I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 116 Stop lusting after my body

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Song Xin, who had not returned home all night for several consecutive nights, quickly attracted attention.

In the camp, Weng Tiejun, acting as an instructor, gathered the remaining nineteen rookies and asked them in front of everyone, "Where is Song Xin? Does any of you know?"

"Song Xin is missing?"

"We don't know."

"I'm not familiar with him."

"I heard he's the only remaining member of the Six Outstanding Talents. Could it be that Yingjie Middle School is truly under some unknown curse?"

The news of Song Xin's disappearance immediately sparked a great deal of discussion.

Yuan Jingfei and the others, who knew that Song Xin was dead, chose to remain silent and dared not reveal the truth.

Fortunately, when Song Xin first approached her, along with several other martial arts prodigies from Zhicheng Middle School, they did so secretly to avoid revealing their whereabouts and plans in advance.

Now, because he is so low-key, no one knows that Song Xin teamed up with Yuan Jingfei and others to secretly explore the Sword Sect's secret realm, so no one suspects her.

Weng Tiejun scanned the entire area but found nothing. He could only order his men to search for the area and reiterated his order that no one else was allowed to explore the dangerous area.

After the team disbanded, Ye Qingzhou returned to his small private room, took out a golden scale, circulated his dragon inner energy and fire inner energy, and began to practice "Refining True Gold in Fire" with his eyes closed.

However, not long after, there was a knock on his door.

"Ye, it's me, Yuan Jingfei."

"The door's unlocked, come in."

Ye Qingzhou stopped circulating his internal energy and exhaled as he spoke.

Then, a flustered Yuan Jingfei rushed into the room, looking at him with pitiful eyes for help: "Instructor Weng just questioned me alone. He must suspect me. What should I do?"

"It's not surprising that a martial arts master could see that you have a problem, but he has no evidence. As long as you don't admit it, there's nothing he can do about it."

Ye Qingzhou remained calm. Inside Lingyun Cave, with Kang Jinlong protecting him, he was truly lawless and unrestrained.

As for Yuan Jingfei, her biological father is also a master, and Weng Tiejun, lacking sufficient evidence, naturally could not detain and interrogate her.

With Ye Qingzhou's comforting words, Yuan Jingfei quickly calmed down and then realized that the two of them were now alone in a room.

She lowered her head shyly, fiddling with the hem of her dress with her fingertips: "Ye Qingzhou, thank you for saving me."

"You're welcome. After all, I've already received payment. If you're truly grateful, you can pay me more."

"what?"

Yuan Jingfei was dumbfounded. None of the boys she had ever met were as obsessed with money as Ye Qingzhou, leaving her at a loss for what to say next.

After seeing Yuan Jingfei off, Ye Qingzhou had just returned to his room and sat down when the dark blue bracelet on his left wrist suddenly transformed into a green snake.

The green snake grew bigger and bigger, and eventually transformed into a stunningly beautiful woman.

Her figure was curvaceous and her body was supple and boneless; she lay sprawled on Ye Qingzhou's back.

Yingyue parted her red lips slightly and breathed hot air into Ye Qingzhou's ear: "My lord is really oblivious to romance. Even I can tell that she seems to like you a little."

Ye Qingzhou shook her head: "She doesn't like me, she likes my strength. If I were weak, would she still like me?"

"Hehe, I also admire your strength, my lord. Women are naturally drawn to strength, what's wrong with that?"

Her laughter, as clear as the moon and as melodious as silver bells, was so sweet that it made one's bones melt and one's blood rush to their head.

It must be said, she is truly charming and naturally alluring.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingzhou was a staunchly straight man in his past life, and now that he cultivates the Heart Sword, he is completely unmoved by her charm and seduction: "Speak properly, don't touch me like that."

At this moment, Yingyue's slender hands had already slipped inside her collar, caressing Ye Qingzhou's firm chest. She was about to explore downwards and touch his eight-pack abs when Ye Qingzhou stopped her.

Yingyue pouted, "You won't even let me touch you, my lord is so stingy."

She then gave him a flirtatious wink, her rosy lips curving into a captivating smile: "At worst, I'll let you touch me, my lord."

Ye Qingzhou looked her over several times from head to toe. Her skin was snow-white, strong and elastic. She seemed fragile, but in reality, she had a remarkable defensive capability against both slashes and blunt force.

