Chapter 505: Yun Family, serve!
Five days later, Seven Star Pass.
Boom——
Boom…
As the morning dawned, the morning bell rang from the Drum Tower, spreading throughout the city gates bathed in the light snow of late winter.
In the Heavenly Pavilion with the Moon Shadow Sword Sect’s flag hanging above, the calming incense from the incense burner filled the entire room with clouds and mist.
Yun Tianchong, who was wearing a golden Daoist robe, walked back and forth, stopping from time to time to look at the ancestral hall in the corner, and then continued pacing, looking impatient.
After learning about Yun Jiujiu’s situation, Yun Yiyi immediately dispatched twenty-four Sword Sect disciples, including a nascent soul elder, and hurried toward the Tianbei City, hoping to bring Yun Jiujiu back before anything happened.
However, five days passed, and the twenty-four people did not send back a jade slip. Yun Jiujiu’s life and death were still uncertain.
Yun Yiyi, who was at the desk handling the internal affairs of the Sword Sect, saw that her father had been pacing in the middle of the room for five days without stopping, and his eyes were now bloodshot. Finally, she couldn’t help but persuade:
“Dad, it won’t help if you hang around here. You should go back and rest for a while, and then go to the Elder Pavilion to discuss the details of the demonic cultivators with the heads of the various sects in the Southern Domain.”
“…”
“Anping sent over the map of the Eastern Domain and the detailed list. We should also…”
Yun Tianchong stopped and turned to look at his eldest daughter, but he saw that her face had no emotion at this moment, and she was even a little cold-blooded.
He couldn’t control his emotions and asked angrily:
“Yi’er!! Are you so cold-blooded?!”
Yun Yiyi closed her mouth: “…”
“I know that you and Jiu’er didn’t have a good relationship before, but no matter what she said, it was you…”
Snap–!
Hearing what her father said, Yun Yiyi couldn’t help it anymore. She grabbed the ruler on the side and slapped it hard on the table. With a rare look of anger on her face, she stood up and cursed:
“Yun Tianchong, you are almost three thousand years old, and you still don’t understand the priorities of things?! Before we conquered the Seven Star Pass, how many cultivators from the Southern Domain’s Immortal Family died, didn’t you see? It’s been cleaning up for almost a month. Not all the golden cicada shells outside the city have been cleaned yet.
“You are a cultivator in the late stage of becoming a god. You have done nothing in the past five days. You are just wandering here and there. I asked you to tell the elders of each sect the news sent by Ye Anping. You will not go to the elders’ pavilion to discuss the matter. Looking at you like this… What are you talking about?! No wonder Grandpa Yun wanted to beat you up before!! What the hell are you…”
Seeing that Yun Yiyi, who was usually gentle, was speaking out in their Yun family’s hometown dialect, Yun Tianchong was speechless.
Yun Xi, who was helping Yun Yiyi in the corner, now also said:
“Stop arguing. Jiujiu is still very powerful. Didn’t she kick daddy’s balls out back then? The tricks of these three or four demonic cultivators can’t do anything to her.”
?
Yun Tianchong always felt that these words were strange, but they were not bad words. Even among the Nascent Soul cultivators in the three domains, Yun Jiu Jiu was among the best.
After the incident with Sword Sect’s Yun Kunwu, Yun Yiyi and Yun Xi took the initiative to give up their training resources to Yun Jiujiu. In addition, her qualifications were good, and her cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds.
It could be said that the only people in the immortal family who were cultivating faster than her were Ye Anping and the others.
But…
“But she is stupid! She is irritable, impulsive, and stubborn!! Just like her mother. I married her mother back home with just a bottle of wine.”
After Yun Tianchong finished speaking, he realized that what he said was wrong and immediately closed his mouth.
“…”
Yun Yiyi also looked blank, not knowing what to say: “…”
Listening to this, Yun Xi wondered inexplicably whether her luck was inherited from her mother, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was true.
If her mother was not so lucky, how could she have met such a loser like her?
“””Sigh…”””
The three of them sighed in unison, and at this moment they all sighed in unison: What evil has the Yun family done?
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
The three of them turned to look at the door:
“””Come in!”””
