Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Liu Xu’Er and Ye Tianyun were both taken aback by Sima Xuyan’s words.

’What’s gotten into Sima Xuyan?’

Liu Xu’Er’s brows knitted together. She looked toward Sima Xuyan and said, "Fellow Daoist Sima, what is the meaning of this?"

A cold sneer appeared on Sima Xuyan’s face. He looked at Liu Xu’Er, the contempt and desire in his eyes not the least bit concealed but on full display. "The meaning? What do you think it means, Xu’Er Fairy?"

He smirked disdainfully as he spoke, his eyes filled with mocking amusement.

"Hm?"

Liu Xu’Er trembled. Her brows drew tighter, and her expression instantly grew complicated.

At this point, if she still didn’t understand, she could hardly be called a ’genius’.

Ye Tianyun’s expression also turned ice-cold.

Her face darkened as she looked at Sima Xuyan. "Sima Xuyan, are you ambushing us?"

She cut straight to the point.

"HAHAHAHA—"

Sima Xuyan suddenly burst out laughing, gloating, "An ambush? That’s right, it is an ambush! Why did you have to do this the hard way? The Yun Family made you such a generous offer, but it’s a shame you didn’t accept! Now, even if you wanted to, it would be too late!"

As Sima Xuyan spoke, he looked toward the depths of the cave and said respectfully, "Young Master Yun, your subordinate has not failed his mission!"

As he said this, he even bowed.

Sima Xuyan’s actions immediately caused Liu Xu’Er’s and Ye Tianyun’s faces to grow even colder.

At that moment, they realized they had fallen into a trap.

So, Sima Xuyan’s recent string of encounters hadn’t been a coincidence at all. It was all a malicious plot.

Filled with shame, Liu Xu’Er looked at Ye Tianyun, her face noticeably pale.

"Tianyun, I’m sorry. I... I’ve doomed you!"

Liu Xu’Er’s voice was somber.

Since Sima Xuyan had already revealed his true purpose, everything was now painfully clear.

If their enemies weren’t absolutely certain of victory, why would they show their hand like this?

Ye Tianyun wasn’t angry. Instead, she just sighed softly and said, "Xu’Er, there’s no need for such words between us. Besides, these people were meticulously plotting against us. How could we possibly have defended against that?"

As she spoke, Ye Tianyun looked at Ye Tianling with shame. "The worst part is that we’ve dragged an innocent person into this. I am deeply ashamed. Young Master Tianshu, I am so sorry for this."

Ye Tianling gave a casual smile at her words and said dismissively, "It’s nothing. I can only blame my own bad Qi Fortune for running into this."

"No, your Qi Fortune isn’t bad—it’s fantastic. After all, you’ll get to die at the hands of I, Yun Shaosheng. You can consider that an honor and be smiling in your grave!"

Just then, an even more haughty voice echoed through the pitch-black cave.

Then, the figure of a handsome male cultivator in a gray brocade robe manifested.

Next, all around him, a series of black vines seemed to suddenly sprout from the cave walls.

These vines quickly transformed into one humanoid shadow after another.

These humanoid shadows quickly coalesced into powerful cultivators, each with a formidable aura.

The weakest of these cultivators was at the Sword Void Eighth Transformation Perfection Realm. Their Three Souls and Seven Spirits were incomparably powerful; every single soul and spirit seemed to have been refined to its absolute peak!

Every single one of these cultivators, in terms of both Realm and Battle Power, was far stronger than Ye Tianyun and Liu Xu’Er.

Right now, including Sima Xuyan and Yun Shaosheng, there was a total of nineteen cultivators.

Nineteen cultivators besieging three people. There was no doubt about the outcome.

At least, that’s how it looked to Yun Shaosheng and his group.

Seeing so many powerful cultivators appear, Liu Xu’Er’s and Ye Tianyun’s faces fell, and their eyes filled with despair.

Liu Xu’Er instinctively glanced back toward the cave entrance. She saw five cultivators with incredibly powerful and terrifying auras standing guard there. Each one of them had reached the Nine Transformations of Sword Void Realm!

What was even more terrifying was that the cave itself had an ancient Talisman Array, and this Talisman Array had sealed them in after they entered!

To open it would require at least a few hundred breaths of time.

It would be difficult to open it in several hundred breaths of time even without interference, let alone while surrounded.

Seeing this, Liu Xu’Er understood in her heart that this was a hopeless situation.

"Smiling in the grave? That’s an interesting way to put it."

Ye Tianling chuckled, his tone nonchalant.

As he spoke, he unexpectedly took a step forward.

At this moment, seeing his action, Yun Shaosheng’s pupils shrank slightly, and a faint, indescribable sense of unease arose within him.

However, the feeling wasn’t strong, so he didn’t pay ’Tianshu’ much mind.

However, he was very surprised that ’Tianshu’ possessed such courage.

"Tianshu? I’ve never heard of the surname ’Tian’ before. For someone at your pathetic Sword Void Seven Transformation Realm to dare step forward like this... you’ve got some nerve, I’ll give you that."

Yun Shaosheng commented, glancing at Ye Tianling with contempt.

"Yun Shaosheng? Young Master of the Yun Family. Your strength is impressive, indeed. So much stronger than me. Oh, I’m so scared."

Ye Tianling replied with a dry chuckle.

"Insolence! Is our Young Master’s name something an ant, a piece of filth like you, can utter so freely?!"

Just then, Yun Shaosheng’s lackey, Yun Xingyi, barked at him.

Yun Xingyi took the initiative to step forward, which made Ye Tianling’s gaze turn a little colder.

’I haven’t even settled my score with this Yun Xingyi, yet he’s voluntarily jumped out. He’s simply courting death!’

"Tsk tsk, it seems you all are indeed very noble!"

Ye Tianling tsk-tsked.

His tone was now a little cold, carrying a hint of sarcasm.

This tone of voice immediately made Yun Shaosheng’s face darken.

With a wave of Yun Shaosheng’s hand, the group immediately closed in, their fierce, wolf-like gazes locked onto the three of them.

"Young Master Yun, we accept our fate if you wish to capture us. But Young Master Tianshu is just a cultivator who happened to be passing by. He has no grudge against us, nor against you. We hope you can make an exception and let him go."

Liu Xu’Er knew she could not escape her doom, but at this moment, she did not want to harm ’Tianshu’.

Ye Tianyun said, "That’s right. You targeted us, even plotted against us, and we accept that. But we hope you will release Young Master Tianshu. This matter has nothing to do with him!"

Hearing this, Ye Tianling also smiled faintly and said, "That’s right, this matter has nothing to do with me. Let’s make a deal: you let me go, I won’t tell anyone about this, and I won’t kill you. You can do whatever you want after that."

Ye Tianling’s tone was very casual.

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