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The tiger shark patriarch spoke up: "You remnants of the giant whale clan, prepare for our slaughter! Wait, there's a human here! Who are you, daring to enter our tiger shark territory? You're tired of living, get out of here!"

Originally, Lin Yaoxie wasn't interested in the feud between the two clans, but because the Tiger Shark Clan Chief was too arrogant—who was he? He was Lin Yaoxie! He was the one who was bossy; who dared to be bossy with him? Not the Tiger Shark, not even the Heavenly King himself!—he said calmly:

"I never waste my breath on dead men, or rather, dead tiger sharks to you."

This is outrageous! The Tiger Shark Chieftain was furious and immediately ordered, "Charge up and tear that brat to shreds!"

At his command, dozens of tiger sharks swarmed forward, completely surrounding Lin Yaoxie. Lin Yaoxie gathered his spiritual power and mixed it with his true energy to form a net around himself.

When the tiger shark charged forward, it found itself unable to move forward at all. Lin Yaoxie's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he shouted: "Rise!"

Dozens of tiger sharks rose out of thin air, like dozens of small fish caught in a fishing net, their mostly white and mostly black eyes staring blankly at the sky.

Zhao Ling'er and her group on the ship were completely bewildered, exchanging glances and sighs, but they couldn't help but worry about Lin Yaoxie.

The tiger shark patriarch underwater instantly understood Lin Yaoxie's strength, but having fought countless battles to finally obtain the position of patriarch, how could he give up so easily? He opened his mouth wide and tried to swallow Lin Yaoxie whole.

The immense impact force directly shattered the barrier of spiritual energy and true qi that Lin Yaoxie had set up. It seems that the tiger shark chieftain's teeth are truly exceptionally hard; they can not only be made into sword sheaths but also into other useful things.

Thinking this, he drew his sword and stabbed at the tiger shark. With a clang, sparks flew, but he couldn't even scratch the tiger shark elder. Lin Yaoxie was shocked, not expecting its skin to be so thick.

He then used his Hundred Turns and Leaps technique, instantly stabbing the Tiger Shark Chieftain's entire body with his sword, but to no avail. For the first time, Lin Yaoxie felt helpless, like a tiger catching a hedgehog, but looking around, he had no idea where to start.

Suddenly, Lin Yaoxie remembered the eagle's method of dealing with turtles: take the turtle high in the sky and then slam it down hard to crack its defense system. He immediately put the idea into action.

Lin Yaoxie turned to the giant whale and said, "Now I need you to buy me some time. I need to condense a huge mental net, wrap it around the Tiger Shark Chieftain, and then throw him down from thousands of meters in the air."

The giant whale nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master, leave it to me!"

It turns out that Lin Yaoxie's performance just now completely impressed the giant whale, making it willingly become its subordinate.

The giant whale then shook its head and swung its head at the tiger shark in a show of defiance. How could the tiger shark patriarch tolerate this? It opened its blood-spitting maw and lunged at the whale. The giant whale was terrified and quickly fled, with the tiger shark patriarch in hot pursuit.

In the blink of an eye, they had circled Immortal Spirit Island several times. The giant whale, exhausted, cried out to Lin Yaoxie for help, "Master, save me!"

Lin Yaoxie had already set up the mental net, but in order to wear down the Tiger Shark Chieftain's stamina, he did not say it immediately. However, seeing that the giant whale could not hold on any longer, he shouted at the Tiger Shark Chieftain, "Do you dare to fight me?"

The tiger shark patriarch finally realized it was a battle of attrition, but he wasn't worried because of his tough skin. But then Lin Yaoxie shouted, "Activate the barrier!" A hundred-meter-long mental net wrapped around the tiger shark patriarch, immobilizing him, and carried him up a thousand meters into the air.

At the critical point, it crashed down hard. Even though Elder Tiger Shark had skin that was stronger than steel, it could not withstand the huge impact from gravity. In an instant, it was smashed to pieces, but its two teeth remained intact and stood on the ground.

