I made the entire cultivation world cry

When Jiang Yi rushed to the vicinity of the cave with all his might, he heard Hua Luosha's angry roar filled with hatred.

"Jiang Fengying! I'll never let you go, even if it kills me—"

The Golden Core cultivator condensed a dazzling, eerie blue light in his palm and struck down at the heavily injured Flower Rakshasa.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Yi, like a black afterimage, instantly stood between Hua Luosha and the fatal blow.

boom!
A piercing explosion rang out, and a violent surge of spiritual energy spread out in a ring, causing another section of the remaining stone walls to collapse.

Jiang Yi groaned, her face turning deathly pale. She was thrown back several steps by the immense force before she could barely stand. The jade pendant beneath her clothes was shattered, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die."

Jiang Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, tilted his head slightly, and spoke to Hua Luosha, who was lying behind him.

Hua Luosha was stunned by this sudden change; her eyes were filled with extreme shock and bewilderment.

She watched helplessly as the black figure blocking her way withstood the deadly attack of a Golden Core cultivator in order to save her.

Never before had she felt that a woman's figure could be so majestic.

This is impossible!

How could she possibly be back so quickly? And risk her life to save a 'wicked cultivator'?
Is she crazy or am I crazy?

Hua Luosha's heart skipped a beat, and she could barely breathe.

Just as Hua Luosha was in shock, Jiang Yi tossed the bracelet containing 50,000 low-grade spirit stones back to her.

"Ahem... It was agreed that once the matter was investigated, it would be returned in full."

Hua Luosha instinctively caught the bracelet, but the icy touch made her heart burn. Her divine imprint on the bracelet was not even damaged. An indescribable complex emotion instantly overwhelmed her.

Hua Luosha opened her mouth, but her throat seemed to be blocked, and she couldn't utter a single word.

"Who are you?!"

Elder Xiao stared at the black-clad man who had suddenly appeared and ruined his plans, both shocked and furious. The man's aura was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, yet he had managed to withstand an attack from Elder Xiao without dying, which filled Elder Xiao with doubt and unease.

Jiang Yi straightened his back, took a deep breath, and met the other party's murderous gaze with a loud voice, "I am Jiang Fengying from the Xuan Ying Sword Sect!"

"Jiang Fengying?"

Elder Xiao's pupils shrank sharply, clearly having heard of Jiang Yi's name. This identity made him shudder. If it really was Jiang Fengying, and she insisted on protecting Hua Luosha, then their Xiao family would indeed not dare to confront the Xuan Ying Sword Sect.

But the pain of losing his son and the overwhelming hatred for Hua Luosha instantly overwhelmed his fear, and he questioned sharply, "Hmph, what do you have to prove your identity?"

Jiang Yi's expression froze, and he was completely stunned.

She could borrow an extra 5,000 yuan by packing the clan robe, token, and Yaoling sword together, but she didn't keep any of them for herself.

"Jiang Fengying, where is your sword? Where is that sword of yours that is said to be 'Phoenix Shadow Soaring Through the Azure Sky, Radiant Spirit Sword Qi Shaking Heaven and Earth'?"

Hua Luosha was also anxious; she really didn't want to die.

Jiang Yi rubbed his nose and muttered under his breath, "Ahem... My junior sister got into some trouble, so I pawned my sword to someone else..."

Flower Rakshasa: …………

Elder Xiao: …………

Hua Luosha was so angry she almost fainted. How could Jiang Fengying, the senior sister of Xuan Ying Sword Sect, the only daughter of the leader of Bei Xuan Immortal Alliance, and famous throughout Bei Xuan, have fallen so low as to pawn her natal sword to pay off a debt?

Rumors in the martial arts world say that sword cultivators are all poor, but surely they wouldn't be so poor as to be so utterly depraved? Why doesn't she just pawn herself off?

Hua Luosha found it utterly absurd. A tightness gripped her chest, and a sweet taste rose in her throat. She almost spat out another mouthful of blood!
Elder Xiao was also taken aback when he saw this, and then a cold, sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Ha! You heretical cultivators, how dare you impersonate disciples of the Xuan Ying Sword Sect! You are truly audacious! Today, you will all stay here and be buried with my son!"

Before he finished speaking, the pressure of his Golden Core stage erupted without reservation, even stronger than before. The dark blue spiritual light condensed in his palm once more, and this time, his killing intent locked onto Jiang Yi and Hua Luosha.

Jiang Yi's expression changed drastically. He suppressed his surging blood and qi, shielded Hua Luosha behind him, and gathered the last remaining sword energy in his body once more.

Hua Luosha looked at the back of the figure blocking her way, then at the red bracelet she had regained, her heart churning like a raging storm.

"Jiang Fengying, take this sword!"

Hua Luosha took out a high-grade magic sword from the bracelet and threw it to Jiang Yi. Jiang Yi took the sword and went to meet Elder Xiao.

