Chapter 14

Chapter 14: I, Ye Tianming, Swear!

 

Ye Tianming wasn’t angry. On the contrary, he was calm, unnaturally calm. He stared at the lead black-clothed man, “The Ye family is indeed my weakness, but I know that even if I compromise today, we will ultimately not escape your Xiao family’s poisonous hands. So, go ahead and kill.”

The lead black-clothed man rasped, “You don’t fear death, nor do you fear the death of the Ye family members, but you should know, there’s something called a fate worse than death. We can make your entire Ye clan suffer a fate worse than death.”

Ye Tianming stared intently at the lead black-clothed man, “I, Ye Tianming, swear by my blood, if I don’t die, in the future, I will make your entire Xiao family beg for life but not get it, beg for death but not achieve it.”

“Hehe.”

The lead black-clothed man started laughing, his laughter filled with mockery, “Ye Tianming, you have no idea how ignorant you are, and you don’t understand the true meaning of a second-tier family. If one day you reach a higher level, you’ll understand that saying such things in front of a second-tier family is extremely ignorant, just like an ant standing in front of an elephant saying: I will bite you to death.”

Beside him, those black-clothed powerful figures also started laughing.

Ye Tianming stared fixedly at these black-clothed men before him. He had considered suicide, letting the Guanxuan Realm enter a self-check program, but he no longer had that thought. Because he knew clearly that even if he committed suicide and the Guanxuan Realm entered a self-check program, the Guanxuan Realm would most likely not execute these people. The Xiao family would still exist, and before long, the Xiao family would return to how they were before.

Because no one would risk offending the Xiao family to the death for a dead person.

The Guanxuan Divine Law?

At this moment, he truly saw clearly that laws meant nothing to these privileged families, and were even designed to serve these privileged families.

The lead black-clothed man stared at Ye Tianming, “I’ll count to three. If you don’t come with us, we’ll kill one person from the Ye family every breath. One…”

Just then, a sudden change occurred. Above the Ye family mansion, three terrifyingly powerful young people suddenly attacked. Two men and one woman, all very young, in their twenties. They charged toward the group of black-clothed men, and in less than a few breaths, the three had slaughtered that group of black-clothed men.

The sudden turn of events caused the lead black-clothed man and his companions facing Ye Tianming to change expression dramatically.

Beside Ye Tianming, Nan Ling Zhao looked at him and smiled, “Don’t worry, when I came to find you, I asked my friends at the academy to go protect your family.”

The heart that Ye Tianming had been holding finally settled down. He looked at the woman before him and said solemnly, “Thank you.”

Nan Ling Zhao smiled but didn’t say anything. She turned to look at the lead black-clothed man in the distance, “I’m taking him to the Guanxuan Realm now. If your Xiao family wants to silence him, you’d better hurry.”

“Nan Ling Zhao!”

The lead black-clothed man was no longer composed. He stared fixedly at Nan Ling Zhao, ferocity appearing in his gaze, “What benefit does doing this bring to you and your Nan Ling family?”

Nan Ling Zhao stared at him, “Officially, as an inspector, when I encounter injustice, I have a duty to act; personally, I just don’t like you guys and want to mess with you.”

Ye Tianming: “…”

“Fine, fine, fine!”

The lead black-clothed man laughed in extreme anger, “Kill, kill this bitch.”

As his voice fell, several mysterious powerful figures beside him suddenly rushed forward. They actually tore through space, carrying terrifying auras as they crashed violently toward Nan Ling Zhao.

Nan Ling Zhao narrowed her eyes, “Half-step Emperor Realm…”

Speaking, she stepped forward, opened her palm, and the inspector’s seal in her hand violently trembled, directly transforming into thousands of golden lights that gushed out. But her face also instantly turned pale, because she had mobilized all the power of the inspector’s seal, which was a tremendous drain on her.

Boom!

The thousands of golden lights instantly sent those three half-step Emperor Realm powerhouses retreating hundreds of yards. Nan Ling Zhao grabbed Ye Tianming, turned, and leaped up, disappearing at the horizon.

But at this moment, the lead black-clothed man suddenly rushed forward. The space in front of him directly exploded, and in his hand appeared a long spear. The spear’s momentum immediately locked onto Nan Ling Zhao and Ye Tianming in the distance.