Picking up the teeth, a solemn aura emanates from them.

Lin Yaoxie used his mental power to transform his tooth into a scabbard, and used his true energy to attach the other tooth to the surface of the sword. This way, the sharpness of the sword's edge would increase exponentially, and it could instantly cleave through any surface as hard as the sword the next time it encountered one!

Lin Yaoxie signed a master-servant contract with the giant whale, which would come when Lin Yaoxie needed help. Then it swam into the depths and returned to the ship. Zhao Ling'er hugged Lin Yaoxie, afraid that something might happen to him.

"You're so concerned about me now, huh? Weren't you quite disgusted with me just a few days ago?" Lin Yaoxie said playfully.

Zhao Ling'er's face flushed red in an instant. This man made her both love and hate him. What a little devil!

The ship sailed into the distance.

Chapter Five: The Ancient Town Displays its Divine Power

However, the journey is always fraught with difficulties.

Suddenly, a storm arose on the lake, causing the large ship to rock precariously. Lin Yaoxie, tired of the repeated little incidents, decided to take Zhao Ling'er to Yuhang Town on his sword.

With a sharp "clang," the longsword was drawn. Its hilt, forged from tiger shark teeth, and its crimson blade, both displayed the sword's unique sharpness. "Sword, let's go. Although Yuhang is a thousand miles from here, it's just a blink of an eye for me," Lin Yaoxie said arrogantly. Zhao Ling'er, slightly worried, tentatively stepped onto the blade, her lips pursed in hesitation.

As soon as Zhao Ling'er stood on the immortal sword, Lin Yaoxie leaped onto the hilt of the Tiger Shark Fang sword. Instantly, a celestial breeze arose all around, the misty fog on the lake dissipated, and the verdant grass and trees swayed with the wind.

With a soft crackling sound, the immortal sword carrying the two of them soared into the air. Zhao Ling'er, her face filled with astonishment, exclaimed, "The long-lost sword-controlling technique of Mount Shu!"

Before Zhao Ling'er could calm down, the immortal sword spun rapidly in the air a few times before flying straight into the bright daylight. Lin Yaoxie pointed forward with his right hand and wrapped his left arm around Zhao Ling'er's soft, slender waist. He closed his eyes slightly, letting the white-clad figure drift past him.

When Zhao Ling'er came to her senses, she found herself in a misty, rain-drenched pavilion in Jiangnan. It looked like a grand restaurant, with carved phoenixes and intricate decorations, and the interior adorned with brocade and fur. The restaurant was bustling with customers. Nearby, Lin Yaoxie was warming a bottle of strong liquor, his gaze wickedly fixed on her own chest!

"What are you looking at? Get your stinky eyes off me, you shameless scoundrel!" Lin Yaoxie didn't show any anger over this trivial matter. Instead, he looked at Zhao Ling'er with a rather scoundrel-like expression and a more provocative look.

"Hmph!" Zhao Ling'er snorted, stood up abruptly, and stormed toward the window. After all, it was a high-end restaurant, and from the window, one could almost overlook the entire ancient town. What first caught Ling'er's eye was the magnificent archway, supported by four golden dragon pillars, which was almost as tall as the restaurant and had three large characters carved on it: "Yuhang Town".

As expected, flying on a sword is unlike any other martial art; immortal techniques truly are immortal techniques. They arrived in Yuhang Town in an instant. Zhao Ling'er thought to herself.

The grandeur of this ancient town can be seen from the archway bearing the three characters "Yuhang Town". The archway is supported by four golden pillars with coiled dragons, and a coiled dragon riding the clouds and holding a jade bead in its mouth lies on the top. The wooden structure above is covered with vermilion lacquer, and the structure is very exquisite.

Shifting your gaze from the archway, the entire town of Yuhang unfolds in the misty rain. Pavilions and terraces, intricately designed, layered mountains, low-hanging clouds drifting over the ancient town, sunlight filtering through gaps in the clouds and illuminating the town, create a scene reminiscent of celestial beings descending to earth.

