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Chapter 119: Huge Difference
Chapter 119: Huge Difference
Chapter 119: Huge Difference
Was chivalry dead? What a bunch of nonsense! How could he be merciful to her just because she was a woman? In addition, she had come here to kill him.
Ye Guan was only concerned whether she was an enemy or not, and she was an enemy, not just a woman. Ye Guan would never hold back just because his opponent was a woman.
I will bury even a goddess if she tries to kill me. Ye Guan opened his palm, and the woman’s storage ring flew into his hand.
Ji Xuan walked over to him. She stood in front of Ye Guan and stared at him.
Ye Guan hesitated before asking, “Yes?”
Ji Xuan grinned and asked, “The lady just now was beautiful, right? And she was—Oh! So. Sexy! Did you also see how big she was?”
Ye Guan shook his head slightly. “Women will only slow my sword down.”
Ji Xuan froze.
Ye Guan explained. “She came here to kill me, and she would definitely repay my kindness with malice, even if I had let her go. As for her beauty, it has nothing to do with me.”
Ji Xuan’s grin deepened as she stared deeply at Ye Guan. However, she didn’t say anything anymore. Ye Guan took out a storage ring and handed it over to Ji Xuan.
The storage ring contained two million gold spiritual crystals, and Ji Xuan accepted it in a heartbeat.
“Those who have come to kill me so far have been very rich.” Ye Guan pointed out.
Ji Xuan nodded and said, “It’s not strange. I don’t think you’ll attract the run-of-the-mill cultivators out there. After all, An Daoxin died at your hands.”
Ye Guan sounded serious as he said, “So you’re saying that those daring enough to kill me are powerhouses in their own right?”
Ji Xuan nodded. Her expression turned somber as she replied, “Actually, I’m worried about encountering the monstrous talents on the Divine Martial List of the Main Guanxuan Academy.”
Ye Guan stared at Ji Xuan.
Ji Xuan said solemnly, “I’m also concerned that they’ll send the Guanxuan Guards after you. The Guanxuan Guards are scary, and they will definitely chase you to the ends of the earth the moment you appear in their radars.
”Of course, those on the Divine Martial List are ruthless figures as well.”
Ji Xuan paused to let Ye Guan take in the information before continuing. “The An Clan and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan are definitely going to chase after you as well.”
Ye Guan’s expression turned grim. His plain-skirt aunt had killed many of the An Clan’s powerhouses, but the An Clan was far from annihilated. They still had powerhouses, especially in the An Clan within the Main Guanxuan Academy.
Will the An Clan take such humiliation lying down? Of course not! The powerhouses of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan also died that day, so will they let him go? Most definitely not!
Ye Guan had also provoked the aristocratic families faction and the great clan faction within the Main Guanxuan Academy. Ji Xuan was right; perhaps only the Sword Master could stand up for him.
Qingzhou! Ye Guan stared at the horizon. He was aware that many people didn’t want him to reach Qingzhou. Ye Guan’s eyes flashed coldly as he stared into the distance.
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A middle-aged man stood wordlessly within the Ancestor Shrine of the An Clan in Qingzhou.
The middle-aged man was An Wujun, and he was the deputy commander of the Main Guanxuan Academy Military.
It had to be known that even though he was just a deputy commander, he was already in control of the Guanxuan Academy’s military because An Lanxiu had inexplicably disappeared a few million years ago.
The Guanxuan Academy made three deputy commanders to take control of the military, and each of them was responsible for a hundred thousand troops.
The three had been maintaining a delicate balance between each other, and of course, An Lanxiu was still the commander.
However, An Lanxiu had long lost all power within the military because the military was already under the control of the Committee.
A hundred thousand troops wasn’t a small number. Moreover, An Wujun had always been listening to the Committee’s orders, so his position got more and more special as time went on. In the end, he became a confidante of the Committee.
After a long while, An Wujun walked out of the Ancestral Shrine.
The members of the An Clan on the Zhongtu Divine Continent were kneeling in front of him. An Wujun asked calmly, “What are you doing?”
A clan elder’s voice was trembling as they spoke, “P-p-please stand up for our clan!”
“Please stand up for our clan!”
The others started shouting as well. The clan leader had perished, and An Daoxin had been murdered as well, along with the powerhouses that they had sent over to deal with Ye Guan. How could the An Clan take such a humiliation lying down?
An Wujun’s expression didn’t change. He didn’t speak as well.
A clan elder stepped up with tears in his eyes and said, “Wujun, our An Clan has become a laughingstock throughout the Zhongtu Divine Continent. We have to take revenge; otherwise, how can we raise our heads in the future?”
An Wujun’s expression didn’t change. “Everyone, leave!”
The clan elder and the clan members were stunned.
An Wujun glared at them and shouted, “Leave!”
He wasn’t angry at them, but his oppressive aura silenced everyone. No one dared to speak another word as they stood up and left. However, a girl didn’t leave. She stood rooted, looking neither happy nor upset.
The little girl was wearing a white dress, and she looked to be about twelve years old
Her hair was tied up in a single hair braid.
An Wujun stared at the little girl and muttered, “Daoyun, come over here.”
An Daoyun walked toward An Wujun.
An Wujun smiled softly and asked, “Do you have something to say to me?”
An Daoyun looked at An Wujun, “Uncle, what are you going to do?”
An Wujun smiled and asked, “What do you suggest?”
An Daoyun said calmly, “We have to act cautiously.”
An Wujun asked, “Why do you say so?”
An Daoyun sounded serious as she said, “Everyone seemed to have forgotten the might of Ye Guan’s Dao Protector. She killed thousands of our cultivators in just one sword move. She was also truly looking down on our family, so I reckon that she’s not just a Great Sword Sovereign.”
