Volume 3, Chapter 456 – Who Did You Give Your Body To?!

A cold, clear female voice sounded from the void, sealing the outcome of this duel.

Everyone present wore a different expression.

Chi Xiyan’s heart instantly turned cold.

It was as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

“Immortal Venerable Qingzhi… Qu Qingtang.”

She whispered the name once.

The moment she noticed the spiritual energy erupting around them was gradually being gathered up, she sensed something was wrong.

She hadn’t expected that woman would actually announce the outcome like this.

So domineering, so unreasonable.

Heh.

If that woman hadn’t intervened, Chi Xiyan was confident she could have made sure Song Shixuan never walked off this sword dueling platform.

A draw?

That uncontrolled storm, mixed together with the raging five elemental energies, had erupted instantly at such close range. Even a Sixth Realm sword cultivator wouldn’t have withstood it without any preparation.

If that woman had acted just one second later, everyone would have seen the true outcome of this duel.

Chi Xiyan took a deep breath.

But now she could feel that the sword qi she had secretly slipped into the storm to serve as a trigger was slowly dissolving beneath that invisible pressure.

Even the wild, churning energy was gradually being smoothed away.

The might of a Venerable Sage. Terrifying indeed.

“ Tch …”

Chi Xiyan raised her head. As the storm gradually faded, the figure of the man in white came into view.

Traces of fear still lingered on his face.

Unwilling to accept it.

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Chi Xiyan’s heart was filled with resentment and fury.

That man was simply no match for her.

Heh.

Immortal Venerable Qingzhi, a dignified Venerable Sage, would actually stoop this low over a junior’s wager.

Chi Xiyan clenched her fists tightly.

She closed her eyes.

Thoughts churned through her mind.

‘The power within this domain is being increased little by little.’

Her spiritual consciousness swept across the surroundings.

‘The speed at which she’s gathering up this domain isn’t particularly fast.’

‘She’s only used a small fraction of her power, and even that is only about equal to a Sixth Realm cultivator.’

‘Her true body isn’t even here at all.’

That Venerable Sage clearly didn’t take these juniors seriously in the slightest.

This was a chance.

A chance to seize victory back.

“Whew…” Chi Xiyan took a deep breath and completely reined in her presence.

She lowered her head, even letting the blade in her hand rest flat, slowly diminishing her own presence.

Then, in the next instant.

In a moment no one noticed.

She struck.

“Lingxiao Exiled Sword Technique: Bixi’s Return!”

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The instant the name of the technique flashed through her mind.

An invisible sword mark shot toward Song Shixuan with the speed of thunder, too fast to guard against.

The sharp sword wind tore through the void, leaving behind only a jet black sword mark.

Song Shixuan’s eyes suddenly went wide.

The overwhelming threat of death made him scream aloud. “Master, save me!”

“You insolent brat, how dare you!” The cold, clear voice instantly lost its composure.

Of course Chi Xiyan dared.

Since she had already struck, she naturally wouldn’t regret it.

The outcome of this duel concerned not only Chi Xiyan herself, but also Chi Muxue.

She carried Muxue’s future on her shoulders.

She could not lose.

Song Shixuan had to fall.

Even the sect’s Venerable Sage could not snatch this duel’s outcome out of her hands.

The instant her sword wind lashed out, Chi Xiyan heard a creaking sound.

Chi Xiyan could feel a terrifying pressure suddenly bearing down through the air around her.

The heaven and earth spanning might belonging to the Venerable Sage abruptly surged, and even her own bones let out creaks of unbearable strain.

Chi Xiyan saw that the sword qi she had unleashed was gradually slowing down.

In this moment that seemed as though time itself had frozen, it crawled toward Song Shixuan as slowly as a snail.

Finally, it came to a complete stop just a few inches from Song Shixuan.

Chi Xiyan smiled bitterly.

She had known all along that taking Song Shixuan’s life in front of a Venerable Sage was nearly impossible.

But she hadn’t expected the Venerable Sage’s power to be even more overwhelming than she had imagined.

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In front of such a supreme powerhouse, she didn’t even have the ability to touch the hem of Song Shixuan’s robe.

“Junior!” The cold, clear voice sounded again. “Since the outcome has already been decided, I had originally intended to spare you, in light of your courage in climbing Lingxiao Peak.”

“But this shameless sneak attack of yours, doesn’t it show far too little regard for the Lingxiao Sword Sect?!”

Shameless? Sneak attack?

Chi Xiyan was so furious she laughed instead.

“Now, who exactly is being shameless?”

“Who was it that stole the outcome of this duel at the very last moment?!”

Chi Xiyan’s words suddenly cut off.

She found she could no longer speak. That crushing pressure had sealed away all her ability to move.

Her eyes were full of fury.

“So stubbornly obstinate!” the cold, clear voice continued. “Since you refuse to be disciplined, then die here!”

A sudden, violent pain surged through every part of her body.

That Venerable Sage, whom she had never even met, actually intended to crush Chi Xiyan to death right here with her supreme might.

Chi Xiyan felt a flicker of despair.

She could no longer even say how many times she had been engulfed by this feeling of despair.

A Venerable Sage was, without question, an existence she could never match.

Only a Venerable Sage could deal with a Venerable Sage.

“I suppose this is the end… Illusory Heart Realm.” Chi Xiyan closed her eyes in despair.

‘I’ve done everything I could. I gave it my all.’

‘This situation now is no longer something human strength can resist…’

But what answered the whisper in Chi Xiyan’s heart was not the Illusory Heart Realm on her lips, but the small jade sword held against her chest.

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For the sake of the duel’s fairness, and to avoid giving anyone grounds for criticism, Chi Xiyan had never once used this small sword.

But now, in this moment of crisis, the small sword suddenly burst forth with unmatched sword light.

It severed every trace of the oppressive might the Venerable Sage had unleashed.

Chi Xiyan instantly felt the pressure on her body ease, and she opened her eyes in disbelief.

There, she saw a girl in white standing right in front of her.

Her heart warmed, and she instinctively called out the girl’s name. “Little Xue’er…”

Chi Muxue answered her with a light, tranquil smile, then lifted her head to look toward the far end of Lingxiao Snow Peak.

“Enough, Qu Qingtang!”

“Put an end to this ridiculous behavior of yours.”

“Isn’t the Lingxiao Sword Sect already losing enough face?”

Under Chi Muxue’s questioning, the cold, clear voice paused for a moment.

“Chi Muxue, that’s a line I should be saying to you.”

“I gave you a chance. I respected your wishes and let you marry into the Song family with dignity.”

“But how are you repaying me now?”

“Chi Muxue, don’t push things too far. Do you think that with your Seventh Realm cultivation, you could…”

Qu Qingtang’s words suddenly caught.

The next moment, her voice was abruptly filled with shock and fury.

“What is going on? Why has your aura become so tainted?”

“Chi Muxue! What exactly have you done?!”

“Where has your Primordial Yin energy gone?!”

“Damn it! Who did you give your body to?!”