At the horizon, Nan Ling Zhao’s pupils suddenly contracted. She quickly turned around and pointed at the inspector’s seal. The seal released a beam of golden light that enveloped her and Ye Tianming. However, as that long spear thrust forward, the golden light violently trembled and developed countless cracks.

Before Nan Ling Zhao could react, the lead black-clothed man thrust his spear forward again.

Bang!

The golden light shield instantly shattered, and the powerful spear force sent Nan Ling Zhao and Ye Tianming retreating continuously.

Saint Realm!

Nan Ling Zhao’s expression became solemn. Just as she stopped, three powerful forces swept over, which were the three Saint Realm powerhouses.

Nan Ling Zhao suddenly formed a hand seal in front of her, “Ten Thousand Laws Seal Protection.”

The inspector’s seal floating in front of her suddenly trembled violently, and streams of golden runes flowed out, then hung in the air, protecting her and Ye Tianming. Those three half-step Emperor Realm powerhouses couldn’t do anything to these golden runes, but as the lead black-clothed man thrust his spear forward, all the golden runes instantly shattered. The long spear advanced unimpeded, instantly piercing into Nan Ling Zhao’s abdomen.

Just as the lead black-clothed man was about to deliver the killing blow, suddenly—

Hum!

A sword hum suddenly resonated from the distant horizon. Then, a sword light streaked across the sky, heading straight for this place. That sword light moved extremely fast, reaching behind the lead black-clothed man in the blink of an eye. The powerful sword energy caused the lead black-clothed man’s expression to change instantly. He had to defend, quickly turning around, using his finger as a spear, and jabbing forward. At his fingertip, spear light emerged.

Boom!

Countless spear lights shattered, and the lead black-clothed man retreated continuously for hundreds of yards.

The lead black-clothed man looked in shock at the distance, where stood a woman in a black dress. She carried a sword case on her back, held a long sword, and was as cold as snow.

The lead black-clothed man stared fixedly at the woman in the black dress, his eyes full of deep apprehension, “You’re from the Sword Sect.”

Sword Sect!

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of those black-clothed powerhouses all changed.

The Guanxuan Universe had only one Sword Sect, and this Sword Sect held an extremely special position in the Guanxuan Universe. Even the Cabinet couldn’t directly command them. They only listened to the orders of the Guanxuan Universe Academy’s Chancellor, belonging to a truly transcendent force.

How did someone from the Sword Sect come here?

The lead black-clothed man’s expression became extremely ugly. Suddenly, he looked at Nan Ling Zhao. It must have been this woman who called for help. This woman’s identity was also special, with many friends in the Guanxuan Realm, so having friends in the Sword Sect was also normal.

Nan Ling Zhao looked at the sword cultivator woman and smiled, “Pei Buleng, if you hadn’t come, we would only have met in the next life.”

In the distance, the woman in the black dress turned to look at her. When she saw the wound on her abdomen, her eyebrows immediately furrowed. She turned to look at the group of black-clothed men, “How bold.”

Nan Ling Zhao said, “Buleng, the Xiao family definitely won’t let this go. Help me hold them off, and please call more friends from the Sword Sect to assist, just in case.”

Pei Buleng coldly stared at those black-clothed men, “You two go first.”

Nan Ling Zhao took Ye Tianming, their forms trembled, and they disappeared at the horizon.

In the distance, the lead black-clothed man said in a deep voice, “Your Excellency, we…”

Pei Buleng said, “Go fuck yourself.”

With that, she attacked with her sword.

The lead black-clothed man: “…”

Meanwhile, Nan Ling Zhao had just taken Ye Tianming and run not far when her body weakened, and she fell straight down with Ye Tianming. Fortunately, just before crashing to the ground, she forcefully took a breath, and the two landed steadily.

They were now in an unknown mountain range, with mountains as far as the eye could see.

Ye Tianming quickly took off his robe and spread it on the ground. He helped Nan Ling Zhao lie down on his robe. Looking at the wound on Nan Ling Zhao’s abdomen, his face turned slightly pale, “Inspector Zhao, do you have any medicine for healing?”

Nan Ling Zhao raised her right hand, her storage ring trembled slightly, and a medicinal pill fell out. Ye Tianming quickly caught the pill and fed it to her, but blood continued to seep from her abdomen.

Seeing this, Ye Tianming quickly said, “Inspector Zhao, this doesn’t seem to be working…”

Nan Ling Zhao looked at him, a smile appearing on her pale face, “Did you think this pill was a legendary sacred pill that would heal me on the spot?”