If it reveals a snake-scale-like true qi armor, it will have extremely strong resistance to internal energy of various attributes.

But Ye Qingzhou was clearly not interested: "Your external training is so-so, it's not of any use to me."

"My lord, really, why is your mind filled with nothing but cultivation?"

Yingyue straightened her back and raised her head, her slender index finger tracing a line across her full, moist lips, then moving downwards in an alluring curve: "Don't you, my lord, want to do anything else for me?"

Ye Qingzhou scoffed at her "provocation": "You want to absorb my dragon essence? You wish!"

Clearly, Ye Qingzhou could tell at a glance what Yingyue was up to.

He has recently been practicing "Fish-Dragon Transformation" and "Refining True Gold in Fire," and he has unique insights into the external training methods, especially the internal energy cultivation techniques. His body, which has been transformed by the dragon's internal energy, is becoming more and more perfect.

Through the study of the three observation samples—Lei Ang, Zhu Jinfeng, and Song Xin—Ye Qingzhou has now figured out the genetic optimization logic of the Yinglong bloodline.

His body is transforming into a "dragon body" in a completely new way while maintaining his human form, and his level of life is constantly being sublimated, becoming more and more perfect and flawless.

Therefore, Yingyue is now really lusting after Ye Qingzhou's body, hoping to find her own opportunity to transform into a dragon through him.

Ye Qingzhou was at a crucial stage of cultivation; how could he possibly allow her to absorb the precious Dragon Essence?

Don't even think about it!

However, since they were his subordinates, the emperor was not short of starving soldiers.

Ye Qingzhou naturally wouldn't let the Azure Flood Dragon work for nothing, so he promised her, "Work hard for me, and I will teach you the 'Fish-Dragon Transformation,' allowing you to shed your snake body and advance to the level of a flood dragon again. So stop lusting after my body all the time. If you want to become stronger, you should honestly cultivate on your own."

Yingyue clearly longed for the "Fish-Dragon Transformation" technique, and immediately began to whine to Ye Qingzhou, "But my lord, you didn't even let me lift a finger last time, and you killed that person yourself. How could I possibly have a chance to show off?"

"I'll definitely do it next time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qingzhou sensed something and turned to look at Yingyue: "Now, your chance has come. I won't make a move this time, so try your best to perform well."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Yingyue smiled and transformed into a dark blue bracelet, which wrapped around Ye Qingzhou's wrist.

Ye Qingzhou, carrying his sword, left the camp alone.

…………

The sound of cicadas echoes in the ancient temple.

Nestled in a dense forest of chinaberry trees is a magnificent golden Buddhist temple.

From afar, you can hear the incessant chirping of cicadas.

As you approach, your soul is cleansed by the cicadas' song, becoming peaceful and free from worries.

Among the many secret realms already explored inside Lingyun Cave, this place is considered the least dangerous. If you're lucky, you might find the remains of a golden cicada or collect the bitter sap flowing from the chinaberry tree.

This bitter juice can be used to prepare more than a dozen kinds of spiritual drinks that are very beneficial to the mind. Market demand has always been good, so it is quite valuable.

Yuan Jingfei brought three martial arts upstarts from Zhicheng Middle School here to try her luck, and at the same time, she didn't want to look too guilty.

She never expected that she would eventually be targeted by someone.

"Chairman Du... Chairman Du..."

Faced with the vice president of the Linjiang Martial Arts Association suddenly blocking her way, Yuan Jingfei panicked. At this moment, she was extremely unsettled and her mind was in turmoil.

The president of the Linjiang Martial Arts Association is Bai Yuanhu, but there are several vice presidents, one of whom is Du Jianping.

Of course, this is not the key.

The key point is that Du Jianping and Song Yanhai have a very close relationship!

As expected, Du Jianping's first words plunged Yuan Jingfei and the others into despair: "Where is Song Xin?"

Yuan Jingfei pursed her lips and remained silent.

The other three were in the same boat; for them, nothing more than remaining silent meant certain death.

Lying in front of a master martial artist with keen insight?

There are indeed people who have this ability, but they don't!

Du Jianping's eyes narrowed, and he sneered, "You won't talk, huh? Looks like you want to experience my methods."

"Master Du, this matter really has nothing to do with us."

"Yeah yeah."

"We didn't kill them."

