Only I am Venerable

"I, I’m from the Iron Sword Sect... the Young Sect Leader. Don’t kill me! Whatever you want, I can agree to it!" The gloomy youth’s eyes now held nothing but fear and regret.

"Iron Sword Sect?" Qin Li frowned. There were too many Mysterious Lands, and they had almost no contact with one another. He had never heard of a Sect like the Iron Sword Sect.

Seeing him hesitate, the gloomy youth immediately added, "The Iron Sword Sect is a very large Sect. The two Earth Venerable Elders you just killed were average-ranked in the Sect. We have countless masters. Killing me will bring you no benefit!"

"Is that so?" A mocking smile suddenly appeared on Qin Li’s face. "We’ve already killed so many of your people. I doubt the Iron Sword Sect would let us go anyway, so killing one more won’t make a difference! If we let you go, what will we do when all those powerful masters from your Sect come looking for revenge?"

The gloomy youth cursed his big mouth. ’Why did I have to say the Sect was full of masters?’ If he had just said the Sect was pathetically weak, they might have let him go. He hurriedly swore an oath, "I, Jiang Hua, swear to the heavens! If I speak a word of this, may I die a horrible death!"

With a flick of his finger, Qin Li shot a stream of Spiritual Power into Jiang Hua’s Dantian. He sneered, "Go on. I hope you keep your promise."

The gloomy youth was taken aback. He never expected to be let go so easily. In his extreme nervousness, he hadn’t even seen Qin Li’s movement, much less felt anything unusual.

"What? You want to stay?" Qin Li asked coldly.

Jiang Hua scrambled away in a panic, his figure like a Ghost in the night, instantly covering a great distance. Then came a deafening BANG! The force of the explosion collapsed countless shops along the street and blasted a huge crater in the ground!

Feeling the shockwaves washing over them, Qin Li shrugged, spread his hands, and said to Shangguan Shiyu with a helpless look, "See? Those destined for greatness know how to be patient. But this kind of person has no idea what patience even is. The moment he turned his back and was given a chance to live, he was already thinking about how to get revenge, how to slaughter Hu’s entire family..."

Shangguan Shiyu rolled her eyes at Qin Li. "Alright, hurry up and get someone to clean this up. Sigh... I don’t think it’s safe for Hu to stay here anymore. With something this big happening, if the Iron Sword Sect really uses its full power, it’s impossible for them not to trace it back here. It will be very dangerous to remain."

Qin Li just smiled and shook his head. He had already learned while drinking with Hu earlier that night that Hu now had over a dozen women and three or four children. Hu had decided to put down roots here and grow his family. If he had been willing to leave, he would have gone to Profound Island years ago.

"We’ll just stay here for a while. Since we’re the ones who caused this trouble with the Iron Sword Sect, we’ll be the ones to solve it."

"Stay here for a while?" Shangguan Shiyu looked at Qin Li and asked softly, "What about your strength..."

Qin Li let out a long breath and said, "I’m only a hair’s breadth away from a breakthrough in my realm. It would be the same even if I went back to the family residence to cultivate. By staying here, we can also keep an eye on any information about the Divine Temple."

Shangguan Shiyu thought about it and felt Qin Li had a point. With their current strength, almost no one could threaten them. Besides, she needed to temper herself through constant battle. After some consideration, Shiyu agreed.

Hu had actually heard the commotion long before. After it was all over, he sent people to dispose of the bodies under the cover of night and fill in the large crater blasted into the road.

As for the damaged shops along the road, that would have to wait until tomorrow. Fortunately, Hu’s prestige in Yellow Sand City was currently very high, so it wouldn’t cause too much of a problem.

Half a month later, the population of Yellow Sand City had reached a terrifying number. Every tavern and inn was completely full, and even many private residences had started renting out rooms.

People not only from the Cyan Dragon Kingdom itself, but from other nations as well, heard the news and began flocking here as if on a pilgrimage. One could imagine that within a few months, Yellow Sand City would become a super-bustling metropolis.

For the first time, the ancient city was bursting with such powerful vitality.

At the same time, large numbers of people from the Iron Sword Sect finally entered Yellow Sand City. They began secretly investigating the whereabouts of their Young Sect Leader and the others. The loud explosion that night had been heard by many, making Hu the busiest person around during this period.

He frequently had to meet with the experts from the Iron Sword Sect. Since there was no direct evidence linking Hu to the incident, the people from the Iron Sword Sect, surprisingly, didn’t give him too much trouble. This allowed Qin Li and Shangguan Shiyu to breathe a sigh of relief.

