I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 476 Take My Blade (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After making inquiries in the city, Jiang Yi and his group headed towards the city lord's mansion.

From afar, one can see a magnificent mansion surrounded by tall cedar trees standing in front. The snow-white walls are tall and neat, the vermilion gate is bright and heavy, and the three imposing golden characters "City Lord's Mansion" are engraved on the lintel. Red lanterns hang from the eaves.

Although the two unidentified stone beast statues in front of the gate were also covered in snow, they could not hide their majestic aura. There was also a faint halo of light flowing through the gate, revealing that this place was no ordinary place.

"Wow, this city lord's mansion is so grand!"

Shen Puning's eyes sparkled as she nodded vigorously in satisfaction.

Although Xin Wushuang did not speak, he nodded slightly. The rooms here should be spacious and comfortable, much better than those in inns.

Zhao Cangyun walked to the gatehouse, where a male cultivator in the Qi Refining stage was huddled under the eaves, sheltering from the snow.

Zhao Cangyun spoke as politely as possible, "Please inform them that we wish to see Lord Liuxueren."

The gatekeeper glanced at Zhao Cangyun, then at Jiang Yi and the others who looked extraordinary not far away, and quickly bowed.

"Greetings, seniors. Are you from out of town? Our city lord does not live here."

Zhao Cangyun was stunned for a moment, as were Jiang Yi and the others. They all looked up at the plaque above, confirming it was indeed the City Lord's Mansion.

Zhao Cangyun asked, "Isn't this the City Lord's Mansion?"

The Qi Refining cultivator said, "This is the City Lord's Mansion!"

"Does the city lord not live in the city lord's mansion?"

"Hey," the gatekeeper said with a smirk, exuding the relaxed air typical of cultivators from Tiangu City, "Our city lord rented out this entire mansion to several major merchant guilds in the city years ago to use as a warehouse!"

"If you're looking for the City Lord, please follow this road west to the very end. There's a small courtyard at the foot of the city wall; that's where the City Lord currently resides!"

Zhao Cangyun turned to look at Jiang Yi and the others, his face filled with astonishment, as if to say, "This works too?"

Jiang Yi, Shen Puning, Xin Wushuang, and Shang Shixu looked at each other, completely baffled by this city lord.

"She really is... unconventional."

Jiang Yi made a low, teasing remark, then led the group westward.

Sure enough, at the end of the road, in a somewhat desolate corner, we saw the so-called small courtyard.

There were three large brick and tile houses with thick snow on the roofs, making them look unremarkable and even somewhat low.

The courtyard wall was low and dilapidated, and the courtyard was not large. Outside the gate, there were piles of broken furniture covered in snow and broken tool baskets. No one had cleared the snow. Everything looked old and chaotic. Where was the dignity that a city lord should have?

The cold wind swirled fine snow from the rooftops, adding to the desolate and bleak atmosphere.

Without saying a word, Xin Wushuang turned around swiftly and grabbed Shen Puning, who was still peeking in, wanting to 'see' this peculiar city lord.

"Let's go find an inn."

Shen Puning stumbled as she was pulled, letting out a soft "Huh?" but she was powerless to resist and could only let Xin Wushuang drag her away.

Looking at the desolate courtyard in the wind and snow, Shang Shixu quickly followed Xin Wushuang and the other woman.

Jiang Yi and Zhao Cangyun stood outside the low, dilapidated courtyard gate, looking at the crooked door. With a quick probe of their divine senses, they discovered that the door was half-open and there wasn't even a defensive formation.

Jiang Yi took the first step and gently pushed the door open.

In the center of the snow-covered courtyard stood a large black bear, upright like a human.

He wasn't wearing human clothes; instead, he was covered in raw black fur, stretching out in a bear-like pose, absorbing the rare winter sunshine, a hint of contentment on his furry bear face.

The sound of the door opening and the presence of a stranger instantly shattered the tranquility.

The big black bear shuddered and turned its head in terror.

He narrowed his small, barely perceptible eyes, and his bear-like face froze instantly after his divine sense detected the two cultivators.

Roar! ! !
With a panicked growl, the big black bear acted like someone who had been discovered naked, suddenly covering his groin with one paw and his furry face, which was no different from any other big black bear, with the other paw.

"Who?! Who are you? Who let you in! Don't look at what you shouldn't look at!"