The other three wanted to beg for mercy, but Yuan Jingfei tried to reason with Du Jianping, saying, "Master Du, Song Xin was actually in the wrong first. We were forced to fight back."

Little did she know that Du Jianping, Song Yanhai, and Song Xin were all in cahoots.

After all, Song Yanhai wasn't the only one dissatisfied with the martial arts talent development program. Such struggles involving the redistribution of interests often involve fierce competition and rivalry between major powers.

Song Yanhai and Du Jianping represent the conservative faction within martial arts families.

They will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

At this moment, a sinister smile appeared on Du Jianping's face: "You bunch of good-for-nothings, you think you could kill Song Xin? Tell me, who did this?"

Yuan Jingfei and the others finally realized that Du Jianping definitely had a problem!

They were all very loyal and refused to admit it no matter what.

Just as Du Jianping was about to use torture, a resounding voice came from behind him.

"I did it."

"Um!"

Du Jianping turned around abruptly, then frowned, because what appeared in his field of vision was none other than Ye Qingzhou's figure.

"Ye Qingzhou, did you kill Song Xin?"

Du Jianping pretended to be calm on the surface, but he was actually very surprised. How could he, a master, not even notice someone touching him from behind?

Moreover, the opponent's cultivation level is not even at the professional level.

How did they do that?!

"Ye Qingzhou!"

Yuan Jingfei seemed to have found a savior, her face showing a look of surprise, which then turned somber.

In her opinion, what use is Ye Qingzhou's arrival alone?

Du Jianping is a master-level martial artist, while they are just a group of martial arts apprentices who are not even professional-level. The difference between them is like heaven and earth.

If a conflict were to break out, Du Jianping could blow them all to death with a single breath; they wouldn't stand a chance against him!

After locking down the entire area with his own aura, Du Jianping didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he calmly looked at Ye Qingzhou and said, "You dare to appear in front of me all by yourself?"

Ye Qingzhou smiled calmly: "I had long suspected that there was a bigger fish behind Song Xin, but I didn't know who it was. So, I deliberately left a sword intent on Yuan Jingfei, so that whenever she felt fear, it would touch my heartstrings. Fortunately, a fisherman never comes away empty-handed, and I finally managed to fish you out."

"Heh, good plan, but you completely misjudged your own strength. If you want to be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, you need to have the strength to back it up."

Du Jianping, confident in his master-level skills, completely disregarded Ye Qingzhou.

"You want to kill me? Then come on."

Ye Qingzhou sensed Du Jianping's undisguised killing intent, and then his figure flashed, stepping into the Divine Speed ​​Domain, disappearing into the forest.

"Trying to escape?"

Du Jianping ignored Yuan Jingfei and the others, intending to take down Ye Qingzhou first and then interrogate them together.

So he grinned maliciously and leaped into the air, chasing after Ye Qingzhou's retreating figure. The two quickly disappeared into the depths of the Cicada-Singing Ancient Temple.

"Ye Qingzhou, no matter how powerful you are, you will not escape death today. Surrender obediently, and I might let you die a little less painfully."

"Oh, so kind of you?"

Seeing that there was no one else around, Ye Qingzhou stopped and turned around with a calm smile: "Since you have treated me with kindness, I should repay you with even greater kindness. I'll let you die peacefully later."

"Heh, you think you can take me?"

Du Jianping approached with a cold smile, but his smile quickly froze on his face.

On Ye Qingzhou's wrist, the dark blue bracelet first transformed into a snake, and then into a stunningly beautiful woman with a hot figure and captivating charm.

Looking at Yingyue's beautiful face and curvaceous body, Du Jianping immediately showed an infatuated expression, while his lower abdomen felt hot and his blood was boiling.

"wrong!"

Du Jianping, as expected of a martial arts master, had a heart as firm as a rock. He quickly snapped out of Yingyue's extremely seductive charm and resisted her allure.

Ye Qingzhou spoke casually, pointing a finger at Du Jianping, and instructed Yingyue, "This guy is so bad he looks like a master chef. Go and take care of him."

Yingyue chuckled and immediately lunged forward.

With a single glance and a smile from her, mountains and rivers lost their color, the sun and moon lost their light, and with a gentle exhale, the universe trembled and the earth shook.

She was clearly a delicate and beautiful woman, but every step she took stirred up the power of the earth's veins, and every gesture she made had the power to uproot mountains.