An Wujun grinned. “Continue.”
An Daoyun obliged and added, “She was daring enough to kill so many of our clan members, so she’s definitely not afraid of our clan. We still have no idea of her identity, but it’s clear that she’s most likely a cultivator from millions of years ago. I think she’s from the same generation as our ancestors.”
An Daoyun paused before continuing. “I think we’ve hit a stumbling block.”
An Wujun nodded slightly, “Our investigation bore the same results as yours. She’s most likely a talent from thirty million years ago.
”I have no idea how she erased her looks from everyone’s memories, and that is why we haven’t been able to discover her true identity.”
An Daoyun asked solemnly, “Uncle, what is the Academy’s attitude toward her?”
An Wujun responded, “I don’t know; they’re still investigating her.”
An Daoyun went silent.
An Wujun said softly, “The Academy is worried that she was involved in the Xuzhen Great War many years ago, so they’re afraid of putting her on the wanted list. Of course, they’re also worried about her power because she’s a Great Sword Sovereign, after all.”
“The Academy has sent people to the Xuzhen battlefield. They’re looking for Great Sword Sovereigns Ye Yu and Tingyun there. I’m sure those two are aware of her identity.”
“What about Ye Guan?” asked An Daoyun.
An Wujun remained calm as he said, “The Academy does not intervene in the affairs of clans, so they weren’t willing to make a move against him. However, he killed the Heavenly Dao of the Zhongtu Divine Continent.
“He decided to challenge the Academy by violating the Guanxuan Law, so the Academy has already placed him on the wanted list. Ye Guan is a dead man walking, but…” He An Wujun trailed off and frowned before saying, “He’s on his way to Qingzhou.”
“He’s going to lodge an Imperial Appeal!” exclaimed An Daoyun.
“Yes.” An Wujun nodded. “There’s a high chance that he’s going to ask the Sword Master for help.”
“We can’t let him reach Qingzhou,” said An Daoyun.
An Wujun stared at An Daoyun and asked, “Do you think the Sword Master will help him?”
An Daoyun shook her head and said, “We can’t take on such a risk. The An Clan isn’t completely blameless. If the Sword Master appears and deals with the issue impartially, our clan will suffer a lot.”
An Wujun’s expression darkened. That’s right If the Sword Master appears and determines that the An Clan is at fault, the An Clan will surely be ruined. He’ll also lose his position as the Deputy Commander of the Guanxuan Academy Military.
An Wujun hesitated before saying, “We’re the Sword Master’s in-laws, and I don’t think he’s going to punish us for an outsider’s sake.”
“We really can’t take on such a risk.” An Daoyun shook her head and said, “The Sword Master founded the Academy with justice and fairness as the priorities.
”We have truly been unfair to Ye Guan, and it has been millions of years since the Sword Master became our relative, so his bloodline in our clan has already been diluted to the point of obscurity.”
An Wujun went silent.
An Daoyun was right, but the An Clan hadn’t been facing such a fact. No, it was more accurate to say that they had been avoiding it.
An Daoyun added, “Uncle, if the Sword Master appears and punishes us, our special position will cease to exist. We can’t let Ye Guan reach Qingzhou.”
An Wujun nodded. “I understand.”
An Daoyun continued. “Other than that, we still have to do something else.”
An Wujun looked at An Daoyun, “What do you mean?”
An Daoyun kneeled and said, “Uncle, I’m willing to leave the An Clan to study at the Main Guanxuan Academy.”
An Wujun was stunned. He took a moment to compose himself, and his gaze soon turned complex as he stared at An Daoyun.
An Daoyun had gone at it in a roundabout manner, and it was all because she wanted to go to the Main Guanxuan Academy for herself rather than the An Clan.
An Daoyun explained, “I’ll leave for the Main Guanxuan Academy and become a student there. It would be great if we managed to defeat Ye Guan, but we have to be ready in case we end up losing against him.”
An Daoyun stared intently at An Wujun and said, “I’m willing to become the An Clan’s alternative path. Please let me do my role, Uncle.”
An Daoyun was from the An Clan on the Zhongtu Divine Continent, and the resources there were limited. She wanted to become even stronger, so she decided to shoot her shot and plead with her uncle to allow her to study at the Main Guanxuan Academy.
“All right.” An Wujun nodded and said, “I’ll send you to the Main Guanxuan Academy.”
An Daoyun bowed deeply. “Thank you, Uncle.”
An Wujun looked up at the sky and asked, “Can Ye Guan reach Qingzhou?”
“It is difficult to accurately predict the future,” replied An Daoyun.
An Wujun smiled and said, “You’re right. However, I’m willing to bet that he won’t reach Qingzhou. Otherwise, the entire Guanxuan Academy will be humiliated along with us, and I’m sure the Guanxuan Academy doesn’t want that to happen.”
An Daoyun was silent. The last person who was so sure of Ye Guan’s death was An Ya, but now, her body was already rotting. The An Clan had been consistently making the same mistakes time and time again, and what was that mistake?
It was a mistake to underestimate that young man from the Lower Realm’s Nanzhou, but it seemed that the An Clan would never learn that lesson.
An Daoyun could only sigh. If she told the An Clan to give up on taking revenge, the An Clan would definitely throw her out in a heartbeat. The An Clan would call her a traitor if she were to do such a thing.
An Daoyun felt depressed.
She knew what the An Clan had to do, but she couldn’t say it.
Why was the An Clan doing all this? To uphold the prestige of their ancestors? The An Clan had always been aware of their prestige, but they had forgotten that the prestige belonged to their ancestors rather than to them.
The An Clan only had two Martial Goddesses, but every An Clan member was acting like they were on the same level as those two Martial Goddesses. There was a huge difference between them and those two Martial Goddesses, okay?!
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