Zhang Yihe listened to this chorus and waited for a while before walking into the room. Seeing the wretched faces of the three people in the room, he immediately swallowed his saliva and whispered:
“Sect Master Yun, eldest lady, third lady, a black crow just delivered a wooden box.”
With that said, Zhang Yihe walked in holding an extremely simple mahogany box. After considering it for a while, he placed the wooden box in front of Yun Yiyi.
“Miss, this…”
Yun Yiyi didn’t know what Zhang Yihe’s look meant, so she didn’t say anything. She picked up the wooden box and opened it to look at it.
However, when she saw what was inside, her hands shook, and she dropped the box on the ground.
Boom–
A handful of golden hair, together with a golden identity tag in the box, immediately fell to the ground.
When Yun Xi and Yun Tianchong saw it, their eyes widened and they held their breath.
The room instantly became audible.
Yun Tianchong’s teeth chattered instantly. He couldn’t stand upright and fell directly on the red carpet in the room. Looking at her second daughter’s hair and identity card, her face instantly turned pale.
Although Yun Yiyi was also frightened, she was the first one present to recover.
She took a deep breath, grabbed her hair and ID tag from the ground, observed them carefully for a while, then looked at the three people in the room, and comforted:
“There is no blood on her hair or identity card, which means that the demonic cultivator did not kill her. Dad, please rest assured. The demonic cultivator caught Jiujiu, they probably just wanted to use Jiujiu to threaten the sword sect…”
“Peace of mind?!”
Yun Tianchong looked at Yun Yiyi with angry eyes:
“How can you feel at ease?! The female cultivator from the immortal family who has fallen into the hands of demonic cultivators since ancient times…”
Seeing Yun Tianchong’s expression, Yun Xi almost chased after her grandfather, and quickly comforted:
“Dad, probably not. Jiujiu has no figure and has such a bad temper that most demonic cultivators will look down on her.”
Yun Yiyi knew that Yun Xi was trying to comfort their father, but these words were really not pleasant to listen to. She lowered her eyes and thought about it. After all, Yun Jiujiu was the second young lady of the Sword Sect.
There was a high probability that the demon cultivator would make a fuss out of this matter, and might send another letter soon:
——Your Yun family doesn’t want anything to happen to the second lady, right?
Using this to threaten Jian Zong would be troublesome.
Yun Yiyi clenched her fists, looking at her father’s appearance, and then looking at Yun Xi beside her, feeling that the two of them were probably undecided.
“Anping…”
Yun Yiyi gently called the name, as if asking Ye Anping to give her courage first.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then frowned and looked at Zhang Yihe aside, calling solemnly:
“Zhang Yihe.”
Zhang Yihe no longer dared to smile as playfully as usual. When he heard Yun Yiyi calling him, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists, and said:
“…Yes, please tell me, Miss.”
“Draft an obituary to inform all the disciples and elders of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect. The second lady of the Sword Sect was fighting with the demon cultivator in Tianbei City in the East Domain. She accidentally fell into a trap and died…”
As soon as these words came out, Yun Tianchong and Yun Xi suddenly raised their heads to look at her.
Even Zhang Yihe had a look of astonishment on his face. He hesitated for a long time but did not dare to accept Yun Yiyi’s order.
Yun Tianchong stood up immediately and couldn’t help but grab Yun Yiyi’s collar:
“Yi;er?!!”
“Let go.” Yun Yiyi frowned and bit her lips. Seeing her father’s hand being opened, she asked, “The demon cultivator will definitely make a fuss about this matter from now on. Dad, if the demon cultivator threatens you with Jiu to kill the Master of the Southern Domain’s Immortal Sect, what are you going to do?”
“…”
“Also, if other sects in the Southern Domain heard that Jiujiu was captured by the Demonic Cultivators, then all the sects would know that the Demonic Cultivators held a weak spot in the Sword Sect, and the Immortal Sect of the Southern Domain would more or less on guard against the sword sect in the future.”
“…”
“This is the best! I am the young master of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect. I will make the decisions that you cannot make. I will bear any responsibilities. There are countless cultivators fighting evil cultivators in the Eastern Domain. How can we be defeated because of one person? …Suck–”
As she spoke, Yun Yiyi seemed to have lost control of her expression. Tears suddenly burst out of the bags under her eyes, falling down from the corners of her eyes and condensing on the tip of her chin.
