Due to the lack of time, Ye Xiao was unable to clearly see what it was. Then, a scene that would cause one's complexion to change appeared.
"Ji! Ji!"
Accompanied by many strange cries, the black waters of the pond below became chaotic and restless. One shadow after another emerged from the water.
Ye Xiao looked carefully, and his pupils couldn't help but constrict.
He saw that these black shadows were actually Magical Beasts similar to lizards, but the difference was that these beasts were covered with dark red scales, and sharp spikes were growing on their backs.
At a glance, the entire black pool was filled with this kind of thing.
The largest one was over two meters while the smallest one was only as long as a pair of chopsticks.
In the front, back, left, and right, pairs of eyes that stood erect stared coldly at Ye Xiao and Su Xue Er. It was like that they were waiting for a feast.
Ye Xiao could not help but swallow his saliva, "Are they Blackwater Lizards?"
Blackwater Lizards born as a Fourth Grade Magical Beast. Adult Blackwater Lizards evolved into Sixth Grade Magical Beasts that were equivalent to Martial Ancestor Realm martial artists.
At first glance, Ye Xiao could tell that there were quite a few adult Blackwater Lizards.
This kind of Demonic Beast was good at attacking moving targets. When the target was still, it would be safer. However, it was only relative. No one wanted to stay in this place any longer.
Ye Xiao did not even dare to move his body recklessly, as a very heavy look of seriousness emerged from between his brows. If he were to be here alone, he would not have taken these beasts lightly but this time, Su Xue Er was with him.
He was worried because she was ten meters away from him that could be proved to be dangerous.
Ye Xiao took a long breath and said seriously, "When I count to three, you have to immediately rush to the other side. You must use the shortest amount of time to enter the stone door, I will deal with the front, and leave the rear to you."
With Ye Xiao's current strength and Cultivation, dealing with a mere Blackwater Lizard was not a problem.
However, the problem was that there were hundreds of Blackwater Lizards here and almost all of them were Sixth Grade Magical Beasts. Maybe, this time, he has to use his trump card.
A single Sixth Grade Magical Beast was already equivalent to a Martial Ancestor Realm martial artist. There were hundreds of these beasts here so dealing with them will definitely require Ye Xiao's true strength.
Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Su Xue Er was obviously startled. The other party actually said that he would give her his back without worry? Even at this moment, Ye Xiao was actually thinking about her safety.
She knew that she could not help Ye Xiao in his current situation so doing what he told her to do was the best way to help Ye Xiao. Her eyes flashed with determination as she said, "I understand."
"Okay, count to three."
"One, two, three. Go!"
Ye Xiao shouted out loudly. Su Xue Er immediately flew towards the other side of the stone bridge with the fastest speed possible.
However, the instant the two moved, the Blackwater Lizards in the ink pool leaped into the air. They let out strange shrieks from their mouths as they pounced towards the two.
Blackwater Strange Lizards of all sizes blotted out the sky and the earth, just like an uncountable number of locusts.
"Whoosh!"
With a wave of his hand, the Sea Dragon Spear appeared in Ye Xiao's hands.
"Soul Destruction!"
He immediately used the soul destruction to kill dozens of Blackwater Lizards that almost reached the two of them.
"Sea Dragon Descends: First Style, Hands Of Waves!"
Suddenly, Su Xue Er who was still rushing to the other side of the stone bridge was shocked to see the entire area including the black water pond transforming into a vast sea.
"Roar!"
Along with a dragon's roar, countless dragon claws emerged out from the seawater that strikes at the Blackwater Lizards, te tearing apart their bodies into countless pieces as a rain of blood fell down the Seawater, colouring it red.
With a single attack, Ye Xiao killed almost half of the Blackwater Lizards here.
At this moment, Su Xue Er has already reached the other side of the stone bridge. Only Ye Xiao was left to go there.
After Ye Xiao's attack was over, the vast sea slowly disappeared as the original look of this place was restored.
"Ji! Ji!"
Although half of the Blackwater Lizards were killed by Ye Xiao, there were still more than a hundred lizards looking at him ferociously.
The Blackwater Strange Lizard continued to launch fierce attacks.
"Soul Destruction!"
"Sea Dragon Descends: First Style, Hands Of Waves!"
With another series of attacks, he finally killed almost all of the Fifth and Sixth Grade Blackwater Lizards, leaving behind only Fourth Grade Blackwater Lizards.
A pungent smell of blood filled the entire area. The stone bridge was filled with the countless pieces of corpses of the lizards.
After killing all of them, Ye Xiao finally passed the stone bridge and arrived at the other side of the bridge. Although he was at the Fifth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm, the continuous fight made him dead tired.
In front of him was the half-opened stone door but he did not know if there was another danger on the other side of this door or not. So, he decided to rest for a while and only go there after recovering to his peak condition.
His breathing gradually steadied and his body slowly relaxed as well.
Sometime later when he recovered more than half of his strength, he stood up and stepped his foot inside the half-opened stone gate with Su Xue Er.
When they passed the stone gate, they appeared in a very small room. There was nothing in this room except for a large boulder.
