I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 119 A peerless master is actually beside me

Lingyun Cave Heaven, outpost camp.

"Ye Qingzhou has also disappeared? What happened?!"

Upon hearing the news, Weng Tiejun was stunned and almost lost his balance. He never expected that despite his repeated warnings, this would still happen.

"Several promising martial arts students from Linjiang No.1 Middle School said he went out hunting alone three days ago and has not returned yet."

"You're all such a handful, aren't you?!"

Weng Tiejun was so angry he wanted to hit someone; he felt he was about to lose his job as a nanny.

These martial arts upstarts are all geniuses among the younger generation, but the more talented they are, the less willing they are to be content with their lot. They always think of themselves as the protagonists of a story, able to turn misfortune into good fortune and disaster into blessing.

The results of it?

Song Xin is probably doomed now, and Weng Tiejun gets a huge headache just thinking about it.

Now, even Ye Qingzhou, the most watched genius, has disappeared without a trace inside the cave. He is nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead. Weng Tiejun is so desperate that he wants to die.

Just as he was wondering how to report this to his superiors, his adjutant, Sang Cheng, walked in with a look of ecstatic joy and told Weng Tiejun some good news: "Ye Qingzhou is back!"

"What?"

Weng Tiejun was so surprised that he jumped up abruptly, then overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Where is he?"

"Right outside the camp!"

"Thank God!"

Weng Tiejun hurriedly walked out of the tent, almost thinking he was about to be blamed for something terrible.

It's important to know that Ye Qingzhou's current identity is quite extraordinary. He comes from a humble background as a martial artist and has demonstrated perfect mastery of the Five Elements and unparalleled skill in lightning techniques. It can be said that his future potential is limitless.

Perhaps Ye Qingzhou is the next Zhang Xinwu. With proper cultivation from the authorities, he will surely become a towering figure in the martial arts world of Dongji Kingdom in the future!

Such a martial arts prodigy must not be harmed.

Meanwhile, outside the outpost's camp, Ye Qingzhou's return attracted a large crowd.

Ye Qingzhou grabbed the tiger's tail and dragged the huge corpse of the ghost tiger back to the camp, which amazed the onlookers.

"Holy crap, it's Ghost Tiger, the overlord of the Ghostly Wind Forest!"

"A beast of this level should have already developed advanced intelligence, right? Without a master-level martial artist, can it really be killed?"

"I saw this ghost tiger once before from afar, and its gaze almost scared me to death."

Everyone wore expressions of disbelief. Even Weng Tiejun looked at Ye Qingzhou with new respect and couldn't help but exclaim, "This ghost tiger is extremely powerful. Its fire skills have been honed to an unbelievable level. The skill levels of its other five forms are all at the perfect level. It can even control ghosts to fight. Even I couldn't defeat it, but I never expected it to fall into Ye Qingzhou's hands."

The adjutant, Sang Cheng, echoed this sentiment: "The new generation of young martial artists are getting stronger and stronger, and there are even quite a few geniuses who are able to challenge opponents of higher levels."

"Yes, Ghost Sword Sorrow Duan Ming and Cloud Mountain Hidden Dragon Liu Yiming, these two recently defeated martial arts masters Li Weidong and Ye Zhizhao one after the other."

"A professional-level master of counterattack, and he actually managed to win. The martial arts masters of our Eastern Pole Kingdom are truly a new generation of talents."

The two kept talking about the recent major events in the martial arts world of Dongji Kingdom.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Duan Ming and Liu Yiming are both called half-step masters; in reality, there is a huge gap between a master and someone who is not a master.

The mere existence of the bridge between heaven and earth means that the energy reserves of both sides are not on the same level. It's like both sides going to the battlefield at the same time, with one side having limited ammunition and the other side having unlimited ammunition.

If a real fight breaks out, the gap in strength will be huge.

The master-level moves bombarded the opponent relentlessly, and even professional martial artists couldn't withstand them.

Even though Li Weidong and Ye Zhizhao are often jokingly referred to as "gatekeepers" by others in the master circle, even the worst master is still a master, and they are definitely not professionals who can be easily fooled.

This is common sense, at least before Duan Ming and Liu Yiming defied the master; it was common knowledge.

