seventh-grade immortal can easily subdue!"

Yuan Wen roared, "You say it can't be, so it can't be? Are you guys even the true disciples?!"

The questioners hesitated for a moment, but still spoke with unwavering conviction:
There's something wrong with today's betting.

Yu Zhenchuan must rely on magical treasures, talismans, or spirits, not solely on his own magical power!

These words infuriated Yuan Wen even more.

The man pointed at Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi and shouted, "Those two, one just pulled out some spiritual water and the other took out some spiritual orchid, weren't they also trying to use external objects?!"

“They are different. The spiritual water is condensed by the true disciple Bai himself, while the spiritual orchid is a spiritual plant cultivated by the true disciple Shi in both life and spirit.”

Faced with the dispute over whether the bet was valid, Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi remained silent.

The rest of the crowd looked at the scene, and their gazes toward Shiraishi and his companion immediately turned contemptuous.

As if watching a joke, the crowd began to murmur amongst themselves again.
"Fine, you can't take a loss, you have no class at all."

"The Dao Palace disciples in recent years are indeed different from those before; they're such shoddy imitations."

Hearing the discussions in the room, Bai Shi and his companion grew increasingly embarrassed and indignant. They desperately wanted to place their bets in front of Yu Que and then storm off.

Whether it's spiritual water or spiritual orchids, they are both important items related to the two people's breakthrough in Qi Condensation. They were cultivated and nurtured by them for a long time.

If they give up, they won't be able to accumulate the resources again within the next five years. Moreover, their mentors will most likely not provide them with the resources to start training again.

So the two of them stood there like wooden figures, letting the people around them argue on their behalf.

Yu Que watched this with a smile, not in a hurry.

If these two really refuse to give it to him and try to renege on their debt, then he will simply take action and snatch the item back from them.

Who knows, he might be able to extract even more from their pockets this way.

Even if such a matter of defaulting on a debt and forcibly taking it reached Lotus Peak, Yu Que was not afraid.

As the discussions in the main hall grew increasingly noisy, a calm voice finally rang out:
"quiet."

As the oppressive aura descended, even Yu Que suppressed his smile and bowed slightly towards the depths of the hall.

It was the Peak Master of Refinement who spoke again.

His tone was natural as he spoke calmly to Yu Que:
"You little rascal, you do have some tricks up your sleeve, managing to destroy three of my evil spirits in one go."

After a pause, the Refinement Peak Master made his decision:

"You have won today's contest. You may stay and enter my temple later to observe the furnace and watch the fire. Don't miss your turn."

Yu Que was overjoyed and immediately bowed:

"Thank you for your favor, Peak Master!"

Whether it was the three vengeful ghosts or the spirits of the two true disciples, they were just extras to him.

The main goal is to catch the eye of the Refinement Peak Master, infiltrate the Refinement Peak, and make it easier for him to line his own pockets and make use of waste materials.

Yu Que was overjoyed, while the other two beside him were immediately furious.

"Peak Master!"

Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi hurriedly said, "This boy is only a seventh-grade lower level, how could he possibly refine three ghosts in one go?"

"His victory was dishonorable; please, Peak Master, see the truth."

When the Peak Master of Refinement saw his judgment being questioned, his calm demeanor immediately turned cold and stern:
"Are you suspecting that this sect is biased and unfair?"

*Smack!*

Even though they had lost, the two disciples, who were still arrogant and self-important, suddenly collapsed to their knees, breaking the gold bricks on the ground.

Furthermore, Shiraishi and the other person felt extremely heavy, their blood and qi stagnated, and they even stopped breathing.

Their faces were filled with fear, and they mustered all their strength to finally squeeze out words from their throats:

"This disciple... dares not."

The others around, especially the disciples who had just been arguing with Yuan Wen, didn't dare to breathe loudly, keeping their heads down like quails.

"Noisy!"

The peak master of the Refinement Peak snorted coldly, ignoring Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi, and turned his attention to Yu Que.

His voice drifted slowly from the main hall:

"Young Master Yu, do you want me to cover for you, or do you want to clarify things now?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Que realized that the Peak Master of Refinement had seen through his method of killing ghosts, and knew that he had not used any treasures, but had only used a breath of true energy to defeat the three ghosts.

The question we're asking him now is whether he's willing to reveal his unique "Taiyin Sword Qi" true energy.

After all, such powerful internal energy often has significant implications and can easily attract trouble and schemes.

Yu Que thought to himself, "This Refinement Peak Master is quite a nice elder."

But he had already made up his mind when he decided to use the Taiyin Sword Qi.

Yu Que smiled broadly towards the depths of the main hall and returned the gesture with a cupped hand:

"Why tarnish the reputation of the elder? This thing in my hand is nothing shameful."

next moment.

Yu Que strode out and shouted loudly:
"I am the true successor of the millstone, and it is the seed of the ancient immortal flying sword."

Three years of arduous training have forged a frost-covered blade; all demons and monsters are but a single sword.

"out!"

He suddenly shouted, opened his mouth and spat out a white light that was as graceful as a swimming dragon from his throat.

A white light swirled around him several times, its cold gleam intimidating, and the sound of his sword rang out loudly, turning the faces of everyone in the hall pale.

Finally, it transformed into a single line, hovering in Yu Que's palm, buzzing and pulsating.

This object is the White Ridge Sword, enveloped in dense Yin sword energy, and its sharpness is astonishing.

The people in the hall were stunned by Yu Que's sword technique. When they came to their senses and saw the White Ridge Sword clearly, their expressions were even more interesting, especially Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi.

They hadn't expected that the white light that had just annihilated three people in one go was actually just a sword aura casually unleashed by Yu Que.

Yu Que killed the three ghosts without even using the flying sword itself!

Bai Shi and the other man stared intently at the White Ridge Sword in Yu Que's hand, their souls trembling and their backs turning cold.

"If this boy were to strike me with his sword, could I possibly withstand it?"

Bai Shi and the other man felt bitter and their mouths went numb. When they looked at Yu Que's smiling gaze, they subconsciously lowered their heads to avoid it, not daring to look directly at him.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yu Que was still looking at the two of them and said:

"That wasn't quite enough fun. If you two are still not satisfied, would you allow me to test my sword skills?"

Bai Jiangliu and Shi Lanzhi quickly replied, "No, no, no, that's not necessary."

"Brother Yu, you're too kind. There's no need to expend any more energy."

After the two refused, under the mocking and disdainful gazes of the crowd, their expressions became even more unbearable, and their hearts were filled with even greater fear, lest they delay paying their bets and be cut down on the spot by Yu Que's sword.

Even with the peak master of the Refinement Peak present, Yu Que might not be able to kill them, but if he crippled them, they would have no recourse.

Bai Jiangliu hurriedly took out a jade jar from his sleeve, left it where he was, and then turned away in a panic.

Shi Lanzhi hesitated for a while before respectfully presenting the spiritual object in her hand, saying: Because the connection between the object and herself was deeper, Shi Lanzhi hesitated several times before finally offering it up respectfully.
"This item is my little sister's lifeblood. Please grant her a few more days, Brother Yu. I will personally come to redeem it within seven days."

Yu Que accepted them without hesitation or making any promises.

Seeing this, Shi Lanzhi was annoyed, but dared not say anything. He quickly turned around and walked towards the outside of the hall.

Upon reaching the outside of the hall, Shiraishi and the other man looked at Yamasa, who was still sitting on the ground healing his wounds. A hint of regret and resentment appeared in their eyes. Without saying goodbye, they left in silence.

The true disciple, Shan Zuo, opened his eyes and stared blankly at the departing figures of the two.

(End of this chapter)