Ten Thousand Sword Masters

The Blackfire Bird swooped down, and Zhong Yang hurriedly ordered the Wind Eagle to turn around and return to the cave.

However, the Xuanhuo Bird was too fast, so Zhong Yang had to send the Wind Eagle into a forest to avoid it. After all, the Xuanhuo Bird was too big to go to certain places.

Flying out of the forest from another direction, the Blackfire Bird immediately pounced, but Zhong Yang seized the opportunity and sent the Wind Eagle flying into the cave.

The cave was in complete chaos as countless wind eagles hurriedly flew deeper into the cave.

The Blackfire Bird reached the outside of the cave, opened its beak wide, and inhaled, creating a powerful suction force that rushed into the cave. Zhong Yang and Ma Gaitian clung tightly to the cave's rocks. Just as the rocks began to loosen and the two were about to be sucked away by the Blackfire Bird, the bird let out a cry and suddenly flew away into the distance.

Without the suction, Zhong Yang and Ma Gaitian collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. Looking out of the cave, they saw an unknown demonic beast chasing after the Xuanhuo Bird.

After resting for a while, the two rode the Wind Eagle down the Suspended Mountain, then rode back to Blackwater City.

Originally, the Wind Eagle was meant to transform into a mark and be imprinted on its master's palm, but instead, it was imprinted on the half of the Cosmic Seal in Zhong Yang's arms.

This Cosmic Seal was obtained by Zhong Yang by chance. During one of his travels, countless shooting stars streaked across the sky, and various meteorites fell, including half of the Cosmic Seal. When the Cosmic Seal landed, it initially emitted specks of green light. Zhong Yang picked it up and saw that the three ancient characters "Cosmic Seal" were incompletely imprinted on it. He found it very magical and kept it.

Later, he discovered that the Cosmic Seal had a cool aura that made his body feel very comfortable, so he carried it with him. Unexpectedly, today the Wind Eagle Imprint was imprinted on the Cosmic Seal.

"Brother Gai Tian, ​​Brother Gai Tian~"

Ma Gaitian was lying in bed when he heard someone calling his name outside. The voice sounded very familiar.

"Zhang Zhuang, what brings you here?"

Ma Gaitian was quite surprised to see the newcomer. Zhang Zhuang was a servant in the household of Li Qing, his and Zhong Yang's martial arts instructor at Peixian Academy.

"Brother Gai Tian, ​​where's Brother Yang?" Zhang Zhuang asked.

Upon hearing Zhang Zhuang ask about Zhong Yang, a hint of reluctance flashed in Ma Gaitian's eyes. He finally sighed and said, "He's with the instructor, who is currently instructing him in martial arts."

Ma Gaitian's resentment stemmed from the fact that Zhong Yang hadn't been chosen by the Blood Spirit Cult. Members of the Blood Spirit Cult suddenly arrived at Blackwater Academy, claiming they wanted to take away students capable of undergoing blood transfusions. Both Zhong Yang and Zhao Yuan were summoned, but Zhong Yang, due to his dragon attribute, wasn't chosen, while Zhao Yuan became a disciple of the Blood Spirit Cult.

To comfort Zhong Yang, martial arts instructor Zhou gave him individual instruction in martial arts.

"What do you want with Brother Yang?" Ma Gaitian asked, puzzled.

Zhang Zhuang exclaimed, "Brother Gaitian, something terrible has happened! My young lady has already fled to her aunt's house to hide, and the master has also resigned from his position as instructor."

Ma Gaitian was shocked and hurriedly inquired about the reason. He learned that Zhao Yuan had gone to Pei County a few days ago to propose marriage to the Li family. Naturally, the Li family disagreed, and Zhao Yuan even threatened to make Li Qing lose her job. Li Qing was no ordinary person; knowing Zhao Yuan's extraordinary background, she first politely indicated that she would consider it. After Zhao Yuan left, she immediately sent her daughter, Li Muxin, to her aunt's house to hide.

Li Qing then resigned from his job at Peixian College. After thinking it over, he felt that something must have happened in Zhongyang, so he hurriedly asked Zhang Zhuang to come and inform him.

Zhong Yang was an orphan since childhood. After being admitted to Peixian Academy, he caught the eye of Li Qing, who let him live in his home and later even betrothed his daughter, Li Muxin, to Zhong Yang. Ma Gaitian knew that Zhong Yang neither liked nor disliked Li Muxin. Since Li Qing had been kind to Zhong Yang, he accepted the marriage proposal.

Although the promises were only verbal, everyone in Pei County knew about them. If Zhao Yuan's marriage proposal to the Li family were to succeed, how would Zhong Yang save face? How could he face the people of Pei County? Wouldn't he become a laughingstock?