However, martial arts are always evolving. With countless people constantly innovating and studying new techniques, intermediate-level martial arts skills that were originally only mastered by professionals can now be perfectly mastered by many talented and genius-level martial arts students.

For the new generation of martial artists, the difficulty of learning martial arts techniques is actually decreasing.

"This ghost tiger should have been at least a half-step master level in terms of combat power. I never expected it to be killed by Ye Qingzhou. The younger generation is getting more and more outrageous. It seems I'm really getting old."

Although Weng Tiejun is only in his forties, he already has a sense of the changing times and the loneliness of the era moving away from him.

His adjutant, Sang Cheng, comforted him, saying, "You can't say that. Without us seniors paving the way and learning from our mistakes, how could these young people avoid so many detours?"

Weng Tiejun nodded: "That's true. It might take ten years to research and improve a mid-level martial art, but it probably takes less than ten months to learn and master a perfected mid-level martial art. You could say that today's young people are lucky to be born in such a good time."

As he spoke, Weng Tiejun couldn't help but recall his youth.

Back then, martial arts were a privilege that only a select few could access.

If it weren't for the later government's large-scale "vegetable basket project," which improved and cultivated a large number of exotic flowers, fruits, and rare animal breeds, allowing rare ingredients like the Iron Feather Chicken to enter thousands of households, the comprehensive promotion of martial arts would have remained only on paper.

Unlike now, where there are "free martial arts meals" and "martial arts prodigies," all of this is based on an abundant supply of training resources.

Ye Qingzhou, dragging Gui Hu's body, walked up to Weng Tiejun: "Instructor."

"You little rascal, you actually know how to come back, huh?"

Seeing Ye Qingzhou unharmed, Weng Tiejun was overjoyed, but still scolded her sternly: "Why did you go out alone? Do you know how dangerous that is?"

"Instructor, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain? Martial artists are not flowers in a greenhouse, and true strength is not cultivated in a comfortable life."

"Good grief, you're lecturing me now? How about you take over as instructor?"

"OK."

Ye Qingzhou nodded; he was quite experienced in cultivating talent.

Every member of Zhouzhou's tutoring center can testify to his story!

Even the most hopeless Yun Shanshan has now reformed herself under his bamboo whip, and her swordsmanship has become quite impressive.

Weng Tiejun's eye twitched: "Fine, fine, so you've actually set your sights on me, huh?"

"Not at all. As the saying goes, a martial artist who doesn't want to be an instructor isn't a good student. It's only natural for a peerless genius like me to be confident."

"Stop being silly. Did you really kill that Ghost Tiger all by yourself?"

As Weng Tiejun spoke, he stepped forward to examine Gui Hu's injuries.

Ghost Tiger's body was covered with sword wounds. His left arm was severed at the root, and the fatal wound was a sword that went from bottom to top and pierced through his brain.

It was clear that this sword strike was incredibly powerful, even the Ghost Tiger's bronze skin and iron bones couldn't withstand it.

Ye Qingzhou delivered the prepared statement: "Previously, when my teammates and I were hunting sparrows in the Yinfeng Ghost Forest, we fought with a ghost tiger. We severed one of its arms, but it escaped afterward."

"So, you're going to keep chasing after me?"

"Yes."

Every word Ye Qingzhou said was true, but he deliberately concealed part of the truth, which is why he easily deceived Weng Tiejun.

"Hmm, what are your plans for dealing with this ghost tiger?"

"I don't know how to handle the body either, so I dragged it back, intending to sell it to the camp."

Upon hearing this, Weng Tiejun was in high spirits: "Excellent, excellent! This ghost tiger is a treasure trove from head to toe; it would be a waste to use it wrong. How about I give you 1200 points?"

"make a deal."

Ye Qingzhou knew he had gotten a great deal, so he didn't haggle.

The rare birds and beasts inside the cave have different vital energies in different parts of their bodies, and their effects are also very strange. Therefore, when cutting and taking materials, people who are not specially trained can easily damage some special organs, which greatly reduces the value of the materials.

So instead of handling it yourself, it's better to leave it to the professional "disassemblers" at the camp.

Professional matters should be left to professionals.

When Ye Qingzhou's score was announced, Huang Dengfeng's group was stunned.

"Captain, we've been overtaken!"

"What happened? We had 642 points, which was more than 100 points higher than Gu Junchen and the others in second place. How could we have been overtaken?"

