Brother, how come you're a witch?

Ye Jingqiu's sudden change left Su Yan a little confused. It turned out that the guy closing the door wasn't a refusal, but rather an attempt to change his clothes.

Is practicing swordsmanship really that serious?

and......

Why go to Xiaozhufeng?

Su Yan asked in confusion.

"The last time you secretly went to practice swordsmanship with Liu Baishuang, it was at Xiaozhu Peak," Ye Jingqiu said seriously.

"What does it matter?"

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly. These two even take this so seriously? No wonder they fought to the death the moment they met a thousand years later, and Ye Jingqiu was always at the forefront when they were fighting against Liu Baishuang.

Ye Jingqiu didn't answer, but simply raised her hand to push Su Yan again.

Su Yan steadied the bowl of noodles in his hand as the Little Swordsmen pushed him out of the alley. Thinking that he would be practicing swordsmanship for quite some time and was afraid of wasting the bowl of noodles, he picked at them with his chopsticks and prepared to eat.

But then a small, cold, white hand grabbed the rim of the bowl and forcefully pressed Su Yan down.

"This is mine."

Ye Jingqiu looked serious.

"...Here you go, here you go."

Su Yan reluctantly handed her the bowl of noodles.

Ye Jingqiu didn't make any pretense. He took the bowl, stirred it a few times with his chopsticks without expression, sniffed it, and then started eating.

She ate noodles as she walked, unlike any genius from the Sword Ruins or any otherworldly fairy; she was just a wild girl from the streets, except that she was exceptionally beautiful.

After finishing their noodles, they happened to arrive at the market entrance. Ye Jingqiu took out a small handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then drew his flying sword and floated it in front of him, patting the end of the sword hilt to Su Yan.

Well, now I can ride on the back of a beautiful girl's flying sword again.

Su Yan took the bowl of noodles from Ye Jingqiu, casually placed it at the street corner, and then stepped onto his flying sword.

The flying sword soared into the sky.

Ye Jingqiu's sword-flying style was completely different from Liu Baishuang's. If the latter was steady and elegant, with her spiritual power so restrained that it didn't even leave a trace, then Ye Jingqiu was all about speed and passion. With a cold face, she flew faster than anyone else, making all sorts of sudden stops and turns, which even made the old sword immortal Su Yan a little dizzy from flying on a sword.

With Master Ye's swordsmanship, Xiaozhu Peak arrived quickly.

Once again landing on the Enlightenment Cliff, Su Yan looked around and frowned.

Why does this place look like it's been investigated? After Liu Baishuang reported the matter of the demon, shouldn't the sect have come to the scene to collect evidence?

But the traces of the monster's activity on the cliff have disappeared; the trees are still trees, and the shrubs are still shrubs, all still there.

Su Yan had participated in the search for Heavenly Demons before. The cultivators' habit when searching for Heavenly Demons was that as long as there were traces of them, they would search every inch of the place, and they rarely managed to preserve the scene intact.

This is normal. Heavenly Demons are the greatest enemies of all realms. Letting any Heavenly Demon or demon go is irresponsible to all life in the cultivation world.

"Something's not right. Could it be that Liu Baishuang didn't report it at all?"

Su Yan felt a pang of doubt, but the image of the little demon girl's shimmering, lake-like eyes immediately flashed into his mind:

"...No, maybe Senior Brother Li was right. The Heavenly Demon also sent people back, and they are deeply entrenched, even capable of hindering the investigation."

In that case, the situation is truly perilous.

He's just a nobody, so even if he reports it, it probably won't do any good. Next time I see that little vixen, I'll have to have a serious talk with her and tell her to report it a few more times.

"Zzzzt—"

Ye Jingqiu wiped the sword with his other handkerchief, sheathed it, and then drew it out again. This ignorant fellow didn't think there was anything wrong with it and just wanted to practice his swordsmanship.

She brandished the sword in her hand at Su Yan. Although her eyes remained as calm as an ancient well, Su Yan could still sense a trace of killing intent in them.

Su Yan's lips twitched slightly: "Weren't you watching my sword aura? Why did you draw your sword?"

"It's difficult to grasp the mystery just by looking at it. We'll fight sword to sword. In actual combat, you can suddenly unleash your sword energy to strike me. That's the best way to benefit."

Ye Jingqiu said calmly.

Su Yan stared into her eyes, feeling that Little Sword Ancestor just wanted an excuse to beat him up, since without burning his essence blood, he could only take the beating.

"I will suppress my strength to the peak of Qi Refining," Ye Jingqiu added abruptly.

