Volume 1, Chapter 154 – A Small Goal

Hearing the woman in green’s words, Bai Weiyang actually did not hesitate at all. He raised his hand and sent the green seedling out.

Seeing Bai Weiyang act like this, the faces of the martial artists on the warship all changed. They looked at him in disbelief.

The Demon-Suppressing Army soldiers, however, did not show the slightest fluctuation in expression. They believed Bai Weiyang must have his reasons for doing this.

Shi Lan watched the green seedling for a long time, yet still could not guess what Bai Weiyang was thinking.

This seedling was clearly an important bargaining chip that could threaten the woman in green. How could he hand it over so easily?

“Just a coward who’s afraid to die.”

The black-armored woman let out a breath of relief, then gave a cold laugh and looked toward the woman in green. “Sister Zhu, if we kill all the humans on this warship, that’s another great deed.”

The woman in green held the green seedling as though it were a precious treasure and placed it in her palm. After carefully inspecting it for a long time, her expression suddenly changed and she looked toward Bai Weiyang.

At some point, a four-foot jade sword had appeared in Bai Weiyang’s hand. The blade was about three chi long and thin as autumn water.

“I said it already. I want everyone alive.”

Bai Weiyang slowly lifted the four-foot jade sword and rested it against his own neck.

The woman in green narrowed her eyes and gave a cold laugh. “Ignorant. Do you think that by tying Changqing’s life source together with your own heavenly soul, if your soul scatters and your life ends I will have no way to deal with you? Even if you kill yourself, I have plenty of ways to bind your soul.”

“You are welcome to try.”

Bai Weiyang’s expression remained calm.

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“Your soul will be cast down into the Nine Nether, never to enter reincarnation for all eternity.”

The woman in green’s face was indifferent. The sea of bamboo filling the sky began to press forward once more. The martial artists on the warship all summoned their artifacts and weapons, preparing to fight to the death.

Bai Weiyang did not move an inch. A faint flush rose on his jade-like face as his blood and qi surged heavenward like a soaring dragon, a pillar of divine light reaching into the sky.

The gentle breeze all around froze in an instant. An enormous blood-colored figure slowly appeared along the pillar of blood and qi behind Bai Weiyang.

The figure wore a magnificent crown and splendid robes. Its features seemed veiled by a layer of mist, making it impossible to see clearly. Its body radiated an ancient, boundless aura, as though it had crossed endless time from the Primordial Era.

A terrifying pressure spread through heaven and earth, inspiring instinctive awe. The Body Tempering Realm martial artists dropped to their knees in an instant, and even the Innate Realm martial artists felt their knees go weak, not daring to look directly at the phantom.

“A descendant of the Human Emperor?!”

The woman in green’s expression changed slightly. The sea of bamboo halted at once and, a few breaths later, slowly dispersed.

Looking at the pillar of blood and qi behind Bai Weiyang, the woman in green’s face shifted between dark and light. The Human Emperor phantom’s presence was terrifying, but its battle strength was not enough to truly make her back down.

The reason she stopped was that she could not bind the soul of a Human Emperor’s descendant. If she tried to forcibly suppress him, she would only cause Bai Weiyang’s soul to dissipate faster, and Changqing would surely die.

After a long silence, the woman in green turned around without a word. In the next instant her figure vanished.

The countless bamboo vines binding the warship also disappeared without a trace.

The black-armored woman remained frozen where she was, at a loss for a moment. The situation had changed too fast for her to react.

“Chi——”

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The jade sword in Bai Weiyang’s hand moved lightly. With the help of the Human Emperor phantom behind him, he began to draw upon the surging spiritual qi between heaven and earth.

The black-armored woman’s body stiffened in midair. She felt herself locked in place by an icy killing intent.

Bai Weiyang took a single step forward and swept the jade sword in a level arc. A blade of sword qi, like a long bolt of silk, leapt across dozens of li of empty sky and came down over the black-armored woman’s head.

The black-armored woman had never imagined Bai Weiyang would suddenly make a killing move. By the time she reacted, the sword qi was less than three zhang from her. She no longer had time to dodge.

“Bang——”

A sea of bamboo exploded from the void and took root, growing crazily to shield the black-armored woman within. The woman in green, who had left only a few breaths ago, returned once more, her eyes filled with extreme fury.

“Sister Zhu…”

The black-armored woman was still a bit shaken. In just a few breaths, she had walked through the gates of hell and had nearly been cut down.

“You are quite bold.”

The woman in green stared deathly at Bai Weiyang, the chill in her eyes bone-deep.

“I will trouble you to pass the word, so that the great demons in this area do not set their sights on our group.”

Leaving these words behind, Bai Weiyang sheathed his sword, turned, and walked toward the ship’s interior.

The coldness faded from the woman in green’s gaze. Her grass-green eyes watched Bai Weiyang’s back, her expression unreadable.

“What is your name?”

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Just as Bai Weiyang was about to enter the ship, the woman in green suddenly spoke.

“Bai Weiyang.”

Bai Weiyang did not slow his steps, replying in an even tone.

“I will remember it…”

Before her words finished, the woman in green grabbed the black-armored woman at her side and vanished into the air.

Bai Weiyang stepped into the ship’s interior and wiped his slightly damp palm on the great command banner behind him, letting out a quiet breath.

That sword strike just now had only been to further test the limits of that green seedling’s value.

Drawing a sword in front of someone whose strength was at least at complete Nascent Soul Realm, and very likely that of a heavenly demon, was undeniably a huge gamble.

But if he did not probe it, he would never be at ease. Fortunately, the result was good.

……

“You Hua, in a bit you will run an errand for me. Go and greet the nearby heavenly demons and let them allow that warship to pass. Tell them I, Zhu Xiyang, owe them a favor. I am returning to the demon domain first to send Changqing back to the palace to recuperate.”

“Sister Zhu, even you cannot undo that method Bai Weiyang used?” the black-armored woman asked in disbelief.

“There is nothing I can do. That boy has the Human Emperor’s protection, and his bloodline is very pure. I can kill him but cannot capture him. We can only wait for the Demon Emperor to return before we can unravel the connection between Changqing and him.”

In the vast, boundless demon domain as it was now, finding even one Demon Emperor was harder than going beyond the domain to the outer starry sky. Thinking of this, Zhu Xiyang could not help but shake her head.

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The various Demon Emperors had vanished under strange circumstances. At such a critical juncture, the only remaining Demon Emperor had even ordered a large-scale invasion and now had disappeared himself. No one could make sense of it.

This war had started without head or tail. Not to mention the human race, even the demon race itself felt baffled.

“Then can I go back to stay with Changqing afterward?” You Hua asked quietly.

“Hurry along and make it quick.”

Zhu Xiyang pushed aside her thoughts and waved her hand, saying nothing more as she tore open space and left.

……

On the second level of the warship, in a meditation chamber.

Shi Lan sat on the wooden bed for a long time, unable to come back to herself.

The phantom Bai Weiyang had summoned had shocked her too greatly. That vast aura, as though it stood above all living beings and beyond heaven and earth itself, was far too domineering. Quietly, it planted a seed in her heart.

As a person, you have to set a small goal first.

Repeating the small goal she had set for herself in her mind, Shi Lan felt a powerful surge of motivation rise through her entire body.

One day, I too will stand at the peak of the world and behold all beneath heaven.