"Good, good, good!" After listening to Zhang Zhuang's account, Ma Gaitian said "good" three times with a gloomy face. "It seems that Zhao Yuan sees Brother Yang as a thorn in his side and has resorted to such means to try to destroy Brother Yang's ambition. Now, Zhao Yuan has even become a disciple of the Blood Spirit Cult. If he returns after completing his studies, where will Brother Yang and I have a place to stand in Blackwater City?"

"You stay here while I go to the Zhao family," Ma Gaitian said before striding away.

Zhang Zhuang was stunned for a moment, then realized what he had done and suddenly regretted telling Ma Gaitian. Ma Gaitian was always impulsive, and this trip would likely cause trouble.

The Zhao family was filled with joy.

"Young Master, we went to the Li family again, but they still don't agree to the marriage." Zhao Ju said respectfully to Zhao Yuan. For some reason, Zhao Ju felt that Zhao Yuan was even more imposing.

Zhao Yuan waved his hand casually, "There's no need to mention this matter again. My trip to the Li family to propose marriage was merely to demoralize Zhong Yang. I've never even met that Miss Li. Now, Zhong Yang and I are no longer from the same world, and she's no longer my match." Zhao Yuan acted as if the world was in his hands.

"But Zhong Yang ultimately outdid me and became the class monitor. When I return from the Blood Spirit Divine Academy, I will definitely teach Zhong Yang how to be a decent human being."

"Young Master is mighty!"

Zhong Yang benefited greatly from the guidance of Instructor Zhou Cheng. Although he was somewhat disappointed that he was not noticed by the Blood Spirit Cult, he was still very happy to receive private guidance from the instructor.

Upon seeing Zhang Zhuang, Zhong Yang was somewhat surprised. After learning everything from Zhang Zhuang, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly went to his room to grab a bronze sword. He then exchanged it for a Wind Eagle and headed towards the Zhao family.

Zhong Yang didn't know where the Zhao family lived, so he stopped someone along the way to ask and found out their address.

Upon arriving at the Zhao family residence, they found it in disarray. They grabbed one of the people to inquire and learned that Ma Gaitian had previously infiltrated the Zhao family and, taking advantage of Zhao Yuan's unpreparedness, had suddenly attacked and destroyed Zhao Yuan's manhood. He was currently being hunted down by three powerful members of the Zhao family.

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After inquiring about Ma Gaitian's escape route, Zhong Yang immediately rode off on his Wind Eagle.

As the road led straight towards the lost shore, Zhong Yang's sense of foreboding grew stronger.

Seeing the distant shore and four people fighting ahead, Zhong Yang wished he could fly there immediately.

Suddenly, a body was seen flying high into the air, tumbling several times before falling to the edge of the sea.

A deafening roar of pain rang out, and Zhong Yang felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Not brothers, but closer than brothers.

The sea cliffs stretched to the horizon, and once Ma Gaitian fell, there was no chance of survival.

With no time for grief, suppressing his sorrow, Zhong Yang hid on the path that the pursuers of Ma Gaitian were bound to take.

"This kid fell down, how are we going to explain this when we get back?" one person asked.

"Nobody knows what lies beneath this cliff, but it's bottomless, so you probably wouldn't survive if you fell in. Just go back and tell the truth."

"We just don't know who this person is. If someone investigates, how can we bear the consequences?"

"That is the matter concerning the four leaders."

The three talked for a while, then headed back.

Zhong Yang lay in ambush in the grass, controlling his emotions and gripping the bronze sword tightly.

Not long after, the three of them passed by Zhong Yang.

Zhong Yang leaped into the air, decapitating one man mid-air. While still in mid-air, he slashed with his sword, killing another. The remaining man reacted quickly and dodged.

"Who are you, sir? State your name. I am from the Nanjiang Sect..."

Before the man could finish speaking, Zhong Yang had already struck him with his sword and immediately shut his mouth.

Arriving at the edge of the lost sea, looking down at the vast expanse below, Zhong Yang felt as if a knife had been plunged into his chest.

Why such an impulsive act?

His words carried a hint of reproach, yet an unspeakable sadness.

No matter how hard I try to hold back, the tears just won't stop flowing.

For some reason, I remembered something he often said.

"Once I graduate from Blackwater Academy, I'll be someone of status. I'll return home in glory, and I'll go back to see the peach blossoms in full bloom."

Ma Gaitian always smiled brightly when he said this.

Ma Gaitian is not from Pei County, but from a village called Weixia under Pei County. He came to Pei County when he was very young.

After an unknown period of time, Zhong Yang regained some composure.