"It's Ye Qingzhou."

"!!!"

Huang Dengfeng originally wanted to start cursing, but when he heard that the matter was related to Ye Qingzhou, he immediately closed his eyes and lost his temper.

After all, the reason he was able to surpass the second-place finisher by more than 100 points was because of the wolf king that Ye Qingzhou had sold to them.

Upon learning that Ye Qingzhou had hunted the Ghost Tiger alone and successfully scored 1200 points, Huang Dengfeng's initial desire to try his best vanished.

At this moment, he seemed to have entered a state of enlightenment: "Forget it, what's the point of arguing about this? Second place is actually quite good. Losing to Ye Qingzhou is not shameful."

Huang Dengfeng could only console himself with this thought.

The other teams shared a similar mindset; upon learning the news, they immediately abandoned any desire to compete.

There's a huge obstacle in front of us. If we keep fighting, we'll only end up exhausted and fighting for second place, which nobody cares about. It's really pointless.

The ten-day cave exploration mission officially ended two days later.

Of the 20 rookies, 19 survived. Song Xin is still missing. The situation is not perfect, but at least we can give an account of what happened.

Ye Qingzhou, Xu Yuebing, and the others left Lingyun Cave through the teleportation array.

"Ye Qingzhou! Little Bingbing!"

When Xu Lan saw that the two had returned safely, she happily went up to them and gave them a big hug.

Leon, his eyes wide with amazement, protested loudly, "Teacher Xu, how can you be so biased? I want a hug too!"

Then Xu Yinchuan and a beautiful woman who looked somewhat like Xu Yuebing, but with a more mature figure and temperament, stood in front of Ye Qingzhou.

Upon seeing the beautiful woman, Xu Yuebing immediately and obediently called out, "Mom."

"Hmm, your aura is unpredictable. It seems you've mastered Yin energy quite well. In a few more days, once your foundation is strong enough, I can pass on the 'Formless Sword Scripture' to you."

Xu Wanqing was very satisfied with her daughter's progress in martial arts. After all, Xu Yuebing's aptitude was far inferior to that of her eldest daughter, Xu Yunxi, but now she was making rapid progress.

As for the reasons for the progress, Xu Wanqing was clearly aware of them.

So she quickly turned her attention to Ye Qingzhou: "Ye Qingzhou, hello, I am Xu Yuebing's mother, my name is Xu Wanqing."

The frost and moonlight illuminate the late afternoon!

He possesses a body of ice-cold skin and jade-like bones at the peak of his cultivation, and has also mastered a special technique called the Profound Yin Limitless Body, possessing a cultivation level of the third level of Ascension.

Throughout southern Hunan, Xu Wanqing is a highly renowned master-level martial artist.

At the same time, she is also the number one expert of the Xu family in Linjiang, and the pillar of the family.

Hello, Auntie.

Ye Qingzhou smiled and nodded. His cooperation with the Xu family had always been very pleasant, so he was willing to continue to maintain this good relationship.

Xu Wanqing rushed back from another province after receiving a plea for help from her husband, Xu Yinchuan, which shows how much she values ​​Ye Qingzhou.

"Ye Qingzhou, don't worry, with me here, Gu Guangqi won't be able to hurt a single hair on your head."

"Thank you for your concern, but why should I worry about a dead person?"

"Dead? Gu Guangqi is dead?"

Xu Wanqing looked surprised, and even Xu Yinchuan and Xu Lan looked at each other in bewilderment.

Their first reaction was that Ye Qingzhou was joking, but then they were shocked because Gu Guangqi really hadn't shown up for many days!

This is very abnormal!

You must know that Gu Guangqi is now a master-level martial artist in charge of guarding Jinlin Manor. No matter how bold he is, he would not dare to abandon his work and mission and leave his post for several days in a row.

This is a serious crime in the Eastern Kingdom!

After all, if something happens to the cave, and a powerful mythical life form rushes out, many people will die, and no one can bear the blame for that.

The Eastern Pole is not like the Western Pole or Europe, where people can disregard the safety of their own people.

Xu Yinchuan hurriedly led Ye Qingzhou aside, taking three steps at a time, and asked in a low voice, "Is Gu Guangqi really dead? How did he die?"