In reality, it wasn’t that the people of the Iron Sword Sect were reasonable or kind. It was because Yellow Sand City was now filled with too many Martial Artists from the Mysterious Lands. The slightest disturbance would attract unwanted attention.

Therefore, even though the Iron Sword Sect’s Sect Leader, Jiang Yong, knew his son’s Lifebound Plate had already shattered and desperately wanted to slaughter the entire city, he didn’t have the guts. He could only continue searching in secret for clues about the Female and Male Thieves.

This also caused the four words, "Female and Male Thieves," to become mysterious and famous in the hearts of many Martial Artists from the Mysterious Lands in Yellow Sand City. Some even openly declared their desire to challenge the Female and Male Thieves.

There were also some fearless young couples who claimed to be the Female and Male Thieves, only to be slain by the Iron Sword Sect. The families and Sects behind these young couples then went to war with the Iron Sword Sect, forging a mortal enmity.

This was an outcome Qin Li and Shangguan Shiyu had not expected. While Yellow Sand City was prospering, the influx of these supreme experts was also making it increasingly restless. Conflicts sparked by various disputes erupted one after another.

Faced with this phenomenon, the secular imperial powers were completely powerless to stop it. They could only watch helplessly as it all unfolded right under their noses.

However, this situation finally began to ease six months later.

Because people from the Land of the Far West had arrived!

In one conflict, more than thirty members of an unruly Mysterious Land Sect were all slain by a single person!

The scene was a river of blood, and all the onlookers were scared into silence. The killer looked to be less than thirty years old, handsome, and appeared quite refined.

The cause of the conflict was also very simple. A disciple from that thirty-odd-member Mysterious Land Sect had harassed the beautiful woman accompanying the handsome young man. At the time, the handsome youth’s party consisted of only two people, so the other side, relying on their superior numbers, had made lewd remarks.

Initially, the handsome young man and the beautiful woman by his side didn’t stoop to the other party’s level. Unexpectedly, this was taken as a sign of weakness. The other side escalated their behavior, even trying to get handsy.

Only then did the young man fly into a rage. He injured the harasser, but not too severely, showing some restraint. However, this only fueled the harasser’s arrogance. Apparently, their Sect was used to being arrogant and domineering, as they then tried to kill the young man.

Thus, after the battle, the young man’s clothes weren’t even wrinkled, while the more than thirty people on the other side all lost their lives!

This incident finally made the arrogant and domineering disciples from the Mysterious Land families and Sects start to rein themselves in. At the same time, many people began to say that this young man and woman were the Female and Male Thieves from that day.

But how could the Iron Sword Sect possibly have the guts to cause trouble for these two? In the end, the Iron Sword Sect gave up its investigation entirely and, with a large number of its members in tow, dejectedly left the troublesome Yellow Sand City.

As Martial Artists from the Land of the Far West gradually began to appear in Yellow Sand City, the atmosphere in the entire city finally grew subtly tense.

After all, many of the Mysterious Lands had legends about the Land of the Far West. Sects like the Hongyan Sect even possessed ancient texts and records from the Primordial Era, giving them some understanding of the war from that time. They were even more aware of the power held by the Land of the Far West.

So, although many Sects from the Mysterious Lands remained in Yellow Sand City, most of them started to keep a low profile. They no longer dared to be as lawless as before in front of the weak, ordinary secular people. In the eyes of those from the Land of the Far West, these Martial Artists from the Mysterious Lands were not much stronger than ordinary people!

Qin Li and Shangguan Shiyu lived a quiet, secluded life. Qin Li continuously absorbed the memories inherited from Hu Yanbo and often taught Shiyu about the control and application of Laws.

By now, Shiyu’s understanding of Magic had far surpassed that of more than half of all Shattered Void Martial Artists. Aside from her combat experience not being particularly rich, she could truly be called an expert!

Qin Li’s strength had also reached the peak of the Celestial Venerable realm. A Celestial Venerable Martial Artist in his twenties was a rare sight even in the Land of the Far West, enough to be called a genius.

He had also perfected the fourth level of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat technique: Sword Intent, the realm of Unity of Body and Sword. But taking another step forward was proving to be incredibly difficult.

Qin Li felt that the Only I am Venerable combat technique would probably only advance further once he broke through to the Shattered Void realm. Moreover, every level of the technique brought him a different kind of surprise. He eagerly anticipated what changes the next breakthrough would bring.

The Innate Purple Qi inside his body hadn’t changed much. It seemed to be related to his realm; if he couldn’t achieve a breakthrough in his realm, it was impossible for the Innate Purple Qi to advance a level.

And just then, a piece of news about Qin Li was maliciously... released.

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