"I will make the entire Zhao family pay for your death." At the same time, he secretly decided to go to Weixia Village to see the peach blossoms for Ma Gaitian.

They summoned the wind eagle and headed towards the Zhao family.

By this time, night had fallen, and the lights everywhere illuminated Blackwater City, making it appear as if it were a bustling metropolis.

They infiltrated the Zhao family and captured a servant. After questioning him, they learned that Zhao Yuan had been taken away by people from the Blood Spirit Cult, who claimed that someone in the Blood Spirit Cult could protect Zhao Yuan's manhood.

While infiltrating the Zhao family compound, Zhong Yang suddenly saw two men furtively carrying a wooden box out the back door. He didn't know who these two men were in the Zhao family, but since they had left, it was the perfect opportunity to kill them.

They followed the two men to a dilapidated house.

Not long after they hid, a man emerged and went to the outhouse. Zhong Yang hurriedly rode his Wind Eagle over, and the man seemed to sense something, turned around, and shouted, but was killed by Zhong Yang with a single sword strike.

"What are you yelling about?"

A sound came from inside the room, followed by the door opening. Zhong Yang rushed over and killed him with a single sword strike.

They put away the wind eagle, carefully opened the wooden box, and found a person with their mouth gagged and limbs bound.

Upon seeing Zhong Yang, the man hurriedly cried out for help.

"Thank you, hero."

The man appeared to be in his forties or fifties. After listening to his explanation, Zhong Yang finally understood the reason.

This man is Wu Wei, the leader of the Nanjiang Sect. Zhao Yuan's father, Zhao Xin, is the fourth leader. Today, taking advantage of the fact that the second and third leaders, who are loyal to Wu Wei, are away from home, and that his son has become a disciple of the Blood Spirit Cult, Zhao Xin has used this opportunity to turn many of his brothers in the sect against him. However, in order to protect the sect's hidden wealth, he did not kill Wu Wei immediately, but instead imprisoned him.

Wuwei led Zhongyang to a secret place and gave him five hundred gold coins.

"Good sir, help me to the end. Many people in the sect are being manipulated by Zhao Xin, not truly rebelling against me. But my loyal second and third leaders haven't returned, and my three loyal henchmen have been borrowed by Zhao Xin to hunt down someone. I'm afraid they'll be in grave danger when they return to Zhao's residence," Wu Wei said.

Zhong Yang was unaware that Zhao Xin was actually the fourth leader of the Nanjiang Sect. He now realized that killing Zhao Xin was not as easy as he had imagined, and he would probably have to cooperate with Wu Wei for the time being.

However, the three men he had killed earlier who were chasing Ma Gaitian were probably the loyal henchmen Wu Wei had mentioned. If Wu Wei found out about this later, he would likely turn against him with swords and spears.

"So, I would like to ask you, brother, to make a trip to Jingyuan Palace on Nancang Mountain," Wuwei requested.

Zhong Yang was surprised to learn that Wu Wei had connections with the secluded Jingyuan Palace, a sect outside the officialdom, and knew Lei Zhending, a disciple of Jingyuan Palace. Lei Zhending had already reached the peak of the Body Refinement Realm, at the twelfth level of Body Refinement.

Wu Wei sent a letter to Zhong Yang, asking him to take it to Lei Zhending and request Lei Zhending's help in quelling the rebellion of his subordinates.

Zhong Yang thought about it for a moment and finally agreed.

Meanwhile, Ma Gaitian, having been knocked off the cliff, was fortunate enough to survive. As he fell from the sky, he crashed into a giant bird. The immense impact killed the bird upon impact, while Ma Gaitian only lost consciousness.

Ma Gaitian awakens and feeds on the meat of a giant bird. Smoke fills the surroundings; he explores cautiously.

It's unclear what good fortune Ma Gaitian accumulated in his past lives to discover two corpses. The two bodies were surrounded by ruins, suggesting that the two had fought and perished together.

"Bone, bone medal?"

Ma Gaitian was overjoyed to discover the bone inscription. These bone inscriptions were created by powerful beings on the verge of death, who used their will to inscribe their most powerful divine abilities onto a bone, imbuing the bone with the true essence of those abilities. Later generations who obtained the bone inscription could learn those abilities in a short time by nurturing them with their own will.

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Two corpses naturally require two bone seals, which greatly surprised Ma Gaitian.

"Haha, it's true that what you survive is bound to bring good fortune. Now Yang Ge and I both have supernatural powers."

Zhong Yang took Wu Wei's letter and headed towards Jingyuan Palace. With the help of the wind eagle, he arrived at Nancang Mountain in just a few days.