Now Su Yan was relieved and drew his cheap longsword.

"Watch out!"

Ye Jingqiu let out a low shout and suddenly charged forward with his sword horizontally.

Su Yan had barely drawn his sword and was still in a fighting stance when she suddenly appeared close to him, leaving his vital points wide open.

If this were an ordinary low-level cultivator, they would have already lost.

But Su Yan was, after all, an ancient sword immortal, and even if the young man lacked martial ethics, he had a way to deal with him calmly.

He quickly raised his finger and touched the blade of Ye Jingqiu's thrusting sword, causing the unstoppable sword momentum to shift slightly.

Ye Jingqiu's pupils flickered, and he immediately tried to use his powerful strength to straighten the sword, but it was too late. The longsword grazed Su Yan's hair.

"Watch closely!"

Su Yan immediately seized the opportunity and attacked again, this time with his sword.

A sword shot up from the ground, drawing a sharp arc.

Ye Jingqiu bent over to dodge, her long hair fluttering as she tilted her head back, the red ribbon binding her hair and the clothes on her shoulder actually being severed by the sword.

In this exchange, she, a genius of the Sword Ruins, was completely at a disadvantage.

A rare, intense emotion flickered deep within Ye Jingqiu's pupils.

"ha!"

She gave a soft shout, and the sword, following the snow-white shoulder revealed from the gap in her clothes, spun above her head, slashing horizontally with the force of a full moon, and then thrusting upwards towards Su Yan's head.

Su Yan flicked his wrist, easily blocking the attack.

Unlike his lenient treatment of Ye Jingqiu, who was single-mindedly pursuing the sword, he was not lenient with him when he fought Liu Baishuang with chopsticks as swords. Instead, he held this sword fanatic to the strictest standards.

After several more moves, beads of sweat appeared on Ye Jingqiu's forehead, and Su Yan also felt warmed up and became a little more interested:

"Your backhand is weak, your forehand is poor, your footwork is loose, your reactions are slow, nothing you do is decent... Ugh!"

Ye Jingqiu gritted his teeth, his cheeks turning as red as fresh lychees, and his aura suddenly surged to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Wow, I'm trending again!

Su Yan secretly groaned. This guy seemed calm and collected, but in reality, he was easily agitated.

Moreover, they have absolutely no sense of rules; they forge signatures, and they still do so now!

The Lesser Sword Ancestor, at the Foundation Establishment level, unleashed a sword strike towards Su Yan.

Su Yan knew that if he wanted Liuliu to operate normally tomorrow, he could no longer hide it.

Burn, essence and blood!

His kidneys clenched, and he poured out all the pent-up energy for Ye Jingqiu.

A domineering white light emanated from the cheap longsword. Su Yan let out a low growl, and the pure white sword light had been charged to its limit. He slammed it hard into Ye Jingqiu's face.

He didn't strike the sword quickly enough for Ye Jingqiu to fully grasp its meaning and then dodge it.

Ye Jingqiu's eyes froze, staring at the oncoming sword energy, her trembling slightly. Her delicate nose twitched, and her expression became infatuated. Instead of dodging, she gritted her teeth, intending to take the hit head-on.

Seeing this, Su Yan hurriedly sheathed his sword, but it was too late.

"Zzzzt!"

The pure white sword light collided with the sword raised by Ye Jingqiu. The sword intent that could kill a True Immortal at the peak of Foundation Establishment was actually blocked by Ye Jingqiu's sword at this moment.

But this moment only lasts; the next instant, it will still kill Ye Jingqiu.

"Ah ah!"

Ye Jingqiu roared, then suddenly twisted his wrist, causing the sword to deflect and strike the sword energy with lightning speed.

This was exactly the same technique Su Yan used when he raised his hand to strike with his sword.

The sword energy was slightly deflected, but it wasn't enough; it would still strike Ye Jingqiu, who was now powerless to stop it.

"It's dangerous, you idiot!"

Su Yan finally managed to make the hand seals and unleash the sword energy, but this was too much for someone who was only at the Qi Refining stage.

"Boom!"

In the burst of white light, Ye Jingqiu, who had shifted all his weight forward to block the sword energy, suddenly lost his resistance. He staggered forward, passing through the chaotic surge of pure white spiritual energy, and crashed into Su Yan's arms in a daze.

Su Yan forcefully unleashed his sword energy, but he was exhausted at that moment. He couldn't stand up after being hit by her and fell backward.

The two fell to the ground together, with Ye Jingqiu's head hitting Su Yan's chest.