The big black bear was both anxious and ashamed, his voice almost trembling with tears as he covered his face and frantically searched for his clothes. "Liu Kuaiji, what's going on outside?"

A person wearing a fur-trimmed cloak emerged from the main room through the curtain. This person was none other than Liu Xueren, the city lord of Tiangu City!

She looked very young, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a heroic appearance, sharp eyes, and a cold, hard aura that said, "Keep away, or you'll get beaten."

That ruggedness and arrogance completely overwhelmed her gender characteristics, as if she herself were a wild sword drawn from its sheath!

Liu Xueren's gaze was like lightning, instantly locking onto the two unfamiliar visitors at the courtyard gate.

Jiang Yi had now returned to his original appearance and bowed to Liu Xueren, saying, "City Lord Liu, I am Jiang Heying from the Lingxu Sword Sect. My junior brother and I have taken the liberty of paying our respects..."

"Jiang Heying?"

Jiang Yi was interrupted by Liu Xueren's loud shout before she could finish speaking!
The impatience in her eyes was instantly replaced by an intense, piercing light, like a hungry wolf spotting its prey, and her sharp aura suddenly surged!

"You're Jiang Heying, the one whose name is inscribed on the Kunlun Dao Stele? You've come at the right time!"

Liu Xueren's voice was filled with fervent excitement, devoid of any polite greetings or pleasantries, and he didn't even care what Jiang Yi was going to say.

"Enough with the nonsense!" she suddenly shouted. "Take this!"

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xueren raised his hand and made a grabbing motion in the air.

Boom!

A huge object smashed through one side of the main house wall from the inside out.

Smoke and dust filled the air, and brick fragments mixed with snow fell like raindrops.

An extremely exaggerated and enormous broadsword fell into Liu Xueren's hands. The blade was a deep and somber dark blue, as wide as a door panel.

"Ah! The wall!"

Before the black bear's pitiful howl had even faded, the already dilapidated main house, long neglected and on the verge of collapse, suddenly crumbled, raising a cloud of snow dust.

Amidst the wind, snow, and dust, the powerful aura of the Flowing Snow Blade firmly locked onto Jiang Yi. Her terrifying giant blade, carrying the momentum of splitting mountains and shattering peaks, stirred up the wind, snow, and dust of ruins, transforming into a dark blue dragon that tore through the air, fiercely slashing towards Jiang Yi's head!

"No—Lord City Lord, please calm down! Calm down!!!"

The big black bear, no longer caring about being ashamed, knelt down in the snow and cried out in despair.

Before the blade even arrived, the violent blade energy had already plowed through the snow on the ground in an instant, and the force of the energy blew open the black hair at Jiang Yi's temples.

"Senior Sister!" Zhao Cangyun exclaimed in surprise, instinctively trying to step in and block her way.

Jiang Yi was faster; with a flick of her arm, a gentle force pushed Zhao Cangyun to a safe spot.

Five ancient copper coins appeared out of thin air and spun around in front of Jiang Yi.

boom! ! !
Amidst a deafening roar, Liu Xueren's incomparably powerful giant blade slammed into the runic light barrier supported by five copper coins, and the violent shockwave spread out like an invisible tsunami!

The big black bear stared wide-eyed in terror, almost able to picture the entire street being crushed into ruins, and him calculating how he would end up paying compensation.

But no!

The black bear saw the female cultivator standing there casually, with five copper coins spinning rapidly in front of her, absorbing all the shockwaves generated by the impact.

In the end, the powerful shockwave merely transformed into a weak breeze that brushed past the black bear's face, without touching the courtyard wall in the slightest, without blowing up a single piece of rubble, and without harming a single hair on the bear's head.

"Two times!"

A look of amazement flashed across Liu Xueren's eyes. Her strike, which was enough to severely injure a cultivator of the same level, had been so easily neutralized.

Liu Xueren was not surprised but delighted, his fighting spirit burning to its fullest extent.

“Come again!!!”

Jiang Yi raised his hand and swept it across the air, instantly causing incredibly complex array patterns to light up the ground of the courtyard!
Above the sky, starlight surged.

A massive array covering the entire courtyard suddenly rose from the ground without warning, and the dazzling array pattern light instantly engulfed Jiang Yi and Liu Xueren, who was wielding a giant sword and exuding a menacing aura!
When the wind and snow started falling again, Jiang Yi and Liu Xueren seemed to have vanished into thin air, and the entire courtyard returned to silence.

(End of this chapter)