Both of them looked at each other and confusion could be clearly seen in their eyes.
Not being able to find anything, Ye Xiao spread his Divine Sense and covered the entire room to sense something but to his surprise. He did not find anything.
Seeing that he could not find anything in this room, he mainly focused his Divine Sense on the boulder and soon, he felt a hollow below the boulder.
"Oh, the bottom of the boulder is hollow."
Ye Xiao walked onto the boulder and said, "Maybe there is something right below here."
Hearing that, Su Xue Er stood up.
"I'll try!"
With that said, a ball of spirit energy condensed in her palm, and she then raised her hand and a ball of condensed white light flew out from her hand and struck the center of the boulder.
"Bam!"
Along with a heavy explosion, the ground shook and the boulder instantly blasted open, revealing a two to three meters wide pit on the ground.
Under the pleasantly surprised gazes of Ye Xiao and Su Xue Er, another black tunnel's entrance appeared on the ground.
"There is actually another passageway here." Ye Xiao said in a surprised voice.
"Let's go!"
"En!"
Both of them entered the black tunnel and started to follow the path inside the black tunnel with the help of Ye Xiao's fire soul that lit up the tunnel.
Not long after, they could once again see the exit of the tunnel. They increased their speed and quickly exited the tunnel.
They once again found themselves inside a room. This room was double the size of the previous room. There was also nothing here except for a statue of a man and four statues of beasts. This man held a sword while four beasts were guarding his right and left.
These were the statues of four beasts, The Azure Dragon, The Vermillion Bird, The White Tiger, and The Black Tortoise.
The Azure dragon and The Vermillion Bird were guarding the man's right side while The White Tiger and The Black Tortoise were guarding the man's left side.
The man being guarded by four holy beasts really looked too domineering.
All four beasts have their mouth open and there was a keyhole inside their mouth, exactly the size of keys that Su Xue Er got after opening the black box.
"Is that the person who left behind that black box? Why is this scene look as though the four Holy Beasts of our Holy Beast Continent are guarding this man? Is he also someone from the Xiao Family?" When Su Xue Er looked at the statues and their positions, she could not help but ask.
"We will know after putting the keys in the keyholes. Why don't you put the keys in their respective holes?" Ye Xiao looked at Su Xue Er and asked her to put the key in the keyholes.
Su Xue Er started to insert the four keys in the keyholes inside the mouth of the four Holy Beasts' statues one by one.
The moment she inserted the last key inside the keyhole, the ground began to tremble and as time went by, the shaking of the ground became faster and faster.
Krrr!
Suddenly, a cracking sound echoed in the room and both Ye Xiao and Su Xue Er saw the statue of the man moving from its place.
This statue of the man was like a king being guarded by the four Holy Beast. But at this time, it moved. It slides backward, and after sliding around one meter in the backward direction, it stopped.
Not long after the statue stopped moving, a crack appeared at the place where the statue was a few moments ago. This crack started to become bigger and bigger.
A few breaths of time later, the crack stopped becoming bigger, instead, a round ball of light that was the size of a new born baby flew out from the crack on the ground.
If one looks at this ball of light carefully, one will see that four figures were moving inside this ball of light.
"These are... the four Holy Beasts!" Su Xue Er was shocked to see that the moving figure inside the ball of light that just flew out from underground were the figures of four Holy Beasts.
These four Holy Beasts were roaring inside the ball of light but suddenly, it was as though they could see Ye Xiao and Su Xue Er, they stopped roaring and for some reason, their expression became that of an excited man who met his lover after years of separation.
Both of them became confused as they could not understand why these four Holy Beasts were making this kind of expression.
The ball of light only stopped in the air for a short while before moving toward the statue of the man. It arrived at the top of the statue's head and started to float there.
A silver-coloured light came out from the ball of light and shone directly at the head of the statue. The moment the light was shone on the head of the statue, the statue once again began to tremble.
Sometime later, the statue of the man stopped trembling. Suddenly, the moment the statue stopped trembling, an illusory person flew out from the statue. Its figure was very blurry, so blurry that it was impossible for anyone to see its face clearly.
Yet, the moment it came out from the statue, for some reason, Su Xue Er's body trembled slightly as she kneeled down on the ground. On the other hand, Ye Xiao did not feel anything.
"It's been millions of years and finally, someone came here!" An old hoarse voice echoed in the room. This voice was clearly coming out from the illusory figure but at the same time, it was as if this voice sounded from every direction, making the listener impossible to determine if the voice truly belong to the illusory figure or not.
"Little girl, I can sense the traces of my flood flowing inside you! Although you are from the direct-line descends of my Xiao Family, your bloodline is too thin, making it impossible for you to awaken it!" That old voice once again echoed inside the room.
"Senior, you are...?" Su Xue Er did not dare to raise her head and look at the illusory figure. She was feeling her blood boiling inside her body for some reason. This feeling appeared the moment this illusory figure came out from the statue of a man holding the sword.