A gentle stream meanders through the tightly packed houses of the ancient town, like a jade ribbon stitching together the fragmented landscape. Willows sway in the light breeze, creating a quintessential scene of a Jiangnan water town.

At this moment, Zhao Ling'er was already immersed in this dreamlike fantasy, forgetting the "Sword Immortal" Lin Yaoxie behind her and the noisy, bustling restaurant.

In fact, Lin Yaoxie had already gotten up, resting his arms on the wooden windowsill and gazing into the distance with Zhao Ling'er.

Suddenly, Lin Yaoxie turned around with lightning speed and grabbed the elbow of a scoundrel with a lewd face. "You bastard, what do you want? You don't look honest. People these days, really, do I have to teach you how to behave? Sigh." As soon as he finished speaking, the person Lin Yaoxie grabbed was knocked to the ground with a flying kick.

The man, a lecherous beast in human clothing, with a bloated figure, a white jade belt around his waist, and high-heeled riding boots, saw Zhao Ling'er leaning against the window admiring the view and harbored wicked intentions, about to reach out and touch Ling'er's waist. But he never expected that the man beside Ling'er was a demigod-like being, who would not allow him to commit such evil deeds and humiliate his woman.

The man who had been kicked to the ground appeared lifeless, his face pale and motionless, his body stiff and unable to bend. Several men who looked like henchmen hurriedly gathered around and lay down beside him.

On the ground, he violently shook the man who had been killed by Lin Yaoxie's Xuanfei kick, shouting, "Master! Master!" "Help! Someone come quick!"

It turns out that the person Lin Yaoxie knocked down was Bai Choufeng, a powerful local bully in Yuhang Town. He was basically a local tyrant in Yuhang Town.

This kick was destined to be the start of a conflict.

At this moment, Zhao Ling'er also realized that a fierce battle was about to take place, no, a massacre!

So Zhao Ling'er quickly grabbed Lin Yaoxie's plain white sleeve and hurriedly whispered, "Let's go, don't worry about these things. Let's go." Upon hearing this, Lin Yaoxie became even more composed and leisurely strolled to the hotel's main hall, picked up the jade liquor used to offer to the Jade Emperor, and leisurely poured himself a cup.

The air was unmistakably still. If there was any sound, it was only the pitter-patter of raindrops on the stone-paved street outside the window. Everyone stared at the jade cup in Lin Yaoxie's hand. "Haha, fine wine! Why not drink some more!" With that, he flicked his sleeves and sat down on the high stool in the center of the hall.

Sure enough, before long, a hundred or so thugs gathered downstairs at the restaurant. These men had fierce and menacing faces, wore short-sleeved cloth shirts, and had yellow gold cloths tied around their heads with the four characters "Righteousness Reaching the Heavens" written on them. They truly had the spirit of vowing to avenge their boss to the death.

These dozens of people lined up in two rows, surrounding Lin Yaoxie, who sat high in the central hall, like soldiers besieging a city. Nearly a hundred people shouted and yelled, but Lin Yaoxie, sitting in the middle, remained completely unmoved. He only cast his gentle gaze on Zhao Ling'er, who stood beside a round table covered with brocade, her face full of sorrow.

Seeing Lin Yaoxie's unusual calmness, the hundred or so people gradually quieted down, but none of them stepped forward to challenge the outsider who had kicked their leader to death.

Finally, Lin Yaoxie broke the long silence with a single sentence, "Cheer up, brother doesn't like girls with a pitiful look on their faces." No sooner had he finished speaking than one of his henchmen shouted, "Don't be afraid, everyone! This guy's just a scoundrel, no different from us! Brothers (Qian Nuo's), get him! Avenge our boss!"

Amidst the commotion, a group of people pounced on Lin Yaoxie like mad dogs. Suddenly, a flash of blue-green light streaked across the room, blinding those nearby. With a whooshing sound of a sword being drawn, the thugs in the restaurant vanished without a trace, leaving only Lin Yaoxie seated on a high stool in the main hall.