She sniffed, raised her sleeves to wipe her tears, and then frowned and looked at Zhang Yihe who was standing aside:
“Zhang Yihe!!
“Ah… Disciple is here.”
“Didn’t you hear what I said? Go quickly.”
“…”
Zhang Yihe opened and closed his lips and teeth several times, as if he wanted to say something, but did not say it. He looked left and right at Yun Tianchong and Yun Yiyi, then looked back at Yun Xi, and finally nodded as if he had given up
“Yes!!”
Then he quickly ran outside.
After Zhang Yihe left, the room fell silent again. Yun Tianchong saw his eldest daughter’s face stained with tears, and his heart twitched. He looked back at Yun Xi, who lowered her eyes and bit her lips.
After a long silence, Yun Tianchong closed his eyes, raised his head, took a deep breath, stood up straight, took Yun Yiyi into his arms and hugged her:
“Yi’er, Xi’er… Daddy is sorry for you.”
“…”
“It’s not your place to do this.” Yun Tianchong paused for a moment, then shouted, “Someone is here!!!”
The voice of blessing with spiritual power came from the Heavenly Pavilion. The two Sword Sect disciples guarding the Heavenly Pavilion downstairs immediately jumped up, entered the room, and bowed:
“Lord.”
“Call back all the disciples and elders who have gone out, and attack Tianbei City on another day.”
Hearing this, Yun Yiyi’s eyes widened slightly, and she quickly raised her hand to stop her, saying:
“No! The situation inside and outside the Tianbei City is unknown now. We don’t know how many demonic cultivators are inside. Are we going to fight them directly or send them to death…”
“Yi’er, I haven’t completely given you the position of the sect leader, so I am still the sect leader of Sword Sect.”
“Can…”
“Since the death of your grandfather, the Sword Sect has been in a state of decline. It has shrunk from a large sect on the southern border to a second-rate sect today. However, the Sword Sect cannot be bullied by everyone. If you swallow your anger, you will be ashamed of yourself. Grandpa’s name is taboo.”
Yun Yiyi twisted her eyebrows and retorted:
“But you can’t die like this, going to the demonic cultivator’s territory in the dark to fight with the demon cultivator. Ye Anping is currently collecting intelligence in the Eastern Domain, maybe…”
“Yi’er, the immortal family can’t rely entirely on him. Just go and find out what the situation is in Tianbei City. If the Sword Sect is destroyed in this battle, it will be considered as a way for the immortal family to attack Tianbei City in the future.”
Yun Tianchong turned his head and looked at the two Sword Sect disciples who came in and said:
“Thousands of years ago, when the immortal family took back the Central Domain from the demon cultivator, it was the same. Because they didn’t know the situation in the Central Domain at all, they didn’t dare to rush in for decades. Yi’er, you know how to break the situation at that time Of?”
“…”
“At that time, the Fa Sect of the Western Domain, the Liuyue Sect of the Southern Domain… A total of more than 170 Immortal Sects rushed into the Eastern Domain to pave the way for the Immortal Family at the cost of the entire sect’s demise. This also allowed the Immortal Family to succeed. Get the Central Domain back. Yun Tianmu, your grandfather also died there while exploring the road…”
“…”
“What’s more, Daoist Zu has already set an example before. That old lady Danyue even specially took me to the Taibai Sect. Looking at it now, she probably wanted me to see how Daoist Zu did it. She probably expected that there would be something wrong. This is the case.”
“…”
“The road to immortality is for future generations to walk on the road paved by their predecessors. Perhaps the same is true for the legendary scrolls of heaven, hehe——”
Yun Yiyi gritted her teeth slightly, remained silent for a while, and then said:
“Dad, wait for Anping… He might…”
“It’s not that I don’t believe him. After all, he is the direct successor chosen by your grandfather, but we can’t rely on him alone.” Yun Tianchong patted Yun Yiyi on the shoulder and said, “If I fail to come back, you can take Xi’er with you and return to the Southern Domain and then goto Xuanxing Sect.”
Without giving Yun Yiyi another chance to speak, Yun Tianchong turned around, flicked his robe, and led the two Sword Sect disciples out, leaving Yun Yiyi and Yun Xi standing stunned in the room.