"Who am I? Little girl, you are here for my inheritance yet you don't know who am I? I can clearly sense the blood of Xiao Family inside you, doesn't your elders told you the purpose of sending you here?" That illusory figure was surprised at first, then he became confused, and finally, instead of answering Su Xue Er, he asked her some other questions that confused Su Xue Er this time.
"Senior, My name is Su Xue Er and I am not from the Xiao Family. I don't even know where this family is. My mother is someone from the Xiao Family." Su Xue Er replied to the old man.
Listening to her, the old man's illusory figure fell in deep thought, and only after ten minutes did he once again said, "Tell me about your mother!"
Su Xue Er hesitated slightly and looked at Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao did not know what to say in this situation. According to him, it was inappropriate to meddle in the old man and Su Xue Er's conversation but since Su Xue Er looked at him, he still nodded his head, indicating her to tell the old man about her mother.
He also wanted to know more about her mother because her mother was someone from the Xiao Family and this Xiao Family is related to this old man in front of him. And seeing the figures of four Holy Beasts who were looking at the old man and Su Xue Er curiously from inside the ball of light that was floating above the statue's head, Ye Xiao made a guess that this old man was definitely closely related to the Holy Beast Continent and its origin.
If Su Xue Er were to tell the old man about her mother, he might come closer to know the origin of the Holy Beast Continent. From the moment he heard about the word 'Origin of the Holy Beast Continent', he became more and more curious about this matter.
Su Xue Er took a deep breath and said, "I don't know much about my mother and I don't even know that my mother belonged to the Xiao Family until a few days ago when my blood was able to open the black box."
"My mother's name is Xiao Mei and what I remember about her is that she was very mysterious. Her strength was beyond anyone I have ever met. My father met my mother in an ancient ruin where they fell in love with each other. At that time, my mother was searching for something, maybe the black box that contained the four keys inside."
"After coming out from the ancient ruin, both of them married each other and started to live happily. But even after their marriage, my mother kept looking for something unknown. Not being able to find that thing, one day, she suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a letter!"
Su Xue Er took a deep breath as her eyes became moist and looking at her face, one can say that she really misses her mother and now that she was telling the story of her mother, her face became like crying.
The old man again asked, "What was written in that letter?"
Su Xue Er wiped out her tears before it could fell down from eyes then said, "The thing written on the later was something that no one was able to understand in my family."
"She wrote in the letter that she did not belong to this world. She came from someplace called the Upper Realm. For some reason, she had to go back, never to return."
"My father searched for this place called Upper Realm for years. It's been more than fifteen years since my mother disappeared but we were still unable to find this place!"
Ye Xiao was shocked when he heard this. If her mother was someone from the Upper Realm, didn't it mean that the Xiao Family is also at the Upper Realm? And if it is true, it also means that the origin of the Holy Beast Empire is also related to the Upper Realm in some ways.
The old man nodded his head after listening to the whole story from Su Xue Er and said, "It is normal for you lot to be unable to find anything about the Upper Realm!"
"Upper Realm is not some kind of place instead it is a Realm higher levelled than the Lower Realm. The Holy Beast Continent that you are living in is a world that belongs to the Lower Realm. There are countless worlds like the Holy Beast Continent!"
Su Xue Er was again confused when she heard the old man. She looked at Ye Xiao and saw his eyes were clear. It was as though he already knew everything about the Lower Realm and the Upper Realm!
Suddenly as if thinking of something, she panicked and asked in a trembling voice, "If what senior said is true, doesn't it mean that my mother is not from this world? She came here from a world higher levelled than the Holy Beast Continent!"
"Exactly!" The illusory figure of that old man nodded his head, confirming Su Xue Er's guess.
Su Xue Er's body started to tremble more and more as she heard this.
If what this senior said was true, didn't it mean that I will never be able to meet my mother?
Don't be discouraged!" The old man's voice once again rang out in the room. He said, "Since you are already here and you are also the direct descendant of my Xiao Family, I will give you an opportunity. With this, not only will you be able to go to the Upper Realm and meet your mother, but you will also become very powerful, powerful enough to shake the entire Upper Realm!"
"Really?" Listening to him, Su Xue Er immediately became excited.
That old man nodded his head and said, "Really! But, I have one condition. If you vow to agree to my condition, I will grant you that opportunity!"
"What condition?" Su Xue Er immediately became cautious. If the old man's condition were to out of her reach, she will definitely not accept it.
That old man let out a sigh as he said, "I will first tell you my story!"
"My name is Xiao Ziliang. I am the founder of the Xiao Family, and also your ancestor!"
The old man stopped after saying this and looked at Su Xue Er who was left dumbfounded when she heard that the old man was her ancestor and the founder of the Xiao Family.
Didn't it mean that he is also from the Upper Realm?
Ye Xiao's interest was also piqued. It was the first time when he was hearing about a family of the Upper Realm. He sat down comfortably on the ground and started to listen to what the old man was about to tell.
That old man looked at Ye Xiao who sat down comfortably on the ground. Although Ye Xiao was unable to see the old man's face as it was too blurry, he was still able to sense that the old man was looking at him.