Upon arriving at the gate of Jingyuan Palace, before the disciples guarding the mountain could even ask, a disciple who had just descended the mountain saw Zhong Yang and immediately asked, "Who are you?"

Seeing the man's imposing presence, Zhong Yang hurriedly replied, "I am from Blackwater City. I have come to seek out your sect's disciple, Lei Zhending."

As soon as Zhong Yang uttered the name Lei Zhending, the man's expression suddenly changed, and the disciples guarding the mountain hurriedly gave Zhong Yang a meaningful look. Zhong Yang inwardly cried out in alarm; could it be that this man and Lei Zhending had some kind of conflict?

"Hmph, my Jingyuan Palace is a major sect, not just anyone can come here. You say you've come to seek Lei Zhending, how do I know you're not a demonic cultivator? What evil deeds do you intend to commit in my sect? Let me examine you."

After saying this, before Zhong Yang could react, the man grabbed Zhong Yang's crown and lifted him up, then threw him down.

"Hmph, not a demonic cultivator." After saying this, the man strode down the mountain.

Zhong Yang, who was thrown to the ground, felt an unprecedented humiliation. When had he ever been insulted like this?

The disciple guarding the mountain hurriedly helped Zhong Yang up. "Brother, you're just unlucky. That's my disciple, Senior Brother Wu Tian. He's at the twelfth level of Body Refinement, just like Senior Brother Lei Zhending. The two senior brothers have a big conflict. If you mention Senior Brother Lei Zhending in front of him, you'll inevitably be punished by him."

Zhong Yang dusted himself off, looking completely unaffected.

Then the disciple guarding the mountain took out a paper crane, wrote the three characters "Lei Zhending" on it with a brush, and the paper crane flew up the mountain. Not long after, Lei Zhending came down the mountain.

After reading the letter, Lei Zhending said, "I never expected Brother Wuwei to suffer such a disaster. I can't guarantee his safety if I go alone. You should come with me up the mountain while I find some fellow disciples."

Zhong Yang shook his head. "I'm an outsider, so it's not appropriate for me to go up the mountain. I'll just wait for you in Shiban Village at the foot of the mountain."

Lei Zhending thought for a moment, said "okay," and left.

Far from the mountain gate, Zhong Yang immediately summoned his Wind Eagle and chased after Wu Tian.

Before long, they caught up with Wu Tian, ​​deduced Wu Tian's route, and Zhong Yang quickly flew over and lay in ambush.

Even with the twelfth level of body refinement, one is still just a mortal; a single sword strike would kill him instantly.

Not long after they lay in ambush, Wu Tian strode over.

The world is dangerous, and Wu Tian has been traveling the martial arts world for many years, but he never expected that someone would be lying in ambush to kill him.

Wu Tian had just walked past Zhong Yang when he suddenly attacked, slashing at him with his sword. Wu Tian managed to react and dodge in a flash, but he was no match for the sword and had his right arm severed.

Having lost his right arm, Wu Tian collapsed to the ground in agony, no longer able to fight.

"You, it's you?"

Upon seeing Zhong Yang, Wu Tian was greatly surprised, wondering how Zhong Yang had managed to ambush him.

"It's just a minor conflict between us. I was just conducting a routine check on outsiders. It's not a capital offense. Why are you making such a fuss, brother?" Wu Tian said with a pitiful expression.

Blood dripped from his longsword as Zhong Yang coldly stared at Wu Tian.

"Yes, you don't deserve to die. Unfortunately, this is a dog-eat-dog world. You humiliated me, so I will naturally retaliate. Since my cultivation level is lower than yours, I can only kill you to prevent you from causing me any more trouble. Blame this world if you must."

"No, you can't kill me! I'm a disciple of Jingyuan Palace. If you kill me, Jingyuan Palace will not..."

puff!

Before Wu Tian could finish speaking, a sword thrust forward. Wu Tian stared wide-eyed at Zhong Yang.

Zhong Yang arrived at Shiban Village and waited for more than an hour before Lei Zhending arrived with four people—three men and one woman—all at the eighth or ninth level of Body Refinement.

The group rode their horses and quickly headed towards Blackwater City.

"Finally, Brother Lei has arrived!" Upon seeing Lei Zhending, Wuwei burst into tears, having been eagerly awaiting his arrival.

Seeing Wuwei's miserable state, Lei Zhending was also moved, "I'm sorry to have made my brother suffer."

At this time, Wuwei's second and third leaders had returned and gathered some of his underlings.

Led by Wu Wei, the group headed towards the Nanjiang Sect's headquarters, where Zhao Xin was stationed, directing his men.