The surrounding townspeople stared wide-eyed in astonishment. Had what they were seeing really happened? Everyone thought they had just been dreaming.

At this moment, Lin Yaoxie stepped down from the main hall, took Zhao Ling'er's left hand, and gently kissed it. He also said lightly, "I don't want my woman to see such a violent massacre, so don't worry about where those people go."

"You woman, you murderous maniac, you shameless scoundrel, you violent sadist!" Zhao Ling'er, who had initially developed a slight liking for Lin Yaoxie, turned and walked away, her face as red as a pufferfish.

They went downstairs.

Chapter Six: A Serendipitous Encounter

After Zhao Ling'er went downstairs in a fit of anger, she strode away from the restaurant. Only when she stood on the bluestone street of Yuhang Town did she realize that it was still raining outside. She cursed herself for being so weak and felt that she had been provoked and tricked again, so she turned back.

Turning around, she realized that the luxurious restaurant in front of her was actually the Yunlaiyunqu Inn that Li Xiaoyao had mentioned before.

"It's like finding a needle in a haystack! It truly lives up to its reputation as the number one inn in Yuhang Town, with such a luxurious restaurant." Zhao Ling'er thought to herself.

With that, Zhao Ling'er seemed to have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, and returned to the main hall of the restaurant with a pleasant expression, finding a seat far away from Lin Yaoxie.

Lin Yaoxie was aware of this coincidence. When he flew on his sword, the destination he had set for it was the Yunlaiyunqu Inn in Yuhang Town. Of course, he also knew that Zhao Ling'er would return soon, perhaps only a few steps away.

The patrons in the restaurant seemed to have been brainwashed, as if nothing had happened. This was because Lin Yaoxie had used the evil sword essence he had absorbed from the Evil Sword Immortal to erase this part of the mortals' memories. So these people continued to clink glasses and chat as usual.

Lin Yaoxie walked over to Zhao Ling'er, grabbed a stool, and sat down next to her.

"What's wrong? If you keep acting like this, I'm going to find someone else. I'm not going to care about these trivial things you're doing anymore," Lin Yaoxie said.

Zhao Ling'er didn't hear what Lin Yaoxie was saying, nor did she notice that he had already sat down next to her. Because she saw that person—Li Xiaoyao!

Yes! It's Li Xiaoyao. Isn't that the man who slowly walked into the inn with an oil-paper umbrella and a vegetable basket in his other hand? He's the one who was injured on Immortal Spirit Island before.

"Grandma, I'm back from grocery shopping!" Li Xiaoyao shouted loudly into the inn's inner room as he folded up his oil-paper umbrella and stood by the door frame.

The moment Li Xiaoyao looked up after putting down the umbrella, he noticed Zhao Ling'er staring at him.

Since being knocked unconscious by the Moon Worship Cult members, Li Xiaoyao has lost all memories of Immortal Spirit Island, Zhao Ling'er, and the Moon Worship Cult. This makes him, like a passerby, return Zhao Ling'er's focused gaze with a puzzled look.

Meanwhile, Zhao Ling'er was unaware of Li Xiaoyao's amnesia. From his suspicious gaze, she saw only coldness and ruthlessness, devoid of any warmth from seeing an old friend again.

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Lin Yaoxie witnessed all of this and was quite puzzled. He got up and walked to the curtain at the entrance to the kitchen. As Li Xiaoyao passed by, he lightly touched Li Xiaoyao's back with his fingers. In an instant, his true energy flowed through their bodies, and Lin Yaoxie quickly browsed through Li Xiaoyao's memories.

Strangely, Lin Yaoxie couldn't find any memories of himself and Zhao Ling'er in Li Xiaoyao's mind-reading technique. This suddenly made him understand why Li Xiaoyao hadn't reacted to his and Zhao Ling'er's appearance at all, as if they were strangers.

Lin Yaoxie pulled his fingers back into the long sleeves of his blue robe and smiled contemptuously.