He immediately became alert seeing which the old man said, "Young man, your senses are quite sharp. You are at the Fifth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm at such a young age. You can be considered a genius even at the Upper Realm!"
Su Xue Er was flabbergasted to hear the old man saying Ye Xiao is at the Fifth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm. Before when Ye Xiao told her that he was a Martial Ancestor realm martial artist, she thought that he must have just advanced to the Martial Ancestor Realm but the truth left her deep in shock.
Ye Xiao scratched his head embarrassingly and said, "Senior, you are overpraising me!"
"A shy young man, heh!" The old man smiled then looked at Su Xue Er and said, "I was an orphan. I don't know anything about my parents but I had a rare bloodline. This bloodline was very thin but it was still able to help me become an Immortal Lord. When I become an Immortal Lord, I began to search for ways to strengthen my bloodline. It took my more than a thousand years to finally come in front of an opportunity that could help me strengthen my bloodline!"
"That thing was a miraculous treasure. But I was not the only one who was there at that time. There was another man beside me. He was my good brother that I made after going thick to thin with him. We went through many life and death situations together so I trusted him the most!
"Who would have known, to get that treasure, he would sneak attack me. Because of his sneak attack, I was heavily injured but those injuries were not enough to take my life. I retaliated against him and after a fierce fight, I finally won."
"At that time, I made a huge mistake that I should not have. I spared his life in an account of being good brothers with him for thousands of years."
"After I got the treasure, my bloodline become stronger and stronger, and because of my bloodline becoming stronger and stronger, my cultivation became smoother and my strength started to increase. After that, I married three women and established the Xiao Family."
Saying till here, the old man again stopped, looked at both Ye Xiao and Su Xue Er who were listening to him with interest.
Seeing the look in their eyes which was filled with curiosity and interest, the old man did not know he should laugh or cry. Here, he was telling his sad past but these two brats were listening to it as though they were hearing an interesting story.
He sighed and once again started to say, "To become an immortal, one have to evolve their dantian into a world. That world is known as the Internal World. As one's strength increases, one's world also continues to evolve and after becoming an Immortal Emperor, life starts to take forms inside the Internal World. For those lives, the owner of that Internal World is God!"
"After tens of thousands of years of bitter cultivation, I finally became an Immortal Emperor and my Internal World started to give birth to lives. I used my bloodline as the foundation of my Internal World when I was becoming an Immortal. After my Internal World started to give birth to lives, I decided to give my world a name. So I gave it a name, The Holy Beast Continent!"
Shua!
The moment he said this, as though current ran through the veins of Su Xue Er and Ye Xiao. Both of them were astonished beyond limit as they looked at the old man with a shocked gaze.
Their mouth was wide opened. It was as though they wanted to say something but words were not coming out from their tongues.
Seeing their reaction, the old man nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Yes, your current thoughts are absolutely true. This Holy Beast Continent where you are living in used to be my Internal World!"
"I had the bloodline of the four Holy Beasts known as The Azure Dragon, The White Tiger, The Vermillion Bird, and The Black Tortoise. The foundation of the Holy Beast Continent is also these four beasts."
"I continue to cultivate and after thousands of years, my cultivation reached the Late Stage of the Immortal Emperor! My bloodline was still being strengthened by the miraculous treasure I got until one day when I heard about a rumour about a treasure that could help one reach an entirely new realm of cultivation that has never been seen in the Upper Realm."
"I was already a Late Stage Immortal Emperor, how could I let go of the opportunity that could help one enter an entirely new realm of cultivation. I immediately went to the place of rumour but who would have thought that it was a trap laid by that good brother of mine whose life I spared because of our years of brotherhood. What was most infuriating was that one of my grandchildren was actually helping him."
"I wanted to kill those two on the spot but I was attacked by three Immortal Emperors. I fought with my life on the line and that fight continued for a whole month before I was able to kill all three Immortal Emperors. Although I killed the three of them, I also reached at the brink of death."
"Since I was going to die anyway, I used a secret technique to separate my Internal World from me. If an Internal World is to separate from its owner, the Internal World will become an Independent World but the man whom it was separated from will become a cripple."
"I was already at the brink of death so I did not think much as I separated my Internal World as well as my bloodline. I sealed my bloodline and hide it in a secret place of my Internal World. Then I made four keys, put them in a box made up of Mystic Tree Wood, and again hide it somewhere inside my world along with a letter."
"Finally, I wrote another letter to my wives and took my last breath. I don't know if my wives got my letter or not but since you said that your mother was here, searching for something, it means that my wives must have gotten my letter."
I write in the letter about separating my Internal World and freeing it. I also wrote about the black box and the keys that would reveal the sealed bloodline. Only a direct descendant of Xiao Family can obtain my bloodline!"
Ye Xiao and Su Xue Er who were listening to the old man, at this moment, could not explain what they were feeling. Shock, pity, sympathy, and many other emotions...
Although the old man stopped telling his story, they were still thinking about what the old man told them. They fell deep in thought.
The old man did not disturb them. He looked at Ye Xiao first, then he looked at Su Xue Er, and lastly at the light ball from which the four Holy Beasts were also looking at him.
