Chapter 36: Some People Just Like Seeking Death

The spiritual swords pierced through the air, crackling with lightning. Their incredible speed distorted the space around them, emitting a hissing sound as they shot toward Xu Yang!

These two spiritual swords were the result of the final desperate attack of two Nascent Soul cultivators, each burning their entire life force. Ordinary people couldn't possibly block them.

Boom...

Xu Yang extended a finger and suddenly caught the two spiritual swords that were flying at high speed.

Then, with a flick of his hand, the two swords shot back at an even faster speed than before.

Zhao Bai's two guards, watching everything happen in an instant, had terror flashing in their pupils.

Only they knew how powerful the final strike they had sacrificed their life force for truly was. Even an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator would likely have been killed before they even had a chance to react.

But… how was Xu Yang able to catch their spiritual swords? Was he even human?

They even felt that their deaths here were justified.

With a soft thud, the two spiritual swords pierced into the foreheads of Zhao Bai's two guards.

Their heads exploded like watermelons, and their life forces instantly faded away.

…

The onlookers, who had been watching from the sidelines, only saw Zhao Bai's two guards desperately throw their spiritual swords, and then the swords appeared in their foreheads.

The complicated process was so fast that they didn't even know what had happened.

"This is too terrifying. I thought I was strong enough, but now I see that I probably couldn't even take one of Xu Yang's moves," one person shuddered.

Xu Yang's existence had completely shattered his worldview.

"Seems like, up until now, no one has been able to take even one move from Xu Yang," another person said.

This caused a brief silence. Everyone was wondering what level of cultivation Xu Yang actually had.

But they couldn't guess, because Xu Yang had always claimed to be at the Qi Refining stage.

Even during battles, he never allowed his cultivation level to be revealed. It seemed like Xu Yang truly was at the Qi Refining stage.

But… anyone who truly believed Xu Yang was just at the Qi Refining stage must be an idiot.

"Xu Yang killed Zhao Bai, and Moyi Sect won't just let this go. When Xu Yang faces off with Moyi Sect, we'll finally understand what his cultivation level is."

"And what about the Lingbao Auction House? Xu Yang destroyed their branch in Qi State. Do you think the Lingbao Auction House will let that slide?"

Many people began to believe that Xu Yang's situation was dire and that he wouldn't last much longer.

After all, just one of those two forces could easily wipe out the entire Qi State.

…

Of the three Nascent Soul experts from earlier, only Zhang Shuangtian was left.

Xu Yang walked up to Zhang Shuangtian and said, "So, tell me, what's your backing? What's the reason I shouldn't kill you? If you explain it well and satisfy me, I might consider sparing you."

Zhang Shuangtian glared at Xu Yang, but didn't speak.

"If you don't speak, then I'm sorry," Xu Yang said.

"I bestow upon you, to turn to ashes!"

With a mighty hand, Xu Yang reached toward Zhang Shuangtian, and white flames erupted suddenly, filling the surroundings with a blinding white light. The intense heat instantly vaporized Zhang Shuangtian, and with a whoosh, a gust of wind blew, turning him into ash and completely erasing him from existence.

The onlookers, who had been watching the scene unfold, stared blankly at Xu Yang. The strongest person in Qi State, Zhang Shuangtian, had just died so easily. It was hard to believe that he was a Nascent Soul cultivator, dying so effortlessly.

…

After dealing with the Lingbao Auction House, Xu Yang returned to Tianlan Sect.

However, as Xu Yang's divine sense swept over the sect, his previously relaxed and cold expression turned even colder.

"Why is it that in this world, there are always so many people looking for death?!"

With those words, Xu Yang transformed into a streak of lightning and sped toward Tianlan Sect.

…

At this moment, outside Tianlan Sect, sixteen Golden Core cultivators had gathered at the foot of the sect's mountain, looking at each other in confusion.

They wanted to enter Tianlan Sect but were blocked by the sect's protective formation.

Sixteen Golden Core cultivators were being thwarted by the small and shabby sect's protective formation. If word of this got out, they would surely be ridiculed.

Thus, they decided to forcibly break through the protective formation and destroy it.

What confused them the most was why Xu Yang hadn't come out yet. Finally, they concluded that Xu Yang must have been scared by their presence, sixteen Golden Core cultivators strong, and was too frightened to show himself.

"Yu Sanniang, why aren't you doing anything? Let's destroy this broken formation and kill a few of his disciples. I want to see if Xu Yang will come out then."

One of the plump Golden Core cultivators spoke, his eyes full of disdain, clearly not considering Xu Yang a threat.

"Exactly. If he still doesn't come out, we'll just kill everyone in Tianlan Sect. I don't believe he won't come out then."

Another Golden Core cultivator also sneered coldly.

Yu Sanniang frowned, recalling Xu Yang's iron-fisted methods. How could he possibly be afraid and hide inside his sect, refusing to come out?

She thought that Xu Yang probably wasn't in the sect at all, but had gone out.

"No, I think we should wait a little longer. Xu Yang probably isn't in the sect right now. If we destroy the formation and he comes back, how should we explain ourselves?" Yu Sanniang frowned and said.

Xu Yang had left a deep impression on her, and in her eyes, Xu Yang was most likely a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, when she shared this thought with the City Lord of Tianwu County, he didn't believe her.

He thought that Qi State was a small place, and how could there be a Nascent Soul cultivator there? Xu Yang must just be a particularly strong Golden Core cultivator.

Furthermore, the City Lord of Tianwu County had sent them, a group of Golden Core cultivators, to Qi State to recruit Xu Yang.

But the current situation seemed more like they were here to cause trouble, rather than to recruit Xu Yang.

Yu Sanniang had a bad premonition about this trip.

…

At this moment, inside Tianlan Sect's protective formation, Ling Qingshu's face darkened as she watched the group of Golden Core cultivators outside.

The group of Golden Core cultivators was pouring their spiritual energy into the formation, attacking it relentlessly.

Boom, boom…

The protective formation shook under the assault of the Golden Core cultivators, emitting a series of crisp cracking sounds and occasionally flashing with brilliant light.

Ling Qingshu stared at the formation, feeling anxious.

This protective formation had been set up by the sect's ancestor. At the time, the ancestor had casually chosen some materials from the warehouse and set it up without much thought.

According to the ancestor's words, it was just a temporary measure to deal with things.