With Lei Zhending and several of his fellow disciples, the group stormed in with overwhelming force, capturing Zhao Xin and several of his loyal followers in one fell swoop.

Zhao Xin was brought before Wu Wei, bound and gagged. "Give me a quick death," Wu Wei said.

Wuwei sighed, "We've known each other for twenty years, how did things come to this?"

Just as Wu Wei raised his hand, about to give Zhao Xin a quick death, Zhong Yang suddenly spoke up.

"Wait! This person has committed insubordination. If we punish him so lightly, how will we deter others? Let's set him on fire!"

Upon hearing Zhong Yang's words, Wu Wei frowned. However, Zhong Yang's words made sense, especially since Zhong Yang had saved his life. He thought to himself that Zhong Yang probably had some kind of conflict with Zhao Xin, which was why he was punishing Zhao Xin like this.

Then several henchmen smeared oil on Zhao Xin's body, dropped him onto a tree, and set him on fire from the feet.

"Where are the three brothers who went to chase after the killer that day?" Wuwei suddenly asked.

Zhong Yang sensed something was wrong and wanted to find an excuse to leave.

However, before he could come up with a reason, Wuwei immediately pointed at him and said, "Take him down."

After questioning Zhao Xin's former confidants, Wu Wei learned the reason why his three confidants had gone to chase and kill people, and also learned about the conflict between Zhong Yang and Zhao Yuan. After some deduction, he concluded that it was Zhong Yang who killed his three confidants.

"Why is the boss treating me like this?" Zhong Yang asked, looking surprised.

Wu Wei snorted coldly, "My three trusted men have all been killed by longswords. It just so happens that you and the man being hunted were sworn brothers, and you happen to wield a sword. Besides, given how much you hate Zhao Xin right now, do I need to say more?"

Zhong Yang remained silent for a moment, then smiled. "I was born an orphan, but I was fortunate to meet Brother Gai Tian, ​​who kept me company in my loneliness. Now that the bandit leader is dead, I will go with him. I only regret that Zhao Yuan is living such a carefree life."

Lei Zhending, seeing Zhong Yanghaojie, felt a pang of pity and was about to plead for him when Wuwei raised his hand.

"I, Wuwei, am not a heartless man. You saved my life, and I owe you a debt of gratitude. But you still killed my brother, and you have to give an explanation to your brothers. Take the boy away and keep him under guard."

Having been imprisoned for over a month, he was enjoying himself with wine and meat every day.

Wu Wei was clever; time heals all wounds. He wasn't working on Zhong Yang himself, but rather on those in the Nanjiang Sect who harbored resentment towards him. In the past month or so, Wu Wei had already sent away those who had close ties with his three deceased confidants.

Today, Wuwei once again came to the prison.

"How long are you going to keep me locked up?" Zhong Yang asked.

Wu Wei smiled, "You might be locked up for life."

"What's the point of keeping me alive? You might as well kill me and give me a quick death."

Wu Wei remained silent for a long time before saying, "I'm leaving Blackwater City for a while. I'll have the Third Master look after you."

Wuwei left Blackwater City, supposedly to do a big business, leaving the third leader Guan He to guard Zhongyang.

Over time, Guan He and Zhong Yang became less wary.

"I'm not quite sure why the boss is keeping you around. I guess he might want you to join the sect," Guan He said as the wine flowed freely.

"You joined the sect, don't your brothers hate me?"

"Those people all went elsewhere."

"I'm not going to join your so-called faction."

"If you don't join the faction, do you want to stay here for the rest of your life?"

Three months later, Wuwei returned, but the second-in-command who had gone with him did not return, and Wuwei was left with only one eye.

The next time I saw Wuwei was in his room; Zhongyang had been released from prison.

"The Nanjiang Sect is about to be destroyed in my hands." These were the first words Wuwei said to Zhong Yang.

Zhong Yang remained silent. He guessed that Wu Wei released him from prison so that he could join the Nanjiang Sect.

Suddenly, Wu Wei grabbed Zhong Yang's hand. "The moment I saw you, I knew you were a ruthless and cunning man. You're so young, yet so vicious. My second brother is dead, and my third brother is a drunkard who makes mistakes. I have no one in my Nanjiang Sect I can entrust with anything." As he said this, Wu Wei's eyes welled up with tears.

Originally, he had the highest hopes for Zhao Xin, but alas, Zhao Xin would have to wait a few more months. Why would he need to rebel? Wuwei would simply hand over the Nanjiang faction to him.

Upon hearing Wu Wei's words, Zhong Yang was greatly alarmed. Did these words mean that he was to be made the leader of the Nanjiang Sect?

I like the Ten Thousand Swords Master.