After some time, when everyone calmed down, the illusory figure of that old man once again started to say while looking at Su Xue Er, "Little girl, since you have the blood of my Xiao Family, I will give you the opportunity to obtain my bloodline!"
Saying this, the old man pointed at the ball of light that was floating above the statue's head. Inside the ball of light, the figure of four Holy Beasts was looking at the old man and Su Xue Er with an excited expression.
The old man again said, "Although you also have the bloodline of four Holy Beasts, but it is not awakened yet because of being mixed with a mortal's blood. It became impure. But my bloodline is the purest. After getting my bloodline, not only will your cultivation increase at a very high speed, there will be very few people who could rival you even in the Upper Realm!"
Su Xue Er was thrilled. She said respectfully, "Senior, tell me your condition!"
The old man nodded his head with praise in his eyes that could not be seen by anyone because of his blurry figure. He said, "Little girl, you are smart. My condition is very simple. You just have to promise me to take my revenge. You have to kill that traitor grandson as well as that "good brother" of mine."
"I am not telling you to risk your life and kill them. No! You just have to promise me that one day, when you will become strong enough, you will kill them!"
Saying till here, the old man stopped and continue to look at Su Xue Er, waiting for her reply.
Su Xue Er fell into deep thought and after considering many pros and cons, she finally nodded her head and replied, "Senior... no, ancestor, I promise you. As long as I a strong enough to kill those two, I will definitely kill them and take your revenge!"
"Hahaha, good good!" the old man laughed loudly and said 'good' two times. After laughing for some time, he again said, "The name of that traitor grandson of mine is Xiao Yuncheng. From his childhood, he was very ambitious and I am sure, after plotting against me, he must have taken the Xiao Family under his wings."
"The Xiao Family is located at a place called Holy Beast Immortal City. You have to search for them by yourself. your mother should be there as well!"
"As for the name of the other one, he is called Ding Chou. I don't know anything about him as I am already dead. Before dying, I only sealed an ounce of my soul so that I can choose my successor. If you can reach Xiao Yuncheng, I am sure you will the information about Ding Chou from him!"
Su Xue Er nodded her head but did not say anything. She waited for the old man to finish what he was saying.
The old man also continued to say, "After obtaining my bloodline, your strength will increase exponentially. I will also give you many Immortal Cultivation Technique and martial arts skills. You just have to cultivate well and increase your strength."
"One more thing, my bloodline is very strong, and to obtain it, you have to endure a terrifying pain. If could successfully endure the pain and obtain my bloodline successfully, your strength will automatically increase to the limit of this world. It means, there will be only one step left for you to take and you will become an Immortal."
"So, Su Xue Er, are you ready?" The old man asked in a domineering tone.
Su Xue Er felt her blood boiling. She nodded her head without any hesitation and said, "I am ready!"
But ancestor... how much time will all of this take to be completely done?"
Su Xue Er asked her as she was really concerned about her family. There were not many days left before the young sect master of the Hundred Sword Sect will come to the tower. If he were to not see Su Xue Er, he will definitely annihilate the Su Family.
"This even I don't know but it will take at least a year to be completely done!" That old man said.
"One year..." Su Xue Er exclaimed in surprise and her face suddenly became disappointed. Now, there was no path left for her to take in order to save her family.
She came here with the hope to find something that could help the Su Family defend against the Hundred Sword Sect but now, she knew there was nothing she could do.
What would she do with the strength she will obtain from her ancestor's bloodline if she could not even save her family?
There was no choice so she immediately made a decision. She will go to the Canglan City to face the Hundred Sword Sect and if she managed to live, she will come here and obtain the bloodline of four ancient beasts.
Ye Xiao knew what she was thinking so to stop her, he said, "Miss Su, you just focus on merging with the bloodline. As for the Su Family, leave them to me. I promise nothing will happen to the Su Family."
"This... brother Ye... I..." Su Xue Er was surprised and she also felt good inside, but she hesitated as she felt that Ye Xiao will be unable to do anything to the Hundred Sword Sect as there was a Martial Saint overseeing this sect.
Although Ye Xiao is powerful, he is still just at the Martial Ancestor Realm. How can he deal with an opponent who is several times stronger than him? How can a Martial Ancestor Realm martial artist be the opponent of a Martial Saint Realm martial artist?
"I know what you are thinking but believe me, even if I were to face against a Peak Martial Ancestor Realm martial artist, I still have a way to deal with them, let alone a Martial Saint who just advanced to this realm." Ye Xiao said confidently and how can he not be confident?
During this period of two years when he was still unconscious, his strength never stopped increasing. With his current strength, he can fight head-on against someone at the Fifth or Sixth Stage of the Martial Saint Realm. And if he were to transform into the Heaven Devouring Divine Dragon, he can surely deal with a Peak Martial Saint Realm.
The previous sect master of the Hundred Sword Sect has just advanced to the Martial Saint Realm a few years ago and he should still be around the First or Second Stage of Martial Saint Realm. To deal with him, Ye Xiao did not need to transform into the dragon, he can easily kill him whenever he wants.