Ye Qingzhou was too lazy to lie: "Let's just say I killed him."

At that time, he crushed Kang Jinlong's dragon essence and obtained the mental power of a Martial Saint, which is why he was able to crush Gu Guangqi as easily as an ant.

But even if he told the story, no one would necessarily believe him, so Ye Qingzhou was too lazy to explain the details.

Seeing this, Xu Yinchuan, though still suspicious, instinctively felt that what Ye Qingzhou said was very likely true.

Gu Guangqi, Du Jianping, and Song Yanhai, martial arts masters who hadn't died in Linjiang City for ten years, all died within ten days because of Ye Qingzhou.

If Xu Yinchuan knew the truth, he would probably be scared to death.

What kind of walking jinx is this?

It can even kill martial arts masters!

Just as Xu Yinchuan was about to say a few more words, his phone rang. After answering and listening to only a few sentences, his expression changed drastically: "Okay, Chairman, I'll be right there."

He hung up the phone, and Xu Wanqing couldn't help but ask curiously, "What happened?"

Xu Yinchuan sighed: "The main branch of the Song family has been wiped out."

Xu Wanqing was startled upon hearing this: "Song Yanhai's Wind and Thunder Blade is incredibly powerful and fierce. Even I have to be wary of it. In the entire Xiangnan region, besides Chairman Bai, who can wipe out the entire main branch of the Song family?"

Xu Yinchuan shook his head: "That's not all. It's said that another master-level expert died at the scene."

Who is it?

"Cecil of the Bloodline Society."

"!!!"

Xu Wanqing's beautiful face was now filled with shock: "When did such a world-shaking expert arrive in Linjiang City?"

The ability to kill two seasoned master-level experts in a single night implies that, if the opponent so desires, annihilating other martial arts families would be a piece of cake.

The current situation is like a ferocious crocodile suddenly appearing in a pond that was originally filled with the sounds of frogs.

Even if the crocodile is just dozing off, the other creatures in the pond would probably tremble with fear.

Xu Yinchuan understood the seriousness of the situation: "Bai Yuanhu not only called me, but also people from other martial arts families for a meeting. This incident is no small matter, and we must handle it carefully."

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of things at home."

Xu Wanqing, the Xu family's top expert, naturally had to stay at home and guard the main base.

Seeing the tense atmosphere among the crowd, Ye Qingzhou really wanted to tell them: "Don't be nervous, the peerless master you're looking for is right beside me."

But after thinking about it, I decided against it.

After all, Yingyue is his trump card now, and it's best not to reveal it and keep it for future use in scheming against others.

After bidding farewell to Xu Yuebing's family, Ye Qingzhou returned to Jiangshan Imperial View. As soon as she entered the house, she gently tapped the "bracelet" on her wrist.

Yingyue let out a soft moan, stretched on Ye Qingzhou's wrist, and then transformed into human form.

"Your residence is quite unique, young master."

Yingyue curiously looked around the villa, and was particularly fascinated by human technological creations, like a curious baby, showing no trace of the image of a female demon that made even martial arts families tremble with fear.

Xu Yinchuan and Xu Wanqing probably couldn't imagine that the grandmaster-level expert they were so wary of was actually the charming and beautiful woman in front of them, whose eyes were darting around.

"Find yourself a room to stay in, and by the way, don't break the furniture."

As soon as Ye Qingzhou finished speaking, Yingyue touched the LCD monitor on the wall and sparks flew, causing the screen to explode on the spot and crack completely.

"..."

Yingyue thought the monitor was a treasure, and subconsciously tried to refine it with her earthly evil energy, but ended up exploding the TV.

What could Ye Qingzhou say?

He had no choice but to forgive.

"My lord, I'm sorry."

Yingyue lowered her head in annoyance, just like a child who had made a mistake.

Ye Qingzhou rubbed his forehead, then reassured him, "It's alright, we can just buy a new one, the cost will be deducted from your salary."

"What is salary?"

Yingyue tilted her head. She had grown up in Lingyun Cave since she was a child, and spent her days playing and cultivating. She was unfamiliar with everything in the human world.

As for Ye Qingzhou, he only realized at this moment that he had hired a martial arts grandmaster of the Earthly Fiend Realm but had not paid him.

Is this acceptable?

Will I get beaten up?

(End of this chapter)