Just now, she was the one who covered Ye Qingzhou's presence, preventing Du Jianping from noticing Ye Qingzhou's arrival.

Now, displaying her full power, Du Jianping's expression turned pale with shock, and he exclaimed repeatedly, "Your aura shakes the heavens and earth, your strength can uproot mountains and rivers! You use your own blood and energy to draw upon the power of the earth's veins—you are a Grandmaster of the Earthly Fiends!"

The sixth level of Heaven, the Realm of Earthly Fiends!

Having lost the Dragon Pearl and its Dragon Essence, Qingjiao has fallen from the seventh level of the Martial Saint realm and reverted from a dragon to a viper.

Even so, her strength still surpasses that of a master, standing at the pinnacle of grandmaster.

Du Jianping is only at the second level of the Ascension Realm. Among the master-level martial artists, he can barely be considered a middle-class person. How could he possibly be a match for Yingyue, a master at the peak of the Grandmaster Realm?

"No!"

Du Jianping drew his knife, still wanting to fight to the death, but the gap between them was too great, making his desperate struggle a joke.

Yingyue crushed all the bones in his body with her own hands, and his entire body looked as if it had been run over by a road roller. His death was tragic and not peaceful at all.

Seeing this, Ye Qingzhou shook his head and sighed as he looked at Yingyue: "Your methods are far too cruel. Didn't I say I wanted him to die peacefully?"

"Hehe, I will pay attention next time."

Yingyue chuckled sweetly. She had done it on purpose, after all, in her eyes, men were creatures who couldn't stand being provoked. Especially Ye Qingzhou, who clearly wasn't a magnanimous person.

"Death is a serious matter, let's dig a hole and bury him."

Then Ye Qingzhou dug a large pit and buried Du Jianping hastily without even covering him with a straw mat.

When Ye Qingzhou returned to the Cicada's Song Ancient Temple, he saw Yuan Jingfei and the others still standing there dumbfounded, and asked in confusion, "You haven't left yet?"

"Ye Qingzhou!"

When Yuan Jingfei saw Ye Qingzhou return, her almond-shaped eyes lit up, then a worried expression appeared on her face: "Where's Master Du? Did you shake him off?"

Ye Qingzhou looked at her with a half-smile: "Are you sure you want to know?"

"!!!"

After Ye Qingzhou's reminder, Yuan Jingfei, who was also a second-generation cultivator from a martial arts family, understood that the whole matter was probably far-reaching, and she, being a small fry, couldn't afford to get involved.

She instantly understood: "We haven't seen Master Du today!"

The three people behind her were taken aback at first, then exclaimed in unison, "Yes, yes, we've never even seen Master Du before!"

Ye Qingzhou nodded in satisfaction: "This child is teachable."

However, while Ye Qingzhou was satisfied, some others were not.

Inside the camp, Weng Tiejun rubbed his temples: "You mean, Du Jianping has also disappeared?"

Anger seemed to ignite his chest, his surging blood and qi surging rapidly like a roaring dragon. The immense heat seemed to boil the surrounding air, making Weng Tiejun look exceptionally terrifying.

The subordinate, trembling with fear, nodded and replied, "Yes."

"Damn it, first Song Xin, then Du Jianping, why are there so many problems with the opening of this cave?"

"Should we continue the investigation? Actually, there are still a few suspects."

The adjutant, Sang Cheng, made a suggestion.

Weng Tiejun glared at him and snapped, "What's there to investigate? The two dead men were from martial arts families, and the suspects are also second-generation cultivators from martial arts families. Let them fight like dogs. If we actually find something out, things will get out of control."

There are currently nineteen promising martial arts talents inside Lingyun Cave, which makes Weng Tiejun somewhat hesitant to act rashly.

After all, among these rising stars, there are many young talents from commoner backgrounds, especially Ye Qingzhou, who is definitely the future pillar of the martial arts world in Dongji Kingdom.

Weng Tiejun's reluctance to thoroughly investigate the incident stemmed from his desire for the situation to stabilize so that the cave could reopen, allowing him to safely bring the person back and then investigate the case as he pleased.

From beginning to end, everyone suspected Yuan Jingfei and suspected that this was an internal struggle between martial arts families. They never thought that everything was actually done by Ye Qingzhou.

After all, how could a martial arts apprentice kill a martial arts master?

That's ridiculous!

(End of this chapter)