Ye Tianming asked nervously, “Then…”

Nan Ling Zhao said, “Clean the wound for me, then bandage it.”

Ye Tianming calmed down, “Excuse me.”

Saying this, he gently tore open Nan Ling Zhao’s dress at the abdomen, revealing a blood hole the size of a child’s fist. The edges of the flesh were already charred black, and there was strange energy continuously corroding the surrounding new flesh. Inside the blood hole, flesh could be seen continuously rotting and spreading.

Nan Ling Zhao said softly, “Worthy of a Saint Realm… If not for the enhancement of the inspector’s seal, I wouldn’t be a match for him at all.”

Ye Tianming took out some water and gently cleaned her wound.

Nan Ling Zhao suddenly said, “I’m sorry.”

Ye Tianming turned to look at Nan Ling Zhao and saw that she was looking at him. Those words were meant for him.

Ye Tianming showed a puzzled expression, “Inspector Zhao, are you apologizing to me?”

Nan Ling Zhao nodded.

Ye Tianming didn’t understand, “Why?”

Nan Ling Zhao said softly, “That day in Qingzhou City, if I hadn’t compromised and had investigated thoroughly, perhaps all these things wouldn’t have happened to you later.”

Ye Tianming shook his head, “If you had investigated thoroughly, I would still have been implicated in the end. After all, I also killed people.”

Nan Ling Zhao smiled, “You actually dare to admit you killed people. Aren’t you afraid I’ll arrest you?”

Ye Tianming said, “If you wanted to arrest me, you could have done so back then. After all, once you arrested me, wouldn’t you have been able to make me confess?”

Nan Ling Zhao looked at Ye Tianming. After a moment, she asked, “In Qingzhou City, when you killed them, you were already at the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, right?”

Ye Tianming nodded.

Nan Ling Zhao said, “Under normal circumstances, you couldn’t have reached the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, because your Ye family couldn’t possibly have the ‘Ten Thousand Laws Pill’ and advanced cultivation techniques.”

Ye Tianming didn’t speak.

Nan Ling Zhao smiled, “I’m being a bit presumptuous.”

Ye Tianming said, “I created my own cultivation technique.”

“Hmm?”

Nan Ling Zhao’s beautiful eyes widened. She sat up and stared at Ye Tianming, “You created your own cultivation technique?”

Ye Tianming nodded.

Nan Ling Zhao stared at him without speaking.

Ye Tianming took out all his papers and showed them to her. Nan Ling Zhao looked at each sheet of paper, her expression gradually becoming solemn. After a moment, she looked at Ye Tianming, “This is at least equivalent to a heaven-grade technique. You started creating it at twelve years old and only took four years to create a heaven-grade cultivation technique…”

Ye Tianming said, “This is just the first part. The second part hasn’t been completed yet. There wasn’t enough time.”

Nan Ling Zhao stared at him intently, as if trying to see through him.

Ye Tianming didn’t speak. He carefully cleaned the wound on her abdomen.

Nan Ling Zhao suddenly asked, “How did you pass through the Guanxuan Path?”

Ye Tianming looked at Nan Ling Zhao. Nan Ling Zhao said, “I’m just curious, because we all tried to pass it back then.”

Ye Tianming was shocked, “You all tried?”

Nan Ling Zhao nodded, “Many, many geniuses have tried, though all privately. After all, who wouldn’t want to gain the recognition of the Guanxuan Sword Master? But unfortunately, in a thousand years, except for you two, not only in Wan Province but even among the geniuses of the Guanxuan Realm, not a single person has passed…”

Ye Tianming was curious, “Inspector Zhao, you’re so powerful, how could you not have passed…”

Saying this, he realized something and quickly stopped.

Nan Ling Zhao just smiled, “I failed at the second gate. Not just me, at least ninety-nine percent of people fail at the second gate. So, I’m quite curious about how you passed… Of course,”If it’s inconvenient for you, you don’t have to say it.”

Ye Tianming shook his head, “There’s nothing I can’t tell you.”

As he spoke, he explained the events of the second and third trials in great detail.

After listening, Nan Lingzhao stared at Ye Tianming, “Those words of yours were truly extraordinarily rebellious… you’ve got the heart of a traitor.”

Ye Tianming: “…….”