Previously, although he knew about the situation of the Su Family, he did not want to meddle in other's business. Since Su Xue Er helped him and took good care of him for two years, he decided to help Su Family with pills. The Su Family was very weak and with his pills, they can surely increase their strength very quickly.
But after spending a few days with Su Xue Er, he started to care about her. Now, there was an opportunity in front of her that could only be found only once in a lifetime, how could he let her ignore this opportunity. So he decided to lend a helping hand to the Su Family.
"Brother Ye..." Tears fell down from Su Xue Er's eyes as she looked at Ye Xiao. She was truly touched and was very grateful for Ye Xiao who decided to help her and her family in this critical situation.
She wiped out her tears and asked, "Brother Ye, How confident are you if you were to fight against the Martial Saint Realm expert of the Hundred Sword Sect?"
"100%!" Ye Xiao replied in just one word.
Su Xue Er was surprised again. She did not think Ye Xiao to be this confident in his strength. She had also seen him dealing with the beast tide previously. He was able to easily deal with the beast tide. Maybe, he really can put up a fight with the Martial Saint Realm martial artist of the Hundred Sword Sect.
She nodded her head and said, "Brother Ye, I am truly grateful to you for what you are going to do for my Su Family."
Saying till here, she hesitated for a moment then threw herself in Ye Xiao's embrace. Ye Xiao was dumbfounded when he found the beautiful girl in his embrace. He did not know what to say.
At this moment, Su Xue Er again said, "Brother Ye, from now on, call me Xue Er. I promise after merging with the bloodline of the ancestor, I will marry you!"
Saying this, she escaped from his embrace and looked at the old man's illusory figure then said, "Ancestor, let's begin!"
The old man waved his hand. The ball of light that was floating above the head of the statue flew toward the old man's hand.
Ye Xiao, on the other hand, was standing in his place with a dumbfounded face. When he recovered, he was left speechless as he did not he should laugh or cry.
It was not like Su Xue Er was not beautiful or she was not worthy of him. No! He also started to like this girl but isn't the process of their relationship grew too fast. He only took a long breath did not say anything. He let nature run its course.
The ball of light stopped moving after arriving at the top of the old man's hand. Then with a tearing sound, the ball of light started to divide in two. The upper part of the ball of light slowly started to dissipate and just when the upper part of the ball of light was dissipated, the four holy beasts roared loudly and flew toward the sky.
After circling around for a few breaths of time, they flew toward Su Xue Er and directly entered her body one after another.
"Ahh!"
The moment they entered her body, Su Xue Er screamed loudly, fell down on the ground, and started to twitch in pain. This was the first time when she felt a pain like this. Although the old man has already warned her about the pain and she was also ready for this, she was still unable to endure the terrifying pain with her weak body and lost consciousness.
Ye Xiao was startled when saw this. He himself had endured the pain that was much more terrifying than it. He knew how much pain Su Xue Er was enduring.
"Soul Protection!"
Ye Xiao muttered in a low voice and a light flashed at the middle of his brows. Then suddenly, a thin beam of white light shot out from the middle of his brows and entered into the middle of Su Xue Er's brows.
"Soul Protection" was another soul-type ability that he got from the Divine Soul Emperor dragon that could protect one's as well as other's souls. No matter how terrifying the pain one is enduring, or how badly one is injured, as long as he cast the "Soul Protection", nothing will happen to the soul of the corresponding person.
"Hmm..."
The old man was surprised when he saw this. He looked at Ye Xiao in another light.
"You are a person with Divine Sea? How rare! Even in the upper realm, very few people could awaken their Divine Sea, but you, even though you are from the lower realm, you have already awakened your Divine Sea!" The old man said to Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao only smiled but did not comment. His Divine Sea was related to the Divine Soul Emperor Dragon, so he did not want to talk on this matter.
Seeing Ye Xiao not saying anything, the old man also understood that Ye Xiao does not want to talk on this matter so he also did not ask anything further. He waved his hand a ball of light appeared around Su Xue Er. Then with her, it started to float in the air.
Suddenly, as if the old man sensed something, he said, "I can feel... you are not from the Holy Beast Continent, right?"
Ye Xiao was startled when he heard it. He took a deep breath and said, "Senior is right. Actually, I am from a different world known as the Azure Sky Continent. Something happened and I ended up sucked in a black hole which threw me in the Holy Beast Continent. Does senior know any way to go back to my world?"
The Holy Beast Continent was the Internal World of the old man. Thinking that he might know some ways to go back to the Azure Sky Continent, Ye Xiao did not hesitate and asked.
"I have been to many worlds and this Azure Sky Continent is one of them!" The old man suddenly said something which made Ye Xiao's eyes lit up.
"Then senior..."
"I know what you are trying to say but with your current strength, it is impossible for you to travel between worlds. I am currently unable to help you but after this little girl is done, I will open a portal between the two worlds for you to travel. At that time, you can go back to your world!" The old man smiled and said.