Yun Yiyi frowned and thought for a while, then turned and walked back to the window, opened the window, and looked toward the sky:
“Anping, what should I do… Sigh——”
…
After walking out of the Heavenly Pavilion’s gate, Yun Tianchong looked back at the seven-story attic behind him, feeling a little guilty in his heart.
He originally owed a lot to his daughter, but now after Yun Jiujiu’s accident, he might not be able to pay it back in his lifetime.
After sighing secretly, he was also going to discuss with other sects in the southern region to see if there were any sects willing to follow the Sword Sect to attack the Tianbei City.
But as Yun Yiyi said, the Immortal Family knew almost nothing about Tianbei City now. The news about Tianbei City was all outdated information from a thousand years ago. There was a high probability that other Immortal Sects would not compete with his Sword Sect.
While Yun Tianchong was thinking about this matter, a sudden burst of hurried shouting came from the bottom of the stairs in front of the Heavenly Pavilion:
——”Sect Master Yun!! No… It’s not good!!”
Yun Tianchong heard the sound and looked around, but saw Chang Long, Guo Zhiruo and Hu Renyi, the three demon cultivators who had followed Yun Jiujiu out before.
They had a lot of injuries on their bodies at the moment, and they were limping and supporting each other. Only Chang Long was still somewhat energetic.
Yun Tianchong frowned deeply, raised his head slightly, and there was a killing intent in his eyes.
Seeing him like this, Chang Long and the three of them were frightened for a moment, but they thought that as long as their identities were not exposed, they would be punished at most.
What’s more, on the way back, they even deliberately sparred with each other, and the fake show caused real injuries.
“Sect Master!! Second Miss, she was caught by the demon cultivator from Tianbei City… We…”
Chang Long nodded and stood up, pointed at the injuries on Guo and Hu behind him with his eyes, and said apologetically:
“We failed to protect the second lady…”
Yun Tianchong took a deep breath and looked at the two Sword Sect disciples who came down with him behind him. The double plum blossom tattooed on his eyebrow showed a faint aura:
“Chang Long, Guo Zhiruo, Hu Renyi, for how many years have you been to Sword Sect?”
“Um…” The three of them didn’t know why Yun Tianchong asked this, and said, “More than twenty years ago.”
“It’s been more than twenty years… How can it be that in more than twenty years I still can’t cure your rotten roots? I heard that Elder Tianxing was quite fond of you before, Guo girl, and treated you like a granddaughter… I, the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, have not treated you badly.”
Although the tone was gentle, every word was precise.
When Chang, Guo and Hu heard this, they immediately trembled. They instantly understood that they had been exposed, but they couldn’t figure out how.
For the Demon Sect, the three of them were one of the trump cards that would never be used unless absolutely necessary.
Having been in the Sword Sect for more than twenty years, they had always been careful and had not made many mistakes before.
It shouldn’t be possible to make one mistake and be found out as a demon cultivator, right?
Even if it was a big mistake…
Guo Zhiruo quickly defended: “Sect Master, the matter of the second lady…”
Yun Tianchong actually wanted to give them a chance, thinking that if these three people could reform, they could become “Double agents” and let them rescue Yun Jiujiu.
In this way, he would make up for his mistakes, and he would not be able to spare these three people, and would also allow them to stay in the Sword Sect in the future.
However, hearing that Guo Zhiruo still wanted to defend, his last trace of compassion was exhausted.
“I have never killed women before, even as a demon cultivator, but today I have broken the precept.”
When the words were settled.
Whoosh——
They didn’t know when the sword was unsheathed, but when it appeared in Yun Tianchong’s right hand, the sword was already stained with bright red.
Blood dripped from the blade, condensed at the tip, and then dripped on the side of his shoes.
Tick-tock——
After a breath, a golden light flashed.
The heads of Chang Long, Guo Zhiruo, and Hu Renyi slipped from their shoulders, and then rolled down the thousand steps behind them, step by step.
Yun Tianchong raised his head slightly, looked to the east, and said:
“Jiu’er, please keep these three people first. After a few days, Dad will ask all the demon cultivators in Bei City to sacrifice for you that day.”
…
Taking a day off
Probably no more tonight.
I coded this chapter several times, but I felt it wasn’t very good, so I started over.
——10/24