Zhao Ling'er, who was standing to the side, got up and walked towards him, puzzled. "What, is Li Xiaoyao still pretending not to know us?"

Lin Yaoxie smiled knowingly and remained silent. Of course, he knew that Li Xiaoyao truly didn't recognize him and Zhao Ling'er. If someone had no memory of anything, there were only two possibilities: either they hadn't experienced it at all, or Li Xiaoyao was in a similar situation—this fool had amnesia.

"No, I must go and explain this to him, why he appeared on Immortal Spirit Island with the Moon Worship Cult members." Lin Yaoxie didn't stop the stubborn girl in front of him, but stepped aside and let her go into the kitchen.

"Who goes there!" Zhao Ling'er had just pushed open the curtain when a sharp question came from inside.

"Li Xiaoyao, I need to find Li Xiaoyao and tell him that Zhao Ling'er is looking for him!"

"Zhao Ling'er, humph, it's you, you little brat! Let me tell you, when Xiaoyao came back last time, he was seriously injured on the head, and I think you were partly responsible! I'm going to teach you a lesson!" A middle-aged woman wearing a tattered apron walked out of the dimly lit kitchen. She must be the "old lady" that Li Xiaoyao had just called out.

Zhao Ling'er also retreated to the center of the restaurant, looking at the greasy "old lady" in front of her. There was more than one who had come out of the kitchen. Li Xiaoyao also peeked out from behind Aunt Li and timidly said, "Miss, please stop bothering me. I'm scared, okay?"

No matter how Zhao Ling'er looked at the woman in front of her, she felt no guilt. But when Li Xiaoyao, the person destined for her all along, said those words to her, her aura instantly crumbled.

Lin Yaoxie burst into laughter at this slightly awkward moment, "Isn't this a misunderstanding? We're leaving now, 'old lady,' please take good care of your good baby."

After saying this, Lin Yaoxie pulled the dazed and dumbfounded Zhao Ling'er into his arms, said, "Farewell, everyone," and then strutting out of the restaurant with his head held high and chest puffed out.

The sky over Yuhang Town had cleared, and a gentle breeze carrying the fragrance of post-rain earth caressed the villain's face. Zhao Ling'er was utterly astonished that Li Xiaoyao would despise her so much because of his setback on Immortal Spirit Island; with each step she took on the Jade Belt Bridge in Yuhang Town, she would sob.

Lin Yaoxie didn't care about any of this. He thought to himself, "It's so good that I have the essence and true energy of the Evil Sword Immortal. I can completely hide the fact that Li Xiaoyao has lost his memory and pretend that I don't know anything about it."

Zhao Ling'er felt increasingly aggrieved, realizing that everything she had said about Li Xiaoyao was a lie. She also recalled how Li Xiaoyao had led the Moon Worship Cult to Immortal Spirit Island, leaving her homeless and now blindly following Lin Yaoxie.

However, Zhao Ling'er's hatred for Li Xiaoyao grew stronger.

Because this man was nothing like the great hero her grandmother had described. Not to mention he was glib and unreliable, his kung fu was also terrible, not even as good as that big bad guy Lin Yaoxie! Thinking of this, Zhao Ling'er turned her head to look at Lin Yaoxie walking beside her.

Just then, Lin Yaoxie's gaze met Zhao Ling'er's, making Zhao Ling'er blush again.

Zhao Ling'er thought to herself: Was I stupid just now? I actually thought Lin Yaoxie was not bad.

The shouts and curses of the fierce woman from the Yunlaiyunqu Inn could still be heard behind her. Without a doubt, it was Granny Li arguing with Li Xiaoyao again, but none of that mattered to Zhao Ling'er now.

Chapter Seven: On the Road

The sunlight was bright, and Lin Yaoxie and Zhao Ling'er's shadows grew longer and longer as they embarked on their journey back to Nanzhao. After boarding the ship back to Nanzhao at the dock, the two remained shrouded in the endless silence that had preceded them.