He can see Ye Xiao's potential was unmeasurable. Not only he has the cultivation at the Fifth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm at such a young age, but he was also someone with Divine Sea. What was more, he actually survived inside the Black Hole.
When this old man was still alive, he was already an Immortal Emperor. He knew how terrifying and chaotic the inside of a black hole could be. Even if an immortal were to suck into the Black Hole, it is almost impossible for him to ever come out.
But not only did Ye Xiao survived and came out from the black hole, but he was also standing in front of him perfectly fine. It is as if the black hold did not cause any harm to him.
If her inheritor, Su Xue Er to be with such genius, it was her inheritor's fortune. He knew one day, Ye Xiao will definitely become someone who will stand above everyone. So, he did not mind helping Ye Xiao.
But he was already dead and only an ounce of his soul was here, to open the portal between two worlds, it will consume all of his energy and the portal will still be unstable. After opening the portal, this tiny part of his soul will also dissipate but at least, Ye Xiao will manage to go back to his world and Ye Xiao being with Su Xue Er will also guarantee her safety.
In the old man's eyes, Ye Xiao's kind of person will not die young. His future was also limitless.
Ye Xiao agreed with the old man. He just has to wait one year and he can go back to his world.
Now, he started to think about the matter at hand. He planned to deal with the young sect leader of the Holy Sword Sect in his own sect. But the thing was, he does not know where the sect is located.
Looking at Ye Xiao who was deep in thought, the old man guessed what Ye Xiao was thinking and asked, "Do you want to go back to the Su Family or the Hundred Sword Sect?"
"Senior?" Ye Xiao was brought back to reality by the old man's voice.
"This world, the Holy Beast Continent is mine to begin with. Although I can not control this world anymore after separating it, I can still sense what is happening inside this world."
With that, the old man waved his hand and a screen appeared in the air out of nowhere. The screen was showing the scene of what is currently happening in the Su Family. The Su Family's elders were gathered in the hall. Everyone was present here including the ancestor of the Su Family, Su Dingfang, and his son, Su Lin.
"I have received the news that the young sect master of the Hundred Sword Sect is making his preparation. In just another two or three days, he will start his journey from the Hundred Sword Sect to our Su family with betrothal gifts. The sect master and some elders of the Hundred Sword Sect is also going to come here with him."
"Ancestor, they are prepared, if we were to refuse their proposal, they will immediately launch their attack and eradicate our Su Family. Xue Er is still not back yet, what should we do now?" The one who said this was a middle-aged man with dense eyebrows and a long beard. This was an elder of the Su Family.
"It is good that Xue Er is not here. Even if the Su Family were to be destroyed, at least Xue Er will survive. She will definitely take revenge for the Su Family. As for the Hundred Sword Sect, make preparation to fight with them."
The Ancestor of the Su Family said. He looked at Su Lin and said, "Lin'er, when the fight will breakout, you will escape with other children of our Su Family. Take them and move toward the Dragon Mountain, meet with your sister then leave the White Tiger Empire!"
Su Lin was unwilling to agree with his ancestor but seeing the current situation of the Su Family, he forcefully suppressed his emotions and nodded his head, agreeing with his ancestor.
Good!" The ancestor of the Su family nodded his head in satisfaction. Then he turned to look at the patriarch of the Su Family and said, "Dingfang, make preparation to fight to the death. And yes, give Lin'er all the resources that our Su Family currently has. It will at least let our children not to worry about the resources to cultivate."
"Yes, ancestor!" Su Dingfang nodded his head.
The old man suddenly waved his hand and the scene on the screen changed.
It was a large hall where many figures were sitting on their throne-like chairs. A young man with sharp eyebrows and a handsome face was standing opposite to the figures sitting on throne-like chairs.
"Chen'er, Are you sure about it?" A middle-aged man who was sitting on the main seat asked the handsome young man opposite to him.
"Master, I am sure. We will depart two days later. If the Su Family agreed to marry Su Xue Er to me, I will spare them for a while and make them give me the treasure on the top floor of the tower. After getting the treasure, we will kill the entire Su family."
"And if they did not marry Su Xue Er to me, we will directly annihilate the entire family except for the young girls and women. They will be given as a gift to the Master and elders to play with. Either way, the Su Family has to die. It is just that if they agreed to marry Su Xue Er to me, they can live a few more days!" The handsome young man said.
This handsome young man was the young sect master of the Hundred Sword Sect, Fu Chen. His master was naturally the current sect leader of the Hundred Sword Sect.
When he heard his disciple, the sect leader of the Hundred Sword Sect laughed loudly and said, "Good, good! We will do as you say!"
.....
Ye Xiao who was seeing the scenes in front of him was shocked to the extreme. He did not think that the old man could let him see what is happening thousands of kilometers away from here.
What made him angry was Fu Chen, the young sect master of the Hundred Sword Sect. Not only he wanted to kill the entire Su Family, but he also wanted to humiliate the women of the Su Family which angered him the most.
At this time, he felt like giving this Fu Chen a cruel death. It was the first time when he felt something like this.
"Young man, I can teleport you to wherever you want to go. But remember, I can do this only one time. So think carefully and answer me where you want to go, the Su Family or the Hundred Sword Sect?"