"If you believe me, just hold on for a little while longer!"

Elder Xiao attacked with hatred in his heart, each move deadly. His dark blue palm shadows, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air, poured down like a storm, enough to split mountains and shatter rocks.

Jiang Yi moved with agility, using all his life's skills to the fullest, dodging and weaving through the ruins, trying to avoid direct confrontation.

Jiang Yi barely managed to deflect a palm strike with his sword. A layer of frost instantly formed on the sword, and the blade groaned under the strain, leaving several cracks.

The immense recoil numbed her arm and made her blood surge. Without the Yaoling Sword, the power of her sword energy was greatly reduced, leaving her struggling to balance offense and defense. She could only rely on her agility to barely hold on, facing constant danger.

"You scoundrel, prepare to die!" Elder Xiao intensified his attack when he saw that Jiang Yi could only dodge.

At the same time, Hua Luosha trembled with tension. She bit her tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence containing the source of Yin Sha. Her hands quickly formed several strange and complicated hand seals.

"With my lifeblood as the catalyst, my soul returns to the netherworld, and my puppet body serves as a sacrifice!"

The scattered corpse puppets on the ground exploded one after another, turning into thick, viscous blood mist that surged wildly towards the ground beneath her.

A strong stench of blood and malevolent energy surged into the sky, forming a complex crimson rune around her, enveloping the Flower Rakshasa.

The cost of activating this Blood Escape Technique was enormous. Hua Luosha's already severely injured body visibly withered, her face turned as pale as paper, and her aura became extremely weak.

But her eyes shone with an astonishing intensity as she stared intently at Jiang Yi, who was fighting for his life against Elder Xiao.

Just as the crimson runes were fully formed, Hua Luosha suddenly raised her head, her lips slightly parted, about to call Jiang Yi over, but Jiang Yi seemed to have a telepathic connection with her and looked over at her as well.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Yi frantically poured all the remaining fire-elemental sword energy in his body into the already cracked magic sword in his hand.

boom--

The magic sword shattered, and sparks flew as it exploded with violent metal fragments and surging sword energy, crashing heavily into Elder Xiao, who was caught off guard.

Using the recoil from the explosion, Jiang Yi charged into the crimson runes surrounding Hua Luosha like an arrow released from a bow.

Elder Xiao swept away the aftershocks and dust of the explosion with a palm strike, his eyes wide with fury!
The blood-red light flashed violently, then, like a punctured bubble, it dissipated into the air.

All that remained was a cave ravaged by the explosion and the remains of a corpse puppet, its bones obliterated after the blood sacrifice.

Jiang Yi and Hua Luosha disappeared without a trace, leaving no clues or aura to follow.

……

Thousands of miles away, in a mass grave filled with desolate graves and bones, Hua Luosha and Jiang Yi fell to the ground.

Jiang Yi, panting heavily, said, "I knew you were a master at escaping!"

Hua Luosha glared at her, took out a few blood-red pills and swallowed them. She then lay flat on the ground and frantically absorbed the Yin energy in the mass grave to replenish her energy.

"Don't think... don't think that just because you saved me, I'll let you go!"

"You want to force me to kill someone to silence them?" Jiang Yi retorted.

Hua Luosha sneered, "If you were really that kind of person, why would you have come back to save me?"

Jiang Yi laughed too, "So you've got me wrapped around your little finger?"

Hua Luosha did not reply.

"Where is this?"

Jiang Yi stood up and looked around, confirming that this was a place she had never been before.

"My grave is near the Tomb of the Demon King of the Demonic Temple."

Jiang Yi choked, then chuckled speechlessly. He knew without asking what kind of Blood Escape Technique it was—digging a grave for himself and burying something, essentially pinpointing his location.

However, this place is quite far from Tianya City.

"Alright, let's settle our scores and part ways here."

Jiang Yi bowed and took her leave. Hua Luosha watched her leave without stopping her.

Two months later.

Jiang Yi rushed back to Tianya City before the deadline. She immediately went to the merchant house, thinking that if she couldn't reason with them, she would 'bully them with her power'. Even if she brought up her mother's identity, she would have to get the shopkeeper to give her another half month.

"What did you say? The things were redeemed? Who?"

Jiang Yi was shocked. Her first thought was which elder in the sect would complain to her mother. If this were reported to her mother, she would be locked up in the Sword Tomb for three to five years.

My head was spinning when a charming voice suddenly came from behind me.

"My lord, take this sword!"

Jiang Yi turned around, and the veiled woman in purple tossed the Yaoling Sword to him from a distance. Jiang Yi raised his hand and caught it.

Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other across the distance.

"Jiang Fengying, you want to run away without paying me back 30,000 spirit stones and the four corpse puppets that were destroyed because of you? That's not fair."

"Compensate, I will!"

"Very well, from this day forward, you shall be my husband, until... all debts are paid off!"

(The Rakshasa Chapter, End) (End of this chapter)