Chapter 131: Clearing Out the Small Fry, the Third Elder Appears

Outside the Clear Wind Sect, the ground was already covered with fallen figures.

“Disciple, beat them into the ground for me. Don’t hold back.”

Qin Xiao had told Yun Man to knock out the insignificant Foundation Establishment disciples and badly injure all the Golden Core weaklings. Now a group of Nascent Soul cultivators had emerged, and Yun Man was taking them all on alone.

Qin Xiao stood some distance away, shouting instructions.

It wasn’t that Qin Xiao didn’t want to help, but Yun Man wouldn’t let him interfere. She insisted that a master should maintain the dignity of a master, leaving these small fry to her so she could properly get a feel for her late Nascent Soul cultivation.

With such a capable disciple, Qin Xiao naturally didn’t stand on ceremony.

“Big Brother, the boss’s disciple is fierce! She’s fighting more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators alone and isn’t losing any ground.” Li You spoke to Zhang Zuo, who was hiding beside him.

“Stop talking nonsense. With the boss’s financial resources, what kind of disciple couldn’t he cultivate? Besides, that girl possesses a Heavenly Spirit Root. We need to keep our eyes on the boss instead. This Clear Wind Sect has late Soul Formation experts; if the boss gets captured, we’re finished.”

Zhang Zuo remained unimpressed. The boss had deep pockets, and his disciple had a Heavenly Spirit Root-he must have poured countless resources into her. Such results were hardly surprising.

He might say he understood, but inwardly he couldn’t understand it at all. How old was this girl? At her age, he had still been at Qi Condensation, not even Foundation Establishment. She was already at late Nascent Soul. If he had met someone like the boss back then, he would have gone far beyond mid Soul Formation by now.

Ye Qiuyue was concealed in an entirely different direction. Her sole target was the Clear Wind Ancestor, so she refused to reveal herself until the decisive moment.

The Clear Wind Sect’s Nascent Soul stewards grew more discouraged with every exchange. More than a dozen of them were no match for her alone.

“We can’t keep going like this. Most of us are only at the early Nascent Soul stage, and only two are at the mid-stage. She’s at the late stage-we’re simply no match for her.”

“What’s the panic? We just need to stall. Some disciples have already gone to report; an Elder will be here any second.”

“I’m afraid we’ll die before an Elder gets here. Haven’t you noticed that girl keeps getting stronger? Just because she isn’t killing us now doesn’t mean she won’t start.”

“Indeed. Should we fall back into the sect and wait for reinforcements?”

Yun Man’s attacks grew increasingly fierce, prompting the Clear Wind stewards to consider retreating.

“Disciple, hit them harder! These scoundrels are trying to run.”

Seeing the Clear Wind Sect’s stewards retreat farther with each exchange, Qin Xiao knew they wanted to run and warned Yun Man.

Yun Man had noticed it too. They had gone from fierce attacks to nothing but defense, backing away all the while. She stopped holding back.

“Damn it, she’s going for the kill! We can’t fall back anymore. We have to strike together and force her back!”

Realizing their intentions were exposed, the Clear Wind stewards redoubled their attacks in a desperate final push.

“Right on time. Mountain Severance.”

Seeing them charge forward simultaneously, Yun Man judged the moment perfect to end it all at once.

A ring of Sword Qi swept out from Yun Man’s hand, too fast to dodge. This chapter was taken from novelping.com without permission.

The stewards hurried to activate their protective Dharma Treasures, but with Yun Man’s current strength, even a casual Mountain Severance was more than they could withstand.

After the Sword Qi passed, the dozen or so Nascent Soul stewards lay on the ground, coughing blood and badly wounded.

“Young lady, our Clear Wind Sect has no personal grudge with you! Please show mercy, we concede!”

Seeing her approach, the men hastily began to beg for their lives.

“All right, disciple. Tie them up and bring them to me.”

Qin Xiao spared these Clear Wind Sect members. It wasn’t because he was softhearted; he still had a use for them. Nascent Soul cultivators were sure to know plenty. He wanted them captured for questioning.

“Will you walk over yourselves, or do I have to make you?”

Reluctant to waste time binding them one by one, Yun Man issued a blunt threat.

“We’ll walk.”

Having tasted the extent of her power, and nursing heavy injuries, they had no choice but to obey.

Soon, all fourteen battered Nascent Soul stewards stood submissively before Qin Xiao.

“How many more of your tier does the Clear Wind Sect have? And who ranks above you?” Qin Xiao demanded.

“That’s a Clear Wind Sect secret. I can’t tell you.” One steward had enough backbone to refuse.

“Disciple, execute him.”

Qin Xiao wasted no breath.

With a flash of steel, a head rolled across the earth.

“Your turn.”

Qin Xiao pointed at the next man.

The man he pointed to spoke in panic.

At a nod from Qin Xiao, Yun Man executed another swift strike, claiming a second life.

“Young Master, we really can’t tell you. The Ancestor put restrictions on all of us. If we tell you and he finds out, our souls will disperse and we’ll die. We’re dead either way!” The source of this chapter is novelping.com.

Before Qin Xiao could select another target, one of the captives dropped to his knees and wailed the reason.

“Oh? Such restrictions actually exist?”

It was Qin Xiao’s first time encountering such a mechanism.

“Master, things like that do exist. I’ve heard of them before, but this is the first time I’ve seen one.” Yun Man understood his glance and explained.

“Since that’s the case, I won’t press you further. Kneel over there. Let’s see who steps out next.”

Qin Xiao lost interest when he couldn’t get any answers. With the Nascent Soul cultivators defeated, surely someone at Soul Formation would come out next.

“Who dares run wild in my Clear Wind Sect?”

A voice boomed across the area before its owner even came into view.

“Third Elder! It’s the Third Elder!”

Though Qin Xiao didn’t recognize the voice, the kneeling stewards immediately identified Third Elder Duan Mingfei.

Sure enough, a figure flashed into sight.

“Master, he’s at Soul Formation,” Yun Man warned.

“No matter. This spot was chosen in consultation with the bodyguards. If he attacks, they can intervene in time.”

Qin Xiao dared to watch so casually because he was in a safe spot.

“A mere late Nascent Soul cultivator dares act presumptuously here? Hmph-what is the meaning of this?”

Duan Mingfei was about to make a threat, but the disciples scattered across the ground baffled him. Stewards were kneeling beside the pair too. What had happened?

“Did the two of you cause all this?” Duan Mingfei asked incredulously.

Qin Xiao was cut off halfway through his reply.

“I knew it. A boy with no Spiritual Qi and a girl at late Nascent Soul couldn’t do all this. Have whoever’s behind you come out!” Hearing that it hadn’t been the two of them, Duan Mingfei had immediately jumped in and demanded to see their backer.

“Can you let me finish? This wasn’t done by the two of us. My disciple did it all herself. So impatient! Don’t you know how to show respect?”

Qin Xiao snapped back, deeply irritated by the interruption.

“What do you mean? You lot, he says that girl did all this by herself?” Duan Mingfei asked the stewards kneeling beside Qin Xiao.

“Third Elder, it really was her alone.” Though mortified, the stewards answered truthfully.