The old man again waved his hand and the screen in the air vanished. Then the illusory figure of that old man looked at Ye Xiao and asked.
Ye Xiao thought for a while and clenched his hands. He made a decision, took a deep breath, and said, "Senior, please teleport me to the Hundred Sword Sect"
The old man nodded his head and was about to do something when Ye Xiao again asked, "Senior, this is your world. Isn't it easy for you to directly kill those filthy people of the Hundred Sword Sect?"
The old man shook his head and said, "As I said before, I can not control the Holy Beast Continent anymore. I already lost the qualification to control this world the moment I used the secret technique to separate it from myself. You have to know that one's Internal World is actually the evolution of one's dantian. If your dantian were to be destroyed, would you be able to control the spirit energy?"
"Not possible, right? Just like that after separating it from oneself, it is impossible to control the Internal World again. I can still teleport you to anywhere in the entire Holy Beast Continent or I can show you what is happening at any place of the Holy Beast. All of this because once, I used to be the owner of this world and I still have some connections with it."
"If you ask me to teleport you, I can, but if you ask me to kill someone for you, I can't!" The old man explained.
Ye Xiao nodded his head then said, "I understand. Please teleport me to the Hundred Sword Sect!"
The old man nodded his head and waved his hand. Suddenly, a light enveloped Ye Xiao and he disappeared the next moment.
Young man, let's see if you can deal with the Hundred Sword Sect or not!" The old man mumbled in low voice, then looked at Su Xue Er who was going under some kind of transformation. From time to time, she was frowning and twitching. It was clear that she was still enduring the terrifying pain.
"Alas! The merging process is very slow. If you were to be an Immortal, your physic would have strong enough to endure the terrifying might of my bloodline. At that time, I could have speed up the merging process but unfortunately, you are only at the Martial Emperor Realm!" The old ma shook his head and sighed then closed his blurry eyes.
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The Hundred Sword Sect was located at a mountain range. This mountain range was known as Hundred Mountain Range. The Hundred Sword Sect existed at a mountain called Sword Mountain as this mountain was actually standing tall in the shape of a sword.
Because of the Hundred Sword Sect, dozens of small towns were established at the foot of the mountain. Every year, a large group of young talents would come over to join the Hundred Sword Sect.
Those who did not successfully join the Hundred Sword Sect would stay in the small town and wait for another year to try once again or wait for a miracle to happen. Over time, three major powers were formed.
Every power had at least a few Martial Emperor Realm's existence.
Ye Xiao at this moment appeared in a small town at the foot of the Sword Mountain. He looked at the surrounding in confusion. He clearly said the old man to teleport him to the Hundred Sword Sect, why is that old man teleported him to a town?
Suddenly, a voice rang in his ear, "Young man, I teleported you to the nearest town of the Hundred Sword Sect. You have to rely on yourself to find a way to go to the Hundred Sword Sect!"
Ye Xiao frowned but what can he do? He let out a sigh and smiled bitterly. The old man could have teleported him directly to the Hundred Sword Sect, but he did not. Ye Xiao did not know what the old man wanted to do.
Of course, he did not know that the old man wanted to see his ability. He wanted to see how Ye Xiao will make his way to the Hundred Sword Sect and how he will deal with them.
Will he try to kill the young sect master and other people related to him or will he try to annihilate the entire Hundred Sword Sect by killing everyone, taking countless innocent's lives?
He wanted to see Ye Xiao making a choice and this choice of his will decide if the old man will make a portal between two worlds for Ye Xiao or not!
Ye Xiao casually looked for a passerby and asked, "Brother, may I ask how to get to Hundred Sword Sect?"
This passerby was at the Ninth Stage of the Martial King Realm, only a single step away from breaking through to the First Stage of the Martial Emperor Realm. Initially, he was a little impatient to be stopped by Ye Xiao, but when he sensed the explosive aura from Ye Xiao, he immediately became more respectful.
"There are only two ways for you two to go to the Hundred Sword Sect. The first is to wait for the disciple acceptance ceremony of the Hundred Sword Sect that will take place tomorrow. At that time, an elder will come down from the mountain and bring the disciples he likes back to the sect for the examination. The second method is called 'connections'. If you have someone you know in the Hundred Sword Sect, you can directly go there, saying that you want to meet the person you know."
After saying that, the young man hurriedly left.
Ye Xiao did not know anyone from the Hundred Sword Sect so he could only wait for the disciple acceptance ceremony to start tomorrow. He will also take part and after passing the test, he can go to the Hundred Sword Sect.
There was one more thing he can do to go to the Hundred Sword Sect. He can forcefully enter and he was confident that no one in the Hundred Sword Sect has the strength to stop him but he did not choose to do so. There were still two days left before the young sect leader of the Hu
Hundred Sword Sect will leave the sect with the sect leaders and other elders for the Su Family.
He has enough time in his hand. He will first try the normal way to go up to the top of the Sword Mountain where Hundred Sword Sect was located and if he can not make his way by normal means, he will forcefully make his way up there.