Ye Fan and Fairy Xuan Xueqi were now continuing their way in the forest.
"Xueqi, when do you think that the Dao Fruit will appear?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled, "When enough victims are killed in this wonderland, only then will the Dao Fruit appear."
Ye Fan asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi explained with a wry smile, "Like all the wonderland of the trials, the dead and their profound items are often taken by the trial itself so that the profound treasures would be recycled as a trial reward. Except that for this wonderland, the blood and essence of the high level cultivators will be used to nourish the Dao Fruit and to birth it."
Ye Fan was startled as he frowned, "So we are all inside this wonderland for a slaughterfest?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi nodded slowly, "That is why we ought to be careful with every step that we take. There are thousands of high level cultivators in this wonderland here and many of them may have already realized the same reason as me. Therefore, they are likely to have started the slaughter now."
Ye Fan nodded, "Basically we have to fight our way through until the Dao Fruit descends. Xueqi, I got a suggestion…"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi interrupted him with a soft chuckle, "I know your suggestion. You are going to suggest that we climb up the tall trees here and to wait, am I right?"
Ye Fan laughed weakly, "How do you know?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled, "I watched you when you were taking your trial to be a protégé of the Profound Cloud Sect. You prefer to wait for an opportunity."
Ye Fan used his hand to cover his face awkwardly, "Haha, that was so long ago and you still remembered."
"Some habits never change. But this is the correct tactic. We ought to wait until the Dao Fruit appears." Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled.
As they were talking, all of a sudden they saw a man and a maiden walking toward them.
This was a chance encounter in the dense forest and both sides did not see one another until it was too late.
Immediately Ye Fan had lifted his earth-step divine sword to point it toward the man and maiden.
The man in front was young and handsome.
He did not hide his cultivation realm and had revealed himself as a supremacy cultivator at the 6th realm while the maiden behind him was at the 5th cultivation realm.
While the man did not carry any swords or weapons on him but the beautiful maiden that was behind him were carring six swords on her back and her countenance was emotionless.
The man grinned, "Who do we have here? Two weak 5th realm golden celestial here? Correction, a half-step golden celestial and a golden celestial."
Then he asked, "Which cultivation sect and alliance did the two of you belong to?"
Ye Fan said cautiously, "I should be the one asking you the question too."
The man coolly said, "I am from the Southern Sea Alliance. What about you?"
Ye Fan smiled, "Alas, we are on the same side. We are also from the Southern Sea Alliance."
The man laughed coldly, "Do you think that I will believe you? What's the name of your cultivation sect then?"
Just as Ye Fan was about to reply him with a random name, Fairy Xuan Xueqi had suddenly said quietly. "You must be from the Pinnacle Sword Manor, am I right?"
The man grinned, "Maiden, you know us?"
Ye Fan was curious how Fairy Xuan Xueqi was able to tell his cultivation sect with just a look.
Fairy Xuan Xueqi said quietly, "The maiden behind you must be your Sword Slave then. It is said that the sword cultivators of the Pinnacle Sword Manor are never alone and they are always accompanied by their Sword Slaves. Since you have mentioned that you are from the Southern Sea Alliance then it is not hard to conclude that you may be from the Pinnacle Sword Manor."
She then turned to said to Ye Fan, "The Pinnacle Sword Manor is the top cultivation sect of the Southern Sea Alliance. Their core protégés are renowned for jumping realms to defeat their opponents. It is because their spirit sword skills are extremely formidable and they have also produced countless number of sword saints over the years. Against this man here, we won't have an advantage at all. Their advantages lie in their formidable sword energies attack."
Ye Fan was startled; this Pinnacle Sword Manor was a top powerhouse then.
The man grinned, "I am Sword Saint Ling Changsheng. And behind me is my Sword Slave. What about your name? I don't kill nameless cultivator. Don't ever think of running because you can't outrun me."
Ye Dan was startled, "A Sword Saint?!"
Just like Senior Ji Yuan?
But he quickly composed himself as he displayed a defensive posture, "I am Ye Fan and I am afraid that I am a nameless cultivator from a nameless cultivation sect."
Sword Saint Ling Changsheng grinned, "If you can survive 30 swords from me then I shall let the two of you go. But then, I doubt so."
Then he waved his hand toward his Sword Slave, "Second sword to your left."
When he had said that, the beautiful maiden behind him had suddenly unsheathed the second sword to her left with an astonishing speed and in the next instant it was in Ling Changsheng's hand.
The sword that had appeared in Ling Changsheng's hand was a mortal-step divine sword.
Ye Fan was quite startled by the speed In which the Sword Slave was able to unsheathe her sword and she was only at the 5th cultivation realm.
Sword Saint Ling Changsheng grinned, "I am amazed that you did not attack me when there is no sword in my hand."
Ye Fan said quietly, "That is because I know that you can draw a sword anytime."
Ling Changsheng said, "Oh?"
Ye Fan explained casually, "You are a sword saint and it is unlikely that you won't have a sword when you are under attack. If you are always without a sword, I am afraid that you would have died a long time ago. But you didn't and live enough to become a sword saint. And just now, I've witnessed your Sword Slave drawing your sword, it is indeed extremely fast."
Ling Changsheng laughed jovially, "You are indeed not wrong. Although I have no swords in my hands but I can have a sword anytime too."
Ye Fan sighed softly, "If I am not wrong then that is also another deception to mislead your opponents. While your opponents are targeting your Sword Slave but you have hidden another sword in your spatial storage."
This time round, Ling Changsheng had suddenly stopped laughing and he was frowning; it was because he indeed had another sword with him and his Sword Slave was merely to distract his opponents.
Ye Fan added with another soft sigh, "I also know that you have a more powerful divine sword but you have chosen a mortal-step divine sword because I am using an earth-step divine sword. You have purposely allowed me to use a superior sword because your cultivation realm is higher than me."
Ling Changsheng frowned again; it was because this was also true.
Ye Fan continued to sigh, "I also know another thing and that is that you are also a formidable opponent and I am likely to be defeated by you."
Ling Changsheng laughed jovially before he threw his sword into the air before it dropped to be sheathed in the scabbard that was on the beautiful maiden's back.
He said casually to Ye Fan, "You can go now."